Cartographic Ephemera. Maps, Valentines and Postcards, early 20th century

Cartographic Ephemera. Maps, Valentines and Postcards, late 19th and early 20th-century, a collection relating to love, marriage and courtship, including; Land of Matrimony. circa 1850, pen and watercolour allegorical map by an unknown artist, laid on later card, 105 x 325 mm together with; Beeching (G. S.). Map of Matrimony, circa 1880, colour lithograph allegorical map on card, trimmed close to printed edge, 80 x 120 mm, Nister-Dutton. Cupid's Railway Map, circa 1920, chromolighograph folding valentine card, size when open 70 x 250 mm (with reproduction of the same), Photochrom Co Ltd. Map of Marriageland, circa 1905, chromolighograph postcard, used, a few small areas of loss, 90 x 140 mm, Mappa do Coração. an unattributed colour lithograph showing an allegorical island of love in the shape of a heart in Portuguese, 140 x 90 mm, Knight Bros. (publishers). Chart of Betrothal Bay shewing the Male Route to Churchdoor, tinted lithographic postcard in the form of an allegorical map of the route to marriage, used, light spotting to verso, 90 x 140 mm, Knight Bros. (publishers). Truelove River. colour lithograph postcard showing an allegorical map and poem, 140 x 90 mm, Valentine's card. circa 1903, chromolighograph card with a manuscript map of lovers' route to bliss, light spotting, overall size 100 x 100 mm and 3 others related, various sizes and condition (Quantity: 12)