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ENGLAND 31 Scarce Game - Round England By Railway WALLIS, Edward. 'Wallis's NEW RAILWAY GAME, or Tour through ENGLAND AND WALES. [rule] LONDON, Published by E. Wallis, 42, Skinner Street.' London: Edward Wallis [but John Passmore], [ca. 1850]; steel-engraving, border: 504 x 441 platemark: 511 x 447 widest, with panels: 505 x 675 mm, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into the original cloth boards with embossed title, in original outline colour. Small area of loss in the centre of the lower border, minor discoloration and a little creasing. The Wallis family, John Wallis Sr, Edward and John Wallis Jr., were one of the first publishers to focus on cartographic games for children, becoming perhaps the leaders in this field in the last quarter of the eighteenth century and first years of the nineteenth century. One of their scarcest cartographic publications is this railway game map of England, first published circa 1830-1835, and apparently the earliest game map based on the rapidly expanding railway network. This example was printed by John Passmore, Edward Wallis successor in 1847; although the map seems unchanged, Passmore’s name can be seen in the imprint at the foot of the rules. Although such items are difficult to date, the population figures given in the rules seem to reflect the 1851 census. £800 32
32 Very Scarce Road Map Of England In Elaborate Frame Surround WILLDEY, George. 'THE ROADS OF ENGLAND ACCORDING TO M.R OGILBY.S SURVEY.' 'Sold by Geo: Willdey [at the Great Toy & Print Shop y.e corner of Ludgate Street] next S.t Pauls London. [the text in brackets partially erased].' London: George Willdey, ca. 1730]; copperplate engraving, border: 523 x 528 platemark: 528 x 533 with frame border, printed from a second plate: 597 x 600 platemark: 598 x 604 mm, in original outline colour. The paper a little age-toned, with separation to one fold. This is a very scarce road-map of England, first advertised by George Willdey in 1713. This second state has the imprint has been crudely, and only partially, erased from the plate. All examples of the map seen have signs of crude alterations, additions and erasures in the map. The elaborate engraved surround / border is printed from a second plate, and can been found rotated round by the printer. It should be noted that the draughtsman, or engraver, has struggled to fit the outline of England and Wales into the circular format, being forced to compress parts of the coastline to fit. While the two Welsh peninsulas re still recognisable, that is more than can be said for Devon and Cornwall although, obviously, this was not such an important requirement for a diagrammatic road map. This state not recorded in Shirley: British Isles, II, but cf. Willdey 1. £2,500 33 Rare Broadsheet Of The English Roads OVERTON, Henry (I) & HOOLE, John. 'THE ROADS OF ENGLAND according to Ogilby's Survey. Printed & Sold by H: Overton and I: Hoole at the White Horse without Newgate.' 'Nicholls sculp.' London: Henry Overton (I) & John Hoole, [ca. 1725]; copperplate engraving, border: 285 x 266 platemark: 297 x 277 mm, in black and white. The paper spotted, restored tear affecting the platemark at bottom left, the paper a little weak, backed for support. This is a very unusual pocket map of the roads of England and Wales, recorded by Shirley in two states, with only a single institutional example, and one example in the trade. However, the example of state 1 he describes matches his description of state 2, suggesting t<strong>here</strong> is one state only, with the joint Overton-Hoole imprint, recorded in one institutional example, one example in the trade (current location uncertain), two in private collections and this fifth example. Shirley: British Isles, II, Overton 7, state 2: but see the description above. £900 33 ENGLAND
Page 1 and 2: B R I T I S H B R O A D S H E E T M
Page 3 and 4: BRITISH BROADSHEET MAPS AND BATTLE
Page 5 and 6: THE WOODEN WALLS 1 Britain At Bay L
Page 7 and 8: 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 5 THE W
Page 9 and 10: F[rancaise].’ B: 603 x 917 14.
Page 11 and 12: 9 THE WOODEN WALLS 3 Very Scarce Ch
Page 13 and 14: 11 THE WOODEN WALLS 6 Rare Broadshe
Page 15 and 16: 13 THE WOODEN WALLS 8 "I have a rig
Page 17 and 18: 15 THE WOODEN WALLS 10 Rare Plan Of
Page 19 and 20: 17 THE WOODEN WALLS 12 LAURIE & WHI
Page 21 and 22: 19 THE WOODEN WALLS 15 What Nelson
Page 23 and 24: 21 THE WOODEN WALLS 17 Anonymous. '
Page 25 and 26: 23 THE WOODEN WALLS 22 Very Scarce
Page 27 and 28: 25 THE WOODEN WALLS 24 MAIN, James.
Page 29 and 30: 25 Anonymous. 1. [Untitled Plan Of
Page 31 and 32: THIN RED LINE 27 Rare Broadsheet Pl
Page 33: ENGLAND 30 Very Scarce Game Map Of
Page 37 and 38: 37 Very Scarce Map Of The Environs
Page 39 and 40: 39 Late Printing Of This Two-Sheet
Page 41 and 42: 42 Rare Plan Of The Chelsea Botanic
Page 43 and 44: 46 Rare Town Plan In Fine Colour NA
Page 45 and 46: 49 ROCQUE, John. 'An Exact PLAN OF
Page 47 and 48: SCOTLAND 52 Very Rare Map Of Scotla
Page 49 and 50: 54 Very Scarce Map Of Scotland Wide
Page 51 and 52: 57 Unusual Letterpress Plan Of The
Page 53 and 54: IRELAND 61 A Lovely Example Of This
Page 55 and 56: EUROPE 63 Rare Eclipse Map Of Europ
Page 57 and 58: 65 Rare Plan Of Gibraltar In a Late
Page 59 and 60: 69 Scarce Military Plan Of Calais O
Page 61 and 62: 71 Apparently Unrecorded Second Sta
Page 63 and 64: 77 Rare Map Of Germany And Eastern
Page 65 and 66: 80 Rare Map Of Mount Etna For The G
Page 67 and 68: 83 Detailed Plan Of The Battle BOTE
Page 69 and 70: AFRICA 87 Finely Executed Manuscrip
Page 71 and 72: 91 Scarce Map Of Sierra Leone WYLD,
Page 73 and 74: ASIA & PACIFIC 96 Earliest Printed
Page 75 and 76: 97 Apparently The Earliest Survivin
Page 77 and 78: AMERICAS 101 Very Scarce Map Of The
Page 79 and 80: 104 Uncommon Plan Of Quebec Depicti
Page 81 and 82: 109 Unrecorded State, In Sheet Form
Page 83 and 84: 113 Rare Broadsheet Plan Of The Fir
Page 85 and 86:
115 Detailed Broadsheet Of The Batt
Page 87 and 88:
117 Rare Map Of The American Blocka
Page 89 and 90:
119 Rare Plan Of Philadelphia FADEN
Page 91 and 92:
121 The First Printed Map Of South
Page 93 and 94:
124 The First Printed Insurance Pla
Page 95 and 96:
WEST INDIES 127 Rare Two-Sheet Map
Page 97 and 98:
95 WEST INDIES 130 Very Scarce Plan
Page 99 and 100:
CELESTIAL 134 Very Scarce Large For
Page 101 and 102:
ELPHINSTONE, John: Scarce Map of Sc
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