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London: W. Owen 1760. A most attractive mid eighteenth century map, with a pretty rococo cartouche, by Emanuel Bowen, Geographer to George II. Originally produced for the October 1760 issue of "The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences".
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 172 x 192mm (approx. 6-7/8" x 7-1/2"). Old folds, but in very good and clean state indeed for a map of this type. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£75

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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.

£75

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[London] : sold by Abel Swale, Awnsham & Iohn Churchil, [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 360 x 420mm (approx. 14-1/4" x 16-1/2"). Some mild tanning; faint wear to edges; but in very good state for an ephemeral item of this type.

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[London : 1739]. An attractive and unusual antique map of the county. Although probably produced by Robert Morden in the early 1690s, this series of maps was not published until 1701. Soon after Morden's death in 1703 they were overhauled, revised and given a distinctively different look by the German-born engraver Herman Moll (fl.1678-1732). In this revised form they remained in print for many years, although only Morden's name ever appears on the maps themselves. The present edition is dated to 1739.
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 171 x 223mm (approx. 6-3/4" x 8-3/4"). One very faint mark, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£75

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London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Co., [ca.1860]. A clearly engraved map of the county from the Admiralty engravers John & Charles Walker on a scale of something under 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 393 x 330mm (approx. 15-1/2" x 12-7/8"). Folding into a contemporary glazed paper case with printed label; case lightly rubbed, but overall in very good and clean condition.

£50

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