ANTIQUE MAPS OF KENT AT
ASH RARE BOOKS
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UNITED KINGDOM

[London : ca.1842]. A neatly worked antique map of the county by Joshua Archer of Pentonville, cartographer, engraver and printer. Originally produced for Thomas Dugdale's part-work "Curiosities of Great Britain. England & Wales Delineated" (London : 1838-1843).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 230 x 182mm (approx. 9-1/8" x 7-1/8"). Original vertical fold; slight nick to lower margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£50

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[London : for Carington Bowles, ca.1765]. A large and handsome eighteenth-century map of the county on a scale of three-eighths of an inch to the mile. Compiled by Emanuel Bowen, Geographer to George II, and originally produced in 1751 for a series of maps separately sold from 1749 on and eventually published as "The Large English Atlas" (London 1760 and later editions). The present example dates from the 1760s - after the date at which Carington Bowles took over the shop at St. Pauls' from his uncle, Thomas Bowles. The particular charm of this series of maps resides in the numerous historical and geographical notes that fill up blank spaces and corners - with notes in this case on cloth manufacture at Cranbrook, the waters at Tunbridge Wells, Romney Marsh, Hythe, Appledore, Hawkhurst, Deal Castle, Dover Harbour, the enlargement of the harbour at Ramsgate, Reculver Market, Rochester, Maidstone, Canterbury, Faversham, Gravesend, Woolwich, Greenwich, Deptford and much else. With a finely engraved dedication panel (to Lionel Sackville, Duke of Dorset) and a thematic cartouche of hops, fish, lobsters, baskets, fruit, anchors, cannon, swords, etc., in the rococo style of the period. A separate inset gives a chart of the Downs, Goodwin Sands, etc.
Copper line engraving on paper, with original outline hand-colour. Engraved surface 522 x 704mm (approx. 20-1/2" x 27-3/4"). Dissected, mounted on linen and folding into the original marbled slip-case, with the engraved label of Carington Bowles of St. Paul's Churchyard. Case lightly rubbed; map trimmed close to neatlines, but overall in very good and clean state. With the attractive contemporary rococo armorial (three bucks trippant) bookplate of John Rogers attached to the case - this John Rogers (1743-1821) of Yarlington in Somerset, High Sheriff for Somerset in 1804.

£500

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[London : Alexander Hogg 1784 (or later)]. A neatly worked late eighteenth century map of Kent, decorated with the county arms, a compass rose and pleasant title-piece featuring a furled banner, a ship, etc. Originally engraved by Thomas Conder for the Alexander Hogg part-work "New British Traveller; or, a Complete Modern Universal Display of Great-Britain and Ireland" (London 1784).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 112 x 219mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 8-5/8"). Cropped to neatlines, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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[London : Alexander Hogg, 1786]. A charming antique map - one of a series originally produced by Kitchin for the "London Magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer" between 1747 and 1763. The present map first appeared in the November 1749 issue of magazine, and is here in a later state published by Alexander Hogg.
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 145 x 218mm (approx. 5-3/4" x 8-5/8"). Just a hint of tanning, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£125

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[London : ca.1720]. A most attractive map of the county - with a neatly worked title-piece and the upper border ruled, in Morden's characteristic fashion, not in degrees but in minutes of real time from London. Although probably engraved in the early 1690s, the maps in this series were not published until 1701. After Robert Morden's death in 1703 the plates were reworked and subjected to minor revision by Herman Moll - and the present edition (with Moll's additions) is dated to about 1720.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 172 x 206 (approx. 6-3/4" x 8-1/8"). Faint original vertical folds, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£150

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[London : George Virtue, 1833 (but later) ]. A highly attractive map 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, coats of arms, and inset views of Ramsgate and the North Foreland Lighthouse. Originally engraved in 1833, the present edition is dated to about 1840.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 193 x 246mm (approx. 7-5/8" x 9-3/4"). Slight 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]. One of the prettiest and most popular of all antique maps of the county, originally engraved by William Schmollinger (fl.1831-1837) for the part-work "English Counties Delineated" (London : 1830-1837) prepared by the antiquary Thomas Moule. Decorated with inset views of Dover, Greenwich and Rochester, coats of arms, and an architectural border festooned with hops. Originally engraved in 1831, the present version, showing development of the railway system, is dated to about 1845.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 201 x 260mm (approx. 7-7/8" x 10-1/4"). Two slight nicks to upper margin and short tear to right hand margin, both unobtrusive, but just affecting the engraved area; otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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Southampton : Ordnance Survey Office, [1868]. A map of the Hythe area of the Kent coast at a scale of one inch to the mile, extending east to take in Sandgate and Folkestone, west to include Lympne and West Hythe, and inland as far as Stouting and Lyminge. Produced by the Ordnance Survey in connection with the parliamentary boundary alterations of 1868, the map is coloured to show the existing 1832 boundary, the proposed new boundary, the municipal boundaries and the parish and township boundaries.
Zincograph on paper, with original hand colour. Printed surface 337 x 225mm (approx. 13-1/4" x 8-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£40

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[London : 1770]. An attractive eighteenth century map of the county from a series originally published by the printer Thomas Read between 1743 and 1746 under the title "The English Traveller" and here revised by the surveyor John Rocque (fl.1734-1762) for his "Small English Atlas" in 1753. The present issue is dated to 1770. Decorated with a compass rose and a small view of Dover Castle.
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 161 x 196mm (approx. 6-1/4" x 7-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£125

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Glasgow : Archibald Fullarton & Co., [1843]. An attractive antique map - a neatly worked depiction of Kent, decorated with a small vignette view of Canterbury. Originally engraved by Robert Scott of Edinburgh for Archibald Fullarton's "A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales" (Glasgow : 1833). The present edition, revised to show some development of the early railway system, is dated to 1843.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 184 x 240mm (approx. 7-1/4" x 9-3/8"). Faint vertical fold, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£60

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