[Diagrammatic map of the British Isles]

Sebastian Munster
[The British Isles.]

Basle, c.1580. Woodcut, printed area 80 x 135mm, set in text. A slight damp stain in margin.
An early map of the United Kingdom & Ireland, with Scotland depicted as an island. Few are named: in England London, Oxford and Dover; Edinburgh in Scotland; and Waterford in Ireland. SHIRLEY: 51.
MUNS0027

[Map of the British Isles after Blaeu]

Matthaus Merian.
Magnæ Britanniæ et Hiberniæ Tabulæ.

Frankfurt, c.1640. 275 x 340mm. Coloured.
Decorative map of the British Isles, after Blaeu. SHIRLEY: 489.
MERI0001

[Ths famous 'Saxon Heptarchy' map, with decorative borders]

Johannes Blaeu.
Britannia prout divisa suit temporibus Anglo-Saxonum præsertim durante illorum Heptarchia.

Amsterdam, 1662. 425 x 530mm. A fine example, in original colour.
Blaeu's famous map of Britain under the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, decorated with scenes down both sides: on the left are portraits of the seven Anglo-Saxon kings in regal splendour with arms and shields in each of their kingdoms; on the right are their successors being converted to Christianity. A classic decorative map, with fine hand colour. KOEMAN: Bl 60.
BLAE0114

[Large and decorative map of the British Isles.]

Frederick de Wit.
Novissima præ cæteris aliis accuratissima Regnorum Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ...

Amsterdam, c.1690. 590 x 500mm. Coloured.
A large and decorative map of the British Isles Shirley: De Wit 6.
DEWI0005

[Roman Britain]

Robert Morden.
Britannia Romana.

London, 1747? 390 x 285mm. Coloured.
Roman Britain map, from a late issue of Morden's map(?).
MORD0023

[Map of British Isles with title cartouche]

Homann Heirs.
Regnorum Magnae Britanniæ et Hiberniæ Mappa Geographica...

Nuremberg, 1749. 500 x 550mm. Original body colour with later additions to the title cartouche.
The British Isles, with a decorative title cartouche and inset of the Shetlands. An English title is engraved outside the printed border at top. Two different plates were used for the same map.
HOMA1003

[Decorative map of the British Isles]

Mathias Albert Lotter.
La Grande Bretagne ou les Royaumes D'Angleterre et D'Ecosse comme aussi le Royaume D'Irlande.

Augsburg, T.C.Lotter, c.1764. 490 x 575mm. Original body colour with later additions to the cartouches. Glue stains in bottom margin.
A map of the British Isles decorated with an ornate title cartouche and the arms of England, Wales & Scotland, engraved by Mathias Lotter for his father Tobias's atlas. With good, bright colour.
LOTT0003

[Maps of Jersey & Guernsey]

John Tallis.
Channel Islands.

London: London Printing and Publishing Company, c.1860. Steel-engraving, original outline colour. 355 x 250mm.
Decorative maps of Jersey & Guernsey, with vignettes including views of St Peter Port and Mont Orguil Castle,
TALL0064

[Map of English Channel]

Hendrik Doncker.
De Zee-Custen van Vrancryck tusschen Swartenes en C.de la Hague, Alse mede de Custen en Poortlandt.

Amsterdam, c.1664. 440 x 525mm. Original colour.
Decorative sea chart of the eastern half of the English Channel, orientated with north at the bottom of the page, published in the 'Zeespiegel'. The extents are the Strait of Dover to Cherbourg, Alderney and Portland. With cartouches in full colour for the title and scales. KOEMAN: Don 33.
DONC0001

[English Channel]

John Thomson.
The British Channel.

Edinburgh, 1814. 625 x 650mm. Original colour.
Detailed map of the English Channel.
THOM0009

[Miniature map Holy Island, Farne, Guernsey, Jersey]

Pieter van den Keere.
Holy Island; Farne; Garnsey; Iarsey.

London, Roger Rea, 1666. 90 x 125mm.
The so-called 'miniature Speed' map of Holy Island, Farne, Guernsey, Jersey. Printed the year of the Great Fire of London, with an English text on verso.
KEER0020

[Map of Jersey, Guernsey, Farne & Holy Island]

Johannes Jansson.
Holy Iland; Garnsey; Jarsey; Farne.

Amsterdam, Schenk & Valk, c.1700. 410 x 510mm. Original body colour.
Four maps on one sheet, showing Jersey, Guernsey, Farne & Holy Island.
JANS0007

[Miniature map of the Channel Isles]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Is de Iersey et de Garnesey.

Paris, c.1683. 150 x 110mm. Coloured.
Map of the Channel Islands, with the coast of Normandy, with a vignette sea-battle.
MALL0017

[Map of Normandy and the Channel Islands]

Nicolas De Fer
Gouvernement General de Normandie...

Paris, c.1705. 230 x 335mm. Original colour.
Normandy and the Channel Islands, with a decorative title cartouche. With a sheet of engraved text.
DEFE0010

[View of Jersey]

P. Brookes.
A View of the Gersay near Iside part. Vue de Port et Rade de Gersay.

London, P.Brooks & R.Sayer, c.1770. 250 x 420mm. Original colour.
A 'vüe d'optique', probably of St Helier in Jersey, designed to be viewed through an optical viewer called a 'zograscope'. Originally engraved in Paris the plate had been bought by London publishers and re-issued, accounting for the appalling English title.
VUED0001

[Miniature map of the Channel Islands]

Thomas Kitchin or Thomas Jeffreys
The Islands of Jersey Guernsey &c.

London, 1749+. Sheet 190 x 150mm. Coloured.
A miniature map of the Channel Islands, engraved by either Thomas Kitchin or Thomas Jeffreys for the 'Small English Atlas', with an engraved description underneath.
KITC1002

[Miniature Map of the Isle of Man and Anglesey.]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
I.s de Man et d'Anglesey.

Paris, 1683. 160 x 105mm. Coloured.
The Isle of Man and Anglesey.
MALL0029

[Miniature map of the Isle of Man]

John Seller
Isle of Man.

London: Grose, 1787. 125 x 150mm, set in text. Original colour.
Map of the Isle of Wight, with text underneath and on verso.
SELL0008