The history of celestial mapping

WHITFIELD, Peter.

Mapping the Heavens.

London: British Library, 2018. Softback, pp. 192, profusely illustrated.

Stock ID : 22587

£15

Oddities in the history of cartography

BAYNTON-WILLIAMS, Ashley.

The Curious Map Book.

London: British Library, 2015. 4to, cloth and illus. d/w; pp. 240, profusely illustrated.

Stock ID : 19108

£25

A wide selection of different types of map

PICKLES, Rosie et al.

Map. Exploring the World.

London: Phaidon, 2015. Large 4to, cloth & illus. d/w; pp. 352, profusely illustrated.

Stock ID : 16799

£40

A readable study of London maps

BARBER, Peter.

London: A History in Maps.

London: London Topographical Society in association with the British Library, 2012. Oblong 4to, cloth & illus. d/w, pp. viii + 380, profusely illustrated.

Stock ID : 18272

£30

The cream of the British Library map collection

BARBER, Peter & HARPER, Tom.

Magnificent Maps: Power Propaganda and Art.

London: British Library, 2010. New. 4to, illus. covers, pp. 176.

Stock ID : 12442

£20

A colourful map of the history of London

BULLOCK, George Leslie.

Historical Map of London.

Edinburgh: John Bartolomew & Son Ltd, c.1970. Colour-printed map. Sheet 650 x 960mm.

Stock ID : 20617

£650

Scarce map of the Sydney Underground based on Beck's iconic design

EPC.

Railway Map. Sydney Suburban and City Underground Railway.

Sydney: Waite & Bull for the Commissioner for Railways, 1939. Colour-printed leaflet map, sheet 165 x 245mm.

Stock ID : 22540

£950

The famous 'Wonderground' map of London

GILL, Leslie MacDonald.

The Wonderground Map of London Town. The Heart of Britain's Empire Here is Spread Out for Your View. It Shows You Many Stations & Bus Routes Not A Few. You Have Not the Time to Admire it all? Why Not Take a Map Home to Pin on your Wall!

London: Westminster Press, c.1928. Colour lithograph. Sheet 750 x 940mm.

Stock ID : 22501

£2,900

Fruit grower's advertising map

SCHMIDT.

Pacific Brand.

USA, Schmidt Litho; 1917. 225 x 320mm.

Stock ID : 17321

£180

The Rhodesia of the British South Africa Company

JOHNSTON, W. & A.K.

W. & A.K. Johnston's Map of Rhodesia.

Edinburgh & London: c.1897mm. Lithographic map printed in colour. Sheet 500 x 380mm, laid on linen and folded into original cloth gilt covers.

Stock ID : 22421

£180

Newspaper map of colonialism and volcanoes in South East Asia

GRAPHIC, The.

Map of South-Eastern Asia and Northern Australia Showing The Districts in Annan and Tonquin which France Proposes to annex and to place under a Protectorate, The portion of New Guinea to be acquired by Queensland, And the Districts affected by the Volcanic Eruptions in Java. Enlarge Map of Tonquin, Annam & Cochin China, showing The Districts which France proposes to Annex and to place undaer a Protectorate.

London, 1883. Wood engraving, printed in colours. Sheet 415 x 600mm.

Stock ID : 22356

£380

Diagram of the Solar Year

NICOLETT, H.

Révolution Annuelle de la Terre Autour du Soliel.

Paris: E. Andriveau-Goujon, 1877. Original colour. 490 x 620mm.

Stock ID : 20602

£550

Diagram of the Seasons

NICOLETT, H.

Mouvement Apparent du Soleil, Théorie des Saisons.

Paris: E. Andriveau-Goujon, c..1875. Original colour. 490 x 620mm.

Stock ID : 20600

£950

Diagram of the Solar Year

NICOLETT, H.

Révolution Annuelle de la Terre Autour du Soliel.

Paris: E. Andriveau-Goujon, 1875. Original colour. 490 x 620mm.

Stock ID : 20601

£950

Scarce Spanish sea chart of Taiwan

BRYANT, Tomas.

Carta de la Costa y Mar de China que comprende Todo el Canal de Formosa, Islas de Meico-Sima y parte de la de Luzon.

Madrid: Direccion de Hidrografia, 1863. Original colour. 640 x 990mm. Blind stamp of the Direccion de Hidrografia.

Stock ID : 12453

£1,200

Rare 19th centiury Spanish sea chart of China with Taiwan

FERREIRO, Martin

Carta de la Costa Oriental de China desde las Islas Lamock hasta el Rio Ngau-Keang con parte de la Isle Formosa, segun los trajabos de los capitanes Kellett y Collinson de la M.R. Inglesa.

Madrid: Direccion de Hidrografia, 1863. Original colour. 620 x 990mm. Blind stamp of the Direccion de Hidrografia.

Stock ID : 12454

£1,400

Large scale map of London in 1861

CROSS, Joseph.

Cross's New Plan of London.

London, 1861. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 860 x 1260mm, folded into slipcase with publisher's title label.

Stock ID : 22409

£2,000

Map of the environs of London in fine colour

DAVIES, Benjamin Rees.

Davies's Map of the British Metropolis. The Boundaries of the Boroughs, County Court Districts, Railways and Modern Improvements.

London: Edward Stanford, c.1850. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, total 670 x 965mm.

Stock ID : 22252

£1,300

19th century illustration of the Full Moon

BLUNT, Charles F.

The Moon at the Full.

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

Stock ID : 19290

£180

The index map of the first geological map of France

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

Tableau d'Assemblage des Six Feuilles de la Carte Géologique de la France Exécutée sous la Direction de M.r Brochant de Villiers, Inspecteur général des MInes...

Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1841. Fine original colour. Printed area 525 x 550mm, backed on original linen.

Stock ID : 22488

£650

London at the end of the reign of George IV

CARY, John.

Cary's New Pocket Plan of London, Westminster and Southwark; with all the Adjacent Buildings in St. George's Fields &c. &c.

London: Cary, 1830. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 430 x 630mm, folded into original slipcase.

Stock ID : 22209

£575

A colourful 19th century map of South America

HALL, Sidney.

South America.

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1828. Original outline colour. 540 x 440mm.

Stock ID : 22437

£200

Early 19th century town plan of Rome with decorative borders

RUGA, Pietro.

Pianta della Citta di Roma con la Indicazione di tutte le Antichita e Nuovi Abbellimenti. MDCCCXXIIII

Rome: Venanzio Monaldini, 1824. Dissected and laid on linen as published, 745 x 1110mm, folded into a slipcase with publisher's label.

Stock ID : 22213

£1,200

The environs of Paris in the early 19th century

BASSET, Paul Andre.

Carte des environs de Paris contenant le département de la Seine et celui de Seine-et-Oise...

Paris, Basset, c.1822. Original colour. 540 x 790mm.

Stock ID : 17172

£750

West Africa with the infamous 'Mountains of Kong'

NEELE & SON.

Nigritia Guinea &c.

London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1822. Original colour.

Stock ID : 22432

£110

A late-18th century plan of Turin

ANDREWS, John.

A Plan of the City of Turin.

London, John Stockdale, 1800. Coloured. 200 x 255mm.

Stock ID : 22599

£200

A late-18th century plan of Amsterdam

ANDREWS, John.

A Plan of the City of Amsterdam.

London, John Stockdale, 1800. Coloured. 185 x 270mm.

Stock ID : 22600

£200

A late-18th century plan of Cologne

ANDREWS, John.

A Plan of the City of Cologne.

London, John Stockdale, 1800. Coloured. 185 x 270mm.

Stock ID : 22601

£140

A late-18th century plan of Valletta

ANDREWS, John.

A Plan of the City of Malta.

London, John Stockdale, 1800. Coloured. 190 x 270mm.

Stock ID : 22602

£280

An 18th century double-hemisphere world map

SANTINI, François.

Nouvelle Mappe Monde dediee au progres de nos connoissances.

Venice, M. Remondini, 1784. Coloured with gold highlights. 490 x 680mm.

Stock ID : 22217

£1,650

18th century French double-hemisphere world map

JANVIER, Jean.

Mappe-Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre...

Paris: Lattré, 1780. Coloured. 490 x 660mm.

Stock ID : 22320

£1,500

A view of Constantinople prepared as a transformation print

PROBST, George Balthasar.

[Vuë auprès de la Mosquée du Sultan Soliman et de Mohamet à Constantinople.]

Augsburg: Probst, c.1780. Original hand colour. Engraving, trimmed to printed border and laid on black-painted card. 305 x 445mm, holes cut in image, with coloured tissue pasted on reverse.

Stock ID : 22410

£680

A scarce double-hemisphere celestial map

PROBST, Johann Michael.

Planisphaerium Coeleste.

Augsburg, 1780. Coloured. Sheet 185 x 275mm.

Stock ID : 22574

£350

A detailed map of Dominica during the American War of Independence

BUACHE, Philippe.

Carte de la Dominique Prise par les François Le 7 Septembre 1778, Avec le Plan du Debarquement, et de l'Attacque des Forts et Batteries par les Troupes et les Frégates de sa Majesté... 1778.

Paris, 1778. Coloured. 650 x 500mm.

Stock ID : 22487

£850

The earliest British chart of Tasmania

FURNEAUX, Tobias.

Sketch of Van Diemen Land, Explored by Capt.n Furneaux, in March 1773.

London: Strahan & Cadell, 1777. 240 x 160mm.

Stock ID : 22434

£420

A 18th century two-sheet map of Ancient Greece

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Graeciae Antiquae Designatio Nova.

Augsburg: Tobias Conrad Lotter, c.1750. Original body colour. Two sheets, each 500 x 585mm.

Stock ID : 22403

£450

A mid-18th century double-hemisphere world map

DELISLE, Guillaume.

Mappemonde à l'usage du Roy par Guillaume Delisle 1.er Géographe de S.M. 1720. Augmentée en 1755 des Nouv.lles Découveries...

Paris: Philippe Buache, 1755. Coloured. 445 x 680mm.

Stock ID : 22322

£1,500

18th century nautical chart on Mercator's Projection

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

An Essay of a New and Compact Map Containing the Known Parts of the Terrestrial Globe by N. Bellin Engineer of the Marine.

The Hague, Pieter de Hondt, c.1750. Coloured. 520 x 700mm.

Stock ID : 22307

£1,800

An 18th century miniature map of the British Isles

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Accuratissima Angliae Scotiae Et Hiberniae Tab.

Augsburg, c. 1744, Original colour with additions to the cartouches. 210 x 270mm.

Stock ID : 22345

£350

A mid-18th century Italian world map with allegorical figures of the continents

ALBRIZZI, Giovanni Battista.

Mappamondo, o sia Descrizione Generale del Globo Terrestre ed Acquatico.

Venice, c.1742. Coloured. 295 x 360mm.

Stock ID : 22318

£1,250

An 18th century two-sheet map of Africa

MOLL, Herman.

To the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Peterborow and Monmouth, &c. This Map of Africa According to ye Newest and most Exact observations is most humbly Dedicated...

London, John Bowles, Thomas Bowles & Philip Overton, c.1732. Coloured. Two sheets conjoined, total 960 x 580mm.

Stock ID : 22283

£1,800

Early 18th century map of Brazil in fine original colour

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Recens elaborata Mappa Geographica Regni Brasiliae in America Meridionali.

Augsburg, c.1730. Original colour. 500 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 22405

£650

18th century illustration of the Monoceros constellation

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Monoceros.

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

Stock ID : 21405

£300

An English edition of Lamy's classical map of Jerusalem

LAMY, Bernard.

A Plan of the City of Jerusalem & Place adjacent accord.g to Bern.d Lamy.

London, c.1725. 360 x 410mm.

Stock ID : 22415

£500

A scarce Dutch map of India

AA, Pieter van der.

Royaume du Grand Mogol avec tous les Pays qui en dependent, suivant les Relations des plus fideles Voyagueurs nouvellement donne au Public . . .

Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, c.1714. 295 x 355mm.

Stock ID : 19136

£400

Scarce sea chart of Taiwan and the Pescadores

AA, Pieter van der.

L'Ile de Formosa, ou sont exactement marquez les Bancs de Sables, Rochers et Brasses d'Eau..

Leiden, c.1713. 290 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 19130

£1,500

An uncommon early 18th century map of Poland

INSELIN, Charles.

Roiaume de la Pologne, avec l'Electorat de Saxe et les R.me de Boheme et de Prusse, l'Electorat de Brandebourg, Duché de Silecie et partie de la Moscovie. SUr les Observations les plus Nouvelles par Inslain.

Paris, c.1708. Original outline colour. 470 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 22493

£1,200

A scarce Italian double-hemisphere world map

CANALI, Giovanni Battista.

Mappamondo overo Carta Generale del Globo Terrestre Rappresentato in due Planisferij secondo le più moderne Relazioni con aggionta di varie notizie...

Padua, 1701. Coloured. 395 x 595mm.

Stock ID : 22419

£1,900

The Americas with California as an island

FER, Nicolas de.

L'Amerique, Meridionale et Septentrionale...

Paris, 1700. Coloured. 225 x 340mm.

Stock ID : 19358

£650

Map of classical Cyprus

JANSSON, Jan.

Cyprus, Insula laeta choris blandorum et mater amorum.

Amsterdam, c.1700, blank verso. Coloured. 350 x 470mm. Wide margins

Stock ID : 20342

£1,250