Richard Nicholson of Chester
A World of Antique Maps and Prints
Established in 1961
RECENTLY ADDED ITEMS
Below is a few of the most recently items added to the site. If you have a special interest in an area country, county it is always best to check the appointed web page
August 2025
18th Century
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Worcestershire, Robert Morden c.1722
33425 Worcestershire, Robert Morden, c.1722. Price: 50.00
WORCESTERSHIRE By Robt. Morden
A good engraved map of the county embellished with a decorative title cartouche. Three scales. 16 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches. Later hand colouring. Good condition. This map has been dry mounted onto thin stiff card and therefore offered at a greatly reduced price. Will look great when it is framed.
No possible to accurately date it due to the mounting but it could well be the earlier 1695 edition.
From: Camden's Britannia
Early 17th Century
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South East Egland, Gerard Mercator, 1623
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French text on verso of South East Egland, Gerard Mercator, 1623
33634 South East England, Gerard Mercator, 1623. Price: 155.00
WARWICUM, NORTHHAMTONIA, HUNTINGDONIA, CANTABRIGIA, SUFFOLCIA, OXONIUM, BUCKINGHAMIA, BEDFORDIA, HARTFORDIA, ESSEXIA, BERCERIA, MIDDELSEXIA, SOUTHHATONIA, SURRIA, CANTIU & SOUTHSEXIA
An early engraved map of south east England embellished with a decorative title cartouche. 18 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. French text on verso. Later hand colouring. Good sized blank margins. Lightly toned. Original centre fold. Small slit at the top of the centre fold in the margin. Small repairs on verso to the top and bottom of the centre fold in the blank margin area. Otherwise good condition.
Home of a Traditional Wine
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Chateau LeStang, Bordeaux, France Nicolas de Fer 1705
33630 Chateau Lestang, Nicolas de Fer, c.1705. Price: 65.00
PLAN GENERAL DU PARC ET DI CHAU DE LESTANG, OU EST CELUY DE LA MARCHE, ET DE VILLENEUVE....
An interesting early 18th century plan of Chateau Lestang and its formal gardens and land. Engraved by Antoine Coquart (1668 - 1707). The title cartouche bears the name of the mapmaker N. de Fer. Scale beneath. Decription of the estate in the bottom right hand corner. 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Good clean condition.
From: L’Atlas Curueux
July 2025
Rare Edition - John Speed
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Ireland, John Speed 1651
33633 Ireland, John Speed, 1651. Price: 2400.00
THE KINGDOME OF IRELAND DEVIDED INTO SEVERALL PROVINCES, AND THE AGAINE DIVIDED INTO COUNTIES NEWLY DESBRIBED
A truly beautiful map for the collector of the whole of Ireland by the famous cartographer John Speed. It might not be the first edition engraved by Jodocus Hondius but it is a rare edition. I am not sure, but perhaps rarer than the edition of 1616 which had Latin text on verso. Looking at the initial letter on verso you might first think that it is the 1646 edition but on further inspection of the small publishers panel on the map you will see the name of William Humble and the date 1651. The year The Battle of Worcester took place when Charles II was attempting to regain the throne. The decorative title cartouche is surmounted by two putti with a harp. Beneath this is a set of six panels each illustrating the people of Ireland. The Gentleman of Ireland, The Gentlewoman of Ireland, The Civil Irish Woman, The Civil Irish Man, The Wild Irish Man and The Wild Irish Woman. In the top right hand corner are the Royal rms. Scale with pair of dividers. Compass rose. Two sailing ships and two sea monsters in the sea area. Descriptive history text in English on verso. 19 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches. Uncoloured. Some very light soiling at the top of the map on either side of the original centre fold. Some expert repairs in the left and right hand side blank margins. Otherwise good condition. This map has been taken straight from the atlas and therefore never previously been offered for sale as a single map.
From: The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine dated 1650. Skelton 57 cites the Gardiner copy only, not in Chubb or Wing
17th Century
33625 Derbyshire, John Speed 1650. Price: 550.00
ANNO DARBIESHIRE DESCRIBED 1610
A fine early map of the county of Derbyshire with a panel bearing the name of the cartographer John Speed and the name of the publishers John Sudbury and George Humble. A strap work cartouche surmounted by the royal arms displays the title and scale. Suspended beneath is the compass rose. On the left hand side a second strap work cartouche displays the Arms of the Earls of Derby. Interesting inset town plan of Derby and a view of Buxton. Original centre fold. List of towns and a description of the county on verso. Some expert minor restoration to the top of the left hand side blank margin. Otherwise a very nice clean and crisp specimen have being taken straight from the atlas and therefore never offered previously as a single map.
From: The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine dated 1650. Skelton 57 cites the Gardiner copy only, not in Chubb or Wing
17th Century
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Text on versoKingdom of Scotland, John Speed 1650
33627 Scotland, John Speed 1650. Price: 950.00
THE KINGDOME OF SCOTLAND
The second version of John Speed’s. There is a quick way to indetify this. In the 1611 edition the four panels that portray figures showed King James, his wife Queen Anne and their two princes Henry and Charles. Following the execution of Charles I in January 1649 the publishers no doubt thought it was improper to illustrate an executed king and his family. So the images were replaced with the figures of simple commoners. A Scotch Man, A Highland Man, A Scotch Woman and a Highland Woman. Although Charles II regained the throne in in 1660 the large edition of Speed’s atlas in 1676 still kept these images. The map has a title cartouche, two coats of arms and an inset map of the Orkney Islands. Three sailing ships and three sea monsters. The publishers panel shows the name of William Humble dated 1650. English text on verso. Original centre fold. 20 x 15 inches. Uncoloured. A little damp staining in the top left and right corners and side blank margins. Some expert restoration to the good sized blank magins. Otherwise a nice specimen of this important map. This map has been taken straight from the atlas and therefore not been previously sold as a single map.
From: The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine dated 1650. Skelton 57 cites the Gardiner copy only, not in Chubb or Wing
33610 Cornwall, Joan Blaeu, 1648. Price: 425.00
CORNUBIA SIVE CORNWALLIA
A fine decorative engraved 17th century map of the county. Decorative title cartouche showing fish. Garland of eight coats of arms of the Dukes and Earls of Cornwall with three blank shields. Stuart Royal Arms, Arms of England and the Arms of Cornwall. Three ships in the sea area. 19 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches. Latin text on verso. Early hand colouring heightened with gold. Some scattered areas of light browning otherwise good condition. Nice firm paper.
From: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Late 18th Century
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East Indies Charles Theadore Middleton c.1779
33632 East Indies, Charles Theadore Middleton, c.1779. Price: 64.00
AN ACCURATE MAP OF THE EAST INDIES FROM THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS AND REGULATED BY ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS
An interesting engraved map of the region embellished with a rococo title cartouche. Uncoloured. 11 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Small top blan margin otherwise good condition.
From: Complete System of Geography
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Isle of Man, John Speed 1616
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Latin Text on Isle of Man, John Speed 1616
33617 Isle of Man, John Speed, 1616. Price: 450.00
THE ISLE OF MAN
A fine early map of the island. Described by Thomas Durham 1595 and Performed by John Speed 1610. This is a good specimen of the rare 1616 edition. The only edition of Speed’s Theatre to have Latin text on verso The map appears centred between a set of two strap work cartouches. The left hand side one bears the royal arms, description, name of Thomas Durham plus a scale with a pair of dividers. The right hand panel shows the Arms of the Isle of Man with a description, the name of John Speed and a second scale. Four sailing ships and four sea monsters are shown on the map area. Latin text on verso. 20 x 15 inches. Hand coloured. Full original margins. Very small repair to bottom of the centre fold on verso otherwise good condition.
From: The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain
33616 Strathnavern, Joan Blaeu, 1654. Price: 220.00
STRATH-NAVERNIA. STRATH-NAVERN
A fine 17th century map of this northern coastal region of Sutherland. It bears the name of the cartographer Timothy Pont. The title is displayed within a decorative cartouche with figures, animals and fish. A second decorative cartouche probably waiting for details of a dedication and coat of arms. 19 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches. Carefully executed later hand colouring. Latin text on verso. Good clean condition with full original blank margins.
From: Blaeu’s Theatrum Volume 6
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Road map Chester to Holyhead by John Ogilby 1698
33614 Plate 24. The Road from London to Holyhead. Chester, Denbigh, Conway, Beaumaris, Holyhead. Price: 160.00
A hand coloured specimen of the 1698 edition of this map showing the final part of the journey from London to Holyhead. This section starts at my local city of Chester and through Hawarden, Denbigh, Conway and Penmaenmawr where the traveller has to cross over the sands to Beaumaris on Anglesey. Embellished with a decorative title cartouche. Original centre fold. Attractive and carefully executed later hand colouring. Good crisp paper. Nice clean condition.
From: Britannia
Sea Chart - Fine Hand Colouring
29238 Milford Haven, Captain Greenville Collins, c.1760. Price: 300.00
MILFORD HAVEN
A fine engraved chart showing the entrance to Milford Haven and continuing inland to Haverford. The title is displayed within a simple panel but the dedication to His Grace Henry Duke of Beaufort is displayed within a large decorative cartouche with figures of miners and putti. A second cartouche with figures displays the scale. 22 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches. Superb carefully crafted hand colouring. Original centre fold. Good clean condition.
From: Coasting Pilot
17th Century
33631 North Africa, Jan Jansson c.1680. Price: 95.00
AFRICAE PROPRIAE TABULA IN QUA, PINICA REGNA UIDES, TYRIOS, ET AGENORIS URBEM
An engraved map based upon an earlier map by Abraham Ortelius. It shows in ancient times part of the coast of north Africa showing the present day Tunisia and Libya. It shows part of Sicily as well as Malta and its neighbouring islands. Two decorative cartouches display the title and text. 20 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Small Chethams Library stamp in the sea area. Original centre fold. Very lightly toned. Two spots in the wide blank margins. Smnall slit at the top of the centre fold. Otherwise good condition
This map comes from a Jansson atlas I purchased at Christies back in 1980
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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.
