The largest edition of the landmark Ortelius atlas

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. [&] Parergon, sive Veteris Geographiæ Aliquot Tabulæ. [&] Nomenclator Ptolemaicus... [&] De Mona Druidum...

Antwerp: Officinina Plantiniana, 1612, Latin text edition. Four works in one. Folio, rebound in contemporary blind-stamped vellum; 'Theatrum' with engraved title, pp. (xxxxiiii), with engr. dedication, memorial and portrait; with 128 maps; 'Parergon' with engraved title, pp. (iv) + 38 plates; 'Nomenclator' with letterpress title with engraved vignette, pp. 30; 'Druidum' pp. 5.

Stock ID : 20045

£92,500

Ortelius's atlas in fine original colour

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.

Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1579, Latin text edition. Folio, original calf, blind-stamped with title; pp. (xviii)+(86) ('Nomenclator Ptolemaicus' & 'De Mona Druidum') , engraved title, portait and 93 maps, all in original hand colour.

Stock ID : 20146

£79,500

The first Western atlas of China

BLAEU, Johannes.

Novus Atlas Sinensis. A Martino Martinio... Eerste Deel van't Negende Stuck der Aerdycks Beashryving.

Amsterdam, 1655, Dutch edition. Folio; full vellum; two coloured engr. titles with gold highlights, pp. [iv] + 212 + 40 + xviii + [20]; 17 maps in excellent original colour.

Stock ID : 20044

£29,000

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 : 19372

£16,000

An extremely rare map of Corfu during the Ottoman-Venetian War of 1570

ZÜNDT, Matthias.

Vera designatio Insulæ Corcyræ, Portus & Munitionum una cum parte Epiri Accomodata ad Nostra Tempora. In Qua (.Vulgo iam dicta Corfun.) Veneti suam Classem contra Turcam instruxerunt.

Nüremberg, 1570. Sheet 170 x 195mm.

Stock ID : 20425

£15,000

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

Early 18th century map celebrating the Hanoverian Ascendency

WILLDEY, George.

To His Sacred and most Excellent Maj.esty George By the Grace of God King of Great Britain France & Ireland &c This Map of Great Britain and Ireland Corrected from the Newest & most Exact Observations is most Humbly Dedicated by Your Majesty's Loyal and most Obedient Subject and Servant, George Willdey. 1715.

London: Willdey, 1715. Original colour refreshed. Two sheets conjoined, total 950 x 655mm.

Stock ID : 20049

£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

Classic Dutch 'carte-à-figure' map of Africa

BLAEU, Willem Janszoon.

Africæ nova Descriptio.

Amsterdam, c.1650, German text edition. Fine original colour. 410 x 460mm.

Stock ID : 20126

£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

Fantasy map of Europe as a Queen from Bunting's Itinerarium

BÜNTING, Heinrich.

Europa Prima Pars Terræ in Forma Virginis.

Magdeburg, c.1581-, Latin edition. Woodcut, printed area 300 x 370mm.

Stock ID : 16939

£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

A superbly-decorated 17th century wind rose

JANSSON, Jan.

Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Nautica Ventorum nomina sex linguis repræsentans.

Amsterdam, c.1690. Original colour with later additions and with gold highlights. 425 x 530mm.

Stock ID : 20085

£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

Plan of London in the reign of Queen Anne

HOMANN, Johann Baptist.

Accurater Prospect und Grundris der Königl: Gros-Britañisch: Haupt und Residenz Stadt London...

Nuremberg, c.1705. Original colour. 485 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 20155

£2,600

Early 18th century plan of London

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Londinum celeberrima Metropolis, splendissima Regia et opulentissimum Angliae Emporium, accuratissime delineata per Mathaeum Seutter.

Augsburg, c.1725. Original colour. 505 x 585mm.

Stock ID : 20156

£2,600

Coronelli's very incomplete map of the Pacific

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.

Mare del Sud, detto altrimenti Mare Pacifico.

Venice, c.1691. 455 x 610mm.

Stock ID : 20062

£2,500

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

A 19th century wall map of Asia in fine original colour

JOHNSTON, A.K.

Stanford's Library Map of Asia constructed by A. Keith Johnston F.R.S.E., F.R.G.S. &c.

London, Edward Stanford, 1862, First Edition. Dissected and laid on linen edged in blue silk, total 1550 x 1720mm

Stock ID : 12310

£2,250

Munster's famous woodblock illustrating sea monsters

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

De regnis septentrion. Monstra marina & terrestria, quæ passim in partibus aquilonis inueniuntur.

Basle, c.1560, Latin text edition. Coloured woodcut, printed area 280 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 18830

£2,250

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

A scarce carte-à-figures map of Switzerland

HONDIUS, Jodocus.

Nova Helvetiæ Tabula.

Amsterdam, c.1617, Original colour with later additions, 410 x 525mm

Stock ID : 20035

£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

An early 16th ventury woocut plan of Venice

BORDONE, Benedetto.

Vinegia.

Venice, c.1534. Woodcut, set in Italian text, sheet 280 x 365mm.

Stock ID : 20064

£1,650

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

A military map of Saigon at the beginning of the 20th century

CHANTEREAU.

Environs de la Place de Saigon. Carte au 1/20000 dressée en Juilllet 1904 par le Lieutenant Chantereau de l'Artillerie colonial...

Saigon?, 1904. Heliographic map with hand colour and annotations. Sheet 660 x 845mm.

Stock ID : 20139

£1,500

18th century view of the City from the Thames

FARINGTON, Joseph.

View of Black-Friars Bridge, and St. Paul's Cathedral.

London, W. Byrne, 1790. Coloured aquatint with soft ground etching. 460 x 670mm.

Stock ID : 13343

£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

Munster's 'upside-down' map of Europe in original colour

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Europa Prima Nova Tabula.

Basle, Henri Petri, c.1542, Latin edition. Woodcut in original colour. 270 x 340mm.

Stock ID : 20153

£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

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

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 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

Elizabethan prospects of Windsor & Oxford

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans.

Oxonium nobile Anglie oppidum...; Vindesorium celeberrimum Anglie castrum...

Cologne, 1598, Latin text edition. Original colour. 365 x 490mm.

Stock ID : 19499

£950