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

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

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 complete set of instructive celestial cards

LEIGH, Samuel.

Urania's Mirror, or a View of the Heavens.

London: Samuel Leigh, c.1824. Original box but lacking printed title label; complete set of 32 engraved plates laid on perforated card, backed with tissue as issued. Coloured. Each card 140 x 200mm.

Stock ID : 19871

£4,750

The first English map of the continent of Australia

BOWEN, Emanuel.

A Complete Map of the Southern Continent. Survey'd by Capt. Abel Tasman & depicted by Order of the East India Company in Holland in the Stadt House in Amsterdam.

London, 1744. Coloured. 380 x 490mm.

Stock ID : 19935

£3,750

A plan of London during the reign of William IV

CRUCHLEY, George Frederick.

Cruchley's New Plan of London Improved to 1836.

London, 1836. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen as issued, total 540 x 1390mm, with separately-printed decorative border laid on.

Stock ID : 19968

£3,400

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

Uncommon world map with superb rococo borders

ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Gilles.

Mappe Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre...

Paris, 1743. Original outline colour. 470 x 740mm.

Stock ID : 20124

£3,250

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

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

Saxton's map of Cornwall as revised by Philip Lea

SAXTON, Christopher.

Cornwall Described by C. Saxton Corrected and many Additions as the Roads &c. by P. Lea.

London: George Willdey, c.1732. Old colour. 380 x 490mm.

Stock ID : 20074

£2,800

The Knights Hospitallers on Cyprus

NABERAT, Anne de.

Isle de Cipre.

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

Stock ID : 20123

£2,600

A decorative plan of Elizabethan London

AGAS, Ralph.

London and Westminster in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, Anno Dom. 1563.

London, J. Wallis, 1789. Contemporary colour with some retouching. 410 x 1040mm.

Stock ID : 19801

£2,400

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

Large sea-chart featuring Singapore

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

Carte Réduite des Détroits de Malaca, Sincapour, et du Gouverneur.

Paris, Dépôt de la Marine, c.1755. 550 x 885mm, on heavy paper.

Stock ID : 19706

£2,200

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

18th century Italian map of the Philippines

ZATTA, Antonio.

Isole Filippine.

Venice, 1785. Original outline colour. 410 x 320mm.

Stock ID : 19355

£1,800

An early 19th century board game of European travel

WALLIS, Edward.

The Panorama of Europe. a New Game.

London: J. & E. Wallis, & Sidmouth, J. Wallis Jun.r, 1815. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued. sheet 475 x 630mm.

Stock ID : 19849

£1,800

Plan of London in the reign of George I

PARKER, Samuel.

A Plan of the City's of London, Westminster and Borough of Southwark; with the new Additional Buildings. Anno 1720.

London: John Senex, 1720. Coloured. 505 x 590mm.

Stock ID : 19963

£1,750

18th century chart of the Persian Gulf

APRÈS DE MANNEVILLETTE, Jean Baptiste d'.

Carte du Golfe Persique, depuis Bassora jusqua'au Cap Rasalgate.

Paris, c.1775. Coloured. 480 x 670mm.

Stock ID : 20158

£1,700

A map of London's Inns of Court

HOFFMAN, George Spencer.

Legal London. A Map showing the Inns of Court and places frequented by those Learned in the Law. With the Streets Lanes & Alleys. The Churches Colleges & Public Buildings The Theatres Hotels Taverns & other places of Interest within Half a Mile of The Royal Courts of Justice - A.D. 1931.

London, 1931. 430 x 550mm.

Stock ID : 19703

£1,600

The first 'Food Map'

TOURCATY, Jean Francois.

Carte Gastronomique de la France.

Paris: Imprimerie de Brasseur Aîné, 1809. Coloured. 365 x 450mm.

Stock ID : 17565

£1,500

Regent's Park as a housing estate

LEVERTON, Thomas & CHAWNER, Thomas.

Plan of an Estate Belonging to the Crown, Called Marybone Park Farm, upon A Design for letting it out on Building Leases.

London: Luke Hansard & Sons for the House of Commons, 1812. Original colour. Sheet 420 x 550mm.

Stock ID : 18496

£1,500

One of the few maps of London of the period to show Chelsea

LUFFMAN, John.

The Metropolis Displayed, or, Langely's Faithful Guide through London and places adjacent, in every direction from St Paul's Cathedral: Laid down by John Lufman, Geographer, Strand, London.

London: Edward Langley, c.1822. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 425 x 1025mm.

Stock ID : 19890

£1,500

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

A detailed plan of the Mont-Blanc massif

BARBEY, Albert.

Carte Albert Barbey au 1/50,000éme La Chaine du Mont Blanc...

Berne: Kummerly & Frey, 1924. Chromolithograph. 530 x 100mm.

Stock ID : 19991

£1,500

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 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

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

A 17th century Italian map of London

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.

Londra.

Venice, 1689. Coloured. 270 x 430mm.

Stock ID : 19878

£1,250

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

London at the end of the 18th century

FAIRBURN, John.

London and Westminster, 1796.

London, 1796. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued. 440 x 640 mm.

Stock ID : 19885

£1,200

Very decorative set of the World & Continents

LEVASSEUR, Victor.

[Set of World & 6 Continents.]

Paris, A. Combette, c.1845.Coloured. Seven steel-engravings, ea. c.310 x 410mm.

Stock ID : 13874

£1,200

Map of London at the beginning of the 19th century

FAIRBURN, John.

London and Westminster, 1801.

London, 1801. Coloured. Dissected and laid on linen, total 440 x 640mm.

Stock ID : 19886

£1,100

A pre-Cook discoveries map of Australia

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

Carte Réduite des Terres Australes... 1753.

Paris, 1753. 210 x 290mm.

Stock ID : 19709

£1,000

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

A 19th century plan of Florence with a prospect of the city

MERLINI, Cesare.

Pianta Della Citta di Firenze.

Florence, 1818. 530 x 670mm.

Stock ID : 20149

£950

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

Separate-issue map-view of Paris facing the advancing Prussians

CONCANAN, Alfred.

No.8. Stannard & Son's, Perspective View of Paris and its Environs, shewing all the Fortifications and Redoubts, together with the lines of defence recently thrown up, and the roads, rivers and railways communicating with the interior, compiled from the latest official sources, by Alfred Concanen.

London: Stannard & Son, 1st September 1870. Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 555 x 760mm.

Stock ID : 18184

£900

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

Illustrations of St Paul's Cathedral with a pre-Fire prospect of London

LOGGAN, David.

[Illustrations of the Norman St Paul's Cathedral and Wren's replacement, with a prospect of London.]

London: John Bowles, 1731. 390 x 460mm.

Stock ID : 19874

£850

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

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

18th century double-hemisphere world map

JANVIER, Jean.

Mappe-Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre...

Paris: 1762. Coloured, 310 x 460mm.

Stock ID : 19321

£800

The Ægean Islands

DE ROSSI, Giovanni Giacomo.

Arcipelago Mar Egeo...

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

Stock ID : 19959

£750

England depicted as a man on a seamonster

DIGHTON, Robert.

A Caricature of England and Wales.

London: W. Snow, c.1815. Original colour. Card, 140 x 111mm.

Stock ID : 20055

£750

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

Classic 18th century map of Asia

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Asia cum omnibus Imperiis Provinciis, Statibus et Insulis...

Augsburg, c.1730. Original colour. 500 x 585mm.

Stock ID : 20164

£750

A record of a 1748 fire in London's Cornhill

JEFFERYS, Thomas.

A Plan of all the Houses, destroyed & damaged by the Great Fire which begun in Exchange Alley Cornhill, on Friday March 25, 1748.

London: M. Payne, 1748. 340 x 310mm.

Stock ID : 19870

£750