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British County Atlases
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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
S. A. Oddy, London, 1812[13]
FIRST EDITION. Folio (380 x 260 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, rebacked with gilt ruled compartments and title. 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, early manuscript Index on front free endpaper, title with upper margin tear professionally repaired, some very light offsetting, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10244
£ 500
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
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
Printed for C. Smith, Mapseller, No. 172 (Corner of Surrey Street) Strand, London, 1804
Folio (545 x 365 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, rebacked with raised bands, ornate gilt ruled compartments each with central gilt feature, gilt date and green calf gilt title label, light wear. With engraved title page and contemporary tissue, 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, (southern half with centrefold split), large Index to place names and a 2-page list of subscribers, pp. 54, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10222
£ 2,500
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, 1767-68
VERY RARE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Folio (370 x 240 mm.), modern quarter calf by Temple Bindery, marbled paper boards, gilt ruled, gilt ruled ribbed spine with red calf gilt title label. With engraved title page frayed and laid down, pp. 4 'Subscribers Names' and 45 copper engraved maps in early outline colour, with two further maps of new Jersey and France inserted at the end.
Stock number: 10180
£ 6,500
Carington Bowles at his Map and Print Warehouse, No. 69, in St. Paul's Church Yard, London, 1785
Quarto (260 x 210 mm.), full contemporary quarter mottled calf, gilt ruled, rebacked with gilt ruled compartments, original calf gilt title label preserved. With typographic title and 44 copper engraved maps in early outline colour and yellow wash border, the general map in early wash colour, lower right corner of final map with some minor dirt, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10182
£ 3,750
Printed for, and Sold by the Author, and the Booksellers, London, 1 August 1776
Octavo (185 x 115 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands, gilt ruled, with gilt red calf title, corners repaired, light wear. With general plan, engraved title, pp. 7, (1), 44 and 44 maps, with contemporary manuscript pagination, front free endpaper working loose, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10188
£ 350
Printed for, and Sold by the Author, and the Booksellers, London, 1 January 1777-[83]
Octavo (195 x 125 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, rebacked with raised bands, with gilt red calf title. With general plan, engraved title with contemporary ownership inscription cut upper right, pp. 7, (1), 44 and 44 maps, with contemporary manuscript pagination, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10189
£ 350
H. Moll, T. Bowles, C. Rivington & J. Bowles, London, 1724-[c.32]
Folio (350 x 225 mm.), full contemporary calf, boards with ornate blind panelling, rebacked with ribbed spine and gilt ruled compartments, with red calf gilt title label. Typographic title printed in red and black, with 50 engraved maps, the two general maps folding on evenly toned paper, a few engraved illustrations, pp. (2), xi, (1), 344, x. Kent with light wear at the outer margin, last few leaves with old water stain in the lower gutter, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10147
£ 3,500
John Rocque, Chorographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, near Old Round Court in the Strand, and Robert Sayer, Map and Printseller, at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter-Lane, Fleet-Street, London, 1753
Small quarto (190 x 115 mm.), recent quarter calf, contemporary boards, blind ruled ribbed spine, with recent clam case box. With typographic title page in English and French and 54 maps, comprising 1 folding 'Parliamentary Map of England and Wales', a further general map of the counties, 42 maps of the counties and ridings of England, 7 Wales and 3 maps of the Islands, in good condition.
Stock number: 10155
£ 2,950
Messrs. Kitchin & Jefferys, London, 1751
Small quarto (195 x 160 mm.), side bound early quarter calf, contemporary paper boards, spine with blind ruled raised bands, light wear. Engraved throughout, pictorial title, one leaf containing preface and index, 50 engraved maps, in early outline colour with yellow wash borders, some light foxing, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 10163
£ 4,500
Robert Sayer No. 53, in Fleet Street, London, 1787-[c.94]
RARE EDITION. Small quarto (235 x 185 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, with gilt ruled bands, green calf gilt title label, light wear. With engraved pictorial title and Index, Preface and 49 engraved maps including a newly introduced folding map of England and Wales by Thomas Jefferys, all in fine early wash colour, each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text, and a larger folding distance chart, internally in very good condition.
Stock number: 10164
£ 4,500
T. Carnan, in St. Paul's Church Yard, London, [1759]-[c.79]
Duodecimo (130 x 80 mm.), contemporary quarter calf, rebacked preserving original marbled paper boards, spine with double gilt ruled bands, with red calf gilt title label. With engraved title and 53 numbered maps, engraved throughout, in good condition.
Stock number: 10167
£ 2,950
William Owen, Temple Bar, and by the Author, at his House in Fleet-Street, London, 1759-63
Quarto, two volumes (210 x 130 mm. each), full contemporary calf, ornate blind panels with gilt border, rebacked with raised bands, double gilt ruled compartments, red calf gilt title labels and gilt volume numbers, light wear. Volume I pp. (iv), 410, (8) with 14 county maps, 2 town plans of Bath and Hastings, 1 folding map of the environs of London (not called for); volume II pp. (2), 392, (10) and 27 further maps. Extra illustrated, light water stain to frontispiece first volume, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10168
£ 1,950