Bedfordshire
Engraved by Gray & Son. from A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales published by Archd. Fullarton & Co. Glasgow 1833-36. 9 5/8″ x 7 1/4″. attractive later hand colouring.
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With a neatly engraved vignette of Bedford Bridge, Saint Paul’s Church and part of the Town.
Cornwall
Drawn & Engraved by J.Archer Pentonville London. pub. Dugdale’s England and Wales Delineated. c.1850. 7″ x 9″. Steel engraving with attractive, contemporary, full wash hand colouring. A very nice example.
Durham
from Reuben Ramble’s Travels through the Counties of England. published by Darton and Clark London 1845. 7 3/4″ x 6″. The miniature map is a lithographic re-issue of that published in Miller’s New MIniature Atlas of 1810. The vignettes of Durham scenes have original wash hand colouring.
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Uncommon. From a children’s atlas and therefore not often found in good condition; comes with 2pp of related text. Particularly interesting for its depiction of mining practices. A little discolouration to lower margin not affecting image.
Middlesex
by John Seller. from The Antiquities of England and Wales by Francis Grose 1777-1787. later hand colouring. 8 1/4″ x 5 7/8″ to include text which continues verso.
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John Seller’s original plates, first published in Anglia Contracta 1695, were acquired by the antiquary Francis Grose as a supplement to his work nearly 100 years after they were originally engraved; the titles were re-worked to remove Seller’s imprint and make them look more up-to-date. Minor revisions, mainly of spelling, were made to the maps themselves.
Nottinghamshire
Drawn & Engraved by J.Archer Pentonville London. pub. Dugdale’s England and Wales Delineated. c.1850. 9″ x 7″. Steel engraving with attractive, contemporary, full wash hand colouring. A very nice example.
Oxfordshire
Engraved by J.Roper from a drawing by G.Cole. published by Vernor , Hood & Sharpe 1807. original hand colouring. 9 1/4″ x 7 1/8″.
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A very detailed, finely engraved map showing – as well as turnpike, mail coach roads and canals – Roman stations, encampments and places where Roman coins have been found.
Surrey
Drawn & Engraved by J.Archer Pentonville London. pub. Dugdale’s England and Wales Delineated. c.1850. 7″ x 9 1/4″. Steel engraving with attractive, contemporary, full wash hand colouring. A very nice example.
Worcestershire
Drawn & Engraved by J.Archer Pentonville London. pub. Dugdale’s England and Wales Delineated. c.1850. 7″ x 9″. Steel engraving with attractive, contemporary, full wash hand colouring.
Bedfordshire
Drawn by R.Creighton. Engraved by J. & C. Walker. from Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary 1842-5. 9 1/8″ x 7″. original outline hand colouring.
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A clearly engraved map of the county; Bedfordshire appears to be one of the few English counties without the beginnings of a railway system at this time.
Bedfordshire.
Anonymous. published by Robert Butters in An Atlas of England 1803 and, as in this example, by William Green in The Picture of England 1804. 4 3/4″ x 3 3/8″. original hand colouring. with 6pp of accompanying text.
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A scarce little map incorrectly orientated. The text informs us that ‘ Luton, a small dirty town, seated on the River Lea, has nothing worthy of notice, save its Gothic church.. ‘.
Berkshire
Drawn by R.Creighton. Engraved by T.Starling. from Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary 1842-5. 6 3/4″ x 9 1/4″. original outline hand colouring.
Berkshire.
from The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales published by Archd. Fullarton & Co. Glasgow 1843-49. 7 3/8″ x 9 5/8″. attractive later hand colouring.
Buckingham Shire
engraved by Gray & Son. pub. Archibald Fullarton & Co. Glasgow 1833-36. hand coloured. 9 1/2″ x 7 1/4″
Buckinghamshire
By G.W.Bacon. from Bacon’s Large Scale Atlas of London and Suburbs published c.1919. coloured lithograph. 18″ x 12 5/8″.
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A detailed map showing roads, canals, parks, country seats and the last of the smaller, privately operated railway companies before their incorporation into the “Big Four” in 1923. Divided into five mile squares.
Comitatus Nottinghamiensis; Nottinghamshire
by Johannes Blaeu. From his great world atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum 1645-1667. 15 1/8″ x 19 5/8″. French text verso.
Cornwall
Engraved by J. & C. Walker. from their British Atlas published by Longman, Orme, Rees & Co. London 1837. 12/3/4″ x 15 1/4″. original hand colouring.
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Shows canals and early railways servicing the mining and china clay industries as well as numerous barrows, standing stones, etc. An inconspicuous light crease to the bottom left corner. The map is dated 1835.
Cornwall.
by Robert Morden. from Magna Britannia et Hibernia 1713-1731. later hand colouring. 6 1/4″ x 8 1/4″
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Magna Britannia was published by subscription in 92 parts between 1713 and 1731 and was one of the earliest examples of serial publication.
Derbyshire
by J. & C. Walker. from Hobson’s Fox-Hunting Atlas c.1850. original outline hand colouring to the hunt borders. 15 1/2″ x 12 3/4″.
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A fine example. Illustrates ‘places of the meeting of foxhounds’, both in Derbyshire and adjacent counties, for the following hunts : Mr. Lumley, Rufford, Mr. Muster’s Country, Hoarcross and Donnington.
Durham
from Lewis’s New Traveller’s Guide 1819. contemporary hand colouring. 5 3/8″ x 3 3/4″.
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An attractively coloured miniature map highlighting turnpike roads and mail coach roads aligned with north to the right. The map also shows Greatham Hospital – the site of a 13c charity founded to help the sick and poor and still in existence today.
Herefordshire
Drawn & Engraved by J.Archer Pentonville London. pub. Dugdale’s England and Wales Delineated. c.1850. 9″ x 7″. Steel engraving with attractive, contemporary, full wash hand colouring. A very nice example.
