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The wonderful thing about these smaller antique maps is its a good place to start if you're not sure about how you want to move forward with a collection. You can pick up many of these maps very cheaply online. Also they are perfect for the inexpensive gift idea. Obviously even though small the rare items will demand a higher price however its an area where many new collectors can get a foothold.
Above: MAP OF SCOTLAND SOUTH PART Pl.2 By Sidney Hall c1831. From A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain & Ireland by John Gorton 1833. Published by Chapman & Hall, No 186 Strand Dec 1st 1831.
Sidney Hall (1788?–1831) was a British engraver and cartographer well known and popular for his early nineteenth century atlases containing maps of the United Kingdom and of the ancient world reproduced from Hall's engravings. Hall made engravings for a number of international atlases at a time when cartography and atlases were very popular.
John Gorton was an English writer, known as a compiler of reference works. His works include: A translation of Voltaire's Dictionnaire Philosophique, 1824; A General Biographical Dictionary, new edition, with a supplement by Cyrus Redding, bringing the work as far as 1850, in 4 vols. More info on Scotland by Sidney Hall.
Sidney Hall (1788?–1831) was a British engraver and cartographer well known and popular for his early nineteenth century atlases containing maps of the United Kingdom and of the ancient world reproduced from Hall's engravings. Hall made engravings for a number of international atlases at a time when cartography and atlases were very popular.
John Gorton was an English writer, known as a compiler of reference works. His works include: A translation of Voltaire's Dictionnaire Philosophique, 1824; A General Biographical Dictionary, new edition, with a supplement by Cyrus Redding, bringing the work as far as 1850, in 4 vols. More info on Scotland by Sidney Hall.
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Another book recommendation for the novice antique map collector. When first published in 1969 by Yale University Press, this Bibliography represented the first attempt to describe the entire known cartographical contribution of the American press prior to 1800 and as such provided an exhaustive and annotated listing of great value to the historian and cartographer. . .
Above; Maps and Charts Published in America Before 1800 A Bibliography - Revised Edition.James Clements Wheat and Christian F. Brun. Publisher: Holland Press Cartographica.3. 1978.The book includes not only the maps and charts published separately but also those used as illustrations in books and pamphlets and from other sources such as atlases, gazetteers, almanacs, and magazines. Intended originally as a descriptive list of American printed maps and charts in the William L. Clements Library of American History, University of Michigan, the project was enlarged to include all such maps located in the original map collections of the United States and Great Britain.
I have a copy of "Maps and Charts Published in America Before 1800" available . . .
I have a copy of "Maps and Charts Published in America Before 1800" available . . .
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There are so many beautiful places to see in Scotland and if you've never visited the Scottish Highlands I recommend a visit. If you can't make the Highlands the Scottish Boarders have much to offer. Melrose is a small town approximately one hour south of Edinburgh, right in the middle of the Scottish Borders. Melrose Abbey is not only the best-known abbey in the Borders but also the best-preserved one. It is a fine example of Scottish architecture. The view some two hundred years ago can be seen in the print below . . .
Above: The Town of Melrose. Drawn on the Spot by I. Clark. London, Published by Smith & Elder, Fenchurch Street, 1824. This hand coloured etching and aquatint is from the "Views in Scotland Series". The plates are signed I.Clark but it is generally accepted that these views are the work of the Scottish artist John Heaviside Clark, 1771-1836. He was a prolific artist, aquatinter and engraver, sometimes known as Waterloo Clark due to the sketches he made on the field directly after the Battle of Waterloo. More info on Melrose by Clark.
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Interest in armed conflict, campaigns, battles and the continuing assessment of leaders, tactics and their strategy remains ever popular with military history enthusiasts, historical reenactment groups and antique print collectors. In a discussion of colour plate books on Wellington and Waterloo, Prideaux distinguishes this volume and Jenkins’s 1817 companion volume, Naval Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies, as “worthy of their theme; nor could one desire a finer record of heroic deeds” (pp. 223, 224).
Above: The Vignette Title from The Martial achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815 by J. Jenkins. Excerpt from the written account as published: REPRESENTS a Rendezvous of those Powers who were engaged in the grand struggle for the independence of nations. A British Soldier, in pointing to the MILITARY ACHIEVEMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND HER ALLIES, alludes to the active part this country has taken in the deliverance of Europe. At the feet of the British Soldier preposes a French Warrior, tired of the repeated and decisive defeats he has at length met with under an illegitimate master. The broken Flag-Staff and the Imperial Eagle inform us, that the power of the once invincible Bonaparte is no more. On the left is a Don Cossac, who is coolly stopping his horse to gaze on his vanquished enemy: he is attended by an Austrian and a Swede, who are also contemplating those records, which will, in common with the other Powers of Europe, hand down their deeds to posterity. A Prussian, on the right, seems willing to accede to the share of glory which the British Soldier demands; conscious, that he also has saved his country from the despotism of a tyrannical usurper. See more prints from Martial Achievements
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More Tips for the Novice Map Collector . . . There's lots of advantages to collecting small. Yes I do mean literally 'small' not just a smaller budget. For one thing you don't have a problem with storage space. You can amount frame and provide wall space easily with a collection of smaller maps, Health Warning! It's also less of a shock for your partner when they return home from shopping only to discover that large map now taking pride of place on your office wall or even the lounge wall! Only to be asked "How much did you pay for that thing?".
Above: Terre De Iesso (Hokkaido) Japan by Alain Manesson Mallet c1683. This from Volume 1 of the French text edition published by Johann David Zunner 1684. The plates engraved for Zunner are close copies of the originals and still have French titles and names. A few are signed by there engravers: J.P. Aubrey, Johann J. Vogel and W.C. Daucher. Info Link: Japan by Mallet
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More Tips for the Novice Map Collector . . . There's lots of advantages to collecting small. For one thing you don't have a problem with storage space. You can also mount frame and provide wall space easily with a collection of smaller maps, before you decide to go big! . . . Below is a super example of a lovely small map over 300 years old by John Seller of Bedfordshire c1695 Engraved area approx: 5" x 6" ( 125mm x 150mm) to plate mark. External mount size: 10.25" X 11" (260mm x 280mm). All good things come in small sizes!
Above: Antique Map of Bedfordshire c1695 which appeared in John Seller's Anglia Contracta (London: J. Seller, 1694/1695). John Seller (fl. 1660-1697). More info: Bedfordshire 1695.
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Another exceptional view of the picturesque scenery of Scotland and the Scottish Highlands. The Town of Montrose. From the "Views in Scotland" series. The plates are signed I.Clark but it is generally accepted that these views are the work of the Scottish artist John Heaviside Clark, 1771-1836. He was a prolific artist, aquatinter and engraver, sometimes known as Waterloo Clark due to the sketches he made on the field directly after the Battle of Waterloo. He was also skilled in aquatinting and certainly none of this series has a named engraver. . .
Above: The Town of Montrose. Drawn on the Spot by I. Clark. Hand-coloured etching and aquatint. Published by Smith & Elder, Fenchurch Street, London 1c824. Plate approx 475 x 629mm (18¾ x 24¾") External displayed mount approx size: 525mm x 700mm (20.75 x 27.75). More info for "The Town of Montrose".
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"India Orientalis cum Adjacentibus Insulis Nova Delineatione ob oculos posita . ." Rare Map of Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean and Australia. Published: Augsberg c1730. India, Myanmar, India, Thailand. Bangladesh, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, India Orientalis. Matthaus Seutter. A scarce map of the East Indies and part of Australia, from the Atlas Novus. Excellent condition, copperplate engraved on hand laid paper with fine hand colour. Blank to verso and fold as issued. Approx engraved area: 480mm x 560mm (19" x 22") . . .
The detail on the map throughout Southeast Asia is excellent and the print style typically strong. The cartouche is one of the more ornate Seutter cartouches, with elaborate scenes from sea, land, jungle and mythology. More info: "India Orientalis"
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Another print from James Jenkins The Naval Achievements of Great Britain. These original prints are aquatint engravings on a medium weight wove paper and coloured by hand. This Plate II depicts the British naval victory over Denmark in the Napoleonic Wars. The armed-neutrality treaty of 1794 between Denmark and Sweden, to which Russia and Prussia adhered in 1800, was considered a hostile act by England. Conversely, while at war with France during the Napoleonic Wars, Britain’s naval operations against French trade also hurt neutral nations’ shipping. Such hostility brought Britain into conflict with Denmark in 1801 . . .
Above: Destruction of the Danish Fleet before Copenhagen Apr 2nd 1801. Plate II. Painted by T. Whitcombe. Engraved by T. Sutherland. Publish'd Oct 1st 1816 at 48 Strand for J. Jenkin's Naval Achievements.
How to Identify the Prints:
The original prints from "The Naval Achievements of Great Britain. From the Year 1793 to 1817" are aquatint engravings on a medium weight wove paper. All the plates identify at bottom left Painted by T. Whitcombe and bottom right T. Sutherland (sculpt) who produced the aquatint engravings. Some plates were engraved by Jeakes and Bailey after Whitcombe. Each plate is accompanied by text pages describing the action, often with lists of ships captured or sunk, and excerpts from contemporary bulletins, dispatches, letters, and speeches. The first edition appeared in 1817. Early issues have watermarks of J. Whatman with the undated watermark IIS&S on some plates. The vignette title page was uncoloured in the first issue. The approx engraved image area of the plates are 7" x 10.25" (175mm x 260mm). Engraved plate mark area is approx 8.5 x 11.75 (215mm x 300mm). The folio sheet size is approx 11.5" x 14" (290mm x 355mm).
You can see more prints from Jenkins The Naval Achievements of Great Britain, From the Year 1793 to 1817 HERE. If you're interested in a specific print and you cannot see it on my website please feel free to message me . . .
How to Identify the Prints:
The original prints from "The Naval Achievements of Great Britain. From the Year 1793 to 1817" are aquatint engravings on a medium weight wove paper. All the plates identify at bottom left Painted by T. Whitcombe and bottom right T. Sutherland (sculpt) who produced the aquatint engravings. Some plates were engraved by Jeakes and Bailey after Whitcombe. Each plate is accompanied by text pages describing the action, often with lists of ships captured or sunk, and excerpts from contemporary bulletins, dispatches, letters, and speeches. The first edition appeared in 1817. Early issues have watermarks of J. Whatman with the undated watermark IIS&S on some plates. The vignette title page was uncoloured in the first issue. The approx engraved image area of the plates are 7" x 10.25" (175mm x 260mm). Engraved plate mark area is approx 8.5 x 11.75 (215mm x 300mm). The folio sheet size is approx 11.5" x 14" (290mm x 355mm).
You can see more prints from Jenkins The Naval Achievements of Great Britain, From the Year 1793 to 1817 HERE. If you're interested in a specific print and you cannot see it on my website please feel free to message me . . .
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The range of thematic maps is just about unlimited and generally cover physical, political, economic and social aspects connected with a specific geographical area. If geography and especially mountain ranges and forests are of interest to you then the map below by Heinrich Scherer is for you. Scherer’s world atlas, the Atlas Novus, first published in Munich between 1702 and 1710 and reissued in a second edition between 1730 and 1737, forms a singularly unusual, almost revolutionary work in terms of the development of European mapmaking at the beginning of the 18th Century. The Atlas comprised seven separate volumes entitled Geographia Naturalis, Geographia Hierarchica, Geographia Politica, Tabellae Geographicae, Atlas Marianus, Critica Quadrapartita, and Geographia Artificialis. Most of the some 180 maps appear to have been prepared between 1699 and 1700 and were engraved by Leonard Hecknaeur, Joseph Montelegre or Matthus Wolfgang, with each volume introduced by fine allegorical frontispieces by the same engravers . . .
Above: Asien - Utriusque Tartariae, Europaeae et Asiatiae delinatio. Insularum Indicarum & Terre Australis. Kupferstich aus Scherer, Heinrich: Atlas Novus exhibens orbem terraqueum (Asien - Delineation of both Tartary, Europe and Asia. of the Indian Islands & Southern Land).Scherer takes thematic cartography one step further in the Geographia Politica and Geographia Naturalis. He produces maps that remove political boundaries, borders and place names, replacing them with the revolutionary concept for the period of showing the mountains and forests in physical relief with all of the major waterways and rivers systems clearly depicted. Details on Heinrich Scherer - Map of Asia