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394		[Lot of 2] Gloucestershire [and] Wiltshire		England Thomas Moule		1850 A		$100.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 8 x 10 inches) This pair of attractive steel engraved maps provides detailed information of their respective counties, cities, towns, roads, canals and parks. Gloucestershire. Embellished with coats of arms, a scene of two women and a fairy, and vignettes of Gloucester Cathedral, The New Spa Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Abbey Church. Bristol is at lower left. Handsome strapwork cartouche at top...

395		[Lot of 2] Suffolk [and] Essex		England Thomas Moule		1850 A+		$180.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 10.5 x 7.8 inches) This pair of attractive steel engraved maps provides detailed information of their respective counties, cities, towns, roads, canals and parks. Suffolk. Decorative cartouche flanked by vignettes of Euston Hall and Heveningham Hall. Bottom corners adorned with farm equipment on left and angel with coat of arms on right. Attractive pillars with coats of arms serve as side borders....

396		[Lot of 2] Cambridgeshire [and] Hertfordshire		England Thomas Moule		1850 A+		$180.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This pair of attractive steel engraved maps provides detailed information of their respective counties, cities, towns, roads, canals and parks. Cambridgeshire, (7.5 x 10.3"). Includes vignettes of Wimpole and Ely Cathedral and elaborate border with coats of arms, a king and a priest. Hertfordshire, (10.3 x 8"). Vignettes of St. Albans Abbey and Cashiobury at corners w...

397		Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Caernarvan, Denbigh, Flint, Merionidh, Montgomery, Salopia cum Insulis Mania et Anglesey		England & Wales Gerard Mercator		1613 A		Available for Purchase
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 16.4 x 14.3 inches) This fine map covers northwestern England and northern Wales with the Isle of Man. It is beautifully engraved with a moiré patterned sea, elegant calligraphy, a fierce sea monster and a large strapwork title cartouche. Latin text on verso.

398		The Continuation of the Road from St. Davids to Holywell'		Wales John Ogilby		1680 A		$240.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 17.8 x 13.8 inches) This handsome road map is in the pictorial style pioneered by Ogilby with the road laid out in several ribbon-like panels. The road travels though Wales to include the counties of Montgomeryshire, Merionethshire, Denbighshire and Flintshire just south of Holywell. The road stretches from milepost 79 to 156 as the route goes through the villages of Mahunleh (alias Machenllet), Llanum Mowthy, Abera...

399		The Continuation of the Road from London to St. Davids Comencing at Monmouth & Extending to Burton Ferry		Wales John Ogilby		1675 B+		$200.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 17.5 x 12.8 inches) This map covers sixty-nine miles of road through southern Wales. It passes through several small villages and the towns of Newport and Cardiff.

400		The Road from Chester to Cardiff Com. Glamorgan		Wales John Ogilby		1675 A		$200.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 16.8 x 12.5 inches) The road begins at West Chester and proceeds south through Wrexham, Llanfylin, and Newton and ends at Vunneth-Llanbader. Each of the six panels has a decorative compass rose to orient the traveler. Title cartouche in a strapwork and garland style flanked by putti with the royal coat of arms below.

401		[Chart of the Coast of Wales]		Wales Capt. Greenvile Collins		1744 A		$150.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 22 x 17.3 inches) In 1679 Greenvile Collins was appointed Hydrographer to the King by Charles II. In 1681 he was appointed by the Admiralty to make a complete survey of the coasts of Great Britain. Prior to this date the charts used by English mariners were copies of Dutch charts that had many inaccuracies and the work of John Seller that was limited in scope. The task of surveying the entire coast was formidabl...

402		Scotia Regnum		Scotland Jan Jansson		1653 B+		$650.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.6 x 15 inches) This is a nice example of Jansson's map of Scotland. It extends to include the Hebrides and has an inset of the Orkney Islands. It is beautifully decorated with the title cartouche topped by the arms of Scotland with the royal coat of arms of James VI above.

403		Beschreibung der Koniglichen Statt Edinburg		Edinburgh, Scotland Sebastian Munster		1578 A+		$180.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 7.3 x 4 inches) View of Edinburgh from a German edition of this influential 16th century history of the world. Rendered in the unique woodblock style, the city is viewed from the north, looking across the Firth of Forth. On page (8.3 x 13.3") of German text.

404		Plan of Edinburgh, Leith & Suburbs		Edinburgh, Scotland W. & A.K. Johnston		1857 B+		$190.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19 x 19.8 inches) This scarce pocket map details the city with delicate hand coloring to the parks, meadows, rivers and lakes. The map extends to include the harbor with breakwaters and the Victoria Dry Docks, to Cairntwos in the southeast and to Granton in the northwest. Numerous toll booths are shown along certain roads. Locates the Piershill Barracks, cemeteries, commercial buildings including numerous brick ...

405		Irlanda		Ireland Giambatista Albrizzi		1743 B		$220.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12.4 x 14.5 inches) This Italian map is based on the cartography of Delisle and includes a great deal of information on the towns, villages and roads. The map was made just after one of the great Irish famines (1740-41) known commonly as the bliain an áir (year of the slaughter) and the Great Frost. The title cartouche reflects this bleak period with ships in a stormy sea and the figure of Hibernia se...

406		Russia cum Confinijs		Northeastern Europe, Russia Mercator/Hondius		1635 A+		$150.00 Closed
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 7.3 x 5.4 inches) Charming small map of the Russian Empire in Eastern Europe. It covers the region from Scandinavia and Poland to the Ural Mountains. It has nicely detailed pictorial topography, including forests, towns, and mountains. The map is embellished with two strapwork cartouches. English text on the verso.