RICHARD NICHOLSON of CHESTER

A WORLD OF ANTIQUE MAPS AND PRINTS

The Cartographer

HERMAN MOLL

A Dutch Engraver and Cartographer

Herman Moll was a Dutch engraver and cartographer who came from Holland to London, England in 1670's. It is likely that he was of German origin. He was also an important engraver of the day working for many well known mapmakers such as Moses Pitt, John Adair and Greenville Collins. He later started to trade in about 1695 as a mapseller and publisher. First at Vanley's Court, Blackfriars before later moving to Devereux Court between Temple Bar and St.Clements Church in the Strand.

He produced larger number of atlases of many parts of the world but the collector of British Maps will be more interested in his county maps of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The English county maps are easily recognised for the engravings of antiquities excavated in the county including coins, statues and Roman altars. A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales published with others by J. and T.Bowles in 1724. In the first year there was a reprint in which a plate number appeared within brackets in the top left hand border of each map. The following year in 1725 A Set of Thirty-six New and Correct Maps of Scotland was published by Thomas Bowles, Print and Map-Seller near the Chapter House in St.Paul's Churchyard and by John Bowles, Print and Map-seller over against Stocks Market at his shop in Mercers Hall, Cheapside.

A Set of Thirty Six New and Correct Maps of Scotland

Thirty Six New and Correct Maps Titlepage Herman Moll
Scotland by John Adair

Scotland

Ancient Scotland by Herman Moll, 1725
Scotland by Herman Moll
Wigton and Kircudbright by Herman Moll
West Galloway and Wigton by Herman Moll 1725
Middle part of Galloway by Herman Moll 1725
East part of Galloway by Herman Moll 1725
North Part of Roxburgh and Selkirk by Herman Moll 1725
Dumfries and Nithisdale by Herman Moll 1725
Annandale and Easkdale by Herman Moll 1725
Berwickshire by Herman Moll 1725
Lothian by Herman Moll 1725
Tweeddale and Peebles by Herman Moll 1725
South Ayr, Kyle and Carrick by Herman Moll 1725
Renfrew and Cunningham by Herman Moll 1725
Bute, Arran and Kintyre by Herman Moll 1725
Argyllshire by Herman Moll 1725
Dunbarton by Herman Moll 1725
Stirling and Clackmannan by Herman Moll 1725
Fife and Kinross by Herman Moll 1725
South Perthshire by Herman Moll 1725
North Perthshire by Herman Moll 1725
Angus and Forfar by Herman Moll 1725
South Aberdeenshire by Herman Moll 1725
Murray and Nairn by Herman Moll 1725
Banff and Aberdeenshire by Herman Moll 1725
Lochaber by Herman Moll 1725
Lochaber by Herman Moll 1725
Ross and Cromarty by Herman Moll 1725
Caithness and Sutherland by Herman Moll 1725
Orkney Islands by Herman Moll 1725
Shetland Islands by Herman Moll 1725
Western Islands by Herman Moll 1725
Isle of Mull by Herman Moll 1725
Isle of Jura by Herman Moll 1725
Isle of Islay by Herman Moll 1725

England and Wales

Lincolnshire by Herman Moll
Buckinghamshire by Herman Moll
Warwickshire by Herman Moll
Bedfordshire by Herman Moll
Worcestershire by Herman Moll
Cheshire by Herman Moll
Staffordshire by Herman Moll
Herefordshire by Herman Moll
Monmouthshire by Herman Moll
North Wales by Herman Moll
Map of Yorkshire by Herman Moll
Huntingdonshire by Herman Moll

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.

Antique Map Bookshop

RICHARD NICHOLSON
of CHESTER

Stoneydale
Pepper Street
Christleton
Chester
CH3 7AG

Telephone

01244 336004

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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.