225 SCHEDEL, H. Sexta Etas Mudi. / Ordo Cartusiensum.. / Nicea Urbs.. Nuremberg, 12 July 1493. Coloured. Some very minor marginal staining, very good condition, wide margins and attractive colours. 457 x 323 mm.
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400 €   

¤ A imaginary view of Nice, however the earliest obtainable view of this period. On verso, it shows the first house of the Order of the Carthusians, founded by St Bruno; he and his brothers supported themselves as manuscript copyists.. Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: "Nuremberg Chronicle", published the year that Columbus returned to Europe after discovering America. The woodblock cutters were Michael Wolgemut, the well-known teacher of Albrecht Dürer, and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Wohlgemut was Albrecht Dürer's tutor between 1486-90 and recent scholarship has shown, Albrecht Dürer may also have collaborated, since some of the cuts bear a remarkably close resemblance to the Apocalypse illustrations. The printing was carried out under the supervision of the great scholar-printer Anton Koberger, whose printing were famous throughout Europe
A opportunity to acquire a 15th-century book illustration by named artists.!

226 ORTELIUS, A. 1) Natoliae,.. 2) Aegypti recentior.. 3) Carthaginis.. Anvers, 1598. Beau col. Texte français. 320 x 490 mm.
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600 €   

¤ Map to the left east to the top. Detailed map Turkey, including Cyprus and Crete. Also map of the Nile delta and another map of Tunis.
From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. - Koeman, Altantes Neerlandici, vol. III, Ort 29b; Philips, Atlases, 396..

227 HONDIUS, H. Natolia, quae olim Asia Minor. Amsterdam, 1655. Original colours. Paper slightly browned and age-toned as usual. Paper creased along centerfold. 385 x 500 mm.
Inquire about item N°6750 .

560 €   

¤ A finely designed map of Turkey and Cyprus from the great Hondius family of Amsterdam.

228 VISSCHER,N. Tabula nova geographica Natoliae et Asiae minoris.. Amsterdam, 1660. In original colours. Split, 3cm into engraved area, in left hand part of the map, underlaid with strip of paper. Upper part some minor staining. Good condition. 440 x 533 mm.
Inquire about item N°12281 .

450 €   

¤ Uncommon map of Turkey, also depicting Cyprus.

229 DANCKERTS,T. Accuratissima et maxima totius Turcici Imperii.. Amsterdam, 1700. In attractive original colours. A good and dark impression. Printed on heavy paper. Repair of small split lower part centerfold. Good condition. 492 x 574 mm.
Inquire about item N°9556 .

900 €   

¤ Rare issue of T. Danckert's attractive map showing the Arabian Peninsular, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt and eastern part of the Mediterranean. Decorative title cartouche lower left hand corner. SEE a large description of the Danckerts family on our page about Mapmakers.

230 ACADEMIE Representation d'une Ambassade des Tartares a la Cour.. Augsbourg, 1740. Original colours. In good condition. 295 x 385 mm.
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200 €   

¤ A well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Augsburg. After a design by P.van Blankaert. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and special engravings to be viewed through them. In the 18th century the "optical print" or "vue optique" came into existence, whose exaggerated converging lines were intended to produce the optical illusion of deep recession. The viewing devices for which these perspective prints were produced consisted of a lens and a mirror, this requiring the use of reversed or mirror-image pictures.

231 ORTELIUS, A. Cypri Insulae Nova descript. 1573. Anvers, 1598. Beau col. Texte français. Bel exemplaire. 352 x 501 mm.
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2000 €   

¤ This is a beautiful copy of a classic map of Cyprus. It is the earliest obtainable version of the best map of Cyprus made to date. Ortelius based his map upon that published in Venice by Jacomo Franco in about 1570. Franco's map greatly improved the shape and outline of the island, and he gave more place names than any previous mapmaker. Unfortunately, Franco's map survives in only three copies, and this Ortelius' beautifully engraved version of 1573 is the earliest obtainable version.
The map is embellished by three sailing ships, a sea monster and three large strapwork cartouches, one of which encloses an inset map of the Greek island of Lemnos. - A. and J.A.Stylianou, The history of the Cart.of Cyprus.

232 DE CLERCK, N. Cyprus. Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621. Uncoloured. Page slightly age-toned. A couple of marginal spots. Water stain in the lower left corner of the sheet. Size of paper : 31x 19cm. 96 x 133 mm.
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750 €   

¤ Small map of Cyprus, surrounded by text in Dutch. Embellished with a sea monster and 2 vessels.
Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.
Included in the rare book : Wereld Spiegel, waer in vertoontword de Beschryvinge der Rijken Staten, ende vorstendommen des gantsen Aerdbodems… which was a Dutch translation of "Les estats, empires et principautez de monde" by Pierre Davity.
The map is engraved by Jodocus Hondius before 1616 and first published in Petrus Bertius' revised pocket atlas Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum Libri septem.. edition of 1616.
According to Peter van der Krogt in Atlantes Neerlandici, volume IIIA, page 442, the plates were used to illustrate some other books with maps, such as Paullus Merula's Cosmographia Generalis, printed in Leiden by Isaac Elsevier and in 1621 for the Wereld Spiegel.Cloppenburch probably had borrowed the plates, since in the 1630s they were in the possession of Willem Jansz. Blaeu, who probably acquired them along with the plates for Jodocus Hondius Jr.'s Appendix. Blaeu used the plates again for the Merula edition of 1635/36. Joan Blaeu used these plates to produce an Atlas Minor without text.
RARE.

233 BLAEU,W. Cyprus Insulae. Amsterdam, 1635. Col. Paper washed, colours freshed-up. Repair of split lower part centerfold. Good condition. 381 x 503 mm.
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2500 €   

¤ Blaeu's beautiful map of Cyprus embellished with a very decorative title cartouche, a scale cartouche, two coats of arms, two windroses and three sailing ships. - Stylianou, 112.

234 WALDSEEMÜLLER, M./ FRIES,L. Tabula Quarta Asia (Holy Land and Cyprus) Strassburg, 1525. Beau col. Good condition. Lower left hand corner and lower right hand margin partly re-inforced. 320 x 455 mm.
Inquire about item N°5382 .

2000 €   

¤ One of the earliest maps available to a collector of Cyprus, Syria, Mesopotamia,. Babylonia, Arabia Petraea, Armenia Minor and the Holy Land, based upon the Georgraphy of Claudius Ptolemy.

Lorenz (Laurent) Fries was born in Alsace in c1490. He studied medicine at university, and established himself as a physician in France before settling in Strasbourg, in about 1519. There Fries met the printer and publisher Johann Grüninger, an associate of the St. Die group of scholars formed by, among others, Martin Waldseemüller. For the next five years, from about 1520 to about 1525, Fries worked in some capacity as a cartographic editor for or with Grüninger, exploiting the material that Waldseemüller had created from Ptolemy. Unfortunately, there is little evidence to help gauge the exact nature of the relationship.

Fries' first venture into mapmaking was in 1520, for that is the date found on a map of the World, bearing his monogram. The map was a reduction of Waldseemüller's wall-map of the World, published in 1507. The major project that Fries and Grüninger worked on was a new edition of the Geographia of Ptolemy, which was first published in 1522. Fries evidently edited the maps, in most cases simply producing a reduction of the equivalent map from the 1513 edition of the Geographie Opus Novissima. Fries also prepared three new maps for the Geographia: maps of South-East Asia and the East Indies, China and the World, but the geography of these derives from Waldseemüller's world map of 1507.

In 1525, Fries was forced to move on as he had exhausted the existing body of Waldseemüller's works. For whatever reason, his departure marks the end of his cartographic work, and he again turned to writing medical text books, which occupied him until his death in 1531 or 1532.

235 ORTELIUS, A. Peregrinationis Divi Pauli Typus… Anvers, 1595. Col. In good condition. Repair of split lower part centerfold and some wormholes in bottom, left and right hand margin re-inforced. 347 x 500 mm.
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1800 €   

¤ A splendid map depicting the travels of Paulus. With two fine scenes in top. Showing the countries along the Mediterranean, including Cyprus and Italy. A first edition with "corographicus" in title cartouche. - Van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas maps, 181

236 BOISSEAU,J. Description de la Terre Ste a laquelle A esté.. Paris, 1642. Laid down on 19th century paper, loss of paper to corners. Discolouration and age-toned. 282 x 545 mm.
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5600 €   

¤ A rare map published by Jean Boisseau (fl.1637-1658) French geographer, topographer, and genealogist. Extremely rare map of the Holy Land, with descriptive text at the bottom measuring 130 x 535 mm, entitled: " Briefue Description de la Terre Saincte.. Boisseau published only a few atlases, the "Theatre des Gaules". A total of 10 Boisseau maps appear in this atlas. In Tome 2 appears his maps of the Continents Africa, Asia and America, plus his "Description de la terre" (Scripture lands) engraved by Picart and dated 1637 and his World (Religions) map. All of the Boisseau maps (except the 'Scripture lands' map) also appear in the 1642 edition of the Theatre des Gaules.
This map bears the address from the 1642 edition.
Split along centerfold with minimal loss, some marginal splits, some into the text, minor loss of image at upper right and lower left corners, laid down on 19th century paper. VERY RARE. - Joseph Walker, Mapforum.com, issue 2 ; Laor 116.

237 VISSCHER, C.J. De gelegenheyt van t'paradys ende t'landt van Canaan.. Amsterdam, 1642. Coloured. In good condition. Dutch text on verso. 305 x 474 mm.
Inquire about item N°2109 .

400 €   

¤ Very attractive map, showing the location of Paradise. Two vignettes depict the Temptation of Adam and Eve, and their Expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

238 PLANCIUS,P./ HARTGERS,J. Tabula Geographica, in qua omnes regiones, urbes.. Amsterdam, 1650. Paper very minor age-toned. Repair of split lower part centerfold. Dutch text on verso. 291 x 324 mm.
Inquire about item N°4561 .

1100 €   

¤ Engraved by Baptista van Doetechum for a bible by Plancius. The rare re-issue by Joost Hartgers. The bible maps of Plancius came into the hands of the Amsterdam publisher Joost Hartgers around 1650. He re-issued 5 maps of which he cut-off the vignettes along the left and right hand side. He changed the address and added short explanations to each vignette. Very rare map of Palistine divided among the Tribes, with all the regions and places mentioned in the Book of Joshua. The shore line runs from "idon" to "Rinocorura". Surrounded by 5 vignettes depicting scenes from the Book of Joshua. - Laor, 567.

239 DANCKERTS,C II De gelegentheyt van ’t Paradys en ’ t Landt Canaan Amsterdam, 1718. In original colours. In good condition. 345 x 500 mm.
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600 €   

¤ Bottom right:' t Amsterdam uytgegeven door Cornelis Dankerts voor aen op de Nieuwendijck in den Atlas met Previlegie.This Cornelis Danckerts ( the spelling of his name differs) was a grandson of Corn. Danckerts I who lived 1603 - 1656. C.D. II was married to a daughter of the most famous bookbinder of the Dutch Golden Age, Albert Magnus. He commissioned Albert Schut to engrave a series of new bible-maps of which this is one.Schut took the Nicolaes Visscher maps as an example, although he simplified them a bit. In this map for example he left out the pictures at the top of the Garden of Eden.At the top right we see an indication of the scale in German, French and Italian miles. Top left: a key to the symbols. Some details: the travel of Jacob from Ur to Canaan, the journey of the Children of Israel to the Promised Land, Noah's ark at the top of a mountain and in the Mediterranean Sea a monster has just swallowed Jonah. - Poortman/Augusteijn

240 LOTTER,T. Terra Sancta. Augsbourg, 1720. Col. ancien. Dark impression. 195 x 257 mm.
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250 €   

¤ Prepared by M.Seutter. With decorative title cartouches. Engraved by Andreas Silbereisen.

241 LATTRE/ DE L'ISLE, J.N. Carte particuliere de la Syrie.. Paris/ Bordeaux, 1764. In original o/l colours. In mint condition. 555 x 418 mm.
Inquire about item N°13934 .

750 €   

¤ Published by Joseph-Nicolas De l' Isle (or Delisle) (1688-1768), astronome, geographer of the Marine and professor at the 'Académie Royale des Sciences'. The map itself was originally made by his brother, Guillaume De l' Isle (1675-1726), who was geographer of the king of France, and member of the Académie des sciences. Joseph-Nicolas found the map in his brother's belongings. He considered it of such importance for the understanding of the Holy Books, that he decided to publish it. With the address of the co-publisher Lattré. VERY RARE.

242 DE L'ISLE/ DEZAUCHE Carte de La Terre Sainte ou des douze tribus d'Israel.. Paris, 1797. Coloured. In very good condition. 491 x 650 mm.
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600 €   

¤ Fine map of Palestine devided amoung the tribes onboth sides of the Jordan and according to the Roman provinces. The shore line runs from Beirut to the rivers of Egypt. Prepared by G.de l'Isle and published by Phil. Dezauche. In upper left corner inset plan of "Jerusalem Ancienne et Moderne". A first state of 2, second state with date 1831. - Laor, 250 (First state.

243 LUCHTMANS,S. De Stadt Jerusalem. Amsterdam, 1710. In attractive original colours. Printed on heavy paper. Upper and lower margin cur short. Paper slightly age-toned, repair of split lower part centerfold. Alltogether very attractive. 344 x 498 mm.
Inquire about item N°6028 .

1000 €   

¤ Plan of ancient Jerusalem from a Dutch bible after Villalpando. The print is in contemp. colours, which is extremely rare for a plate like this. Lower left the Temple as a Renaissance palace and lower right a panoramic view of the city. At left and right Biblical figures and Temple vessels. Engraved by Albert Schut. Published by R. and J.Wetstein, William Smith and Samuel Luchtmans. Inspite of some minor folds a very desirable item.

244 ANONYME. Ierusalem. France, ca. 1750. Col. In very good condition and attractive colours. Later imprint. 360 x 500 mm.
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750 €   

¤ A rare, beautifully engraved and richly detailed panoramic view of Jerusalem. Numbered key (1-36) on the lower part with description of most important buildings of Jerusalem in French.
Title in lower banner: "Jerusalem, Urbs praecipua Judaeae, Sive Terrae Sanctae juxta Torrentem Cedron".

245 ORTELIUS, A. Daphne. Antwerp, 1612. Coloured. Some age-toning of the paper Minor discolouration along centre fold, visible only on top. Repair of splits at the extremities of centre fold, 1 cm into the image at the bottom. In good condition. 364 x 487 mm.
Inquire about item N°26327 .

500 €   

¤ Stunning town view of the Paradise Daphne, a pleasant suburb of Antioch in Syria, representing a mixture of myth and history.
Prepared by Ortelius on basis of ancient sources, specifically Ammianus, Strabo and Philostratus.
This map belongs to a series of historical maps known as the Parergon Theatri which appeared from 1579 onwards, sometimes as a separate publication and sometimes incorporated in the Theatrum. v.d.Broecke 232.

246 ROUX,J. [63] Alexandrette. Marseille 1764. Col. Sea chart on heavy paper with sharp impression. 200 x 125 mm.
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50 €   

¤ Charming chart of the harbour of the town of Alexandretta in Syria. Showing town and harbor plan, with soundings, anchorages, rocks, shoals, fortifications and lighthouses. Joseph Roux (1725-1793) was a Marseilles hydrographer who both published and as well manufactured and sold charts, navigating instruments and related nautical equipment. At about the mid-century, he received the right to be called "Hidrographe du Roy," and in 1764 published a series of 12 charts of the Mediterranean; he simultaneously published a smaller format atlas of 65 harbor chart. - Smith, The Artful Roux.

247 ROUX,J. [64] Syrie/ Tripoli Marseille 1764. Col. Sea chart on heavy paper with sharp impression. 127 x 197 mm.
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50 €   

¤ Charming chart of the harbour of the town of Tripoli in Syria. Showing town and harbor plan, with soundings, anchorages, rocks, shoals, fortifications and lighthouses. Joseph Roux (1725-1793) was a Marseilles hydrographer who both published and as well manufactured and sold charts, navigating instruments and related nautical equipment. At about the mid-century, he received the right to be called "Hidrographe du Roy," and in 1764 published a series of 12 charts of the Mediterranean; he simultaneously published a smaller format atlas of 65 harbor chart. - Smith, The Artful Roux.

248 ROUX,J. [68] Barbarie. Marseille 1764. Col. Sea chart on heavy paper with sharp impression. 127 x 200 mm.
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50 €   

¤ Charming chart of the harbour of the province of Barbarie in Syria. Showing town and harbor plan, with soundings, anchorages, rocks, shoals, fortifications and lighthouses. Joseph Roux (1725-1793) was a Marseilles hydrographer who both published and as well manufactured and sold charts, navigating instruments and related nautical equipment. At about the mid-century, he received the right to be called "Hidrographe du Roy," and in 1764 published a series of 12 charts of the Mediterranean; he simultaneously published a smaller format atlas of 65 harbor chart. - Smith, The Artful Roux.

249 ROUX,J. [69] Barbarie. Marseille 1764. Col. Sea chart on heavy paper with sharp impression. 130 x 197 mm.
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50 €   

¤ Charming chart of the harbour of the province of Barbarie in Syria. Showing town and harbor plan, with soundings, anchorages, rocks, shoals, fortifications and lighthouses. Joseph Roux (1725-1793) was a Marseilles hydrographer who both published and as well manufactured and sold charts, navigating instruments and related nautical equipment. At about the mid-century, he received the right to be called "Hidrographe du Roy," and in 1764 published a series of 12 charts of the Mediterranean; he simultaneously published a smaller format atlas of 65 harbor chart. - Smith, The Artful Roux.

250 ROUX,J. [71] Barbarie. Marseille 1764. Col. Sea chart on heavy paper with sharp impression. 127 x 197 mm.
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50 €   

¤ Charming chart of the harbour of the province of Barbarie in Syria. Showing town and harbor plan, with soundings, anchorages, rocks, shoals, fortifications and lighthouses. Joseph Roux (1725-1793) was a Marseilles hydrographer who both published and as well manufactured and sold charts, navigating instruments and related nautical equipment. At about the mid-century, he received the right to be called "Hidrographe du Roy," and in 1764 published a series of 12 charts of the Mediterranean; he simultaneously published a smaller format atlas of 65 harbor chart. - Smith, The Artful Roux.

251 ROUX,J. [Caiffa, St Jean d'Acre in Syria] Marseille 1764. Col. Sea chart on heavy paper with sharp impression. 127 x 200 mm.
Inquire about item N°12837 .

80 €   

¤ Charming chart of the harbour of the town of St Jean d'Acre in Syria. Showing town and harbor plan, with soundings, anchorages, rocks, shoals, fortifications and lighthouses. Joseph Roux (1725-1793) was a Marseilles hydrographer who both published and as well manufactured and sold charts, navigating instruments and related nautical equipment. At about the mid-century, he received the right to be called "Hidrographe du Roy," and in 1764 published a series of 12 charts of the Mediterranean; he simultaneously published a smaller format atlas of 65 harbor chart. - Smith, The Artful Roux.

252 WALDSEEMÜLLER, M./ FRIES,L. Tabula Sexta Asia (Arabian Peninsular) Strassburg 1525. Beau col. Good condition. Lower margin cut close. 280 x 457 mm.
Inquire about item N°5381 .

4500 €   

¤ A fine example of this rare Ptolemaic map of the Arabian Peninsula, one of the earliest maps available to a collector. The map, with its noticable distortion of the Persian Gulf coast, has numerous placenames, prominent mountain ranges, and rivers.

253 WIT, F. de. Nova Persiae, Armeniae, Natoliae et Arabiae. Amsterdam, 1660. Coloured. Repair of split center part, and lower part centerfold, 5cm into engraved area, hardly notable. 472 x 552 mm.
Inquire about item N°8798 .

750 €   

¤ East from Cyprus to Iran with numerous place names and ornamental cartouches below. There are vignettes of sailing ships in sea areas and the land divisions of the time are distinguished in full colour. - Tibbets, Arabia in early maps, entry 12, plate 12.

254 DU VAL, P. L'Empire des Turcs en Europe, en Asie et en Afrique. Paris, 1686. Beau col. Coupé au cuivre et collé anciennement sur papier fort. - Cut till the neat line and contemporarily pasted on a larger sheet . Fine colour. 385 x 530 mm.
Inquire about item N°14223 .

1000 €   

¤ With the date change to1686, probably published in the last and posthume edition of 1688. Prepared by N.Sanson. Depicting the route from "Caire" to "La Mecque". A uncommon map showing the Turkish Empire, including an inset map of kingdom of Alger. Title cartouche in the upper right-hand corner. With the address : "A Paris chez l'auteur sur le quay de l'Orloge, proche le Palais". - Pastoureau, Duval II D, [55]; Tibbetts, Arabia in early maps, (131).

255 LATTRÉ, J. Carte de L'Arabie.. Paris, 1771. Limites en col. ancien. In very good condition. 306 x 451 mm.
Inquire about item N°2163 .

260 €   

¤ An attractive map of the Arabian peninsula with decorative title cartouche. Prepared by M.Bonne.

256 PRISSE D'AVENNES,E. Faïences murales. Paris, 1877. In original colours. Colour-lithography. In very good condition. 495 x 335 mm.
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200 €   

¤ Beautiful lithograph representing the Kaabah and its surrounding. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist & Muslim convert, obsessive in his attention to detail, was after Champollion the greatest pre-20th century Egyptologist. His interests were not, however, limited to Egyptology & he produced this, one of the most important books on the Islamic monuments of Egypt. A French nobleman by birth, though impoverished, Prisse d'Avennes seems to have spent his life in the pursuit of the exotic. After a period fighting for Greek independence Prisse d'Avennes travelled to India, a journey that prefigured his extensive Middle Eastern travels, which during the next 40 years took him to Palestine, Syria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, & most importantly Egypt & Algeria where he lived. Like Coste, Prisse d'Avennes worked for the Viceroy Mehmet Ali until 1836. After that he explored Egypt on his own disguised as an Arab using the name Edris Effendi. In 1860, Prisse d'Avennes returned to France with the fruits of his travels: 300 folio drawings, 400 metres of bas-reliefs, 150 photographs of important architectural details, 150 sketches & daguerrotypes & numerous plans, details & elevations copied on the scene. Until his death in 1877 this wealth of material was to occupy him completely as he sought to organise it for publication.