AFRICA (CONTINENT):4001. Monath, P. C. ‘NOVAE AFRICAE DELINEATIO’. Map of Africa with animated cartouche. Peter Conrad Monath in Nürnberg ca. 1760 [18071] 24 x 28 cm. Full original
colour. Cartouche uncoloured. Excellent condition. £325
From Abbé Lenglet DuFresnoy’s ‘Kinder-Geographie’. Uncommon. |
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AFRICA (CONTINENT):4002. Anonymous. ‘AN ACCURATE MAP OF AFRICA FROM THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS AND REGULATED BY ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS’. Map of Africa with pictorial cartouche, probably engraved after Bowen by R. Reynolds ca. 1765 [25631] 18 x 28 cm. Recent outline
colour. Excellent condition. £175
Engraved for Mountague’s History of England. |
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ASIA:4003. Anonymous. ‘AN ACCURATE MAP OF ASIA FROM THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS AND REGULATED BY ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS’. Map of Asia with pictorial cartouche. After Bowen engraved by R. Reynolds ca. 1765 [25635] 19 x 28 cm. Recent outline
colour. Excellent condition. £175
Engraved for Mountague’s History of England. |
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ATLAS:4004. 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
principal 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). £2900*
Complete atlas, all the maps in excellent condition. |
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AUSTRALIA:4005. Tallis, J. 'AUSTRALIA'. Map of Australia with decorative vignettes. Tallis ca. 1851 [25754] 25 x 35 cm. Original outline
colour, the five vignettes in recent colour. Excellent condition. £240
From the folio edition - no
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BAVARIA - BAYERN:4006. Radefeld, C. ‘DAS KÖNIGREICH BAYERN DISSEITS DES RHEINS ... Ites - IVtes Blatt’. Large map of Bavaria, printed on 4 sheets and joined, with 6 inset plans of Nürnberg-Fürth, München, Augsburg, Würzburg, Regensburg and environs of
Passau. Major C. Radefeld 1858 [25756] 58 x 70 cm. Uncoloured except for the border outline. Excellent condition. £200
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BRUGES:4007. Coney, J. ‘CLOTH HALL - BRUGES’. A busy market scene in front of the Cloth Hall, Bruges. Etched and engraved by John Coney, London ca. 1840 [24896] 47 x 39 cm. Full recent
colour. Excellent condition. £100
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CASPIAN SEA:4008. 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. £400*
Uncommon. - The Dutch Ottens firm of publishers assembled their atlases to order, the maps were often published separately. |
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CHILE:4009. Blaeu, J. & W. ‘CHILI’. Map of Chile with several cartouches, scale of miles, compass rose, sea monsters and sailing ships. G. Blaeu, Amsterdam ca. 1640 [17398] 35 x 47 cm. North orientated to the left. Full original
colour, highlighted with gold. Excellent condition. £300*
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CHINA:4010. Ortelius, A. ‘CHINAE, OLIM SINARUM
REGIONIS, NOVA DESRIPTIO’. Highly decorative map of China with title cartouche and scale of miles. North orientated to the right. Abraham Ortelius ca. 1595 [25424] 36 x 41 cm. Latin text verso.
Uncoloured. Very strong, dark printing impression. Excellent condition. £3000*
van den Broecke 164. |
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CORNWALL:4011. Speed, J. ‘CORNWALL’. Highly decorative map of Cornwall with the Royal Arms, eight further coats of arms, inset view of
Launceston, in the sea ships and sea monsters, “... to be solde in Popes haede alley against ye Exchange by John Sudbury and G. Humble”. John Speed 1611
[25432] 38 x 51 cm. Original outline
colour, the views, cartouches and heraldic shields in full original colour. Excellent condition. Double framed, showing the English text verso, in antique frame. £1500*
plus 17.5%VAT
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DUBLIN:4012. Letts & Son. ‘PLAN OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN’. Scale: 4 inches to the Mile. Lett’s Popular Atlas 1891 [25588] 33 x 41 cm. Printed in
colours. £100
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EAST INDIES:4013. Anonymous. ‘AN ACCURATE MAP OF THE EAST INDIES FROM THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS AND REGULATED BY ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS’. Map of
India and East India with pictorial cartouche, probably engraved after Bowen by R. Reynolds ca. 1765 [25636] 20 x 29 cm. Recent outline
colour. Excellent condition. £175
Engraved for Mountague’s History of England. |
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EASTERN UNITED STATES:4014. Bartholomew, J. ‘SKETCH MAP OF THE FEDERAL & CONFEDERATE STATES’. A map of the Eastern States indicating the Federal, Confederate and Border States, issued around the beginning of the Civil War. The map is
coloured, indicating the Federal states, Confederate states and Border states. Border States include Missouri, Maryland, Kentucky and Virginia. A. & C. Black ca. 1860 [25712] £150
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ECCLESIASTICAL GERMANY:4015. Homann Heirs. ‘GERMANIA BENEDICTINA QUAE IN ILLA SUNT MONASTERIA
ORD. S. BENEDICTI...’. Map of central and southern Germany with adjacent countries (Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic), showing the location of the Benedictine monasteries. Various religious themed vignettes, title cartouche and small inset map of Poland (all
uncoloured). Homann Heirs 1732 [25642] 46 x 57 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £275
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EGYPT - PALESTINE - CYPRUS:4016. Michalet, E. ‘LES DESERTS D’EGYPTE, DE THEBAIDE D’ARABIE, DE
SIRIE...’. Unusually orientated map covering Egypt, Palestine, Syria and the island of Cyprus. The places “inhabited by the Holy Fathers of the dessert” (hermits) are marked out. Printed on two sheets of thick paper and joined. North orientated to the northeast. Published in Paris by Estienne Michalet 1693 [22076] 56 x 78 cm. Two large cartouches
(uncoloured), the map in original outline colour. Except for a few marginal rebacked tears in the top white border in very good condition. £650*
Stylianou 151. |
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ENGLISH CHANNEL - BAY OF BISCAY:4017. D’Après de
Mannevillette. ‘CARTE DES CÔTES OCCIDENTALES DE FRANCE, ET D’UNE PARTIE DE CELLES D’ESPAGNE, D’ANGLETERRE, ET D’IRLANDE...’. Large sea chart of the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay with much defined coast lines of Southern Ireland, Southern England and France. G. Delahaye after D’Après de Mannevillette for Neptune Oriental ca. 1775 [19749] 48 x 66 cm. Circular cartouche. Full recent
colour. Very good condition. £150
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EUROPE:4018. Bowen, T. ‘A NEW & ACCURATE MAP OF EUROPE FROM THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS AND REGULATED BY ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS’. Map of Europe with pictorial cartouche. Thomas Bowen ca. 1765 [25639] 20 x 28 cm. Recent outline
colour. Excellent condition. £125
Engraved for Mountague’s History of England. |
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FLORIDA - SOUTHERN STATES:4019. Aa, P. v. d. ‘LA
FLORIDE, SUIVANT LES NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS’. Map of the southern United States with pictorial cartouche. Pieter van der Aa, Leiden 1714 [25143] First edition. 23 x 30 cm. Pictorial cartouche with natives and lion.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £600*
Folio edition - no
centrefolds. |
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FREIBURG:4020. Münster, S. ‘FRIBURG IM BRISGEW 1549’. Panoramic view of Freiburg / Breisgau with elaborate title ribbon in the skies. Doublepage woodcut by Sebastian Münster ca. 1580 [25643] 19 x 36 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £140
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GEOLOGY - ENGLAND & WALES:4021. Anonymous. ‘GEOLOGICAL MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES’. Geological map of England and Wales, printed in colours on two sheets and joined. Anonymous ca. 1895 [25641] 62 x 48 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £150
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GIBRALTAR:4022. 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 £750*
Separately published. Rare. |
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HOLLAND:4023. Sanson, N. / Jaillot, H. ‘LE COMTÉ DE
HOLLANDE...’. Large map of Holland, the northwest province of the Netherlands, With large decorative cartouche incorporating scale of miles. Printed on two mapsheets and joined. Published by Hubert Jaillot from the plate by Nicolas Sanson 1692 [21937] 83 x 56 cm. The map in original outline
colour. Excellent condition. £500* |
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ISTANBUL:4024. 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. Excellent condition. £900
Johann Baptist von
Reben, Hungarian military engineer. - Published separately. |
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ITALY:4025. Sanson, N. / Jaillot, H. ‘L’ITALIE DISTINGUÉE SUIVANT L’ESTENDUE DE TOUS LES
ESTATS...’. Large map of Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, printed on two sheets and joined. Two large decoraive cartouches. From the plate by Nicolas Sanson published by Hubert Jaillot in Paris 1692 [23772] 59 x 89 cm. The map in original outline
colour. Two short sections of centre and right folds strengthened verso. Very good condition. £500* |
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ITALY:4026. Monath, P. C. ‘ITALIAE NOVAE ACCURATA DELINEATIO’. Map of Italy with decorative cartouche.
Sebastian Dorn for Peter Conrad Monath in Nürnberg ca. 1760 [20169] 23 x 28 cm. Full original
colour, cartouche uncoloured. Very good condition. £140
From Abbé Lenglet DuFresnoy’s ‘Kinder-Geographie’. Uncommon. |
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ITALY:4027. Anonymous. ‘AN ACCURATE MAP OF ITALY FROM THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS AND REGULATED BY ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS’. Map of India, and East India with pictorial cartouche, probably engraved after Bowen by R. Reynolds ca. 1765 [25637] 19 x 28 cm. Recent outline
colour. Excellent condition. £125
Engraved for Mountague’s History of England. |
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JAPAN:4028. Reland, A. / Ottens, R. & J. ‘IMPERIUM JAPONICUM PER REGIONES DIGESTUM SEX ET SEXAGINTA ATQUE IPSORUM JAPONENSIUM MAPPIS’. Map of Japan with large figurative cartouche and inset map of Nagasaki. Published in Amsterdam by Reinier & Josua Ottens from the plate designed by Adrien Reland ca. 1740 [22057] 46 x 59 cm. The large cartouche and figures
uncoloured, the map in full original colour. Excellent condition. £1500*
Adrien
(Hadriano) Reland was a Dutch cartographer and orientalist. The Dutch Ottens firm of publishers assembled their atlases mostly to order, the maps were often published separately. |
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LIVERPOOL - Public Houses:4029. Mawdsley. ‘MAWDSLEY’S MAP OF THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL AND SUBURBS, 1883. Based on the Ordnance Survey, and specially revised and corrected to the present time by William
Wrennall, Surveyor, Liverpool. A key is included showing the whereabouts of all the buildings of importance including churches. Additional title: ‘MAP OF THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL WITH THE LICENCED PUBLIC HOUSES, BEER SHOPS, GROCERS, CONFECTIONERS AND OTHER LICENSES’. The Full Licensed Houses - one thousand eight hundred and ninety eight of them! are indicated by a red dot. Articles on the ‘Licensing question as affecting Publicans, and the discretion of the Magistrates, with the decision of the Judges etc’ prepared by Nathaniel Smyth, Secretary of the Association. William Wrennall 1883 [25685] Printed in blue on white, 47 x 84 cm. Previously folded with some slight wear to folds. £150
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LONDON:4030. Braun, G. & F. Hogenberg / Hatton, C. ‘A PLAN OF LONDON
WESTMR. AND SOUTHWARK WTH. YE. RIVR. THAMES...’. Birds-eye plan of London with very decorative title cartouche, two large coats of arms and two tables of explanations. Braun & Hogenberg / Hatton ca. 1708 [17841] 33 x 49 cm. Full recent
colour. This is a later edition of Braun & Hogenberg’s famous plan, published by Chistopher Hatton / A new view of London... in 1708, with the top cartouche and the figures in the foreground replaced by an elaborate title cartouche resembling a fruit basket. - Far more uncommon than the earlier version. £1500*
Howgego 2 (4). |
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LONDON:4031. Cole, B. ‘A NEW AND ACCURATE PLAN OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER, THE DUTCHY OF LANCASTER AND PLACES ADJACENT’. Plan of Westminster with title cartouche. North orientated to the left. Engraved for Maitland’s Survey of London by Benjamin Cole ca. 1754 [23846] 23 x 36 cm. Full recent
colour. Excellent condition. £250
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MOSCOW - Rare plan in Italian:4032. Olearius, A. ‘PIANTA DELLA CITTA DI MOSCA’. Early plan of Moscow with extensive legend in Italian down the right side. Adam Olearius 1658 [25758] 27 x 26 cm.
Uncoloured. Previously folded. Tear near left fold invisibly closed, otherwise excellent condition. £1150
From the rare Italian edition of Olearius’s ‘Viaggi di Moscovia de gli anni 1633, 1634, 1635, e 1636’, published in
Viterbo/Italy 1658. |
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NORTH AMERICA:4033. Sanson, N. / Jaillot, H. ‘AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE DIVISÉE EN SES PRINCIPALES PARTIES...’. Large map of North America, Central America and the West Indies, printed on two sheets and joined. Two large decorative cartouches. California is shown as an island. From the plate by Nicolas Sanson published by Hubert Jaillot in Paris 1692 [22159] 56 x 87 cm. The map in original outline
colour. Fold strengthened verso. Excellent condition, clean and with wide margins. £1500*
Re-issue of Sanson’s large map of 1674, one of the largest and most detailed maps of the period. Not to be confused with the smaller version (47 x 59 cm), which is more often found. - Tooley/America p. 121. |
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NORTH AMERICA:4034. Anonymous. ‘AN ACCURATE MAP OF NORTH AMERICA FROM THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS AND REGULATED BY ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS’. Map of North America with cartouche, probably engraved after Bowen by R. Reynolds ca. 1765 [25632] 18 x 29 cm. Recent outline
colour. Excellent condition. £250
Engraved for Mountague’s History of England. |
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NOVGOROD:4035. Olearius, A. ‘NOVOGORDIA’. Panoramic view of
Novgorod, a Russian city between Moscow and St. Petersburg, with the River Wolga, the Citadel and the Monastery of the Annunciation in the foreground. Adam Olearius 1658 [25759] 20 x 33 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £225
From the rare Italian edition of Olearius’s ‘Viaggi di Moscovia de gli anni 1633, 1634, 1635, e 1636’, published in
Viterbo/Italy 1658. - Novgorod was in the 15th century the capital of a wealthy independent state with a population of about 400,000. |
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POLAND:4036. Homann, J. B. ‘REGNUM BORUSSIAE...’. Map of northeast Poland with the bay of Gdansk in the
centre. Large allegorical cartouche above. Johann Baptist Homann ca. 1720 [25512] 48 x 56 cm. Full original
colour, the cartouche in full recent colour. Excellent condition. £350
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SCANDINAVIA:4037. De l’Isle, G. ‘CARTE DES COURONES DU NORD’. Large map of Scandinavia and the Baltic States with figurative armorial cartouche and small scale of miles, printed on two sheets, not joined. Published by Pieter Schenk from the plate by Guillaume de l’Isle 1708 [22783] 44 x 59 and 48 x 59 cm, not joined. The map in full original
colour. Excellent condition. £500* |
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SOUTH AMERICA:4038. Anonymous. ‘A NEW & CORRECT MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA FROM THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS AND REGULATED BY ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS’. Map of South America with pictorial cartouche, probably engraved after Bowen by R. Reynolds ca. 1765 [25634] 19 x 29 cm. Recent outline
colour. Excellent condition. £150
Engraved for Mountague’s History of England. |
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SOUTHERN GERMANY:4039. Münster, S. ‘LA DESCRIPTION DE SOUABE ET DE BAVIERE’. Map of Southern Germany from the River Main to the Alps, North orientated to the South. Sebastian Münster ca. 1580 [25654] 26 x 35 cm. Contemporary colour highlights of mountains and places. In the right margin a few contemporary manuscript additions to the map. £120
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THE AMERICAS:4040. Mercator, M. ‘AMERICA SIVE INDIA NOVA....’. Map of the western hemisphere contained within an attractive floral design, with circular insets in the four corners (Title, Cuba and Bahamas, Haiti, Gulf of Mexico). Michael Mercator ca. 1633 [22634] 37 x 46 cm. French text verso. Full original
colour. Two small verdi gris cracks backed. Very good condition. £2500*
The only printed map known by Gerard Mercator’s grandson Michael, first published in 1595. Burden 87. |
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THE AMERICAS:4041. Monath, P. C. ‘TOTIUS AMERICAE DESCRIPTIO NOVA’. Map of the American hemisphere with figurative cartouche. Insular California. Peter Conrad Monath in Nürnberg ca. 1760 [18175] 24 x 28 cm. Full original
colour, cartouche uncoloured. Excellent condition. £500*
From Abbé Lenglet DuFresnoy’s ‘Kinder-Geographie’. Uncommon. |
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TRIER:4042. Münster, S. ‘CONTRAFETUNG DER URALTEN STAT
TRIER...’. Panoramic view of Trier. Sebastian Münster ca. 1580 [25651] Doublepage woodcut, 23 x 38 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £125
Same image available with French surtitle [18223]. |
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UKRAINE:4043. 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. £600*
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...’. |
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UNITED STATES and CENTRAL AMERICA:4044. Euler, L. ‘MAPPA GEOGRAPHICA AMERICAE SEPTENTRIONALIS AD EMENDATIORA EXEMPLARIA ADHUC EDITA’. Map of eastern and central United States and Canada, ‘Louisania’, ‘Tecas’, ‘New Mexico’ and the Californian peninsula, Central America and the West Indies. Large conchiform title cartouche, 2 smaller title cartouches, large cartouche of scale of miles. Inset map of Hudson Bay, Labrador and Greenland. Printed on 4 map sheets, not joined. One of the earliest maps to denote Texas (“Tecas”) as an area. Leonhard Euler for the Acad. Reg. Scient. et Eleg. Litt. Boruss. (Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences) ca. 1753 [24512] 67 x 68 cm when joined. Original outline
colour, the four cartouches uncoloured. Occasional faint agetoning. Uncommon and rarely found complete.
The set of four maps £1000*
Leonhard Euler (Basel 1707 - St. Petersburg 1783), cartographer, physician and mathematician. Published ‘Atlas Geographicus’ for the Prussian Royal Academy of Sciences and Literature in Berlin between 1753 and 1760. - Small printed original Prussian tax/privilege seal as always. |
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WEST INDIES:4045. Anonymous. ‘THE WEST INDIES EXHIBITING THE ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH DUTCH & DANISH SETTLEMENTS WITH THE ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA...’. Map of the West Indies with pictorial cartouche, probably engraved after Bowen by R. Reynolds 1768 [25638] 19 x 28 cm. Recent outline
colour. Excellent condition. £200
Engraved for Mountague’s History of England. |
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WEST INDIES & C. AMERICA:4046. Aa, P. van der. ‘IUKATAN EN VASTE KUSTEN VAN NIEUW
SPANJE...’. Map of the Carribean, Florida and Central America. Figurative cartouche and scale of miles. Pieter van der Aa ca. 1705 [22628] 15 x 22 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £250*
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WORLD:4047. 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. £1100*
Shirley 197. |
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WORLD:4048. 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. £6000*
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’). |
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WORLD:4049. Monath, P. C. ‘TYPUS ORBIS TERRARUM’. Double hemisphere world map with figures and scenes in the four corners illustrating the four continents. California is shown as an island. Published in Nürnberg by Peter Conrad Monath ca. 1760 [25757] 25 x 29 cm. Decorative cartouche above and illustration of a globe below. The map in full original
colour, including cartouche. Pictorial surrounds in four corners and globe
uncoloured. White margins rather soiled, but not affecting image, otherwise very good condition. £500
From Abbé Lenglet DuFresnoy’s ‘Kinder-Geographie’. Uncommon. |
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WORLD:4050. Gray, Frank A. ‘GRAY’S NEW MAP OF THE WORLD IN HEMISPHERES, WITH COMPARATIVE VIEWS OF THE HEIGHTS OF THE PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS AND LENGTHS OF THE PRINCIPAL RIVERS ON THE GLOBE’. Engraved by William H. Holmes for O. W. Gray in Philadelphia ca. 1880 [25676] 40 x 66 cm. Printed in full
colours. Excellent condition. £125
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