MAPS BY ORTELIUS - RUSCELLI

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni typus.

Antwerp, 1588, Spanish text edition. 350 x 470.
Coloured; fine dark impression.
First published in Ortelius' 'Theartrum' in 1570. An improtant map for signifying the geographical relationship between north east Asia and north west America. California is named, also the Sierra Nevada. Van den BROECKE: 163.

£980

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Mansfeldiae Comitatus Descriptio. auctore Tilemanno Stella Sig.

Antwerp, 1574 or 1575, Latin text edition. 370 x 430.
Finely hand coloured.
Engraved by Franz Hogenberg after the map by Stella's map of 1561.
VAN DEN BROECKE: 94, first state of three.

£180

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Portugalliae que olim Lusitania, novissima & exactissima descriptio Aucto re Vernando Alvaro Secco.

Antwerp, 1579, Latin text edition. 335 x 515.
Fine hand colouring.
One of the most decorative maps of Portugal available and also one of the earliest.
Van den BROECKE: 26.

£480

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Hispalensis Conventus Delineatio, Auctore Hieronÿmo Chiaves.

Antwerp, 1588, Spanish text edition. 345 x 455.
Fine dark impression.
The part of Andalucia centred on Sevilla, with Cadiz and Corduba also shown. First published in 1579 this is an early impression of the plate, later issues have the sea area of the engraving almost worn out and later issues had overall stippling instead of waves. Van den BROECKE: 28.

£240

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Pannoniae, et Illyrici veteris Tabula...

Antwerp, 1606, English text edition. 355 x 460.
Fine original colour; sign of old crease, otherwise fine.
Shows the Dalmatia coast from Italy to Greece. Drawn by Ortelius after Gastaldi's map of South East Europe 1560 and other information from ancient sources. From the rare English text edition of the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. Marcel van den Broecke records that Skelton's estimate of a 1000 copies of this edition is probably much too high. A number of 250 seems more likely. Compare this number with up to 7000 examples of some of the other Ortelius maps produced. Unlike others editions of the atlas this one was produced by first printing the plates in Antwerp and then adding the text in London. The text was printed by John Norton and John Bill. RARE. Van den BROEKE: 203.

£520

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Moraviæ, quae olim mar: Comannorum sedes, corographia, A D. Pavlo Fabritio Medico et Mathematico...…

Antwerp, 1588, Spanish text edition. 360 x 475.
Exceptional original colouring; slight discolouration of green areas and minor brown stain, otherwise good.
A map of Moravia drawn by Paul Fabritius 1569, and reworked by Crato 1570. Van den BROECKE: 104.

£340

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Moraviæ, quae olim mar: Comannorum sedes, corographia, A D. Pavlo Fabritio Medico et Mathematico...…

Antwerp, 1598, French text edition. 360 x 475.
Uncoloured; minor staining but otherwise good condition.
A map of Moravia drawn by Paul Fabritius 1569, and reworked by Crato 1570. Van den BROECKE: 104.

£210

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Rhetiæ alpestris descriptio, in qua hodie Tirolis Comitatvs.

Antwerp, 1598, French text edition. 340 x 500.
Uncoloured; slight staining to lower margin, just effecting printed surface, otherwise good.
Two maps on one sheet. The Tirol region, centred around Innsbruck in Austria but also including Lake Garda in Italy and as far down as Mantua. The other map on the sheet shows Istria and part of the Dalmatia coast. Van den BROECKE: 116.

£270

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Schlavoniae, Croatiae, Carniae, Istriae, Bosniae......Nova Descriptio.

Antwerp, 1598, French text edition. 335 x 465.
Uncoloured; dark impression small area of thin paper near centrefold, otherwise good.
This is the third state of Ortelius' map of the former Yugoslavia, from the Adriatic Sea to the River Danube. Van den BROECKE: 145.3.

£320

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Asia Nova Descriptio.

Antwerp, 1588, Spanish text edition. 370 x 490.
Finely coloured; excellent condition.
A fine early map of asia, the second plate produced for the atlas after 1575. Van den BROECKE: 7.

£1,150

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Austriae Descrip. Wolfgangum Lazium.

Antwerp, 1606, English text edition. 350 x 485.
Fine original colour; thin paper area at centrefold visible when held up to the light, other minor marginal soiling otherwise good.
A map of Austria, the second of two plates, this one was introduced in 1595. From Ortelius's 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', drawn by Wolfgang Lazius 1514-1565. From the rare English text edition of the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. Marcel van den Broecke records that Skelton's estimate of a 1000 copies of this edition is probably much too high. A number of 250 seems more likely. Compare this number with up to 7000 examples of some of the other Ortelius maps produced. Unlike others editions of the atlas this one was produced by first printing the plates in Antwerp and then adding the text in London. The text was printed by John Norton and John Bill. RARE. Van den BROECKE: 106.

£420

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Culiacanae, A:mericae regio, Descriptio. Hispaniolae, Cubae. Aliarmuque Insula:rum circumiacientium, delineatio.

Antwerp, 1606, English text edition. 355 x 500..
Fine original colour; minor thinning of paper near centrefold, visible when held up to the light, otherwise very good.
Two maps on one sheet - the top one is a detailed section of the Pacific coast of Mexico; below, the islands of the West Indies discovered by Columbus, the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, San Domingo, the Leeward and Virgin islands. From Ortelius' 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', the first regularly produced, and uniform format, modern atlas of the World. From the rare English text edition of the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. Marcel van den Broecke records that Skelton's estimate of a 1000 copies of this edition is probably much too high. A number of 250 seems more likely. Compare this number with up to 7000 examples of some of the other Ortelius maps produced. Unlike others editions of the atlas this one was produced by first printing the plates in Antwerp and then adding the text in London. The text was printed by John Norton and John Bill. RARE. VAN DEN BROECKE: 14.

£1,500

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Archipelagi Insula:rum Aliquot descrip.

Antwerp, 1606, English text edition. 360 x 505.
Fine original colouring; minor defects, but otherwise good to fine.
Crete and other Greek islands including Santorini, Rhodes, Chios and Milos. From the rare English text edition of the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. Marcel van den Broecke records that Skelton's estimate of a 1000 copies of this edition is probably much too high. A number of 250 seems more likely. Compare this number with up to 7000 examples of some of the other Ortelius maps produced. Unlike others editions of the atlas this one was produced by first printing the plates in Antwerp and then adding the text in London. The text was printed by John Norton and John Bill. RARE. Van den BROECKE: 147.

£450

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Austriae ducatus chorographia, Wolfgango Lazio auctore.

Antwerp, 1588, Spanish text edition. 340 x 460.
Exceptional original hand colouring; fine condition.
A map of Austria, the first of two plates used in the production of the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', drawn by Wolfgang Lazius 1514-1565. Van den BROECKE: 105.

£480

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Tartariae sive magni ch:am regni typus.

Antwerp, 1595, Latin text. 80 x 110.
Uncoloured; minor marginal staining and slight age-toning, otherwise very good.
A miniature map of Tartary and northern Asia, showing also Japan and the north west coast of America including California - the Sierra Nevada is named. From the 'Epitome theatri Orteliani' by Philip Galle. KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp 56 -57.

£210

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Andaluzia.

Frankfurt, J. Keerbergen & L. Hulsius, 1604. German text edition. 90 x 120.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning, minor spotting and soiling to margins, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of Andalucia, centred on Sevilla, shows Córdoba and Cádiz. In 1601 another series of maps after Ortelius were published in Antwerp by Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius (brothers, and assistants to Frans Hogenburg), this edition, published in Frankfurt by Johann Keerburgen contained maps by L. Hulsius.

£58

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Portugallia.

Frankfurt, J. Keerbergen & L. Hulsius, 1604. German text edition. 90 x 125.
Uncoloured; small brown spot and slight age-toning, minor spotting and soiling to margins, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of Portugal. In 1601 another series of maps after Ortelius were published in Antwerp by Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius (brothers, and assistants to Frans Hogenburg), this edition, published in Frankfurt by Johann Keerburgen contained maps by L. Hulsius.

£60

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Russia.

Frankfurt, J. Keerbergen & L. Hulsius, 1604. German text edition. 90 x 120.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning, minor spotting and soiling to margins, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of Russia, showing Lapland, Lithuania and across to Tashkent. In 1601 another series of maps after Ortelius were published in Antwerp by Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius (brothers, and assistants to Frans Hogenburg), this edition, published in Frankfurt by Johann Keerburgen contained maps by L. Hulsius.

£80

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Terra Sancta.

Frankfurt, J. Keerbergen & L. Hulsius, 1604. German text edition. 85 x 125.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning, minor spotting and soiling to margins, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of the Holy Land. In 1601 another series of maps after Ortelius were published in Antwerp by Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius (brothers, and assistants to Frans Hogenburg), this edition, published in Frankfurt by Johann Keerburgen contained maps by L. Hulsius. This edition not in LAOR.

£130

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Barbaria, et Biledulgerid.

Antwerp, Jan B Vrients, 1602, Latin text edition. 85 x 125.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning, minor spotting, small worm hole and soiling to margins, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of North Africa. Published in Antwerp by Jan B Vrients. KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp 88 - 89.

£45

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar: Insularum descriptio.

Antwerp, 1598, French text edition. 345 x 500.
Finely coloured; some minor restoration to lower centrefold, otherwise very good.
Ortelius drew heavily on the information provided by Gerard Mercator's map of 1564 to produce this cornerstone map of the British Isles. North orientated to the right of the page. SHIRLEY: British Isles 1477-1650, 86, illus plate 42. VAN den BROECKE: # 16.

£890

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Islandia.

Antwerp, Jan B Vrients, 1602, Latin text edition. 90 x 115.
Uncoloured; very minor marginal staining and slight worming, overall slight age-toning, otherwise very good.
A miniature map of Iceland. From the 'Epitome theatri Orteliani' by Jan B Vrients KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp 88 - 89.

£230

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Typvs Orbis Terrarvm.

Antwerp, 1595, Latin text edition. 360 x 495.
Finely coloured; four very small worm holes, only visible when held up to the light, minor repair to lower centrefold, just into plate mark, other very minor spotting on the margins, otherwise a fine example.
The classic oval shaped map of the World, with a large land-mass to the bottom of the map. This map supersedes the first two plates of the same title replacing the clouds with strap-work. Medallions occupy the four corners and the South American coastline has been corrected. Van den BROECKE: # 3.

£6,200

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Portugallia.

Antwerp, Jan B Vrients, 1602, English text edition. 90 x 125.
Uncoloured; soiling to margins, minor staining and a small repair to the edge of the page top right, otherwise a dark impression in good condition.
A miniature map of Portugal from the 'Abrégé du théâtro' the English text edition of the 'Theatrum'. UNCOMMON.

£75

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

[No title.] Lappiĉ.

Frankfurt, J. Keerbergen & L. Hulsius, 1604. German text edition. 100 x 140.
Uncoloured; trimmed to plate mark in lower part with some loss of printed surface, some soiling and staining to lower part of map, short repaired tear to left hans side.
A miniature map of Lapland, showing the mouth of the River Kola, the fortified town of Murmansk (although not named) and Port Vladimir. Inset of Laplanders in costume. In 1601 another series of maps after Ortelius were published in Antwerp by Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius (brothers, and assistants to Frans Hogenburg), this edition, published in Frankfurt by Johann Keerburgen contained maps by L. Hulsius. UNCOMMON.

£80

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.

Antwerp, 1579, Latin Text. 355 x 495.
Finely coloured; some marginal soiling and staining, two very small pin sized holes, one at centrefold, the other in the top border, signs of old creasing in the lower part of the map, otherwise very good.
The second copperplate for the map of the America's produced for the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. The 'bulge' is still present indicating pre-1587, but the engraved border has the semi-circular strapwork of the 1579 plate, also with the largest ship in the Pacific shown sailing eastwards.
BURDEN: No.52.

£4,900

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip.

Antwerp, 1570-79, Latin text edition. 360 x 490.
Finely coloured; very minor marginal soling and toning, three very small holes in the lower part of the map, otherwise a fine example.
This influential map of the North Atlantic shows Britain and Scandinavia; with Greenland, Iceland and the American coast, it also includes the legendary islands of 'Frisland', 'Drogeo' and 'Icaria' amongst others, together with a large land-mass at the North Pole. It seems Ortelius drew heavily on earlier authorities like Mercator's world map of 1569, the Zeno map of the north (1558) and the Olaus Magnus 'Carta Marina' of 1539.
Van den BROECKE: Ortelius Atlas Maps, 160.

£2,300

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Scotiĉ Tabula.

Antwerp, 1588, Spanish text edition. 355 x 480.
Finely coloured; minor soiling to margins, small area of expert restoration to upper margin (hardly noticable) not effecting printed area, otherwise a fine example.
Ortelius used Mercator's 8-sheet wall map of the British Isles (1564) as his source for this map, first published 1573. Oriented with North to the right. There is no printed page number on the verso to help with positive dating, there is an ink manuscript number 10 in the top right corner.
R.S.G.S.: p.165; VAN DEN BROECKE: 18.

£890

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Helvetiae Descriptio. Aegidio Tschudo Auct.

Antwerp, 1579, Latin text edition. 345 x 460.
Finely coloured; light marginal soiling and staining, otherwise a fine example.
A map of Switzerland by Aegidius Tschudi, with south orientated to the top of the page.
Van den BROECKE: 115

£520

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Frisia Occidentalis.

Antwerp, 1579-92. 365 x 490.
Fine original colour; very short marginal tear (repaired) well away from plate mark, small area of collour transfer in lower centrefold, light age-toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a fine example.
A map of Friesland and Groningen after the manuscript by Sibrandus Leo. Inset map of Friesland in Augustus' time from the manuscript by Joachim Hopper.
Van den BROECKE: Ortelius Atlas Maps, No.81.

£450

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Germaniae Veteris typus.

Antwerp, 1590-92. 360 x 460.
Fine original colour; short repaired tear to left margin, some oxidisation of colour, especially the green, other minor colour offsetting, age-toning to margins, short printers creases in the centre of the map, overall good condition.
The historical map of Germany from the Parergon published in the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. This is the first state of the plate with the latitude interval numbers outside the printed frame.
Van den BROECKE: No. 199.

£280

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Natoliae quae olim Asia Minor Nova Descriptio; Aegypti recentior descriptio; Carthsginis Celeberrimi sinus typus.

Antwerp, 1570-92. Latin text edition. 320 x 490.
Fine original colour; trimmed by binder on both sides, but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, light age-toning, otherwise a fine example.
Three maps on one sheet: Turkey (after Gastaldi/Forlani), Egypt (after Forlani) and Tunis, showing the remains of Carthage.
Van den BROECKE: 174.

£240

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Zelandicarum Insularum Exac: tissima et Nova Descriptio, auc:tore D. Iacobo A Daventria.

Antwerp, 1570-1601. 340 x 470.
Fine original colour; light discolouration at lower centrefold in the margin, small ink stain in the sea area, and a small wax stain in the corner by the mile scale, light age-toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a fine example.
A map of the province of Zeeland in Holland after Jacob van Deventer.
Van den BROECKE: Ortelius Atlas Maps, No.78.

£850

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Leodiensis Dioecesis Typus.

Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition. 380 x 495.
Original colour; light age-toning, otherwise a fine example.
A map of part of Belgium, Brabant - Wallon. Shows Namur, Huy, Liege and Maastricht. The first of two plates produced for the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'.
Van den BROECKE: No. 63.

£290

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Africae Propriae Tabula, in qua Punica regna uides; Tyrios, et Agenoris urbem.

Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition. 335 x 485.
Original colour; light age-toning, light soiling to margins, otherwise a fine example.
Map of the Roman province of Africa, covering the northen parts of Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, from Ortelius' Parergon. First published 1590. Ortelius drew on the modern information from Gastaldi's map of Africa.
Van den BROECKE: No. 218.

£390

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Persici sive Sophorum Regni typus.

Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition. 350 x 495.
Original colour; light age-toning and minor marginal staining, otherwise very good condition.
A fine map of Persia after Gastaldi's map of Asia Minor 1564.
Van den BROECKE: No.167.

£420

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Portugalliae que olim Lusitania, novissima & exactissima descriptio Aucto re Vernando Alvaro Secco.

Antwerp, 1603, Latin text edition. 340 x 510.
Fine original colour; light marginal soiling, otherwise a fine example.
One of the most decorative maps of Portugal available and also one of the earliest. This is the second plate produced for the atlas, 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarrum'.
Van den BROECKE: No. 27.

£530

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Helvetiae Descriptio. Aegidio Tschudo Auct.

Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition. 345 x 460.
Finely coloured; light marginal soiling and staining, expert repair to lower centrefold, otherwise a fine example.
A map of Switzerland by Aegidius Tschudi, with south orientated to the top of the page.
Van den BROECKE: 115.

£490

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

[No title].

Antwerp, 1579-. 325 x 220.
Coloured; generally very good condition, some worming in the lower margin, with old paper repair, light soiling and staining to margins.
A fine portrait of Abraham Ortelius by Phiippe Galle. It appears in the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' from 1579 onwards and shows Ortelius aged about 50. Immediately below the portrait is a decorative scrolled box with the words "Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalibus orbem Orbi spectandum Galleus Ortelium", which translated means"By looking Ortelius gave to mortal beings the world, by looking at his face, Galleus gave them Ortelius".
Van den BROECKE: Ortelius Atlas Maps.

£320

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Creta Iouis Magni, Medio iacet insula ponto.

Antwerp, 1624, Latin text edition. 345 x 495.
Finely coloured; light creasing at centrefold, otherwise a fine example.
Four maps of islands in the Mediterranean Sea on one sheet: Crete, Corsica, Sardinia and and the Ionian Islands. Published in the Parergon.
Van den BROECKE: Ortelius Atlas Maps, 217.

£390

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Grae:cia, So:phia:ni.

Antwerp, 1624, Latin text edition. 355 x 500.
Finely coloured; old tear extending almost the full height of the page, expertly repaired when in the atlas using old paper, otherwise good.
Greece and western Turkey, drawn by Ortelius after the map by Nikolaus Sophianos c.1540.
Van den BROECKE: Ortelius Atlas Maps, 215.

£560

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Illyricum.

Antwerp 1598, French text edition. 370 x 480.
Uncoloured; minor marginal staining and very slight overall age-toning, otherwise fine condition.
The map of Croatia and Istria the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'.
Van den Broecke: 144.

£240

ORTELIUS, Abraham - COIGNET, Michel.

Typus Orbis Terrarum.

Antwerp, 1609-12, Italian text edition. 90 x 125.
Coloured; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor marginal spotting, otherwise a fine example.
A finely engraved miniature map of the World, originally published 1601 by Jan Keerbergen in a world atlas with all the plates engraved by Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius. Text by Michael Coignet, it was to be publlished in Latin, French, English, German and Italian between 1601 and 1612. In 1609 Jan B. Vrients increased the number of maps and retouched some.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps pp.86-88. SHIRLEY: World #203.

£350

ORTELIUS, Abraham - VRIENTS, Jan Baptist.

[No title].

Antwerp, 1601-09, Latin text edition. 90 x 125.
Coloured; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor marginal spotting, otherwise a fine example.
A finely engraved miniature map of the World, originally published 1601 by Jan Baptist Vrients in his 'Epitome theatri Orteliani, it was publlished in Latin, French and Italian between 1601 and 1612.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps pp.86-88. SHIRLEY: World #231.

£380

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Persici sive Sophorum Regni typus.

Antwerp, 1570, Latin text edition. 350 x 495.
Coloured; minor paper fault to centrefold at lower margin, light age-toning and soiling to margins, otherwise a fine example.
A fine map of Persia after Gastaldi's map of Asia Minor 1564. An interesting note in the text on verso reads (this is taken from the translation of the English text edition of 1606) - In the year of Christ 1369. There was a certaine pety king amongst the Persians, named 'Sophi', who held the city 'Ardenelim' in his possession. This man bragged that he was descended lineally by his ancestors from 'Musa Cazino', nephew of 'Ali Muhamed'. He, the chalise of Babylon being dead, & the contrary faction maintained by the Turks, suppressed by the Tartars, began more boldly and freely to broach his opinions of religion: and because 'Hocemus', the sonne of Aly. From whom he draweth his pedigree, had twelve sonnes, minding to set some marke or badge upon his sects and disciples, whereby they might be distinguished an own from others, he ordained that they would follow him, and be of his religion, should weare a tire under the vaile, which all the Turks do wind about their heads (they call it 'Tulibant') should be of purple colour, and should hang out the middle of the 'Tulibant' twelve hand breadth. (sic).
Van den BROECKE: 167.

£480

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Portugallia.

London, John Norton, English text edition. 90 x 125.
Original colour; light marginal soiling and staining, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of Portugal. From the English text edition 'An Epitome of Ortelius'.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps pp.89.

£65

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Eryn. Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulĉ, Nova Descriptio. Irlandt.

Antwerp, 1592 -, Latin text edition. 355 x 485.
Fine original colour; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a superb example.
First published 1573, although Bonar Law reports an earlier state with 1572 under the title and blank verso. Orientated with north to the right of the sheet.
VAN DEN BROECKE: 22.3.

£1,450

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Portugalliae que olim Luitania...

Antwerp, Gioanni Battista Vrients, 1602, Italian text edition. 80 x 110.
Coloured; very light age-toning, minor show through of text from verso, right margin expertly extended to allow framing, with no loss, overall a very good example.
A miniature map of Portugal from the "Epitome".
KOEMAN: Ort 61.

£54

[ORTELIUS, Abraham.].

Geographia Sacra.

[Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, c.1650-]. No text on verso. 363 x 482.
Uncoloured; light age-toning and minor waterstaining to margins, one or two small spots, otherwise a good example.
A map of Sacred Geography based on holy writers in the Old and New Testament. Inset is a 'modern' oval map of the World. Possibly published by Jan Jansson in 'The Accuratissima Orbis Antiqui Delineatio', although the plate size and engraving matches the original plate by Abraham Ortelius and his name appears in the top right corner, in which case it was published in the 'Parergon'. I have included the van den Broecke reference number.
Van den BROECKE: 178.

£340

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Portugalliae que olim Lusitania, novissima & exactissima descriptio Aucto re Vernando Alvaro Secco.

Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition. 340 x 510.
Finely coloured; light marginal soiling, slight show-through of text from verso in upper margin, otherwise a fine example.
One of the most decorative maps of Portugal available and also one of the earliest. This appears to be the second plate produced for the atlas, 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarrum', although this example does not match the description in van den Broecke exactly. Although the flow lines in the River Douro, hairy face in cartouche and sea monster and windows on buildings in the city of Porto all indicate 2nd plate, there is no stippling behind the sea names as described. Also the hachuring in the scale blocks along the bottom is vertical as per the first plate. The page number on the verso indicates post 1592.
Van den BROECKE: No. 27.

£520

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Turcici Imperii Descriptio.

Antwerp, 1574, French text edition. 375 x 495.
Coloured, with some gold; very minor spotting to the margins, one or two spots on the map, trimmed close by the binder at top and left hand edge of plate mark, but with just enough blank paper to facilitate framing, otherwise good condition.
A map of the Turkish Empire, this example is from the first plate produced between 1570 and 1579.
VAN DEN BROECKE: 168.

£820

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

[No title.] Lappiĉ.

Frankfurt, J. Keerbergen & L. Hulsius, 1604. German text edition. 100 x 140.
Uncoloured; trimmed to plate mark in lower part with some loss of printed surface, some soiling and staining to lower part of map, short repaired tear to left hand side.
A miniature map of Lapland, showing the mouth of the River Kola, the fortified town of Murmansk (although not named) and Port Vladimir. Inset of Laplanders in costume. In 1601 another series of maps after Ortelius were published in Antwerp by Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius (brothers, and assistants to Frans Hogenburg), this edition, published in Frankfurt by Johann Keerburgen contained maps by L. Hulsius. UNCOMMON.

£55

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Açores Insulae.

Antwerp, 1592, Latin text. 325 x 465.
Coloured; long paper crease in the left margin, short crease to the right edge of margin, minor marginal soiling, pin hole in the top border, otherwise a fine example.
An exceptionally fine and decorative map of the islands of the Azores, with ships and sea monsters. With a note on the use of longitude by Ptolemy in one of the three strapwork cartouche.
Van den BROEKE: 24.

£580

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Angliĉ Regni Florentissimi Nova Descriptio, Auctore Humfredo Lhuyd Denbygiense. 1573.

Antwerp, 1574-, Latin text edition. 380 x 475.
Coloured; light soiling and age-toning to the margins, small hole in lower margin at centrefold expertly filled, otherwise a fine example.
England and Wales, from the map prepared by the Welshman Humphrey Lhuyd, first published only 1573. This example is of the first state of three: the scale reads "40-60-60". In 1603 the plate was replaced with one based on Saxton's map.
VAN DEN BROECKE: 19; SHIRLEY: 98.

£780

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Açores Insulae.

Antwerp, 1592-, Latin text. 325 x 465.
Coloured; short repaired tear to left hand edge of margin, minor marginal soiling, pin hole in the centre of the map, only noticable when held up to the light, otherwise a very good example.
An finely engraved and decorative map of the islands of the Azores, with ships and sea monsters. With a note on the use of longitude by Ptolemy in one of the three strapwork cartouche.
Van den BROEKE: 24.

£480

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Terra Sancta.

Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition. 365 x 500.
Finely hand coloured; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor marginal spotting, otherwise overall a fine example.
A fine map of the Holy Land drawn by Petrus Laicksteen a Dutch astronomer who gathered topographical information during his stay in 1556 and used originally by Christian Schrot in 1570. Orientated to the east, shows the coast from Beirut to Gaza.
Van den BROECKE: 173. LAOR: 543.

£720

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar: Insularum descriptio.

Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition. 345 x 500.
Fine original colour; minor marginal age-toning, trimmed close by the binder on right hand edge, but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, otherwise a fine example.
Ortelius drew heavily on the information provided by Gerard Mercator's map of 1564 to produce this cornerstone map of the British Isles. Possibly engraved by Francis Hogenburg with north orientated to the right of the page.
SHIRLEY: British Isles 1477-1650, p.42, illus plate 42. VAN den BROECKE: 16.

£1,550

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Hollandiae Anti:quorum Catthorum sedis nove descip:tio, Auctore Iaco:bo A Daventria.

Antwerp, 1575. 355 x 490.
Original colour, with recent embellishment; fairly extensively repaired and noticable from the verso, all repairs expertly done, light age-toning and surface staining in places, from the front the map is now very presentable and would frame well and is priced accordingly.
A classic map of north Holland by Jacobo a Daventria. The sea area is decorated with sailing ships and a large compass rose occupies the Zuiderzee area.

£450

OSWELL, W.

Carte du Lac Ngami et des contrées voisines...…

Paris, 1852. 260 x 330.
Uncoloured lithograph; signs of old folds, light age-toning, otherwise very good condition.
A map of parts of Mozambique, showing the Zambezi and area. Text and explanation in French. Published in the "Bulletin de la Société de Géographie".

£18

OVERTON, Henry.

Glocester Shire and Monmouth Shire with the Post & Cross Roads and other remarks according to the latest and best observations 1712.

London, 1712. 400 x 490.
Original outline colour; trimmed to plate mark and now expertly remargined using old paper, light soiling in places, small holes at centrefold, visible when held up to the light, otherwise a presentable map.
An uncommon map of the counties of Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, a close copy to that of Jansson's from 1646, but using a completely new copper plate, engraved by Sutton Nicholls. UNCOMMON.
CHUBB. "Printed Maps of Gloucestershire" pp.45-46.

£390

OWEN, J. & BOWEN, E.

A Map of Wiltshire.

London, c.1720. 183 x 115.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning, otherwise a fine example.
A map of the county from 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd'. The verso has the road map from Newton (south of West Lexham) in Norfolk to Wells and then from Newmarket to Bury St Edmund's in Suffolk.

£28

OWEN, J. & BOWEN, E.

A Map of Cambridgeshire.

London, c.1720. 185 x 120.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the edges, otherwise a fine example.
From 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd', with a decorative printed border and cartouche.

£32

OWEN, J. & BOWEN, E.

A Map of Che-Shire.

London, c.1720. 185 x 115.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the edges, otherwise a fine example.
From 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd', with a decorative printed border and cartouche.

£40

OWEN, J. & BOWEN, E.

A Map of Derbyshire.

London, c.1720. 185 x 120.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the edges, otherwise a fine example.
From 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd', with a decorative printed border and cartouche.

£32

OWEN, J. & BOWEN, E.

Dorset Shire.

London, c.1720. 185 x 120.
Uncoloured; split in the margin caused by the pressure of the printing plate, visible when held up to the light, age-toning to the edges, otherwise a very good example.
From 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd', with a decorative printed border and cartouche.

£44

OWEN, J. & BOWEN, E.

Gloucester Shire.

London, c.1720. 185 x 115.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the edges, otherwise a fine example.
From 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd', with a decorative printed border and cartouche.

£38

OWEN, J. & BOWEN, E.

Hertfordshire.

London, c.1720. 185 x 120.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the edges, otherwise a fine example.
From 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd', with a decorative printed border and cartouche.

£38

OWEN, J. & BOWEN, E.

A Map of Rutlandshire.

London, c.1720. 185 x 120.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the edges, otherwise a fine example.
From 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd', with a decorative printed border and cartouche.

£25

OWEN, J. & BOWEN, E.

A Map of Staffordshire.

London, c.1720. 185 x 120.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the edges, otherwise a fine example.
From 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd', with a decorative printed border and cartouche.

£32

PERROT, Artiside Michel.

Ross.

Paris, 1823. 110 x 60.
Original outline colour; lightly spotted and age-toned, otherwise good.
A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£42

PERROT, Artiside Michel.

Ross.

Paris, 1823. 110 x 60.
Original outline colour; lightly spotted and age-toned, otherwise good.
A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£42

PERROT, Artiside Michel.

Stirling, Dumbarton, Linlithgow, Clackmanan.

Paris, 1823. 100 x 60.
Original outline colour; light soiling and staining to margin, otherwise good.
A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£42

PERROT, Aristide Michel.

Cumberland - Westmorland.

Paris, 1828. 55 x 50.
Original outline colour; very minor spotting, otherwise fine.
A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£48

PERROT, Aristide Michel.

Mayo.

Paris, 1828. 110 x 70.
Original outline colour; light marginal spotting, otherwise good.
A miniature map of the county with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£52

PERROT, Aristide Michel.

Nottingham Derby.

Paris, 1828. 105 x 60.
Original outline colour; overall fine.
A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£46

PERROT, Artiside Michel.

Nairn, Elgin, Banff.

Paris, 1823. 110 x 60.
Original outline colour; light spotting to margins, otherwise very good
A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£48

PERROT, Artiside Michel.

Stirling, Dumbarton, Linlithgow, Clackmanan.

Paris, 1823. 100 x 60.
Original outline colour; light soiling and staining to margins, otherwise good.
A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£42

PERROT, Aristide Michel.

Essex Kent.

Paris, 1828. 105 x 60.
Original outline colour; light marginal soiling, otherwise fine.
A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping. Uncommon.

£90

PERROT, Artiside Michel.

Iles Hébrides.

Paris, 1823. 110 x 70.
Original outline colour; some spotting to margins, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of the outer Hebrides with a highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£56

PERROT, Artiside Michel.

Orcades, Caithness.

Paris, 1823. 110 x 65.
Original outline colour; a clean example in fine condition.
A miniature map of the Orkney Islands and Caithness, with a highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£52

PERROT, Aristide Michel.

Ross.

Paris, 1823. 115 x 70.
Original outline colour; lightly spotted and age-toned at the edges of the paper, otherwise a very good example.
A miniature map of the countiy with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£38

PERROT, Aristide Michel.

Middlesex.

Paris, 1823-. 115 x 70.
Original outline colour; light spotting and age-toning to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
A miniature map of the county with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping. Uncommon.

£58

PERROT, Aristide Michel.

Cumberland - Westmorland.

Paris, 1823. 115 x 70.
Original outline colour; minor spotting to the margins, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£48

PERROT, Aristide Michel.

Essex Kent.

Paris, 1823-. 115 x 70.
Original outline colour; light marginal soiling and light age-toning, otherwise fine.
A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping. Uncommon.

£85

PERROT, Aristide Michel.

Lincoln.

Paris, 1823-. 120 x 70.
Original outline colour; light spotting in the margins, otherwise a very good example.
A miniature map of the county with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping. Uncommon.

£56

PERROT, Aristide Michel.

Monmouth Glocester Hereford.

Paris, 1823-. 110 x 70.
Original outline colour; light marginal spotting and age-toning, otherwise a very good example.
A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping. Uncommon.

£48

PERROT, Aristide Michel.

Wilt - Hamp.

Paris, 1823-. 115 x 75.
Original outline colour; very light soiling and spotting to margins, otherwise a fine example.
A miniature map of the counties of Wiltshire and Hampshire, with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£70

PERROT, Aristide Michel.

York.

Paris, 1823-. 115 x 75.
Original outline colour; very light soiling to margins, otherwise a fine example.
A miniature map of the county with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£70

PERROT, Artiside Michel.

Northumberland - Durham.

Paris, 1823. 115 x 70.
Original outline colour; minor spotting and light age-toning, otherwise a very good example.
A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping. Uncommon.

£45

PERROT, Artiside Michel.

Perth, Kenross.

Paris, 1823. 110 x 70.
Original outline colour; light soiling and minor spotting to margins, otherwise very good.
A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£32

PERROT, Artiside Michel.

Iles Shetland.

Paris, 1823. 115 x 70.
Original outline colour; light spotting and age-toning to margins, otherwise a very good example.
A miniature map of the Shetland Isles with a highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£58

PERROT, Artiside Michel.

Stirling, Dumbarton, Linlithgow, Clackmanan.

Paris, 1823. 110 x 70.
Original outline colour; light soiling and staining to margins, otherwise very good.
A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£38

PERROT, Artiside Michel.

Worcester - Shrop - Stafford.

Paris, 1823-. 115 x 70.
Original Outline Colour; light marginal spotting and age-toning, otherwise a fine example.
A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

£45

PETERMANN, A.

Originalkarte des Westlichen Theiles des Oberen Nil-Gebietes...…

Gotha, 1865. 625 x 430.
Original coloured lithograph; signs of old folds from book, light age-toning, otherwise a very good example.
A contemporary German map showing the various routes of explorers to the interior of Africa, including; Pouncet, Petherick, Morlang, Binder, Speke and Grant, among others.

£32

PETERMANN, A.

Originalkarte des Westlichen Theiles des Oberen Nil-Gebietes...…

Gotha, 1865. 525 x 430.
Original coloured lithograph; signs of old folds from book, light age-toning, otherwise a very good example.
A contemporary German map showing the various routes of explorers to the interior of Africa, including; Pouncet, Petherick, Morlang, Binder, Speke and Grant, among others.

£32

PHILIPS' & Son Ltd, George.

Philips' Tape Indicator Map of London.

London, c.1908. 600 x 870.
Original colour; minor signs of use and wear as you would expect from a folding map, otherwise fine condition.
A superbly detailed linen-backed folding plan of London. Includes underground and electric railways and bus and tram-car routes. Scale is 3.5 inches to one mile, extending from Kentish Town to Brixton and from Ravenscourt Park to Limehouse. Includes a 72 page index to streets guide and 'tape measurer'. Folds into a green cloth and printed cover that is slightly faded. Title in the top right-hand corner reads 'Indicator Map of London divided into quarter mile squares. For measuring distances.'

£180

PHILIP & Son, George.

Germany Southern Part.

Liverpool, c.1850. 505 x 600.
Original coloured lithograph; signs of old creases, one or two small tears expertly repaired, overall a good example.
A detailed map of Southern Germany showing the railways in operation and those in progress. Printed by J Gellatly in Edinburgh. Probably separately published.

£38

PHILIP & Son. George.

Map of the Frontier Provinces of Turkey, Russia & Austria, The Black Sea, &c.

Liverpool, George Philip and Son, 1854. 420 x 620.
Original outline colour; signs of old folds from atlas, trimmed close at edges, with no loss, old fold, otherwise a good example.
A map centred on the Black Sea, with the surrounding countries.

£56

PHILIP & Son, George.

Porto Rico and The Virgin Islands - St. Domingo.

London & Liverpool, c.1850. 510 x 605.
Original coloured lithograph; trimmed close by binder at sides right to the printed line border, but with no apparent loss of printed surface, otherwise overall a good example.
Two maps on one sheet Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands and the other St. Domingo, both shown in some detail.

£160

PHILIP & Son, George.

St. Vincent - Barbadoes.

London & Liverpool, c.1850. 510 x 605.
Original coloured lithograph; trimmed close by binder at sides right to the printed line border, but with no apparent loss of printed surface, otherwise overall a good example.
Two maps on one sheet St. Vincent and Barbados, both shown in some detail.

£140

PIGOT & Co.

Huntingdonshire.

London & Manchester, 1828. 370 x 230.
Fine original colour; minor age-toning to margins, otherwise fine condition.
From the first steel-engraved county atlas, "Pigot & Co's British Atlas of the Counties of England". With a fine vignette of Godmanchester Church and a sheet of accompanying text.

£35

PITT, Moses.

Novissima Islaniĉ Tabula.

London, 1680-83. 380 x 490.
Original colour, with some recent embellishment; centrefold strengthened, some slightly thinner areas of paper, visible when held up to the light, some spotting, mostly confined to the margins, old ink manuscript annotations in the left margin, light toning to paper at the edges of the margins, otherwise a good example.
A superb map of Iceland by Moses Pitt, after the style of Blaeu and Jansson, the later being given the acknowledgement on the cartouche, Jansson & Waesberg. The last of the Janssons' had died in 1660 and the business was left to his widow and three sons-in-law, the brothers Waesberg. Pitt's project of a 12 volume 'English Atlas' of the World was doomed to fail, completing only 4 volumes, he ended up in debtors prison 1689-91, and died in 1696. Maps by Moses Pitt are uncommon, many suffer severe damage by verdigris in the green colour on the poorer quality paper used for this publication.

£680

PLANCIUS, Petrus.

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus. [Title repeated in Dutch].

Amsterdam, 1590. 285 x 500.
Original colour; signs of old vertical folds, trimmed close at both sides with no loss of print and with just enough paper to facilitate framing, light water staining in green area, overall a very good example.
A double hemisphere map of the World engraved by Baptista Doetechom. Plancius' map displays many of the improvements found in the post-1587 world map of Ortelius, South America is now without the bulge and also the insertion of the Solomon Islands. He has also introduced further changes based on the latest discoveries made by the Portuguese. Particularly the west coast of America and the west coast of Asia, Japan is also shown for the first time as one small and three larger islands.

£7,200

PORCACCHI, Tommaso.

S. Lorenzo.

Venice, Alphonsus Lasor a Varea, 1713. 105 x 150.
Uncoloured; slight overall age-toning and minor creasing to the text above and below the map.
A fine map of Madagascar set in a page of text, first published 1572.

£85

PORCACCHI, Tommaso.

Isole Hebride et Orcade..

Venice, Girolamo Porro, 1572-. 105 x 145, set in a pa
Uncoloured; some staining and soiling, confined to the text and margins, map in fine condition.
An early map of north Scotland, showing the Orkney and Hebrides Islands. From 'L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo'. MOIR: The Early Maps of Scotland, pp. 164.

£160

PORCACCHI, Tommaso.

Discorso Intorno alla carta da Navigare.

Venice, Girolamo Porro, 1572-. 105 x 145, set in a page of text.
Uncoloured; some staining and soiling, maily confined to the text and margins, otherwise good condition.
The 'Marine' map of the World, covering most of the world from the America's to just beyond India, criss-crossed with rhumb lines. Engraved by Girolamo Porro. From 'L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo'. SHIRLEY: Mapping of the World, 128, Plate 109.

£390

PORCACCHI, Tomaso.

Descrittione del L'Isola di Maiorica.

Venice, Girolamo Porro, 1572-. 105 x 140, set in a page of text.
Uncoloured; minor staining to margins, otherwise good.
One of the earliest single maps of Majorca available, set in a page of text with decorative woodcut scroll and initial. From 'L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo'.

£260

PORCACCHI, Tommaso.

Descrittione Del L'Isola Di Scotia.

Venice, Girolamo Porro, 1572-. 105 x 145, set in a page of text.
Uncoloured; some staining and soiling, confined to the margins, otherwise fine condition.
One of the earliest printed maps of Scotland available, north orientated to the right of the page. From 'L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo'. MOIR: The Early Maps of Scotland, pp. 164.

£210

PORCACCHI, Tomaso.

Islanda.

Venice, 1572-1605. 105 x 145. Plus text.
Uncoloured; overall good condition, with minor spotting and soiling to text area and margins.
A fine early map of Iceland published in 'L'Isole del Monde'. Set in a page of text from a separate copper plate.

£260

[PORCACCHI, Thomaso].

Britanicĉ Insulae.

Venice, c.1713. 105 x 145.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor ink smudge from copper-plate top left, trimmed down to almost plate size, otherwise a good example.
This map of the British Isles was first published by Thoamso Porcacchi. At some stage the plates were sold and acquired by Alphonsus Lasor a Varea who republished in the early 18th century along with other plates by Valgrisi, Ruscelli and other Italian map makers.

£90

PORRO, Girolamo.

L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo. Descritte de Thomaso Porcacchi Da Castiglione...…

Venice, 1576. 260 x 175.
Uncoloured; some soiling, slightly darker in the margins, minor wear, otherwise fair condition.
A highly decorative figured frontispiece/titlepage from the Porcacchi atlas.

£60

POTTER, J.D.

The Lizard and Adjacent Rocks. Surveyed by Capt. G.Williams and Mr J.S.Wells Master. 1851.

London, J.D.Potter, for the Admiralty, 1856. 500 x 615
Coloured; some short tears to folds, mounting tape from old frame on verso, light age-toning from mount, minor spotting, otherwise a very good example.
A superbly detailed chart of the Lizard in Cornwall, with all the hazards, rocks, shoals and depths displayed in fathoms. A fine example of the engravers art, J & C Walker have used clever hatchering to indicate the land-fall and steepness of the cliffs. Inset two profiles of the land-mass.

£340

PTOLEMY, Claudius.

Tertia Africae Tabula.

Rome, Domitius Calderinus, 1478. 280 x 525.
Original colour; printed on two sheets using two plates and joined at some stage, original colour is light, some spotting and soiling, expert restoration to centre of map, old brown tape from an earlier framing, otherwise a good example.
Possibly the earliest map of Northern Africa available today. New copper plates were engraved at Rome for the 1478 edition of Ptolemy's 'Geography', they were more superior in clarity and craftsmanship to those of the earlier Bologna edition. There is evidence that the plates for the 1478 edition were started as early as 1473 or 1474. The printing was done by two skilled German printers; Conrad Sweynheym and his successor Arnold Buckinck. "Until the 1477 edition was definitively dated, this edition was thought to be the oldest engraved atlas. It was printed by Arnoldus Buckinck, and is thought to be the only known book with his imprint. At first the engraving was supervised by a German, Conrad Sweynheym of Main (d. 1477). His method of using a printingpress for the copperplate maps, together with the fine engraving, produced an excellent result. The text was edited by Domitius Calderinus of Verona; he collated various Latin manuscript in the translation by Jacobus Angelus with an ancient Greek Manuscript, which had been emended by Geirgius Gemistus (d. 1450). Calderinus was a careful worker, and his edition had been much admired for the correctness of the text, the fine typography and the brilliant engraving. Christopher Colombus owned a copy of this edition, which he annotated. The run of the edition is not known, but it is considered to be scarce, and is therefore rare and important. ..." (Nordenskiöld)

£3,200

[PTOLEMY, Claudius.].

[TAB. X. Asiae. Hae sunt E Cognitis Totius Orbis Prouincijs seu Prĉfecturis quas decima Asiĉ tabula complectitur. India intra Gangem.]

Lyon, Melchior & Gaspar Treschel, 1535. Printed area 300 x 480.
Uncoloured woodcut; very light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor waterstain to lower margin, otherwise a fine example.
One of the earliest maps to show northern India & Pakistan, using the projection developed by Claudius of Alexandria, c.100 AD. India itself is little more than a small peninsula, and most of the names are unrecognisable. However the courses of the Indus and Ganges are shown to the mountains in the north, albeit rather hypothetically. The title (as above) is on the verso, with Latin text and four finely-engraved decorative pillars as decoration that have in the past been attributed to Albrecht Dürer.

£580

PUFENDORFF, Samuel.

Introduction A L'Histoire.

[Amsterdam, c.1743] 145 x 90.
Uncoloured; short margin at right-hand edge (from binding), bottom right corner torn off, with no loss of printed surface, light age-toning, otherwise good.
An unusual frontispiece from the 'History' by Swedish historian, Baron von Samual Pufendorff, professor at the University of Heidelberg.

£18

PYNE, W H.

The Costume of Great Britain.

London, William Miller, 1808. 280 x 140.
Original colour; minor nicks and tears to edges.
Five London 'Beefeaters' two of which are playing checkers.

£28

QUAD, Matthias.

Europa.

Cologne, Johan Bussemacher, 1600. 195 x 260.
Uncoloured; slight marginal waterstaining, otherwise very good.
A fine map of Europe, similar in style to that of Ortelius and retaining the mythical Atlantic islands of Brasil and Demar.

£450

QUAD, Matthias.

Regni Hispaniae post omium editiones locupletissima descriptio.

Cologne, John Bussemacher, 1592. 190 x 270.
Uncoloured; minor age-toning of paper and other marginal staining, overall very good.
A fine map of the Iberian Peninsular, engraved by Henricus Nagel, who apparently only engraved for this atlas.

£260

QUAD, Matthias.

Palaestina Qvae et Terra Sancta vel Terra Promissionis, particularis.

Cologne, John Bussemacher, 1592-1600. 200 x 285.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning of paper and minor marginal staining, small slightly darker stain at centrefold. otherwise very good condition.
A map of Palestine on both sides of the Jordan, the shore line running from "Berytus" as far as the Nile Delta. Inset text in box top left regarding Jerusalem. Although on a smaller scale this map of the area follows closely the Abraham Ortelius "Palestine" after Tilemann Stella.

£380

QUAD, Matthias.

Islandia.

Cologne, John Bussemacher, 1592-1600. 225 x 285.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning of paper and other marginal staining, overall very good.
A fine decorative map of Iceland, very similar but a reduced version of the famous map by Abraham Ortelius, with many types of serpents and monsters filling the sea area.

£1,200

QUAD, Matthias.

Hispaniae Novĉ sive Magnae vera descriptio.

Cologne, John Bussemacher, 1592-1600. 210 x 295.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning of paper and minor marginal staining, otherwise very good condition.
An early map of Mexico engraved by Matthias Quad.

£310

QUAD, Matthias.

Polvs Arcticus sive Tract, Septentrionalis.

Cologne, John Bussemacher, 1592-1600. 215 x 275.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning of paper and minor marginal staining, otherwise very good to fine condition.
A classic representation of the North Pole after Gerard Mercator, with circular medallion maps in three corners, that of Shetland Islands, Faroe Islands and the mythical island of Frisland. As with the earlier map, there is the misconception of the large land-mass and the two islands "invented" for true north and magnetic north.

£680

QUAD, Matthias.

Septentrio:nalium Reg:ionvm Svet:iĉ, Gothiĉ, Norvegiĉ, Daniĉ &.

Cologne, John Bussemacher, 1592-1600. 220 x 305.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning of paper and minor marginal staining, otherwise very good condition.
An early map of Scandinavia, shows Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

£420

QUAD, Matthias.

Corsica.

Cologne, John Bussemacher, 1592-1600. 230 x 310.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning of paper and minor marginal staining, one small brown stain on the map, otherwise fine condition.
A fine map of Corsica probably engraved by Matthias Quad.

£320

QUAD, Matthias.

Septentrio:nalium Reg:ionvm Svet:iĉ, Gothiĉ, Norvegiĉ, Daniĉ &.

Cologne, John Bussemacher, 1592-1620. 220 x 305.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning of paper and minor marginal staining, otherwise very good condition.
An early map of Scandinavia, shows Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

£385

RAMUSIO, Giovanni Battista.

Isola Spagnuola.

Venice, 1565. 175 x 275.
Woodblock; light stain in the sea area and other minor staining, very light show through of text, otherwise a good example.
An earlier version of this map was published in the 1534 edition of ' Della Naviationi et viaggi', one of the earliest printed maps of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The sea is decorated with ships, sea monsters.

£235

RAMUSIO, Giovanni Battista.

[No title.].

Venice, 1565. 275 x 175.
Woodblock; minor staining, very light show through of text, otherwise a good example.
An early impression of the ancient city of Mexico from ' Della Naviationi et viaggi'.

£275

RAVENSTEIN, E.G.

Map of the South-Western Portion of the United States and of Sonora and Chihuahua to illustrate the paper by Dr W. A. Bell.

London, 1870. 225 x 370.
Original coloured lithograph; very light age-toning, otherwise a fine example.
A map showing parts of Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Texas and Kansas and also the whole of Nevada, Utah, California, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. Shows the route of Dr Bell 1867-68. Published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by J. Murray.

£45

[REILLY, Franz Johann Joseph von.]

Die Insel Anglesey.

Vienna, 1789-. 220 x 335.
Original colour; fine.
A detailed map of the Isle of Anglesey. UNCOMMON.

£190

[REILLY, Franz Johann Joseph von.]

Die Insel Anglesey.

Vienna, 1789-. 220 x 335.
Original outline colour; very minor marginal soiling and trimmed close on the left, but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, otherwise very good.
A detailed map of the Isle of Anglesey.

£170

[REILLY, Franz Johann Joseph von.]

Die Insel Guernsey.

Vienna, 1789. 190 x 330.
Original colour; slight soiling to edges of margins, otherwise fine.
A map of the islands of Guernsey, Herme and Sark.

£190

[REILLY, Franz Johann Joseph von.]

Die Insel Jersey.

Vienna, 1789. 205 x 330.
Original colour; fine condition.
The island of Jersey.

£210

[REILLY, Franz Johann Joseph von.]

Die Insel Anglesey.

Vienna, 1789-. 220 x 335.
Original colour; very light age toning to edges of margins and a short printers crease above the title, otherwise fine condition.
A detailed map of the Isle of Anglesey.

£170

REILLY, Franz, Johann von.

Die Englĉndischen Inseln.

Vienna, 1789. 240 x 315.
Original colour; light marginal staining and minor spotting, otherwise a fine example.
A map of the Channel Islands.

£210

REILLY, Franz, Johann von.

Die Inseln Jersey.

Vienna, 1789. 200 x 335.
Original colour; light marginal staining and minor spotting, otherwise a fine example.
A map of the island of Jersey.

£240

REILLY, Franz, Johann von.

Die Insel Jersey.

Vienna, 1789. 195 x 335.
Original colour; light marginal staining and minor spotting, otherwise a fine example.
The island of Jersey.

£230

ROCQUE, John.

The Islands of Guernsey and Jersey.

London, 1699. 160 x 200.
Original outline colour; light age-toning and minor soiling, otherwise a very good example.
Four small maps on one sheet, the largest showing the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, with Alderney and the Scilly Islands on the two smaller maps. From "The Small British Atlas".

£120

ROSS, Capt. John - ROSS, Commander James Clark

To His Most Excellent Majesty William Ivth. King of Great Britain, Ireland &c. This Chart of the Discoveries made in the Arctic Regions, in 1829, 30, 31, 32 & 33.

[London], 1834. 440 x 600.
Original colour; restored and backed with archival tissue, large tear (repaired), short tears to margins (repaired), section of margin missing top right, some print offset and discolouration, otherwise presentable condition.
A highly interesting map of the Arctic regions centred around Boothia Felix and King William's Land. The ill fated Franklin expedition took along with them not only the latest technology, but also the latest maps available. Many of these being Admiralty charts by John Arrowsmith & Co. Unfortunately, the latest surveys of the area that Franklin would be exploring contained grave errors which would ultimately seal his fate. The first error was that of James Ross who, in his trip to what he called "King William Land" on the Ross Expedition of 1829-33, required that they traverse both land and water, in many cases mistaking water for land. As a consequence the only viable "Northwest Passage," which lay to the east of King William, was falsely regarded as a dead-end bay, shown on maps as "Poctes Bay" (including this one). Ross came to the conclusion that King William's Land was an extension of Boothia, shown here. Both James and his uncle Sir John Ross persisted in the equally false notion that the "Gulf of Boothia," named by them after their sponsor (Booth's Gin), opened out into the waters at the mouth of the Great Fish River.

£230

ROSSI, Giacomo Giovanni.

L' India di qua e di la dal Gange oue sono li Stati del G. Mogol e parte del Imperio del fu prete Iann...…

Rome, 1683. 420 x 530.
Dark impression.
A fine map of northern India, extending from Pakistan to Bhutan and across to Burma.

£320

ROSSI, Giacomo.

Veteris Hispaniĉ Tabulam. A Nicolao Sanson Vvlgatam.

Rome, 1710. 415 x 530.
Uncoloured; light marginal age-toning, otherwise a fine example..
The map of ancient Spain and Portugal, showing the Balearic Islands. Possibly engraved by Antonio Barbey and published in the Rossi atlas of 1715.

£280

ROSSI, Giacomo.

La Spagna.

Rome, 1696. 405 x 525.
Uncoloured; three old wax stains and minor spotting, light age-toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise very good.
A map of Spain and Portugal, showing the Balearic Islands. Possibly engraved by Antonio Barbey and published in the Rossi atlas of 1715.

£340

ROSSI, Giacomo.

Il Regno di Portogallo descritto da Giacomo Cantelli de Viga.

Rome, 1692. 430 x 545.
Uncoloured; cut close at lowre margin by the binder with no loss of printed line border, light staining (probably oil or leather) to lower section of map, other minor expert repairs, otherwise good condition.
Southern Portugal with the Algarve shown in some datail. Engraved by Antonio Barbey and published in the Rossi atlas of 1715.

£230

ROSSI, Giacomo.

L'Africa. Nuovamente corretta et accresciuta secondo le relationi piu moderne da Guglielmo Sansone.

Rome, 1677. 400 x 545.
Coloured; signs of old water stain in the centre of the map, now really only visible from the verso, hardly visible from the front, otherwise a good example.
A fine and uncommon map of Africa, with decorative cartouche top right. NOT IN TOOLEY or NORWICH.

£680

ROUX, Joseph.

Malaga.

Marseilles, 1764. 130 x 200.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning and soiling to margins, otherwise a fine dark impression.
A birds-eye plan of the port of Malaga, the harbour defences are shown, together with the light-houses around the coast. Safe anchorage and depths in fathoms shown.

£54

RUSCELLI, Girolamo.

Anglia et Hibernia Nova.

Venice, 1561. 195 x 255.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning and minor waterstaining to margins, slightly darker to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.
The modern map of the British Isles from the 'Geographia' is based closely on the George Lily map of 1546, but with many place names omitted in this reduced version.
SHIRLEY: Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477-1650. 68. [Plate 36]

£340

RUSCELLI, Girolamo.

Anglia et Hibernia Nova.

Venice, 1561. 195 x 255.
Uncoloured; light surface soiling, two pieces of brown tape on verso from when the map was framed, otherwise a fine example and a dark impression.
The modern map of the British Isles from the 'Geographia' is based closely on the George Lily map of 1546, but with many place names omitted in this reduced version.
SHIRLEY: Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477-1650. # 68. [Plate 36]

£320

RUSCELLI, Girolamo.

Anglia et Hibernia Nova.

Venice, 1598. 190 x 255.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning and minor waterstaining to margins, slightly darker to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.
Originally published in 1561 as the modern map of the British Isles from the 'Geographia' , based closely on the George Lily map of 1546. This edition, a further issue (state 2), with Italian text on the verso and with a ship and sea monsters added to the plate.
SHIRLEY: Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477-1650. #217. [Plate 79]

£280