BRITISH ISLES. Camden. 1722.
Britannica Saxonica. Lower right: Iohn Stupt sculp. 15"h x 12"w. Light dampstain in margin. Uncolored.

According to Tooley, John Sturt (1658-1730) engraved two maps for Camden's Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ...(London, Awnsham Churchill, 1722). This map is from the 2nd edition by Edmund Gibson. The Britannia was first published by William Camden, a historian, in 1586.

The map depicts the Anglo Saxon Kingdom and covers England and Scotland. Only a small portion of Ireland appears at the left. An early alphabet (presumably, "Anglo-Saxon") is used in the names the areas and cities. A key or translation is given in a cartouche at the upper right.

BRITISH ISLES. Gray. 1877.
British Isles. 12”w x 15”h. Margins slightly soiled. Map image in very good condition. Original wash color.

Published in The National Atlas Containing Elaborate Topographical Maps of the United States . . . (Philadelphia, O. W. Gray & Son, 1877).

Inset: [Shetland Islands and Orkney Islands].

SOMERSET SHIRE. Speed. 1610/1710?
Somerset_Shire Described: ãd into Hundreds devided, with the plott of the famous and most wholsom waters and citie of the Bathe. by I. S. Bottom right: Anno 1610. Imprint: Cum privilegio London Printed & Sold by Henry Overton at the White horse without Newgate. 15”h x 20”w. Top margin irregular, stained and reinforced. Hardly noticeable minor loss in one area of centerfold. Image very good. Colored. No text verso. Engraved by Jodocus Hondius in 1610.

Henry Overton (fl 1707-1751) succeeded his father John Overton who had obtained John Speed’s plates by 1700. Henry reprinted several editions of Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine during the period 1710-1743.

Inset upper left: “Bathe”. Royal crest upper center. Seven crests lower left. This edition contains the crest of “Iohn Greenvil E. of Bath”, at the lower right, but not found in the original edition. The words “by I. S.” at the conclusion of the title were not found in the original edition. Also, this edition contains roads; none were on the original edition. Regarding the origin of this map, Nigel Nicolson quotes John Speed “I have put my sickle into other men’s corn”. Nicolson later comments: “His Somerset, for example, is almost an exact copy of Saxton’s, though unacknowledged.”

ISLE OF WIGHT. Speed. 1627/1676.
Wight Island. Imprint: Described by William White Gent. Augmented and published by Iohn Speed Citizen of London. And are to be Sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleetstreet, and Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard. 15.1"h x 20.1"w. Modern color. Centerfold creases and light stain; 3/8 inch spot touching lower neat line; very good. Engraved by Jodocus Hondius.

Published in John Speed's Theatre of Great Britain, Bassett & Chiswell, 1676. The style of the woodcut first initial on the text indicates the text was updated and printed by Mary and Samuel Simmons for Roger Rea. It appears that Bassett & Chiswell changed the imprint on the map to their names but left the characteristic Simmons' first initial on the verso.

A beautiful, primitive map of the Isle of Wight which is located a few miles off the southern coast of England. Mountains are shown in profile. There are insets of Newport (on the island) and of Southhampton (on the mainland) in the lower corners. Four coats of arms are at the right.

BRISTOL ROAD MAP. Ogilby. c1675.
The Road from Bristol com Glos to West Chester By Iohn Ogilby Esq’r His Ma’ties Cosmographer.... Upper margin: P. 55 in old ink script. 13 ¾”h x 17 ¼’w. Margins ragged and toned. Image in very good condition. Old color. Verso blank. Map by John Ogilby (1600-1676), who became the Royal Cosmographer c.1671.

The map was published in Ogilby’s Britannia Vol. I or an Illustration of ye Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales By a Geographical & Historical Description of the Principal Roads in 1675 and 1676 consisting of 100 maps with text, in 1675 in the Itinerarium Angliae without text, and in 1698 a re-issue of the 1st edition with a shorter text.

This was the first practical road atlas, showing the roads, directions, distances, and descriptive notes about the countryside. This map actually shows the road from Bristol to Ludlaw in six strip maps totaling 76 miles. An additional sheet (not present) carries the road on to West Chester, 69 miles farther.

BRISTOL CHANNEL. Collins. 1693.
[The Severn or Channell of Bristoll.] Inset lower right: [Ships at anchor near King Road]. Dedication at right: To the Right Honourable Sr. Rob’t Southwell Kt.... 17”h x 21 ½”w. Color.

Map by Captain Greenville Collins. First published 1693 in his Great Britain’s Coasting Pilot.... containing 48 charts. It was re-issued in at least 14 editions up to 1792. A letter dated 1955 indicates this specific map was removed from the 1693 edition.

Bristol is at the right. The Severn River rises in Wales and flows north then makes a large curve to the right into England and south to Bristol Channel on the west coast of England.

BARK SHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Bark Shire by Rob't Morden. Lower left: Printed for Abel Swall and Anwsham & John Churchill Lower right: Sutton Nicholls sculp 14"h x 16"w. Light offset. Uncolored. Map by Robert Morden.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by William Camden (1551-1623), an historian, in 1586.

BEDFORD SHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Bedford Shire by Rob't Morden. Lower left: Sold by Abel Swale [&] Awnsham & John Churchil 14"h x 17"w. Faint gray tones near margins. Image very good. Map by Robert Morden.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by William Camden (1551-1623), an historian, in 1586, and then periodically updated.

The scale of the map is about 2 miles per inch.

BUCKINGHAM SHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Buckingham Shire By Robert Morden. Lower center: Sold by Abel Swale [&] Awnsham & John Churchil Lower right: S. Nicholls sculp. 16"h x 13"w. Light stain at centerfold. Uncolored. Map by Robert Morden. Engraved by Sutton Nicholls.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by historian William Camden (1551-1623) in 1586.

CHESTER. Morden. 1722.
The County Palatine of Chester By Rob't Morden. Lower left: Sold by Abel Swale [&] Awnsham & John Churchil. 14"h x 16"w. Uncolored. Map by Robert Morden.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by William Camden (1551-1623), an historian, in 1586.

Map scale approximately 3 miles per inch.

DARBY SHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Darby Shire By Rob't Morden. Lower left: Sold by Abel Swale, Awnsham & John Churchill. 14"h x 16"w. Light offset. Short printer's crease. Library stamp verso. Map by Robert Morden.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by William Camden (1551-1623), an historian, in 1586, and periodically updated.

Map scale approximately 3 miles per inch. Mountains shown in profile and shading.

HEREFORD SHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Hereford Shire By Rob't Morden. Lower left: Sold by Abel Swale [&] Awnsham & John Churchil. 14"h x 16"w. Heavy damp stains and offset. Uncolored. Map by Robert Morden.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by William Camden (1551-1623), an historian, in 1586.

Map scale approximately 2 1/2 miles per inch.

HERTFORD SHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Hertford Shire by Rob't Morden. Lower right: Sold by Abel Swale [&] Awnsham & John Churchil 14"h x 17"w. Light dampstains. Tear at lower left corner. Uncolored. Map by Robert Morden.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by William Camden (1551-1623), an historian, in 1586.

The scale of the map is about 2 miles per inch.

HUNTINGTON SHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Huntington Shire by Rob't Morden. 14"h x 17"w. Lower left: Sold by Abel Swale [&] Awnsham & Iohn Churchil. Very good condition. Uncolored. An engraved map by Robert Morden on watermarked paper.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by William Camden (1551-1623), an historian, in 1586. After the publication of the final edition of Britannia in 1637, the work was not published again until 1695 when Gibson revised and translated the text from the original Latin and included fifty maps, mostly of the English counties, prepared by Robert Morden, replacing the outdated maps of Christopher Saxton, the “father of English cartography”. This map is from the subsequent edition of 1722.

Morden’s were the first county maps to include roads, taken from John Ogilby’s earlier surveys. Morden was one of the first to show longitudes (here measured from the meridian at London) and shown in degrees and minutes of a degree at the bottom of the map. At the top of the map time in Roman numerals depicts minutes of real time for the sun to move toward or away from London with London at “O” minutes.

The map scale is approximately 2 miles per inch. The map includes Cambridge Shire and the town of Cambridge is at the right center. At the top are shown some of the early drainage dikes and ponds with Dutch names: “Vermudens”, “Swerdes Delfe” and “Benwick Meer”.

LEICESTER SHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Leicester Shire by Rob't Morden. Lower right: Sold by Abel Swale [&] Awnsham & Iohn Churchil. 14"h x 17"w. Faint transference, otherwise very good condition. Uncolored. An engraved map by Robert Morden on watermarked paper.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by historian William Camden (1551-1623) in 1586. After the publication of the final edition of Britannia in 1637, the work was not published again until 1695 when Gibson revised and translated the text from the original Latin and included fifty maps, mostly of the English counties, prepared by Robert Morden, replacing the outdated maps of Christopher Saxton. This map is from the subsequent edition of 1722.

Morden’s were the first county maps to include roads, taken from John Ogilby’s earlier surveys. “Wathing Street” is shown along the lower left. Morden was one of the first to show longitudes (here measured west from the meridian of London) and shown in degrees and minutes of a degree at the bottom of the map. At the top of the map Roman numerals depict minutes of real time for the sun to move west from London.

The map scale is approximately 2 miles per inch. The town of Leicester, founded 2000 years ago, is shown near the center of the map along the “Soure” [now Soar] River.

LINCOLNSHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Lincolnhire By Rob't Morden. 14"h x 16"w. Narrow, three-inch long printer's crease upper center, otherwise image very good. Uncolored. Map by Robert Morden.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by William Camden (1551-1623), an historian, in 1586.

Map scale approximately 5 miles per inch.

MIDDLESEX. Morden. 1722.
Middlesex by Rob't Morden. Lower right: Sold by Abel Swale [&] Awnsham & John Churchil Lower left: Sutton Nicholls sculp 14"h x 16"w. Light stains upper left, otherwise the image is ver good. Uncolored. Map by Robert Morden.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by William Camden (1551-1623), an historian, in 1586.

The map, at about 1 1/2 miles per inch, includes London and the Thames River.

NORTHAMPTON SHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Northampton Shire By Rob't Morden. Lower left: Sold by Abel Swale and Awnsham & John Churchill. 14"h x 16"w. Small thin reinforced verso with Japanese tissue. Uncolored. Map by Robert Morden. An engraved map on watermarked paper.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by William Camden (1551-1623), an historian, in 1586. After the publication of the final edition of Britannia in 1637, the work was not published again until 1695 when Gibson revised the text and included fifty maps, mostly of the English counties, prepared by Robert Morden. This map is from the subsequent edition of 1722.

A nicely detailed county map showing topography, parks, roads, forests and towns. Street patterns are shown for the town of Northampton.

The map scale is approximately 3 miles per inch.

NOTTINGHAM SHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Nottingham Shire By Rob't Morden. Lower right: Sold by Abel Swale [&] Awnsham & John Churchill. 14"h x 16"w. Faint offset. Printer’s smudge upper right. Uncolored. An engraved map by Robert Morden on watermarked paper.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by William Camden (1551-1623), an historian, in 1586. After the publication of the final edition of Britannia in 1637, the work was not published again until 1695 when Gibson revised and translated the text from the original Latin and included fifty maps, mostly of the English counties, prepared by Robert Morden, replacing the outdated maps of Christopher Saxton, the “father of English cartography”. This map is from the subsequent edition of 1722.

One of Morden’s contributions to the field of cartography was the showing of longitudes measured from the London meridian of St. Paul's Cathedral, given at the bottom in degrees and minutes west of St. Paul’s, and in the form of “Minutes of Time” in Roman numerals at the top of the map. This latter was done to establish local times that were taken from the sun (there was no national standard time). He also added roads, taken from Ogilby's earlier survey to his county maps and included 3 scales at the lower left to account for convergence of the meridians.

The map scale is approximately 3 miles per inch.

OXFORD SHIRE . Morden. 1722.
Oxford Shire by Rob't Morden. Lower center: Sold by Abel Swale [&] Awnsham & Iohn Churchil. 14"h x 17"w. Faint transference, some light staining, otherwise good condition. Uncolored. An engraved map by Robert Morden on watermarked paper.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by historian William Camden (1551-1623) in 1586. After the publication of the final edition of Britannia in 1637, the work was not published again until 1695 when Gibson revised and translated the text from the original Latin and included fifty maps, mostly of the English counties, prepared by Robert Morden, replacing the outdated maps of Christopher Saxton. This map is from the subsequent edition of 1722.

Morden’s were the first county maps to include roads, taken from John Ogilby’s earlier surveys, and several are shown. Morden was one of the first to show longitudes (here measured west from the meridian of London) and shown in degrees and minutes of a degree at the bottom of the map. At the top of the map Roman numerals depict minutes of real time for the sun to move west from London.

The map scale is approximately 2 miles per inch. The town of Oxford, founded more than a thousand years ago, is shown near the center of the map along the Thames River. Oxford is the home of the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world.

RUTLAND SHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Comitatus Rotelandiae Tabula Nova & Aucta. Lower right: Sold by A. Swale [&] A. Churchil & Partners. 14"h x 16"w. Faint offset. Uncolored.

An engraved map by Robert Morden published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722).

This is a beautiful, primitive map of Rutland. The title cartouche is at the lower right; scales at the lower left; compass rose at the upper left. Another cartouche at the upper right with text in Latin refers to Mercator. The map scale is approximately 1 ½ miles per inch. The Welland River flows along the southeastern boundary. Streets and buildings in "Okeham" (Oakham) and Uppingham are shown pictorially. In the lower left “The Old Forrest of Liefeild” is identified in Gothic type.

Gibson’s 1st edition (1695) of the Britannia was the first to contain Robert Morden's beautiful county maps. These were the first county maps to include roads, apparently taken from John Ogilby’s earlier surveys. Morden was one of the first to show longitudes (here measured from the meridian of St. Paul’s Cathedral) and shown in minutes of a degree at the bottom of the map. At the top of the map is the phrase “minutes of Time” with time “II” and “III” being minutes of relative movement of the sun from London.

SHROP SHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Shrop Shire By Robert Morden. Lower right: Sold by Abel Swale [&] Awnsham & John Churchill. 14"h x 16"w. Faint offset. Uncolored. Map by Robert Morden.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by William Camden (1551-1623), an historian, in 1586.

The map scale is approximately 4 miles per inch.

STRATFORD SHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Stratford Shire By Rob't Morden. Lower left: Sold by Abel Swale [&] Awnsham & John Churchil. Lower right: Sutton Nicholls sculp 14"h x 16"w. Light offset; printer's crease; image faint in small area. Map by Robert Morden.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by William Camden (1551-1623), an historian, in 1586.

Map scale approximately 3 miles per inch.

SUFFOLK. Morden. 1722.
Suffolk by Rob't Morden. Lower right: Sold by Abel Swale [&] Awnsham & John Churchil 13"h x 16"w. Light offset; otherwise, very good condition. Uncolored. Map by Robert Morden.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by William Camden (1551-1623), an historian, in 1586.

The map scale approximately 3 miles per inch. The shire (county) is divided into "Hundreds", an old English term for an area that would support a hundred families.

WARWICK SHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Warwick Shire By Rob't Morden. Lower right: Sold by Abel Swale, Awnsham & John Churchil. 14"h x 16"w. Faint offset. Image very good. Uncolored. Map by Robert Morden.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by William Camden (1551-1623), an historian, in 1586.

Map scale approximately 3 miles per inch. The Avon River flows through the area. The city of Coventry is near the center of the map.