257 MÜNSTER, S. Tabula Asiae XII Bâle, 1580. Col. Laid down on tissue. Repaired centerfold and one hole next to centerfold and some paper thinness. 305 x 357 mm.
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330 €   

¤ Attractive woodblock map, depicting Sri Lanka as known to Ptolemy. Text on the left and a large elephant. From his "Geographia", that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge. An exciting map.

258 LEVASSEUR, V. Ile De La Réunion Colonie Française (Océan Indien). N°88. Paris, A. Combette, 1852. Limites en col. ancien. Tres bon état. Gravure sur acier avec limites en coloris d'époque, les éléments décoratifs ne sont pas coloriés. 290 x 425 mm.
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50 €   

¤ Carte de l'Ile de la Réunion. Jeune ingénieur géographe du milieu du XIXe siècle, Victor Levasseur est surtout connu pour son Atlas National Illustré des 86 Départements et des Possessions de La France, où sont représentés les départements français ainsi que les colonies françaises d'Amérique, d'Afrique, d'Asie.
Son travail de cartographie est apprécié pour les décorations caractéristiques entourant les cartes plutôt que pour le détail des cartes elle-mêmes.
Son fils, l'illustre Pierre Émile Levasseur, devint économiste et géographe.

Précieux témoignage du XIXe siècle, les cartes coloriées à la main sont entourées de gravures indiquant statistiques, notes historiques et illustrations caractéristique des départements. Sur ces cartes sont représentés les routes, voies ferrées et voies d'eaux. Par ailleurs, les départements sont divisés en arrondissements, cantons et communes. Ce travail fut réalisé d'après les Travaux du Cadastre du Dépôt de la Guerre et des Ponts et Chaussées. Cet ouvrage était autrefois essentiellement utilisé dans les mairies.
Imprimé à plusieurs reprise entre 1838 et 1870.

259 BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F. Calechut / Ormus / Canonor.. Cologne, 1580. Beau col. 4 vues grav. sur le même cuivre. Texte latin. 335 x 480 mm.
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800 €   

¤ Four panoramic views on one sheet: the upper approximately two-thirds of this double page sheet contains a fine panoramic view of Calicut which is on the west coast of India in Kerala. An elephant with a mahout is watching while boats are constructed on the beach, and Asian and European vessels just offshore are shown in some detail.
The lower third is divided among three other views, Ormuz at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, Canonor in India, and the Portuguese fortress of El Mina in West Africa.
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. Most of these engravings were made by Simon Novellanus and Frans Hogenberg, many after drawings by Joris Hoefnagel.

260 HONDIUS, J./ PURCHAS, S. Ceilan Insula. Londres, 1625. Uncoloured. On several places paper thinness and a view very small holes. Right hand margin cut off, just effecting neat line. 141 x 184 mm.
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130 €   

¤ The rare Samuel Purchas' edition of the Mercator/Hondius "Atlas Minor" atlas map. Early map of Ceylon published in his famous collection of voyages "His Pilgrimes". With descriptive text in English on both sides.
Size of paper: 32x21cm. In 1625 Samuel Purcha's published "His Pilgrimes" which is one of the fullest and most important collections of voyages and travels in the English language. These four volumes comprised details of the major voyages of discovery and exploration to that date and were accompanied by many maps from the "Atlas Major" by Mercator-Hondius. A rare issue.

261 BRION DE LA TOUR, L. Carte de la Presque' Isle de l' Inde. Paris, 1774. Coloured. In good condition. Several folds as issued. 345 x 235 mm.
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250 €   

¤ A map of Indochina, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and the island of Hainan. Published by Louis Brion de la Tour (1756-1823), and included in his Histoire Universel.

262 HONDIUS,H. India quae Orientalis..Insulae Adiacentes. Amsterdam, 1629. Col. Paper slightly age-toned. All together in good condition 394 x 490 mm.
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2000 €   

¤ An important Dutch map of South East Asia, noteworthy for being the first map to include, albeit incompletely, the discoveries made by the Dutch vessel "Duyfken" in 1605-06 in the Gulf of Carpentaria, an expedition which made the first recorded European contacts with Australia. The Australian discoveries of the voyage are not recorded here, only the survey along the coast of New Guinea. The map includes South East Asia in general with all of Malaysia, the East Indies, the Philippines, Indonesia, Indochina and Southern China with the Pearl River Delta, Taiwan, and part of Japan. Reference:Schilder, Australia Unveiled Map 24; Clancy, The mapping of Terra Australis Map 6.6; Koeman/Krogt, Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol.I, 8400:1B.1

263 LETI,G. Waere affbeeldinge wegens het casteel ende stadt Batavia. Amsterdam, 1681. Beau col. In good condition. 403 x 508 mm.
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2400 €   

¤ A good impression of this finely engraved and detailed plan of Batavia, present-day Jakarta, the Dutch center of trading activities in the East Indies. Copied after Clement de Jonghe's map on a smaller scale, with one major alteration; the coastline in front of the fortress as curving inwards; the river had silted up here, so that the coast came to lie some distance from the castle. European and native ships are shown in the sea, while the Dutch lion stands proudly above the schematically planned city.