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Thu 02 May

Konvolut - of 7 (of which 5 uncompl.) writings. Various. Topics, formats and bindings. Contains:╗ Kuhnert,C. Practical textbook of mill construction. 3rd ed. 2 in 1 vol. Quedlinburg and Lpz., Basse 1832. without the 31 plates. - (Morgenstern-Schulze, J.K.). Instruction for a young woman... Vol. 1 of 4 (= cookbook). New revised edition. Magdeburg, Creutz 1806. without the 2 copper plates and pp. 247-250. - Thomson,W.M. The Land and the Book or biblical illustrations... of the Holy Land. London, Nelson 1862. without the folding map. - Reich,W. The function of the orgasm. Lpz. u.a., IPV 1927 - Weber,G.A. Systematische Darstellung der antipsorischen Arzneimittel in ihren reinen Wirkungen. Brschwg., Vieweg 1830 - As well as 2 atlas fragments Voyage du Jeune Anarchasis (Paris, Ledoux 1821 with 15 of 39 engravings; Paris, de Bure 1790 with 13 of 31 engravings). - Various strong signs of wear, purchased as viewed.

Thu 02 May

Bibliothek für Militäranwärter - for self-instruction. 5 vols. and atlas in a total of 6 vols. Lpz., Bilz (ca. 1910). Lex.8°. With numerous tls. col. Illustrations and plates. hardcover. - Partly. Traces of use, not thoroughly collated.

Thu 02 May

Wand-Bilder-Atlas. - Systematically compiled, on the natural history of mammals. Wall map. Old col. Lithographs by P.C.Geißler, Nuremberg, about 1865. 6 segments of plates and 6 segments of text at the margins. Mounted on canvas. 122 x 89 cm. Bottom. Glass slightly framed. Cf. GV 153,582 - Tls. Traces of wear, partly creased and somewhat stained in places, plate text partly somewhat damaged. Formerly folded.

Thu 02 May

Koch,W. u. C.Opitz. (Hrsg.). - Railroad and Transport Atlas of the German Reich. 2nd ed. ed. Lpz., Arnd (1897). 4°. With 27 dplblgr. col. Maps in color. 2 pp., 78 p., 52 pp. Index of places. New cloth, using the original binding. Metzeltin 2009 (dated 1898). - Contains 26 sectional and 1 general map. - Several glued tears, st.a.T.

Thu 02 May

Sammlung - of 16 writings in 18 vols. on the subject of railroads, 1889-1958. mostly illustrated. various forms and bds. Form. and bds. (wear, partly damaged). Present i.a.: ╔Hundert Jahre╗ deutsche Eisenbahnen. Anniversary publication... (Bln. 1935). - Without the Hitler portrait - ╔Dr. Kochs Verkehrs-Atlas╗ von Europa... edited by C. Opitz...together with a traffic handbook... Ed. by O. Forkel. Lpz. 1909. - ╔Brosius,J. and R.Koch.╗ Die Schule des Locomotivführers. 6th-7th revised ed. 3 vols. Wiesbaden, Bergmann 1889-1891 - ╔This. The locomotive driver's exam╗ a question book. 6th ed. ibid. 1902 - ╔Bode╗ The practical locomotive officer. Model atlas. 6th ed. Berlin, c. 1915. quarto 4°. With 2 color lithographed folding models. - Text dampstained. - ╔Niederstraßer,L.╗ Guide to the steam locomotive service. 6th revised ed. Lpz. 1941 - ╔Heumann╗, Der praktische Lokomotivbeamte. 1st part: The locomotive. Mchn. u. Bln. 1920 - German transport history. Vol. I/1-2. ed. by the Reich Ministry of Transport. Lpz. 1939 - ╔Map╗ of the South German railroads and the neighboring administrations. Mchn. Wilh. Dietrich 1907. - Maedel,K.-E. Deutschlands Dampflokomotiven gestern unf heute. Bln. 1957 - Others. - In addition: ╔7 documents╗ and receipts of the locomotive driver Richard Adolf Eisner from the years 1894 to 1931, including compulsory certificate for fireman 1st class, appointment decree, examination certificate for locomotive driver, appointment decree for locomotive driver, citizen's license, transfer to retirement, etc. Plus 4 photos (2 in the driver's cab) and 8 further documents (4 from the family) mostly with railroad reference up to 1966 - Signs of use, some damage.

Thu 02 May

Stülpnagel,F.v. u. H.Berghaus. - Atlas of the railroads in Germany, Belgium, Alsace, Switzerland and Upper Italy. 15th ed. Gotha, Perthes 1861. hardcover.Gr.8°. With 15 folded. Maps (some with small secondary map). Jwls. ca. 20 x 26 cm. resp. 30 x 35 cm (general map). 12 S. Loosely bound in oilcloth. - Traces of use.

Thu 02 May

Kartenständer. - Wooden card stand with extendable metal hanger and metal base. Height: 180 - 285 cm. ╔Includes:╗ 1 map and 5 maps with biological themes. D

Fri 03 May

(Billing,S.v.). - History and description of Alsace and its inhabitants from the oldest to the newest times. Basel, Decker 1782. with 1 full-page woodcut map. Woodcut map. 3 pp., LVI, 371 pp. Interim pbd (spine damaged). Holzmann-B. II, 6771 - Contains the 5th known Haas map (15 x 9 cm) in typometric process. - Wide-margined copy, foxing, n.p.

Fri 03 May

Atlas (Deckeltitel). - Probably privately made puzzle game of 6 (5 old, 1 border col.) steel engraved maps. (France), c. 1860. sheet size of each card c. 20,5:28,5 cm. Loose in cardboard box with gilt stamped cover title, bumped and torn, both long sides of the cover missing. The maps engraved after A. R. Fremin by C. Dyonnet a. edited by Logerot show: World in 2 hemispheres, Europe, Africa, North America, South America a. France. Probably taken from an atlas, mounted on thin wooden boards with colored paper on the verso a. each cut into 15 puzzle pieces. - Slightly browned and dusty, partially slightly foxed.

Fri 03 May

Berghaus,H. - Physical atlas or collection of maps on which the main phenomena of inorganic and organic nature are depicted according to their geographical distribution and distribution. 2 in 1 vol. Gotha, Perthes 1845-48. fol. With 90 (85 engraved, 84 folio, 1 folded) col. resp. part col. Maps and plans. 4 p., 134 p., pp. 135-233. hardcover with hs. rsch. (rubbed and worn). Sabin 4856. Poggendorff I, 117. cf. Engelmann 11. Phillips 214. Rare first edition of the first scientific-physical atlas. - It is divided into the following areas: 1. meterology and climatography. 2. hydrology and hydrography. 3. geology. 4. telluric magnetism. 5. botanical geography. 6. zoological geography. 7. anthropography. 8. ethnography. With maps of the world, America, Europe and others. Numerous maps with figural borders. - Partly stained (text partly stronger), some maps with inscriptions on verso.

Fri 03 May

Berghaus,H. - Physikalischer Atlas. 3rd ed. 7 tle. in 1 vol. Gotha, Perthes 1892. fol. With 75 on 74 dplblgr. col. Maps in color. Old hardcover (partly somewhat rubbed). Espenhorst p. 141, Berghaus 217 - Contains: Geology, hydrography, meteorology, geomagnetism, plant distribution, animal distribution, ethnology. - Slightly stained in places, stamps on boards.

Fri 03 May

Berghaus,H. - Physical Atlas. 2nd ed. 8 tle. in 2 vols. Gotha, Perthes 1852. fol. With 93 (87) partly folded col. Maps, diagrams and tables. Hardcover d. (spine faded). Phillips 216, Espenhorst 140, Sabin 4857, Engelmann 11, cf. Poggendorff I, 149 - The universal atlas, first published in 1845-48 "under the encouragement of Alexander von Humboldt", covers the fields of meteorology, hydrography, geology and geomagnetism as well as the geography of fauna, flora, races and peoples. - Partly slightly stained, dedic. (dated 1893) on front pastedown.

Fri 03 May

Diez,F.M. - Germany, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Belgium and Switzerland. Belgium and Switzerland together with parts of the neighboring countries. Furnished for travel use. With railroad atlas. Gotha, Perthes 1850. multifold folded border col. Copper map (c. 86 x 106 cm) in 32 segments mounted on canvas by F. v. Stülpnagel and J. C. Bär, as well as 12 oblong engraved railroad maps. Railroad maps. Cloth with blind embossing and gilt cover title. (Somewhat worn and rubbed, spine slightly bleached). - Cf. Engelmann 454 f. - Partly slight traces of use.

Fri 03 May

Levasseur,V. - Atlas national. Illustr. des 86 Departements et des possessions de la France. Paris, Combette 1858. fol. With dplblgr. illustrated title and 98 (of 99) bordercol. Steel engraved maps with engraved marginal illustrations. (rubbed and worn). Cf. Tooley, Mapmakers, 390 - Detailed atlas of France, the col. Maps of the departments (85 of 86), continents (6), a world map in 2 hemispheres, as well as colonies and overseas possessions (6) each in the center of the sheet, surrounded by allegories, depictions of typical national products and trades, small views as well as short engraved text. Text. - The map of department no. 2 is missing. Partly slightly stained, world map loose and with several glued tears.

Fri 03 May

Imbert des Mottelettes,C. - Atlas synchronistique, geographique et genealogique pour servir a l'etude de l'histoire moderne de l'Europe, depuis l'avenement de francois I-er, jusqu'a la restauration, 1515-1815. Paris, for the author a. Levrault 1834. imp.fol. With 9 dplblgr. bordercol. eng. maps a. 28 tables. 4 pp., 6 pp. Cloth hardcover (backstrip missing, rubbed and worn). Somewhat stained and browned. - Rare. - ╔Including: School atlas╗ on all parts of the earth... Reduced after Stieler's hand atlas. 30th ed. Gotha, Perthes 1850. with 28 (of 29, without Asia) border color maps. - ╔Kiepert,H.╗ Atlas Antiquus. Twelve maps... Berlin, D.Reimer n.d. - ╔Haghe,L.╗ Sketches in Belgium and Germany. First (of 3) series. London, Hodgson & Graves 1840. 26 (incl. title) tinted lithographed plates - Together 4.

Fri 03 May

Johnston,A.K. - The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena. Edinburgh a. London, Johnston 1850. fol. With color plate frontispiece and 24 steel maps. 3 pp., 122 pp. Central hardcover (rubbed). Cf. Wellcome II, 148 - Reduced edition of the imp. fol. edition of the well-known physical atlas which Johnston had originally compiled together with Berghaus. - Binding loose, some light fingerstaining, endpapers glue-stained.

Fri 03 May

Reilly,F.J.J.v. - Large German atlas. Vienna (1794-96). Imp. fol. with dplblgr. index in copper engraving and 28 dplblgr. col. Copper engraved maps. Laid. Central manuscript Phillips 686, Dörflinger-H. I, 110 (Rei 3). - Australia still as "Ulimaroa". With 1 world map in 2 hemispheres, population map of Europe, continents and European detailed maps. Map X skipped in the num. 2 maps outside of Num. I-XXVII - Without printed title and copper title. - Some waterstaining and spotting.

Fri 03 May

Thiers,M. - Atlas de l`Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire. Paris, Paulin Lheureux 1859. fol. With 66 (of which 7 folio and 2 border color) steel engraved plates by C. Dyonnet. 2 pp. Hardcover (backstrip damaged, rubbed and worn). Phillips 2982 - Atlas on the Napoleonic wars. Contains among others plans and maps of Danzig, Bautzen, Munich, Ulm etc.. - Signs of wear, 1 map with tear. Title and first map loose.

Fri 03 May

Cook,H. und J.King. - A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken ... for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed ... in the years 1776-1780. Second edition. 3 volumes of text and plates Cartes et figures du troisième voyage , together 4 volumes. London, H. Hughs for G. Nicol and T. Cadell (plate volume: Paris, Hôtel du Thou) 1785. 31.5 : 25 cm (text volumes) and 27 : 21 cm. With 4 engraved title vignettes and 88 mostly folded plates and maps as well as 34 further plates (duplicates with English captions) in the text volumes. and 88 num. Plates (instead of the 87 of the English A.), including a multi-folded world map Carte génerale with Cook's travel routes and the depiction of his death Mort de Cook. Leather bindings of the 18th century (spines of the 3 text volumes renewed in proper style, with 2 spine labels), plate volume bound slightly differently, with floral gilt spine and 2 spine labels. Sabin 16250 and 16261 - Forbes 85 and 90 - Beddie 1552 - Cf. Howes C729a and Lada-Mocarski 37 Description of Cook's three voyages around the world. Volumes I and II were written by Cook; the account of the third voyage, on which Cook died in Hawaii in 1779, was completed by James King. Second edition, generally regarded as typographically superior to the first edition of 1784. - Cook's circumnavigations provided important and precise cartographic knowledge, especially of the Pacific region; among other things, Cook's expeditions beyond the Arctic Circle finally relegated the existence of the great southern continent Terra Australis incognita to the realm of myth. He himself regarded the discovery of the Hawaiian archipelago, which he christened the 'Sandwich Islands', as one of the most significant achievements of his voyages. - "In these three voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors together had done. He was the first really scientific navigator" (Hill p. 123). - Text volumes renewed in proper style (with 2 spine labels), plate volume bound slightly differently, with floral gilt to spine and 2 spine labels. - Plate volume with 2 18th century stamps of the 'Bibliothèque du Château d'Eu' on the title. - Second edition, with the atlas 'Cartes et figures du troisième voyage' of the French edition Paris 1785, containing 88 numb. engr. plates (1 more than in the English ed.) and 34 duplicate engr. plates (with English captions) in the text volumes. 18th cent. calf (spines of the 3 text vols. renewed in style, binding of the smaller atlas slightly different). - Plates slightly tanned, margins partly stronger affected, the text volumes clean with occasional staining, endpapers waterstained. Bindings rubbed, outer joints of atlas partly split. - Atlas with two 18th cent. stamps of the "Bibliothèque du Château d'Eu" on title page.

Fri 03 May

Prevost d'Exiles,A.F. - Histoire generale des voyages ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre. "Continuation..." in 76 vols. Paris, Didot 1749ff. With numerous, partly folded. Copper engravings. Softcover d. With gilt-stamped boards, reeded boards and ribbed boards (some with holes). - Partly foxed, some waterstained. Maps partly with tear. Not extensively collated. The series, published from 1749 to 1789, contains numerous maps and plates with plans, views, depictions of animals and plants as well as small scenes from the life of the population. Regardless of the overarching character of the individual travel illustrations, the imaginary travel route of the sub-series moves along the West African coast. According to modern state names: to Senegal, Cape Verde, the Cape Verde Islands and Cape Blanco, to Sierra Leone, Libya, Senegal, Gambia, Benin, Congo to Angola and further along the Guinea coast. It also provides information about the inhabitants of West Africa, their culture and the natural history of this region. The numerous copper plates show detailed geographical maps, each with a large cartouche and compass rose, small-scale vedutas, interior or urban and rural scenes, characterizations of the indigenous population, depictions of native mammals, fish and insects, urban complexes and architecture, tools and jewelry, and much more. - 76 volumes. With numerous, partly folded copper engravings. Decorative contemporary leather volumes.

[ATLAS] M.Adolphe THIERS (direction) Th.DUVOTENAY (draughtsman) Ch.DYONNET (engraver). Atlas pour l'intelligence des campagnes de la Révolution Française. Publishers Furne, Jouvet et cie. Paris. 1 volume in-folio. 32 maps mounted on tabs. Binding damaged. Traces of writing and a tear in the endpapers. Maps in good condition, but some foxing. Also included: Adolphe THIERS Yan DARGENT (drawings). La Révolution française, tome second. New Edition by Furne, Jouvet et cie. Paris. 1876. One volume. As is.

[HISTORICAL NOVEL] Louis FUZET. La branche de Veïlom, scenes from Gaul in the 4th century. Second series illustrated with 34 engravings by A.de Boisroger. Librairie nationale d'éducation et de récréation. One volume In-4. Bound in red percaline with bas-relief decoration of flowers and volutes in gilded highlights. Gilt edges. Binding stained and freckled. As is.

[FRANCO-FILM] Album from Franco-Film studios presenting a printed selection for distributors of photos and excerpts from French exploitation films for the year 1929-1930. One tear.

Sat 04 May

Norddeutschland. - 7 sheets of maps concerning Northern Germany in col. Copper engraving (3), border col. Lithogr. and steel engraving (3, 2 of which border-colored), 18th century to 2nd half of the 19th century ╔Circulus Saxoniae Inferioris╗ (&) ╔Tabula Generalis Holsatiae╗, both by J.B.Homann, Nbg. c. 1720-40. 47.5 x 56 and 48.5 x 57 cm resp. Both with elaborate fig. mytholog. Tielkart., one with 4 painted coats of arms upper right - Tls. Signs of age and wear - ╔Hamburg-Harburg.╗ "Siege du Chateau de Harbourg du 28me. Nov. au 27 Decembr. 1757". Plan of the fortress, town and surroundings with the positions of the Prussian and allied armies. By J. v. Schley n. F.W.Bawr for Pierre Grosse jun. & Daniel Pinet, The Hague 1765. 54 x 34.5 cm. - ╔Province Pomerania╗ for C. Flemming, Glogau. 30 x 40 cm. - Stronger foxing - ╔Province Brandenburg╗ (&) ╔Herzogth. Holstein and Lauenburg... together with the office of Bergedorf╗ (&) ╔The Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg Schwerin and Strelitz... 1848.╗ 3 pp. from Meyer's Handatlas bei BI, Hildburghausen a.o. Each qu.fol. 2 pp. with small subsidiary maps.

Sat 04 May

Württemberg. - "Wirtenberg Ducatus". Border col. Copper engraving map n. Mercator by H. Hondius, Amsterdam c. 1640. qu.fol. French text on verso. - Centerfold below cracked in the white margin. ╔Thereby:╗ Wertheim. Comitatus Wertheimici finitimarumque regionum nova et exacta descriptio. Old and border col. Engraved map by Blaeu, c. 1630. 38.5 x 50.5 cm. Verso lat. text. - Somewhat browned and faded R

Sat 04 May

Frankreich. - The Duchies of Lorraine and Barr together with the adjoining landscapes. ╔Including:╗Map of the Governorate of Metz - Map of the Governor of Nancy. 3 partly or border col. Copper engraved maps from Bodenehr, Atlas Curieux, c. 1720. sheets up to 18 x 29.4 cm.

Sat 04 May

Frankreich. - France with bordering countries. Border col. Copper engraved map by Bodenehr from Atlas Curieux, about 1720. 18 x 22 cm. ╔Including:╗The borders of France and Spain... - The borders of France and Spain on the Mediterranean - Arias and St. Venand ... - Arras Mitt Nahe... 5 partly partly o- border col. Copper engraved maps from Bodenehr, Atlas Curieux, partly border color. Plates up to 18 x 29 cm. - Partly slightly browned and foxing.

Sat 04 May

Frankreich. - Ryssel or Lille Mitt Near the adjacent area. ╔At the same time:╗Douay ... - Huy... - St. Omer... -Charleroy... - Bethune in the County of Artois... 6 partly border color. Copper engraved maps from Bodenehr, Atlas Curieux, c. 1720. various formats. Different formats.

Sat 04 May

Spanien u. Portugal. - 8 fol. border col. Maps concerning Portugal and Spain in copper engraving (2), lithograph (4) and steel engraving, 17th-19th c. Between 21 x 28 and 41.5 x 53 cm. ╔Portugal.╗ "Parte Meridional do Reyno de Portugal". The lower. The lower sheet of the two-sheet map by N.Sanson, Paris 1654. - ╔Cape Verde Islands.╗ "Carte des Isles du Cap Verd" n. Bellin, 1746. Bellin, 1746 - ╔Latest map of Spain and Portugal 1843 ╗ From Meyer's Handatlas by BI, Hilburghausen and others - ╔Spain and Portugal ╗ by Flemming, Glogau. - ╔Spain and Portugal╗ in four sheets after Berhaus' map...". 4 sheets lithogr. by E.Hesse n. A. Theinert 1842, revised 1842 - The 4-sheet map partly stronger, the other sheets only sporadically foxed.

Sat 04 May

Konvolut - of 13 fol. world maps (4), continents (4), planetary systems (2) and religious state systems. Partly bordercol. (Color) lithographs predominantly by C.Flemming, Glogau a. steel engravings (2) by BI, Hildburghausen a. o. from various atlases. Atlases, 2nd half 19th cent. qu.fol. - Various strong signs of age and wear.

Sat 04 May

Kubin, Alfred - (1877 Leitmeritz - Wernstein 1959). Death and the brushwood collector. India ink and watercolor on laid paper (fragment of map). 33.5 x 39.5 cm. Signed and dated lower right "Kubin (19)36". Lower left inscribed and inscribed "der tod und der Reisigsammler - 1571". - Le. burnt, partly. Marginal defects, pinholes in the corners, small holes in the lower left corner. Verso traces of old mount, as well as soiled. R

Sat 04 May

Map of Lower Saxony Old colored copper engraving/handmade paper, around 1800, engraved by Kilian Ponheimer, published by Franz Anton Schrämbl in "Der Allgemeine Grosse Schrämblische Atlas", sheet 51, sheet VI (of 24 (XXIV) sheets) of the "Neueste Generalkarte von Deutschland". Detailed map of Lower Saxony with surrounding laurel border. Plate 42 cm x 56 cm. Frame. Copper engraved map of Lower Saxony by Kilian Ponheimer, published by Franz Anton Schrämbl in "Der Allgemeine Grosse Schrämblische Atlas", plate 51.

Sat 04 May

DESCRIPTION DU PAYS ARMORIQUE by Maurice BOUGUEREAU. "DESCRIPTION.DV.PAYS.ARMORIQVE.A.PRES.BRETAIGNE.". This map, said to have been engraved in the first half of 1591 after the one by d'Argentré published in "Histoire de Bretagne" in 1588, appears in the first atlas of France, Bouguereau's "Théâtre françoys". State with signature west of Nantes, no text on verso. Enhanced with watercolor. Tours, 1594. Height: 35.5 cm. Width: 47 cm (bowl). (Freckling and discoloration, small accidents and restorations in margins). Described and reproduced in Claude GAUDILLAT, Cartes anciennes de la Bretagne 1582-1800, Coop Breizh, Spézet, 1999, p. XXI, plate 7.

CARTES ET ATLAS - GOUVION SAINT-CYR - Maréchal GOUVION SAINT-CYR, Atlas des mémoires pour servir l'histoire militaire sous le Directoire, le Consulat et l'Empire, Paris, éditions Anselin, 1831. An album comprising eighteen plates numbered I to XVII featuring maps and plans, hardbound. Height: 53 cm - Width: 69.5 cm Posterior binding very damaged, stains and tears. Complete.

Mon 06 May

Louis LARMAT, "Atlas de la France vinicole, Les vins de Bourgogne", with five fold-out maps, in red binding (poor condition). Also included: - H. DE KERMOAL, "Bordeaux". - Georges MONTORGUEIL, drawings by Pierre LISSAC, "Le vin de Bordeaux, livre deuxième". - Bronze wine stopper in the shape of a jockey on a horse

Cartography - Lorraine - Nancy Postcard lithographed by Lorette Éditeur, Paulin dessinateur. Scale 1:40,000 2nd edition, 1885. Trimmed and canvas-covered. 44 x 57.5 cm As is.

Tue 07 May

ATLAS TITLE PAGES -- COLLECTION of 25 atlas title-pages. 17th-18th century. 25 engr. title-pages, of which 14 (partly) cold. by hand. Dif. sizes. (Some wear and tear in places, a few stamps, more or less browned/foxed, sev. marg. stains). NOTE: Taken from i.a. Blaeu, De Wit, Mercator, Kaerius, Elwe, De L'Isle, Sanson.

Tue 07 May

ATLAS TITLE PAGES -- COLLECTION of 27 atlas title-pages & some introductory lvs. 17th-19th century. 27 (engr.) title-pages. Dif. sizes. (Some margins dam./rep., a bit foxed/browned in places). - Sold as a collection, not subject to return.

Wed 08 May

AFRICA -- "GUINEAE NOVA DESCRIPTIO". (Amst., Mercator/Hondius, c. 1638). Plain engr. map w. 2 cartouches and 2 ships. 342 x 480 mm. -- "AETHIOPIA SUPERIOR VEL INTERIOR; vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiteri Ioannis Imperium". (Amst., Blaeu, c. 1635). Handcol. engr. map, w. 2 dec. cartouches. 385 x 495 mm. (Lower blank margin a bit waterstained, hinges from previous mount present on v°, small paper flaw visible). -- "NOVA BARBARIE DESCRIPTIO". (Amst., J. Janssonius, c. 1638). Plain engr. map. 355 x 525 mm. (Split on fold in lower margin, some foxing spots). -- (3). NOTE: Ad 1: Very decorative map, showing the West coast of Africa from the Gambia Rivers to Benin, with inset map of the island of Saint Thomé. Latin text on v°. Ad 2: German text on v°. - V.d. Krogt II, 8720:2. Ad 3: Dutch text on v°. - V.d. Krogt I, 8610B.

Wed 08 May

AFRICA -- "NIGRITARUM REGIO". (Amst.), J. Blaeu, (c. 1670). Handcold. engr. map, w. 2 cartouches. 380 x 570 mm. (Sl. browned, split on fold in upper margin). -- "NIGRITARUM REGNUM". (Amst.), Janssonius Heirs, (1675). Handcold. engr. map, w. 2 cartouches. 435 x 575 mm. (Outer margins trimmed, lower margin faintly stained, a few small marg. tears/creases). -- (2). NOTE: Ad 1: Verso blank. - V.d. Krogt II, 8750:2. Ad 2: Verso blank. - V.d. Krogt I, 8750:1.

Wed 08 May

ALLEGORICAL MAP -- (EUROPA REGINA, Queen Europe). (Basel, H. Petri, 1588). Plain allegorical woodcut map from S. Munster's 'Cosmographey', German text on v°. 330 x 204 mm (paper size). (Hinges from previous mount present on v°, sm. tear in lower blank margin, lower right corner a bit soiled, a bit browned/foxed). NOTE: Allegorical map showing Europe in the shape of a woman. The representation of Europa Regina, or Queen of the World, was first drawn by Johannes Bucius in 1537. Her crown, placed on the Iberian peninsula, is shaped after the Carolingian hoop crown. France and the Holy Roman Empire make up the upper part of her body, with Bohemia being the heart. Her long gown stretches to Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Livonia, Bulgaria, Muscovy, Macedonia and Greece. In her arms, formed by Italy and Denmark, she holds a sceptre and an orb (Sicily).

Wed 08 May

ALLEGORICAL MAP -- "EUROPA Volgens de nieuwste Verdeeling". Haarlem, F. Bohn, (1794). Cont. handcold. allegorical engr. map. 237 x 167 mm. (Left blank margin (partly) cut short and w. 2 tiny tears, sm. repair on v° right margin). -- And 2 o. caricatural plates. (3). NOTE: The allegorical map shows Europe as a regal queen, but this anti-Napoleonic image demotes Europa from a virgin queen to a homely middle-aged housewife. The figure is superimposed over a map that includes a surprising amount of detail. Spain & Portugal comprise her head, Italy is her left arm, stirring with her right arm (Corsica and Sardinia) in a pot (Sicily). Her scarf forms the British Isles, and the rest of the continent is encompassed in her flowing dress.

Wed 08 May

AMERICA -- "AMERICAE sive Indiae Occidentalis tabula generalis". (Leyden, c. 1630). Plain engr. map of North and South America by J. de Laet/H. Gerritsz. 280 x 355 mm. (A few tiny wormholes in lower blank margin, some tiny splits, a few faint marg. stains). NOTE: A very accurate coastline map for the period, considered the best. - Burden 229.

Wed 08 May

AMERICA -- "PERUVIAE AURIFERAE Regionis Typus". - On sheet with: "LA FLORIDA". - And: "GUASTECAN Reg." - (Antw., A. Ortelius, C. 1588). Handcold. engr. map. 340 x 470 mm. (Lower margin split/rep. on fold, a bit foxing, margins sl. soiled). NOTE: Three maps on one sheet based on original Spanish sources, illustrating the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and Peru. - Spanish text on v°. V.d. Broecke 15.

Wed 08 May

AMERICA -- "PERUVIAE AURIFERAE Regionis Typus". - On sheet with: "LA FLORIDA". - And: "GUASTECAN Reg." - (Antw., A. Ortelius, C. 1588). Plain engr. map. 340 x 470 mm. (A few tiny marg. splits). NOTE: Three maps on one sheet based on original Spanish sources, illustrating the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and Peru. - Spanish text on v°. V.d. Broecke 15.

Wed 08 May

ASIA -- "IMPERII PERCICI delineatio ex scriptis potissimum geographicis Arabum et Persarum". Amst., P. Schenk, 1722. Handcold. engr. map w. decorative 'curtain' cartouche. 483 x 572 mm. (A few marg. rep. on v°). -- "TAB. XI ASIAE, comprehendens Indiam extra Gangem". (Utr., F. Halma, 1695). Plain engr. map from Mercator/Ptolemaeus 'Tabulae Geographicae' w. dec. cartouche, ships, elephants, camels and dromedaries. 345 x 325 mm. (A few tiny holes and some stains in upper blank margin). -- (2). NOTE: Ad 2: V.d. Krogt I, 0931:1.2.

Wed 08 May

ASIA -- CHINA -- "ASIAE VIII TAB:". (c. 1600). Handcold. engr. map of Central Asia (& Western China). 344 x 405 mm. (A few sm. marg. tears, a bit browned). -- "PROVINCE de Pe-Tche-Li". (Par., c. 1740). Handcold. engr. map. 390 x 305 mm. (Some creases, rep. on v°). -- And 5 o. smaller maps of China. (7). NOTE: Ad 1: V.d. Krogt I, 0928:1.1.

Wed 08 May

ASIA -- CHINA -- "KANTON IN PLATTE GRONDT / Plate forme de la Ville de Kanton". (Amst., c. 1665). Plain engr. map from J. Nieuhoff. 286 x 365 mm. NOTE: A superb bird's-eye plan of Guangzhou (Canton) and the surrounding countryside with ships and junks in the harbour. Putti hold the title cartouche and key that flank the plan.

Wed 08 May

ASIA -- INDIA -- "L'INDOSTAN: description de la partie des Indes Orientales qui est sous la domination du grand Mogol". (1660-1679). Plain engr. map of the Mogul Empire by J. de His after M. Thévenot. 367 x 280 mm. NOTE: Adaptation of the rare map by William Baffin and Thomas Roe (1619).

Wed 08 May

BELARUS -- MANUSCRIPT MAP of the Belarusian city of Polotsk. (1786). Plan of Polotsk drawn on blueish paper by Ivan Abramovich (?), cold. by hand, with a compass rose, surrounded by explanatory texts, a diagram, a handcold. legend. At the top a woodcut seal of Empress Catherine II (The Great) of Russia with double-headed eagle. (A few tiny creases/tears, sev. sm. repairs on v°, some minor foxing in the middle). NOTE: Polotsk is the oldest Belarusian city, situated in the North on the Dvina River. It already existed in the first half of the 9th century. After the first partitioning of Poland (1772) the part of Polotsk on the right bank devolved to the Russian Empire, so that is the situation when this map was made. It was joined by the left bank after the second partitioning (1793).

Wed 08 May

BELGIUM -- "LEODIENSIS DIOECESIS". Amst., W. & J. Blaeu, (c. 1643). Handcold. engr. map. 380 x 495 mm. (Split on fold in lower margin). -- "PRIMA PARS BRABANTIÆ cuius caput Lovanium". Amst., W. & J. Blaeu, (c. 1643). Handcold. engr. map. 415 x 525 mm. -- "HABES HIC NOVAM & accuratissimam descriptionem trattus illius Flandriae (...)". Amst., Mercator/Hondius, (c. 1613). Handcold. engr. map by P. Kaerius. 370 x 510 mm. (W. 2 small rep. on v°, small hole in right lower blank margin, a bit browned). -- (3). NOTE: Ad 1-2: French text on v°. - V.d. Krogt II, 3360:2; 3110:2 (var. B). Ad 3: French text on v°. - V.d. Krogt I, 3205:1.

Wed 08 May

CASPIAN SEA -- "GEOGRAPHICA NOVA ex Oriente (…) quarum una Mare Caspium, altera Kamtzadaliam seu Terram Jedso curiose exhibet". Nürnberg, J.B. Homann, (c. 1725). Handcold. engr. map. 495 x 588 mm. (Tiny marg. rep. on v°). -- "PROVINCIARUM PERSICARUM KILANIAE, nempe Chirvaniae Dagestaniae". Nürnberg, J.B. Homann, (c. 1720). Handcold. engr. map. 590 x 490 mm. (Upper margin cut short (in plate edge), a few small marg. splits and 1 marg. repair). -- (2).

Wed 08 May

CASPIAN SEA -- "NIEUWE CAART van de Caspische Zee, met alle desselfs riviere, eylanden en dieptens; na de laatste observatien gelegt en verbeeterd, diergelyke voor deese nooit in 't ligt geweest. Amst., G. v. Keulen, (c. 1720). Handcold. engr. map, incl. a fine large view of Astrakhan (Russia) and smaller views of Samael and Berg Derment (Dagistan). 510 x 590 mm. (Upper margin replaced, some o. small marg. rep., right margin a bit stained, a few small marg. splits). NOTE: This charming chart principally comprises a detailed chart of the Caspian Sea, oriented to the east, showing parts of the various countries bordering the sea, including Astrakhan, Samarkand, Tartary, Georgia and Persia.

Wed 08 May

CITY VIEWS / PLANS -- "PRAGA, BOHEMIAE METROPOLIS accuratissime expressa". (Cologne, Braun & Hogenberg, c. 1618). Handcold. engr. view of Prague (half-page). 190 x 470 mm. (W. some skilfully repaired holes, sl. browned). -- "DIE ABCONTRAFACTUR der schönen und edlen Statt Tours". (Basel, c. 1590). Handcold. woodcut double-page map from S. Munster's 'Cosmographey'. 330 x 405 mm. (Rep. on fold. on v°, margins a bit thumbed, sl. browned). -- "NEUER GRUNDRISS der Churfürstl. Handels-Stadt Leipzig". 1786. Plain engr. plan. 380 x 500 mm. -- (3). NOTE: Ad 1: French text on v°. - Cf. V.d. Krogt IV-2.2 3476.

Wed 08 May

DENMARK -- "DANIAE REGNI TYPUM". (Amst.), J. Janssonius, 1629. Plain engr. map incorporating 8 city views (incl. Copenhagen, Helsingør, Lubeck, and Hamburg), 10 costumed figures, 3 portraits (incl. Tycho Brahe). 465 x 543 mm. (Skilfully rep. in margins and on folds on v°, some city names underlined in red). -- Added: "ACCURATE VORSTELLUNG der Berühmten Meer-Enge, zwischen der Nord und Ost See der Sund genant, (…) nebst der Königlich Dahnischen Haupt und Residenz Stadt Copenhagen." (c. 1720). Cont. handcold. engr. map. 500 x 590 mm. (Missing a piece on fold, clumsily rep.). -- (2). NOTE: Ad 1: Verso blank. - V.d. Krogt I, 1500:1B; Schilder VI, 76.1.

Wed 08 May

DENMARK -- "TABULA GENERALIS IUTIAE continens dioeceses quatuor, Alburgensem, Wiburgensem, Ripensem et Archusiensem (…)." Nurnberg, I.B. Homann, (c. 1716). Handcold. engr. map w. large decorative cartouche. 580 x 498 mm. (Margins a bit stained in places (sl. affecting the map), a few tiny holes to right margin).

Wed 08 May

EASTERN EUROPE -- "HUNGARIA REGNUM". Amst., G. & J. Blaeu, (c. 1650). Handcold. engr. map. 420 x 510 mm. -- Added: "MARCHIONATUS MISNIAE una cum Voitlandia". (Amst.), H. Hondius, (c. 1640). Handcold. engr. map. 423 x 516 mm. (A bit browned). -- (2). NOTE: Ad 1: Latin text on v°. - Van der Krogt II, 2800:2A

Wed 08 May

EASTERN EUROPE -- "ILLYRICUM". (Antw., Ortelius, 1579). Handcold. engr. map after J. Sambucus from Ortelius’s 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. 365 x 470 mm. -- Added: Small cold. map of Istria (80 x 110 mm). -- (2). NOTE: Latin text on v°. - V.d. Broecke, 144 (1579L(B)73).

Wed 08 May

EASTERN EUROPE -- POLAND -- "ZAMOSCIUM, Nova Poloniæ civitas, (…)". (Cologne, Braun & Hogenberg, 1617/18). Engr. view of Zamosc. 337 x 495 mm. (Map sl. dam. on crease, margins a bit frayed in the corners, split/rep. on fold., small scribbling in margin). NOTE: Latin text on v°. V.d. Krogt IV, 4914.

Wed 08 May

EGYPT -- "LES DESERTS D'EGYPTE, de Thebaide d'Arabie, de Sirie, &c (…)". Par., E. Michalet, 1693. Engr. map, partly handcold., showing Egypt and the Nile, Syria, and part of Saudi Arabia, w. large title cartouche. 560 x 784 mm. (Sm. rep to central fold). -- Added: "TERRE SAINTE". Amst., Covens & Mortier, (c. 1730). Engr. map cold. in outlines. 228 x 304 mm. -- (2).

Wed 08 May

FRANCE -- "ARCHIESCOPATUS CAMERACENSIS / Archevesché Cambray". Amst., W. Blaeu, (c. 1660). Handcold. engr. map. 380 x 500 mm. (Margins a bit frayed/split but ample, some minor foxing). -- "GALLIA VETUS". Amst., J. Janssonius, (c. 1650?). Beautiful handcold. map. 375 x 500 mm. (Lower part faintly stained). -- Added: "AVENIO, VULGO AVIGNON". Amst., P. Mortier, 1704. Plain engr. plan of Avignon. 428 x 525 mm. (Some marg. splits/repairs, a bit foxed in places). -- And 1 o. map. (4). NOTE: Ad 1: Spanish text on v°. - V.d Krogt II, 3310:2.2. Ad 2: Verso blank. - V.d. Krogt I, 4000H:1A.2.

Wed 08 May

FRANCE -- "LE MAINE". (Amst., H. Hondius, 1633). Handcold. engr. map. 370 x 500 mm. (Lower margin split on fold, lower right corner faintly stained). V.d. Krogt I, 4430:1A.1. -- "DUCHÉ ET GOUVERNEMENT General de Normandie". Amst., F. de Wit, (c. 1710). Handcold engr. map. 495 x 595 mm. (Margins cut, sl. browned). -- "LE GOUVERNEMENT de L'Isle de France". (c. 1650). Handcold. engr. map by D. de Templeux. 410 x 510 mm. (Sl. browned). -- And 1 o. ('Description du Blaisois'). (4).

Wed 08 May

FRANCE -- "PROVINCIAE, REGIONIS GALLIÆ, (…)". 355 x 500 mm. -- "CARTE DU PAIS DE XAINTONGE". 375 x 510 mm. -- "PICARDIA". 375 x 500 mm. -- "BITURIGUM. Le Duche de Berry". -- "BOURBONOIS. Borbonium ducatus". 380 x 500 mm. -- "AQUITANIA AUSTRALIS". 355 x 470 mm. -- And 1 o. tog. 7 plain engr. maps from Mercator/Hondius, Amst., 1630. (Sl. browned/foxed in places). -- Added 9 o. maps of France & Belgium (4 Tirion). (16).

Wed 08 May

GREAT BRITAIN -- "ENGELLANDT mit dem anstossenden Reich Schottlandt so vorzeiten Albion und Britannia haben geheissen". (Basel, c. 1590). Partly handcold. woodcut double-page map from S. Munster's 'Cosmographey'. 330 x 408 mm. (Lower margin cut short (touching the line), tiny hole in upper margin, sl. foxed/browned, lower right corner a bit thumbed). NOTE: German text on v°. - Shirley, Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 148.

Wed 08 May

GREAT BRITAIN -- "LA GRANDE BRETAGNE ou les Royaumes d'Angleterre et d'Ecosse comme aussi le Royaume D'Irlande divisée par Provinces". Augsburg, (c. 1764). Handcold. engr. map by T.L. Lotter. 495 x 580 mm. (Margins a bit thumbed/soiled in places).

Wed 08 May

GREAT BRITAIN -- "MONUMETHENSIS COMITATUS. Vernacule Monmouth Shire". - "RUTLANDIA COMITATUS. Rutland Shire". - (Amst., J. Blaeu, c. 1568-62). 2 engr. maps, beautifully cold. by hand and partly heighthened w. gold in the style of Dirck Jansz. van Santen. Both 380 x 495 mm. (Full-margined, but w. repaired tear to lower blank margin of first map). NOTE: Spanish text on v°. - V.d. Krogt II, 5560:2 5325:2.

Wed 08 May

GREAT BRITAIN -- "THE ISLE OF MAN (…). Described by Tho Durham Ano. 1595". Lond., J. Speed, 1610. Cont. handcold. engr. map decorated w. ships and sea-monsters & w. the "three legged" coat of arms and the Royal coat of arms. Latin text on v°. 385 x 512 mm. (Sl. browned).

Wed 08 May

ITALY -- "WARHAFFTIGE ABBILDUNG deß Flecken Plurs, in Grawen Bündten gelegen : wie solcher noch in Flor gewesen, Und auch, wie solcher nach seinem schröcklichen Untergang anzusehen". Nürnberg, H.Ph. Walch, 1619. Engr. view (195 x 295 mm) above letterpress explanation. 'Einblattdruck', 310 x 400 mm (sheet size). (Small rep. on v° to margins). NOTE: In 1618, a landslide caused a stir that affected the small town of Plurs/Piuro in the upper Bergell Valley in Graubünden which was completely destroyed. The place was and is located below Monte Conto, whose rich deposits of lavez stone, a soft and heat-resistant slate, were extensively mined for centuries. The landslide that the undermining and hollowing caused in the rainy summer of 1618 occurred on the evening of September 4th, or, according to old calendar calculations, on August 25th. A similar sheet, also with the address of Walch and with reference to the same subject, was published in the same year, not present here.

Wed 08 May

LOW COUNTRIES -- "BELGII UNIVERSI seu Inferioris Germaniae quam XVII Provinciae, Austriaco, Gallico et Batavo Sceptro parentes constituunt". Nürnb., Homann Heirs, 1747. Handcold. map by J.T. Mayer, engr. by R.A. Schneider, w. cartouche consisting of the coats of arms of the 17 provinces. 495 x 545 mm. (Fold & lower margin rep. on v°). -- Added: "ARENA MARTIS in Belgio, qua Provinciae X Catholicae Inferioris Germaniae". Nürnberg, J.B. Homann, (c. 1730). Handcold. engr. map, w. title-cartouche and cartouche w. 2 lions holding an inset view of Liège. 490 x 575 mm. (Fold strengthened and marg. rep. on v°, lower inner margin stained, a bit browned/foxed). -- (2). NOTE: Ad 1: First state. Van der Heijden 270.

Wed 08 May

LOW COUNTRIES -- "BELGIUM, Sive Inferior Germania post omnes in hac forma, exactissimè descripta auct. Abrahamo Goos". Amst., J. Janssonius, 1631. Plain engr. map of the 17 Provinces by A. Goos. 435 x 565 mm. Framed & glazed. (Fixed to (acid free) mount along (ample) margins; in very good condition). NOTE: Very elegant map, abundantly embellished with i.a.18 town views in the left, right and upper margin, coats of arms of the 17 Provinces in the lower margin, 6 'figures, a compass rose, 2 fine cartouches, etc. - Van der Heijden 85; Schilder VI, 54.3: "(…) based mostly on the 1608 map of the Seventeen Provinces by Willem Jansz [Blaeu]".

Wed 08 May

LOW COUNTRIES -- BLAEU -- "SASSA GANDENSIS obsessa et expugnata". Engr. plain bird's eye plan. 430 x 545 mm. (Lower margin faintly stained, sl. browned). -- "BROUCBURGUS vulgo Broucburch". Engr. plain plan. 415 x 525 mm. -- "SIEGE DE GRAVELINES". Engr. plain plan. 415 x 520 mm. -- And 13 o. plans on 6 sheets, all from Blaeu's Townbooks (1649). -- (9). NOTE: Van der Krogt IV-2, 576, 608, 990, 1023, 1287, 1618, 1639, 1796, 1933, 2475, 3051, 3885, 4717, 4814, 4843, 4975.

Wed 08 May

LOW COUNTRIES -- CHARTS -- "BESCHRIJVINGHE DER LANDEN ENDE ZEE-CUSTEN VAN EEMBDERLANDT (…) Hollandt, Zeela[n]dt ende Vlaenderen (…)/DESCRIPTION des contrées et costes maritimes du pays d'Embde et des terres e[n]viton Gro[n]ingue, (…)". (Amst., C. Claesz., n.d. (±1600)). Engr. chart by Benjamin Wright of (part of) the Belgian, Dutch and (part of) the German coast from Waghenaer's 'Thresoor der zeevaert', printed on 2 conjoined lvs. 200 x 555 mm. (Cut close to printing border, but in v.g. condition). Professionally framed, mounted on acid-free paper, glazed and under passepartout. NOTE: Fine and very rare chart of the coastal line of the North Sea from Flanders to Germany with 2 compass roses, indexes, ships, sea monsters, several cartouches of which 1 dedicatory cartouche with family crest of F.P. Maelson of Enkhuizen, etc. - Koeman IV, p. 504 (1B).

Wed 08 May

LOW COUNTRIES -- CHARTS -- "NIEUWE PASCAERT Waar in te sien is de gaten van Texel en 't Vlie (…)". Amst., J. v. Keulen, (1697-1709). Engr. nautical chart, cold. by hand, printed on thick paper. 510 x 580 mm. (A bit browned, margins curled in places, some splits in blank margins in places).

Wed 08 May

LOW COUNTRIES -- CHARTS -- ZUIDERZEE -- "BESCHRIJVINGE vande vermaerde stroemen, Tvlie ende Tmaersdiep, opstreckende Inde Zuijder Zee voer bij Enchuijsen tot Amstelredam (…)". (Leyden, Typ. Plantinianis, F. Raphelengius, 1586. Date on map: 1583). Plain engr. map by J. à Doetecum after L. Jansz. Waghenaer. 330 x 515 mm. (Recently) framed, glazed and under acid free passepartout. NOTE: From: "Speculum nauticum (…)/Spieghel der Zeevaerdt, vande navigatie der Westersche zee Innehoudende alle de Custen van Franckrijck, Spaignen, en t' principaelste deel van Engeland". (Leiden, 1586). - Koeman IV, Wag 5A. Walsmit, p. 212: "Dit is de eerste gedrukte kaart van de Zuiderzee op groot formaat. Het afgebeelde gebied omvat Noord-Holland, de Zuiderzee tot en met Urk (zonder de kust van Utrecht, Gelderland en Overijsel) en de Wadden tot en met Ameland." Third state with extra beacon in 'De Tetting' (Walsmit, Spiegel van de Zuiderzee, Z1.3). According to Koeman 2nd state (Koeman IV, p. 472, 2b). Uninspected out of frame, but in outstanding condition w. ample margins.

Wed 08 May

LOW COUNTRIES -- COLLECTION of 11 plain in-text engr. maps by A. Goos and P. Kaerius, incl. some text-lvs. (pp. 333-416), from a Mercator-Hondius-Janssonius atlas, the "Atlas Minor", translated in Dutch by E. Brinck, and published by Janssonius at Amsterdam in 1630. 8°-obl. No cover, partly loose. NOTE: Maps present: "Belgium Sive Inferior Germania" - "Comitatus Flandria" - "Ducatus Brabantiæ" - "Comitatus Hollandia" - "Zelandia Comitatus" - "Geldria Ducatus" - "Artesia Comitatus" - "Comitatus Hanonia" - "Ducatus Lutzenburgicus" - "Frisia Occidentalis" - "Ultraiectum" - "Groninga Dominium". - Koeman ME 197.

Wed 08 May

LOW COUNTRIES -- DELFT -- "AFBEELDING der Stad Delft" (also called: "Kaart figuratief van Delft"). Amst., P. Smith, n.d. (1703). Engr. wall plan of Delft, consisting of 28 parts, including the city plan printed on 4 conjoined sheets. The city plan is framed, glazed and under passepartout, the other prints loose as issued. (Partly browned/discold., partly w. traces of previous framing, plan & perspective view laid down on cardboard). NOTE: Dirck Evertsz. van Bleyswijck (1639-1681), was commissioned in 1675 to have a map made with accompanying images of buildings and cityscapes. Only 1 copy of the first edition from 1678 seems to have survived, now in the municipal archive of Delft. Of this second edition only 200 copies were made. The map consists of a city plan, a bird's eye view of Delft, Delfshaven seen from the Maas on top of four family crests of Delft mayors, 22 images of buildings, two maps of Overschie and Delfshaven, and finally a short text with a description of the city of Delft. This plan together with the border prints can be put together to form a monumental wall map of almost four square meters! The map's measurements were taken by surveyor Jacob Spoors, (1595–1677), who would become a particularly important individual in Johannes Vermeer’s network of friends and colleagues interested in exploring the natural world through art, science, mathematics, and optical devices. Johannes de Ram was engaged to engrave the map with five fine cartouches by Romeyn de Hooghe; Coenraet Decker engraved the surrounding pictorial panels.

Wed 08 May

LOW COUNTRIES -- "HOLLANDIA COMITATUS". (Amst.), W. Blaeu, n.d. (=1647/-48). Engr. map w. some colouring. 395 x 525 mm. Dutch text on v°. (Rather heavily rep./restored, image browned). NOTE: Van der Krogt 2, 3400:2B; Blonk-v.d. Wijst 49.2. Sold w.a.f., not subject to return.

Wed 08 May

LOW COUNTRIES -- "LA SEIGNEURIE D'OVER-YSSEL subdivisée en trois parties Sallant, Twente, et Drente". Paris, H. Jaillot, 1674. Handcold. engr. map w. 2 cartouches by Sanson. 563 x 428 mm. (Some tiny holes in right blank margin, a bit browned). -- "TABULAE DOMINII GROENINGAE quae et complectitur maximam partem Drentiae". Amst., F. de Wit, (c. 1671). Partly handcold. engr. map w. 2 cartouches, inset map of the Wadden Islands and 2 compass roses. 467 x 553 mm. (2 parts a bit faded/faintly stained). Vredenberg-Alink IV A 24. -- (2).

Wed 08 May

LOW COUNTRIES -- LEIDEN -- "LUGDUNUM BATAVORUM, Leyden in Hollant". (C. 1610). Plain engr. plan of the town. 243 x 332 mm. (Laid down, margins a bit thumbed/browned, a few faint blue stains). NOTE: Taken from Guicciardini's description of the Netherlands. Guicciardini Illustratus, Leiden-2.2 (p. 258).

Wed 08 May

LOW COUNTRIES -- "NOVISSIMA ET ACCURATISSIMA XVII Provinciarum Germaniæ Inferioris Tabula". (Amst.), F. de Wit, n.d. (c. 1680). Engr. map in cont. colouring. 480 x 555 mm. (A bit browned, for a large part split on central vertical fold, and w. 3 tears in right outer margin running into image). - Sold w.a.f., not subject to return.

Wed 08 May

LOW COUNTRIES -- "RHENOLANDIÆ et AMSTELLANDIÆ exactissima Tabula". (Amst.,) G. Blaeu. (c. 1645). Partly handcold. engr. map. 408 x 502 mm. (Paper flaw to right margin, faintly stained in places). -- "RHENOLANDIA, AMSTELANDIA et circumjacentia aliquot territoria". Amst., N. Visscher/P. Schenk Jr., (c. 1720). Handcold. engr. map. 455 x 554 mm. (Sm. rep. on fold on v°). -- (2). NOTE: Ad 1: French text on v°. - V.d. Krogt II, 3405:2:212-3.

Wed 08 May

LOW COUNTRIES -- "TABULA DUCATUS LIMBURCH et Comitatus Valckenburch". Amst., F. de Wit, (c. 1680). Cont. handcold. engr. map, sl. heighthened w. gold. 470 x 560 mm. (Faint stain in lower blank margin, split on fold in lower margin). -- "BRABANTIÆ, Germaniæ inferioris nobilissimæ provinciæ descriptio. J. a Dave(n)tria". (Antw., Ortelius 1571). Cont. handcold. engr. map by Th. Galle w. fine cartouche and scale indicator. 365 x 504 mm. (Repaired on fold., sl. browned). -- And 1 o. (3). NOTE: Ad 1: Verso blank. - Koeman III, 214. Ad 2: Latin text on v°. - V.d. Broecke 65:1571L16; V.d. Krogt IIIB, 3100:31A.

Wed 08 May

LOW COUNTRIES -- "ZELANDIA COMITATUS". (Mercator, 1585). Plain engr. map w. elaborate cartouche and scale indicator in right lower corner. 345 x 488 mm. NOTE: First state, in fine condition. - Blonk & v.d. Wijst, Zeelandia comitatus 9; V.d. Krogt I, 3600:A1.

Wed 08 May

MARITIME HISTORY -- "CAARTE VAN DE LANDINGH in de Baaij van Vigos als meede het inneemen van twee Casteels en het verooveren der Spaansche silvre Vloot ten ancker leggende inde Baaij voor Redonella den 23 en 24 october 1702". The Hague, Anna Beeck, n.d. Engr. by J. v. Call. 495 x 730 mm. (Several tears in places (running into image), small repair on v° at foot of central fold, a bit browned). NOTE: Rare map of the naval battle in the Bay of Vigo in which the French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the combined English-Dutch fleet on October 23, 1702. Top right a drapery with a list of the captured and burned French ships; bottom left the order of battle of the English and Dutch ships. Sold w.a.f., not subject to return. - FMH 3289a.

Wed 08 May

MÜNSTER, S. Polonia et Ungaria XV nova tabula. - Tabula Asiae XII. - Tabula Aphricae III. - Aphricae tabula IIII. - (c. 1550). 4 plain woodcut maps. 304 x 405 mm (paper size). (Sm. rep. on v°, a bit browned). -- Added: 9 o. (small) engrs. on 7 lvs. by the same. -- (11).

Wed 08 May

RUSSIA -- "NOVA ET ACCURATA Wolgæ fluminis, olim Rha dicit delineatio". (Lond.), Janssonius-Waesbergius & M. Pitt, (c. 1680). Handcold. engr. map. 468 x 550 mm. (Lower margin split at fold., some o. small splits, a bit browned in places (caused by colouring)). NOTE: Showing the river in two vertical strips from Veliky Novgorod to Astrakhan where it discharges into the Caspian .

Wed 08 May

SEA CHARTS -- BALTIC SEA -- "NIEUWE PASKAERT voor een gedeelte van de Oost Zee". Amst., J. v. Keulen, (c. 1684). Handcold. engr. chart. 502 x 585 mm. (Suffering from ink corrosion along thicker ink lines in a few places, causing unobtrusive, but small fractures in the paper (rep. on v°), sl. foxed/browned). NOTE: Koeman IV, p. 381 [56].

Wed 08 May

SEA CHARTS -- "CARTE DE L'OCÉAN ATLANTIQUE SEPTENTRIONAL (& MÉRIDIONAL) (depuis l'Equateur jusqu'au 52ème. degré de Latitude). Rédigée p. P. Daussy (…)". (Paris), Au Dépôt-général de la Marine, 1834. 2 plain engr. charts printed on laid paper of the North and South Atlantic. 590 x 880 mm (image size) each. (Both w. vertical fold in the centre ('Meridional' partly split), some small rep. to margins on v°).

Wed 08 May

SEA CHARTS -- DÉPOT GÉNÉRALE DE LA MARINE -- "CARTE GÉNÉRALE DES ÎLES ANTILLES comprises entre celles de la Trinité et de Porto-rico". 1806 (later issue?). Very detailed plain engr. chart of the Antilles by E. Collin. 910 x 620 mm. (A few sm. marg. tears). -- "CARTE RÉDUITE de la côte occidentale de l'Amérique". 1821. Plain engr. chart. 930 x 620 mm. -- (2).

Wed 08 May

SEA CHARTS -- DÉPOT GÉNÉRALE DE LA MARINE -- "CARTE RÉDUITE de la côte occidentale de l'Amérique". 1821. Handcold. engr. chart. 930 x 620 mm. (Some marg. tears/chips, piece of lower right blank corner torn off). -- "CARTE RÉDUITE des côtes de l'Isthme de Panama et de la province de Carthagène". 1823. Plain engr. chart. 620 x 980 mm. (A few sm. marg. tears, upper margin a bit stained). -- "CARTE RÉDUITE des Iles Antilles (…) [et] CARTE RÉDUITE des Debouquements de St. Domingue d'après des Déterminations (…) de la Flore en 1771 et 1772. 1775. Pair of plain engr. charts printed on one sheet. (A few sm. marg tears/chips, some light foxing). -- Added: "ANGUILLA TO PUERTO RICO shewing the approaches to the Virgin Islands". 1882. Plain engr. chart. 655 x 1020 mm. (Some marg. tears, a few repairs). -- (4).

Wed 08 May

SEA CHARTS -- "MAR DI AETHIOPIA Vulgo Oceanus Aethiopicus". Amst., J. Janssonius, (c. 1680). Handcold. engr. chart. 437 x 557 mm. (Sl. browned, a few tiny holes in lower blank margin). NOTE: From one of the first sea-atlasses of the world. Nice map with opposite coasts of South-America and Africa and "Terra Australis Icognita" at the bottom. - Verso blank. V.d. Krogt I, 0102:1.

Wed 08 May

SEA CHARTS -- "NOVÆ HISPANIÆ, Chili, Peruviæ, et Guatimalæ Littoræ". (Amst.), F. de Wit, (c. 1688). Handcold. engr. chart. w. beautiful cartouche featuring Conquistadors, Incas, allegorical figures including Mercury and sea nymphs. 492 x 565 mm. (Split on fold at the bottom (skilfully repaired)). NOTE: Highly decorative chart of central America and north west South America, showing Yucatan south to Peru and Chile, as well as parts of Cuba, Hispaniola and Jamaica. Despite being known to Europeans as early as 1535 the Galapagos Islands are omitted. - Koeman III, Wit 16.

Wed 08 May

SEA CHARTS -- "PAS-KAART van de Golff de Guanaios met 't Canaal tusschen Yucatan en I. Cuba (…)". Amst., J. v. Keulen, (c. 1700). Handcold. engr. chart. 518 x 587 mm. (Some small marg. tears/creases, a few spots, sl. browned). NOTE: Koeman IV, p. 381 [128*].

Wed 08 May

SEA CHARTS -- "TRACTUS LITTORALES Guineae a Promontorio Verde usqua ad Sinum Catenbelae." (Amst.), F. de Wit, (c. 1680). Handcold. engr. chart, w. large allegorical cartouche. 490 x 568 mm. (Fold split at the bottom). -- Added: "PAS CAARTE van de Bocht van Gabon". Amst., J. v. Keulen, (1683). Handcold. engr. map. 500 x 580 mm. (Small tears/dam./stains to margins, browned). -- (2). NOTE: Ad 1: Attractive chart of the west coast of Africa, from Angola northwards to the Gambia. - Verso blank.

Wed 08 May

SOUTH AMERICA -- "A MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA containing Tierra Firma, Guyana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia from Mr. D'Anville w. several improvements and Additions, (…)". London, Laurie & Whittle, 1794. Engr. map printed on 4 conjoined sheets, in cont. colouring. W. large cartouche, inset map of the Falkland Islands, and inset "summary account" of the history of 9 South American countries. Total size 105 x 124 cm. (Slightly foxed, blank margin a bit frayed and soiled in places, some splits, small marginal rep. on v°, but in all a handsome map). NOTE: As such not in Phillips, but cf. 802 and 803.

Wed 08 May

SOUTH AMERICA -- CARIBBEAN -- "CARTE DE L'ISLE de la Martinique". (Par., 1764). Handcold. engr. map by J.N. Bellin. 216 x 320 mm. (A bit browned/foxed). -- "CARTE DE L'ISLE de la Guadeloupe". (Par., 1764). Handcold. engr. map by J.N. Bellin. 218 x 323 mm. (A bit browned/foxed). -- "CARTE DES ISLES DES VIERGES". Par., (1764). Handcold. engr. map by J.N. Bellin. 210 x 255 mm. -- "PETITES ANTILLES ou les Isles du Vent". Par., (1764). Handcold. engr. map by J.N. Bellin. 230 x 170 mm. -- And 4 o. (8).

Wed 08 May

SOUTH AMERICA -- CARIBBEAN -- "CARTE DE LA TERRE FIRME de la Gyuana et du Pays des Amazones". Par., M. Bonne, 1771. Handcold. engr. map. 330 x 430 mm. -- "LA TERRE FERME et le Perou avec le Pay des Amazones et le Bresil dans l'Amérique Meridionale". Par., N. de Fer, 1705. Engr. map, cold in outlines. 232 x 340 mm. (A bit browned). -- "STROM MARAGNON". 1707. Plain engr. map by S. Fritz. 224 x 350 mm. -- "CARTE DU COURS DU MARAGNON ou de la Grande Riviere des Amazones". (Par., 1748). Plain engr. map. 192 x 385 mm. -- "COURS DE LA FLEUVE MARAGNON autrement dit des Amazones". (1780). Plain engr. map by S. Fritz. 230 x 350 mm. (Rep. on v°). -- (5).

Wed 08 May

SOUTH AMERICA -- CARIBBEAN -- "CARTE DES ANTILLES". (c. 1800). Engr. map by Tardieu after André, cold. in outlines. 333 x 438 mm. -- "CARTE REDUITE du Golphe du Mexique et des Isles de l'Amerique". (Par., 1746). Plain engr. map by J.N. Bellin. 230 x 327 mm. -- "SUPPLEMENT pour les Isles Antilles. Extrait des cartes angloises". (c. 1780). Handcold. engr. map by M. Bonne. 342 x 225 mm. (Margins a bit frayed, somewhat browned/foxed). -- "DE GROOTE ENDE KLEYNE Eylanden van West-Indien". (Amst., J. Cloppenburg, 1630). Plain engr. map. 195 x 260 mm. -- And 6 o. (smaller) maps. (10).

Wed 08 May

SOUTH AMERICA -- CARIBBEAN -- "CARTE DES ISLES DES VIERGES". Par., (1764). Handcold. engr. map by J.N. Bellin. 210 x 255 mm. -- "PETITES ANTILLES ou Isles du Vent 3e. Partie". Par., (1764). Handcold. engr. map by J.N. Bellin. 230 x 365 mm. -- "PETITES ANTILLES ou les Isles du Vent". Par., (1764). Handcold. engr. map by J.N. Bellin. 230 x 170 mm. -- "SUPPLEMENT pour les Isles Antilles. Extrait des cartes angloises". (c. 1780). Handcold. engr. map by M. Bonne. 342 x 225 mm. (Margins a bit stained/frayed). -- (4).

Wed 08 May

SOUTH AMERICA -- CARIBBEAN -- "ISLES D'AMERIQUE dites Caribes et Antilles et de Barlovento. Par., 1677. Engr. map by P. du Val d'Abbeville, cold. in outlines. 345 x 265 mm. -- "MAP OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS". Lond., 1842. Engr. handcold. map by J. Arrowsmith. 463 x 590 mm. (Margins split in places, lower blank corners cut and with small piece of tape in richt corner). -- "GEOGRAHICAL, STATISTICAL, and historical map of the Leeward Islands". (Lond., c. 1827). Handcold. engr. map surrounded by text. 290 x 235 mm (image size). -- "A NEW AND ACCURATE MAP OF TERRA FIRMA and the Caribbe Islands". (1747). Engr. map by E. Bowen. 357 x 423 mm. -- And 3 o. smaller maps. (7).