The scarce Dublin edition of Cook's map of the Southern Hemisphere

COOK, Captain James.

A Chart of the Southern Hemisphere; shewing the Tracks of some of the most Distinguished Navigators: By Captain James Cook, of his Majesty's Navy.

Dublin: Whitestone, Watson et al, 1777. 570 x 545mm.

Stock ID : 21960

£1,200

18th century illustration of the constellation Canis Major

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Canis Major.

Frankfurt, 1730. Original colour. 125 x 125mm.

Stock ID : 21487

£450

18th century illustration of the constellation Cetus

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Cetus.

Frankfurt, 1730. Original colour. 135 x 120mm.

Stock ID : 21486

£450

18th century illustration of the constellation Orion

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Orion.

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

Stock ID : 21485

£450

18th century illustration of the constellation Ursa Major

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Ursa Major. Jor-Dan.

Frankfurt, 1730. Fine original hand colour. 140 x 205mm.

Stock ID : 21455

£450

18th century illustration of the constellation Hydra

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Corvus. Sextans. Crater. Hydra.

Frankfurt, 1730. Fine original hand colour. 245 x 140mm.

Stock ID : 21454

£450

A scarce miniature map of England and Wales

ROGIERS, Salomon.

Anglia.

Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu, 1639. 100 x 135mm.

Stock ID : 22084

£160

A scarce miniature map of the British Isles

HONDIUS, Jodocus II.

Magna Britannia.

Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu, 1639. 100 x 135mm.

Stock ID : 22082

£200

Villalpando's important large-scale plan of Jerusalem

VILLALPANDO, Juan Bautista.

Vera Hierosolymae veteris imago a Ioanne Baptista Villalpando Cordubensi e Societate Iesv elaborata pro svo Vrbis ac Templi Hierosolymitani apparatv collato stvdio cvm P.Hieronymo Prado ex eadem societate.

Rome, c.1604. Two sheets conjoined, total 680 x 750mm.

Stock ID : 22075

£2,000

The auction catalogues of an outstanding collection of atlases.

SOTHEBY'S.

The Wardington Library: Important Atlases & Geographies. Part One: A-K. [&] Part Two: L-Z.

London: 2005 & 2006. Two volumes, publisher's cloth with pasted illustration on front board; Vol I pp. 367, Vol 2 pp. 371, profusely illustrated.

Stock ID : 22071

£120

Chart of the Zodiac sign Cancer

BLUNT, Charles F.

Cancer.

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

Stock ID : 22042

£275

The last pre-Beck pocket map of the London Underground

STINGEMORE, Frederick H.

Underground Railways of London.

London: Publicity Manager's Office, London Underground, 1932. Colour-printed map on card, 145 x 165mm, orange covers.

Stock ID : 22027

£300

Large and detailed 19th century map of New Zealand

WYLD, James.

To the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies &c. &c. &c.This Chart of New Zealand from Original Surveys Is respectfully Dedicated by His very obedient Servant James Wyld.

London: 1890. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, total 850 x 590mm, folded into original slipcase with publisher's title label.

Stock ID : 22024

£1,800

18th century French Map of Barbados

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

Carte de L'Isle de la Barbade...

Paris, c.1758. Coloured. 210 x 160mm.

Stock ID : 22016

£140

18th century map of Nicaragua & Costa Rica

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

Carte des Provinces de Nicaragua et Costa Rica.

Paris, 1758. Coloured. 210 x 185mm.

Stock ID : 22015

£110

18th century map of the Falkland Islands

LODGE, John.

A map of Falklands Islands.

London; Gentlemen's Magazine; 1770. Coloured. 180 x 250mm.

Stock ID : 22014

£100

The province Guangdong from the first European atlas of China

BLAEU, Johannes.

Quantung Imperii Sinarum Provincia Duodecima.

Amsterdam, c.1655, blank verso. Old colour with gold highlights. 410 x 495mm.

Stock ID : 21964

£2,000

The province Sichuan from the first European atlas of China

BLAEU, Johannes.

Suchuen Imperii Provincia Sexta.

Amsterdam, c.1655. Blank verso. Old colour with gold highlights. 405 x 480mm.

Stock ID : 21963

£800

The province Zhili from the first European atlas of China

BLAEU, Johannes.

Pecheli, sive Peking, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Prima.

Amsterdam, c.1655. Blank verso. Old colour with gold highlights . 400 x 480mm.

Stock ID : 21962

£2,800

16th century map of Poland and Lithuania

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Poloniae, Lithuaniaeq. Descriptio. Auctore Wenceslao Godreccio; et correctore Andrea Pograbio PIlsnensi.

Antwerp: 1601, Latin edition. Coloured. 375 x 490mm.

Stock ID : 21961

£900

17th century chart of the West Indies

JANSSON, Jan.

Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali, cum Terris Adiacentibus.

Amsterdam, 1638, French edition. Original colour. 380 x 515mm.

Stock ID : 21959

£1,200

A plan of London in the reign of William IV

GARDNER, James.

A New Plan of the Cities of London & Westminster with the Borough of Southwark.

London, 1833. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 505 x 755mm.

Stock ID : 21958

£1,200

The Morea in fine original colour, surrounded by prospects of towns

DE WIT, Frederick.

Peloponnesus hodie Morea Regnum Distincté Divisum in Omnes suas Provincias Hodiernas atque Veteres, cui et adiunguntur Insulae Cefalonia, Zante, Cerigo wt St. Maura.

Amsterdam, c.1685. Original body colour. Two sheets conjoined, total 505 x 465mm.

Stock ID : 21953

£4,500

Gibraltar during the Seven Years' War

GIBSON, John.

Plan of Gibraltar. Gentleman's Magazine 1762.

London, 1762. Coloured. 185 x 445mm.

Stock ID : 21950

£160

A 17th century maritime themed engraving

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.

Idrografia.

Venice, c.1693. 425 x 285mm.

Stock ID : 21949

£400

An 18th century table of astronomy terms with fine hand colour

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Tabula Synoptica

Frankfurt, 1730. Original colour. 305 x 360mm.

Stock ID : 21692

£150

An early 19th century plan for houses in Hyde Park

FORDYCE, John.

Design for an Improvement on the Crown's Estate in Hyde Park; by erecting Nine Capital Houses, with Stable Offices next Park Lane; and enclosing Ornamemtal Gards thereto from the Park.

London: Luke Hansard for the House of Commons, 1809. Original colour. 340 x 410mm.

Stock ID : 21686

£450

Nash's plan to redevelop Charing Cross

ARROWSMITH, Aaron.

Plan Shewing the Property to be purchased for the Improvements at Charing Cross.

London: Luke Hansard for the House of Commons, 1826. Coloured. 400 x 470mm.

Stock ID : 21685

£400

A plan to widen the Strand at the Savoy

ARROWSMITH, Aaron.

Plan Proposed fir Widening The Strand in the Vicinity of Exeter 'Change. Fifth Report of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenue 1826.

London: Luke Hansard for the House of Commons, 1826. Coloured. 395 x 450mm.

Stock ID : 21684

£320

A plan to redevelop St Martin's Lane and Monmouth Street

ARROWSMITH, Aaron.

General Plan Shewing the whole line of the Proposed New Street to the British Museum. Fifth Report of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenue 1826.

London: Luke Hansard for the House of Commons, 1826. Original colour. Sheet 410 x 605mm.

Stock ID : 21683

£350

A plan to redevelop the corner of Park Lane and Piccadilly

BASIRE, James.

Plan of Improvement on the Crown's Estate in Hamilton Place and Piccadilly made under the Direction of John Fordyce Esq.r Surveyor General 1805. Fourth Report of the Surveyor General of His Majesty's Land Revenue.

London: for the House of Commons, 1809. Coloured. 490 x 370mm.

Stock ID : 21673

£500

A detailed plan of London's Docklands

GRAHAM, Curtis P.

Plan of the East and West India Docks. 13th April 1841.

London, c.1841. Coloured. Printed area 420 x 540mm.

Stock ID : 21672

£450

A plan for the Regent's Canal

BASIRE, James.

A Plan of the proposed Regent's Canal through Marylebone Park. First Report of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues.

London: Luke Hansard for the House of Commons, 1812. Coloured. 265 x 410mm.

Stock ID : 21670

£340

Mid-19th century map of southern Italy with vignettes

TALLIS, John.

Southern Italy.

London, J. & F. Tallis & Co., c.1851. Steel engraving with original outline colour, printed area 330 x 250mm.

Stock ID : 21631

£125

18th century illustration of the Systema Genethiliacum

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Systema Genethliacum.

Frankfurt, 1730. Original colour. 140 x 160mm.

Stock ID : 21491

£180

18th century illustration of the constellation Corona Borealis

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

[Corona Borealis] Corona Firmiana vulgo Septentrionalis.

Frankfurt, 1730. Original colour. 125 x 135mm.

Stock ID : 21489

£400

18th century astrological diagram

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Coelestium Mansionum Dispositio Astrologica.

Frankfurt, 1730. Original colour. 145 x 145mm.

Stock ID : 21483

£150

18th century illustration of the known planets

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Saturnus. Mercurivs. Mars.Jupiter. Venus.

Frankfurt, 1730. Original colour. 125 x 135mm.

Stock ID : 21478

£200

18th century illustration of an armillary sphere

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Sphaera Armillaris.

Frankfurt, 1730. Original colour with gold highlights. 135 x 125mm.

Stock ID : 21477

£300

The Solar Systems according to Ptolemy, Brahe and Riccioli

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Systema Ptolemaicum. Systema Tychonis. Systema Riccioli.

Frankfurt, 1730. Original colour. 125 x 135mm.

Stock ID : 21472

£180

18th century illustration of the Orion constellation

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Orion.

Frankfurt, 1730. Original colour. 125 x 135mm.

Stock ID : 21470

£240

18th century illustration of the Copernican Solar System

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Systema Copernicanum.

Frankfurt, 1730. Fine original hand colour. 125 x 135mm.

Stock ID : 21469

£280

18th century illustration of the constellation Draco

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Draco.

Frankfurt, 1730. Fine original hand colour. 140 x 205mm.

Stock ID : 21456

£450

18th century illustration of the constellation Argo Navis

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Argo Navis. Robur Carolinum.

Frankfurt, 1730. Fine original hand colour. 140 x 205mm.

Stock ID : 21453

£450

The famous 17th century map of Italy by John Speed

SPEED, John.

Italia newly augmented by J: Speede.

London, William Humble, 1646. Coloured. 400 x 520mm.

Stock ID : 20309

£2,800

An 18th C. townplan of Biblical Jerusalem with a contemporary prospect underneath

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Prospectus Sanctae olim et celeberrimae urbis Hierosolymae... Prospect der vormals Heiligen und Welt Berühmtem Stadt Jerusalem...

Augsburg, c.1735. Coloured. 500 x 575mm.

Stock ID : 20189

£1,400

Mid-19th century map of Prussia with decorative vignettes

TALLIS, John.

Prussia.

London: John Tallis & Co., c.1851. Original outline colour. Steel engraving, printed area 265 x 330mm.

Stock ID : 19450

£120

Map of Australia and New Zealand after Cook's First Voyage to the Pacific

ZATTA, Antonio.

Nuove Scoperte Fatte nel 1765, 67 e 69 nel Mare del Sud.

Venice, 1776. Original colour. 320 x 420mm.

Stock ID : 19325

£1,000

Chart of the constellations of the Northern Hemisphere

BLUNT, Charles F.

Constellations of the Northern Hemisphere.

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

Stock ID : 19298

£160

Chart of the Zodiac sign Aquarius

BLUNT, Charles F.

Aquarius.

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

Stock ID : 19150

£275