Antique Maps of Middlesex

MIDDLESEX

A small engraved county map with short description beneath. 3.37 x 4.75 inches. Original outline and wash colouring. Good condition. With original page of descriptive text giving details of the county, towns, inns, rivers and fairs.

First published by James Wallis this map comes from William Lewis' New Traveller's Guide

MIDDLESEX

An engraved county map with early outline hand colouring. 4 x 6 1/2 inches. Still lightly bound on edges with the Distance Table page on which there is an uncoloured vignette view of St. Pauls Cathedral plus pages of descriptive text. Good condition.

From: A Pocket Topography and Gazetteer of England

A MAP OF MIDDLESEX

An engraved county map with title panel, list of hundreds and description beneath. The map is surmounted by a baroque cartouche titled The Road from London to Bristol. Strip road map on verso showing the route from Alnwick in Northumberland to Berwick embellished with two coats of arms and engraved notes. 4 x 7 1/2 inches. Uncoloured on both sides. Very lightly toned. Tiny piece from bottom right hand blank margin corner missing otherwise good condition.

From: Britannia Depicta

MIDDLESEX

A county map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. & C. Walker. Scale. Compass rose. 9 x 7 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Good condition.

From: Lewis' Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales

MIDDLESEX

A most elaborate Victorian map of the county. Two inset views of Westminster Bridge & New Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace. The decorative border boasts sea figures, flags and coats of arms. 10 x 7 3/4 inches, 255 x 198 mm. Uncoloured. Some blue colouring to the few in the top left hand corner otherwise uncoloured. Two small creases and a few nicks around the edges. In need of some restoration.

From: Barclay's Dictionary

MIDDLESEX

A detailed map of the county embellished with a view of St. Paul's Cathedral. 9 x 7 inches. Uncoloured. Good condition.

From: The Parliamentary Gazetteer

MIDDLESEX

A detailed colour printed lithograph map of the county. 19 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches. Good condition.

From: New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles published by George W. Bacon

A MAP OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX

An engraved map of the county with scale and compass pointer. On the left of the map is a panel listing towns with their market and fair days plus a description of London. 5 x 5 inches, 145 x 140 mm. Uncoloured. There has been a long split i the centre fold. This is just about invisible as the map has been pasted down the centre fold onto the binding slip. Tiny ruck at the top of the centre fold. Special price.

From: Chorographia Britanniae

MIDDLESEX

A small engraved map of the country engraved by Neele and Son. Imprint of G & W. B. Whittaker beneath the map dated 1822. 6 1/4 x 5 inches. Original outline and wash hand colouring. Traces of small pieces of tape on verso at each corner where the map has been held in a mount. Otherwise nice clean condition.

MIDDLESEX REDUCED FROM THE ORDNANCE SURVEY. DIVIDED INTO 5 MILE SQUARES

A good detailed late 19th century colour printed map of county. Shows the railways and Parliamentary Divisions. 12 x 18 1/4 inches. Good condition.

MIDDLESEX

A good detailed engraved map of the county divided into hundreds. Bears the publishers imprint dated of 1807. 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

MAP OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX FROM AN ACTUAL SURVEY

A detailed engraved county map embellished with two large uncoloured vignette views of Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral. Uncoloured compass rose. List of hundreds, polling places and explanation. 2 1/2 x 21 inches. Original outline and wash hand colouring to the map area. Modern yellow wash colouring to the printed border. Tear in top margin extending 2 inches into a blank area of the map. Old patch repair on verso which is showing some browning on the front. Two other tears in bottom margin extending 6 1/2 and 4 1/2 inches into a blank area of the map. A few other small marginal nicks. Special price. Would respond to some TLC.

From: Atlas of the Counties of England

MIDDLESEX

An engraved map of the county with title, scale, explanation and list of hundreds. Embellished with an uncoloured view of St. Paul’s Cathedral. 14 x 8 3/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. On stout paper. Good undamaged condition.

From: Isaac Slater’s New British Atlas

MIDDLESEX

A good detailed lithograph map of the county from Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas showing the places of the Meeting of the Stag Hounds. 15 1/2 x 12 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 Her Majestys Staghound Hunt

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

SECTION XXIII MIDDLESEX

A colour printed map showing part of Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Surrey. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Centre fold as issued. Tiny split at the bottom of the centre fold otherwise good clean condition.

From: The Royal Atlas

MIDDLESEX

An uncommon lithograph miniature map of the county surmounted by the Royal Arms and surrounded by a wide border of vignette views of London scenes. 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 1/4 x 5 3/4 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.

BOWLES’S NEW MEDIUM MAP OF MIDDLESEX 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

MIDDLESEX

A county map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. & C. Walker. Reference to the Unions. Scale. 9 x 7 1/2 inches. 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

MIDDLESEX BY H. MOLL GEOGRAPHER

An engraved map of the county divided into hundreds. Title panel, scale, and list of hundreds. Down the two sides of the map are engravings of Roman antiquities, Kensington Palace, The Fire Pillar and Hampton Court. 7 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches. Uncoloured. Small brown stain in the upper top left blank margin otherwise good clean condition. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before.

From: A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Walesn

MIDDLESEX By Robt. Morden

An good engraved 18th century county map embellished with a decorative title cartouche. Three scales. 16 x 14 inches, 425 x 365 mm. Uncoloured. Original centre fold. Good clean undamaged condition.

From: Camden's Britannia

MIDDLESEX

An engraved map of the county with explanation, scale and list of hundreds. Title panel with compass rose. Underneath is the name of the engraver James Wallis. 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Imprint of S. A. Oddy beneath. Original outline and wash hand colouring. Few light spots on the left of the map otherwise good condition.

From: A New and Improved County Atlas

MIDDLESEX

A detailed engraved map of the county. 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. Attractive original outline and wash hand colouring. Publishers imprint beneath dated 1833. Good clean undamaged condition.

From: A New British Atlas

POST OFFICE MAP OF MIDDLESEX

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.

MIDDLESEX

A simple engraved map of the county with title. About 5 x 4 inches. Uncoloured. Good condition.

From: England Delineated

This simplistic series of county maps was intended for school children. They just show towns and rivers. An interesting addition for any collection of county maps.

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.

SECTION XXIII MIDDLESEX

A colour printed map showing part of Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Surrey. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Centre fold as issued. Good clean condition.

From: The Royal Atlas

MIDDLESEX

An engraved map of the county with explanation, scale and list of hundreds. Title panel with compass rose. 10 1/4 x7 inches. Original outline and wash hand colouring. Very light creasing across the blank area in the bottom right hand side of the map, otherwise good condition.

MIDDLESEX

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

MIDDLE-SEX

A early engraved miniature map of the county. Embellished with decorative cartouches which displays the title and scale. Numbered 14. 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. A good clean uncoloured and undamaged specimen Small top blank margin which is common. There is a description of Middlesex in English on verso and with the map is an additional page of double sided text continuing but not ending the description. The final part of the description appears on the reverse side of the map of Essex. 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

MIDDLESEX

A small engraved map of the county with compass rose and scale. Beneath the map is a description. Publishers of W. Lewis imprint beneath replacing the imprint of James Lewis that appeared in the 1810 edition. 3 3/4 x 5 inches. Uncoloured. Very small right hand and bottom blank margins. Manuscript notes in ink on verso concerning the population in 1801, 1881, 1821, 1831 and 1841.

From: New Travellers’ Guide

Nothall Common

This is Section 5 of a map 15 Miles Round London. It shows Northall Common and the area west of Enfield titled Enfield Chase. 3 1/2 x 6 inches. Original hand colouring. Good condition.

From: Cary’s Actual Survey of the Country Fifteen Miles Round London On a Sacle of One inch to the MileMile

MIDDLESEX

Pages 417 to 437 inclusive describing the county of Middlesex in English. About 13 x 8 inches. Good condition.

From: Camden’s Britannia

MIDDLESEX

A county map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by T. Starling. Reference to the Unions. Scale. 9 x 7 1/2 inches. 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

A NEW MAP OF MIDDLESEX DIVIDED INTO HUNDREDS EXHIBITING ITS ROADS, RIVERS, [PARKS &c. BY JOHN CARY ENGRAVER 1801

A good large engraved map of the county. Oval title panel. Scale. 21 dx 19 inches. Fine original outline and wash hand colouring. 21 x 19 inches. This map provides an interesting restoration project. A number of tears in the bottom blank margin with two extending into the printed border. Some tears in the top blank margin with one extending three inches into the map area. Some creasing. Ample wide blank margins to provide some paper to carry out the repairs.

From: New English Atlas