GOOD to VERY GOOD
CONDITION
This sale is for a
vintage hardback FIRST EDITION entitled “British
Maps and Map-Makers,” by Edward
Lynam, illustrated with 8 plates in COLOUR and 22 illustrations in black
& white.
It was published
by Collins, of
The illustrations
include:
·
Matthew
Paris’s Map of Great Britain c. 1250
·
·
Plan
of
·
Saxton’s
Map of Norfolk, 1574
·
Cartouche
by A. Ryther on Saxton’s Map of Durham, 1576
·
Cartouche
on W. Mayo’s Map of Barbados, 1722
·
The
Estate of Charles Henry Talbot, Dodderhil, 1770
·
The
·
The Battle
of St. Alban’s from a Map of Hertfordshire, Probably by H. Woutneel, c. 1602
·
·
Coastal
Chart of Walberswick and Bawdsey, c. 1540
·
The
·
South-West
Coast of England, from Waghenaer’s Mariners’
Mirrour, 1588
·
St.
Kitts and
·
Detail
from John Ogilby’s Map of Middlesex, c. 1677
·
·
Kensington,
from J. Rocque’s London and the Country Ten
Miles Round, 1746
·
The
Siege of
·
Detail
from T. Jefferys’ Map of
·
Triangulation
on W. Yates’s Map of Lancashire, 1786
·
…and more…
The book measures 9 inches x 6.5 inches and has 48 pages + colour plates.
The book is in
good, neat condition for its age, with minor wear and small tears/chips to the edge
of the original dust-jacket. There are NO inscriptions/book-plates and NO other
ink or pencil markings in the book. The
binding is good with no loose or missing pages.
A wonderfully
illustrated vintage FIRST EDITION.
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after the cost of the heaviest book – please wait for a combined invoice.
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For UK Postage: 2nd
Class/Parcels = £2.95;
or 1st Class = £3.90
European Union Postage: = 6.95 GB Pounds
USA Postage: Air
Mail (USA) = 13.45 GB
Pounds
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Mail (Anywhere else in the
World) = 10.70 GB Pounds
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