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Antique Maps of London
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Town Plan and Road Map
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Tittenhanger Park, Colney and Elstree John Cary 1786
12052 Plate 3. Round London, John Cary, 1786. 35.00
Includes Tittenhanger Park, Colney and Elstree. 3 1/2 x 6 inches. Original hand colouring. Good condition
From an interesting series of section maps by John Cary on a scale of one inch to the mile showing the area 15 miles round London in 1786
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Town Plan and Road Map
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Crayford, Dartford, Sutton at Hone, Wilmington and Farningham John Cary 1786
12088 Plate 39. Round London, John Cary, 1786. 37.00
Includes Crayford, Dartford, Sutton at Hone, Wilmington and Farningham. 3 1/2 x 6 inches. Original hand colouring to main roads. Good condition
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19th Century - Plan and Maps
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London, Thames, Medeay & Portland Archibald Fullarton 1862
24378 London, Thames and Portland, Archibald Fullarton, 1862. Price: 65.00
ENGLAND AND WALES. CITIES PORTS & HARBOURS 1st METROLPOLITAN DISTRICT &c.
A colour lithograph sheet showing three maps, The largest is London Metropolitan Burgs and Northern & Eastern Environs. The other maps are Estuary of the Thames and Medway and the smallest Portand. Together they measure some 11 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches. Some light soinging around the edges but otherwise good condition.
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Late 18th Century - Town Plan and Road Map
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Northaw Common and Enfield Chase John Cary 1786
24866 Plate 47. Round London, John Cary, 1786. 35.00
Includes Hayes, Farnborough and Down. 3 1/2 x 6 inches. Original hand colouring. Good condition
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17th Century - Bird's Eye View
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London, Alain M. Mallet, c.1685
29380 London, Alain M. Mallet, c.1685. Price: 145.00
LONDRES
An interesting miniature engraved view of London some 20 years after the Great Fire. Shows London Bridge and the Old St. Paul’s. Figures in the foreground with hounds. 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Attractive hand colouring. Good condition.
From: Description de L’Univers
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Late 18th Century - Sea Chart
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English Channel, Thomas Jefferys, 1794
22291 English Channel, Thomas Jefferys, 1794. Price: 220.00
VI SHEET. CONTAINING A PART OF THE GERMAN SEA, THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER THAMES AND THE STRAITS OF DOVER WITH THE COAST OF SUFFOLK, ESSEX, KENT, SUSSEX, AND PART OF HAMPSHIRE, A PART OF THE COAST OF FLANDERS AND PICARDIE.
A good detailed chart of the region. 27 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Good clean condition.
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19th Century - Town Plan
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Plan of London, Creighton / Walker 1845
Atlas Titlepage
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Lewis' Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales
31626 London, R. Creighton / J. & C. Walker, 1845. Price: 190.00
A PLAN OF LONDON AND ITS ENVIRONS
A detailed plan of the city drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J & C. Walker. The title appears cross the top with three coats of arms. The plan extends from Hyde Park in the west to Rotherhithe in the east. Islington in the north to The Oval in the south. Scale beneath with key to boundary lines. 19 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches. Uncoloured. This map is folded into the atlas and has escaped the damage often found with specimens of this map. Just a small nick on the edge of the left hand blank margin, otherwise good clean condition. Fold creases as issued. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before now.
From: Lewis' Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales
18th Century - Town Plan
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Plan of London, Creighton / Walker 1845
32131 Road from Paddington to Islington, London Magazine 1764. Price: 34.00
A PLAN OF THE NEW ROAD FROM PADINGTON TO ISLINGTON
An interesting engraved map of the history of roads in London. London Mag. 1756 appears above. The scale is displayed within a rococo cartouche. 8 x 4 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Fold creases as issued. Good condition.
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Early 18th Century - Ward Map
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Bishopgate Ward London Richard Blome 1755
32235 Bishopgate Ward, Richard Blome, 1755. Price: 26.00
BISHOPGATE-STREET WARD TAKEN FROM THE LAST SURVEY AND CORRECTED
An interesting engraved map of the Bishopgate area of London. t shows the hole of Bishopgate Street which then extends into Gracechurch Street, showing the streets on each side. A useful key lists 71 buildings, steets and alleys. 7 x 12 inches. Uncoloured. Light stain in the top left hand corner and some light creasing in the bottom right hand corner blank margin. Other light soiling. Special Price.
Originally produced by Richard Blome in the late 17th century this map comes from John Stow’s Survey of London published in 1755. Blome’s name was erased from the cartouche for this edition.
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18th Century - Ward Map
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Bishopgate Ward London Richard Blome 1755
32236 Lime Street Ward, Benjamin Cole, c.1760. Price: 32.00
A NEW AND CORRECT PLAN OF LIMESTREET WARD WITH ITS DIVION INTO PARISHES ACCORDING TO A NEW SURVEY
An engraved plan showing part of the City of London from Houndsditch to Fenchurch Street including the old Leaden Hall Market and East India House, the site of the new Lloyd’s Building. The plan is embellished with rococo title cartouche, a view of the front of Leaden Hall and the arms of John Porter Esquire. 14 x 9 inches. Uncoloured. No bottom blank margin.
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Early 18th Century - Palace Plan
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St.James Palace, London Pieter van der Aa
32317 St. James' Palace, Pieter van der Aa, 1707. Price: 35.00
ST. JAMES PALACE AND PARK
An interesting engraved plan with the royal arms beneath and a key showing the location of Gate to Chelsea, Admiralty Office, Cock Pit, Tilt Yard and Horse Guard. 6 x 4 3/4 inches. Uncoloured. Lightly toned. Good condition.
From: James Beverell's "Les Delices de la Grande Bretagne" published by Pieter van der Aa, Leiden
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Late 19th Century - Town Plan
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St.James Palace, London Pieter van der Aa
32537 South East London, John Bartholomew, c.1883. Price: 55.00
LONDON SOUTH EAST SHEET
An interesting detailed colour lithograph plan of London showing the River Thames from Lambeth Palace past the London Docks to Greenwich Reach. Area south of the Thames inclusing, Kennington Park, North Brixton, Camberwell Peckham, Old Kent Road, Hatcham and Greenwich. 19 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches. Good clean condition.
From: The New Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles
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20th Century
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South East England Ordnance Survey 1934
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Map cover Ordnance Survey South East England 1934
32587 South East England, Ordnance Survey, 1934. Price: 10.00
ENGLAND, SOUTH-EAST AND LONDON
The 4th edition of this Ordnance Survey of Great Britain “Quarter Inch” Map. Sheet 12. Centred on London and showing the south est from Colchester Luton and Aylesbury in the north to the south coast with Portsmouth Brighton and the whole of Kent. Folding sheet showing 24 town plans. Some 34 x 22 inches. Mounted on linen and folding. Pictorial titled cover. The map is in fine clean condition. The cover is toned with slight damage to the top and bottom edges.
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18th Century - Ward Map
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Billinsgate and Bridge Wards, London by Benjamin Cole c.1760
33027 Billingsgate and Bridge Wards, Benjamin Cole, c.1760. Price: 37.00
BILLINGSGATE WARD AND BRIDGE WARD WITHIN THEIR DIVISINS INTO PARISHES ACCORDING TO A NEW SURVEY
An engraved plan showing part of the City of London with London Bridge, Fish Street, Gracechurch Street, Thames Street and Pudding Lane. The plan is embellished with a rococo title cartouche, two coats of arms and engravings of St. Mary at Hill and St. Botolph churches. 14 12 x 9 1/4 inches. Uncoloured. Small top and bottom blank margins with very sight trimming to the end word Within. Light toning.
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18th Century - Ward Map
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Bishopsgate Ward, London by Benjamin Cole c.1760
33028 Bishopgates Ward, Benjamin Cole, c.1760. Price: 33.00
BISHOPS-GATE WARD WITHIN AND WITHOUT ACCORDING TO A NEW SURVEY
An engraved plan showing part of the City of London with Bishopgate Street, Gracechurch Street, Cornhill and Leadenhall Street. The plan is embellished with a rococo title cartouche, coat of ars, scale, compass rose and engravings of St. Ethelburga Church and the Parish Church of Great St. Helen. 14 12 x 9 inches. Uncoloured. Small top and bottom blank margins. Light toning and some dust soiling.
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OLD TRADESMEN'S BILLS - LONDON
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Old London Bill
Old bills from tradesmen are an invaluable reference and resource when looking into ancestry and local history.
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BOOKS
ABC GUIDE TO LONDON
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ABC Guide to London 1901
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ABC Guide to London 1901
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ABC Guide to London 1901
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ABC Guide to London 1901
32351 ABC Guide to London, Charles Baker, 1901. Price: 23.00
THE ABC GUIDE TO LONDON WITH ENLARGED PICTORIAL PLAN OF CENTRAL LONDON.ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL BULDINGS, THOROUGHFARES &C
Red linen printed covers. 5 x 6 3/4 inches. Lacks titlepage and folding map of the environs within 14 to 20 miles radius mentioned on cover. Does contain the 15 sectional maps of London, advertisements, photographs and engravings. Contents detached as a whole from cover but good condition.
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London in the Time of the Civil War
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Counties Round London by Thomas Kitchin c.1780
33017 Counties Round London, Thomas Kitchin, c.1780. Price: 14.00
AN ACCURATE MAP OF THE COUNTRIES TWENTY FIVE MILES ROUND LONDON DRAWN FROM THE LATEST AND BEST SURVEYS.
An interesting engraved map probably by Thomas Kitchin and published circa 1780. An imperfect specimen having an area in the top right hand side missing. Uncoloured. Fold crease.
Useful for reference.
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London in the Time of the Civil War
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Lonon during the Civil Wa 1642 by Thornton 1784
33020 London in 1642 and 1643, Thornton, 1784. Price: 26.00
A PLAN OF THE CITY AND ENVIRONS OF LONDON, AS FORTIFIED BY ORDER PF PARLIAMENT, IN THE YEARS 1642 & 1643.
An interesting engraved plan published by Alexander Hogg at 16n Paternoster Row. As it say above the plan it was engraved for Thornton’s New and Complete History and Survey of London & Westminster. 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Few light stains and some dust soiling.
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18th Century - Canal
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Canal from Moorfields into River Lee at Waltham Abbey, 1774
33025 Canal at Moorfields, Robert Whitworth, c.1774. Price: 49.00
PLAN OF THE INTENTED NAVIGABLE CANAL FROM MOOR FIELDS INTO THE RIVER LEE AT WALTHAM ABBY SURVEYED BY ORDER OF THE CITY OF LONDON BY ROBT. WHITWORTH.
An interesting engraved canal map including Moorfields, Islington, Tottenham and Edmonton. Part of the River Thames wth Blackfriars Bridge, London Bridge and the Tower. 20 1/4 x 5 inches. Uncoloured. 4 original vertical folds. Small area under the EX of Middlesex where the paper is thin. Repair to the bottom of the left hand blank margin and tiny tear repaired on lower edge of the right hand blank margin.
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18th Century
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Roads of England and Wales, J. Ellis 1777
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Roads of England and Wales, J. Ellis 1777
33026 England & Wales Road / Counties Round London, c.1777. Price: 28.00
A MODERN MAP OF THE POST ROADS OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITH PART OF SCOTLAND DRAWN FROM THE LASTEST SURVEYS CORRECTED & IMPROVED BY THE BEST AUTHORITIES. Printed for Robert Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street and Carington Bowles next the Chapter House in St. Pauls Church Yard
A fascinating engraved map as it shows all the main post roads of the period. The delightful pictorial title cartouche shows the messengers changing horses outside of a tavern. A panel at the base of the map lists the counties of England, Wales and Southern Scotland with a key to the numbers shown on the map. 16 x 20 1/4 inches. This map appears folded in the atlas and therefore is usually found as with this specimen as not having a complete blank border. Uncoloured. I have seen this map bound into Ellis's English Atlas or a Compleat Chorography of England and Wales in 50 Maps. On verso is a map titled
AN ACCURATE MAP OF THE COUNTRIES TWENTY FIVE MILES ROUND LONDON DRAWN FROM ACCURATE SURVEYS AND ENGRAVED BY J. ELLIS 17 x 14 3/4 inches. Uncoloured. Vertical and horizontal creases. Splits at the end of some folds. 2 1/2 inch tear in the bottim blank margin extending into the France area. Repair patch on Ireland area which also effects the title of the London map. Well worthy of some restoration work.
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A must read
for the lover of Maps, Roads and History
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The Nine Lives of John Ogilby by Alan Ereira
I was 19 when I got hooked on antique maps. There are quite a few of the early cartographers who we know a bit about about and their life stories make interesting reading. There is one English mapmaker who stands out as someone rather special who appears to have had a most interesting life. He is JOHN OGILBY. Yes you know he was the first to map the roads of England and Wales and yes you might have read that he had an interest in dancing. If you want to know more about the man who created that 17th century map hanging on your wall then you must read this book published in 2016 - The Nine Lives of John Ogilby by Alan Ereira. In this book the author brings a fascinating hidden history to light, and reveals that Ogilby's celebrated Britannia is far more than a harmless road atlas: it is, rather, filled with secrets designed to serve Charles II's sinister purpose.
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