(Code No. 4419)

Fosbrooke .T.D. Rev.

The Wye Tour, or Gilpin on the Wye, with Historical and Archaeological Additions, especially illustrations of Pope's Man of Ross.

Date. 1818.

Ross: W. Farror. 12mo, [4 1/2 x 6 1/2ins.] 1818. Pp. x, viii, 154, including portrait frontis. + map, very good condition. edges untrimmed. Dedication on front end paper. Original trade boards with printed paper label, some chipping. £90.00

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(Code No. 4395)

Buck, Samuel (& Nathaniel).

( Antique Print.)

The North East View of Nunye Castle ( Nunney Castle, Frome,) in the County of Somersetshire.

Date. 1733,1st edition.

London. Image size 14 x 7 1/2ins. Original copper engraved print drawn and engraved by Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, nicks just affecting the engraved surface. £55.00

The brothers, Samuel and Nathaniel Buck drew and engraved a series of etched panoramas of British towns, castles and abbeys etc including the history of the castles. Print numbered 6 in the left hand blank margin, signifying that it is the 1st edition, not the later 18th Century reprints.

Nunney Castle is a small, French style castle surrounded by a deep moat, built for Sir John Delamare in 1373. A veteran of the Hundred Years War, Sir John would later become Sheriff of Somerset. During the Civil Wars (1642-51) Cromwell's men used cannon to blast a great hole in the north wall of the castle, forcing the garrison to surrender. The badly damaged wall finally collapsed in 1910.

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(Code No. 4383)

Brayley, Edward.

DEVONSHIRE & DORSETSHIRE.

Volume 4.

London. Vernor and Hood, 8vo. 1803. Pp.560, (21) index, Engraved title + 31 Copper engraved plates, slight foxing. Original half calf gilt, rubbed and split to hinges with some surface loss. Binding still holding firm.  £70.00

Between the years 1801 and 1818 the authors undertook a topographical study of England and Wales, travelling many thousand of miles on foot, gathering information for their "Beauties of England and Wales", publishing at regular intervals. Counties listed in alphabetical order.

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(Code No. 4378)Serres, John Thomas, 1759-1825. & R. Bougard.( Antique Print of the coastal profiles of the Cornwall Coast).The Little Sea Torch: or, true guide for coasting pilots: by which they are clearly instructed how to navigate along the coasts of England.....Date. 1801.London . J. T. Serres. 1801. Image size 9 x 15ins. Page size 17 1/2 x 11ins. Original hand coloured engraved aquatint print, by John Luffman, comprise Devon coastal views and plans of ports, views of headlands and lighthouses together with harbours, etc. Showing - Lizard Point, Falmouth, Dodman Point and Mavagezzey Bay..This map is one of twelve sheets in the SERRES, J. T. re issue of " The Little Sea Torch, or True Guide for Coasting Pilots: by which they are clearly instructed how to navigate along the coasts of England,

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(Code No. 4377)

Serres, John Thomas, 1759-1825. & R. Bougard.

( Antique Print of the coastal profiles of the Devon Coast).

The Little Sea Torch: or, true guide for coasting pilots: by which they are clearly instructed how to navigate along the coasts of England.....

London . J. T. Serres. 1801. Image size 9 x 15ins. Page size 17 1/2 x 11ins. Original hand coloured engraved aquatint print, by John Luffman, comprise Devon coastal views and plans of ports, views of headlands and lighthouses together with harbours, etc. Showing - Prall Point, Bolt Tail, Love Island, Bigbury Bay, Borough Island to Stoke point. £85.00.

This map is one of twelve sheets in the SERRES, J. T. re issue of " The Little Sea Torch, or True Guide for Coasting Pilots: by which they are clearly instructed how to navigate along the coasts of England,

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(Code No. 4371)

Ogilby. John.

( Antique Road Map).

London to St Davids.

Date 1675 - 98.

Map number. 70. London. Leaf size [ 19 x 15 ins ]. Image Size [ 18 x 12 3/4 ins ]. Copper engraved Road Map. Each map strip shows - towns, villages, mansions with owner's name, castles, wind mills, beacons, gallows, woods, rivers, and, hills etc. Elaborate title cartouche and compass roses to each map strip. £170.00

John Ogilby was the first cartographer to adopt the statute mile. Scale 1inch to the mile, each mile is divided into furlongs indicated by dots in the centre of the road. Map route - Abingdon, Fairford, Barnsley, Brimsfield, Gloucester & Monmouth, Guaranteed to be over 275 years old.

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(Code No. 4164)

Wreford J.K.R, Dr.

Curiosities Of Bristol and Its Neighbourhood.

A Guide, For The Use Of Strangers.

Bristol. Mathews. July, 1854. 8vo, [245 x 160mm.] Pp viii 80 + Full-page illustration + Tipped-in contemporary news paper cuttings, some foxing. Original half morocco, over marbled boards, rubbed with slight loss. The book deals with the history, prominent families, directory, etc, of Bristol. It was issued monthly for eleven month at three half pence each, then ceasing publication. This book is complete with the eleven monthly parts. £55.00

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(Code No. 4086 DP)

Bowen, Emanuel, John Owen, & John, Ogilby.

(Antique Map & Strip Road Map).

HEREFORDSHIRE.

London. T, Bowles. King of Spain. 1720-64.. Size of page, 6 x 8 ins. Original copper engraved County map + strip road map, both taken from "Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd", very good condition. £45.00

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(Code No. 4079 DP)

Bowen. Emanuel, John Owen & John, Ogilby.

(Antique Map & Strip Road Map.)

SOMERSETSHIRE.

London. T, Bowles. King of Spain. 1720-64.. Size of page, 6 x 8 ins. Original copper engraved County map + strip road map, both taken from "Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd", very good condition. £40.00

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(Code No. 4051)

Buck. Samuel and Nathaniel.

(Guaranteed Antique Print.)

South-East View of Tamworth-Castle, in the County of Warwick.

Date ca1770. Page size 17 1/2 x 10 1/2 ins. Image size 14 x 7 1/2 ins. Copper engraved print, laid on to card. The brothers, Samuel and Nathaniel Buck made a series of etched panoramas and views of British towns, castles and abbeys. This engraving describes the history of the castle, from Norman times and the numerous changes of ownership, below the image. Dedicated to, James, Earl of Northampton. £40.00

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(Code No. 3989)

Stanford, Edward, [1827-1904].

Four one inch Ordnance Survey Maps of the South Coast of Dorsetshire and Devonshire.

Edward Stanford, 26 & 27 Cockspur St., Charing Cross, S.W., No Date ca1880. 4 Dissected, linen backed hand coloured maps;38 x 25 1/2 ins, approx. 19 x 12 1/2 ins each, folded in cover to 4 x 6 3/4 ins. Approx areas shown, Sidmouth to bottom left, Bathealton top left, Corton Denham top right and Abbotsbury bottom right. Sheets 311, 312, 326 and 327. (Complete square). 3 Piano key borders. Slip-case, poor. £65.00

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(Code No. 3335)

Covens, J. & Mortier, C.

( Antique Print )

The Landing of William of Orange at Brixham, 5th of November 1688. "Vertrek van S.K.H. Na Engeland"

Amsterdam. Cóvens & Mortier, ca1725, Page size 23 1/2 x 18 1/2 1ns. Original folding copper engraved plate by R. de Hooge. French & Dutch text, very good condition. The view is in two parts. Named war ships laying at anchor, and the provisions, cattle, horses etc, being brought ashore, The locations of Exeter, Brixham and Taunton are indicated, The print is guaranteed to be over 250 years old.       £330.00

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(Code No. 3452).

CARY, J. (Antique Map)

A Map of WARWICKSHIRE from the best Authorities.

London. John Stochdale. 28th March 1805. Page size 22 1/2 x 17ins, image size 20 1/2 x 16 1/4 ins. Pp 443 to 467 + Copper engraved folding map engraved by John Cary taken from Camden's Britannia. Map showing town, village,hundreds (indicated by numbers), meres, turnpike etc. Elaborate star compass indicator. "Reference to the Hundreds" and scale and title. No covers. £70.00

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(Code No. 3424).

Moule. Thomas,

WORCESTERSHIRE. (Antique Map, Guaranteed over 140 yrs old ).

London. Virtue. Date 1836 -52. Size 270 x 215 mm. Steel engraved coloured county map of WORCESTERSHIRE. (Modern colouring), decorated with vignettes of Great Malvern,Worcester and Croom Court. Ornamental border with symbolic figure woven into the design, heraldic coat of arms. Moule's county maps are the last series of decorative maps to be published. £50.00

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(Code No. 3425).

Moule, Thomas.

DEVONSHIRE. (Antique Map, Guaranteed over 140 yrs old ).

London. Virtue. Date 1836 -52. Size 270 x 215 mm. Steel engraved coloured county map of DEVONSHIRE. (Modern colouring), decorated with vignette of Guildhall Exeter.Ornamental border. Heraldic coat of arms. Center fold. Moule's county maps are the last series of decorative maps to be published. £50.00

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