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Leicestershire, Samuel Lewis, c.1835

Published in the Reign of King
WILLIAM IV
1830 - 1837

Early Hand Colouring

7640 Leicestershire, Samuel Lewis, c.1835. Price: 14.00

LEICESTERSHIRE
An engraved map of the county with few place names but showing the electoral divisions. Key to Places, of Elections, Polling Places and Borough Towns. Drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. and C. Walker. 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.

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Leicester, Lt. Robert Kearsley Dawson, 1832

Published in the Reign of King
WILLIAM IV
1830 - 1837

WITH ORIGINAL TEXT

26858 Leicester, Lt. Robert Kearsley Dawson, 1832. Price: 35.00

LEICESTER FROM THE ORDNANCE SURVEY. Lithograph map of Leicester and environs on a scale of 2 inches to the mile. Compass pointer and explanation. About 10 1/2 x 11 inches. Original hand colouring. Good clean condition. With the original pages of descriptive text.

From Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales

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Leicestershire, Lt. R. K. Dawson, 1832

Published in the Reign of King
WILLIAM IV
1830 - 1837

WITH ORIGINAL TEXT

27984 Leicestershire, Lt. R. K. Dawson, 1832. Price: 25.00

LEICESTERSHIRE
A simple lithograph map of the county divided into hundreds and showing the Principal Places of County Election and Polling Places. Compass pointer and explanation. About 10 x 9 inches plus large blank margins. Original hand colouring. Good clean condition. With the original page of descriptive text.

From Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales.

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Leicestershire, T.Badeslade and W.H. Toms 1742

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE II
1727 - 1760

28762 Leicestershire, Thomas Badeslade and W. W. Toms, 1742. Price: 38.00

A MAP OF LEICESTER SHIRE. An engraved map of the county. Panel with a list of towns and their market days. 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches. Hand coloured. Good condition.

From Chorographia Britanniae

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Leicestershire, Archibald Fullarton, c.1843

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

29684 Leicestershire, Archibald Fullarton, c.1843. Price: 32.00

LEICESTERSHIRE. A detailed engraved map of the county embellished with a vignette view of Belvoir Castle. Scale and list of hundreds. 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches. Uncoloured. Good condition.

From The Parliamentary Gazetteer

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Leicestershire, Thomas Moule, c.1850

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

DECORATIVE WITH ATTRACTIVE HAND COLOURING

30019 Leicestershire, Thomas Moule, c.1850. Price: 67.00

LEICESTERSHIRE. A decorative Victorian map of the county with inset views of Belvoir Castle, Ulverscroft Abbey and Donington Castle. Two other circular views of fox hunting. 7 x 10 inches. Attractively hand coloured. Good condition. In a line and wash sunk mount and framed some years ago in a black and gilt hogarth moulding.

From Barclay’s Dictionary

This map is only available to customers who can collect from Christleton

Leicestershire, George Cole and John Roper, 1810

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

Cole and Roper Information

Early Hand Colouring

30041 Leicestershire, George Cole and John Roper, 1810. Price: 37.00

LEICESTERSHIRE. A good detailed engraved county map with explanation and list of hundreds. Publisher's imprint dated 1807. 9 x 7 inches. Original wash hand colouring. Good clean condition with wide blank margins. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before.

From The British Atlas

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Leicestershire, John and Charles Walker, 1851

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

Early Hand Colouring

30228 Leicestershire, John and Charles Walker, 1851. Price: 39.00

LEICESTERSHIRE. A good detailed engraved map of the county including the railways. Inset map “Continuation of Rutlandshire on the same scale”. Title panel with the names of J. & C. Walker beneath. Scale and explanation. Original outline and wash hand colouring. Imprint of Longman, Rees, Orme, Browne & Co. Paternoster Row beneath. 12 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches. Good condition. This map has been taken from the atlas and not been offered before as a single map.

From The British Atlas

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Leicestershire and Rutlandshire, James Pigot / Isaac Slater, c.1857

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

James Pigot Information

Pigot/Slater Atlas Titlepage

Early Hand Colouring

30785 Leicestershire and Rutlandshire, James Pigot / Isaac Slater, c.1857. Price: 59.00

LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLANDSHIRE. An engraved map of the two counties with title, scale, explanation and list of hundreds. Embellished with an uncoloured view of St. Mary’s Church, Melton Mowbray. 8 3/4 x 14 inches. Original outline hand colouring. On stout paper. Good undamaged condition.

From Isaac Slater’s New British Atlas

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Leicestershire, Edward Langley and William Belch, 1820

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

Edward Langley and William Belch Information

All about Edward Langley and William Belch

For the Map Collector

30929 Leicestershire, Edward Langley and William Belch, 1820. Price: 56.00

LANGLEY’S NEW MAP OF LEICESTERSHIRE. An engraved map of the county. In the bottom left hand corner is a vignette view of Belvoir 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, Novr. 1st, 1818. 10 x 6 3/4 inches. Manuscript number 22 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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Leicestershire, John Cary 1793

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

John Cary Information

30992 Leicestershire, John Cary 1793. Price: 40.00

LEICESTERSHIRE. 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 92 and 93. 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.

From Cary's New and Correct English Atlas

TITLEPAGE AND ANNOTATED CONTENTS PAGE

New and Correct English Atlas
Hobsons Fox Hunting Atlas List of Hunts

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Leicestershire - Fox Hunting, John and Charles Walker, 1851

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

VICTORIAN FOX HUNTING MAP

31049 Leicesestershire - Fox Hunting, John and Charles Walker, 1851. Price: 60.00

LEICESTERSHIRE. A good detailed lithograph map of the county from Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas showing the places of the Meeting of the Hounds. 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Co. Paternoster Row, London. Original outline hand colouring. Fine condition. Straight from the atlas so has not been sold as a single map before.

Shows Donnington, Atherstone, Quorn, Belvoir, Cottesmore and Pytchley Hunts

Provenance: George Hayhurst - Royal Fusiliers and Henry H. France

TITLEPAGE AND LIST OF HUNTS

Hobson Fox Hunting Atlas Titlepage
Hobsons Fox Hunting Atlas List of Hunts

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Leicestershire, T.Badesladed and W. H.Toms 1742

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE II
1727 - 1760

Like all the maps on this page
GUARANTEED
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Shows Market and Fair Days

31101 Leicestershire, Thomas Badeslade and William Henry Toms, 1742. Price: 39.00

A MAP OF LEICESTER SHIRE NORTH FROM LONDON. A delightful small engraved map of the county with scale and compass rose. To the left of the map is a panel providing information on Members of Parliament and listing the major towns with the Market and Fair Days. 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Publisher’s imprint beneath dated 1742 with the names of Thomas Badeslade the surveyor and W. H. Toms the engraver. Thick paper. Very nice good clean condition.
From Chorographia Britanniae

Provenance: In 1925 the atlas was owned by A. P. Hamilton

Chorographia Britanniae 1742

Chorographia Britanniae 1742 Dedication

It is interesting to note that the atlas was intended for the use of his Majesty King George I for his intended tour through England and Wales. He died on June 11th, 1727. The dedication is to Frederick Prince of Wales, son of George II born February 1st, 1707 and who died on March 31st, 1751 at Kew.

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Leicestershire John Cary 1787

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

John Cary Information

First Edition - Early Hand Colouring

31290 Leicestershire, John Cary 1787. Price: 42.00

LEICESTERSHIRE. 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. Original outline hand colouring. Some light soiling otherwise good condition. With this map is the original page of descriptive text.

From Cary's New and Correct English Atlas

THE SUBSCRIBERS 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.

New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers

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Leicestershire, Joshua Archer, c.1845

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

31343 Leicestershire, Joshua Archer, c.1845. Price: 18.50

LEICESTERSHIRE. An engraved map of the county with scale, list of hundreds and explanation. 9 1/4 x 7 inches. Uncoloured. 9 1/4 x 7 inches. A little lights scattered foxing otherwise good condition.

Engraved for Dugdales England and Wales Delineated

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Leicestershire, Reuben Ramble 1845

Leicestershire Text, Reuben Ramble 1844

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

Reuben Ramble Information

Reuben Ramble

Reuben Ramble was a pseudonym of the Reverend Samuel Clark (1810 - 1875). The Rector of Eaton-Bishop in Herefordshire and later a curate in Northamptonshire. He wrote geography books for children being in partnership with the publisher William Darton from c.1836 to 1843. Many copies of Reuben Ramble's Travels will no doubt have been lost over the years through mistreatment by children. I have seen specimens with added drawings, scribbles and doodles done with pencil and crayons during the time I have been dealing in maps. An interesting and whimsical addition for your map collection.

Early Hand Colouring

For the Map Collector

31373 Leicestershire, Reuben Ramble, c.1845. Price: 75.00

LEICESTERSHIRE. An uncommon lithograph miniature map of the county surrounded by a wide border of vignette views of local scenes including Fox Hunting, Cheese, Stocking Frame 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. 6 x 7 1/4 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.

Reuben Ramble was a pseudonym of the Reverend Samuel Clark (1810 - 1875). The Rector of Eaton-Bishop in Herefordshire and later a curate in Northamptonshire. He wrote geography books for children being in partnership with the publisher William Darton from c.1836 to 1843. Many copies of Reuben Ramble's Travels will no doubt have been lost over the years through mistreatment by children. I have seen specimens with drawings, scribbles and doodles during the time I have been dealing in maps. A whimsical addition for your map collection.

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Leicestershire and Rutlandshire, Carington Bowles, 1785

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

Sir H. George Fordham

Early Hand Colouring

For the Map Collector

31433 Leicestershire and Rutlandshire, Carington Bowles, 1785. Price: 75.00

BOWLES’S NEW MEDIUM MAP OF LEICESTER & RUTLAND DIVIDED INTO THEIR 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

Titlepage

Signature

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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Leicestershire, Samuel Lewis 1845

Lewis' Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

Early Hand Colouring

31599 Leicestershire, Samuel Lewis, 1845. Price: 24.00

LEICESTERSHIRE. A county map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. & C. Walker. Reference to the Unions. 9 1/2 x 9 inches. Single fold crease as issued. 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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Leicestershire, John Cary, 1802

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

John Cary Information

Early Hand Colouring

31708 Leicestershire, John Cary, 1802. Price: 42.00

LEICESTERSHIRE 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. 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition. 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

From Cary's New and Correct English Atlas

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Excellent Book for the County Map Collector

If you can find a copy

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. The county I was born in.

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7640 Leicestershire, Samuel Lewis, c.1835. Price: 14.00

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26858 Leicester, Lt. Robert Kearsley Dawson, 1832. Price: 35.00

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27984 Leicestershire, Lt. R. K. Dawson, 1832. Price: 25.00

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28762 Leicestershire, Thomas Badeslade and W. W. Toms, 1742. Price: 38.00

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29684 Leicestershire, Archibald Fullarton, c.1843. Price: 32.00

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30019 Leicestershire, Thomas Moule, c.1850. Price: 67.00

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30041 Leicestershire, George Cole and John Roper, 1810. Price: 37.00

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30228 Leicestershire, John and Charles Walker, 1851. Price: 39.00

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30785 Leicestershire and Rutlandshire, James Pigot / Isaac Slater, c.1857. Price: 59.00

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30929 Leicestershire, Edward Langley and William Belch, 1820. Price: 56.00

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30992 Leicestershire, John Cary 1793. Price: 40.00

TITLEPAGE AND ANNOTATED CONTENTS PAGE

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VICTORIAN FOX HUNTING MAP

31049 Leicesestershire - Fox Hunting, John and Charles Walker, 1851. Price: 60.00

Provenance: George Hayhurst - Royal Fusiliers and Henry H. France

TITLEPAGE AND LIST OF HUNTS

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Shows Market and Fair Days

31101 Leicestershire, Thomas Badeslade and William Henry Toms, 1742. Price: 39.00

Provenance: In 1925 the atlas was owned by A. P. Hamilton

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31290 Leicestershire, John Cary 1787. Price: 42.00

THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE FIRST EDITION

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31343 Leicestershire, Joshua Archer, c.1845. Price: 18.50

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Reuben Ramble

Early Hand Colouring

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31373 Leicestershire, Reuben Ramble, c.1845. Price: 75.00

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31433 Leicestershire and Rutlandshire, Carington Bowles, 1785. Price: 75.00

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