ANGOLA - NAMIBIA:155. Reinecke, J. C. M. ‘CHARTE VON NIEDER GUINEA UND DEN ANGRENZENDEN LÄNDERN SÜD-AFRICAS...’. Map of the African southwest coast, showing Angola and Namibia. Johann Christoph Matthias Reinecke for Verlag des Geograph. Instituts Weimar 1817 [25846]
42 x 47 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. £175
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CAIRO:156. Braun, G. / Hogenberg, F. ‘CAIRUS, QUAE OLIM BABYLON, AEGYPTI MAXIMA URBS’. Birds-eye plan from a half elevation with table of explanations and figures in the foreground. Braun & Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum 1572 [15972]
33 x 49 cm. Full later colour. Excellent condition. £450
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CAIRO:157. Brewer, J. W. ‘PANORAMIC VIEW OF CAIRO’. A superb prospect of Cairo with the Mosque of the Citadel, built in Alabaster by Mohammed Ali, in the
centre. Also in the picture is the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Joseph’s Well, Citadel and Palace and in the background, the Nile. Drawn and engraved by J. W. Brewer for The Graphic 1882 [21698]
25 x 124 cm. Uncoloured. Issued as a supplement. Folded. Excellent condition.
£400
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CAIRO:158. The Graphic. ‘BIRDS EYE VIEW OF CAIRO LOOKING NORTH EAST’. The pyramids and Sphinx in the foreground. Special chromolithograph supplement to The Graphic 1882 [23280]
39 x 55 cm. Printed in tone colours. Excellent condition. £120
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE:159. Aa, P. v. d. ‘LE CAP DE BONNE
ESPERANCE, SUIVANT LES NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS’. Map of Cape Town and Cape of Good Hope in South Africa with pictorial cartouche. Pieter van der Aa, Leiden 1714 [25141]
23 x 30 cm. Full recent colour. Excellent condition. £325 Folio edition - no
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CAPE VERDE ISLANDS:161. Du Val, P. ‘ISLES DU CAP VERD’. Small map of the Cape Verde Islands. Pierre Du Val 1663 [21196]
10 x 12 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. £65
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CAPE VERDE ISLANDS:162. Janssonius, J. / Schenk, P. & Valk, G. ‘INSULAE DE CABO VERDE OLIM HESPERIDES SIVE
GORGADES...’. Sea chart of the Cape Verde Islands with large decorative cartouche. Published by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk from the plate by Joannes Janssonius ca. 1700 [22073]
43 x 54 cm. The map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £350 As issued, in its original state, no later colour added to cartouches etc. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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CAPE VERDE ISLANDS:163. Bellin, N. ‘KARTE VON DEN EYLANDEN DES GRÜNEN VORGEBÜRGES’. Map of the Cape Verde Islands. Nicolas Bellin 1747 [19191]
21 x 28 cm. Full recent colour. Excellent condition. £100
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EAST & CENTRAL AFRICA:164. Illustrated London News. ‘BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THE SOUDAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTRIES’. Birds-eye view of Central and East Africa from the south, covering (from left to the top) Congo, Zaire, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt in the distance. Inset portraits of General Gordon and Colonel Stewart, and views of Khartoum, Mudirs Palace, El Obeid and
Kordofan. Double page chromolithograph supplement to The Illustrated London News 1881 [20415]
38 x 52 cm. Printed in tone colours. Key boxes at bottom very slightly trimmed as usual due to oversize image. £125
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EGYPT:165. Du Val, P. ‘EGYPTE’. Small map of Egypt, together with a separate one page leaf of an heraldic shield depicting three snakes. Pierre Du Val 1663 [21185]
12 x 10 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. £50
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EGYPT:167. Homann, J. B. ‘AEGYPTUS HODIERNA’. Map of Egypt and the course of the River Nile with large vignette view of the Nile, the Pyramids, Sphinx and Tombs of the Kings. Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1730 [22078]
56 x 47 cm. Short section of lower left border expertly extended (invisible from the front), otherwise in excellent condition. The large vignette views etc. uncoloured, the map in full original
colour. £300 From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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EGYPT:168. Lizars, W. ‘EGYPT’. Detailed doublepage map of Egypt. W. Lizars ca. 1845 [18968]
49 x 40 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. £65
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EGYPT and SUDAN:169. Guessefeld, F. L. ‘CHARTE VOM NIL
STROME, AEGYPTEN, NUBIEN UND HABESCH...’. Map of Egpt, the River Nile from source to the sea, and the Red Sea with adjoining parts of Arabia. Shows a detailed Arabian coast line with Mecca and Jedda and various camel routes leading to it. Franz Ludwig Güssefeld for Verlag des Geograph. Instituts Weimar 1817 [25844]
60 x 45 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. £150
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GUINEA - NIGERIA:170. Janssonius, J. / Schenk, P. & Valk, G. ‘GUINEA’. Decorative map of the western coast of Africa from Guinea to Nigeria. Published by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk from the plate by Joannes Janssonius ca. 1700 [22067]
38 x 51 cm Cartouche with natives and monkeys, sailing ships, compass roses, two boys carrying a tusk (all uncoloured), the map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £300 As issued, in its original state, no later colour added to cartouches etc. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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MAURITIUS:173. Anonymous. ‘INS. DE CERNO. A. NOSTATIBUS MAURITIUS NOMINATA’. Composite view showing early settlers’ activities on the island of Mauritius, like fishing, hunting, shipbuilding, teaching, working on furnaces and casks, etc. A Dodo and turtoises are represented. On sheet with three other images, one a map of the Banda Islands in the Moluccas with its chief town
Nera, the next one a view of the main street of Gammelamme on the island of Ternate, and the other of a settlement with the King of ‘Tubantus’ (Java?) arriving on elephant. Anonymous ca. 1612 [21466]
22 x 31 cm. Uncoloured. Very good condition, clean, wide margins. Rare. £400 Invisible archival repairs to centre fold verso. |
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MAURITIUS and REUNION:174. Bonne, R. 'CARTES PARTICULIERES DES ISLES DE FRANCE, DE BOURBON ET DE
RODRIGUE'. Four separate maps of Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues (three singly and one together in their geographic position) on one sheet. Rigobert Bonne ca. 1778 [25625]
21 x 32 cm. Recent outline colour. Excellent condition. £120
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MOROCCO:175. Janssonius, J. ‘FEZZAE ET MAROCCHI REGNA AFRICAE CELEBERRIMA’. Map of Morocco, north orientated to the right. After Abraham Ortelius published by Joannes Janssonius ca. 1700 [22065]
38 x 50 cm. Sailing ships and figurative cartouche (uncoloured), the map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £200 As issued, in its original state, no later colour added to cartouches etc. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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NATAL - SOUTH AFRICA:176. Tallis, J. 'NATAL AND
KAFFRARIA'. Map of the eastern South African coastal area between East London and Maputo with Durban in the
centre. Large vignette view of Durban and smaller view of the entrance to Port Natal. John Tallis ca. 1851 [14555]
34 x 25 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. £65
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NORTH AFRICA:177. Reinecke, J. C. M. ‘CHARTE DER NORDKÜSTE AFRICAS ODER DIE STAATEN
MAROCCOS, FES, ALGIER, TUNIS, TRIPOLI, UND AEGYPTEN...’. North African coast, printed in two separate parts above each other on one sheet. Johann Christoph Matthias Reinecke for Verlag des Geograph. Instituts Weimar 1804 [25843]
47 x 54 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. £100
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SOUTH AFRICA:178. Sanson, N. ‘PAYS ET COSTE DES
CAFRES: EMPIRES DE MONOMOTAPA MONOEMUGI &’. South Africa. A. d’Winter for Nicolas Sanson ca. 1683 [20646]
20 x 29 cm. Cartouche. Original outline Colour. Few minor wormholes expertly and invisibly filled. £100
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SOUTH AFRICA:179. Reinecke, J. C. M. ‘CHARTE DER SÜDSPITZE AFRICAS UND DER COLONIE VOM VORGEBIRGE DER GUTEN
HOFFNUNG...’. Map of South Africa with much land unknown. Johann Christoph Matthias Reinecke for Verlag des Geograph. Instituts Weimar 1817 [25848]
39 x 59 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. £200
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SOUTH AFRICA:180. Walker, J. & C. 'SOUTH AFRICA'. Map of South Africa with inset maps of
Capetown, the environs of Capetown, District of George, and the environs of
Grahamtown. J. & C. Walker for S.D.U.K. 1834 [7207] 32 x 39 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. £75
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SOUTH AFRICA:181. Stanford, J. ‘SOUTH AFRICA’. Map of South Africa with inset map of the Peninsula of the Cape. Drawn & engraved at Stanford’s Geographical Establishment and published by Archibald Fullarton ca. 1870 [25872]
50 x 40 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. £125
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SOUTH AFRICA:182. Bacon, G. W. ‘BACON’S BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF SOUTH AFRICA’. Large birds-eye view of South Africa, with inset map of North Natal and another birds-eye view of the area between Mafeking and Pretoria. George Washington Bacon ca. 1890 [23550]
61 x 81 cm. Printed in colours. Excellent condition. £450 Previously folded, laid down on linen. Clean and in very good condition. |
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STANLEY’S EXPLORATION:183. Johnston, A. K. ‘MR H. M. STANLEY’S EXPLORATIONS IN THE DARK CONTINENT - MAP OF THE ROUTE AND A PORTRAIT GROUP OF THE OFFICERS OF HIS EXPEDITION’. Nine portraits in oval form and a map (15 x 51 cm). Drawn for The Graphic by Alexander Keith Johnston 1887 [23284]
35 x 51 cm. Original coloured woodengraving. Excellent condition. £150
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WEST AFRICA:185. Sanson, N. ‘AFRIQUE OU LIBIE
ULTERIEURE...’. Map of West Africa between Canary Islands and Cameroon. Nicolas Sanson ca. 1683 [20426]
18 x 29 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. £75
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WEST AFRICA:186. Reinecke, J. C. M. ‘CHARTE VON
SENEGAMBIEN, NIGRITIEN UND GUINEA...’. Map of the African west coast with the Gulf of Guinea between Senegal and Nigeria. Small inset map of Cape Verde Islands. Johann Christoph Matthias Reinecke for Verlag des Geograph. Instituts Weimar 1817 [25845]
43 x 54 cm. Original outline colour. Minute rust stain in the centre, otherwise very good condition. £150
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ZULU WAR:187. The Graphic. ‘THE RELIEF OF EKOWE - LORD CHELMSFORD’S COLUMN CROSSING THE AMANTIKULU RIVER, MARCH 31st 1879’. The Graphic 1879 [21549]
34 x 100 cm. Uncoloured as issued. Folded. Excellent condition. £225
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ZULU WAR:188. Illustrated London News. ‘THE ZULU WAR: THE MARCH TO ULUNDI - OCCUPATION OF A MILITARY KRAAL BY BRITISH TROOPS’. Illustrated London News 1879 [21550]
34 x 104 cm. Uncoloured as issued. Folded. Excellent condition. £225
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ZULU WAR:189. Prior, M. ‘THE ZULU WAR: - BATTLE OF
ULUNDI: FINAL RUSH OF THE ZULUS - BRITISH SQUARE IN THE DISTANCE’. Large panorama, probably the finest of all Zulu War panoramas! Published by Illustrated London News special artist Melton Prior 1879 [21561]
67 x 98 cm. Uncoloured as issued. Folded and laid on linen. Excellent condition. £450
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ZULU WAR:190. Fripp, C. E. ‘DYING TO SAVE THE QUEEN’S COLOURS’. An episode in the Battle of Insandlwhana - the death of Lieutenants Melville &
Coghill, 24th Regiment. Supplement to The Graphic ca. 1880 [25427] 49 x 71 cm.
Large full original colour engraving, previously folded. Excellent condition. £500
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