Antique Maps of Hertfordshire
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
published in or around the year stated
19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Hertfordshire, George Cole and John Roper, 1810
30034 Hertfordshire, George Cole and John Roper, 1810. Price: 40.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
A good detailed engraved map of the county with explanation and list of hundreds. Publisher's imprint dated 1805. 9 x 7 inches. Original hand colouring. Good condition. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before.
From: The British Atlas
19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Hertfordshire, John Cole and John Roper, 1810
30515 Hertfordshire, John Cole and John Roper, 1810. Price: 40.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
A good detailed engraved map of the county divided into hundreds. Bears the publishers imprint dated of 1805. Explanation. 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Original wash and outline hand colouring. Good condition. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before. With original page of descriptive text.
From: The British Atlas
Late 18th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Hertfordshire, John Cary 1793
30988 Hertfordshire, John Cary 1793. Price: 60.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
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 blank margin 72 and 73. 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.
From: Cary's New and Correct English Atlas
19th Century - Fox Hunting
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Hertfordshire - Fox Hunting, John and Charles Walker, 1851
31045 Hertfordshire - Fox Hunting, John and Charles Walker, 1851. Price: 46.00
CHESHIRE
A good detailed lithograph map of the county from Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas showing the places of the Meeting of the Hounds. 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Fine condition. Straight from the atlas so has not been sold as a single map before.
Shows the Cheshire Hunt and part of Sir W. W. Wynne and North Staffordshire Hunts
Provenance: George Hayhurst - Royal Fusiliers and Henry H. France
TITLE PAGE AND LIST OF HUNTS
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Hobson Fox Hunting Atlas Titlepage
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Hobsons Fox Hunting Atlas List of Hunts
18th Century - First Edition
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Hertfordshire, John Cary 1793
31286 Hertfordshire, John Cary 1787. Price: 68.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
The FIRST EDITION of this well engraved detailed map of the county with title panel and compass rose combined. Scale. Imprint of John Cary dated 1787. 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good clean condition. With this map is the original page of descriptive text.
From: Cary's New and Correct English Atlas
Subcribers to the First Edition
If you are thinking of buying this map you may be interested to see this list of the original subscribers to Cary's New and Correct English Atlas first published in 1787. It makes interesting reading and might even include one of your relatives.
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New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
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New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
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New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
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New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
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New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
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New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
For the Collector
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Hertfordshire, Reuben Ramble 1845
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Hertfordshire Text, Reuben Ramble 1844
31369 Hertfordshire, Reuben Ramble, c.1845. Price: 110.00
HERTFORDSH..
An uncommon lithograph miniature map of the county surrounded by a wide border of vignette views of local scenes including St.Albans Abbey, Fruit Picking 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. 7 1/2 x 6 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.
For the Collector
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Hertfordshire, Carington Bowles, 1785
31428 Hertfordshire, Carington Bowles, 1785. Price: 135.00
BOWLES’S NEW MEDIUM MAP OF HARTFORD 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 3/4 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: 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
PROVENANCE
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Titlepage
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Signature
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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
19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Hertfordshire, Samuel Lewis 1845
31594 Hertfordshire, Samuel Lewis, 1845. Price: 25.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
A county map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. & C. Walker. Reference to the Unions. 9 x 6 3/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Light soiling mark in right hand blank margin otherwise 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
17th Century - Miniature
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Hertfordshire, Pieter van den Keere, c.1632
31674 Hertfordshire, Pieter van den Keere, c.1632. Price: 33.00
HARTFORDSHIRE
A miniature engraved county map with title and scale cartouches. Part of a description of Cambridgeshire on verso. 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches, 120 x 82 mm. Uncoloured. Toned. Requires some restoration in the bottom right hand blank margin where there is a tear.
From: England Wales Scotland and Ireland Described
Early 19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Hertfordshire, John Cary, 1802
31704 Hertfordshire, John Cary, 1802. Price: 65.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
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 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
Early 19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Hertfordshire John Cary c.1820
32049 Hertfordshire, John Cary, c.1820. Price: 55.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
A good engraved map of the county. Title panel with compass rose. Publisher’s imprint beneath 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Attractive original outline and wash hand colouring. Good condition.
From: Cary's New and Correct English Atlas
Early 19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Hertfordshire Sidney Hall 1833
32074 Hertfordshire, Sidney Hall 1833. Price: 27.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
A detailed engraved map of the county. 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches. Attractive original outline and wash hand colouring. Good clean undamaged condition.
From: A New British Atlas
Early 19th Century - Political
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Hertfordshire Reform Act map James Duncan 1833
32078 Hertfordshire, James Duncan, 1833. Price: 48.00
MAP OF THE COUNTY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 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. Some light offsetting. Original centre fold. Wide blank margins. Good condition.
From: A Complete County Atlas of England and Wales
In 1832 Parliament passed a law changing the British electoral system. The Act increased the electorate from about 400,000 to 650,000 making one in five adult males elible to vote. It was know as the Great Reform Act.
Late 18th Century - Original Hand Colouring
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Hertfordshire John Cary 1793
32096 Hertfordshire, John Cary 1793. Price: 55.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
A good engraved map of the county. Title panel with compass rose. Publisher’s imprint beneath dated 1793. 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.Original outline and wash hand colouring. Good condition.
From: Cary's New and Correct English Atlas
19th Century - Railways
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Hertfordshire John Cary 1793
32102 Hertfordshire, Frederic Kelly, c.1860. Price: 26.00
POST OFFICE MAP OF HERTFORDSHIRE
A map of the county engraved by B. R. Davies and printed on stone by C. F. Cheffins Son of London. Published by Kelly & Co. Office Directory Office 19, 20 & 21 Old Boswell Court, Temple Bar London. List of hundreds. Shows railways finished and in use as well as those in progress. 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Original pink outline hand colouring. Good condition.
Early 18th Century
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Hertfordshire Robert Morden c.1722
32111 Hertfordshire, Robert Morden c.1722. Price: 132.00
HERTFORD SHIRE By Robt. Morden
An engraved county map embellished with a decorative title cartouche. Three scales and publisher's imprint. 17 x 14 inches, 445 x 365 mm. Uncoloured. Small slit at the bottom of the centre fold. Good blank margins. Good condition.
From: Camden's Britannia
18th Century
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Hertfordshire Thomas Kitchin c.1765
32117 Hertfordshire, Thomas Kitchin, c.1765. Price: 45.00
A NEW MAP OF HERTFORDSHIRE DRAWN FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES BY. THOS. KITCHIN GEOGR. ENGRAVER TO H.R.H. THE DUKE OF YORK
A good engraved 18th century map of the county embellished with a rococo title cartouche, scale, compass pointer and remarks. 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Uncoloured. A little light dust soiling in the blank margins otherwise good condition.
Early 19th Century
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Hertfordshire and Middlesex, P. Schenk and G. Valk, c.1700
32127 Hertfordshire, John Cary c.1806. Price: 49.00
A MAP OF MIDDLESEX FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES ENGRAVED BY J. CARY.
A good sized detailed engraved county map. 20 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches. Uncoloured. Folding creases as published with a lttle creasing at the bottom of one. A little light dust soiling otherwise good condition.
From: Britannia or A Chrographical Description of England Translated by Richard Gough
Early 18th Century
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Hertfordshire and Middlesex, P. Schenk and G. Valk, c.1700
32130 Hertfordshire and Middlesex, P. Schenk and G. Valk, c.1700. Price: 180.00
MIDDELSEXIA CUM HERTFORDIAE COMITATU: MIDDLESEX & HERTFORD SHIRE.
A decorative early map of the two counties published in Amsterdam. Orientated with east at the top. Decorative title cartouche with allegorical figures. Scale cartouche with figures of farmers and animals. Royal Arms with supporters. 21 1/2 x 17 inches. Uncoloured. Centre fold as issued. Very light browning in the centre fold otherwise good condition on stout paper. You would never know from the front of the map but this map at sometime has been laid into a larger sheet of paper.
This map is actually by the Dutch cartographer Jan Jansson and first appeared in his atlas of England and Wales in 1646. The plates were acquired by the firm of Schenk and Valk who made various additions and republished the maps. This map has the addition of a graticule of latitude and longitude added.
19th Century - Original Hand Colouring
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Hertfordshire, Creighton and Walker c.1845
32233 Hertford, Creighton/Walker, c.1840. Price: 5.00
HERTFORD
A map of Hertford and surrounding area drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. & C. Walker. 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition. This map was published on a sheet with a map of St. Albans below which has been cut off.
From: Lewis' Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales
18th Century - Original Hand Colouring
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Hertfordshire, Thomas Kitchin c.1762
32234 Hertfordshire, Thomas Kitchin c.1762. Price: 45.00
A NEW IMPROVED MAP OF HARTFORDSHIRE FROM THE BEST AURVEYS & INTELLIGENCE DIVIDED INTO HUNDREDS; SHEWING THE SEVEREL ROADS, & TRUE MEASURED DISTANCES BETWEEN TOWN & TOWN. ALSO THE RECTORIES & VICARAGES; THE PARKS AND SEATS OF NOBILITY AND GENTRY; WITH OTHER USEFUL PARTICULARS BY THOMAS KITCHIN GEOGRAPHER.
A magnificent large detailed 18th century engraved map of the county. The decorative uncoloured title cartouche shows men and women harvesting. A second uncoloured rococo cartouche displays the dedication to William Cowper, Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. The publisher’s imprint beneath reads Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street, John Bowles in Cornhill, & Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard. 25 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. This specimen is not the usual quality that I sell but it came into stock with a collection of other maps. Section of printed area missing at the base of the centre fold with a split in the centre fold just at the bottom. Small nicks on the edges of the blank margins. Some light soiling. Original centre fold but the map has been folded again at sometime so there is a horizontal fold. Some old ink script in the bottom margin. Nice project for some careful restoration.
From: The Large English Atlas
Early 19th Century - Original Hand Coloiuring
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Hertfordshire, Thomas Kitchin c.1762
32237 Hertfordshire, John cary, 1801. Price: 55.00
A NEW MAP OF HERTFORDSHIRE, DIVIDED INTO ITS HUNDREDS, EXHIBITING ITS ROADS, RIVER, PARKS, &C. BY JOHN CARY ENGRAVER. 1801
A good detailed engraved map of the county. Oval title panel, scale and compass rose. 21 x 19 inches. Original outline and wash colouring. 3 inch split at the bottom of the centre fold. Two small nicks in the bottom blank margin. ood condition.
From: Cary's New English Atlas.
Early 19th Century - Town Plan
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Plan of St. Albans, George Cole and John Roper, 1810
32240 St. Albans, George Cole and John Roper, 1810. Price: 39.00
ST. ALBANS
An interesting early 19th century town plan engraved by J. Roper from a drawing by G. Cole. The plan is embellished with a vignette view of St. Albans Abbey Church. Arms of St. Albans. 8 3/4 x 7 inches. Uncoloured. Single small brown mark. Very lightly toned but in good condition with no tears or repairs.
From: The British Atlas
19th Century
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Hertfordshire, Samuel Lewis c.1835
32246 Hertfordshire, Samuel Lewis c.1840. Price: 9.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
A county map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. & C. Walker. 8 3/4 x 7 inches. Uncoloured. Stain in the bottom blank margin but no tears or repairs. Special price.
From: Lewis' Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales
Late 18th Century Road Map
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Road Map London to Hertford John Cary 1790
32249 Road Maps 33 - 36 by John Cary, 1790. Price: 65.00
LONDON TO HERTFORD London, Stamford Hill, Upper Edmonton, Enfield, Wattham Cross, Turnford, Hoddesdon, Hertford.
HODDESDON TO WARE Hoddesdon, Ware. Two strip road maps showing plates 33, 34, 35 and 36. Each 5 x 7 1/2 inches. Early hand colouring. The two maps are presented in an inset dark green coloured mount with a 2 1/2 inch border which is still in good condition having been framed for many years. The maps have some scattered foxing but are in good condition.
19th Century - Original Hand Colouring
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Hertfordshire Joshua Archer c.1860
32296 Hertfordshire, Joshua Archer c.1845. Price: 24.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
A detailed engraved map of the county including the railways. Explanation and list of hundreds. 9 1/4 x 7 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.
This map is adhered at the top to a piece of grey mount card. The card has my guarantee label on the reverse side with my Shotton, Deeside address which I left in 1970. So it looks as if I can blame no one other than myself for this. However, the map is in good condition and could be put into a sunk mount.
18th Century - County and Road Map
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Hertfordshire map by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen 1754
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Road map from Shrewsbury to Welshpool by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen 1754
32433 Hertfordshire, John Owen and Emanuel Bowen, 1754. Price: 36.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
A small engraved county map with list of hundreds and title panel. Beneath is a description of the county whilst the map is surmounted by a baroque cartouche titled The Road From London to Wells.... Road map on verso from Newmarket in Suffolk to Swaffham in Norfolk embellished with a coat of arms and engraved notes. 4 x 7 1/4 inches. Uncoloured. This map has come straight from the atlas and not sold previously as a single map.
From: Britannia Depicta
PROVENANCE
At some time part of the Townsend Family library
Late 18th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Map of Hertfordshire John Cary, 1792
32580 Hertfordshire, John Cary, 1792. Price: 14.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
A small engraved map of the county. Tile panel surmounted by half compass rose. Panel at bottom with list of distances from London. Publisher’s imprint beneath dated 1792. 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches. Thin paper. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.
From: Cary’s Traveller’s Companion
Titlepage dated 1791, maps dated 1792. The atlas was formerly in the Mumbee family library - titlepage stamped V. Munbee
Provenance
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Cary Titlepage and Munbee Bookplate
Early 17th Century
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Hertfordshire by Pieter van den Keere, c.1627
32633 Hertfordshire, Pieter van den Keere, c.1627. Price: 92.00
HARTFORE SHIRE
A early engraved miniature map of Hertfordshire. Embellished with decorative cartouches which display the title and scale. Numbered 19. 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. A good clean undamaged uncoloured specimen. The printing is slightly askew so there are tapering blank margins on the top and bottom. On verso is the end of a description of Cambridgeshire. With the map is an additional double sided page of test giving a description of Hertfordshire. The final part of this description appears on the verso of the map of Bedfordshire. 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
17th Century
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Hertfordshire by Richard Blome, 1673
32352 Hertfordshire, Richard Blome, 1673. Price: 68.00
A MAPP OF HARTFORDSHIRE
An engraved county map embellished with a title banner. Dedication to Rt. Hon. James Cecill, Earl of Salisbury within his coat of arms within a cartouche. 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. Uncoloured. Repairs to right hand blank margin and two small repairs to nicks around the edges of the blank margint hand blank margin. Original centre fold.
From: Britannia
17th Century Text
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Hertfordshire Text from Camden's Britannia 1637
32798 Hertfordshire, William Camden, 1637. Price: 10.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
Pages 399, 400, 401, 402 and 403 describing the county of Hertfordshire in English. About 13 x 8 inches. Good condition.
From: Camden’s Britannia
19h Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Map of Hertfordshire by Samuel Lewis 1848
32913 Hertfordshire, Samuel Lewis, 1848. Price: 32.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
A county map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. & C. Walker. Reference to the Unions. 9 x 6 3/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Light soiling mark in right hand blank margin otherwise 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
19th Century
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Map of Hertforshire by Thomas Letts
32970 Hertfordshire, Thomas Letts, 1884. Price: 33.00
HERTFORD
A detailed chromolithograph map of the county. Explanation plus statistics concerning Population, Area, Inhabited Houses, Poor Rate and Paupers. 15 3/4 x 12 1/2 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
19th Century
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Hertforshire, Thomas Moule c.1850
33363 Hertfordshire, Thoms Moule, c.1850. Price: 3.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
A decorative Victorian map of the county embellished with gothic arches, title banner, six coats of arms and inset views of St. Alban's Abbey and Cashiobury. 10 1/4 x 8 inches, 260 x 195 mm. Uncoloured. Light water stain covering most of the map. 4 inch tear in bottom right hand corner in need of repair.
From: Barclay’s Dictionary
SPECIAL PRICE
19th Century
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Map of Hertforshire by Joshua Archer c.1845
33226 Hertfordshire, Joshua Archer, c.1845. Price: 12.00
HERTFORDSHIRE
A detailed engraved map of the county including the railways. Explanation and list of hundreds. 9 1/4 x 7 inches. Uncoloured. Original centre fold. Slight crease across the top of the left hand corner otherwise good condition.
From: Dugdales England and Wales Delineated
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.
