British County Atlases

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.

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 (270 x 185 mm.), full early calf, gilt ruled, rebacked ribbed spine, gilt ruled compartments with gilt date and title. With typographic frontispiece on verso; engraved title trimmed upper right corner; typographic title; engraved portrait of Henry Prince of Wales in the FIRST STATE with some margin restoration; dedication to Henrie Prince of Wales, on the verso verses; address to the Generall Reader [A1]; 'From the Author of the Illustrations' (John Selden) dated 9 May 1612 [A2r-A4v]; unpaginated new gathering of 4 leaves of 'A Table to the Chiefest Passages, in the Illustrations ...'; ff. B1r-Dd2r], pp. (22), 303, with 18 double page maps, that of Cornwall with upper centrefold repair, the Gloucestershire with a small repaired tear, several lightly trimmed but all in good condition and dark impressions, otherwise a good example.

Quarto (315 x 255 mm.), contemporary quarter calf, marbled paper boards, rebacked preserving the original spine, gilt ruled bands, red calf gilt title label. With engraved title page, contents leaf, pp. 14 of 'Directions for the Junction of the Roads of England and Wales, Through all the Counties', 'Market and Borough Towns', 'Principal Post and Sub-Post-Towns', map of South Britain (small tear) and 43 county maps on 44 plates (West Riding being on two plates) and both North and South Wales, 47 maps in total, all in early outline colour, each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text, with water stain to gutter of last few leaves, otherwise in good condition.

Quarto, six volumes (235 x 190 mm.), full contemporary blind panelled mottled calf, with ornate blind corner decoration, rebacked ribbed spine with blind ruled compartments, gilt calf title labels to each volume. Volume 1: dated 1720 pp. (4), viii, 752, with 18 maps, 12 tables and 3 plates. Volume 2: dated 1720 pp. (2), 753-1516, with 9 (of 10) maps and 9 tables, lacking Lancashire. Volume 3: dated 1724 pp. (2), 762, with 4 maps and 4 tables. Volume 4: dated 1727 pp. (2), 912, with 5 maps and 5 tables. Volume 5: dated 1730 pp. (2), 920, with 5 maps and 5 tables. Volume 6: dated 1731 pp. (2), 710, with 5 maps and 4 tables. Volumes 1 and 2 only have continuous pagination, the publishers imprint for volumes 3-6 is 'Printed by E. and R. Nutt; and sold by T. Cox'. The work contains 47 (of 48) maps, 40 tables and 3 plates. With extensive manuscript notations in the hand of Thomas Reeve.

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, Witlshire paper crease, Beds with portion of margin missing, otherwise in good condition.

Quarto (290 x 225 mm.), original publisher's ornate blind panelled cloth, rebacked preserving original spine with ornate blind ruling and decoration, gilt titles. With 58 engraved maps including large folding engraved general map of England and Wales (torn), 52 engraved maps of the counties, maps of Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey, Yorkshire folding as is a large plan of London, with additional folding map of the whole of Wales not usually present, all in early outline colour, no title as issued, some light foxing, otherwise in good condition.

Six matching slipcases, each half calf with marbled paper boards, spines with gilt ruling and black calf gilt titles. With 47 engraved maps comprising 1 general, 44 county maps including a larger one of Yorkshire in four sheets, and two of Wales, all in fine early wash colour, all dissected and laid on contemporary linen, each with paper title label affixed, in good condition.

FIRST EDITION IN EARLY COLOUR. Duodecimo (130 x 90 mm.), rebound full calf, gilt panels, spine with gilt ruled raised bands and gilt red calf title label. With engraved title and 53 maps, all in early outline colour, otherwise in good condition.

Folio, three volumes (440 x 270 mm. each), full contemporary calf, worn, rebacked with gilt ruled compartments, gilt calf title and volume labels to each. With portrait of the author, 4 plates of coins, circa 90 plates of antiquities, 52 general and county maps, 8 others mostly folding by John Cary, folding letterpress genealogy of Oliver Cromwell, errata leaves, some light offsetting as often found, otherwise in good condition.

Folio (410 x 265 mm.), two volumes, full contemporary calf, gilt panelled, rebacked with ribbed spine, gilt ruled compartments to the spine, calf gilt title labels. Volume 1; with engraved portrait of Camden by R. White, typographic title page printed in red and black, 36 double page county maps by Robert Morden, 9 engraved plates; volume 2; typographic title page, 15 double page county maps by Robert Morden. pp. (66), cclxviii (double column numeration), (2), 696 (double column numeration); (2), 697-1526, (176), small area of water stain to the lower centrefold of the very end of the first volume affecting Shropshire, Chester, Herefordshire only, otherwise a good example.

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, four volumes (215 x 135 mm. each), contemporary half calf, cloth boards, gilt ruled, all rebacked preserving original spine with gilt decorated raised bands, calf gilt title and volume labels. With 58 steel engraved maps consisting of 2 general, 43 English county maps (Yorkshire divided into 4), Isle of Wight and 12 Welsh counties and c.200 steel engraved plates, pp. 1586, light foxing and offsetting, 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.

EXTREMELY RARE AND DESIRABLE. Folio (460 x 310 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt ruled, rebacked with gilt ruled compartments, each with central gilt floral feature, red calf gilt title label. Double page typographic title, dedication, contents, and forty-two double-page engraved maps with excellent original wash colour, Chester, Hampshire, Shropshire, and Sussex with centrefolds repaired, otherwise a good example.

CHARMING LITTLE ATLAS. Octavo (125 x 85 mm.), full contemporary marbled calf, ornate gilt panelled, rebacked preserving original spine, gilt ruled compartments, each with central ornate gilt feature, with marbled endpapers. With decorative pictorial engraved title page, engraved Contents, typographic title page with Index on verso, Address with Errata on the verso, two engraved divisional titles of England and Wales, pp. (4), 162, and 53 maps (1 general and 52 county maps) all in excellent early full wash colour, in good condition.

Octavo (155 x 120 mm.), contemporary half red calf, with marbled paper boards, gilt ruled, spine with gilt decoration and title. With general map of England and Wales, engraved title page, Preface dated 1819, Contents, List of Mail-Coaches etc., pp. (8), with 40 maps of the counties, North and South Wales as called for, in all 43 maps, each with a page of descriptive text, Yorkshire folding, all in full contemporary wash colour, Devon tight to left margin, otherwise a good example.

Small folio (305 x 245 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, upper board with morocco gilt label priced 'L3. 3s. 0D.', spine with gilt ruled bands, worn. With engraved title, 44 maps, comprising 42 engraved maps of the English counties and maps of North and South Wales, all in early wash colour, a leaf of descriptive text accompanies each map, pp. 2, (26), (14), otherwise in good condition.