Ethnographic Map of Great Britain and Ireland – Distribution of People, c.1860

This is a hand-colored double page copperplate map of Great Britain entitled "Nieuwe Kaart van de Eilanden van Groot Brittannien Behelzende de Kon...

A set of seven beautifully bound volumes in morocco red leather with gilt decorations and crest to front and rear. A stunning collection of this pictorial work of British and Irish c...

Antique 20th Century leather-cased collection of Bartholomew British road maps by Edward Stanford Ltd of London. One volume features a map of the entire British Isles, divided into n...

Great map of Tipperary and Waterford Steel engraving Drawn under the direction of A.Adlard Published by How and Parsons, C.1840 Unframed.

Great map of Kerry Steel engraving Drawn under the direction of A.Adlard Published by How and Parsons, C.1840 Unframed.

Fabulous map of Ireland Original color. Engraved and printed by the George F. Cram Company, Indianapolis. Published, C.1900. Unframed. Free shipping.

Great Gardens of Britain by Peter Coats. London: Spring Books, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket. 287 pp. A handsome book on the diversity and quality of British gardens. The book showcases thirty-eight great gardens including natural gardens, wild gardens, formal and historical gardens, terraced gardens, and rhododendron gardens. Included are Newby Hall, Mereworth, Pusey, Sezincote, Powis, Logan, Great Dixter...

A beautifully bound first edition set of this important authorativie reference work on the peerage of Britain, by George Edward Cokayne. The first edition of this work. Complete in...

1646 Jansson map entitled "Procinvia connactiae," Ric.a006 Description: The PROVINCE of CONNAVGT 490 x 380From vol 4 of Jansson's Atlas Novus 1646, published in Amsterdam with...

This is Gilpin's third in his series of works tracing picturesque beauty in British natural landscapes. In it he portrays the landscapes of Scottish Highlands, and describes them lyrically in his text. Prefacing the list of Prints at the end of the second volume, the author says "With regards to the prints, which adorn these volumes, I can only say..... that few of them pretend to be 'exact portraits.' They in general 'only characterize the countries,' through which the reader is carried." The illustrations, based on Gilpin's sketches, were etched by his nephew William Sawrey Gilpin using the newly invented aquatint process. This volume also includes a technical discourse about drawing and the mixing of colors, including a chart (vol. 1, p. 131-134) William Gilpin (1724 – 1804) was an English artist, Church of England cleric, schoolmaster and author. He is best known as a travel writer and as one of those who originated the idea of the picturesque. Gilpin's tour journals circulated in manuscript to friends such as the poet William Mason and a wider circle including Thomas Gray...