Antique Maps of North Wales
Richard Nicholson of Chester
A World of Antique Maps and Prints
Established in 1961
All the Maps on this page are guaranteed to be genuine early specimens
published in or around the year stated
19th Century
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Map of Cornwall by Thomas Letts 1884
30352 Part of North Wales, George Washington Bacon, c.1890. Price: 14.00
WALES REDUCED FROM THE ORDNANCE SURVEY. DIVIDED INTO 5 MILE SQUARES
A coloured lithograph dfetailed map showing the coast of North Wales from Conway to Aberystwyth. 12 x 16 3/4 inches. Good condition.
19th Century
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North Wales, John Bartholomew c.1898
31246 Anglesey, Caerarvonshire, Merionethshire, John Bartholomew, c.1898. Price: 12.50
SECTION X CARNARVON
A colour printed detailed map showing Anglesey and parts of Caernarvonshire and Merionethshire. 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
18th Century
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North Wales, Herman Moll c.1724
32002 North Wales, Herman Moll, c.1724. Price: 49.00
NORTH WALES BY H. MOLL GEOGRAPHER
An engraved detailed map of North Wales divided into counties . Title panel, scale, and list of hundreds. Down the two sides of the map are engravings of antiquities. 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Water stain in the top left hand blank blank margin. Some light browning in the bottom blank margin. Slight soiling in the top right hand and bottom right hand blank margin corners with rounding of the corner.
From: A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales
Early 17th Century
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North of England and North Wales with the Isle of Man, Pieter Bertius c.1618
32292 North West England and North Wales. Pieter Bertius, c.1618. Price: 85.00
WESTMORLAD: LANCASTRIA CESTRIA ETC
An early engraved miniature map of the North West of England and North Wales with the Isle of Man and the east coast of Ireland. Decorative title and scale cartouches. 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Latin text on verso. Good condition.
18th Century
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Map of Cornwall by Thomas Letts 1884
32330 North Wales, Robert Morden, c.1753. Price: 69.00
A NEW AND CORRECT MAP OF NORTH-WALES
An engraved map of North Wales divided into counties. Title panel. Two scales. 16 x 14 inches, 420 x 355 mm. Hand coloured. Original centre fold. Some traces of tape on the edges of verso where the map been in a amount. Otherwise a nice clean specimen with good blank margins.
From: Camden's Britannia
Late 18th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Map of North Wales John Cary, 1792
32583 North Wales, John Cary, 1792. Price: 11.00
NORTH WALES
A small engraved map showing North Wales divided into counties.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. Rough lkeft hand blank margin. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.
From: Cary’s Traveller’s Companion
Title page dated 1791, maps dated 1792. The atlas was formerly in the Mumbee family library - title page stamped V. Munbee
Provenance
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Cary Titlepage and Munbee Bookplate
Late 18th Century
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Map of North Wales G A Walpole, 1794
33065 North Wales, George Augustus Walpole, 1794. Price: 44.00
A NEW & CORRECT MAP OF NORTH WALES DRAWN FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES
A map of North Wales divided into counties, engraved by T. Conder. Embellished with a pictorial title cartouche and six coats of arms. 12 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. Uncoloured. Nice clean undamaged condition.
From The New and Compete British Traveller.
Late 18th Century
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Map of Cornwall by Thomas Letts 1884
33067 North Wales, John Cary, 1793. Price: 48.00
NORTH WALES
A good detailed engraved map. Title panel and compass rose combined. Publisher's imprint dated 1793. 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. I have dated this map 1794 as the paper on which the map is printed is watermarked 1794. Good clean undamaged condition.
From New and Correct English Atlas
18th Century
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North Wales, Robert Morden 1722
33074 North Wales, Robert Morden, 1722. Price: 69.00
A NEW AND CORRECT MAP OF NORTH-WALES
An engraved map of North Wales divided into counties. Title panel. Two scales. 16 x 14 inches, 420 x 355 mm. Hand coloured. Original centre fold. Crowned eagle watermark. Some very light foxing but otherwise a nice clean specimen with good blank margins.
From Camden's Britannia.
18th Century
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North Wales, T> Badeslade & W. H. Toms 1741
33102 North Wales, T. Badeslade & W. H. Toms, 1741. Price: 38.00
A MAP OF NORTH WALES NORTH WEST FROM LONDON
A delightful small engraved map of North Wales divided into counties with scale and compass rose. To the left of the map is a panel providing information on Members of Parliament and listing the major tows with the Market and Fair Days. 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Centre fold. Uncoloured. The early edition with the publisher’s imprint beneath dated 1741 with the names of Thomas Badeslade the surveyor and W. H. Toms the engraver. Nice good clean condition.
From: Chorographia Britanniae
19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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North Wales, Henry Teesdale 1831
33182 North Wales, Henry Teesdale, 1831. Price: 40.00
NORTH WALES
A good detailed engraved map of North Wales divided into counties including the Mail Coach Roads. Explanation and compass rose. 16 1/4 X 13 1/4 inches. Fine early outline and wash hand colouring. Good clean undamaged condition. On Whatman paper watermarked 1831. A little light vertical creasing to the left of the original centre fold.
From New British Atlas, Containing a Complete Set of County Maps, on which are delineated the Mail, Turnpike and Principal Crossroads..
18th Century - First Edition
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North Wales, Robert Morden 1695
33512 North Wales, Robert Morden 1695. Price: 90.00
NORTH WALES BY ROBT. MORDEN
The FIRST EDITION of this good late 17th century map of North Wales divided into its counties. Decorative title cartouche. 17 x 14 inches. Uncoloured. Original centre fold. Small worm hole in the bottom blank margin otherwise good condition. This map only appears in the 1695 edition of Camden’s Britannia. In subsequent editions to the book the map was replaced with another map having no decorative tile cartouche but a plain title panel. Little to no blank side margins which is fairly common with this map. This map has been taken straight from the atlas and therefore not previously offered for sale as a single map.
From: Camden’s Britannia
RICHARD NICHOLSON
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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.
