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Click here to subscribeOgilby (John) The Road from Oxford to Bristol,35 x 45cm together with Emanuel Bowen, 'A New and Correct Map of the Netherlands or Low Countries' 35 x 43cm, and Plan of Brussels: Brussels a large and beautiful City in the Dutchy of Brabant. c.1743. Hand coloured, mounted, framed and glazed, 38 x 48cm (3)
Cambridge and Huntingdon history. LAYARD (Dr) An Account of the Somersham Water in the County of Huntingdon, 1767, 8vo, half title, 31pp., modern boards; GOOCH (Rev.W) General View of the Agriculture of the County of Cambridge, 1811, 8vo, folding hand coloured map, plan, folding table, calf, rebacked; PARKINSON (R) General View of the Agriculture of the County of Huntingdon, 1813, 8vo, folding hand coloured map, folding plan, some spotting, ex library embossed stamp to first leaves, neat ink stamp to lower corner of title, half calf; An Act for repairing the road from 'Horsehsoe Corner, Godmanchester ... to Castle Street, Cambridge..' 1813, 8vo, modern boards; a small folding map by Walker, 1836; A Letter to the Freeholders of Huntingdonshire 1792, 17pp., modern boards; Description of ... Cambridge, [1790], 12mo, double page plan and 11 plates, half calf; 2 other maps of Huntingdonshire by Pigot and C. Smith (soiled), and 'Cambridge' by J W Clark, 1893, in prize binding (10)
Senex (John). The Roads Through England Delineated or, Ogilby's Survey, revised, improved, and reduced to a size portable for the pocket..., London: John Bowles and Son, 1757, calligraphic title, preface, tables and index, general map of England & Wales, 101 (complete) uncoloured engraved strip road maps, the final map a little toned, title, preface, index, tables and the first 22 maps with the foredge strengthened in later brown tape, later endpapers, early 20th-century limp suede with blindstamped title to the upper cover, retaining silk ribbon tie, oblong 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb. CCXI
Seven: Colour Sergeant A. A. Spooner, Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment, who served throughout the Siege of Malta from June 1940 to November 1942 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6339672. Pte. A. Spooner. R.W. Kent. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (6339672 C.Sjt. A. A. Spooner. R.W. Kent. R.) nearly extremely fine (7) £160-£200 --- Arthur Albert Spooner was born on 31 August 1906 and attested for the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment at Warley in 1926. Gaining qualifications in map-reading at Guernsey and mathematics at Aldershot, he gained his 1st Class Army Certificate of Education in March 1932. Steadily promoted, he witnessed extensive service with the 2nd Battalion, his conduct being defined as ‘exemplary’. The recipient’s Army Service Record, adds: ‘This N.C.O. joined the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt on 14th January 1926, and has completed 21 years’ service with the Colours. He has seen active service with the Regiment in Palestine and was present throughout the Siege of Malta. He has been a C.Q.M.S. since 1942 and has served in this unit (13th Infantry Training Centre) in that rank since 1944. He is a very loyal, conscientious and willing N.C.O., he always does his best and readily accepts responsibility. He is a quick and accurate worker and thoroughly reliable. I can recommend him for a position of trust to any future employer with the greatest confidence. 10 Jan. 1947.’ Released from service, Spooner returned home to 7 Tufton Street, Maidstone, Kent. He later took his retirement at 26, Pedlescombe Road North, St. Leonard’s on Sea, Sussex. Sold with a Royal West Kent silver shooting Medal, the reverse engraved ‘Pte. Spooner. 3rd Bn Rifle Meeting 1931 Class B. Event 4.’; and copied service record.
The Anthony William Walter Gass Collection, born 1918, WWII RAF Bomber Squadron in Japan, India, and China, to include a Japanese 'Hinomaru' Prayer Flag, white silk with red sun surrounded by prayers and signatures of friends and family, a traditional gift for Japanese servicemen deployed during WWII, a piece of Japanese plane shrapnel, an inscribed road map of India, a cloth patch with RAF Bomber Squadron insignia, a Royal Air Force India 1942 card, RAF service and relief book, photographs, papers, and magazine clipping on POWs. (12).
Mitchell, S(amuel) August. A Route-Book. Adapted to Mitchell’s national map of the american republic; comprising tables of the principal rail-road, steam-boat and stage routes, throughout the United States. 46 S., 1 w. Bl. Mit einer losen mehrfach gefalteten und kolorierten Karte. 12,5 x 8 cm bzw. 87,5 x 64,5 cm (Karte). Blindgeprägtes Leder d. Z. (berieben, leicht bestoßen; OInterimseinband eingebunden) mit goldgeprägtem VDeckeltitel und einer intakten Messingschließe. Philadelphia, Selbstverlag, 1846.Sabin 49714. - Der amerikanische Geograph Samuel August Mitchell (1790-1868) wurde bei seiner Arbeit als Lehrer auf die schlechte Qualität der geografischen Ressourcen, die den Lehrern zur Verfügung standen, aufmerksam und gründete nach seinem Umzug nach Philadelphia einen Verlag und gab Schulatlanten, Lehrbücher, Karten, Reiseführer u. a. heraus. - Die Karte und der Block von dem Einband gelöst, anfangs stockfleckig. Mit zeitgenössischem Besitzvermerk auf dem fl. Vorsatz. Die Karte etwas fleckig, mit mehreren hinterlegten Fehlstellen und Einrissen in frischem Kolorit.
Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Chronicle, for January to Dec 1743; in original half leather spine intact but lacking covers, intact text. 706 pps plus index. volume thirteen. Contains description of Greenland; Irish Cattle; America; news from Sweden; register of books; Samuel Johnson's 'Debates in the Senate of Lilliput' and poems by Samuel Boyse and William Dunkin; Spanish Ships captured. and much more in its 706 pages; missing covers but spine and text intact. Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Chronicle: 1755 January to December (including Index and Supplement), [4], 595 pages, [25], 23 engraved plates with titles (including frontispiece, 5 folding plates, Map of British and French Settlements in North America, Map of the World on Mercators Projection, Plan of the Intended New Road from Padington to Islington), folding page of shells, colour page of coach whipsnake, and much more; title page with central illustration (including engraving in text to first page of each monthly edition, tables and illustrations in text throughout), variety of subject matter (including Music, Meteorlogical Diary, Price of Corn, Poetry, Sketches, Country News, Obituaries, Taxes), covers missing but spine and text intact. Two rare issues full of interest. (2)
John Ogilby - hand coloured strip map - "The Road from London to Chichester......" 37 x 50 cm, mounted, Hand coloured engraved map of A New and Correct Map of England and Wales, From the Latest and Best Improvements, engraved for Mrs Moore's New and Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels, 22.7cm x 33cm Christopher Saxton (1540- 1610) & William Kip (1588-1635), a hand coloured engraved map of Flint, Comitatus quem Ordovices olim Incoluerunt, circa 1637 , 40cm x 33cm overall Christopher Saxton (1540- 1610) & William Kip (1588-1635), a hand coloured engraved map of Bedford, Comitatus olim pars Cathifuclanorum, circa 1607, 39.7cm x 33.3cm (4)
Australasia. Handbooks of New Zealand, an institutional sammelband of nine titles, comprising 1) Dadelszen (E.J. von, Registrar-General, compiler), Statistical View of Fifty Years' Progress in New Zealand, 1856-1905. Wellington: By authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, 1906, 10pp, original wrappers, 2) [Papua], [MacGregor (Sir William)], Handbook of Information for Intending Settlers in British New Guinea. Brisbane: James C. Beal, Government Printer, 1892, [vi], 34pp, folding map, damaged and repaired, bound-in ALS, original upper-wrapper only, 3) Greater Britain Exhibition, Earl's Court, London, 1899: Catalogue of Exhibits in the Queensland Court, 94pp, original wrappers, 4) Byrnes (The Hon. T. J. Byrnes, Attorney-General of Queensland), An Address, London: Wartlow and Sons Limited, 1897, 15pp, original wrappers, 5) Dadelszen (E.J. von, Registrar-General, compiler), Statistical View of Fifty Years' Progress in New Zealand, 1855-1904. Wellington: John Mackay, 1905, 10pp, original wrappers, 6) Reeves (The Hon. W.P., Agent-General for New Zealand), The Fortunate Isles (Picturesque New Zealand), Wellington: John Mackay, 1897, 24pp, plates and folding map, original wrappers, 7) Wohlmann (A.S.), The Mineral Waters and the Health Resorts of New Zealand: Part I - Rotorua, Wellington, John Mackay, 1905, 48pp, original wrappers, 8) New Zealand, magazine, s.l., s.n., n.d., & 9) Berry (The Rev. Joseph), New Zealand: At the Beginning of the Century, 1901 off-print, 73-104pp, adverts, original wrappers, the whole collection prefixed by Thomas Humphries' map of New Zealand, n.d. [late 19th c], repaired, 60.5 x 102cm, early 20th c institutional red cloth binding, their bookplates and stamps in places, 4to; Pamphlets on New Zealand, an institutional sammelband of five titles, comprising 1) Facts about New Zealand, n.d., folding map, original wrappers, 2) The Rotomahana Road Trip, Wellington, 1907, original wrappers, 3) Loughnan (R.A.), The First Gold Discoveries in New Zealand, Wellington: John Mackay, 1906, 110pp, original wrappers, 4) New Zealand: Department of Labour: Its Organization and Work, Wellington: John Mackay, 1907, 32pp, folding map, original wrappers, & 5) Handbook to the Labours Laws of New Zealand, Wellington: John Mackay, 1906, 61pp, original upper-wrapper only, with a folding letterpress table on Crown Lands and their settlements, repaired, early 20th c institutional green cloth binding, their bookplates and stamps in places, 8vo; Laurie (J.S.), The Story of Australasia [...], with a map, London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1896, ex-lib binding and some neat stamps, 8vo; Sorenson (Edward S.) & Selden (H, illustrator), Life in the Australian Backblocks, London: Whitcombe & Tombs, Limited, 1911, frontispiece, in-text illustrations, original cloth, 8vo, (4)
An Edwardian Pair of Cased Sets of Bartholomew's Road Maps for England and Wales and Scotland, in brown crocodile skin cases, each with brass lock and catches, initialled 'J.W' to lids, the interiors compartmentalised with linen-backed folded maps, 37 for England and Wales and 29 for Scotland (each case missing the contour map book), with measuring wheels and keys.
AFRICA & AMERICA. TRAVEL & EXPLORATION. An archive of manuscript correspondence & documents comprising: a passport for James Church to conduct a "journey of exploration in the interior of Africa", departing from the Pashalic of Tripoli to Central Africa, signed by George Frederick Herman, 11 June 1853; an uncoloured steel-engraved map of Africa published by George Cox, 1 January 1853, worn, 35 x 40cm; a passport for James F. Church to travel to Central America on the Public Service, 21 September 1857, lithographic signature of the Earl of Clarendon; an Autograph Letter Signed by Trelawny Saunders [Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society], 3 January 1855, on RGS letterhead, relaying information from Dr. Vogel & Dr. Barth [Eduard Vogel & Heinrich Barth, notable German explorers of Africa], "Macguire [John Maguire] does his utmost to assist me, and is making likewise accurate observations with the compass on the road. He is still tolerably weak and suffers greatly from erysipelas on both his feet, besides the sun has terribly burnt him in such a degree, that the skin is hanging down in pieces from his face & neck...He told me that Church had tried till the last moment to persuade him to return home likewise, and to leave me alone."; ALS by Trelawny Saunders on RGS letterhead to James Church, 17 June 1856, "The secretary wishes to know, whether with the permission of your Superior Officers, you are disposed to join the proposed expedition to Eastern Africa under Captain Burton [Sir Richard Francis Burton].", plus a note concerning Vogel's allegations of secret correspondence, ungentlemanly conduct and extortion, and another letter, 14 August 1856, indistinctly signed, "I mentioned to Captain Burton, who called here to-day, the fact of your having objected to form one of the party, and he was very sorry to be deprived of your services," and then requesting that Church visit Colonel Sykes at East India House; ALS by John Maguire, headed Kuka [capital of Bornu, Nigeria], 5 November 1856, "I thank the Lord I am still alive and likely to live to say farewell to this damnable country of filth and fanaticks...Dr Vogel left here for Wadai on the 1st day of this year from which place he has never returned and report says he was murdered two days from Wara the Capital"; ALS by George Frederick Herman, 1 June 1853, being a lengthy expedition memorandum for James Church & Edward Sweeney on 14pp, and a shorter memorandum similar, 26 July 1853, for Church & Maguire; ALS by James Church, 11 July 1856, a lengthy letter defending his own good conduct during the expedition into Central Africa, and outlining the poor conduct of others, including Dr Vogel who "spent several hours a day in company with a female who was the slave of his servant Massoud, by whom he was said to have been purchased for 80 dollars"; a manuscript copy of a character reference for James Church, Royal Engineers, 1868-69, describing his expeditions, including his role as photographer in Central America to determine the feasibility of constructing a railroad across the continent; ALS by Charles Thurston Thompson [early British photographer], 29 July 1859, attesting to James Church having studied photography under his direction; correspondence to James Church on British & Foreign Anti Slavery Society letterhead, 11 January 1856, "I have received & laid before the Committee the interesting narrative of your visit to the interior of Africa, & the Committee think it would do good were it published in our Reports. As there are statements in it, however, implicating Drs Barthe & Vogel in slave-trading, the Committee deem it desirable to have your permission to publish the same, which I therefore now solicit on their behalf." (14)
A Framed Display of Three First World War French Medals, comprising Inter-allied Victory Medal, Combatant's Cross and Commemorative War Medal, awarded to Monsieur Justin Larroque of the 125th Infantry Regiment, mounted with the citation; a First World War Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster "We are fighting for a worthy purpose, and we shall not lay down our arms until that purpose has been fully achieved". THE KING. MEN OF THE EMPIRE TO ARMS. GOD SAVE THE KING. Printed in red and blue, 74cm by 49cm; a Small Quantity of Ephemera, including U.S. Army Road Map of Germany, Air Raid Precautions handbooks, Aircraft Classified, Picture Post etc.
TWO BOXES OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR HUNDRED ORDNANCE SURVEY GREEN PATHFINDER AND OUTDOOR LEISURE MAPS, covering England and Wales, two 1950s Ordnance Survey road maps of Great Britain, a 1948 Geological Survey 'Ten Mile' map of Great Britain (sheet one), a 1922 Pratt's road atlas of England and Wales, etc. (s.d) (2 boxes)
TWO BOXES OF VINTAGE AND ANTIQUE MAPS, to include Ordnance Survey One-Inch, Contoured Road, Geological Survey, Town, District and Tourist maps, Bartholomew's maps, a 1918 map of German trenches in The Somme, France, an 1841 Walker's Map of North Wales, a John Bartholomew LMS map of England & Wales, A Hunt Map of England & Wales 1880, an AH Swiss Hunting Map No 7, a 1930 Map of XVII Century England, The War Office Notes on Map Reading 1939, AA, RAC and other motoring maps, Lightning Road Maps, Military Map Reading for the New Army 4th imp 1940, George Philip & Son The Navy League Sea and Air Map of the World, etc (2 boxes) (sd)
Etching print attributed from book titled Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant by Thomas Shaw. Print depicts The Peutinger Map which displays the road network of the Roman Empire. The heraldic cartouche on the top left corner reads, Auspiciis Viri Reverendi Ioannis Burton S.T.P. Issued: 18th c. Dimensions: 18"W x 13.75"HCondition: Age related wear.
Senex (John), "The Roads through England delineated, or Ogilby’s Survey, Revised, Improved and Reduced to a size Portable for the Pocket.....", Publ. John Bowles, 1762, eng. calligraphic title page, 8 pps. of text and tables, engraved map of England & Wales and 101 (complete) uncoloured engraved strip road maps, each plate impression 16.5cm x 21.5cm, printed back to back, in (depleted) soft covers, 18cm x 24.5cm
Indian Mutiny. Camp near Cawnpore [and] The Capture of Lucknow by Sir Colin Campbell, 1857, two ink and watercolour manuscript plans showing in detail the siege of Cawnpore and the capture of Lucknow by Sir Colin Campbell, very slight spotting, each 115 x 210 mm and 135 x 210 mm respectivelyQTY: (2)NOTE:Sir Colin Campbell assumed command of the Bengal Army in July 1857. He had to fight his way up the Grand Trunk Road, before arriving in Cawnpore on 3 November. The second map annotates and shows Campbell's route into Lucknow before the final siege and relief in March 1858. These maps appear to have been drawn by an eyewitness to the siege and relief of the city.
Le Rouge (George Louis). Nouvel Atlas D'Angleterre Divisé en ses 52 Comtea avec toutes les Routes Levées Topographiquement..., published by L. C. Desnos, Paris, 1767, decorative title with late 18th-century ownership signature (dated 1791) and an ink monogrammed stamp (MC), key map of the southern half of England and Wales and twelve corresponding double page regional maps, all with contemporary wash colouring, additional half-title of 'The Roads through England or Ogilby's Survey Revised, Improved and Reduced by Senex...,' title repeated in French, four pages of indices and routes, a general map of England and Wales and 101 uncoloured engraved strip road maps with blank versos, additional decorative title 'Recueil des Villes Ports D'Angleterre, published by L. C. Desnos, 1766, double-page table relating to a plan of London, reticulated double-page map of London, map of the mouth of the Thames, 26 maps and plans (on 16 sheets) of cities and ports in the British Isles, old library stamp to verso of rear endpaper, signed in pencil on the front endpaper by E. G. R. Taylor, old library book plate of Birkbeck College to the front pastedown with a typed inscription 'Presented by the Late Professor E. G. R. Taylor', the bookplate overstamped 'Sold at Sotheby's 1990', 20th-century half cloth over marbled boards, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb. CXLIII.Professor E. G. R. Taylor was a leading 20th-century authority on maps and cartography.George Louis Le Rouge was a military engineer and cartographer. The first part of this volume is a French edition of 'An Actual Survey..., of the Principal Roads' by John Senex, which was first published in London in 1719. Published in French in 1759, the plates appear to have passed into the hands of the publisher Louis Charles Desnos. This volume is three books bound as one, each with a title page.
British Isles. Ortelius (Abraham), Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae sive Britannicar: Insularum Descriptio, published Amsterdam, [1573], hand-coloured engraved map orientated to the west, 345 x 500 mm, Latin text on verso, together with, Mercator (Gerard), Southern Scotland, La Seconde Table D'Ecosse (title on verso), circa 1630, hand-coloured engraved map, large margins, 350 x 455 mm, French text on verso, with, De Vaugondy (Robert), Royaume D'Irlande divisé en ses quatre Provinces et Subdivisé en Comtés, published Paris, 1750, hand-coloured engraved map, old folds, slight creasing, short split at the base of the central fold, repaired on verso, 495 x 550 mm, plus Jansson (Jan). Provincia Ultoniae The Province of Ulster, published Amsterdam, circa 1650, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, some creasing, adhesion scaring causing loss to the printed surface of the cartouche, central fold strengthened on verso, 385 x 490 mm, French text on verso, and Saxton (Christopher & Hole G.). Universi Derbiensis Comitatus qui olim Coritanorum suit descriptio, [1607], hand-coloured engraved map, large strapwork cartouche, mileage scale and compass rose, slight text show through, 285 x 315 mm, Latin text on verso, mounted, framed and double-glazed, with another 28 regional and road maps, town plans and county maps, including examples by or after Moule, Archer, Lewis, Dawson, Ogilby (damaged), Rapin/Basire and Owen & Bowen, seven mounted, various sizes and conditionQTY: (32)NOTE:Marcel van den Broecke. Ortelius Atlas maps, number 16 for the first item.
Two Boxes of Books and Maps containing over thirty-five book titles, many leather bound, dating from the late 18th - mid 20th century to include nine volumes of The Peerage of England by Arthur Collins, various Debrett's and Whittaker's Peerages, The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D by James Boswell, Hayley; William, The Triumphs of Temper, Herschel; Sir John, A Treatise On Astronomy (front board detached) the Maps comprise Patisons' Cyclists Road Maps, Sifton, Praed & Co Maps and an Ordnance Survey Fully Coloured Map of Great Britain (2 boxes)
STRIP MAPS - Hand coloured engraved road map from London Wellen, Crayford to Gads Hill and Raynham to Rochester, by E. Brown, circa 1720, with the Arms of Rochester and others and descriptions of towns Crayford, Black Heath and Deptford, No. 42, single sided, 12.5cm x 18.5cm , Hand coloured engraved road maps from Gravesend to Langdon, Sandwich to Canterbury, and Dover to Deal, with the Arms of Sandwich and Dover and descriptions of these towns, possibly by E. Brown, circa 1720, No. 252, double sided,12.5cm x 18.5cm (both framed)
JOHANNES KIP (1653-1722) & LEONARD KNYFF (1650-1722); a 17th century engraving of modern day Richmond Park, inscribed 'New Park in Surrey the Seat of the Right Honourable Earl of Rochester', 40 x 52.5cm, framed and glazed, and an 18th century road map by John Ogilby, 'The Road from London to the city of Bristol', 35.5 x 49.5cm, framed and glazed (2).
A quantity of assorted engraved maps and prints, mainly of Norfolk, including Richard Blome: 'A Mapp of the County of Norfolck', engraved map, [1673], 250 x 325mm; plus other Norfolk maps including Saxton/Kip 17th Century example, Robert Morden smaller format, Thomas Kitchin, Badeslade/Toms, small road map etc, plus qty. engraved views Norfolk, plus small qty. other maps Cambridge etc
Denys Watkins-Pitchford "BB": ''The Autumn Road to the Isles', London, Nicholas Kaye, 1959, 1st edition, colour frontis, map, and full page and in text scraperboard illustrations by BB throughout as called for, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (laminated). One of the celebrated naturalist, illustrator and children's author's four 'Road' books, an evocatively descriptive record of his journey in his trusty Land Rover 'Winston' and caravan through the Highlands in October and November 1958.
John Cary: 'Cary's New and Correct English Atlas: Being a new Set of County maps from Actual Surveys...', London, Jany 1st, 1793, 47 engraved maps hand coloured in outline as called for, printed note/advertisement leaf preceding title page, copper engraved title page and dedication leaf, printed contents page, 17pp directions for road junctions and index bound at rear, each map tissue guarded and with a descriptive sheet of text, large 4to (32 x 25cm), rebound half tan morocco, morocco gilt label to spine, marbled paper covered boards, marbled end papers. Chubb. CCLXIII (but slight variant). Three of the maps have different publication dates. Leicestershire is dated 1792, Monmouth & Worcestershire, 1787.
Miscellaneous Road Maps from the early 20th century to 1960's including The Dunlop Maps of the British Isles, Pratts Road Atlas, Bartholomew's Tourist Maps including Edinburgh, Dingwall, Oban, Oxford, Cheshire & Dartmoor, Geographia Road Maps including Cornwall, The Lake District, Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Hereford & Gloucestershire & Bournemouth this lot also includes The Ordnance Survey Map of the Isle of Man, Dorking, South Devon & Ely amongst others.
The last-of-the-line Diablos, a rare factory Special Edition benefiting from all the upgrades, a 205mph capability and all the theatre you’d want from Sant'Agata’s finest. After 17 years in production, Lamborghini’s much revered Countach was superseded by the Diablo which, on its arrival, was the fastest, most advanced and most expensive Lamborghini ever built. First presented publicly at Monaco in January 1990, the Diablo improved on its predecessor in every way, setting a new standard in ‘supercar’ design. It was styled by the late Marcello Gandini, the man responsible for Lamborghini’s Miura, Countach, Uracco, Khamsin and Jarama, Alfa’s Montreal, the Lancia Stratos and many more stunning designs over four decades.The use of carbon fibre composite panels, first seen in the Countach Evoluzione model, was extended in the Diablo, which also featured revised suspension capable of accommodating the anticipated future developments of four-wheel drive and active suspension. Stretched to 5.7-litres for the Diablo, Lamborghini's 48-valve V12 boasted fuel-injection for the first time.With more power and a lower drag coefficient than the Countach, the Diablo easily eclipsed its forebearer, exceeding 200mph on test. More importantly however, its acceleration and top-speed figures were marginally better than those of its main rival, the Ferrari F40. The Diablo though, was not a limited-edition model like the latter but a series-production car with a luxuriously appointed interior reflecting its designers' intention to produce a civilised Gran Turismo as suited to city streets as motorways and fast A-roads. Four-wheel drive Diablo VT and Targa-style open roadster versions soon followed.When Automobili Lamborghini was purchased in 1998 by the VW Group subsidiary, Audi AG, Lamborghini’s famous 60° V12 engine – utilised for almost 50 years - continued undergoing constant upgrades, growing from 5.7-litres to the final displacement of 6.5-litres found in the Murciélago LP670-4 Superveloce. Audi extensively reworked the Diablo, with fixed headlamps plus an increase in engine size to 6-litres with numerous changes under the skin.In 2001, at the Geneva Motor Show, Lamborghini announced the production of a final run of 42 cars (with car #42 now in the Lamborghini Museum). These SE (Special Edition) versions of the already massively upgraded VT 6.0 were available finished in Oro Elios or Marrone Eklipsis to represent sunrise and sunset, and featured many mechanical upgrades. Other changes included a new magnesium intake manifold, short-ratio transmission, special upholstery treatment, Lamborghini-badged brake calipers, comprehensive road map software in the navigation system, and enhanced carbon fibre interior trim.The resultant Diablo VT 6.0 SE Coupé four-wheel drive supercar is powered by the 6-litre V12 and features an aluminium-alloy block, aluminium alloy/magnesium heads, chain driven DOHC per bank, intake variable valve timing and a magnesium intake manifold resulting in 550bhp @ 7,100rpm and 422ft/lb @ 5,500rpm. This fabulous power unit sits in a high-strength, tubular spaceframe with carbon fibre components, clothed in aluminium alloy, carbon fibre and fibreglass-reinforced bodywork and sits on lightweight magnesium alloy wheels. Comparitively light at 1,675kg (not much more than the svelte Gallardo coupé), the SE offered 0-62mph in 3.95 seconds on its way to 205mph.The right-hand drive SE presented here is #9 of the 42 produced, dates from 2001 and is finished in 'Oro Elios' or Gold Helios (Helios was one of the Titans, son of Hyperion and Theia and was the personification of the Sun). It was delivered new to Hong Kong, where it formed part of a significant Collection and was stored and maintained to the highest standards prior to being imported into the UK (with all taxes paid) and registered Y453 FBA. Benefiting from a thorough inspection/service at Lamborghini Tunbridge Wells (27th December 2023), this immaculate modern-classic supercar has covered an almost-inconceivably low 564 miles from new. It is as special as you would wish it to be, in superbly unused and beautifully preserved condition, the epitome of ‘collector-quality’.Striking in its design, specification and colour combination, this Diablo VT 6.0 SE Coupé is absolutely what a supercar should be and represents a unique position in the Lamborghini timeline. Retaining some of the dramatic design language that harked back to the Countach, whilst utilising the glorious old-guard V12 (albeit evolved/updated), but with the subtle reassurance of Audi’s yet-to-be dominant influence on improving reliability, electronics and usability and before there was a fundamental (but maybe not better) change in the model’s aesthetics.The last of the line, run-out model of any significant car is desirable, but when it’s one of only 42 examples produced worldwide, features a legendary 550bhp normally-aspirated V12 and has covered just over 500 miles from new, it takes ‘desirable’ to the next level.An opportunity like this is incredibly rare and Iconic Auctioneers are extremely proud to offer this car to market. Don’t miss it, this is an important motor car and worthy of any significant Collection.Interesting extra reading to be found here: Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 VT | PH Heroes - PistonHeads UKSpecification Make: LAMBORGHINI Model: DIABLO VT 6.0 SE COUPÉ Year: 2001 Chassis Number: ZA9DE01A01LA12818 Registration Number: Y453 FBA Transmission: Manual Drive Side: Right-hand Drive Odometer Reading: 564 Miles Make: RHDClick here for more details and images
TAYLOR, GEORGE - AND ANDREW SKINNER SURVEY AND MAPS OF THE ROADS OF NORTH BRITAIN London: For the Authors, 1776. Oblong road atlas, 55 x 22.5cm, comprising 61 maps on 31 leaves, without the folding general map, no covers present, title-page detached and missing upper left corner, some browning, spotting and tears
Maps. A collection of approximately 30 maps, 17th - 19th century, including Saxton (Christopher & Kip William). Lincolniae Comitatus ybi olim insederunt Coritani, [1607], hand-coloured engraved map, slight staining, central fold strengthened and repaired on verso, 300 x 350 mm, Latin text on verso, together with Hollar (Wenceslaus). A Map of the East and West Fenne, 1661, engraved map with sparse outline colouring, left-hand vertical margins trimmed with loss, crudely replaced in facsimile, 320 x 370 mm, with The Boundaries of the City of York & the Peculiar District called Ainsty..., circa 1760, unattributed hand-coloured engraved map, old folds, toned overall, left -hand vertical margin trimmed to the neat line and extended, 350 x 455 mm, plus Taylor (A. E.). Pratt's High Test Map of the Great North Road, circa 1930, decorative colour-printed map, some staining to the margins, old folds, 830 x 330 mm, with another 26 regional, railway and county maps, mainly of Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and the British Isles, including examples by or after Morden, Bartholomew, Dower, Bacon, Moule, Moll, Kelly, J & C Walker, Teesdale, Saunders, Wallis, Cary and Lewis, various sizes and condition QTY: (approx. 50)
Delhi. Delhi Guide Map, printed at the Printing Group Survey of the Government of India,1978, colour printed photolithographic folding map, laid on linen, 1050 x 910 mm, bound in cloth boards, 220 x 140 mm when folded, together with India Tyre & Rubber Company (India) Limited (publishers). Road Map of India, 4 parts, printed at the Survey of India offices, circa 1940, four colour printed photolithographic folding maps, laid on linen, each approximately 950 x 640 mm, each bound in contemporary decorative boards, spines frayed, a little worn and bumped at extremities, 250 x 170 mm when foldedQTY: (5)
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