AFRIQUE
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Continent africain
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38 MERCATOR, G./ HONDIUS, J. Africa ex magna orbis terre descriptione Gerardi Mercator… Amsterdam, 1630. Col. ancien. Paper slightly age-toned, as usual. Split of 14 cm into the map. The sea coloured in blue. Framed. 378 x 471 mm.
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600 - 700 €
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Map of Africa. The cartouche is circular, surrounded by decorative scrolls and surmounted by two satyrs. The beautiful calligraphy is a special feature of Mercator maps. The "projection" associated with Mercator was not used in this particular map. Basically, much the same information is supplied in this map.
- Norwich/Stone, Africa, Map 21.
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39 ANONYME. Africae Tabula. Ca. 1700. Limites en col. d'époque. Good condition. Orig. outline col. 285 x 350 mm.
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150 - 200 €
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With a decorative cartouche, the main features of which show two elephants each mounted by a person in what appears to be oriental dress. According to Norwich anonymous, but most probably published by Chr.Weigel.
- Norwich's Maps of Africa, map 58.
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40 L'ISLE, G. de. L'Afrique. Paris, 1700. Col. Limites et cartouche col. Cadre. - Framed. 450 x 580 mm.
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300 - 350 €
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This map of 1700 from the geographer G. de l'Isle is distinguished- like all his maps- by his scientific approach to his subject.
- Norwich/Stone, Africa, Map 59
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41 Afrique (7 cartes). / Jullidière. Le Canal de Panama. / Herrich. Mappemonde. Ca. 1900-1920. en couleurs. 7 cartes pliées en couleurs..
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100 - 150 €
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Cartes concernant le Chemin de Fer Transafricain et les anciennes colonies; 1 brochure sur le canal de Panama, 1 mappemonde ca. 1900.
- Norwich/Stone, Africa, Map 59
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Algérie
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42 BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F. ALGERII Sarace norum urbis fortissimae. Cologne, 1580. Beau col. Texte français. Infimes rousseurs. 345 x 490 mm.
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400 - 500 €
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¤ An attractive plan of the Alger, including a numbered key legend in the lower part. From the greatest publication in this genre!. The "Civitates" was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun gathered together vast amounts of information and draft plans to produce over 500 city views/maps published in six parts between 1572 and 1617.
- Norwich/Stone, Africa, Map 59
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Tunisie
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43 BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F. Tunes Oppidum. Cologne, 1575. Beau col. 3 vues gravées sur 1 planche. Texte latin. Pli central un peu jauni. 330 x 472 mm.
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300 - 400 €
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¤ Panoramas de Tunis, Africa et Pennon de Velles. - From the greatest publication in this genre!. The "Civitates" was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun gathered together vast amounts of information and draft plans to produce over 500 city views/maps published in six parts between 1572 and 1617.
- Norwich/Stone, Africa, Map 59
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Maroc
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44 BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F. Tingis, Lusitanis, Tangiara. / Tzaffin. / Septa. / Arzilla. / Sala. Cologne, 1580. Beau col. 5 vues gravées sur le même cuivre. Texte latin. 325 x 475 mm.
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300 - 350 €
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¤ Vues de différents ports dont Tanger. - From the greatest publication in this genre!. The "Civitates" was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun gathered together vast amounts of information and draft plans to produce over 500 city views/maps published in six parts between 1572 and 1617.
- Norwich/Stone, Africa, Map 59
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45 HOMANN, Héritiers. Statuum Maroccanorum regnorum nempe Fessani.. Nuremberg, 1728. Beau col. Bordure inf. habilement restaurée. 480 x 562 mm.
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300 - 400 €
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¤ An attractive map of Morocco, including insets of Marocco (Marrakech) and Mequinetz (Meknes). Highly decorative figured cartouche top left. Also shows the Canary Islands in some detail and another inset of Madera.
- Norwich/Stone, Africa, Map 59
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Egypte
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46 BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F. Alexandria. Cologne, 1575. Beau col. French text on verso. Paper in upper left and right hand margin re-inforced, image carefully re-drawn. 365 x 482 mm.
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400 - 500 €
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¤ A superb image of Alexandria, the famous Egyptian center of learning. From Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum. Copperplate engraving. The "Civitates" was the first standardized collection of town views/plans and places encompassing the known world at the time. This view first appeared in Volume I, originally published in 1572. The verso is in French. Braun and Hogenberg compiled the famed Civitates Orbis Terrarum in six Volumes from 1572 through 1618. These atlases gained such a high level of popularity that there were numerous reprints in various languages, even before final volumes were published.
- Norwich/Stone, Africa, Map 59
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47 BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F. Cairus, quae olim Babylon, … Cologne, 1590. Col. Habilement restauré le long du pli central. 335 x 485 mm.
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700 - 800 €
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¤ Contemporaneous bird's-eye view of the city and surroundings showing the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Egypt had fallen to the Turks during the reign of Selim I at the beginning of the 16th century and this fine rather stylised pictorial plan shows the capital Cairo during early Ottoman rule. Behind a foreground group of travellers and horsemen, the sweeping line of River Nile with the City and its environs beyond. The map includes representations of the famous Pyramids and Sphinx at Gaza to the right, as well as illustrations of crocodiles in the Nile River.
- Norwich/Stone, Africa, Map 59
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48 ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, G. Carte de L'Egypte Ancienne et Moderne.. Paris, 1753. Limites en col. d'époque. 665 x 490 mm.
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200 - 250 €
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A splendid map of ancient Egypt prepared by R.P.Sicard. Berenice is further south than on previous maps. He tried to make the width of the Nile proportional to its true dimensions; as to Lake Moeris (many assume it to be the Canal de Joseph, but for de Vaugondy it is Birk-el Karoon and Bahr Bellomah west of Memphis.
- Sponberg Pedley, Bel et Utide, map 431.
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Afrique occidentale
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49 CHATELAIN, H. Carte de la Barbarie, Nigritie, et de la Guinée… Amsterdam, 1719. Col. Cadre. - Framed. 405 x 520 mm.
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150 - 200 €
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- Koeman II, Cha 7, (3).
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Afrique du Sud
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50 MORTIER, P. Carte particuliere de L'Isle Dauphine ou Madagascar. Amsterdam, 1720. Col. Limites et roses des vents coloriées. Bel exemplaire. - In mint condition. 570 x 851 mm.
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600 - 800 €
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¤ En carton : La baye de St Augustin. Carte numérotée 28. - An impressive large sheet map of the island of Madagascar. Numerous place names, soundings and sand banks are shown round the island. East to the top. Including the islands of "I. De Bourbon", "Santa Apolonia", "I. De Ioan de Lisboa" and "Isles de Comorre". In lower left hand corner inset map of Bay St.Augustin. In lower left corner inset map of Bay St.Augustin. From Mortier's "Atlas Nouveau contenant toutes les parties du monde".
- Pastoureau, Jaillot I F, 356
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51 DÉPOT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE. Plan du Port de Tintingue. Plan du Port Louis. Paris, 1821. Belle impression. 420 x 600 mm.
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80 - 100 €
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Gravé par Vicq. Ecrit par Besançon.
- Pastoureau, Jaillot I F, 356
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52 HANSEN, J. Carte de Madagascar dressée d'après les dernières explorations. Paris, A. Challamel, 1895. en couleurs. Plié, brochure d'origine. 515 x 300 mm.
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40 - 60 €
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Hansen était cartographe du Ministère des Colonies. Les bases de cette carte sont les récentes positions géographiques calculées par Mr. Alfred Grandidier et les documents provenant de sa bibliothèque.
- Pastoureau, Jaillot I F, 356
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