British Maps

Rare map of The Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, including Alderney & the Scilly Islands just purchased more information to follow In the original cream mount and gilded frame.

A general map of Bedfordshire with its hundreds. Measure: 37cm 14 1/2" high A scale of 5 miles. in the original green mount and traditional black and gold frame. charming map with...

A modern map of Shropshire Drawn from the latest surveys corrected and improved by the best authorities. Artist Joseph Ellis sculptor. Joseph Ellis was an engraver and publisher from Clerkenwell in London and was apprenticed to Richard William Seale in 1749. He is best know to county map collectors for The New English Atlas published in 1765 which was later reissued as Ellis's English Atlas in 1766, 1768 1777, 1786, 1790 and 1796. Maker carington bowles 1724 - 1793. Carington Bowles worked in London as a publisher in partnership with his father John Bowles from about 1752 until 1763. Carington Bowles worked as a publisher in partnership with his father John Bowles from about 1752 until 1763 before taking over his uncle's business. His address was 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London. He worked with a number of well known cartographers of the day including Emanuel Bowen, Thomas Kitchin, Robert Sayer...

John Ogilby (British 1600-1676) Cosmographer and Geographick Printer to Charles II. A road map from Britannia, 1675/6. The road from London to Kings Lynn, showing Royston to Downham. In oak and gilded frame. In a remarkable life John Ogilby pursued, several careers, each ending in misfortune, and yet he always emerged undeterred, to carry on. His modern reputation is based on his final career, started in his sixty-sixth year, as a publisher of maps and geographical accounts. Ogilby was born outside Dundee, in 1600, the son of a Scottish gentleman...

Map of Nottinghamshire with engravings of Worksop Manor Nottingham Castle Newstead Abbey BIBLIOGRAPHY published in Barclay's Universal English Dicti...

Artist William Schmollinger (1811-1869) London : George Virtue, 1832. A highly attractive map in gothick style, with an ornamental architectural border, inset views of Dunstable Priory and Woburn Abbey...

Map of Lancashire by John Cary engraver published 1st Jan 1793 by J Cary Engraver & Mapseller Strand in original black and gold classic map frame

Thomas Kitchen (1718 - 1784) : Map of Turkey in Europe & Hungary 1783 Visible sheet within the cream mount 25.5cm., 10" height 20cm., 8" In an ebonised frame length 33cm. 13", height 28cm., 11" Kitchin, Thomas (1718 - 1784) Thomas Kitchin (August 4, 1718 – June 23, 1784) was a London based engraver, cartographer, and publisher. He was born in London to a hat-dyer of the same name. At 14, Kitchin apprenticed under Emanuel Bowen, under whom he mastered the art of engraving. He married Bowen daughter, Sarah Bowen, and later inherited much of his preceptor's prosperous business. Their son, Thomas Bowen Kitchin, also an engraver joined the family business, which thereafter published in Thomas Kitchin and Son. From 1858 or so Kitchin was the engraver to the Duke of York, and from about 1773 acquired the title, 'Royal Hydrographer to King George III.' He is responsible for numerous maps published in the The Star, Gentleman's Magazine, and London Magazine, as well as partnering with, at various times, with Thomas Jefferys, Emmanuel Bowen, Thomas Hinton, Issac Tayor, Andrew Dury, John Rocque, Louis de la Rochette, and Alexander Hogg, among others. Kitchin passed his business on to his son, Thomas Bowen Kitchin, who continued to republish many of his maps well after his death. Kitchin's apprentices included George Rollos...

- The juxtaposition of modern design and this ancient map create a unique small table and conversation piece - This is the first map featuring the Isle of Man on its own. - It is also the first map of the Island based on an actual survey, undertaken by Thomas Durham 1595 and was first published by Speed in 1605-1611 and reprinted many times over the next century. This is the second state or print from 1610. The map is inset within a fruitwood box frame with a glass top. Supported by tapering stick legs. The map is based on a survey (and presumably a MS map) by Thomas Durham, of whom nothing is known other that he was paid by Sir Thomas Gerrard to make a survey of the Island. This survey, almost certainly for military purposes, arose from the disputed possession of the Island during which time Elizabeth had assumed control in order to prevent the Scots or the Spanish from using the Island as a base. Speed had used the Durham Map in his slightly earlier 4-sheet wall map showing invasions and battles of c1603/4 [ref: Shirley #261] - there are some differences from this 1605/10 map - Port Eran (rather than Earn on 1605);Knockalo point (= Contrary Hd) not on 1605;Spalbrecke shown west of Calf rather than E as on 1605/10. Thus it is possible that the Durham Map had even more detail than Speed used in his derived version. In sea are four mythical beasts with riders: to NW of Island Unicorn with Scottish flag...

Greenville Collins Northwest Coast and Isle of Man. hand coloured chart, encased in an ebonised frame. Dimensions Height 26.5 Inches Width 30 Inches Depth 1 Inches

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Antique style pictorial plan map of the globe based on the original by Johnson in 1882 This is a very interesting and decorative pie...

Antique early 17th century British very rare and original John Speed, hand coloured map of Denbighshire, dated 1610, by John Sunbury and George Humble. John...

Antique 17th century British very rare and original John Speed (1551-1629) map of the Barkshire Described, J. Sud and Georg Humble, publication (1616 or lat...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Antique style pictorial plan map of the West Country of England etched in gold leaf foil This is a very interesting and decorative p...

We are delighted to offer for sale this New and Accurate Map of Nubia & Abissinia, together with all the Kingdoms Tributary Thereto, and bordering upon them published in 1744 by Emanuel Bowen This is a decorative antique engraved map of East Africa...

This English fabric map of Cornwall, rendered in pen-and-ink, showcases exquisite hand-drawn details and charming faded sepia tones. Encased in a classic frame, this piece elegantly ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Atlas page map of Staffordshire printed in 1645 Amsterdam Staffordiensis Comitatvs Vulgo This o...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Atlas page map of Cheshire printed in 1645 Amsterdam Staffordiensis Comitatvs Vulgo I have thre...

Antique 18th century British rare and original Emanuel Bowen (1694-1767) map of the County of York divided into its Ridings and subdivided into wapontakes, mounted in solid wood fram...

We are delighted to this lovely antique Atlas page map of Northamptonshire printed in 1645 Amsterdam Staffordiensis Comitatvs Vulgo I have three of th...

Map of Wiltshire Drawn & Engraved by Joshua Archer Pentonville London Window Parts of Wiltshire in Berkshire Explanation of Salisbury County Divisions

Folding Map of Huntingdonshire by R Scott with distances from London and reference to the hundreds. Published by Archibald Fullarton & Co Glasgow. Measure: 40...

Map of Essex by John Cary Engraver London published as the act directs Sept 1st 1787 by J Cary Engraver Map & Printseller no 188 the corner of Arundel Str...

Map of North Wales by Robert Marsden Including Anglesey Charming topography and detail and colouring just purchased more information to follow.

The continuation of the road from London to St Davids, commencing at Abingdon Com Berks and extending to Monmouth By John Ogilby Esq, His Majesties Cosmographer. From Abingdon to Farringdon, to Lechlade, to Fairford, to Barnsley to Gloucester showing Monmouth as the destination. A road map from Britannia, 1675/6. No 15. Hand coloured and floated on a cream mount within a brown painted and gilded ogee frame. Some foxing and creasing, uneven edge of sheet, all commensurate with age Provenance : purchased as pair from a collector with no 25 London to Lands End. Framed as a pair. Sheet width 46.5cm., 18 ¼ ”., height 37.5cm., 14 ¾ “ Frame width 66.5cm., 26”., height 56cm., 22 ” In a remarkable life John Ogilby pursued, several careers, each ending in misfortune, and yet he always emerged undeterred, to carry on. His modern reputation is based on his final career, started in his sixty-sixth year, as a publisher of maps and geographical accounts. Ogilby was born outside Dundee, in 1600, the son of a Scottish gentleman. While he was still a child, the family moved to London. When the elder Ogilby was imprisoned for debt, the young John invested his savings in a lottery, won a minor prize, and settled his father's debts. Unfortunately, not enough money was left to secure John a good apprenticeship; instead, he was apprenticed to a dance master. Ogilby was soon dancing in masques at court but, one day, while executing a particularly ambitious leap, he landed badly. The accident left him with a permanent limp, and ended his dancing career. However, he had come to the attention of Thomas Wentworth, later Earl of Strafford, Charles I's most senior minister. Ever one to exploit his contacts, Ogilby became a dance instructor in Strafford's household. When Strafford was sent to Ireland, Ogilby accompanied him as Deputy-Master of the Kings Revels, and then Master of Revels. In Dublin, he built the New Theatre, in St. Werburgh Street, which prospered at first, but the Irish Rebellion, in 1641, cost Ogilby his fortune, which he estimated at £2,000, and almost his life. After brief service as a soldier, he returned to England, survived shipwreck on the way, and arrived back penniless. On his return, Ogilby turned his attention to the Latin classics, as a translator and publisher. His first faltering attempt, in 1649, was a translation of the works of Virgil, but after his marriage to a wealthy widow the same year, his publishing activities received a considerable boost. One means by which Ogilby financed these volumes was by subscription, securing advance payments from his patrons, in return for including their name and coats-of-arms on the plates of illustrations. Another approach was to secure a patron, preferably in the court circle. Ogilby's first patron was Strafford, who found out too late that all leading ministers are dispensable when Charles I assented to his execution in 1641. As he re-established himself, Ogilby sought a new patron, the King himself. In 1661, Ogilby was approached to write poetry for Charles II's coronation procession; he later published 'The Relation of His Majesties Entertainment Passing Through the City of London', and a much enlarged edition the following year, which included a fine set of plates depicting the procession. Royal favour was bestowed in 1674 when John Ogilby received the title of 'His Majesty's Cosmographer and Geographick Printer' with a salary of £13.6s.8d per annum. In 1665, Ogilby left London to avoid the Plague then ravaging the capital. The following year, in the Great Fire of London, Ogilby claimed that he lost his entire stock of books valued at some £3,000, as well as his shop and house, leaving him worth just £5. As he sought to restore his fortunes, Ogilby was already looking in new directions. The initial opportunity he seized on was the reconstruction of London's burnt-out centre. He secured appointment as a "sworn viewer", whose duty was to establish the property boundaries as they existed before the Fire. Ogilby was assisted in the project by his step-grandson, William Morgan...

The continuation of the road from London to Barwick beginning at York and extending to Chester in ye Street. Plate ye 4th continuing 76 ½ miles. No 8. York to Burrowbridge, to Top...

Large Globe 50S THE GLOBE IS IN PLASTIC AND THE FOOT IN WOOD. 1950s. IT HAS LIGHT. GOOD CONDITION WITH CENTURIES OF USE. MEASUREMENTS: 110 CM IN HEIGHT AND 60 CM IN DIAMETER good con...