Maps

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...

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...

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

This miniature map of Hesse is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catalog...

This map of Dresden engraved by William Henshall after William Barnard Clarke. Condition & Materials Steel engraving, 33 x 37 cm, original han...

Carte de la Guerre de la Crimèe. Editèe par Lèmèrey et E. Gratier This Crimean War broadsheet map includes an inset of Sebastopol and a view of the...

This map of Berne was first published in 'A collection of plans of the capital cities of Europe' in 1771. The plates seem to have been acquired by ...

This miniature map of Nassau is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catalo...

This miniature map of Brandenburg is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally c...

This miniature map of Prussia is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catal...

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

This map of Eastern Friesland is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catal...

This map of Southwestern Germany is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally ca...

This map of Northen Bavaria is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catalog...

This miniature map of the Electoral Palatinate is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which ...

This map of Franconia, including Frankfurt and Nuremberg in modern Bavaria, is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libr...

This miniature map of Saxony is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catalo...

Thus miniature map of Dithmarschen in Holstein, flanked by the Eider and the Elbe isfrom the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum...

Thus plan of Dresden was first published in 'A collection of plans of the capital cities of Europe' in 1771. The plates seem to have been acquired ...

This map of Île-de-France, the Paris region north of the Seine, is from the Atlas Minor. The original plates were engraved by Jodocus Hondius, but ...

This map of Ptolemaic Germany and Denmark is from the fourth edition of Ruscelli’s Italian translation of the Geographia. It is illustrated with de...

Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 28.5 x 35 cm, original hand-colour map of the Duchy of Lorraine, blank verso.

This map of Toulon was engraved by BR Davies after WB Clarke. Condition & Materials Steel engraving, 33 x 40 cm, original hand colour, blank ve...

France divided into Metropolitan Circles and Departments This map was engraved by Samuel John Neele for the atlas volume to Cruttwell’s Gazeteer, p...

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...

A Plain Map of the Central Part of Europe. According to the Method of the Abbé Gaultier by Mr Wauthier his Pupil This map of Central Europe is from...

Plan of the Battle of Malplaquet gained by the Allies Sep. 11 1709 Marlborough’s bloodiest victory was often regarded as pyrrhic even by contempora...

This map of Gallipoli in Apulia was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Italiae of 1640, the Archontologi...

Plan of Cardona, a strong City and Castle of Catalonia, upon the River Cardoner as besieged by the French and defended by the Allies This plan of t...

This map of Germany was engraved by John Rapkin for the Illustrated Atlas. John Rogers engraved a number of vignettes: the Palace at Saxe Gotha, bi...

This  map of the Principality of Lüneburg incorporates the former County of Dannenberg. The cartouche illustrates a stag hunting scene, perhaps on ...

Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 10.5 x 12.6 cm, original hand-colour, lightly browned, blank verso; leaf from the same work, with the ...

This map of Belgium was engraved by John Rapkin for the Illustrated Atlas. Vignettes including Antwerp cathedral and monuments on the plains of Wat...

Mechelin, or Malines, the Capital of one of the ten Provinces of the Netherlands in Brabant This map of Mechelen was engraved by James Basire and p...

Carte du Dètriot de Waeigats, ou de Nassau This is map of the Yugorsky Strait in the Arctic Sea, separating Vaygach Island from the mainland. It il...

This map of Scandinavia is from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia. A compendium of topographical information, folklore and travels, it was first pub...

This view of the Latvian capital Riga is fromfrom Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia. A compendium of topographical information, folklore and travels...

Nova Totius Germania Descriptio. Deutschland This map of Germany was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including editions of the ...

Condition & Materials A chart of Sète in southern France, copper engraving, 14 x 20 cm, black and white as issued, blank verso. 

This map of Lyons was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Archontologia Cosmica and Theatrum Europaeum. Condition &am...

This map of Crimea was engraved by John Rapkin for the Illustrated Atlas. The inset is described as ‘Sebastopol before its investment’ (i.e. before...

Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 14.5 x 10.5 cm, recent hand-colour, French text on verso; a map of Muscovy from Mallet’s Description de...

This regional map of France is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15 x 10.5 cm, recent hand-colo...