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Imprint: Liege, c.1760
400 x 605 mm., early outline colour. With the lower right corner replaced just affecting the neat line supplied in facsimile, otherwise fine.
An EXTREMELY RARE MAP by A. Carront displaying the locations of battles and including some minor manuscript annotations around Konigstein north of Frankfurt. The map is engraved by I. Lovinsosse and a key below the title identifies battles won and lost in 1757 and 1758. A coloured key highlights the participants Austria, France, Russia, Prussia and Hanover. This is the only map attributed to Carront listed in Tooley (1999-2004).
Stock number:3695.
£ 525.00 ( approx. $US 683.23 )
Imprint: London, 1832
530 x 655 mm., early outline colour, in good condition.
Sheet 23 from George and John Cary's extremely rare 'Cary's Improved Map of England & Wales, with a Considerable Portion of Scotland'. Although finally issued complete as an atlas in 1832, it was first issued in parts from 1819. Drawn on a scale of 2 miles to the inch it extends from Swansea and Neath to Tenby on the coast and inland as far as Lampeter and Cardigan. Fordham credits the 'great detail' provided. Fordham (1925) pp. 120-22.
Stock number:10061.
£ 75.00 ( approx. $US 97.60 )
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Imprint: London, 1824
1350 x 1050 mm., in full early wash colour, cut, dissected and laid on linen. With the original publishers marbled paper slipcase with paper title pasted on, with slight wear. The map in good condition.
The map is drawn to the scale of 8 miles to the inch. It is drawn with Greenwich as the meridian with all the roads well illustrated and the distance between towns marked. It was first published in 1818 with subsequent editions in 1823, 1824 offered here, 1826 and 1840. Provenance: manuscript ownership mark of Lady Ellenborough (1807-81), noted English aristocrat whose scandalous life included four husbands and numerous lovers. Fordham (1925) Cary p. 103-4.
Stock number:7301.
£ 750.00 ( approx. $US 976.05 )
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Imprint: London, July 1st., 1790
Edition: First Edition
Quarto (215 x 155 mm.), full contemporary calf, ornate gilt spine with red calf gilt title. With engraved title page, folding general map, foxed, map of the Turnpike Gates, both in early wash colour, Explanation and Advertisement, and 80 strip road maps on 40 double-page sheets all in early wash colour. Engraved throughout, with minor offsetting. Complete with original endpapers.
FIRST EDITION. John Cary (c.1754-1835) and descendants were possibly the most prolific publishers of cartography around the turn of the nineteenth century. Cary is noted for the clarity of detail in his maps and was the first to use the Greenwich meridian. In 1794 he was commissioned by the Postmaster-General to survey the roads of Great Britain. Cary had already published road books; indeed his first publication is one showing the roads between London and Falmouth, 1784. In 1790 Cary published his ‘Survey of the High Roads’ from London which contained twelve routes from the town and eighteen cross roads. All are in lovely early colour and display a wealth of information. It was particularly pointed out by Cary that the country houses along the route could be seen from certain vantage points which are marked out on the maps. It was reissued unaltered in 1799, in 1801 and again in 1810. There were no further editions. An example of the FIRST EDITION. Beresiner (1983) pp. 80-2; Fordham (1925) pp. 40-1; Fordham (1924) p. 40; Shirley (2004) T.Cary 4a.
Stock number:7657.
£ 995.00 ( approx. $US 1294.89 )
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Imprint: London, July 1st., 1790
Edition: First Edition
Quarto (255 x 175 mm.), full contemporary diced calf, ornate gilt panelled ruling, rebacked spine with gilt ruled compartments and gilt title, marbled endpapers. With engraved title page, folding general map, map of the Turnpike Gates with light margin soiling, both in early wash colour, Explanation and Advertisement, and 80 strip road maps on 40 double-page sheets all in early wash colour. Engraved throughout, with minor offsetting. Complete with original endpapers.
An example of the FIRST EDITION in LARGE PAPER. John Cary (c.1754-1835) and descendants were possibly the most prolific publishers of cartography around the turn of the nineteenth century. Cary is noted for the clarity of detail in his maps and was the first to use the Greenwich meridian. In 1794 he was commissioned by the Postmaster-General to survey the roads of Great Britain. Cary had already published road books; indeed his first publication is one showing the roads between London and Falmouth, 1784. In 1790 Cary published his ‘Survey of the High Roads’ from London which contained twelve routes from the town and eighteen cross roads. All the plates are in lovely early colour and display a wealth of information. It was particularly pointed out by Cary that the country houses along the route could be seen from certain vantage points which are marked out on the maps. It was reissued unaltered in 1799, in 1801 and again in 1810. There were no further editions. PROVENANCE: bookplate of Hooten Pagnell Hall, Yorkshire. Beresiner (1983) pp. 80-2; Fordham (1925) pp. 40-1; Fordham (1924) p. 40; Shirley (2004) T.Cary 4a.
Stock number:8831.
£ 1100.00 ( approx. $US 1431.54 )
Imprint: London, July 1st., 1790
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Quarto (255 x 165 mm.), recent half calf, with marbled paper boards, spine with gilt title, in a recent solander box. With engraved title page, folding general map, map of the Turnpike Gates, both in early wash colour, Explanation and Advertisement leaf, and 80 strip road maps on 40 sheets all in early wash colour. Engraved throughout, with some very minor foxing, complete with original endpapers, in good condition.
An example of the FIRST EDITION on LARGE PAPER. John Cary (c.1754-1835) and descendants were possibly the most prolific publishers of cartography around the turn of the nineteenth century. Cary is noted for the clarity of detail in his maps and was the first to use the Greenwich meridian. In 1794, he was commissioned by the Postmaster-General to survey the roads of Great Britain. Cary had already published road books; indeed, his first publication is one showing the roads between London and Falmouth in 1784. In 1790 Cary published his ‘Survey of the High Roads’ from London which contained twelve routes from the town and eighteen cross roads. All the plates are in lovely early colour and display a wealth of information. It was particularly pointed out by Cary that the country houses along the route could be seen from certain vantage points which are marked out on the maps. It was reissued unaltered in 1799, in 1801 and again in 1810. There were no further editions. Provenance: manuscript inscription to title of 'R. Harries Jr'?; bookplate of Taylor inside front cover; Clarendon Books; private English collection. Beresiner (1983) pp. 80-2; Fordham (1925) pp. 40-1; Fordham (1924) p. 40; Shirley (2004) T.Cary 4a.
Stock number:9831.
£ 850.00 ( approx. $US 1106.19 )
Imprint: London, John Cary, No. 188, Strand, 20 June 1786
Binding: Hardback
Small quarto (185 x 125 mm.), full contemporary calf, ornate gilt panelling to boards, rebacked with blind ruled compartments, gilt title, with original marbled endpapers and free blank endpapers. With a double-page general map, Advertisement, engraved title page including a decorative vignette, Explanation, 50 full page maps, (2),Index to place-names in two columns pp. (27), all in early outline colour with some wash to woods and parks, with folding map of the 'Environs of London' form the 11th edition of the 'New Itinerary' 1828, inserted at the end, in good condition.
John Cary (c.1754-1835) and descendants were possibly the most prolific publishers of cartography around the turn of the nineteenth century. Cary is noted for the clarity of detail in his maps and was the first to use the Greenwich meridian. Cary had already published road books; indeed, his first publication is one showing the roads between London and Falmouth, 1784. For this work the large scale of one inch to the mile allowed John Cary to include a great deal of detail including local side roads. As the title describes 'every seat thereon, with the name of the Possessor ... to which is added, 'An Index of all the Names contained in the Plates'. Each individual building is detailed. The small format allowed a broader sale as it fitted nicely into the pocket. A very useful tool even for researchers today. Twenty eight of the fifty plates were first published earlier in the year on 1 January 1786 as 'Cary's Actual Survey of Middlesex'. Expanded to fifty plates the title is dated 20 June 1786, however, some of the plates bear the slightly later date of 15 August 1786. There were later editions in 1800 and 1811. Beresiner (1983) pp. 80-2; Darlington & Howgego (1964) 183.1; ESTC T212885; Fordham (1925a) p. 22; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).
Stock number:10018.
£ 1100.00 ( approx. $US 1431.54 )
Imprint: London, J. Cary Engraver & Mapseller No. 86 St. James's Street, 1832
770 x 630 mm., dissected and laid on contemporary linen, early outline colour, marbled endpapers, with original publishers marbled paper open slipcase, with publishers paper title label and further label of original sellers 'J. & J. Thomson', in good condition.
John Cary (1755-1835) and descendants were possibly the most prolific publishers of cartography around the turn of the nineteenth century. Cary is noted for the clarity of detail in his maps and was the first to use the Greenwich meridian. In 1787-89 Cary published the 'New and Correct English Atlas' which proved immediately successful. In 1792 he published a separately issued wall map in eighty-one sheets. An example of it is found in the British Library (Maps *1130.2). Although strictly a wall map, it is best known through its publication in 1794 as an atlas with all eighty-one sheets bound in. The whole measures approximately 1775 x 2235 mm. and is drawn on a scale of 5 miles to the inch. It is widely recognised as the first English atlas to be published using Greenwich as the Prime Meridian. In 1796 Cary first published this reduction which was more manageable. It similarly utilizes Greenwich as the Prime Meridian. This map extends as far north as Edinburgh and gives extensive detail of the country at the time. An interesting list below the title records all those parts of counties detached from the main. An Explanation appears lower left. The whole is drawn at the scale of 15 miles to an inch. There were a number of later editions of the map, usually distinguished by the ‘corrected to the Year …’ added to the imprint below. Here it reads 1832. The last known edition was in 1844.According to Smith the map went on to be 'used in 1876 by the Tinley Brothers of the Strand a the base for one of the earliest cycling map'. Provenance: original seller's label pasted on slipcase 'J. & J. Thomson Booksellers & Bookbinders 20 Market St. Manchester', these would be James and Joseph Thomson, trading from 1814 to 1855 at least; manuscript ownership mark on the verso on linen 'Alison Rigg Manchester 1833'. Fordham (1925a) pp. 54-6; Smith, David (1988) p. 44; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).
Stock number:9969.
£ 95.00 ( approx. $US 123.63 )
Imprint: London, Printed for John Cary, Engraver, and Map-seller, Strand, 1817
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Sextodecimo (185 x 115 mm.), modern half calf, marbled paper boards, blind ruled. Gilt ruled panels to spine with gilt title label. Engraved title, advertisement and contents, with general map and 42 county maps, that of Yorkshire folding and backed on publishers silk, all in early outline colour, placed in pairs facing each other, pp. 16 of tables, in good condition.
The first edition of this second series of John Cary’s 'Traveller’s Companion' was published in 1806. In the interim issues had appeared dated 1810, 1812 and 1814. This 1817 example bears the same title with just the date in the imprint altered. All the maps now bear imprints with similar date and there are alterations to the detail on the maps. The list of Market and Borough Towns at the end is expanded and now fills the fifth page. The ensuing list of Routes is also reset. There is now no imprint of the printer. Chubb (1927) 280; Fordham (1925a) pp. 39; Smith 'The Map Collector' 43 pp. 40-47.
Stock number:9915.
£ 195.00 ( approx. $US 253.77 )
Imprint: London, 1785
600 x 750 mm., dissected and laid on contemporary linen, early outline and wash colour, in good condition, complete with original marbled paper slipcase, with publishers' printed round title affixed, worn.
ONE OF CARY'S EARLIEST WORKS, VERY RARE. John Cary (c.1754-1835) and descendants were possibly the most prolific publishers of cartography around the turn of the nineteenth century. Cary is noted for the clarity of detail in his maps and was the first to use the Greenwich meridian. Cary was apprenticed to William Palmer from 1770-77. His very earliest works were engravings for or publications in partnership with others. His first sole publication was a very rare road book displaying the route from London to Falmouth published in 1784. This map of Surrey is his sole new publication in 1785 and is also very rare. Here Cary uses the Meridian of St. Paul's Cathedral. It is drawn to a scale of three quarters of an inch to the mile and includes not only the whole county but rudimentary outlines of the suburbs of London north of the River Thames. Numbered mile markers are placed on the main roads and individual houses identified. A list of towns with markets and their details appears lower right and two further tables list the parishes found in each Hundred. An ornate compass rose on the right is decorated with farm implements; a sickle, hay-rake, shepher's crook, stalks and ears of wheat and barley and a small cask. The title is placed in a plain circle upper left. An interesting anecdote lower right records a Mr. Smyth as a London silversmith who made a lot of money. Nicknamed 'Dog Smyth' after the dog which followed him around, he left the business and took to begging around the county. In his will had left 50 pounds per annum to the poor of all the market towns in Surrey, and a further sum to every other parish. However, this excluded Mitcham as he was whipped their as a common vagrant! Henry Smith (1549-1628) founded in his will the Henry Smith Charity in 1628. It is still running and according to the ODNB distributed £25.9 million in 2010! Rodger records an earlier issue without title which is likely a proof. There were no later issues. Fordham (1925) p. 19-20; ODNB; Rodger (1972) 437; Sharp (1929) p. 24; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).
Stock number:10344.
£ 950.00 ( approx. $US 1236.33 )
Imprint: London, 1785
600 x 750 mm., dissected into three and laid on contemporary linen, early outline and wash colour, in good condition.
ONE OF CARY'S EARLIEST WORKS, VERY RARE. John Cary (c.1754-1835) and descendants were possibly the most prolific publishers of cartography around the turn of the nineteenth century. Cary is noted for the clarity of detail in his maps and was the first to use the Greenwich meridian. Cary was apprenticed to William Palmer from 1770-77. His very earliest works were engravings for or publications in partnership with others. His first sole publication was a very rare road book displaying the route from London to Falmouth published in 1784. This map of Surrey is his sole new publication in 1785 and is also very rare. Here Cary uses the Meridian of St. Paul's Cathedral. It is drawn to a scale of three quarters of an inch to the mile and includes not only the whole county but rudimentary outlines of the suburbs of London north of the River Thames. Numbered mile markers are placed on the main roads and individual houses identified. A list of towns with markets and their details appears lower right and two further tables list the parishes found in each Hundred. An ornate compass rose on the right is decorated with farm implements; a sickle, hay-rake, shepher's crook, stalks and ears of wheat and barley and a small cask. The title is placed in a plain circle upper left. An interesting anecdote lower right records a Mr. Smyth as a London silversmith who made a lot of money. Nicknamed 'Dog Smyth' after the dog which followed him around, he left the business and took to begging around the county. In his will had left 50 pounds per annum to the poor of all the market towns in Surrey, and a further sum to every other parish. However, this excluded Mitcham as he was whipped their as a common vagrant! Henry Smith (1549-1628) founded in his will the Henry Smith Charity in 1628. It is still running and according to the ODNB distributed £25.9 million in 2010! Rodger records an earlier issue without title which is likely a proof. There were no later issues. Fordham (1925) p. 19-20; ODNB; Rodger (1972) 437; Sharp (1929) p. 24; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).
Stock number:10349.
£ 950.00 ( approx. $US 1236.33 )
Imprint: London, July 1st., 1790
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Quarto (210 x 150 mm.), full contemporary tree calf, ornate blind panelled boards, rebacked spine with gilt date and red calf gilt title, marbled endpapers. With engraved title page, folding general map, map of the Turnpike Gates, both in early wash colour, Explanation and Advertisement leaf, and 80 strip road maps on 40 sheets all in early wash colour, engraved throughout, with small repair to endpaper, complete with original endpapers, otherwise in good condition.
An example of the FIRST EDITION. John Cary (c.1754-1835) and descendants were possibly the most prolific publishers of cartography around the turn of the nineteenth century. Cary is noted for the clarity of detail in his maps and was the first to use the Greenwich meridian. In 1794, he was commissioned by the Postmaster-General to survey the roads of Great Britain. Cary had already published road books; indeed, his first publication is one showing the roads between London and Falmouth in 1784. In 1790 Cary published his Survey of the High Roads from London which contained twelve routes from the town and eighteen cross roads. All the plates are in lovely early colour and display a wealth of information. It was particularly pointed out by Cary that the country houses along the route could be seen from certain vantage points which are marked out on the maps. It was reissued unaltered in 1799, in 1801 and again in 1810. There were no further editions. Provenance: private English collection. Beresiner (1983) pp. 80-2; Fordham (1925) pp. 40-1; Fordham (1924) p. 40; Shirley (2004) T.Cary 4a.
Stock number:10199.
£ 850.00 ( approx. $US 1106.19 )
Imprint: London, Printed for John Cary, Engraver, Map & Printseller, Strand, 1 Jan. 1791-[92]
Binding: Hardback
Octavo (180 x 115 mm.), recent half red calf by Bayntun, red cloth boards, spine with two raised bands and gilt embossed titles, later endpapers. With engraved title page, Advertisement and Contents and 43 engraved maps printed back to back, all in early outline colour, that of Yorkshire folding, 6 page Index bound at the front, in good condition.
This is the second edition of the smallest of three English county atlases produced by John Cary. The ‘Advertisement’ for Cary’s New Itinerary for 1802 described it as being an abridgement of the New and Correct English Atlas of 1787-89. The immense success of that work clearly encouraged Cary to issue a smaller, pocket size version for the traveller. It was designed to be of use to them on the widening network of turnpike roads. Travel is at the core of each of the maps, the clear feature of each is the road network. The Advertisement at the beginning stated his intent, ‘With an anxious desire to render this work useful to travellers, the Proprietor has paid every attention to accuracy, and in the endeavour to render it of real utility …’On each map Cary is prominently identified as the engraver. Above the title on each map may be found a compass rose with the points of the compass, these indicate the orientation of the map. In the border below are found a list of distances to London from key towns and cities found within. The seven-page Index at the end compacts a considerable amount of information. The market days for each town are given, borough towns are marked with an asterisk with the number of their representatives given in brackets. Cities and universities are given in capital letters. As might be expected, a clear and detailed method. The work proved extremely popular. So much so that not one, but two, entirely new series of copper plates were produced during the lifetime of the work as the plates wore out. The imprint date on all but that of Yorkshire has been altered to 1 September 1792 and the index is now in six pages. Provenance: manuscript ownership inscription of J. Milbourne of Hammersmith to title page; private English collection. Chubb 275; ESTC N26954; Fordham (1925) pp. 35-7; Shirley (2004) T.Cary 3c; Smith 'The Map Collector' 43 pp. 40-47; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).
Stock number:10202.
£ 195.00 ( approx. $US 253.77 )
Imprint: London, John Cary, Engraver, and Map-seller, Strand, 1806
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Octavo (165 x 105 mm.), modern half calf, marbled paper boards, blind ruled, spine with gilt ruling and red calf gilt title label, later endpapers. With engraved title page, Advertisement, Contents, general map and 40 maps of the counties, that of Yorkshire folding with binders tear repaired, North and South Wales, in all 43 maps, all in early outline colour and bound facing each other, index of 'Market and Borough Towns' in pp. 5, 'Routes; Exhibiting the Direct Road' in pp. 11. advert of 'Works published by John Cary' in pp. 2, in good condition.
This is the FIRST EDITION of the SECOND SERIES of the smallest of three English county atlases produced by John Cary. The immense success of the work wore out the plates requiring an entirely new series of copper plates to be made. Only one other work required a new series of copper plates. It was also by Cary; the New and Correct English Atlas, of which this was a pocket sized version. It was designed to be of use to travellers on the widening network of turnpike roads. Travel is at the core of each of the maps, the clear feature of each is the road network. The Advertisement at the beginning stated his intent, ‘With an anxious desire to render this work useful to travellers, the Proprietor has paid every attention to accuracy, and in the endeavour to render it of real utility …’On each map Cary is prominently identified as the engraver. Above the title on each map may be found a compass rose with the points of the compass, these indicate the orientation of the map. In the border below are found a list of distances to London from key towns and cities found within. All of the maps now bear the date 1806. The maps are printed on one side only and bound facing each other in pairs. Minor alterations occur to most maps and canals are added to some. The entirely reset text at the end of the work is expanded. The ‘Market and Borough Towns’ list now on five pages, compacts a considerable amount of information. The market days for each town are given, borough towns are marked with an asterisk with the number of their representatives given in brackets. Cities and universities are given in capital letters. In this version it is expanded with a number at the end of the column corresponding to the route to it from the Metropolis as listed in the complimentary eleven page ‘Routes Exhibiting the Direct Road’. It describes 141 roads, each listing the major towns passed through and the county maps on which it may be found. This is a reduction of the text found in the the larger format Cary's New and Correct English Atlas. Provenance: private English collection. Chubb (1927) no. 276; Fordham (1925) pp. 37-8 (not recognising it as a new series); Smith, D. (1988); Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).
Stock number:10204.
£ 250.00 ( approx. $US 325.35 )
Imprint: London, Printed for G. & J Cary. Engravers, No. 86 St. James's Street, 1826
Binding: Hardback
Octavo (185 x 115 mm.), modern half calf, marbled paper boards, ornate blind ruling, spine with blind ruled compartments, red calf gilt title label. With folding general map, engraved title to New Itinerary dated 1826, dedication, pp. (8), 41, (1), (62), (66), engraved title to Traveller's Companion dated 1826, contents leaf, advertisement, general map of England and Wales, 40 county maps, that of Yorkshire folding (bound at the back), North and South Wales, in all 43 maps all in early outline colour, 6 folding maps from the New Itinerary in early outline colour, pp. (298), [597]-1070, (1), margin to Leicestershire reinforced, otherwise in good condition.
On 17 January 1820, John Cary’s premises on the Strand burned down. The fire also destroyed his brother William’s premises next door. The business moved to 86 St. James's Street shortly thereafter. John was now about 66 years old and chose this moment to retire to the King’s Road in Chelsea and died in 1835 aged 81. The business was continued by his sons George (1787-1859) and John (1791-1852). It is not known if the plates for the Traveller’s Companion were lost in the fire or that they were again worn by overuse. Whichever it was, in 1822 a new series of copper plates was introduced. This series under new management were slightly different. Notable alterations are the removal of John Cary’s name as engraver either side of the title at the top. The plates are now all undated and bear the imprint of G & J Cary below. A subtler change to the plates occurs in the alteration of the place-names on those of Berkshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northants, Rutland, Somerset, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Westmoreland, North Wales and South Wales. These are now read from west to east. This example is the third edition of the new series. The maps are printed on one side only and bound facing each other in pairs. This example is bound with Cary's large New Itinerary full of further data and seven further maps. Provenance: ownership inscription dated 1827 on first original endpaper, Chubb (1927) no. 284a; Fordham (1925a) p. 39; Smith (1988a); Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).
Stock number:10205.
£ 225.00 ( approx. $US 292.82 )
Imprint: London, 4 April 1784
Binding: Hardback
Duodecimo (150 x 95 mm.) contemporary half calf, with marbled paper boards, rebacked spine with gilt ruled compartments preserving original red calf gilt title label. With engraved title page, 1 unnumbered general map of the route and 50 maps in early outline colour with some wash colour, in good condition.
Cary's VERY RARE FIRST ATLAS. John Cary (c.1754-1835) and descendants were possibly the most prolific publishers of cartography around the turn of the nineteenth century. Cary is noted for the clarity of detail in his maps and was the first to use the Greenwich meridian. He was apprenticed to William Palmer from 1770-77. His very earliest works were engravings for, or publications in partnership with others. His first sole publication was this very rare road book displaying the route from London to Falmouth published in 1784, an exquisite book. The surveyor as stated on the title page was none other than Aaron Arrowsmith who undertook the work in 1782. He was the first in a family line of noted mapmakers. Here working initially as a surveyor, he would eventually start his own map publishing business in 1790. John Cary became a significant and popular mapmaker, active over the next fifty years. In 1794 he was commissioned by the Postmaster-General to survey the roads of Great Britain. The route from London to Falmouth was of some significance at the time as Falmouth was the first mainland port along the English Channel and of strategic importance, bearing in mind the ever-present threat of the French. The title outlines the detail illustrated on the plates. The first is an unnumbered general map of the route from London to Falmouth. This is followed by 50 numbered plates, each illustrating roughly 10 mile sections. Each bears a north point and a list at the foot of Inns in the principal town illustrated. Distances are recorded on the roads in both directions and the rise and fall of the land is illustrated by hachuring. The plates are engraved on one side only and are bound so that they face each other in pairs. It was issued both uncoloured and coloured and is offered here in the more desirable coloured format. Although dated 4 April 1784 on the title, the earliest advertisement we can find was in the 'Whitehall Evening-Post' for 17-20 July 1784.Provenance: with manuscript ownership inscription inside front cover of Worthington Loscombe? and ex libris bookplate of 'John E. Pritchard. Bristol' pasted inside back cover; Clive A. Burden Ltd. Catalogue XII (2016) item 34. Bennett (2007) pp. 82-3; Beresiner (1983) pp. 80-2; not in the ESTC; Fordham (1924) p. 36; Fordham (1925) pp. 17-18, Shirley (2004) T.Cary 1a; Smith (1988) ‘The Cary Family’, in ‘The Map Collector’ 43 pp. 40-47; Sotheby's Wardington sale 18.10.05 lot 93.
Stock number:10190.
£ 3950.00 ( approx. $US 5140.53 )
Imprint: London, 1843
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Quarto (315 x 260 mm.), contemporary quarter green morocco, green cloth boards, gilt ruled spine and gilt title. With engraved title, Note with Contents on verso, 'The Market and Borough Towns in England and Wales' pp. 4, 'Directions for the Junctions of the Roads of England and Wales, Through all the Counties' pp. 10, 'Index to the Preceding Routes' pp. 2, a general map of South Britain bound opposite the title, 43 county maps on 44 plates (West Riding being on two plates) and both North and South Wales, 47 maps in total, each with a leaf of descriptive text. In good condition.
ONLY THE THIRD KNOWN EXAMPLE OF THE FINAL EDITION. John Cary (c.1754-1835) and descendants were possibly the most prolific publishers of cartography around the turn of the eighteenth century. The New and Correct English Atlas by Cary was first published in 1789, the title page being dated 1787. It proved very popular and was constantly amended with new information. By the early 1800s the copper plates had been used so much that an entirely new series was produced. As far as I am aware only one other case is known where a complete set of engraved maps had to be replaced due to wear. That was also by Cary, with the Traveller's Companion. It is a measure of the success of the atlas. The first edition of this new work was published in 1809. An innovative feature he introduced in this series was to place a letter at the exit point of a road from the county. This letter would correspond to that found on the neighbouring county. This was an early form of numbering the roads and a note to that effect is placed on the verso of the Contents page. There were several later editions. The premises on the Strand burned down in a fire on 17 January 1820 as the business was planning to move to new premises at 86 St. James's Street. Shortly after George Cary became active in the business, although it is not known for sure, this is believed to be his son (1787-1859) and not his brother (c.1753-1830). George was joined by his brother John Cary 2 (1791-1852). Their father John Cary, bought a house on the Kings Road in Chelsea about the same time and died in 1835. Editions occurred at regular intervals in 1821, 1823, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1829 and 1831. Then a hiatus until two final recorded editions of 1840 and 1843. The only known example of the 1840 edition recorded by Hodson (1977) at Bournemouth Public Library has been lost, however a copy was recorded as sold at Sotheby's London 8 March 1982 lot 7 for £180, its current location is unknown. Similarly, the example of this last edition recorded as being in the Colchester Public Library is also lost. To date I have located three known examples of this final edition. An example with pasted on label of Cruchley over the imprint on the title was identified on close examination at the Newberry Library, Chicago. A further example resides in a private English collection. Unusually the maps in this example are bound in 'Camden' order starting in the south west with Cornwall. The railway lines are notably present. Provenance: acquired Bloomsbury Book Fair, Royal National Hotel July 2011; Doreen Green collection; private English collection. Carroll (1996) 65; not in Chubb; not in Fordham (1925) p. 24; refer Hodson (1984-97) 286; Smith (1988); Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).
Stock number:10393.
£ 1250.00 ( approx. $US 1626.75 )
Imprint: London, John Cary, Engraver & Map-seller, No. 181, near Norfolk Street, Strand, Jany. 1st. 1793
Binding: Hardback
Quarto (315 x 255 mm.), later half calf marbled paper boards, spine with gilt ruled compartments, original calf title label preserved, later endpapers. Engraved title page and Dedication, typographic contents leaf, map of South Britain and 43 county maps on 44 plates (West Riding being on two plates) and both North and South Wales, 47 maps in total, all in early outline colour with main routes coloured brown with wash to wooded areas, 'Directions for the Junctions of the Roads of England and Wales through all the Counties', 'Market and Borough Towns in England and Wales', 'List of the Principal Post and Sub-Post Towns in England and Wales' pp. 17, in good condition.
John Cary (c.1754-1835) and descendants were possibly the most prolific publishers of cartography around the turn of the eighteenth century. This is the first of three significant English County productions. Cary is noted for the clarity of detail in his maps and was the first to use the Greenwich meridian. This example of Cary's 'New and Correct English Atlas' is from the second edition of 1793. It was however continuously available and only reflects a move to new premises. An innovative feature he introduced was to place a letter at the exit point of a road from the county. This letter would correspond to that found on that of the neighbouring county. This was an early form of numbering the roads. This edition of the atlas was on sale until 1809. This is an early issue as determined by Hodson based on the presence of the earlier state of maps of Leicestershire, Middlesex and Oxfordshire, all dated 1 May 1792. This is likely when the revisions clearly commenced. They would later be revised to those of the others, namely 1 January 1793. Similarly, it bears the dedication to Viscount Weymouth (d. 1796) not present in later examples. Provenance: bookplate of Robert John Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke (1809–1862) pasted inside front cover; pencil inscription on front free endpaper of 'A. B. Sackett Merton 1921'; private English collection. Chubb (1927) 261; Fordham (1925a) p. 23; Hodson (1984-97) 286; Shirley (2004) T.Cary 2c; Smith (1988) 'The Map Collector' 43 pp. 40-47.
Stock number:10196.
£ 650.00 ( approx. $US 845.91 )
Imprint: London, 1801
Small quarto (225 x 160 mm.), full contemporary marbled calf, rebacked with blind ruled raised bands, red calf gilt title label, later endpapers. With engraved title page, Explanation and Advertisement, map of the Turnpike Gates, folding general map, both in early wash colour and 80 strip road maps on 40 sheets all in early wash colour, engraved throughout, otherwise in good condition.
John Cary (c.1754-1835) and descendants were possibly the most prolific publishers of cartography around the turn of the nineteenth century. Cary is noted for the clarity of detail in his maps and was the first to use the Greenwich meridian. In 1794 he was commissioned by the Postmaster-General to survey the roads of Great Britain. Cary had already published road books; indeed his first publication is one showing the roads between London and Falmouth, 1784. In 1790 Cary published his 'Survey of the High Roads from London' which contained twelve routes from the city and eighteen cross roads. All are in lovely early colour and display a wealth of information. It was particularly pointed out by Cary that the country houses along the route could be seen from certain vantage points which are marked out on the maps. It was re-issued unaltered in 1799 and again as offered here in 1801 with a few updates of the names of homes and their owners. Provenance: with ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper of Maurice H. Fitzgerald, author; private English collection. Beresiner (1983) pp. 80-2; Fordham (1924) p. 40; Fordham (1925) pp. 40-1.
Stock number:10200.
£ 850.00 ( approx. $US 1106.19 )
Imprint: London, Printed for John Cary, Engraver, Map & Printseller, Strand, 1 Jan. 1791-[92]
Small quarto (160 x 105 mm.), full contemporary marbled calf, ornate gilt panelled, rebacked with gilt ruled compartments, marbled endpapers. With engraved title page, Advertisement and Contents and 43 engraved maps bound back-to-back, all in early outline colour, that of Yorkshire folding with binders tear repaired by backing on paper, Index with an advert leaf on verso of final leaf pp. 7, (1), endpapers detaching, otherwise in good condition.
This is the second edition of the smallest of three English county atlases produced by John Cary. The ‘Advertisement’ for 'Cary’s New Itinerary' for 1802 described it as being an abridgement of the 'New and Correct English Atlas' of 1787-89. The immense success of that work clearly encouraged Cary to issue a smaller, pocket size version for the traveller. It was designed to be of use to them on the widening network of turnpike roads. Travel is at the core of each of the maps, the clear feature of each is the road network. The Advertisement at the beginning stated his intent, ‘With an anxious desire to render this work useful to travellers, the Proprietor has paid every attention to accuracy, and in the endeavour to render it of real utility …’On each map Cary is prominently identified as the engraver. Above the title on each map may be found a compass rose with the points of the compass, these indicate the orientation of the map. In the border below are found a list of distances to London from key towns and cities found within. The seven-page Index at the end compacts a considerable amount of information. The market days for each town are given, borough towns are marked with an asterisk with the number of their representatives given in brackets. Cities and universities are given in capital letters. As might be expected, a clear and detailed method. The work proved extremely popular. So much so that not one, but two, entirely new series of copper plates were produced during the lifetime of the work as the plates wore out. The imprint date on all but that of Yorkshire has been altered to 1 September 1792. The original index and advert are retained indicating an early issue. Provenance: private English collection. Chubb (1927) 274; ESTC T225279; Fordham (1924) p. 40; Fordham (1925) pp. 35-7; Shirley (2004) T.Cary 3c; Smith (1988) pp. 40-47; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).
Stock number:10203.
£ 195.00 ( approx. $US 253.77 )
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