Collecting Antique Maps of the River Thames by Henry Taunt 1885

I've been fortunate to live just a step away from the River Thames near London on and off for most of my life. I'm now parked further out west and just a minutes walk from the river near Marlow in Buckinghamshire. I never tire of walking along by the river. Maybe you have a connection in your own past with a river, maybe the river Thames?  Antique river maps remain popular with collectors and checking some recent stock I came across some more of these wonderful maps produced by Henry Taunt. 

Above: Original River Thames 'Map 4' by Henry W. Taunt c1885 Photographer to the Oxford Architectural and Historical Society from 'A New Map of The River Thames from Thames Head to London' on a scale of two inches to a mile.  

The maps were produced in lithograph with early albumen prints added to each map before publication. In the example above there is also additional later hand colour. About thirty maps were produced and published in 'A New Map of The River Thames from Thames Head to London' c1885 Oxford Taunt & Co 9 & 10 Broad Street, London, Simpkin Marshall & Co Stationers Hall Court.

These are wonderful small format maps that make a lovely gift and are popular with collectors you can see more examples HERE.