A magnificent example of the first folio sea atlas of the World

JANSSON, Jan.

Cinquiesme Partie du Grand Atlas, Contenant Vue parfaicte Description du Monde Maritime Ou Hydrographie generale de toute la Terre. enriche des particularitiés de la Navigation tant Ancienne que Moderne, Avec un excellent & curieux Tableau du Monde des Anciens Accompagné Des Paralleles de l'Antique & Nouvelle Grece; C'est à dire, Une collation des lieux de l'Antiquité avec ceux de nostre Temps. Ou Vue veritable correspondence des anciennes denominations avec les Modernes, Selon le calcul des plus doctes de nostre siecle.

Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1650, First French Edition. Folio (515 x 340), publisher's gilt-panelled vellum; pp. (ii)+294+209+(i); engraved title with letterpress label and 33 double-page maps, all in original hand colour.

Stock ID : 23074

£47,500

The atlas volume from Humboldt's important description of New Spain

HUMBOLDT, Alexander von.

Geographischer und Physischer Atlas von Neu-Spanien. gegründet auf astronom: trigonom: und Barometer Messunden [old ink mss.].

Tubingen bey J.C. Cotta, 1810 [old ink mss.]. Folio, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, maroon morocco gilt title label on front board; title in old ink mss on front endpaper. Plates numbered 1-20 (6-8 on one sheet): a two-sheet folding map, 4 double-page maps, 6 single page maps, 4 double-page cross sections with hand colour, 2 sepia aquatint views of volcanos, 1 engraved table. With the bookplate of Gustav Parthey. Two Prussian passports for Parthey, dated 1858 & 1867, loosely inserted.

Stock ID : 23007

£32,500

A fine example of the Vienna edition of Seutter's 'Atlas Novus'

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Atlas Novus Indicibus Instructus, oder Neuer mit Wort-Registern Versehener Atlas...

Vienna: Johann Peter von Ghelen, 1728. Folio (560 x 360mm), full calf, gilded pastedowns; pp. (viii), engraved title and 26 double-page maps, all in fine original hand colour, as called for, all but the celestial map with letterpress gazeteers, 24 with numbered vellum tabs (all but three letterpress, celestial & world not included).

Stock ID : 23075

£19,000

The Rare First Edition of James Rennell's 'Bengal Atlas'

RENNELL, James.

A Bengal Atlas: Containing Maps of the Theatre of War and Commerce on that side of Hindoostan. Compiled from the Original Surveys; and published by Order of the Honorable The Court of Directors for the Affairs of the East India Company, By James Rennell, Late Major of Engineers, and Surveyor General in Bengal.

London: James Rennell, 1780. Folio, full calf gilt, with red morocco title label; pp. 8; engr. index map (with title & key), map on eight folding sheets with outline colour; and five further maps, all dated 1779.

Stock ID : 23072

£15,000

The Fries edition of Wäldseemüller's map of the Americas

WALDSEEMULLER, Martin.

[Tabula Terrae Novae .]

Vienne: Gaspar Treschel, 1541. Woodcut, printed area 285 x 430mm.

Stock ID : 23045

£8,500

A spectacular prospect of Venice as a bird's-eye view

MILHEUSER, Julius.

Venetia.

Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1704. Coloured. 460 x 980mm.

Stock ID : 23051

£7,500

The first Western publication of a Chinese map of China

PURCHAS, Samuel.

The Map of China.

London: Henry Featherstone, 1625. 300 x 370mm.

Stock ID : 23063

£6,000

An early 19th century large scale map of London

CARY, John.

Cary's New and Accurate Plan of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark and parts adjacent; viz. Kensington, Chelsea, Islington, Hackney, Walworth, Newington, &c. with an Alphabetical List of upwards of 500 of the most principal Streets, with references to their Situation and Plans of the New London and East & West India Docks.

London, 1820. Original colour with additions. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 820 x 1510mm.

Stock ID : 23065

£6,000

A lifetime example of Piranesi's view of the Piazza Navona

PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista.

Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo Agonale.

Rome: Piranesi. c.1773, First State. Etching. 475 x 705mm.

Stock ID : 23091

£6,000

Sanson's map of Canada with an early depiction of the Great Lakes

SANSON, Nicolas.

Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France, &c... 1656.

Paris, Pierre Mariette, c.1662. Original colour. 405 x 545mm.

Stock ID : 23067

£4,750

An early town plan of Venice

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans.

Venetia.

Cologne, 1572, German text edition. Original colour. 340 x 485mm.

Stock ID : 23052

£3,750

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 : 23005

£3,200

Rare carte-à-figures map of Germany

CLOPPENBURG, Evertszoon.

Germaniae Nova et Accurata Descriptio.

Amsterdam: Frederick de Wit, c.1665. Coloured. 455 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 22829

£3,000

A detailed sea chart of Singapore

BRITISH ADMIRALTY.

Singapore Road. Principally from a Survey by Lieut. & Comm.r H.P. Douglas, R.N., and the Officers of H.M. Surveying Ship ''Waterwitch", 1909. With Aditions from Admiralty Surveys to 1924.

London: 1925-1931. Touches of original colour. 1170 x 710mm.

Stock ID : 22931

£3,000

Blaeu's classic 'carte à figure' map of Asia

BLAEU, Willem Janszoon.

Asia noviter delineata.

Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu, c.1650, Latin text edition. Old colour. 415 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 22577

£3,000

A pictorial map of Beijing

DORN, Frank.

A Map and History of Peiping; formerly known as Peking; capital of provinces, princedoms and kingdoms since 1121 B.C.; in 1264 A.D. the capital of the Mongol Empire of Kublai Khan; made the capital of the Ming Empire through the Ming and Ching Dynasties; and now a city which will live long in the memory of man as one of the greatest the world has ever known.

Beijing: Peiyang Press, 1936. Colour-printed wood-engraving. Sheet 860 x 755mm.

Stock ID : 23077

£3,000

Fabulous prospect of Istanbul in the 17th century by a professional artist

BRUYN, Cornelis de.

Constantinopolis.

Paris: Guillaume Cavelier, 1714. Three sheets conjoined, total 305 x 1900mm.

Stock ID : 23079

£2,800

A detailed sea chart of the Singapore Strait

BRITISH ADMIRALTY.

Singapore Strait. Compiled from the latest information in the Hydrographic Department to 1921.

London: 1914-31. Touches of original colour. 715 x 1400mm.

Stock ID : 22929

£2,600

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 : 23164

£2,600

A detailed sea chart of Keppel Harbour, Singapore

BRITISH ADMIRALTY.

Singapore. Keppel Harbour. Principally from Admiralty Surveys 1891-1924.

London: 1893-1931. Touches of original colour. 700 x 1025mm.

Stock ID : 22930

£2,500

Ortelius's two-sheet map of Ancient Egypt

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Aegyptus Antiqua.

Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition. Original colour with later additions. Two sheets conjoined, total 790 x 480mm.

Stock ID : 22896

£2,500

One of the earliest obtainable printed maps to name the United States

KLOCKHOFF, Hendrik.

Carte Générale des Treize Etats-Unis Indépendants de L'Amérique Septentrionale Pour Servir au Spectateur Américain. 1784.

Amsterdam: heirs of E. van Harreveldt, 1784, First Edition. 425 x 420mm, with wide margins.

Stock ID : 23018

£2,400

A superb 10-sheet map geological map of the Duchy of Tyrol

STOTTER, Michael.

Geognostische Karte Tirols aufgenommen und herausgegeben auf Kosten des geognost: montanist: Vereins von Tirol u: Voralberg.

Munich: Sebastian Minsinger, 1849-51. 10 sheets, dissected and laid on linen in four sections, as issued, total if joined c.2180 x 2320 (at most) plus three sheets of mountain profiles, 580 x 920mm, all sheets in fine original hand colour, folded into the original box with title label and index map.

Stock ID : 23050

£2,350

A prospect of Jerusalem in the 17th century by a professional artist

BRUYN, Cornelis de.

Ierusalem.

Paris: Guillaume Cavelier, 1714. Two sheets conjoined, total 305 x 1235mm.

Stock ID : 23078

£2,200

A detailed 18th Century street map of Mayfair and Marylebone

HORWOOD, Richard.

[Untitled map of Mayfair & Marylebone, centred on Hanover Square.]

London: 1792-9. 570 x 525mm.

Stock ID : 23104

£1,900

A large and detailed Victorian map of England & Wales

LOADER, T.B.

T.B. Loader's Scientific and Commercial Map of England and Wales and Part of Scotland in which are Delineated the Canals, Rail-Roads & Navigable Rivers, The extent of the Nagivation of each River, with the elevations of the Canals, together with the Geology, and principal situations of the Mineral Productions.

London: T.N. Loader, 1840. Lithographic map with original colour. Six sheets, dissected and laid on linen as one, as issued, total 1450 x 1140mm.

Stock ID : 22981

£1,850

An Austrian edition of Rennell's wall map of India

RENNELL, James.

Neueste Karte von Hindostan Bengalen etc. etc. Mit der Anzeige der Strassen, Paesse, und genauster Eitheilung der britschen Besitzungen in Ostindien Verfusst von Jakob Rennell Ingenieur Major.

Vienna: F.A. Schraemble, 1788. Original outline colour. Four sheets conjoined, total 1190 x 1460mm.

Stock ID : 23140

£1,850

17th century map of Cyprus and the islands of the Aegean in fabulous colours

HONDIUS, Jodocus.

Cyprus Ins.; Stalimini I.; Chius Insul.; Mitilene Ins.; Negroponte In.; Cerigo Insul.; Rhodus Ins.

Amsterdam: Henricus Hondius, 1623, Latin text edition. Original colour. 355 x 490mm.

Stock ID : 23015

£1,800

A prospect of Istanbul in the 17th century by a professional artist

BRUYN, Cornelis de.

A. Constantinopolis. B. Galata. C. Pera.

Paris: Guillaume Cavelier, 1714. Two sheets conjoined, total 300 x 995mm.

Stock ID : 23080

£1,800

17th century Italian map of Sicily in fine colour

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.

Trinacria hoggidi Sicilia

Venice, c.1693. Early colour. 475 x 630mm.

Stock ID : 23093

£1,800

A rare 17th century prospect of Naples

JOLLAIN, Gerard.

Naples.

Paris, c.1680. 380 x 525mm.

Stock ID : 23076

£1,600

A classic 17th century decorative map of Cyprus

JANSSON, Jan.

Cyprus Insula.

Amsterdam: c.1680, blank verso. Old colour. 350 x 500mm.

Stock ID : 23017

£1,600

A very fine 17th century wind rose

ZAHN, Johann.

Iconismus XXV.

Wurzburg: Quirinus Heyl, 1685-6. Coloured. 265 x 355mm.

Stock ID : 23064

£1,400

An 18th century prospect of Constantinople

PROBST, Georg Matthaus.

Constantinoplis.

Augsburg: Georg Balthasar Probst, c.1780. Original colour. 325 x 440mm.

Stock ID : 23037

£1,250

Map of the environs of London with inset views of Royal Palaces

HOMANN, Johann Baptist.

Accurater Grundriss u: Gegend der Koenigl:Gross Gros-Britannischen Haupt und Residenz-Stadt London..

Nuremberg, c.1710. Original colour. 495 x 590mm.

Stock ID : 23003

£1,250

A prospect of the town of Chios in the 17th century by a professional artist

DE BRUYN, Cornelis.

Scio.

Paris: Guillaume Cavelier, 1714. Two sheets conjoined, total 305 x 1225mm.

Stock ID : 23081

£1,250

The London Volunteers on review in Hyde Park, 1799

RANDOM, Charles.

A Plan of Hyde Park Taken on the Fourth of June 1799 when Sixty Six Volunteer Corps Paraded there in Honor of their Sovereigns Birth day and by their Loyal, Steady and Military Appearence, shewed themselves both willing and able to defend their King and Constitution. An Event unequalled in History, Grand and highly gratifying to the Heart of every Briton, at the same time truly formidable to the Enemies of this Country.

London: Charles Random, 20th September, 1799. Original colour. 385 x 445mm. With ink presentation inscription.

Stock ID : 23101

£1,250

Victorian map of the British Empire

BARTHOLOMEW, John.

British Empire Throughout the World Exhibited in One View.

Edinburgh: A. Fullarton, c.1865. Lithographic map, printed in colours and hand-finished. Printed area 440 x 540mm.

Stock ID : 23103

£1,250

The earliest available atlas map of Africa

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

La table & description universelle de toute l'Afrique, voire estendu outre les limites de Ptol.

Basle, Henri Petri, c.1552, French text edition. Woodcut, printed area 270 x 345mm.

Stock ID : 23047

£1,200

A Dutch map of the British Isles, celebrating the Glorious Revolution

ALLARD, Carel.

Accuratissima Angliae Scotiae Et Hiberniae Tab, De N.vo in lucem edita à Carolo Allard.

Amsterdam, Allard, c.1690. Fine original colour. 510 x 590mm.

Stock ID : 23002

£1,200

The first atlas issue of the Jodocus Hondius map of the British Isles

HONDIUS, Jodocus II.

Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae Tabula.

Amsterdam: Henricus Hondius, 1633, German text edition. Coloured. 380 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 23008

£1,100

A large and detailed plan of Victorian London

DAVIES, Benjamin Rees.

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

London: Davies & Stanford, c.1858. Original colour, dissected and laid on linen as issued. 970 x 940mm.

Stock ID : 22979

£1,100

17th century map of Bermuda

OGILBY, John.

Mappa Aestivarum Insularum Alias Barmudas.

London: John Ogilby, 1670. Coloured. 295 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 23021

£1,100

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

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans.

Genua; Florentia.

Cologne, 1572-, Latin text edition. Coloured 330 x 480mm.

Stock ID : 23011

£1,050

An early example of Seutter's map of the Balearics

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Carte des Iles de Maiorque, Minorque et d'Yvice... 1741.

Augsburg, 1741. Original colour. 490 x 550mm.

Stock ID : 23095

£980

A detailed plan of Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park

ORDNANCE SURVEY.

Royal Parks. Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens.

Southampton: Ordnance Survey Office, 1906. Chromolithographic map. Sheet 340 x 615mm, folded into original printed covers.

Stock ID : 22982

£900

An early prospect of Cordoba

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans.

Corduba.

Cologne, 1617, French text edition. Early colour. 340 x 505mm.

Stock ID : 23100

£900

Aerial view of the Second Italian War of Independence

PACKER, Thomas.

Stannard and Dixon's Panoramic Birds Eye View of the Seat of War showing the Kingdom of Sardinia with its Principal Cities, Roads, Railways, Fortresses & Strategic Defences, the Route of the Austrian's Approach over the Buffolera...

London: Stannard & Dixon, May 3rd, 1850. Tinted lithograph, dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 545 x 730mm, folded into original slipcase.

Stock ID : 21203

£850

17th century sea-chart of the south west coast of Africa

GOOS, Pieter.

Pas-Caart van Guinea en de Custen daer Aen gelegen Van Cabo verde tot Cabo de Bona Esperanca.

Amsterdam, c.1680. Old colour. 450 x 550mm.

Stock ID : 17617

£850

Map of the Balearics during the Seven Years' War

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Carte des Isles de Maiorque, Minorque et d'Yvice.

Augsburg: Tobias Conrad Lotter c.1760. Original colour. 490 x 550mm.

Stock ID : 22960

£850