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Place of Origin: European
Antique Lithography Map, Northamptonshire, English, Framed Cartography, C.1860
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of Northamptonshire. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest, dating to the mid 19th century...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique European Maps
Materials
Wood
Antique Coach Road Map, East Devon, English, Framed, Cartography, Georgian, 1720
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique coach road map of East Devon. An English, framed lithograph engraving of regional interest, dating to the early 18th century and later.
Fascinating 18th century h...
Category
Early 18th Century Georgian Antique European Maps
Materials
Wood
Antique Lithography Map, Cumbria, English, Framed Cartography Interest, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of Cumbria. An English, framed engraving of cartographic interest, dating to the early 18th century and later.
...
Category
Early 18th Century Georgian Antique European Maps
Materials
Wood
Antique Lithography Map, West Africa, English, Framed, Cartography, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of Western Africa. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest by John Rapkin, dating to the early Victorian period and later, circ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Early Victorian Antique European Maps
Materials
Wood
Silver Leaf Foil Wall World Map Engraving Based on the Original Moses Pitt, 1681
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique style pictorial silver leaf foil world map taken from and original engraving my Moses Pitt, 1681
This is a very interesting ...
Category
20th Century Modern European Maps
Materials
Silver Leaf
Antique 1803 Italian Map of Asia Including China Indoneseia India
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique 1803 Italian Map of Asia Including China Indoneseia India
Very nice map of Asia. 1803.
Additional information:
Type: Map
Country of Manufacturing: Europe
Period: 19th centu...
Category
19th Century Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Matthaus Seutter, Framed 1730 Color Engraving Map of "Belgium Fonderatum"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Label on verso. From Grosser Atlas. The name Belgium comes from the ancient designation "Gallis Belgica". Figural decoration upper left. M. Seutter was a famed German mapmaker in the...
Category
18th Century Renaissance Antique European Maps
Materials
Brass
Framed 17th Century Map of Cumberland, England by John Speed, 1610
By John Speed
Located in Middleburg, VA
A fascinating and richly detailed antique map of Cumberland County in northwest England, drawn and published by the celebrated English cartographer John Spe...
Category
Early 17th Century British Colonial Antique European Maps
Materials
Copper, Gold Leaf
Antique French Map of Asia Including China Indoneseia India, 1783
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very nice map of Asia. 1783 Dedie au Roy.
Additional information:
Country of Manufacturing: Europe
Period: 18th century Qing (1661 - 1912)
Condition: Overall Condition B (Good Used)...
Category
18th Century Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Super Rare Antique French Map of Chine and the Chinese Empire, 1780
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Super Rare Antique French Map of Chine and the Chinese Empire, 1780
Very nice map of Asia. 1780 Made by Bonne.
Additional information:
Type: Map
...
Category
18th Century Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Large Framed Map of the Mediterranean
Located in Queens, NY
Large map/chart chart of The Mediterranean and the Grecian Archipelago showing Italy, Sardinia, Corsica, part of France, etc. in a black frame.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Maps
1714 Henri Chatelain "Nouvelle Carte Des Etatas Du Grand.Duc De Mos Moscovie Eur
Located in Norton, MA
A 1714 Henri Chatelain map, entitled
"Nouvelle Carte Des Etatas Du Grand Duc De Moscovie En Europe,"
Ricb001
Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743) was a Huguenot pastor of Parisi...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
1627 Hendrik Hondius Map Entitled "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars, " Ric.a009
Located in Norton, MA
1627 Hendrik Hondius map entitled
"Vltoniae orientalis pars,"
Ric.a009
Title:
Vltoniae orientalis : pars
Title (alt.) :
Ultoniae orientalis pars
Creator:
Mercator, Gerh...
Category
17th Century Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
1597 Abraham Ortelius Map Burgundy, France Entitled "Bvrgvndiae dvcatvs Ric.a010
Located in Norton, MA
1597 Abraham Ortelius map of Burgundy, France entitled
"Bvrgvndiae dvcatvs
Ric.a010
Description: Ortelius is best known for producing the atla...
Category
16th Century Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
1627 Map Entitled "Loudunois, " Signed on the Back, Ric.a013
Located in Norton, MA
1627 map entitled
"Loudunois,"
Signed on the Back
Ric.a013
cartography close up double-page hand-colored elevated view no person print hand-tinted hilly close-up early 17th-...
Category
17th Century Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Framed 1731 Color Engraving, Map of Rotterdam by Matthaus Seutter, "Roterodami"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
"Roterodami". Seutter (1678-1757) was an important German 18th century map maker. Bird's eye view of the city above with full details, neoclassi...
Category
18th Century Renaissance Antique European Maps
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Vintage Swedish School Map of Vastergötland, Made in Sweden 1920
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Swedish School Map of Vastergötland, Made in Sweden 1920
Västergötland also known as West Gothland or the Latinized version Westrogothia in older literature, is one of the...
Category
1920s Vintage European Maps
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paper
Colossal Terrestrian Globe Hand Painted, French, First Half of the 18th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Colossal Terrestrian globe hand painted, French, first half of the 18th century.
Mounted in a 19th century pedestal wood.
Category
1730s Antique European Maps
Materials
Beech
18th Century Map of the Southern Balkans by Giovanni Maria Cassini
By Giovanni Maria Cassini
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
18th century map by Italian engraver Giovanni Maria Cassini (Italy 1745-1824).
Map of the Southern Balkans: Rome. Hand colored and copper engraved print done in the year 1788. It in...
Category
18th Century Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Paris, "Carte Routiere des Environs de Paris" 1841
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This beautiful hand-colored road map of Paris was published in 1841. The map shows Paris and the surrounding area in a folding pocket map. Organized and detailed for travelers, this ...
Category
1840s Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Map Road John Ogilby Britannia No 74 Ipswich to Norwich Cromer Framed
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The Road from Ipswich com Suffolk to Norwich and thence to cromer on the sea coast com Norfolk. By John Ogilby, Esq, His Majesties Cosmographer. Containing...
Category
1670s Baroque Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Northwest Coast and Isle of Man Map
Located in Cheshire, GB
Greenville Collins Northwest Coast and Isle of Man. hand coloured chart, encased in an ebonised frame.
Dimensions
Height 26.5 Inches
Width 30 Inches
Depth 1 Inches
Category
Early 20th Century European Maps
Materials
Paper
Map of Essex by Emanuel Bowen
Located in Cheshire, GB
Map of part of Essex and part of Kent, hand-coloured. Encased in an ebonized and gilded frame.
Dimensions
Height 25.5 Inches
Length 32.5 Inches
width 1 Inches.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Road Map No43 London to Kings Lynn, Royston to Downham, John Ogilby, Britannia
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
John Ogilby (British 1600-1676) Cosmographer and Geographick Printer to Charles II.
A road map from Britannia, 1675/6. The road from London to Kings Lynn, showing Royston to Downham. In oak and gilded frame.
In a remarkable life John Ogilby pursued, several careers, each ending in misfortune, and yet he always emerged undeterred, to carry on. His modern reputation is based on his final career, started in his sixty-sixth year, as a publisher of maps and geographical accounts.
Ogilby was born outside Dundee, in 1600, the son of a Scottish gentleman...
Category
Late 17th Century Charles II Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Fine Antique 1856 Hand Watercolour Map of Dept Des Hautes Alpes by Levasseur's
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning 1856 hand watercolour map of the Austrian Alps titled Dept Des Hautes Alpes taken from the Atlas National...
Category
1850s Early Victorian Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Antique Linen Anatomical School Poster from the Cow, 1950s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
1950s didactical anatomical school poster of the cow.
Used to explain and show the anatomical aspect of a cow to the pupils.
Printed on linen.
Cool curio item to decorate a ...
Category
1950s Vintage European Maps
Materials
Linen
Gold Leaf Foil Pictorial Plan Map of the West Country of England Antique Style
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Antique style pictorial plan map of the West Country of England etched in gold leaf foil
This is a very interesting and decorative p...
Category
20th Century Adam Style European Maps
Materials
Gold Leaf
Table Low Sofa Vintage 1950s Map Isle of Man John Speed 1610 Thomas Durham 1595
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- The juxtaposition of modern design and this ancient map create a unique small table and conversation piece
- This is the first map featuring the Isle of Man on its own.
- It is also the first map of the Island based on an actual survey, undertaken by Thomas Durham 1595 and was first published by Speed in 1605-1611 and reprinted many times over the next century. This is the second state or print from 1610.
The map is inset within a fruitwood box frame with a glass top. Supported by tapering stick legs.
The map is based on a survey (and presumably a MS map) by Thomas Durham, of whom nothing is known other that he was paid by Sir Thomas Gerrard to make a survey of the Island. This survey, almost certainly for military purposes, arose from the disputed possession of the Island during which time Elizabeth had assumed control in order to prevent the Scots or the Spanish from using the Island as a base.
Speed had used the Durham Map in his slightly earlier 4-sheet wall map showing invasions and battles of c1603/4 [ref: Shirley #261] - there are some differences from this 1605/10 map - Port Eran (rather than Earn on 1605);Knockalo point (= Contrary Hd) not on 1605;Spalbrecke shown west of Calf rather than E as on 1605/10. Thus it is possible that the Durham Map had even more detail than Speed used in his derived version.
In sea are four mythical beasts with riders: to NW of Island Unicorn with Scottish flag...
Category
1610s Mid-Century Modern Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Old Horizontal Map of England
By Tasso
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
ST/520 - Old rare Italian map of England, dated 1826-1827 - by Girolamo Tasso, editor in Venise, for the atlas of M.r Le-Sage.
Category
Early 19th Century Other Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
17th Century Map of Denmark by French Cartographer Sanson, Dated 1658
By Nicolas Sanson
Located in Copenhagen, K
17th century map of Denmark by French cartographer Sanson.
Nicolas Sanson (20 December 1600-7 July 1667) was a French cartographer, termed by some the creator of French geography an...
Category
17th Century Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
17th Century Framed Map of Ancient France Titled "Typus Galliae Veteris"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an office or a library with this elegant historic map. Crafted in the Netherlands circa 1630, this beautifully framed antique map with pr...
Category
17th Century Baroque Antique European Maps
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Road Map John Ogilby No 75 Kings Lyn Harwich, Britannia Framed Wallhanging
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The Road from Kings Lyn Co Norfolk to Harwich Co Essex. By John Ogilby His Majesties Cosmographer. Containing 76 miles, 1 furlong.
From Lyn to Swaffam, to Stanford, to Thetford, To Icksworth, to Stowmarket, to Ipswich and to Harwich including ye Ferry, No 75, inscribed in pencil 1698
Hand colored and floated in the original black and gold frame, c1961. Some creasing commensurate with age. The back of the frame inscribed May 1961.
Provenance : Private Collection, acquired c1961, along with No 74 Ipswich to Norwich & No 54 London to Yarmouth. All in the original black and gold frames.
Sheet width 45cm., 17 ¾”., height 34.5cm., 13 ½“
Frame width 50cm 19 ¾”., height 40cm., 15 ¾”
Literature: In a remarkable life John Ogilby pursued, several careers, each ending in misfortune, and yet he always emerged undeterred, to carry on. His modern reputation is based on his final career, started in his sixty-sixth year, as a publisher of maps and geographical accounts.
Ogilby was born outside Dundee, in 1600, the son of a Scottish gentleman. While he was still a child, the family moved to London. When the elder Ogilby was imprisoned for debt, the young John invested his savings in a lottery, won a minor prize, and settled his father's debts. Unfortunately, not enough money was left to secure John a good apprenticeship; instead, he was apprenticed to a dance master. Ogilby was soon dancing in masques at court but, one day, while executing a particularly ambitious leap, he landed badly. The accident left him with a permanent limp, and ended his dancing career. However, he had come to the attention of Thomas Wentworth, later Earl of Strafford, Charles I's most senior minister. Ever one to exploit his contacts, Ogilby became a dance instructor in Strafford's household.
When Strafford was sent to Ireland, Ogilby accompanied him as Deputy-Master of the Kings Revels, and then Master of Revels. In Dublin, he built the New Theatre, in St. Werburgh Street, which prospered at first, but the Irish Rebellion, in 1641, cost Ogilby his fortune, which he estimated at £2,000, and almost his life. After brief service as a soldier, he returned to England, survived shipwreck on the way, and arrived back penniless.
On his return, Ogilby turned his attention to the Latin classics, as a translator and publisher. His first faltering attempt, in 1649, was a translation of the works of Virgil, but after his marriage to a wealthy widow the same year, his publishing activities received a considerable boost. One means by which Ogilby financed these volumes was by subscription, securing advance payments from his patrons, in return for including their name and coats-of-arms on the plates of illustrations. Another approach was to secure a patron, preferably in the court circle. Ogilby's first patron was Strafford, who found out too late that all leading ministers are dispensable when Charles I assented to his execution in 1641. As he re-established himself, Ogilby sought a new patron, the King himself.
In 1661, Ogilby was approached to write poetry for Charles II's coronation procession; he later published 'The Relation of His Majesties Entertainment Passing Through the City of London', and a much enlarged edition the following year, which included a Fine set of plates depicting the procession. Royal favour was bestowed in 1674 when John Ogilby received the title of 'His Majesty's Cosmographer and Geographick Printer' with a salary of £13.6s.8d per annum.
In 1665, Ogilby left London to avoid the Plague then ravaging the capital. The following year, in the Great Fire of London, Ogilby claimed that he lost his entire stock of books valued at some £3,000, as well as his shop and house, leaving him worth just £5.
As he sought to restore his fortunes, Ogilby was already looking in new directions. The initial opportunity he seized on was the reconstruction of London's burnt-out centre. He secured appointment as a 'sworn viewer', whose duty was to establish the property boundaries as they existed before the Fire. Ogilby was assisted in the project by his step-grandson, William Morgan...
Category
1670s Baroque Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Earth Globe Electrified
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Earth globe, electrified. With polished wooden base and golden metal structure. This model presents a physical and political representation of the world, with reliefs that highlight ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Maps
Materials
Metal
Map Road Strip Britannia Sheet 2 John Ogilby London Aberistwith Islip Bramyard
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
From John Ogilby's, 'Britannia, an Illustration of the Kingdom of
England and Dominion of Wales'. First published in 1675 it remains the greatest advance ...
Category
17th Century Baroque Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Luminous Earth Globe on a Chrome Base, Italy, 1980
Located in Paris, FR
Unusual luminous globe on a large chromed metal base, made in Italy by Ricoscope Editions in Firenze.
In perfect condition, except for two very small missing pieces at the junction ...
Category
1980s Space Age Vintage European Maps
Materials
Chrome
Globe Table Terrestrial Swedish
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A Swedish 12 inch terrestrial globe, circa 1900. Measure: height 59cm
Just purchased more information to follow.
Category
1890s Baroque Revival Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Curaçao map - C. van Baarsel en zoon
Located in UTRECHT, UT
“Kaart van het eiland Curaçao.”, “Algemeene kaart der Caraïbische eilanden”, “Plan van het fort Amsterdam op Curaçao” from the atlas “Atlas der overzeesche bezittingen van Zijne Maje...
Category
1810s Other Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Amsterdam city plan - Joost van Sassen
Located in UTRECHT, UT
“Afbeeldinge der Stad Amsterdam, gelyk deselve in den jaren 1536 door Cornelis Antonisz na ’t leven is geschildert, en Ao 1544 in druk uytgegeven.”, engraved by Joost van Sassen and ...
Category
1720s Other Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
17th Century John Speed Map of Denbighshire, c.1610
By John Speed
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 17th century British very rare and original John Speed, hand coloured map of Denbighshire, dated 1610, by John Sunbury and George Humble. John...
Category
17th Century Antique European Maps
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique Framed Pen and Ink on Fabric Map of Cornwall from Early 19th Century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This English fabric map of Cornwall, rendered in pen-and-ink, showcases exquisite hand-drawn details and charming faded sepia tones. Encased in a classic frame, this piece elegantly ...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique European Maps
Materials
Walnut, Fabric
Map Berkshire C&J Greenwood Windsor Castle JDower Polling Hundreds
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Map of the County of Berkshire from an Actual Survey made in the Years 1822 & 1823 by C&J Greenwood
Published by the Proprietors Greenwood & Co 13 Regent Street Pall Mall London Ju...
Category
19th Century Georgian Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Road Map, John Ogilby, No 54, London, Yarmouth, Britannia
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The Road from London to Yarmouth com. Norfolk. By John Ogilby, His Majesties Cosmographer. Containing 122 miles, 5 furlongs. No 54.
From Standard in Co...
Category
1670s Baroque Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Map Bedfordshire General Framed
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A general map of Bedfordshire with its hundreds
A scale of 5 miles
in the original green mount and traditional black and gold frame. Measures: 36cm 14" high.
Category
18th Century Georgian Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Road Map Britannia No 15 London to St Davids John Ogilby Brown Gilt Frame
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The continuation of the road from London to St Davids, commencing at Abingdon Com Berks and extending to Monmouth By John Ogilby Esq, His Majesties Cosmographer. From Abingdon to Farringdon, to Lechlade, to Fairford, to Barnsley to Gloucester showing Monmouth as the destination. A road map from Britannia, 1675/6. No 15.
Hand coloured and floated on a cream mount within a brown painted and gilded ogee frame. Some foxing and creasing, uneven edge of sheet, all commensurate with age
Provenance : purchased as pair from a collector with no 25 London to Lands End. Framed as a pair.
Sheet width 46.5cm., 18 ¼ ”., height 37.5cm., 14 ¾ “
Frame width 66.5cm., 26”., height 56cm., 22 ”
In a remarkable life John Ogilby pursued, several careers, each ending in misfortune, and yet he always emerged undeterred, to carry on. His modern reputation is based on his final career, started in his sixty-sixth year, as a publisher of maps and geographical accounts.
Ogilby was born outside Dundee, in 1600, the son of a Scottish gentleman. While he was still a child, the family moved to London. When the elder Ogilby was imprisoned for debt, the young John invested his savings in a lottery, won a minor prize, and settled his father's debts. Unfortunately, not enough money was left to secure John a good apprenticeship; instead, he was apprenticed to a dance master. Ogilby was soon dancing in masques at court but, one day, while executing a particularly ambitious leap, he landed badly. The accident left him with a permanent limp, and ended his dancing career. However, he had come to the attention of Thomas Wentworth, later Earl of Strafford, Charles I's most senior minister. Ever one to exploit his contacts, Ogilby became a dance instructor in Strafford's household.
When Strafford was sent to Ireland, Ogilby accompanied him as Deputy-Master of the Kings Revels, and then Master of Revels. In Dublin, he built the New Theatre, in St. Werburgh Street, which prospered at first, but the Irish Rebellion, in 1641, cost Ogilby his fortune, which he estimated at £2,000, and almost his life. After brief service as a soldier, he returned to England, survived shipwreck on the way, and arrived back penniless.
On his return, Ogilby turned his attention to the Latin classics, as a translator and publisher. His first faltering attempt, in 1649, was a translation of the works of Virgil, but after his marriage to a wealthy widow the same year, his publishing activities received a considerable boost. One means by which Ogilby financed these volumes was by subscription, securing advance payments from his patrons, in return for including their name and coats-of-arms on the plates of illustrations. Another approach was to secure a patron, preferably in the court circle. Ogilby's first patron was Strafford, who found out too late that all leading ministers are dispensable when Charles I assented to his execution in 1641. As he re-established himself, Ogilby sought a new patron, the King himself.
In 1661, Ogilby was approached to write poetry for Charles II's coronation procession; he later published 'The Relation of His Majesties Entertainment Passing Through the City of London', and a much enlarged edition the following year, which included a fine set of plates depicting the procession. Royal favour was bestowed in 1674 when John Ogilby received the title of 'His Majesty's Cosmographer and Geographick Printer' with a salary of £13.6s.8d per annum.
In 1665, Ogilby left London to avoid the Plague then ravaging the capital. The following year, in the Great Fire of London, Ogilby claimed that he lost his entire stock of books valued at some £3,000, as well as his shop and house, leaving him worth just £5.
As he sought to restore his fortunes, Ogilby was already looking in new directions. The initial opportunity he seized on was the reconstruction of London's burnt-out centre. He secured appointment as a "sworn viewer", whose duty was to establish the property boundaries as they existed before the Fire. Ogilby was assisted in the project by his step-grandson, William Morgan...
Category
Late 17th Century Charles II Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Map North Wales Robert Marsden Anglesey
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Map of North Wales by Robert Marsden
Including Anglesey
Charming topography and detail and colouring
just purchased more information to follow.
Category
18th Century Georgian Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Essex John Cary 1787 Cary's New & Correct English Atlas 40cm 16" long gilt frame
By John Cary
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Map of Essex by John Cary Engraver
London published as the act directs Sept 1st 1787 by J Cary Engraver Map & Printseller no 188 the corner of Arundel Str...
Category
18th Century Georgian Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Road Map Britannia No 25 London to the Lands End, John Ogilby Brown Gilded Frame
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The road from London to the lands end. Commencing at the Standard in Cornhill and extending to Senan in Cornwall. By John Ogilby His Majesties Cosmographer. A road map from Britannia, 1675/6. No 25.
Continuing 308 miles, 3 furlongs.
London Southwark to Brentford, to Hampton Court, to Hounslow, to Windsor, to Cobham, to Farnham, to Basingstoke to Winchester
The handcoloured sheet free floated. In a brown painted and gilded, ogee moulded frame. Some foxing and creasing, uneven edge of sheet, all commensurate with age
Provenance : purchased as pair from a collector with no 15 London to St David's. Framed as a pair.
Sheet width 48cm., 19 ”., height 38cm., 15 “
Frame width 66.5cm., 26”., height 56cm., 22 ”
In a remarkable life John Ogilby pursued, several careers, each ending in misfortune, and yet he always emerged undeterred, to carry on. His modern reputation is based on his final career, started i
Black Linear Border around Map Length 44cm., 17 1/8" Height 32cm., 12 1/2"
Full Sheet Length 58cm., 22 3/4" Height 38cm., 15"
Frame Length 66cm., 26"., Height 56cm., 22"
In a remarkable life John Ogilby pursued, several careers, each ending in misfortune, and yet he always emerged undeterred, to carry on. His modern reputation is based on his final career, started in his sixty-sixth year, as a publisher of maps and geographical accounts.
Ogilby was born outside Dundee, in 1600, the son of a Scottish gentleman. While he was still a child, the family moved to London. When the elder Ogilby was imprisoned for debt, the young John invested his savings in a lottery, won a minor prize, and settled his father's debts. Unfortunately, not enough money was left to secure John a good apprenticeship; instead, he was apprenticed to a dance master. Ogilby was soon dancing in masques at court but, one day, while executing a particularly ambitious leap, he landed badly. The accident left him with a permanent limp, and ended his dancing career. However, he had come to the attention of Thomas Wentworth, later Earl of Strafford, Charles I's most senior minister. Ever one to exploit his contacts, Ogilby became a dance instructor in Strafford's household.
When Strafford was sent to Ireland, Ogilby accompanied him as Deputy-Master of the Kings Revels, and then Master of Revels. In Dublin, he built the New Theatre, in St. Werburgh Street, which prospered at first, but the Irish Rebellion, in 1641, cost Ogilby his fortune, which he estimated at £2,000, and almost his life. After brief service as a soldier, he returned to England, survived shipwreck on the way, and arrived back penniless.
On his return, Ogilby turned his attention to the Latin classics, as a translator and publisher. His first faltering attempt, in 1649, was a translation of the works of Virgil, but after his marriage to a wealthy widow the same year, his publishing activities received a considerable boost. One means by which Ogilby financed these volumes was by subscription, securing advance payments from his patrons, in return for including their name and coats-of-arms on the plates of illustrations. Another approach was to secure a patron, preferably in the court circle. Ogilby's first patron was Strafford, who found out too late that all leading ministers are dispensable when Charles I assented to his execution in 1641. As he re-established himself, Ogilby sought a new patron, the King himself.
In 1661, Ogilby was approached to write poetry for Charles II's coronation procession; he later published 'The Relation of His Majesties Entertainment Passing Through the City of London', and a much enlarged edition the following year, which included a fine set of plates depicting the procession. Royal favour was bestowed in 1674 when John Ogilby received the title of 'His Majesty's Cosmographer and Geographick Printer' with a salary of £13.6s.8d per annum.
In 1665, Ogilby left London to avoid the Plague then ravaging the capital. The following year, in the Great Fire of London, Ogilby claimed that he lost his entire stock of books valued at some £3,000, as well as his shop and house, leaving him worth just £5.
As he sought to restore his fortunes, Ogilby was already looking in new directions. The initial opportunity he seized on was the reconstruction of London's burnt-out centre. He secured appointment as a "sworn viewer", whose duty was to establish the property boundaries as they existed before the Fire. Ogilby was assisted in the project by his step-grandson, William Morgan...
Category
Late 17th Century Charles II Antique European Maps
Materials
Paper
Map Lancashire 1793 John Cary engraver 37cm 14 1/2" high
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Map of Lancashire by John Cary engraver
published 1st Jan 1793 by J Cary Engraver & Mapseller Strand
in original black and gold classic map frame
Category
18th Century Georgian Antique European Maps
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Road Map John Ogilby London St David's Britannia No 15 Abingdon Monmouth Framed
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
John Ogilby (British 1600-1676) Cosmographer and Geographick Printer to Charles II. A road map from Britannia, 1675/6. No 15.
The continuation of the r...
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1670s Baroque Antique European Maps
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Map Devonshire Richard Creighton J&C Walker Sculp Samuel Lewis
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Devonshire drawn by Richard Creighton with reference to the Unions
Artist Richard Creighton
Engraved by J&C Walker Sculp
Published in Samuel Lewis Topographical Dictionary 1831, a...
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19th Century Victorian Antique European Maps
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Map Bedfordshire WilliamSchmollinger Dunstable Priory Woburn Abbey Moules Gothic
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
ARTIST William Schmollinger (1811-1869)
London : George Virtue, 1832. A highly attractive map in gothick style, with an ornamental architectural border, inset views of Dunstable Priory and Woburn Abbey...
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19th Century Victorian Antique European Maps
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Road Map Britannia No 32 the Road from London to Barnstable John Ogilby Framed
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A road map from Britannia, by John Ogilby Esq., Cosmographer and Geographick Printer to Charles II. Containing 293 miles. No 32.
From Standard in Cornhill London to Andover thence to Amesbury, to Shruton, to Warminster, to Maiden-Bradley, to Bruton, to Weston, to Ascot and to Bridgewater
Hand coloured, some foxing and creasing, commensurate with age.
Floated in a cream mount with a gilded linear border within a burr walnut, ebonised and gilded frame.
Provenance : purchased as pair from a collector with no 15 London to St Davids. Framed as a pair.
Measures: Black Linear Border around Map Length 44cm., 17 1/8" Height 36cm., 14".
Full Sheet Length 51cm., 20" Height 39cm., 15 1/4"
Frame Length 62cm., 24 1/2 " Height 52cm., 20 1/2"
Literature: In a remarkable life John Ogilby pursued, several careers, each ending in misfortune, and yet he always emerged undeterred, to carry on. His modern reputation is based on his final career, started in his sixty-sixth year, as a publisher of maps and geographical accounts.
Ogilby was born outside Dundee, in 1600, the son of a Scottish gentleman. While he was still a child, the family moved to London. When the elder Ogilby was imprisoned for debt, the young John invested his savings in a lottery, won a minor prize, and settled his father's debts. Unfortunately, not enough money was left to secure John a good apprenticeship; instead, he was apprenticed to a dance master. Ogilby was soon dancing in masques at court but, one day, while executing a particularly ambitious leap, he landed badly. The accident left him with a permanent limp, and ended his dancing career. However, he had come to the attention of Thomas Wentworth, later Earl of Strafford, Charles I's most senior minister. Ever one to exploit his contacts, Ogilby became a dance instructor in Strafford's household.
When Strafford was sent to Ireland, Ogilby accompanied him as Deputy-Master of the Kings Revels, and then Master of Revels. In Dublin, he built the New Theatre, in St. Werburgh Street, which prospered at first, but the Irish Rebellion, in 1641, cost Ogilby his fortune, which he estimated at £2,000, and almost his life. After brief service as a soldier, he returned to England, survived shipwreck on the way, and arrived back penniless.
On his return, Ogilby turned his attention to the Latin classics, as a translator and publisher. His first faltering attempt, in 1649, was a translation of the works of Virgil, but after his marriage to a wealthy widow the same year, his publishing activities received a considerable boost. One means by which Ogilby financed these volumes was by subscription, securing advance payments from his patrons, in return for including their name and coats-of-arms on the plates of illustrations. Another approach was to secure a patron, preferably in the court circle. Ogilby's first patron was Strafford, who found out too late that all leading ministers are dispensable when Charles I assented to his execution in 1641. As he re-established himself, Ogilby sought a new patron, the King himself.
In 1661, Ogilby was approached to write poetry for Charles II's coronation procession; he later published 'The Relation of His Majesties Entertainment Passing Through the City of London', and a much enlarged edition the following year, which included a Fine set of plates depicting the procession. Royal favour was bestowed in 1674 when John Ogilby received the title of 'His Majesty's Cosmographer and Geographick Printer' with a salary of £13.6s.8d per annum.
In 1665, Ogilby left London to avoid the Plague then ravaging the capital. The following year, in the Great Fire of London, Ogilby claimed that he lost his entire stock of books valued at some £3,000, as well as his shop and house, leaving him worth just £5.
As he sought to restore his fortunes, Ogilby was already looking in new directions. The initial opportunity he seized on was the reconstruction of London's burnt-out centre. He secured appointment as a 'sworn viewer', whose duty was to establish the property boundaries as they existed before the Fire. Ogilby was assisted in the project by his step-grandson, William Morgan...
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Late 17th Century Charles II Antique European Maps
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Map Southern Scotland Thomas Conder Alex Hogg 1795
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A new map of the southern part of Scotland containing the counties of Stirling, Lanerk, Renfrew, Linlithgow, Edinburgh, Peebles, Haddingtoun, Berwick, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Dumfries, Wigtoun, Kirkudbright & Air
Published by Alex Hogg at the Kings Arms...
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18th Century Georgian Antique European Maps
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Map Shropshire Joseph Ellis Robert Sayer Carington Bowles Framed
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A modern map of Shropshire Drawn from the latest surveys corrected and improved by the best authorities.
Artist Joseph Ellis sculptor.
Joseph Ellis was an engraver and publisher from Clerkenwell in London and was apprenticed to Richard William Seale in 1749. He is best know to county map collectors for The New English Atlas published in 1765 which was later reissued as Ellis's English Atlas in 1766, 1768 1777, 1786, 1790 and 1796.
Maker carington bowles 1724 - 1793.
Carington Bowles worked in London as a publisher in partnership with his father John Bowles from about 1752 until 1763. Carington Bowles worked as a publisher in partnership with his father John Bowles from about 1752 until 1763 before taking over his uncle's business. His address was 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London. He worked with a number of well known cartographers of the day including Emanuel Bowen, Thomas Kitchin, Robert Sayer...
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18th Century Georgian Antique European Maps
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Road Map, John Ogilby, London, Barwick, York, Chester, Darlington, Durham Framed
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The continuation of the road from London to Barwick beginning at York and extending to Chester in ye Street. Plate ye 4th continuing 76 ½ miles. No 8.
York to Burrowbridge, to Top...
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1670s Baroque Antique European Maps
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Map Bedfordshire No 3 General Framed
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A general map of Bedfordshire with its hundreds. Measure: 37cm 14 1/2" high
A scale of 5 miles.
in the original green mount and traditional black and gold frame.
charming map with...
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18th Century Georgian Antique European Maps
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Cambridgeshire J Cary
By John Cary
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Cambridgeshire published may 1 1814 engraver no 181 strand
Maker John Cary c. 1754 – 1835.
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19th Century Georgian Antique European Maps
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Map Huntingdonshire R Scott Archibald Fullarton & Co Glasgow
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Folding Map of Huntingdonshire by R Scott with distances from London and reference to the hundreds.
Published by Archibald Fullarton & Co Glasgow. Measure: 40...
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19th Century Victorian Antique European Maps
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