Antique Maps of Kent

UNTITLED

Includes Crayford, Dartford, Sutton at Hone, Wilmington and Farningham. 3 1/2 x 6 inches. Original hand colouring to main roads. Good condition

From an interesting series of section maps by John Cary on a scale of one inch to the mile showing the area 15 miles round London in 1786

KENT

A simple map of the county with explanation. Shows the principal places of County Election and the Borough Towns to return 2 members. About 12 x 8 inches, 330 x 210 mm. Early hand colouring. Three vertical folds which is normal. A little creasing to the centre fold otherwise good condition. With the map is the original page of text concerning the proposed Division of Kent.

ESSEX KENT

A miniature engraved map by Adrien Migneret of the two counties within a pictorial border. 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Vertical crease on the left of the map. Traces of two pieces of white tape on verso probably used to hold the map into a mount at some time. Otherwise good condition.

SECTION XXIV. CANTERBURY

A colour printed map showing parts of Essex and Kent. 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

KENT

An uncommon lithograph miniature map of the county surrounded by a wide border of vignette views of local scenes including Canterbury Cathedral, Rochester Cliffs, Dover Castle and Hop 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. 7 1/2 x 6 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.

SECTION XXIX. DOVER

A colour printed map showing part of Kent with the English Channel and section of the French coast. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Good clean condition.

From: The Royal Atlas

MAP OF THE COUNTY OF KENT DIVIDED INTO HUNDREDS CONTAINING THE DISTRICT DIVISIONS AND OTHER LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS EFFECTED BY THE REFORM BILL.

A detailed engraved county map. List of lathes and hundreds, explanation, scale and compass rose. 13 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches. Uncoloured. Some light offsetting. Original centre fold. Wide blank margins. Small slit at the bottom ofthe centre fold in blank margin only otherwise good condition.

From: A Complete County Atlas of England and Wales

In 1832 Parliament passed a law changing the British electoral system. The Act increased the electorate from about 400,000 to 650,000 making one in five adult males elible to vote. It was know as the Great Reform Act.

KENT

A good engraved map of the county. Title panel with compass rose. Publisher’s imprint beneath dated 1809. 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Attractive original outline hand colouring. A little very light creasing in the to left hand blank margin otherwise good undamaged condition.

From: Cary's New and Correct English Atlas

KENT

A good engraved map of the county. Title panel with compass rose. Publisher’s imprint beneath undated. 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Attractive original outline hand colouring. A nice clean specimen of this map in good condition.

From: Cary's New and Correct English Atlas

KENT

An engraved map of the county with explanation, scale and list of hundreds. Title panel with compass rose. Underneath is the name of the engraver James Wallis. 10 x 6 3/4 inches. Imprint of S. A. Oddy dated 1812 beneath. Original outline and wash hand colouring. Light crease going across the bottom of the map otherwise good condition.

From: A New and Improved County Atlas

A MODERN MAP OF KENT, Drawn from the latest Surveys; Corrected & Improved by the best Authorities W. Palmer sculpt.

An engraved county map embellished with a pictorial title cartouche. Compass rose, scale and remarks. Imprint of Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church yard and Robert Sayer in Fleet Street beneath. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Original centre fold. Good condition.

KENT

A small engraved map of the county. Small title panel with explanation beneath. Compass rose and scale. 6 1/4 x 5 inches Early outline and wash hand colouring. Imprint of the publisher G. & W. B. Whittaker dated 1821. Original centre fold. Very light crease mark across the bottom corner blank margin. Otherwise good condition.

KENT

A detailed engraved map of the county. 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. Attractive original outline and wash hand colouring. Publishers imprint beneath dated 1833. Good clean undamaged condition.

From: A New British Atlas

KENT

An engraved county map with an oval title panel. 5 x 4 inches. Uncoloured. Descriptive text beneath and on verso. Good condition. Light creases across the top left and right blank margin corners. Otherwise good condition.

From: Francis Grose's The Antiquities of England and Wales

A MAP OF KENT FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES ENGRAVED BY J. CARY

A good sized detailed engraved county map. List of hundreds, scale and compass rose. 19 x 15 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Folding creases as published. Three small regions in blank areas of very light brown marks otherwise good condition.

From: Britannia or A Chrographical Description of England Translated by Richard Gough

SECTION XXIX, DOVER

A colour printed map showing part of Kent with the English Channel and section of the French coast. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Small slit at the bottom of the centre fold otherwise good clean condition.

From: The Royal Atlas

ISLE OF THANET....

A detailed Victorian map of this area of Kent. The map is decorated with a title banner, two coats of arms and vignette views of Ramsgate Harbour and the North Foreland Lighthouse. 9 3/4 x 8 inches, 248 x 200 mm. Uncoloured. Three small binding holes in the top blank margin which is quite common. Light water stain in the top right hand blank margin, otherwise good condition.

From: Barclay's Dictionary

KENT

A good engraved map of the county. Title panel with compass rose. The publisher’s imprint usually seen beneath the map is missing. The style of colouring is similar to that found on the 1787 and 1793 editions of this map. 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Three tiny nicks on the edges of the blank margins. Some light soiling. Some soiling on verso.

From: Cary's New and Correct English Atlas

SPECIAL PRICE

KENT REVISED FROM THE ORDNANCE SURVEY. DIVIDED INTO 5 MILE SQUARES

A good detailed late 19th century colour lithograph map of the county. Shows the railways. Original centre fold. 17 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches. Good clean condition.

From: The New Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles

PLAN OF CHATHAM, ROCHESTER &c REDUCED FROM THE ORDNANCE SURVEY SCALE - SIX INCHES TO ONE STATUTE MILE

An interesting detailed lithograph plan including Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Brompron and Gillingham on the Medway. 19 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches. Good clean condition.

From: The New Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles

KENT

A small engraved map of the county. Tile panel surmounted by half compass rose. Panel at bottom with list of distances from London. Publisher’s imprint beneath dated 1792. 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches. Thin paper. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.

From: Cary’s Traveller’s Companion

Titlepage dated 1791, maps dated 1792. The atlas was formerly in the Mumbee family library - title page stamped V. Munbee

KENT

A early engraved miniature map of the county. Embellished with decorative title scale cartouches. Numbered 3. 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. A good clean undamaged uncoloured specimen. A description in Kent appears on verso and with the map are the further two pages of double sided text. Straight from the atlas and not previously sold as a single map. The title page of the atlas is dated 1627

From: England Wales Scotland and Ireland Described

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES, SECTION V

A colour printed map showing the South East part of England including the counties of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Middlesex. Scale of 10 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. 16 3 /4 x 12 1/2 inches. Good clean condition.

From: The Royal Atlas

ENGLAND V

An interesting map engraved by J. & C. Walker showing south east England Published by Baldwin & Craddock for the S.D.U.K. short for Society for the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Publishers imprint beneath dated 1830. 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Good condition.

KENT

Pages 323 - 355 inclusive describing the county of Kent in English. About 13 x 8 inches. Good condition.

From: Camden’s Britannia

KENT

A county map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. & C. Walker. Reference to the Unions. 9 x 6 3/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good clean condition. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before now. From Lewis' Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales

KENT

A detailed engraved county map with list of lathes and hundreds, explanation and scale. 17 3/4 x 14 inches. Uncoloured. Single 1 inch tear bottom left margin extending into blank area. 1/2 inch top left Margin extending into blank area. Some light soiling around the edges but otherwise good condition.

From: Atlas of the English Counties.

KENT DRAWN FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES

An engraved map of the county embellished with a rococo title cartouche and the Arms of Canterbury. Explanation and scale. Above the map appears Engraved for the Universal Magazine. Beneath the publisher Hinton’s imprint dated 1751. 7 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. Orignal centre fold. Uncoloured. Pin hole in left hand blank margin. Some dust soiling.

From: The Universal Magazine

A NEW MAP OF KENT DRAWN FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES

An engraved map of the county embellished with a pictorial cartouche and coat of arms. Compass pointer, remarks and scale. The imprint of the publisher Alexander Hogg at the Kings Arms No. 16 Paternoster Row appears beneath the map. No top blank margin which is normal as the appears on a sheet with others. Uncoloured. Some dust soiling.

From The New British Traveller

KENT

An engraved map of the county with compass rose. explanation, scale and a list of 62 Lathes and Hundreds. 16 x 12 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Publishers imprint beneath reading London, Published by G. Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1829. Has been a folding map. Good heavy paper. Good condition.

KENT

A good engraved county map. Title panel and compass rose combined. 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Original hand colouring. Original centrefold. Very small split at the bottom of the centre fold otherwise good condition.

From Cary's New and Correct English Atlas

KENT A detailed engraved map of the county embellished with a vignette view of Canterbury including Cathedral & St.. Augustine’s Gate. Scale and list of hundreds. 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches. Uncoloured. Good wide blank margins. Original centre fold. Some light foxing and dust staining. Would respond to cleaning.

From: The Parliamentary Gazetteer

SANDWICH AND DEAL

A lithograph map of Sandwich, Deal and environs on a scale of 2 inches to the mile. Compass pointer and explanation. About 10 x 17 inches. Original outline hand colouring. With original pages of text. Crease in bottom right hand blank area and a small tear in this blank area. Original vertical and horizontal folds.

From Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales.

KENT

A detailed engraved map of the county. Explanation and list of hundreds. 9 1/4 x 7 inches. Uncoloured except for the railways. Shows the railways marked with early hand coloured blue lines. Original centre fold. Good condition.

From: Dugdale's England and Wales Delineated.

ROCHESTER FROM THE ORDNANCE SURVEY

A lithograph map of Rochester and environs on a scale of 2 inches to the mile. Compass pointer and explanation. About 8 x 10 inches. Original hand colouring. Original fold crease. Some brown marks in the right hand side blank margin.

From: Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales.