An early example of the iconic map of the London Underground

BECK, Henry C.

Railway Map. No. 2. 1934.

London: The Underground Group, 1934. Colour-printed map, 150 x 230mm.

Stock ID : 18391

£500

A pre-Beck map of London's underground Railways

PERMAN, E.G.

Underground Railways of London.

London, Summer 1928. Chromolithograph. Sheet 445 x 365mm.

Stock ID : 20854

£550

Map of London's Underground as run by separate companies

GILL, Leslie MacDonald.

UndergrounD. Map of Electric Railways of London.

London: Dangerfield Printing Company for Electric Railway House, 1921. Colour-printed folding map. 280 x 340mm.

Stock ID : 20852

£550

Booth's survey of London's places of worship, schools and pubs

BOOTH, Charles.

London, 1899-1900. Map showing Places of Religious Worship, Public Elementary Schools, and Houses Licensed for the Sale of Intoxicating Drinks.

London: MacMillan & Co, 1902. Wood engraving, printed in colours. Sheet 685 x 1010mm.

Stock ID : 19393

£900

A highly-detailed prospect of Manhattan

SULMAN, Thomas.

New York from Bergen Hill: Hoboken.

London, 1876. Wood-engraving with hand colour, printed area 490 x 1150mm.

Stock ID : 20802

£3,500

A four-sheet map of Europe

PAGNONI, Francesco.

Europa disegnata ed incisa colla scorta delle piu recenti ed accreditate opere geografiche.

Milan: Pagnoni, 1872. Original colour. Four sheets conjoined, total 1000 x 1300mm.

Stock ID : 20886

£500

An important geological map of Switzerland in bright colour

STUDER, Bernhard.

Carte Geologique de la Suisse de M.M.B. Studer et A. Escher von der Linth. 2nd Edition revue et corrigée d'après les publications récentes et les communications des auteurs et de M.M. v. Fritsch, Gilleron, Jaccard, Kaufmann, Mösch, Müller, Stoppani, Théobald, par Isidor Bachmann.

Winterthur: Wurster, Randegger & Co, c.1869. Tinted lithographic map on four sheets, each sheet 405 x 570mm (total if joined c.755 x 1085mm), in original printed wrappers.

Stock ID : 20709

£800

The first chart of Hong Kong, updated to 1958

BELCHER, Edward.

Hong Kong. Surveyed by Capt.n Sir Edward Belcher, in H.M.S. Sulphur 1841.

London: Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, May 1st 1843-1957. Coloured. 625 x 930mm.

Stock ID : 20884

£2,250

A map-view of the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War

READ & Co.

A Panoramic View of the Seat of War in the North of Europe. Shewing the Entrance by the German Ocean or North Sea Thro' the Cattegat to the Baltic - The Gulfs of Riga - Bothnia - Finland &c. And the Relative Position from St Peetersburgh, of Cronstadt - Sweaborg & Helsingfors - Revel - Riga - Bomarsund in the Aland Isles and all other places of note, now of interest in connexion with the war with Russia. No.4.

London: Read & Co, 1855. Chromolithograph. Sheet 530 x 735mm.

Stock ID : 20828

£750

Map of Denmark with vignettes

TALLIS, John.

Denmark.

London, John Tallis & Co., c.1851. Original outline colour. Steel engraving, printed area 345 x 255mm.

Stock ID : 18500

£110

A long 'balloon view' of London in 1845

Illustrated London News.

[Panorama of the River Thames in 1845.]

London, William Little, 1845. Coloured wood engraving. 300 x 2400mm.

Stock ID : 18461

£1,450

An account of an Italian voyage to Brazil with a fine prospect of Rio de Janeiro

RODRIGUEZ, Eugenio.

Descrizione del Viaggio a Rio de Janeiro della Flotta di Napoli di Eugenio Rodriguez Uffiziale de Marina.

Naples: Caro Batelli e Comp., 1844. Small 4to, modern half calf gilt with marbled boards and endpapers; half-title, lithographic frontispiece portrait, title with vignette; pp. 106, folding lithographic prospect and map.

Stock ID : 19347

£3,950

A folding map of the British Isles with fine hand colour

WALKER, J. & C.

Map of the British Isles, Showing the Cities, Borough & Market Towns, Navigable Rivers & Canals with the Soundings & Sand Banks round the Coast.

Darlington: W.C. Hobson & London: J. & C. Walker,1840. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 1285 x 1000mm, folded into original full calf gilt box.

Stock ID : 20877

£700

A scarce bird's-eye view of Liverpool in the mid 19th century

WALTER, H.

Vue Générale de Liverpool.

Paris: Wild, c.1840. Lithograph with original colour. Sheet 475 x 625mm.

Stock ID : 20834

£1,200

A caricature map of Wales published in Wales

HUGHES, Hugh.

Dame Venodotia, Alias Modryb Gwen. A Lady Incog.

Caernarvon: Hughes, c.1835. Coloured lithograph, Printed area 240 x 310mm.

Stock ID : 20775

£1,300

One of the few 19th century maps of the Galapagos Islands

PORTER, David.

Galapagos Islands.

London: Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1823. Coloured. 250 x 210mm.

Stock ID : 20944

£250

The first 'tourist' map of Mont Blanc

RAYMOND, Jean-Baptiste.

Carte Physique et Minéralogique du Mont-Blanc et des Montagnes et Vallées qui l'avoisinent Présentée à Son Excellence Le Comte Molé Pair de France Directeur Général des Ponts et chaussées et des Mines.

Paris, 1815. Some old colour. 615 x 875mm.

Stock ID : 20879

£950

Regent's Park as a housing estate

LEVERTON, Thomas & CHAWNER, Thomas.

Plan of an Estate Belonging to the Crown, called Marybone Park Farm, upon A Design for letting it out on Building Leases.

London: Cadell & Davies et al, 1814. Original colour. Printed area 215 x 280mm.

Stock ID : 20847

£700

The first design for Regent's Park submitted by John Nash

NASH, John.

Plan of an Estate Belonging to the Crown called Marybone Park Farm, upon A Design for letting it out on Building Leases. by John Nash.

London: Cadell & Davies et al, 1814. Original colour. Printed area 215 x 280mm.

Stock ID : 20848

£700

A design for Regent's Park

WHITE, John.

A Plan of the Improvements Proposed on the Mary Le Bone Park Estate, with the Contiguous parts of the Parishes of St Mary-le-bone and St Pancras. By John White. 1809.

London: Cadell & Davies et al, 1814. Original colour. Printed area 215 x 320mm.

Stock ID : 20849

£700

A large and detailed late 18th century map of the Caucasus

EDWARDS, Bryan.

Carte Générale des Pays Situés entre Lla Mer Noire et La Mer Caspienne.

Paris: Jansen et Perronneau, 1797. 600 x 950mm.

Stock ID : 20878

£475

18th century Italian map of Denmark

ZATTA, Antonio.

Il Regno di Danimarca con il Ducato di Sleswik Di nuova Projezione.

Venice, 1781. Original outline colour. 420 x 330mm.

Stock ID : 16567

£150

Cook's landmark map of New Zealand

COOK, Captain James.

Chart of New-Zealand, explored in 1769 and 1770, by Lieut: I: Cook, Commander of His Majesty's Bark Endeavour. Engraved by I. Bayly.

London: Strachan & Cadell, 1773. 510 x 410mm.

Stock ID : 20840

£4,500

A decorative 18th century map of the West Indies

HOMANN HEIRS.

Mappa Geographica, complectens I. Indiae Occidentalis Partem Mediam Circum Isthmum Panamensem...

Nuremberg, c.1740. Original colour. 585 x 490mm.

Stock ID : 20882

£750

The Rhine theatre of the War of the Polish Succession

OETTINGER, Johann Friedrich.

Charte Geographique De La Campagne du Haut Rhin Pour L'année MDCCXXXIV Contenant Tous les Mouvemens Marches et Contremarches Des Armées Imperials et Francoises Comme de même Une Designation du Rhin de puis Le Lac de Constance jusqu'à Mayance De Tout Le Neckar Et d'une Grande Partie du Main Par Jean Frederic Oettinger, Lieutenant au Regiment Des Gardes á pied de Wurtemberg pour le Service de Sa Maj. Imp. et Cathol. et Ingenieur.

Augsburg: Matthaüs Seutter, c.1734. Original colour. Two sheets conjoined, total 490 x 1145mm.

Stock ID : 20887

£700

A scarce 18th century prospect of London

WOLFF, Jeremias.

London.

Augsburg: Jeremias Wolff, c.1725. Original colour slightly refreshed.Two sheets conjoined, total 320 x 1050mm, with good margins.

Stock ID : 19992

£6,500

An important early 18th century prospect of London

KIP, Johannes.

La Ville de Londres. Prospectus Londinensis.

London, c.1720. Coloured. Two sheets conjoined as issued, total 490 x 1180mm.

Stock ID : 20798

£6,500

A map of North America during the Mississippi Bubble

CHÂTELAIN, Henri Abraham.

Carte de la Nouvelle France, où se voit le cours des Grandes Rivieres de S.Laurens & de Mississipi...

Amsterdam, 1718. 425 x 500mm.

Stock ID : 20880

£1,400

Three-sheet map of the Danube

JAILLOT, Alexis-Hubert.

Le Cours du Danube Depuis sa Source Iusqu'a ses Embouchures Dressé sur les Memoires les plus Nouveau du P.Coronelli et autres.

Amsterdam, Pieter Mortier, c.1705. Original colour. Three sheets conjoined, total 595 x 1120mm.

Stock ID : 20859

£1,400

Cornelli's map of the Bosphorus from a Farnese Edition

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.

Bosforo Tracio hoggidi Canale di Constantinopoli.

Venice, 1697. Map 265 x 435mm, with extra frame-line border, total 445 x 605mm.

Stock ID : 20787

£980

A rare17th century miniature map of Arabia

Anonymous.

Arabia.

c.1690. Coloured. Sheet 125 x 130mm.

Stock ID : 21019

£300

A decorative gore sheet of the South Atlantic, with St Helena

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.

[Untitled Gore Sheet of the South Atlantic.]

Venice, 1688. Coloured. 470 x 290mm at top, tapering to 190 at bottom.

Stock ID : 20836

£800

An early map of the roads of Essex and Kent

OGILBY, John.

The Road from Chelmsford in Essex to Maldon/Raleigh/Gravesend... With the branch from Canterbury to Deal...

London, c.1675. Coloured. 330 x 445mm.

Stock ID : 15103

£340

Sanson's map of Canada with an early depiction of the Great Lakes

SANSON, Nicolas.

Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France, &c... 1656.

Paris, Pierre Mariette, c.1662. Fine original colour. 405 x 545mm.

Stock ID : 20881

£3,400

A map of the early exploration of the Arctic Circle

BLAEU, Johannes.

Regiones sub Polo Arctico.

Amsterdam, 1662, Latin text edition. Original colour. 410 x 630mm.

Stock ID : 20776

£1,000

A fine prospect of Jacobean London

MERIAN, Matthaus.

London.

Frankfurt, c.1650. Coloured. Two sheets conjoined, total 220 x 700mm.

Stock ID : 19704

£3,800

A pair of 17th century maps of the Poles with illustrated borders

HONDIUS, Henricus.

Poli Arctici, et Circumiacentium Terrarum Descriptio Novissima. [&] Polus Antarcticus.

Amsterdam, c.1640, French text edition. Fine original colour. Each c.435 x 500mm.

Stock ID : 20860

£3,500

An early issue of this map of the South Pole

HONDIUS, Henricus.

Polus Antarcticus.

Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1639, Dutch text edition. Coloured. 440 x 500mm.

Stock ID : 20875

£1,600

Scarce 17th century map of Guinea

CLOPPENBURG, Johannes.

Guineae Nova Descriptio.

Amsterdam, 1632, Latin text edition. Coloured. 185 x 250mm.

Stock ID : 21016

£240

An early issue of Speed's map of the Invasions of England

SPEED, John.

The Invasions of England & Ireland with al their Civill Wars Since the Conquest.

London: George Humble, 1627. 385 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 18041

£2,400

A 16th century prospect of Warsaw

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans.

Varsovia.

Cologne, 1617. Coloured. 320 x 470mm.

Stock ID : 20281

£2,800

Early 17th century miniature map of Cyprus

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Cyprus

Amsterdam: Cornelis Claesz, 1603. Latin text edition. Coloured. 85 x 125mm.

Stock ID : 20994

£380

Early 17th century miniature map of the Persian Gulf

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Ormus.

Amsterdam: Cornelis Claesz, 1603. Latin text edition. Coloured. 85 x 125mm.

Stock ID : 20995

£290

Early 17th century miniature map of South India and Sri Lanka

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Narsinga et Ceylon.

Amsterdam: Cornelis Claesz, 1603. Latin text edition. Coloured. 85 x 125mm.

Stock ID : 20996

£200

A 16th century miniature map of Asia

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Asia.

Antwerp: Plantin, 1593, Italian text edition. Coloured. 76 x 108mm.

Stock ID : 20997

£200

A 16th century miniature map of Scotland

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Scotia: Scotiae descriptio

Antwerp: Plantin, 1593, Italian text edition. Coloured. 76 x 108mm.

Stock ID : 20999

£200

A 16th century miniature map of Holland

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Olanda: Hollandt

Antwerp: Plantin, 1593, Italian text edition. Coloured. 76 x 108mm.

Stock ID : 21000

£160

A 16th century miniature map of Holland

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Dania: Daniae Typus

Antwerp: Plantin, 1593, Italian text edition. Coloured. 76 x 108mm.

Stock ID : 21001

£160

A 16th century miniature map of Corfu

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Corfu.

Antwerp: Plantin, 1593, Italian text edition. Coloured. 76 x 108mm.

Stock ID : 21002

£150

A 16th century miniature map of Crete

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Candia: Candia olim Creta.

Antwerp: Plantin, 1593, Italian text edition. Coloured. 76 x 108mm.

Stock ID : 21003

£150