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

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

A 16th century Bohemian edition of Lufft's 'Daniel's Dream' world map with fantastical creatures

LUFFT, Hans.

[World map illustrating Daniel's Dream.]

Prague: Jiri Melantrich, c.1549, Czech text edition. Woodcut 115 x 160mm, with extra woodcut borders and letterpress text underneath.

Stock ID : 15154

£1,400

Classic 16th century map of Venice

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Contrasehtung der fürnemmen Statt Vendig...

Basle, Henri Petri, c.1550, German edition. Coloured woodcut, printed area 270 x 390mm.

Stock ID : 18207

£550

Munster's second map of contemporary Scandinavia

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Septentionales Regiones XVIII No. TAB.

Basle, 1552. Coloured woodcut. Sheet 310 x 395mm.

Stock ID : 19787

£850

A 16th century woodcut plan of Paris

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Paris.

Basle, c.1560, German text edition. Coloured. Woodcut, 270 x 320mm, large-paper example.

Stock ID : 8580

£400

Early map based on the Zeno chart of the North Atlantic

RUSCELLI, Girolamo.

Septentrionalium Partium Nova Tabula.

Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561, First Latin edition. 200 x 260mm.

Stock ID : 18485

£550

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

16th century bird's-eye views of Genoa & Florence

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans.

Genua; Florentia.

Cologne, 1574-, French text edition. Coloured 330 x 480mm.

Stock ID : 19734

£975

16th century woodcut map of Scandinavia

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Gotland oder Gothen.

Basel; Petri, 1579, German text edition. Coloured woodcut, printed area 110 x 150mm, set in a page of text.

Stock ID : 19930

£120

16th century map of Bristol

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans.

Brightstowe, vulgo; quondam venta, floretissimum Angliae Emporium.

Cologne, c.1588, French text edition. Coloured. 345 x 445mm.

Stock ID : 19735

£750

Early bird's eye view of Canterbury

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans.

Cantuarbury. Cantuaria urbs Angliae celebris; Archiepiscopati sede commendata.

Cologne, c.1588, French text edition. Coloured. 290 x 430mm.

Stock ID : 19736

£950

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

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

Classic 17th century Dutch map of South America

HONDIUS, Jodocus.

America Meridionalis.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1619, Latin text edition. Coloured. 360 x 495mm.

Stock ID : 20053

£1,200

A woodcut map of the Americas

ROSACCIO, Giuseppe.

America.

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

Stock ID : 20119

£450

17th century Italian map of Corsica

MAGINI, Giovanni Antonio.

Corsica Isola, olim Cyrnus.

Venice: Fabio Magini, 1620. Coloured. 345 x 455mm.

Stock ID : 11366

£850

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

17th century map of southern Italy

SANSON, Nicolas.

Calabre Citerieure et Vlterieure.

Paris, c.1648. Original colour. 415 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 17167

£160

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

17th century bird's-eye view of Lisbon

MERIAN, Mattheus.

Olisippo. Lisabona.

Frankfurt, c.1650. 285 x 370mm.

Stock ID : 18824

£280

The Siege of Mantova in 1630

MERIAN, Mattheus.

Mantova.

Frankfurt, c.1650. Coloured. 250 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 19674

£275

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

17th century map of Europe

SANSON, Nicolas.

L'Europe...

Paris: Nicolas Sanson & Pierre Mariette, c.1658. Original outline colour. 400 x 570mm.

Stock ID : 20154

£600

A historical map of the councils and synods of Europe

DU VAL, Pierre.

La Carte des Conciles. Tabula Geographica Locorum ubi habita sunt Concilia tam generalia quam provincialia, Synodi, &c.

Paris, 1660. Original outline colour. 380 x 545mm.

Stock ID : 19138

£290

17th century bird's eye view of Edinburgh

MERIAN, Mattheus.

Edynburgum.

Frankfurt, c.1660. Coloured. 195 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 19569

£400

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

A 17th century map of Europe

DU VAL, Pierre.

L'Europe Reveüe et augmentée... 1670.

Paris, 1670. Coloured. 410 x 530mm.

Stock ID : 20152

£550

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

Miniature map of the Solomon Islands, with part of New Zealand

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Isles de Salomon.

Paris, 1683. Coloured. 160 x 110mm. French text on verso.

Stock ID : 13150

£150

The Ægean Islands

DE ROSSI, Giovanni Giacomo.

Arcipelago Mar Egeo...

Rome, 1685. Original outline colour, 550 x 450mm.

Stock ID : 19959

£750

Miniature map of China

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

La Chine.

Frankfurt, 1686. Coloured. 150 x 105mm.

Stock ID : 19544

£200

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 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. Coloured etching. 220 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 17930

£675

17th century map of Ireland

MORDEN, Robert.

The Kingdom of Ireland.

London, c.1695. Coloured. 425 x 355mm.

Stock ID : 19905

£325

Plan of the city of Chios

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.

Citta e Fortezza di Scio.

Venice, c.1696. 120 x 260mm, set in a page of text.

Stock ID : 18903

£100

Two-sheet sea chart of the Malay Peninsula

MORTIER, Pieter.

Le Royaume de Siam avec les Royaumes qui luy sont Tributaires et les Isles de Sumatra, Andemaon, etc. et les Isles Voisine.

Amsterdam, c.1705. Original colour with additions. Two sheets conjoined, total 785 x 565mm, with wide margins.

Stock ID : 20067

£1,400

A two-sheet map of France

JAILLOT, Alexis-Hubert.

Le Royaume de France distinqué suivant l'estendue de Toutes ses Provinces, et ses Acquistions, dans l'Espagne, dans l'Italie, dans l'Allemagne, et dans La Flandre, L'Artois, Le Haynaut, Le Namur, et Le Luxembourg, Provinces des Bays-Bas.

Amsterdam, Pieter Mortier, c.1705. Original colour. Two sheets conjoined, total 595 x 890mm.

Stock ID : 8440

£700