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Rees con Antique Prints & Maps Salutation House pra ere eaas oN nonee a Batata rte Cone Crt Reet eR DR Coe Oe cree ante seco Reel ‘Monday - Saturday 10am - 6pm, Sundays I lam - Spm.Contents 01-08: World & Celestial Maps 09-20: Africa & The Middle East 21-26: The Americas PY eRe UIE a 37-49: Europe 50-70: The British Isles DS ae eM OLE ar ae Vea ae ead oa Pg. C4 rT ell rid rou) EIU)01. Typus Orbis Terrarum Goos, Abraham Copper engraved [Jan Jansson, Amsterdam, ¢.1631] 146 x 202 mm. ‘A superb example of Abraham Goos' miniature map of the world in two hemispheres, engraved for the 1631 German printing of Jan Jansson’s new edi of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas Minor. The plate was commissioned by Jansson in 1628 to replace the carlicr example by his father in law, Jodocus Hondius. Although following the same layout, with the Old and New World divided neatly between the hemispheres, the Gos world map is engraved in far more detail, with more place names and territorial divisions, and differs most notably from the earlier example by having an insular rather than peninsular California. The American coast above California is left almost completely blank, though a pair of lightly engraved lines suggests the putative Straits of Anian. NW Erect Unlike the Hondius map, the coastline of Terra Australis is also much less defined, and now shown as unconnected to New Guinea. The spaces surrounding the hemispheres are, like the earlier example, elaborately decorated with ornate strap-work, though the Hebrew panel with the name of ‘Jehovah is here replaced wich an armillary sphere, which is balanced below by a decorative compass. ‘The plate is completed by the inclusion of the four elements in each corner, and a boxed inscription below, replacing the former passage from Psalm 23 about the abundance of the world. Shitley 325 iv/viii Condition: Strong clean impression. German gothic letterpress title and pagination notes above and below plate. German text on verso. [43603] £90002. Descrittione del Mappamondo Porto, Girolamo after Porcacchi, Tommaso Copper engraved [Appresso gli Heredi di Simon Galignani. In Venetia, MDLXXXX] 106 x 145 mm ‘A map of the world, engraved by Girolamo Porro for ‘Tommaso Porcacchi's Lisole pit famose del mondo. ‘The current example comes from the 1590 printing published in Venice by Simon Galignani. ‘The globe is depicted in the pseudo-cylindrical projection popularised by Ortelius in his 1564 Typus Orbis Terrarum and favoured by Italian cartographers during the second half of the sixteenth century. The prime ‘meridian is set based on the Ptolemaic ‘Fortunate Isles; though Porro cleverly avoids making a decision on their identification by positioning the line alongside all three of the main contenders: the Azores, the Canaries, and the Cape Verde islands. North America is depicted as significandly less elongated than in the individual map of the continent from the same work, and South America retains the characteristic south-western bulge depicted by Ortelius. The easternmost parts of China and Russia, as well as the islands of Japan appear at the far west of the globe. The southernmost part of the projection is occupied by the hhuge landmass of Terra Incognita. The Antarctic circle is, labelled, as is the “Terra de Luchac;’ erroneously located in the region of modern day northern Western Australia. Locach, first recorded by Marco Polo is generally thought to refer to one of the parts of the Khmer Empire, though at che time of the map's publication, ‘was often applied to the northern reaches of ‘Terra Australis. Above the map, the tile in Italian appears below a decorative section divider, and Italian text below provides a history of the globe, with particular reference to the four elements. Condition: Strong dark impression on full sheet. Italian text above and below plate, and on verso. (42873) £55003. Discorso Intorno alla Carta da Navigare Porro, Girolamo after Porcacchi, ‘Tommaso Copper engraved [Appresso gli Heredi di Simon Galignani. In Venetia, MDLXXXX] 104 x 140 mm ‘A map of the world, with particular reference to navigation, engraved by Girolamo Porro for Tommaso Porcacchi’s Lisole pit famase del mondo, The current example comes from the 1590 printing published in Venice by Simon Galignani. The map is effectively a ‘Mercator projection with the prime meridian at the Straits of Gibraltar. “The western coast of North America and Asia beyond the Indian subcontinent are not pictured, falling outside the scope of the map. South America is very squat, ‘West Aftica is significantly elongated, and the massive supercontinent of Terra Incognita takes up the entire southern edge of the map. The entire map is criss- crossed by numerous thumb-lines. Above the map, the title in Italian appears below a decorative section divider, and Italian text below provides an account of navigation. Condition: Strong dark impression on full sheet. Italian text above and below plate, and on verso. [42876] £55004, [World and Four Continents] Arsenius, Ambrose and Ferdinand after Ortelius, Abraham Copper engraved with hand colour (Jan Baptist Vrients, Antwerp, 1609] Each map approx. 80 x 120 mm A beautiful set of five miniature maps, depicting the world and four continents, from a Latin edition of the third Epitome of Ortelius’ Theatrum. The third Epitome, based on the earlier ewo editions by Philip Galle, included a new set of miniature maps, all of which were engraved by the brothers Arsenius, with accompanying text by Michael Coignet. 10 Numerous editions in Latin, German, French, Italian, and English were published by the leading printers of the day, including Jan Keerbergen, Jan Baptist Vrients, and Michael Coignet, all in Antwerp, as well as James Shawe in London, and Levinus Hulsius in Frankfurt. The current examples derive from the 1609 Vrients printing. Condition: Strong dark impressions with full margins Latin text on verso. Framed in matching set of black and, gilt antique style frames. [42662] £2,250‘Typus Orbis Terrarum: Unlike earlier Galle editions of the Epitome, which featured a reduced version of Ortelius elliptical world map, the Arsenius plate is the first miniature map on Mercator's projection to be published in an atlas. The limits of each continent are outlined in hand colour, and key regions are charted. “The large expanse of North America features a note attributing its discovery to Columbus in 1492. Five key cities, Mexico, Paria, Jerusalem, Calcutta, and Quinzai (Hangzhou) are picked our in red, as is the Great Wall of China, to the north and west of Quinaai. To the south, the massive, and largely hypothetical landmass of Terra Australis is divided into the regions of Nova Guinea, Tierra del Fuego, Psittacorum regio (Kingdom of Parrots), and Beach (Locach). The map is further embellished with a strapwork title cartouche, a large sailing ship in the Pacific, a sea monster in the Indian ocean, and a border showing degrees of longitude and latitude. Europa: Europe, with adjoining parts of Asia and Africa, the boundaries of each continent outlined in hand colour. Principal cities are picked out in red. ‘The map is further embellished with a strapwork title cartouche in the top lefe corner, three animals in the Eastern steppes of Moscovy, Prussia, and Hungaria, the hand coloured range of the Alps dividing Hispania and Gallia, and a border showing degrees of longitude and latitude. Asia: The continent of Asia, with adjoining sections of Europe and Africa, the boundaries of each continent outlined in hand colour. Principal cities, including Jerusalem, Mecca, Aden, Samarkand, Ormus, Bengal, Goa, and Quinzai (Hangzhou) are picked out in red. Surrounding Hangzhou, the Great Wall of China is shown pictorially and also coloured in red. Korea is depicted correctly as a peninsula, though the mapping of Japan is very rudimentary. In the bottom right corner, a large landmass is labelled as New Guinea. The map is further embellished with a strapwork title cartouche at bottom centre, a pair of camels and an Indian elephant in the centre of the continent, and a border showing degrees of longitude and latitude. Africa: Africa, with neighbouring parts of the Arabian peninsula and the southern tip of Spain, the boundaries of each outlined in hand colour. Principal cities, including Morocco, Tripoli, Alexandria, Cairo, Mozambique, Mina, and Sierra Leone are picked out in red. The continent itself effectively divided into three large islands by the hypothesised course of the Nile. East Aftica, labelled Abyssinia, features a note about the mythical patriarch and king, Prester John. The atlas mountains are washed in hand colour, and two red bands running across the map indicate the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Off the east coast, Madagascar is labelled as San Lorenzo, and off the west coast, the Canary islands, the Cape Verde islands, and the easternmost tip of South America can be seen, The map is further embellished with a strapwork title cartouche the bottom right corner, three sailing vessels, in the Atlantic, India Ocean, and Cape of Good Hope, and a border showing degrees of longitude and latitude. America: North and South America, as well as the massive supercontinent of Terra Australis, based closely upon Ortelius’ celebrated map of the Pacific. The boundaries of the continents are outlined in hand colour, and principal cities and sectlements, including ‘Tigeux, Mexico City; Lima, Cusco, Chile, and Orellana are picked out in red. California is depicted correctly as a peninsula. To the south, parts of New Guinea, Australia, and Antartica, are combined to form “Terra Incognita’ the Unknown Land. Like the original Oreelius map, a very large sailing ship is featured off che ‘West coast of South America, representing the Victoria, the flagship of Magellan. The map is further embellished with a strapwork title cartouche at top centre, three sea monsters in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and three horizontal lines representing the Equator, and the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Unlike the other continent maps in the series, America is enclosed in an ornate elliptical border in place of the usual degrees of longitude and latitude. li05. A New and Correct Map of the World from the Latest Observations Senex, John Copper engraved [Patrick Gordon. London, ¢.1730] 148 x 296 mm. A finely detailed early eighteenth century map of the ‘World in two hemispheres, engraved by Senex for Patrick Gordon's Geography Anatomizid. The map shows the extent of British knowledge of the globe in the carly eighteenth century. ‘The western and northern coasts of Australia are mapped, as are parts of Tasmania, though the Eastern and Southern coasts are still missing, and the Cape York Peninsula is shown joined to New Guinea, 12 ‘A small section of New Zealand's eastern coast is plotted in the southern pacific, and California is depicted as an island. The northern parts of the American west coast and Alaska are still missing, plotted putatively as the Straits of Anian, and with a sketchy line representing “Compagnies Land.” Condition: Vertical and horizontal folds as issued. Strong, dark impression with full margins. Small tear to plate mark at bottom left comer, not affecting map. [43421] £30006. Planisphaerium Coeleste Seutter, Georg Matthaus Copper engraved with original hand co (Nuremberg, c. 1760] 490 x 560 mm A magnificent double hemisphere showing the northern and southern sky with constellations in allegorical form derived from Hev ‘A diagram in the upper left corner represents day and night on the earth with quotations from Genesis. The diagram at upper right shows the monthly orbie and illumination of the moon. The five diagrams along the bottom represent the monthly orbit and illumination of the moon, and the planetary hypothesis of Tycho Brahe, Copernicus, Ptolemy, and the annual orbit of the sun and the seasons. Massive This map was produced by Matthaus Seutter and first published in Ausburg ¢. 1730 and then later re-issued from the same plate by Johann Michael Probst the Elder in 1760 in Nuremberg. Condition: Pressed vertical centre fold, as issued. Overall time toning and dirt build-up. Partially laid to another sheet of eighteenth century paper. Printers crease to bottom margin, into printed map. Repaired tear to bottom margin. [43141] £1,5001407..A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe, with all the New Discoveries and Marginal Delineations, containing the Most Interesting Particulars in the Solar, Starry, and Mundane System Dunn, Samuel Copper engraved with original hand colour By Saml. Dunn, Mathematician. London. Published by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53, Fleet Street, 12th May 1794 1040 x 1240 mm ‘A magnificent and very large wall map of the world in two hemispheres, designed by the mathematician and geographer Samuel Dunn and printed over four sheets by Laurie & Whittle for Kitchini General Atlas, describing the Whole Universe: being a complete collection af the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatest care, and augmented from the last edition of DiAnville and Robert with many improvements by other eminent geographers. The map is a colossal work of cartography, further ornamented by original outline colour. ‘Ac centre, the world is shown in double hemisphere, updated with particular reference to the recent explorations of Cook in the Pacific. ‘The fledgling “United States’ is marked along the Eastern side of, the North American continent, though the interior is labelled simply as Louisiana, and the west coast is shown, in only superficial detail, chough California is correctly depicted as a peninsula rather than an island. Hawaii, here spelled phonetically as ‘Owyhee’ contains a note about the death of Cook. To the extreme left of the map, New Zealand is shown in considerable detail, as are New Caledonia and the New Hebrides islands, while the numerous small islands of the Pacific are shown to reflect the circumnavigation of Anson. In the right hand hemisphere, Greenland carries a note saying that it was ‘found again in the preceeding century, while Iceland appears on both hemispheres. To the south, Australia is relatively well depicted, though the Cape York peninsula is truncated, and Tasmania, inexplicably, is shown joined to the Australian mainland. “The whole of the east coast is labelled as New South ‘Wales, and described as having been discovered in 1770. Surrounding the double hemisphere are numerous cosmographic and geographic notes, surveys, scales, and diagrams, including a boxed map of the world on Mercator’s Projection, a detailed map of the Moon, a description of the changing of the seasons and the position of che sun therein, a large diagrammatic description of the Analemma and its benefits and limitations as a geographic projection, a diagram of the solar system with tables of celestial distances and sizes, two celestial hemispheres with the constellations depicted pictorially, and another analemma showing astronomical lines of longitude and latieude. All remaining space is filled with textual commentary and copious notes about the world and the science of cartography. Condition: Printed over four sheets, joined and folded as issued. Original outline colour. Time-toning to sheets from previous mount. A few small tears, losses, and. creases to the edges of the sheets, without loss to map. [43625] £5,500 1508..A New Map of the World in Two Hemispheres with the New Discoveries & Tracts of the Circum ‘Navigators vizt. Dampier & Anson round it: Drawn from the latest Geographers and greatly Improved from the Sieurs D’Anville & Robert Sayer, Robert Copper engraved with early hand colour London, Printed for Robt. Sayer Map and Printseller at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street (¢.1755] 550 x 970 mm Condition: Central vertical join and old vertical folds. (Old tear repair to bottom of right hand fold with minor adhesive staining. Light time toning to sheet. Otherwise strong impression with early outline colour. [43592] £5,000 16A rare and impressive example of Robert Sayer’s 1755 separately published wall map of the world in two hemispheres, with early hand colour. Printed over ‘wo sheets, and joined at centre, this example appears to have been bound into an ath or extra-illustrated volume. The title of the map advertises it as having been significantly improved from the early works of other publishers and cartographers. ‘The northernmost reaches of the American west coast are still uncharted, listed here as “Parts Unknown,’ as is the east coast of Australia. The top end of Australia, here ‘New Holland’ is putatively joined to Papua New Guinea and referred to asa separate region under the title ‘Carpentaria.’ Tasmania's northern coastline is as yet unexplored, and the island itself retains the Dutch name ‘Dimens Land.’ At the extreme left of the Western Hemisphere, New Zealand's western coastline is partially charted. ‘The Antarctic region, left entirely blank and at this, point completely unknown, carries a message that the inhabitants, if such exist, spend their time in persistent Night when the Sun is in the Tropic of Cancer, and in persistent Day when it is in the Tropic of Capricorn. At the other pole, the opposite condition is listed for those who dwell in the Arctic, Russian explorat Bering Strait is marked, while Greenland’s treatment is confused. In the Western Hemisphere, it is depicted as a peninsula attached to the top of Canada, while in the Eastern, itis shown as two separate territories, an island marked ‘Greenland,’ and a stretch of coastline marked ‘Groenland.’ in the Coastlines and the divisions of different countries and regions are outlined in hand colour, and the voyages of Anson and Dampier are marked as dashed lines. Anson's circumnavigation, completed only a decade before the issuing of this map, had a significant impact on British cartography in the era before Cook. His capture of the Spanish treasure ship Nuestra Seriora de Covadonga not only earned Anson and the Crown over one million pieces of eight, but also copies of the Spanish admiralty’s charts of the Pacific, adding numerous islands including the Anson Archipelago to British maritime knowledge. ‘Trade winds, tides, monsoons, the paths of hurricanes and tornadoes, and other navigational and meteorological points of interest are also marked and illustrated. Areas of dotted or crossed lines depict reefs, bays, and shoals, including Deep Bay off the western coast of Australia, where Dampier, in 1688, became the first Englishman to survey the new continent. His studies of Australian flora and fauna were to have a profound effect on later British expeditions to New Holland. In the four corners of the map, smaller circles show the North and South polar regions, as well as the Hemispheres as illuminated by the Sun during the Summer and Winter Solstices. The remaining spaces are filled with commentary and notes on cartography, geography, and history more generally, as well as comments about the Antipodes, the composition of the globe in square miles, and peculiarities of the Polar regions. 17AS = oe tens eRe i, my oni Ka r eS Iinxand A Si ty Sab fr) oh ies a re } ch o/ st Be LET ~ Oh he = AX mibia A THe nubapa. APA ) Lo \NVBIA Rie pie take peru EAL EG UY Ei Ppa “en es09. [Sopra il Crescer del Fiume Nilo] Ramusio, Giovanni Battista Woodeut [In Venetia nella Stamperia de Giunti. Anno M D. LxI] 222 x 145 mm Condition: Creases to bottom left corner of sheet, not affecting map. Italian text on verso. [43062] £400 AY rrrcretc A rare and interesting map of Africa, showing the course of the Nile, from Ramusio’s Della descrittione dell’ Africa et delle cose notabili che ini sono. The map is oriented with south to top, and shows almost the continent of Aftica from the Tropic of Capricorn to the North African coast. ‘The Cape of Good Hope and Guinea are not pictured, though the Arabian peninsula and Madagascar are both featured, the latter labelled here as San Lorenzo, an itaicism of the island’s original Portuguese name, St Lawrence. ‘The Nile is given the most prominence, from its putative sources in two great lakes in the interior marked as the “Fonti del Nilo’ to the Mediterranean Delta at Damietta. Principal cities, including Cairo, Memphis (with its pyramids), Alexandria, Suez, Mecca, and Aden, are depicted pictorially, and the continent is criss-crossed by a number of exaggerated mountain ranges. Below the map, an alphanumeric key, augmented by a number of zodiacal symbols on che map itself, shows the position of various star-signs relative to the Topics and Equator. ‘Della descrttione dell Africa et delle cose notabili che iui sono’ was part of the large series of travellers’ accounts and pilgrim tales published by Giovanni Battista Ramusio under the title ‘Delle navigationi e Viaggi.’ ‘The series was one of the most influential works of the sixteenth century, and was widely published, copied, and pirated across Europe, in numerous different languages. Ramusio’ work was largely an amalgam of existing travel narratives, including those of Marco Polo, ‘Magellan, Tome Pires, and de Vaca. “The section often referred to as the ‘Description of Affica’ was an Italian translation of a mostly firsthand account dictated in Arabic by the traveller, merchant, and Christian convert, Leo Africanus. Leo's experiences as a slave under capture by the Barbary pirates represented one of the first accounts of the North African coast available to European readers at a time when the West was increasingly coming into contact and conflict with the Ottoman east. The English translation of the Description, published by John Pory in 1600, has been suggested as a potential source of inspiration for Shakespeare's Oshello. 1910. Aphrica Quad, Matthias and Bussemacher, Johann Copper engraved Johan Bussemecher excudit in Ubiorum Coloniae. Q. [Cologne, c.1600] 210 x 290 mm ‘An attractive quarto map of the continent of ‘Africa, engraved by Johann Bussemacher for Quad’ Geographisch Handrbuch. The continent is highly detailed, with numerous place names listed, and with rivers, mountains, and principal cities depicted pictorially. To the east, the Arabian peninsula is shown in full, as is Madagascar and the islands of the Indian Ocean. North, across the Mediterranean, the southernmost parts of Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Sicily, Italy, Sardinia, and Spain can be seen, and off the west coast, the Atlantic islands, including the Canaries, the Cape Verde islands, and Tristan de Cunha are plotted. “The map is further embellished by a large and decorative circular strapwork cartouche enclosing the title. On the lefé side of the plate, an extensive Latin description of the history and geography of the continent of Africa reads vertically. Condition: Strong impression with full margins. Cencral vertical fold as issued. Printers creases and general light creasing to sheet, particularly through text description at Jefe and margin at right. Minor time toning and damp staining to edges of sheet, not affecting map. Small tears to edges of sheet, not affecting map. Blank on verso. [43068] £500 20 11. Africa Porro, Girolamo after Magini, Giovanni Antonio Copper engraved [Amhemii Excudebat Toannes lanssonius, Anno 1617] 135x170 mm. A map of the continent of Africa, with parts of the Arabian peninsula, South America, and southern Europe, from the 1617 Latin printing of Giovanni Antonio Magini’s edition of Claudius Ptolemy's Geographia, published by Jan Jansson. The northern sections of the continent retain, for the most part, their classical titles, including Aegyptus, Nubia, and Lybia. ‘Areas of contemporary colonial interest, including Guinea and the Congo, Madagascar, and the Cape of Good Hope, are particularly well depicted. The interior, however, is largely speculative, following standard late sixteenth century conventions. Condition: Strong, dark impression. Minor time-toning to sheet. Latin text on verso. [42673] £35012. Aegyptus Honter, Johannes Woodcut (Ex Officina Henrici Petri. Basileae, c.1561] 125 x 152 mm ‘A miniacure woodcut Ptolemaic map of Egypt, North ‘Africa, and the Arabian peninsula, cut by Honter for Henricus Petrus’ 1561 combined edition of Proclus De Sphaera and Cleomedes’ De mundo, siue Cireularis inspectionis meteororum. The map depicts the ancient regions of Egypt, Marmarica, Cyrene, Aethiopia, and Nubia, Cities and towns are marked with cheir ancient names, and mountains and rivers are depicted pictorially. “To the east, the Arabian peninsula and Persia are marked, bur contain almost no cartographic detail apart from Jerusalem, marked here simply as ‘Judea.’ The border of the map is divided into simple degrees, and below the map, an alphanumeric key provides the names of 8 key Egyptian cities, including Bubastis, Thebes, and Pelusium. Condition: Central vertical fold as issued. Some thinning to top right of sheet. Minor time-toning to edges of sheet. Otherwise a strong, dark impression. [43613] £300 2113. Turcicum Imperium Galle, Philips after Ortelius, Abraham Copper engraved with hand colour (Jan Baptist Vrients, Antwerp, 1601] 76x 105 mm ‘A miniature map of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, from the 1601 printing of the Epitome du Theatre dit Monde, the second Galle edition of the Epitome of Ortelius! Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The Epitome was the first miniature atlas ever published, and, like the Theatrumn Orbis Terrarum on which it was based, was an immediate success. The first edition, published by Galle in 1577, was entitled Spiaghel der Wereld. In 1588, Galle published a revised and improved second edition, under the title Epitome du Theatre du Monde, with a new series of much finer miniature maps. The third edition, inspired by Galle’s success, featured a new set of maps engraved by the brothers Arsenius, who, alongside Galle, had previously engraved plates for Oreelius’ original Theatrun. “The current example comes from a French printing published by Jan Baptist Vrients. ‘The borders of the Turkish Empire, covering modern day Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, the Levant, Egypt, and North Africa, are outlined in hand colour, as are adjoining sections of Italy, Persia, the Arabian peninsula, and Africa Principal cities, including Thessalonica, Constantinople (Istanbul), Antioch, Aleppo, Damascus, Cairo, and ‘Tripoli, are picked out in red, and mountain ranges and river systems are also hand coloured. A scrolled box cartouche in the bottom left corner contains the tile. Condition: Strong dark impression with full margins. French text on verso. [42671] £200 22 DESCRITTIONE DI ‘ cOsTANTINOPOLL 14. Costantinopoli Porro, Girolamo after Magini, Giovanni Antonio Copper engraved [Venice, c. 1620] 103 x 137 mm A decorative birds-eye view of the city Constantinople or Istanbul, from the second edition of Giovanni Antonio Magini’s publication Claudius Prolemy’s Geographia. Above the map, the title in Italian appears below a decorative section divider, and Italian text below provides an account of navigation. Inscription above print: “Descrittione Di Costantinopoli.. Condition: Strong, dark impression with ink offset to plate mark. Slight water damage to bottom right comer, not affecting image. Sold together with three explanatory text sheets of same publication. [43097] £37515. Persia Ex Adamo Oleario Bertius, Petrus Copper engraved with hand colour [c. 1661] 118 x 123 mm A miniacure map of Persia from Petrus Bertius Tabularum geographicarum contractarum. On the lower cartouche. Beautiful detailing with the inclusion of notable towns, mountains and rivers. “The majority of the plates for Petrus Bertius’ Tabularum _gcographicaruom contractarum libri septem were reduced ‘versions of those published in the Mercator-Hondius Aulas Minor. The frst edition, published by Cornelis Claes, was published in Amsterdam in 1600, using a suite of miniature maps first published in the Caere- Thresoor by Barent Langenes. Over the next fifty years, the Bertius atlas was issued numerous times in Latin, French, and German, its collection of maps continually increasing with new plates, the majority of which were engraved by Bertius’ brothers-in-law Jodocus Hondius and van den Keere. Hondius the Younger’s first issue of the Bertius atlas, published in 1616, was an immediate commercial success, and the second edition appeared later the same year. Condition: Strong impression. Pressed vertical fold as issued. Trimmed within plate mark. [42343] £120 AY rrrcretc 16. Arabie Moderne Mallet, Allain Manesson Copper engraved with hand colour [Paris, c. 1683] 146 x 102 mm An attractive map of the Arabian Peninsula from Mallet’s. Description de 'Universe, with French text on the verso. [43351] £150Cas tonAlexandets Ambisionsruftreié danger gfcape;piew of thottan, Sy Dogge Perites The Souliiers noiw being wedsieof the trouble of daily warres when they vi deehood-dache derermjnedto goe tothe mmo partsof Zedia, refuled, to pafle oer Garger.For they heard that Ganges was thirty twrosfarlonigs broad and a hundred: fathome deepe' aiid the bankes conered:with troupes of Horlemén) ‘Elephiorsand Footmen j vik: Sooco, Horkemett; 206000. Footmeny 8000. 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Por when ‘hee-had kept meorhe Citi from che wall ¢which he firft afcendéd) he was'oppretled with fich a moltivudeiof hie arbi? rare, chat volelfe the Afacedanians had Speedily fuccouted hieh being grieuouily warded w tly an Arrow and ablow witha Club pon the'tievke, here He hid in his ralhtetfe hinted Invdayess But being frecd from the perill of deatly, he oucrthrew Cities and many plives, feush mohethes being:fospenta:Aclaft ee cameco the Ocean with his Armies Then contemplating chethoaresy and finifhinig his holies; heintreared the Gods ‘that no man euer after fhouli goe bey ond hig bounds: he alfobad Wearchat:tarrie about India, with aNauy. He went on foor tsOrtun Bue: ‘be was (o diftreffed wich the barrenneffe oftHe Countrey, heaveand difeales, thatot’a 26000: 29 Footmen, and.nsooo, Horfemen, fcarcely the fourth patthiued. After-ixticdayes teecime to 'S Gedrofia, where being honoutably entertained by the Kings’ amd: Officers whicly had prepared a gainit hiscomming, hee forgocali his paffed troubles : fo chat be spent his timerduy and nighe — ~ id dn on 3 ALEXANDRE op MAGNLy EXPEDITIO cats ik, Abij Scythze dm ‘ ook harBarorum ja Socpia:\™ Gana:17. Alexandri Magni Expeditio Hondius, Jodocus Copper engraved with hand colour (Imprinted at London for Henry Fetherston at ye signe of the rose in Pauls Churchyard, 1625] 150 x 188 mm A decorative miniature map of the Middle East, depicting the conquests of Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, originally engraved by Jodocus Hondius for the Mercator-Hondius Atlas Minor, this particular example accompanied by English commentary and appearing in Samuel Purchas’ Hakluyeus Posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes. “The map depicts the ancient kingdoms and regions of Greece, Asia Minor, Libya, Egypt, Arabia, Mesopotamia, Bactria and Sogdiana, Parthia, Arachosia, Gadrosia, and the Valley of the Indus River, ornamented in beautiful hand colour. Principal cities are picked out in red, and the map is heavily annotated with references from the classical source tradition for Alexander's expeditions. The terminus of Alexander’ expedition, on the banks of the Indus, is marked by a pair of altars near the source of the Ganges. “The map is further embellished by a pair of strap-worke cartouches. One encloses the title, while the larger of the ewo in the bottom left corner shows an inset map of the Aegean Sea and the coast of Asia Minor. At bottom centre, an Alexandrian coin shows the Conqueror's helmeted head on the recto and a winged Nike holding an orb and sceptre on the verso. ture “The map was likely inspired by a similar large scale example published by Ortelius for the Parergon, a collection of maps on classical and biblical subjects intended as a supplement to the famous Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The map has been retitled in English above the place as ‘Hondius his map of Alexanders Expedition. Above, and on the verso, a lengthy textual commentary in English recounts scenes from Alexander's travels, described as his ‘Rerurne, Mariage, Feasts, Guard, mourning, rage, death’ as well as part of a description of Nearchus’ voyages with Alexander’ fleet. Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes was a monumental four-volume collection of travellers reports and adventure stories, intended by the author, Samuel Purchas, as a continuation of the Principal Navigations of Richard Hakluyt, the British polymath and early supporter of British colonisation in the New World. At the time of publication in 1625, the Pilgrimes was the largest edition ever printed in England. In addition to the text, the book featured numerous maps, che majority of which had originally been engraved by Jodocus. Hondius for inclusion in the Atlas Minor. The plates had been sold at auction by the Hondius publishing house in 1621 and purchased by an English publisher. For the Pilgrimes, Purchas simply reprinted the plates with English titles above. Condition: English text above plate, and on verso. Chip to top right corner of sheet, not affecting map. [42334] £300 2518. Africa with all its States, Kingdoms, Republics, Regions, Islands, &c. Improved and Enlarged from D’Anville’s Map to which have been added a Particular Chart of the Gold Coast wherein are Distinguished all the European Forts and Factories, and also A Summary Description relative to the Trade and Natural Produce, Manners and Customs of the African Continent and Islands Boulton, Samuel Copper engraved with original hand colour By S. Boulton. London. Published by Laurie & Whittle, No. 93, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 12th May 1794 1040 x 1220 mm One of the most celebrated and important eighteenth century maps of Africa, based upon the d’Anville map and printed over four sheets by Laurie & Whittle for Kitchin’ General Atlas, describing the Whole Univers: being a complete collection of the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatest care, and augmented fiom the last edition of D’Anville and Robert with many improvements by other eminent geographers. The map, an impressive and very large wall map of the entire continent, was originally printed by Robert Sayer in the previous decade, becoming a watershed for the mapping of Africa ‘This particular cxample is the Laurie & Whittle printing of 1794. Unlike almost all previous maps of Africa, Boulton follows the example of d’Anville in excluding spurious, sensational, or apocryphal information. The result is that much of the interior of Africa, unexplored by Europeans, is here largely blank. The map was a huge undertaking, attempting to collect together all previous scientific knowledge of the continent, from the classical period to Boulton’s present day. The map is covered with notes of cartographic, geological, exploratory, and ethnographic interest, and in the spaces on either side of the continent, commentaries discuss the different customs and habits of che various peoples of Africa. 26 Although Boulton’s encyclopaedic approach is commendable, the map is not necessarily the most up to date in its information, placing the commentaries of Pliny and Peolemy, by this point over 15 centuries our of date, on an equal footing with the accounts of various European exploratory missions from his own century, Regardless, the map is fascinating in its detail. Each kingdom, state, and tribal area carties descriptions of its religion, history, conflict, or customs. The city of ‘Timbuktu is mapped out in the interior of modern day Mali, the various communities of Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Magreb are described, and the source of the Nile, as best known, is still shown as originating in a pair of lakes in the ‘Lunar mountains. In the south, a sailing ship rounds the Cape of Good. Hope, and a lengthy discussion of Hottentot women, segues into a table outlining the distribution of wealth from the region amongst the various officers of the Dutch Company. In the bottom left corner, a boxed inset map of the Gold Coast provides more information about the continent's wealth and interest to the colonial powers, while at the top left, a tiny inset map shows details of the Azores, the traditional dividing line between the holdings of the Portuguese and Spanish trading empires. “The map is outlined in original hand colour, and at the top right features a large baroque title cartouche. “The figures in the scene, sitting before a fire on which roasts a human leg, are possible the Jagas, prominently described on the map as ‘Man Eaters.” Condition: Printed over four sheets, folded and joined as issued. Original outline colour. Minor tears to folds. ‘Minor time toning to edges of sheet, not affecting map. [43628] £2,00019. Africa Vetus Sanson d’Abbeville, Nicolas Copper engraved with hand colour “Amstelodami Apud I. Covens et C. Mortier. cum Privilegio. [Amsterdam, c. 1700] 551 x 391 mm A large map of ancient Africa, the place names marked using their Greek, Latin, or Biblical equivalents. Parts of the Middle East and Europe are similarly marked using their ancient nomenclature, and the westernmost tip oF Brazil, just visible at the extreme left edge of the map, is listed as “Terra Incognita.’ Borders and divisions of kingdoms and provinces are marked in hand colour. In the top right comer, the title is enclosed in a cartouche composed of garlands with the heads and wings of eagles. 28 Nicholas Sanson's map of Africa was first published individually in 1650 and laver in Sanson's ‘Carses Generales’ in 1658. Afver Sansor's death, several posthumous editions from a slightly reworked plate were published. ‘Condition: Central vertical fold as issued. Minor tears to margins, not affecting map. [43074] £50020. Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia et Africa + regiones, proprias, tributarias, clientelares sicut ‘et omnes ejusdem Beglirbegatus seu prefecturas generales exhibens Homann, Johann Baptist Copper engraved with hand colour ‘Nuremberg [c. 1737] 485 x 565 mm A decorative and detailed map of the Arabian peninsular, depicting Turkish rule in the area from ‘Northern Africa and Southern Europe to Arabia, including Greece, Turkey, the Holy Land and Persia. Title at bottom left inside stone slab and surrounded by figures of the eastern and western worlds. Condition: Pressed vertical centre fold, as issued. Water stain centre top and toning along centre fold. [43142] £575 2921. Mondo Nuovo Porro, Girolamo after Porcacchi, Tommaso Copper engraved [Venice, ¢.1572] 102 x 140 mm ‘An excellent impression of one of the earliest published maps of North America, engraved by Girolamo Porro for Tommaso Porcacchi’s Lisole pit famose del mondo. Cartographically, the map is essentially a small-scale version of the seminal map of the continent by Paolo Forlani. The landmass of North America, while not as thin or stretched as the ‘Baccalearum Regio’ chat appears in earlier sixteenth century maps, is still significantly elongated, with the eastern seaboard particularly exaggerated. California is depicted correctly as an island, though features an erroneous promontory on the northwest coast. Similarly exaggerated promontories are depicted on the north coast of South America, though Mexico and the Caribbean are shown relatively correctly. Japan, labelled here as ‘Giapan’, is located equidistant from the coasts of California and China, directly below the Straits of ‘Anian, which are depicted in detail here for the frst time. The map is further embellished by a baroque title cartouche, a compass rose, and a pair of sea-monsters with clephantine heads. Above the map, the title in Ialian appears below a decorative section divider, and Italian text below provides a history of the New World. Condition: Strong dark impression on full sheet. Italian text above and below plate, and on verso. Binding holes to lefe margin, not affecting plate. [42872] £950 3122. Temistitan Porro, Girolamo afver Porcacchi, Tommaso Copper engraved (Venice, c.1576] 104x140 mm A rare and historically significant map of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City, in the centre of Lake Texcoco, engraved by Girolamo Porro for Tommaso Porcacchi’s Lisole pit famose del mondo ‘Tenochtielan was founded on an island in the middle of the lake in 1325, rising through conquest and commercial enterprise to become the capital of a vast ‘Mexican empire during the 15th century. In 1521, the city fell to the Spanish, who refounded the old capital as Mexico City. ‘Ac the time of the Spanish conquest, Tenochtitlan ‘was estimated to hold a population of over 200,000. By contrast, the city of Seville, che most populous Spanish city at the time, was less than half the size. ‘With its aqueducrs, terraced palaces, and gardens, the conquistadors considered the city a wonder, praising it as the ‘Venice of the New World.’ 32 “The first woodcut plans of the city began appearing in Europe during the 1520s, and by the end of the sixteenth century was an essential inclusion in any lustrated book relating to the New World. Porto’: copper engraved map of the city was first included as part of a suite of 15 New World maps in the 1576 second edition of Porcacchi’s Lisole. ‘This particular impression of Porro's map of Tenochtitlan was possibly separately printed, owing to the fact chat it lacks the usual Porcacchi text above and, below the plate, and on the verso. In addition, the old binder’ fold to the centre left of the sheet is consistent with ir having been bound into a composite atlas or extra illustrated book. A number of composite atlases of Porro’s plates with blank backs are known, likely issued by the Galignani brothers in Venice during the lave sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Condition: Vertical binder’s fold to centre left of plate, as issued. Clean impression with full margins. Vertical crease and binding holes to right margin not affecting plate or map. [42935] £30023. Hispania Nova Mercator, Gerard and Hondius, Jodocus Copper engraved with hand colour [Imprinted at London for Henry Fetherston at ye signe of the rose in Pauls Churchyard, 1625] 412 x 186 mm Condition: English text above and below plate, and on verso, Minor time toning and ink spotting to edges of sheet, not affecting map. [42949] £200 A decorative miniature map of the western coast of ‘Mexico, originally engraved by Jodocus Hondius for the Mercator-Hondius Adlas Minor, this particular example accompanied by English commentary and appearing in the fourth volume of Samuel Purchas’ Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes. The map shows the central and western parts of ‘New Spain, following the Spanish conquest. The former Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan has been replaced by the eponymous capital Mexico, which is plotted on the shores of Lake Texcoco. Principal pre-Columbian and Spanish settlements are picked out in red, and the seas, coasts, mountain ranges, and river systems are all highlighted in hand colour. “The map is further embellished by a pair of strapwork cartouches enclosing the title and a scale in German miles. The map has been retitled in English above the plate as ‘Hondius his map of New Spaine.’ Below, and oon the verso, a lengthy textual commentary in English discusses the bureaucratic structure of the Mexican council, the Catholic Church in the New World, and various places of political, military, and mercantile importance. Haklueytus Posthumus or Parchas his Pilgrimes was a monumental four-volume collection of travellers reports and adventure stories, intended by the author, Samuel Purchas, as a continuation of the Principal Navigations of Richard Hakluyt, the British polymath and early supporter of British colonisation in the New World. At the time of publication in 1625, the Pilgrimes was the largest edition ever printed in England, In addition co the text, the book featured numerous maps, the majority of which had originally been engraved by Jodocus Hondius for inclusion in the Atlas Minor. The plates had been sold at auction by the Hondius publishing house in 1621 and purchased by an English publisher. For the Pilerimes, Purchas simply reprinted che plates with English titles above. 33,24, America Septentrionalis Hondius, Henricus Copper engraved with original hand colour (Amsterdam, 1636] 466 x 552 mm ‘A rare first state example of Henricus Hondius’ sought- after map of North America, from the 1636 Latin edition of the Atlas Novus. The map is one of a number of new plates that were prepared by Hondius in the early 1630s, in an attempt to remain competitive against his main business rivals, the Blaeu family, who had succeeded in purchasing many of the plates from the estate of Henricus' recently deceased brother, Jodocus Hondius. ‘This map in particular was a commercial triumph, as at the time of publication the Blaeu family still did not have a separate map of North America, continuing instead to publish their earlier and now badly oudated map of the whole of the Americas. Cartographically, the Hondius map of northern America is significant, being the main inspiration for the erroneous popula belief in an insular California. Although not the first to depict California as an island, the Hondius map was certainly the most wide-spread and popular. “The map itself is incredibly detailed, and an excellent exemplar of the extent of current knowledge of America up to the time of publication, drawing upon Brigg’s ‘North Pare of America,’ Hessel Gerritsz’s chart of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, Thomas James’ 1633 survey of the west coast of Hudson Bay, and John Smich’s map of Virginia. ‘The interior of the continent, as well as most of the north-west coastline are left blank, and New Amsterdam is notably absent, though Fort Orange is plotced with a small square icon. ‘The island of California takes up much of the west coast, and the Great Lakes are represented by just a single example, here labelled Lac des Iroquois. ‘The south-east, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the northern coasts of South America are, by contrast, very well mapped, though a small note above the Parime Lake in Brazil still includes the popular belief in El Dorado, “The sea coasts and territorial borders of the various European interests in the region are all outlined in original hand colour, and the map is further embellished by numerous sailing ships, sea monsters, and animals, including bears, deer, wild horses, pigs, bulls, a beaver in Nova Francia, and a fox on the edges of Button’s Bay. This later is suggested by Burden to be a neat cartographic homage to Luke Foxe, whose survey of Hudson Bay was likely consulted by Hondius when preparing che plate ‘The map is further embellished by a pair of cartouches. In the top lefe corner, the tile is enclosed in a baroque oval, flanked by a cadre of First Nations warriors. In the bottom left, a blank imprint cartouche feacures a pair of mermaids on cither side of a globe, one of whom holds a surveyors rule. Why the first state of this map was left uninscribed is unknown, though Burden’s suggestion for an carlicr unpublished plate prepared by Jodocus Hondius is plausible. The current example is evidently a very carly printing, as the guide lining for the map’s inscriptions can still be seen Condition: Excellent strong impression with original colour. Central vertical fold as issued. Minor time toning to edges of sheet, not affecting map. Latin text [42865] £3,5003525. A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, Divided into North and South and West Indies, wherein are exactly Described the United States of North America as well as the Several European Possessions according to the Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles Jan 20.1783. Compiled from Mr. d’Anville’s Maps of that Continent, with the addition of the Spanish Discoveries in 1775 to the North of California & Corrected in the several Parts belonging to Great Britain, from the Original Materials of Governor Pownall, MP. @Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon Copper engraved with original hand colour London. Publishd by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 12th May 1794 1040 x 1200 mm, ‘An impressive and very large wall map of the Americas, North and South, following d’Anville and printed over four sheets by Laurie 8 Whittle for Kitchin’ General Alas, describing the Whole Universe: being a complete collection of the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatese care, and augmented from the last edition of DiAnville and Robert with many improvements by other eminent geographers. The map shows the extent of the New World, updated to reflect the divisions settled at the Treaty of Versailles. Along the eastern coast of North America, the United States, newly formed after the conclusion of the Revolutionary War in 1783, are outlined in green. ‘The remainder of North America is divided up into the Spanish territories of New Mexico, New Navarra, New Biscay, California, and the former French territory of Louisiana. To the north, eastern Canada is labelled as New Britain, Labrador, and the Province of Quebec. The north western regions of the continent are almost completely blank, apart from ‘New Albion’ north of California, which carries a note about the anchorage of Sir Francis Drake, and the cryptic Fou Sang, a purported colony of the Chinese on the coast north of Georges Sound. By contrast, the West Indies, and Central and South “America are very well mapped. Off the coast of South America, the Galapagos are given the whimsical title of the ‘Inchanted Isles.” On the other side of the Atlantic, parts of Europe and Africa are shown, though the Pacific is mostly devoid of detail. The blank spaces of the map are instead occupied by a boxed inset map of Hudson Bay and Baffin Bay, with Greenland and Iceland also featured. Above this, a large table allots various territories to the European powers, and also lists the constituent colonies that now make up the United States. The map is ouelined in original hand colous, and is further embellished in the bottom right corner by a large decorative cartouche, featuring various botanical and faunal emblems of the ‘Americas, including a beaver and a crocodile, as well as a feathered head-dress and a quiver of arrows. Condition: Printed over four sheets, folded and joined as issued. Original outline colour. Minor tears to folds. Minor time toning to edges of sheet, not affecting map. [43627] £2,50026..A Map of South America Containing Ticrra- Firma, Guyana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia, from Mr. D'Anville, with Several Improvements and Additions, and The Newest Discoveries Kitchin, Thomas Copper engraved with hand colour London. Printed for Robert Sayer, No 53, Fleet Street, as the Act Directs, 20 September 1775 1000 x 1185 mm. ‘A stunning wall map based on d’Anville’s map of South America, including new discoveries by explorers along the coast, printed over two sheets and published by Robert Sayer in 1775. ‘This particular example has been laid to archival linen, but, like other examples published by Sayer and his successors Laurie & Whittle, was likely originally bound into a large scale world atlas, the most common of which were the various printings of Kirchin’s General Atlas. ‘The continent is shown in its entirety, from the Caribbean in the North, labelled here as the ‘North Sea of the Spaniards, to the southernmost tip of the “Tierra del Fuego and the Falklands. The Galapagos, off the western coast off the continent, are also given the whimsical tide of the ‘Inchanted Isles’ a direct English translation of their former Spanish name, Las Encantadas. Akin to other wall maps published by Sayer, the map follows d’Anville’s convention, only including cartographic information that is verified by trusted geographic sources. The map features numerous notes of geographic, ethnographic, and historic interest, and. to the left, in the Pacific Ocean, a large boxed text feacures a description of the ‘Division of South America with a Summary Account of its Trade’. At the top tight corner, an inset boxed chart shows the Falkland Islands, ‘named by the French Malouine Islands, and discovered by Hawkins in the year 1595°. The map is outlined in hand colour, and features a large baroque title cartouche assembled from floral and faunal emblems of the continent in the bottom right cornet. Condition: Printed on two sheets and laid to archival linen. Vertical folds as issued. Small repaired puncture and crease to bottom left of sheet. Minor creasing to surface of map. Otherwise an excellent clean impression. [30187] £1,200 3927. Asia Porro, Girolamo after Magini, Giovanni Antonio Copper engraved [Venice, c. 1598] 125x170 mm ‘A map of Asia, from Giovanni Antonio Magini’s edition of Claudius Prolemy’s Geographia, published c. 1598. “The entire map is criss-crossed by numerous chumb- lines. Above the map, the title in Italian appears below a decorative section divider, and Italian text below provides an account of navigation. Inscription above print: ‘Vniversal Descrittione Dell Asia. Condition: Strong, dark impression. Small rust mark to lower centre. [43096] £400 28. Asie Suivant Mr. De Lisle de L’Academie Royale des Sciences afer de Lisle, Guillaume Copper engraved with hand colour [Paris, c. 1730] 125x170 mm A small French map of Asia, with the various states and regions outlined in hand colour, from La Science des Personmes de la Cour, de lEpe'e et de la Robe. The entire map is criss-crossed by numerous lines of longitude and latitude. La Science des Personnes de la Cour, de l'Epe'e et de la Robe was a French encyclopaedia, which appeared in numerous editions from 1707 to 1757. Edited predominantly by Monsicur De Chevigny and Henri Philippe de Limiers, the work was dedicated to the Prince of Orange and Nassau. Condition: Strong, clear impression. Two vertical folds as issued. Trimmed within place except on left margin, not affecting map. [43131] £100 429. Baly Wright, Benjamin Copper engraved Beniamin Wright caelator. [Tot Amsterdam, Ghedruckt by Iudocum Hondium, woonende inde Calver-Straet, inden Wackeren Hont. Anno 1614, Met Privilegie.] 88x 122 mm ‘A scarce miniature map of the Indonesian island of Bali, engraved by Benjamin Wright for the “Historische beschrijuinghe der scer wijt beroemde coop- stadt Amsterdam’ by Pontanus. Like many of Wright's contributions to Pontanus’ history, the map is closely based on earlier maps of the East Indies by de Bry and. Langenes. In this case, the map is an almost exact copy of the de Bry original, including the inset views of wo Balinese temples, though the orientation of the map has been flipped so that North is now to top. Parts of Java and Lombok, here titled ‘Cambabs’ are also featured, to the left and right margins of the map respectively. “The islands’ jungles, mountains, and temples are depicted pictorially, and a number of Dutch sailing vessels are depicted off the coasts of Bali. Dutch interests in Bali had been established in 1597 with the arrival of the Dutch explorer Cornelis de Houtman, and in 1602, with the creation of the Durch East Indies Company, the island became one of a number of important trading ports for the spice trade. 42 “Historische beschrijvinghe der seer wijt beroemde coop-stadt Amsterdam (Historical description of the famous trading city Amsterdam) by Johannes Isaac Pontanus was first published in Latin (‘Rerum et urbis Amstelodamensium historia’) by Jodocus Hondius in Amsterdam in 1611. Three years later, in 1614, Jodocus Hondius had the book translated by Petrus Montanus, into Middle-Dutch and published it again. The book ‘was put on the Jndex because of its hostility towards Roman Catholics. “The book was essentially a cumulative history of al, Dutch knowledge of the world, through the efforts, of the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) and their various commercial and exploratory enterprises. This print is from a rare Dutch edition of the publication. Condition: Strong, dark impression on full sheet. Dutch, text above and below plate, and on verso 142956] £30030, Iauva Insula, Samatra Insula, Borneo Ins. Hondius, Jodocus Copper engraved (Tot Amsterdam, Ghedruckt by Iudocum Hondium, woonende inde Calver-Straet, inden Wackeren Hone. Anno 1614, Met Privilegie.] 86x 122 mm A rdecorative miniature map of the Dutch East Indies, depicting the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, and the southern parts of Bornco, engraved for the ‘Historische beschrijvinghe der seer wijt beroemde coop- stadt Amsterdam’ by Portanus. Like many of the maps in Pontanus’ history, this example is closely based on earlier maps of the East Indies by de Bry and Langenes. ‘The islands are mapped relatively well, though the southern coast of Java is still unchartered, and thus marked by a simple dotted line. Principal settlements and Dutch trading ports are labelled, and the towns of Bantam and Sura are marked by small remple icons. Reefs are indicated with dotted and crossed sections, and the map features a large compass rose in the top right corner. In the bottom right corner, a strapwork cartouche encloses a scale in German miles. Condition: Strong, dark impression on full sheet. Dutch, text below plate, and on verso. [42976] £200 4331. India Orientalis Porro, Girolamo after Magini, Giovanni Antonio Copper engraved [Ammhemii Excudebar loannes lanssonius, Anno 1617] 125 x 170 mm A map of south east Asia, covering modern day India, Myanmar (Burma), ‘Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Japan, and parts of the Persian empire, China, Indonesia, and New Guinea, from the 1617 Latin printing of Giovanni Antonio Magini’s edition of Claudius Ptolemy's Geagraphia, published by Jan Jansson. Persia is labelled as the ‘Imperium Sophorum,’ a westernised title for the Sufic Safavid dynasty, which ruled the empire berween 1501 and 1736. In the bottom right comer of the map, a note on New Guinea describes it as being either an island, ora part of the unknown southern continent of Terra Australis In the top right corner of the map, the westernmost reaches of North America can be seen. Condition: Strong, dark impression. Minor time-toning to sheet. Latin text on verso [42674] £350 32. Inde Ancienne a LOccident Du Grange ‘Mallet, Allain Manesson Copper engraved with hand colour [Paris, c. 1683] 148 x 102 mm An attractive map of ancient India from Maller’s “Description de 'Univere, with French text on verso. [43350] £10033. La Chine Mallet, Allain Manesson Copper engraved with hand colour Paris, c. 1683 146 x 102 mm ‘An attractive map of China from Mallets ‘Description de l'Universe. his map depicts China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and the Philippines, with a ship next to the Philippines and French text on the verso. [43349] £200 34, New Holland Arrowsmith, Aaron ‘Copper engraved [c. 1804] 200 x 245 mm ‘An early map of Australia. This map was first published in 1802 in London, by Cadell and Davies. This however, isa rare example of the 1804 edition with extended blank space going from the southern coastline to bottom of the print. The simplicity of the print indicates perfectly how lite of Australia was discovered and inhabited at the time. Condition: Good impression from a worn plate. Binding holes to top of sheet. Ttimmed within plate mark to the right. [43108] £250 4535. Asia and Its Islands according to D’Anville: Divided into Empires, Kingdoms, States, Regions, &c. with the European Possessions and Settlements in the East Indies and an Exact Delineation of All the Discoveries made in the Eastern Parts by the English under Captn. Cook ’Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon Copper engraved with original hand colour London. Published by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53, Fleet Street. 12th May 1794 1030 x 1200 mm, ‘An impressive and very large wall map of the continent of Asia, following d’Anville and printed over four sheets by Laurie & Whittle for Kitchin General Atlas, describing the Whole Universe: being a complete collection af the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatest care, and augmented from the last edition of DiAwille and Robert with many improvements by other eminent geographers. The map spans the entirety of the ‘Asian continent, from Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula in the West to Japan, New Guinea, and the islands of the Pacific in the Bast. Ar the far left, the eastern coast of ‘Africa can be seen, while at the extreme top right, parts of Alaska and Canada are depicted. 46 In the bottom right corner, the coastline of Papua New Guinea is mapped completely, though erroneously. The northernmost reaches of Australia are labelled as ‘part of New Holland.” ‘The map is covered in notes of geographic interest. In the Arabian Peninsula, a note warns about the ‘very dry. deserts’ encountered between Mecca and the Persian Gulf. The site at which Admiral Anson captured the Manilla Galleon is marked, and a site at the northern tip of Borneo is labelled cryptically as ‘Pyrates Point.” “Above the tip of Cape York, ‘Endeavour's passage’ marks the journey of Cook. The map is outlined in original hand colour, and further ornamented by a large oriental cartouche in the top left corner, which features a Turk with a long pipe under a large palm tree and a camel resting beside a smoking incense burner. Condition: Printed over four sheets, folded and joined as issued. Original outline colour. Minor tears to folds. ‘Minor time toning to edges of sheet, not affecting map. [43626] £2,50036. Musashi no Kuni zenzu / Kikuchi Bushin jicho. Hashimoto Gyokuran gazn. Kikuchi Shuzo and Utagawa Sadahide Woodblock Konosu : Nagashima Giichiro. 1856 1280 x 1120 ‘A large-scale Japanese woodblock map of the environs of Tokyo (Kanagawa-ken, Saitama-ken). The map is oriented with north to the lower right and includes extensive explanations and history of temples and. shrines alongside a printed legend. UC Berkeley, East Asian Library, D74 Condition: Printed on nine sheets and joined. Pressed folds as issued. Colours faded. Laid to board. Old wormholes from when folded to top of sheet, stain to borcom right. [42713] £900 47, Cafat “= BRR. ° sae del Bag jin S SS onalbar Zo fe fe Bebe» ° na adh » Coy “Becho Ses) é Izy; Sluvius * aa37. Europe, Suivant Mr. De Lisle de Academie Royale des Sciences after de Lisle, Guillaume Copper engraved with hand colour (Paris, ¢, 1730] 128 x 168 mm ‘A French map of Europe, with the various states and regions of Europe outlined in hand colour, from La Science des Personnes de la Cour, de U'Epee et de la Robe Principal cities are plotted in red, the Mediterranean and Atlantic are washed in full hand colour, and the borders of Asia and Africa are outlined in pink and green respectively. ROYALE DES SCIENCE S Ce La Science des Personnes de la Cour, de l'Epeé'eet de la Robe was a French encyclopaedia, which appeared in numerous editions from 1707 to 1757. Edited predominantly by Monsieur De Chevigny and Henri Philippe de Limiers, the work was dedicated to the Prince of Orange and Nassau. Condition: Strong, clear impression. Two vertical folds as issued. Re-margined to right hand side. [43134] £85 4938. [Delos] Bordone, Benedetto Woodeut [Venice, 1528] 82x 144mm A woodcut map of the Greek islands of Delos and Mykonos, from Bordone’s famous /olario (‘Book of Islands). Like all of Bordone’s maps, the coasts and topography of the islands are highly stylised and. simplified, Mykonos’ interior features a crenellated tower and a collection of houses. Delos features three labelled points of interest, mostly relating to its classical heritage. To the north of the island, the ruins of the Temple and Sanctuary of Apollo are depicted pictorially. Mount Cynthus, upon which the titaness Leto gave birth to Apollo and Artemis, is also labelled. Behind the map is a simple eight-pointed line-compass. Condition: Minor foxing to sheet. Italian text above and below map, and on verso. [43058] £275 50 39. Gallia Marchetti, Pietro Maria afer Ortelius Abraham Copper engraved with hand colour [Venice, c.1598] 78x 104 mm From Il Teatro del Mondo, a pirate edition of Philips Galles 1593 Italian edition of the Epitome of Ortelius. Although not as finely engraved, the Marchetti map is an almost perfect copy of Galle’ miniature map. ‘The Epitome was the first miniature atlas ever published, and, like the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum on which it was based, was an immediate success. The first edition, published by Galle in 1577, was entitled Spieghel der Wereld. In 1588, Galle published a revised and improved second edition, under the title Epitome due Theatre die ‘Monde, with a new seties of much finer miniature maps. The third edition, inspired by Galles success, featured a new set of maps engraved by the brothers Arsenius, who, alongside Galle, had previously engraved plates for Ortelius’ original Theatrum. Condition: Italian text above and below plate, and on verso. Time toning and foxing co edges of sheet, not affecting plate or map. [42337] ‘£120