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Antique World Maps & Curiosities


CELESTIALS,  POLES,  WORLD MAPS

  
ANTARCTIC:
1. Du Val, P. ‘TERRES ANTARCTIQUES DITES AUTREMENT AUSTRALES ET INCONNUES’. South Pole and southern hemisphere to the equator. Pierre Du Val 1682 [21205] 10 x 12 cm. Uncoloured. £100
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ARCTIC:
2. Mercator, G. / Janssonius, J. ‘SEPTENTRIONALIUM TERRARUM DESCRIPT.’ or ‘POLUS ARCTICUS’. Mercator/Janssonius 1631 [18375] 15 x 20 cm. Recent outline colour. £175
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ARCTIC:
3. Mercator, G. / Janssonius, J. 'SEPTENTRIONALIUM TERRARUM DESCRIPT.' or 'POLUS ARCTICUS'. North Polar region. Mercator/Janssonius 1648 [14587] 15 x 20 cm. Cartouche. Uncoloured. £150
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ARCTIC:
4. Blaeu, J. & W. ‘REGIONES SUB POLO ARCTICO’. Map of the Polar regions. W. Blaeu ca. 1649 [17690] 41 x 53 cm. Large figurative cartouche and scale of miles, dedication to Guilielmo Backer de Corneliis to the left with heraldic shield. Original outline colour. Latin text verso. £650
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ARCTIC:
5. Tirion, I. ‘NUOVA CARTA DEL POLO ARTICO...’. North Polar projection, insular California. Tirion ca. 1738 [15600] 28 x 32 cm. Previously folded. Recent outline Colour. £200
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ARCTIC:
6. Bowen, E. ‘A CORRECT DRAUGHT OF THE NORTH POLE AND OF ALL THE COUNTRIES HITHERTO DISCOVERED...’. Map of the North Pole extending to northern Canada, northern Europe and northern Asia. Eman. Bowen ca. 1748 [19992] 39 x 44 cm. Uncoloured. £200
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ARCTIC:
7. Bowen, E. ‘A CORRECT DRAUGHT OF THE NORTH POLE AND OF ALL THE COUNTRIES HITHERTO DISCOVERED...’. Map of the North Pole extending to northern Canada, northern Europe and northern Asia. Emanuel Bowen ca. 1748 [23942] 39 x 44 cm. Full recent colour, excellent condition. £275
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ATLAS:
8. MORTIER, Pieter. ‘NIEUWE ATLAS, VAN DE BESTE GEOGRAPHISCHE KAARTEN, Vertoonende alle de Gewesten der Wereld... Nevens een Inleidinge tot de Geographie, Beschreeven door den Heer Sanson, Ordinaris Geographist des Konings’. Amsterdam, Pieter Mortier ca. 1697 [23092] Large Folio. 3ll + 37pp + 1l. Handcoloured engraved title by R. de Hooghe for Sanson’s ATLAS NOVUM AD USUM SERENISSIMI BURGUNDIAE DUCIS / ATLAS FRANÇOIS..... and 85 (recte 86) double page engraved maps, all but two with original handcolouring. Contents conform to index, with one map of Turkey in Europe added. Maps with the addresses of the following mapmakers: Allard, Blaeu, De L’Isle, De Wit, Jaillot, Mortier, Sanson, Vaultier, Visscher. Full original calf, raised bands and gilt spheres in each compartment, both covers gilt embossed with central Atlas figure and inner panels with gilt hemispheres in corners. Rubbed, corners bumped, spine ends damaged. £25000
Complete and maps in excellent condition. - The 37-page introduction into Geography written by Nicolas Sanson. - Besides the usual Sanson/Jaillot maps of the World and 5 continents there are 14 maps which can be joined together to form seven double folio size maps of Russia, Champagne/France, River Rhine, Liege/France, Flandres/Belgium, Venice/North Italy and North America with the West Indies (‘Teatre de la guerre en Amerique...’), and 16 maps which can be joined to form four very large (wall) maps of four folio sheets each of Brabant/Belgium, Spain and Portugal, Hungary, and Northern Italy, all of them with very attractive large pictorial cartouches. Complete list of maps supplied on request. 		H23092AtlasMortier.jpg (51910 bytes)

ATLAS:
9. Cowperthwait, Th. ‘A NEW UNIVERSAL ATLAS CONTAINING MAPS OF THE VARIOUS EMPIRES, KINGDOMS, STATES AND REPUBLICS OF THE WORLD. With a special Map of each of the United States, Plans of Cities etc. Comprehended in seventy five sheets, and forming a series of one hundred and twenty nine maps, plans and sections’. Printed and published in Philadelphia by Charles Desilver for Thomas Cowperthwait 1855 [24834] Folio (44 x 36 cm). Half morocco over marbled boards, very worn and rubbed, with morocco label to top cover reading ‘Mitchell’s Universal Atlas’. Title printed in colours with vignette showing the first landing of Columbus in the New World, 1 coloured frontispiece of the heights of pincipal mountains in the world, and 68 single page and 3 double page maps (numbered 1-74, the three double page maps numbered 5+6, 11+12 and 45+46). £4000
Complete atlas, all the maps in excellent condition. 		H24834AtlasMitchell.jpg (102365 bytes)

CELESTIALS:
10. Schenk, P. ‘PLANISPHAERIUM COELESTE’. Celestial double hemisphere with six smaller circular astronomical diagrams. Pieter Schenk ca. 1705 [21941] 48 x 56 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £1500
From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. 		H21941CelestialSchenk.jpg (103752 bytes)

CELESTIALS:
11. Schenk, P. & Valk, G. ‘SCENOGRAPHIA SYSTEMATIS MUNDANI PTOLEMAICI’. The Ptolemaic view of the Universe. Single eastern hemisphere within a large sphere, surrounded by numerous figures, astronomers and putti. Petrus Schenk & Gerard Valk ca. 1708 [21364] 43 x 51 cm. Full original colour, the figurative surrounds uncoloured. Excellent condition. £1750
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CELESTIALS:
12. Doppelmayer, J. G. / Homann, J. B. ‘SYSTEMA MUNDI TYCHONICUM’. Circular celestial chart with the signs of the zodiac of the world according tto the astronomer Tycho Brahe. Four smaller circula diagrams in the four corners. Designed by the astronomer Johann Gabriel Doppelmayer and published by Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [21939] 48 x 57 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £600
From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. 		H21939TychonicumHomann.jpg (103967 bytes)

CELESTIALS:
13. Doppelmayer, J. G. / Homann, J. B. ‘HEMISPHAERIUM COELI BOREALE IN QUO LOCA STELLARUM FIXARUM SECUNDUM AEQUATOREM.....’ and ‘HEMISPHAERIUM COELI AUSTRALE.....’ Set of two hemisphere celestial maps (northern and southern hemisphere) featuring the constellations and the signs of the zodiac. The stars are laid out with respect to the celestial equator for the end of the year 1730, the relevant information provided in the tables to the left and the right. The constellations are shown as figures according to the classical mythology. Cherubs in the four corners of each chart holding astronomical instruments. Designed by the astronomer Johann Gabriel Doppelmayer and published by Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [21943] 48 x 57 cm each. Original outline colour, the tables in full original colour. Excellent condition. The set of two celestial charts £1500
From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
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CELESTIALS:
14. Doppelmayer, J. G. / Homann, J. B. ‘HEMISPHAERIUM COELI BOREALE IN QUO FIXARUM LOCA SECUNDUM ECLIPTICAE DUCTUM.....’ together with: ‘HEMISPHAERIUM COELI AUSTRALE.....’.Set of two hemisphere celestial maps (northern and southern hemisphere) featuring the constellations and the signs of the zodiac. The stars are laid out according to the ecliptic for the end of the year 1730, the relevant information provided in the tables to the left and the right. The constellations are shown as figures according to the classical mythology. The four corners of each chart show images of 17th century observatories. Designed by the astronomer Johann Gabriel Doppelmayer and published by Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [21945] 48 x 57 cm each. Original outline colour, the images of observatories in full original colour. Excellent condition. The set of two celestial charts £1500
From the private collection of a European aristocratic family.
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CONTINENTS (SET of 5):
15. Mentelle, E. SET of 5 maps depicting the continents: ‘AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE’, ‘AMERIQUE MERIDIONALE’, ‘AFRIQUE’, ‘ASIE’, ‘L’EUROPE’. The map of North America shows a large ‘Mer de l’Ouest’. E. Mentelle ca. 1790 [20678] 23 x 28 cm each. Original outline colour. The set of 5 maps £180
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CONTINENTS (SET of 6):
16. Levasseur, V. SET of 6 maps, comprising North America (with Independent Texas), South America, Africa, Asia, Pacific and Europe, all surrounded by very decorative scenes, portraits, animals, etc designed by Raimond Bonheur. Engraved by Laguillermie for Victor Levasseur’s Atlas National Illustré ca. 1845 [18541] 29 x 41 cm each. All maps in original outline colour, the decorative scenes surrounding the maps uncoloured. Excellent condition. The set of 6 maps of the continents £650
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NORTHERN HEMISPHERE:
17. Dorn, S. (NORTHERN HEMISPHERE ON A POLAR PROJECTION) on folio title page to Homann's 'Atlas mapparum geographicarum generalium & specialium...'. Seb. Dorn ca. 1730 [7262] 10 x 14 cm. North America with California as an island. Uncoloured. £100
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NORTHERN HEMISPHERE:
18. Rhode, I. C. ‘TABULA GEOGRAPHICA HEMISPHAERII BOREALIS...’ Arctic hemisphere, showing large Bay of the West. I. C. Rhode for the Acad. Reg. Scient. et Eleg. Litt. Boruss. (Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences) ca. 1753 [17591] 31 cm diameter. Full recent colour. This map was included in Leonhard Euler’s atlas. Uncommon. £250
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POLAR REGIONS:
19. Euler, L. ‘TABULA GEOGRAPHICA HEMISPHAERII AUSTRALIS...’ and ‘TABULA GEOGRAPHICA HEMISPHAERII BOREALIS....’. Two maps of the Arctic and Antarctic hemispheres, showing Tasmania and New Guinea still joined to Australia and a large ‘West Meer’ or ‘West Bay’ in western North America. Leonhard Euler after J. C. Rhode for the Acad. Reg. Scient. et Eleg. Litt. Boruss. ca. 1753 [24491] 31 cm diameter each. Full original colour, the cartouches uncoloured. Occasional faint agetoning, otherwise very good condition. Uncommon.   The set of 2 maps £600
Leonhard Euler (Basel 1707 - St. Petersburg 1783), cartographer, physician and mathematician. Published ‘Atlas Geographicus’ for the Prussian Royal Academy of Sciences and Litterature in Berlin between 1753 and 1760. - Small printed original Prussian tax/privilege seal as always.
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WORLD:
20. Quad, M. ‘TYPUS ORBIS TERRARUM, AD IMITATIONEM UNIVERSALIS GERHARDI MERCATORIS...’. World map on Mercator’s projection in decorative borders. Matthias Quad ca. 1600 [23748] 22 x 31 cm. Oval portrait of Jesus Christus. Full recent colour. Excellent condition. £1250
Shirley 197. 		H23748WorldQuad(col).jpg (102152 bytes)

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21. Danckwerth, C. and J. Meyer. ‘ORBIS VETUS CUM ORIGINE MAGNARUM IN EO GENTIUM A FILIIS ET NEPOTIBUS NOE’. Classical representation of the Eastern Hemisphere, naming the continents of Japheth, Schem and Cham. Border of cherubs, fruits, garlands, and garden scenes. Two cartouches in lower corners listing the descendants of Noah. Christian Rothgiesser for Caspar Danckwerth and Johann Meyer’s ‘Newe Landesbeschreibung...’ of 1651 [19910] 43 x 53 cm. Shirley 388 (= “Scarce”). Lower right white margin rebacked outside image. £750
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WORLD:
22. Du Val, P. ‘LE MONDE EN PLANISPHERE’. Double hemisphere world map. Pierre Du Val 1663 [21165] 10 x 13 cm. Original outline colour. £150
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23. Merian, M. ‘TYPUS ORBIS TERRARUM’. Double hemisphere world map, showing a large Terra Australis Incognita and California as an island. Symbols representing sun, moon and the four elements in corners and spandrels. Matthaeus Merian 1674 [23842] 17 x 25 cm. Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £1250
Uncommon. Shirley 356(A). 		H23842WorldMerian.jpg (102604 bytes)

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24. Visscher, N. / Anonymous. ‘ORBIS TERRARUM TYPUS DE INTEGRO IN PLURIMIS EMENDATUS, AUCTUS, ET ICUNCULIS ILLUSTRATUS’. Anonymous double hemisphere world map based on Visscher’s earlier Bible map of 1657, with the addition of the New Zealand coastline. Two celestial spheres in the lower eastern hemisphere, two circular diagrams, in the corners the four continents in allegorical form. Anonymous, but after Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1680 [20913] 31 x 47 cm. Full recent colour. Excellent condition. £2000
German text verso (‘Kurtze und deutliche Verzeichniss der Landschafften der Welt...’). ‘Scarce’. Shirley 414. 		H20913WorldVisscher.jpg (107606 bytes)

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25. Pitt, M. / Keere, P. v. d. ‘NOVA TOTIUS TERRARUM ORBIS GEOGRAPHICA AC HYDROGRAPHICA TABULA’. World map on Mercator’s projection with a decorative border all around, the seven planets along the top, the seven wonders of the world along the bottom, and the four elements and four seasons at the sides. Armorial dedication cartouche with the arms of the Bishop of Oxford and two circular maps in polar projection in the lower corners. Published by Johannes Janssonius Waesberghe, Moses Pitt and Steven Swart in Oxford ca. 1680 [21949] 40 x 53 cm. Printed on thickish paper as issued with wide margins. The decorative border and cartouche uncoloured, the map in full original colour. Excellent condition, almost mint. £8000
The plate for this map was originally engraved by Pieter van der Keere in 1608, after Willem Blaeu’s famous world map of 1606, acquired by Janssonius and passed on to his heirs, Johannes Janssonius Waesberghe, who - together with Moses Pitt and Steven Swart - changed many details and updated it geographically, including the re-engraving of California now shown as an island and New Holland (Australia) added in part outline. It was intended to be published in a 12-volume atlas, which in fact never materialised for various reasons (see Shirley). - This map is not frequently offered for sale. - Shirley 504 (‘= scarce’). From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. 		H21949WorldPitt.jpg (110613 bytes)

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26. Du Val, P. ‘LE MONDE EN PLANISPHERE’. Double hemisphere world map, with much more detail than on the 1663 edition. Pierre Du Val 1682 [21370] 10 x 13 cm. Original outline colour. Small area of faint browning in the address in the central lower margin. £150
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27. Keur, H. and J. 'ORBIS TERRARUM TABULA RECENS EMENDATA ET IN LUCEM EDITA'. Double hemisphere world map with two small circular astronomical diagrams and extensive allegorical scenes in each corner depicting the four continents. California is shown as an island. Engraved by Stoopendaal with information by A. Hogeboom for a Dutch bible edition by Hendrik and Jacob Keur ca. 1682 [22633] 36 x 47 cm. Full original colour. Occasional very slight browning. Very good condition. £1500
This finely executed map has the same corner decorations as the Visscher map of 1658. - This edition without any address. Shirley 513. 		H22633WorldKeur.jpg (103893 bytes)

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28. Visscher, N. / Anonymous. ‘ORBIS TERRARUM TYPUS DE INTEGRO IN PLURIMIS EMENDATUS, AUCTUS, ET ICUNCULIS ILLUSTRATUS’. Anonymous double hemisphere world map based on Visscher’s earlier Bible map of 1657, with the addition of the New Zealand coastline. Two celestial spheres in the lower eastern hemisphere, two circular diagrams, in the corners the four continents in allegorical form. Anonymous, but after Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1690 [24083] 31 x 47 cm. Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £1500
German text verso (‘Kurtze und klare Verzeichnuess der Landschafften der Welt...’). ‘Scarce’. See Shirley 414 (our example is a slight variant in minute details to Shirley’s illustration). 		H24083WorldVisscherAnon.jpg (103256 bytes)

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29. Sanson, N. / Jaillot, H. 'MAPPE-MONDE -GEO-HYDROGRAPHIQUE, OU DESCRIPTION DU GLOBE TERRESTRE ET AQUATIQUE EN DEUX-PLANS-HEMISPHERES...'. Large double hemisphere world map printed on two sheets and joined. Showing California as an island. Two cartouches with cherubs, dolphins and mermen. Published by Hubert Jaillot from the plate by Nicolas Sanson 1692 [23858] 54 x 89 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. £2250
First published in 1674, and subsequently in a number of similarly-sized plates and states. - Shirley 462. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. 		H23858WorldSansonJaillot.jpg (104634 bytes)

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30. Jaillot, H. ‘NOVA ORBIS TABULA, AD USUM SERENISSIMI BURGUNDIAE DUCIS / MAPPE MONDE OY DESCRIPTION DU GLOBE TERRESTRE & AQUATIQUE’. Scarce double hemisphere world map, surrounded by eight large allegorical figures representing the continents and arts, commerce and governance. California is shown as an island. Hubert Jaillot ca. 1695 [21948] 49 x 61 cm. Cartouche and the allegorical figures uncoloured, the map in original outline colour. Narrow side margins (as usual). Very good condition. £3000
This Jaillot world map is not very frequently offered for sale. This example is an even rarer example being undated. - See Shirley 561 (“Scarce”). From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. 		H21948WorldJaillot.jpg (107182 bytes)

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31. [Arias Montanus, B.]. ‘BENEDICT. ARIAS MONTANUS SACRAE GEOGRAPHIAE TABULAM EX ANTIQUISSIMORUM CULTOR. FAMILIIS A MOSE RECENSITIS: AD SACRORUM LIBROR. EXPLICANDOR. COMMODITATEM. ANTWERPIAE IN PHILIPPI REGIS CATHOLICI GRATIAM DESCRIBEBAT. Ao. MDLXXI’. Double hemisphere world map, showing principally the dissemination of the tribes of Israel. After Benedictus Arias Montanus 1698 [21043] 34 x 50 cm. No text verso. Except for some occasional paper thinning along the white margins, a clean, crisp and fine example of a rare map in a strong printing impression in full recent colour. £2500
A rare version of a world map, drawn after the itself rare Arias Montanus world map of 1571 (published in Antwerp in Plantin's Polyglot Bible), and shortly mentioned in Shirley's Corrigenda and Addenda (#125) without giving the source. Cartographic outline and text have been clearly copied from the Montanus map. However, the decorative features, like windheads, seamonsters, ships, etc. have been omitted. It was first published in a 9-volume bible commentary by John Pearson, entitled 'Critici Sacri: sive Annotata doctissimorum virorum in Vetus ac Novum Testamentum...' in 1660 in London (Wing P-994A). However, the engraver arranged the text of this variant map - published later by Janssonius van Waesberge in the 1698 Amsterdam edition of the same work - in very different tables, and below the map are vivid scenes of the Garden of Eden (left) and the deluge (right), which do not appear on any of the earlier versions of the map. 		H21043WorldMontanus.jpg (103314 bytes)

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32. Scherer, H. ‘REPRAESENTATIO TOTIUS ORBIS TERRAQUEI CUIUS PARTES...’. World map on a North polar projection, indicating the spread of the Catholic religion. California is shown as an island. Heinrich Scherer ca. 1700 [20890] 23 x 35 cm. Cartouche, numerous vignettes, one showing the symbolic separation of sheep (going to heaven) and goats (going to hell). - Full recent colour. £500
Heinrich Scherer (1628-1704) was a Jesuit Professor of Mathematics at Munich university. Shirley 628. 		H20890WorldScherer(col).jpg (102427 bytes)

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33. 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’). 		H21950WorldSchenk.jpg (102234 bytes)

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34. Sanson, N. ‘SPHERE ARMILLAIRE - HARMONIE OU CORRESPONDANCE DU GLOBE AVECQ LA SPHERE...’. Double hemisphere world map with six small circular diagrams and windrose, emphasizing the grid of parallels and meridians and other circles, and the climatic zones. California is shown as an island, the continents without political borders or place names. Engraved by Jean Somer Pruthenus and published by Nicolas Sanson 1705 [22814] 42 x 55 cm. Full original colour. £500
Unusual map of the world's climatic zones. As opposed to earlier versions, the Antarctic is now indicated in outline on both hemispheres, Alaska introduced, and Australia shown in a more realistic shape. 		H22814WorldSanson.jpg (103660 bytes)

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35. Aa, P. v. d. ‘MAPPE-MONDE, SUIVANT LES NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS’. Double hemisphere world map with decorative vignettes in the corners and cartouche. Pieter van der Aa, Leiden 1714 [25053] 23 x 30 cm. Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £750
Folio edition - no centrefolds. 		H25053WorldAa.jpg (104420 bytes)

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36. De Fer, N. ‘MAPPE-MONDE OU CARTE GENERALE DE LA TERRE’. Double hemisphere world map, surrounded by 9 circular portraits of explorers. California is shown as an island. N. de Fer 1717 [20172] 23 x 34 cm. Full recent colour. £650
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37. Doppelmayer, J. G. / Homann, J. B. ‘BASIS GEOGRAPHIAE RECENTIORIS ASTRONOMICA.....’. Double hemisphere world map without much geographical detail, showing the continents mostly in outline only, but giving the exact locations of various places according to the latest astronomical observations by longitude and latitude in tables above and below the map. California is shown as an island, Australia connected to New Guinea. Allegorical scenes in corners and spandrels (uncoloured). Designed by the astronomer Johann Gabriel Doppelmayer and published by Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [21946] 48 x 57 cm. Original outline colour. Excellent condition. £750
From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. 		H21946WorldHomann.jpg (101619 bytes)

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38. Seutter, M. 'DIVERSI GLOBI TERR-AQUEI STATIONE VARIANTE ET VISU INTERCEDENTE...'. Large double hemisphere world map with eight smaller hemispherical maps and four circular diagrams, two cartouches and numerous windheads. Matthaeus Seutter, closely after the Allard map (see Shirley 578) ca. 1725 [15919] 50 x 58 cm. California is shown as an island. Full recent colour. £1500
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39. Wells, E. ‘A NEW MAP OF THE TERRAQUEOUS GLOBE ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DISCOVERIES...’. Double hemisphere map of the modern world with a view of Oxford and young students below, and dedicatory vignette (patemark 2). Edward Wells ca. 1726 [22572] 36 x 50 cm. Original outline colour, the views and vignettes in full original colour. Two short tears to outer white margin rebacked. £1500
This is the second (modern) world map from Wells’ A New Sett of Maps (the first representing the ancient world), published between 1726 and 1738 (identified by the platemark 2 in the dedicatory tablet). Shirley 609. 		H22572WorldWells.jpg (104349 bytes)

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40. Buffier, C. ‘MAPPE-MONDE’. Simple double hemisphere world map. California is shown as an island. C. Buffier ca. 1730 [20575] 14 x 18 cm. Uncoloured. £100
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41. De Fer, N. ‘MAPPE-MONDE OU CARTE GENERALE DE LA TERRE’. Double hemisphere world map, surrounded by 9 circular portraits of explorers. California is shown as an island. N. de Fer 1740 [21339] 23 x 34 cm. Previously folded. Uncoloured. £600
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42. 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 maps £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.
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43. Bellin, N. 'ESSAY D'UNE CARTE REDUITE, CONTENANT LES PARTIES CONNUEES DU GLOBE TERRESTRE'. Large world map on Mercator's projection. Australia is still connected to Tasmania and New Guinea, New Zealand only indicated with a short coast line, the West coast of North America undefined. Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1748 [14512] 50 x 70 cm. Uncoloured. £500
Expertly and invisibly restored tears to centrefold, lower right margin and top right image, reflected in the asking price. Overall a very good appearance. 		H14512WorldBellin.jpg (101606 bytes)

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44. Bowen, E. ‘A NEW & CORRECT CHART OF ALL THE KNOWN WORLD...’. World map on Mercator’s projection. Australia assumed to be connected to Tasmania and New Guinea. American West Coast undefined. Emanuel Bowen ca. 1748 [23992] 36 x 45 cm. Title cartouche and four compass roses. Full recent colour. Excellent condition. £500
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45. De Vaugondy, R. ‘CARTE DU NOUVEAU CONTINENT...’ / ‘CARTE DE L’ANCIEN CONTINENT...’. Eastern and Western hemisphere on two separate sheets in a very unusual projection (North leaning towards the right or the left respectively). Robert de Vaugondy 1749 [19849] Each sheet 21 x 18 cm. Two large cartouches. The pair £150
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WORLD:
46. Seutter, M. ‘DIVERSI GLOBI TERR-AQUEI STATIONE VARIANTE ET VISU INTERCEDENT.....’. Large double hemisphere world map with eight smaller hemispherical maps and four circular diagrams, two cartouches and numerous windheads. Matthaeus Seutter ca. 1750 [21952] 50 x 58 cm. California is shown as an island. Full original colour. Few unobtrusive marginal thin printer’s creases. Very good condition. £1500
This is a different state to the previous Seutter world map: The shape of the two cartouches is very different and a number of the many windheads have been modified, the map itself and the circular projections are unchanged. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. 		H21952WorldSeutter.jpg (103696 bytes)

WORLD:
47. Euler, L. ‘TABULA GEOGRAPHICA UTRIUSQUE HEMISPHAERII TERRESTRIS EXHIBENS DECLINATIONEM ACUS MAGNETICAE...’. Double hemisphere world map, showing the deviation of the compass needle from the true north, with three columns of explanatory text in Latin below. Leonhard Euler after N. F. Sauerbrey for the Acad. Reg. Scient. et El. Litt. Bor. ca. 1753 [16501] 32 x 37 cm. Full original colour. Uncommon. £450
Leonhard Euler (Basel 1707 - St. Petersburg 1783), cartographer, physician and mathematician. Published ‘Atlas Geographicus’ for the Prussian Royal Academy of Sciences and Litterature in Berlin between 1753 and 1760. - Small printed original Prussian tax/privilege seal as always. 		H16501WorldEuler.jpg (102878 bytes)

WORLD:
48. Euler, L. ‘MAPPA MUNDI GENERALIS AD EMENDATIORA EXEMPLA ADHUC EDITA’. World map on Mercator’s projection with cartouche and two tables of explanation. Leonhard Euler after J. C. Rhode for the Acad. Reg. Scient. et eleg. litt. Boruss. ca. 1753 [16503] 31 x 36 cm. Full original colour, cartouche uncoloured. Uncommon. £500
Leonhard Euler (Basel 1707 - St. Petersburg 1783), cartographer, physician and mathematician. Published ‘Atlas Geographicus’ for the Prussian Royal Academy of Sciences and Litterature in Berlin between 1753 and 1760. - Small printed original Prussian tax/privilege seal as always. 		H16503WorldEuler.jpg (102224 bytes)

WORLD:
49. Buache, Ph. ‘A PHYSICAL PLANISPHERE wherein are represented all the known LANDS and SEAS with the Great Chains of Mountains which traverse the GLOBE from the NORTH POLE...’. Curious world map on a north polar projection, including the new South Continent (Australia) and New Zealand in outline. B. Cole after Philippe Buache for Gentleman’s Magazine 1757 [19811] 32 x 29 cm. Previously folded, right lower margin trimmed closely to image, otherwise fine. £150
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WORLD:
50. Gibson, J. ‘A MAP OF THE NEW CONTINENT ACCORDING TO ITS GREATEST DIAMETRICAL LENGTH... / OLD MAP OF THE CONTINENT...’. Eastern and Western hemisphere on two separate sheets in a very unusual projection (North leaning towards the right or the left respectively). J. Gibson ca. 1758 [20376] Each sheet 21 x 17 cm. Two cartouches. Full recent colour. The set of two maps £180
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WORLD:
51. Dury, A. ‘WORLD’. Double hemisphere world map, showing Australia connected to Tasmania and New Guinea, and New Zealand’s West coast only. T. Kitchin for Andrew Dury ca. 1761 [18455] 11 x 20 cm. Original outline colour. £100
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WORLD:
52. De Vaugondy, R. ‘MAPPE MONDE OU DESCRIPTION DU GLOBE TERRESTRE’. Double hemisphere world map, showing the latest Russian discoveries in Alaska. Australia is still connected to Tasmania and New Guinea. Dussy for Robert de Vaugondy 1766 [18735] 16 x 30 cm. Original outline colour. Pedley 5/State 2. £125
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WORLD:
53. Steinberger, L. M. ‘TAB. I. GEOGRAPHIA ET ASTRONOMIA’. Double hemisphere world map, surrounded by circular diagrams and images of three spheres and globes. Engraved for Johann Huebner’s Reales Staats-Zeitungs- und Conversations-Lexicon by Leonhard Michael Steinberger ca. 1782 [24953] 19 x 23 cm. Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £450
Leonhard Michael Steinberger (1713 - 1772), German engraver. 		H24953WorldSteinberger.jpg (103941 bytes)

WORLD:
54. Thomson, J. ‘NORTHERN HEMISPHERE’ and ‘SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE’. Double hemisphere world map on polar projections, printed on two sheets. Kirkwood for Thomson 1814 [19364] 50 cm diameter each. Full original colour. The set of 2 maps £300
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WORLD:
55. Hall, S. ‘WESTERN HEMISPHERE’ / ‘EASTERN HEMISPHERE’. Double hemisphere world map on two sheets. Sidney Hall 1829 [19243] 42 cm diameter each. Original outline colour.  The set of 2 maps   £150
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WORLD:
56. Boreux, J. ‘PLANIGLOBIEN’. Double hemisphere world map. Published by J. C. Hinrichs in Leipzig after J. Boreux ca. 1830 [16548] 25 x 50 cm. Side margins closely trimmed. Recent outline colour. Uncommon. £175
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WORLD:
57. Vuillemin, A. ‘MAPPEMONDE’. Double hemisphere world map with engraved title vignette and small circular astronomical diagram below. Alexandre Vuillemin ca. 1840 [18349] 44 x 75 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £150
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WORLD:
58. Hall, S. ‘THE WORLD ON MERCATORS PROJECTION’. World map with five inset charts of Canton River bay incl. Macau and Hong Kong, Island of Singapore, Colony of Good Hope, River Hooghly and Calcutta, and Tasmania. S. Hall for Longman ca. 1840 [19781] 47 x 54 cm. Uncoloured. £125
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WORLD:
59. Tallis, J. 'EASTERN HEMISPHERE' and 'WESTERN HEMISPHERE'. Double hemisphere world maps with highly decorative vignette borders. Printed on two sheets. Tallis ca. 1851 [14519] 25 x 35 cm each. Original outline colour. Set of two maps £300
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WORLD:
60. Charaire. ‘LES CINQ PARTIES DU MONDE - PLANISPHERE COMPRENANTS TOUTES LES POSSESSIONS COLONIALES CHEMINS DE FER LIGNES DE NAVIGATION’. Including two small insets of North & South Pole. Cartes Taride, Paris ca. 1916 [23443] Large folding map in full colour, dissected and laid on linen, 91 x 124 cm. £250
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WORLD and CONTINENTS (SET):
61. Zürner, A. F. / Schenk, P. SET of 5 maps, comprising the WORLD and the four CONTINENTS: ‘PLANISPHAERIUM TERRESTRE CUM UTROQUE COELESTI HEMISPHAERIO, SIVE DIVERSA ORBIS TERRAQUEI.....’. Double hemisphere world map, surrounded by numerous circular diagrams and two larger celestial hemispheres. At the bottom a panorama illustrating tempests, earthquakes, tides, vortices, etc. California is shown as an island. / ‘AFRICAE IN TABULA GEOGRAPHICA DELINEATIO...’. Attractive map of Africa with large vignette of elephant ridden by an African woman and native animals (tiger, crocodile, goats). / ‘AMERICAE TAM SEPTENTRIONALIS QUAM MERIDIONALIS IN MAPPA GEOGRAPHICA DELINEATIO’. Map of North and South America with two pictorial cartouches. California is shown as an island. / ‘ASIAE IN TABULA GEOGRAPHICA DELINEATIO’. Map of Asia with pictorial cartouche lower left and table of explanations top right. / ‘EUROPAE IN TABULA GEOGRAPHICA DELINEATIO’. Map of Europe with figurative cartouche and four inset explanatory tables. All published by Pieter Schenk from the plates designed by Adam Friedrich Zürner ca. 1700 [23692] 50 x 58 cm each. The maps in full original colour. Excellent condition, almost mint. The set of 5 maps £9000
Uncommon as a complete set. - See Shirley 639 (for the world map). From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. 		H21947WorldZürner.jpg (103033 bytes)
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WORLD and CONTINENTS (SET):
62. Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. SET of 6 maps, comprising the WORLD and the five CONTINENTS: A NEW MAP OF THE WORLD (double hemisphere map), AFRICA, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, ASIA (with small inset map of Australia) and EUROPE. Thomas Cowperthwait ca. 1850 [24625] Each 24 x 36 cm (World) and 31 x 38 cm (Continents). Full original colour. Excellent condition. The set of 6 maps £325
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WORLD and CONTINENTS (SET of 7):
63. Levasseur, V. SET of 7 maps, comprising the World on Mercator’s projection (with the signs of the Zodiac above), North America (with Independent Texas), South America, Africa, Asia, Pacific and Europe, all surrounded by very decorative scenes, figures, portraits, animals, etc designed by Raimond Bonheur. Engraved by Laguillermie for Victor Levasseur’s Atlas National Illustré ca. 1845 [23564] 29 x 41 cm each. All maps in original outline colour, the decorative scenes surrounding the maps uncoloured. Excellent condition. The set of 7 maps of world and 6 continents £750
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CURIOSITIES, PORTRAITS, TITLE PAGES

  

AMERIGO VESPUCCI:
64. 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. £150
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ARTILLERY:
65. Steinberger, L. M. ‘TAB. VI. ARTILLERIE’. Instructive chart showing numerous artillery pieces, canons, etc. used in attacking and surmounting military fortifications. The bombardment of a fictitious town is depicted. Engraved for Johann Huebner’s Reales Staats-Zeitungs- und Conversations-Lexicon by Leonhard Michael Steinberger ca. 1782 [24952] 18 x 22 cm. Uncoloured. £100
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CAVENDISH:
66. 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. £100
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COLUMBUS:
67. Montanus, A. / Ogilby, J. ‘CHRISTOFEL COLONUS’. Half length portrait of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) with compass, map and navigation instrument, seated, set within elaborate baroque decorations. ‘Colonus’ is assumed to be the correct Spanish name of Columbus, Italian by origin, but in the service of Spain. Montanus/Ogilby ca. 1671 [18665] 28 x 17 cm. Slight occasional brown spotting. £150
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COLUMBUS:
68. Anonymous. ‘CHRISTOPHEL COLOMBO ONDECKER DER ONBEKENDE LANDEN’. Portrait of Columbus, discoverer of uncharted countries, sitting at a desk with globe, papers and pair of dividers. Anonymous ca. 1676 [18662] 16 x 13 cm. £100
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COLUMBUS:
69. 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. £150
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COLUMBUS:
70. Lasinio, C. ‘CHRISTOFORO 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. Uncoloured. £250
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COLUMBUS and the DISCOVERY of AMERICA:
71. 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. £100
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CURIOUS TRAVELLERS:
72. 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. £250
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’. 		H20962CuriousTravellers.jpg (101063 bytes)

DRAKE:
73. 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. £100
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EUROPEAN ROYAL CHRONOLOGY:
74. Weigel, C. ‘DISCUS CHRONOLOGICUS’. Large circular diagram in square frame, with moveable indicator to point out the names of European Royalty of 14 countries from the year of Christ’s birth to the middle of the 18th century. Christoph Weigel ca. 1740 [22025] 50 x 48 cm. Full original colour. Insignificant small faint brown spot. Excellent good condition. £500
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MERCATOR:
75. 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. £150
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MILITARY FORTIFICATIONS:
76. 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. 		H23867ArchMilitaireSchenk.jpg (101878 bytes)

MILITARY FORTIFICATIONS:
77. Seutter, M. ‘TAFEL IN WELCHER ALLE GEHÖRIGE WERCK-ZEUGE ZUR KRIEGS-KUNST, VESTUNGS-BAU UND ARTILLERIE, ZU BELAGERUNG DER STAETTE ... VORGESTELLT WERDEN’. Instructive chart showing numerous military instruments of warfare in attack and defence of fortifications with technical plans of canons below. Matthaeus Seutter in Augsburg ca. 1735 [23866] 49 x 56 cm. Full and strong original colour. Excellent condition. £500
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MILITARY FORTIFICATIONS:
78. Homann, J. B. ‘TAFEL IN WELCHER ALLE GEHÖRIGE WERCK-ZEUGE ZUR KRIEGS-KUNST, VESTUNGS-BAU UND ARTILLERIE, ZU BELAGERUNG DER STAETTE ... VORGESTELLT WERDEN’. Instructive chart showing numerous military instruments of warfare in attack and defence of fortifications with technical plans of canons below. Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1740 [22033] 50 x 58 cm. Full original colour. Excellent condition. £400
Reverse image engraved after the earlier plate by Matthaeus Seutter. From the private collection of a European aristocratic family. 		H22033KriegskunstHomann.jpg (100817 bytes)

MILITARY FORTIFICATIONS:
79. 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. £120
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MILITARY HISTORY - BAVARIA:
80. 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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MILITARY HISTORY - GERMANY:
81. Seutter, M. ‘HISTORIA IMPERII ROMANO = GERMANICI...’. Map of Germany and adjacent countries, showing over 300 historical and military events from the year 395 up to 1745 with three large decorative cartouches. Separate double sheet with floral surrounds included, listing all events chronologically. Matthaeus Seutter in Augsburg ca. 1750 [23879] 48 x 56 cm and 50 x 59 cm resp. Full original colour, incl. cartouches. Occasional slight soiling to white margins outside the image. Excellent condition. The set of two sheets £400
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MILITARY HISTORY - GERMANY:
82. Seutter, M. ‘MAPPA GEOGRAPHICA INDICANS, QUIBUS IN LOCIS PER TOTAM GERMANIAM BELLO TRICENNALI REX SUECIAE GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS...’. Map of Germany, showing the locations of the main military actions during the thirty year invasion by Swedish troops under King Gustav Adolph. Figurative cartouche and tables of explanations. Matthaeus Seutter in Augsburg ca. 1750 [23889] 49 x 57 cm. Full original colour, incl. cartouches. Excellent condition. £350
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NORTHERN HEMISPHERE:
83. Scott, H. and M. Vierge. ‘LE TOUR DU MONDE EN UN CLIN D’OEIL’. A Tour around the World in a flash: Map of the northern hemisphere surrounded and enriched by topographical vignettes, flags and numerous costumes of the nations. Engraved by F. Méaulle after designs by H. Scott and M. Vierge and published as a supplement to Monde Illustré, January 1st 1876 [23723] 71 x 97 cm. Uncoloured. Some folds and tears re-inforced with thin linen, otherwise in very good condition. £500
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ORRERY:
84. 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:
85. 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. £150
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PLAYING CARDS - MILITARY HISTORY:
86. 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. 		H22031FestungBauesSchenk.jpg (103715 bytes)

PLAYING CARDS - MILITARY HISTORY:
87. 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. 		H22032KriegsspielSchenk.jpg (103509 bytes)

SEA MONSTERS:
88. Münster, Seb. ‘DE REGNIS SEPTENTRION: MONSTRA MARINA & TERRESTRIA, QUAE PASSIM IN PARTIBUS AQUILONIS INVENIUNTUR’. Sea monsters and strange animals as found in northern countries on land and in the sea. Sebastian Münster ca. 1550 [21978] 26 x 35 cm. Strong, sharp and clear impression of this curious early print from a Latin text edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia. Uncoloured as issued. Excellent condition. £650
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SOLAR SYSTEM:
89. 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:
90. 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:
91. Blaeu, J. (BLANK) title page for Blaeu’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum sive Atlas Novus, French part, with large French coat of arms and unused spaces for title and publisher. J. Blaeu ca. 1635 [20362] or later. 40 x 24 cm. Full original colour, heightened with gold. £150
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TITLE PAGE:
92. 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:
93. Janssonius, J. ‘DES NIEUWEN ATLANTIS AENHANG OSTE DES NIEUWEN WERELD-BESCHRIJVINGHE ....’. Title page for the third part of the Janssonius atlas. Joannes Janssonius 1644 [22836] 40 x 26 cm. Uncoloured. Narrow margins, laid on old paper. £120
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TITLE PAGE:
94. Blaeu, G. and J. ‘THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM SIVE ATLAS NOVUS. PARTIS SECUNDAE PARS ALTERA’. Title page for a part of Blaeu’s Atlas with large Spanish coat of arms. J. Blaeu ca. 1650 [20361] 41 x 25 cm. Full original colour. £200
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TITLE PAGE:
96. Blaeu, J. ‘TOONNEEL DES AERDRYCX, OFT NIEUWE ATLAS...’. Title page for Blaeu’s atlas, first book, second part. Published in Amsterdam by Joannes Blaeu 1650 [22835] 32 x 20 cms. Full original colour. Title pasted over blank centre. Narrow margins. Laid on old paper. £150
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TITLE PAGE:
97. Janssonius, J. ‘ATLAS NOVUS SIVE THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM IN QUO GERMANIAE...’. Special title page for the section of German maps in Vol. II of Janssonius’s atlas. Johann Janssonius, Amsterdam 1652 [20358] 40 x 26 cm. Full original colour. Short tear to top image rebacked. Laid on old paper. £200
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TITLE PAGE:
98. Blaeu, J. ‘THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM SIVE ATLAS NOVUS. PARS TERTIA’. Title page for Blaeu’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum sive Atlas Novus, with terrestrial and celestial globes and two astronomers/geographers. Joannes Blaeu 1655 [20972] 41 x 27 cm. Full original colour. Laid on old paper. £150
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TITLE PAGE:
99. Janssonius, J. ‘NIEUWEN ATLAS OFTE WERELTS-BESCHRIIVINGE...’. Special title page for the section of German maps in Vol. II of Janssonius’s atlas. Johann Janssonius, Amsterdam ca. 1657 [20359] 40 x 26 cm. Full original colour. Laid on old paper. £200
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TITLE PAGE:
100. Allard, C. ‘ATLAS MINOR AD USUM SERENISSIMI BURGUNDIAE DUCIS / ATLAS FRANCOIS...’. Title page for Allard’s uncommon atlas, engraved by Roman de Hooghe. Published in Amsterdam by Carel Allard ca. 1696 [20354] 49 x 28 cm. Full original colour. Few marginal tears, margins frayed and rebacked on all sides. Laid on old paper. £150
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TITLE PAGE:
101. Visscher, N. ‘ATLAS MINOR SIVE TOTIUS ORBIS TERRARUM ....’. Title page for the Visscher atlas. Drawn and engraved by Gerard de Lairesse and published in Amsterdam by Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1700 [22837] 39 x 25 cms. Full original colour. Trimmed to margins. Laid on old paper. £150
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TITLE PAGE:
102. Schenck, P. ‘ATLAS CONTRACTUS SIVE MAPPARUM GEOGRAPHICARUM SANSONIARUM...’. Title page for Schenck’s atlas containing the Sanson tables of places. Published in Amsterdam by Pieter Schenck ca. 1705 [20353] 43 x 28 cm. Full original colour. Trimmed close to neat lines on three sides. Short tear rebacked. Laid on old paper. £200
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TITLE PAGE:
103. Homann, J. B. ‘ATLAS NOVUS TERRARUM ORBIS IMPERIA REGNA ET STATUS EXACTIS TABULIS GEOGRAPHICE...’. Title page for Homann’s atlas, engraved by Caspar Luycken for Johann Baptist Homann, Nürnberg ca. 1705 [20355] 49 x 27 cm. Full original colour. Laid on old paper. £200
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105. De Fer, N. ‘INTRODUCTION A LA GEOGRAPHIE...’. Title page with small simple double hemisphere world map, showing California as an island. N. de Fer in Paris 1717 [19971] 19 x 10 cm. £100
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106. Homann, J. B. ‘ATLAS NOVUS TERRARUM ORBIS IMPERIA REGNA ET STATUS EXACTIS TABULIS GEOGRAPHICE...’. Title page for Homann’s atlas, engraved by Michael Roessler and published in Nürnberg by Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [22834] 49 x 27 cm. Full original colour. Trimmed to margins. Laid on old paper. £200
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107. Jaeger, J. G. A. ‘L’ALLEMAGNE EN LXXXI FEUILLES...’ Highly decorative title page for Jaeger’s large and detailed atlas of Germany. J. G. A. Jaeger in Frankfurt 1789 [20478] 46 x 66 cm. £250
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WAR SHIPS:
108. Steinberger, L. M. ‘TAB. V. ARCHITECTURA NAVALIS ODER SCHIFFS-BAU-KUNST / VORSTELLUNG EINES ORLOGS-SCHIFFS...’. Very detailed plan of a war ship with cross sections of its hull, instruments and detailed plans showing various stages during the building work. Engraved for Johann Huebner’s Reales Staats-Zeitungs- und Conversations-Lexicon by Leonhard Michael Steinberger ca. 1782 [24950] 18 x 22 cm. Uncoloured. £200
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