371 Scotland. Ainslie (John), Scotland Drawn and Engrav’d from a Series of Angles and Astronomical Observations, Edinburgh, 1789, engraved map with original hand colouring, printed on nine sheets, two inset maps of the Orkney and Shetland Islands, decorative b & w cartouche, table of distances and list of heights of hills, slight dust soiling, occ. spotting and staining, each sheet approx. 600 x 545mmA large and striking multi-sheet map of Scotland. (1)
£700-1000
369 Rome. Piranesi (Giovanni Battista), Pianta di Roma E Del Campo Marzo, [1774 or later], uncoloured etched plan of Rome, printed on three sheets (as published), old folds, 1140 x 700mm Prominently dedicated to Pope Clement XIV, Piranesi’s plan of Rome acted as a reference point for his ‘Vedute di Roma’. The map is surrounded by lists of major monuments with a number which allocates them to a particular volume or work. The main map is ‘modern’ with a smaller inset map which shows the major anitiquities and numbers them so that they correspond to the larger map. (1) £300-500
370 Scotland. Dorret (James), A General Map of Scotland and Islands thereto belonging, from new surveys, properly divided......, [1750], large engraved map with original outline colouring, printed on four sheets, folded and laid on linen, dust soiled and water stained, some fraying with slight loss to old folds, several repaired closed tears, 1760 x 1330mm, together with, Wood (John), Plan of the Town of Inverness from actual Survey, Edinburgh, [1828], uncoloured engraved town plan, some toning, occ. marginal closed tears, 685 x 520mm, with, Slezer (John), Prospectus Civitatis Taoduni, The Prospect of ye Town of Dundee, [1693 or later], uncoloured engraved panorama, slight creasing, slight dust soiling, 275 x 430mm, plus, Jackson (M.), Inverness, 1860, uncoloured engraving, some marginal spotting and creasing not affecting image, two small holes in margins not affecting image, 240 x 350mm, with two later impressions of The Battle of Culloden
373 Sea chart. Collins (Capt. Greenvile), St. Georges Channel, n.d., c.1750, hand coloured engraved chart of the western coast of England and the eastern coastline of Ireland, decorative cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, orientated to the west, 460 x 585mm
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372 Sea chart. Van Keulen (Johannis), Nieuwe Paskaert Van d’oost Kustvan Engelandt van Dover tot Dunwich Als medede Teems off de Rivier van Londen, Amsterdam, [1682 or later], uncoloured engraved sea chart, inset map of the River Thames to London, decorative cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, 505 x 590mm (1)
£150-200
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£250-350
£70-100