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 Dorsetshire
18th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Dorset, John Cary 1793
30982 Dorsetshire, John Cary 1793. Price: 54.00
DORSETSHIRE
A well engraved detailed map of the county with title panel and compass rose combined. Scale. Imprint of John Cary dated 1793. Centre fold. Old manuscript numbering in top blank margin 52 and 53. 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.
From: Cary's New and Correct English Atlas
Minimum Order £15.00
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19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Dorsetshire, Samuel Lewis 1845
31586 Dorsetshire, Samuel Lewis, 1845. Price: 28.00
DORSETSHIRE
A county map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. & C. Walker. 9 1/4 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
Minimum Order £15.00
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If the map is to be sent to an address outside the UK. I will send you a PayPal Invoice for the Postage and Packing. This single charge covers any number of items in one order. EUROPE - 14 pounds. REST OF THE WORLD - 20 pounds
Early 19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Dorsetshire, John Cary, 1802
31698 Dorsetshire, John Cary, 1802. Price: 60.00
DORSETSHIRE
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. 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before.
I have dated this map 1802 because many of the maps in the atlas were watermarked 1802. This map just shows part of a watermark in the bottom left hand corner.
From: Cary's New and Correct English Atlas
Minimum Order £15.00
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18th Century - County and Road Map
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Map of Dorset by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen published in 1753
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Road map from Gloucester to Worcester by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen published in 1753
32444 Dorsethire, John Owen and Emanuel Bowen, 1753. Price: 45.00
DORSETSHIRE
An engraved county map with list of hundreds and coat of arms surmounted by a decorative baroque cartouche with the title The Road from Bristol to Weymouth.. Beneath the map is a panel with description of the county. The On the verso is a strip road map from Gloucester to Worcester with coat of arms and engraved notes. 4 1/2 x 7 inches. Uncoloured. Good condition. This map has just been taken from the atlas and therefore not previously been sold as a single map.
From: Britannia Depicta
Provenance
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Cary Titlepage and Munbee Bookplate
Minimum Order £15.00
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Early 17th Century
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Dorsetshire by Pieter van den Keere, c.1627
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Pieter van den Keere Atlas Titlepage, c.1627
32622 Dorsetshire, Pieter van den Keere, c.1627. Price: 100.00
DORSETSHIRE
A early engraved miniature map of the county. Embellished with decorative cartouche displaying the title and another displaying the scale. Numbered 8. 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. A good clean uncoloured and undamaged specimen Printed slightly off centre which is something you will see with this series of maps. It is usually corrected by outting the map in a sunk mount. The history of Devonshire starts on the verso, in Enlglsh but with the map are the two original double sided pages of text describing Dorsetshire. 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
19h Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Map of Dorsetshire by Samuel Lewis 1848
32905 Dorsetshire, Samuel Lewis, 1848. Price: 32.00
DORSETSHIRE
A county map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. & C. Walker. 9 1/4 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
Minimum Order £15.00
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19th Century
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Map of Dorsetshire by Thomas Letts
32964 Dorsetshire, Thomas Letts, 1884. Price: 34.00
DORSET
A detailed chromolithograph map of the county. Explanation plus statistics concerning Population, Area, Inhabited Houses, Poor Rate and Paupers. 15 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches. Original centre fold. Imprint of Letts & Son beneath. Fine clean condition. Straight from the atlas so never previously been sold as a single map.
From: Lett’s Popular County Atlas
Minimum Order £15.00
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An Excellent Book for the County Map Collector
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.
My well used copy pictured on the right still has its distinctive red cover illustrating Cambridgeshire by John Speed.
RICHARD NICHOLSON
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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.
