The gems of the British Library map collection

HARPER, Tom.

Atlas: A World of Maps from the British Library.

London: British Library, 2018. 4to, cloth & illustrated dustwrapper; pp. 272, profusely illustrated.

Stock ID : 22207

£30

An allegorical map of Denmark

TENNANT, Lilian Lancaster.

Denmark. ['The Elf-King Guards the Danish Coasts']

Adam & Charles Black: London, 1912. Sheet 240 x 170mm.

Stock ID : 22219

£110

An allegorical map of Iceland

TENNANT, Lilian Lancaster.

Iceland. ['The Raven Guides Floke Across the Great Sea']

Adam & Charles Black: London, 1912. Sheet 170 x 240mm.

Stock ID : 22220

£120

The famous 'Hieroglyphic' portrait of Napoleon

VOLTZ, Johann Michael.

Napoleon. The First, and Last, by the Wrath of Heaven Emperor of the Jacobins, Protector of the Confederation of Rogues, Mediator of the Hellish League, Grand Cross of the Legion of Horror, Commander in Chief of the Legions of Skeletons left at Moscow, Smolensk, Leipzig, &c., Head Runner of Runaways, Mock High-Priest of the Sanhedrim, Mock Prophet of Mussulmen, Mock Pillar of the Christian Faith, Inventor of the Syrian Method of disposing of his own Sick by sleeping Draughts, or of captured Enemies by the Bayonet; First Grave-Digger for burying alive; Chief Gaoler of the Holy Father and of the King of Spain, Destroyer of Crowns, and Manufacturer of Counts, Dukes, Princes, and Kings; Chief Douanier of the Continental System, Head Butcher of the Parisian and Toulonese Massacres, Murderer of Hoffer, Palm, Wright, nay, of his own Prince the noble and virtuous Duke of Enghien, and of a Thousand others; Kidnapper of Ambassadors, High-Admiral of the Invasion Praams, Cup-bearer of the Jaffa Poison, Arch-Chancellor of Waste-Paper Treaties, Arch-Treasurer of the Plunder of the World, the Sanguinary Coxcomb, Assassin, and Incendiary......to / Make Peace With !!! / This Hieroglyphic Portrait of the Destroyer is faithfully copied from a German Print, with the parody of his assumed titles. The Hat of the Destroyer represents a discomfited French Eagle, maimed and crouching, after his Conflict with the Eagles of the North. His Visage is composed of the Carcases of the Victims of his Folly and Ambition, who perished on the Plains of Russia and Saxony. His Throat is encircled with the Red Sea, in Allusion to his drowned Hosts. His Epaulette is a Hand, leading the Rhenish Confederation, under the flimsy Symbol of a Cobweb. The Spider is an Emblem of the Vigilance of the Allies, who have inflicted on That Hand a deadly Sting!'

London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1814. Etching with original hand colour, set in letterpress. Sheet 480 x 295mm.

Stock ID : 22183

£950

An advertising poster for Air France with a world map

BOUCHER, Lucien.

Air France. Réseau Aérien Mondial.

Paris: Perceval, 1947. Chromolithograph. Sheet SIZE 535 x 910

Stock ID : 22185

£1,500

''War is the National Industry of Prussia''

NEUMONT, Maurice.

En 1788 Mirabeau desait déjà: La Guerre est lIndustrie Nationale de la Prusse.

Paris: P.J. Gallais et C.ie, for La Conference au Village contre la Propagande Ennemie en France, c.1917. Chromolithograph, sheet 570 x 790mm..

Stock ID : 22186

£1,250

The rare Latin-text edition of Speed's county map of Shropshire

SPEED, John.

Shropshyre Described. The Sittuation of Shrowsesbury Shewed With the Armes of thos Earles, and other Memorable things observed.

London: John Sudbury & George Humble, 1616. Coloured. 390 x 515mm, with good margins.

Stock ID : 22188

£900

Rare Latin-text edition of Speed's map of Worcestershire

SPEED, John.

Worcestershire described...

London: John Sudbury & George Humble, 1616, Latin text edition. Coloured. 380 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 22189

£750

A satire on an incident in the 'Great Game'

MORGAN, Matthew Somerville.

Peace!!! A Legacy of the Late Government.

London, 1885. Wood engraving. Sheet 545 x 370mm.

Stock ID : 22190

£320

Nonsuch Palace, Henry VIII's lost hunting lodge

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans.

Palatium Regium in Angliae Regno Appellatum Nonciutz, Hoc est musquam simile.

Cologne, Braun & Hogenberg, c.1582. Original colour. 315 x 445mm.

Stock ID : 22191

£680

A 17th century Dutch chart of the North Atlantic

JANSSON, Jan.

Mar del Nort.

Amsterdam, 1650, German text edition. Original colour. 435 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 22192

£1,600

The first printing of this classic 16th century map of Scotland

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Scotiae Tabula.

Antwerp: Plantin, 1573, Latin text edition. Old colour. 355 x 480mm.

Stock ID : 22193

£1,200

An early Georgian map of London

STRYPE, John.

A New Plan of the City of London, Westminster and Southwark.

London, 1720. Coloured. 500 x 680mm.

Stock ID : 22194

£2,250

Mid-18th century double-hemisphere world map

LOTTER, Tobias Conrad.

Mappa Totius Mundi adornata juxta Observationes Dun Academiae Regalis Scientarum...

Augsburg: T.C. Lotter, c.1775. Original colour. 430 x 650mm.

Stock ID : 22197

£1,250

18th century map of South America

LOTTER, Tobias Conrad.

America Meridionalis...

Augsburg, c.1760. Original body colour with additions to the cartouche. 470 x 590mm with wide margins.

Stock ID : 22198

£550

An allegorical map of Scandinavia

TENNANT, Lilian Lancaster.

Scandinavia. ['Thor Hurls His Hammer at the Sleeping Giant']

Adam & Charles Black: London, 1912. Sheet 230 x 165mm.

Stock ID : 22221

£110

An allegorical map of the Netherlands

TENNANT, Lilian Lancaster.

Holland. ['The Stork-Mother shelters her Little Ones in the Burning City']

Adam & Charles Black: London, 1912. Sheet 230 x 165mm.

Stock ID : 22222

£100

An allegorical map of Belgium

TENNANT, Lilian Lancaster.

Belgium. ['The Horse Bayard Saves the Sons of Aymon']

Adam & Charles Black: London, 1912. Sheet 170 x 240mm.

Stock ID : 22223

£100

An allegorical map of Russia

TENNANT, Lilian Lancaster.

Russia. ['His Mother strives to Protect the Little Tsar Peter']

Adam & Charles Black: London, 1912. Sheet 230 x 165mm.

Stock ID : 22224

£100

An allegorical map of Ireland

TENNANT, Lilian Lancaster.

Ireland. ['St Patrick commands all the Reptiles to leave Ireland']

Adam & Charles Black: London, 1912. Sheet 230 x 165mm.

Stock ID : 22225

£125

An allegorical map of Wales

TENNANT, Lilian Lancaster.

Wales. ['King Edward shows the first Prince of Wales to the People']

Adam & Charles Black: London, 1912. Sheet 230 x 165mm.

Stock ID : 22226

£125

An allegorical map of France

TENNANT, Lilian Lancaster.

France. ['Joan the Maid hears the Heavenly Voices']

Adam & Charles Black: London, 1912. Sheet 230 x 165mm.

Stock ID : 22227

£100

An allegorical map of Scotland

TENNANT, Lilian Lancaster.

Scotland. ['Robert Bruce watches the Spider']

Adam & Charles Black: London, 1912. Sheet 230 x 165mm.

Stock ID : 22228

£125

An allegorical map of Germany

TENNANT, Lilian Lancaster.

Germany. ['The Children Follow the Pied Piper']

Adam & Charles Black: London, 1912. Sheet 230 x 165mm.

Stock ID : 22229

£110

An allegorical map of England

TENNANT, Lilian Lancaster.

England. [St. George Wins the Victory over the Dragon']

Adam & Charles Black: London, 1912. Sheet 230 x 165mm.

Stock ID : 22230

£125

Monsters on medieval manuscripts

KEMPF, Damien & GILBERT, Maria L.

Medieval Monsters.

London: British Library, 2015. Hardback with illustrated dustwrapper, 200 x 160mm; pp.96, profusely illustrated.

Stock ID : 22231

£10

The Balearics with an inset chart of Mahon Harbour

LOTTER, Tobias Conrad.

Carte des Iles de Maiorque, Minorque et D'Yvice...

Augsburg, c.1760. Original colour. 495 x 570mm with wide margins

Stock ID : 22199

£950

An 18th century map of Africa

LOTTER, Tobias Conrad.

Africa Concinnata...

Augsburg, c.1770. Original wash colour with additions to the title cartouche. 450 x 580mm.

Stock ID : 22201

£650

An 18th century map of Europe

LOTTER, Tobias Conrad.

Europa delineata juxta observatio..

Augsburg, c.1770. Original wash colour with additions to the title cartouche. 470 x 580mm, with wide margins.

Stock ID : 22202

£500

An 18th century map of Asia

LOTTER, Tobias Conrad.

Asia concinnata secundum observa,,

Augsburg, c.1770. Original body colour with additions to the cartouche. 460 x 580mm, with wide margins

Stock ID : 22203

£500

A scarce Italian map of Ancient Egypt

CASSINI, Giovanni Maria.

L'Egitto Antico.

Rome, 1800, Original colour, 515 x 375mm.

Stock ID : 7560

£225

The first British atlas map of Wales

SPEED, John.

Wales.

London: George Humble, 1627. Coloured. 385 x 515mm.

Stock ID : 16111

£2,000

An 18th century double-hemisphere world map

HEYDT. Johann Wolfgang.

Welt Charten, worauf die Reise nach Indien, und wider zuruck nach Europa, mit Puncten angewiesen nebst denen Konigreichen, vornehmsten Insuln, Gewassern, und Landern, so der er Benahmungen, das mehreste in Deutschen zu lessen ist

Wilhermsdorf: J.C. Tetschner, 1744. Coloured. 235 x 270mm.

Stock ID : 17069

£650

Mid 19th century map of Egypt with vignettes

TALLIS, John.

Egypt and Arabia Petraea.

London: J. & F. Tallis., c.1851. Original outline colour. Steel engraving, 355 x 240mm.

Stock ID : 17762

£140

17th century bird's-eye view of Rome

TEMPESTA, Antonio.

Roma.

Frankfurt: Matthias Merian, c.1650. Two sheets conjoined, total 310 x 715mm.

Stock ID : 18264

£1,600

An unusual variant of Thomson's map of Scotland

THOMSON, John.

Scotland.

Edinburgh, John Thomson & Co, c.1825. Original colour. Map 600 x 540mm, with extra printed table borders, total 675 x 810mm, dissected and laid on linen with bookseller's label, folded into a slipcase with title label.

Stock ID : 18578

£420

A view of London illustrating cloud types

BLUNT, Charles F.

Cirro - Cumulus.

London: David Bogue, c. 1845. Wood engraving. 150 x 190mm.

Stock ID : 19228

£160

Folding map of the environs of London in fine colour

MOGG, Edward.

Mogg's Twenty Four Miles Round London.

London, Mogg, 1824. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 615 x 570mm.

Stock ID : 19392

£600

A decorative 18th century map of Normandy

ALBRIZZI, Giovanni Battista.

Carta Geografica del Governo della Normandia.

Venice, Albrizzi, 1740. Coloured. 340 x 440mm.

Stock ID : 20631

£180

Blaeu's classic 17th century map of Iceland

BLAEU, Willem Janszoon.

Tabula Islandiae Auctore Georgio Carolo Flandro.

Amsterdam, c.1635, German text edition. Original colour. 380 x 500mm.

Stock ID : 20957

£1,000

A scarce World War II serio-comic map of Europe

VLAANDEREN, Cornelis André.

L'Europe en Sept 1939. Ille terrarum mihi angulus ridet.

Bruges: Leon Burghgraeve, 1939. Chromolithograph, no 9 of a limited edition of 150. Sheet 615 x 855mm.

Stock ID : 21691

£11,000

The Dutch Fort at Capetown

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

Plan du Fort et de la Ville du Cap de Bonne Esperance.

Paris, c.1748. Coloured. 225 x 280mm.

Stock ID : 21999

£160

A detailed plan of Tower Street Ward

STOW, John.

Tower Street Ward With its Divisions into Parishes, Taken from the last Survey, with Corrections.

London, c.1720. Coloured. 300 x 365mm.

Stock ID : 22004

£200

A detailed map of Europe in the first half of the 19th century

DARTON, William.

Europe.

London: W. Darton & Son, 1833. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 560 x 660.

Stock ID : 22118

£180

18th century map of the Zodiac sign Virgo

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Virgo.

Frankfurt, 1730. Fine original hand colour. 135 x 200mm.

Stock ID : 21457

£650

18th century map of the Zodiac sign Scorpio

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Scorpius.

Frankfurt, 1730. Fine original hand colour. 135 x 140mm.

Stock ID : 21458

£650

18th century map of the Zodiac sign Capricorn

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Capricornus.

Frankfurt, 1730. Fine original hand colour. 120 x 135mm.

Stock ID : 21459

£650

18th century map of the Zodiac sign Leo

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Leo.

Frankfurt, 1730. Fine original colour. 120 x 130mm.

Stock ID : 21460

£650

18th century map of the Zodiac sign Gemini

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Gemini.

Frankfurt, 1730. Fine original colour. 120 x 135mm.

Stock ID : 21461

£650

18th century map of the Zodiac sign Cancer

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Cancer.

Frankfurt, 1730. Fine original hand colour. 135 x 140mm.

Stock ID : 21463

£650