RICHARD NICHOLSON of CHESTER
A WORLD of ANTIQUE MAPS and PRINTS
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Antique Maps of Shropshire
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Early 18th Century Road Map
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Gardner road map Bristol, Chepstow, Monmouth, Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow
25351 Bristol to Lundlow Road Map, Thomas Garnder, 1719. Price: 58.00
Plate 56 Bristol, Chepstow, Monmouth, Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow
Dedicated to Earl of Carnarvan. 10 1/2 c 6 3/4 inches. Hand coloured. Good condition.
From: Pocket Guide to The English Traveller
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18th Century Road Map
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Kitchin road map SHREWSBURY/CHESTER TO HOLYWELL
27081 Plate 96/97. Thomas Kitchin, 1767 Price: 48.00
The Roads from SHREWSBURY/CHESTER TO HOLYWELL The First containing from Shrewsbury to.. Shrewsbury/ Ellesmere, Wrexham, Mold, Holywell. Chester, Hawarden, Flint, Holywell. The Road from TINMOUTH TO CARLISLE Tynemouth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Hexham, Haydon, Haltwhistle, Carlisle.
A double-sided strip road map. 8 x 6 inches. Hand coloured. Good condition.
From: Kitchin's Post-Chaise Companion through England and Wales
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17th Century Road Map
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Road Map 57, John Ogilby, 1698
29419 Road Map, John Ogilby, 1698.Price: 150.00
Plate 57. The Road from Bristol to West Chester. Plate 2. Ludlow, Shrewsbury, Whitchurch, Chester.
An uncoloured specimen of the 1698 edition. Lightly toned but a nice specimen.
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Early 19th Century
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Shropshire Samuel John Neele, c.1817
30100 Shropshire Samuel John Neele, c.1817. Price: 24.00
SHROPSHIRE. An engraved map of the county with a small inset map of the area near Dudley in the bottom right hand corner. Title panel and compass rose. Hand coloured. 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Closely mounted in a dark green sunk mount. Framed many years ago in a black and gilt hogarth moulding with a tiny chip in the bottom right hand corner but otherwise in good condition.
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18th Century
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Shropshire, John Seller, c.1787
30435 Shropshire, John Seller, c.1787. Price: 34.00
SHROPSHIRE. An engraved map the county with title panel. 5 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches. Text beneath and continuing on verso. Uncoloured. Good condition.
From: Grose's Supplement to the Antiquities of England and Wales
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19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Shropshire, George Cole and John Roper, 1810
30530 Shropshire, George Cole and John Roper, 1810. Price: 36.00
SHROPSHIRE. A good detailed engraved map of the county divided into hundreds. Bears the publishers imprint dated of 1807. Explanation. 7 x 9 1/4 inches. Original wash and outline hand colouring. Old mark in the bottom blank margin about an inch away from the printed border which could easily be hidden by a mount. Otherwise good fresh condition. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before. With original page of descriptive text.
From: The British Atlas
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Early 18th Century Road Map
19th Century
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Part of Shropshire and North Wales, John Bartholomew, c.1898
30827 Part of Shropshire and North Wales, John Bartholomew, c.1898. Price: 18.00
SECTION XI, SHREWSBURY. A colour printed map showing parts of Caernarvonshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire, Shropshire and Cheshire. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Centre fold. Good clean condition.
From: The Royal Atlas
The Royal Atlas Titlepage
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Shropshire, Edward Langley and William Belch, 1820
30937 Shropshire, Edward Langley and William Belch, 1820. Price: 56.00
LANGLEY’S NEW MAP OF SHROPSHIRE. An engraved map of the county. In the bottom left hand corner is a vignette view of Shrewsbury. The title appears above the map. Beneath the map is the publishers imprint Printed and Published by Langley & Belch, No. 173 High Street, Borough, London, Octr. 1st, 1817. 6 3/4 x 10 inches. Manuscript number 32 in the bottom right hand corner. Original outline and wash hand colouring. A little light toning and some speckled foxing in the blank margins. No tears or repairs.
From: Langley’s New County Atlas of England and Wales
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18th Century - Market & Fair Days
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Shropshire, T.Badesladed and W. H.Toms 1742
31111 Shropshire, Thomas Badeslade and William Henry Toms, 1742. Price: 43.00
A MAP OF THE COUNTY OF SALOP NORTH WEST FROM LONDON. A delightful small engraved map of the county with scale and compass rose. To the left of the map is a panel providing information on Members of Parliament and listing the major towns with the Market and Fair Days. 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Publisher’s imprint beneath dated 1742 with the names of Thomas Badeslade the surveyor and W. H. Toms the engraver. Nice good clean condition.
From: Chorographia Britanniae
Provenance: In 1925 the atlas was owned by A. P. Hamilton
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Chorographia Britanniae 1742
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Chorographia Britanniae 1742 Dedication
It is interesting to note that the atlas was intended for the use of his Majesty King George I for his tour through England and Wales. He died on June 11th, 1727. The dedication is to Frederick Prince of Wales, son of George II born February 1st, 1707 and who died on March 31st, 1751 at Kew.
Thomas Badeslade
Principally a surveyor and engineer working with his son Henry working on river improvements and fens reclamation
He started drawing maps of the Fens and waterways and was instrumental in a number of works in the first half of the 18th century. For county map collectors his one work was a series of very distinctive maps he drew for Chorographia Brittanniae engraved and published by W. H.Toms. First published in 1741 with a further edition in 1742 in which the maps show more place names. There were further edition up to 1749. The panel of information beside each map is particularly interesting listing towns in the county with their Market and Fair days.
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Chorographia Britanniae 1742
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Chorographia Britanniae 1742 Dedication
It is interesting to note that the atlas was intended for the use of his Majesty King George I for his intended tour through England and Wales. He died on June 11th, 1727. The dedication is to Frederick Prince of Wales, son of George II born February 1st, 1707 and who died on March 31st, 1751 at Kew.
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Shropshire, Reuben Ramble 1844
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Shropshire Text, Reuben Ramble 1844
31383 Shropshire, Reuben Ramble, c1845. Price: 70.00
SHROPSHIRE. An uncommon lithograph miniature map of the county surrounded by a wide border of vignette views of local scenes including the Ludlow Castle, the Wrekin, Battle of Shrewsbury and Farming. 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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Shropshire, Carington Bowles, 1785
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Sir H. George Fordham
31442 Shropshire, Carington Bowles, 1785. Price: 95.00
BOWLES’S NEW MEDIUM MAP OF SHROP SHIRE DIVIDED INTO ITS HUNDREDS.. A good detailed late 18th century map of the county. The title appears within a circular panel bearing the imprint of Carington Bowles No. 69 in St. Paul’s Church Yard. Beneath the map is a further imprint Published as the Act directs, 3 Jan. 1785. Around the map are interesting engraved notes pertaining to the county. 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Explanation and scale. Original outline hand colouring. Superb clean condition having been taken straight from the atlas and not sold previously as a single map.
From: Bowles’s New Medium English Atlas. The maps in this atlas are based on the maps by Emanuel and Thomas Bowen in their Atlas Anglicanus. The title cartouche has been changed as well as the addition of the distance in miles from London shown by some town names.
Provenance
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This map comes from an atlas which was once in the library of the renowned carto-bibliographer Sir Herbert George Fordham (1854 - 1929). He was the first to attempt the systematic cataloguing of the maps of an English county. Born on 9th May 1854 at Odsey, a manor on the borders of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire sold to the Fordham family in 1793 by the 5th Duke of Devonshire. The flyleaf of the atlas was signed H.George Fordham, Odsey, 1925. Further reading: Map Collectors' Circle No. 51: Sir H.George Fordham Carto-bibliographer by J. M. Henshall.
The atlas was later in the library of Professor Eva Germaine Remington Taylor (1879 - 1966) Distinguished geographer. Presented after her death to Birbeck College, University of London. Sold by their order at Sotheby's, London and purchased by Richard Nicholson
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18th Century
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Shropshire, John Cowley, 1744
31475 Shropshire, John Cowley, 1744. Price: 42.00
AN IMPROVED MAP OF SHROPSHIRE CONTAINING THE BOROUGH & MARKET TOWNS WITH THOSE ADJOINING; ALSO ITS PRINCIPAL ROADS AND RIVERS. BY J. COWLEY GEOGRAPHR. TO HIS MAJESTY. An interesting small engraved map of the county. A banner displays the title. 5 x 7 inches. Hand coloured. Good condition.
From: The Geography of England
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17th Century
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Shropshire, William Hole, 1637
31477 Shropshire, William Hole, 1637. Price: 120.00
SAOLOPIA COMITATUS QUEM CORNAUII OLIM INCOLUORUN DESCRIPTIO. An early map of the county engraved by William hole after the survey by Christopher Saxton. Decorative title cartouche. Scale with pair of dividers. Compass rose. 13 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches. Hand coloured. Coat of arms watermark. Some very small repairs on verso to the bottom blank margin. Lightly toned all over and some light foxing in the bottom right hand corner.
From: Camden’s Britannia
This map was last sold in 1988 in my shop Chester and now on the market again
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19th Century
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Part of Shtopshir and North Wales, John Bartholomew, c.1898
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Part of Shtopshir and North Wales, John Bartholomew, c.1898
31499 Part of Shropshire and North Wales, John Bartholomew, c.1898. Price: 18.00
SECTION XI, SHREWSBURY. A colour printed map showing parts of Caernarvonshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire, Shropshire and Cheshire. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Centre fold. Good clean condition.
From: The Royal Atlas
The Royal Atlas Titlepage
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Early 19th Century - Original Hand Colouring
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Shropshire, John Cary, 1802
31718 Shropshire, John Cary, 1802. Price: 49.00
SHROPSHIRE A well engraved detailed map of the county with title panel and compass rose combined. Scale. Imprint of John Cary dated 1793. With original page of descriptive text. 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition. I have dated this map 1802 because the many of the other maps in the atlas were watermarked with the date of 1802. The title page of the atlas is dated 1793.
From: Cary's New and Correct English Atlas
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A series of hand coloured steel engraved views of Northumberland by Thomas Allom and other artists, published circa 1833 - 1838.
These are guaranteed to be genuine antique prints, not modern reproductions
A series of early hand coloured Victorian wood engravings of British Birds by the Reverend Frances Orpen Morris.
These are guaranteed to be genuine antique prints, not modern reproductions
A collection of uncoloured and hand coloured steel engravings of paintings by various Victorian artists.
These are guaranteed to be genuine antique prints, not modern reproductions
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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