British Isles
A New Map of Ireland….
John Senex’s large folio map of Ireland, in a beautiful example with a bold strike and rich hand color. The map shows Ireland’s counties, cities and towns, waterways and loughs as expected, but includes more unusual information as well, such as the pilgrimage site of Saint Patrick’s Purgatory in County.....
Prospectus Pontis Westmonasteriensis Londini/ Viso Del Ponte De Westmiinster a Londra.
A beautifully engraved, lively view of London with Westminster Bridge in the foreground. The Thames River teems with sailboats and river barges. The old Westminster Palace’s river steps can be seen at the right-hand foot of the bridge, and St. Paul’s Cathedral can be seen in the distance to the.....
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Septentrionalium Regionum descrip.
One of Ortelius’s most important European maps, in an attractive example. It clearly summarizes what 16th century geographers believed of northern Europe and the waters above it. In his atlas, Ortelius cited an array of cartographers whose ideas contributed to this map, including several whose maps are now unobtainable. Greenland.....
Great Britain. SPEED, John [London, 1610 [1616]] The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland. 15 x 20 1/8 inches. Fine hand color; fine example with a strong impression. A beautiful example of the first state of one the most visually striking maps ever produced of the British Isles, embellished with.....
Herefordshire described with the True Plot of the city Hereford.
First edition and a fine example of this picturesque map evoking the rugged, forested terrain of the western English county with its many castles. At upper right is a plan of the town of Hereford with its great cathedral at the center, where is housed the legendary, medieval world map. .....
Nordovicum.
Scarce, large-paper, Jansson edition beautifully engraved, bird’s-eye view of the English cathedral city of Norwich that was also a center of the wool trade. With vibrant, full original color. From Jansson’s magnificent, eight-volume townbook atlas.
Oxford University. LEE, Kerry/ PICTORIAL MAPS, LTD. [London?, 1948] Oxford. 18 x 22 ¾ inches. Original color print on high-grade, heavy paper. Pinholes in corners of margins, else excellent condition. A particularly attractive example of this vibrantly colored and detailed, pictorial map/ view of.....