ANTIQUE MAPS OF DORSET AT
ASH RARE BOOKS
43 HURON ROAD
LONDON SW17 8RE
UNITED KINGDOM

[Amsterdam : Apud Iohannem Blaeu, 1647]. A delightful antique map of Dorset, decorated with ships and shields, the imposing cartouche flanked by bales of wool and hemp. Originally produced by the Dutch master mapmaker Joan Willem Blaeu in 1645, and here with the Dutch language text on the verso of the 1647 edition. “The Blaeus produced the finest maps of the 17th century. The general quality of design, execution, paper and colouring were unsurpassed” (Radford).
Copper line engraving on paper, with original hand colour. Engraved surface 382 x 502mm (approx. 15” x 19-3/4”). Slight furl to the original vertical fold; a couple of tiny marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£500

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London : John Seller, [1694?]. A charming and rare small map of Dorsetshire by John Seller, here in its earlier state before the addition of the two captions explaining the numerals (which give miles west and south from London). This set of maps first appeared under the title “Anglia Contracta”, dated to between 1689 and 1694 by Skelton, and generally ascribed to somewhere near the latter date. The presence here of Seller’s address at the Royal Exchange, premises he is not known to have occupied later than 1686, suggests that the maps may actually have been engraved a little earlier.
Copper line engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 118 x 152mm (approx. 4-5/8” x 6”). Just a touch dusty, but still in very good state. Of extreme rarity with original colour. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Hodson 122.

£125

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[London : George Virtue, 1834]. A fine antique map of the county originally engraved for the part-work “English Counties Delineated” (London : 1830-1837) prepared by the antiquary Thomas Moule. Decorated with coats of arms, a patterned border, and a vignette view of Shaftesbury. Originally engraved in 1834, and in here early state, before the addition of the symbols for parliamentary boroughs, railways, etc.
Steel line engraving on paper.Original hand colour. Engraved surface 207 x 262mm (approx. 8-1/8” x 10-3/8”). Trimmed a little tight; a few tiny specks and spots, but overall in very good and clean state. Rare in this early state and with original colour. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£75

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