1719 - Antique Road Map LONDON to HITH HYTHE KENT Malling Maidstone Ashford (35)

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Listing Template 2018 Home About Us View Feedback Contact Us 1719 - Antique Road Map LONDON to HITH HYTHE KENT Malling Maidstone Ashford (35)Click image to enlargeDescription1719Original Antique Road MaptitledThe ROAD from LONDON to HITH in KENTA superb FIRST ISSUE very early roadmapby John Senex showing the road starting from London Southwark via Deptford, Eltham, Foots Cray, Kingsdown, Wrotham, East Malling, Maidstone, Chart, Ashford, Willesborough and on to Hythe.CONDITION:Superb condition, especially being from the First Edition. Good margins, perfect for mounting and framing and with hand colouring. Overall sizeincluding margins 23cm x 19cm.John Senex (1678-1740), was born in Ludlow. In 1695 he was apprenticed to the London bookseller Robert Clavell. He became a renowned engraved and seller of maps and globes and certainly one of the more respected cartographers of the 18th Century.Senex started his own business in 1702, working the London hotbed of cartographic creativity that was the Strand and then in Cornill until 1706. He formed a partnership with various map-makers including Jeremiah Seller and Charles Price who were the successors of map maker, John Seller.During the course of his career as en engraved and publisher, John Senex produced a vast array of cartography, from maps of the world and the continents as well as individual county maps of phenomenal detail. But it is for his Road Maps that he is best known and 1719 saw is shamm version of John Ogilby's 'Britannia' - a series of superb strip maps, larger than Owen Bowen's and smaller than Thomas Gardner's/ It ran through many editions with this map being from the FIRST ISSUE.All our items are original Antiques and as described.We provide a No Quibble Money Back GuaranteePaymentWe prefer payment via PAYPAL. In some circumstances, we are able to accept a Cheque from UK Buyers, drawn on a UK Bank. Buyers will need to wait for 7 working days for the cheque to clear before any items are sent out. We can also accept Cash Payment in UK Pounds Stirling, Euros or US Dollars, but payment by cash methods are sent at the risk of the buyer. If you want to pay in any way apart from PAYPAL, please contact us PRIOR to making any bid or outright purchase.ShippingWe always try to ship items within 3 working days of any order. We are very happy to combine many items for a single postal charge. All our items are sent in either Board Backed envelopes or Art Tubes and are in the case of sending to tropical areas of the world, additionally provded with sealed plastic envelopes.We ship to almost anywhere in the world but there are just a few territories we are unable to ship to.About UsAntique Paper Company are established dealers in Antique Maps, Prints, Stamps, Postal History, Antiquarian Books and in fact all forms of Antique Paper also including Post Cards, Old Posters, Archives, Manuscripts, Ephemera etc.We are keen buyers and are prepared to travel throughout the UK, Europe and most of the world in search of opportunites to buy. Cash funds of up to and#163;250,000 are available immediately for the right opportunities. We work closely with Libraries Solicitors/probate situations where they are looking for disposal options and seek better single items to large quantities and also Specialised Collections of almost any genre.Please do not hesitate to contact us with details of any items you might have for sale.Contact Us View Our Categories Decorative Prints World Wide Maps Scotland Maps Architecture Design England Maps Royalty About UsWe specialise in selling all items that can be considered to be Antique Paper. * PRINTS * MAPS * HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS * POSTAL HISTORY * BOOKS * POSTERS * STAMPS * POSTCARDS * EPHEMERA And anything else that is considered Antique and made of Paper. ALL OF OUR ITEMS ARE ORIGINAL ANTIQUES - NOT MODERN COPIES. We are also very keen buyers of anything similar and especially after better collections, original archives, whole libraries and better single item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mx1_233200_83acc640-479d

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