New Additions

A 19th century French memento mori

TURGIS, Louis jnr.

Le temps passe, l'Eternité approche ! et nous n'y pesnons pas! Souviens-toi, ô homme, que tu n'es que poussière et que tu retourneras en poussière. Acuerdate hombre, que eres de polvo y que volveras á polvo.

Paris: Louis Turgis, Jnr, 1851. Tinted lithograph finished with hand colour and gum arabic shine. Printed area 330 x 220mm.

Stock ID : 23887

£330

Facsimile of Ogilby's 'Britannia' road atlas

OGILBY, John.

Britannia Vol 1. or an Illustration of ye Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales By a Geographical or Historica Description of the Principal Roads.

London: Alexander Duckham, 1939. Oblong 4to, original cloth gilt; descriptive label on front pastedown; pp. (7)+101 facsimile road maps.

Stock ID : 23868

£60

The Strait of Malacca & Singapore

AA, Pieter van der.

Le Detroit de Malacca, Dressee sur les memoires des plus savans Voyageurs modernes...

Leiden, c.1714. Uncoloured. 265 x 160mm.

Stock ID : 23646

£475

Cook's maps of Botany Bay and the Endeavour River

COOK, James.

Entrée de la Rivière Endeavour dans la Nle. Galles Méridle. Baye de Botanique dans la Nle. Galles Méridionale...

Paris: Saillant et Nyon & Panckouke, 1774. 150 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 23585

£180

An uncommon map of Arabia & the Arabian Gulf

MARMOCCHI, Francesco C.

L'Arabia, il Golfo Persico ed il Mar Rosso.

Genova: Paolo Rivara, c.1858. Original colour. 300 x 365mm, publisher's blind stamp in lower margin.

Stock ID : 23628

£250

Map of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula

AA, Pieter van der.

L'Ile de Sumatra, suivant les plus nouvelles observations des meilleurs geographes..

Leiden, c.1714. Uncoloured. 265 x 160mm

Stock ID : 23647

£425

An early 19th century circular map of the environs of Cambridge

RICHARDSON, J.

A New and Accurate Map of the Country for Twenty-five Miles around the University of Cambridge, Exhibiting all the direct and cross Roads, the Hills, Vales, Woods, Rivers, Canals, Towns, Villages, Hamlets, Parks, and Seats of the Nobility and Gentry. From the latest Surveys and Observations.

Cambridge: A. Watford, 1828. Fine original colour. Dissected and laid on linen as issued, total 475 x 480mm, folded into its original marbled slipcase, with publisher's title label.

Stock ID : 23649

£400

A 17th century map of Sri Lanka

HONDIUS, Jodocus.

Ins. Ceilan quae incolis Tenarisin dicatur.

Amsterdam: Henricus Hondius, 1628, French text edition. Coloured. 345 x 500mm.

Stock ID : 23655

£600

Rare town-plan of Corfu under siege by the Ottomans

WIERING, Thomas von.

Neuer und accurater riss der vestung Corfu von einem Venet: Ingenieur gezeichnet. Ao: 1716.

Hamburg, c.1716. Coloured. 195 x 195cm.

Stock ID : 23665

£340

A mid-18th century map of Taiwan

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

L'Isle Formose et Partie des Costes de la Chine.

Paris, 1748. 240 x 290mm.

Stock ID : 23668

£360

The first published charts of Botany Bay and the Endeavour River

COOK, James.

Entrance of Endeavour River in New South Wales...; Botany Bay in New South Wales...

London, 1773. Coloured. 150 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 23669

£400

An 18th century map of the West Indies

JEFFERYS, Thomas.

The West Indies Exhibiting the English French Spanish Dutch & Danish Settlements with the adjacent Parts of North & South America from the best Authorities 1768.

London, c.1768. Coloured. 195 x 295mm.

Stock ID : 23673

£290

18th century town plan of Peking

HARRIS, John.

Plans of the Old & New City of Peking ye Metropolis of China.

London, 1748. Coloured. 350 x 215mm.

Stock ID : 23674

£450

An 18th century town plan of Canton in China

HARRIS, John.

A Plan of the City of Canton on the River Ta Ho.

London, 1746. Coloured. 310 x 210mm.

Stock ID : 23675

£350

Detailed plan of New York City

MITCHELL, Samuel Augustus.

Plan of New York &c.

Philadelphia, 1860. Coloured wood engraving. 370 x 305mm.

Stock ID : 23834

£350

A detailed map of Oman

NIEBUHR, Carsten.

Terrae Oman delineatio.

Amsterdam: S.J. Baalde, & Utrecht: J. van Schoonhoven & Co., 1774. Coloured. 215 x 205mm.

Stock ID : 23775

£900

A detailed Victorian map of Burma

ARROWSMITH, John.

Map of Burmah, and Adjacent countries, compiled from various M.S. and other documents, by John Arrowsmith. 1858 with additions to September 1875.

London: Edward Stanford, 1875. Steel-engraved map, dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 840 x 555mm, folded into original cloth covers.

Stock ID : 23852

£425

An early Victorian plan of London

CROSS, Joseph.

Cross's London Guide.

London, c.1840. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 440 x 745mm.

Stock ID : 23854

£800

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 : 23888

£1,800

18th century map of Northern India and Pakistan

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

Carte de L'Indoustan Suivant les Cartes les plus récentes... 1752.

Amsterdam, 1773. Original colour. 240 x 345mm.

Stock ID : 23914

£160

The Bertius map of Japan

HONDIUS, Jodocus II.

Japan.

Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius, 1616. Coloured. 100 x 135mm.

Stock ID : 23918

£300

A miniature illustration of the Ptolemaic Solar System

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Systeme de L'Univers.

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23930

£240

A miniature illustration of the Solar System

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

[Untitled plate of the orbits of the planets around the Sun]

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23932

£240

A 17th century plate illustrating the Moon phases

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

[Untitled plate of the phases of the Moon.]

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23933

£180

A superb 16th century map of Denmark

JORDAN, Mark.

Danorum Marca, vel Cimbricum, aut Daniae Regnum...

Cologne, c.1588, Latin text edition. Original colour. 390 x 470mm.

Stock ID : 23838

£2,000

A sought after map of the Republic of Texas

RADEFELD, Carl Christian Franz.

Texas Nach den besten Quellen entw. u. gez. vom Haupt. Radefeld.

Bibliographischen Insituts zu Hildburghausen, 1846. Original outline colour. 295 x 355mm.

Stock ID : 23839

£1,200

A Dutch map of Scotland in fine original colour

JANSSON, Jan.

Scotia Regnum.

Amsterdam: Henricus Hondius & Jan Jansson, 1638, Latin text edition. Outstanding original colour. 390 x 505mm.

Stock ID : 23840

£725

The scarce second state of the Lhuyd-Hondius map of Wales

LHUYD, Humfrey.

Cambriae Typus Auctore Humfredo Lhuydo Denbigiense Cambrobritanno.

Amsterdam: Henricus Hondius & Jan Jansson, 1638, Latin text edition. Fine original colour. 370 x 490mm.

Stock ID : 23841

£550

A Georgian 'make your own landscape' pastime

CLARK, John Heaviside.

[Myriorama: A Collection of Many Thousand Landscapes, Designed by Mr Clark.]

London: Samuel Leigh, 1824. 16 numbered aquatints on card, with original hand colour, as called for, each 200 x 70mm, total if joined 200 x 1120mm.

Stock ID : 23843

£950

Four-volume set of the Dictionary of Mapmakers

SCOTT, Valerie [Ed.]

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers. Revised Edition A-D; E-J; K-P; Q-Z.

[vol 1] Tring: Map Collector Publications, 1999 & [Vols 2-4] Riverside: Early World Press, 2001-4. 4 vols, cloth & illus d/w; pp. xiv+408; vi+462; vi+472; & vi + 436, illus. throughout.

Stock ID : 23894

£450

A miniature map of Ancient Egypt

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Aegypte Ancienne.

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23896

£95

A miniature map of Egypt

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Egypte Moderne.

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23897

£110

A miniature map of the Solar System according to Brahe

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Systeme de L'Univers selon Ticho.

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23898

£240

A miniature illustration of the Solar Ssyem

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

[Untitled illustration of the Solar System.]

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23899

£180

A miniature illustration of the Copernican Solar System

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Systeme de L'Univers Selon Copernic.

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23900

£240

The route of Saint Ursula and the 11,000 virgin martyrs

HOGENBERG, Abraham.

Tabula Britanniaru Exhibens I. Partem Itineris S. Ursulae.

Cologne, 1647. 310 x 385mm.

Stock ID : 23910

£800

A rare edition of Speed's map of the north & East Ridings of Yorkshire

SPEED, John.

The North and East Ridins of Yorkshire.

London: Roger Rea, 1665. Coloured. 395 x 520mm.

Stock ID : 23818

£980

Rare edition of Speed's map of Huntingdonshire

SPEED, John.

Huntingdon both Shire and Shire Towne with the Ancient Citie Ely Described.

London: Roger Rea, 1665. Coloured. 380 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 23819

£650

A scarce edition of Speed's map of County Durham

SPEED, John.

The Bishoprick and Citie of Durham.

London: Roger Rea, 1665. Coloured. 385 x 505mm.

Stock ID : 23820

£600

A scarce issue of Speed's map of Derbyshire

SPEED, John.

Darbieshire described. Anno 1610.

London: Roger Rea, 1665. Coloured. 385 x 515mm.

Stock ID : 23821

£950

Speed's maps of the Channel Islands, Farne and Holy Island

SPEED, John.

Holy Iland; Farne; Garnsey; Jarsay.

London: Roger Rea. Coloured. 380 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 23822

£750

A miniature map of Sicily

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Isle de Sicile.

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23901

£190

Chart of the constellations Monoceros and Canis Minor

BLUNT, Charles F.

Monoceros and Canis Minor.

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

Stock ID : 15902

£175

A mid-19th century map of Polynesia with decorative vignettes

TALLIS, John.

Polynesia or Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

London, John Tallis & Co., c.1851. Original outline colour. Steel engraving, printed area 350 x 270mm.

Stock ID : 18546

£110

Map of Sicily in classical times

JANSSON, Jan.

Siciliae Veteris Typus.

Amsterdam, c.1700. Coloured. 385 x 490mm.

Stock ID : 19769

£500

INDEX

New Additions

A 19th century French memento mori

TURGIS, Louis jnr.

Le temps passe, l'Eternité approche ! et nous n'y pesnons pas! Souviens-toi, ô homme, que tu n'es que poussière et que tu retourneras en poussière. Acuerdate hombre, que eres de polvo y que volveras á polvo.

Paris: Louis Turgis, Jnr, 1851. Tinted lithograph finished with hand colour and gum arabic shine. Printed area 330 x 220mm.

Stock ID : 23887

£330

Facsimile of Ogilby's 'Britannia' road atlas

OGILBY, John.

Britannia Vol 1. or an Illustration of ye Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales By a Geographical or Historica Description of the Principal Roads.

London: Alexander Duckham, 1939. Oblong 4to, original cloth gilt; descriptive label on front pastedown; pp. (7)+101 facsimile road maps.

Stock ID : 23868

£60

The Strait of Malacca & Singapore

AA, Pieter van der.

Le Detroit de Malacca, Dressee sur les memoires des plus savans Voyageurs modernes...

Leiden, c.1714. Uncoloured. 265 x 160mm.

Stock ID : 23646

£475

Cook's maps of Botany Bay and the Endeavour River

COOK, James.

Entrée de la Rivière Endeavour dans la Nle. Galles Méridle. Baye de Botanique dans la Nle. Galles Méridionale...

Paris: Saillant et Nyon & Panckouke, 1774. 150 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 23585

£180

An uncommon map of Arabia & the Arabian Gulf

MARMOCCHI, Francesco C.

L'Arabia, il Golfo Persico ed il Mar Rosso.

Genova: Paolo Rivara, c.1858. Original colour. 300 x 365mm, publisher's blind stamp in lower margin.

Stock ID : 23628

£250

Map of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula

AA, Pieter van der.

L'Ile de Sumatra, suivant les plus nouvelles observations des meilleurs geographes..

Leiden, c.1714. Uncoloured. 265 x 160mm

Stock ID : 23647

£425

An early 19th century circular map of the environs of Cambridge

RICHARDSON, J.

A New and Accurate Map of the Country for Twenty-five Miles around the University of Cambridge, Exhibiting all the direct and cross Roads, the Hills, Vales, Woods, Rivers, Canals, Towns, Villages, Hamlets, Parks, and Seats of the Nobility and Gentry. From the latest Surveys and Observations.

Cambridge: A. Watford, 1828. Fine original colour. Dissected and laid on linen as issued, total 475 x 480mm, folded into its original marbled slipcase, with publisher's title label.

Stock ID : 23649

£400

A 17th century map of Sri Lanka

HONDIUS, Jodocus.

Ins. Ceilan quae incolis Tenarisin dicatur.

Amsterdam: Henricus Hondius, 1628, French text edition. Coloured. 345 x 500mm.

Stock ID : 23655

£600

Rare town-plan of Corfu under siege by the Ottomans

WIERING, Thomas von.

Neuer und accurater riss der vestung Corfu von einem Venet: Ingenieur gezeichnet. Ao: 1716.

Hamburg, c.1716. Coloured. 195 x 195cm.

Stock ID : 23665

£340

A mid-18th century map of Taiwan

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

L'Isle Formose et Partie des Costes de la Chine.

Paris, 1748. 240 x 290mm.

Stock ID : 23668

£360

The first published charts of Botany Bay and the Endeavour River

COOK, James.

Entrance of Endeavour River in New South Wales...; Botany Bay in New South Wales...

London, 1773. Coloured. 150 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 23669

£400

An 18th century map of the West Indies

JEFFERYS, Thomas.

The West Indies Exhibiting the English French Spanish Dutch & Danish Settlements with the adjacent Parts of North & South America from the best Authorities 1768.

London, c.1768. Coloured. 195 x 295mm.

Stock ID : 23673

£290

18th century town plan of Peking

HARRIS, John.

Plans of the Old & New City of Peking ye Metropolis of China.

London, 1748. Coloured. 350 x 215mm.

Stock ID : 23674

£450

An 18th century town plan of Canton in China

HARRIS, John.

A Plan of the City of Canton on the River Ta Ho.

London, 1746. Coloured. 310 x 210mm.

Stock ID : 23675

£350

Detailed plan of New York City

MITCHELL, Samuel Augustus.

Plan of New York &c.

Philadelphia, 1860. Coloured wood engraving. 370 x 305mm.

Stock ID : 23834

£350

A detailed map of Oman

NIEBUHR, Carsten.

Terrae Oman delineatio.

Amsterdam: S.J. Baalde, & Utrecht: J. van Schoonhoven & Co., 1774. Coloured. 215 x 205mm.

Stock ID : 23775

£900

A detailed Victorian map of Burma

ARROWSMITH, John.

Map of Burmah, and Adjacent countries, compiled from various M.S. and other documents, by John Arrowsmith. 1858 with additions to September 1875.

London: Edward Stanford, 1875. Steel-engraved map, dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 840 x 555mm, folded into original cloth covers.

Stock ID : 23852

£425

An early Victorian plan of London

CROSS, Joseph.

Cross's London Guide.

London, c.1840. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 440 x 745mm.

Stock ID : 23854

£800

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 : 23888

£1,800

18th century map of Northern India and Pakistan

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

Carte de L'Indoustan Suivant les Cartes les plus récentes... 1752.

Amsterdam, 1773. Original colour. 240 x 345mm.

Stock ID : 23914

£160

The Bertius map of Japan

HONDIUS, Jodocus II.

Japan.

Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius, 1616. Coloured. 100 x 135mm.

Stock ID : 23918

£300

A miniature illustration of the Ptolemaic Solar System

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Systeme de L'Univers.

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23930

£240

A miniature illustration of the Solar System

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

[Untitled plate of the orbits of the planets around the Sun]

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23932

£240

A 17th century plate illustrating the Moon phases

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

[Untitled plate of the phases of the Moon.]

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23933

£180

A superb 16th century map of Denmark

JORDAN, Mark.

Danorum Marca, vel Cimbricum, aut Daniae Regnum...

Cologne, c.1588, Latin text edition. Original colour. 390 x 470mm.

Stock ID : 23838

£2,000

A sought after map of the Republic of Texas

RADEFELD, Carl Christian Franz.

Texas Nach den besten Quellen entw. u. gez. vom Haupt. Radefeld.

Bibliographischen Insituts zu Hildburghausen, 1846. Original outline colour. 295 x 355mm.

Stock ID : 23839

£1,200

A Dutch map of Scotland in fine original colour

JANSSON, Jan.

Scotia Regnum.

Amsterdam: Henricus Hondius & Jan Jansson, 1638, Latin text edition. Outstanding original colour. 390 x 505mm.

Stock ID : 23840

£725

The scarce second state of the Lhuyd-Hondius map of Wales

LHUYD, Humfrey.

Cambriae Typus Auctore Humfredo Lhuydo Denbigiense Cambrobritanno.

Amsterdam: Henricus Hondius & Jan Jansson, 1638, Latin text edition. Fine original colour. 370 x 490mm.

Stock ID : 23841

£550

A Georgian 'make your own landscape' pastime

CLARK, John Heaviside.

[Myriorama: A Collection of Many Thousand Landscapes, Designed by Mr Clark.]

London: Samuel Leigh, 1824. 16 numbered aquatints on card, with original hand colour, as called for, each 200 x 70mm, total if joined 200 x 1120mm.

Stock ID : 23843

£950

Four-volume set of the Dictionary of Mapmakers

SCOTT, Valerie [Ed.]

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers. Revised Edition A-D; E-J; K-P; Q-Z.

[vol 1] Tring: Map Collector Publications, 1999 & [Vols 2-4] Riverside: Early World Press, 2001-4. 4 vols, cloth & illus d/w; pp. xiv+408; vi+462; vi+472; & vi + 436, illus. throughout.

Stock ID : 23894

£450

A miniature map of Ancient Egypt

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Aegypte Ancienne.

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23896

£95

A miniature map of Egypt

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Egypte Moderne.

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23897

£110

A miniature map of the Solar System according to Brahe

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Systeme de L'Univers selon Ticho.

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23898

£240

A miniature illustration of the Solar Ssyem

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

[Untitled illustration of the Solar System.]

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23899

£180

A miniature illustration of the Copernican Solar System

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Systeme de L'Univers Selon Copernic.

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23900

£240

The route of Saint Ursula and the 11,000 virgin martyrs

HOGENBERG, Abraham.

Tabula Britanniaru Exhibens I. Partem Itineris S. Ursulae.

Cologne, 1647. 310 x 385mm.

Stock ID : 23910

£800

A rare edition of Speed's map of the north & East Ridings of Yorkshire

SPEED, John.

The North and East Ridins of Yorkshire.

London: Roger Rea, 1665. Coloured. 395 x 520mm.

Stock ID : 23818

£980

Rare edition of Speed's map of Huntingdonshire

SPEED, John.

Huntingdon both Shire and Shire Towne with the Ancient Citie Ely Described.

London: Roger Rea, 1665. Coloured. 380 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 23819

£650

A scarce edition of Speed's map of County Durham

SPEED, John.

The Bishoprick and Citie of Durham.

London: Roger Rea, 1665. Coloured. 385 x 505mm.

Stock ID : 23820

£600

A scarce issue of Speed's map of Derbyshire

SPEED, John.

Darbieshire described. Anno 1610.

London: Roger Rea, 1665. Coloured. 385 x 515mm.

Stock ID : 23821

£950

Speed's maps of the Channel Islands, Farne and Holy Island

SPEED, John.

Holy Iland; Farne; Garnsey; Jarsay.

London: Roger Rea. Coloured. 380 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 23822

£750

A miniature map of Sicily

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Isle de Sicile.

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

Stock ID : 23901

£190

Chart of the constellations Monoceros and Canis Minor

BLUNT, Charles F.

Monoceros and Canis Minor.

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

Stock ID : 15902

£175

A mid-19th century map of Polynesia with decorative vignettes

TALLIS, John.

Polynesia or Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

London, John Tallis & Co., c.1851. Original outline colour. Steel engraving, printed area 350 x 270mm.

Stock ID : 18546

£110

Map of Sicily in classical times

JANSSON, Jan.

Siciliae Veteris Typus.

Amsterdam, c.1700. Coloured. 385 x 490mm.

Stock ID : 19769

£500