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British County Atlases
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Thomas Bowles and John Bowles, London, 1739
Oblong quarto (245 x 365 mm.), quarter calf, marbled paper boards, gilt title to the spine. With typographic title page (lightly foxed) and fifty engraved maps (2 general) as called for, 2 of which are folding, in good condition.
Stock number: 7389
£ 2,950
Henry Teesdale & Co. 2 Brunswick Row, Queen Sqe. and Sold by D. W. Marti, 16 Westmoreland Place, City Road, London, 1843-[c.45]
Quarto (235 x 185 mm.), nineteenth century half red calf, red cloth boards with gilt 'Atlas' embossed to upper board, ornate blind ruled and gilt decorated spine with title, light wear. With early endpapers, engraved title page, engraved Contents leaf and 45 engraved maps including 1 large folding general map of England and Wales with minor tear where bound in and 44 single page maps of North and South Wales and the English counties, all in early wash colour, in good condition.
Stock number: 7188
£ 950
Darton and Clark, 58 Holborn Hill, London, c.1844
Quarto (215 x 175 mm.), full contemporary cloth, ornate blind ruling to boards, gilt embossed title to upper board, rebacked preserving original spine with gilt title. Five parts in one volume, with pictorial frontispiece and title, typographic title, Preface and 40 early wash coloured lithographic plates. The first two maps with some marginal waterstaining, some light offsetting as usual, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 7098
£ 2,250
London, 1751
Octavo (160 x 115 mm.), full contemporary calf, gilt embossed panels, with gilt bands to spine along with red calf gilt title label. Engraved throughout, pictorial title, one leaf containing preface and index, 50 engraved maps, ALL IN EARLY OUTLINE COLOUR with yellow wash borders, Rutland with tear in the map repaired, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 5245
£ 4,500
London, 1753
Folio (400 x 250 mm.), two volumes, full contemporary calf. Spine ribbed with 7 compartments, gilt lined, calf labels for title and volume. Volume 1; with engraved portrait of Camden by R. White, typographic title page within double rule border, 36 double page county maps by Robert Morden, 9 engraved plates. Volume 2; typographic title page within double ruled border, 15 double page county maps by Robert Morden. pp. (64), cclxvii, 696 (numbered columns, actually 348); (2), 829 (numbered columns paginated in continuation 697-1526); (176). With some light browning and occasional offsetting, generally a fine looking example.
Stock number: 1852
£ 1,950
Darton and Clark, London, 1843
Quarto (205 x 165 mm.), one part (of five) contemporary paper wrappers, with ornate printed title to upper wrapper and advert to the lower one. Repaired spine. With 8 early wash coloured lithographic plates, 2 pasted to insides of the covers.
Stock number: 1952
£ 495
Darton and Clark, London, 1843
Quarto (205 x 165 mm.), one part (of five) contemporary paper wrappers, with ornate printed title to upper wrapper and advert to the lower one. Repaired spine. With 8 early wash coloured lithographic plates, 2 pasted to insides of the covers.
Stock number: 1953
£ 550
R. H. Laurie, No. 53, Fleet Street, London, 1832
Quarto (265 x 175 mm.), full contemporary limp red morocco, with locking flap (retainer missing) and marbled endpapers. With engraved title page as above, an Advertisement, Directions and Explanation, Index, Parliamentary Representation, pp. ii, 8, (4), folding general map of England and Wales and 25 double page engraved maps all in early outline colour, complete with blank endpapers, with some light offsetting, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 10394
£ 395
Greenwood & Co., Burleigh Street, Strand, London, 1834
A CLEAN SIDE BOUND ISSUE WITHOUT FOLDS. Oblong large folio (665 x 810 mm.), contemporary half calf, edge bound, cloth boards, gilt ruled, with central calf gilt panelled title label affixed to upper board, spine with double raised bands, gilt ruled, 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, Lancashire and Lincolnshire just shaved which is often the case due to their size, Rutland with tear in the upper margin, some light offsetting, much better example than most, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 10294
£ 3,500
Longman, Rees & Co. Paternoster Row, and J. & C. Walker, 9, Castle Street, Holborn, London, 1853
Folio (355 x 245 mm.), modern half calf, marbled paper boards, gilt ruled, gilt ruled spine with gilt title, later endpapers. With double page engraved title page, 5 double page typographic tables, some repair and reinstatement on the title page and first leaf of statistical tables and 49 steel engraved maps comprising 3 general, 42 of English counties and Wales quartered, all in fine early wash colour, some very light foxing, Kent with small lower centrefold split, Rutland with a marginal tear, otherwise in very good condition.
Stock number: 10301
£ 450
William Darton and Son, London, c.1835
VERY RARE. Folio (370 x 255 mm.), contemporary half straight grained morocco, cloth boards, blind ruled, rebacked with gilt ruled compartments gilt title, later endpapers. With typographic title, Contents (with central repair to verso) and 42 maps consisting of 40 of the counties, North and South Wales, the last two and Yorkshire folding, with a couple of splits to folds professionally repaired, with offsetting to most maps, light water discolouration to centrefold of most, light offsetting, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10264
£ 3,250
C. Smith, Mapseller extraordinary to His Majesty No. 172 Strand, London, 1822
Quarto (280 x 230 mm.), recent half calf, marbled paper boards, ornate gilt ruling, spine with two raised bands, each with gilt ruling, calf gilt title label. With engraved title page, contents leaf, 43 engraved maps including a large folding one of Yorkshire, all in fine early outline colour, a 4 page list of Principal Towns followed by 4 blank leaves for 'Remarks' the final one of which has half removed, old repair to binders tear and one small split to the folding map of Yorkshire, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10265
£ 950
C. Smith, Mapseller extraordinary to His Majesty No. 172 Strand, London, 1825
A VERY RARE EDITION. Quarto (275 x 225 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, rebacked with gilt ruled bands, red calf gilt title label, light wear. With engraved title page, contents leaf, 43 engraved maps including a large folding one of Yorkshire, all in fine early outline colour, a 4 page list of Principal Towns followed by 2 blank leaves for 'Remarks', small split to binders fold on the folding map of Yorkshire, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10266
£ 1,100
Thos. Johnson, Manchester, 1863
ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN EXAMPLES. Quarto (265 x 210 mm.), contemporary half calf, cloth boards, blind embossed title and globe on upper board, rebacked retaining original spine, blind ruled compartments and blind title, light wear. With lithographic title page and 42 full bold early wash coloured maps, interleaved, in good condition.
Stock number: 10293
£ 1,950
Langley & Belch, 173, High Street, Borough, London, 1818
FIRST EDITION. Oblong quarto (225 x 375 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards with original publisher's paper title to upper cover, ornate gilt ruled (worn), rebacked preserving original spine, with gilt ruled compartments and title, light wear. With engraved title page (ink stain) and 53 maps all in early wash colour, consisting of one general map and 52 of the English and Welsh counties, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10249
£ 3,950
Printed for John Cary, Engraver, Map & Printseller, Strand, London, 1 Jan. 1791-[92]
Octavo (180 x 115 mm.), recent half red calf by Bayntun, red cloth boards, spine with two raised bands and gilt embossed titles, later endpapers. With engraved title page, Advertisement and Contents and 43 engraved maps printed back-to-back, all in early outline colour, that of Yorkshire folding, 6 page Index bound at the front, in good condition.
Stock number: 10202
£ 195
London, 1782-90
ONE OF ONLY THREE KNOWN BOUND COLLECTIONS OF FIRST STATE MAPS. Oblong folio (335 x 360 mm.), full contemporary calf, with very unusual ornate early decoration affixed and now worn, later endpapers, uncut. With 40 engraved maps of the English counties, traces of old folds, with manuscript index to the front free original endpaper, some trimmed with loss of imprint, frail edges to many, ink notations to the margins of some maps, those of Dorset, Essex Hertfordshire bound upside down, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10210
£ 1,950
London, c.1795
Quarto (325 x 215 mm.), modern quarter calf by Temple Bindery, marbled paper boards, gilt ruled, spine with raised bands, gilt ruled compartments, black calf gilt title label, uncut. With original publisher's typographic 'title' and index loosely inserted, 40 engraved maps of the English counties, old liquid stain to first and final few maps lower corner, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10211
£ 1,750
Printed by C. Whittingham, Dean Street, Fetter Lane and Sold by H D. Symonds, Paternoster-Row, London, 1802
Octavo (225 x 140 mm.), old half vellum, contemporary paper boards, later endpapers, uncut. With typographic frontispiece, pp. iv, 66, with 14 aquatint plates of the roads with early wash coloured borders and 5 further aquatints, in good condition.
Stock number: 10218
£ 850
Lackington, Allen & Co. Temple of the Muses Finsbury Square, London, 1806
Octavo (185 x 115 mm.), contemporary marbled paper boards, rebacked in red morocco, gilt ruled, with original paper title label affixed to the upper board, spine with gilt ruled bands. 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, blank leaf with manuscript table, Index leaf, some light show through on a few maps to the versos, some offsetting to final map, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10221
£ 3,250