A very beautiful map of Sussex with inset of Chichester at top left enclosed in a strapwork border. Title at top centre with royal coat of arms to the right, cartouche at lower right containing text on the Norman invasion of 1066. Five shields bearing the arms of five earls at lower entre, ...

Dimensions (W x H): Mounted size: 73 x 61cm. Size: 51 x 38 cm. (20 x 15 inches) x / x

Exceptional example of this decorative map of Sussex. Large margins. Dutch text on verso. Has the coat of arms of King Charles I on the left and the old Plantagenet coat of arms on the right (first used by Richard the Lionheart), as well as 4 coats of arms of local noblemen in between. The map ...

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 52.5 x 38 cm. (20½ x 15 inches) x / x

Beautiful map of Cornwall. Large margins. Dutch text on verso. Has the coats of arms of King Charles I and the old Plantagenet coat of arms in the middle. Eleven shields on the left, seven of which bear coats of arms of local noblemen, three are left blank.

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 50 x 39 cm. (19½ x 15½ inches) x / x

Highly decorative map of Sicily with good margins. Adorned with the Goddess of Plenty in the bottom left bearing a standard with the title and two coats of arms in the top left and middle. Also beautifully arrayed with compass roses, sailing ships and rhumb lines.

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 50 x 38 cm. (19½ x 15 inches) x / x

Beautiful map of Sussex, coloured in outline. Cartouche at top 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 accurate as possible and they were the first county maps to ...

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 43 x 36 cm. (17 x 14 inches). x / x

Beautiful map of Sussex, hand coloured. Cartouche at top 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 accurate as possible and they were the first county maps to include ...

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 43 x 36 cm. (17 x 14 inches). Size: 41.5 x 34.5 cm. (16½ x 13½ inches) x / x

A decorative map of Brighton with vignettes of Then Chain Pier, The Old Steyne and the Pavillion and the Railway station drawn and engraved by H Bibby. The map and the vignettes are surrounded by an elegant uncoloured border.

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 34 x 25 cm. (13½ x 10 inches) x / x

A detailed map of the county, with compass rose, and keys to the towns. Title cartouche embellished with leaves. Morden’s maps for Camden’s Britannia were a landmark in British mapmaking. In response to public demand, the smaller Morden atlas, The Magna Britannia was published in 1702. These small ...

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 21 x 17 cm. (8½ x 6½ inches). x / x

Very handsome and detailed county map shows market towns with distances from London in measured miles. The major canals, roads, railways, parks, churches and chapels are also clearly marked. A fine map with a decorative compass rose.

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 54.5 x 49 cm. x / x

A detailed engraved map of the county with explanation, list of hundreds, scale and compass rose. Imprint at the base of the map dated 1830.

Dimensions (W x H): Size: 45.5 x 36 cm. (18 x 14 inches) x / x

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): Size: 38.5 x 31.8 cm. (15 x 12½ inches) x / x

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): Size: 25 x 29 cm. (10 x 11½ inches). x / x