…abandon hope all ye who enter here
Russell: London 1808
Jul 15th
A continuing series of posts to highlight my small antique map collection. All scans are taken directlly from an original copy, not a reproduction.
Map of Britain by Thomas Cox from his “Magna Britannia” published 1731. Thomas Wright wrote in 1836:
“Map of the Country Surrounding London to the extent of Thirty Miles” from Dr. Hughson’s “Description of London” published by J. Stratford, 1808, drawn and engraved by J. Russel (above is detail from the centre of the map). The red line denotes the extent of the ‘Twopenny post’ district of London. The dark and light patches in the full map below are due to the map being scanned in four parts.
As far as I can tell this is from a series of 6 volumes of “London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and its Neighbourhood, to thirty miles extent, from an actual perambulation.” Volume 5 is from 1808. The texts can be found on Google Books, volume 5 direct link here.
Thomas Cox: Britain 1731
Jun 6th
A continuing series of posts to highlight my small antique map collection. All scans are taken directlly from an original copy, not a reproduction.
Map of Britain by Thomas Cox from his “Magna Britannia” published 1731. Thomas Wright wrote in 1836:
Keizer and de Lat: Britain 1740
Jun 1st
A continuing series of posts to highlight my small antique map collection. All scans are taken directlly from an original copy, not a reproduction.
Other than knowing that this was published in 1740 by J. Keizer and I. de Lat, and that they were Dutch, I know very little more about this one. From an item on the Christie’s web site we have “De Lat was one of the few booksellers outside Amsterdam who published maps and atlases, working at Deventer 1734-1750, and using as his engraver Jacob Keyzer of Almelo.” More >
Cole and Roper: Coventry 1807
May 25th
A continuing series of posts to highlight my small antique map collection. All scans are taken directlly from an original copy, not a reproduction.
This third map in the series is also taken from “The British Atlas” by George Cole and John Roper published in 1810 (although the map carries the legend of 1807 at the bottom). This was a collection containing 58 English and Welsh county maps, some with pictorial illustrations, and 21 town plans: Bedford, Cambridge, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Colchester, Coventry, Derby, Durham, Exeter, Gloucester, Hereford, Liverpool, Manchester and Salford, Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, Northampton, Norwich, Oxford, St. Albans, Winchester, Worcester. More >
Herman Moll: Italy 1739
May 22nd
A continuing series of posts to highlight my small antique map collection. Most of these maps are sourced from the Pickwick Gallery in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
All scans are taken directlly from an original copy, not a reproduction.
This second map in the series is also taken from Herman Moll’s “Geographica Antiqua”, 1739 (German Wikipidea entry.)
Explore the map below using Magic Toolbox‘s excellent plugin Magic Zoom Plus to see more detail. More >
Herman Moll: World 1739
May 21st
This is the first in a series of posts to highlight my small antique map collection. I should point out that I am by no means an expert on this topic, but know what I like and am fortunate enough to be a short journey away from the Pickwick Gallery in Stratford-Upon-Avon from where I source most of my new additions.
This first map in the series is taken from Herman Moll’s “Geographica Antiqua”, 1739. According to Wikipedea, Moll moved to London in 1678 where he opened a book and map store, producing his own maps from the work of other cartographers. He died September 1732 meaning the map showcased here was published after his death. The English Wikipedia entry is rather pathetic, but the German one is much more thorough.
Explore the map below using Magic Toolbox‘s excellent plugin Magic Zoom Plus to see more detail. More >
