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London: Day & Son for FG Moon, 1842-45. Tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe after Roberts, 35.5 x 51 cm, minor spotting. From the first edition o...

Jennings, Rev. David: An Introduction to the Knowledge of Medals […] The Second Edition. Birmingham: Printed by Sarah Baskerville; and sold by Jose...

Probably the first collected edition in English of Gandhi’s speeches and writings. You know a lesser bookseller would omit the qualification, but n...

James Jenkins: The Martial Achievements Of Great Britain And Her Allies; From 1799 To 1815. London, printed for James Jenkins [...] by L. Harrison ...

This map of Ancient Gaul was engraved on the basis of Caesar’s commentaries on the Gallic Wars, his first hand account of the campaign. The text on...

Lincolnia Comitatus Anglis Lyncolneshire Joannes Janssonius II (1588-1664) married into the Hondius family and, with Henricus Hondius, worked on a ...

Cestria Comitatus Palatinatus. The Countye Palatine of Chester Joannes Janssonius II (1588-1664) married into the Hondius family and, with Henricus...

The Countie of Westmorland and Kendale the cheif towne described John Speed (1552-1629) is unquestionably the most significant English map-maker of...

L’Espagne dressée sur la Description qui en a eté faite par Rodrigo Mendez Sylva… par G. de l’Isle/Nova Regni Hispaniae accurata descriptio… Thus ...

Alsatia Superior cum Suntgoia et Brisgoia The original Mercator Atlas (parts published from 1585 onwards) was not a commercial success; the copper ...

A map of the French Alps, the Dauphiné, incuding Grenoble. The borders are those defined by the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) and the cartouche (putti m...

Saxonia Inferior et Mecklenborg Duc The original Mercator Atlas (parts published from 1585 onwards) was not a commercial success; the copper printi...

Terra Sancta, sive Promissionis, olim Palestina recens delineata, et in lucem edita per Nicolaum Visscher… Visscher’s influential map of the Holy L...

La Grecia descritta […] dedicata all’Eccellenza del Signor Giovanni Lando This map of Greece was prepared for Coronelli's monumental 13 volume ‘Atl...

Cartographically Speed follows Mercator, but his is one of the most distinctive and decorative early maps of Scotland. The portraits in the borders...

Jerusalem, cum suburbiis, prout tempore Christi floruit, accurate notatis omnibus insgnibus et praecipuè iis locis, in quibis Christus passus est e...

Condition & Materials Steel engraving, 28.5 x 45 cm, black and white, slight spotting; plan of the East India Dock from ‘Public Works of Great ...

This map of Sicily is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text in Frankfurt the foll...

Robert Morden's map of Sussex was engraved to illustrate Gibson's edition of William Camden's Britannia, first published in 1695 and reprinted in 1...

Free UK and ROI shipping; £5 to rest of world “…shows you all you need to know about the power of maps to inform, entertain and induce wonder. ‘A H...

Tabula Prima Asiae continet Pontum, Bithyniam, Asiae propriae dictam, in qua Phyrgia Lyciam Pamphiliam, in qua Pisidia, Galatiam, in qua Paphlagoni...

This map of Cairo is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. It derives, ultimately, from Matteo Pagano’s magnificent 21 sheet wall map, published ...

Le Pik de Teneriffe/De Piek-Bergh op het Eilant Tenerifto The Anaga mountain range meets the sea in the northeastern part of Tenerife, close to the...

Carte des Isles du Cap-Verd This chart of the Cape Verde islands was engraved by Guillaume de la Haye. D’Après de Mannevillette (1707-1780) was a p...

This map of Augsburg was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Archontologia cosmica, Theatrum Europaeum and the Topogr...

This plan of Metz in northeastern France is from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixteenth...

This plan of Valenciennes in northern France is from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixte...

Aquisgranum A plan of Aachen, or Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was one of the most significant cartographic works of the l...

Emuda vulgo Embden A plan of Emden in northern Germany. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was one of the most significant cartographic works of the lat...

[Title-page] Anglorum Indoles Studia et Actiones In attempting to define the character of the English there is a strong emphasis on trade and disco...

This plan of Gouda in the Netherlands is from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixteenth-ce...

Views of two towns on the Bay of Naples, Pozzuoli and Baia, are here presented on one sheet. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was one of the most signi...

This map includes French town plans after Belleforest on one sheet: Autun in Burgundy and Nevers in Bourgogne. They are from the Civitates Orbis Te...

This map of Mons in Belgium is shown with Arras in northern France. It is from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartograph...

Robert Morden's map of Northumberland was engraved to illustrate Gibson's edition of William Camden's Britannia, first published in 1695 and reprin...

This map of Bedforshire was engraved by Emanuel Bowen for John Owen’s Britannia Depicta, a pocket road book derived from Ogilby’s innovative atlas ...

This map of Huntingdonshire was prepared for Anglia Contracta, Seller's miniature county atlas. Seller's atlases are notoriously difficult to date ...

Das Irische und Kaledonische Meer mit Seinen Inseln This map focuses on the islands off the coast of Scotland and in the Irish Sea, and it's from f...

This map of Udrone from is the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catalogued under...

Anglesey Ins[ula]; Wight ol[im] Vectis; Ins[ula] Garnsey; Ins[ula] Iarsay This map of Anglesey, the Isle of Wight, Guernsey and Jersey was engraved...

This map of Merionethshire is from the second edition of Philemon Holland’s English translation of Camden’s Britannia, the third printing from the ...

Isola Hebride, et Orcade First published in 1572, our map of the Hebrides and Orkney islands is from the second edition of L’Isole piu famose del M...

This map of Berwick-upon-Tweed is from Hermannides' Magna Britannia. Nearly all of the plans are based on the small inset plans shown on John Speed...

Anglesey Insula; Wight olim Vectis; Insula Garnsey; Insula Iarsay This map of Anglesey, the Isle of Wight, Guernsey and Jersey is from the first ed...

General-Karte von Grossbritannie Condition & Materials  Copper engraving, 25.5 x 30 cm, original hand-colour, blank verso.

A Plan of the Town and Citadel of Plymouth in the County of Devon This map of Plymouth was published in the London Magazine and incorporates Smeat...

Condition & Materials Steel engraving, 25 x 33 cm, recent hand colour, blank verso; map of Bradford

This map of Monmouthshire was engraved to accompany Gibson’s edition of Camden’s Britannia, first published in 1695. Condition & Materials Copp...