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Early 19th Century - Miniature
Essex and Kent, Aristide M. Perrot, 1823
29633 Essex and Kent, Aristide M. Perrot, 1823. Price: 50.00
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.
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Scarce - For the Collector
Essex, Robert Morden / Homan Turpin, c.1770
29634 Essex, Robert Morden / Homan Turpin, c.1770. Price: 280.00
ESSEX
The rare state of Robert Morden’s Playing card first published in 1676. The plates eventually came into the possession of of the bookseller Homan Turpin who flourished from about 1764 to 1787. The cards were issued without the suit marks. 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches. Uncoloured.
From: A Brief Description of England and Wales
17th Century - Original Hand Colouring
Essex by Joan Blaeu 1648
29636 Essex, Joan Blaeu, 1648. Price: 450.00
ESSEXIA COMITATUS
A fine decorative 17th century map of the county. Title banner, scale cartouche with three putti. Royal Arms, Arms of England and A panel displaying seven coats of arms and a blank shield. Five ships. 20 1/2 x 16 1 /4 inches. Original 17th century hand colouring. Two small nicks on the edge of the wide left hand side blank margin. A very small sliver of surface loss in the top printed border towards the top left hand side. Light crease in the bottom right hand blank margin extending slightly into the map area. Otherwise good condition with wide blank margins. Dutch text on verso.
18th Century - Original Hand Colouring
Norfolk / Suffolk / Essex, Andrew Dury, 1764
29637 Norfolk / Suffolk / Essex, Andrew Dury, 1764. Price: 40.00
PARTS OF NORFOLK, SUFFOLK AND ESSEX
A small engraved untitled map showing parts of these three counties. 4 x 5 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Small split in the centre fold otherwise good condition.
From: Dury (A.) A Collection of Plans of the Principal Cities of Great Britain and Ireland
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For the Collector
Essex, Edward Langley and William Belch, 1820
30921 Essex, Edward Langley and William Belch, 1820. Price: 80.00
LANGLEY’S NEW MAP OF ESSEX
An engraved map of the county of Essex. In the bottom right hand corner is a vignette view of Colchester Castle. 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, June 1st, 1817. 10 x 6 3/4 inches. Manuscript number 12 in the top right hand corner. Original outline and wash hand colouring. Some light soiling with a little speckled foxing mainly in blank margins. No tears or repairs.
From: Langley’s New County Atlas of England and Wales
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For the Collector
Essex, Reuben Ramble 1845
31363 Essex, Reuben Ramble, c.1845. Price: 110.00
ESSEX
An uncommon lithograph miniature map of the county surrounded by a wide border of vignette views of local scenes including Farming and Fishing. 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 1/4 x 5 3/4 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.
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For the Collector
Essex, Carington Bowles, 1785
31425 Essex, Carington Bowles, 1785. Price: 145.00
BOWLES’S NEW MEDIUM MAP OF ESSEX 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 1/4 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
Titlepage
Signature
Sir H. George Fordham
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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Early 19th Century - Original Hand Colouring
Essex, John Cary 1809
32065 Essex, John Cary, 1809. Price: 58.00
ESSEX
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. Good clean undamaged condition.
From: Cary's New and Correct English Atlas
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18th Century
Essex, John Ellis c.1768
32092 Essex, Joseph Ellis c.1768. Price: 65.00
A MODERN MAP OF ESSEX Drawn from the latest Surveys, Corrected & Improved by the best Authorities J. Ellis 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. 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Original centre fold. Good condition.
From: Ellis's English Atlas
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19th Century - Reform Bill
Essex James Duncan 1833
32107 Essex, James Duncan 1833. Price 52.00
MAP OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX DIVIDED INTO HUNDREDS CONTAINING THE DISTRICT DIVISIONS AND OTHER LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS EFFECTED BY THE REFORM BILL
A detailed engraved county map. List of hundreds, explanation, scale and compass rose. 13 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches. Uncoloured. Original centre fold. A little light creasing at the top of the left and right hand blank margins. Otherwise good condition.
From: A Complete County Atlas of England and Wales
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18th Century - County and Road Map
Essex John Owen and Emanuel Bowen, 1753
Road map Chelmsford to Sudbuty in Essex John Owen and Emanuel Bowen, 1753
32488 Essex, John Owen and Emanuel Bowen, 1753. Price: 35.00
A MAP OF ESSEX
An engraved county map with a description and coat of arms beneath. Surmounted by a baroque cartouche titled The Roads from Chelmsford to Bury St. Edmunds Bury. Road map on verso from Chelmsford to south of Bury St. Edmunds with coat of arms and engraved notes. 4 x 7 inches. Uncoloured. Good condition. This map has come straight from the atlas and not sold been previously as a single map.
From: Britannia Depicta
PROVENANCE
At some time part of the Townsend Family library
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19th Century - Shows Railways
Map of Essex by Joshua Archer c.1843
32526 Essex, Joshua Archer, c.1843. Price: 18.50
ESSEX
An engraved map of the county. Explanation, list of hundreds and scale. A good detailed map showing the railways. 9 x 7 inches. Uncoloured. Original centre fold. Lightly toned. Good undamaged condition.
From: Dugdales England and Wales Delineated
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18th Century - Road Map
Road from London to Harwich by Carrington Bowles 1785
32591 Road from London to Harwich, Carrington Bowles c.1785. Price: 24.00
LONDON TO HARWICH
A strip road map showing the route from London to Harwich, passing through Romford, Brentford, Ingastone, Chelmsford and Manningtree. . 6 x 5 inches. Uncoloured. Good condition.
From: Volume 1 of Carrington Bowles’ Post-Chaise Companion
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Late 18th Century
Map showing part of Essex and Kent by John Cary 1794
32592 Essex and Kent, John Cary, 1794. Price: 14.00
PART OF ESSEX AND KENT
An untitled map being a sheet 26 from Cary’s New Map of England Wales with part of Part of Scotland. Good detail being drawn on a scale of 5 inches to the mile. 8 x 10 inches. Original hand colouring. Publishers imprint dated 1794 beneath. Lightly toned. Small area of soiling near the bottom of the map, very small bottom blank margin, bottom right hand corner of blank margin missing.
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Early 17th Century
Essex by Pieter van den Keere, c.1627
32629 Essex, Pieter van den Keere, c.1627. Price: 92.00
ESSEX COUNTY A early engraved miniature map of the county. Embellished with decorative cartouche which displays the title and scale. Numbered 15. 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Other than the smallest of repair to edge of the bottom blank margin beneath the figure 15 a good clean uncoloured and undamaged specimen There par of a description of Middlesex in English on verso and with the map are two original double sides pages of text giving a description of Essex. 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
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19th Century
Essex by William Cobbett c.1832
32688 Essex, William Cobbett, c.1832. Price: 13.00
ESSEX
An engraved map of the county with title panel, scale and compass rose. The name of the engraver Samuel John Neele appears beneath the map along with the publishers’s imprint Published by J. & J. Cundee, Albion Press, London, January 1, 1815. 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Later hand colouring. Small blank margins. Traces of tape in top blank margin where the map has been in a sunk mount.
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19th Century
Essex by Samuel John Neele, 1815
32689 Essex, Samuel John Neele, 1815. Price: 12.00
ESSEX
An engraved map of the county with title panel, scale and compass rose. The name of the engraver Samuel John Neele appears beneath the map along with the publishers’s imprint Published by J. & J. Cundee, Albion Press, London, January 1, 1815. 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Later hand colouring. Small blank margins. Traces of tape in top blank margin where the map has been in a sunk mount. t.
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19th Century
Essex by Benjamin Ptts Capper, 1808
32690 Essex, Benjamin Pitte Capper, 1808. Price: 18.00
ESSEX
An engraved map of the county with a panel on the right hand side displaying the title panel, explanation, list of hundreds and scale. 7 x 4 inches. Later hand colouring. Publishers imprint beneath dated 1808.
From: A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom
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19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
Essex by Benjamin Ptts Capper, 1808
32692 Essex, Henry Teesdale, c.1830. Price: 27.00
ESSEX
A detailed engraved map of the county divided into its twenty hundreds. Explanation, compass rose, list of hundreds and scale. Whatman paper watermarked 1830. 16 x 13 1/4 inches. Fine original outline and wash hand colouring. Corner of bottom right hand blank margin missing. A number of small marginal tears repired on verso with tape.
From: New British Atlas
Not the best specimen of this map I have offered for sale but I have priced it at a fraction of what a nice specimen would cost. Will look a lot better when framed
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18th Century - Early Hand Colouring
Essex by Emanuel Bowen, 1762
32697 Essex, Emanuel Bowen, 1762. Price: 320.00
AN ACCURATE MAP OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX DIVIDED INTO HUNDREDS; DRAWN FROM SURVEYS, & ILLUSTRATED WITH HISTORICAL EXTRACTS RELATIVE TO ITS NATURAL PRODUCE
A good detailed engraved 18th century map of the county. Pictorial title cartouche. Engraved notes around the map in the usual Bowen fashion. Imprint of John Bowles and Son at the Black Horse, and Mess: Bakewell & Parker in Cornhill, T.Bowles in St.Pauls Churchv Yard, H. Overton without Newgate, T. Kitchin on Holborn Hill, R.Sayer and J.Ryall in Fleet Street. 19 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Original centre fold. Small tear in the left hand blank margin repaired otherwise a nice specimen of this desirable map with full original untrimmed blank margins.
From: The English Atlas
17th Century - Text
Essex Text from Camden's Britannia 1637
32801 Essex, William Camden, 1637. Price: 9.50
ESSEX
Pages 439 to 458 inclusive describing the county of Essex in English. About 13 x 8 inches. Tear in page 457/458 otherwise good condition.
From: Camden’s Britannia
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19h Century - Early Hand Colouring
Essex by Samuel Lewis 1848
32907 Essex, Samuel Lewis, 1848. Price: 32.00
ESSEX
A county map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by T. Starling. Reference to the Unions. 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
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19th Century
Map of Essex by Thomas Letts
32966 Essex, Thomas Letts, 1884. Price: 30.00
ESSEX
A detailed chromolithograph map of the county. Explanation plus statistics concerning Population, Area, Inhabited Houses, Poor Rate and Paupers. 15 12 x 12 1/2 inches. Original centre fold. Imprint of Letts & Son beneath. One inch split at the bottom of the centre fold otherwise fine clean condition. Straight from the atlas so never previously been sold as a single map.
From: Lett’s Popular County Atlas
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Modern
Domesday of Essex by John Garnons Williams 1986
33033 Essex, John Garnons Williams, 1986. Price: 28.00
DOMESDAY ENGLAND 1086 - ESSEX
A colour printed map of the county showng towns and villages as they were recored in the Domesday Book in 1086. The cartographer John Garnons Williams has to be complimented for this series of maps using some 10,000 spellings of places recorded. Although still relatively mordern I can see specimens of these maps being collected in the future. This map like others in the series is printed on a good quality heavy paper but rather special as it is signed by John Garnons Williams and dates September 1986 29/950. 19 1/2 x 14 inches plus blank margins. Very light crease across the bottom blank border corner otherwise new conditin.
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