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The cartouche on this map of the British isles is surmounted by the old Stuart coat of arms and the borders are made up of sixteen regional armoria...

Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 21 x 25.5 cm, original hand-colour, on a folio leaf 37 x 29 cm, blank verso.

This intricate anthropomorphic map (the artist also produced a zoomorphic companion piece) was issued soon after the outbreak of the First World Wa...

This is a view showing London before the Great Fire, from the South Bank of the Thames, including London Bridge and old St Paul’s. Principal buildi...

This map of County Durham was engraved by J & C Walker after Creighton for Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary. Condition & Materials Steel eng...

Benjamin Getzel Lewis' map of the London underground shows the Victoria Line under construction in the originally proposed colour Lewis (1900-1966)...

Clang, clang, clang went the trolley… Trolleybus services were introduced to London in 1931 and phased out between 1954 and 1962, making this one o...

Underground map of London with some motor bus connections, September 1916 issue. The London General Omnibus Company was by this point owned by the ...

Survey of the country around London to the distance of thirty two miles from St Paul’s The map extends between Ware and Chatham, Bray and Dorking. ...

This map of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands is from 'A Modern and Ancient General Atlas, comprehending all the Empires, Kingdoms, States in t...

England, with all the railways… This edition of Lizars’ railway map was published c. 1845, featuring lines such as the Maryport & Carlisle Rail...

Map of London shewing Goods, Coal and Passenger Stations, Depots and Receiving Offices of the London & North Eastern Railway, also the Ordinary...

This is an LNER colliery map covering the midlands and north of England and Wales ('Collieries in Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lancashir...

Mappa Totius Mundi adornata juxta Observationes dnn. Academiae Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum secundum annotationes recentissimas edita...

This significant and original regional map of Padua is from Magini's great work, the first detailed national atlas of Italy, published posthumously...

This map of Malaya has an inset regional map locating Malaya  in the context of ‘adjacent terrritories’. A previous owner of this, map Lieutenant D...

The focus of this map is Toyama, a significant sea-port in what was once Etchu province on Honshu. On stylistic grounds the map appears to date fro...

Map of the Occupied Areas / Carte des Zones d’Occupation / Karte der Besatzungs-Zonen mit Neuen Postleitgebieten / [in Cyrillic:] Karta Okkupacionn...

The Bay of Gibraltar. With a plan of the Town, Rocks and Fortifications of Gibraltar as they now are. Also a plan of Algezira… Copied from the Drau...

Chine du nord - Corée - Manchoukouo Manchukuo – a Japanese term for Manchuria – was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in China and Inner Mongol...

This map attempts full integration of bus and coach routes, tramways, the Underground and main-line railways, and is possibly the first issue showi...

Signed limited edition screenprint Colour screenprint, sheet size 78 x 57.5 cms, signed by the artist and inscribed 'AP' (Artist’s Proof) in pencil...

Signed limited edition screenprint Colour screenprint, sheet size 78 x 57.5 cms, signed by the artist and inscribed 'AP' (Artist’s Proof) in pencil...

La VIII Table d’Angleterre/Anglesey, Wight, Vectis olim, Garnsey, Iarsay Islands around the British coast were often grouped, in various combinatio...

In 1933 the Met became part of the LPTB. Here though, the Tube and other railways fade into the background. The emphasis is on work/life balance, c...

Map with lines showing the boundary for free collection and delivery of parcels and passengers’ luggage The main map shows central London, includin...

The “District Railway” Miniature Map of London and Environs (6th edition) District Railway routes are overprinted in red on this road and rail map ...

Mogg’s New Map of the Roads. A New Travelling Map of England, Wales and Scotland […] Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 77 x 63.5 cm, a ro...

Moll's map of Asia is dedicated to William Cowper (1665-1723), the first to hold the office of Lord Chancellor (and from 1718 the first Earl Cowper...

Originally published in the series ‘Twenty-Four Views in Hindostan’, a part-work issued 1802-1805 to illustrate Francis Blagdon’s ‘Brief History of...

Founded in 1894, on the cusp of the Anglo-German naval arms race, the Navy League was a pressure group seeking to influence politicians and popular...

The Opening of the New London Bridge by their most Gracious Majesties William the 4th & Queen Adelaide Our print depicts the river pageant cele...

La Castille Vieille et Nouvelle This map shows Old and New Castile in central Spain. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 44.5 x 55.5 cm, or...

The British Empire Exhibition was, at the time, the largest exhibition staged anywhere in the world; a high profile, postwar statement of confidenc...

Try Scotch Woodock, per The Ritz London Book of Afternoon Tea. For a pared-down version, simply spread hot buttered toast with Gentleman’s Relish a...

For a rainy day supper, put crab in your macaroni cheese. Trust me, you’ll love it This map was published in the ‘Piscatorial Atlas of the North Se...

Do you prefer your flatfish with eyes to the right, or to the left? This map was published in the ‘Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and ...

They’re bonnie fish and halesome farin’ This map was published in the ‘Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and George’s Channels’, a series...

O Oysters, come and walk with us! This map was published in the ‘Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and George’s Channels’, a series of 50...

Pilchards are either sardines, herring, or neither. I think it depends where you (and they) are from. This map was published in the ‘Piscatorial At...

Waiter, bring me shad roe... This map was published in the ‘Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and George’s Channels’, a series of 50 lavi...

Meunière your skate wings, or get someone else to do it for you This map was published in the ‘Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and Geor...

See the east coast Fishwife with her creel This map was published in the ‘Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and George’s Channels’, a ser...

This map was published in the ‘Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and George’s Channels’, a series of 50 lavishly chromolithographed chart...

The Piscatorial Atlas was the product of a decade or more of reports and correspondence with British fishermen This map was published in the ‘Pisca...

The fish with a face only a mother could love This map was published in the ‘Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and George’s Channels’, a ...

Why is it proverbially assumed to be very easy to run a whelk stall? They look like hard work to me This map was published in the ‘Piscatorial Atla...

This map of Algeria features an inset of the Bay of Algiers. Ottoman Algeria was a hub of privateering and the Mediterranean slave trade. Well know...