Prints, Maps and Posters

John Speed - 'Surrey described and divided into Hundreds': map of Surrey, engraving with hand-colouring, sold by John Sudbury and George Humble, 39cm x 51.5cm, within a gilt frame.

John Speed - ‘Shropshyre described’: map of Shropshire, engraving with hand-colouring, sold by Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, 36cm x 52cm, within a gilt frame.

Johannes Blaeu (1650-1712) - 'Cantium Vernacule Kent': map of Kent, engraving with hand-colouring, p38cm x 53cm, within a gilt frame.

J. Gardner & W. Gardner - 'Geological Map of England and Wales, Reduced by Permission from the Map in 6 Sheets published by the Geological Society', engraving with hand-colouring, linen-backed folding map sectionalized in 20, overall 69cm x 55cm.

Edward Stanford (Publisher) - 'Stanford’s Library Map of London and its Suburbs', a set of four folding maps: North East, North West, South East, South West, engravings with hand-colouring, each linen-backed and sectionalized into 20, with feather-painted endpapers, each overall 97.5cm x 85cm (4).

V. Monin - 'Atlas Classique de la Géographie Ancienne, du Moyen age, et Moderne', Librairie Classique de Perisse Frères, Paris, 37 maps/charts present, 25cm x 35cm.

Raimond Bonheur - 'Amérique Méridionale'; 'Afrique'; 'Océanie'; 'Europe': four maps, engravings with hand-colouring from 'Atlas Universel Illustré', Paris, c.1852, each 32cm x 45cm, unframed (4).

A folio of assorted maps, including ‘Abyssinia Nubia &c’, published 1814 by Cadell & Davies; 'Nouvelle Carte de la France... par Charle', Paris 1852; 'A Plan of Juan Fernandes Island in the South Sea' (2); ‘A Plan of the Harbour of Chequetan or Seguataneo’; ‘Plan of a Bay and Harbour on the Coast of Chili 1741’; various maps of the United States from the 'Weekly Dispatch Atlas', 'Letts’s Popular Atlas' and others; four maps of Essex published by George Virtue, ‘Carte de Empire D’Alexandre', M. Lapie 1852; a group of maps from ‘La Geographie' by V. Levasseur: Sèvres, Rhin; Colonies Françaises, Correze, Seine; Seine et Oise; Deux Sevres, and others, all unframed (qty).

Mattei Seutteri - 'Daniae Regnum cum Ducatu Holsatiae et Slesvici': map of Denmark, engraving with hand-colouring, 53cm x 60.5cm, within a silvered frame.

Kerry Lee (British 1893-1962) - 'London, The Bastion of Liberty': map for the Festival of Britain 1951; 'Oxford', two chromolithographs, each 53cm x 66cm, within oak frames (2).

Robert Morden - Map of Surrey, engraving with hand-colouring, 37cm x 43cm, within a Hogarth style frame.

John Tuke - 'Map of the County of York', large engraved folding map in four sections, with hand-colouring, each folded into 16, with a plan of the town and harbour of Kingston-upon-Hull, dated 1787, republished with corrections and additions 1794, in original marbled case, each section 57cm x 72cm (unframed).

Bacon's Excelsior Map of Devon and Cornwall', colour folding map, linen-backed and sectionalized into 24, printed by John Bartholemew & Co, Edinburgh, overall size 89cm x 116cm, within original cloth bindings with feathered endpapers.

A quantity of assorted maps, including ‘The Division of the Roman Empire’ by W. Hughes; ‘A Chart of the Baltic Sea’ by T. Jefferys; ‘A Chart Illustrative of the Campaigns of the Wars of the French Revolution’ by R. Walker; a group of maps by E.P. Williams, Eton, including England and Wales, Great Britain and Ireland, Europe, Germany, Spain & Portugal, Italy, Greece, France and the Netherlands, Egypt, Syria, Arabia, Turkey, India, Asia Minor, Asia and others, all unframed (qty).

Abraham Ortelius - 'Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae sive Britannicar: Insularum Descriptio' (1573): map of the British Isles, engraving with hand-colouring, orientated to the east, large strapwork cartouche and a panel of descriptive text, 35cm x 50cm, within an oak frame.

John Ogilby - 'The Borough or Corporation of Ipswich', engraved folding map 1674, linen-backed and sectionalized in 8, overall size 113cm x 153cm, within a later folio.

Christoph Weigel - ‘Anglia, Scotia & Hiberniae’: map of the British Isles, engraving with hand-colouring, 28cm x 35cm, within a gilt frame, together with Richard William Seale - 'A Map of the Kingdom of Scotland’, engraving with hand-colouring, 48.5cm x 39cm, within a wood frame (2).

George Louis le Rouge - ‘Recueildes Cartes Nouvelles’: map of South-east England, circa 1742, engraving with hand-colouring, 54cm x 70cm, within a stained wood frame.

Richard William Seale - 'A correct Chart of the English Channel', circa 1745, including vignette maps of the Isles of Scilly, Falmouth Haven, Plymouth Sound and the Isle of Wight, engraving with hand-colouring, 38cm x 48.5cm, within a stained wood frame.