Most items catalogued here were amongst a large collection of well over a thousand maps, assembled for a European noble family. They contained a wide selection of excellently preserved battle- and campaign-maps from the European wars of the first half of the 18th century, including the War of the Austrian Succession (1742-48) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14), and many other separately published regional maps, which are all today of considerable rarity. The map collection had been in the family's possession for over 250 years and had never been touched during this time.
(Information provided by Ashley Baynton-Williams)

INDEX:   Africa:   1821   America:   1814, 1847, 1855   Asia/Near East:   1835, 1836, 1849   Balkans:   1816, 1832, 1833, 1835, 1860   Benelux:   1802, 1805, 1823, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1879, 1880, 1884   France:   1800, 1834, 1873   Germany:   1800, 1801, 1804, 1806, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1818, 1820, 1825, 1828, 1837, 1838, 1840, 1843, 1846, 1848,                        1850, 1857, 1858, 1867, 1872, 1883   Italy:   1824, 1827, 1839, 1841, 1851, 1852, 1859, 1862, 1863, 1865   Mediterranean:   1842   Poland, Czech Republic:   1803, 1817, 1846, 1864   Russia, Ukraine:   1813, 1815, 1861, 1868, 1869, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878   Scandinavia:   1819, 1822, 1870, 1871   Spain:   1812, 1826, 1844, 1866   World, Curiosities:   1845, 1853, 1854, 1881, 1882
ALSACE:1800. Speckel, D. / Homann Heirs. ‘ALSATIA TAM SUPERIOR, QUAM INFERIOR UNA CUM SUNDGOVIA...’. Map of Alsace, the French region on the left bank of the Rhine between Basel, Strasbourg and Wissembourg with pictorial cartouche. Printed on two sheets, not joined. Drawn in Homann’s workshop after the designs by Daniel Speckel ca. 1750 [23304] 110 x 42 cm when joined. The map in full original colour. Excellent condition. The set of two mapsheets £650 Uncommon first issue. Drawn in Homann’s workshop (‘delineata Studio Homannianorum’) after the designs by Strasbourg architect, engineer and mapmaker Daniel Speckel in 1576. Without Homann’s publisher address, so probably first published separately. A later edition appeared with the Homann Erben address in 1777. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
ANSBACH:1801. Puschner, J. G. ‘GRUND-RISS DER HOCH-FÜRSTLICHEN RESIDENTZ-STADT ANSBACH ODER ONOLTZBACH’. Plan of the town of Ansbach in Bavaria with title banner and pictorial cartouche containing explanations. Engraved by J. G. Puschner after ‘J.H.T.C.C.’ and originally published by Johann Jacob Endress in Schwabach 1740 [23765] 61 x 60 cm. Cartouche and banner uncoloured, the map in full original colour, slightly faded. Minor restoration to centrefold. Excellent condition. £950 This is a slightly later edition of this rare plan with the addresses of Endress and Puschner in the left lower border apparently erased. - Separately published, rare. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
ANTWERP:1802. Grimm, M. ‘PLAN DER STADT ANTWERPEN AN DER SCHELDE....’. Map of Antwerp in Belgium and the area ca. 5 km northwestward to Sluysken (in the Netherlands) with table of explanations. Designed and engraved by Maximilian Grimm ca. 1790 [21988] 28 x 24 cm. Table of explanations uncoloured, the map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £450 Separately published and sold by Jean Martin Will in Augsburg. - Maximilian Grimm, Viennese engraver and mapmaker. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
AUSTRIA - BOHEMIA - MORAVIA - SILESIA:1803. Felsecker, A. J. ‘ROM: KAYSERL. MAJEST. UND KÖNIGL. HOHER ALLIERTEN KRIEGS THEATRUM, VON SCHLESIEN, BÖHMEN, MAEHREN U: OESTEREICH, ANNO 1741. U. 1742’. Map of Lower Austria, Bohemia (Czech Republic), Moravia and parts of southern Poland (Silesia) with cartouche and inset plan of Prague. Routes of the armies from Prussia, Austria, Hungary and France are shown. Printed on two sheets and joined. Adam Jonathan Felsecker in Nürnberg ca. 1742 [22519] 56 x 40 cm. Cartouche and plan in full original colour, the map in original outline colour. Excellent condition. £750 Separately published map, rare. - Adam Jonathan Felsecker, printer, publisher and engraver of Nürnberg. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG:1804. Funcke, D. / Homann, J. B. ‘CIRCULUS SUEVICUS...’. Map of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany between Rhein, Main, Lech and Bodensee with large pictorial cartouche. Engraved by or in the workshop of Johann Baptist Homann and published by David Funcke ca. 1700 [23319] 49 x 58 cm. Original outline colour, the cartouche in full original colour. Excellent condition. £400 Separately published, rare. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
BELGIUM - FLANDERS - ENGLISH CHANNEL:1805. Fricx, E. H. [VARIOUS TITLES]. Set of 18 map sheets (only of 24), forming a very large wall map of Belgium, Flanders (incl. northeastern France) and the English Channel with parts of East Kent (Koeman Fri1/1-18). The area covered in the three complete rows of six maps is (from left to right): Kent - Bruges - Antwerp - Venlo / Rye - Calais - Brussels- Maastricht / Boulogne - Arras - Namur - Liege. Lacking the last (fourth) row of six maps (Koeman Fri1/19-24). Two highly decorative compass roses and numerous sailing ships and boats in the North Sea and the English Channel. Engraved by Jean Harrewijn and published by Eugene Henri Fricx in Brussels 1712 [22985] 41 x 55 cm each map sheet. Original outline colour, the wooded areas and major towns, compass roses and sailing ships in full original colour. Excellent condition. The set of 18 map sheets (only of 24, lacking the fourth or bottom row of six map sheets) £4500 The maps (all dated between 1706 and 1710) were also published separately like here and could be assembled as a wall map in four rows of six sheets each, or sold and used separately for military purpose. Rare. - Eugene Henri Fricx (fl. 1706 - 1730), bookseller and printer of Bruxelles, produced military plans of battles and sieges of the War of Succession in the Netherlands. He employed Jean Harrewijn as an engraver. - Koeman Fri/1. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
BODENSEE:1806. Seutter, M. / Probst, J. M. ‘LACUS BODAMICUS VEL ACRONIUS CUM REGIONIBUS CIRCUMJACENTIBUS RECENS DELINEATUS’. Detailed map of Lake Bodensee on the southern German / Swiss border and surrounding areas with pictorial title cartouche. From the plate by Matthaeus Seutter published by Johann Michael Probst in Augsburg after 1776 [23763] 48 x 56 cm. The map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £1250 Separately published by Johann Michael Probst in Augsburg after 1776, the year when he took over his father Johann Balthasar’s firm, which had earlier acquired many Seutter maps, in his own name. - Margins rather narrow. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
BRAUNAU/Inn:1808. Walter, C. ‘PROSPECT ON DER ACTION BEY BRAUNAU...’. Detailed plan of the assault on Braunau/Inn across the border in May 1743 by the Bavarian army and its contention by the Hungarian and Bohemian armies with extensive table of explanations above. Drawn by military engineer Constantin Walter ca. 1743 [23834] 21 x 30 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £400 Separately published. Very Rare.
BRAUNSCHWEIG - HANNOVER:1809. Funcke, D. ‘DUCATUS ELECTORATUSQUE BRUNSUICENSIS SIVE HANNOVERIENSIS NOVA TABULA...’. Map of the Braunschweig and Hannover region in central Germany, reaching to Minden, Celle, Halberstadt and Göttingen. Decorative cartouche incorporating scale of miles and coat of arms. Published in Nürnberg by David Funcke ca. 1695 [23339] 42 x 52 cm. Cartouche in full original colour, the map in original outline colour. Excellent condition. £400 Separately published, rare. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
BREISACH:1810. Ottens, R. & J. ‘NIEUWE EN NAUKEURIGE AFTEKENING VAN OUT EN NIEUWT BREISACH... / NOUVELLES PLANS ET ENVIRONS DU VIEUX ET DU NEUF BRISAC’. Map of Alt- and Neu-Breisach on the Rhein near Freiburg/Breisgau and the area immediately 10km around, reaching east close to Freiburg. Inset table of explanations and title in French, Dutch title heading above the map. Published in Amsterdam by Reinier & Josua Ottens 1734 [23364] 43 x 55 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £450 Uncommon. - The Dutch Ottens firm of publishers assembled their atlases mostly to order, the maps were often published separately. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
BREISACH:1811. Anonymous. ‘SITUATION VON DER DEN 3TEN UND 4TEN 7BR. 1743 ZU NACHT TENTIRTEN PASSAGE DES RHEIN-STROHMBS’. Military plan of attempted crossings of French troops over the Rhein near Alt- and Neu-Breisach in September 1743. Drawn by an anonymous military observer for Anonymous ca. 1743 [23840] 22 x 35 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £450 Separately published. Very Rare.
CADIZ - GIBRALTAR:1812. Ottens, R. & J. ‘NIEUWE EN NAUWKEURIGE KAART VAN HET ZUIDELYKSTE GEDEELTE VAN SPANJE GENAAMT ANDALUSIE ....’. Map of southernmost Andalusia between Cadiz, Gibraltar and Estepona, just reaching Medina-Sidonia in the north. Reinier & Josua Ottens ca. 1725 [22529] 48 x 57 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £450 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.
CASPIAN SEA:1813. 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.
COLOMBIA:1814. Covens, J. & Mortier, C. ‘PLAN DU PORT, DE LA VILLE ET DES FORTERESSES DE CARTHAGENE... / PLAN VAN DE HAVEN, STADT EN KASTEELEN VAN CARTAGENA...’. Plan of the bay and fortifications of Cartagena in Colombia during the siege by the British fleet under Admiral Vernon in 1741. Table of explanations in French and Dutch below. North orientated to the left. Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier 1741 [22111] 49 x 56 cm. Uncoloured. Not often found in excellent condition as here. £1000 Published separately. - Colonel Lawrence Washington, one of Admiral Vernon’s American charges, later named his home Mount Vernon in honour of the Admiral. His brother, George Washington, the American President, inherited the manor and maintained its name. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
CRIMEA:1815. 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
CROATIA - BOSNIA - SERBIA:1816. 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.
CZECHIA - SILESIA:1817. Nigrinus, J. ‘DUCATUS TESCHINENSIS IN SILESIA SUPERIORE CUM ADJACENTIBUS REGNORUM....’. Detailed map of the border region around Ostrava, Cieszyn (Teschen) and Biala between Czech Republic and Silesia in southern Poland with figurative cartouche, pictorial vignette and two tables of explanations and historical information. Jonas Nigrinus ca. 1724 [22471] 48 x 58 cm. Cartouche, tables and vignette uncoloured, the map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £750 First state of a rare separately published map, which was later used by Seutter with alterations to cartouches and vignettes. - Jonas Nigrinus, Czech cartographer. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
DEGGENDORF/Donau:1818. Rosenfeld, P. von. ‘PLAN VON DER ATTAQUE U. EROBERUNG DEREN FRANTZ. REDUITE U. VERSCHANTZUNG BEY DECKENDORF D. 27 MAJ. 1743...’. Plan of the siege of Deggendorf/Donau in Bavaria by the French in May 1743 with table of explanations. Drawn by lieutenant engineer Pawlowsky von Rosenfeld ca. 1743 [23835] 20 x 35 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £400 Separately published. Rare.
DENMARK:1819. Funcke, D. ‘NOVA ET ACCURATA TOTIUS REGNI DANIAE TABULA....’. Map of Denmark and parts of southern Sweden and northern Germany, with cartouche and coat of arms supported by cherubs. David Funcke ca. 1690 [22178] 50 x 57 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £500 Separately published. - David Funck(e), publisher of Nürnberg. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
DINGOLFING/Isar:1820. Anonymous. ‘PLAN DE L’ASSAULT DE DINGELFINGEN LE 18 MAY 1743...’. Plan of the siege of Dingolfing/Bavaria in May 1743, drawn and engraved by an anonymous military observer. Anonymous ca. 1745 [23833] 14 x 21 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £300 Separately published. Rare.
ETHIOPIA - RIVER NILE:1821. Ludolf, J. ‘JOBI LUDOLFI HABESSINIA SEU ABASSIA PRESBYTERI JOHANNIS REGIO...’. Very detailed map of Ethiopia, showing the mythical kingdom of Presbyter John, with decorative cartouche, coat of arms, two small tables of explanations and a number of wild animals including camels, elephants, rhinos and lions. Designed by Christian Ludolf after the manuscript map by his father Jobi Ludolf 1683 [24027] 44 x 55 cm. Full original colour, incl. cartouches. Short split to lower centrefold invisibly closed. Excellent condition. £1450 This map provides ‘a greatly improved depiction of Ethiopia from original sources’ (Norwich). It is the earliest available printed map to show the true course of the River Nile. - Jobi Ludolf (1624 - 1704), scholar and historian of Magdeburg. - Separately published, later re-issued by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk.
FINLAND:1822. Anonymous. ‘MAGNUS DUCATUS FINLANDIAE’. Map of Finland, reaching to Stockholm, St. Petersburg and north to Oulu in central Finland. Small title cartouche top left. Anonymous ca. 1745 [22200] 50 x 57 cm. Uncoloured. Excellent condition. SOLD This map is apparently a variant of one in the ‘Atlas Russicus’, published by the Russian Academy of Sciences (Acad. Imp. Scientiarum) in St. Petersburg 1745, with placenames in Latin, not Cyrillic characters. - Published separately. Rare. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
FRIESLAND - GRONINGEN - DRENTHE:1823. Schenk, P. / Halma, F. ‘FRISIAE DOMINIUM VERNACULE FRIESLAND.....’. Detailed map of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe, the northeastern provinces of the Netherlands, with armorial cartouche, scale of miles, vignette of the ‘Steenen Man’ near Harlingen and an inset map of the islands of Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog. Now published by François Halma in Leeuwarden after the earlier 1705 map by Pieter Schenk 1718 [21927] 51 x 59 cm. Cartouche etc uncoloured, the map in full original colour. Narrow top margin. Excellent condition. £450 Separately published by F. Halma. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
GENOVA:1824. Ottens, R. & J. ‘NOUVELLE CARTE DE L’ETAT DE LA REPUBLIQUE DE GENES’. Map of the Ligurian coast around Genove in northern Italy with three inset maps/plans below (Harbours of Genova and Bastia and the island of Corsica). Reinier & Josua Ottens ca. 1740 [22322] 37 x 45 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £900 Separately published. Rare. - 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.
GERMERSHEIM/Rhein:1825. Anonymous. ‘SITUATION VON DER LINIE BEY GERMERSHEIM WELCHE VON DENEN FRANTZOSEN DEN 27TEN 7BR. VERLASSEN UND VON IHRO MAJESTÖT VON GROSS BRITTANNIEN DEN 3 8BR. 1743 ... RASSIRET WORDEN’. Plan of the French military settlements south of Germersheim between the rivers Rhein and Queich, which were abandonned in September and then destroyed in October 1743 by British troops. Drawn by an anonymous military observer. Anonymus ca. 1743 [23836] 22 x 36 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £400 Separately published. Very Rare.
GIBRALTAR:1826. De Vezou, L. C. / Renau, Ch. ‘PLAN TOPO-HYDROGRAPHIQUE DU DÉTROIT DE GIBRALTAR ....’ / ‘PLAN TOPO-HYDROGRAPHIQUE DE LA BAYE DE GIBRALTAR ...’ / ‘PLAN DU PROMONTOIRE DE LA VILLE ET DU PORT DE GIBRALTAR ...’. Set of three charts of the Straits of Gibraltar, the Bay of Gibraltar and the town and peninsula of Gibraltar. The map of the Straits after the navigator Henri Lynslager, the map of the Bay after Chevalier Renau, the map of the Rock after an unnamed local British civil engineer. Explanatory tables of historical and geographical background information on each map, referring to the siege of Gibraltar by the Spanish around 1727. Engraved and separately published in Paris by Lattré ca. 1760 [22048] 45 x 53 cm / 44 x 56 cm / 40 x 55 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. The set of three maps £1200 Separately published. Rare. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
GOLFO DI VENEZIA:1827. De Cantelli, F. / Ottens, R. & J. ‘CARTE DU GOLFE DE VENISE OU SONT LES BOUCHES DU PO ET DE L’ADIGE AVEC L’ISTRIE ....’. Map of the Gulf of Venice and the peninsula of Istra with three inset maps below of the harbour and laguna of Venice, the port of Pula and the castle in Rijeka. Published by R. & J. Ottens after designs by F. de Cantelli ca. 1682 [22308] 39 x 41 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. SOLD Separately published. - 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. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
HAMBURG - ELBE:1828. Himmerich, J. / Schenk, P. ‘EINE ACCURATE CHARTE VON DER ELBE - STROHM SAMPT DER KEYSERLICHEN REICHS FREY STADT HAMBURG...’ Detailed map in two horizontal strips of the Elbe from Geesthacht via Hamburg to the Sea with cartouche and large pictorial allegorical vignette. North orientated to the south. Engraved by Pieter Schenk junior in Amsterdam after designs by Johann Himmerich ca. 1730 [23316] 46 x 57 cm. Cartouche and vignette uncoloured, the map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £900 Separately published. Rare. - Johann Himmerich was a military cartographer from Hamburg. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
HERTOGENBOSCH - RAVENSTEIN:1829. Visscher, N. / Schenk, P. ‘SEER NET GEMEETE KAARTE VAN DE RESPECTIVE POLDERS MASE EN ACHTERDYKEN, MET DER SELVER SLUYSEN, WATERINGEN, WEG SLOOTEN, STEGEN EN WEGEN, IN DEN QUARTIERE VAN MAASLAND, GELEGEN AAN DE RIVIER DE MASE, EN IN DE MAYERYE VAN ‘S HERTOGENBOSSCHE.....’. Very detailed and large map of the area between Hertogenbosch and Ravenstein in Holland with large title cartouche and scale of miles, coat of arms of a bull and very large blank cartouche, intended for three tables of explanations. Printed on two sheets and joined. Published by Pieter Schenk junior from the plate by Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1720 [21893] 45 x 78 cm. The map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £1500 Separately published and originally sold by Johan van Turnhout in Hertogenbosch. Very rare. This re-issue by Pieter Schenk (II) with his imprint inserted. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
HOLLAND:1830. [Dou(w), J. J.]. ‘T’HOOGH-HEEMRAETSCHAP VANDE UYTWATERENDE SLUYSEN IN KENNEMERLANT ENDE WEST-FRIESLANT’. A very detailed large (wall) map of the province of Noord Holland in the Netherlands between Amsterdam, Haarlem and Den Helder. North orientated to the right. Printed on four map sheets and joined. Designed by Johannes Dou Published in Amsterdam ca. 1720 [24049] 86 x 113 cm. Uncoloured. Borders expertly extended. Excellent condition. £2500 Separately published. - “In 1660 the district water board of the drainage sluices in Kennemerland and West-Friesland ("Uytwaterende Sluysen in Kennemerlant en West-Frieslant") ordered the surveyor Johannes Dou (1615-1682) to make a general map of its territory in the northern half of the province of Holland. After a preparation of twenty years, Dou completed his assignment with the presentation of a huge map of the water district in sixteen sheets. In 1682 he delivered a copy of this map in four sheets, as well as a copy in one sheet. All three versions of the map were engraved by Koenraat Decker (1651-1709), an apprentice of Romeyn de Hooghe, and Abraham Deur, though their names are only mentioned on the map in sixteen sheets. Hameleers records the numerous states of the copperplates for these maps, issued both separately and as a set of three maps. They are all equally rare. Although the topographical contents of the maps never changed, there are small differences in the coats of arms of the gouvernors of the district water board on the different states” [Information supplied by A. Asher & Co. B.V.] .- Six coats of arms for Governors Willem Winder, Willem Lodewk, Jacob van Twuyver, Cornelis Kuyper, Daniel Ras and Gualterus George Gideon.
HOLLAND:1831. De Ram, J. / Ottens, J. ‘HOLLANDIAE SEPTENTRIONALIS & FRISIAE OCCIDENTALIS ACCURATISSIMA DELINEATIO’. Map of the Dutch region of North Holland between Amsterdam, Enkhuizen and Texel island. Large figurative cartouche and inset map of the islands Texel, Vlieland and Terschelling. Published by Reinier & Josua Ottens from the plate by Joannes De Ram ca. 1725 [21909] 50 x 59 cm. The map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £750 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.
HUNGARY - BULGARIA - ROMANIA - RIVER DANUBE:1832. 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.
HUNGARY - SLOVAKIA:1833. 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.
ILE DE RÉ - ILE D’OLÉRON:1834. Seutter, A. C. ‘LES ENVIRONS DE ROCHELLE ET ROCHEFORT AVEC LES ISLES D’OLERON ET DE RE’. Detailed map of the environs of La Rochelle on the French Atlantic coast with the islands of Oléron and Ré. Large decorative cartouche with maritime themes and nine unusually large sailing ships in the sea. Albert Carl Seutter ca. 1750 [24187] 49 x 55 cm. Occasional original outline colour. Excellent condition. £1250 Separately published. Rare. - Albert Carl Seutter was Georg Matthaeus Seutter’s son; he produced not many maps and never any atlases. His business passed to Tobias Conrad Lotter and Georg Bathasar Probst.
ISTANBUL:1835. Reben, J. B. v. / Homann Heirs. ‘BOSPHORUS THRACICUS. Der Kanal des Schwartzen Meers oder Die Meer-Enge bey Constantinopel sambt denen an beiden Ufern gelegenen Stätten ...’. Very detailed map of Constantinopel and the Bosphorus with several tables of explanations. Printed from two plates and joined. After Johann Baptist von Reben published by Homann Erben 1764 [22217] 80 x 50 cm. Full original colour. Slight browning along the horizontal joint, otherwise very good condition. £950 Johann Baptist von Reben, Hungarian military engineer. - Published separately. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
JERUSALEM:1836. De Jode, G. ‘NOVAE URBIS HIEROSOLYMITANAE TOPOGRAPHICA DELINEATIO G I OPERA HAC TABULA DEPICTA’. Birds-eye view/plan of Jerusalem with extensive tables of explanations. North orientated to the left. Published by Gerard De Jode in Antwerp after 1570 [24103] 22 x 29 cm. Uncoloured. Trimmed to all four neatlines and expertly re-margined. Rare. Separately published. SOLD Upper left legend reads: "Pictura hac veteris et modernae Vrbis Hierosolymae typis excussa fuit Calkariae, anno 1570 apud Vincentiu Houdaen, nunc propter raritatem eius et quod tam saepe desideratur, hac forma impressa est apud Gerardum de Iode Antuerpiae" i.e.: "These pictures of ancient and modern Jerusalem were published in Calcar by Vincentius Houdaen in 1570...", but “this print is now published by Gerard De Jode in Antwerp”. Of the original plan by Houdaen in Calcar/Germany no copy exists today. - Gerard de Jode (1509-1591), engraver, printer, publisher and cartographer of Antwerp.
LANDAU:1837. Marchand, J. Chr. ‘DIE ACCURATE FÜRSTELLUNG DER BELÄGERUNGS ARBEIT VOR LANDAU WIE SOLCHE IM SEPT. 1704 ZU INFESTIRN ANGEFANGEN UND DEN 25 NOV. ZU UNSTERBLICHER GLORIE IHRER MAY. DES RÖM. KÖNIGS EROBERT WORDEN’. View of the siege of Landau / Pfalz in 1704, the German cavalry in the foreground, with explanatory sheet of text separtely printed and attached below. Designed and engraved by Johann Christian Marchand in Nürnberg ca. 1705 [24043] 43 x 40 cm. Full original colour with some recent touches. Borders expertly extended. Excellent condition. £750 Separately published. Vey rare. - Johann Christian Marchand (1680 Dresden - 1711 Nürnberg), engraver of portraits and historical subjects.
LANDAU/Isar:1838. Anonymous. ‘CAMPEMENT A OBER-EKEN LE 19.ME MAY 1743....’. Plan of the siege of Landau/Isar in May 1743 and the nearby villages of Ober- and Niederhöcking, drawn and engraved by an anonymous military observer. Anonymous ca. 1745 [23832] 15 x 21 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £250 Separately published. Very rare.
LOMBARDIA - RIVER PO:1839. Schenk, P. ‘SEDES BELLI IN ITALIA, COMPREHENDENS DUCATUS MEDIOLANENSEM, PARMENSEM, AC GENUENSEM ....’ and ‘VENET. REIP. DOMINIUM, NEC NON PONTIFICII IURIS DITIONUM PARS MAXIMA ET NOBILISSIMA ...’. Large map of northern Italy, showing the full course of the River Po, illustrating the region of Lombardia disputed ‘inter Carolum Austriacum & Philippum Andegavensem’. Pictorial cartouche with soldiers and busts of the two regents. Printed on two sheets, not joined. Pieter Schenk ca. 1720 [22297] 54 x 48 cm each mapsheet, 54 x 96 cm when joined. The cartouche uncoloured, the maps in full original colour. Short tear closed. Excellent condition. The set of two maps £1250 Separately published, based on the five sheet map of the river by Placide de Sainte Helene, published in Paris in 1704. - The War of the Spanish Succession was fought between the French and Spanish who wanted Philip of Anjou, grandson of the French King, to ascend to the Spanish throne, and the British, the Dutch and the Holy Roman Empire who feared the union of the French and Spanish crown and instead wanted Archduke Charles Of Austria, cousin of the recently deceased king of Spain to be his successor. The war began with the invasion of Lombardy in 1701 by the Austrians, and culminated with the complete defeat of the Franco-Spanish forces by 1707. This map appears to depcict the theatre of war from circa 1704 when Philip of Anjou was forced to leave Italy. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
MAINZ:1840. Walch, J. ‘PLAN DER GEGEND VON MAYNZ NEBST DEM SEHR STARCK BEVESTIGTEN .... ERDHÜTTENLAGER DER FRANZOSEN MIT ALLEN SCHANTZEN, LINIEN ETC.’. Plan of Mainz with the fortifications and French camps during the siege of October 1795, reaching to Laubenheim, Marienborn, Budenheim (following the line of the French occupation’s ‘Erdhüttenlager’) and Mainz-Kastel. Two tables with title and explanations and inset plan of the engagement at Höchst, inclsuding Sindlingen, Rödelheim and Schwanheim. Published in Augsburg by Johannes Walch 1795 [23338] 37 x 49 cm. The map in original outline colour. Excellent condition. £750 Separately published. Rare. - “In zeitgenössischem Kolorit eingetragen sind die Truppenaufstellungen der siegreichen Armee unter König Friedrich Wilhelm II von Preussen, die die Stadt von den Franzosen zurückeroberte”. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
MANTOVA:1841. Bodenehr, G. ‘MAPPA GEOGRAPHICA CONTINENS DUCATUM MANTUANUM CUM PARTIBUS FINITIMORUM DUCATUUM, PRINCIPATUUM, DOMINIORUM, EX GR. CREMONAE, PARMAE, CORREGGII, MUTINAE, BONONIAE, MIRANDULAE, FERRARIAE...’. Map of the close region around and south of Mantova in northern Italy, reaching to Cremona, Parma, Modena and Ostiglia. Two large cartouches for title and explanations upper left and right, and two large pictorial vignettes lower left and right. Published in Augsburg by Gabriel Bodenehr (the younger) 1734 [23861] 40 x 56 cm. Original outline colour and strongly fully coloured cartouches and vignettes. Excellent condition. SOLD Separately published. Rare. - The Bodenehr family of engravers are known for their pocket atlases, but actually published only a very small number of maps on a folio format. Gabriel Bodenehr the Younger (1673-1766) produced this map of the Kingdom of Naples.
MEDITERRANEAN:1842. Ottens, R. & J. ‘CARTE DES QUATRE GRANDES MONARCHIES DES ASSIRIENS, DES PERSES, DES GRECS, ET DES ROMAINS’. Historical map of the Roman, Greek, Persian and Assyrian empires in Africa, Europe and Asia, reaching from Spain over southern Europe, northern Africa and the Mediterranean to the Near East, the Caspian Sea and Persia. Reinier & Josua Ottens ca. 1740 [22026] 28 x 68 cm. The map in full original colour. Excellent condition. SOLD 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.
MEISSEN - VOGTLAND:1843. Funcke, D. ‘NOVISSIMA MARCHIONATUS MISNIAE MAXIMAEQUE PARTIS VOITLANDIAE TABULA’. Map of Sachsen, centred on Chemnitz and reaching as far as Kulmbach, Mansfeld, Torgau, Dresden and Karlsbad. Figurative cartouche. Engraved by Johann Joachim Püschel and published by David Funcke ca. 1695 [23341] 47 x 56 cm. Cartouche in full original colour, the map in original outline colour. Excellent condition. £400 Separately published, rare. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
MENORCA:1844. Lempriere, C. ‘NOUVEL ARPENTAGE DE L’ISLE MINORQUE, AVEC UN PLAN PARTICULIER DU PORT MAHON’. Map of the Balearic island of Menorca with simple cartouche and inset table of descriptions in French. Two maps, one of the western Mediterranean, the other of the harbour of Mahon above. Published and engraved by Lattré in Paris after designs by the British engineer Capt. Clement Lempriere 1779 [22051] 45 x 55 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. SOLD Separately published. Rare. - First published in London under the title ‘A New and Accurate Survey of the Island of Minorca ... according to Act of Parliament June 12, 1746’ and ‘sold by S. Austen Bookseller in Newgate Street’ (MapForum). From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
MILITARY FORTIFICATIONS:1845. 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. £950 Separately published, possibly engraved by Caspar Specht, the Utrecht engraver. Sometimes included in composite atlases assembled to order. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
NEUWIED:1846. Reinhardt, A. ‘PLAN DER AM RHEIN GELEGENEN STADT NEU=WIED’. Map of the area around Neuwied between Andernach and Weisenthurm, north orientated to the northwest. Table of title and explanations. Printed on two sheets and joined. Engraved in Frankfurt by Andreas Reinhardt 1745 [23837] 30 x 87 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £950 Separately published. Very rare. - Andreas Reinhardt (1715 Copenhagen - 1752) Frankfurt/M.), engraver of portraits and town views.
NEW ENGLAND:1847. Allard, H. / Ottens, R. & J. ‘TOTIUS NEOBELGII NOVA ET ACCURATISSIMA TABULA’. Map of New England from Maine to Maryland, New York in the centre. Very large pictorial cartouche with the new ‘Restitutio’ panorama of New York (‘Nieuw-Amsterdam onlangs Nieuw Jorck’) below. Numerous wild animals and an Indian fort inland. Published by Reinier and Josua Ottens from the plate designed by Hugo Allard ca. 1725 [22098] 46 x 54 cm. Cartouche and panorama uncoloured, the map in full original colour. Blank on verso. Excellent condition. Very strong printing impression. £7000 Based on the Visscher map ‘Novi Belgii...’, but with a very different cartouche and the new panorama of New York. This Ottens edition represents the scarce 7th state of the Allard map recorded by Burden (#373), however it is later and not as scarce as the Allard edition. - 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.
OBERBAYERN - OBERPFALZ - NIEDERBAYERN:1848. Sandrart, J. de. ‘S. R. IMPERII CIRCULI ET ELECTORATUS BAVARIAE CUM FINITIMIS ACCURATA DELINEATIO’. Map of Oberbayern, Niederbayern and Oberpfalz with decorative cartouche and small scale of miles, centred on Regensburg and reaching to Ulm, Kulmbach, Passau and Kufstein. Jacob von de Sandrart ca. 1680 [23344] 54 x 43 cm. Cartouche in full original colour, the map in original outline colour. Excellent condition. £650 Separately published, rare. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
PERSIA - TURKEY:1849. Ottens, R. & J. ‘REGNUM PERSICUM IMPERIUM TURCICUM IN ASIA...’. Detailed large map of Persia and Turkey in Asia, reaching fom the Mediterranean and the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea and further to Afghanistan, printed on two sheets and joined. Published by Reinier and Joshua Ottens ca. 1740 [23773] 50 x 88 cm. The two cartouches uncoloured, the map in original outline colour. Short section of upper and lower border strengthened verso. Very good condition. £750 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.
PHILIPPSBURG:1850. Ottens, R. & J. ‘PLAN DE PHILIPSBOURG & DE SES ENVIRONS...’. Plan of Philippsburg, the fortified town on the Rhein near Speyer, reaching to Rheinsheim, Oberhausen and Wiesental. Engraved by Joost van Sassen and published in Amsterdam by Reinier & Josua Ottens ca. 1740 [23357] 43 x 55 cm. Full original colour. Small unobtrusive rust spot in the river above the fort. Excellent condition. £600 Rare. - The Dutch Ottens firm of publishers assembled their atlases mostly to order, the maps were often published separately. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
PIEMONTE:1851. Du Val, P. ‘LE PIÉMONT ET LE MONFERRAT AVECQUE LES PASSAGES DE FRANCE EN ITALIE PAR LES ALPES’. Map of northwest Italy (Piemonte) from the Riviera between Nice and Varazze reaching north to Torino and the Alps. Simple title cartouche and scale of miles. Pierre Du Val 1677 [22292] 43 x 38 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. SOLD Separately published by Du Val in Paris and dated 1677, probably the second state of the plate with the date inserted and his shop address removed (a later issue of 1691 is in the Collection bibliothèque de Cessole in Nice). Rare. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
PIEMONTE:1852. Ottens, J. ‘NIEUWE CAERTE DER VALLEYEN IN PIEMONT DOOR DE WALDENSEN ETC. TEGEN ALLE GEWELT BESCHERMT / NOUVELLE CARTE DES VALLEES DE PIEOMONT...’. Map of the area west of Torino in northern Piemonte. Pictorial cartouche with coat of arms, windrose and title banner above the map with five large portraits of royalty. North orientated to the right. Joachim Ottens ca. 1720 [22293] 47 x 57 cm. Cartouche, portrait and vignettes uncoloured, the map in full original colour. Excellent condition. SOLD Separately published. Rare. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
PLAYING CARDS - MILITARY HISTORY:1853. Schenk, P. ‘DAS FESTUNG BAUES SPIEL’. Set of 52 playing cards, depicting details of constructing all types of military fortifications as they appear on contemporary maps, printed on one double sheet, not dissected, with instructions and explanation of symbols. Pieter Schenk ca. 1700 [22031] 45 x 60 cm. Printed in sepia. Excellent condition. £1250 Separately published as large sheet to be cut later for playing. Sometimes included in composite, i.e. assembled to order atlases, together with Schenk’s double page plate of military architecture. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
PLAYING CARDS - MILITARY HISTORY:1854. Schenk, P. ‘DAS KRIEGS - SPIEL’. Set of 52 playing cards, depicting details of all types and associations of military warfare as they appear in contemporary battle scenes, printed on one double sheet, not dissected, with instructions and explanation of symbols. Pieter Schenk ca. 1700 [22032] 45 x 60 cm. Printed in sepia. Excellent condition. £1250 Separately published as large sheet to be cut later for playing. Sometimes included in composite, i.e. assembled to order atlases, together with Schenk’s double page plate of military architecture. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
PORTO BELO:1855. Mortier, P. ‘PLAN DE LA VILLE, RADE ET FORTS DE PORTO BELLO... / PLAN VAN DE STAD, HAVEN EN FORTEN VAN PORTO BELLO...’. Map of the harbour and town of Porto Belo during the siege and victory by the British fleet on November 22, 1739. Square cartouche, windrose, table of explanations in French and Dutch. North orientated to the southwest. Published in Amsterdam by Pierre Mortier (II) 1740 [22110] 41 x 57 cm. Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £1450 Separately published Bbattle plan, based on a map drawn by Lt. Philip Durell, Royal Navy surveyor, who served much of his career in American waters, rising to the rank of Admiral. With his numerous manuscripts and printed records he formed a definitive picture of the battles of the ‘War of Jenkin’s Ear’ from 1739 - 1743 between the British and Spanish in the Caribbean. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
PRAG:1856. Anonymous. ‘GRUNDRISS DER KÖNIGL. BOHMISCHEN HAUPT STADT PRAG MIT DER KÖNIGL. UNGARISCHEN BELAGERUNG UND ATTAQUEN A 1742’. Military plan of Prag with the positions and attacks shown during the 1742 siege by the Hungarian army. ‘PROSPECT DER STADT PRAG’ below, showing the bombardment during the siege. Anonymous ca. 1742 [24044] 57 x 48 cm. The plan (38 x 48 cm) in full original colour, the prospect of Prag (19 x 48 cm) in single original wash colour. Excellent condition. £1750 Separately published. Rare. - This plan was later used and published by Christoph Riegel in Nürnberg, with his address added below the prospect.
PRUSSIA - POSTAL ROUTES:1857. Halma, F. ‘REGNI BORUSSIAE ET ELECTORATUS BRANDENBURGICI ...’. Map of Germany between the Dutch border, Memel and Kaliningrad and Bodensee/Lake Constance, with armorial cartouche top left showing the Brandenburg-Prussian coats of arms, and a large vignette below right of a postman on horseback. Small table of explanations. Major postal routes (‘Stationes Publicorum Cursuum et Veredariorum’) are indicated. Published in Amsterdam by François Halma ca. 1700 [23762] 52 x 68 cm. Cartouche and vignette uncoloured, the map in original outline colour. Excellent condition. £950 Rare postal route map of Germany and Prussia, the figures near the routes indicating the distances in miles. - Separately published. - Possibly engraved by Simon Grimm of Augsburg, the engraver’s signature in the right corner not quite decipherable. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
PRUSSIA - POSTAL ROUTES:1858. Schenk, P. ‘REGNI BORUSSIAE ET ELECTORATUS BRANDENBURGICI.....’. Map of Germany between the Dutch border, Memel and Kaliningrad and Bodensee/Lake Constance, with armorial vignette in the lower right corner incorporating a postman on horseback and the Brandenburg-Prussian coats of arms. Small table of explanations. Major postal routes (‘Stationes Publicorum Cursuum et Veredariorum’) are indicated. Engraved after the slightly wider map [23762] by François Halma of 1700 by Pieter Schenk ca. 1710 [23864] 51 x 61 cm. Vignette uncoloured, the map in full original colour. Side borders extended. The vignette in rather faint printing, otherwise excellent condition. £750 Uncommon postal route map of Germany and Prussia, the figures near the routes indicating the distances in miles. - Separately published. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
RIVER PO - NORTHERN ITALY:1859. Homann Heirs. ‘HISTORIA BELLI IN ITALIA A. 1746... / KRIEGS CHARTE VON DEN MARCHEN UND OPERATIONEN IN ITALIEN...’. Set of two maps of northern Italy showing the position of troups during the war in April and March 1746. The area covered includes the course of the River Po between Valenza (north of Alexandria) and San Benedetto (south of Mantova) and the area south to Genova, Parma and Modena. Inset map of Guastalla with the battle order on April 6. Two columns of an extensive and detailed diary of the events to the right of each map in German, with further summarily headings above the maps. Published by Homann Heirs in Nürnberg 1754 [22303] 43 x 57 cm each sheet incl. text (39 x 32 cm each map excl. text). Original outline colour. Excellent condition. The set of two map sheets £1400 Separately published maps with detailed reports about the war in March and April 1746 in northern Italy. The Italian theatre of War of the Austrian Succession, between Austria on the one hand and France, Spain, Naples and the Republic of Genoa. The campaigns of March and April 1746 culminated with the battle of Piacenza (16th June 1746), all but won by the French commander Maillebois, when he was ordered to retire by the Spanish Infant, tipping the balance of the war against France and Spain. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
ROMANIA:1860. Riedl, C. ‘KARTE VON DEM BANAT TEMESWAR UND EINIGEN DISTRICTEN AUF SERVISCHER SEITE ...’. Detailed map of the area around Timisoara in Romania, reaching south as far as Belgrad and Orsova. Small oval cartouche and prospect of Belgrad with warriors fighting on horseback in the foreground. Engraved by M. Mettenleitter in München after designs by Castulus Riedl 1789 [22434] 57 x 50 cm. Uncoloured. Excellent condition. SOLD Uncommon map, separately published by J. G. Wintter. - Castulus Riedl (1701 - 1783), mathematician, cartographer and officer in the Bavarian corps of engineers. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
RUSSIA:1861. 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.
SICILY:1862. Keulen, G. van. ‘NIEUWE AFTEEKENING VAN HET EYLAND EN KONINKRYK SICILIA ....’. Large map / sea chart of Sicily (51 x 58 cm) with cartouche, scale of miles, coat of arms, eight compass roses connected by rhumb lines and two ship battle scenes. Further to the right are nine harbour plans in two columns of Palermo, Messina, Milazzo, Catania, Augusta, Siracusa, Trapani, Agrigento. Printed on two sheets and joined. Gerard van Keulen ca. 1720 [22016] 50 x 89 cm in all. Cartouches etc. uncoloured, the map and plans in full original colour. Excellent condition. SOLD The map itself was published in van Keulen’s ‘De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-fakkel...’, part three (see Koeman IV/341), but it is unusual to find it with the harbour views, which was reserved for examples not issued in the van Keulen pilot books. Separately published and assembled into a private collection. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
SICILY:1863. De L’Isle, G. / Ottens, R. & J. ‘INSULAE ET REGNI SICILIAE NOVISSIMA TABULA / CARTE DE L’ISLE ET ROYAME DE SICILIE’. Map of Sicily with table of explanations and inset map of Malta and Gozo. Published by Joachim Ottens after Guillaume de l’Isle ca. 1740 [22017] 50 x 58 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £950 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.
SILESIA:1864. Funcke, D. ‘SILESIAE DUCATUS CUM OMNIBUS SUIS PRINCIPATIBUS...’. Map of Silesia in Poland with cartouche and scale of miles. David Funcke in Nürnberg ca. 1695 [22505] 42 x 52 cm. Full original colour. Printer’s crease in lower right image, otherwise a scarce map in excellent overall condition. £600 Separately published. - David Funck(e), publisher of Nürnberg. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
SOUTHERN ITALY:1865. Bodenehr, G. ‘DAS KÖNIGREICH NAPOLI IN DESSEN XII HAUPT PROVINCIEN, NACH DENEN NEUESTEN OBSERVATIONEN....’. Highly decorative large map of southern Italy, the Kingdom of Naples, reaching east as far as Albania and the Greek island of Corfu. With large figurative allegorical title cartouche and two smaller further cartouches with putti and heraldic shields. Gabriel Bodenehr ca. 1734 [22351] 44 x 54 cm. The map in original outline colour. Excellent condition. SOLD Separately published. - The Bodenehr family of engravers are known for their pocket atlases, but actually published only a very small number of maps on a folio format. Gabriel Bodenehr the Younger (1673-1766) produced this map of the Kingdom of Naples. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
SPAIN and PORTUGAL:1866. Anse, L. van / Ottens, R. & J. ‘NOVISSIMA ET ACCURATISSIMA TABULA QUA GALLAECIAE ET LEGIONIS REGNA, ASTURIARUM PRINCIPATUS...’ / ‘...REGNORUM ARRAGONIAE ET NAVARRAE, PRINCIPATUS CATALONIAE...’ / ‘...REGNORUM VALENTIAE ET MURCIAE, INSULARUM MAJORCAE, MINORCAE...’ / ‘...REGNORUM VANDALITIAE, GRANATAE ET ALGARBIAE...’. Set of four doublepage maps, forming one large map of Spain and Portugal when joined. Large cartouche with explanations of the political divisions of Spain and Portugal in French and Dutch, headed by coat of arms. Engraved by Luggert van Anse ca. 1690 and now published with corrections by Reinier & Josua Ottens in Amsterdam ca. 1740 [22239] Each mapsheet 51 x 60 cm, the whole map ca. 92 x 118 cm when joined. Full original colour. Excellent condition. The set of four mapsheets £3500 Uncommon wall map of Spain and Portugal. - Luggert van Anse, engraver of Amsterdam for Allard, Visscher and van Keulen. 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. - Koeman III / p. 87. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
ST. GOAR - RHEINFELS - ST. GOARSHAUSEN:1867. Walther, J. G. ‘DIE VESTUNG RHEINFELS, WIE SOLCHE VON FRANCKREICH, A. 1692 DEN 12/22. 10BRIS BELAGERT, UND WEGEN TAPFEREN WIEDERSTANDT DER HESSISCHEN ARMEE WIDERUMB VERLASEN MÜSEN’. Plan of the castle of Rheinfels, the towns of St. Goarshausen and St. Goar and the adjoining country to both sides of the Rhine during the siege of October 1709. Two cartouches and table of explanations. Printed on two sheets and joined. Anonymous engraver, published in Frankfurt/Main by Johann Georg Walther ca. 1709 [23838] 39 x 56 cm. Very strong and full original colour. Few previous folds flattened. Excellent condition. £1250 Separately published. Very rare. - Johann Georg Walther, engraver of town plans and fortifications.
ST. PETERSBURG:1868. 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.
ST. PETERSBURG - LAKE LADOGA:1869. 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.
STOCKHOLM:1870. Ottens, R. ‘HOLMIA, REGIA SEDES ET CAPUT TOTIUS SUECIAE, CUM OMNIBUS SUBURBIIS, CIRCUMJACENTIBUS INSULIS AC PROFLUENTIBUS... / NAAUKEURIGE AFTEKENING VAN DE KONINGLYKE ZWEEDSCHE HOOFT- EN RESIDENTIE-STAD STOCKHOLM...’. Plan of Stockholm with coat of City arms and table of explanations in Dutch. Reinier Ottens in Amsterdam ca. 1745 [22199] 51 x 59 cm. Uncoloured. One tiny unobtrusive brown spot. Excellent condition. £1400 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.
SWEDEN:1871. Visscher, N. ‘HALLANDIA NOVA ET ACCURATA DESCRIPTIO’. Detailed map of Halland on the West coast of Sweden between Göteborg and Helsingborg. Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1650 [22193] 44 x 52 cm. Figurative cartouche and scale of miles. Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £950 This is an apparently unrecorded Visscher map, separately published, not appearing in any of the Visscher atlases. The map is identical to an Allard map of the same title. Koeman lists a Covens & Mortier composite atlas (C&M 11/488) which contains a map with the title “Hallandia apud Covens & Mortier”, and the Library of Congress has a nine volume Covens & Mortier atlas (#3448 Vol.3/73) with a “Hallandia Nova et Accurata Descriptio” map without the Visscher address below the title. - A rare map, and one of the few devoted to Halland and north Schonen, held as Danish until 1645 when it was claimed by Sweden. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
THÜRINGEN:1872. Funcke, D. ‘LANDGRAVIATUS THURINGIA IN OMNES SUOS COMITATUS, OFFICIA & TERRITORIA...’. Map of Thüringen in eastern Germany, centred on Erfurt and reaching to Eschwege, Nordhausen, Halle and Saalfeld. Decoratiove cartouche and scale of miles witch cherubs. Published by David Funcke ca. 1695 [23340] 41 x 51 cm. Cartouche and scale of miles in full original colour, the map in original outline colour. Excellent condition. £400 Separately published, rare. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
TOURNAI:1873. Anonymous / Valk, G. ‘LA VILLE ET CITADELLE DE TOURNAY AVEC TOUTES LEURS FORTIFICATIONS...’. Plan of Tournay with all its fortifications during the siege of 1709. Designed ‘par un Fameux Ingenieur’ and published by Gerard Valk in Amsterdam 1709 [23875] 44 x 51 cm. Full, strong original colour. Short split to top centre fold expertly rebacked, otherwise in excellent condition. £950 Separately published. Very rare. - Tournay finally fell on September 3, 1709, one of the last major Allied successes of the War of the Spanish Succession.
UKRAINE:1874. 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.
UKRAINE:1875. 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.
UKRAINE - BLACK SEA:1876. 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. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
UKRAINE - BLACK SEA:1877. 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. SOLD Rare apparent re-engraving of an Ottens map with the title THEATRE DE LA GUERRE ... ENTRE RUSSIE ... & TURQUIE... (see item [23771] above), but slightly smaller in size and with different title. - Separately published. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
UKRAINE - BLACK SEA:1878. 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.
UTRECHT:1879. Specht, C. / Ottens, J. ‘ULTRAJECTI EJUSDEMQUE TERRITORII DELINEATIO GEOMETRICA / CAERTE VANDE VRYHEYD DER STADT UTRECHT’. Map of Utrecht and surrounding area with figurative cartouche, scale of miles and two tables of explanations. North orientated to the northwest. Published by Reinier & Josua Ottens from the plate of 1696 by Caspar Specht ca. 1708 [21908] 37 x 53 cm. The map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £950 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. - Caspar Specht, bookseller, printer and engraver of Utrecht. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
UTRECHT CANAL:1880. Ottens, J. ‘NIEUWE EN NETTE AFTEKENING VAN DE DOOR GRAVINGE....’. Two maps of the (intended) canal and surrounding area between Utrecht and the Veluwe Meer (then Ijsselmeer) at Bunschoten on one sheet, printed horizontally above each other. North orientated to the northeast. Joachim Ottens ca. 1745 [21910] 17 x 34 cm each part, 17 x 68 cm when joined to form a continuous map strip. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £450 Separately published. Rare. - 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.
WORLD:1881. Schenk, P. ‘HAEMISPHAERIORUM TABULA CARTHESIANA’. Double hemisphere world map with smaller north and south polar projections and diagrams of the solar system and the earth with zodiacal and astronomical planes. Border decorations engraved by Abraham Deur with mythological scenes and a panorama of terrestrial and marine life at the bottom. California is shown as an island. Pieter Schenk ca. 1700 [21950] 49 x 59 cm. The decorations and diagrams uncoloured, the map and polar projections in full original colour. Short split to lower centrefold rebacked. Excellent condition. £9500 Uncommon map. Published separately, this map was included in the private collection of a European aristocratic family. Blank on verso. - Shirley 637 (Schenk’s ‘world maps may also have been published separately’).
WORLD:1882. De L’Isle, G. / Ottens, R. & J. ‘HEMISPHERE SEPTENTRIONAL POUR VOIR PLUS DISTINCTOMENT LES TERRES ARCTIQUES’ together with: ‘HEMISPHERE MERIDIONAL POUR VOIR PLUS DISTINCTOMENT LES TERRES AUSTRALES’. Set of two maps of the northern and southern hemispheres, projected on the arctic and antarctic poles, and reaching as far as the equator. Published by Reinier & Josua Ottens from the plates designed by Guillaume de L’Isle 1740 [21955] 45 x 44 cm each image, with further printed text to the right, in total 45 x 61 cm each. Full original colour. Excellent condition. The set of two map sheets £2500 Originally produced in 1714 and continued to be issued with appropriate additions as late as 1770. - 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.
WÜRZBURG:1883. Seyfried, J. H. ‘DAS BISTHUM WURTZBURG IN FRANCKEN’. Detailed map of the Würzburg region in Franken, reaching to the Rhön mountains, the Steigerwald, Rothenburg and Wertheim. Title cartouche, table of explanations, scale of miles, inset views of the city of Würzburg and Bad Königshofen. North orientated to the left. After J. H. Seyfried (I. H. S.) engraved by Hans Jacob Schollenberger and printed by Johannes Hoffman ca. 1675 [23343] 39 x 54 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £950 Separately published. Rare. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
ZEELAND:1884. Weigel, C. u. Schneider, A. G. ‘NEUE SPECIAL-CHARTE VON ZEELAND UND DER OST- UND WESTER-SCHELDE’. Detailed map of Zeeland, the southwestern part of The Netherlands. Christoph Weigel and Adam Gottlieb Schneider 1785 [21913] 31 x 41 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. £950 Separately published. Rare. - Weigel and Schneider, publishers in Nürnberg. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.

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