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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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: 08 Feb 2004

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

LINCOLNSHIRE

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Map

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Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

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42680 Thomas Kitchin Lincolnshire 1763 4to.
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
41294 Thomas Moule Lincolnshire 1842 4to.
Decorative steelplate engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Lincoln Cathedral and Grimsthorp castle.

£85.00

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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

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Map

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41411 William Kip Nottinghamshire 1610 sm.folio
Fine hand coloured example from the second 1610 or 1637 edition of Camden's Britannia.
£240.00
41842 Owen & Bowen Nottinghamshire 1720 8vo.
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 4to.
Decorative steelplate engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Worksop manor, Nottingham castle and Newstead Abbey.
£85.00

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DERBYSHIRE

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Cartographer

Map

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42728 Van den Keere Derbyshire 1627 8vo.
'Miniature Speed' edition published from 1627 to 1676. 
£100.00
40178 Jan Blaeu Derbyshire 1645 folio
Exceptionally fine example of a very decorative map. Click here for detail of title cartouche.
£520.00
41767 Robert Morden Derbyshire 1695 folio
Fine dark impression. Hand coloured.
£160.00
41156 Herman Moll Derbyshire 1724 lg.4to.
Decorative copperplate with vignette of Pooles Hole and The Devil's Arse and various locally found fossils outside the map border.
£150.00
41072 Cole & Roper Derby Town  1806 4to.
Detailed town plan. Fine hand colour.
£95.00

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CHESHIRE

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Map

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41466 Braun & Hogenburg Chester 1595 folio
Fine early town plan in full hand colour.             A superb example.
£550.00
42038 John Ogilby Cardiff to Chester 1675 folio
The first series of road maps published in 1675. This map shows the second part of the route from Chester to Cardiff.
£150.00
42047 Pieter Keere Cheshire 1676 8vo.
'Miniature Speed' edition. Edge repairs outside plate edge. 
£120.00
42676 Thomas Kitchin Cheshire 1763 4to.
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
42345 C Smith Cheshire 1804 folio
Detailed large folio map in original colour by John Cary's competitor.
£140.00
41314 Thomas Moule Cheshire 1850 4to.
Decorative steel engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Chester Cathedral and Eton Hall.
£90.00

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RUTLAND

ID

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Map

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40128 Jan Blaeu Rutland 1645 folio
Exceptionally fine example of a very decorative map. French text verso. Click here for detail of title cartouche.
£550.00
40474 Thomas Moule Rutland 1837 4to.
Decorative steel engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Burley house, Normanton Park and Empingham. 1st Edition.
£85.00
41134 James Pigot Leicestershire & Rutland 1839 lg.4to.
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

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Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

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41100 Robert Morden Leicestershire 1695 folio
Fine example. Uncoloured.
£100.00
41192 Fullarton Leicestershire 1833 4to.
Hand coloured steel engraving. Includes vignette of Belvoir Castle.
£60.00
41080 Thomas Moule Leicestershire 1837 4to.
Fine uncommon first edition in original hand colour. With 16 pages of text description from the original pre-atlas publication.  Includes vignettes of Belvoir Castle, Ulverscroft Abbey and Donington Castle.
£100.00
41134 James Pigot Leicestershire & Rutland 1839 lg.4to.
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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STAFFORDSHIRE

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Cartographer

Map

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42091 John Cary Staffordshire 1805 Folio
Engraved for Richard Gough's translation of Camden's Britannia. This edition published by John Stockdale. Original hand colour.
£110.00
41484 Fullarton Staffordshire 1833

4to.

Hand coloured steel engraving.

£35.00
41305 Thomas Moule Staffordshire 1842 4to.
Decorative steel engraving. Hand Coloured Includes vignettes of Stafford Castle, Lichfield Cathedral and Ingestre House.
£85.00

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SHROPSHIRE

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Cartographer

Map

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41794 Robert Morden Shropshire 1695 folio
Fine impression later issue. Hand coloured.
£155.00
42093 John Cary Shropshire 1805 folio
Engraved for Richard Gough's translation of Camden's Britannia. This edition published by John Stockdale. Original hand colour.
£110.00
42678 Thomas Kitchin Shropshire 1763 4to.
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.
£80.00
41202 Fullarton Shropshire 1833 4to.
Hand coloured steel engraving.
£40.00
40902 Thomas Moule Shropshire 1842 4to.
Decorative steel engraving. Uncoloured. Includes vignettes of Ludlow Castle, Bridgenorth & Shrewsbury Grammar School.
£50.00

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HEREFORDSHIRE

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Cartographer

Map

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41948 John Speed Herefordshire 1665 Folio
Fine example from the scarce Roger Rea edition (published in the year before the Great Fire of London). Fine hand colour.
£650.00
42089 John Cary Herefordshire 1812 4to.
'Quarto' Cary. Original hand colour.
£40.00
41319 Thomas Moule Herefordshire 1842 4to.
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

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42092 Jones & Smith Worcestershire 1801 Lg.folio
First series of maps to show longitude based from the meridian of Greenwich.  Full original hand colour. 
£130.00
42845 Thomas Moule Worcestershire 1845 4to.
Decorative steel engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Great Malvern, Worcester and Groom Court.
£90.00
41211 Fullarton Worcestershire 1833 4to.
Hand coloured steel engraving with vignette of Worcester Cathedral.
£60.00

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WARWICKSHIRE

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Cartographer

Map

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45455 Richard Blome Warwickshire 1676 sm. folio
From Richard Blome's Britannia published after Ogilby's announcement of his proposed work under the same title, with maps copied from John Speed. 
£275.00
42048 Robert Morden Warwickshire 1701 4to.
Morden's smaller series rejected for Camden's Britannia but published a few years later. 
£120.00
42049 Robert Morden Warwickshire 1730 4to.
Distance tables copied from Norden.
£40.00

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NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

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Cartographer

Map

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42351 Pieter Van den Keere Northamptonshire 1627 8vo.
Fine hand coloured example of the 'Miniature Speed' edition.
£150.00
42088 Jan Blaeu Northamptonshire 1645 folio
Fine example in original hand colour. Latin text verso.
£550.00
41817 Richard Blome Northamptonshire 1673 sm.folio
V. Fine example. Fine hand colour.
£250.00
41197 Fullarton Northamptonshire 1833 4to.
Hand coloured steel engraving. Includes vignette view of Northampton. 
£60.00
41139 James Pigot Northamptonshire 1839 lg4to.
First steel engraved map of the county. Original outline colour. Includes vignette of Peterborough Cathedral.
£65.00
41299 Thomas Moule Northamptonshire 1845 4to.
Decorative steel engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Northampton, Peterborough Cathedral and Althorpe House.
£85.00

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BEDFORDSHIRE

ID

Cartographer

Map

 Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

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40814 William Hole / Drayton. Beds Cambs Hunts 1612 sm.folio
Scarce decorative map showing only major physical features with allegorical figures. Engraved for Michael Drayton's poem Poly Olbion.
£270.00
41799 John Seller Bedfordshire 1694 8vo.
First state of John Sellers' map published c. 1694. Uncoloured.
£75.00
41793 Robert Morden Bedfordshire 1695 folio
Fine impression from a later edition on heavy paper and amendments to a number of place names. Hand coloured.
£145.00
41784 Conder/Hogg Beds. & Herts. 1784 lg.4to.
First edition from Walpole's British Traveller. Engraved two counties to a plate. Uncoloured as issued.
£90.00
41810 John Seller Bedfordshire 1789 8vo.
Francis Grose edition of John Sellers' map first published in 1694 with minor changes to the map and the addition of a text description in typeset text below and verso.
£50.00
41976 Cole & Roper Bedfordshire 1804 4to.
Fine example from the first edition in original hand colour.
£55.00
41173 Fullarton Bedfordshire 1833 4to.
Hand coloured steel engraving. Includes vignette view of the town of Bedford.
£50.00
41281 Thomas Moule Bedfordshire 1842 4to.
Decorative steel engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Dunstable Priory and Woburn Abbey.
£85.00

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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

ID

Cartographer

Map

 Date Size

Description     (Click image for enlarged view)

Price
41775 Robert Morden Buckinghamshire 1695 folio
Fine impression from the first edition of 1695. Uncoloured.
£160.00
42600 Emanuel Bowen Buckinghamshire c.1762 lg. folio
 1762-1764 edition. Tight r.h. margin with a few nicks. Some creasing but a strong dark impression in original outline colour.
£360.00
41283 Thomas Moule Buckinghamshire 1850 4to.
Decorative steel engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignette of Eton College.
£85.00
40899 Benjamin Davies Buckinghamshire 1860 folio
Early edition published in the Dispatch Atlas.
£35.00

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OXFORDSHIRE

ID

Cartographer

Map

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42044 Peter van den Keere Oxfordshire 1666 16mo.
Marketed as 'Miniature Speeds' by the publisher George Humble. Re-engraved to show individual counties.
£140.00
41655 James Wallis Oxfordshire 1812 8v0.
Wallis' 'middle size'  series published in his New British Atlas c.1812. Original hand colour.
£35.00
40837 C & J Greenwood Oxfordshire 1834 lg.folio
Large county map in original colour. Trimmed and re-margined, otherwise good.
£140.00
42045 Cole & Roper City of Oxford 1805 4to.
Detailed hand coloured city plan with vignette view of Oxford from the London road by Henley.
£125.00
41954 Thomas Moule Oxfordshire 1845 4to.
Fine hand coloured example. Large margins.
£90.00
42376 Ernest Clegg Oxfordshire 1947 sm. folio
Drawn and designed by Ernest Clegg, produced and printed by John Waddington Ltd. . Illustrated with  post war facts and figures. Uncommon. V.Fine condition.
£45.00

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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Map

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40199 Braun & Hogengurg Bristol 1595 folio
Superb example.
£540.00
41770 William Hole Gloucestershire 1610 sm.folio
Repaired 10mm tear top edge between Unicorn and Stuart arms is hardly visible and remains a fine example.
Sold
41185 Fullarton Gloucestershire 1833 4to.
Hand coloured steel engraving. Includes vignette of Gloucester Cathedral.
£65.00
41317 Thomas Moule Gloucestershire 1842 4to.
Decorative steel engraving in fine hand colour. Includes vignettes of Gloucester Cathedral, The New spa at Cheltenham, and Tewkesbury Abbey Church.
£80.00

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