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British County Atlases
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William Darton and Joseph Harvey, London, 1804
A VERY RARE ATLAS. Octavo (215 x 145 mm.), contemporary quarter red morocco, marbled paper boards, with paper title label affixed to upper board, spine with gilt ruled compartments, light wear. With 41 (of 46) maps by Benjamin Baker, lacking Cheshire, the 4 of Yorkshire, all in early outline colour, the last map a little frayed, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9522
£ 1,500
London, c.1795
Folio (315 x 205 mm.), recent half calf preserving original marbled paper boards, upper cover with printed paper title and contents, spine with gilt ruled bands, retaining original endpapers. With no title page as issued and 43 engraved maps of which 3 are folding general maps, light creasing to Yorkshire, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9513
£ 1,950
Jas. Wallis, Berwick Street, Soho, London, c.1814[16]
THE RARE SECOND EDITION. Folio (325 x 230 mm.), later full cloth binding, preserving the original green calf gilt title label on the upper board. With engraved title page (tear repaired), 1 general map of England and Wales (with loss) and 42 maps of the counties, all in early wash colour, bound slightly out of alphabetical sequence as usual, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9537
£ 450
Jas. Wallis, Berwick Street, Soho, London, c.1814[16]
THE RARE SECOND EDITION. Folio (320 x 240 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards with original publisher's printed paper title label affixed to upper board, gilt ruled, marbled floral endpapers. With engraved title page, 1 general map of England and Wales and 42 maps of the counties, all in early wash colour, bound slightly out of alphabetical sequence as usual, those of Yorkshire slightly loose, light foxing to title and Contents, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9536
£ 450
George Virtue, London, c.1848
Quarto, eight volumes (285 x 175 mm. each), full contemporary red cloth, ornate blind boards with central gilt feature to upper covers, ornate gilt spines with titles. With 28 county maps by Thomas Moule uncalled for, a large number of steel engavings and portraits of kings and queens of England.
Stock number: 9577
£ 395
John Heywood 170. Deansgate, Manchester, [c.1858]
Octavo (165 x 115 mm.), in later half calf, cloth boards, gilt ruled, spine with gilt and blind ruled compartments, calf title label, light wear. With lithographic title page, Contents leaf and 45 engraved maps including 1 large folding general map of England and Wales and 44 double-page maps of North and South Wales and the English counties, contents and first two maps loose from the gutter, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9575
£ 195
J. and C. Walker, 9, Castle Street, Holborn, London, c.1886
Folio (370 x 240 mm.), modern half red calf, preserving original red cloth boards, gilt ruled, ornate gilt title to upper board, spine with gilt ruled bands, ornate central gilt design to each compartment, gilt titles. With typographic title page, Reference to the Hunts, with 42 lithographic maps in early outline colour, first three leaves with upper margin repair, Bucks with small centrefold split repaired, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9573
£ 595
Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, La Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill, E.C., London, c.1865
Folio (495 x 340 mm.), contemporary half dark burgundy calf, green cloth boards, blind ruling, spine worn, gilt ruled bands and title. With title, Index and 102 maps all in early outline colour except the Agas in wash colour, plus the 16 supplementary maps of London called for but not always present, some light foxing, one or two light tears, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 10034
£ 1,750
G. F. Cruchley, Map Seller & Globe Maker, 81, Fleet Street, London, c.1870
Quarto (230 x 160 mm.), full contemporary limp black calf, gilt title to spine, marbled endpapers. With lithographic title page and index, and 47 lithographic maps, comprising a general map of England and Wales (centrefold damage), 43 county maps on 44 plates (West Riding being on two plates) and both North and South Wales, all in early outline colour, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9585
£ 350
J. and C. Walker, 9, Castle Street, Holborn, London, c.1860
Folio (360 x 250 mm.), contemporary half red calf, cloth boards, ornate gilt ruled, ornate gilt title to upper board, spine with gilt ruled raised bands, gilt titles, marbled endpapers. With typographic title page, Reference to the Hunts as final leaf with some reinforcement to lower margin, and 42 lithographic maps in early outline colour, East Riding with some light reinforcement to margins, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9570
£ 650
Henry Teesdale & Co. 2, Brunswick Row, Queen Square, London, 1842
Quarto (390 x 260 mm.), recent half calf, cloth boards, blind ruled, spine with gilt ruled raised bands, gilt title. With engraved title and 46 early wash coloured maps consisting of 3 large folding general maps of England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland, Cruchley's folding 'Railway Map of England & Scotland' (early outline colour), North and South Wales and 40 maps of the counties on 43 sheets, in good condition.
Stock number: 9567
£ 850
Pigot & Co. 59, Fleet-Street, London, and Fountain-Street, Manchester, London, [1840]
Large quarto (410 x 295 mm.), fine recent burgundy half calf, marbled paper boards, blind ruled, spine with gilt title. With typographic title page, Address with Contents, double page 'Reciprocal Distance Table' with tables of routes on the recto and verso, 43 steel engraved maps in early outline colour, folding maps of England & Wales, Ireland, and Scotland all dated 1840, Yorkshire and Environs of London folding, light staining to Lincolnshire, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9565
£ 1,450
George Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane Paternoster Row, London, 1837
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.
Stock number: 9563
£ 1,950
Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; J. Harris; J. Cuthell; J. Cundee; W. Faden; J. and A. Arch; Crosby and Co.; J. Richardson; and J. M. Richardson, London, 1810-[17]
THE RARE SECOND ISSUE. Quarto (325 x 240 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, spine with gilt ruled compartments, each with central gilt feature, with gilt title, top of the spine missing, light wear, uncut. With typographic title (reinstated), contents, 2 general maps of England and Wales, 56 further maps of the counties all in early outline colour and 21 town plans, with 2 additional folding plans of Bristol and Bath inserted, the maps are fresh, the plans with some light foxing, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9532
£ 2,500
Printed for C. Smith, Mapseller, No. 172 (Corner of Surrey Street) Strand, London, 1808
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.
Stock number: 9529
£ 1,950
Robert Laurie and James Whittle, No. 53, Fleet-Street, London, 1807
Oblong quarto (230 x 295 mm.), later half red calf to style, preserving original paper boards with ornate printed panels, spine with gilt ruled compartments, each with central gilt floral design, gilt title. With finely engraved frontispiece title, typographic title, Advertisement, Contents, engraved Explanation in early colour and 48 engraved maps (West Riding in 2 sheets) all in fine early outline colour with wash borders, each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text, some surface dirt to first general map, South Wales with light paper folds, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9526
£ 1,200
Printed for C. Smith, Mapseller, No. 172 (Corner of Surrey Street) Strand, London, 1804
Folio (525 x 355 mm.), modern quarter calf, cloth boards, gilt calf title label. With engraved title page, engraved Contents and Explanation, and 46 double page maps all in early outline 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, some plates with a slightly darker toned paper, one or two centrefold splits repaired, the worst being on one of the Yorkshire sheets, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9524
£ 1,250
T. Kitchin, No. 59, Holborn Hill. & Andrew Dury, Duke's Court, St. Martins Lane, London, 1777
Quarto (270 x 220 mm.), recent half calf, marbled paper boards, blind ruled, spine with raised bands, gilt ruled compartments, gilt titles. With engraved title page, typographic contents list and 45 engraved double page maps, all in early outline colour, browning to contents list, a few minor splits in the lower centrefolds, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9505
£ 3,500
W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh, 1889
Quarto (290 x 200 mm.), full contemporary publishers red cloth binding, complete with black and gilt embossed panel work and title, spine with gilt ruled bands and title, light wear to spine. With general map of England and Wales with 57 further single and double page maps of the counties all on one scale as stated on the title page. With 62 page index of placenames bound at the back, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9596
£ 225
Greenwood & Co., Burleigh Street, Strand, London, 1834
Large folio (655 x 425 mm.), contemporary half calf, blue cloth boards, gilt panelled, with red calf gilt panelled title affixed to upper board, spine with ornate gilt raised bands and blind decorated compartments, marbled endpapers, light wear. With engraved title-page containing an early wash coloured map of England and Wales, 46 double-page early wash coloured engraved maps by J. and J. Neale, J. and C. Walker and others, Chester, Derby, Stafford, Shropshire, Worcester, Warwick, Buckingham, Gloucester with lower centrefold splits, first and last plate with minor crease, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 9593
£ 3,250