Wiltshire
Drawn by R.Creighton. Engraved by J.&C.Walker. from Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary 1842-5. 9 1/4″ x 7″. original outline hand colouring.
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A clearly engraved map of the county showing its canals, the burgeoning railway system and a surprisingly high number of unmaintained roads. Also shown, in the inset top right, are ‘Detached parts of Wiltshire situate in the Co. of Berks’.
Bacons New Survey Map of the Counties of Somerset,Dorset and parts of Wiltshire
G.W. Bacon & Co. c.34×44 ins. n.d. c.1900. fldng/diss. linen backed. orig. cloth boards (sunned). gilt titling. spine slightly worn. fully coloured.
Cornub. Devonia Somerset etc.
by Petrus Bertius. from the miniature version of Camden’s Britannia pub. Blaeu 1639. hand coloured. 3 3/4″ x 5 1/4″.
Warwicum Northapton Hunting. etc.
by Petrus Bertius. from the miniature version of Camden’s Britannia published Blaeu 1639. later hand colouring. 3 3/4″ x 5 1/4″.
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A charming miniature map of the south east corner of the British Isles, carefully backed on matching paper to provide additional margins for mounting and framing.
Wilt shire
Engraved by Pieter van den Keere. published 1620-76. 3 3/8″ x 4 7/8″. later hand colouring.
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A very attractive miniature map which has been backed in order to create protective margins for proper presentation.
Wiltshire
engraved and published by John Cary in his New and Correct English Atlas 1787. original hand colouring. 10 1/2″ x 8 3/8″ to include publisher’s imprint.
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A detailed, finely engraved map of Wiltshire from one of the most important and influential county atlases. A little marginal dusting and a slight crease to the bottom left corner otherwise good condition.
Wiltshire
Drawn & Engraved by J.Archer Pentonville London. pub. Dugdale’s England and Wales Delineated. c.1850. 9 1/4″ x 7″. Steel engraving with attractive, contemporary, full wash hand colouring. A very nice example.
Wiltshire
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. 7 ” x 4 “. contemporary wash hand colouring.
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A clearly engraved, attractively coloured map showing ‘every Parish and Place containing upwards of 40 Houses’, 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.
Wiltshire.
by George Bickham. from A Curious Antique Collection Of Birds-Eye Views published 1796 by Robert Laurie and James Whittle London. 8 5/8″ x 5 5/8″. later hand colouring.
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An unusual birds-eye ‘map’ of Wiltshire looking west past Salisbury with Warminster, Bradford and Chippenham in the distance. tiny paper imperfection in sky above Chippenham.
