Antique Maps of the British Isles
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[Diagrammatic map of the British Isles] Sebastian Munster.
Von den Britannischen Insuln.
Basle, c.1615. Coloured. Woodcut, printed area 250 x 170mm. Coloured.
An early map of the British Isles, with a very unusual depiction of the coasts. On verso is a full-length portrait of James I of England (1603-1625), also in colour. See SHIRLEY: 122 for description. MUNS0025		 £325
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[Miniature Map of the British Isles] Petrus Bertius.
Magna Britannia.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. A couple of tiny wormholes in the margin.
Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0068		 £195
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[British Isles] Sebastian Munster.
Engellande/ mit dem anstossten Reich Schottlandt...
Basle, 1628. Woodcut, printed area 320 x 360mm. Coloured. Paper lightly toned.
Munster used the Ortelius map of England as a basis. However as a woodcut far fewer names could be inserted SHIRLEY: 407 (148 for the full description) MUNS0005		 £450
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[Map of the British Isles after Blaeu] Matthaus Merian.
Magnę Britannię et Hibernię Tabulę.
Frankfurt, c.1640. 275 x 340mm. Coloured.
Decorative map of the British Isles, after Blaeu. SHIRLEY: 489. MERI0001		 £395
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[Ths famous "Saxon Heptarchy" map] Johannes Jansson.
Britannia prout divisa suit temporibus Anglo-Saxonum pręsertim durante illorum Heptarchia.
Amsterdam, c.1652. 425 x 530mm. Coloured. Split in lower centrefold margin repaired, otherwise a very good example.
The British Isles as divided into the seven Saxon kingdoms, between the withdrawal of the Romans and the Norman conquest. On each side of the map are seven vignette scenes: on the left are portraits of the first seven kings; and on the right are their successors' conversion to Christianity, A classic decorative map, with fine hand colour. JANS0084		 £3,200
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[Large and decorative map of the British Isles.] Frederick de Wit.
Novissima prę cęteris aliis accuratissima Regnorum Anglię, Scotię, Hibernię...
Amsterdam, c.1690. 590 x 500mm. Coloured.
A large and decorative map of the British Isles Shirley: De Wit 6. DEWI0005		 £650
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[British Isles of Magini] Giovanni Antonio Magini.
Britanicę Insulę.
Padua, Lasor ą Varea, 1713. 135 x 180mm.
Magini's 'modern' map of the British Isles, engraved by Girolamo Porro, first published over a century earlier! See SHIRLEY: 192. MAGI0007		 £98
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[British Isles] Tomaso Porcacchi.
Inghilterra.
Padua, Lasor ą Varea, 1713. 110 x 150mm, set in a page of text. Small fox mark on Scotland.
Map of the British Isles, orientated with north to the right, engraved by Girolamo Porro for Porcacchi's 'Isole del Mondo', 1572. PORC0001		 £98
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[Map of British Isles] Homann Heirs.
Magna Britannia complectens Angliae, Scotiae et Hyberniae Regn...
Nuremberg, c.1745. 500 x 580mm. Original colour with later additions to the cartouche.
The British Isles with a decorative title cartouche and an inset of the Shetlands. An English title outside the upper printed border reads "A General Map of Great Britain and Ireland with Part of Holland, Flanders, France &c Agreeable to modern History. SHIRLEY: Homann 5, state 3 of 3. HOMA1030		 £525
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[Roman Britain] Robert Morden?
Britannia Romana.
London, 1747? 390 x 285mm. Coloured.
Roman Britain map, from a late issue of Morden's map(?). MORD0023		 £98
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[Map of British Isles with title cartouche] Homann Heirs.
Regnorum Magnae Britannię et Hibernię 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		 £395
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[Map of the British Isles] Rigobert Bonne.
Carte des Isles Britanniques, contenant les Royaumes d'Angleterre, D'Ecosse et d'Irelande.
Paris, c.1783. 355 x 250mm. Coloured.
Engraved by André. BONN0031		 £68
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[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		 £450
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[English Channel] John Thomson.
The British Channel.
Edinburgh, 1814. 625 x 650mm. Original colour.
Detailed map of the English Channel. THOM0009		 £98
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[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. Originally issued in 1599 with a Latin title, the plate was re-engraved c.1620. Printed the year of the Great Fire of London, with an English text on verso. KEER0020		 £75
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[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		 £425
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[Alderney] Franz von Reilly.
Die Insel Auigny oder Alderney.
Vienna, 1790. 230 x 355. Original colour.
One of the few antique maps devoted to Alderney. REIL0001		 £195
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[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		 £225
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[Isle of Man by John Speed] John Speed.
The Isle of Man exactly described...
London, Bassett & Chiswell, 1676. 385 x 515mm. Coloured.
The Isle of Man map, after Thomas Durham, 1595, with an English text description on verso. A fine, decorative map of the island. SPEE0007		 £890
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[Miniature Map of The Isle of Man and Anglesey.] Alain Manesson Mallet.
I.s de Man et d'Anglesey.
Paris, c.1683. 160 x 105mm. Coloured.
The Isle of Man and Anglesey map MALL0029		 £125
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[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		 £75
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[The Isle of Man] Thomas Moule.
The Isle of Man.
London, 1843. 195 x 170mm. Fine impression.
Map of the Isle of Man surrounded by decorative details. MOUL0001		 £98
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[Miniature map of the Isle of Wight] John Seller.
Isle of Wight.
London: Grose, 1787. 125 x 150mm. Original colour.
Map of the Isle of Wight, with text underneath and on verso. SELL0003		 £50
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Antique Maps of England
[England] Matthia Quad.
Angliae regni florentissimi nova descriptio auctore Humeredo Lhu’d Denb’giense.
Cologne, c.1593. 185 x 265mm. Some old, faded, ink mss. underlining.
Map of England, derived from the Humphrey Lhuyd-Ortelius map of 1573, engraved by Henry Nagel, who apparently only engraved maps for the Quad series. QUAD0001		 £250
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[Miniature map of England] Abraham Ortelius.
Anglia.
Antwerp, 1602, French text edition. 85 x 120mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of England, orientated with north to the right, published in Michel Coigent's 'L'Epitome du Theatre de L'Univers d'Abraham Ortelius'. ORTM0011		 £150
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[Map of England with ships,cartouches & armorials] Johannes Blaeu.
Anglia Regnum.
Amsterdam, 1646. 390 x 500mm. Original colour.
England decorated with cartouches, armorials and vignette ships. BLAE0026		 £375
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[English Heptarchy] Christoph Weigel.
Anglia Cambdeni...
Nuremberg, 1718. 405 x 340mm. Original colour. A little faint age-toning.
The Saxon Heptarchy map after William Camden, with a decorative title cartouche. SHIRLEY: Weigel 2. WEIG0007		 £125
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[Map of England with a portrait of Queen Anne] Johann Baptist Homann.
Magnę Britanniae Pars Meridionale, in qua Regnum Anglię.
Nuremberg, c.1730. 495 x 570mm. Original body colour with later additions.
England & Wales in bright original colour. In the English Channel is an engraved vignette of Queen Anne in the House of Lords. HOMA0012		 £390
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[Decorative map of England] Georg Matthaus Seutter.
Britannię sive Anglię Regnum, tan secundum prisca Anglo-Saxonum Imperia...
Augsburg, c.1740. 575 x 450mm. Original colour with later additions.
England and Wales map, divided into the eight Saxon Kingdoms, with a decorative title cartouche. SHIRLEY: Seutter 2, state 2 of 3. SEUT0012		 £390
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[England] Gilles Robert de Vaugondy.
Le Royaume d'Angleterre.
Paris, c.1753. 480 x 520mm. Coloured.
Early issue of this map of England and Wales. ROBE0012		 £160
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[Map of England and Wales] Isaak Tirion.
Nieuwe Kaart van t'Zuider Gedeelyte van Groot Britannie behelzende het Koningryk Engeland...
Amsterdam, c.1750. 330 x 370mm. Coloured.
England and Wales, divided into counties. TIRI0018		 £225
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[Map of England and Wales] Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte d'Angleterre,
Paris, 1764. 250 x 250mm. Original colour.
The only issue of this version of Bellin's map of England & Wales, slightly larger than the usual version. BELL0108		 £85
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[England & Wales] Franz von Reilly.
Spezial Karte von dem Königreich England.
Vienna, 1789. 230 x 305. Original colour.
Map of England and Wales, orientated with north to the right. REIL0002		 £65
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[Map of South East England] Bartolomeo Borghi.
Le Provincie che sono al Sud Est Dell'Inghilterra.
Siena: Pazzini Carli, c.1790. 235 x 320mm. Original outline colour. Printer's crease affecting printed border.
An uncommon map South East England, showing west to Hampshire and north to Bedfordshire. BORG0003		 £125
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[Two-Sheet Map of England] Antonio Zatta.
Parte Settentrionale dell'Inghilterra e del Principato di Galles di nuova Projezione; Parte Meridionale dell'Inghilterra
Venice, 1796. Two plates, each c.320 x 420mm. Original colour.
Two sheet map of England & Wales, designed to be joined, published by Zatta in his 'Atlante Veneto'. ZATT0021		 £225
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[Map of England & Wales] James Wallis.
England and Wales.
London, S.A. Oddy, 1812. 295 x 250mm. Original wash colour.
Detailed county map, with fine, bright colour. WALL0007		 £125
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