Attractive map of France showing the Channel and a part of English coast. Title cartouche in top right. Text above the title cartouche saying: ‘To be placed at the end of Rapin’s Hist. Vol.1.’ The map was drawn & engraved by Basire for “The History of England” Written in French by Mr. Rapin de ...

Dimensions (W x H): 39.5 x 31 / 15½ x 12

A spectacular print of the view from the mainland over the massed troops of the English army, over the Solent, towards the approaching French fleet, who are about to attack Portsmouth.One of a series of prints based on paintings depicting Henry VIIIth’s conflict with France. The prints were ...

Dimensions (W x H): 176 x 54 / 69½ x 21½

A spectacular print showing the royal procession in 1547 for the coronation of King Edward VI, who at the time was just ten years old. With the Tower of London to the left and Westminster to the right, this print gives a fabulous panorama of Sixteenth-century London, its buildings, people and ...

Dimensions (W x H): 128 x 64 / 50½ x 25

A detailed plan of Dunkirk. Title cartouche at top centre with galleons either side. Key and scale at bottom right.

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 39 / 19½ x 15½

Fine view of Hampton Court Palace, seen from the south side of the Thames, with various sailing boats in the foreground. By James Basire, member of the eminent 18th century family of engravers.

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 21 / 18½ x 8½

From the Atlas of Joan and Cornelius Blaeu. Fine map based on the travel notes by Isaac Massa (1586-1643), a Dutch merchant who repeatedly travelled to Russia. The data collected by Massa was widely used by many Dutch printers and cartographers of that period. It covers the southern part of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 39 / 21 x 15½

View of the extraordinary ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria with the columns, pediments and other masonry strewn over a wide area, with various people in western dress strolling through. ‘Temples’, ‘porticos’ and ‘the sepuchres’ are labelled on the hills surrounding the site. Ornamental ...

Dimensions (W x H): 69 x 27 / 27 x 10½

A fine engraving showing the Sheldonian Theatre and the Clarendon Printing House in Oxford. Skelton began publishing parts to this work from 1818 but it was not until 1820 that the project was completed.

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 37 / 19½ x 14½

A plan of the town with written explanation

Dimensions (W x H): 46.9 x 38 / 18½ x 15

Beautiful and detailed plan of Bruges, showing every house, and the surrounding moats and fortifications.

Dimensions (W x H): 49.2 x 40.5 / 19½ x 16

A detailed plan of the city, in the mid-18th century with a decorated title cartouche “BRUSSELS a large and beautiful city in the Dutchy BRABANT, Subject to the Queen of Hungary, and ye Seat of her chief Governor for these Parts.”

Dimensions (W x H): 49.5 x 41 / 19½ x 16

A finely engraved, detailed view of the fortified Italian town of Cony.

Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 39.5 / 19 x 15½

Detailed plan of the city and castle with numbered explanation.

Dimensions (W x H): 49.5 x 40.5 / 19½ x 16

Detailed plan of the city and castle with numbered explanation.

Dimensions (W x H): 47.6 x 38.2 / 18½ x 15

Detailed plan of the city and castle, showing all buildings and moats, with numbered explanation.

Dimensions (W x H): 48.5 x 39.5 / 19 x 15½

A detailed plan showing the fortifications and inscription “Menin A very Strong Town in the Earldom, of Flanders Taken by ye Allies in the year 1706 and retaken by ye French in 1744”

Dimensions (W x H): 48.6 x 39.5 / 19 x 15½

Attractive town plan of this Belgian town, showing the extensive moats and defensive walls

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 40 / 19½ x 15½

Attractive town plan of this Belgian town, showing the extensive moats and defensive walls

Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 37 / 19 x 14½

A detailed plan of the town which includes a view and written explanation

Dimensions (W x H): 47.2 x 38.5 / 18½ x 15

A detailed plan of the town which includes a view and written explanation

Dimensions (W x H): 47.8 x 38.5 / 19 x 15

Detailed plan of the city, with every house within the city walls depicted and a fine profile across the top. A wonderful urban plan. With numbered explanation.

Dimensions (W x H): 48.5 x 39 / 19 x 15½

An interesting engraving showing the Noah’s Ark after the flood, with insets depicting parts of interior and the ark under construction.

Dimensions (W x H): 39.5 x 30 / 15½ x 12

Simple attractive map of the British Isles, divided into regions. Shows sandbanks in North Sea Title at top left, scales at lower right.

Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 27 / 13 x 10½

Plan of the city, castle and surrounding area with written explanation in the top left corner.

Dimensions (W x H): 46.7 x 35.2 / 18½ x 14

Detailed plan showing an area of Northern France including Arras, Douai, Condé, Valenciennes, Quesnoy, Cambrai and Landrecies. Large ‘Explanation’ in bottom left corner includes a scale, and by letter and number refers to points on the map and explains their military significance in the campaign.

Dimensions (W x H): 46.5 x 36 / 18½ x 14

A handsome plan of Taragon, with an ornamental cartouche, containing the scale with Neptune above and sea monsters either side, three ships at sea, title at lower edge

Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 38 / 19 x 15

An attractive plan of Tarragona and the surrounding plain, with reference to its military defence, showing which of the surrounding hills are passable by cavalry. Galleons at seaa, scale in ornamental cartouche at lower right, title on lower margin

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 37.5 / 18½ x 15

A detailed plan of the city, in the mid-18th century with a decorative cartouche “ANTWERP A strong, large and Beautiful City on ye River Scheld, in the Dutchy of Brabant, Subject to ye Queen of Hungary”. Key at lower edge explains different stages of the city’s development. There is an inset ...

Dimensions (W x H): 49.5 x 40 / 19½ x 15½

A detailed plan of Lille showing its massive fortifications, field patterns and irrigation channels around the city

Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 36 / 19 x 14

Detailed map of Antwerp, ‘a strong large and beautiful CITY on ye RIVER SCHELD..’ as the decorated cartouche at lower left says. Inset map of the area around Antwerp at top right.

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 40 / 19½ x 15½

A very attractive plan of the harbour, town and fortifications of Barcelona with galleons in the sea. It includes a numbered list of the main bastions at top right within a cartouche.

Dimensions (W x H): 48.5 x 41 / 19 x 16

Bird’s eye view of this city in Northern France, showing sites of military significance during the War of the Spanish Succession. Decorative cartouche in top right corner is surrounded by cannons, cannon balls and spears, within the cartouche is an “Explanation” referring to points identified by ...

Dimensions (W x H): 46.5 x 35.5 / 18½ x 14

A detailed plan which contains an inset entitled “ Prospect of the City of Dendermonde” and written explanation.

Dimensions (W x H): 47.1 x 38.3 / 18½ x 15

A detailed plan of the battle with written explanation

Dimensions (W x H): 46.4 x 38.5 / 18½ x 15

1/2 plan, 1/2 view of Gibraltar, with explanation at lower left, within shell cartouche, ships at sea

Dimensions (W x H): 58 x 34.5 / 23 x 13½

A very attractive plan of the harbour, town and fortifications of Gibraltar with galleons in the sea. It includes a numbered list of the main buildings at bottom left within a shell cartouche.

Dimensions (W x H): 60.4 x 40.5 / 24 x 16

A very attractive plan of the harbour, town and fortifications of Mahon with galleons in the sea. It includes a numbered list of the main buildings at top right within a cartouche decorated with anchors, canons, etc. Scale at top left, ships at sea.

Dimensions (W x H): 64.5 x 39.2 / 25½ x 15½

A handsome plan of Toulon and its defences, best explained by the text in the cartouche at top left: ‘Attacks and defences of the city of Toulon, besieged by the Army of the Allies, by sea and land under His Royal Highness, Duke of Savoy and Sir Cloudesley Shovel, Admiral of the British Fleet, 1st ...

Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15

A fine, clear plan of Messina, showing the fortifications with an explanatory key in cartouche, at lower right, many ships in the harbour, and at sea

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 36 / 18½ x 14

A detailed plan with numbered list and an inscription giving a brief history

Dimensions (W x H): 50.8 x 41 / 20 x 16

A detailed plan with numbered list and an inscription giving a brief history

Dimensions (W x H): 49.2 x 40.5 / 19½ x 16