AMERIGO VESPUCCI:51. Bullart, I. ‘AMERIC VESPUCE’. Half length portrait of Amerigo
Vespucci, after whom America is named, holding a map. From Isaac Bullart/Academie des Sciences et des Arts 1682 [22588] 17 x 13 cm, on folio text page with decorative initial A.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £125
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ARMILLARY SPHERE:52. Lapie, E. ‘SYSTÊMES PLANÉTAIRES’. Armillary sphere surrounded by 9 astronomical diagrams and wind rose. Engraved by Pierre Tardieu after Emile Lapie ca. 1840 [26445] 41 x 54 cm. Full recent
colour. Excellent condition. £150
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ASTRONOMY:53. Johnston, A. K. [EXPLANATION OF ASTRONOMICAL PLATES]. Set of six large astronomical plates, printed on three leaves, with corresponding text pages, showing the celestial sphere and refraction, the solar system, the comets, the seasons, the eclipses of the sun, and the eclipses of the moon. Engraved and printed for The Cosmographic Atlas by W. & A. K. Johnston 1891 [25603] 32 x 42 cm each, with three pages of text. Printed in full
colours. Excellent condition. The complete set of six plates (printed double sided on three leaves) plus text £180
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BRITISH ISLES POPULATION:55. Dower, J. ‘STATISTICAL MAP OF THE UNITED KINGDOM SHEWING THE POPULATION ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS RETURNS OF 1851’. Compiled and engraved by John Dower. The Census of 1851 compiled from the official returns presented to Parliament for the Illustrated London News covering the British Isles and the whole of Ireland. London ca. 1851 [24987] Uncoloured wood engraved map 37 x 52 cm, together with a 32 page booklet listing population details and an additional two page supplement concerning Education. Beige cover with list of contents. £120
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BUCCANEERS:56. Serra, E. ‘THE BUCCANEERS’. Two Buccaneers in a rather untidy study, planning their trip around the world. Much wine has apparently been consumed. Reference books are strewn all over the place. A most amusing scene! From an original painting for the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News by Enrique Sella 1884 [24209] 32 x 46 cm. Recently hand coloured wood engraving. Excellent condition. £175
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CAVENDISH:57. Bullart, I. ‘THOMAS CANDISCH’. Head and shoulder portrait of Thomas Cavendish, British circumnavigator, holding globe and dividers. From Isaac Bullart/Academie des Sciences et des Arts 1682 [22594] 17 x 13 cm, on folio text page with decorative initial J.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £75
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COLUMBUS:58. Bullart, I. ‘CHRISTOPHLE COLOMB’. Head and shoulder portrait of Christoph Columbus, holding a compass. From Isaac Bullart/Academie des Sciences et des Arts 1682 [22587] 17 x 13 cm, on folio text page with decorative initial L.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £125
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COLUMBUS:59. Lasinio, C. ‘CRISTOFORO COLOMBO’. Portrait of Columbus in highly decorative framework of banners, laurel, flags, globe and nautical objects ashore, with his ship in the background and extensive text concerning his life and achievements below. A banner above Columbus’s head reads (in Italian): While the sun shines this famous and illustrious Ligurian's name will live in glory.
Carlo Lasinio after G. M. Testi and S. Soldaini 1811 [19945] 44 x 30 cm.
Full recent colour. Excellent condition. £500
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COLUMBUS:60. Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. “NEW UNIVERSAL ATLAS CONTAINING MAPS OF THE VARIOUS EMPIRES, KINGDOMS, STATES AND REPUBLICS OF THE WORLD”. Title page only of this atlas with beautiful coloured illustration of the first landing of Columbus in the New World. Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. 1852 - 1855 [25879] 39 x 30 cm. Coloured lithograph. Excellent condition. £125
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COLUMBUS / DISCOVERY of AMERICA:61. Münster, Seb. ‘VON DEN INSELN’. Phantasy map showing Columbus’s ships sailing amidst West Indian island and sea monsters. Sebastian Münster ca. 1550 [20828] Map 10 x 15 cm. On full folio leaf with heading and explanatory text. Excellent condition. £100
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CURIOUSITY:62. Anonymous. ‘DURCHREIST DIE GANTZE WELT...’. A very strange group of ‘artiste’ performing odd activities, one of them holding a trumpet with a map of the West Indies, Central and South America attached. Anonymous ca. 1770 [20962] 20 x 31 cm. Full original
colour. Side and top margins closely trimmed to platemark. £350
The German text below this separately published caricature says, that you can travel the whole world without finding a similar group of ‘artists’ again, acting so proficiently that ‘you have to admit, it is truly here where the arts and graces have their home’. |
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DRAKE:63. Bullart, I. ‘FRANÇOIS DRACK’. Head and shoulder portrait of Francis Drake, British admiral and circumnavigator, holding a globe. From Isaac Bullart/Academie des Sciences et des Arts 1682 [22593] 17 x 13 cm, on folio text page with decorative initial C.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £75
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FLAGS & EMBLEMS:64. Anonymous. ‘BRITISH FLAGS’. Flag of the Royal Standard of England surrounded by thirteen other British Flags. Anonymous ca. 1810 [26365] Hand coloured copper engraving, 20 x 20 cm. £120
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FLAGS & EMBLEMS:65. Anonymous. ‘FLAGGEN’. Two pages of flags of many parts of the world. F. A. Brockhaus in Leipzig ca. 1860 [26371] 2 original hand coloured copper engravings with key to all the flags, 14 x 20 cm each. £120
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FLAGS & EMBLEMS:66. Anonymous. ‘THE BOY’S OWN SHEET OF FLAGS AND FUNNELS’. Forty eight ‘Flags and Funnels’ of our Steamship Lines, seventy ‘national flags’ and forty eight ‘flags and funnels of our Fishing Steamers’. Published in The Boy’s Own Paper ca. 1896 [26367] Full colour illustrations on one page, 26 x 68 cm. Previously folded. Minor creases and repairs. £125
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FLAGS & EMBLEMS:67. Anonymous. ‘FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS’. Fifty two different flags headed by the ‘United States’ and ‘Cuba’ flags. On the reverse is a superb collage of ‘THE FLAGS OF THE UNION’ including the original ‘Stars and Stripes’. George F. Cram ca. 1903 [26370] Full colour illustrations on front and verso of one page, 35 x 27 cm. £120
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GEOGRAPHY / ASTRONOMY:68. Hinton, J. ‘THE FIRST LECTURE IN THE SCIENCES OF GEOGRAPHY AND ASTRONOMY’. Teacher explains globes, spheres and astronomical diagrams to four students. Engraved for the Universal Magazine for J. Hinton 1748 [20111] 19 x 23 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £125
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JIGSAW MAP PUZZLE:69. Shurtleff, E. ‘MAP OF THE ISLES OF SHOALS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS SMITHS ILES’. Pictorial jigsaw puzzle map of the Isles of Shoals off the US East coast between Maine and New Hampshire, after a larger map designed and drawn by Elizabeth Shurtleff 1927. In original mailing box with mailing instructions, produced by Jig-Joy Greeting ca. 1930 [26841] 15 x 12 cm. Printed in full
colours. Mailing box slightly worn and lid stained, unused mailing label faded, but the jigsaw map in excellent condition. £240
In addition to historical facts about the isles, the map features poems by Celia
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MAGELLAN:70. Bullart, I. ‘FERNAND MAGELLAN’. Half length portrait of Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese navigator. From Isaac Bullart/Academie des Sciences et des Arts 1682 [22595] 17 x 13 cm, on folio text page with decorative initial I. £125
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MERCATOR:71. Bullart, I. ‘GERARD MERCATOR’. Head and shoulder portrait of Gerard
Mercator. From Isaac Bullart/Academie des Sciences et des Arts 1682 [22586] 17 x 13 cm, on folio text page with decorative initial O.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £125
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MILITARY FORTIFICATIONS:72. Schenk, P. ‘CARTE QUI REPRESENTE TOUTES LES PIECES QUI SONT COMPRISES DANS L’ARCHITECTURE
MILITAIRE.... / TAFEL IN WELKE VERTOONT WERDEN ALLE WERK-TUYGEN BEHORENDE TOT DE
KRYGS-KUNDE...’. Instructive chart showing numerous military instruments of warfare in attack and defence of fortifications with technical plans of canons below. French title above the chart, Dutch title in pictorial cartouche to the lower left. Explanations from 1-84 in Dutch below. Published by Pieter Schenk 1703 [23867] 48 x 61 cm.
Uncoloured, printed in sepia. Excellent condition. £600
Separately published, possibly engraved by Caspar
Specht, the Utrecht engraver. Sometimes included in composite atlases assembled to order. |
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MILITARY FORTIFICATIONS:73. Anonymous. ‘PLAN D’UNE FORTIFICATION REGULIERE DE 12 BASTIONS, AVEC TOUS SES OUVRAGES
EXTERIEURS, COMME AUSSI LE PROFIL DU REMPART, DE LA PETITE TENAILLE DEVANT LA COURTINE AVEC LES FOSSES...’. Manuscript plan in grey ink and watercolour on laid paper of a typical military fortification during the early 18th century with title cartouche (in French) and elaborate cartouche of scale of miles (in German). Probably drawn as a design/template by a competent artist to be engraved later. Anonymous artist ca. 1720 [25262] 38 x 49 cm. Original watercolour and grey ink. Vertical central tear invisibly restored, faint browning to extremities, otherwise very good condition. £250
Uncommon manuscript plan. |
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MILITARY FORTIFICATIONS:74. Steinberger, L. M. ‘TAB. VI. ARCHITECTURA MILITARIS ODER KRIEGS-BAU-KUNST’. Instructive chart showing numerous military instruments of warfare in attack and defence of fortifications. Engraved for Johann Huebner’s Reales
Staats-Zeitungs- und Conversations-Lexicon by Leonhard Michael Steinberger ca. 1782 [24951] 18 x 22 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £120
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MILITARY HISTORY - BAVARIA:75. Seutter, M. ‘HISTORIA CIRCULI
BAVARICI...’. Map of Bavaria in southern Germany, showing over 200 historical and military events from the year 424 up to 1744 with large decorative cartouche and allegorical figures. Separate double sheet with floral surrounds included, listing all events chronologically. Matthaeus Seutter in Augsburg ca. 1750 [23878] 55 x 48 cm and 58 x 49 cm
resp. Full original colour, incl. cartouche. Excellent condition. The set of two sheets £500
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MOUNTAINS and RIVERS:76. Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. ‘LENGTHS OF THE PRINCIPAL RIVERS IN THE WORLD / HEIGHTS OF THE PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD’. Comparative chart of world rivers and mountains with tables of their location on the continents down both sides. Engraved by F. Humphrys for Thomas and Cowperthwait in Philadelphia for Mitchell ca. [26566] 32 x 40 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £120
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ORRERY:77. Ferguson, J. ‘THE FOUR WHEEL’D ORRERY’. Elaborate
orrery. Engraved for London Magazine by G. Child after James Ferguson October 1747 [25234] 16 x 24 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £100
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ORTELIUS:78. Bullart, I. ‘ABRAHAM ORTELIUS’. Head and shoulder portrait of Abraham
Ortelius. From Isaac Bullart/Academie des Sciences et des Arts 1682 [22585] 17 x 13 cm, on folio text page with decorative initial J.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £125
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SOLAR SYSTEM:79. Doppelmayer, J. G. / Homann, J. B. ‘THEORIA PLANETARUM PRIMARIORUM’. Chart of the movements of the planets shown on two large, two medium and 5 smaller circular diagrams. Four large tables of explanations. After Johann Gabriel Doppelmayer published by Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [21940] 48 x 57 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £225
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SPHERES and GLOBES:80. De Fer, N. ‘LA SPHERE
ARTIFICIELLE...’. One armillary sphere and two globes (celestial and terrestrial) on one sheet. Nicolas de Fer 1717 [19970] 23 x 33 cm. Three narrow margins. Short tear into left image closed. Full recent
colour. £175
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TITLE PAGE:81. Blaeu, G. & J. ‘LE THEATRE DU MONDE OU NOUVEL ATLAS’. Title page to Blaeu’s Atlas Novus with elaborate decorations of figures, globes, spheres, fruit and flower garlands, etc. G. & J. Blaeu 1635 [21007] 39 x 24 cm. Full original
colour. Narrow margins. Laid on old paper. £250
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TITLE PAGE:82. Levasseur, V. ‘ATLAS NATIONAL ILLUSTRÉ DES 86 DÉPARTEMENTS ET DES POSSESSIONS DE LA FRANCE’. Highly decorative title page (only) to Levasseur’s Atlas National, published in Paris by A. Combette 1852 [25977] 28 x 41 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £100
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WATERFALLS, ISLANDS, LAKES, RIVERS & MOUNTAINS:83. Tallis, J. ‘A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL WATERFALLS, ISLANDS, LAKES, RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS...’. Set of two plates, one for the Eastern and one for the Western Hemisphere. John Tallis ca. 1851 [14532] 34 x 25 cm. Full recent
colour. Excellent condition. The pair of 2 maps £150
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