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
January 2026
Fine Early Hand Colouring
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Gloucestershire Sidney Hall 1830
33669 Gloucestershire, Sidney Hall, 1830. Price: 35.00
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
A nice early edition of this detailed map which bears the publishers imprint dated 1830. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Attractive original outline and wash hand colouring. Original centre fold. Good condition and presented in a 2 inch dark green sunk mount.
18th Century County & Roads
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Pembrokeshire, John Owen & Emanuel Bowen c.1730
25910 Pembrokeshire, John Owen and Emanuel Bowen, c.1730. Price: 40.00
PEMBROKESHIRE An engraved county map with description below and surmounted by a baroque cartouche titled The Road from St. Davids to Holywell. On the verso is a strip road map from St. Davids to beyond Cardigan. 4 x 7 inches. The county map has attractive later hand colouring and the road map on verso is uncoloured. Good clean condition. Presented in a 2 3/4 inch ivory tint sunk mount.
From: Britannia Depicta
18th Century - With Antiquities
33674 Lancashire, Herman Moll, 1724. Price: 140.00
THE COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER BY H. MOLL GEOGRAPHER.An engraved map of the county with title panel and list of hundreds. Across the top and bottom of the map are engravings of Roman antiquities found in the region. 7 x 10 inches, 190 x 255 mm. Original outline hand colouring. Presented in a 3 inch green sunk mount with gold lines. Framed some years abo in a black and gold Hogarth moulding. This is still in good order.
From: A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales
This map is only available by collection from Christleton
First Edition
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Lancashire, John Cary 1787
33675 Lancashire, John Cary, 1787. Price: 85.00
LANCASHIRE
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 condition. Presented in a 2 inch ivory tint sunk mount with a single gold line. Framed some years ago in a black and gold Hogarth moulding. This is still in good order.
From: Cary's New and Correct English Atlas
This map is only available by collection from Christleton
18th Century - Early Colouring
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Lancashire, Carington Bowles 1785
33676 Lancashire, Carington Bowles, c.1785. Price: 150.00
BOWLES’S NEW MEDIUM MAP OF LANCASHIRE 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. Around the map are interesting engraved notes pertaining to the county. 8 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches. Explanation and scale. Original wash hand colouring. Good clean condition. Presented in a 3 inch green sunk mount with a single gold line. Framed some years ago in a black and gold Hogarth moulding. This is still in good order.
From: Bowles’s New Medium English Atlas
This map is only available by collection from Christleton
18th Century
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Lancashire, Thomas Kitchin 1786
33678 Lancashire, Thomas Kitchin, c.1786. Price: 55.00
LANCASHIRE DRAWN FROM THE BEST SURVEYS & MAPS CORRECTED FROM ASTRONL. OBSERVATNS. BY T. KITCHIN GEOGRAPHER
An engraved county map embellished with a pictorial title cartouche. 6 x 8 inches. Hand coloured. Good condition. Presented in a 2 1/2 inch purple sunk mount with single gold line. Framed some years ago in a black and gold Hogarth moulding. This is still in good order.
From: Boswell's Antiquities
This map is only available by collection from Christleton
19th Century - Decorative
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Lancashire, Thomas Moule c.1850
33679 Lancashire, Thomas Moule, c.1850. Price: 75.00
LANCASHIRE
A decorative Victorian map of the county set within a patterned border with gothic architecture, vignette view of Nelson's Monument, Liverpool and seven coats of arms. 8 x 10 inches, 200 x 260 mm. Hand coloured. Good condition. Presented in a 2 inch dark green sunk mount. Framed some years ago in a black and gold Hogarth moulding. This is still in good order.
From: Barclay's Dictionary
This map is only available by collection from Christleton
For the Collector
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Lancashire, Emanuel Bowen, Pieter Meijer, 1767
33680 Lancashire, Emanuel Bowen, Pieter Meijer, 1767. Price: 110.00
LANCASHIRE
A copy of Emanuel Bowen's map of the county of Lancashire by the Dutchman Pieter Meijer. The Bowen version appeared in The Natural History of England. The rococo cartouche bears the title in Dutch dated 1767 with an attribution to Emanuel Bowen. List of hundreds, two scales and compass pointer. 6 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. Uncoloured. Traces of an ordinal centre fold. Good clean condition. A scarce and certainly one for the collector. Presented an ivory tint 2 1/2 inch sunk mount with wash line mount with marbled decoration. Framed in 1 inch maple moulding many years ago but still in nice condition.
From: The Natural History of England which was part of the General Magazine of Arts and Sciences
This map is only available by collection from Christleton
Detailed - Early Hand Colouring
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Lancashire, Charles Smith 1808
33681 Lancashire, Charles Smith, 1808. Price: 115.00
A NEW MAP OF THE COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER DIVIDED INTO HUNDREDS. LONDON
The second edition of this fine detailed map of the county dated 1808 with compass rose, explanation and list of hundreds. 17 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches. Original outline and wash hand colouring. Good condition. This map is presented in a 3 inch dark green mount and framed in a natural Arquati wood frame with two inset green lines. Framed some years ago but still in nice condition.
From: Smith’s New English Atlas
This map is only available by collection from Christleton
18th Century County & Road Map
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Lancashire, John Owen & Emanuel Bowen c.1730
33683 Lancashire, John Owen and Emanuel Bowen, c.1730. Price: 50.00
LANCASHIRE
A county map with description, surmounted by a decorative baroque cartouche showing details of the Road from York to Lancaster. On the reverse side is an uncoloured strip road map starting in Merionethshire and passing through Harlech and northwards as far as Caernarvon. Embellished with two coats of arms and engraved notes by John Owen. 4 x 7 inches. Nicely hand coloured and presented in a 3 inch dark green sunk mount. Good condition.
From: Britannia Depicta
RICHARD NICHOLSON
of CHESTER
Stoneydale
Pepper Street
Christleton
Chester
CH3 7AG
Telephone
01244 336004
International 44 1244 336004
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.
