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Leith : Pattisons, [ca.1897]. A charming map of the Cotswolds and beyond (centred more or less on Gloucester and extending - on a scale of ten miles to the inch - to Stourport in the north, east to Brackley, south to Bath, and west to Cardiff), with the roads suitable for cycling marked in red. Issued as one of a promotional series by the Leith distillery, producers of Pattisons Royal Gordon Scotch Whisky, etc. - with images of their premises and products surrounding the map. The reverse has a series of further images demonstrating the use and benefit of Pattisons while cycling, golfing, curling, hunting, coaching, yachting, shooting and fishing. Engraved and printed by Banks & Co. of Edinburgh.
Lithograph on paper, printed in ochre, black, blue and red, and on reverse in sepia. Printed surface 215 x 315mm (approx. 8-1/2" x 12-1/2"). Folding into the original pictorial cloth case. One tiny hole, but otherwise in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£50

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Gotha : Justus Perthes, 1871. The seventh revision of this standard nineteenth-century wall-chart, originally published in 1863 and specifically designed for the British market to show "the lines of oceanic mail steam communication and overland routes, the international aerial and submarine telegraphs; and the principal tracks of sailing vessels; showing some continental surface characteristics, the oceanic currents and important deep-sea soundings", etc. Twenty-five inset maps and plans add more detail of air currents, magnetic variation, projected canals, overland crossings, the principal ports, etc.
Tint lithograph on paper, with original hand colour on routes, borders, etc. Eight sheets, joining to give an overall size of 974 x 1554mm (approx. 38-1/4" x 61-1/4"). Mounted on linen, edged with pink ribbon and fitted with loops for hanging, and folding into its original card folder with printed label in both English and German; the folder worn and split in two; short split to linen backing at one point; some small marks, mainly to verso; some minor surface dustiness, but the chart still overall in very good condition.

£750

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London : Bowles & Carver, 1800. An attractive and clearly engraved map of England and Wales, with southern Scotland (below Inverary) and the west coast of Ireland, neatly distinguishing between the principal leading roads, the great roads, and two classes of lesser roads. Distances are given from town to town, distances from London for the major towns, and distances are also given for the major sea crossings. The English and Welsh counties are individually delineated and coloured, and the design is completed by an attractive cartouche of coach, coachmen, saddle, whips, lantern and post-horn.
Copper line engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 598 x 522mm (approx. 23-1/2" x 20-1/2"). Dissected, mounted on linen, and folding into the original marbled slip-case, with printed labels; slip-case much worn; some holing and splitting to folds, but overall in good condition for a map of this type. The label on the back of the slip-case, although much worn, advertises various geographical games, dissected maps, etc. as "aids to improvement and pleasure" for "young ladies and gentlemen". A guaranteed genuine antique map. This edition not located in any major UK library, although three other editions of 1797, 1804 and 1809 are recorded.

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London : Charles F. Cheffins, [1844]. Fourth edition. A map of England and Wales at a scale of some fourteen miles to the inch, showing the incipient railway system, careful distinction being made between railways already open (in black), railways being built or for which an Act of Parliament had already been obtained (in red), and railways under proposal (in blue). Part of Scotland, showing the Ayr, Glasgow, Edinburgh line, with spurs to Greenock and Dalziel, is given in a separate inset, while the further extremities of Cornwall are accommodated on an additional flap. The map was first published in 1842, with the present example clearly dated August 1844 in manuscript.
Lithograph on paper, with original hand colour. Printed surface 676 x 690mm (approx. 26-5/8" x 27-1/8"). Dissected, mounted on linen, and folding into the original cloth case, with Cheffins' decorative printed labels; case skilfully rebacked and refurbished; very mild tanning to some folds; slight creasing to extension flap, but in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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London : for the Proprietors by H.G.Collins, [ca.1853]. An attractively worked mid nineteenth century map of the county, with particular attention given to the railways, polling places, etc. Produced as a series of maps "sold at all the railway stations" by Collins in the 1850s, but the base-map itself was originally produced by Robert Rowe some forty years eariler.
Lithograph on paper, with original hand colour. Printed surface 354 x 427mm (approx. 14" x 16-3/4"). Folded into the distinctive Collins orange and black paper wraps, with a printed yellow and black title label; a few faint spots, some minor creasing; case very slightly rubbed, but in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£50

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Dublin : McGlashan & Gill, [ca.1865]. A handsome and uncommon map of Ireland on a scale of ten miles to the inch, paying particular attention to the railway system. Engraved by Alexander Hay of Edinburgh and originally published in 1851, but here updated to include the more recent railway lines, etc.
Lithograph on paper, with full colour. Printed surface 735 x 565mm (approx. 29" x 22-1/4"). Mounted on linen and folding into the original cloth case; slight wear to case; some minor wear and slight holing to some folds; a short tear seemingly repaired before mounting; some mild browning and spotting, but a good copy of a fragile production.

£100

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London : W. Faden, 1799. The first edition of this handsome separately published map of Sussex, based on the William Gardner, Thomas Yeakell and Thomas Gream four-sheet map of 1795, and here in a reduction engraved by John Palmer with the scale reduced to four-tenths of an inch to the mile.
Copper line engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 367 x 782mm (approx. 14-1/2" x 30-3/4"). Dissected, mounted on linen, and folding into the original marbled slip-case with William Faden's engraved label; a few faint marks, minor holing to linen backing, slip-case much worn, but the map in a clean and sharp impression and overall in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Kingsley 58(i).

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London : Chapman & Hall, [1833?]. A separately published version of the Hall map originally issued in November 1831 with the John Gorton part-work "A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland". All the maps in this series are generally credited to Sidney Hall (1788?-1831), but maps towards the end of the series were in fact prepared and engraved after Hall's death (in February 1831) by his widow and successor, Selina Hall.
Line engraving on paper. Original outline hand colour. Engraved surface 195 x 245mm (approx. 7-3/4" x 9-3/4"). Dissected, mounted on linen, and folding into the publishers' original cloth case. As is usual with this issue of the maps, the original 1831 date has been erased by the publishers by hand. In very good state indeed for an ephemeral item of this type. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£75

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