British County Atlases

Duodecimo (135 x 90 mm.), full contemporary calf, gilt ruled, rebacked with ribbed spine, two red calf gilt title labels. With engraved title and 53 maps, all in EARLY OUTLINE COLOUR, that of Merionith with small area of right margin missing, otherwise in good condition.

Octavo (185 x 110 mm.), contemporary half red calf, marbled boards, gilt ruled, with original paper title label affixed to the upper board, gilt ruled spine, with area of loss of marbled paper to upper board professionally restored, light water stain visible on endpapers only. With engraved title, Preface, half title 'England' including a short key, 42 circular maps of the English counties, half title 'Wales', 12 maps of the Welsh counties, an Index map of England and Wales in early outline colour, Index leaf, 54 early wash colour roundel maps in total, each with typographic text below, some light show through on a few maps to the versos, otherwise the maps are VERY FRESH, otherwise in good condition.

Quarto (210 x 175 mm.), early full brown cloth binding, gilt title to spine. Five parts in one volume, with pictorial title, frontispiece and 40 early wash coloured lithographic plates. Tear to the text of Huntingdon, repaired. Old tear to title.

Small quarto (190 x 110 mm.), two volumes, full contemporary tree calf, gilt ruled boards, spines with ornate gilt ruled compartments, blue calf gilt title labels and gilt volume numbers worn, light wear to board volume 1, complete with blank endpapers. Volume 1 with engraved general double-page map of England and Wales, engraved title page, dedication to the King, General Contents, Preface, Index, 340 engraved road strip maps (2 to a page), Direct Roads of a lesser notes paginated 341-403, pp. xxxv, blank. Volume 2: Engraved title page, 46 [cross] road strip maps (2 to a page numbered contiguously from 404-449 in two columns), pp. 450-634, in good condition.

RARE MARITIME WORK. Folio (505 x 340 mm.), full contemporary marbled calf, with French fillet triple gilt ruled boards with floral corner piece, gilt armorials to both boards with fleur de lys enclosed by two ornate 'chains', surmounted by a coronet, gilt decorated ribbed spine with ornate gilt floral compartments, marbled endpapers. With typographic title page containing index and 19 engraved charts (all but one double page), without text as issued, some upper corner of title and lower left corner of the chart of the Orkney's with some restoration, light marginal water staining, otherwise in good condition.

EXCEEDINGLY RARE. Small octavo (135 x 90 mm.), full contemporary red morocco, boards with gilt title 'Pocket Tourist' to upper cover and corner stars, skilfully rebacked with gilt ruled compartments. With engraved title page, Explanation and Contents on 1 leaf, general map of England and Wales in early wash colour and 42 maps of the English counties and North and South Wales in early outline colour, in very good condition.

Large folio (485 x 385 mm.), contemporary half red calf, marbled paper boards, with ornate gilt panelled red calf title affixed to centre of upper board, spine with triple gilt ruled bands. With ornate engraved title (lower right corner torn away), 44 engraved maps including 1 large folding map of England and Wales, double-page maps of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales and 40 maps of the counties (Yorkshire in 2 sheets), all in fine early outline colour except for England and Wales as issued, Warwickshire with wax stain, one or two other light marks, otherwise in good condition.

Folio (390 x 245 mm.), full contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked with raised bands, preserving original calf gilt title, boards loose. Engraved portrait of Camden by R. White with small area of loss lower right, title within double rule border, 7 engraved general maps and 43 double page county maps by Robert Morden, all in EARLY OUTLINE COLOUR, 8 engraved plates of coins, engraved and woodcut illustrations, neat manuscript additions to the maps, 2 leaves of text supplied in facsimile, Somerset, Bucks, Herts, Leics, Scotland, and Islands trimmed close, Wiltshire paper crease, Beds with portion of margin missing, otherwise in good condition.

Large quarto (345 x 240 mm.), full contemporary calf gilt panelled calf, with large ornamental central design on both boards below which is found a blind stamped monograph of 'HL' above which is a coronet, original spine with raised bands, with gilt ruled compartments each with central gilt design, ornate gilt title with frame, repaired. With engraved title page by William Hole with central map of the British Isles copied from that in the 1600 edition, flanked by figures of Neptune and Ceres, verso blank; dedication to King James, verso blank; typographic title page, verso blank; 'The Author to the Reader' pp. 4; Latin verses pp. 4; Alphabet verso blank; text paginated 1-822, one blank leaf, half-title Scotland verso blank, paginated 1-233 with another half-title for Ireland and the Smaller Ilands in the British Ocean, with 57 engraved maps and 8 plates of coins; p. (234) 'The Shires of England', indexes pp. 54. Complete in pp. (16), 822, (2), 234 (numbered to 233), (54). With 58 engraved maps in total, three of which are single page including the title. All maps are in the final third state with pagination on those called for. That of Gloucestershire with repair to tear upper centre, otherwise in good condition.

Quarto (325 x 250 mm.), fine modern half calf with marbled paper boards, blind ruled, spine with blind and gilt bands and green calf gilt title label affixed. With typographic Advertisement, engraved title page, engraved dedication, List of Subscribers pp. 6, typographic Contents, map of South Britain, pp. (12), and 43 county maps on 44 plates (West Riding being on two plates) and both North and South Wales, 47 maps in total, each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text, all in early outline colour with main routes coloured brown with wash to wooded areas, 'Directions for the Junctions of the Roads of England and Wales through all the Counties', 'Market and Borough Towns in England and Wales', 'List of the Principal Post and Sub-Post Towns in England and Wales', pp. 17, some very light foxing as usual, otherwise in good condition.

FIRST EDITION IN EARLY WASH COLOUR. Quarto, 2 volumes (275 x 210 mm. each), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, gilt ruled, ornate gilt ribbed spines, calf gilt title labels, marbled endpapers. With engraved frontispiece of King William IV bearing title, further engraved title page with vignette of Greenwich Hospital, typographic title page, pp. xxiv, 484; typographic title, pp. (2), 582, with 57 maps on 60 plates, comprising 2 general maps (1 folding, the other in 4 sheets), 42 maps of the English counties, 3 islands, 3 plans of London (2 folding), 7 further plans of towns and environs, 1 further engraving of the 'Principal Hills', all in EARLY WASH COLOUR, large folding London with repaired binders tear, Metropolitan Boroughs with minor tear, otherwise a good example.

Folio (540 x 360 mm.), contemporary half calf, ornate gilt ruled, marbled paper boards, spine with gilt ruled raised bands, gilt calf title label, worn. With engraved title page, engraved Contents and Explanation, and 46 double page maps all in early wash colour including one general map, 40 of the counties of England (Yorkshire made up of 4 sheets) and Wales in two sheets, large Index to place names and a 2-page list of subscribers, pp. 54, in good condition.

Quarto (275 x 220 mm. each), two volumes, contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, spine with ornate gilt raised bands, each compartment with ornate gilt decoration, gilt titles. With engraved frontispiece in the second state with Queen Victoria, engraved title 'Englands Topographer', typographic title page dated 1839, pp. xxvi, 484; title with vignette of Greenwich Hospital, typographic title page to second volume dated 1838, pp. (2), 582. Complete with 57 maps on 60 plates, comprising 2 general maps (1 folding, the other in 4 sheets), 42 maps of the English counties, 3 islands, 3 plans of London (2 folding, Boroughs wrinkled), 7 further plans of towns and environs, 1 further engraving of the 'Principal Hills', engraved frontispiece of Canterbury Cathedral bound with the Kent section, Monmouth lacking.

Octavo (215 x 125 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, ornate gilt panelling, spine with very ornate gilt embossed decoration and title, marbled endpapers. With typographic frontispiece, pp. iv, 66, with 18 aquatint plates of the roads and 13 further aquatints, in good condition.

MAGNIFICENT FULL EARLY WASH COLOUR. Folio (510 x 325 mm.), contemporary half calf, paper boards with armorial shaped paper pasted to upper board containing in manuscript the title above, spine with raised bands and worn. With contemporary manuscript index inside front cover and 64 maps all in early wash colour, consisting of 10 general maps, 9 Scottish counties, 4 regional Irish, 37 of the English counties and 4 Welsh, 4 maps with Japanese tissue repairs to verso, some browning of colour, otherwise in good condition.

Quarto (210 x 170 mm.), full contemporary red cloth, ornate blind ruling to boards, gilt embossed title to upper board, gilt title to spine. With pictorial frontispiece and title, further letterpress title, Preface and 40 early wash coloured lithographic plates, some light offsetting as usual, otherwise a good example.

Large quarto (365 x 255 mm.), full contemporary diced calf, ornate blind and gilt panelled, ribbed spine with ornate gilt raised bands, gilt title and gilt edged, marbled endpapers. With double page engraved title corrected to 1831, three folding general maps backed on contemporary cloth, 2 double page maps of North & South Wales, 43 county maps, and a folding map showing parliamentary representation in England & Wales for June 1832 backed on publisher's linen, all in early wash colour, Somerset with centrefold split, otherwise a good example.

Quarto (310 x 240 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, raised bands with gilt titles to spine. With typographic title page, pp. 18, with 2 general maps of England and Wales and 56 further maps of the counties all in early outline colour, each interleaved with descriptive text, in good condition.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Quarto (320 x 250 mm.), recent half calf, cloth boards, blind ruled, spine with blind panelled compartments, red calf gilt title, later endpapers. With engraved title page, engraved dedication, Advertisement (first state), typographic Contents (first state), map of South Britain, and 43 county maps on 44 plates (West Riding being on two plates), and both North and South Wales, 47 maps in total, each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text, all in early outline colour with main routes coloured brown with wash to wooded areas, pp. 6 'Directions for the Junctions of the Roads of England and Wales through all the Counties', pp. 4 'Market and Borough Towns in England and Wales', pp. 7 'List of the Principal Post and Sub-Post Towns in England and Wales', pp. 6 List of Subscribers (first state), margin repair to text leaf of Essex, otherwise in good condition.

FIRST EDITION. Oblong folio (410 x 530 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, expertly rejointed preserving the original spine, with gilt title, later endpapers but preserving original front endpapers with extensive manuscript notations about bricks. With typographic title page upper and lower edges strengthened, pp. (2), viii, with 38 side bound engraved maps, each in early outline colour, facing each other in pairs with interleaved descriptive text facing each map, stained upper right corner on first few leaves, light paper wrinkles first and last leaves, otherwise in good condition.