ATHENS:525. Illustrated London News. ‘VIEW OF ATHENS, WITH THE NEW RAILWAY STATION’. From the Observatory, A superb panorama from the Hill of the Nymphs, to the Acropolis and Parthenon. In the centre is the city of Athens, with the Temple of
Theseus. Illustrated London News 1869 [24567] Original wood engraving, 16 x 52
cms. Recently coloured £115
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BALKANS - HUNGARY:526. Sanson, N. ‘LE ROYAUME DE
HONGRIE, ET LES ESTATS QUI ONT ESTÉ SUJETS ET DEPENDANS DE SA COURONNE ...’. Large map of the Balkans between Austria and the Black Sea eliminating Greece, with two cartouches. Printed on two sheets and joined. Published by Hubert Jaillot from the plate by Nicolas Sanson ca. 1690 [22443] 68 x 87 cm. The map in Original outline
colour. Excellent condition. £450
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BULGARIA:527. Valk, G. & L. ‘BULGARIA ET ROMANIA DIVISA IN SINGULARES
SANGIACATUS....’. Map of Bulgaria, with parts of southern Romania, northeastern Greece and Istanbul. Gerard & Leonard Valk ca. 1702 [22428] 60 x 49 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £280
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BULGARIA - HUNGARY - ROMANIA:528. Aa, P. v. d. ‘LA
HONGRIE, SUIVANT LES NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS’. Map of Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia with pictorial cartouche. Pieter van der Aa, Leiden 1714 [25068] 23 x 30 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £160
Folio edition - no
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BULGARIA - ROMANIA:529. Visscher, N. ‘EXACTISSIMA TABULA QUA TAM DANUBII FLUVII PARS INFERIOR, A BELGRADO URBE USQ AD EJUS OSTIA ...’. Map of Bulgaria and Romania, incl. Constantinopel and the eastern aprt of Greece. Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1680 [22473] 48 x 58 cm.
Uncoloured., except for scale of miles and head title. Very good condition. £180
From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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CORFU:530. Coronelli, V. M. ‘ISOLA DI CORFU POSSEDUTA DALLA SERENESIMA REPUBLICA DI VENETIA’. Highly decorative map of the Greek island of Corfu, north orientated to the left, surrounded by 9 elaborate vignettes in laurel garlands and ribbons of castles and fortresses (plans and views). Decorative title cartouche. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli ca. 1695 [22036] 46 x 61 cm. All borders expertly extended
(remargined) and neatline drawn in. Full original colour with some recent additions. Very good condition. £850
Zacharakis 673. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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CRETE:531. Homann, J. B. ‘INSULA CRETA HODIE CANDIA’. Map of Crete and the close Aegean islands as far as Ydra and
Patmos. Large figurative cartouche (uncoloured). Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [22038] 48 x 57 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £320
Zacharakis 1079. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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CROATIA:532. Homann Heirs. ‘TABULA GEOGRAPHICA EXHIBENS REGNUM SCLAVONIAE CUM SYRMII DUCATU ...’. Map of the eastern part of Croatia between the rivers Drava and
Sava, reaching from Belgrad (Serbia) to Vellika and Virovitica (Croatia), with large figurative cartouche and table of explanations. Homann Heirs 1745 [22365] 46 x 56 cm. The map in full original
colour. Occasional slightly browned white margins. Excellent condition. £280
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CROATIA - BOSNIA - SERBIA:533. De L’Isle, G. / Rossi, G. /
Nolin, J. B. / Ottens, R. & J. ‘NOUVELLE CARTE DU ROYAUME DE DALMACIE DIVISÉ EN SES COMTÉS, TERRITOIRES ...’. Map of Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia after de l’Isle, Rossi and Nolin published by Reinier & Josua Ottens ca. 1740 [22363] 45 x 56 cm. Cartouche and scale of miles
uncoloured, the map in full original colour. Occasional faint colour offsetting from opposite page, otherwise very good. £400
Uncommon. - The Dutch Ottens firm of publishers assembled their atlases to order, the maps were often published separately like this copy, which was included in the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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DANUBE:534. Valk, G. ‘FLUMINUM PRINCEPS
DANUBIUS...’. Map of the complete course of the River Danube, from its source in the Black Forest area in Germany via Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria to the Black Sea, printed in two parts and arranged horizontally, with figurative cartouche. Gerard Valk ca. 1702 [24038] 48 x 59 cm. Full original
colour, incl. cartouche. Side margins rather narrow and one papercrease flattened, otherwise in very good condition. £350
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GREECE:535. Braun, G. / Hogenberg, F. ‘CHIOS MARIS AEGAEI EIUSDEM NOMINIS INSULAE CIUNTAS’. Half-birds-eye view of the harbour and town of Chios on the Greek island of
Chios. Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg from Civitas Orbis Terrarum ca. 1580 [25201] 31 x 45 cm. French text verso. Full later
colour. £500
Two large vertical paper creases near the centre fold invisibly flattened and verso
rebacked, otherwise very good overall condition and appearance. |
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GREECE:536. Visscher, N. ‘PELEPONNESUS HODIE
MOREA...’. Map of Peloponisos, the southern peninsula of Greece, showing Athens just in the top right corner. Large pictorial cartouche with sword-brandishing lion. Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1680 [22041] 46 x 56 cm.
Uncoloured. Very good condition. £280
Zacharakis 2356. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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GREECE:537. Visscher, N. ‘ELLAS SEU GRAECIA UNIVERSA’. Map of Greece and the Greek archipelago with large figurative cartouche and scale of miles. Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1680 [22044] 46 x 56 cm.
Uncoloured. Short old rebacked split to lower centrefold. Very good condition. £280
Island and place names with contemporary underlining in red. - Zacharakis 2354. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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GREECE:538. De Wit, F. ‘ACCURATA TOTIUS ARCHIPELAGI ET GRAECIAE UNIVERSAE TABULA’. Map of Greece and the Greek archipelago with figurative cartouche. Frederic de Wit ca. 1690 [22045] 43 x 53 cm. Original outline
colour, the cartouche in full original colour. Excellent condition. £400
Zacharakis 2384. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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GREECE:539. Aa, P. v. d. ‘c, SUIVANT LES NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS’. Map of Greece with pictorial cartouche. Pieter van der Aa, Leiden 1714 [25132] 23 x 30 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £160
Folio edition - no
centrefolds. |
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GREECE:540. Homann, J. B. ‘PELOPONESUS HODIE MOREAE REGNUM ...’. Map of
Peloponisos, the southern peninsula of Greece, showing Athens just in the top right corner. Large pictorial cartouche. Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [22039] 48 x 57 cm. Cartouche uncoloured and somewhat faded, the map in full original
colour. £200
Occasionally slightly browned, unobtrusive small papercrease in top right image, otherwise in good condition. - Zacharakis 1082. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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GREECE:541. Homann, J. Chr. ‘ACHAIA VETUS ET NOVA ...’. Historical map of Attica, the Athens peninsula, marking both classical and modern details, with two large figurative cartouches. Designed by Homann’s son Johann Christoph Homann ca. 1720 [22042] 47 x 56 cm. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £280
Zacharakis 1083. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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GREECE - BULGARIA:542. Aa, P. v. d. ‘TURQUIE EN EUROPE, SUIVANT LES NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS’. Map of Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and western parts of Turkey with pictorial cartouche. Pieter van der Aa, Leiden 1714 [25131] 23 x 30 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £100
Folio edition - no
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HUNGARY:543. Quad, M. ‘HUNGARIAE LOCA PRECIPUA RECENS
EMENDATA...’. Map of Hungary. Matthias Quad 1592 [21294] 19 x 28 cm. Title cartouche and scale of miles. £160
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HUNGARY:544. De Ram, J. ‘REGNUM HUNGARIAE IN OMNES SUOS COMITATUS ...’. Map of Hungary with large figurative cartouche. Joannes de Ram ca. 1680 [22442] 48 x 57 cm. The map in full original
colour. Unobtrusive paper crease near lower centrefold. Very good condition. £450
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HUNGARY - BULGARIA - ROMANIA - RIVER DANUBE:545. Sandrart, J. ‘NOVISSIMA ET ACCURATISSIMA TOTI REGNI
HUNGARIAE, DALMATIAE, CROATIAE, SCLAVONIAE, TRANSYLVANIAE, CUM ADJACENTIB. REGNIS ET PROVINCIIS TABULA’. Map of the course of the Danube from Austria to the Black Sea, with all adjacent countries in the Balkans. Figurative cartouche with coats of arms and crowned eagle. Printed on two sheets and joined. Jacob von de Sandrart ca. 1670 [22439] 41 x 80 cm. Original outline
colour, the cartouche in full original colour. Excellent condition. £1350
Separately published, rare. - Jacob von de Sandrart (1630 - 1708), painter and engraver of Nürnberg. - The map was isued in two forms, as a single sheet showing the western part of the Balkans only (as called for in the title), and as here with an additional half sheet extension to the east, showing the complete course of the River Danube to the Black Sea. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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HUNGARY - ROMANIA:546. Visscher, N. ‘TOTIUS REGNI HUNGARIAE ET ADJACENTIUM REGIONUM TABULA ...’.Map of Hungary and Romania with pictorial cartouche, printed on two sheets and joined. Nicolaas Visscher 1683 [22441] 43 x 81 cm. Full original
colour, rather uneven in places. £320
Right portion rather browned and two short splits to folds old rebacked, otherwise good. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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HUNGARY - SLOVAKIA:547. Müller, J. Chr. / Homann, J. B. ‘REGNORUM
HUNGARIAE, DALMATIAE, CROATIAE, SCLAVONIAE, BOSNIAE ET SERVIAE CUM PRINCIPATU
TRANSYLVANIAE, MAXIMAQUE PARTE VALACHIAE NOVA ET EXACTA TABULA EX ARCHETYPO MÜLLERIANA ....’. Very large (wall) map of Hungary and Slovakia and adjacent parts of Croatia, Serbia and Romania (Transylvania), with two large pictorial cartouches in the top right corners and small table of explanations. Printed on four sheets and joined. Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [22437] 95 x 111 cm. The map in full original
colour. Occasional short split to a few folds. Excellent condition. £3500
Rare large size version of Homann’s map of Hungary, printed on four sheets and joined. Published separately, rare. Only one copy located in Hohenlohe-Zentralachiv
Hohenstein. - See C. Sandler/Homann S. 97 (‘Wandkarte’). - Johann Christoph Müller was a military engineer and cartographer in the imperial service. An associate of Count Luigi Ferdinando
Marsigli, they made extensive surveys of Hungary and the Danubian provinces, extensively used by subsequent mapmakers. The map shows the territorial dispositions made by the Treaty of Passarovici in July 1718. - Homann published two versions of the map, one on a single sheet and included in his Atlas
Maior, and this scarce four sheet version, which illustrates the siege of Belgrade from 1717 in the right upper corner. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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HUNGARY - SLOVAKIA:548. Homann, J. B. ‘REGNI HUNGARIAE TABULA
GENERALIS....’. Map of Hungary and Slovakia and adjacent parts of Croatia, Serbia and Romania (Transylvania) with two cartouches. Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [22444] 47 x 57 cm. The map in Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £280
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HUNGARY - SLOVAKIA:549. De L’Isle, G. / Covens, J. &
Mortier, C. ‘CARTE PARTICULIERE DE LA HONGRIE, DE LA TRANSILVANIE, DE LA CROATIE ET DE LA SCLAVONIE’. Map of Hungary and Slovakia and adjacent parts of Croatia, Serbia and Romania (Transylvania). After designs by Marsilli published by Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier from the plate by Guillaume de l’Isle ca. 1730 [22435] 49 x 57 cm. Original outline
colour. Excellent condition. £225
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HUNGARY - SLOVAKIA:550. Homann Heirs. ‘HUNGARIAE... / CARTE D’HONGRIE EN GENERAL...’. Map of Hungary and the adjoining countries on the Balkans with figurative title cartouche and table of explanations. Homann Heirs 1744 [24042] 48 x 59 cm. Full original
colour, incl. cartouches. Excellent condition. £250
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ROMANIA:551. Jaillot, H. ‘NOVA TRANSILVANIAE PRINCIPATUS
TABULA... / PRINCIPAUTÉ DE TRANSILVANIE...’. Map of Transylvania, the northern part of Romania. Hubert Jaillot ca. 1690 [22430] 48 x 60 cm. The map in original outline
colour. Excellent condition. £225
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ROMANIA:552. Homann, J. B. ‘PRINCIPATUS TRANSILVANIAE IN QUINQUE NATIONES ....’. Detailed map of Transylvania, the northern part of Romania. Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [22431] 47 x 57 cm. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £225
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ROMANIA - MOLDOVA:553. Güssefeld, F. L. / Homann Heirs. ‘CHARTE DE LA MOLDAVIE & D LA
VALACHIE... / CHARTE VON DER MOLDAU UND WALACHEY...’. Map of Romania and Moldova with square title cartouche. Published by Homann Heirs from the plate by Franz Ludwig Güssefeld 1785 [22433] 45 x 57 cm. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £160
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SLOVAKIA:554. Homann Heirs. ‘COMITATUS POSONIENSIS GERMANIS PRESBURG DICTI DELINEATIO GEOGRAPHICA ....’. Detailed map of the area around Bratislava, the western part of Slovakia between the rivers Danube and
Waag, with pictorial cartouche and table of explanations. Printed on two sheets and joined. Homann Heirs 1757 [22427] 66 x 55 cm. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £300
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SLOVENIA - CROATIA:555. Seutter, M. ‘EXACTISSIMA DUCATUS CARNIOLAE VINIDORUM MARCHIÄ ET HISTRIAE DELINEATIO’. Map of Slovenia and Croatia with large pictorial cartouche, scale of miles and inset map of Czirnizer See surrounded by cherubs holding explanatory banner and heraldic shield. Matthaeus Seutter ca. 1730 [22478] 49 x 57 cm. Cartouche and scale of miles
uncoloured, the map and inset in full original colour. Excellent condition. £360
From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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SLOVENIA - ISTRA:556. Mercator, G. / Schenk, P. & Valk, G. ‘KARSTIA,
CARNIOLA, HISTRIA ET WINDORUM MARCHIA’. Map of Slovenia and the Istrian peninsula with cartouche, scale of miles, compass rose and sai;ling ships. After Gerard Mercator published by Pieter Schenk & Gerard Valk ca. 1700 [22476] 37 x 48 cm. Cartouche, scale of miles, etc.
uncoloured, the map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £320
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