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In 1540, cartographer Sebastian Munster issued his version of Claudius Ptolemy's Geographia. This work contained maps of the different parts of the world as understood by Ptolemy, the librarian at Alexandria, Egypt ca. 150 A.D.. At the same time that he recognized Ptolemy's work by reissuing his maps directly, Munster also added a number of "modern" maps, reflecting the new knowledge gleaned of the world in the intervening fourteen centuries. These "new" maps issued by Munster reflect the most up-to-date information available in Europe, for Munster was a assiduous collector of geographic data at the various bookfairs in northern Europe and through his correspondence with other learned men of the time. This map of England is particularly good of its subject, containing around 80 named towns, rivers, and other topographical features, many of these shown for the first time on this map. As Rodney Shirley states, it was "substantially in advance of any others printed hitherto." (Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, p. 28) The map is "oriented," that is east is at the top, and it covers all of England, Wales, and parts of Scotland and Ireland. The source material for Munster's map is unknown, though it is thought that he had access to some form of the famous Gough map. There are few map available to the collector of equal interest and historic import. $1,400
Girolamo Ruscelli. "Anglia Et Hibernia Nova." Venice: Giordano Ziletti, [1561]. 7 x 9 3/4. Engraving. Hand color. Very good condition.
Girolamo Ruscelli's modern rendition of the British Isles, issued in his translation of Ptolemy's Geography. Based upon the 1546 Lily map of Great Britain, the best depiction of the British Isles at the time, this map stands in startling contrast to Ruscelli's Ptolemaic depiction issued in the same atlas. Scotland has been straightened into its correct northerly direction, and recognizable rivers and towns, including London, Lincoln, York, Edinburgh, etc., appear with a good degree of accuracy. Surrounding islands are also well illustrated, including the Isle of Wight, Angelsy, the Isle of Man, the Shetlands, and the Hebrides. An excellent early map of the British Isles. $575
William Smith. "Brightstovve, vulgo; quondam venta, floretissimum Angliae Emporium." [Bristol] Cologne: Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg, [1588]. From Civitates Orbis Terrarum. Volume III. 13/ 1/4 x 17 1/8. Engraving. Original hand color. French text on verso.
A lovely bird's eye view of "Brightstowe" (Bristol) from Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most important works from the early days of modern cartography and topographical illustration. Braun, the editor, and Hogenberg, the engraver, worked for over twenty years to produce their "towns of the world," the first systematic depiction of views of cities throughout the world. This work, issued in six volumes from 1572 to 1617, was a monumental piece of Renaissance learning and was designed to complement Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas. These two atlases, both firsts of their type, were in response to a new interest in the nature of the world by the Western European population. This nascent interest was spurred both by the existence of a growing middle class and the relatively new general availability of printed books.
This fine view is an excellent example of the content of one of the greatest of these volumes. It provides a bird's eye view of this important western English city drawn by William Smith in 1568. It shows the town situated on both sides of the Avon River, graphically protected by embracing city walls, a castle and water. Some development, with houses and churches, is shown outside the city walls, along with farm land and representative sheep. The latter images reflect the fact that Bristol was an important city for the British wool trade. Three figures in Elizabethan dress are depicted on the left in the foreground. $950
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Gerard Mercator. "Anglia regnum." Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius, 1637. 13 1/2 x 18 1/4. Engraving. Original hand color. Very good condition. French text on verso.
Gerard Mercator (1512-1594) ranks as one of the greatest cartographers in history, not only for the extremely fine maps he produced, but also for the innovations which he introduced into cartographic science. Through his constant accumulation of new geographic and cosmological data, Mercator was able to produce the most accurate and current maps of his day, which unlike most of his contemporaries' maps were mostly original work. His maps not only are excellent cartographically, but they are aesthetically superb as well, with beautiful cartouches, silken seas and other exquisite ornamentation. Mercator included in his atlas a map of the British Isles, separate maps of England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, together with five more British regional maps. On this map of England and Wales Mercator gave latinized names of counties and county boundaries. With the lovely cartouche, beautiful calligraphy and embellishments such as the sailing ship, this map is an especially elegant, as well as historically important, example of Mercator's own work. $750
Jan Jansson. “Insularum Britannicarum Acurata delineatio ex . . . Abrahami Ortelii.” Amsterdam: J. Jansson, 1646. 14 1/2 x 19 1/2 (neat lines) plus full margins. Engraving by Peter van den Keere. Original outline color. German text on verso. Some light staining in margin. Overall, very good condition. Second state with two extra compass roses according to Shirley, Early Printed Maps…British Isles, item 466.
A very attractive Dutch map by Jansson based on Abraham Ortelius’ map in the Perergon. Oriented to the west, it gives the ancient names and geographical sites. An elaborate cartouche shows the title being supported by an ancient Pict warrior on one side and a woman on the other. $750
Frederick de Wit. "Scotia Regnum." Amsterdam: F. de Wit, ca. 1680. 22 1/2 x 19 7/8. Engraving. Excellent, original hand color. Soft crease across top half. Otherwise, very good condition.
A handsome seventeenth century map of Scotland from Dutch cartographer, Frederick de Wit. De Wit followed in the footsteps of the earlier Dutch cartographic publishers Jansson and Blaeu, and like them, he issued maps known for their beautiful engraving and hand coloring. This map is a good example of his work, with strong, clear engraving and strong hand color. Much detail is given of towns, lakes, rivers and so forth. $925
Carel Allard. "Regni Angliæ et Walliæ Principatus Tabula." Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, ca. 1721. 19 3/4 x 23 1/4. Engraving. Lovely, original hand color. Good impression. With some wrinkling due to having been rolled. Minor fraying at bottom margin. Overall, very good condition.
A handsome, boldly colored map of England and Wales by Carel Allard, one of a family of Dutch mapmakers from the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth century. This map shows the countries earlier in the reign of the Hanover Kings, but the elaborate title cartouche celebrates the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89. Britannia sits in the lower right and on the left stands an imposing military figure representing King William. Besides Royal crests and numerous putti, the English lion and Welsh unicorn surmount the impressively engraved cartouche. The map itself is filled with excellent detail of towns, roads, rivers, and with each county colored in a contrasting pastel shade. A decorative and historically interesting artifact. $675
Thomas Badeslade. "Chart of the Sea Coast of England & Wales." From Chorographia Britanniæ Or A Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales. London: W.H. Toms, 1742. First edition (dated in map 1741). Engraving by W.H. Toms. Ca. 5 1/2 x 5 3/4. Very good condition.
Thomas Badeslade (fl. 1719-1745) was a surveyor, engineer, and author, and in 1742, W.H. Toms published a small atlas of British county maps based upon his surveys. [ Go to list of these county maps ] Included in the atlas were also four interesting maps of England and Wales, each with a different theme, of which this is one. $75
Jean Janvier. "Les Isles Britanniques Comprenant les Royaumes d'Angleterre d'Ecosse et d'Irlande." From Atlas Moderne. Paris: Jean Lattré & J. Thomas, 1762. 12 1/8 x 17 1/2. Engraving. Original outline color. Excellent condition.
Jean Janvier was a French cartographer who worked in Paris in the latter part of the eighteenth century. Among his output were some fine maps which appeared in Jean Lattré's Atlas Moderne. This atlas contained maps of all parts of the world engraved by Lattré, the "Graveur Ordinaire du Roi." Janvier's maps contained the best information available at the time. This map contains information on counties, towns and rivers. This information is neatly engraved and highlighted with lovely hand color. Two decorative cartouches graces the map, both done in the baroque style. An inset of the Shetland and Orkney Islands is included at top right. $450
Anthony Finley. "Scotland." From A New General Atlas. Philadelphia: A. Finley, 1824. 11 3/8 x 8 5/8. Engraving by Young & Delleker. Full original hand-color. Very good condition.
Early in the nineteenth century, Anthony Finley was a great popularizer of maps out of Philadelphia and one of the leading cartographic publishers in America. His copper engraved maps are noted for their crisp appearance and interesting detail. This map of Scotland demonstrates that the American mapmakers were approaching the quality of their European counterparts. The bright hand color makes this map as attractive as it is informative. $90
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David H. Burr. "British Islands." From Universal Atlas. New York: David Burr, 1832. 12 1/2 x 10 1/4. Engraving. Full original color. Very good condition.
An excellent map of the British Isles by David H. Burr, one of the most important American cartographers of the first part of the nineteenth century. Having studied under Simeon DeWitt, Burr produced the second state atlas issued in the United States, of New York in 1829. He was then appointed to be geographer for the U.S. Post Office and later geographer to the House of Representatives. As a careful geographer, Burr is painstaking in this map to put in only information for which he felt there was a scientific basis. Burr's maps are scarce and quite desirable. $125
Thomas Moule. "Surrey.” From The English Counties Delineated. London: George Virtue, 1837. Engraving with original hand color. 8 x 10. Very good condition.
A map of Surrey from probably the most attractive of the nineteenth century series of British county maps. Included are vignettes of scenes, buildings, coats-of-arms, and monuments reflecting more than just the topography of the county depicted. It is maps like these which make collecting British county maps so satisfying. $135
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George F. Cruchley after John Cary. "Cruchley's (Late Cary's) Reduction of his Large Map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland; Showing all the Railways & Turnpike Roads With the Great Rivers and the Course of the different Navigable Canals: The Market and Borough Towns and principal places adjoining the Road . to which is added, The actual distance from one Market Town to another. With The exact admeasurement prefixed to each from the Metropolis." London: George F. Cruchley, ca. 1850. Separately issued map with original buckram cover (with original label). 30 x 24. Engraving. Original hand color. Some very light discoloration and separations at folds (expertly repaired), and two areas of light spotting. Overall, very attractive and good condition.
George Frederick Cruchley (1787-1880) was a London map publisher, seller, and globe maker. This map is one that he acquired from John Cary, issuing this updated version around the middle of the century. At this time, Great Britain was at the height of its Industrial Revolution. The rise of its industrial power created the huge demand for a transportation network to service these industries, leading first to the development of a wide web of canals and turnpikes. Then in the years leading up to the middle of the century, a huge railroad building boom transformed the transportation (as well as industrial and social) scene in Britain. The full title of this wonderful map shows that Cruchley tried to capture all this development on this map. This map is a reduced version of a larger map, issued on thin paper and folded into covers for use by travelers. The roads, canals, rivers, and railroads depicted would be of great use, as well as the information on the market towns and cities, as well as the distances between all these. Ferries from Britain to Europe and Ireland are also noted. Despite the plethora of detail, the information is very clearly presented, with crisp engraving and neat labels. The map is also very decorative, with each county highlighted in a contrasting pastel shade and the title cartouche attractively gracing the top right corner. As a cartographic statement of the state of England and Wales in the middle of the nineteenth century, this map is as good as it gets. $475
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