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We specialise in rare and historic maps, dating from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Buy rare, vintage, and antique maps, town plans, and sea charts depicting the UK, America, Asia, Africa, and all parts of the world.
“Then the map was drawn for you, and I am much mistaken if it does not tell you plainly where to go” — ‘The Hobbit’
£1,500
By TOLKIEN, John Ronald Reuel; and BAYNES, Pauline, 1970.
The earliest extant plan of London
£7,500
By BRAUN, Georg and Franz HOGENBERG, 1575].
The first “good road map” of Barbados
£600
By ANDERSON, Margaret Swainson, 1956.
![[BRAUN, Georg and Franz HOGENBERG] Londinium Feracissmi Angliae Regni Metropolis.](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/24375_1H.jpg?fit=8358%2C6335&ssl=1)
The earliest extant plan of London
£15,000
By [BRAUN, Georg and Franz HOGENBERG], 1572].
![SAXTON, Christopher [Westmorland and Cumberland] Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comit](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/24374_1H.jpg?fit=6896%2C5150&ssl=1)
Out of stock
The first printed map of Westmorland and Cumberland
£4,500
By SAXTON, Christopher, 1579].
![SAXTON, Christopher [Somerset] Somersetensem Comitat](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/24373_1H.jpg?fit=6702%2C5282&ssl=1)
Out of stock
The first printed map of Somerset
£6,000
By SAXTON, Christopher, 1579].
![SAXTON, Christopher [Shropshire] Salopiae comitatus.](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/24372_1H.jpg?fit=6719%2C5297&ssl=1)
Out of stock
The first printed map of Shropshire
£1,800
By SAXTON, Christopher, 1579].
![SAXTON [Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire] Lincolniae Notinghamiaeque.](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/24371_1H.jpg?fit=7157%2C5557&ssl=1)
Out of stock
The first printed map of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire
£4,400
By SAXTON, 1579].
![SAXTON, Christopher [Essex] Essexiae Comitat[us]](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/24370_1H.jpg?fit=7205%2C5648&ssl=1)
Out of stock
The first printed map of Essex
£4,500
By SAXTON, Christopher, 1579].
Out of stock
The first map of England and Wales printed in England
£5,000
By SAXTON, Christopher, 1579.
![SAXTON, Christopher [Northumberland] Northumbriae Comitatus](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/24368_1H.jpg?fit=7174%2C5254&ssl=1)
Out of stock
The first printed map of Northumberland
£4,500
By SAXTON, Christopher, 1579].
![SAXTON, Christopher [Durham] Dunelmensis Episcopatus](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/24367_1H.jpg?fit=6705%2C5156&ssl=1)
Out of stock
The first printed map of County Durham
£3,600
By SAXTON, Christopher, 1579].
