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British County Atlases
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Printed for John Cary, Engraver, and Map-seller, Strand, London, 1817
Octavo (165 x 110 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, rebacked with gilt ruled compartments and title, marbled endpapers. With engraved title, advertisement and contents, general map and 42 county maps, that of Yorkshire folding with one fold reinforced, all in early outline colour, placed in pairs facing each other, pp. 16 of tables, and 4 of publishers adverts, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10747
£ 195
Sold by Robert Wilkinson, at No. 58, in Cornhill, Successor to Mr. John Bowles, deceased, London, [1767]
Folio (600 x 415 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands, gilt ruled compartments and gilt burgundy calf title label, worn. With typographic title, general map of England and Wales by Kitchin, general map of Scotland, Bayly of Ireland, and 44 engraved double-page map sheets, all with early outline colour, creasing to title-page and three general maps, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10738
£ 7,500
Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall, London, 1763[64]
Quarto, two volumes (285 x 225 mm. each), full contemporary calf, ribbed spines gilt ruled compartments with decorative gilt central floral features, gilt calf title labels. With typographic title page, Preface, Contents, Introduction, pp. (8), xiii, blank, 426; typographic title page, Contents, pp. (4), 490, with two general folding maps, 52 engraved county maps, all by Thomas Kitchin, 39 engraved town views and numerous other engravings set in the text, complete with blank endpapers, some offsetting from maps to text second folding map wrinkled, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 10733
£ 1,500
Printed and sold by Thomas Bowles, fourth edition, London, 1753
RARE EDITION. Octavo (195 x 140 mm.), full calf, spine with blind ruled bands. With engraved title page, eight typographic preliminary pages and 273 engraved plates of road strips, county maps and descriptive text, pp. (2), 5, (3), 273, (1), good margins throughout, with light toning as is often the case, final original blank endpaper week at the edges, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10732
£ 1,100
Printed for T. Osborne. J. Robinson. D. Browne. W. Johnston. J. Hodges. P. Davey & A. Millar. B. Law, London, 1748-[c.56]
Octavo (170 x 110 mm.), full contemporary sheepskin, worn, rebacked with raised bands, cloth label affixed. With engraved title page, pp. (2), 39, (27), with 61 double page maps numbered to 60, the folding general map at the beginning being unnumbered, two maps numbered 19 and two 56 (none numbered 22 or 50), some offsetting throughout, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10731
£ 850
John Cary, Engraver, Map and Print-seller, the corner of Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1787-[89]
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.
Stock number: 10741
£ 850
Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, London, 1816
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.
Stock number: 10749
£ 1,250
Lackington, Allen & Co. Temple of the Muses Finsbury Square, London, 1806
Octavo (185 x 110 mm.), contemporary half red calf, marbled paper boards, gilt ruled, with original paper title label affixed to the upper board, spine with gilt ruled compartments, paper label with manuscript title affixed, with original silk page marker. With ornate engraved title, Preface dated March 1803, half title 'England', 42 circular maps of the English counties, half title 'Wales', 12 maps of the Welsh counties, all in FULL EARLY WASH COLOUR, each with typographic text below, a double page map of England and Wales in early outline colour, Index leaf, some light show through on a few maps to the versos, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10746
£ 3,950
Printed by R. Walker, in Fleet-Lane; and Sold by the Booksellers in Town and Country, London, 1746
Octavo, three volumes (170 x 105 mm. each), recent half calf, marbled paper boards, blind ruled, spines with raised bands and blind ruled compartments, red calf gilt title labels, gilt volume numbers and dates. With typographic title page to each volume, pp. (2), 554 with 11 (of 12) maps; (2), 638 with 11 maps; (2), paginated 639-1194 with 19 (of 20) maps, offering 39 (of 42) maps in total, Berkshire with portion torn away, omitting Durham, Warwickshire and Monmouthshire (latter including 2 leaves of text) apparently never bound, some foxing and toning as usual, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10730
£ 1,750
Printed & Sold by Henry Overton at ye white Horse without Newgate, London, 1743
ONE OF THE RAREST EDITIONS OF SPEED. Folio (435 x 290 mm.), contemporary quarter calf, marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands, black calf gilt title label affixed, light wear. With engraved title page dated 1743, 'A Sett of the Counties of England and Wales' with contemporary manuscript notations, and 58 double-page engraved maps, all in fine early outline colour, front free endpaper with light waterstain, wormtrack though lower corner of first few leaves, mostly in the margin, Lincoln with wax mark, Northumberland with old repaired tear, final map with wrinkle to right side, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10728
£ 42,500
In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt; and Sold by M. Nutt in Exeter-Exchange in the Strand, and J. Morphew near Stationers-Hall, London, 1720-31
FIRST EDITION. Quarto, 6 volumes (225 x 165 mm. each), full contemporary gilt panelled calf, ribbed spines with gilt ruled compartments, gilt calf title labels and gilt volume numbers, first two volumes rebacked. 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 maps and 9 tables. 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 48 maps, 40 tables and 3 plates, some browning occasionally as usual, first map with loss upper right, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10725
£ 2,250
Joseph Wild, at the Elephant at Charing-Cross, London, 1701
Octavo, two volumes (185 x 111 mm. each), early half calf, marbled paper boards, spine with double gilt ruled compartments, dark calf gilt title labels affixed. With typographic title pages to both volumes laid down, pp. (34), 462 (lacking final two leaves); (10); frontispiece engraved portrait of William Camden by M. V. Gucht (repaired tear), (2), (paginated 467-822), 103, 2 copies of Camden's portrait laid down, with 61 engraved maps (complete).
Stock number: 10724
£ 1,150
Amsterdam, 1654
FIRST EDITION. Folio (565 x 360 mm.), full contemporary vellum, ornate gilt panelled boards, rebacked in sheepskin with gilded raised bands, each compartment with ornate central gilt feature, gilt calf title labels affixed, later endpapers. With ornate heavily gilded engraved title page, pp. (8), 189, (1), 70, (2), with 54 double page maps and 1 single page, all in excellent early outline and wash colour,
Stock number: 10719
£ 7,500
Amsterdam, 1645
FIRST EDITION. Folio (500 x 340 mm.), full contemporary Dutch yap vellum with ornate gilt panelled decoration, manuscript title to spine, gilt edged, with ornate blind edging near spine, vellum replacement to lower corner portion of rear board. With magnificent engraved architectural title page in early wash colour HEIGHTENED IN GOLD, title printed on an overslip and pasted down, pp. (8), 460 (paginated), (2), with 58 copperplate engraved maps (57 double-page), 3 half-page illustrations, all in early outline and wash colour. The maps comprise 4 general and 54 county and island maps of England and Wales, with Latin text, mounted on guards throughout, light spotting throughout, some leaves with even toning as usual, some light marginal water staining to first few leaves, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 10718
£ 11,500
John Cary, Engraver, Map and Print-seller, the corner of Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1787-[c.92]
Quarto (320 x 240 mm.), full contemporary tree calf, rebacked with gilt ruled compartments and gilt title, later endpapers. With Advertisement, engraved title page, engraved dedication, typographic Contents, 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, each with original publisher's tissue, 6 pp. 'Directions for the Junctions of the Roads of England and Wales through all the Counties', 4 pp. 'Market and Borough Towns in England and Wales', 7 pp. 'List of the Principal Post and Sub-Post Towns in England and Wales', in good condition.
Stock number: 10500
£ 750
London, 1742
Octavo (160 x 100 mm.), recent quarter calf, cloth boards, with ribbed spine, gilt ruled compartments, with gilt date and title. With engraved title, Dedication, 5 tables, 6 general and 40 county maps, engraved throughout, minor paper fault to Derbyshire, part of left margin to Huntingdonshire missing, minor ink stain to Westmoreland, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10499
£ 850
Longman, Rees & Co. Paternoster Row, and J. & C. Walker, 9, Castle Street, Holborn, London, 1838-[39]
Folio (350 x 235 mm.), contemporary half calf, blind green cloth boards, with gilt title to upper board, rebacked and recornered, spine with raised bands, blind and gilt ruled, each compartment with central gilt feature, gilt date and titles, later endpapers. With double page engraved title page and 47 steel engraved maps comprising 1 general, 42 of English counties and Wales quartered, all in fine early wash colour, some very light foxing, otherwise in very good condition.
Stock number: 10300
£ 750
Glasgow, 1834
Octavo (215 x 135 mm.), four volumes, contemporary half calf, cloth boards, ornate blind ruling, spines with raised bands, each decorated in gilt, gilt calf title and volume labels, marbled endpapers and marbled edged. With typographic title page, pp. (2), lxxii, 408; (2), 472; (2), 480; (2), 470, with 45 steel engraved maps comprising one large folding general map with old repairs to folds and rebound upside down, 42 of the English counties and north and south Wales, all side bound, minor foxing throughout as usual, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10288
£ 550
Historical Descriptions of New and Elegant Picturesque Views of The Antiquities of England and Wales
Alexander Hogg, at the King's Arms, No. 16, Paternoster-Row, and Sold by all Booksellers, Printsellers, and News-Carriers, in Town and Country, London, c.1787-89
FIRST EDITION. Folio (385 x 245 mm.), full contemporary tree calf, decorative floral gilt panelled boards, rebacked preserving the original spine with raised bands, ornate gilt ruled compartments, red calf gilt title, marbled endpapers, light wear. With engraved frontispiece, recto blank, typographic title page, with intervening contemporary tissue, Preface signed by Boswell, Index List of the Plates, List of Subscribers, pp. iv, 42, numerous unpaginated typographic descriptions, (8), with c.195 copper plate engravings and 50 maps including 40 of the English counties, maps of South Wales, North Wales and 8 further plates of maps of the Scottish districts and Irish provinces, in good condition.
Stock number: 10173
£ 950
Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall, London, 1763[64]
Quarto, two volumes (290 x 225 mm. each), full contemporary speckled calf, ribbed spines gilt ruled with decorative gilt central features, gilt red calf title labels. With typographic title page, Preface, Contents, Introduction, pp. (8), xiii, blank, 426; typographic title page, Contents, pp. (4), 490, with two general folding maps, 52 engraved county maps, all by Thomas Kitchin, 39 engraved town views and numerous other engravings set in the text, complete with blank endpapers, some offsetting from maps to text second folding map wrinkled, B2 in the first volume not fully bound, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 10175
£ 1,250