A superb 9-sheet 17th century prospect of a regatta on the Grand Canal

PORTIO, Aniello & DALLA VIA, Alessandro.

Veduta di Venetia Dedicata All'Eminentissimo Prencipe Il S. Cardinale Giacomo Bonocampagno Arcivescovo di Bologna, et c. dal P. Cosmografo Coronelli.

Venice: Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, 1696. 9 engravings, various sizes, total if joined c. 350 x 4224mm.

Stock ID : 21708

£40,000

A French edition of Cleveley's famous 'Death of Cook' scene

CLEVELEY, James & John.

Mort du Capitaine Cook.

Paris: Bance ainé, c.1790. Aquatint with fine hand colour. 495 x 660mm.

Stock ID : 20359

£7,500

An uncommon atlas of sea charts of the Mediterranean

ROUX, Joseph.

Carte de la mer Mediterranée en douze feuilles, dédiée à M.gr le Duc de Choiseul Colonel General des Suisses et Grisons. Ministre de la Guerre et de la Marine.

Marseilles, 1764. Folio, contemporary full blind-stamped calf, rebacked twelve folding charts of the Mediterranean on thick paper.

Stock ID : 11186

£6,500

An important 'proof state' sea-chart of the Canton River

GUIGNES, Chretien-Louis de.

Carte de l'entreé de Macao avec la route des vaisseaux pour se rendre à Waupum et celle des bateaux du pays pour aller par l'interieur à Guantum Latitude de Macao 22 12 44. Longitude a l'Est de Paris 111 5.

Signed bottom left, on paper watermarked 'D & C Blaeuw IV'. Sheet 510 x 470mm.

Stock ID : 11987

£6,500

The rare English edition of Linschoten's chart of the Middle East

LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van.

Deliniantur in hac tabula, Orae maritimae Abexiae freti Mecani: al. Maris Rubri: Arabiae, Ormi, Persiae... The description of the coast of Abex, The Straights of Meca, otherwise called the Red Sea, the coastes of Arabia, Ormus, and Persia, to the River of Sinde of the River Indus, of Bambaia, India, and Malabar, The Ilands of Ceilon, Choramandel, The Riber Ganges, and the kingdome of Bengala, As allso the scituation of the Creekes, Cliffes, Banckes, Shallowes, and deptthes upon or along by said coastes, with the right name of every place, as they are called by the Portingale Pilots, all truly described.

London: John Wolfe, 1598. Coloured. 375 x 515mm.

Stock ID : 20052

£6,000

A scarce 1947 'Quad' poster map of the Underground by Beck

BECK, Henry C.

London Transport Railways.

London: Waterlow & Sons, 1947. Colour lithographic map. Sheet 650 x 855mm.

Stock ID : 21375

£5,500

The iconic image of the death of Captain Cook

WEBBER, John.

To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, &c. This Plate representing The Death of Captain Cook is humbly inscribed, by their Lordship's most obedient and devoted Servant, John Webber. Drawn by J. Webber. The Figures Engraved by F. Bartolozzi, R.A. Engraver to His Majesty. The Landscape by W. Byrne.

London: John Webber & William Byrne, 1784. Engraving with etching. Sheet 470 x 595mm.

Stock ID : 19990

£5,000

A French edition of Cleveley's famous view of Matavi Bay, Tahiti

CLEVELEY, James & John.

[Matavi Bay, Tahiti] Vue du Détroit Charlotte dans la Nouvelle Zélande dans la Mer du Sud.

Paris: Bance ainé, c.1790. Aquatint with fine hand colour. 495 x 660mm.

Stock ID : 20326

£4,500

A fine prospect of Jacobean London

MERIAN, Matthaus.

London.

Frankfurt, c.1650. Coloured. Two sheets conjoined, total 220 x 700mm.

Stock ID : 19704

£3,800

18th century chart showing the mythical archipelago of Florida

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

Carte Reduite des Costes de la Louisiane et de la Floride . . . MDCCLXIV.

Paris: Dépôt des Cartes, Plans et Journeaux de la Marine, 1764. Coloured. 600 x 870mm.

Stock ID : 21513

£3,500

A scarce 1947 'Quad' station wall map of the Underground by Beck

BECK, Henry C.

London Transport Railways.

London: Waterlow & Sons, 1947. Colour lithographic map. Sheet 650 x 855mm.

Stock ID : 21374

£3,500

A mid-18th century pocket atlas of the world

GIBSON, John.

Atlas Minimus, or a New Set of Pocket Maps, Of the several Empires, Kingdoms and States of the known World, with Historical Extracts relative to each. Drawn and Engrav'd By J. Gibson from the Best Authorities. Revis'd, Corrected and Improv'd By Eman: Bowen Geographer to his Majesty.

London: J. Newbery, 1758. First Edition, first issue. 16mo, original full calf, gilt bands on spine; engr. frontis., title, preface, index & 52 numbered maps in original outline colour, & engr. publisher's ad.

Stock ID : 21555

£3,500

A scarce large-scale map of Surrey in fine colour

BRYANT, Andrew.

Map of the County of Surrey from actual Survey by A. Bryant, in the years 1822 and 1823. Inscribed by Permission to the R.t Honb.le The Lord Viscount Midleton Lord Lieutenant, and to the Nobility, Clergy and Gentry, of the County.

London: Bryant, 1823. Superb original body colour. Printed on four sheets, dissected and laid on linen in four sections as issued, each sheet 680 x 820mm, total if joined 1320 x 1590mm. With original red morocco gilt slipcase.

Stock ID : 21553

£3,000

An account of recent advances in Astronomy and Geography

DELISLE, Joseph Nicolas.

Mémoires pour Servir a l'Histoire et au Progrès de l'Astronomie, de la Geography, & de la Physique.

St Petersburg: Academy of Sciences, 1738, First Edition. 4to; full calf gilt, inner hinges strained; pp. 284 + (12)(tables), 13 folding engraved plates. With the bookplate of Frank S. Streeter.

Stock ID : 12397

£3,000

The First Issue of the iconic map of the London Underground

BECK, Henry C.

Map of London's Underground Railways. A new design for an old map.

London: The Underground Group, 1933. Colour-printed map on paper, 155 x 255mm, folded twice as issued.

Stock ID : 20851

£2,500

Four sea battles from 'England's Glory'.

RAYNER, William.

[England's Glory] The Great Storm, Nov.ber 26, 1703. Wherein Rear Admiral Beaumont was lost on Goodwin Sands... [&] The Engagement of the Confederate Fleet, under Sir George Rook, Sir Cloudesly Shovel, Sir John Leake, - And the Admiral Byng, and Dikes, with the Duch Admirals Callemburge, & Vanderdusson... [&] Barcelona taken by the Confederate Fleet & Army, October 20 1705, ye Land Forces under the Command of ye Earl of Peterborough, & Prince of Hesse Harmstadt, & the Fleet under that of ye Admirals, Shovel, Allemonde, Charles III King of Spain, Emperour, being present, and Assisting at the Whole. [&] Sir Cloudesly Shovel, in the Association, with the Eagle, Rumñy, and the Firebrand, Lost on the Rocks of Scilly, October, 22, 1707.

London: Rayner, c.1738-9. Four rare etchings with engraving. Each c.345 x 460mm.

Stock ID : 21767

£2,500

Caricature map of Europe at the outbreak of the First World War

JOHNSON, RIDDLE & CO.

Hark! Hark! The Dogs Do Bark!. With Note By Walter Emanuel.

London: G.W. Bacon & Co., 1914. Chromolithograph. Sheet 555 x 750mm.

Stock ID : 21516

£2,400

A very fine early 19th century miniature atlas

REMONDINI, Giuseppe Antonio.

Atlas Géographique dressé sur les meilliures Cartes de ces derniers tems, à l'usgae Des Ecoles, et de toute la Jeunesse des deux Sexes.

Venice: Remondini, 1801. Small 8vo, painted vellum, marbled endpapers, with original painted vellum slipcase with title label; engr. frontis. & title, 2 double-page engraved indexes of maps, 60 numbered double-page maps in original colour, as called for.

Stock ID : 21554

£2,300

An extremely rare 18th century Italian maritime print

TAGLIAGAMBE, Giacomo.

Nave Mercantile Olandese. Dedicata All' Ill.mo Signor Enrico Holst Negoziante nella Cittá di Livorno.

Livorno?, c.1780. Engraving with original hand colour on heavy paper. 455 x 690mm.

Stock ID : 21099

£2,200

An extremely rare 18th century Italian maritime print

TAGLIAGAMBE, Giacomo.

Nave Mercantile Danese. Dedicata All' Ill.mo Sig. Paolo Barbound Capitano della Marine Reale Agente, e Console di S. M. Danese in Toscana,

Livorno, c.1780. Engraving with original hand colour on heavy paper. 455 x 680mm.

Stock ID : 21100

£2,200

A barber's shop or 'A satire of the Westminster Election of 1784'

BUNBURY, William Henry.

A Barber's Shop. From an Original Drawing by W. Bunbury Esq.r in the Possession of S.r Joshua Reynolds to whom this Plate is Inscribed by his much obliged & most humble Servant, John Jones.

London: John Jones & William Dickinson, 1785. Coloured stipple engraving. Sheet 505 x 660mm.

Stock ID : 21063

£1,800

A rare issue of John Speed's famous map of Cornwall

SPEED, John.

Cornwall. Theise Mappes are to be solde by Roger Rea the Elder and younger at the Golden Crosse in Cornhill against the Exchange 1662.

London, Roger Rea, c1665. Coloured. 380 x 500mm.

Stock ID : 21521

£1,600

Early 18th century chart of the Mediterranean in fine colour

KEULEN, Johannes van.

Pas-caart van de Middellandsche Zee, Verthoonende all de Zee-kusten van Granadenm Catalonien, Provençen Italienm Grickenm Thraçien, Natolien, Syrien, Egypteb, en Barbarien...

Amsterdam: Gerard van Keulen, c.1710. Original colour. 525 x 590mm.

Stock ID : 21701

£1,500

Detailed sea chart of the Black Sea

PURDY, John.

Chart of the Euxine or Black Sea, and the Sea of Azov; with Plans of the Harbours. Constructed on the Authorities described in the New Directory for the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

London: Richard Holmes Laurie, c.1834. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, with green embossed slipcase, with James Wyld's label pasted on case and map. 640 by 1000mm.

Stock ID : 12319

£1,500

17th century map of the European colonies on the Eastern Seaboard

JANSSON, Jan.

Nova Anglia Novum Belgium et Virginia.

Amsterdam, c.1636, Latin text. Original colour. 390 x 505mm.

Stock ID : 21530

£1,200

18th century prospect of Milan with fine allegorical detail

WERNER, Friedrich Bernhard.

Mediolanum. Mayland.

Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1735. Coloured etching, 205 x 300mm.

Stock ID : 21534

£900

A scarce prospect of Jerusalem

LEOPOLD, Joseph Friedrich.

Hierosolyma. Jerusalem.

Augsburg, c.1715. Coloured. Sheet 200 x 295mm.

Stock ID : 21535

£850

Sea chart of south Devon from the first English sea-atlas

COLLINS, Greenvile.

[South Devon] To the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Pembrooke and Montgomery, Baron Herbert of Sherland &c. Primier Commiss.r for Executing the Office of L.d High Admirall of England &c, And one of their Ma.ties most Honourable Privy Council This is most humbly Dedicated & presented by Cap.t Greenvile Collins.

London: c.1693. Coloured. 460 x 580mm.

Stock ID : 21704

£750

Fine plan of the naval dockyard at Sheerness, Kent

MILTON, Thomas.

A Geometrical Plan, & West Elevation of His Majesty's Dock-Yard and Garrison, at Sheerness; with the Ordnance Wharf &c.

London, 1755. 495 x 660mm.

Stock ID : 8492

£750

An 18th century view of the Port of Palermo

SWINBURNE, Henry.

View of the Port of Palermo.

London: P. Elmsly, 1785. Coloured. 320 x 520mm.

Stock ID : 21547

£750

A broadside announcing Napoleon's appointment as First Consul

LETOURMY, Jean Baptiste.

Buonaparte Premier Consul, Cambacérès le Second, Lebrun le Troisiéme. Détail. Des évènemens qui se sont passés é Paris, aux Conseils des Cinq-cents & des Anciens, dans les séances des 18 & 19 Brumaire & suivantes.

Orléans: Letourmey, 1799. Woodcut with original stencilled colour. Sheet 305 x 380mm (12 x 15").

Stock ID : 21549

£750

An extremely rare sea-chart of Yorkshire and Durham

BLAEU, Willem Janszoon.

De Noord-Cust van Engelandt tusschen Flamburger Hooft en de Rivier van Nicasteel.

Amsterdam, 1623. 260 x 360mm.

Stock ID : 12165

£750

A plan for expanding the Legal Quays of London

DANCE, George.

Proposed Improvement of the Legal Quays and Parts Adjacent.

London: Hansard, 1800. Original colour. 565 x 930mm.

Stock ID : 18760

£750

A 16th century plan of Norwich

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans.

Nordovicum, Angliae Civitas.

Cologne, 1581-. Coloured. 325 x 440mm.

Stock ID : 16863

£700

Sea chart of the Isle of Wight from the first English sea-atlas

COLLINS, Greenvile.

[The Solent and the Isle of Wight] To the R.t Hon.ble Edward Russell Admirall of Their Ma.ties Fleet, One of their Ma.ties most Hon.ble Privy Council and Treasurer of y.e Navy &c This is most humbly dedicated and presented by Capt. Greenvile Collins.

London: c.1693. Coloured. 450 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 21703

£650

16th century woodcut map of Sicily

ALBERTI, Leandro.

Sicilia Isola.

Venice: Altobello Salicato, 1588. Woodcut. Sheet 185 x 255mm.

Stock ID : 21493

£650

The founding of St Petersburg by Peter the Great

ZATTA, Antonio.

Il Czar Pietro il grande fonda la Città di Pietroburgo nell' Ingira all' imboccatura del fiume Neva la primavera dell'anno 1703.

Venice, 1797. Sheet 360 x 415mm.

Stock ID : 21533

£650

An 18th century view of Messina

SWINBURNE, Henry.

A View of Messina as in 1777.

London: P. Elmsly, 1783-5. Coloured. 320 x 520mm.

Stock ID : 21548

£650

An 18th century bird's-eye view of Venice

Anonymous.

A Perspective View of the CIty of Venice. Vue Perspective de la Ville de Venise.

London, c.1780. Original colour. 265 x 415mm.

Stock ID : 21550

£650

A decorative 18th century double-hemisphere world map

HUBNER, Johann.

[Untitled world map.] Tab. I. ad Geograph. et Astronom.

Leipzig: Hubner, c.1760. Coloured. 205 x 240mm.

Stock ID : 21750

£600

16th century woodcut map of Corsica

ALBERTI, Leandro.

L'Isola di Corsica

Venice: Altobello Salicato, 1588. Woodcut. Sheet 255 x 185mm.

Stock ID : 21495

£600

A graphic map of the world's tropical diseases

ARTZYBASHEFF, Boris.

World Map of the Major Tropical Diseases.

New York: Time Inc., 1944. Colour lithograohic map. Sheet 355 x 520mm.

Stock ID : 21413

£550

16th century woodcut map of Sardinia

ALBERTI, Leandro.

Sardegna.

Venice: Altobello Salicato, 1588. Woodcut. Sheet 255 x 185mm.

Stock ID : 21494

£550

A French 19th century sea chart of the Indian Ocean

DAUSSY, Pierre.

Carte Générale de la Mer de des Indes Par M.M.P. Daussy, Ingénieur Hydrographique en Chef de la Marine...

Paris: Dépôt-général de la Marine, 1837. 630 x 920mm, edged with linen on reverse.

Stock ID : 21222

£550

16th century woodcut plan of Venice

ALBERTI, Leandro.

[Untitled plan of Venice.]

Venice: Altobello Salicato, 1588. Woodcut. Sheet 185 x 255mm.

Stock ID : 21492

£500

16th century prospect of Jerusalem

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Die heilege statt Jerusalem...

Basle, c.1550. German text edition. Coloured woodcut, image size 150 x 370mm, set in a page of text.

Stock ID : 21536

£470

Sea chart of Plymouth from the first English sea-atlas

COLLINS, Greenvile.

Plymouth. To the Hon.ble Arthur Earl of Torrington, Baron Herbert of Torbay, First L.t of the Admirality, Admirall of their Ma.ties Navy & Capt.t Gen.ll of the Narrow Sea, Humbly Dediated By C.t G. Collins Hydrog.r to the King.

London: c.1693. Coloured. 435 x 580mm.

Stock ID : 21702

£450

18th century map of Sweden and the Baltic

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Nova mappa geographica Sueciae ac Gothiae regna ut et Finlandiae Ducatum ac Lapponiam.

Augsburg: Tobias Conrad Lotter, c 1770. Original colour. 510 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 20431

£450

A satire on the suppression of the Jesuit Order

ENGELBRECHT, Martin.

[An anti-Jesuit satire dedicated to their arch-enemy in Portugal, the Marquis of Pombal.]

Augsburg, c.1773. 500 x 345mm, with wide margins.

Stock ID : 21227

£450

18th century double-hemisphere map of the Moon

THOMAS, Corbinianus.

Tabula Selenographica,

Frankfurt, 1730. Fine original hand colour. 125 x 270mm.

Stock ID : 21451

£450