A rare piece of English cartographic history is included in Dominic Winter’s 30th anniversary sale in Cirencester on September 12.
The 180-lot auction contains a set of 49 first state uncoloured engraved playing card maps and two explanation cards produced in c.1717 by John Lenthall. Although advertised for over 30 years, few copies are recorded in existence today. The auction house cannot find any record of a near-complete pack in this first state (which lack the normal foliate borders that identify it as a Lenthall issue) and concludes that it is therefore probably unique.