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[London : 1763]. A handsome antique map of the county, with a delightful rococo title-piece, produced by Thomas Kitchin, one of the best known of English mapmakers of the period and later to become Hydrographer to the King. "Executed with a good share of elegance and neatness", as a contemporary reviewer noted, and originally produced for "England Illustrated, or, a Compendium of the Natural History, Geography, Topography, and Antiquities Ecclesiastical and Civil, of England and Wales" (London 1764).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 193 x 251mm (approx. 7-5/8" x 9-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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[Paris : Denys Thierry, 1683]. A striking antique map offering a pleasant image of seventeenth-century Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight - from the French mathematician, engineer and surveyor Allain Manesson-Mallet. Originally produced for Mallet's "Description de l'Univers : contenant les differents systemes du monde" (Paris : 1683).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 147 x 105mm (approx. 5-3/4" x 4-1/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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[London : George Virtue, ca.1840]. A highly attractive map of the county engraved by John Crane Dower (fl.1820-1847) for the part-work "English Counties Delineated" (London : 1830-1837) prepared by the antiquary Thomas Moule. Decorated with a patterned border, the coats of arms of the major towns and of the Duke of Wellington, and a vignette view of Southampton. Originally engraved in 1834, the present (slightly revised) edition is dated to about 1840.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 196 x 258mm (approx. 7-3/4" x 10-1/8"). Trimmed a little tight, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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[London : 1835 (but later)]. A pleasant antique map of the country some ten miles round Portsmouth, taking in Gosport, Hambledon, Havant, Hayling Island, Fareham, Ryde, etc. Originally engraved in 1835 by John Crane Dower (fl.1820-1847) for the part-work "English Counties Delineated" (London 1830-1837) prepared by the antiquary Thomas Moule. The present impression, showing the addition of the recently built railways, is dated to about 1848.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 200 x 246mm (approx. 7-7/8" x 9-3/4"). Trimmed a little tight at head, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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London : J. Wilkes, 1806. An attractive antique map of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - clearly engraved and with a decorative compass rose. Originally engraved by Samuel John Neele of the Strand for the "Encyclopaedia Londinensis".
Copper line engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 243 x 202mm (approx. 9-1/2" x 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 Hampshire 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 147mm (approx. 4-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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