Antique Maps of Herefordshire, England

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Herefordshire, R. Creighton, c.1835

Published in the Reign of King
WILLIAM IV
1830 - 1837

Early Hand Colouring

7636 Herefordshire, R. Creighton, c.1835. Price: 11.50

HEREFORD. A simple map of the county indicating with symbols and a key the places of elections and polling places. 6 x 9 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. .Good condition.

From: Samuel Lewis' Topographical Dictionary

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Hereford, George Cole and John Roper, 1810

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

Cole and Roper Information

Town Plan

23773 Hereford, George Cole and John Roper, 1810. Price: 46.00

HEREFORD. An interesting plan of the city in Georgian times dated 1806. Embellished with a vignette view of the Cathedral and part of the city from the river. Two coats of arms, compass rose and a reference listing eight places of interest. 7 x 9 inches, 172 x 230 mm. Uncoloured. Good condition.

From: The British Atlas

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Herefordshire, Archibald Fullarton c.1840

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

Archibald Fullarton Information

Archibald Fullarton

Founded the Scottish publishing firm of A. Fullarton and Company

The company started in Glasgow in 1833 but further expansion came with moves to Edinburgh, London and Dublin. They published many geographical works but for map collectors they issued A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1833 - 1837 produced in four volumes by James Bell which contained 44 maps by three renowned engravers Gray, Neele and Scott. The maps appeared again in 1843 in a renamed work Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales improved by the addition of railways. Some of the county maps are plain and others are embellished with an engraved vignette view of a local scene.

28749 Herefordshire, Archibald Fullarton, c.1840. Price: 14.00

HEREFORDSHIRE. A good detailed engraved mid 19th century map of the county. Scale, compass pointer and list of hundreds. Uncoloured. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Lightly toned but good condition with no tears or repairs.

From: The Parliamentary Gazetteer

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Herefordshire, John Owen and Emanuel Bowen, c.1730

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE II
1727 - 1760

Emanuel Bowen and John Owen Information

18th Century County and Road Map

28873 Herefordshire, John Owen and Emanuel Bowen, c.1730. Price: 28.00

A MAP OF HEREFORDSHIRE. An engraved count map with description beneath. Title panel. The map is surmounted by a baroque cartouche titled The Road from Bristol to West Chester. Strip road map on verso from Bristol to beyond Monmouth. 4 1/2 x 7 inches. Uncoloured. Good condition.

From: Britannia Depicta

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Herefordshire, Herman Moll 1724

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE I
1714 - 1727

Herman Moll Information

18TH CENTURY

28901 Herefordshire, Herman Moll, c.1724. Price: 80.00

HEREFORDSHIRE BY H. MOLL GEOGRAPHER. An engraved map of the county divided into hundreds. Title panel, scale, and list of hundreds. Down the two sides of the map are engravings of Roman Coins. 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Nice clean condition.

From: A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales

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Herefordshire, John Ellis, 1777

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

29514 Herefordshire, John Ellis, 1777. Price: 34.00

A MODERN MAP OF HEREFORDSHIRE, Drawn from the latest Surveys; Corrected & Improved by the best Authorities. W. Palmer Sculp. An engraved county map embellished with a pictorial title cartouche. Compass rose, scale and remarks. Imprint of Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard and Robert Sayer in Fleet Street. 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. Thick paper. Uncoloured. Good condition.

From: Ellis's English Atlas or a Compleat Chorography of England and Wales in 50 Maps

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Herefordshire, Thomas Kitchin, c.1786

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

With Original Text

29975 Herefordshire, Thomas Kitchin, c.1786. Price: 35.00

HEREFORDSHIRE DRAWN FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES BY T. KITCHIN GEOGR. County map embellished with a pictorial title cartouche, Arms of Hereford and Compass pointer. 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches. Uncoloured. Brown spot in the left hand blank margin otherwise good condition. With this map is the original page of descriptive page of text. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before.

From: Views and Representations of the Antiquities of England and Wales

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Herefordshire, George Cole and John Roper, 1810

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

Cole and Roper Information

Early Hand Colouring

30011 Herefordshire, George Cole and John Roper, 1810. Price: 34.00

HEREFORDSHIRE. A good detailed engraved county map. Explanation, scale and list of hundreds. 7 x 9 inches. Original wash hand colouring. Fine condition with wide blank margins. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before.

From The British Atlas

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Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, Aristide M. Perrot, 1823

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE IV
1820- 1830

Miniature Map

Early Hand Colouring

30192 Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, Aristide M. Perrot, 1823. Price: 42.00

MONMOUTH GLOCESTER HEREFORD. A miniature engraved map by Adrien Migneret of the three counties within a pictorial border. 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.

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Hereford, Worcester, Droitwich, Bromsgrove, Coventry, Leicester John Ogilby

Published in the Reign of William and Mary

Published in the Reign of Queen
WILLIAM & MARY
1689 - 1702

17th Century Road Map

29426 Road Map, John Ogilby, 1698. Price: 130.00

Plate 72. Hereford, Worcester, Droitwich, Bromsgrove, Coventry, Leicester.

An uncoloured specimen of the 1698 edition. Slight crease in the paper to the right of the centre fold when the map was printed. Otherwise a nice specimen

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Herefordshire, Archibald Fullarton c.1843

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

Archibald Fullarton Information

Archibald Fullarton

Founded the Scottish publishing firm of A. Fullarton and Company

The company started in Glasgow in 1833 but further expansion came with moves to Edinburgh, London and Dublin. They published many geographical works but for map collectors they issued A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1833 - 1837 produced in four volumes by James Bell which contained 44 maps by three renowned engravers Gray, Neele and Scott. The maps appeared again in 1843 in a renamed work Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales improved by the addition of railways. Some of the county maps are plain and others are embellished with an engraved vignette view of a local scene.

30683 Herefordshire, Archibald Fullarton c.1843. Price: 18.00

HEREFORDSHIRE. A good detailed engraved mid 19th century map of the county. Scale, compass pointer and list of hundreds. Uncoloured. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Good clean condition.

From The Parliamentary Gazetteer

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Herefordshire, John Cary, 1809

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

John Cary Information

English Atlas Titlepage 1809

Early Hand Colouring - With Original Text

30699 Herefordshire, John Cary, 1809. Price: 37.00

HEREFORDSHIRE. A good engraved map of the county. Title panel with compass rose. Publisher’s imprint beneath dated 1809. 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Attractive original outline hand colouring. Good condition. With this map is the original pages of descriptive text. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before.

From Cary's New and Correct English Atlas

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Herefordshire, James Pigot / Isaac Slater, c.1857

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

James Pigot Information

Pigot/Slater Atlas Titlepage

Early Hand Colouring

30780 Herefordshire, James Pigot / Isaac Slater, c.1857. Price: 58.00

HEREFORDSHIRE. An engraved map of the county with title, scale, explanation and list of hundreds. Embellished with an uncoloured view of Hereford Cathedral. 8 3/4 x 14 inches. Original outline hand colouring. On stout paper. Good undamaged condition.

From Isaac Slater’s New British Atlas

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Herefordshire, John Cary 1793

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

John Cary Information

Provenance: From the Library of John Hobson Matthews

30866 Herefordshire, John Cary 1793. Price: 38.00

HEREFORDSHIRE. A good detailed engraved map of the county. Title panel and compass rose combined. Publisher's imprint dated 1793. 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Some names of towns on the map are underlined in red. Good condition. With original page of descriptive text.

From Cary's New and Correct English Atlas.

The significance of some towns being underlined in red is given by the previous owner of the atlas John Hobson Matthews by means of a manuscript note in red ink he has added at the start of the atlas. He says

The places underlined in red ink are those in which a Catholic mission has been established between the era of the Reformation and the year 1840

John Hobson Matthews

John Hobson Matthews (1858 - 1914) Born in Croydon in 1858. Educated at schools at Blackheath and Cambridge. Worked for a shipping firm in Malta. A good linguist he was a Roman Catholic historian, archivist and solicitor. You will find more details about him here in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography.

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Herefordshire, Edward Langley and William Belch, 1820

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

Edward Langley and William Belch Information

All about Edward Langley and William Belch

For the Map Collector

30924 Herefordshire, Edward Langley and William Belch, 1820. Price: 58.00

LANGLEY’S NEW MAP OF HEREFORDSHIRE. An engraved map of the county. In the bottom left hand corner is a vignette view of Cider Making. The title appears above the map. Beneath the map is the publishers imprint Printed and Published by Langley & Belch, No. 173 High Street, Borough, London, Septr. 1st, 1817. 6 3/4 x 10 inches. Manuscript number 17 in the bottom right hand corner. Original outline and wash hand colouring. Some light soiling with a little speckled foxing mainly in blank margins. No tears or repairs.

From Langley’s New County Atlas of England and Wales

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Hereford, George Cole and John Roper, 1810

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

Cole and Roper Information

Town Plan

30964 Hereford, George Cole and John Roper, 1810. Price: 35.00

HEREFORD. An interesting plan of the city in Georgian times dated 1806. Embellished with a vignette view of the Cathedral and part of the city from the river. Two coats of arms, compass rose and a reference listing eight places of interest. 7 x 9 inches, 172 x 230 mm. Uncoloured. Very light crease across the bottom left hand corner otherwise good condition.

From The British Atlas

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Herefordshire, Thomas Moule, c.1850

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

Thomas Moule Information

Thomas Moule

Accomplished author on heraldry and antiquities as well as a bookseller and publisher

Premises in Duke Street, Grosvenor Square from 1816 to 1823. Having been an inspector of "blind letters" in the Post Office for 44 years as well as Chamber-keeper in the Lord Chamerlain's Department. Known to map collectors for his highly decorative series of English county maps embellished with elaborate decorations, views and coats of arms. There are also a few town plans in the series. These were first published in monthly seriel parts from May 1830 to 1837. Published in atlas form in English Counties Delineated: or a topographical description of England in 1834, 1837 and 1838. The maps later appeared in Barclay's Complete and Universal English Dictionary from 1840 to 1852.

Decorative

30966 Herefordshire, Thomas Moule, c.1850. Price: 37.00

HEREFORDSHIRE. A most decorative Victorian map of the county. The title is shown on a banner twining around an apple tree. Vignette views of Goodrich Castle, Garnstone House and Hereford. Across the top of the map is an elaborate display featuring three coats of arms. 7 1/4 x 10 inches, 182 x 255 mm. The three coats of arms as well as the three vignette views have been hand coloured. The decorative scrolls and banners are uncoloured. Good clean condition. Little to no top blank margin which is quite common with this map.

From Barclay's Dictionary

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Herefordshire, John Cary 1793

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

John Cary Information

Early Hand Colouring

30987 Herefordshire, John Cary 1793. Price: 35.00

HEREFORDSHIRE. A well engraved detailed map of the county with title panel and compass rose combined. Scale. Imprint of John Cary dated 1793. Centre fold. Old manuscript numbering in blank margin 72 and 73. 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition.

From Cary's New and Correct English Atlas

TITLEPAGE AND ANNOTATED CONTENTS PAGE

New and Correct English Atlas
Hobsons Fox Hunting Atlas List of Hunts

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Herefordshire - Fox Hunting, John and Charles Walker, 1851

Victorian Fox Hunting Map

31044 Herefordshire - Fox Hunting, John and Charles Walker, 1851. Price: 39.00

HEREFORDSHIRE. A good detailed lithograph map of the county from Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas showing the places of the Meeting of the Hounds. 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Co. Paternoster Row, London. Original outline hand colouring. Fine condition. Straight from the atlas so has not been sold as a single map before.

Shows Herefordshire Hunt with parts of the Ludlow, Worcestershire, Ledbury and Monmouthshire Hunts.

Provenance: George Hayhurst - Royal Fusiliers and Henry H. France

TITLEPAGE AND LIST OF HUNTS

Hobson Fox Hunting Atlas Titlepage
Hobsons Fox Hunting Atlas List of Hunts

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Herefordshire, T. Badesladed and W. H.Toms 1742

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE II
1727 - 1760

Badeslade and Toms Information

Thomas Badeslade

Principally a surveyor and engineer working with his son Henry working on river improvements and fens reclamation

He started drawing maps of the Fens and waterways and was instrumental in a number of works in the first half of the 18th century. For county map collectors his one work was a series of very distinctive maps he drew for Chorographia Brittanniae engraved and published by W. H.Toms. First published in 1741 with a further edition in 1742 in which the maps show more place names. There were further edition up to 1749. The panel of information beside each map is particularly interesting listing towns in the county with their Market and Fair days.

Like all the maps on this page
GUARANTEED
to be a genuine early specimen

Shows Market and Fair Days

31096 Herefordshire, Thomas Badeslade and William Henry Toms, 1742. Price: 36.00

A MAP OF HEREFORDSHIRE NORTH WEST FROM LONDON. A delightful small engraved map of the county with scale and compass rose. To the left of the map is a panel providing information on Members of Parliament and listing the major towns with the Market and Fair Days. 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Publisher’s imprint beneath dated 1742 with the names of Thomas Badeslade the surveyor and W. H. Toms the engraver. Very nice good clean condition.

From Chorographia Britanniae

Provenance: In 1925 the atlas was owned by A. P. Hamilton

Chorographia Britanniae 1742

Chorographia Britanniae 1742 Dedication

It is interesting to note that the atlas was intended for the use of his Majesty King George I for his intended tour through England and Wales. He died on June 11th, 1727. The dedication is to Frederick Prince of Wales, son of George II born February 1st, 1707 and who died on March 31st, 1751 at Kew.

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Herefordshire, Joshua Arxcher c.1845

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

Shows the Railways

31127 Herefordshire, Joshua Archer, c.1845. Price: 13.50

HEREFORDSHIRE. A detailed engraved map with explanation and list of divisions. 7 x 9 1/4 inches. Uncoloured. Good condition.

From Dugdale’s England and Wales Delineated

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Herefordshire, John Cary 1793

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

John Cary Information

First Edition - Early Hand Colouring

31285 Herefordshire, John Cary 1787. Price: 35.00

HEREFORDSHIRE. The FIRST EDITION of this well engraved detailed map of the county with title panel and compass rose combined. Scale. Imprint of John Cary dated 1787. Centre fold. 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good clean condition. With this map is the original page of descriptive text.

From Cary's New and Correct English Atlas

THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE FIRST EDITION

If you are thinking of buying this map you may be interested to see this list of the original subscribers to Cary's New and Correct English Atlas first published in 1787. It makes interesting reading and might even include one of your relatives.

Subscribers

New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers
New and Correct English Atlas Subscribers

Titlepage

Titlepage

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Monmouthshire and Herefordshire, George A. Walpole, 1794

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

TWO COUNTY MAPS

31319 Monmouthshire and Herefordshire, George A. Walpole, 1794. Price: 42.00

Two maps on one sheet.

A NEW MAP OF MONMOUTHSHIRE DRAWN FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES. An engraved county map with a pictorial title cartouche. Coat of arms and compass pointer. 6 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches, 160 x 195 mm. Uncoloured.
and
A NEW MAP OF HEREFORDSHIRE DRAWN FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES. An engraved map of the county embellished with a pictorial title cartouche. Coat of arms. 6 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Uncoloured. In goo condition. The bottom blank margin narrows a bit on the left hand side. A few light creases but good clean undamaged condition.

From Walpoole’e New Complete English Traveller

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Herefordshire, Reuben Ramble 1845

Herefordshire Text, Reuben Ramble 1844

Reuben Ramble Information

Reuben Ramble

Reuben Ramble was a pseudonym of the Reverend Samuel Clark (1810 - 1875). The Rector of Eaton-Bishop in Herefordshire and later a curate in Northamptonshire. He wrote geography books for children being in partnership with the publisher William Darton from c.1836 to 1843. Many copies of Reuben Ramble's Travels will no doubt have been lost over the years through mistreatment by children. I have seen specimens with added drawings, scribbles and doodles done with pencil and crayons during the time I have been dealing in maps. An interesting and whimsical addition for your map collection.

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

Early Hand Colouring

For the Map Collector

31366 Herefordshire, Reuben Ramble, c.1845. Price: 68.00

HEREFORDSHIRE. An uncommon lithograph miniature map of the county surrounded by a wide border of vignette views of local scenes including Hereford Cathedral, Ross-on-Wye and Farming. The maps first appeared in Miller’s New Miniature Atlas published in 1810. The decorative views were added and the maps republished by Darton & Clark in “Reuben Ramble’s Travels Through the Counties of England” in 1844. 5 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches. This is the size of overall area and not the contained map. Original hand colouring. With this map is the original double sided page of text describing the county.

Reuben Ramble was a pseudonym of the Reverend Samuel Clark (1810 - 1875). The Rector of Eaton-Bishop in Herefordshire and later a curate in Northamptonshire. He wrote geography books for children being in partnership with the publisher William Darton from c.1836 to 1843. Many copies of Reuben Ramble's Travels will no doubt have been lost over the years through mistreatment by children. I have seen specimens with drawings, scribbles and doodles during the time I have been dealing in maps. A whimsical addition for your map collection.

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Herefordshire, Carington Bowles, 1785

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

Sir H. George Fordham

Early Hand Colouring

For the Map Collector

31429 Herefordshire, Carington Bowles, 1785. Price: 70.00

BOWLES’S NEW MEDIUM MAP OF HARTFORD SHIRE DIVIDED INTO ITS HUNDREDS.. A good detailed late 18th century map of the county. The title appears within a circular panel bearing the imprint of Carington Bowles No. 69 in St. Paul’s Church Yard. Beneath the map is a further imprint Published as the Act directs, 3 Jan. 1785. Around the map are interesting engraved notes pertaining to the county. 12 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches. Explanation and scale. Original outline hand colouring. Superb clean condition having been taken straight from the atlas and not sold previously as a single map.

From Bowles’s New Medium English Atlas. The maps in this atlas are based on the maps by Emanuel and Thomas Bowen in their Atlas Anglicanus. The title cartouche has been changed as well as the addition of the distance in miles from London shown by some town names.

Provenance

Titlepage

Signature

This map comes from an atlas which was once in the library of the renowned carto-bibliographer Sir Herbert George Fordham (1854 - 1929). He was the first to attempt the systematic cataloguing of the maps of an English county. Born on 9th May 1854 at Odsey, a manor on the borders of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire sold to the Fordham family in 1793 by the 5th Duke of Devonshire. The flyleaf of the atlas was signed H.George Fordham, Odsey, 1925. Further reading: Map Collectors' Circle No. 51: Sir H.George Fordham Carto-bibliographer by J. M. Henshall.

The atlas was later in the library of Professor Eva Germaine Remington Taylor (1879 - 1966) Distinguished geographer. Presented after her death to Birbeck College, University of London. Sold by their order at Sotheby's, London and purchased by Richard Nicholson

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Herefordshire, Samuel Lewis 1845

Lewis' Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales

Atlas Titlepage

Published in the Reign of Queen
VICTORIA
1837 - 1901

Early Hand Colouring

31593 Herefordshire, Samuel Lewis, 1845. Price: 19.00

HEREFORDSHIRE. A county map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. & C. Walker. Reference to the Unions. 6 3/4 x 9 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good clean condition. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before now.

From Lewis' Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales

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Herefordshire, William Kip 1637

17th Century

31633 Herefordshire, Christopher Saxton / William Kip, 1637. Price: 80.00

FRUGIFERI AC AMENI HEREFORDIAE COMITATUS QUI OLIM PARS SUIT SILURUM DEINEATIO An early engraved map of the county engraved by William Hole after the survey by Christopher Saxton. Embellished with decorative title cartouche and the royal arms. Scale with compass rose and pair of dividers. 12 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches. Uncoloured. Some trimming across the bottom. Three small worm holes in the bottom of the left hand blank margin. Special price.

From Camden's Britannia

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Herefordshire, Sidney Hall c.1831

Early Hand Colouring

31634 Herefordshire, Sidney Hall, c.1831. Price: 18.00

HEREFORDSHIRE. An engraved map of the county by Sidney Hall. Published by Chapman & Hall, 162 Strand. . 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Original wash hand colouring. Good condition.

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Herefordshire, John Cary, 1802

Published in the Reign of King
GEORGE III
1760 - 1820

John Cary Information

Early Hand Colouring

31703 Herefordshire, John Cary, 1802. Price: 38.00

HEREFORDSHIRE A well engraved detailed map of the county with title panel and compass rose combined. Scale. Imprint of John Cary dated 1793. With original page of descriptive text. 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Good condition. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before. I have dated this map 1802 because the paper is watermarked 1802. The title page of the atlas is dated 1793.

From Cary's New and Correct English Atlas

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A must read

for the lover of Maps, Roads and History

I was 19 when I got hooked on antique maps. There are quite a few of the early cartographers who we know a bit about about and their life stories make interesting reading. There is one English mapmaker who stands out as someone rather special who appears to have had a most interesting life. He is JOHN OGILBY. Yes you know he was the first to map the roads of England and Wales and yes you might have read that he had an interest in dancing. If you want to know more about the man who created that 17th century map hanging on your wall then you must read this book published in 2016 - The Nine Lives of John Ogilby by Alan Ereira. In this book the author brings a fascinating hidden history to light, and reveals that Ogilby's celebrated Britannia is far more than a harmless road atlas: it is, rather, filled with secrets designed to serve Charles II's sinister purpose.

You can order this book now and get it for less than the cover price of 25 pounds.

The Nine Lives of John Ogilby by Alan Ereira

Excellent Book for the County Map Collector

If you can find a copy

When I started collecting and selling maps back in the 1960's there were very few reference books on antique maps. The first book I remember buying was Maps and Mapmakers by R. V. Tooley. Full of wonderful information but over the years there were periods when it was out of print. The Antique Collectors Club used to produce a large range of books on all kinds of antiques and in 1983 BRITISH COUNTY MAPS by YASHA BERISINER was published. To the best of my knowledge there has not been another book like it published. A most useful and informative work and essential for the avid county map collector. I think there was just the one edition. If you can get hold of a copy at a reasonable price my advice would be - Buy it. There is a link below that will search Amazon for copies on sale.

My well used copy pictured on the right still has its distinctive red cover illustrating Cambridgeshire by John Speed. The county I was born in.

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Early Hand Colouring

7636 Herefordshire, R. Creighton, c.1835. Price: 11.50

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Town Plan

23773 Hereford, George Cole and John Roper, 1810. Price: 46.00

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Archibald Fullarton

Founded the Scottish publishing firm of A. Fullarton and Company

28749 Herefordshire, Archibald Fullarton, c.1840. Price: 14.00

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18th Century County and Road Map

28873 Herefordshire, John Owen and Emanuel Bowen, c.1730. Price: 28.00

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18TH CENTURY

28901 Herefordshire, Herman Moll, c.1724. Price: 80.00

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29514 Herefordshire, John Ellis, 1777. Price: 34.00

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With Original Text

29975 Herefordshire, Thomas Kitchin, c.1786. Price: 35.00

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Early Hand Colouring

30011 Herefordshire, George Cole and John Roper, 1810. Price: 34.00

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Miniature Map

Early Hand Colouring

30192 Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, Aristide M. Perrot, 1823. Price: 42.00

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17th Century Road Map

29426 Road Map, John Ogilby, 1698. Price: 130.00

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Archibald Fullarton

Founded the Scottish publishing firm of A. Fullarton and Company

30683 Herefordshire, Archibald Fullarton c.1843. Price: 18.00

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Early Hand Colouring - With Original Text

30699 Herefordshire, John Cary, 1809. Price: 37.00

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Early Hand Colouring

30780 Herefordshire, James Pigot / Isaac Slater, c.1857. Price: 58.00

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Provenance: From the Library of John Hobson Matthews

30866 Herefordshire, John Cary 1793. Price: 38.00

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For the Map Collector

30924 Herefordshire, Edward Langley and William Belch, 1820. Price: 58.00

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Town Plan

30964 Hereford, George Cole and John Roper, 1810. Price: 35.00

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Thomas Moule

Accomplished author on heraldry and antiquities as well as a bookseller and publisher

Decorative

30966 Herefordshire, Thomas Moule, c.1850. Price: 37.00

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Early Hand Colouring

30987 Herefordshire, John Cary 1793. Price: 35.00