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Antique Maps of Cardiganshire
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19th century
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Cardiganshire, John Cole and George Roper, c.1845
17530 Cardiganshire, John Cole and George Roper, c.1845. Price: 7.00
CARDIGANSHIRE. An engraved maps of the county. Explanation, scale, compass rose and list of hundreds. 9 1/2 x 7 inches.Uncoloured. Good condition.
A later edition of the Cole & Roper map published in 1810.
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Sea Chart
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Aberystwyth, William Morris 1801
24589 Aberystwyth, William Morris 1801. Price: 32.00
ABERYSTWYTH BAY, BAR & HARBOUR IN CARDIGANSHIRE By the late Lewis Morris Esqr. An interesting engraved chart of the Aberystwyth coastline. 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. Uncoloured. Some bindIng holes on the top edge of the margin. Narrowing of bottom blank margin in bottom right hand corner. Light soiling all over. Special price.
From: Plans of the Principal Harbours, Bays & Roads, in St. George's and the Bristol Channels, new edition with additional observations from surveys lately made by William Morris
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Sea Chart
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Cardigan Bay, William Morris 1801
24590 Cardigan Bay, William Morris 1801. Price: 25.00
CARDIGAN BAY BAR AND HARBOUR BY THE LATE LEWIS MORRIS ESQR. An interesting engraved chart by William Morris showing the entrance to Cardigan. Compass rose and rhumb lines. 10 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Uncoloured. Not the best of specimens having a small tear on the left hand side and dust soiling all over. Special price.
From: Plans of the Principal Harbours, Bays & Roads in St. George’s Channel and the Bristol Channels
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18th Century County and Road Map
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Cardiganshire, John Owen and Emanuel Bowen, c.1755
25141 Cardiganshire, John Owen and Emanuel Bowen, c.1755. Price: 37.00
A MAP OF CARDIGANSHIRE An engraved county map surmounted by a decorative cartouche. Title cartouche, coats of arms and a description of the county beneath. Road map on verso from London to Beaconsfield with five coats of arms and engraved notes. 4 x 7 inches. Hand coloured. Small piece of tape stuck in blank margin on verso. Good condition.
From: Britannia Depicta
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19th century
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Cardiganshire, John Owen and Emanuel Bowen, c.1730
27315 Cardiganshire, Francis Sydney Weller, c.1898. Price: 7.00
CARDIGAN. A colour print lithograph county map. Includes the railways at that time. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Good condition.
From: The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England Wales
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Early Hand Colouring - With Original Text
28236 Cardiganshire. Joseph Nightingale, 1816. Price: 28.00
CARDIGANSHIRE An engraved map of the county divided into hundreds. Explanation and list of hundreds. 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. A little light foxing in the blank margins otherwise good condition. With the map is the original page of text describing the county.
From: English Topography or, A Series of Historical and Statistical Descriptions of the Several Counties of England and Wales. Printed for Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy Paternoster-Row 1816
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19th century
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Cardiganshire, Francis Sydney Weller, 1898
28695 Cardiganshire, Francis Sydney Weller, 1898. Price: 9.50
CARDIGAN. A colour print lithograph county map of Cardiganshire. Includes the railways at that time. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Good condition.
From: The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England Wales
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England's Most Famous Mapmaker - John Speed
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Cardiganshire, John Speed, 1676
29310 Cardiganshire, John Speed, 1676. Price: 360.00
CARDIGAN SHYRE DESCRIBED WITH THE DUE FORME OF THE SHIRE-TOWN AS IT WAS SURVEYED BY J.S. ANNO 1610. A fine decorative map of the county published in London by Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell. Large strapwork title cartouche incorporating the Royal Arms and the Arms of Wales. Town plan of Cardigan within a strapwork cartouche from which is suspended an elaborate compass rose with the Prince of Wales Feathers. Scale cartouche. Arms of Thomas Brudenel, Inset town plan of Cardigan. Three ships and two sea monsters. List of towns on verso with a description of the county. 20 x 15 inches. Attractive hand colouring. Fine clean condition.
From: Theatre Empire of Great Britaine
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19th century
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Cardiganshire, Samuel Lewis, c.1840
29687 Cardiganshire, Samuel Lewis, c.1840. Price: 9.00
CARDIGANSHIRE. A map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. & C. Walker. List of Unions. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Very light crease down the centre. Some light water staining in the upper right hand corner and blank margin.
From: Lewis' Topographical Dictionary
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19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Cardiganshire, George Cole and John Roper, 1810
30334 Cardiganshire, George Cole and John Roper, 1810. Price: 32.00
CARDIGANSHIRE. A detailed engraved map of the county with explanation and list of hundreds. Publisher's imprint dated 1809. 8 x 6 inches, 220 x 173 mm. Fine early wash hand colouring. Good stout paper with wide blank margins. Good clean condition.
From: The British Atlas
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19th century
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Cardiganshire, Joshua Archer, c.1845
30367 Cardiganshire, Joshua Archer, c.1845. Price: 14.00
CARDIGANSHIRE. A detailed engraved map with explanation and list of hundreds. 9 x 7 1/4 inches. Uncoloured. Lightly toned. Good condition.
From: Dugdale’s England and Wales Delineated
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Early Hand Colouring - With Original Text
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Cardiganshire, George Cole and John Roper, 1810
30560 Cardiganshire, George Cole and John Roper, 1810. Price: 34.00
CARDIGANSHIRE. A detailed engraved map of the county with explanation and list of hundreds. Publisher's imprint dated 1809. 9 1/4 x 7 inches, 235 x 177 mm. Fine early wash hand colouring. Good wide blank margins. Good clean condition. With this map is the original page of descriptive text.,
From: The British Atlas
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19th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Cardiganshire, Samuel Lewis 1845
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Lewis' Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales
31577 Cardiganshire, Samuel Lewis, 1845. Price: 19.00
CARDIGANSHIRE. A county map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. & C. Walker. 9 x 6 3/4 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
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17th Century
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Montgomeryshire, Cardiganshire and Radnorshire Michael Drayton 1622
31985 Montgomeryshire, Cardiganshire and Radnorshire, Michael Drayton/William Hole, 1622. Price: 190.00
Montgomeryshire, Cardiganshire and Radnorshire A most unusual early untitled engraved map showing part of the three counties to illustrate Michael Drayton's poems in the Poly-Olbion. The map shows no boundaries but is embellished with many small figures, tree and mountains in relief. Centre fold as published. 13 x 10 inches, 330 x 250 mm. Attractive hand colouring. Fine clean condition with good sized blank margins.
From Poly-Olbion
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Thomas Gardner Road Map
Based on the earlier survey of the roads by John Ogilby each map measures about 10 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches and is made up of usually six panels with a central title panel and unlike other road maps of the period each map bears a dedication to a named person.
From: "Pocket Guide to The English Traveller" published in 1719
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Road map 91 by Thomas Gardner Carmarthen to Aberystwyth
31987 Camarthen to Aberystwyth, Thomas Gardner, 1719. Price: 45.00
The Roads from Carmarthen to Cardigan, Cardigan to Llanbeder and Llanbeder to Aberistwith An engraved 18th century road map of the route from Carmarthen to Aberystwyth shown in seven vertical panels. Title panel losting the outes with a dedication to Stephen Parry. Uncoloured. Original centre fold. 10 1/2 x 7 inches. Small brown stain in the top left hand blank margin otherwise good condition.
From Pocket Guide to The English Traveller
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17th Century - Early Hand Colouring
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Cardiganshire Joan Blaeu 1645
32159 Cardiganshire, Joan Blaeu, 1645. Price: 195.00
CERETICA SIVE CARDIGANENSIS COMITATUS; ANGLIS CARDIGANSHIRE. The EDTION OF THIS fine 17th century map of the county Decorative title and scale cartouche with figures and putti. Two ships. Royal Arms, Arms of Wales and the Prince of Wales Feathers. French text on verso. Centre fold as issued. Fine early hand colouring. Some very light foxing mainly in the blank margins otherwise good condition.
From: Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas
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A must read
for the lover of Maps, Roads and History
I was 19 when I got hooked on antique maps. There are quite a few of the early cartographers who we know a bit about about and their life stories make interesting reading. There is one English mapmaker who stands out as someone rather special who appears to have had a most interesting life. He is JOHN OGILBY. Yes you know he was the first to map the roads of England and Wales and yes you might have read that he had an interest in dancing. If you want to know more about the man who created that 17th century map hanging on your wall then you must read this book published in 2016 - The Nine Lives of John Ogilby by Alan Ereira. In this book the author brings a fascinating hidden history to light, and reveals that Ogilby's celebrated Britannia is far more than a harmless road atlas: it is, rather, filled with secrets designed to serve Charles II's sinister purpose.
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The Nine Lives of John Ogilby by Alan Ereira
Excellent Book for the County Map Collector
If you can find a copy
When I started collecting and selling maps back in the 1960's there were very few reference books on antique maps. The first book I remember buying was Maps and Mapmakers by R. V. Tooley. Full of wonderful information but over the years there were periods when it was out of print. The Antique Collectors Club used to produce a large range of books on all kinds of antiques and in 1983 - BRITISH COUNTY MAPS by YASHA BERISINER was published. To the best of my knowledge there has not been another book like it published. A most useful and informative work and essential for the avid county map collector. I think there was just the one edition. If you can get hold of a copy at a reasonable price my advice would be - Buy it. There is a link below that will search Amazon for copies on sale.
My well used copy pictured on the right still has its distinctive red cover illustrating Cambridgeshire by John Speed. The county I was born in.
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.
Check on the link below to see if you can pick up a secondhand copy
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