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Rare First State Of This Influential Map Of Minorca
LEMPRIERE, Clement.
'A New and Accurate SURVEY of the ISLAND of
MINORCA, a Perticular Plan of the Harbour of Mahon
and its Fortifications, with a Map of the Mediterranean
Sea, shewing the Situation of that Island and those of
Majorca and Yvica, the Ports of Barcelona, Alicant,
Cartagena, Malaga, Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, &c.
on the European Coast; and those of Tangier, Ceuta,
Tetuan, Oran, Algier &c on that of Barbary, with Prospects
of the Town of Mahon and S.t Philip's Castle, taken on the
Spot and Lately brought from thence. Done in the Year
1746.' 'C. Lempriere del. Publish'd according to Act of
Parliam.t June 12. 1746.' 'Sold by S. Austen Bookseller in
Newgate Street.' 'Price 2 Shillings.'
London: Stephen Austen, 1746; copperplate engraving, border: 445 x 554 platemark: 453 x 563mm, in black
and white.
Narrow margins.
Rare First State of Lempriere's finely drawn map of Minorca, the plate better known through its later
re-issues successively in the hands of John Rocque, Sayer and Bennett and then Laurie and Whittle, the
Laurie and Whittle printing of 1794 being the most commonly encountered. The map is surrounded by four
insets, a map of the south-western Mediterranean, showing the situation of Minorca, and the other Balearic
Islands in relation to the Spanish and African coasts, and Straits of Gibraltar, a detailed chart of Mahon
Harbour, and two prospects looking across the harbour. Lempriere, from 1741 the Chief Draughtsman at the
Corps of Engineers Mapping Office at the Tower of London, was responsible for a small corpus of printed
material, draughting Henry Popple's 'Map of the British Empire in America' (1733), his map of Bermuda and
a fine chart of Lisbon Harbour.
Not traced thus on COPAC; there are two examples in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. £1,800
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Uncommon Plan Of The Battle of Salamanca
CADELL & DAVIES.
'A Plan of the Battle of the Arapiles near SALAMANCA --with
--- the previous movements of the ARMIES from the
DOURO to the TORMES.' 'Neele sc. Strand.' 'London
Published 1814 by T. Cadell & W. Davies Strand.'
London: Thomas Cadell Jr. & William Davies, 1814;
copperplate engraving, border: 417 x 297 widest: 421 x 297
platemark: 460 x 347 mm, in original outline colour.
Light worming, mostly outside the engraved border,
mirrored, otherwise a good example.
Finely engraved plan of the Battle of Salamanca, performed
by Samuel John Neele for the publishing partnership of Cadell
and Davies. Although the map has the appearance of being a
bookplate, it has not been possible to trace a potential source,
and only one companion map, of the siege of Burgos, also a
separate, has been found. In July 1812, faced by a growing
French force, Wellington retreated towards Ciudad Rodrigo.
On 12th July, the French commander, Marshal Marmont, saw
British infantry in the hills above his troops, with a heavy dust
cloud in the distance. Believing that the infantry comprised a
token rearguard, he ordered his men to outflank the British
'rearguard'. In fact the dust was the British baggage train, the infantry were the visible part of Wellington's
army, concealed behind the crest of the hills. Marmont’s plan led to his force passing along the front of
Wellington's army in line of march. Seizing the opportunity, Wellington ordered the attack; after heavy
fighting the French were driven from the field.
Not traced on COPAC, or in the British Library. £350
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