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30-inch reproduction of a 200-inch Map of the Moon

30-inch reproduction of a 200-inch Map of the Moon

1932-1938
Large map of the Moon (approx. 80cm) by Wilhelm Lohrmann

Large map of the Moon (approx. 80cm) by Wilhelm Lohrmann

1880-1883
Map of the Milky Way

Map of the Milky Way

One of seven engraved illustrations of the surface of the moon

One of seven engraved illustrations of the surface of the moon

1904
One of seven engraved illustrations of the surface of the moon

One of seven engraved illustrations of the surface of the moon

1904
Map of Italy showing pellagra incidence

Map of Italy showing pellagra incidence

1900-1920
Seven engraved illustrations of the surface of the moon

Seven engraved illustrations of the surface of the moon

1904
Stanley road vehicle route indicator

Stanley road vehicle route indicator

One of seven engraved illustrations of the surface of the moon

One of seven engraved illustrations of the surface of the moon

1904
Wivell's map of London showing positions of escape apparatus

Wivell's map of London showing positions of escape apparatus

Duplicate copy of Micromap Card set: European Cities Set 2

Duplicate copy of Micromap Card set: European Cities Set 2

One of seven engraved illustrations (photogravure) of the surface of the moon

One of seven engraved illustrations (photogravure) of the surface of the moon

1904
One of seven engraved illustrations of the surface of the moon

One of seven engraved illustrations of the surface of the moon

1904
One of seven engraved illustrations (photogravure) of the surface of the moon

One of seven engraved illustrations (photogravure) of the surface of the moon

1904
Map of Asia

Map of Asia

Astronomischer Bilder-Atlas: 12 engraved maps of solar system

Astronomischer Bilder-Atlas: 12 engraved maps of solar system

Large map of the Moon (approx. 80cm), 'Mappa Selenographia published by Wilhelm Beer and Johann Madler, Berlin, Germany in 1837.

Large map of the Moon (approx. 80cm)

1837
Large map of the Moon in four sections, 'Mappa Selenographia published by Wilhelm Beer and Johann Madler, Berlin, Germany in 1834.

Large map of the Moon in four sections

1834
[Maps (2) of land and ports in Mexico, being surveys re Tehuantepec Railroad. 1851. See below]

Maps (2) of land and ports in Mexico

1851
Neison's map of the Moon, (diameter 2 feet) photographed from the book, 'The Moon' by Nevill, Edmund Neville, London, first published in 1876.

Neison's map of the Moon

1876
Photograph; map of the Moon by Langrenus, 9th February 1645

Photograph; map of the Moon by Langrenus

1645
[Set of maps (7) re Liverpool and Manchester Railway. All items folded in box. Box bears holograph signature 'Geo. Stephenson'. See below for individual items (of which listing is available)]

[Box of folded maps re Liverpool and Manchester Railway]

1824-1830
Print on thin paper (Chinese Zodiac)

Print on thin paper (Chinese Zodiac)

1900-1921
Small map of the Moon (approx. 31cm), 'Mappa Selenographia published by Wilhelm Beer and Johann Madler, Berlin, Germany in 1837. Originally the property of John Lee and thought to have been used at his observatory at Hartwell House near Aylesbury.

Small map of the Moon (approx. 31cm)

1837
Three bound and rolled sets of maps showing North Eastern Railway districts: fire brigade divisions, chain inspector districts, locomotive superintendents districts; carriage and wagon departments; inclines, power & pumping stations; engine shed districts; tool van districts; district engineer's districts; collieries that supply loco coal; list of engine turntables; fire brigade return districts; sand driers.

NER District Maps 1911

1911
Pots and map

Pots and map

[Maps (4) re canal system from River Severn to River Thames: /1 'Thames Navigation; with the Improvements as intended by the New Bill' (2 copies). Scale 1":2m. Bears detailed references; /2 'A Plan of the Thames and Severn Canal Navigation (Laid down from Actual Surveys;) by Robt. Whitworth Enginr. 1783'. Scale 1":1m. References detail canal from the Severn to Stroud and from Stroud to Lechlade. Engraved by Wm. Fader, Charing Cross; /3 'A Sketch of the Country to which the Abingdon, and the Thames & Severn Canals, will open a communication with the City of London'. Scale 1":c.10m.; /4 'A Plan of the intended Navigable Canal from Basingstoke to the River Wey. Surveyed by Joseph Parker'. Scale 1":c.9fur. Engraved by Wm. Faden, Charing Cross. 5 sheets. It is not clear whether they are by Robert Whitworth I or II but it is probably the former, 1734-1799]

Maps (4) re canal system from River Severn to River Thames

circa 1780-1800
Platinotype print from Hevelins' Selenographia", 1647, "drawing of Moon" at P.262, remarks:- date 1645, 10" x 12" negative no. SM398

Platinotype print from Hevelins' Selenographia"

1647
12 pairs of monthly star diagrams, each in glazed frame (light size for each frame 18 1/2" x25 1/4")

12 pairs of monthly star diagrams

Seventeen maps of the rail and road systems of London in the period 1924-1958 (Twelve railway maps, 5 road maps).

Railway and road maps of London

1924-1958
24 maps & photographs illustrating the model by X. Imfeld of the Monto Rosa Group, 15" x 18", in cloth case.

24 maps & photographs illustrating the model by X. Imfeld of the Monto Rosa Group

Relief map of Italy, scale 1:1,000,000 by C. Pomba, shows true curvature of the Earth.

Relief map of Italy

Large paper map, entitled ‘COVID Vaccine Delivery Programme - England Constituencies Map' and marked ‘official sensitive’, from the offices of NHS England at Skipton House, London, and associated with developing the strategy and monitoring the progress of the COVID-19 mass vaccination programme in England, 2020-2021.

‘COVID Vaccine Delivery Programme, England Constituencies' map

2020-2021
One of seven engraved illustrations of the surface of the moon, prepared by Messrs Loewy and Puiseux, assisted by M. le Morvan

One of seven engraved illustrations of the surface of the moon

1904
Platinotype print from Hevelins "Selenographia", 1647:- "map of Moon at P.226" remarks:- date 1645: 10" x 12", negative no. SM399

Platinotype print from Hevelins "Selenographia"

1647
Quarter section of Mappa Selenographia, a lunar map by Beer and Madler, 1834 and consisting of four copper plate engravings.

Quarter section of Mappa Selenographia

1834
Quarter section of Mappa Selenographia, a lunar map by Beer and Madler, 1834 and consisting of four copper plate engravings.

Quarter section of Mappa Selenographia

1834
Quarter section of Mappa Selenographia, a lunar map by Beer and Madler, 1834 and consisting of four copper plate engravings.

Quarter section of Mappa Selenographia

1834
Three London & Birmingham Railway maps, in cloth cases: (1) with details of depots, 1835; (2) with timetables and other information pasted on back, 1.1.1838; (3) as (2), but a later edition with more information on back, including a small map of branch traffic.

Three London & Birmingham Railway maps

Map of the Stars of the Northern Hemisphere, prepared by R.A. Proctor, in glazed frame, 2' 4" x 2'4"

Map of the Stars of the Northern Hemisphere

Lower left-hand piece of a plaster cast of the Dendera Zodiac Ceiling, carved with a zig zag pattern possibly representing water. Some spray paint marks the right-hand edge. Cast is of the ceiling of the central room of the Osiris Chapel (on the roof of the main temple). The original ceiling, 50 BCE, is now in the collections of the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Planisphere of the stars on a plane projection, showing the constellations of the zodiac and the planets. The ancient Egyptian calendar was based on lunar cycles of about 30 days on the heliacal rising of the star Sothis [Sirius].

Plaster cast from the chapel ceiling in the Great Temple at Dendera

50 BCE (original)
Upper left-hand piece of a plaster cast of the Dendera Zodiac Ceiling, carved with a zig zag pattern possibly representing water. Cast is of the ceiling of the central room of the Osiris Chapel (on the roof of the main temple). The original ceiling, 50 BCE, is now in the collections of the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Planisphere of the stars on a plane projection, showing the constellations of the zodiac and the planets. The ancient Egyptian calendar was based on lunar cycles of about 30 days on the heliacal rising of the star Sothis [Sirius].

Plaster cast from the chapel ceiling in the Great Temple at Dendera

50 BCE (original)
[This entry covers 1982-423 to 1982-434: Collection of 12 colour printed maps, 1913-1959, of underground railway (7), tramway (3) and omnibus routes (2) for the London area. Comprise underground maps of c. 1913, 1924 (showing British Empire Exhibition stations), 1936 (2), 1937 (giving arrangements for Coronation day, 12 May), 1954 and 1959; tramway maps of 1925 (giving British Empire Exhibition information), 1931 and 1935; and omnibus maps of 1931 and 1935. Some bear information on how to travel and what to see, timetables etc. They include maps designed by MacDonald Gill, H. C. Beck, B. G. Lewis and W. R. Mansfield]

This entry covers 1982-423 to 1982-434: Collection of 12 colour printed maps

1913-1959
Quarter section of Mappa Selenographia, a lunar map by Beer and Madler, 1834 and consisting of four copper plate engravings.

Quarter section of Mappa Selenographia

1834
G. Bradshaw's Map of Canals, situated in the Counties of Lancaster, York, Derby & Chester; Shewing the Heights of their Pools from a Level of 6ft. 10in. under the Old Dock Sill at Liverpool, from levels taken by William Johnson and Son, Manchester / George Bradshaw. ca.1830 [2 slightly different copies. 'Dedicated by Permission to Thomas Telford FRS L & E, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers by his Obliged G. Bradshaw'. First copy, on 2 sheets (each 89 x 64cm) covers slightly smaller area to the north and east; second copy, bearing other slight differences, is on one sheet (93 x 129cm). Both copies bear 'Reference' giving 'Sizes of the largest vessels which the locks will admit' for 29 canals. Coloured lithos, scale 1" : 2m.

G. Bradshaw's Map of Canals, situated in the Counties of Lancaster, York, Derby & Chester ....

circa 1830
Large left-hand piece of a plaster cast of the Dendera Zodiac Ceiling, showing a mythological representation of the zodiac. Cast is of the ceiling of the central room of the Osiris Chapel (on the roof of the main temple). The original ceiling, 50 BCE, is now in the collections of the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Planisphere of the stars on a plane projection, showing the constellations of the zodiac and the planets. The ancient Egyptian calendar was based on lunar cycles of about 30 days on the heliacal rising of the star Sothis [Sirius].

Plaster cast from the chapel ceiling in the Great Temple at Dendera

50 BCE (original)
Middle central piece of a plaster cast of the Dendera Zodiac Ceiling, showing the hair and elbows of the goddess Nut and torso of a worshipper. Cast is of the ceiling of the central room of the Osiris Chapel (on the roof of the main temple). The original ceiling, 50 BCE, is now in the collections of the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Planisphere of the stars on a plane projection, showing the constellations of the zodiac and the planets. The ancient Egyptian calendar was based on lunar cycles of about 30 days on the heliacal rising of the star Sothis [Sirius].

Plaster cast from the chapel ceiling in the Great Temple at Dendera

50 BCE (original)
Middle right-hand edge piece of a plaster cast of the Dendera Zodiac Ceiling, showing the knees of the goddess Nut and an inscription. Cast is of the ceiling of the central room of the Osiris Chapel (on the roof of the main temple). The original ceiling, 50 BCE, is now in the collections of the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Planisphere of the stars on a plane projection, showing the constellations of the zodiac and the planets. The ancient Egyptian calendar was based on lunar cycles of about 30 days on the heliacal rising of the star Sothis [Sirius].

Plaster cast from the chapel ceiling in the Great Temple at Dendera

50 BCE (original)
Lower central piece of a plaster cast of the Dendera Zodiac Ceiling, showing the hands of the goddess Nut and feet of a worshipper. Cast is of the ceiling of the central room of the Osiris Chapel (on the roof of the main temple). The original ceiling, 50 BCE, is now in the collections of the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Planisphere of the stars on a plane projection, showing the constellations of the zodiac and the planets. The ancient Egyptian calendar was based on lunar cycles of about 30 days on the heliacal rising of the star Sothis [Sirius].

Plaster cast from the chapel ceiling in the Great Temple at Dendera

50 BCE (original)
Top central piece of a plaster cast of the Dendera Zodiac Ceiling, showing the ear and shoulders of the goddess Nut and uplifted arms of a worshipper. Cast is of the ceiling of the central room of the Osiris Chapel (on the roof of the main temple). The original ceiling, 50 BCE, is now in the collections of the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Planisphere of the stars on a plane projection, showing the constellations of the zodiac and the planets. The ancient Egyptian calendar was based on lunar cycles of about 30 days on the heliacal rising of the star Sothis [Sirius].

Plaster cast from the chapel ceiling in the Great Temple at Dendera

50 BCE (original)