Ornamental cartouche. Sand banks of the Wash are in surprising detail. The different regions(called Wapontaks-from the Old English, literally ‘weapon take’ a reference to taking votes by the showing of arms) are shown in outline colour

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 36 / 16½ x 14

Beautiful map of Lincolnshire, coloured by the hundred and ‘Wapontakes’ of the county. Cartouche at upper right, scales at centre left. The 1695 edition of Camden's Britannia was the first edition to contain Robert Morden's beautiful county maps. Morden went to considerable trouble to make them as ...

Dimensions (W x H): 43 x 36 / 17 x 14

The map is coloured, the surrounding decorations and inset views are uncoloured. decorated border, with insets vies of Lincoln Cathedral and Grimsthorpe Castle

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 27 / 8½ x 10½

This is from a later edition of the Walker Brothers famous beautifully engraved The British Atlas of 1837. ‘An interesting feature is that the maps were usually issued with all railways built marked in red by hand. Often these red railways are more extensive than lines actually engraved on the maps ...

Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 38.8 / 12½ x 15½

This county map by Lt. R.K. DAWSON. R.E. is one of several compiled between 1831 and 1832 showing the "Proposed Division of Counties and Boundaries of Boroughs".

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 34 / 8½ x 13½

This county map by Lt. R.K. DAWSON. R.E. is one of several compiled between 1831 and 1832 showing the "Proposed Division of Counties and Boundaries of Boroughs".

Dimensions (W x H): 27.5 x 34 / 11 x 13½

This county map by Lt. R.K. DAWSON. R.E. is one of several compiled between 1831 and 1832 showing the "Proposed Division of Counties and Boundaries of Boroughs".

Dimensions (W x H): 20.7 x 33.5 / 8 x 13

A beautiful little map from this early nineteenth-century traveller’s companion, that gave accurate and detailed road information - routes, distances, turnpikes - on all major routes out of London.

Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 29 / 10 x 11½