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A Bound / Flex Cover / REPRINT: London : Printed for and Sold By Proprietor Carington Bowles at His Map and Print Warehouse No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard 1777 / Reprint No Reprint Date, Modern. Full title page reads: Bowles's Florist : Containing Sixty Plates of Beautiful Flowers Regularly disposed in Their Succession of Blowing to Which is Added an Accurate Description of Their Colours with Instructions for Drawing and Painting Them According to Nature Being a New Work Intended for Use and Amusement of Gentlemen and Ladies Delighting in that Art. 78 pages. Softcover reprinted edition in very good condition, this book has card covers with cloth spine. Very slight wear to edges. Modern facsimile replica of the original text / work / manuscript / book. Privately published. Archival reprint. This book is not old, however, there is no other publication date other than of the original text. Most likely produced for research purposes since the original text is fragile or very rare. Both book and…
Read More A draught of Falklands Islands by Bowles, Carrington - 1770
by Bowles, Carrington
A draught of Falklands Islands
by Bowles, Carrington
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The Falklands, the first English map focused on the region, first edition. 1770. London. Folded as issued, attractive original colour, minor toning and offsetting, creasing close to folds. 695 mm x 452 mm.
First edition. This is the first English map of the Falklands and the earliest to show the French and English settlements. The chart depicts the routes of the British ships HMS Carcass and HMS Jason during their survey of the Falkland Islands in 1766 –shortly after Byron’s settling of Port Edgmond. English and French settlements are shown, and depth soundings, anchorages, rocks, surround the islands. Above and at bottom right are coastal profiles of the Jason Islands, formerly called the Sebaldine Islands by the Spanish, in honour of the first confirmed sighting of the islands by Sebald de Weer in 1600. The cartography is based on Captain Macbride, who published an account of the survey in 1767. Carrington Bowles (1724 – 1793) was a member of the Bowles map-making family, who were in business for over a century and contributed to a considerable portion of the British printing industry of the 18th century.
Rare, we can only trace one copy sold at Sotheby´s in 1990, for 209 GBP.
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Bowles's Florist : Containing Sixty Plates of Beautiful Flowers Regularly disposed in Their Succession of Blowing to Which is Added an Accurate Description of Their Colours with Instructions for Drawing and Painting Them According to Nature Being a New ..
by Carrington Bowles 1724 to 1793
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Bowles's One-Sheet Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster with the Borough of Southwark; comprehending their Outskirts and Extent of the Thames from Chelsea to Deptford &c. Exhibiting also the New Buildings, Roads, and other Alterations.
by BOWLES, [Carrington]
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London: Printed for the Proprietors, Bowles & Carver, No. 69. St. Paul's Churchyard, 1842.. Original hand-coloured engraved folding plan of London (45 x 66 cm) dissected into 16 sections and laid onto linen, extending from Islington in the north, Limehouse in the east, Kennington in the south, and Brompton in the west. Embellished with decorative cartouche and compass rose. Some light toning, generally a very good example of a scarce map. First published in 1786 and reissued several times. Cf. Howgego 181.
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