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Buckingham Both Shyre and Shire John Speed 1610 Gilded Frame
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Just purchased more information to follow.
In unrestored condition, the sheet can be cleaned.
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17th Century English Baroque Antique England Maps
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Paper
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 English Victorian Antique England Maps
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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
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Early 20th Century British England Maps
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Paper
$517 Sale Price
20% Off
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.
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Late 19th Century British Antique England Maps
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Paper
$981 Sale Price
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Map Jersey Guernsey Scilly Islands Alderney
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare map of The Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, including Alderney & the Scilly Islands
just purchased more information to follow
In the original cream mount and gilded frame.
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18th Century English Georgian Antique England Maps
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Paper
Chart of the Harbour of Liverpool
Located in Cheshire, GB
PL Burdett A Chart of the Harbour of Liverpool hand coloured. Encased in an ebonised frame.
Dimensions
Height 23.5 Inches
Width 28 Inches
Depth 1 Inches
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Early 20th Century British England Maps
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Paper
$626 Sale Price
20% Off
Large University Chart “Political Map of North America” by Bacon
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large University Chart “Political Map of North America” by Bacon
W&A K Johnston’s Charts of Physical Maps By G W Bacon,
This is colourful Physical map ...
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Early 20th Century American Empire England Maps
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Linen
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 English Baroque Antique England Maps
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Paper
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 ...
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17th Century English Baroque Antique England Maps
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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...
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1670s European Baroque Antique England Maps
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Paper
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 English Victorian Antique England Maps
Materials
Paper
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...
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20th Century English Adam Style England Maps
Materials
Gold Leaf
$262 Sale Price
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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...
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19th Century English Georgian Antique England Maps
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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...
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1850s French Early Victorian Antique England Maps
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Paper
Large University Chart “Political Map of North America” by Bacon
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large University chart “Political Map of North America” by Bacon
W&A K Johnston’s Charts of Political Maps by G W Bacon,
This is colorful Physical ...
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Early 20th Century American Empire England Maps
Materials
Linen
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
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18th Century English Georgian Antique England Maps
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Paper
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.
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1890s Swedish Baroque Revival Antique England Maps
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Paper
Countye of Monmouth, Dated 1610
By John Speed
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The countye of Monmouth with the situation of the townshire described Anno, 1610
The reverse with Monmouthshire, Chapter VI and an alphabetical list of towns.
In a beautiful Flemish oak polished and gilded frame
Cartographer: John Speed...
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1610s English Baroque Antique England Maps
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Paper
Map Hanging Wall County of Devon C&J Greenwood 1827 Exeter Cathedral Lundy Isle
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
C & J GREENWOOD MAP OF THE COUNTY OF DEVON, FROM AN ORIGINAL SURVEY, PUBLISHED 1827, WITH ENGRAVING OF EXETER CATHEDRAL AND MAP OF LUNDY INSET, 6ft 2 ...
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1820s English Early Victorian Antique England Maps
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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...
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18th Century English Georgian Antique England Maps
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Paper
Staffordshire 1645 Hand Colored Antique Print Staffordiensis Comitatvs Map
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Atlas page map of Staffordshire printed in 1645 Amsterdam Staffordiensis Comitatvs Vulgo
This o...
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Early 1800s English Georgian Antique England Maps
Materials
Paper
$429 Sale Price
30% Off
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...
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Late 17th Century British Charles II Antique England Maps
Materials
Paper
Map Sussex
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Map of Sussex with explanation
Maker unknown.
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19th Century English Victorian Antique England Maps
Materials
Paper
$817
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.
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18th Century English Georgian Antique England Maps
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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...
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1670s English Baroque Antique England Maps
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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.
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18th Century English Georgian Antique England Maps
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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...
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Late 17th Century British Charles II Antique England Maps
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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...
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Late 17th Century British Charles II Antique England Maps
Materials
Paper
Map Colonies Francaises Martinique, 1845
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Colonies Francaises, Martinique, Amerique DU SUD
Geographie et Statistique par V.Levasseur. Ing'r Geographe.
Illustre par Raymond Bonheur, peintre.
Grave par Laguihermie, Rue St...
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19th Century French Antique England Maps
Materials
Paper
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 English Victorian Antique England Maps
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Paper
Map Kyle Carrick Aireshire Thomas Kitchen 1749
By Thomas Kitchin
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A Map of Kyle & Carrick Aireshire Thomas Kitchen 1749
In original black and gold frame
Just purchased more information to follow
MAKER Thomas Kitchin (1718-1784) English engrave...
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18th Century English Georgian Antique England Maps
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Paper
Large University Chart “Africa Physical ” by Bacon
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large University chart “Africa Physical ” by Bacon
W&A K Johnston’s charts of physical maps by G W Bacon,
This is a Physical map of Africa, it is lithograph set on Linen mounte...
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Early 20th Century Beaux Arts England Maps
Materials
Linen
Map Suffolk Southwold Aldeburgh Dunwich Bawdsey Harwich Ipswich
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Map Suffolk including many popular destinations on the coast Southwold, Dunwich, Aldeburgh bawdsey felixstowe harwich ipswich.
Charming topography and colouring.
In the original fr...
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19th Century European Georgian Antique England Maps
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Paper
Road Map Britannia 1675/6 No 5 Road London to Barwick, London Stilton Grey Frame
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 5, The road from London to Barwick: London to Stilton
In a grey painted 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. 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, and by a number of professional surveyors. The result was an outstanding plan of London, on a scale of 100 feet to an inch, on 20 sheets, although it was not printed until after Ogilby's death.
Ogilby then turned his attention to publishing geographical descriptions of the wider-world. In 1667, he issued 'An Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China.' Buoyed by the response to this volume, Ogilby conceived an ambitious project, a multi-volume description of the world. The volumes were joint collaborations, in conjunction with the Dutch publisher Jacob van Meurs. 'Africa', published in 1670, was the least original of the three, both in terms of the text, maps and illustrations. In a similar vein, he issued the 'Atlas Japannensis' (1670), the 'Atlas Chinensis' (1671), and 'Asia' (1673). In 1671, Ogilby published the 'America', translated from Arnold Montanus' Dutch text. The 'America' is certainly the most original, and most important, of Ogilby's various geographical volumes, and its influence and popularity was immediate.
With its completion, Ogilby turned to a project nearer his heart, the description of Britain. Ogilby originally intended to devote one volume to Britain, but as the project evolved, he became more ambitious, as revealed in a prospectus issued in about 1672:
"This having oblig'd our Author to take new Measures ... to compleat within the space of two Years a Work ... considering the Actual survey of the Kingdom, the Delineation and Dimensuration of the Roads, the Prospects and Ground plots of Cities, with other Ornamentals ... into six fair volumes. The Four first comprehending the historical and geographical description of England, with the County-Maps truly and actually survey'd. ... The fifth containing an Ichnographical and Historical Description of all the Principal Road-ways in England and Wales, in two hundred copper sculptures, after a new and exquisite method. The sixth containing a New and Accurate Description of the famous City of London, with the perfect Ichnography thereof ..."
In the proposals, Ogilby emphasised the scale of the undertaking; no-one before him had attempted such a vast project. He estimated the total costs would be £20,000, a staggering amount. The cost of the complete set of six volumes was to be £34. At that time, Wenceslas Hollar...
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Late 17th Century British Charles II Antique England Maps
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Paper
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 English Georgian Antique England 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 English Baroque Antique England Maps
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Paper
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 English Georgian Antique England 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 English Georgian Antique England Maps
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Map Nottinghamshire Worksop Manor Newstead Abbey Nottingham Castle Shields H37cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Map of Nottinghamshire with engravings of Worksop Manor Nottingham Castle Newstead Abbey
BIBLIOGRAPHY published in Barclay's Universal English Dicti...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique England Maps
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Paper
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 English Georgian Antique England Maps
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Paper
Double Sided and Glazed Cheshire 1645 Hand Colored Antique Print Map Rare Find
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Atlas page map of Cheshire printed in 1645 Amsterdam Staffordiensis Comitatvs Vulgo
I have thre...
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Early 1800s English Georgian Antique England Maps
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Paper
$429 Sale Price
30% Off
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...
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17th Century British Antique England Maps
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Wood, Paper
Pair of Floor Standing Globes by Gilman Joslin
By Gilman Joslin
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of 16-inch floor standing globes by Gilman Joslin, each set into a cast-iron tripod base with an acanthus-leaf baluster support on three b...
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19th Century American Antique England Maps
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Iron
$66,432 / set
Vintage World Map Mirror Based on the Original by Johnson 1882 Military Campaign
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Antique style pictorial plan map of the globe based on the original by Johnson in 1882
This is a very interesting and decorative pie...
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20th Century English Campaign England Maps
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Mirror
$286 Sale Price
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Beautiful Colour French Antique 1856 Hand Watercolour Map of Dept Des La Corse
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 La Course taken from the Atlas National ...
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1850s French Early Victorian Antique England Maps
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Paper
17th Century John Speed Map of the Barkshire Described, c.1616
By John Speed
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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...
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17th Century British Antique England Maps
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Paper
19th Century John Cary Map of South Part of West Riding of Yorkshire, circa 1805
By John Cary
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century British original John Cary sr (1755-1835) map of South part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, From the beft Authorities. Engraved J Car...
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19th Century British Antique England Maps
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Paper
Double Sided Northamptonshire 1645 Hand Colored Antique Print Map Rare Find
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to this lovely antique Atlas page map of Northamptonshire printed in 1645 Amsterdam Staffordiensis Comitatvs Vulgo
I have three of th...
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Early 1800s English Georgian Antique England Maps
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Paper
$429 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century John Cary Map of North Part of West Riding of Yorkshire, C.1805
By John Cary
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century British original John Cary sr (1755-1835) map of North part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, From the beft Authorities. Engraved J Car...
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19th Century British Antique England Maps
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Paper
18th Century Emanuel Bowen Map of County of York, c.1740
By Emanuel Bowen
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th century British rare and original Emanuel Bowen (1694-1767) map of the County of York divided into its Ridings and subdivided into wapontakes, mounted in solid wood fram...
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Early 18th Century British Antique England Maps
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Paper
Map Wiltshire Joshua Archer Pentonville London framed 35cm 14" high
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Map of Wiltshire Drawn & Engraved by Joshua Archer Pentonville London
Window Parts of Wiltshire in Berkshire
Explanation of Salisbury
County Divisions
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19th Century English Georgian Antique England Maps
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Paper
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 English Victorian Antique England Maps
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Paper
Map Turkey in Europe & Hungary Thomas Kitchin, 1783
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Thomas Kitchen (1718 - 1784) : Map of Turkey in Europe & Hungary 1783
Visible sheet within the cream mount 25.5cm., 10" height 20cm., 8"
In an ebonised frame length 33cm. 13", height 28cm., 11"
Kitchin, Thomas (1718 - 1784)
Thomas Kitchin (August 4, 1718 – June 23, 1784) was a London based engraver, cartographer, and publisher. He was born in London to a hat-dyer of the same name. At 14, Kitchin apprenticed under Emanuel Bowen, under whom he mastered the art of engraving. He married Bowen daughter, Sarah Bowen, and later inherited much of his preceptor's prosperous business. Their son, Thomas Bowen Kitchin, also an engraver joined the family business, which thereafter published in Thomas Kitchin and Son. From 1858 or so Kitchin was the engraver to the Duke of York, and from about 1773 acquired the title, 'Royal Hydrographer to King George III.' He is responsible for numerous maps published in the The Star, Gentleman's Magazine, and London Magazine, as well as partnering with, at various times, with Thomas Jefferys, Emmanuel Bowen, Thomas Hinton, Issac Tayor, Andrew Dury, John Rocque, Louis de la Rochette, and Alexander Hogg, among others. Kitchin passed his business on to his son, Thomas Bowen Kitchin, who continued to republish many of his maps well after his death. Kitchin's apprentices included George Rollos...
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