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| ATLAS. [CARY (JOHN) & STOCKDALE (JOHN)] New British Atlas, Being a Complete Set of County Maps on which are Delineated all the Roads, Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers & Canals; Together with Correct General Maps of England, Wales, Scotland & Ireland. Printed for John Stockdale. 1805. Folio (575 x 375mm), engraved title (creased), engraved contents leaf, 49 engraved double-page maps, coloured in outline and border in a contemporary hand, Surrey creased and torn down the fold, cont. half calf, hinges cracked, head and foot on spine chipped. Chubb, CCCXIX. GBP 1495.00 [Appr.: EURO 1674.5 US$ 2490.67 | JP 221557] Book number: 26646 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| BURDEN (PHILIP D.) The Mapping of North America (A List of Printed Maps; 1511-1670). Raleigh Publications. 1996. Large 4to, 608pp., 420 illustrs., (10 coloured), orig. cloth, d.w. Every one of the 410 maps mentioned is illustrated, full cartographical and bibliographical details are given, together with their locations. GBP 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 168.25 US$ 249.9 | JP 22230] Book number: 23545 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| ATLAS. BUTLER (SAMUEL) An Atlas of Ancient [Modern] Geography. Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. 1822-27. 2 Vols., engraved title pages, content leaves, 34(index)pp., 42 coloured double-page engraved maps, coloured in outline and mounted on stubs, world map to ‘Modern Geography’ torn at folds, several maps have cont. annotations in reference to the previous owners tours, cont. half morocco, lower cover of ‘Ancient Geography’ detached, both volumes have been persevered in a thin layer of contemporary cloth which has been used as a dust wrapper. Provenance: John Percy & Emily Severn, 1824; Mary Ann Severn, 1830. GBP 195.00 [Appr.: EURO 218.5 US$ 324.87 | JP 28899] Book number: 26672 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| SKELTON (R.A.) COMPILER. County Atlases of the British Isles 1579-1850: A Bibliography. 1579-1703. Dawson. (Reprint of the 1970 Edition) 1978. 4to, viii,262pp., frontis., 40 plates, facsimiles, orig. cloth. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 | JP 4446] Book number: 26167 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| SEBOEK (LOU) COMPILER.: French Atlases in the Rare Atlas Collection. Public Archives of Canada. 1974. 4to, 185pp., orig. printed wrappers. Second in a provisional series describing the atlases in the National Map Collection. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 | JP 2964] Book number: 520 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| ATLAS. FADAN (WILLIAM) Atlas Minimus Universalis, or a Geographical Abridgement, Ancient and Modern of the Several Parts of the Earth, in Fifty-Five Maps. Composed Principally for the Use of Schools &c. Published by Wm. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty and His R.H. the Prince of Wales. 1798. First Edition, oblong 8vo, (132 x 182mm), engraved title, 2 engraved contents leaves (pinhole worming to blank margin of title and one content leaf), 55 double-page hand-coloured engraved maps by W. Palmer, ownership signature to the endpaper of Mary Ann C. Seven April 5th 1813, cont. calf, rubbed, morocco label to spine. Shirley, Maps in the Atlases of The British Library. T.FAD-5a. GBP 750.00 [Appr.: EURO 840.25 US$ 1249.5 | JP 111149] Book number: 26640 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| FLETCHER (HARRIS): An Exhibition of some Printed Geographical Works and Atlases 1475-1615. University of Illinois. 1954. 24pp., frontis tipped-in, orig. printed wrappers, 30 items described. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 | JP 2223] Book number: 897 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| GOHM (RICHARD VAN DE): Antique Maps for the Collector. The Macmillan Company, New York. 1972. First Edition, 4to, frontis., numerous illustrs., throughout, orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 26.66 | JP 2371] Book number: 733 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| GOHM (D.C.): Maps and Prints for Pleasure and Investment. John Gifford Ltd. 1969. First Edition, illustrs., (some coloured), orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP 1482] Book number: 832 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| GOREE, WEST AFRICA. A Plan of the Island of Goree. London, Printed for T. Jefferys, at Charing-Cross. [1759]. Broadsheet printed on one side only, (453 x 403mm), headed by an engraved map of Goree (350 x 160mm) showing Fort St. Michael and Fort St. Francis, below this is a view of the Island (195 x 135mm) depicting a heavily fortified rock and walled harbour with ships in the bay, to the right of this is a map of Cape Verd marking Goree, the letterpress text below is a description and history of the island, culminating in the surrender of the French garrison to the British in December 1758, with index to 18 significant buildings and fortifications on Goree, wormhole track running into the map of Cape Verd. Goree Island became a major holding area for slaves before being transported to the Americas. A rare broadsheet; Copac records just the British Library copy; not on ESTC or OCLC. GBP 795.00 [Appr.: EURO 890.5 US$ 1324.47 | JP 117818] Book number: 26841 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| JAMIESON (ALEXANDER) A Treatise on the Construction of Maps; in which the Principles of the Projections of the Sphere are Demonstrated, and their various Practical Relations to Mathematical Geography... Printed by Darton, Harvey, and Co. 1814. First Edition, xv,[i],187,[1]pp. Archibald Allardice & Co., Edinburgh. 1824. New Edition, 128pp., 9 folding engraved plates. 3 works in one volume, cont. half calf, marbled paper sides, red morocco label to spine, a little rubbed. GBP 245.00 [Appr.: EURO 274.5 US$ 408.17 | JP 36309] Book number: 25830 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| KINGSLEY (DAVID) Printed Maps of Sussex 1575-1900. Sussex Record Society. 1982. First Edition, frontis., 40 plates., orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 | JP 2668] Book number: 12908 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| KINGSLEY (DAVID): Printed Maps of Sussex 1575-1900. Sussex Record Society. 1982. First Edition, frontis., 40 plates., orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 | JP 2964] Book number: 494 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| KOEMAN (DR. IR. C.) Joan Blaeu and his Grand Atlas. Introduction to the Facsimile Edition of ‘Le Grand Atlas’, 1663. Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm Ltd. Amsterdam. 1970. First Edition, 26 illustrs., (some coloured), orig. cloth. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 | JP 3705] Book number: 18337 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MAPS. The Art of the Map-Maker in Essex 1566-1860. Heron and Co., Ltd., 1947. First Edition, 4to, coloured frontis., 30 plates, cloth. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 | JP 2223] Book number: 5728 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MAPS.: The Art of the Map-Maker in Essex 1566-1860. Heron and Co., Ltd., 1947. First Edition, 4to, coloured frontis., 30 plates, cloth, hinges shaken, d.w. slightly torn. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 | JP 2075] Book number: 816 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| ROBINSON (A.H.) & PETCHENIK (B.B.) The Nature of Maps: Essays toward Understanding Maps and Mapping. The University of Chicago Press. 1976. First Edition, xii,138pp., ex-library, orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 | JP 2223] Book number: 26177 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| SHIRLEY (RODNEY W.) Maps in the Atlases of The British Library. A Descriptive Catalogue c. 850-1800. The British Library. 2003. 2 Vols., 4to, 1984 pages with CD-Rom index, orig. cloth. Although there are catalogues of individual maps in The British Library, up to now there has been no listing of the maps in the Library’s collection of atlases. This massive study describes the map contents of over 3,000 pre- 1800 atlases, including general works of geography, history, and travel which contain nine or more maps. English material predominates, but the Library’s holdings of Dutch, French and German atlases are substantial; there are also many atlases from other European countries, as well as those of Arabic, Persian and Oriental origin. Details of atlases publication, provenance, colour and binding are provided, together with itemisation of each map, cross references and scholarly source material. GBP 195.00 [Appr.: EURO 218.5 US$ 324.87 | JP 28899] Book number: 24301 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| SKELTON (R.A.) Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th Centuries. A Revised Edition of Old Decorative Maps and Charts by A.L. Humphreys. Spring Books. 1967. 4to, 84 plates (12 coloured), orig. cloth, d.w. slightly torn. This handsomely illustrated book provides a survey of maps printed from copper plates or wood-blocks between the 15th and 18th centuries. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 | JP 3705] Book number: 20720 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| SKELTON (R.A.) Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th Centuries. A Revised Edition of Old Decorative Maps and Charts by A.L. Humphreys. Staples Press. 1952. First Edition, 4to, viii,80pp., 84 plates (12 coloured), orig. cloth. This handsomely illustrated book provides a survey of maps printed from copper plates or wood-blocks between the 15th and 18th centuries. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 | JP 3705] Book number: 23330 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| SUÁREZ (THOMAS) Shedding the Veil. Mapping the European Discovery of America and the World. Based on Selected Works from the Sidney R. Knafel Collection of Early Maps, Atlases, and Globes 1434-1865. World Scientific Publishing. 1992. 4to, 65 plates (24 coloured), orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 | JP 3705] Book number: 12924 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| IRELAND. TAYLOR (ALEXANDER) A New Map of Ireland, having the Great Features of the Country described in a manner highly expressive. And the distance between the towns & stages, marked in Miles and Furlongs for the use of Travellers. Published by Alex. Taylor, Dublin & by W. Faden, London. 1793. Folding engraved map (725 x 600mm), sectionalised and laid onto linen, hand coloured in outline, uncoloured title and dedication cartouches, some light damp mottling and marks, with the original slipcase. GBP 595.00 [Appr.: EURO 666.5 US$ 991.27 | JP 88178] Book number: 26828 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| TOOLEY (R.V.) Collectors’ Guide to Maps of The African Continent and Southern Africa. Carta Press. 1969. First Edition, 4to, xvi,132pp., coloured frontis., 105 plates (5 coloured), orig. cloth, d.w. slightly torn. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 | JP 5928] Book number: 20382 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| WHITAKER (HAROLD) The Harold Whitaker Collection of County Atlases, Road-Books & Maps Presented to the University of Leeds. The Brotherton Library, Leeds. 1947. First Edition, 4to, frontis., facsimiles, orig. cloth. GBP 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 42.75 US$ 63.31 | JP 5632] Book number: 10795 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| BAYNTON-WILLIAMS (ASHLEY) Town and City Maps of the British Isles 1800-1855. Studio Editions. 1992. First Edition, folio, 56 coloured plates, orig. cloth, d.w. This book includes the work of nine leading cartographers spanning the first half of the nineteenth century. GBP 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 42.75 US$ 63.31 | JP 5632] Book number: 14228 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. |
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