PTOLOMY,C./ WALTSEEMÜLLER,M. Tabula Moderna Germanie. Strasburg, Johann Schott , 1513-1520. Uncoloured. Good margins. Some very minor discolouration along centerfold. Good impression. 390 x 545 mm.
Inquire about item N° 24988.

3000 €   

¤ Woodblock map of Ptolemaic Central Europe from Denmark to the Alps and from France to Poland.
Title along top. No text on verso. Rare map from the first modern atlas by Martin Waldseemüller since it is the first Ptolemy edition with twenty new regional maps beside the traditional twenty-seven Ptolemaic maps derived from the 1482 Ulm edition. The Atlas is titled GEOGRAPHIE OPUS NOVISSIMA TRADUCTIONE E GRECORUM ARCHETYPIS and is one of the most important edition of Ptolemy Atlases.
In 1520 a second edition of the atlas was printed by Schott from the same woodcut blocks.

ORTELIUS,A. Europae. Antwerp, 1584. Coloured. Good and dark impression. Short lower margin, as issued. Paper slightly age toned. Light marginal spotting. Repair of split lower part centerfold, 1,7 cm into the image. 342 x 468 mm.
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2000 €   

¤ Somewhat distorted land masses: vignette of Europe being carried off by the bull (Zeus).
The first plate with title AFRICAE PARS in normal lettering. Fine impression. van der Krogt III, 1000:31A: van den Broecke, 5

HONDIUS,J. Nova Europae Descriptio Auctore Jodoco Hondio Amsterdam, 1630. Coloured. Paper little age toned as usual. Repair of splits along centerfold and 2 splits in right hand part of the map. Dark impression. 376 x 504 mm.
Inquire about item N° 21229.

1600 €   

¤ Very decorative map of Europe decorated with many ships and sea monsters. Van der Krogt, 1000:1B.

JANSSONIUS,J. Pascaarte van't Oostelyckste .. Middelansche Zee.. Amsterdam 1650. In original colours. Paper slightly age-toned. Repair of split along centerfold. 415 x 545 mm.
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2400 €   

¤ Very decorative chart of Mediterranean. Decorative title cartouche on the upper right corner.

VISSCHER, N. Europa Delineata et Recens Edita. Amsterdam, 1677. Coloured. Good margins. Repair of split next to lower part centerfold, 2cm. Into engraved area hardly visible. 437 x 544 mm.
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1000 €   

¤ This map of Europe is particularly attractive: finely engraved with discreet decorative sailing ships, monsters and compass roses adorning the seas.
In the lower right hand corner of the map a dedication to Simoni Van Hoorn of Amsterdam is shown complete with family arms.
Among the many great Dutch map publishers active in the seventeenth century were the Visscher family, begun by Claes Jansz Visscher (1587-1652) and continued by his son Nicolaas (1618-1679), grandson Nicolaas II (1649-1702) and then by his grandson's widow, Elizabeth until her death in 1726. Although mainly art dealers, the Visschers were prolific publishers, producing individual maps and also atlases made up to their customers specifications.
They are commonly regarded as second only to the Blaeus among Dutch map-makers for the high quality of engraving and decoration and the geographical accuracy of their many maps.

DE WIT,F. Totius Fluminis Rheni Novissima Descriptio… Amsterdam 1680. Original colours. Slight age-toning of paper. Short lower margin, as issued. Else very good condition. 495 x 530 mm.
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300 €   

¤ Two maps on one sheet, one above the other, charting the course of the Rhine River.
Beginning on the top map, from its source at the Bodensee in Switzerland, through the eastern part of Germany and transitioning to the bottom map with its course through western Germany, the Netherlands, and flowing into the North Sea.
The upper map has a decorative title cartouche with four figures and the bottom map contains a distance scale cartouche flanked by two cherubs with tiny ships sailing in the sea.
Each map measures 230x530mm.

DE WIT,F. Carta Nova accurata del passagio et strada dalli Paesi.. Amsterdam, 1690. Beau col. ancien. In attractive colours. Repair of split lower part centerfold, 12cm into engraved area. Very good condition. 465 x 550 mm.
Inquire about item N° 11815.

400 €   

¤ Interesting map centered on Central Europe, giving road system from Low Countries, Germany, Austria to Rome (Italy). This state without the figures left and right of title cartouche.

CLOUET / MONDHARE Carte d'Europe divisée en ses Empires et Royaumes. Paris, 1785-1788. Beau col. Carte imprimée en 4 feuilles, formant une carte murale à bordures entoilée, petits manques restaurés. Texte en français et en espagnol.
- Backed on linen, a few tears repaired with minimal loss of image, fine colour. Text in french and Spanish. 965 x 1230 mm.
Inquire about item N° 61358.

10000 €   

¤ Rare. Carte murales entourées d'une superbe bordure dans le style Roccoco, constituée de 20 scènes à sujet historique ainsi que les principaux évènements survenus en Europe.
J.-B. Clouet était membre de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Rouen.
Uncommon and decorative wall map of Europe, prepared by Clouet. Superb decoration including a wonderful rococo border with vignettes describing historical scenes. Like most maps of this size, with some minor repairs and losses, but generally very good condition for a wall map.

RAIF EFFENDI Europe Uskudar 1803. In original colours. Paper slightly browned as usual. Some light brown staining in Nort Sea, generally in good condition. 505 x 638 mm.
Inquire about item N° 7232.

1700 €   

¤ Very rare Ottoman printed map of Europe from Jedid Atlas Tercü:mesi or New Atlas , printed 1218 H. or 1803 in üsküdar, a part of Istanbul. Title, scale and place names in Ottoman Turkish. Lower right inset of Corsica.
The atlas was an annex to a geographical book called Icaletü-Cografya . The author was attached to the Ottoman Embassy in London. The book was written in French by Mahmut Raif Efendi and translated into Ottoman Turkish by Yakovaki Effendi.
The atlas is an Ottoman translation of William Faden's atlas. The project was meant to be a prestige project for the Ottoman Palace and it had the seal of approval of the then Sultan-Sultan Selim III. The Plates were made in Vienna, The maps were printed at the Engineer's School Printing Press, which was operating between 1776-1826.
The atlas is dated 1803 and only 50 copies were printed. We estimate that no more than 20 complete atlases and about 5 incomplete or loose sheets are in existence.
A must for the serious collector. - Yazmadan Basmaya: Müteferraki, p.112-118.

MAIRE, N. Carte itinéraire et politique d'Europe d'après les derniers traités de paix, Avec les plans des principales villes d'Europe. Paris, 1813. Limites en col. d'époque. Grand cartouche comprenant 1 carte d'Islande. 750 x 110 mm.
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1000 €   

¤ Grande carte d'Europe entourée de 12 plans de villes: Rome, Naples, Madrid, Lisbonne, Berlin, Varsovie, Copenhague, Paris, Londres, Vienne, Pétersbourg et Constantinople.
Nicolas Maire, un ingénieur géographe à redécouvir, auquel le Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers ne consacre qu'une très brève notice. Son nom apparaiit pour la première fois, semble-t-il, associé à celui de Brion de la Tour, sur la Carte élémentaire et statistique de l'Allemagne, en 1803. Seul l'examen de ses plans permet de connaitre ses adresses successives : 34 rue Charlot, 7 rue de Tournon, 13 rue de l'Université et 79 boulevard Montparnasse, et de limiter sa période d'activité entre 1803 et 1840 environ.

DELAMARCHE Imperii Romani occidentis.. Paris. In original o/l colours. A good and dark impression. 486 x 578 mm.
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300 €   

¤ Deatiled map of the eastern part of the roman Empire showing Greece, Near East, Egypt and Libya. Very decorative title cartouche surrounded with roman legion's arms and emblems. On the left-hand part of the map, a diagram with the different subdivisions of the eastern part of roman empire.