Antique maps of the East of England.

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NORFOLK

ID

Cartographer

Map

Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price

53747 Jan Blaeu Norfolk 1645 50x38
Based on John Speed's map. Original hand colour.
£450
53835 Robert Morden Norfolk 1695 59x37
Early example. Hand coloured.
£195
52820 Richard Blome Norfolk 1716 26x19
Engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar dated 1670. Later example with addition of roads. Old repair to split on left fold.
£95
54200 Owen & Bowen Norfolk 1720 12x18
From Britannia Depicta. Early 1720 edition. Road Ipswich to Harwich on reverse - click here.
£60
54265 Thomas Kitchin Norfolk 1748 20x15
First published in The London Magazine this, with the imprint removed was published by Alexander Hogg in his Historical Descriptions from 1786
£55
53381 Thomas Kitchin Norfolk 1763 26x20
Published by Dodsley in England Illustrated and Kitchen's English Atlas.
£100
53184 Joseph Ellis Norfolk 1766 26x20
From Ellis's English Atlas. Map of Northamptonshire on reverse - see Northamptonshire maps for image.
£90
53882 John Cary Norfolk 1781 27x22
Published in Cary's English Atlas. His "quarto series". Original hand colour.
£70
53755 John Cary Norfolk 1805 53x41
Engraved by John Cary for publication in Richard Gough's translation of William Camden's Britannia in 1789. This edition published by John Stockdale in his New British Atlas in 1805. Fine hand colour.
Sold.
53457 R Creighton Norfolk 1831 32x24
Drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by  J & C Walker for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary. First edition published 1831.
£30
53028 Thomas Moule Norfolk 1842 27x21
Decorative steelplate engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Holkham Hall and Norwich Cathedral.
£95
53720 Benjamin Rees Davies Norfolk 1867 44x31
2nd Lithographic Transfer published by Cassell. Fine hand colour.
SOLD.

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SUFFOLK

ID

Cartographer

Map

Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price

53658 John Speed Suffolk 1676 51x38
Good impression from the Basset & Chiswell edition.
£800
53193 Owen & Bowen Suffolk 1720 12x18
From Britannia Depicta. First edition. Road map, Bury St Edmunds to Ipswich on reverse. Click here for image.
£60
53347 Thomas Kitchin Suffolk 1748 20x15
First published 1786 this example from Alexander Hogg edition c.1748.
£60
53956 Joseph Hodskinson Suffolk 1787 78x59
Large single sheet map at a scale of half inch to a mile reduced from his 6 sheet 1783 map of his original survey, the most detailed and accurate survey to that time. Published by W. Faden as a loose sheet, segmented and pasted on linen. A beautiful, rare and detailed map in fine condition. Original colour.  
£575
53978 John Cary Suffolk 1805 55x40
Published by John Stockdale between 1805 and 1812 Fine hand coloured example.
£120
53467 R Creighton Suffolk 1831 30x23
Drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by T Starling for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary. First edition published 1831.
£28
53018 Cole & Roper Suffolk 1843 24x18
Dugdale edition. Hand coloured.
£45
51205 Fullarton Suffolk 1833 25x19
Steelplate engraving in original hand colour. Includes large vignette view of Yarmouth.
£65
537011 James Pigot Suffolk 1839 17x11
The more scarce miniature maps by Pigot published in his Pocket Topography and Gazetteer of England. With text & distance table.
£45
53584 Thomas Moule Suffolk 1842 27x20
Decorative steelplate engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Euston Hall and Hevingham Hall.
SOLD. Another in stock.
63600 Joshua Archer Sufffolk 1847 23x16
Very Scarce edition of the woodblock printed map of 1833 - by lithographic transfer. Original  hand colour.

£50

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CAMBRIDGESHIRE

ID

Cartographer

Map

Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price

54254 Jan Blaeu Cambs. 1645 54x42
One of Blaeu's most decorative county maps flanked with the arms of the University.
£700
53838 Robert Morden Cambs. 1695 37x44
From Camden's Britannia. Good clean map.
£165
53106 Owen & Bowen Cambs. 1720 12x19
From Britannia Depicta. An early first edition of 1720. Road Kingston to Flamborough Head verso.
£65
50125 Van der AA Ely 1729 41x34
Town plan of Ely copied from John Speed and printed in composite with decorative engraved border with views of Wimpole Hall, Hatley St. George and Maddingley after Johannes Kip. 
£200
52055 Thomas Read Cambs. 1746 16x21
Published  by Read in The English Traveller in 1746. First state without plate number.
£50
53840 John Cary Cambs. 1806 48x54
Fine example published edge-bound, without centrefold from Cary's finest series of county maps in original colour.
£205
53665 John Cary Cambs. 1793 21x26
'4to. Cary' from Cary's New and correct English Atlas.  Original outline colour.
£55
51059 Cole & Roper Cambs. 1803 18x24
Original hand colour. Includes inset plan of Newmarket racecourse.
£60
50323 Henry Cooper Cambs. 1808 10x18
First edition published by R Phillips. Original hand colour.
£25
50555 Thomas Moule Cambs. 1831 20x27
Pre-atlas publication in original paper covers with text description of the county. Moule's work was first issued  in parts by subscription. Surviving examples of these subscription copies are extremely rare. Uncoloured. 
£150
53166 Thomas Moule Cambridge  1842 26x21
 Fine hand coloured example of Moule's highly detailed and decorative town plan embellished with the arms of the colleges. Closed tear top centre. 
£125
51118 James Pigot Cambs. 1839 23x36
Steelplate engraving in original hand colour. Includes vignette of Ely Cathedral
SOLD.
53215 'Owen & Bowen' Arms of the Cambridge Colleges 1720 12x18
From Britannia Depicta. Arms of the colleges of the University of Cambridge. Road map Oxford to Kingsclere passing through Abingdon and Newbury on reverse.
£70
53586 Thomas Moule Cambs. 1845 21x27
Decorative steelplate engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignette of Wimpole Hall.
£90

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HUNTINGDONSHIRE

ID

Cartographer

Map

Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price

51614 John Speed Hunts. 1614 51x38
Fine early impression. Hand coloured.
£650
51610 William Kip Hunts. 1610 34x28
From the first English edition 1610. Tallow stain bottom right, otherwise good. Huntingdonshire Kip
£180
53121 Michael Drayton Hunts  & Beds. 1622 32x25
Engraved by William Hole for the 1622 expanded edition of Michael Drayton's Poly Olbion. Slight worming at top centrefold, sellotape stains to four corners outside plate edge and small ink stain near St Ives but still a good example of a rare map.
£300
51645 Jan Blaeu Hunts. 1645 50x40
Fine hand coloured example. French text verso.
£500
51158 Robert Morden Hunts. 1695 42x27
First edition of 1695. Hand coloured.
£120
50794 Badeslade & Toms Hunts. 1742 15x15
2nd state with additional place names.
£55
52555 John Cary Hunts. 1805 40x53
Published by John Stockdale between 1805 and 1812 Fine hand coloured example.
£70
53450 R. Creighton Hunts. 1831 23x16
Engraved by R. Creighton for Lewis's Topographical Dictionary. First edition published 1831. Fine hand colour.
£25
50033 Henry Cooper Hunts. 1808 11x18
First edition published by R Phillips. Original hand colour.
£20
51131 James Pigot Hunts. 1839 23x36
First steel engraved map of the county. With vignette of Godmanchester Church. Original colour. With separate page of text description of the county.
£65

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