Search Results: Titles starting with H from Peter Harrington

Devonport: Hiorns and Miller,, 1928. First edition, first impression, scarce, with just two locations on Library Hub (British Library and National Maritime Museum), WorldCat adding one only, at Plymouth Library. It was published "to commemorate the first commission of HMS Emerald". The first part is "a short account of the voyaging and deeds" of the ship, which went to China, India, East Africa and the Persian Gulf between 1926 and 1928. There are some curious stories related in this section, including a meeting with Ibn Saud in which the crew of the Emerald give the king a gift of his favourite beverage - home-made soda water - and a long account of preparations for the defence of Kuwait, a description of the town and some comments on Sheikh Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait. The second part is a collection of writings by other members of the crew, including many anecdotes and humorous poems by Captain H. G. C. Franklin. The third and final part is a summary of the sports and entertainment… Read More

An Alphabet. Heinemann., 1898.. Lithograph after original woodcut by William Nicholson from his famous Alphabet book. Nicholson (1872 - 1949) was a printmaker years before he became known as a portrait and landscape painter. He produced posters for commercial products and theatrical events. The style of these posters - simple shapes and flat colour - became the hallmarks of Nicholson's graphic work. The Alphabet, published in 1898 firmly established him in the public's mind and brought him immediate success. Chromolithograph. Printed colour. Fine condition. Framed size: 35.5 x 41 cm Size: 19.5 x 24.5 cm. (7½ x 9½ inches). Presented in a black frame with conservation mount.

Paris., 1782. Four engravings on one plate showing citizens of 'Carie' on the Turkish mainland. This plate is from Volume I of Choiseul-Gouffier's Voyage Pittoresque, a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean and an account of his tour (with the artist, J.B. Hilaire) of Greece, the Greek islands, and the coast of Asia Minor. According to Brunet, it was incontestably the most beautiful production of its kind seen until then. Choiseul-Gouffier's work offered for the first time, illustrations of remote places that complemented the scrupulously researched narrative. Copper engraving. Later colour. Fine condition. Size: 20.5 x 31 cm.

Archontologia Cosmica., 1649.. Appealing view of Copenhagen from Merian's Neuwe Archontologica Cosmica. Copper engraving. Hand coloured. Very good condition; light browning and stains to margins; browning to the centrefold. Size: 34 x 20 cm.

Paris., 1782. A very pretty view in which a group of travellers relax in the shade of a tree, some smoking hookahs. Their weapons are laid on the ground in front of them, and their horses graze behind them. In the background is the town they are heading towards. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the Greek islands, the coast of Asia Minor, and of his travels on the mainland, was immediately acclaimed on publication in 1778. According to Brunet, it was incontestably the most beautiful production of this kind seen until then. Choiseul-Gouffier's work offered for the first time, illustrations of remote places that complemented the scrupulously researched narrative. Copper engraving. Later colour. Fine condition, with wide margins. Size: 37 x 25.5 cm. (14½ x 10 inches)

London: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge,, 1844. Crisp and detailed map of Hamburg showing harbour, streets, fortifications and major buildings. Title and scales at lower left. Steel engraving. Original outline colour. Good condition. Size: 41 x 34 cm. (16 x 13½ inches)

Atlas Novus., 1647, German.. Attractive map of Hampshire and Berkshire. North to the right of map. Compass at sea. Nine coats of arms, flanked by cherubs, decorated cartouche at lower left, secondary cartouche at top right 'In 1647, a fourth volume was published, with maps of British Isles transferred from Volume 1'. Ref: Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandica, p377. Koeman 5220:1 Copper engraving. Original colour. Fine condition. Size: 55 x 44 cm. (21½ x 17½ inches). Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandicae I, 5220:1

Atlas Minor. Jan Jansson the Elder., 1628, Latin edition.. ATLAS MINOR In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator's atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator's original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator's name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius series. The following year the maps were re-engraved in miniature form and issued as a pocket Atlas Minor. Copper engraving. Later colour. In fine condition. Size: 19 x 12 cm. (7½ x 4½ inches) Bannister/Moreland - Antique Maps pp. 97 & 102.

1879. Size: 12 x 9 cm. (4½ x 3½ inches) Wood engraving. Hand coloured. Very good condition; some browning to the top margin, not affecting the image.

RELATIONI UNIVERSALI DI GIOVANNI BOTERO BENESE., 1598. Giovanni Botero (1533-1617) was Secretary to the Duke of Savoy when he compiled his Relationi Universali; "this political and geographical description of the different countries of the world was very successful and translated into a number of languages" (Burden), including English (London 1603).. HELVETIAE DESCRIPTIO AEGIDIO TSCHVDO AUTORE Copper engraving. Uncoloured. Fine condition. Size: 110 x 80 mm. (4½ x 3 inches)

Fascilus Geographicus., 1608. Handsome map of Switzerland, with north at lower edge of map. The map is based on the 1538 map of the Swiss cartographer Aegidicus Tschudi., also used by Ortelius, before Quad included it in his work. Matthaus Quad was a German cartographer based in Cologne, which, at the time was the centre for German cartography. This map is from his Fascilus Geographicus. It was printed by Johannes Bussemacher. Copper engraving. Some early colouring. Very good condition. Some place-names, rivers and forests are highlighted in brown and green. Size: 260 x 180 mm. (10 x 7 inches).

RELATIONI UNIVERSALI DI GIOVANNI BOTERO BENESE., 1598. Giovanni Botero (1533-1617) was Secretary to the Duke of Savoy when he compiled his Relationi Universali; "this political and geographical description of the different countries of the world was very successful and translated into a number of languages" (Burden), including English (London 1603). Copper engraving. Uncoloured. Fine condition. map on sheet 20 x 15 cm. Map in Latin; accompanying text in Italian. Size: 11 x 8 cm. (4½ x 3 inches)

Gibson's Britannia, first Morden edition. Abel Swale & John Churchill., 1695.. Beautiful map of Herefordshire. Cartouche at top right, scale lower right. The 1695 edition of Camden's Britannia was the first edition to contain Robert Morden's beautiful county maps. Morden went to considerable trouble to make them as accurate as possible, and they were the first county maps to include roads. Copper engraving. Uncoloured. Very good condition. Size: 42 x 36 cm. (16½ x 14 inches)

Atlas Minor., c.1648, German edition.. Johannes Janssonius (1588 - 1664), more familiarly known as Jan Jansson, was a Dutch cartographer who produced his first maps of France and Italy in 1616 and continued from then onwards publishing a large number of maps which were almost comparable to Blaeu in quality. During the 1630s he went into partnership with his brother-in-law Henricus Hondius and published more editions of the highly regarded Mercator/Hondius/Jansson atlases. Copper engraving. Hand coloured. Fine condition. Size: 19 x 13 cm. (7½ x 5 inches)

Bertii Tabularum geographicarum. Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius., 1616. Very attractive little map of the northern Adriatic near Trieste. Ships and monsters at sea. Petrus Bertius was a professor of mathematics and librarian at Leyden University. As well as being a prolific writer on mathematical, historical and theological subjects he is known as a cartographer for his editions of Ptolemy's Geographia. In 1618 he moved to Paris and became Official Cosmographer to Louis XIII. He was related by marriage to Jodocus Hondius and Pieter van den Keere. Copper engraving. Later colour. Top edge cropped, shaving tops of some letters. Very good condition. Size: 13 x 9.5 cm. (5 x 3½ inches)

Atlas Geographus., 1711-17. A detailed and colourful map of what is now Belgium and part of north west Germany with Cluver's idiosyncratic elaborate cartouches. A library stamp on the reverse has been removed but shows slightly through and does not affect image. Copper engraving. Later colour. Very good condition Size: 26 x 21 cm. (10 x 8½ inches)

Edinburgh: , 1827. Handsome map of Holland, before the building of the dykes. The New General Atlas was one of the most accurate and best produced atlases of the day. Copper engraving. Original outline colour. Fine condition. Size: 49.6 x 59 cm.

Venice: L'Isole Piu Famoso del Mondo. Simon Galignani., 1590. Map of Holland before any dykes were built and land reclaimed, showing all the original islands, Title cartouche. The maps for this atlas were engraved by Girolamo Porro from Padua, and are set within a page of text, with engraved headpiece and decorated initial. There were many editions of this popular atlas between 1576 and 1713. Copper engraving. Uncoloured. A fine, crisp impression. Fine condition. leaf size:197 x 297mm. Size: 14 x 10.5 cm. (5½ x 4 inches) Moreland and Bannister, p.68

London , 1760. Sea chart of Northumberland coast from Sunderland to just south of Berwick. Soundings and rhumb lines, north to lower edge of map. Inset map of Berwick 'Barwick') at lower left. Decorated title cartouche at top right. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins and centrefold, tiny binding holes on centrefold Size: 56 x 44 cm. Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163

Great Britain Coasting Pilot., 1760. Sea Chart of Holyhead, North Wales, with rhumb lines and soundings. North to the left of map. Title in ornamental cartouche at lower left. Inset views of coastline as seen from various positions at sea ('Holyhead Nb.E 4 leagues'). Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins and centrefold. Very good condition Size: 56.5 x 44 cm. (22 x 17½ inches) Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163