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[London : George Virtue, 1843 (or later)]. One of the most attractive of all maps of the island, engraved by James Bingley (fl.1822-1840) for the part-work “English Counties Delineated” (London 1830-1837) prepared by the antiquary Thomas Moule (1784-1851). Decorated with an extravagant “gothick” architectural border, coats of arms and a vignette panorama of Mona presiding over stormy seas. Originally engraved in 1833, the present edition is re-dated to 1843. The map is illustrated in both Gohm’s “Antique Maps” and in Booth’s “Looking at Old Maps”.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 192 x 265mm (approx. 7-5/8” x 10-1/2”). In fine 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 the seventeenth-century Isle of Man, with Anglesey and the Welsh coast to the south - 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 150 x 105mm (approx. 5-7/8" x 4-1/8"). Text on verso. One tiny spot, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£75

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