Null [Atlases & Maps] [Africa] Typus orarum maritimarum Guineae, Manicongo, & An…

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[Atlases & Maps] [Africa] Typus orarum maritimarum Guineae, Manicongo, & Angolae ultra promonorium Bonae spei usq., cum omnib. portubus, insulis, scopulis, pulvinis et vadis (...). Engr. map by Arnold Florent van Langren, 39 x 52.5 cm, w. inset profiles of the islands Ascencion and St. Helena, from Van Linschoten, Itinerario, ca. 1595. Restored copy w. newly inset or re-attached restored (washed and thinner) portions, trimmed to the plate mark at the left and right, a few tears and thin spots w. folds as publ. Sold w.a.f. The most spectacular and beautiful map of the area. The tiny portrait of a bearded man wearing a hat incorporated in the decorative borders of the inset profile is probably a portrait of the engraver Van Langren. -and 1 smaller engr. map of the same area: Guineae nova descriptio (Hondius, ca. 1614). Added: 3 others, incl. a chart of the Cape Verdean islands from Dapper, 1668. (total 5)

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[Atlases & Maps] [Africa] Typus orarum maritimarum Guineae, Manicongo, & Angolae ultra promonorium Bonae spei usq., cum omnib. portubus, insulis, scopulis, pulvinis et vadis (...). Engr. map by Arnold Florent van Langren, 39 x 52.5 cm, w. inset profiles of the islands Ascencion and St. Helena, from Van Linschoten, Itinerario, ca. 1595. Restored copy w. newly inset or re-attached restored (washed and thinner) portions, trimmed to the plate mark at the left and right, a few tears and thin spots w. folds as publ. Sold w.a.f. The most spectacular and beautiful map of the area. The tiny portrait of a bearded man wearing a hat incorporated in the decorative borders of the inset profile is probably a portrait of the engraver Van Langren. -and 1 smaller engr. map of the same area: Guineae nova descriptio (Hondius, ca. 1614). Added: 3 others, incl. a chart of the Cape Verdean islands from Dapper, 1668. (total 5)

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FRENCH WESTERN AFRICA - BANKNOTE: 1,000 (one thousand) francs type 1945. Front: young woman leaning on two potteries, surrounded by coffee trees in fruit; three gazelles galloping at the back. Verso: a native in clothing in front of a village in Upper Guinea. watermark: man facing front. - November 21, 1953 - SUP

2 copper engraved maps a. an engraving of Pfalzburg, bird's eye view of Pfalzburg, 17th cent. Title "Phaltzbovrg." at lower left. in colored architecture with flower vase, 12 x 16.5 cm, framed under glass, in profiled wooden frame, 24 x 30 cm, 2 colored copper engraving maps, "Carte de la Lorraine et du Barrois dans laquelle se trouvent la Généralité de Metz et Autres Enclaves; ... et Dédiée au Roy de Pologne ...", by Robert de Vaugondy, Nancy 1756, lower left figuratively decorated cartouche with coat of arms and eagle, framed under glass, 57.5 x 69 cm, "Galliae Verteris Typus", map of France and Belgium during the Roman period, by Abraham Ortelius, 1594, lower left title cartouche with two putti. Title cartouche with two putti at lower left, further cartouche at upper right, matted cut-out: 38.5 x 48 cm, framed under glass, 50 x 63 cm, the maps partially browned, with stains and crease, 4213 - 0054

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parties du Monde. Paris: Bellin, 1764. First edition of one of the best-known French maritime atlases of the 18th century, with contemporary coloring and in generally good condition. Jacques Nicolas Bellin, royal hydrographer and engineer-geographer of the navy and of the Depot of Maps and Plans, compiled several atlases of nautical leaves for military and commercial use, here entirely reproduced on a smaller scale with the addition of new material (NMM). The maps are arranged geographically, starting with North America and the Antilles, followed by South America, then Asia, Africa, Europe and detailed coastal maps of France. Particularly interesting is the first volume devoted to North America, which also includes plans of Quebec, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, New Orleans and other major colonial cities. NMM 211 (list 580 maps); Nordenskiold 10; Phillips Atlases 638; Sabin 4555 6 parts in 5 vols, 4to, (315 x 240mm). 578 complete maps according to indexes, most double-page, some single and some folding, all with contemporary coloring (some leaves slightly browned, coloring sometimes imperfect at edges). Contemporary full calf binding, title gilt to spine, marbled endpapers (some light wear). Vol. I: General title page, dedication, part title page, 2 index leaves, 102 maps; Vol. II: title page, 2 index leaves, 89 maps; Vol. III: 2 title pages (for the first and second parts) 3 index leaves, 126 maps (124 plus two * bis); Vol. IV: title page, 3 index leaves, 129 maps (128 +*), Vol. V: title page, 3 index leaves, 132 maps. (5)

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