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130 Folding maps. A mixed collection of 33 maps, mostly 19th & 20th century, maps of the British Isles, English Counties and overseas, including Wyld (James), New Map of the County of Suffolk, reduced from the large map in six sheets..., circa 1850, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, marbled endpapers, 580 x 805mm, contained in publisher’s cloth slipcase with printed label to upper board, with Ferguson (A.), Wilson’s plan of the City of Dublin, published Dublin, W. Wilson, 1796, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some staining, 295 x 375mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase, plus Darton (William & Son, publishers), Warwickshire divided into Hundreds and the Parliamentary divisions, circa 1855, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, engraved vignette of Warwick castle, table of explanation and list of market towns, sectionalised and laid on linen, 450 x 355mm, publisher’s cloth boards with gilt title to upper siding, and Shawe (W.), Philips’ New Map of England and Wales compiled from the Ordnance Survey showing Canals, Navigable Rivers & Principal Railway Lines, circa 1870, colour lithograph map with sparse later outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 1050 x 86mm, with others similar including examples by Ordnance Survey, Bradshaw, Cary and Cruchley, various sizes and condition
127 Europe. Speed (John), Europ and the cheife Cities contayned therein described with the habits of most Kingdoms now in use, published Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured ‘carte-a-figures’ map with costumed figures to the vertical margins and eight oval vignettes of principal cities along the upper margin, central fold partially strengthened on verso, several marginal repaired closed tears, slight loss at base of central fold, replaced in facsimile, 395 x 510mm, English text to verso (1)
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131 France. A mixed collection of 34 maps, 17th - 19th century, country, regional and town plans of France, including examples by De Fer, Sanson, Nolin, Bonne, Kitchin, Mallet, Moll, Mortier, Zatta, Basire, Ortelius, Jansson, Cary, Laurie & Whittle and D’Anville, various sizes and condition
£700-1000
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128 Europe. Speed (John), Europe and the cheife Cities contayned therein, described with the habits of most Kingdoms now in use, published George Humble, circa 1627, hand coloured ‘carte-afigures’ map, ten costumed figures to the vertical margins and eight oval vignettes of principal cities along the upper margin, trimmed with slight loss to the horizontal borders, 375 x 505mm, framed and double glazed, English text on verso, together with Speed (John), The Countie of Radnor described and the Shyre townes sittuatione, published Henry Overton, circa 1710, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Radnor, spotted and toned overall, some creasing and marginal closed tears 385 x 505mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with Moule (Thomas), Kent, Wiltshire, Middlesex, Cumberland Berkshire and City and University of Oxford, circa 1845, together six hand coloured engraved decorative maps, each approximately 200 x 260mm, framed and glazed, plus Pigot (James), Berkshire, published Pigot & Co., circa 1830, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, slight toning, 230 x 360mm, framed and glazed, and Clegg (Ernest), Kent. Battle of Britain 1940 - 1941, published John Waddington, 1945, decorative colour printed county map, 400 x 530mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with two other framed maps similar (12)
£150-200
132 Germany. Homann (Johann Baptist, heirs of), Tractus Nordlingensis Germ. Ries dicti accurata descriptio..., 1738, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, numbered key, inset town plan of Nordlingen, 495 x 590mm, together with Wyld (James), The Prussian Government of Stralsund (formerly Swedish Pomerania), circa 1850, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, inset plan of Stralsund, slight offfsetting, 570 x 570mm
£100-200
129 European countries. A mixed collection of 13 maps, mostly 17th - 19th century, including examples by Coronelli, Jaillot, De Fer, Muller, Russell, Chatelain, Lavoisne and Molini, various sizes and condition (13)
£120-180
The first described map depicts the area surrounding Nordlingen, in the northern portion of Swabia in Bavaria. Towns of various sizes, castles, mills, roads, and even fields are graphically illustrated. At bottom is a large view of the city, dominated by the Gothic church of St. George with its belltower named “Daniel.” A numbered key identifies seventeen important locations on the map. Nordlingen was the site of two battles during the Thirty Year’s War, and remains one of the few cities in Germany that maintains a fully preserved wall surrounding the city. (2) £150-200
£120-180
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