107 JANSSONIUS, J. Typus Hispaniae ab Hesselo Gerardo delineata. . . Amsterdam, 1638. In original o/l colours. Very good condition. 361 x 494 mm.
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500 €   

¤ Decorative map of the kingdom of Spain and Portugal by Joan. Janssonius after the cartographic source by Hessel Gerard. Embellished by sailing ship, compass roses, and coat of arms.

108 HONDIUS, J. Cataloniae principatus descriptio nova. Amsterdam, 1628. In original colours. A good and strong impression. Paper slightly age-toned, as usual. Altogether in very good condition. 385 x 484 mm.
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700 €   

¤ Map of Catalonia. The map is highly detailed, identifying cities, rivers, mountains, castles, ports and other features. Two sea monsters are shown in the upper right corner, along with a sailing ship, compass rose and decorative cartouche.

No text on verso. From a French composite atlas.
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109 HONDIUS, H. Navarra. Amsterdam, after 1636. Original colours. Paper very slightly age-toned. Wide margins. Good and dark impression. No text on verso. 382 x 487 mm.
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300 €   

¤ Decorative map of the region which includes the city of Pamplona at the centre of the map, Bayonne and San Sebastian. Highly decorative figured cartouche bottom left. Four crests and a large coat of arms embellish the map.

No text on verso. From a French composite atlas. V.d. Krogt, Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. I, 6015:1A.1.

110 JANSSONIUS, J. / HONDIUS, H. Gallaecia Regnum. Amsterdam, after 1636. In original colours. Very good condition. No text on verso. 375 x 485 mm.
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600 €   

¤ Decorative map of Spain. Decorate by a fine title cartouche.

No text on verso. From a French composite atlas.
Read more about Dutch - French ties.[+] V.d. Krogt, Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. I, 4560:1B.2.

111 HONDIUS, H. Novissima Arragoniae regni tabula. . . Amsterdam, 1637. In original o/l colours. Short margins, due to large size of the map. Lower margin cut into scale border. Good and dark impression. Latin text on verso. 439 x 550 mm.
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300 €   

¤ Shows cities of Saragossa and Pamplona. Dedication to a list of worthies, deputies of the king in Aragon by Henricus Hondius. Based on a map by the Portuguese mapmaker Juan Bautista Labana (1555-1624).
From his "Appendix" of 1637.

112 JANSSONIUS, J. Granata et Murcia regna. Amsterdam, 1637. In original o/l colours. In good condition. Paper very slightly age-toned. With Latin text on verso. 379 x 494 mm.
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300 €   

¤ A fine copy decorated with the Arms of both States and the figure of a surveyor. Extending from the Straits of Gibraltar to Alicante as far inland as the Guagalquivir valley and Seville and the coast of North Africa.
From his "Appendix" of 1637.

113 JANSSONIUS, J. Legionis regnum et Asturiarum principatus. Amsterdam, 1637. In original o/l colours. Printed on heavy paper. Very good condition. Latin text on verso. 377 x 484 mm.
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500 €   

¤ Decorative map of the Spanish Province Asturias, Castile and Léon, including the towns of Oviedo, Leòn, Santander, Valladolid, etc. With two fine title cartouches. V.d. Krogt, Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. I, 6010:1B.

114 JANSSONIUS, J. Biscaia et Guipuscoa Cantabriae Veteris Pars. Amsterdam, 1645. Coloured. Paper slightly age-toned. Margins cut on neat line. No text on verso. 379 x 4892 mm.
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400 €   

¤ A nice example of Janssonius map of region centered on Bilbao and extending from S. Andero to Calgurris and Baiona. Shows cities of Bilbao and Laredo, and includes a charming vignette of a putti with surveying equipment.br />
No text on verso. From a French composite atlas. V.d. Krogt, Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. I, 6020:1.

115 TARDIEU, P. Carte physique de L'Ile de Palma par Leopold de Buch. Paris, 1824. Uncoloured. In very good condition. 445 x 325 mm.
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350 €   

¤ Plate III from Atlas des Iles Canaries. Engraved by P. Tardieu in 1824. In lower left corner "Dessiné sur les lieux par Leopold de Buch en 1814".
Christian Leopold Freiherr von Buch (April 26, 1774 – March 4, 1853) was a German geologist and paleontologist born in Stolpe an der Oder (now a part of Angermünde, Brandenburg) and is remembered as one of the most important contributors to geology in the first half of the nineteenth century.
His scientific interest was devoted to a broad spectrum of geological topics: volcanism, fossils, stratigraphy and more.
In 1815 he visited the Canary Islands in company with Christian Smith, a Norwegian botanist. These volcanic isles furnished the starting point from which von Buch commenced a regular course of study on the production and activity of volcanoes. This is attested by his standard work on the subject entitled Physical Description of the Canary Isles (1825). His observations convinced him that these and other islands of the Atlantic owed their existence to volcanic action of the most intense kind, and that the groups of islands in the South Sea were the remains of a pre-existing continent. During his time in the Canary Islands, he visited the Las Cañadas Caldera on Tenerife and the Caldera de Taburiente on La Palma. When he published his memoirs and observations about his excursion, he introduced the Spanish word "Caldera" for "Bowl" into the geological and scientific vocabulary. On his return from the Canaries he visited the basaltic group of the Hebrides and the coasts of Scotland and Ireland.
His geological excursions, even in countries which he had repeatedly visited before, continued without interruption until a very advanced age: eight months before his death he visited the mountains of Auvergne, and on returning home he read a paper on the Jurassic formation before the Academy of Berlin. Humboldt, who had known him intimately for a period of more than 60 years, called him the greatest geologist of that period. Von Buch was unmarried and lived aloof from the world, entirely devoted to scientific pursuits. His excursions were always taken on foot, with a staff in his hand, and the large pockets of his overcoat filled with papers and geological instruments.
He died in Berlin.

116 FER, Nicolas de. Veue ou Profil de Barcelone Capitale de Catalogne. Paris, ca. 1700. Paper slightly age toned. 215 x 273 mm.
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200 €   

¤ Panoramic view of Barcelona, with 23-point key.

117 AVELINE, P. / CREPY Cazal. (Casale Monferrato) Paris, 1690-1730. Good condition. 193 x 313 mm.
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100 €   

¤ A rare panoramic town-view of Casale Monferrato in the Piedmont region. Engraved by Pierre Aveline (Paris, c.1656 - 23 May 1722). He was also a print-publisher and print-seller. He probably trained with Adam Pérelle and, like him, specialized in topographical representations. He engraved in suites many views of Paris and of provincial, European and African cities, mixing etching and burin. In 1685 he obtained a royal license for ten years, authorizing him to reproduce 'le profil des maisons royales'. Among the 412 items that comprise his œuvre, there are only two portraits and two prints of historical subjects. The print carries the privilege du Roy .
With the publishers address of Crepy. Etienne Louis Crepy (c.1700-1759) was active as an engraver and publisher active at rue St.Jacques a St.Pierre in Paris. He was specializing in maps and geographical prints. In 1731 he acquired the stock of copper plates of topographical content from his father Jean Crepy.
Collectors item!. Thieme-B. II, 273 (Aveline)

118 VAN LOCHOM, M. Portugallia et Algarbia quae olim Lusitania. . . Paris, c.1630. In original o/l colours. A good and dark impression. With two creases. Dark impression. 380 x 483 mm.
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400 €   

¤ Rare map of Portugal with decorative title cartouche. Oriented to the west. Prepared by Fernando Alvares Seco. Pastoureau, M. Mariette B, 70.

119 CORONELLI, V.M. Regno di Portogallo. . . Venice, ca. 1696. Uncoloured. Very good condition. Printed on heavy paper. A few very small brown spots on recto and verso of map. 445 x 595 mm.
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250 €   

¤ A beautiful and flamboyantly engraved large-scale map of Portugal.
On verso a map of Lisbon "S Giovanni di Lisbona" (128x162mm.)
The map is the product of the late 17th century Venetian cartographer, Vincenzo Coronelli.
A decorative title cartouche appears in bottom center embellished with military flags and canon. The scales cartouche and the arms of Portugal and Algarve are supported by mermen in the Atlantic and four smaller crests represent the adjacent regions of Spain.
The remarkable Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718), encyclopaedist, geographer, inventor and Doctor of Theology, was citizen of the Republic of Venice.
He was also one of the most prominent mapmakers and publishers in Europe of his day.