[England]. - Lot 82

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[England]. - Lot 82
[England]. [Lot of books and maps]. Lot consisting of two illustrated works and three maps, one of which is in three sheets: - MONTHELIER & TIRPENNE. Sketch of the Course of the Thames. Paris: Tirpenne, (19th century). Folio (47.7 x 31 cm), (7) folios, including title page and 6 lithographic plates in black. Loose sheets, unbound (water stains; tear on title page repaired on the reverse). Lithographed title page depicting the source of the Thames and 6 plates illustrating the course of the Thames as it flows through various cities and landmarks in England: the Crow Stone, the Tower of London, Leigh, the Thames Fair, Hadleigh Castle, Lambeth Palace, Windsor Castle, Oxford, Richmond Hill, and the Thames as seen from Greenwich Park. Lithographed by Ve. Noël under the direction of Houbloun, with the exception of two plates lithographed by Bichebois after drawings by Monthelier and Tripenne. -GILPIN, William. A Journey Through Various Parts of England, and Particularly Through the Mountains and Lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland. Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve; London: Blamire, 1789. 2 volumes, in-8. Contemporary fawn-colored shell-pattern calfskin, ribbed spine, green title and volume number labels, ornate panels, triple gilt fillet on the covers, marbled edges (flaws including scuffing, worn corners, slight browning, and scuffed upper jaws). First French edition illustrated with 30 plates, engraved in black on copper, featuring landscapes or line drawings, well executed and sometimes inscribed within ovals. -GENERAL MARINE DEPARTMENT. - Map of the Channel soundings taken in 1840 and 1841. London, (ca. 1850). A copperplate-engraved map in 3 sheets, each measuring 64 x 99 cm (margins of sheets 2 and 3 slightly faded). -Detailed map of the eastern coast of Scotland, derived from Murdo Downie’s map and published by the General Naval Depot in 1803. 1 steel-engraved map, approx. 95 x 64 cm (light waterstain, small restored tear). -A reduced-scale map of the North Sea showing the eastern coasts of the British Isles and the opposite coasts of the continent from the Pas-de-Calais to Bergen and the Shetland Islands, published by the General Naval Depot in 1807.
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