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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.

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London : Vernor & Hood, 1805. A most attractive early nineteenth century town plan of Gloucester, with a vignette view of the town after Edward Dayes (1763-1804), shields, etc. Engraved by John Roper (fl.1792-1810).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 240 x 178mm (approx. 9-1/2" x 7"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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[London : 1718]. Delightfully engraved scroll-style road map from the scarce early road-book "A Pocket Guide to the English Traveller". The road from Gloucester to Coventry via Cheltenham, Winchcombe, Chipping Campden, Stratford on Avon and Warwick. The map is dedicated to Joseph Addison.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 169 x 270mm (approx. 6-7/8" x 10-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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[London : 1718]. A delightfully engraved scroll-style road map from the scarce early set of road maps published as "A Pocket Guide to the English Traveller". The road from Gloucester via Huntley, Lea, Ross-on-Wye, Much Birch, Hereford, Birley, Pembridge, Presteigne, Knighton and Clun to Montgomery. The map is dedicated to the Hon. George Caswal.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 172 x 270mm (approx. 6-3/4" x 10-5/8"). A sharp and fine unfolded impression, very lightly browned, but in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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[London] : sold by Abel Swale, Awnsham & Iohn Churchill, [1695]. A rare separately published state of the first issue of Morden's map of the county, originally produced for the 1695 edition of "Camden's Britannia", but here dissected, mounted on linen, and folding into (eighteenth century) marbled guards, with a manuscript label. Morden's maps from this series have not previously been recorded in this form. On their first appearance they were advertised as being "much the fairest and most correct of any that have yet appear'd" and the help of "knowing gentlemen" in each part of the country had been sought "to supply the defects, rectifie the positions, and correct false spellings".
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 345 x 415mm (approx. 13-5/8" x 16-3/8"). Some mild tanning; faint wear to edges; but in very good state for an ephemeral item of this type.

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London : George Virtue, 1830. A most attractive "gothick" map of the county engraved by James Bingley (fl.1822-1840) for the part-work "English Counties Delineated" (London : 1830-1837) prepared by the antiquary Thomas Moule - and here in first state, with the publisher's imprint, date, and the credit to Bingley. Decorated with an ornamental border, strapwork title, coats of arms, inset views of Cheltenham, Gloucester and Tewkesbury, swags of fruits and flowers, etc.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 262 x 202mm (approx. 10-3/8" x 7-7/8". Trimmed a little tight at head, just touching engraved border; slight (1 cm) nick to upper margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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[London : George Virtue, ca.1845]. A most attractive "gothick" map of the county engraved by James Bingley (fl.1822-1840) for the part-work "English Counties Delineated" (London : 1830-1837) prepared by the antiquary Thomas Moule. Decorated with an ornamental border, strapwork title, coats of arms, inset views of Cheltenham, Gloucester and Tewkesbury, swags of fruits and flowers, etc. Originally engraved in 1830, the present (slightly revised) edition is dated to about 1845. The map is illustrated in both Tooley's "Maps and Mapmakers" and Lister's "How to Identify Old Maps".
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 261 x 205mm (approx. 10-3/8" x 8"). Stitch-marks to left-hand blank margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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London : C. Smith, [ca.1840]. A handsome antique map of the county on a scale of 3/8 of an inch to the mile. Originally produced at the beginning of the nineteenth century, but here revised and updated to show the new post-1832 political boundaries, polling places, etc., as well as the earliest railways to cross the county.
Copper line engraving on paper, with full original hand colour. Engraved surface 518 x 460mm (approx. 20-1/4" x 18-1/8"). Dissected, mounted on linen, and folding into a contemporary cloth case with the engraved label and manuscript title of James Wyld, the London mapseller; some minor pencil annotation, a few faint marks, but overall in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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London : Longman, Rees, Orme & Co., [ca.1860]. A clearly engraved map of the county from the Admiralty engravers John & Charles Walker - on a scale of just under four 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 391 x 341mm (approx. 15-3/8" x 13-3/8"). Folding into a contemporary glazed paper case with printed label; short splits to outer folds; case a little rubbed, with neat name on endpaper, but overall in good condition for a fragile item.

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