RICHARD NICHOLSON of CHESTER

A WORLD OF ANTIQUE MAPS AND PRINTS

MATTHEW SIMMONS

died in 1654

Matthew Simmons was a bookseller working at the 'Golden Lion in Duck Lane', London. To map collectors he is best known for his work A Direction for the English Traveller published in 1635 and again 1636. It contained 37 thumbnail size county maps engraved by Jacob van Lantern set within the bottom right hand corner of the page. These maps are copied from the playing cards published by William Bowes in 1580. The rest of the page shows a distance table which appears to have been copied from John Norden's invention in England: an intended guide for English Travellers published in 1625.

Refrences:

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers Revised Edition Q - Z
Antique Maps of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by R. C. E. Quixley, Expanded by J. M. E. Quixley
The Printed Maps in the Atlases f Great Britain and Ireland. A Bibliography, 1579 - 1870 by Thomas Chubb
Miniature Antique Maps by Geoffrey King, 1996

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Antique Map Bookshop

RICHARD NICHOLSON
of CHESTER

Stoneydale
Pepper Street
Christleton
Chester
CH3 7AG

Telephone

01244 336004

International 44 1244 336004

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.