CASPIAN SEA:1040. Seutter, M. ‘NOVA ET ACCURATISSIMA MARIS
CASPII....’. Map of the Caspian Sea and adjoining countries, north orientated to the left. Figurative cartouche. Matthaeus Seutter ca. 1730 [22007] 49 x 57 cm. The map in full original
colour. Very good condition. £350
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CASPIAN SEA:1041. Ottens, R. ‘NOVA AC VERISSIMA MARIS
CASPII....’. Map of the Caspian Sea, between Europe and Asia, adjoining Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran. North orientated to the left. Reinier Ottens ca. 1740 [22008] 49 x 61 cm. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £700
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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CASPIAN SEA - KAMCHATKA:1042. Homann, J. B. ‘GEOGRAPHICA NOVA EX ORIENTE
GRATIOSISSIMA, DUABUS TABULIS SPECIALISSIMIS CONTENTA, QUARUM UNA MARE CASPIUM, ALTERA KAMTZADALIAM SEU TERRAM JEDSO CURIOSE EXHIBET / DAS CASPISCHE
MEER... - DAS LAND MATZADALIE SONST JEDSO...’. Map of the Caspian Sea and the peninsula of Kamchatka
(Jedso) in northeast Asia on one sheet, separated by an attractive panel with figurative title cartouche, cherubs, and allegorical figure with globe and divider. Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [22005] 48 x 58 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £400
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CRIMEA:1043. Flemming, C. 'DIE KRYMM'. Map of Crimea and the area south of the
Dnieper. Published by C. Flemming in Glogau ca. 1845 [7852] 31 x 37 cm. 6 detailed inset plans of harbour towns (Sevastopol,
Balaklava, Feodosia, etc). Original outline colour. £100
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CRIMEA:1044. Wyld, J. ‘THE TOWN & HARBOUR OF SEVASTOPOL WITH THE BATTERIES & APPROACHES’. Detailed chart of Sevastopol Harbour and its military installations. James Wyld 1854 [23845] 20 x 47 cm. Original outline
colour. Slight wear to three vertical folds. £250
Separately published broadsheet, prepared in anticipation of the British and French invasion of the Crimea. It charts in detail Sevastopol
harbour, the military installations of the town with particular attention to the depths along the shoreline, and the fields of fire from the various forts and coastal batteries |
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MOSCOW:1045. Merian, M. ‘MOSCVA’. Half birds-eye view/plan of Moscow with table of explanations and heraldic shield. North orientated to the right. Matthaeus Merian ca. 1646 [20059] 27 x 35 cm.
Uncoloured. £450
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MOSCOW:1046. Olearius, A. ‘MOSCVA DES GROSSEN ZAARS RESIDENTZ STADT IN RUSSLANDT’. Plan / birds-eye view of Moscow with two cartouches and table of extensive explanations in German. To the left a long poem in German praising the city and its achievements. Adam Olearius ca. 1696 [24062] 28 x 38 cm.
Uncoloured. Very good condition. £1200
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MOSCOW:1047. Mallet, A. M. ‘DIE STADT MOSCAU / MOSCOV’. View of Moscow from a distance with title banner in the sky and figures in the foreground, and central inset of two Moscow squares with their churches S. Nicolas and S. Michel. Alain Manesson Mallet ca. 1719 [24171] 14 x 10 cm. Full recent
colour. Excellent condition. £120
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MOSCOW:1048. Mallet, A. M. ‘GRUNDRISS DER STADT MOSCAU / MOSCOV’. Plan / birds-eye view of Moscow. Alain Manesson Mallet ca. 1719 [24172] 14 x 10 cm. Full recent
colour. Excellent condition. £200
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MOSCOW:1049. Aa, P. van der. ‘MOSCOU, CAPITALE DE LA MOSCOVIE SUIVANT OLEARIUS’. Birds-eye view/plan of Moscow with figurative cartouche, table of explanations and pictorialte scenes in the lower corners. Pieter van der Aa in Leiden ca. 1729 [23760] 29 x 36 cm. Full recent
colour. Excellent condition. £1000
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MOSCOW:1050. Anonymous. ‘PLAN VON MOSKWA’. Large detailed plan of Moscow. Anonymously published in Prag 1808 [22621] 59 x 47 cm. Previously folded. Printed on strong paper.
Uncoloured. Very good condition. £600
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MOSCOW:1051. Anonymous. ‘PLAN VON MOSKWA’. Large detailed plan of Moscow. Anonymously published in Prag 1808 [24093] 59 x 47 cm. Previously folded. Printed on strong paper. Full recent
colour. Very good condition. £700
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MOSCOW:1052. S.D.U.K. ‘MOSCOW’. Town plan with vignette of the Kremlin Church and panoramic view of the town below. Engraved by B. R. Davies after W. B. Clarke for S.D.U.K. ca. 1836 [17813] 33 x 36 cm. Original outline
Colour. £200
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OIL - BAKU:1053. Simpson, W. ‘THE PETROLEUM OIL WELLS AT
BAKU, ON THE CASPIAN’. Very striking image of one of the first oilfields in Russia, sketched by W. Simpson 1886 [21774] Wood engraving, 31 x 47 cm. Full recent
colour. Excellent condition. £175
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RUSSIA:1054. Blaeu, W. ‘TABULA RUSSIAE ... M.DC.XIIII’. Map of Russia with armorial cartouche, large inset plan of Moscow top left, smaller inset view of Archangelsk below three Russian men and decorative cartouche, drawn by Hessel
Gerritsz, dated 1614 and published by Willem Blaeu ca. 1663 [24562] 43 x 54 cm. Original outline
colour. Cartouche, plan and view in full original colour, the plan of Moscow uncoloured except for the surrounding legend. Excellent condition. £1750
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RUSSIA:1055. Sanson, N. / Jaillot, H. ‘LES ETATS DU CZAAR DE LA RUSSIE BLANCHE OU GRAND DUC DE
MOSCOVIE... / LA RUSSIE BLANCHE OU MOSCOVIE...’. Large map of Russia in Europe with title cartouche and scale of miles. Printed on two sheets and joined. Published by Hubert Jaillot from the plate by Nicolas Sanson 1692 [23279] 58 x 87 cm. The map in original outline
colour. Excellent condition. £900
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RUSSIA:1056. Wit, F. de / Browne, Chr. ‘IMPERII RUSSICI SIVE MOSCOVIAE STATUS
GENERALIS...’. Map of European Russia after de Wit with figurative cartouche incorporating the Russian coat of arms supported by cherubs and scale of miles. Published by Christopher Browne in London ca. 1700 [21435] 45 x 55 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £750
Separately published. - Christopher Browne, little known cartographer, globe maker and publisher of London. His name is is found on title pages and a few of de Wit’s maps. |
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RUSSIA:1057. Aa, P. v. d. ‘LA MOSCOVIE
SEPTENTRIONALE, SUIVANT LES NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS’. Map of northern Russia in Europe with pictorial cartouche. Pieter van der Aa, Leiden 1714 [25064] 23 x 30 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £150
Folio edition - no
centrefolds. |
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RUSSIA:1058. Aa, P. v. d. ‘LA MOSCOVIE
MERIDIONALE, SUIVANT LES NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS’. Map of southern Russia in Europe Pieter van der Aa, Leiden 1714 [25065] 23 x 30 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £150
Folio edition - no
centrefolds. |
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RUSSIA:1059. Bowen, E. A NEW & ACCURATE MAP OF THE WHOLE RUSSIAN EMPIRE AS CONTAIN’D BOTH IN EUROPE AND ASIA...’. Map of the Russian Empire in Europe and Asia. Emanuel Bowen ca. 1748 [24094] 35 x 47 cm. Large cartouche. Full recent
colour. Excellent condition. £250
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RUSSIA:1060. Anonymous. ‘PLAN VON KRONSTADT’. Plan of Kronstadt near St. Petersburg with legend in German below. Prag 1808 [21982] 20 x 31 cm.
Uncoloured. £115
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RUSSIA:1061. Hall, S. ‘RUSSIA’. Russia in Europe. Sidney Hall 1827 [19285] 51 x 41 cm. Original outline
Colour. £100
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RUSSIAN EMPIRE:1062. Aa, P. v. d. ‘LA GRANDE
TARTARIE, SUIVANT LES NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS’. Map of the Russian Empire in Europe and Asia, reaching to Mongolia, northern China and Korea, with pictorial cartouche. Pieter van der Aa, Leiden 1714 [25135] 23 x 30 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £125
Folio edition - no
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SOUTHERN RUSSIA:1063. De L’Isle, G. / Elwe, J. B. ‘PARTIE MERIDIONALE DE MOSCOVIE’. Map of southern Russia between Moscow and Black and Caspian Seas. Published in Amsterdam after Guillaume de L’Isle by Jan Barend Elwe ca. 1792 [24165] 41 x 55 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £200
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ST. PETERSBURG:1064. Ottens, R. ‘NOVA AC VERISSIMA URBIS ST. PETERSBURG AB IMPERATORE RUSSICO PETRO ALEXII .... / AFBEELDING VAN DE NIEUWE RUSSISCHE HOOFT-RESIDEBTIE EN ZEE STADT ST. PETERSBURG....’. Detailed plan of St. Petersburg with a map of the surrounding area between Kronstadt and Lake Ladoga above. Two tables of explanations
(uncoloured). Reinier Ottens ca. 1750 [22273] 49 x 58 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £1450
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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ST. PETERSBURG:1065. Anonymous. ‘PLAN DE LA VILLE DE ST. PETERSBOURG’. Plan of St. Petersburg with oval title cartouche. Anonymously published in Prag 1808 [22620] 35 x 40 cm.
Uncoloured. £200
Few marginal tears expertly and invisibly closed. |
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ST. PETERSBURG:1066. S.D.U.K. ‘ST PETERSBURG’. Town plan with inset view across the
Newa. Engraved by B. R. Davies after W. B. Clarke for S.D.U.K. ca. 1834 [17812] 32 x 38 cm. Original outline
Colour. £200
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ST. PETERSBURG:1067. Scheda, J. ‘GRUNDRISS VON ST. PETERSBURG...’. Detailed plan of St. Petersburg with table of German explanations to the left as large inset in a map of parts of the Russian Urals in elaborate floral borders. Joseph Scheda in Vienna 1845 - 1847 [21441] 25 x 33 cm (the plan), 40 x 49 cm (the map). Closely trimmed to margins as issued. Plan
uncoloured, the map in original outline colour. £250
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ST. PETERSBURG - LAKE LADOGA:1068. Grimmel, J. E. [Set of six
mapsheets]: ‘INGRIA ET CARELIA’ / ‘KARTA INGERMANLANDIA ET KARELIA’ / ‘LACUS LADOGA ET SINUS
FINNICUS...’ / ‘FLUVIUS NEWA E LACU LADOGA...’ / ‘DER SINUS FINNICUS VON CRONSTADT BIS ST. PETERSBURG...’ / ‘CANALIS LADOGENSIS’. A rare set of six detailed mapsheets of the Leningrad and Lake Ladoga region in northern Russia, covering the Gulf of Finland, St. Petersburg, Lake Ladoga and the areas around, each with figurative pictorial cartouche, the map of Kronstadt and St. Petersburg with sailing ships and inset view of
Kronstadt. Johann Elias Grimmel ca. 1745 [22859] approx. 46 x 61 cm each. All uncoloured as issued. Excellent condition. The set of six maps £6000
Probably separately published. - The first two maps are identical, covering the whole area around St. Petersburg and Kareliya, Gulf of Finland, Lake Ladoga, and Ingermanland to the south, with all text in Latin/German on the first and in Russian on the second map (59 x 46 cm each). The next four maps are dedicated to the Ladoga Channel from St. Petersburg to Novaya Ladoga: the Lacus Ladoga et Sinus Finnicus map showing the complete length of the canal (45 x 64 cm), the following three showing the different sections from the Gulf of Finland and Kronstadt to St. Petersburg (46 x 61 cm), from St. Petersburg just to the beginning of Lake Ladoga at Schlüsselburg (45 x 60 cm), and from there along the southern coast of Lake Ladoga to Novaya Ladoga on the mouth of the River Volkhov (44 x 64 cm). Text on the last four maps is parallel Latin/German and Russian. - Johann Elias Grimmel (1703 - 1759), born Memmingen/Germany, moved to St. Petersburg and worked at the Academy of Sciences. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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UKRAINE:1069. Blaeu, W. & J. ‘TAURICA
CHERSONESUS, NOSTRA AETATE PRZECOPSCA, ET GAZARA DICITUR’. Map of the Ukraine and the Crimea with two small cartouches. Willem & Joan Blaeu 1639 [24957] 38 x 50 cm. Latin text verso. Original outline
colour. Excellent condition. £300
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UKRAINE:1070. Seutter, M. ‘NOVA MAPPA GEOGRAPHICA MARIS
ASSOVIENSIS...’. Detailed map of the Sea of Azov and the surrounding country incl. parts of the Crimea. Matthias Seutter ca. 1730 [21437] 48 x 57 cm. Large figurative cartouche
(uncoloured), the map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £350
From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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UKRAINE:1071. Schenk, P. & de Leth, H. ‘CARTE DE LA PETITE TARTARIE DRESSÉE PAR ORDRE DE L’IMPERATRICE DE TOUTES LES RUSSIES’. Map of the southern part of Ukraine with Crimea and the area between Dnieper and
Rostov, showing positions of Russian and Turkish troups . Cartouche and table of explanations. Published in Amsterdam after a map by Russian military cartographers of St. Petersburg by Pieter Schenk & Henry de Leth ca. 1770 [22767] 40 x 47 cm. Cartouche and table
uncoloured, the map in original outline colour. Excellent condition. £1200
Separately published. Rare. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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UKRAINE:1072. Seutter, M. / Lotter, T. C. ‘THEATRUM BELLI RUSSORUM VICTORIIS ILLUSTRATUM SIVE NOVA ET ACCURATA TURCICARUM ET TARTARICUM
PROVINCIARUM...’. Map of Ukraine fom the Crimea to the Russia/Belarus border with figurative cartouche and scale of miles. Published in Augsburg after Matthaeus Seutter by his successor Tobias Conrad Lotter ca. 1770 [24168] 49 x 57 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £550
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UKRAINE:1073. Dezauche, J. A. ‘CARTE DU GOUVERNEMENT DE
TAURIDE, COMPRENANT LA KRIMÉ ET LES PAYS VOISINS... / PARTIE DU THEATRE DE LA GUERRE ENTRE LES TURCS ET LES RUSSES’. Map of the Crimea, the southern part of Ukraine and the Sea of Azov with cartouche and table of observations. Published in Paris ‘chez l’auteur’ J. A. Dezauche 1788 [22271] 44 x 65 cm. Some original outline
colour, otherwise uncoloured. Excellent condition. £900
Dezauche was the successor to De L’Isle and
Buache. This map was published separately, and later copied by Lotter. It was designed ‘d’après la carte manuscrite faite sur les lieux par les Ingenieurs
Russes...’. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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UKRAINE - BLACK SEA:1074. De L’Isle, G. / Covens, J. &
Mortier, C. ‘THEATRE DE LA GUERRE DANS LA PETITE TARTARIE, LA CRIMÉE, LA MER NOIRE ...’. Large map of southern Ukraine and the Black Sea, printed on two sheets. Published by Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier from the plate by Guillaume de l’Isle ca. 1730 [22267] 98 x 61 cm when joined. Original outline
colour. Excellent condition. The set of two maps £600
From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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UKRAINE - BLACK SEA:1075. Ottens, R. & J. ‘THEATRE DE LA GUERRE SUR LES FRONTIERES ENTRE LES DEUX GRANDS MONARQUES DE RUSSIE & DE TURQUIE OU CARTE NOUVELLE D’UNE GRANDE PARTIE DE LA
RUSSIE...’ Map of Ukraine, southern Russia to Moscow and the Black Sea with very large historiated figurative cartouche and small table of explanations. Engraved by Wurst for Reinier & Joshua Ottens ca. 1740 [23771] 55 x 48 cm. The map in full original
colour. Short section of lower left border expertly extended, otherwise in excellent condition. £2000
For a full history of the background of this map see Imago Mundi, Vol. 12, 1955: The map is printed from the original plate of the first ever map printed and published in the Russian language by Jan Tessing in Amsterdam after the Russian Major General Mengden. The original map is very rare and included the dates 1699 and 7207 (= from the creation of the world). The plate passed later to the publishers Ottens in Amsterdam. They erased the Russian dedications and titles and replaced them with French text. The dates were altered to 1736 and 7243 respectively. - Like many Ottens maps, this one was published separately and then assembled to order into a composite atlas. It was never included in any Ottens atlases. An anonymous re-engraving of this map is being offered as item [22256]. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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UKRAINE - BLACK SEA:1076. Anonymous / Ottens, R. & J. ‘TABULA NOVA MOSCOVIAE QUA PARS MAJORIS AC MINORIS
RUSSIAE, POLONIAE, TARTARIAE, PONTI EUXINI NATOLIAE UT PLURIMUM SUB IMPERIO AUGUSTISSIMAE TZAREAE
MAIEST. CONTINETUR’. Map of Ukraine, southern Russia to Moscow and the Black Sea with very large historiated figurative cartouche and small table of explanations. Anonymous ca. 1750 [22256] 49 x 43 cm. Original outline
colour, the cartouche in full original colour. Excellent condition. £950
Rare apparent re-engraving of an Ottens map with the title THEATRE DE LA GUERRE ... ENTRE RUSSIE ... & TURQUIE... (see item [23771]), but slightly smaller in size and with different title. - Separately published. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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UKRAINE - BLACK SEA:1077. Schütz, C. ‘KRIEGSTHEATER ODER GRAENZKARTE
OESTERREICHS, RUSSLANDS, UND DER TÜRKEY....’. Map of the theatre of war in the Balkans, Ukraine and around the Black Sea, indicating the Austrian, Russian and Turkish spheres of influence. Printed on two sheets and joined. Engraved by Franz Müller and published by Artaria Compagnie in Wien after designs by Carl Schütz 1788 [22269] 41 x 71 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £950
Separately published map. - Carl Schütz, engraver and designer of Vienna. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. |
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UKRAINE - POLAND - BELARUS:1078. Aa, P. v. d. ‘LA
POLOGNE, SUIVANT LES NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS’. Map of eastern Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania with pictorial cartouche. Pieter van der Aa, Leiden 1714 [25066] 23 x 30 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £125
Folio edition - no
centrefolds. |
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UKRAINE - THE CRIMEA:1079. Johnson, E. K. ‘THE CRIMEA AND ADJACENT COASTS’. Highly decorative large panoramic map of the Crimea with two small inset maps and several small inset views. Elaborate figurative surrounds. Drawn for the Illustrated London News by E. K. Johnson 1856 [21533] 51 x 77 cm. Uncoloured as issued. Folded. £125
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