With an attractive baroque cartouche housing the title. Pedley 321.

A very attractive birds-eye view of the city of Vienna bu Frederick de Wit with his imprint lower right. It was published in his ‘Theatrum Praecipuarum Totius Europae Urbium’ and is the second state of a plate first issued by Johannes Janssonius in 1657. Koeman (1967-70) Wit 28, no. 52 p. 210; Van der Krogt (2007) ‘Dits ‘t oogh van Oostenrijck, het trots en machtich Weenen’ in ‘Mappae Antiquae Liber Amicorum Gunter Schilder’ pp. 51-102 no. II 2.2.

A fine sea chart of the waters of Italy between Rome and Sardinia and Corsica. It extends on the mainland from Elba to Naples including Citta Vecchia and Rome.

An untitled chart of the waters approaching Dubrovnick. The town of Zaton on the right is just to the north of the city.

A fine large scale plan of the harbour of ‘Porto Praya’ (Praia) on Santiago, the capital of the Cape Verde Islands. It is situated on the south coast and shows wonderfully how the town has grown; the whole area to the south and west of the town is now developed. A prospect of the approach is shown above. The roads and individual buildings are shown, as are numerous soundings in the Bay. The original survey in 1834 is the work of Lieutenant William Arlett of the British Royal Navy who is duly credited in the title.

A magnificent chart of the harbour of Genoa, Italy. The topographical detail given is remarkable with buildings, roads and individual fields clearly marked.

A superb large scale sea chart of the Straits of Messina between Sicily and the mainland of Italy. The town of Messina itself is shown in some detail lower left.

This is the first edition of one of the very few British county atlases not published in the British Isles. It is believed that the series of miniature maps were drawn by Aristide Michel Perrot (1793-1879). Perrot was a geographer who produced several works related to this field. They accompanied a topographical description of Great Britain by George Bernard Depping (1784-1853). He was a naturalised Frenchman who was born in Münster, Germany in 1784. He became a professor of German and a member of the French Royal Society of Antiquaries. The maps appear to be the work of the Parisian engraver Adrien Migneret (1786-1840). The maps are set within a border of produce and topography reputedly related to the area. The maps themselves are quite small and bear little detail. They have volume and page numbers which are at sufficient distance from the main image that they are often trimmed in binding. Each is accompanied by several pages of descriptive text. Ten maps also bear the name Thierry. They were brothers who were also engravers in Paris specialising in maps. It appears that more than one engraver was involved. The binding order is unusual in that it commences with Wales and extends through Scotland and Ireland in the first three volumes. The final three describe England. This is likely a reflection of French leanings towards the Celtic regions. Similarly, only 19 maps illustrate English counties, 6 on Wales, 15 on Scotland and 19 on Ireland. Provenance: inscription on front free endpaper of James W. Shaw MD 9 June 1973; Dominic Winter auction 13 April 2006 lot 147; private English collection. Carroll (1996) no. 83; not in Chubb (1927); Tooley (1999-2004).

The FIRST STATE of one of the most important Revolutionary War illustrations of Boston and its approaches. Accompanied by the VERY RARE twelve page PAMPHLET by George Callender entitled ‘Nautical remarks and observations for the chart of the harbour of Boston. Composed from different surveys; but principally from that taken in 1769’. Callendar was the Master of His Majesty's Ship the Romney. Commissioned in 1762 she served extensively in North America arriving in Boston 17 May 1768 to support the British during the enforcement of the Townsend Acts. Short of men it was the pressing of local men into service which increased tension in the town to a level which broke out in the Boston Massacre of 1770.This chart is part of a very large body of work known as the ‘Atlantic Neptune’ undertaken by Des Barres It is one of the greatest hydrographic achievements of the eighteenth century. The French and Indian War highlighted the lack of accurate mapping of the vast territories now under British control in North America. Samuel Holland was entrusted with the task of accurately mapping the northern portion of these territories. He proposed using the latest accurate methods which included astronomical readings and triangulation. In 1769 he personally was still working in Canadian waters but had instructed Callendar to undertake the survey of Boston. In England Des Barres was in charge of undertaking the detailed engraving. He set about providing the British government with more accurate mapping of the entire coastline of America and Canada. They proved to be of just as much use to the American Rebel forces. Their quality and accuracy are well known and deserved. This particular chart is notable for recording Boston as it was at the outbreak of hostilities. It illustrates the British defences before the siege. The second state in particular out of the four later ones would record the progress of the siege works constructed by the Americans around the city. As the title informs us it was surveyed in the year 1769, a troubled time in Boston. Extensive soundings are provided in the harbour with numerous points marked to ease navigation through difficult waters. What separates this chart out from most others is the level of topographical detail on land. The road structure is accurately recorded as are the local towns. It even goes as far as recorded field boundaries, a remarkable body of information for historians. The high quality engraving enables surface features to be displayed especially the elevation of the terrain. An alphabetical key upper right identifies fourteen locations in the immediate area of Boston, including batteries, docks, forts, wharves, and the all important Charles-town Ferry.The accompanying pamphlet of sailing directions is rare, it was replaced soon after by a single sheet version entitled 'A Chart of the Harbour of Boston, composed from different surveys ...' which is sometimes found pasted to later states of the map. Being separately issued it is rarely found with the chart as here. Provenance: Duke of Northumberland. Boston Engineering Department, List of Maps of Boston, pp. 70-71; Cumming, British Maps of Colonial America, pp.51-56; ESTC N12343 (pamphlet); Guthorn, ‘British Maps of the American Revolution’ 59/3, Holland's original manuscript; Krieger and Cobb, Mapping Boston, p. 106, plate 19; Nebenzahl, Bibliography of printed battle plans, 3; Sabin 10061 (pamphlet); Sellers & Van Ee, 945; Stevens, Bibliography of the Atlantic Neptune (unpublished) pp. 211-216; Streeter, II:706.

This is a desirable caricature map of England and Wales after Robert Dighton (1752-1814), a well known eighteenth century painter of portraits and caricatures. Initially he often worked anonymously for Carington Bowles. In the 1790s his series of caricature portraits earned him praise. He achieved notoriety however when he took some Rembrandt engravings from the British Museum and replaced them with copies. They were all located in his rooms and returned. The date of issue is unknown but the first catalogue in which they appear is dated to 1795. They were so successful that the Bowles firm issued this reduced size in 1808. No specific reason has been identified for the depiction and they were merely intended for amusement. Feaver (1988) p. 60; Hill (1978) pp. 44-5; Mackenzie (1998) p. 143Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).