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[Bath : J. H. Cotterell, ca.1850]. A handsome locally produced map, “sold by all booksellers in Bristol and Bath”, on a scale of just under a half-inch to the mile (1:77982), extending northwards to take in Rockhampton, Wotton-under-Edge and Tetbury, east to include Chippenham and Melksham, south to include Axbridge and Chilcompton, and westwards to the coast, with Newport and Chepstow beyond the Bristol Channel. An uncoloured key along the upper margin presupposes an intention to show the geology of the area, but the actual colouring on the map is of the conventional county pattern. Undated, but presumably post-dating the map of identical title produced by Cotterell’s father, Henry Fowler Cotterell (1791-1860), and prior to the lithographer Joseph Hollway or Holloway (1798?-1860) adopting the style “Holloway & Son” in the early 1850s.
Lithograph on paper, with original hand colour. Printed surface 393 x 511mm (approx. 15-1/2” x 20”). Dissected, mounted on linen, and folding into a cloth cover with a colour-printed paper label. Some minor marks, creasing and signs of age and use; a couple of small ink-splashes to lower margin, but overall in very good state. Just a single copy (Bodleian) located in major libraries.

£100

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[London : George Virtue, 1836]. A fine antique map of the county, decorated with coats of arms, a patterned border, and a vignette view of Glastonbury Cross. Originally engraved in 1836 by John Crane Dower (1791?-1847) for Moule’s part-work series “The English Counties Delineated” (London : 1830-1837) – and here in very early state, before the addition of railways, etc.
Steel line engraving on paper.Original hand colour. Engraved surface 209 x 272mm (approx. 8-1/4” x 10-7/8”). Cropped tight to borders (as usual); a few slight marks and specks, 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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