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British County Atlases
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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
Carington Bowles, At his Map and Print-Warehouse, No. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London, 1785
FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (185 x 115 mm.), two volumes, full early marbled calf, gilt panelled, spine with ornate gilt ruled bands, calf gilt title and volume numbers affixed, light wear. Volume 1 with engraved general double-page map of England and Wales in early wash colour, engraved title page, dedication, General Contents, Preface, Index to the Direct Roads, Cross Roads, 'Scotch' Roads and 186 strip road maps (2 to a page), 187 & 188 blank, pp. x, xxix, (1), 40 [paginated 189-228]; volume 2 with engraved title page 142 strip road maps (2 to a page), branch roads pp. 24 [paginated 143-167], (1), engraved title page to the Cross Roads, a further 30 strip road maps of the Cross Roads beginning on the verso of the title (2 to a page), Cross Roads and Roads in Scotland, Errata to the verso pp. 90, (1) [paginated 31-121], advert pasted on back board of second volume, in good condition.
Stock number: 10191
£ 495
Printed for John Cary, Engraver, Map & Printseller, Strand, London, 1 Jan. 1791-[92]
Small quarto (160 x 105 mm.), full contemporary marbled calf, ornate gilt panelled, rebacked with gilt ruled compartments, marbled endpapers. With engraved title page, Advertisement and Contents and 43 engraved maps bound back-to-back, all in early outline colour, that of Yorkshire folding with binders tear repaired by backing on paper, Index with an advert leaf on verso of final leaf pp. 7, (1), endpapers detaching, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10203
£ 195
Sherwood, Jones, and Co. Paternoster Row, London, 1824
Octavo (145 x 120 mm.), contemporary half calf, with marbled paper boards, rebacked with matching spine, gilt ruled compartments, each with central gilt star feature, gilt title. With typographic title with a woodcut vignette, further typographic title as above, pp. (2), (viii), 86, (70), (28) with 49 further maps (3 folding) in early outline colour, Index general map opposite 'Reference to the Maps' numbered '0', maps numbered to 47 including 40 counties, 3 of Yorkshire Ridings, Lake District, South Scotland, North and South Wales and the Isle of Thanet unnumbered but '48' in the list of contents, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10238
£ 350
R. Miller, 24, Old Fish Street St. Pauls, London, [1820]
Duodecimo (135 x 105 mm.), modern half green calf, green cloth boards, spine with gilt date and title, re-guarded. With engraved title, Index and 56 copper plate maps, all in full early wash colour, pp. 12, otherwise in very good condition.
Stock number: 10252
£ 950
W. H. Reid, Charing Cross, London, 1820
Octavo (120 x 80 mm.), recent quarter calf, marbled paper boards, spine with gilt ruling top and bottom and gilt title. With engraved frontispiece title, 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 full original wash colour, tear to p. 113, water stain to Welsh half title, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10259
£ 1,650
Chapman & Hall 186, Strand, London, 1836
Quarto (265 x 205 mm.), modern quarter calf, paper boards, spine with gilt ruled compartments and date, gilt calf title, later endpapers, but retaining the original front free one. With engraved title page, List of Maps and 47 steel engraved maps on 54 sheets all in early wash colour, each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text except for the last few maps with more, last 4 sheet map of Inland Navigation as one folded and laid on contemporary linen, occasional light foxing, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10282
£ 250
Wm. Cobbett, 11, Bolt-Court, Fleet-Street; and may be had of all booksellers, London, 1832
Octavo (225 x 140 mm.), uncut, contemporary quarter cloth, paper boards, rebacked preserving original spine, with original publisher's paper title label, light wear. With typographic title page, pp. viii, 546, (2), ix-lxxxiv, with 43 maps, consisting of 1 general and 40 of the counties of England and 2 of Wales, printed on thick paper cut shorter than the binding, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10286
£ 250
Thomas Bowles, London, 1736
Octavo (195 x 135 mm.), full contemporary calf, gilt panelled, rebacked with ribbed spine, gilt ruled compartments each with ornate gilt floral feature, with green calf title label attached, marbled endpapers. With title page, pp. 5, (3), 273, with 273 engraved plates of road strips and county maps printed back-to-back, a good example.
Stock number: 10145
£ 1,250
G. F. Cruchley, Map Seller & Globe Maker, 81, Fleet Street, London, London, c.1864
Quarto (235 x 150 mm.), full contemporary dark blue calf, rebacked in cloth with a recent saddlebag cloth flap and new endpapers. With title page, Index and 47 lithographic maps comprising a general map of England and Wales, 43 county maps on 44 plates (West Riding being on two plates) and both North and South Wales, all in early outline colour, otherwise generally fine.
Stock number: 9808
£ 350
Printed and Published by John Heywood, 141 & 143, Deansgate, Manchester, c.1863
Small quarto (230 x 175 mm.), original brown paper wrappers with title and contents on upper cover, adverts on the back cover, later cloth spine, further advertisement of Heywood printed inside upper cover. With title page as above containing allegorical vignette, folding map of England and Wales, regional maps of South and North Wales and 42 county maps, general map folding with old binder's tear and 1 small split at a fold, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9954
£ 195
Chapman & Hall 186, Strand, London, 1836
Quarto (270 x 215 mm.), contemporary quarter morocco, cloth boards, ornate gilt title to the upper board, ribbed spine with blind ruled compartments, gilt title, with recent solander box in blue cloth, marbled paper inside, gilt black calf title on spine, light water stain on front cover. With engraved title page, List of Maps and 47 steel engraved maps on 54 sheets all in early wash colour, each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text with the exception of more for the last few maps, last 4 sheet map of Inland Navigation as one folded and laid on contemporary linen, occasional light foxing, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9942
£ 375
J. Pigot & Co. 59, Fleet-Street, London, and Fountain-Street, Manchester, London, 1840
Quarto (400 x 295 mm.), contemporary half calf, cloth boards, gilt ruled, rebacked in matching calf, blind ruled compartments, red calf gilt title label, final endpaper with some tissue repair. With engraved title page, Address with Contents, double page 'Reciprocal Distance Table' with tables of routes on the verso, with 41 steel engraved maps in early outline and wash colour, including a large folding map of England & Wales dated 1840, Yorkshire and the London plate also folding, each with a leaf of descriptive text, those of Lancashire and Yorkshire with an extra leaf describing the railways, in good condition.
Stock number: 9932
£ 1,200
London, c.1833
Folio (410 x 270 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards with gilt ruling and ornate red calf gilt title on upper board, spine with gilt ruled bands, with early manuscript table of contents on inside of upper cover. With double page typographic 'Geographical and Statistical Table', map of England and Wales and a further 43 maps of the counties and Wales bound in geographic order commencing with Sussex, light foxing throughout otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9928
£ 595
London, [1831]
Folio (485 x 380 mm.), contemporary half red calf, paper boards, gilt ruled, with ornate gilt red calf Royal Arms label pasted to upper board, spine with gilt ruled compartments, gilt title, complete with contemporary blank endpapers. With engraved title, Dedication and 44 engraved maps including 1 large folding map of England, double-page maps of Ireland, Scotland and Wales and 40 maps of the counties (Yorkshire in 2 sheets), all in fine early outline colour, an excellent example.
Stock number: 9929
£ 1,350
Richard Phillips, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808
FIRST EDITION. Octavo (210 x 130 mm.), recent half red calf, preserving original marbled paper boards, spine with gilt ruled compartments, gilt title, with original blank endpapers. With typographic title page, Contents leaf, and 46 maps, one unnumbered double page general map, 40 maps of the English counties, Wales, 2 maps comprising Scotland and 2 of Ireland (Yorkshire and all general maps double page), all in early wash colour, British Isles and northern Scotland with repaired centrefold split, light foxing affecting some maps, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9919
£ 1,150
G. F. Cruchley, Map Seller & Globe Maker, 81, Fleet Street, London, London, c.1864
THE ERIC GARDNER COPY. Oblong quarto (230 x 310 mm.), recent half green calf, cloth boards, gilt ruled and titled spine. With title page laid on oblong paper to match and 45 (of 47) lithographic maps comprising a general map of England and Wales, 43 county maps on 44 plates (West Riding being on two plates) and North Wales, all in early outline colour, some light centrefold show through, lacking index, Cheshire and South Wales, Middlesex supplied from another copy, otherwise generally fine.
Stock number: 9893
£ 450
London, c.1839
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ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN EXAMPLES. Folio (475 x 370 mm.), full recent blue cloth boards with gilt title to upper cover and spine, with original endpapers. With 43 (of 44) maps comprising three general of Ireland, Scotland and Wales (lacking that of England and Wales) and 40 maps of the English counties with that of Yorkshire being in two sheets, minor tissue repair to last two leaves, some light foxing, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9803
£ 1,250
Fisher, Son, & Co, London, [1845]
FIRST EDITION. Folio (370 x 310 mm.), contemporary half calf, cloth boards blind ruled, spine with gilt ruled compartments, gilt title, light wear. With title page, preface and contents leaf and 96 pages of descriptive text interspersed with 48 maps consisting of 1 folding general map of England and Wales, 39 maps of the counties (Leicestershire and Rutland together) and Wales made up of 6 sheets, those of Lincolnshire and Devon are double page, all in early wash colour, general map with tear repaired, Gloucestershire with old tear repair, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9804
£ 495
London, 1822
EXTREMELY RARE AND DESIRABLE. Folio (475 x 315 mm.), nineteenth century half calf, rebacked, light wear. Folding typographic title, dedication and contents, forty-two folding engraved maps with original wash hand colour. Five maps with strengthening to lower centrefolds, not affecting the image, with light wear to map of Sussex at lower centrefold, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 9671
£ 8,500