Coronelli's very incomplete map of the Pacific

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.

Mare del Sud, detto altrimenti Mare Pacifico.

Venice, c.1691. 455 x 610mm.

Stock ID : 20062

£2,500

An early 16th ventury woocut plan of Venice

BORDONE, Benedetto.

Vinegia.

Venice, c.1534. Woodcut, set in Italian text, sheet 280 x 365mm.

Stock ID : 20064

£1,650

Early 18th century map celebrating the Hanoverian Ascendency

WILLDEY, George.

To His Sacred and most Excellent Maj.esty George By the Grace of God King of Great Britain France & Ireland &c This Map of Great Britain and Ireland Corrected from the Newest & most Exact Observations is most Humbly Dedicated by Your Majesty's Loyal and most Obedient Subject and Servant, George Willdey. 1715.

London: Willdey, 1715. Original colour refreshed. Two sheets conjoined, total 950 x 655mm.

Stock ID : 20049

£5,000

19th century view of Lahore

CARPENTER, William.

The Mosque of Wuzeer Alee Khan, Lahore, after W. Carpenter Jun.

London, May 22nd 1858. Chromolithograph. 240 x 330mm.

Stock ID : 20108

£190

Early 18th century map of Batavia

AA, Pieter van der.

La rade de Batavia

Leyden, c. 1725. 195 x 160mm, with wide margins.

Stock ID : 20079

£200

Decorative 18th century map of South East Asia

BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis.

Chine et Indes avec les Isles; d'Apres les Descriptions les plus Exactes.

Paris, Desnos, 1766. Original colour. 370 x 530mm.

Stock ID : 20081

£250

An 18th century sea chart of the Isle of Wight

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

Carte De L'Isle De Wight.

Paris, 1764. Original colours. 230 x 365mm.

Stock ID : 20046

£250

The largest edition of the landmark Ortelius atlas

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. [&] Parergon, sive Veteris Geographiæ Aliquot Tabulæ. [&] Nomenclator Ptolemaicus... [&] De Mona Druidum...

Antwerp: Officinina Plantiniana, 1612, Latin text edition. Four works in one. Folio, rebound in contemporary blind-stamped vellum; 'Theatrum' with engraved title, pp. (xxxxiiii), with engr. dedication, memorial and portrait; with 128 maps; 'Parergon' with engraved title, pp. (iv) + 38 plates; 'Nomenclator' with letterpress title with engraved vignette, pp. 30; 'Druidum' pp. 5.

Stock ID : 20045

£92,500

18th century map of Ireland

SANSON, Nicolas.

L'Irlande, Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Mess.rs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, etc…

Aa: Leiden, c.1729. Original outline colour. 235 x 300mm.

Stock ID : 20047

£220

Map of the Caspian Sea and Independent Tartary

GIBSON, John.

A Plain Chart of the Caspian Sea, According to the Observations of Capt. John Elton Author of Elton's Quadrant, & Thomas Woodroofe, Master of the British Ship Empress of Russia, Who Navigated this Sea three Years...

London, 1753. Coloured. 360 x 550mm.

Stock ID : 20066

£340

18th century detailed plan of Genova

BRUSCHI, Giacomo.

Topografia del Porto, e Cittá di Genova...

Genova: Yves Gravier, 1789. 410 x 560mm, with wide margins.

Stock ID : 20125

£650

Classic Dutch 'carte-à-figure' map of Africa

BLAEU, Willem Janszoon.

Africæ nova Descriptio.

Amsterdam, c.1650, German text edition. Fine original colour. 410 x 460mm.

Stock ID : 20126

£4,750

The rare first edition map of Asia by de Fer

FER, Nicolas de.

L'Asie Suivant les Nouvelles Decouvertes dont les Point Principaux Sont Placez... ..

Paris, 1700. Coloured. 235 x 330mm.

Stock ID : 20130

£300

Plan and prospect of Tharangambadi, the Danish trading post

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Grund-Riss und Prospect der Königlichen Dänischen auf der Küste Choromandel in Ost-Indien belegenen Vestung und Stadt Dansburg u: Trankenbar…

Augsburg, c.1745. Original colour. 510 x 575mm.

Stock ID : 20070

£770

18th century map of Borneo

AA, Pieter van der.

L'Ile de Borneo Suivant les memoires des plus Celebres Navigateurs.

Leyden, c. 1725. 195 x 160mm, with wide margins.

Stock ID : 20069

£325

17th century view of Stonehenge

BLAEU, Johannes.

[Stonehenge.]

Amsterdam, c.1660, Dutch text edition. Original colour. 195 x 250mm,

Stock ID : 20083

£220

A superbly-decorated 17th century wind rose

JANSSON, Jan.

Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Nautica Ventorum nomina sex linguis repræsentans.

Amsterdam, c.1690. Original colour with later additions and with gold highlights. 425 x 530mm.

Stock ID : 20085

£2,900

Uncommon map of the Gulf of Finland

ZATTA, Antonio.

Golfo di Finlandia colle Provincie della Finlandia Russa, Carelia, Ingria, Estonia, Nylandia.

Venice, c.1780. Original outline colour. 330 x 420mm.

Stock ID : 20086

£160

Views in Formosa

AA, Pieter van der.

Temple et Offrande des Formosans; Maisons baties de bamboches par les habitans de l'Ile de Formosa; Habit d'ete de l'ile de Formosa;, Habit d'hiver des Habitans de l'Ile de Formosa

Leiden, c.1725. 345 x 420mm.

Stock ID : 20087

£425

Map of classical Jerusalem and the Holy Temple

MORTIER, Pieter.

De Stadt Jerusalem ... La ville de Jerusalem; De Tempel Sdalomons ... Le Temple de Salomon.

Amsterdam, 1700. 360 x 240mm.

Stock ID : 20091

£290

Temple at Mecca

CHÂTELAIN, Henri Abraham.

Le Temple de la Mecque avec une Description Exacte de tout ce qu'on y Voit & Des Ceremoniesqu'on y fait.

Amsterdam, 1720. 380 x 440mm.

Stock ID : 20092

£550

One of the few old maps of Curacao

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

Isle De Curacao ou Corassol.

Paris, c.1764. Coloured. 230 x 180mm, on heavy paper with good margins.

Stock ID : 20133

£280

18th century French map of St Kitts

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

Carte de de L'Isle St Christophe.

Amsterdam, 1758. Coloured. 210 x 325mm.

Stock ID : 20134

£150

The Mediterranean Sea in the 18th Century

BODENEHR, Gabriel.

Das Mittellaendische Meer…

Augsburg, c.1720. Coloured. 165 x 235mm.

Stock ID : 20136

£250

A decorative map of Provence

JAILLOT, Alexis-Hubert.

La Provence Divisée en ses Vigueries, et Terres Adjacentes.

Amsterdam, R. & J. Ottens, c.1730. Fine original colour. 460 x 650mm.

Stock ID : 20137

£700

The first Western atlas of China

BLAEU, Johannes.

Novus Atlas Sinensis. A Martino Martinio... Eerste Deel van't Negende Stuck der Aerdycks Beashryving.

Amsterdam, 1655, Dutch edition. Folio; full vellum; two coloured engr. titles with gold highlights, pp. [iv] + 212 + 40 + xviii + [20]; 17 maps in excellent original colour.

Stock ID : 20044

£29,000

A military map of Saigon at the beginning of the 20th century

CHANTEREAU.

Environs de la Place de Saigon. Carte au 1/20000 dressée en Juilllet 1904 par le Lieutenant Chantereau de l'Artillerie colonial...

Saigon?, 1904. Heliographic map with hand colour and annotations. Sheet 660 x 845mm.

Stock ID : 20139

£1,500

Greenland

CHURCHILL, John.

The Map of Groenland.

London, 1704. Coloured. 145 x 290mm.

Stock ID : 20144

£170

Ortelius's atlas in fine original colour

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.

Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1579, Latin text edition. Folio, original calf, blind-stamped with title; pp. (xviii)+(86) ('Nomenclator Ptolemaicus' & 'De Mona Druidum') , engraved title, portait and 93 maps, all in original hand colour.

Stock ID : 20146

£79,500

Munster's 'upside-down' map of Europe in original colour

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Europa Prima Nova Tabula.

Basle, Henri Petri, c.1542, Latin edition. Woodcut in original colour. 270 x 340mm.

Stock ID : 20153

£1,400

Plan of London in the reign of Queen Anne

HOMANN, Johann Baptist.

Accurater Prospect und Grundris der Königl: Gros-Britañisch: Haupt und Residenz Stadt London...

Nuremberg, c.1705. Original colour. 485 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 20155

£2,600

Early 18th century plan of London

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Londinum celeberrima Metropolis, splendissima Regia et opulentissimum Angliae Emporium, accuratissime delineata per Mathaeum Seutter.

Augsburg, c.1725. Original colour. 505 x 585mm.

Stock ID : 20156

£2,600

A map of the Middle East with a bird's-eye view of the Suez Canal

VANNINI, Ulisse.

Carta Generale delle Vie Ferrate d'Europa e delle Marittime relative all'Istmo de Suez.

Florence: Litografia Toscana, c.1870. Lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 385 x 515mm.

Stock ID : 20162

£350

The Duchy of Milan

HOMANN, Johann Baptist.

Ducatus Mediolani una cum Confinys...

Nuremberg, c.1735. Original body colour. 480 x 585mm.

Stock ID : 7983

£180

17th century map of Europe

VISSCHER, Nicolas Jansz.

Europa delineata et recens edita par Nicolaum Visscher.

Amsterdam: Johannes Jansson, 1658. Original colour. 460 x 550mm.

Stock ID : 12014

£800

A detailed 18th century map of Corsica

KITCHIN, Thomas.

A New Map of the Island of Corsica, Divided into Cantons, called Pieves.

London, 1762. 250 x 185mm.

Stock ID : 12109

£240

A 19th century wall map of Asia in fine original colour

JOHNSTON, A.K.

Stanford's Library Map of Asia constructed by A. Keith Johnston F.R.S.E., F.R.G.S. &c.

London, Edward Stanford, 1862, First Edition. Dissected and laid on linen edged in blue silk, total 1550 x 1720mm

Stock ID : 12310

£2,250

An early plan woodcut of Paris within a decorative border

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Lutetia Parisiorum urbs, toto orbe celeberrima notissimaque, caput regni Franciæ.

Basle, c.1560, Latin text edition. Coloured woodcut, 270 x 320mm.

Stock ID : 12774

£550

Italy's Second War of Independence

WYLD, James.

A Map of the Theatre of War In Italy.

London: James Wyld, c.1859. Original colour. Lithograph, sheet 650 x 850mm, dissected and laid on linen, original blind-decorated cloth boards with gilt title.

Stock ID : 13093

£400

18th century view of the City from the Thames

FARINGTON, Joseph.

View of Black-Friars Bridge, and St. Paul's Cathedral.

London, W. Byrne, 1790. Coloured aquatint with soft ground etching. 460 x 670mm.

Stock ID : 13343

£1,500

Decorative 19th century world map

LEVASSEUR, Victor.

Planisphère.

Paris, Pelissier, c.1845. Original colour. 310 x 410mm.

Stock ID : 13631

£400

The creation of Finsbury Circus by George Dance

DANCE, George.

Improvements Proposed [by T]he Hon. Corporation of London between the Royal Exchange and Finsbury Square.

London, 1803. Original colour. Sheet 515 x 370mm.

Stock ID : 15984

£750

Map of Siberia with decorative vignettes

TALLIS, John.

Russia in Asia.

London, John Tallis & Co., c.1851. Original outline colour. Steel engraving, printed area 260 x 330mm.

Stock ID : 16152

£110

Map of Northern Italy with vignettes

TALLIS, John.

Northern Italy.

London, J. & F. Tallis & Co., c.1851. Original outline colour. Printed area 250 x 320mm.

Stock ID : 16157

£150

Fantasy map of Europe as a Queen from Bunting's Itinerarium

BÜNTING, Heinrich.

Europa Prima Pars Terræ in Forma Virginis.

Magdeburg, c.1581-, Latin edition. Woodcut, printed area 300 x 370mm.

Stock ID : 16939

£3,250

Map of Chile and Argentina with vignettes

TALLIS, John.

Chili and La Plata.

London, John Tallis & Co., c.1851. Original outline colour. Steel engraving, 355 x 250mm.

Stock ID : 17778

£115

A scarce plan of the city and port of Scio

ALBRIZZI, Girolamo.

Citta di Scio Conquistata dalle Aemi Della Seren:ma Republica di Venetia li ist Settemb.r 1694.

Venice: Albrizzi, 1694. 180 x 350mm, with wide margins.

Stock ID : 17921

£450

Detailed map of Japan

MARMOCCHI, F.C.

La Corea La Manciuria L'Impero del Giappone e Le Isole Kurille.

Genova, 1858. Original colour. 295 x 360mm.

Stock ID : 18150

£100

India in the 1820s

SMITH, Charles.

Hindoostan

London: C. Smith, 1820. Original body colour. 350 x 285mm.

Stock ID : 18455

£220

19th century map of the East Indies

SMITH, Charles.

East India Isles.

London, Charles Smith, 1820. Original colour. 270 x 360mm.

Stock ID : 18456

£250