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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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A Map of Beloochistan & Sinde, with Parts of Kutch, Seistan, Khorasan, Persia, &c. by Henry Pottinger, Lieut.t 7th Bombay Native Infantry, A.D. 1814.
Reduced from the Original Document and Engraved by Thomson & Hall, Bury Street, Bloomsbury.
London, Published Feb.y 27th 1816, by Longman, Hurst Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row.
Engraving with stipple, with original hand colour. Two sheets conjoined, total 665 x 930mm (26¼ x 36½"). Some offset, folded; cracks in folds.
A rare map of Balochistan, covering parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan and southern Persia, marking the routes of Henry Pottinger and Captain Charles Christie as they mapped the region for the East India Company, amid concerns that Napoleonic France could invade India. Disguised as Muslims, they travelled together to Nushki before separating and taking different routes to Isfahan in Iran. Later Pottinger was appointent envoy and plenipotentiary in China, as which he negotiated the Treaty of Nanking (1842), ending the First Opium War and ceding Hong Kong to Britain. The following year he became the first Governor of Hong Kong, then Governor of the Cape Colony (1847) and Governor of Madras (1848-54).
[Ref: 57970] £650.00
Reduced from the Original Document and Engraved by Thomson & Hall, Bury Street, Bloomsbury.
London, Published Feb.y 27th 1816, by Longman, Hurst Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row.
Engraving with stipple, with original hand colour. Two sheets conjoined, total 665 x 930mm (26¼ x 36½"). Some offset, folded; cracks in folds.
A rare map of Balochistan, covering parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan and southern Persia, marking the routes of Henry Pottinger and Captain Charles Christie as they mapped the region for the East India Company, amid concerns that Napoleonic France could invade India. Disguised as Muslims, they travelled together to Nushki before separating and taking different routes to Isfahan in Iran. Later Pottinger was appointent envoy and plenipotentiary in China, as which he negotiated the Treaty of Nanking (1842), ending the First Opium War and ceding Hong Kong to Britain. The following year he became the first Governor of Hong Kong, then Governor of the Cape Colony (1847) and Governor of Madras (1848-54).
[Ref: 57970] £650.00
Plan of Property in the Parishes of Castle Cary and Ansford Somerset. For Sale by Auction May 3rd 1883.
Wainwrights & Heard Surveyors Shepton Mallet.
Scarce lithographic map with hand colour. Printed area 930 x 630mm (36½ x 25"). Laid on linen, ink stamps of Randolfe Woodforde, solicitor.
A large plan of the environs of the town of Castle Cary, on a scale of 6 chains (396 feet) to an inch, showing the 34 lots in this auction of property. An inset shows the town on twice the scale.
[Ref: 58014] £280.00
Wainwrights & Heard Surveyors Shepton Mallet.
Scarce lithographic map with hand colour. Printed area 930 x 630mm (36½ x 25"). Laid on linen, ink stamps of Randolfe Woodforde, solicitor.
A large plan of the environs of the town of Castle Cary, on a scale of 6 chains (396 feet) to an inch, showing the 34 lots in this auction of property. An inset shows the town on twice the scale.
[Ref: 58014] £280.00
Mr. H.M. Stanley's Explorations in the Dark Continent - Map of the Route and A Portrait Group of the Officers of his Expedition. Sketch Map to Illustrate H.M. Stanley's Route in the Emin Relief Expedition.
Drawn by W. and A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh.
[London., 1890.]
Wood engraving, printed in colour. Sheet 390 x 600mm (15¾ x 23¾"). Some spotting. Central crease as normal. Repaired tears in central crease.
A map of central Africa and nine roundel portraits of members of Henry Morton Stanley expedition (1886-9) to relieve the governor of Equatoria (south Sudan) from Mahdist forces. Published in the Graphic Newspaper.
[Ref: 58150] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by W. and A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh.
[London., 1890.]
Wood engraving, printed in colour. Sheet 390 x 600mm (15¾ x 23¾"). Some spotting. Central crease as normal. Repaired tears in central crease.
A map of central Africa and nine roundel portraits of members of Henry Morton Stanley expedition (1886-9) to relieve the governor of Equatoria (south Sudan) from Mahdist forces. Published in the Graphic Newspaper.
[Ref: 58150] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)