12     BOULGON. Portrait, caractère, mœurs, usages, coutumes, des principaux peuples du monde. Limoges, Martial Ardant frères, 1860. Grand in-8 de 58 pp. et 63 planches en couleurs; 1/2 basane rouge, dos orné de filets dorés (Rel. de l'époque)..

500 - 700 €

¤ Bel exemplaire de ce recueil de costumes gravés sur acier et finement coloriés à l'époque. L'ouvrage, édité à Limoges, comprend des costumes de toutes les parties du monde : Cincinnati, Californie, Ile Byron, îIes Sandwich, Nouvelle Hollande, Ile des Amis, Esquimaux, Groenland, Orenoque…

13     ROBERTSON, W. Histoire de l'Amérique. Paris, Janet et Cotelle, 1828. 4 vol. in-8; 1/2 veau vert, dos lisses ornés de filets et roul. dorés (Rel. de l'époque)..

250 - 300 €

¤ Quatrième édition. Complet des 5 planches dépliantes : 4 cartes et une planche de pictogrammes aztèques. Reliure de l'époque, dos lég. passés, coiffes abîmées.

18     MERCATOR, G./ HONDIUS, J. L'Atlas ou Meditations Cosmographiques de la Fabrique du Monde et Figure dicelvy. Amsterdam, 1613-1616. Beau col. ancien. In-folio, 150 cartes, vélin d'époque (rel. fatiguée). Complet, en partie dérelié, nombreuses cartes déchirées et froissées mais ne présentant pas de manques importants. Beau col. d'époque. Texte français. - Large folio, 150 maps, contemp. vellum (binding used, disbound). Complete. Many maps with splits and crease marks but mainly without loss of paper, paper slightly age-toned as sual. Attractive and fne old colour..

20000 - 25000 €

¤ - Title page with : "Editio Quarta" of the 1613 Latin edition, the extra piece of paper is not present. Engraved title page with engraved text on pasted-over slip of paper. Dedication to Louis XIII by J. Hondius. With the Mercator-Hondius double portrait, inserted from 1613 in the various editions of the Atlas. "In the first decade of the seventeenth century Hondius evolved from an engraver working on commission to a publisher of atlases and globes. A rather used example of one of the most important atlases in history. First issued by Gerard Mercator in 1595, publication was continued by Jodocus Hondius who purchased Mercator's plates in 1604. (Not subject to return - sold as is.)
See section with photo's of several pages from this atlas.
- Koeman/Krogt, Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. I, 1.112.

19     MERULA, Paulus Cosmographiae Partis II, Lib. et II... Europa &... Hispania. Amsterdam, G. Blaeu, 1635. In-12 de 350 pp. et 23 cartes, vélin d'époque..

700 - 800 €

¤ Last edition of this treatise on the geography of the Mediterranean and the Ancient World. The small maps based on those in Bertius' Tabularum Geographicarum, were corrected by Jodocus Hondius. They comprise a world map, a map of Europe, twenty-one maps of Spain and Portugal. The author, a Dutch jurist, was appointed to the chair of history at the University of Leyden in 1592.
- Shirley, World, 291.

20     KOHLER, Johann & WEIGEL, Christoph Descriptio Orbis Antiqui. Nuremberg, ca.1720. Petit in-folio de 1 titre, 1 index et 44 cartes en coloris d'époque; cuir souple brun à rabat (Rel. de l'époque usagée). Binding used, maps slightly browned along centerfold, very good and dark impression, fine contemp. colour..

1500 - 1700 €

¤ 44 cartes en coloris d'époque d'une grande fraîcheur représentant le monde ancien : 1 mappemonde et différentes cartes d'Asie, d'Afrique et d'Europe ( plans de Jérusalem, Rome, Athène; cartes de Palestine, Syrie, Arabie, Egypte, péninsule indochinoise, Angleterre, Corse, Sardaigne, Sicile...). Chaque carte est ornée de monnaies anciennes. - By Johann David Koehler. Folio, contemporary leather; title, index, 44 maps of the ancient world in contemporary color.
- Hoefer, nouvelle biographie générale, tome 28, pp 1.

21     KEULEN, Joannes (II) van. Atlas composite (Oostindien). Amsterdam, ca. 1730. Grand in-folio. Titre, 33 cartes, 8 petites vues, 1 grand plan et 1 grande vue de Jakarta. Reliure usagée. - Atlas composite covering the ruling area of the Dutch East India Company. (V.O.C). Published ca. 1730 in Amsterdam by Johannes van Keulen II. Large folio, bound in contemp. half calf boads. Engraved frontispiece, 33 charts, 8 small views, one large plan and one large view of Jakarta..

19000 - 23000 €

¤ During the period 1726-1755, when Johannes van Keulen II was in office as Hydrographer of the V.O.C., the first charts for the navigation to the East Indies and the Malaysian Archipelago were engraved.
In this period van Keulen made to order, usually for wealthy collectors or businessman, separate volumes without text. For Asia they mark the beginning of what was to become the pilot guide for the East Indies. Gradually, when a policy of secrecy was no longer of use because English and French charts of Asian waters had already appeared in print, “The Part VI of the "Zee-Fakkel" was published. (1753).
This unique atlas containing charts pre-dating part VI of the "Zee-Fakkel” and is a unique document relating to the first multinational, made to order for a collector or wealthy business man with an interest in the Dutch East India company (V.O.C.). The atlas contains charts, views and maps of the region ruled by the VOC.
GERARD AND JOHANNES VAN KEULEN MAPMAKERS FOR THE VOC
The atlas was published by Johannes van Keulen II, but many of the charts in this atlas are signed and made by his father Gerard van Keulen.
Gerard van Keulen (active 1704-1726) was appointed as mapmaker for the VOC and WIC in 1714. He immediately produced some very fine charts. One of his finest works is the large scale map of Java after Prof.A.Reland and engraved by J.Keyser. (map 22). His other new charts are : "Steet Sunda" (map 24), "De Reede en stadt Batavia" (map 25) , "Pascaarte van 't Eylandt Ceylon" (map 18) and "Nova tabula Cucan, Canara, Malabaria… & Coromandelia" (map 16).
For the remaining areas Gerard van Keulen acquired copperplates from publishers like Petrus Schenk, Nicolaas Visscher, Gerard Valck, Pierre Mortier, Pieter Goos and others.
This atlas contains a series of charts originally engraved for the most up-to-date maritime atlas for the eastern waters, the: "Suite du Neptune Francois, ou Atlas nouveau des cartes marines", by P.Mortier, Amsterdam 1720. However G.van Keulen added to the French title and signature of P.Mortier, a title cartouche with a translation in Dutch and his address ; "Syn nu te bekoomen Tot Amsterdam by Gerard van Keulen. Boek en Zee Kaart verkoper aan de Nieuwen Burg.
These maps are marked in our description with an "*". This state is very rare.
Johannes van Keulen II took over the management of the firm after his fathers death in 1726 and was also appointed map maker of the VOC and WIC and spent his first 25 years for mapping the continent of Asia.
THE VOC
At the height of its power and influence in the 17th and 18th century the VOC – acronym for the United Netherlands East India Company – was the greatest commercial concern in the world. The scope of its activities extended from the Cape of Good Hope to Japan.
During the period 1726-1755, when Johannes van Keulen II was in office as Hydrographer of the V.O.C., the first charts for the navigation to the East Indies and the Malaysian Archipelago were engraved. In this period van Keulen made to order for collectors or wealthy business men with an interest in the V.O.C. separate volumes without text and with the standard general title of the "Zee-Fakkel" (Here he is using the frontispiece of part V). They mark the beginning of what was to become the pilot guide for the East Indies. Gradually, when a policy of secrecy was no longer of use because English and French charts of Asian waters had already appeared in print, in 1753, Johannes van Keulen II issued the entire set, provided with a text by Jan de Marre ; The Part VI of the "Zee-Fakkel" or till than secret atlas. THE ATLAS
This composite atlas has several charts of great rarity and importance, several pre-dating part VI. Two large scale continent maps of Africa and Asia by J.Bormeester (583 x 955 mm). Two charts by G.van Keulen each covering the western or eastern parts of India. They are unrecorded charts displaying mainly the information given on his wall map "Oost Indien. Wassende pasKaart.." taken over from Pieter Goos (1680).
A large map of the island of Java by H.Reland (515 x 1180 mm.). A very rare panoramic view "Aldus verthoont Hem't Casteel Ende de Stadt Batavia... Iaccatra, (1685), 422 x 930 mm, and a spectacular plan ; "Affbeldinge van 't Casteel ende Stadt Batavia... van Iaccatra, (570 x 950 mm.)
Included are 8 views, originally published by Petrus Schenk in his "Hecatompolis", later the copper plates were used by P.Van der AA and finally by van Keulen.
For the remaining areas Gerard van Keulen used copperplates from publishers like Petrus Schenk, Gerard Valck, Pieter van der AA, Hendrick Doncker, Pierre Mortier, J.Bormeester, Joachim Ottens.
THE ATLAS
- Frontispiece : "Gedrukt te Amsterdam by Ioannes van Keulen…. Inde Gekroonde Lootsman" (lower margin cut off and re-margined). The frontispiece is originally made for the fifth part of the Zee-fakkel, (1683) and was etched by Jan Luijken. Showing Neptune, Mercury, an allegoric figure carrying the torch (Fakkel) and shining over the inhabitants of Africa and Brazil. The address is engraved on a separate strip of copper and printed at the bottom of the page. The engraved imprint with the name of Johannes van Keulen was used for one century.
1 - J. Bormeester. Africa. Ph. Tideman invent, G. v.d. Gouwen fec. (583 x 955 mm). The map was previously used in part V of the “Zee Fakkel” of 1716.
2 - J. Bormeester. Asia. Ph. Tideman invent, G. v.d. Gouwen fec. (583 x 955 mm), cartouche with a worldmap in double hemisphere..
3 - G. van Keulen. Paskaert van t Westerdeel van Oostindien …van Cabo de Bonaesperance… Cilon..
4 - G. v.K. Oosterdeel van Oostindien…van Cilon tot Iapon…(including Australia.).
5* - P.Mortier/G. v. K. Carte particuliere des Costes du Cap de Bone Esperance.
6 - Pet. Schenk. Kabo de Bona Esperanca (85) & Gamron (70) (2 views).
7* - G. v. K. Carte des Costes de l'Afrique Depuis Cap de Lopo, Iusques à l'Isle Mazira. (Address of P.Mortier erased and changed to G.v.K.)
8* - G. v. K. chez P. Mortier. Carte… des Costes de l'Afrique… le Pays des Cafres.
9 - P. Mortier. Isle Dauphine.
10* - G. v. K. Carte... Costes de l'Afrique Depuis C. del Gado jusques Rio Mocambo. (Address of P.Mortier erased and changed to G.v.K.)
11* - G. v. K. chez P. Mortier. Carte… de la Mer Rouge.
12* - G. v. K. Carte des principales Ports … qui sont dans la Mer Rouge. (Address of P.Mortier erased and changed to G.v.K.)
13 - P. Schenk & G. Valk. Arabiae…
14 - P. Mortier. Partie occidentale d'une Partie d'Asie ou sont les Isles de Zocotora, de l'Amirante / les Isles d'Andemaon, Ceylan , les Maldives.
15 - P. Mortier. Carte des Costes de l'Asie sur l'Ocean…/ Partie Orientale de l'Asie…
16 - H. Reland by G. v. K. Nova… Cucan, Canara, Malabaria… & Coromandelia.
17 - Pet. Schenk. Goa (71) & Suratte (77) (2 views).
18 - G. v. K. Ceylon.
19 - Pet. Schenk. Bandel (66) & Kochin (73) (2 views).
20 - H. Doncker. De Golf van Bengala. (First published in 1669 by H.Doncker)
21 - P. Schenk & G. Valk. Sumatrae…
22 - H. Reland by G. v. K. Insulae Iavae Pars Occidentalis… Pars orientalis; (with cartouche : vue de Batavia. 515 x 1180 mm.
23 - Pet. Schenk. Kuchin (74) & Bantam (67).
24 - G. v. K. De Straat Sunda.
25 - G. v. K. De Reede en Stadt Batavia.
26 - J. de Ram. Aldus verthoont Hem't Casteel Ende de Stadt Batavia... Iaccatra, (1685), 422 x 930 mm, (BAT P10).
27 - F. de Wit . Affbeldinge van 't Casteel ende Stadt Batavia... van Iaccatra, (1653), lower part with view and imprint is missing in order to fit in the atlas, 570 x 950 mm, (BAT K14), only one other copy of this map is known.
28 - Schenk & Valk. Insula Borneo.
29 - Schenk & Valk. Insularum Bandanensium. (Unknown to Koeman and other reference books)
30 - Schenk & Valk. Insularum Moluccarum.
31 - Schenk & Valk. Imperii Sinarum.
32 - P. van der Aa. Chine. (Originally for La Galerie Agreable Du Monde", Leiden 1729).
33 - Schenk & Valk. Iunnan... et Quantung.
34 - Schenk & Valk. Huquang.
35 - Schenk & Valk. Pecheli.. Nanking.
36 - P. van der Aa. Iles aux environs de la Chine... Yken et Koxinga.
37 - P. van der Aa. Ile de Formosa.
38 - P. van der Aa. Description... Osaca jusqu'à Iedo / Nangasacqui à Osacca.
39 - H. Reland / Ottens. Imperium Japonicum, 1715. (The map is a second state of a map originally published by Wilhelm Broedelet, but now with the signature of I.Ottens. In 1725 the sons Reinier and Josua Ottens, took over the business from Joachim Ottens and changed the address on the plate to R.& I. Ottens. (OAG 73.) 40 - J. v. Keulen. Pascaarte vande Noord Oost Cust van Asia.

Reference books: G.d. Bom. Bijdragen tot eene geschiedenis van het geslacht “VAN KEULEN”. Amsterdam 1962. M.Kok, In de Gekroonde Lootsman, Utrecht 1989. Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Volume IV.
G.d. Bom. Van Keulen.

23     Atlas composite. 1705-1850. In-4 oblong. Reliure usagée. - Maps with splits, crease marks and loss of paper..

1100 - 1300 €

¤ L'Atlas se compose de 2 parties : Michel. Atlas Départemental. Versailles, Andrieux et Barreswil. La seconde partie est constituée de 16 cartes des 18e et 19e s. de géographes français tels que : de Fer, Jaillot, de l'Isle, Nolin... pour la plupart pliées, tachées et déchirées. Cette partie comprend 2 planisphères célestes (de Fer,/Desnos, 1760, col.) des cartes d'Amérique du Nord (Jaillot, 1719), d'Asie, d'Afrique, des Pays-Bas, de Grèce… - Sold no subject to return.
G.d. Bom. Van Keulen.