RICHARD NICHOLSON of CHESTER
A WORLD of ANTIQUE MAPS and PRINTS
ESTABLISHED IN 1961
All the Maps on this page are guaranteed to be genuine early specimens
pubished in or around the year stated
Antique Maps of Devonshire
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18th Century Double Sided Road Map
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Road Map Exeter to Torrington, Thomas Kitchin 17678
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Road Map Talabon to Holywell, Thomas Kitchin 17678
27061 Plate 76/77, Thomas Kitchin, 1676. Price: 45.00
Side 76. Untitled
Talybont, Machynlleth, Bala, Ruthin, Holywell.
Side 77. The Road from EXETER to BARNSTAPLE continued to IFRACOMBE & so to TORRINGTON in Devonshire
Exeter, Crediton, Chumleigh, Barbstaple, Ilfracombe, Bideford, Torrington.
8 x 6 inches. Hand coloured. Fine condition.
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18th Century Double Sided Road Map
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Road Map 168/169, London to Exeter. Edward Mogg, 1817
27990 Road Map 168/169, London to Exeter. Edward Mogg, 1817. Price: 38.00
LONDON TO EXETER. An engraved strip road map showing part of the route South Peverton, Seavington St. Michael, Ilminster, Broadway, St. Mary Buckland, Yarcombe. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. Early hand colouring. Good clean condition.
From: Edward Mogg’s Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales, Planned on a Scale of one Inch to a Mile, Including the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, and every object, worthy of remark, whether situated on, or contiguous to the Road
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Early 19th Century Road Map - Original Hand Colouring
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Road Map 194 / 195, London to Exeter. Edward Mogg, 1817
27992 Road Map 194 / 195, London to Exeter. Edward Mogg, 1817. Price: 38.00
LONDON TO EXETER. An engraved strip road map showing part of the route Bishop’s Hull, Wellington, Willand. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. Early hand colouring. Good clean condition.
From: Edward Mogg’s Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales, Planned on a Scale of one Inch to a Mile, Including the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, and every object, worthy of remark, whether situated on, or contiguous to the Road. Dedicated to H.R.H The Prince Regent (future George IV). Published June 2nd 1817 by Edward Mogg, No. 51, Charing Cross, London. Printed by Whittingham and Rowland, Printers, Goswell Street
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Late 19th Century
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Part of Devon and Cornwall, John Bartholomew, c.1898
30829 Part of Devon and Cornwall, John Bartholomew, c.1898. Price: 18.00
SECTION XXXI. PLYMOUTH. A colour printed map showing part of Cornwall and part of southern Devon. Inset maps of Plymouth and the Torquay and Brixham areas. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. Centre fold. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Good clean condition.
From: The Royal Atlas
The Royal Atlas Titlepage
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Victorian Fox Hunting
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Devonshire - Fox Hunting, John and Charles Walker, 1851
31038 Devonshire - Fox Hunting, John and Charles Walker, 1851. Price: 52.00
DEVONSHIRE. A good detailed lithograph map of the county from Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas showing the places of the Meeting of the Hounds. 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Co. Paternoster Row, London. Original outline hand colouring. Fine condition. Straight from the atlas so has not been sold as a single map before.
Shows North Devon, Mr.Furse, Tiverton, Eggesford, Mr. Marshall, Devon, Mr. Trelawny, Mr. Roe and Sir H. Seale Hunts
Provenance: George Hayhurst - Royal Fusiliers and Henry H. France
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Hobson Fox Hunting Atlas Titlepage
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Hobsons Fox Hunting Atlas List of Hunts
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For the Collector
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Devonshire, Reuben Ramble 1845
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Devonshire Text, Reuben Ramble 1844
31367 Devonshire, Reuben Ramble, c.1845. Price: 95.00
DEVONSHIRE. An uncommon lithograph miniature map of the county surrounded by a wide border of vignette views of local scenes including Exeter Cathedral, Plymouth and Fruit Picking. The maps first appeared in Miller’s New Miniature Atlas published in 1810. The decorative views were added and the maps republished by Darton & Clark in “Reuben Ramble’s Travels Through the Counties of England” in 1844. 5 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches. This is the size of overall area and not the contained map. Original hand colouring. With this map is the original double sided page of text describing the county.
Reuben Ramble was a pseudonym of the Reverend Samuel Clark (1810 - 1875). The Rector of Eaton-Bishop in Herefordshire and later a curate in Northamptonshire. He wrote geography books for children being in partnership with the publisher William Darton from c.1836 to 1843. Many copies of Reuben Ramble's Travels will no doubt have been lost over the years through mistreatment by children. I have seen specimens with drawings, scribbles and doodles during the time I have been dealing in maps. A whimsical addition for your map collection.
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Late 19th Century
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Part of Devon, John Bartholomew, c.1898
31505 Part of Devon, John Bartholomew, c.1898. Price: 18.00
SECTION XXXI. PLYMOUTH. A colour printed map showing part of Cornwall and part of southern Devon. Inset maps of Plymouth and the Torquay and Brixham areas. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. Centre fold. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Good clean condition.
From: The Royal Atlas
The Royal Atlas Titlepage
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Late 19th Century
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North Devonshire, George Washington Bacon, c.1900
31656 North Devon, George Washington Bacon, c.1900. Price: 18.50
DEVONSHIRE (NORTH SHEET) REVISED ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ORDNANCE SURVEY. DIVIDED INTO 5 MILE SQUARES A good detailed Edwardian colour printed map of the northern half of Devon. Shows the railways and Divisions with key. Original centre fold 18 1/4 x 12 inches. Good condition.
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Late 19th Century
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South Devonshire, George Washington Bacon, c.1900
31657 South Devon, George Washington Bacon, c.1900. Price: 18.50
DEVONSHIRE (SOUTH SHEET) REVISED FROM THE ORDNANCE SURVEY. DIVIDED INTO 5 MILE SQUARES A good detailed late 19th century colour printed lithograph map of the southern part of the county. Shows the railways. 12 x 18 inches. Small spit at the top of the centre fold otherwise good condition.
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19th Century
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Plymouth and Devenport Thomas Moule c.1850
31658 Plymouth and Devenport, Thomas Moule, c.1850. Price: 29.00
ENVIRONS OF PLYMOUTH & DEVENPORT An engraved map of the region embellished with a vignette view of Plymouth Citadel and the Arms of Plymouth. 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Uncoloured. Little to no top blank margin with some trimming. Browning around the edges.
From Barclay's Dictionary
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Highly Recommended Reference Books
Excellent Book for the County Map Collector
If you can find a copy
When I started collecting and selling maps back in the 1960's there were very few reference books on antique maps. The first book I remember buying was Maps and Mapmakers by R. V. Tooley. Full of wonderful information but over the years there were periods when it was out of print. The Antique Collectors Club used to produce a large range of books on all kinds of antiques and in 1983 - BRITISH COUNTY MAPS by YASHA BERISINER was published. To the best of my knowledge there has not been another book like it published. A most useful and informative work and essential for the avid county map collector. I think there was just the one edition. If you can get hold of a copy at a reasonable price my advice would be - Buy it. There is a link below that will search Amazon for copies on sale.
A must read for the lover of Maps, Roads and History
I was 19 when I got hooked on antique maps. There are quite a few of the early cartographers who we know a bit about about and their life stories make interesting reading. There is one English mapmaker who stands out as someone rather special who appears to have had a most interesting life. He is JOHN OGILBY. Yes you know he was the first to map the roads of England and Wales and yes you might have read that he had an interest in dancing. If you want to know more about the man who created that 17th century map hanging on your wall then you must read this book published in 2016 - The Nine Lives of John Ogilby by Alan Ereira. In this book the author brings a fascinating hidden history to light, and reveals that Ogilby's celebrated Britannia is far more than a harmless road atlas: it is, rather, filled with secrets designed to serve Charles II's sinister purpose.
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The Nine Lives of John Ogilby by Alan Ereira
Excellent reference for other counties as well
First published in 1966 as one of the first such books to consider the maps of a specific county in terms of mapping history: this new 2nd edition retains the emphasis and principles of the first edition. The sections have been extended on contributing map makers from the end of the 16th Century to the mid 19th Century where decorative maps decline and are superseded by the cleaner lines of the Ordnance Survey.
The maps shown in this new edition come from a number of sources. They have been selected in order to give a story both over the span of these maps as they are drawn and also an analysis of how they reflect the history of cartography in the terms of the county of Cornwall.
The process of creating maps evolved at a stunning rate in the 280 years covered here and we have endeavoured to provide the reader with some analysis between maps as well as versions of the same map. Maps depict the lay of the land: there are instances where amendments to maps show changes in the physical geography on the ground thus fulfilling the role of the geographer and his map. This is the accurate depiction on paper of observed elements in the field. In addition to the maps of Cornwall are charts generated for navigation of the treacherous seas around the Isles of Scilly. These notorious shores have proven fatal and the need for accurate maps around the coast drove some of the earliest maps of the area.
Presented with many full colour illustrations and extensively expanded from the 1966 edition, this book will aid the budding collector, the confused auction-goer as well as console the exile and, we hope, will be of interest to anyone keen in the mapped history of Cornwall.
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I have been buying and selling antique maps since the early 1960's during which time I had a gallery in Watergate Street, Chester for 30 years. I am now able to offer through my websites a personal service to map and print collectors.