A world map as a chocolatier's competition

JANNOT, J.B.

Le Tour du Monde en 120 images Grand Concours du Chocalat Menier.

Paris: Chocolat Menier, 1956. Poster map, sheet 645 x 995mm.

Stock ID : 21850

£800

Beck's iconic map of the London Underground

BECK, Henry C.

Railway Map. No. 1. 1936.

London: London Underground, 1936. Colour-printed map, 150 x 225mm, folded twice.

Stock ID : 22809

£400

A station 'Double Crown' poster map of the Underground by Beck

BECK, Henry C.

London Transport Underground.

London: Waterlow & Sons, 1935. Colour lithographic map. Sheet 605 x 775mm.

Stock ID : 22747

£14,000

The famous Poverty Map of London

BOOTH, Charles.

Descriptive Map of London Poverty 1889.

London: McMillan & Co., c.1889. Original colour. Four sheets conjoined, total 980 x 1210mm.

Stock ID : 22535

£16,000

A rare and unusual map of Australia

MARMOCCHI, F.C.

L'Australia con la divisione delle sue coste Proposta dal Capit.o Vetch.

Genova: Paolo Rivara, c.1858. Coloured. 295 x 365mm,

Stock ID : 22613

£650

An important map of early modern archaeology in Nineveh

JONES, James Felix.

Vestiges of Assyria. Sheet 1st, an Ichnographic Sketch of the remains of ancient Nineveh, with the enciente of the modern Mosul... constructed from the trigonometrical survey in the spring of 1852, at the command of the government of India, by Felix Jones, Commander, Indian Navy and Surveyor in Mesopotamia. Aided in the field operations by J.M. Hyslop, Esq.r M.D. Med.l Staff, Bombay Army.

London: John Walker, 1855. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 1275 x 735mm. With facsimile signature.

Stock ID : 22248

£3,250

An important map of early modern archaeology in Assyria

JONES, James Felix.

As an accompaniment to the 1st and 2nd sheets of the Vestiges of Assyria. Sheet 3d being a Map of the country included in the angle formed by River Tigris & the Upper Zab shewing the disposition of the various ancient sites in the Vicinity of Nineveh. from the trigonometrical survey made by order of the Governor of India in the Spring of 1852 by Felix Jones, Commander, Indian Navy and Surveyor in Mesopotamia aided in the field operations by J.M. Hyslop, Esq.r M.D. Med.l Staff, Bombay Army.

London: John Walker, 1855. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 1275 x 735mm. With facsimile signature.

Stock ID : 22303

£3,250

19th century town plan of Boston

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

Boston with Charlestown and Roxbury.

London, SDUK, 1842. Original outline colour. Steel-engraving, 395 x 320mm, with wide nargins.

Stock ID : 19357

£280

A Presentation Copy of the first geological map of France

DUFRENOY, P.A. & ELIE DE BEAUMONT, J.B.

Carte Géologique de la France exécutee sous la direction de M.r Brouchant de Villiers, Inspecteur géneral des Mines, par MM. Dufrénoy et Elie de Beaumont, Ingenieurs des Mines, commencée soud l'administration fr M.r Becquey, Directeur général des Ponts et Chaussées des Mines, terminée en 1840... [WITH] Explication de la Carte Géologique de la France. Tome Premier.

Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1841, First Edition. Lithographic map in fine original colour, dissected and laid on linen in six sections, total 2190 x 2240mm, with half calf pull-off slipcase; with two text volumes (1841 & 1848), 4to, half calf with marbled boards, several text engravings, vol. 1 with a coloured folding index map. With a presentation inscription from Dufrénoy to his step-father.

Stock ID : 22479

£12,500

A folding map of Greece in fine colour

WYLD, James.

A New Map of Greece, constructed chiefly from original materials in which it has been attempted to improve the Ancient and Modern Geography of that Country.

London, 1843. Original colour, Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 930 x 630mm, folded into original publisher's slipcase with title label.

Stock ID : 22728

£400

An important geological map of England and Wales on six sheets

GREENOUGH, George Bellas.

A Geological Map of England & Wales by G.B. Greenough Esq.r, President of the Geological Society, F.R.S. F.L.S.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, November 1st 1819 (but not published until 1820). First edition. Original colour. Six sheets, each 640 x 840mm, total if joined c. 1950 x 1610mm.

Stock ID : 20885

£25,000

An important large-scale map of Middlesex

GREENWOOD, Christopher.

Map of the County of Middlesex, from an Actual Survey made in the Years 1818 & 1819 by C. Greenwood. To the Nobility, Clergy & Gentry of Middlesex, This Map of the County Is most respectfully Dedicated by The Proprietors.

London: G. Pringle and C. Greenwood, 1819. Dissected and laid on linen in four sections, each 630 x 665mm, total 1260 x 1330mm,

Stock ID : 22400

£1,600

Colour-printed examples of George Morland's famous anti-slavery scenes

MORLAND, George.

African Hospitality. [&] Slave Trade.

London: S. Morgan, 1814. Pair of mezzotints, printed in colours and hand-finished. Each c. 475 x 650mm.

Stock ID : 22500

£4,000

A satire against Napoleon printed on a handkerchief

Anonymous.

Stage of Europe Dec.r 1812. Europaische Schaubuhne in December 1812.

English, c.1812. Cotton handkerchief printed in ochre colour. 775 x 870mm.

Stock ID : 21941

£3,000

A scarce early 19th century brass navigator's tool

CARY, William.

[A 48 inch brass navigator's scale rule.]

London, c. 1800. Brass, with etched graduations. 1220 x 70 x 4mm, with original wooden case.

Stock ID : 22524

£2,200

An English edition of an important map of the French colony of Louisiana

BOWEN, Thomas.

Map of Louisiana from D'Anville's Atlas.

London: John Harrison, 1788. 325 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 22642

£750

18th century Italian map of India

ZATTA, Antonio.

Stato del Mogol con L'Isole di Ceilan e Maldive.

Venice, 1785. Original colour. 420 x 325mm.

Stock ID : 22608

£320

China & Tartary after Bonne

SANTINI, Francesco & Paolo.

L'Empire de la Chine, avec la Tartarie Chinoise d'après l'Atlas Chinois.

Venice: Guiseppe Antonio Remondini, 1784. Original outline colour. 485 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 22630

£600

A scarce broadsheet map of the Siege of Mahon in 1781

LOPEZ, Thomas.

Plano de la Isla de Menorca; con expresion de las disposiciones dadas para el desembarco del Exército Español del mando del Excmo. Sr. Duque de Crillón; igualmente que de las que no se pudieron executar por la contrariedad de los vientos.

Madrid, 1781. Engraved map set in Spanish letterpress, sheet 505 x 450mm.

Stock ID : 22638

£3,750

18th century map of Hudson Bay

ZATTA, Antonio.

La Baja D'Hudson, Terra di Labrador e Groenlandia con le Isole Adiacenti.

Venice, 1778. Original outline colour. 320 x 410mm.

Stock ID : 19023

£220

A map of New York and New Jersey at the outbreak of the American Revolution

LOTTER, Matthäus Albrecht.

A Map of The Provinces of New-York and New-Jersey, with a part of Pennsylvania and the Province of Quebec. from the Topographical Observations of C.J. Sauthier.

Augsburg, M.A. Lotter, 1777. Original colour refreshed. 760 x 580mm.

Stock ID : 22635

£2,000

An 18th century map of the Great Lakes

SANTINI, Francesco & Paolo.

Partie Occidentale du Canada et Septentrionale de la Louisiane avec une partie de la Pensilvanie.

Venice, 1776. Original outline colour. 490 x 570mm.

Stock ID : 22627

£600

Scarce 18th century map of the Kingdom of Naples.

PROBST, Johann Michael.

Das Königreich Napoli in dessen XII Haupt Provinciien, Nachdenen Neuesten Observationen Magini, Greüters, Sansons, De Fer Nolin, Cantelli, &c.

Augsburg, c.1775. Original colour. 450 x 550mm.

Stock ID : 22739

£580

A decorative 18th century map of Jamaica

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Nova Designatio Insulae Jamaicae ex Antillanis Americae Septentrion. non postremae Secundum Gubernationes suas accuratas...

Augsburg, J.M.Probst, c.1770. Coloured. 490 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 9614

£475

18th century map of Corsica

LOTTER, Tobias Conrad.

L'isle de Corse avec les differents districts, appartenante à La Republique de Genes, mais divisée et soulevée depuis plusiers années.

Augsburg, c.1760. Original body colour with additions. 600 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 22737

£600

18th century map of Sicily, with an inset of Malta

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Mappa Geographica totius Insulae et Regni Siciliae.

Augsburg: Tobias Conrad Lotter, c.1730. Original colour. 500 x 585mm.

Stock ID : 22738

£550

A colourful 18th century map of Iberia

LOTTER, Tobias Conrad.

Hispania et Archetypo Roderici Mendez Sylvae...

Augsburg, c.1760. Original colour with additions. 450 x 615mm.

Stock ID : 22743

£400

A colourful 18th century map of north-east Italy

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Dominium Venetum cum adjacentibus Mediolan, Mantuano, Mutinensi, Mirandolano, Parmensi, Placentino Ducatibus nova Delinetio ob oculos positum...

Augsburg: Tobias Conrad Lotter, c.1760. Original colour with additions. 450 x 615mm.

Stock ID : 22744

£450

Dutch edition of Bellin's view of Manila

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

Ville de Manille. De Stad Manilha.

Amsterdam: Pieter de Hondt & J. Roman, 1756. Coloured. 250 x 290mm.

Stock ID : 20177

£450

Chart of the environs of Mumbai

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

Plan de Bombay et de ses Environs Tiré de Thornton Hyd. Ang.

Paris, c.1745. Coloured. 200 x 275mm.

Stock ID : 22609

£300

A bibliography and biography of Hollar, extra-illustrated with original etchings

VERTUE, George.

A Description of the Works Of the Ingenious Delineator and Engraver Wenceslaus Hollar, Disposed into Classes of Different Sorts; with Some Account of His Life.

London: George Vertue, 1745. First Edition. Small 4to, later half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers; pp. vi + 137 + (26) (later blanks); title with engraved portrait, engraved plate with prospect of London and index, two engraved head pieces (homage to Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel & prospect of Prague) and a decorative tailpiece. Extra-illustrated with 56 etchings by Hollar, mounted in album paper.

Stock ID : 22727

£6,500

A fine three-sheet map of Georgian London

HOMANN HEIRS.

Urbium Londini et West-Monasterii nec non Suburbii Southwark accurata Ichnographia... 1736.

Nuremberg, 1736. Original colour with additions. Three sheets conjoined, total 520 x 1720mm.

Stock ID : 18492

£4,000

Important map of Taiwan according to the Dutch East India Company

VALENTYN, François.

Kaart van het Eyland Formosa en de Eylanden van Piscadores.

Dortrecht & Amsterdam: Jan van Braam & G. onder de Linden, 1724-6. 440 x 550mm.

Stock ID : 22749

£6,500

An 18th century traders' map of the Great Lakes

CHÂTELAIN, Henri Abraham.

Carte Particuliere de Fleuve Saint Louis Dressee sur Les Lieux avec Noms des Sauvages du Pais, des Marchandises qu'on Y Porte & qu'on Reçoit & des Animaux, Insectes, Poissons, Oiseux, Arbres & Fruits...

Amsterdam, 1720. Coloured. 360 x 465mm.

Stock ID : 22750

£1,250

A satirical map on the Mississippi Bubble

Anonymous.

Afbeeldinge Van't Zeer Vermaarde Eiland Geks-Kop.

Amsterdam, 1720, 290 x 230mm.

Stock ID : 22759

£700

An important early 18th century prospect of London

KIP, Johannes.

La Ville de Londres. Prospectus Londinensis.

London, c.1720. Coloured. Two sheets conjoined as issued, total 490 x 1180mm.

Stock ID : 22756

£12,000

Early 18th century map of South East Asia

AA, Pieter van der.

Les Indes Orientales Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Mess.rs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences etc. Augmentées de nouveau.

Leiden, c.1719. Coloured. 290 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 21650

£400

An early 18th century prospect of Jerusalem

CHÂTELAIN, Henri Abraham.

Vue et Description de Jerusalem telle qu'elle est Aujord'hui avec les Tombeaux de ses Ancients Rois, & quelques autres Antiquités Curieuses qui se trouvent aux Environs de cette Ville.

Amsterdam, 1719. 385 x 495mm.

Stock ID : 22595

£400

A map of North America during the Mississippi Bubble

CHÂTELAIN, Henri Abraham.

Carte de la Nouvelle France, où se voit le cours des Grandes Rivieres de S.Laurens & de Mississipi...

Amsterdam, 1718. Coloured. 425 x 500mm.

Stock ID : 22751

£2,400

A very rare English map of Barbados

FORD, Richard.

A New Map of the Island of Barbadoes, wherein every Parish, Plantation, Watermill, Windmill and Cattlemill is described with the name of the Present possessor and all things els Remarkable according to a Late Exact Survey thereof.

London: George Willdey, c.1715. 485 x 570mm.

Stock ID : 22746

£4,500

A map of classical Arabia

WEIGEL, Christoph.

Arabia Veteris Typus.

Nuremberg, 1712. Original body colour. 320 x 390mm.

Stock ID : 22657

£500

A four-sheet wall map of Switzerland in fine colour

SCHEUCHZER, Johann Jakob.

Nova Helvetiae Tabula Geographica...

Amsterdam: Pieter Schenk, 1712. Fine original colour. Four plates, each c.470 x 565mm.

Stock ID : 22650

£3,250

A very fine example of Moll's two-sheet map of the world

MOLL, Herman.

A New and Correct Map of The Whole World, Laid Down According to the Newest Discoveries, and the Most Exact Observations.

London: Herman Moll, John Bowles, Thomas Bowles & Philip Overton, 1709. Original outline colour refreshed. Two sheets conjoined, total 700 x 1200mm

Stock ID : 22632

£5,000

A map of Europe at the beginning of the 18th century

FER, Nicolas de.

L'Europe, Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de M.rs de L'Academie Royale des Sciences...

Paris, 1700. Coloured. 225 x 335mm.

Stock ID : 20327

£260

Lhuyd's map of Wales, as published in a historical atlas

LHUYD, Humfrey.

Cambriae Typus Auctore Humfredo Lhuydo Denbigiense Cambrobritanno.

Amsterdam, c.1700. Coloured, 350 x 495mm.

Stock ID : 22741

£650

A monumental sea chart of south-east England

HOOGHE, Romeyn de.

Carte Nouvelle des Costes d'Angleterre depuis la Riviere de la Tamise jusques à Portland..

Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1693. Original colour refreshed, with gold highlights. Two sheets conjoined, total 600 x 950mm.

Stock ID : 22527

£3,000

A monumental sea chart of south-west England

HOOGHE, Romeyn de.

Carte Maritime de l'Angleterre depuis les Sorlingues jusques à Portland...

Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1693. Original colour with additions, including gold highlights. Two sheets conjoined, total 600 x 950mm.

Stock ID : 22528

£3,250

A monumental sea chart of the Strait of Dover and southern North Sea

HOOGHE, Romeyn de.

Carte Nouvelle des Costes de Hollande, Zéelande, Flandre, Picardie, & Normandie, depuis la Brille jusques à Dieppe, avec une Partie des costes d'Angleterre, depuis l'emboucheure de la Tamise, et les Isles Voisines jusques à Bevesier...

Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1693. Original colour with additions, including gold highlights. Two sheets conjoined, total 595 x 955mm.

Stock ID : 22529

£2,600

A two-sheet 17th century sea chart of Western Europe

MORTIER, Pierre.

Carte Generale des Costes de L'Europe sur l'Ocean Comprises depuis Dronthem en Norwege Jusques au Destroit de Gibraltar. Levée et Gravée par Ordre du Roy, à Paris 1693.

Amsterdam, 1693. Coloured. Two sheets conjoined, total 590 x 850mm.

Stock ID : 22755

£800

An unrecorded state of Saxton's map of South East England

SAXTON, Christopher.

Sussex, Surry and Kent, by C.S. Corrected and Amended with many Additions by Phil Lea. Cantii, Southsexiae, Surriae et Middelsexiae comitat. Una cum suis Undique confinibus, Oppidis, pagis, Villis, et Fluminibus, in eisdem vera descriptio.

London: Philip Lea, c.1690. Original outline colour. 410 x 540mm.

Stock ID : 22260

£3,000