Antique Maps of South 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 - Shows the Railways
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Cardigan, Pembroke and Camarthenshire, John Bartholomew, c.1898
29860 Cardigan, Pembrokeshire and Camarthenshire, John Bartholomew, c.1898. Price: 14.00
SECTION XV. CARDIGAN
A colour printed map showing parts of Cardiganshire, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Good clean condition.
From: The Royal Atlas
19th Century
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Parts Pembrokeshire and Glamorganshire, John Bartholomew, c.1898
29857 Parts Pembrokeshire and Glamorganshire, John Bartholomew, c.1898. Price: 14.00
SECTION XX. PEMBROKE
A colour printed map showing part of Pembrokeshire and the Gower Peninsular. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Good clean condition.
From: The Royal Atlas
19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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West Wales, F. P. Becker, c.1842
29952 West Wales, F. P. Becker, c.1842. Price: 19.00
WALES - WEST
A clearly engraved map showing part of Cardiganshire and Merionethshire with the coast from Barmouth to Cardigan. Drawn by F. P. Becker & Co. 12 Paternoster Row. Engraved on Steel by the Omnigraph, F. P Becker. 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.
This map has just been taken from the atlas and therefore not sold as a single map before.
From: Fishers County Atlas of England and Wales Compiled from Authentic Surveys and Corrected to the Present Time with Geographical and Statistical Description of each County
19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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South Wales, John and Charles Walker 1851
30253 Part of South Wales, John and Charles Walker, 1851. Price: 35.00
SOUTH WALES
An engraved map showing Pembrokeshire with parts of of Carmarthenshire, Cardiganshire and Glamorganshire. Title panel and scale. List of boroughs with returning members. 12 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches. Original outline and wash hand colouring. Imprint of Longman, Rees, Orme, Browne & Co. beneath. Good clean condition on stout paper. A nice specimen. This map has been taken from the atlas and not been offered before as a single map.
From: The British Atlas
19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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South Wales, John Cary 1793
31074 South Wales, John Cary 1793. Price: 44.00
SOUTH WALES
A good detailed engraved map. Title panel and compass rose combined. Cary's imprint beneath dated 1793. 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Centre fold. Old manuscript numbering in blank margin 196 and 197. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.
From: Cary’s New and Correct English Atlas
Title page and Annotated Contents Page
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New and Correct English Atlas
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Hobsons Fox Hunting Atlas List of Hunts
18th Century - Market and Fair Days
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South Wales, T.Badesladed and W. H.Toms 1742
31122 South Wales, Thomas Badeslade and William Henry Toms, 1742. Price: 43.00
A MAP OF SOUTH WALES NORTH FROM LONDON
A delightful small engraved map of South 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 towns with the Market and Fair Days. 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Centre fold. Uncoloured. Publisher’s imprint beneath dated 1742 with the names of Thomas Badeslade the surveyor and W. H. Toms the engraver. Small slit at the bottom of the centre fold repaired otherwise nice good clean condition.
From: Chorographia Britanniae
Provenance: In 1925 the atlas was owned by A. P. Hamilton
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Chorographia Britanniae 1742
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Chorographia Britanniae 1742 Dedication
It is interesting to note that the atlas was intended for the use of his Majesty King George I for his intended tour through England and Wales. He died on June 11th, 1727. The dedication is to Frederick Prince of Wales, son of George II born February 1st, 1707 and who died on March 31st, 1751 at Kew.
19th Century
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Pembrokeshire and Glamorganshire, John Bartholomew c.1898
31243 Part of Pembrokeshire and Glamorganshire. John Bartholomew, c.1898. Price: 12.50
SECTION XX PEMBROKE
A colour printed map showing parts of Pembrokeshire and Glamorganshire. 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
19th Century
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Breconshire and Radnorshire, John Bartholomew c.1898
31244 Part of Radnorshire, Breconshire, Herefordshire. John Bartholomew, c.1898. Price: 12.50
SECTION XVI RADNOR
A colour printed map showing parts of Radnorshire, Cardiganshire, Breconshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire. 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
For the Collector
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South Wales, Carington Bowles, 1785
31456 South Wales, Carington Bowles, 1785. Price: 116.00
BOWLES’S NEW MEDIUM MAP OF SOUTH WALES DIVIDED INTO ITS COUNTIES AND SUBDIVIDED INTO ITS HUNDREDS ..
A good detailed late 18th century map of the region. 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.
19th Century
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Cardigan, Pembroke and Camarthenshire, John Bartholomew, c.1898
31500 Cardigan, Pembroke and Camarthenshire, John Bartholomew, c.1898. Price: 14.00
SECTION XV. CARDIGAN
A colour printed map showing parts of Cardiganshire, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire. Scale of 4 miles to the inch. Shows the railways. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Good clean condition.
From: The Royal Atlas
Late 18th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Map of South Wales John Cary, 1792
32584 South Wales, John Cary, 1792. Price: 12.00
SOUTH WALES
A small engraved map showing South 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. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.
From: Cary’s Traveller’s Companion
Titlpage 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
18th Century
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Map of South Wales John Cary, 1792
33081 South Wales, Robert Morden, 1722. Price: 105.00
SOUTH WALES BY ROBT. MORDEN
A well engraved map of South Wales divided into counties. Decorative title cartouche and two scales. 16 x 14 inches, 425 x 355 mm. Uncoloured. Original centre fold. Good clean undamaged condition. A nice specimen.
From: Camden's Britannia
Early 19th Century
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Map of South Wales John Cary & John Stockdale 1808
33122 South Wales, John Cary and John Stockdale, c.1808. Price: 58.00
A MAP OF SOUTH WALES FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES
A good detailed map of the county with publisher’s imprint dated 1805. 20 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches. A few small worm holes in the bottom blank margin otherwise good clean condition with wide blank margins. Originally bound on edge so there is no centre fold but there is a light fold crease up the centre of the map. Later hand colouring.
From: New British Atlas published by John Stockdale, Piccadilly.
Antique Maps of Wales by John Booth
If you are a collector of Welsh antique maps and are looking for a good reference book then I would certainly recommend Antique Maps of Wales by John Booth. Mine is the first edition limited to 1,000 copies published in 1977 but there are later editions you could try and pick up. The main mapmakers are arranged chronologically and there is a good full page illustration to go with each.
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.
