Antique maps of Middle England; Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and  Gloucestershire.

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[LINCOLNSHIRE] [NOTTINGHAMSHIRE] [DERBYSHIRE] [CHESHIRE] [RUTLAND] [LEICESTERSHIRE] [STAFFORDSHIRE] [SHROPSHIRE] [HEREFORDSHIRE] [WORCESTERSHIRE] [WARWICKSHIRE] [NORTHAMPTONSHIRE] [BEDFORDSHIRE] [BUCKINGHAMSHIRE] [OXFORDSHIRE] [GLOUCESTERSHIRE]

LINCOLNSHIRE

ID

Cartographer

Map

 Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price
42913 Richard Blome Lincolnshire 1673 28x33
From Blome's Britannia. Printed by Thomas Roycroft.
£250.00
43972 Robert Morden Lincolnshire 1695 36x42
Good example in fine hand colour. 1722 edition.
£175.00
41846 Owen & Bowen Lincolnshire 1720 12x18
From Bowles's Britannia Depicta. Road map on reverse Brecknock to Llanbader.
£60.00
43192 Thomas Kitchin Lincolnshire 1751 16x22
First edition published in The London Magazine volume 20 for January 1751. Hand coloured. 
SOLD.
42438 Joshua Archer Lincolnshire 1848 18x24
Published in The Curiosities of Great Britain by Thomas Dugdale, 1848 edition. Original colour.

£30.00
43806 Thomas Moule Lincolnshire 1842 21x26
Decorative steelplate engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Lincoln Cathedral and Grimsthorp castle.

£95.00
42873 Gray & Sons Lincolnshire 1843 18x25
Published by Fullarton and also known by the publisher.
£40.00
42632 George Cole Lincolnshire 1842 18x25
5th edition published in Dugdale's Curiosities in 1842. Original colour.
£45.00

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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

ID

Cartographer

Map

 Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price
41411 William Kip Nottinghamshire 1610 32x27
Fine hand coloured example from the second 1610 or 1637 edition of Camden's Britannia.
£240.00
41424 William Kip Nottinghamshire 1610 32x27
Fine dark impression from the first English edition of 1610 (without plate number). Uncoloured.
£230.00
42949 Robert Morden Nottinghamshire 1695 42x35
From Camden's Britannia 1695 or later. Hand coloured.
£135.00
42254 Robert Morden Nottinghamshire 1695 42x35
Early dark impression from the first edition of Edmund Gibson's 1695 translation of Camden's Britannia. Uncoloured.
£135.00
41842 Owen & Bowen Nottinghamshire 1720 11x17
County map engraved to accompany the road maps produced by Thomas Bowles for his pocket road book Britannia Depicta. Hand coloured. Road, London to Buntingford verso: Click here for image on reverse.
£70.00
41298 Thomas Moule Nottinghamshire 1845 19x26
Decorative steelplate engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Worksop manor, Nottingham castle and Newstead Abbey.
£85.00
61411 Joshua Archer Nottinghamshire 1842 19x24
Published in Dugdale's Curiosities. Hand coloured.

£40.00
61421 Gray & Son Nottinghamshire 1840 19x25
Published by Fullarton. Includes vignette of 'Newstead Abbey, Seat of the Late Lord Byron.'

£60.00
60861 Joshua Archer Nottinghamshire 1833 17x23
Engraved on a wood block. Published in The Guide to Knowledge Edited by W. Pinnock. in 1833. 

£20.00

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DERBYSHIRE

ID

Cartographer

Map

 Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price
40178 Jan Blaeu Derbyshire 1645 50x36
Exceptionally fine example of a very decorative map. Click here for detail of title cartouche.
£520.00
41767 Robert Morden Derbyshire 1695 42x37
Fine dark impression. Hand coloured.
£160.00
41856 Owen & Bowen Derbyshire 1720 12x18
From Bowles's Britannia Depicta. Road map on reverse Midhurst to Winchester
£60.00
42628   Cole & Roper Derbyshire 1834 18x24
From Dugdale edition. Hand coloured.
£35.00
42862 Gray & Son Derbyshire 1842 18x24
Published by Fullarton. Includes vignette of St Mary's Bridge and Chapel, Derby.
£35.00
41072 Cole & Roper Derby Town  1806 29x18
Detailed town plan. Fine hand colour.
£95.00

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CHESHIRE

ID

Cartographer

Map

 Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price
42913 Richard Blome Cheshire 1673 33x27
From Blome's Britannia. Printed by Thomas Roycroft. Fine example.
£320.00
42047 Pieter Keere Cheshire 1676 12x9
'Miniature Speed' edition. Edge repairs outside plate edge. 
£120.00
43239 Owen & Bowen Cheshire 1720 12x18
From 1st edition of Britannia Depicta. Road York to Leeds on reverse - click here for image.
£70.00
42676 Thomas Kitchin Cheshire 1763 25x20
Known as the Duke of York series due to Kitchin's title on each map as Geographer Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of York. Outline colour.
£100.00
42270 John Cary Cheshire 1789 52x40
Published in Gough's translation of Camden's Britannia. Original colour.
£130.00
42345 C Smith Cheshire 1804 51x45
Detailed large folio map in original colour by John Cary's competitor.
£140.00
42625 George Cole Cheshire 1805 23x18
1843 edition published by John Tallis in Dugdale's Curiosities of Great Britain.
£30.00
40324 Henry Cooper Cheshire 1808 18x11
Original wash colour.
£28.00
43440 R Creighton Cheshire 1831 32x25
Early edition published in Lewis's Topographical Dictionary.
£45.00
42765 Joshua Archer Cheshire 1833 23x16
Engraved on a wood block. Published in Pinnock's Guide to Knowledge.
SOLD.
41314 Thomas Moule Cheshire 1850 26x19.
Decorative steel engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Chester Cathedral and Eton Hall.
SOLD.

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RUTLAND

ID

Cartographer

Map

 Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price
43116 Owen & Bowen Rutland 1720 12x18
After Ogilby, from Britannia Depicta, first edition. Road, Puckeridge to Newmarket on reverse. Click here.
£50.00
40474 Thomas Moule Rutland 1837 19x26
Decorative steel engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Burley house, Normanton Park and Empingham. Scarce 1st Edition with Bingley's imprint.
£85.00
41134 James Pigot Leicestershire & Rutland 1839 35x24
First steel engraved map of the county. Original outline colour. Includes vignette of St. Mary's Church Melton Mowbray.
£65.00

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LEICESTERSHIRE

ID

Cartographer

Map

 Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price
43666 John Cary Leicestershire 1793 21x26
'4to. Cary' from Cary's New and correct English Atlas.  Original outline colour.
£45.00
41192 Fullarton Leicestershire 1833 24x19
Hand coloured steel engraving. Includes vignette of Belvoir Castle.
£60.00
43565 Thomas Moule Leicestershire 1842 19x26
Highly decorative map in full hand colour with vignettes of Belvoir Castle, Ulverscroft Abbey and Donington Castle.
£90.00
41134 James Pigot Leicestershire & Rutland 1839 35x24
First steel engraved map of the county. Original outline colour. Includes vignette of St. Mary's Church Melton Mowbray.
£65.00
60861 Joshua Archer Leicestershire 1833 24x19
Engraved on a wood block. Published in The Guide to Knowledge Edited by W. Pinnock. in 1833. 

£20.00

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STAFFORDSHIRE

ID

Cartographer

Map

 Date

Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price
43943 Robert Morden Staffordshire 1695 37x43
Good clean hand coloured example.
£165.00
41857 Owen & Bowen Staffordshire 1720 12x18
From Bowles's Britannia Depicta. Road map on reverse Boston to Lincoln
£60.00
43266 Thomas Kitchin Staffordshire 1758 17x22
First published in The London Magazine. Later issue published by Alexander Hogg from 1786. 
£35.00
42797 John Seller Staffordshire 1787 15x12
John Seller's map first published in 1694. This is later re-issue published by Grose with text below and on reverse.
£40.00
41204 John Cary Staffordshire 1805 40x52
Engraved for Richard Gough's translation of Camden's Britannia. This edition published by John Stockdale. Original hand colour.
£110.00
41759 Cole & Roper Staffordshire 1805 18x24
Fine original hand colour, some light occasional spotting, otherwise good condition.
£45.00
42317 R Creighton Staffordshire 1831 18x24
Engraved by J & C Walker, drawn by R Creighton and published in Lewis' Topographical Dictionary.
£25.00
41484 Fullarton Staffordshire 1833

19x24

Hand coloured steel engraving.

£35.00
42773 Joshua Archer Staffordshire 1833 17x23
Engraved on a wood block. Published in The Guide to Knowledge Edited by W. Pinnock. in 1833. 
£20.00
42449 Joshua Archer Staffordshire 1842 18x24
Published in Dugdale's Curiosities of Great Britain. Original hand colour.
£30.00
41305 Thomas Moule Staffordshire 1842 20x26
Decorative steel engraving. Hand Coloured Includes vignettes of Stafford Castle, Lichfield Cathedral and Ingestre House.
Sold. Another in stock. 
43205 Joshua Archer Staffordshire 1847 16x24
Very Scarce edition of the woodblock printed map of 1833 - this by lithographic transfer and hand coloured.
£50.00
41891 F S Weller Staffordshire 1894 22x28
Lithographic transfer (plate was not used for direct intaglio printing) published by William Mackenzie in The Comprehensive Gazetteer in 1894. Overprinted in colour. 
£6.00

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SHROPSHIRE

ID

Cartographer

Map

 Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price
43397 Christopher Saxton Shropshire 1693 51x39
Fine example of Christopher Saxton's map with additions by Philip Lea. Good early colour.
£1,350.00
42950 Peter van den Keere Shropshire 1617 13x9
First state, Latin title.
£140.00
41794 Robert Morden Shropshire 1695 42x36
Fine impression later issue. Hand coloured.
£155.00
42093 John Cary Shropshire 1805 44x50
Engraved for Richard Gough's translation of Camden's Britannia. This edition published by John Stockdale. Original hand colour.
£110.00
41202 Fullarton Shropshire 1833 20x25
Hand coloured steel engraving.
£40.00
43105 Thomas Moule Shropshire 1842 20x26
Decorative steel engraving. Uncoloured. Includes vignettes of Ludlow Castle, Bridgenorth & Shrewsbury Grammar School.
£90.00

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HEREFORDSHIRE

ID

Cartographer

Map

 Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price
41948 John Speed Herefordshire 1665 51x39
Fine example from the scarce Roger Rea edition (published in the year before the Great Fire of London). Fine hand colour.
£650.00
43859 Owen & Bowen Herefordshire 1720 12x18
From Bowles' Britannia Depicta. Road Bristol to Monmouth on reverse. Click here for image. Hand coloured both sides.
£50.00
42701 John Cary Herefordshire 1792 9x12
Miniature Cary map first published  in 1789. Imprint changed to 1792 published between 1791 and 1801. Hertfordshire map on reverse - see Hertfordshire.
£45.00
43672 John Cary Herefordshire 1793 21x26
'4to. Cary' from Cary's New and correct English Atlas.  Original outline colour.
£45.00
41319 Thomas Moule Herefordshire 1842 19x26
Decorative steel engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Goodrich Castle, Garnstone House and Hereford.
£85.00

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WORCESTERSHIRE

ID

Cartographer

Map

 Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price
43048 Robert Morden Worcestershire 1695 42x36
First edition. Hand coloured.
£160.00
42092 Jones & Smith Worcestershire 1801 50x44
First series of maps to show longitude based from the meridian of Greenwich.  Full original hand colour. 
£130.00
41478 Joshua Archer Worcestershire 1842 24x19
First edition published in Dugdale's England and Wales Delineated. Fine hand colour.
£35.00
42834 Thomas Moule Worcestershire 1845 20x26
Decorative steel engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Great Malvern, Worcester and Groom Court. Good margins.
£90.00
41211 Fullarton Worcestershire 1833 24x19
Hand coloured steel engraving with vignette of Worcester Cathedral.
£60.00

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WARWICKSHIRE

ID

Cartographer

Map

 Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price
45455 Richard Blome Warwickshire 1676 32x26
From Richard Blome's Britannia published after Ogilby's announcement of his proposed work under the same title, with maps copied from John Speed. 
£290.00
43858 Owen & Bowen Warwickshire 1720 12x18
From Bowles' Britannia Depicta. Road on reverse: final part of the route from Oxford to Chichester -click here for image. Hand coloured both sides. 
£60.00
42213 Emanuel & Thomas Bowen Warwickshire 1770 23x34
The final atlas on which Emanuel Bowen was involved. Finely engraved plates reduced from The Large English and The Royal atlases. Fine example. Uncommon. 
£295.00
42049 Robert Morden Warwickshire 1730 16x19
Distance tables copied from Norden.
£40.00
43669 John Cary Warwickshire 1793 21x26
'4to. Cary' from Cary's New and correct English Atlas.  Original outline colour.
£65.00
41208 Gray & Son Warwickshire 1833 20x25
Hand coloured steel engraving with vignette of Coventry.
£65.00