(de York a Chester et de Manchester a Derby)
by John Senex. published by Desnos Paris 1767. 5 3/4″ x 7 3/4″. later hand colouring. covers the roads from Warrington to Chester and Manchester to Derby via Stockport and Buxton.

The second plate (no.99) of two from the uncommon French edition of Kitchin’s Post-Chaise Companion of 1767 – itself based on An Actual Survey of all the Principal Roads by John Senex 1719 – which was, in its turn, copied from John Ogilby’s Britannia of 1675.
A Map of Che-shire
by Emmanuel Bowen. published in Britannia Depicta 1720-1764. 7 1/4″ x 4 3/8″ ( to include additional decorative title ‘The Roads from York to West Chester’). verso is the road from York to Rastrick via Leeds. later hand colouring.

Britannia Depicta was one of a number of reduced versions of Ogilby’s monumental survey of the roads of England and Wales, first published in 1675, issued in the early eighteeth century. It was the only one however, to include county maps as well as road maps and proved extremely popular. Particularly finely coloured.
A Map of Ninety Miles by Seventy Five in which Chesterfield is the Centre
by John Tuke Land Surveyor. published by W.Darton and J.Harvey Gracechurch Street London Septr. 10th 1798. c. 24″ x 30″. Original wash colouring.

At some point in the past the map has been carefully laid on card ; there is some light marginal discolouration in places and some tears to the edges.
A Map of the Road from London to Chester
Anon. published in the Gentleman’s Magazine January 1765. 7 5/8″ x 11 3/4″. later hand colouring.

The first in a series of road maps issued intermittently between 1765 and at least 1775 some of which are credited to the engraver Thomas Bowen. Chester is given as 182 miles from London implying a scale of roughly three miles to the inch. Showing windmills, paper mills, water mills, gibbets, brine pits as well as distances, gentleman’s houses and halls.
A Plan of the Grand Canal from the Trent to the Mersey
Anon. from The Gentleman’s Magazine 1771. 7 3/4″ x 15 1/4″.

A very good example, free of the heavy offsetting so often found with this map. Opened in 1771, although not completed until 1777 with the construction of the Harecastle Tunnel, the Trent and Mersey Canal was engineered by James Brindley, part of his ambitious plan to connect the four major rivers of central England.
A Plan of the Navigable Canal from Chesterfield in the County of Derby to the River Trent near Stockwith
Engraved by Royce. from The Gentleman’s Magazine 1777. 6 1/4″ x 11 7/8″.

A good example, with only the slightest pale offsetting so often found with this map. Surveyed in 1769 by James Brindley.
A Plan of the Navigable Canal now making from the River Trent to Langley Bridge
Anon. from The Gentleman’s Magazine 1777. 6 3/4″ x 11 3/4″.

The Erewash Canal – surveyed in 1776 by J.Smith. A good example, with only the lightest offsetting so often found with this map.
Cestria Cester
by Rutgerus Hermannides. published in Britannia Magna 1661. 4 3/8″ x 5 1/8″.

Although published in Europe,Britannia Magna was the first book of plans of British towns and cities. This ‘bird’s eye’ plan of Chester is based on that of John Speed, first published in 1611 as an inset to his map of Cheshire.
Cestria vulgo Chester
by Francesco Valegio c.1595. published Alphonsi Lasor a Varea in Universus Terrarum Orbis 1713. 3 1/2″ x 5 1/4″.
Cheshire
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.
Cheshire
engraved by W.Maestay from a drawing by G.Cole. published in The British Atlas 1810. 7 1/8″ x 8 3/4″. original hand colouring.

A detailed, carefully engraved map showing turnpike gates, turnpike roads, mail coach roads, Roman roads, encampments and ‘ places where Roman coins have been found ‘ and other features. In fine original condition.
Cheshire
by Benjamin Pitts Capper. engraved by H.Cooper. published in A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom. printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown Paternoster Row London 1813. 4 ” x 7 “. contemporary wash hand colouring.

A clearly engraved, attractively coloured map showing ‘ every parish and place containing upwards of 40 houses ‘ as well as numbers of inhabitants, houses and acreages. Although this map is from the 1813 edition it retains the the imprint of R.Philips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars and the original date of publication of 1808; it is, however, a most unusual example in that, contrary to most sources, the engraver’s name has been removed.
Cheshire.
Engraved by W. Schmollinger for Thomas Moule’s English Counties. Original wash colour. 8 1/4″ x 10 1/2″. pub. G.Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane London and others. 1830-36.

Original wash colour indicates an early pre-atlas example first published in monthly instalments between 1830 and 1836. A rare survivor in fine condition.
Cheshyre
Engraved by William Hole for the 1622 edition of Poly-Olbion by Michael Drayton. Copper engraving. 10″ x 12 3/4″. An untitled map showing Cheshire and the Wirral.

Poly-Olbion was a book of “song poems” by the poet Michael Drayton celebrating the countryside, illustrated with vibrant, allegorical maps based on river systems. They show nymphs, shepherds, peasants and some topographical detail such as hills, forests and larger towns.
Chester in Engelland
by Daniel Meisner. first published in the Thesaurus Philo-Politicus 1623. 3 3/4″ x 6″.

A strong and finely detailed impression of a miniature prospect of Chester. A combination the allegorical imagery and the verse appears to suggest the city’s character.
Chester Lancaster
Aristide Michel Perrot. published Paris 1824 in ” L’Angleterre ou Description Historique et Topographique du Royaume-Uni de la Grande Bretagne” by George-Bernhard Depping. Copper engraving with original outline hand colouring.

Charming miniature map of the counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. Uncommon. Wash line mounted ready for framing.
River Mersey from Rock Lighthouse to Eastham and Garston.
W.R. Colbeck. pub. Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1966. (amendments to 1967) c.38.5×34.5 ins. Flding/linen backed. In original boards with gilt titling. Extensively detailed. at scale of 6 ins/mile. Virtually unmarked.
The continuation of the road from York to West-Chester
from Britannia, Volume the First. published by John Ogilby 1675. 13 1/8″ x 17 1/4″. covering the road from Warrington to West Chester and the branch from Manchester, via Stockport and Buxton, to Derby.

A strong, uncoloured impression, as issued, of plate no. 90 from Ogilby’s monumental survey of the roads of England and Wales. Covering about 7500 miles and undertaken in his late sixties, it marked the culmination of an extraordinary life encompassing the careers of dancing master, theatre impresario, translator, poet, bookseller, surveyor, cartographer and publisher. Taken at a consistent scale of 1 inch to the mile it revealed the detailed skeleton of the country previously only hinted at : hedges, walls, bridges, hills, streams, fields, houses – even gallows. Britannia was commercially successful and as a result, heavily plagiarised; but gave Ogilby, who died in 1676, the lasting recognition that his efforts deserved.
The County Palatine of Chester
by Robert Morden. from Camden’s Britannia revised by Edmund Gibson 1772. later hand colouring. 13 5/8″ x 16 3/8″.

Derived from the map of Cheshire by John Speed first issued in 1611 with the addition of roads loosely based on Ogilby’s survey of 1675. Clean split to centre fold in top margin not affecting map.
The County Palatine of Chester with..
by Ric: Blome. published by Richard Blome in Britannia: or a Geographical Description…. 1673. 10 1/4″ x 12 5/8″. later hand colouring.

Somewhat loosely engraved but not without charm; a strong impression of a good, attractively coloured example. Extended side margins to facilitate framing.