Antique maps of Hertfordshire, Essex, Middlesex & London.

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The sizes given are an approximate guide using paper sizes as follows: Folio approx. 20"x16".  4to. (Quarto) approx. 8"x6". 8vo. (Octavo) approx 4"x3". When the size is given as sm. (small) or lg. (large) folio or 4to, this indicates that the map is somewhat smaller or larger than the usual folio or 4to. sizes. For more accurate sizes of individual maps please contact us.

This page last updated:  04 Feb 2004

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[HERTFORDSHIRE] [ESSEX] [MIDDLESEX] [LONDON]

HERTFORDSHIRE.    

	Map	Cartographer	Size	Date	Description     (Click image for enlarged view)	Price
62337	Hertfordshire	William Kip	sm. folio	1610 or 1637	English edition with plate number. Old hand colour.	£350.00
62403	Hertfordshire	William Kip	sm. folio	1610 or 1637	English edition with plate number. Some professional archival repairs to perimeter and weak spots not visible on the face of the map.	£295.00
62335	Hertfordshire	John Speed	folio	1676	Bassett and Chiswell edition. Printers crease top right but remains a good example in old colour.	Sold
63009	Hertfordshire	John Speed	folio	1632	Fine example from the 1627 (1632 reissue) edition. Hodson ref. 7(iii).	£1,000.00
61927	Herts & Middx	William Hole	sm. folio	1613	From Drayton's Poly Olbion (Many Blessings) a pun on Albion,  (old name for Britain).  Engraved by Hole to illustrate Drayton's poem.Scarce.	Sold.
62351	Hertfordshire	Peter Keere	8vo.	1627	'Miniature Speed' edition published by George Humble from 1627. Hand coloured.	£170.00
62262	Hertfordshire	Richard Blome	sm folio	1673	Copied from Speed. Dedication to the Earl of Salisbury with his arms top left. Fine example.	£295.00
62265	Hertfordshire	Jan Blaeu	20x15	1645	Fine example from early French edition 1645 or 1646.	£650.00
61171	Hertfordshire and Middlesex	Jan Jansson	Folio	1646	1st Edition of 1646 ( Latin) Original colour with some verdigris damage  to green areas.  Old repairs to marginal nicks.	£550.00
61801	Hertfordshire and Middlesex	Jan Jansson	Folio	1646	Another example in original colour from the first edition. Printed on plain paper i.e. no text on the reverse, trimmed to margins and pasted on to the map of Herefordshire at time of publication. The Herefordshire map is also in original colour but printed on the typeset page for Hertfordshire in error. Fine map(s).	£550.00
61804	Hertfordshire	John Seller	8vo.	1694	First state of Seller's small map published 1694 - 1703. Hand coloured.	£95.00
61449	Hertfordshire and Middlesex	Jan Jansson	Folio	1681	Valk & Schenck edition with lines of graticule added. Original hand colour	£450.00
61918	Hertfordshire	Thomas Kitchin	lg. folio	1765	From the 1765 edition. Original outline colour. 1" split top centre repaired. Some centre-fold creasing but remains a good clean example	£550.00
61939	Hertfordshire	George Bickham	4to.	1754	Panoramic map view by the calligrapher Bickham. First edition. Uncoloured as issued. Scarce.	£350.00
61904	St. Albans	John Oliver	Folio	1700	John Oliver's' plan published in Sir Henry Chauncy's History of Hertfordshire in 1700.	£285.00
62260	St. Albans	C L Tyler	4to.	1826	Drawn directly on a limestone slab for the new technique of lithography, a reduction of John Oliver's plan of 1700 produced for the 1826 reprint of Chauncy's history.	£90.00
61909	St Albans	Andrews & Wren	Folio	1766	Fine example of this scarce town plan produced to accompany the first large scale map of Herts by Andrews & Dury.	£650.00
61823	St Albans	Clutterbuck	sm. folio	1823	Engraved by E Turrell and surveyed by T Godman, this fine production was published in Clutterbuck's history of Herts.	£135.00
61937	St Albans	G Cole	4to.	1810	Drawn by J. Roper and engraved by J Cole under the direction of E W Brayley for the Beauties of England and Wales.	£65.00
61934	Verulam	Stukeley	4to.	1720	Engraved by Parker after the survey of the antiquary William Stukeley.	£95.00
61815	Hertfordshire	Robert Morden	folio	1695	From the first state 9without the word hills near Letchworth. Tight margins left and right but frameable. Hand coloured.	£215.00
61984	Hertfordshire	Herman Moll	folio	1700	Scarce. From Chauncy's History of Herts published 1700. Detailed map based on Oliver's survey of 1676.  Marginal and fold damage as often found with this map.	£200.00
63502	Hertfordshire	Andrew Bryant	5ftx4ft	1822	Rare large scale map based on an original survey. 'It has a considerable claim to be one of the most beautifully executed maps of the county ever produced.' (Donald Hodson). In original slip case.  DETAIL	Sold
62035	Hertfordshire	Moll/Tyler	folio	1826	Close copy of above map produced for the second edition of Chauncy's work. Lithograph, drawn directly on a limestone slab.	£80.00
61051	Herts, Cambs, Beds & Hunts.	Aristide Perrot	12mo.	1824	Miniature map enclosed in decorative frame published by Depping in Paris. Scarce.	£120.00
62683	Hertfordshire	Thomas Kitchin	4to.	1763	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.	Sold.
62230	Hertfordshire	Thomas Moule	4to.	1837	Fine example from the first edition in original wash colour.	£120.00
60892	Hertfordshire	Thomas Moule	4to.	1842	Decorative steelplate engraving with vignettes of St Albans Abbey and Cassiobury House.	£95.00

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ESSEX

ID	Map	Cartographer	Size	Date	Description     (Click image for enlarged view)	Price
61018	Essex	John Speed	Folio	1614	Fine hand coloured example from the Latin edition. Some minor wormholes just clipping printed border.	£890.00
62242	Essex	John Bill	8vo.	1626	Fine example of the very rare map by John Bill. Uncoloured.	£300.00
62350	Essex	Peter Keere	8vo.	1627	Fine example of the 'Miniature Speed' edition published by George Humble from 1627. (1627 edition) Hand coloured.	£160.00
62333	Essex	William Kip	sm. folio	1610	From the first English edition of Camden's Britannia published in 1610 (without plate number). Fine example.	£325.00
63001	Essex	Jan Jansson	folio	1646	Fine example of the Dutch mapmakers art. fine hand colour.	£450.00
62235	Essex	John Lodge	sm. folio	1795	Uncommon. Fine hand colour.	£125.00
61424	Essex	Christopher Greenwood	Lg. folio	1834	Good example in original colour.	£240.00
61437	Essex	Peter van der AA	4to.	1719	Uncommon county map, decorative and detailed. Hand coloured..	£130.00
62583	Essex	Samuel Simpson	sm. 4to.	1746	Uncommon. Single edition published in he Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller... by Robert Walker in 1746.	£90.00
62250	Essex	John Gibson	12mo.	1759	Scarce miniature map published by J Newbery.	£70.00
61003	Essex	John Stockdale	Folio	1797	Published by Stockdale in The History of London and its environs...  copied from John Cary.	£125.00
60581	Part of Essex	Chapman & Andre	Folio	1777	Plate 1 from the large scale map (of 25 plates) North west part of the county. Full original colour.	£175.00
61545	Part of Essex	Chapman & Andre	Folio	1777	Plate X  from the large scale map. North East section up to the River Stour. Full original colour.	£185.00
61544	Part of Essex	Chapman & Andre	Folio	1777	Plate III from the large scale map. North Central section. Full original colour.	£175.00
61543	Part of Essex	Chapman & Andre	Folio	1777	Plate XIII from the large scale map. Extent: Maldon to the edge of Chelmsford and Danbury to Witham and Kelvedon.  Full original colour.	£195.00
61546	Part of Essex	Chapman & Andre	Folio	1777	Plate V. North east of the county showing estuary of the river Orwell into Ipswich in Suffolk with inset plan of Harwich Harbour.	£50.00
61527	Colchester	Cole & Roper	4to.	1805	Fine hand coloured example of this highly detailed town plan.	£95.00
60689	Essex & Kent	Aristide Perrot	12mo.	1824	Miniature map enclosed in decorative frame published by Depping in Paris. Scarce.	£120.00
61316	Essex	Thomas Moule	4to.	1845	Decorative steelplate engraving with vignettes of Chelmsford and Southend.	£90.00
61965	Essex	'Reuben Ramble'	4to.	1845	Lithographic transfer of Robert Miller's miniature map of  c.1821 with added views outside border,  published by Rev. Samuel Clark. Original colour. Scarce.	£150.00
61638	Essex	Benjamin Rees Davies	Folio	1867	Published by Cassell. With statistical information. Hand coloured.	£65.00

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MIDDLESEX. 

ID	Map	Cartographer	Size	Date	Description     (Click image for enlarged view)	Price
62625	Middlesex	John Speed	Folio	1730	Uncommon Overton edition with roads added. Generally in good condition but has some burning from the verdigris in the original green pigments.	£795.00
60032	Middlesex	Jan Blaeu	Folio	1645	French edition. Fine hand colouring.	£550.00
61171	Middlesex and Hertfordshire	Jan Jansson	Folio	1646	1st Edition of 1646 ( Latin) Original colour with some verdigris damage  to green areas.  Old repairs to marginal nicks.	£550.00
61801	Middlesex and Hertfordshire	Jan Jansson	Folio	1646	Another example in original colour from the first edition. Printed on plain paper i.e. no text on the reverse, trimmed to margins and pasted on to the map of Herefordshire at time of publication. The Herefordshire map is also in original colour but printed on the typeset Hertfordshire page  in error. Fine map(s) with a fascinating insight into the printing  priorities of the period.	£550.00
61449	Middlesex and Hertfordshire	Jan Jansson	Folio	1681	Valk & Schenck edition with lines of graticule added. Original hand colour	£450.00
61927	Middlesex & Herts	William Hole	sm. folio	1613	From Drayton's Poly Olbion (Many Blessings) - a pun on Albion, an old name for Britain. Scarce.	£300.00
60056	Middlesex	Richard Blome	sm.Folio	1673	Based on John Speed's map. Crudely engraved but decorative maps with fine printing by Thomas Roycroft. Fine example.	£210.00
61069	Middlesex	John Senex	4to.	1723	Published by Senex in the 1723 reprint of John Norden's Speculum Britanniae. The map is a close copy of Norden's 1598 map.	£200.00
60725	Middlesex	Herman Moll	4to.	1724	The engraved antiquities in the margins include vignettes of Kensington Palace and Hampton Court and the Fire Monument.	£180.00
61842	Middlesex	Christopher Greenwood	lg. Folio	1834	Large map with vignettes of Westminster Abbey and St Pauls.	£180.00
60082	Middlesex	Pieter van den Keere	12mo.	1627	'Miniature Speed' edition. This set of  maps were  engraved by Keere in c.1605 and based on Saxton.	£120.00
61082	Middlesex	Thomas Moule	4to.	1845	Decorative steelplate engraving with vignettes of the New Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace.	£95.00
61106	Middlesex	Thomas Jenner	12mo.	1643	Distance tables by John Norden. Miniature county map copied from the general map in Speed's Theatre. 2nd Jenner edition.	£90.00

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LONDON.

ID	Map	Cartographer	Size	Date	Description     (Click image for enlarged view)	Price
62210	Environs of London Windsor Castle to Gravesend	John Dower	lg. folio	1855	First edition published in Illustrated London News vol. XXVI 1855. Woodblock engraving with over 70 inset views of places of interest. Hand coloured.	£300.00
62364	Environs of London	Thomas Moule	4to.	1837	Fine example from the first edition.	£250.00
62395	London	Creighton Walker	folio	1842	Published in Lewis's Topographical Dictionary. Folds as usual with repair to 3" tear l.h.edge but a good example of a detailed map in outstanding full hand colouring.	£300.00
61635	London in the Reign of Elizabeth	Joshua Archer	30x12	1833	Woodblock engraving showing London in the reign of Elizabeth I. Engraved for 'The Guide to Knowledge.'	£50.00

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