Countye of Monmouth, Dated 1610

La Terre Sainte, The Holy Land, Tiree Des Memoires De M.De.La Rue. Par N. de Fer. Geographe de Sa Majeste Catoliq et de Monseigneur le Dauphin. Avec Privil du Roi 1703 Detailed map of the Holy Land from Nicholas de Fer's L'Atlas Curieux ou le Monde. East is oriented at the top. MAKER Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy. Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V...

Canaan comonly called the Holy Land or the Land of Promise, being the Possesion of the Israelites & travelled through by Our Lord & Saviour Iesus Christ and his Apostles. Engraven by Richard Palmer for Richard Blome. 1687 Blome, Richard, 1641-1705. London. 283 x 452 mm. Copperplate. Probably from an English Bible...

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...

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...

Antique 17th century British very rare and original John Speed (1551-1629) map of the Barkshire Described, J. Sud and Georg Humble, publication (1616 or lat...

This is an antique county map of Cheshire. A Dutch, framed atlas engraving by Johannes Janssonius, dating to the 17th century and later. A treat for the collector or county native,...

A fascinating and richly detailed antique map of Cumberland County in northwest England, drawn and published by the celebrated English cartographer John Spe...

John Ogilby (Scottish, 1600-1676). - Circa 1675 This map is part of his Britannica publication and is #82. "The road map was first popularised by John Ogilby (1600-1676), Scotsm...