Early poster map of London's Underground exhibited by Gill himself

GILL, Leslie MacDonald.

In The Heat Of The Summer You Will Find Me Cool In The Cold Of The Winter Find Me Warm Come Down Underground You've Bought Your Ticket? Your Health Man I'm Thinking No Longer 'Twill Stick It For Cheapness Celerity What Else Can Compare You Are Fed Up Above Feed Below On Our Fare'.

London: Underground Electric Railways Company of London, 1922. 1015 x 1270mm. With exhibition label with Gill's name and address on reverse.

Stock ID : 19781

£7,500

Classic 16th century map of Venice

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Venetiarum amplissima & maritima urbs cum multis circumiacentibus insulis.

Basle, H. Petri, c.1550, Latin edition. Coloured woodcut, image size 270 x 385mm.

Stock ID : 12657

£650

Classic 18th century map of Africa

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Africa Iuxta Navigationes et Observationes Recentissimas Aucta...

Augsburg, 1735. Coloured. 500 x 580mm.

Stock ID : 16176

£750

An early 19th century large scale map of London

CARY, John.

Cary's New and Accurate Plan of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark and parts adjacent; viz. Kensington, Chelsea, Islington, Hackney, Walwortth, Newington... and Plans of the New London & East & West India Docks.

London, 1811. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 820 x 1510mm.

Stock ID : 16435

£5,500

An early 18th century map of Japan

CHÂTELAIN, Henri Abraham.

L'Empire du Japon, Tiré des Cartes des Japonnois.

Amsterdam, 1719. 380 x 440mm.

Stock ID : 17371

£1,200

A scarce plan of London at the beginning of the 19th century

BONNISSELLE, J.G.

Plan of London, Westminster and the Borough of Southwark, with all the additional streets, squares, &c. also the improved Roads, to the year 1801.

London, 1801. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 605 x 880mm.

Stock ID : 17836

£800

18th century map of China

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

L'Empire de La Chine...

Paris, 1748. Coloured. 300 x 415mm.

Stock ID : 18312

£340

Detailed map of London in the reign of William IV

CARY, John.

Cary's New Plan of London and its Vicinity, 1836, Shewing the Limits of the Two-Penny Post Delivery. Published by Authority of his Majesty's Post Master General.

London, 1836. Original body colour. Dissected and laid on linen as issued, total 740 x 830mm.

Stock ID : 19435

£1,500

The earliest series of town prospects published in Britain

SLEZER, John.

Theatrum Scotiae: Containing the Prospects of His Majesty's Castles and Palaces: Together with those of the Most Considerable Towns and Colleges; The Ruins of many Ancient Abbeys, Churches, Monasteries, and Convents Within the said Kingdom. All Curiously Engraven on Copper-Plates. With a Description of each Place.

London: D. Browne, John Senex et al, 1718. Folio, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, inner hings taped; title printed in black and red; pp. 12; large engraved folding prospect, 60 double-page engraved plates (numbered to 57).

Stock ID : 20013

£6,500

18th century map of South America

SEALE, Richard William.

A Map of South America With all the European Settlements & whatever else is remarkable from the latest & best Observations

London, c.1744. Coloured. 470 x 375mm.

Stock ID : 20497

£300

A detailed plan of London at the beginning of the 20th century

PHILIP, George.

Philips' New Library Map of London and Its Environs.

London: George Philip & Son, c.1904. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen as issued, total 1170 x 1535mm.

Stock ID : 22006

£2,800

A scarce plan of Victorian Bristol

LAVARS, John.

Lavars's New and Improved map of Bristol & Clifton. Lithographed and Published by him at Broadstreet Hall, Bristol.

n.d., c.1865. Lithographic map with hand colour. Sheet 495 x 660mm, dissected and laid on linen, as issued, with contemporary slipcase with map-seller's label.

Stock ID : 21936

£490

An atlas of the Partitioning of Poland

CHODZKO, Leonard & DUFOUR, Auguste-Henri.

Atlante Istorico, Politico e Statistico della Polonia Antica e Moderna, con la indicazione dei suoi diversi smembramenti e divisioni.

Capolago (Switzerland): Tipografia Elvetica, 1832. Folio, original wrappers with title label and description; engr. title with colour key, folding map surrounded by letterpress, seven double-page maps, all with original hand colour, with descriptive labels pasted bottom right.

Stock ID : 21937

£1,800

Mapping Victorian Britain's fishing grounds

OLSEN, Ole Theodore.

The Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and St. George's Channels... Illustrating The Fishing Ports, Boats, Gear, Species of Fish (How, Where, and When Caught), and other information concerning fish and fisheries.

Grimsby: O.T. Olsen & London: Taylor and Francis, 1883. Large folio, original cloth gilt; pp. (viii) (incl. title, dedication and index of maps), with fifty chromolithographic maps, as called for.

Stock ID : 21938

£1,800

A fine 18th century miniature atlas of the coasts of France

BONNE, Rigobert.

Atlas Maritime ou Cartes reduites de toutes les Côtes de France. Avec des Cartes particulieres des Isles voisines les plus considérables, Suivies des Plans des principales Villes Maritimes de ce Royaume.

Paris: Lattré, 1778. 16mo (130 x 90mm), contemporary full mottled calf, gilt decorated spine, marbled endpapers; engraved title, and 35 numbered maps in original colour, as called for, pp. (4)(incl. index of maps) + pp. 31-49 (descriptions of towns).

Stock ID : 21944

£2,700

A detailed Victorian map of the environs of London

FROGGETT, John Walter.

From the Ordnance Survey of the Country Thirty Miles Round London.

London: G.F. Cruchley, c.1846. Fine original hand colour. Dissected and laid on linen as issued, total 1115 x 1390mm.

Stock ID : 21946

£1,700

A 17th century double-hemisphere celestial chart

DE ROSSI, Giovanni Giacomo.

Planisfero del Globo Celeste.

Rome, 1687. 430 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 21952

£2,250

A vivid poster map advertising the GPO's communication network

GILL, Leslie MacDonald.

Post Office Radio-Telephone Services.

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1935. Colour lithograph, 990 x 1230mm.

Stock ID : 21957

£6,500

A 17th century map of Calabria

BLAEU, Johannes.

Calabria Ultra, olim Altera Magnae Graecia pars.

Amsterdam, c.1644, Latin text edition. Original colour. 390 x 495mm.

Stock ID : 21965

£440

Detailed town plan of 19th century Rome

NOLLI, Giovanni Battista.

Pianta Topografica di Roma Moderna estratta dalla grande del Nolli, corretta ed accresciuta dé nomi delle contrade indicatai al loro rispettivo sito.

Rome: Venzanzio Monaldini, 1823. Dissected and laid on linen as issued, total 615 x 830mm.

Stock ID : 21967

£500

Iceland

FULLARTON, Archibald.

Iceland, according to the Trigon.l Survey of Gunnlaugsson drawn by Augustus Petermann...

London & Edinburgh; Fullarton, 1858. Colour lithograph. Sheet size 150 x 245mm.

Stock ID : 22008

£160

The British purchase of the Dutch Gold Coast

WYLD, James.

Map of the British Possessions on the Gold Coast and the Territories of Ashanti and Fantee.

London, 1873. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen as issued, total 365 x 555mm, folded into original covers with publisher's title label.

Stock ID : 22029

£280

An early 19th century educational goose game

HARRIS, John.

The New Game of Emulation, Designed for The Amusement of Youth of both Sexes and calculated to inspire their Minds with an Abhorrence of Vice and a Love of Virtue.

London: John Harris, 1804. Engraving with original hand colour. Sheet 570 x 465mm, dissected and laid on linen, as issued, folded into original slipcase with illustrated title label; with rulebook (dated 1810), pp. 16, in original wrappers.

Stock ID : 22030

£675

A map of the sea approaches to St Petersburg

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Accurata Delineatio Sinus Finnici Cronstadio Petropolin usque, una cum locis amoenis in litore ejus exstructis ad exemplar Petropolitanum calamo expressit.

Augsburg, c.1740. Original colour. 500 x 580mm.

Stock ID : 22031

£1,400

De Fer's large-format map of Italy

FER, Nicolas de.

L'Italie Divisée en ses Estats.

Paris: Guillaume Danet, 1729. Original colour. 470 x 620mm.

Stock ID : 22032

£1,100

The scarce Dublin edition of Cook's map of the South Pacific

COOK, Captain James.

Chart of part of the South Sea, Shewing the Tracts and Discoveries made by His Majesty's Ships, Dolphin, Commodore Byron, & Tamer, Capt.n Mouat, 1765. Dolphin, Capt.n Wallis, & Swallow, Capt.n Carteret, 1767, and Endeavour, Lieutenant Cooke, 1769.

Dublin: James Williams, 1775. Sheet 365 x 660mm.

Stock ID : 22035

£1,100

A prospect of the famous landmark of the Slave Trade

ASTLEY. Thomas.

Prospect of the Coast from El Mina to Mowri, from Barbot & Smith. Prospect of St Georges Castle at El Mina, from Barbot & Dapper.

London: Thomas Astley, 1745-7. Coloured. 220 x 345mm.

Stock ID : 22048

£160

A decorative map of Roman Britain

SANSON, Nicolas.

Antiquorum Britanniae Episcopatuum Geographica Descriptio.

Amsterdam: François Halma, 1704. Coloured. 370 x 505mm.

Stock ID : 22058

£440

The Travels of the Apostles Peter and Paul

SANSON, Nicolas.

Apostolorum Petri et Pauli Mansio.nes Itinera Peregrina.tiones &c. per Galilaeum, Samariam, Judaeam; et per Aegyptum, Asiam, Europam...

Amsterdam: François Halma, 1704. Coloured. 390 x 540mm.

Stock ID : 22059

£380

The Patriarchal See of Jerusalem

SANSON, Nicolas.

Patriarchatus Hierosolymitani Geographica Descriptio,

Amsterdam: François Halma, 1704. Coloured. 360 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 22060

£330

The Patriarchate of Constantinople

SANSON, Nicolas.

Patriarchatus Constantinopolitani Geographica Descriptio,

Amsterdam: François Halma, 1704. Coloured. 370 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 22061

£380

A map of the early Church in Spain and Portugal

SANSON, Nicolas.

Antiquorum Hispaniae Episcopatuum Geographica Descriptio Nova

Amsterdam: François Halma, 1704. Coloured. 370 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 22062

£380

A map of the early Church in France

SANSON, Nicolas.

Antiquorum Galliae Episcopatuum Geographica Descriptio.

Amsterdam: François Halma, 1704. Coloured. 375 x 515mm.

Stock ID : 22063

£340

A map of the early Church in Greece

SANSON, Nicolas.

Antiquorum Illyrici Orientalis Episcopatuum Geographica Descriptio.

Amsterdam: François Halma, 1704. Coloured. 375 x 520mm.

Stock ID : 22064

£450

A map of the early Church in Africa

SANSON, Nicolas.

Antiquorum Africae Episcopatuum Geographica Descriptio Nova.

Amsterdam: François Halma, 1704. Coloured. 375 x 520mm.

Stock ID : 22065

£330

A map of the early Church in Italy

SANSON, Nicolas.

Antiquorum Italiae & Illyrici Occidentalis Orientalis Episcopatuum Geographica Descriptio.

Amsterdam: François Halma, 1704. Coloured. 380 x 520mm.

Stock ID : 22066

£450

The lands mentioned in the Bible

SANSON, Nicolas.

Geographiae Sacrae ex Veteri, et Novo Testamento desumptae Tabula Prima, quae Totius Orbis Patres coninet.

Amsterdam: François Halma, 1704. Coloured. 385 x 530mm.

Stock ID : 22067

£330

Handkerchief commemorating Queen Victoria's record-breaking reign

Anonymous.

Souvenir of the Longest Reign in British History. Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria.

n.d., c.1897. Cotton handkerchief, with wood-engraved design. 560 x 590mm.

Stock ID : 22068

£600

A large 19th century geographical map of the world

BERGHAUS, Hermann.

Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection Constructed by Hermann Berghaus and Fr. c. Stülpnagel.

Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1871. Colour lithographical map with hand colour, dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 950 x 1525mm, with original covers (detatched).

Stock ID : 22069

£1,500

An uncommon two-sheet plan of 17th century Rome

FALDA, Giovanni Battista.

Novissima et Accuratissima Romae Veteris et Novae Tabula Topographica delineatore Joanne Baptista Falda. Niewe en Naukeurige Afbeelding Oud en Niew Rome Getekent door Joan Baptist Falda.

Amsterdam: François Halma, c.1710.

Stock ID : 22077

£1,900

Martin Frobisher's voyage in search of the North West Passage

AA, Pieter van der.

M. Frobichers Scheeps 'Togt, Gedaan om de Noord, ter Ontdekking van een Straat na Cataya en China. Voyage par Mer de Martin Frobicher...

Leiden, c.1714. Original colour. Map within separately-printed frame-like border, total printed area 220 x 290mm.

Stock ID : 22079

£650

A late-17th century warship

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.

Nave di Primo Rango.

Venice, c.1693. Coloured engraving. 395 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 22080

£1,850

London in the mid 18th century

BOHN, François.

Plan van London, Westmunster en Southwark. Plan de Londres, Westmunster & Southwark.

Haarlem, c.1765. Coloured. 380 x 660mm.

Stock ID : 22081

£1,100

A 16th century town plan of Chester

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans.

Cestria (vulgo) Chester, Angliae Civitas.

Cologne, c.1581, Latin text edition. Original hand colour. 325 x 440mm.

Stock ID : 22087

£750

A scarce miniature map of Scotland

ROGIERS, Salomon.

Scotia.

Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu, 1639. 100 x 135mm.

Stock ID : 22089

£160

A scarce miniature map of the British Isles

HONDIUS, Jodocus II.

Anglia Scotia et Hibernia.

Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu, 1639. 100 x 135mm.

Stock ID : 22090

£160

An illustration of rainbows

BLUNT, Charles F.

The Rainbow.

London: David Bogue, c. 1845. Coloured wood engraving. 150 x 190mm.

Stock ID : 22097

£150

A scarce English edition of a Dutch map of the Americas

HONDIUS, Jodocus.

Americae Descrip.

London: Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635, English text edition. Coloured. 150 x 200mm, set in text.

Stock ID : 22121

£450

A scarce miniature map of Wales

HONDIUS, Jodocus II.

Cambria.

Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu, 1639. 100 x 135mm.

Stock ID : 22140

£140

A scarce miniature map of Ireland

ROGIERS, Salomon.

Hibernia.

Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu, 1639. 100 x 135mm.

Stock ID : 22141

£200