Paris: Jacques Nicolas Bellin, 1769. Sea Chart. Copper plate engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 22.5" x 34". Includes depth measurements and rhumb lines as well as inland cities and geographical features. Some chipping and minor tears along bottom edge. Right margin missing. Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), was the official hydrographer to the French king and the first person to hold the title of "Ingénieur de la Marine of the Depot des cartes et plans de la Marine" (chief..... More

London: Bowen, Emanuel. Map. Engraving with color outline. Image measures 14 9/16" x 17 5/16". Scarce antique map of the Atlantic Ocean printed in 1740. It shows the English empirical reaches on a circular projection. Showing the eastern coasts of North and South America, the West Indies, Great Britain, Spain and Portugal and part of France, Morocco and the western coast of Africa. In North America the map names Nova Scotia, New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia..... More

London: James Knapton, 1728. Sea Chart. Uncolored engraving. An alternate projection of the globe as a flat map to the prevailing Mercator Projection. Includes rhumb lines and coastal details. From Atlas Maritimus, a commercial sea atlas was published as a guide to British global commerce. Good condition with some stains along lower center fold. Sir Edmond Halley (1656--1742) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet. He was the..... More

London: J.D. Potter, 1880. Sea chart. Engraving. Image measures 25.25" x 38.75". Lighthouses and buoys denoted with red and yellow original hand coloring. Includes depths (soundings in fathoms) and a topographical details of the southern coast of England. Also includes tidal information. Several chips along edges and corners, some discoloration. Three small holes in centerfold. More

Edinburgh: Lizars, William, 1832. Map (diptych-north and south). Engraving with original hand outline coloring. Each image measures 16.5" x 20.75", each page measures 19" x 22.5". Beautifully detailed map of Ireland with rail and ship lines and distances. Ink manuscript pagination. Some offsetting and light stains but overall in good condition. Can be joined to form a large map. William Home Lizars (1788--1859) was a Scottish engraver and painter based in Edinburgh. After the death of father, Daniel Lizars, he..... More

Cologne: Petrus Bertius, 1618. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 19 5/8" x 15 3/4". This ancient map of the British Isles issued by Gerard Mercator was first published in the 1584 edition of Tablae Geographicae. This Ptolemaic map includes the present-day United Kingdom, Ireland, and shows parts of France and Germany. The map includes an ornate title cartouche and a sea monster that appears to be a cross between a bird and a fish. Important towns and cities..... More

London: Cadell & Davies, 1811. Map (diptych-north and south). Engraving with hand coloring. Northern image measures 19.75" x 27.75", and page measures 22" x 32.75". Southern image measures 19.75" x 28.25" and page measures 27.75" x 32.5". From "Pinkerton's Modern Geography". Small chip to top of southern page edge. More

London: Robert Sayer, 1782. Map in four sheets (two panels). Engraving with subtle original hand outline color. Top panel measures 22 7/8" x 39", bottom panel measures 23.25" x 38.75". Beautiful large scale map of England in high detail. On four sheets, two have been conjoined to form two panels (north and south). The seas are dotted with decorative ships and an ornate cartouche depicts evidence of England's cultural and political power. Artifacts include gold coins, a book by Shakespeare..... More

London: Sayer, 1788. Map. Copper plate engraving with original outline hand color. Sheet measures 28 5/8" x 21 1/4" This large-scale wall map of the British Isles, based on the work of Thomas Kitchin, depicts England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland in intricate detail. Hand-colored lines divide and subdivide counties and shires, with various keys included for reference. The map is extensively labeled, showing roads, markets, boroughs, presbyteries, and cities - all distinguishable by symbol as explained in a legend in..... More

Edinburgh: John Thomson, 1817. Map. Engraving with beautiful original hand outline. Image measures 23.5" x 20.75". Includes inset of the Shetland and Orkney Islands. From Thomson's "New General Atlas". John Thomson (1777 - 1837) was a Scottish bookseller and publisher active in the early 19th century, who was one of the leaders in Europe who favored detailed and accurate mapping over the decorative and elaborate cartouches that appeared in earlier maps. His most important work was "Thomson's New General Atlas"..... More

London: Edward Weller, 1863. Map. Engraving with original hand outline. Collective images measure 17.25" x 11.75". Map of Guernsey, Herm and Sark with insets of Alderney and "A Map showing the Relative Positions of the Channel Islands", and a separate map of Jersey. Part of a series of county maps for the "Weekly Dispatch Atlas". A few tears to top edge. More

London: James Wyld, 1836. Map. Engraving with original color outline. Image measures 30.5" x 21.5". Includes inset "The Shetland Islands with the Continuation of the Orkney Islands on a Reduced scale". In good condition. James Wyld Senior (1790-1836) was a distinguished British mapmaker known for producing maps and globes. He served as Geographer to George IV and William IV. He was a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society and introduced lithography techniques to his production. Hew made a giant..... More