Wäldseemüller's map of the Far East according to Ptolemy

WÄLDSEEMÜLLER, Martin.

Undecima Asiae Tabula .

Strasburg, 1513. Woodcut with original colour. 450 x 590mm.

Stock ID : 19434

£5,000

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

One of the earliest printed maps of North America

BORDONE, Benedetto.

Terra de Lavoratore. [&] Norbegia.

Venice, c.1540. Woodcut, printed area 80 x 145mm, set in a page of Italian text. Second woodcut, 140 x 145mm, on reverse.

Stock ID : 20065

£2,200

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

16th Century Italian map of The British Isles

GASTALDI, Giacomo.

Tabula Europæ I.

Venice, G.B. Pedrezano, 1548. 130 x 175mm, with extra plate mark on right.

Stock ID : 20371

£650

Munster's famous woodblock illustrating sea monsters

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

De regnis septentrion. Monstra marina & terrestria, quæ passim in partibus aquilonis inueniuntur.

Basle, c.1560, Latin text edition. Coloured woodcut, printed area 280 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 18830

£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

An extremely rare map of Corfu during the Ottoman-Venetian War of 1570

ZÜNDT, Matthias.

Vera designatio Insulæ Corcyræ, Portus & Munitionum una cum parte Epiri Accomodata ad Nostra Tempora. In Qua (.Vulgo iam dicta Corfun.) Veneti suam Classem contra Turcam instruxerunt.

Nüremberg, 1570. Sheet 170 x 195mm.

Stock ID : 20425

£15,000

16th century Dutch map of Greece

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Graeciae Universae Secundum Hodiernum Situm Neoterica Descriptio.

Antwerp: Plantin, 1574, Latin edition. Coloured. 365 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 20033

£650

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

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

Ortelius's fabulous two-sheet map of the British Isles in classical times

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Britannicarum Insularum Vetus Descriptio.

Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition. Coloured. Two sheets conjoined, total 730 x 485mm.

Stock ID : 20061

£3,250

The first printed map of the Pacific

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Maris Pacifici, (quod vulgo Mar del Zur) cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulusque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio.

Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition. Old colour. 345 x 495mm.

Stock ID : 19721

£5,000

A 16th century miniature plan of Bristol

VALEGIO, Francesco.

Brightstowe vulgo quondam venta florentissimum Anglie emporium.

Venice? c.1595. Sheet 85 x 130mm.

Stock ID : 20118

£220

The first printed map of Wales

LHUYD, Humfrey.

Cambriae Typus Auctore Humfredo Lhuydo Denbigiense Cambrobritanno.

Antwerp, 1595, Latin text edition. Original colour. 370 x 490mm

Stock ID : 20150

£750

Early sea chart of the Middle East

LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van.

Deliniantur in hac tabula, Orae maritimae Abexiae freti Mecani: al. Maris Rubri: Arabiae, Ormi, Persiae..

Amsterdam, c.1596. Coloured. 390 x 540mm.

Stock ID : 20068

£6,500

Elizabethan prospects of Windsor & Oxford

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans.

Oxonium nobile Anglie oppidum...; Vindesorium celeberrimum Anglie castrum...

Cologne, 1598, Latin text edition. Original colour. 365 x 490mm.

Stock ID : 19499

£950

A sperm whale beached near Scheveningen in 1598

FRANCUS, Jacobus.

Warhafftigh Und Wünderbarlich Monster Oder Pottfisch In Der Gestalt Eines Wallfisches, Aus Dem Möer Sich Versandet Hatt Zwischen Catwyck Und Schevelingen Als Wyter In Der Relation Ercleret Am 4. February, Anno 1598.

Frankfurt, 1598. 240 x 295mm.

Stock ID : 19941

£950

Botero's Geography containing 100 maps

BOTERO, Giovanni.

Relationi Universali di Giovanni Botero Benese Divise In Quattro Parti. Novamente Reviste, Correctte & ampliate dall' Istresso Auttore.

Brescia: Compagnia Bresciana, 1599. Large 8vo, contemporary vellum; rubbed; Four parts in one: engraved title, pp. (xlv)+536, with 91 engraved maps in the text; (viii)+227, 9 maps; (xi)+270 (not 268); (viii)+112.

Stock ID : 18702

£6,200

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

16th century Dutch map of Switzerland

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Helvetiae Descriptio. Aegidio Tschudo Auct.

Antwerp: 1608-12, Latin text edition. Old colour. 345 x 450mm.

Stock ID : 20016

£800

A scarce carte-à-figures map of Switzerland

HONDIUS, Jodocus.

Nova Helvetiæ Tabula.

Amsterdam, c.1617, Original colour with later additions, 410 x 525mm

Stock ID : 20035

£2,200

A woodcut map of the Americas

ROSACCIO, Giuseppe.

America.

Venice, c.1620. Woodcut, sheet 150 x 170mm.

Stock ID : 20119

£450

17th century road map of northern Italy

FURTTENBACH, Joseph.

Ein neue ganz nuzliche chorographische Wegweisung, von und zu den namhaffesten Ortern Italiae.

Ulm: Jonan Saurn, 1627. 275 x 280mm.

Stock ID : 19970

£500

Early 17th century map of Wales

LHUYD, Humfrey.

Cambriae Typus Auctore Humfredo Lhuydo Denbigiense Cambrobritanno.

Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius, 1628, French text edition. Original colour. 370 x 490mm.

Stock ID : 20128

£850

Early woodblock map of London

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Londinum Feracis: Ang. Met.

Basle, 1628, German edition. Coloured. Woodcut map, printed area 245 x 360mm.

Stock ID : 19938

£1,500

The Knights Hospitallers' castle at Margat in Syria

NABERAT, Anne de.

Marcat.

Paris: Jean Baudoin, 1629. 200 x 270mm.

Stock ID : 20121

£600

The Knights Hospitallers in Valletta

NABERAT, Anne de.

Valletta citta Nova di Malta.

Paris: Jean Baudoin, 1629. 195 x 270mm.

Stock ID : 20122

£1,250

The Knights Hospitallers on Cyprus

NABERAT, Anne de.

Isle de Cipre.

Paris: Jean Baudoin, 1629. 200 x 270mm.

Stock ID : 20123

£2,600

17th century map of the Mogol Empire in northern India

BLAEU, Johannes.

Magni Mogolis Imperium.

Amsterdam: c.1640, Dutch text. Original colour. 370 x 500mm.

Stock ID : 18849

£490

Classic 17th century map of Oxfordshire

SPEED, John.

Oxfordshire described with ye Citie and the Armes of the Colledges of ye famous University. Aº 1605.

London: William Humble, 1646. Coloured. 390 x 530mm.

Stock ID : 20059

£1,800

A superbly-decorated 17th century wind rose

JANSSON, Jan.

Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Nautica Ventorum nomina sex linguis repræsentans.

Amsterdam, 1650, Latin text edition. Coloured with gold highlights. 435 x 545mm.

Stock ID : 20084

£2,900

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

17th century map of Tartary

BLAEU, Willem Janszoon.

Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperium.

Amsterdam, 1665, Dutch text edition. Original colour with gold highlights. 385 x 500mm.

Stock ID : 19612

£550

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

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

17th century view of Stonehenge

BLAEU, Johannes.

[Stonehenge.]

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

Stock ID : 20083

£220

A historical map of the Roman Partriarchy

DU VAL, Pierre.

Patriarchatus Romanus, Constantinopolitanus, Alexandrinus, Antiochenus, et Hierosolimitanus, nec non veteres Ecclesiae Metropolum Sedes.

Paris, c.1660. Original outline colour. 245 x 375mm, with wide margins.

Stock ID : 19139

£200

17th century Dutch map of the Netherlands

JANSSON, Jan.

Nova Totius Belgii Sive Germaniæ Inferioris accuratissima Delineatio 1661.

Amsterdam: Heirs of Jan Jansson, 1666, Latin text. Original colour. 450 x 550mm.

Stock ID : 8189

£450

Uncommon panelled map of the Holy Land

JANSSON, Jan.

Palestina sive Terræ Sanctæ Descriptio.

Amsterdam: Jan Jansson van Waesberge, c.1677, blank verso. Coloured. 440 x 570mm.

Stock ID : 20161

£3,250

Miniature map of China

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

La Chine.

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 150 x 105mm.

Stock ID : 18818

£190

A 17th century Italian map of London

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.

Londra.

Venice, 1689. Coloured. 270 x 430mm.

Stock ID : 19878

£1,250

A view of the Great Fire of London, 1666

MERIAN, Mattheus.

Abbildung der Statt London, sambt dem erschrocklichen brandt daselsten, so 4. tagen lange gewehrt hatt Aº 1666 im 7bris.

Frankfurt: Heirs of Matthias Merian, c.1690. Etching. 220 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 19966

£650

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

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

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

17th century map of the Moluccas

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.

Le Molucche...

Venice, c.1690. 225 x 310mm, set in a page of text.

Stock ID : 19468

£200

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

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

Greenland

CHURCHILL, John.

The Map of Groenland.

London, 1704. Coloured. 145 x 290mm.

Stock ID : 20144

£170