1. Africa. De L’Isle, Guillaume. (1675 – 1726).

Africa, Concinnata Secundum Observationes Membror Acad. Regal Scientiarum et non nullorum aliorum, et juxta recentissimas annotationes.

Original hand-coloured copper engraving. Augsburg, Jeremiam Wollf, 1710. Plate Size: 57.7 cm x 44.5 cm. Sheet Size: 65.5 cm x 51 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Slight staining barely evident near centre of map. Two minor stains to lower margin of map. Very minor tear to top edge and recto fore edge. Trace of foxing to verso edge.

2. Antilles – Homann, Erben. (1702 – 1848).

Dominia Anglorum in præcipuis Insulis Americæ ut sunt Insula S. Christophori Antega Iamaica Barbados, nen non Insulæ Bermudes vel Sommers dictæ. / Die Englische Colonie-Laender Auf den Insuln von America und zwar Insuln S. Christophori Antegoa Jamaica Barbados Smt den Ins. Bermudes sonst Sommers gennant.

Original hand-coloured map. Nuremberg, Homann Heirs, [c.1740]. Plate Size: 55.6 cm x 48.7 cm. Sheet Size: 60 cm x 52 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Trace of foxing along sheet edges. Minor open tear with missing material evident to fore edge. Lower margin running out towards left corner. Centre-fold as issued.

3. [Bellin, Jacques Nicholas / Senex, John / Ogilby, John]

The Roads through England or Ogilby’s Survey. Revised, improved and reduced by Senex. [Enlarged Edition of John Ogilby’s 1675 published “Britannia”] Distinctly laid down on onehundred & one Plates with the addition of some Roads newly drawn and several corrections of more general use to Travellers. [Including an Appendix with Cityplans of London (double-page), Plymouth, Shrewsbury, Yorck (York), Chester, [Scene of Carrick-Fergus (Ireland)], Waterford, Oxford, Leith [Edinburgh], Harwich, Scenery of Edinburgh / Itinéraire de toutes les routes de l ‘Angleterre. Revues corrigées, augmentées & réduites par Senex en 101 Cartes. [Titlepage bilingual in french and english].

Paris, Desnos, 1766. Quarto (30 cm x 22.5 cm). Collation complete: Bilingual titlepage, 12 double-page maps of England, partly beautifully border-coloured, 6 unnumbered pages of Index with distances in miles, one (1) General Map of England (″Carte Generale” of Engand by D’Ogilby), 101 full-page maps of routes/streets, Engraved titlepage for the Appendix, One (1) double-page of explanations for the London-City-Plan, 17 beautiful maps and engravings of a variety of english cities, also with a section on Ireland (Dublin, Waterford, Kinsale, Galway, Limerick). Original 18th-century contemporary calf with gilt lettering on spine and on five raised bands. The Volume is now protected in Collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some rubbing and corners slightly bumped but overall excellent. Interior near fine with only the slightest occasional spotting. Rare and even rarer in this condition !

4. Cambodia – Fer, Nicholas de / [Nicolas de Fer]. (1646 – 1720)

Vintage Maps of Cambodia, Ceylon and Maledives with India: “Presqu’ Isle de L’Indedela le Golfe du Gange” AND Presqu’ Isle de L’Inde de la le Golfe du Gange” [with Golf de Siam , Bankok etc.] / With an additional map mounted verso: “Amerique Meridionale” [showing Central America and South America from Isles de Caribes to the “Detroit de Magellan”].

Original copper engraved maps. [Paris], c. 1700. 16 cm wide x 13.2 cm high. Mounted on paper. Very good condition. From a wonderful collection of Maps from an old english library (South Shields) – with a tiny library stamp to the mounting paper (The stamp is NOT on the Map).

5. Denmark – De l’Isle, Guillaume. (1675 – 1726).

Carte du Royaume de Danemarc.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Paris, De l’Isle et Buache, 1780. Plate Size: 64.4 cm x 48.7 cm. Sheet Size: 66.6 cm x 52.7 cm. Original map. In very good condition with the slightest traces of browning only.

6. Denmark / Jylland – Blaeu, Willem Janszoon. (1571 – 1631).

“Pars australior iutiae septentrionalis in qua Dioceses Ripenses et Arhusiensis” [Jylland] [In the North Jutland and part of the Dioceses Ripensis and Arhusiensis farther south] / [Der Norden von Jütland und ein Teil der Diözesen Ripensis und Arhus weiter südlich]. / [I det nordlige Jylland og en del af stifter Ripensis og Arhusiensis længere mod syd].

Beautifully handcoloured Original Engraving (copper engraving) with the decorative and pictoresque Cartouches. [Amsterdam], [Blaeu], c.1660. Beautifully framed. Size of Frame with map: 66.5 cm x 80 cm. Map itself measures: 44 cm x 58 cm. Excellent condition of this beautiful original 18th century map of this area in Denmark. Framed, Handcoloured ! Professionally cleaned, historical map, beautifully and professionally mounted/restored on see-through, acid-free paper.

7. Egypt – Lotter, Tobie Conrad. (1717 – 1777).

Le Cours Entier du Grand et Fameux Nil.

Original hand coloured engraving. Augsburg, Lotter, [c.1740]. Plate Size: 59.8 cm x 48.4 cm. Sheet Size: 65.4 cm x 53.6 cm. Original map. In very good condition. Partially coloured. Repaired tear to left edge of sheet. Minor tear to foot of sheet outside border. Central vertical fold as issued. Map is orientated to the north.

8. Egypt – Vaugondy, Robert. (1723 – 1786).

Karte von Egypten.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Augsburg, Joh. Walch, 1798. Plate Size: 54.5 cm x 49.2 cm. Sheet Size: 67.3 cm x 55.1 cm. Original map. In very good condition. Large margin between plate and sheet edges. Some spotting along sheet edges beyond map border. Central vertical fold as issued. Map is orientated to the north.

9. England – Seutter, Matthaus. (1678-1757).

Britanniae sive Angliae Regnum, tam secundum prisca Anglo-Saxnum Imperia.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Augsburg, Seutter, [c.1740]. Plate Size: 48.6 cm x 56.7 cm. Sheet Size: 54 cm x 62.1 cm. Original map. In very good condition. Some minor browning evident with the slightest traces of staining to outer margins. Tape repairs to reinforced reverse.

10. Heriot / Innerleithen / Scottish Borders – Anonymus –

Vintage manuscript map of “Road from Heriot to Innerleithen – 1843”. [With an inset of wider dirctions to Pentland Hills, Arthurs Seat / showing the River Tweed in the South and names the kinds of sheep that are kept along the road to Edinburgh (″Black-Faced Sheep” – “Cheviot Sheep”)].

Ink on Paper. [Britain], 1843. 9.8 cm wide x 17 cm high. Very good condition. Some mild browning. From a wonderful collection of maps at South Shields Library (tiny stamp verso (on the back) of this map).