Old Folding Maps

Map makers. The Unfolding World. Specialist publishers of rare & historic maps, charts, plans, and other interesting things... circa 1700 - 1930

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Map of London first published circa 1847. Title and imprint in the border above the map. The margin is divided into miles N.S.E.&W. of the meridian parallel of St.Paul's. Extent: Edmonton - Plumstead - Beckenham - Chiswick #London #Map

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Map of Liverpool first published circa 1851. Republished by Old Folding Maps 2021. https://t.co/4aqvq5Bjb4

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Map of south-west Yorkshire first published circa 1884. Republished by Old Folding Maps 2021. Full collection of England county maps available at https://t.co/AxmZPpatA5. #maps #Yorkshire

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Map of Nottinghamshire circa 1884. Republished by Old Folding Maps 2021. OFM. The Unfolding World.The map contains information about population, lifeboat stations, & towns with markets etc. Principal roads & all the railways are shown with distance between main towns. #maps

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I took every angle; measured almost every line; and after that, plotted and compared the whole work. The engraving, considering the immense mass of work, is, I flatter myself, well done". #Cartographer #Cartography #Maps

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In May 1800 Richard Horwood wrote of his map.."The execution of it has cost me nine years severe labour & indefatigable perseverance; & these years formed the most valuable part of my life.

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The information contained within the map was a huge undertaking with no other maps depicting such detail at the time. Not only is every street, square, court and alley illustrated - but every individual house.

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Richard Horwood's plan of London & Westminster, the borough of Southwark, & parts adjoining shewing every house, took a decade of work to complete. The map itself was produced between the years 1792-1799 when the completed map was initially published.

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London, first published circa 1799, republished by Old Folding Maps 2021. Richard Horwood's Plan of London & Westminster, the borough of Southwark, & adjoining parts showing every house. Extent: Lincoln's Inn - St Paul's Churchyard - Hatton Garden - Black Friars Bridge. #Londdon

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Antique illustration of Butterflies first published c.1895. Republished by Old Folding Maps 2021. OFM. The Unfolding World. 20 x 16”. Pigment ink, archival paper, hand laid on cloth & rolled into a decorative tube or framed in our hand finished moulding. https://t.co/YW2KfoRVC4

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Detail from an antique illustration first published c. 1895. Republished by Old Folding Maps 2021. OFM. The Unfolding World.
Amanita muscaria and morcello.
Full illustration 20 x 16”. Eclectic selection of kitchen art available at https://t.co/AxmZPpatA5

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Italy Industries & Communications c. 1900. Steam ship routes, including distance between ports in nautical miles & time taken to travel are clearly labelled. Gibraltar to Naples took 3 1/2 days to travel by steamship in 1900, & Genoa to Messina 5 days. https://t.co/AxmZPpatA5

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Spain & Portugal Industries & Communications c. 1900. Steam ship routes, including distance between ports in nautical miles and time taken to travel, are clearly labelled. For example St Michael (Azores) to Gibraltar took 4 days by steamship in 1900, & London to Bilbao 3 1/2 days

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Maps depicting the various natural resources & manufactures of every country, shown in their proper positions, together with the means of transport to the nearest ports & the various steamer routes connecting these ports with other countries. Published circa 1900. #maps

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Detail of Patella Shells taken from an antique illustration #foldingmaps

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Humpty Dumpty first published during WW1

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Children’s nursery rhymes first published during WW1

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