Friendly Islands, Tongataboo Island and Harbour chart, 1799.
"Chart of the Island and Harbour of Tongataboo by Wm. Wilson" (Friendly Islands), engraved by T.Foot and published by T.Chapman, 1799. Copper engraved map with recent hand colour, several (flattened) folds as published, slight soiling and close trimmed to left neatline, creased to top left corner. Size 38.5 x 28 cms, plus margins. Ref F1188

Mediterranean, Map of the Travels of the Apostles etc. 1759.
"An Accurate Map of the Travels of the Apostles with St. Paul's Voyage to Rome" anonymous engraver, copper engraved map with recent hand colouring. Good condition with margins of about 1 cm or more. Size 35.5 x 21 cms. Ref F1151

'Geography', (with world map), Richard Blome, 1686.
"Geography" by Richard Blome, published in The Gentleman's Recreation, about 1686. This print shows the concepts of geography with divisions of the world by continent, by seas, mountains, rivers etc. with a small double hemisphere world map a centre, with California shown as an island. This is surrounded by an oval band with small scenes showing how the Earth is split into ever smaller divisions from Realms down to Inches and Barley-Corns. A globe is shown lower righ, a mapmaker lower left, upper left is a dedication to George Berkeley (dated 1678), with his coat of arms upper right. Copper engraving with recent hand colouring. Close cropped all around with old closed tear of 5 cms into lower centre. Size 24 x 38.5 cms plus margins. Ref F1150

Greece, Plan of a Grecian House after Vitruvius, 1793.
"Plan of a Grecian House after Vitruvius" engraved by T.Cook and published in The Travels of Anacharsis the Younger, 1793. Copper engraved plan with centrefold as published. Size 16.5 x 21 cms including title, plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F1147

Greece, Plan of the Battle of Plataea, 1793.
"Essay on the Battle of Plataea" engraved by T.Cook and published in The Travels of Anacharsis the Younger, 1793 (dated 1784). This was the last battle of the Persian Wars in southern Greece, taking place in 479 BC. Copper engraved map with centrefold as published, slight browning near the fold. Size 34.5 x 22 cms including title, plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F1145

The World on Mercator's Projection, 1850.
"The World on Mercator's Projection" drawn and engraved by Jojn Dower, published about 1850. Steel engraved map with recent hand colour. Faults - two folds as published, the centrefold having splits to the upper and lower 2 cms with a small amount of loss to upper tear. Size 26 x 21 cms plus margins. Ref F1102

Wales, Milford Haven, 1858.
"Milford Haven" published by A. Fullarton & Co. in The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1858. Small inset plan of Pembroke Dock. Lithographic map, with original hand colour. Size 23.5 x 14 cms plus margins. Ref F1014

British Empire, published 1846.
"Grossbritannien's saemmtliche Besitzungen mit Angabe ihrer Erwerbungszeit" (British Empire) published in Spruner's Historisch-Geographischer hand-Atlas, 1846. Detailed steel engraved map with original hand colouring. Insets - North America in 1783 and India in 1760. Narrow left margin of about 1cm. Size 42 x 31 cms plus margins. Ref F927

British Isles, after 1485, published 1846.
"Die Britischen Inseln, seit 1485" published in Spruner's Historisch-Geographischer hand-Atlas, 1846. Detailed steel engraved map with original hand colouring. Insets - map of the English-Scottish border and Glasgow area. Closed tear just to neatline lower left (no loss). Size 33 x 38.5 cms plus margins. Ref F926

British Isles, 1066 to 1485, published 1846.
"Die Britischen Inseln, von Wilhelm den Eroberer bis zum Regierungs - Antritte des Hauses Tudor. 1066 bis 1485" published in Spruner's Historisch-Geographischer hand-Atlas, 1846. Detailed steel engraved map with original hand colouring. Insets - plan of London, Thames estuary and plan of the Battle of Bannockburn. Size 32 x 38 cms plus margins. Ref F925

France, after 1791, published 1846.
"Die Republik und das Kaiserthum Frankreich mit seinen Bundes Staaten" published in Spruner's Historisch-Geographischer hand-Atlas, 1846. Detailed steel engraved map with original hand colouring. Closed tear in lower margin just into map area (no loss). Size 39.5 x 33 cms plus margins. Ref F924

France, from 1610 to 1790, published 1846.
"Frankreich von 1610 bis 1790" published in Spruner's Historisch-Geographischer hand-Atlas, 1846. Detailed steel engraved map with original hand colouring. Inset plan of Paris and environs of Paris. Narrow left margin of less than 1cm. Size 43.5 x 32.5 cms plus margins. Ref F923

France, from 1461 to 1610, published 1846.
"Frankreich von 1461 bis 1610" published in Spruner's Historisch-Geographischer hand-Atlas, 1846. Detailed steel engraved map with original hand colouring. Insets of a plan of Paris and France in 1360. Size 39 x 29.5 cms plus good margins. Ref F922

France, from 1180 to 1461, published 1846.
"Frankreich von 1180 bis 1461 ..." published in Spruner's Historisch-Geographischer hand-Atlas, 1846. Detailed steel engraved map with original hand colouring. Insets of Aquitaine etc. and several battle plans. Size 40.5 x 30 cms plus good margins. Ref F921

France, before 1180, 1846.
"Die Konigreiche Frankreich und Arelat bis 1180" published in Spruner's Historisch-Geographischer hand-Atlas, 1846. Detailed steel engraved map with original hand colouring. Insets of the Paris area and Normandy etc. Size 39 x 30 cms plus good margins. Ref F920

France, Merovingian (5th - 8th centiries), 1846.
"Die Reiche der Franken in Gallien unter den Merovingern" published in Spruner's Historisch-Geographischer hand-Atlas, 1846. Detailed steel engraved map with original hand colouring. Insets of the Paris area and Champagne. Size 40 x 30 cms plus good margins. Ref F919

Africa, 1839.
"Africa" engraved by J. & C. Walker, published by The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK), 1839. Steel engraved map with recent hand colour. Closed tear extending about 2 cms into map area upper right (no loss). Size 39.5 x 32 cms. Ref F918

Greece, Academy at Athens, 1793.
"Plan of the Academy and its Environs" engraved by T.Cook and published in The Travels of Anacharsis the Younger, 1793 (dated 1784). Copper engraved map with centrefold as published. Size 16 x 21 cms including title, plus margins with strong plate mark. Ref F907