24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking

 
Lot 5
 

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British Isles. Collection of 17 engraved maps, 17th-19th century

British Isles. Collection of 17 engraved maps of the British Isles by various cartographers, 17th-early 19th century, including:
1) Blaeu (Johannes). Mona [Isle of Man], Amsterdam, [1645 or later]. Leaf size 550 x 305 mm, contemporary hand-colouring, retaining integral text-leaf (text in German),
2) ibid. Mervinia; et Montgomeria comitatus, Amsterdam, [1645 or later]. 500 x 610 mm, French text verso, hand-coloured, central fold with split at each end extending into image,
3) Speed (John). The Countie and Citie of Lyncolne, London: Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswell, [1676]. 408 x 520 mm, hand-coloured, slightly browned, crinkled along central fold, restoration to border at lower left corner,
4) ibid. Breknoke, both Shyre and Towne, London: Henry Overton, 1743. 422 x 540 mm, hand-coloured, adhesive staining to margins,
5) Ogilby (John). The Road from Carlisle to Barwick, London, c.1676. 485 x 425 mm, with relevant text-leaf,
6) Saxton (Christopher). Dunelmensis episcopatus, Wilhelmus Kip Sculpsit, London, [1607 or later]. 335 x 390 mm, hand-coloured,
and 11 others, including maps of the entire British Isles by Zatta (1776), Janvier (c.1780), Robert (1787), Homann (c.1730, splits to central fold), and Sayer (1788), all hand-coloured in outline, Seale, A Correct Chart of St George's Channel and the Irish Sea (c.1743), Cary, A Map of Middlesex (1805), and 4 other city plans or views (qty: 17)

Sold for £550
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking, 24th Nov, 2021

To include the Library, Pictures and Camera Collection of Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991). Eric Hosking is a name which will require little introduction for ornithology enthusiasts. The first professional bird photographer, he photographed over 1,800 species, and his pictures have appeared in some 1,000 books, including the popular New Naturalist series, of which he was photographic editor. To complement his library, Eric Hosking also built a fine collection of pictures by leading 20th century wildlife artists including Archibald Thorburn, Keith Shackleton and C. F. Tunnicliffe. The sale of his photographic equipment provides an unmissable opportunity to own a remarkable array of high-quality cameras, lenses and other apparatus by manufacturers including Contarex, Hasselblad and Zeiss, and will give skilled users the chance of recreating his photographic feats.

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