London: 1673. Hand coloured map of Kent with a cartouche of flowers and fruit, being the products of the County, which is balanced by the arms of the Rt. Hon. Heneage Finch, Earl of Winchelsea, Viscount Maidstone, Lord Fitzherbert of Eastwell, Lord of Ye Royal Manor of Wye and Lieutenant of the County. Shows all the lathes and hundreds but no roads are indicated. Map 10^1/2" x 13^1/2" board is 15" x 17" Richard Blome (1635-1705) was a cartographer and publisher. Often accused of plagarism, this work appeared in his "Brittannia" in 1673. A smaller edition was later produced in "Speed's Maps Epitomised"

1694. Copper engraving by Johann Baptist Homann, with contemporary hand colouring. A rare map of the land of plenty, fools paradise or Pays de Cocaigne. originally published in 1694. The map was printed three times, in 1694, around 1730 and around 1740. This is probably from the last edition, around 1740. Schlaraffenland was the Utopia of German legend. In the children's version of this, sausages grow on trees and tables set themselves. This cartographic version is a much darker version, with a "Kingdom of Extravagence", and "Empire of Fat Stomachs", "Tobacco Island" and the "Land of Gluttony". All of this is surrounded by the seas of Drunkeness and Lust. The cartouche has a scene of debauchery and carnal excess.

London: W & A.K. Johnston. A map of Africa, extracted from the General Atlas. This conforms best to the 1879 edition, except the lack of page title to the top edge, and the different page number. Engraved area is 13" x 17" (sheet is 14^1/2" x 18^1/2"). Lightly tipped onto mounting board, and now protected by archival protection. A lovely copy of this map from the height of colonial era. It shows an Africa before the formation of Rhodesia, or South Africa.

Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood, Prince's Street; and John Murray, Bookseller of the Admiralty and Board of Longit, 1817. Scarce First Edition. This is an ex-library of the copy from the Literary And Philosophical Society in Newcastle. In brown / green cloth hardback boards. Complete; including frontis folding chart entitled "Exhibiting the Variation of the Compass agreeable to the position of the Ships Head at the time of Observation. Also the track of His Majestys Ships Sybille & Princess Carolina in a Cruize to East Greenland in 1814." 140 pages. 220 x 140 mm (8¾ x 5½ inches).

Amsterdam: Hondius, Jodocus: 1610. A hand coloured composite map of Anglesey, the Isle of Wight, and the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey C1610. Latin text to the verso "Anglia". This is from the Hondius printing. Double glazed and framed in a black and gilt frame. The two pages of Latin text are visible through the rear glazed panel. H320 by W420mm (12½ by 16½ inches). Gerard Mercator was one of the greatest map makers ever known. He started his career as a professional instrument maker after finishing a masters degree at Louvain University and studying advanced mathematics. By the 1560's he was developing a new form of navigational projection. Rumold Mercator was his son.

London: W & A.K. Johnston. A map of Asia, extracted from the General Atlas. This conforms best to the 1879 edition, except the lack of page title to the top edge, and the different page number. Engraved area is 13" x 17" (sheet is 14^1/2" x 18^1/2"). Lightly tipped onto mounting board, and now protected by archival protection. A lovely copy of this map from the height of colonial era.

Bruxelles: P.J. De Mat: 1827. Original half calf, with marbled boards. Half title, title with small vignette. Discours Preliminaire, Espose preliminaire etc. Engraved page Les Fastes Napoleens de 1796 a 1821. 36 double page engraved plates. Each is hand coloured. Double page II is placed after page XVI. Plates are dated 1825 - 1827. [xii], [ii], 36 double plates with blank versos

Venitiis / Venice: Antonium Zatta, 1785. Hand-coloured map of Great Britain in good condition

Paris: 1749. Copper engraving of the Chinese city Ningbo with surrounding islands. Dimensions: approx. 22 x 32 cm. Map of the city Ningbo (depicted just above the map) and the region east of Ningbo with Zhoushan in the province Zhejiang. The west on top. In the cartouche bottom left the French title and the scale.

Paris: Bonne: 1780. Copper engraving with hand colouring. Dimensions: 23 x 34 cm. Engraved by Andrei. States in the corner that this chart was part of Cooks 1st Voyage. A note engraved states (in French) that the islands are claimed by both the French and the English.

Paris: 1781. Copperplate engraving with hand colouring Size: 21 x 32 cm, 25 x 37 cm (paper). A map of the east coast of Africa from Cape Town to Mombasa/Melindi and including Madagascar, Bourbon, I. de France, Comoros, Seychelles, and a large inset of the Cape from Cape Town north to St. Helen's Bay, including False Bay, Robben Island, Stellenbosch, etc

Paris: Fx Delamarche et Ch les Dien, 1818. Folio-format hand-coloured copper engraving of Asia. Bottom left title with publishers imprint. Extensive caption in French on the right. Published by R. de Vaugondy in Paris a.d. 1818. Verso blank.

Institut Geographique de Paris, 1821. Engraved & Hand coloured map of India, Korea, Cambodia, Vietnam etc. Published in Atlas Universel De Geographie Physique, Politique, Ancienne Et Moderne. Dimensions: 40 x 54,5 cm. (on sheet: 49 x 65 cm.) Relief shown by hachures. Railroads. Prime meridian Paris. Six scales. Shows colonies and possessions of European and native powers.

Paris: Mondhare et Jean, 1787. Folio-format contemporary coloured copper engraving of China. Blank verso. Fold to the middle of the map, where bound into his Geographie. There is no statement of edition on this map, but it conforms exactly to the 1787 pages in the Stanford University Collection. Map is 12^1/2" x 14^1/2" Engraved block is 12^1/2" x 22" Sheet is 15" x 22^1/2"` Jean-Baptiste Louis Clouet (1729-1790) was a French geographer of the Royal Academy of Sciences, born in Rouen. His general atlas was first issued 1767. Phillips records 2 other editions from 1787 (Phillips No. 661) and 1791 (Phillips No. 673),

Paris: Mondhare et Jean, 1787. A beautiful hand coloured map, taken from Clouet's "Geographie moderne avec une introduction," his most important work. The map is centred on the Baikal and Karzana Lakes. Text to both sides (in French). Fold to the middle of the map, where bound into his Geographie. There is no statement of edition on this map, but it conforms exactly to the 1787 pages in the Stanford University Collection. Verso blank. Map is 12^1/2" x 14^1/2" Engraved block is 12^1/2" x 22" Sheet is 15" x 22^1/2" Jean-Baptiste Louis Clouet (1729-1790) was a French geographer of the Royal Academy of Sciences, born in Rouen. His general atlas was first issued 1767. Phillips records 2 other editions from 1787 (Phillips No. 661) and 1791 (Phillips No. 673),

Paris: Mondhare et Jean, 1787. A lovely hand coloured map, taken from Clouet's "Geographie moderne avec une introduction," his most important work. The map is centred on the "Golfe de Bengal". Text to both sides (in French). Fold to the middle of the map, where bound into his Geographie. There is no statement of edition on this map, but it conforms exactly to the 1787 pages in the Stanford University Collection. Verso blank. Map is 12^1/2" x 14^1/2" Engraved block is 12^1/2" x 22" Sheet is 15" x 22^1/2" Jean-Baptiste Louis Clouet (1729-1790) was a French geographer of the Royal Academy of Sciences, born in Rouen. His general atlas was first issued 1767. Phillips records 2 other editions from 1787 (Phillips No. 661) and 1791 (Phillips No. 673),

Copper engraving, published in 1714 in Leiden by Pieter van der Aa in "Nouvel Atlas, tres exact et fort commode pour toutes sortes de personnes, Contenant Les Principales cartes geographiques. Dressé suivant les nouvelles observations de Mrs. De l'Academie Royale des sciences, & rectifié sur les relations les plus recentes des plus fideles voyageurs ". The map first appeared in Pieter's Nouvelle Theatre Du Monde, published in 1713.