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London : W. Owen, 1758. A most attractive mid eighteenth century map, with a pretty shellwork rococo cartouche, by Emanuel Bowen, Geographer to George II. Originally produced for the March 1758 issue of "The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences".
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 175 x 199mm (approx. 6-7/8" x 7-7/8"). Old folds, but in fine state for a map of this type. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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London : Geographia, [ca.1957]. A pre-motorway road map of the area to the west of London. The area covered is centred on Reading and extends from Aylesbury in the north to Winchester in the south - and from Marlborough across to the Isle of Dogs - on a scale of two miles to an inch. Ministry of Transport Class 1 (A) roads are shown in red, Class 2 (B) roads in blue, along with other roads and footpaths, with trunk road numbers, distances between towns, etc. Issued by Geographia after the change of their telephone number to FLE 2701 in about 1956.
Colour printed map on paper. Printed surface 720 x 960mm (approx. 28-3/8" x 38-3/4"). Folding into the original thin card pictorial wrappers; in very good and clean state.

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[London : ca.1720]. A most attractive map of Berkshire - with a neatly worked curtain title-piece and the upper border ruled, in Morden's characteristic fashion, not in degrees but in minutes of real time from London. Although probably engraved in the early 1690s, the maps in this series were not published until 1701. After Robert Morden's death in 1703 the plates were reworked and subjected to minor revision by Herman Moll - and the present edition (with Moll's additions) is dated to about 1720.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 161 x 214 (approx. 6-3/8" x 8-1/2"). Faint original vertical folds, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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[London : Cadell & Davies, 1806]. An attractive town-plan of Reading and the surrounding fields, with a keyed index identifying twenty-seven of the principal buildings, etc. Based on the map issued with Charles Coates, "The History and Antiquities of Reading" in 1802, engraved by Samuel John Neele and originally produced for publication with the first volume of Daniel Lysons, "Magna Britannia" (London 1806).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 250 x 193mm (approx. 9-7/8" x 7-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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[London : 1694?]. A charming and rare small map of Berkshire by John Seller. Originally produced for a set of maps which first appeared under the title "Anglia Contracta", dated to between 1689 and 1694 by Skelton and generally ascribed to somewhere near the latter date. The maps in their original form were subsequently reissued a number of times between 1696 and 1711, with the present example dating from no later than 1697.
Copper line engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 120 x 145mm (approx. 4-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Some mild tanning, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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[London : University of London Press, 1929]. An attractive town-plan of Sonning as it stood in the late 1920s. Originally prepared for "The Thames Valley from Cricklade to Staines : A Survey" (London : 1929). With Harding Thompson's distinctive monogram.
Line block on coated paper. Printed surface 227 x 198mm (approx. 8-3/4" x 7-3/4"). In very good and clean state.

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London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co., [ca.1860]. A clearly engraved map of the county from the Admiralty engravers John & Charles Walker on a scale of just over three miles to the inch - particular attention being given to the newly built railways. Originally published in 1835, but here in a later and updated version.
Line engraving on paper, with original hand colour. Engraved surface 398 x 315mm (approx. 15-5/8" x 12-3/8"). Folding into a contemporary glazed paper case with printed label; some short splits and tears to folds; case rubbed, but overall in good condition for a fragile item.

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