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The mapmaker’s own premises are identified within a red oval in the right hand part of the map.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbbas (1921-2000) was encouraged by his father and his teachers to draft maps from a remarkably young age: ‘considered by many as the father of modern Persian cartography... he established the SGDI \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSahab Geographic and Drafting Institute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1936 and spent the rest of his life expanding it’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecond edition, sheet size 48.5 x 68 cm, printed in colours, text in Persian and English, blank verso, folding into publisher’s colour printed paper wrappers; price stamped on front cover, tape mark to back cover. A first edition was published in 1958.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReferences\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOCLC: 48603654 (locates 8 examples: 4 in North America, 2 in the UK, 2 in the Netherlands).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.iranicaonline.org\/articles\/sahab-abbas\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.iranicaonline.org\/articles\/sahab-abbas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eEncyclopaedia Iranica\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118929731799,"sku":"9816","price":750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/2550\/1126\/files\/9816.jpg?v=1715955428"},{"product_id":"wylds-map-of-india","title":"Wyld's Map of India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMap of India, constructed with great care and research from all the Latest Authorities and intended more particularly to facilitate a reference to the Civil and Military Stations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a relatively early edition of a map of India which was first published in 1837, reviewed in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNaval and Military Gazette\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (27 January 1838) as ‘decidedly the best extant’.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur edition was advertised priced at a guinea (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMorning Herald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 16 March 1842).\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eA printed note to the\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ebottom right indicates ‘This Map will serve to illustrate the despatches of the Duke of Wellington’, which had recently been published; Wellington’s early military successes were gained during his service in India, 1797-1805.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough the map could have certainly have been used for this purpose, it was of great value to British military and civilian personnel, and was reprinted in numerous editions. A mileage table, top right, has been coloured so that it can be read to show distances from either Delhi or Calcutta, and there is a wealth of practical information printed in the borders.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis map was compiled with the help of Robert Melville Grindlay, a retired army officer with extensive banking and travel interests in the Subcontinent.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur example belonged to Lieutenant (later Captain) William Hodges Tylden Pattensen (1822-1894), who spent 8 years in India with the 25th Regiment of Foot, returning to England in 1852. He then married Eliza, daughter of the Rev. James Boys, who was Rector of Biddenden, Kent, for 40 years until his death in 1882; the couple settled nearby. Pattenson’s father was a veteran of the Light Division in the Peninsular War, and other family members also served in the military.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEngraved folding map, sheet size 100 x 67 cm, original hand colour, dissected into 24 panels, toning to bottom right panel (presumably mis-folded at some point in the past), lacks slip-case. Ownership inscription of Lt. Pattenson, H.M. 25th Regiment, on printed advertisement label to verso.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45119011586263,"sku":"9823","price":750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/2550\/1126\/files\/9823.jpg?v=1715956068"},{"product_id":"great-rebellion-era-map-of-india","title":"Great Rebellion Era Map of India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMap of India and Birmah\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis map of India and Burma features an inset location map with British possessions coloured red, next to a distance table showing the overland route to India (pioneered by Thomas Fletcher Waghorn in the 1830s). The Indian Rebellion of 1857 broke out on 10 May. The underlinings and other markings on this map suggest its owner was following events from home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur example is undated, but in the imprint Wyld styles himself ‘Geographer to the Queen \u0026amp; Prince Consort’, a title which Albert was granted formally in June 1857; Wyld also includes his ‘model of the earth’ as one of his addresses. His ‘Great Globe’ occupied the centre of Leicester Square between 1851 and 1862.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrevious owner the Rev. James Boys was Rector of Biddenden, Kent, for 40 years until his death in 1882. In 1854 his daughter Eliza married Captain William Hodges Tylden Pattensen, who had spent 8 years in India with the 25th Regiment of Foot, returning to England in 1852. Pattenson (1822-1894) belonged to a military family, and Boys therefore had an informed interest.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Materials\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEngraved folding map, sheet size 51 x 70 cm, original hand. colour, dissected into 21 panels and laid on linen, contemporary ink underlining and small annotations, folding into green cloth covers with printed paper label. Contemporary ownership inscription of J. Boys, Biddenden, dated August 10 1857.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReferences\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorldcat locates 3 similar examples: 1857 edition: OCLC: 557736421 (BL); OCLC: 750507292 (NUKAT - Polish libraries); another edition dated to 1855: OCLC: \u003ca href=\"tel:1293968987\"\u003e1293968987\u003c\/a\u003e (Berlin).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45119016698071,"sku":"9824","price":850.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/2550\/1126\/files\/9824.jpg?v=1715954295"},{"product_id":"stingemores-1925-passenger-map","title":"Stingemore's 1925 Passenger Map","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe May 1925 issue of Stingemore’s passenger map shows Wembley Exhibition Grounds, and its covers advertise the number of escalators and other amenities such as clear air and a comfortable seat.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur map is the first of a series designed by Fred Stingemore and issued free to passengers from 1925 onwards, to be ultimately replaced by Beck's diagram in 1933.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough the maps were roughly geographical, all surface topography (even the Thames in early editions, although it was Stingemore who later reinstated it as a point of reference) was omitted, and some some lines were twisted to fit into the available space.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"UERL maps\" href=\"https:\/\/bryarsandbryars.co.uk\/collections\/all\/mapmakers_underground-electric-railways-company-of-london-ltd\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eUERL\u003c\/a\u003e (Underground Electric Railways Company of London) had experimented with small three-panel maps even before the First World War, but Stingemore’s series cemented the format and his maps are the ancestors of those given away at tube stations today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Materials\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree panel passenger map, printed area measures 12.8 x 15.2 cm. Printed on red linen-backed card, slight edge-wear and wear to folds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55389030154622,"sku":"9914","price":900.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/2550\/1126\/files\/9914.jpg?v=1744121363"},{"product_id":"the-malayan-emergency","title":"Malayan Emergency Map","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis map of Malaya has an inset regional map locating Malaya\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ein the context of ‘adjacent terrritories’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA previous owner of this, map Lieutenant David H. Fielding, served in the Royal Hampshire Regiment with Malaya Command during the Malayan Emergency, 1953-56 (a National Service Commission; he was awarded the ‘Malaya’ bar with his GSM).\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFielding went on to read geography at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, 1956-59, and in 1960 served a tour with the Colonial Service as a District Officer in North Borneo (immediately before independence, experiences he recounted in a published work, \u003ci\u003eBorneo - Jewel in a Jade Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e). For most of his subsequent teaching career he was Head of Geology at Radley College.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Materials\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFolding map of Malaya, sheet size 92 x 72 cm. Printed in colours, with ownership signature of D.H. Fielding. Laid on linen, folds into blue cloth covers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55389129539966,"sku":"9920","price":750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/2550\/1126\/files\/9920.jpg?v=1744121796"},{"product_id":"saxton-lea-map-of-dorset","title":"Saxton-Lea Map of Dorset","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis map of Dorset was published in Philip Lea’s edition of Christopher Saxton’s county atlas, commonly known as the Lea-Saxton or Saxton-Lea.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChristopher Saxton created the first atlas of England and Wales between 1574 and 1579; which was also the first national atlas of any country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe atlas enjoyed royal patronage as the driving force behind its creation was William Cecil, Lord Burghley, chief advisor to Elizabeth I through much of her reign.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe original copper printing plates survived for about 150 years, and with revisions and additions (such as the addition here of the town plan of Dorchester copied from Speed’s map) they continued to be used.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCopper engraving, printed area measurement 37.5 x 54 cm. Modern hand colour, short closed tear, blank verso.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55389141500286,"sku":"9922","price":950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/2550\/1126\/files\/9922.jpg?v=1744106055"},{"product_id":"cardonnels-antiquities-of-scotland","title":"Cardonnel's Antiquities of Scotland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003ePicturesque antiquities of Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdam de Cardonnel (1746\/7-1820) trained as a surgeon, but ‘his easy circumstances left him leisure to indulge his interest in the study of antiquities and numismatics’. He was a founding fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and assisted Francis Grose in his antiquarian researches during Grose’s Scottish travels.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Materials\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2 parts only (of 4) in one volume, 4to. pp. iv, 27, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ei\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e25 leaves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; 11, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ei\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e25 leaves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the 50 unnumbered leaves printed on the rectos only: etched illustrations on india paper, somewhat browned, are mounted as headpieces on each leaf, with a letterpress description below.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContemporary olive morocco, gilt, light wear, probably by Staggemeir and Welcher, who often worked for Edwards of Halifax: triple fillet border, flat-backed spine with overall rococo design composed from various tools including swags, an urn, a lyre, prince-of-wales feathers and incorporating a red morocco lettering-piece, turn-ins with metope-and-pentaglyph roll, all edges gilt.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeat early bibliophile’s inscription on front free endpaper, describing this as a ‘proof impression’ and noting the price paid as two guineas; 19th century armorial bookplate of Simeon Warner. Parts three and four were published in 1793.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOxford Dictionary of National Biography\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart of lot 94, sold by Christies, 22 October 1992, in their sale 4852.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55390429741438,"sku":"9851","price":950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/2550\/1126\/files\/9851.jpg?v=1744812178"},{"product_id":"presentation-copy-of-battys-account-of-the-waterloo-campaign","title":"Presentation copy of Batty's account of the Waterloo campaign","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Historical Sketch of the Campaign of 1815, illustrated by plans of the operations and of the battles of Quatre Bras, Ligny, and Waterloo... second edition, considerably enlarged\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArmy officer and artist Robert Batty (1789-1848) served with the Grenadier Guards towards the end of the Peninsular War, and during the 1815 campaign he fought at Quatre Bras and at Waterloo, where he was slightly wounded in the thigh in the fierce fighting after the fall of\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eLa Haye-Sainte and the repulse of the final advance of the Imperial Guard.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe most likely candidate for Colonel Thorn is career soldier Sir Nathaniel Thorn, who was made brevet lieutenant-colonel in 1817 and who Batty might easily have encountered in the Peninsula, where Thorn was present with the Buffs at many of the major actions (although, like so many of Wellington’s seasoned troops, he was in Canada in 1815, and so was not present at Waterloo). Thorn’s obituary in the G\u003ci\u003eentleman’s Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e (1857) described him as one of Wellington's last staff officers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Materials\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecond edition, 8vo. pp. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 162, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eii\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e advertisement leaf + additional engraved partly hand-coloured portrait of the Duke of Wellington engraved by H Robinson after Sir Thomas Lawrence bound-in at front, 6 folding hand-coloured plans engraved by Nathaniel Rogers Hewitt and Batty himself, 3 folding letterpress tables setting out the French and Allied forces. Some spotting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher’s plain cloth-backed boards, a little worn, printed publisher’s paper label, headcaps and upper joint neatly repaired.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresentation inscription from the author: ‘Col. Thorn, with the author’s respects’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo bookplate, but from the library of WA Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (lot 232 in the library of the late Christopher Foyle, Dominic Winter’s sale of 27 September 2023)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55390484889982,"sku":"9859","price":950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/2550\/1126\/files\/9859.jpg?v=1744888311"}],"url":"https:\/\/bryarsandbryars.co.uk\/collections\/750-1000.oembed?page=3","provider":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}