Donald McCullough

Wiltshire, original vintage map by Donald McCullough

1946

To see more, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." Sutton Nichols (1668 - 1729) Map of Cambridgeshire Engraving 43 x 36 cm Signe...

To see our other views and maps of England - including London, Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. John Speed/Speede (1551/2-1629) The County of Surrey Described and Divided into Hundreds Engraving with later hand colouring and text to the reverse.  Dated to c.1650 36 x 49 cm Probably the most famous early English mapmaker, John Speed's early life is somewhat of an enigma. He is believed to have trained as a rolling-press printer, but he was at heart an historian granted a sinecure in the Customs House by Queen Elizabeth to indulge his passion, later becoming a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. His first maps were historical, of the Holy Land 'Canaan as it was Possessed both in Abraham and Israels Dayes' and of England and Ireland recording 'all their Civill Warres since the Conquest'. In 1611 he published his 'Hostory of Great Britaine' which he regarded as his magnum opus, but it was the companion atlas 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine' that - as the first printed atlas of Great Britain - sealed his reputation. William Rogers engraved the first map, 'the County Palatine of Chester' in about 1600, but following his untimely death the task of engraving was passed to Jodocus Hondius of Amsterdam. By 1612 the atlas was complete, the maps famed for their decorative elements. Many have town plans - Britain's first series of such plans - and descriptive text was printed to the reverse until the 1676 edition. Later printings (up until 1770) were issued without this text. By 1627 it has become a part of a world atlas 'Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World'. During the 17th century the plates passed through the hands of a series of publishers, the 1676 edition of Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell being regarded as its high point with the inclusion for the first time of a series of important maps. For the first half of the eighteenth century they were firmly established in the hands of the Overton family. This particular edition originally featured in The Theatre Of The Empire Of Great Britaine. It features attractive inset views of the long-since destroyed Richmond...

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Original vintage post-World War Two map poster for Cambridgeshire England featuring a colourful design by Ernest Costain Clegg (1876-1954) of the ceremonial county with illustrations...

Original vintage post-World War Two map poster for Oxfordshire featuring a colourful design by Ernest Costain Clegg (1876-1954) of the county with illustrations of notable landmarks ...

Map of Wiltshire Drawn & Engraved by Joshua Archer Pentonville London Window Parts of Wiltshire in Berkshire Explanation of Salisbury County Divisions

Antique map titled 'England and Wales'. Old map of England and Wales, with an inset map of Scilly Islands. This map originates from 'The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, Exhibiting, ...