JODE, Gerard de.
Barbaria pars Africae, Comprae: hendens praecipua Loca versus littoria Maris Mediterranei.
Antwerp, 1578. 355 x 455.
Fine dark impression, loss of paper in the sea area, expertly repaired and
re-instated, hardly noticable from the front.
From the 'Speculum Orbis Terrarum'.Two maps on one sheet of the north
Africa coast from The Holy Land to Western Sahara. Shows, Morocco,Tunisia,
Libya and Egypt. Decorated with ships and animals, including a lion and an elephant. 03401.
£850
S.D.U.K.
Ancient Egypt.
London, Baldwin & Craddock, 1831. 365 X 305.
Original outline colour; very minor foxing and marginal staining. Two small holes in left-hand margin due to binding with no loss. Egypt with the ancient names, Memphis, Ptolemais and Apollonopolis.
Engraved by J & C Walker.
£28
S.D.U.K.
Egypt.
London, George Cox, 1853. 380 x 300.
Original outline colour.
Egypt with inset of the continuation of the Nile into Nubia. Many
interesting places marked including an ancient canal from Cairo to the Gulf of
Suez, copper mines and of course many burial grounds, tombs and pyramids.
Engraved by J & C Walker.
£36
VAUGONDY, G. Robert de.
Congo Cafrerie.
Paris, C.F. Delamarche, 1806. 245 x 280.
Original outline colour.
A map of South Africa with decorative title cartouche and inset map of what is now Somalia.
A map of South Africa with decorative title cartouche and inset map of what is now Somalia.
£140
HOMANN, Johann Baptist.
Statuum Marocca Norum Regnorum nempe Fessani, Maroccani, Tafiletani et Segelomessani.
Nurnberg, c.1730. 485 x 560.
Original body colour; very slight centrefold glue stain but otherwise very good.
Morocco, with insets of Marocco (Marrakech) and Mequinetz (Meknes). Highly decorative figured cartouche top left. Also shows
the Canary Islands in some detail and another inset of Madera.
£460
MOLL, Hermann.
St Helena; The Bay of Agoa de Saldanha.
London, 1735. 275 x 205.
Original colour; minor marginal faults but otherwise good.
Two maps on one sheet, from Moll's "Atlas Minor".
£190
DAPPER, Dr. Olivier.
St Helene.
Amsterdam, c.1676. 245 x 315.
Uncoloured; fine dark impression, signs of old creases.
A finely engraved birds-eye plan of the island, with key
to locations decorated with cherubs and garlands of fruit. From the German
translation of the works of Montanus.
£110
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
BLAEU, Joan.
Fezzæ et Marocchi Regna Africæ Celeberrima, describebat Abrah: Ortelius.
Amsterdam, 1655, Latin text edition. 380 x 500.
Fine old colour, possibly 1750 - 80; superb condition overall, a liberal
amount of gum-arabic has been used in the colouring process, which gives a unique appearance, extremely well coloured.
A decorative map of Morocco, naming Marruecos (Marrakech), Fez and Tanger (Tangier).
£380
COVENS, Jean & MORTIER, Corneille.
Carte du Congo et du Pays Des Cafres.
Amsterdam, 1730. 500 x 610.
Original outline colour; slight water stain to lower part of centrefold, otherwise good.
A Dutch edition of De L'Isle's map of Africa south of the equator, published 1708. TOOLEY: Africa p.72.
£420
BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.
Carte de l'Isle de Bourbon autrefois Mascareigne.
Paris, 1758. 205 x 240.
Uncoloured; very slight age-toning, otherwise very good.
Map of Réunion, from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'.
£85
HONDIUS, Henricus.
Barbaria.
Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius, 1636, English text edition. 355 x 470.
Original colour; minor defects mostly confined to the lower part of centrefold and slight soiling to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
A fine map of the Barbary coast (Northern Africa), from Morocco to the Nile Delta. Two smaller maps occupy the lower part of the sheet, Tunes and the Nile Delta in more detail. Translated into English by Henry Hexham - Quatermaster to the Regiment of Colonel Goring. UNCOMMON. KOEMAN: Me 41A.
£210
HONDIUS, Henricus.
Fessæ et Marocchi Regna.
Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius, 1636, English text edition. 360 x 480.
Original colour; minor defects mostly confined to the lower part of centrefold and slight soiling to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
A fine map of Morocco and Western Sahara, showing the Canaries and Madeira. Inset map of Penõn de Velez (Al-Hoceima). Translated into English by Henry Hexham - Quatermaster to the Regiment of Colonel Goring. UNCOMMON. KOEMAN: Me 41A.
£450
DU VAL, Pierre.
Isles Terçeres dites Açores.
Paris, 1676. 105 x 125.
Uncoloured; fine condition.
An uncommon miniature map of the Azores with a beautifully engraved sailing vessel in the bottom left corner. From 'La Géographie Universelle'.
£95
DU VAL, Pierre.
Isles Terçeres dites Açores.
Paris, 1663. 105 x 125.
Original outline colour; very slight age-toning to centrefold otherwise fine condition.
An uncommon miniature map of the Azores with a beautifully engraved sailing vessel in the bottom left corner. From 'La Géographie Universelle'.
£110
DU VAL, Pierre.
Isles Canaries
Paris, 1676. 100 x 123.
Uncoloured; fine condition.
An uncommon miniature map of the Canary Islands. From 'La Géographie Universelle'.
£160
TALLIS, John.
Northern Africa.
London, John Tallis & Co., c.1851. 250 x 340.
Original outline colour; very minor marginal spotting, otherwise a fine unfolded example.
With engraved vignettes including panoramas of Marocco, Tunis and Algiers.
£38
TALLIS, John.
Islands in the Atlantic.
London, John Tallis & Co.1851. 350 x 245.
Original outline colour; marginal soiling just effecting lower brinted border and light spotting, otherwise very good.
The Azores, Canaries, Cape Verde Islands, Madeira and Bermuda, with several engraved vignette views.
£85
GIBSON, John.
Barbary.
London, 1792. 65 x 95.
Uncoloured; brown stain in upper margin, otherwise fine condition.
Two miniature maps on one sheet, showing the whole of the north coast of Africa. From the 'Atlas Minimus', drawn and engraved by John Gibson , revised, corrected and improved by Emanuel Bowen.
£21
GIBSON, John.
Egypt, Nubia and Abissinia.
London, 1792. 95 x 65.
Uncoloured; minor brown stain to left margin, otherwise fine.
A miniature map of Egypt, showing the Nile. From the 'Atlas Minimus', drawn and engraved by John Gibson , revised, corrected and improved by Emanuel Bowen.
£32
HONDIUS, Henricus.
Afircæ nova Tabula.
Amsterdam, Johannes Jansson, 1642, French text edition. 380 x 500.
Full original colour; minor staining at the edges of the margins, and slight signs of an old crease at the centrefold, otherwise a very good example.
A highly decorative map of the continent, with many sailing vessels, flying fish and sea serpents filling the blank spaces in the oceans. This one is dated 1631 in the cartouche, although Norwich only records a dated 1641 example.
KOEMAN: Me 100 A. NORWICH: 'Maps of Africa', map 34.
£1,100
MERCATOR, Gerard - HONDIUS, Henricus.
Aethiopia inferior, vel exterior.
Amsterdam, Johannes Jansson, 1642, French text edition. 385 x 500.
Full original colour; minor marginal staining at the edges, slight oxidisation of the blue used in the sea area, otherwise a very good example.
A map of South Africa, with decorative cartouche on an animal skin held aloft by two natives, one with a bow and the other a spear.
KOEMAN: Me 100 A.
£560
DIEN, Charles.
Ile Ste. Hélène.
Paris, c.1819. 350 x 410 not including text.
Uncoloured; very slight age toning, old guard attached on the left-hand side, otherwise good.
A broadsheet map of the island of St Helena. There is a reference in the text to Bonaparte's departure from Falmouth on 11th August 1815 on board the vessel Northumberland. UNCOMMON.
£390
SPEED, John.
Africæ, described, the manners of their Habits, and buildings: newly done into English by J.S.
London, George Humble, 1627-. 390 x 510.
Fine colouring; very slight discolouration to lower centrefold, slight age-toning to edges of margins, and some tiny worm holes to the lower half of the map, mainly in the sea area and only visible when held up to the light, otherwise a very good example.
Engraved by Abraham Goos for Speed's Prospect of the World, this map has eight bird's-eye views of cities and ten costume vignettes.
TOOLEY: p.113-4; NORWICH: 30 - "the first map of Africa by an Englishman".
£2,650
BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.
Carte de L'Isle de Bourbon, autrefois Mascarigne.
Paris, c.1750. 210 x 250.
Uncoloured; signs of old vertical fold, otherwise very good.
Map of Réunion, from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'.
£68
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
TALLIS, John.
Natal and Kaffraria.
London, London Printing & Publishing Co., 1851. 360 x 250.
Original outline colour; very minor marginal soiling, otherwise fine example without centrefold..
With two vignettes; a view of Durban and Port Natal.
£75
ZATTA, Antonio.
L'Egitto Antico e Moderno.
Venice, 1784. 420 x 310.
Original colour; light marginal staining, sign of old vertical crease near centrefold, manuscript annotation in upper margin, otherwise a good example.
Egypt, the Nile and the Red Sea with decorative title cartouche. From 'Atlante Novissimo'.
£98
ZATTA, Antonio.
La Guinea Occidentale che contiene le Isole di Capo Verde il Senegal la Costa Propriamente detta della Guinea.
Venice, 1784. 420 x 315.
Original colour; very light marginal staining, otherwise a fine example.
A map of Western Africa, covering the area now known as Senagal, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and of course Guinea. From 'Atlante Novissimo'.
£120
ZATTA, Antonio.
La Guinea Orientale che contiene li Regni di Loango, Congo, Angola e Benguela.
Venice, 1784. 405 x 310.
Original colour; very light marginal staining, otherwise a fine example.
A map of Western Africa, covering the area now known as Nigeria, Cameroon Gabon and Congo. From 'Atlante Novissimo'.
£140
ZATTA, Antonio.
Parte della Costa Orientale dell' Africa con l'Isola di Madagascar e le Carte particolari dell'Isole di Francia e di Borbon.
Venice, 1784. 315 x 405.
Original colour; very light marginal staining, otherwise a fine example.
Three maps on one sheet, the main one of Madagascar and the east coast of Africa, the insets of Isle Bourbon and Mauritius. From 'Atlante Novissimo'.
£210
BLAEU, Guiljemus.
Fezzæ et Marocchi regna Africæ celeberrima, describebat Abrah: Ortelius.
Amsterdam, 1642, German text edition. 385 x 500.
Fine original colour; overall fine condition.
A decorative map of Morocco, naming Marruecos (Marrakech), Fez and Tanger (Tangier).
KOEMAN: Bl 32 A.
£320
HOMANN HEIRS.
Topographica Representatio Barbarica Portus et Urbis Munitæ Oran una cvm...…
Nurnberg, 1732. 460 x 545.
Original body colour; light marginal soiling, otherwise very good.
A map of the old port of Oran, now Wahran in Algeria. Top section shows a detailed map of the location along the coast and the lower section shows a prospect, with many types of sailing vessel displayed.
£210
HOMANN, Johan Baptist.
Ægyptus Hodierna Ex Itinerario Celeberrimi Viri. Pauli Lucæ...
Nuremberg, c.1730. 565 x 470.
Original body colour; very light marginal soiling, otherwise a good strong impression.
A map of contemporary Egypt, with vignette representations of the Pyramids, Sphinx, Mummies, etc., an interesting feature is the cataract of the River Nile. Drawn by Homann's son Johann Christoph.
£320
HOMANN, Johann Baptist.
Statuum Marocca Norum Regnorum nempe Fessani, Maroccani, Tafiletani et Segelomessani.
Nurnberg, c.1730. 480 x 560.
Original body colour; slight marginal water staining, just affecting the printed area in places, signs of old printers creases, otherwsie good.
Morocco, with insets of Marocco (Marrakech) and Mequinetz (Meknes). Highly decorative figured cartouche top left. Also shows the Canary Islands in some detail and another inset of Madeira.
£320
SPEED, John.
Africæ, described, the manners of their Habits, and buildings: newly done into English by J.S.
London, Bassett & Chiswell, 1627-76. 395 x 515.
Finely coloured; some expert restoration to lower part of centrefold, short printers crease, small light wax stain on the Nile, otherwise a very good example.
Engraved by Abraham Goos for Speed's Prospect of the World, this map has eight bird's-eye views of cities and ten costume vignettes. On the verso is a two-page English text "The Description of Africa".
TOOLEY: p.113-4; NORWICH: 30 - "the first map of Africa by an Englishman".
£2,800
BERTIUS, Petrus.
Insula & Arx Mosambique.
Amsterdam, Judocus Hondius, 1616. 95 x 135.
Uncoloured; very light overall age-toning and minor marginal staining, otherwise fine condition.
An uncommon miniature map of the island of Mosambique (Ilha de Moçambique). Highly decorated with a splendid sailing vessel, fishing boats, sea monsters and fruits. Possibly engraved by Salomon Rogiers.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 99.
£130
BERTIUS, Petrus.
Sancta Helena.
Amsterdam, Judocus Hondius, 1616. 95 x 135.
Uncoloured; very light overall age-toning and minor marginal staining, otherwise fine condition.
An uncommon miniature map of the island of Saint Helena. Possibly engraved by Salomon Rogiers.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 99.
£150
BERTIUS, Petrus.
Insula St. Thomæ.
Amsterdam, Judocus Hondius, 1616. 95 x 135.
Uncoloured; very light overall age-toning and minor marginal staining, otherwise fine condition.
An uncommon miniature map of the island of Saint Thomas (Sao Tome), incorrectly shown with the Equator running through the centre of the island. Possibly engraved by Salomon Rogiers.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 99.
£120
BERTIUS, Petrus.
Tercera.
Amsterdam, Judocus Hondius, 1616. 95 x 135.
Uncoloured; very light overall age-toning and minor marginal staining, otherwise fine condition.
A miniature map of the Island of Tercera (Terceira) in the Azores. Possibly engraved by Salomon Rogiers. Uncommon.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 99.
£90
SANSON, Nicholas.
D'Eilanden van Capo Verde. De kust en't Landt der Negeren.
Paris, 1656-1705. 200 x 285.
Uncoloured; light marginal age-toning and one minor nick well away from platemark, otherwise fine condition.
A map of West Africa and the Cape Verde Islands engraved by A de Winter and published in the Dutch edition of the small atlas by Nicholas Sanson.
£85
AA, Pieter van der.
Le Cap de Bonne Esperance.
Leiden, 1729. 260 x 385.
Uncoloured; light brown stain in left printed border, short printers crease in the bottom left corner, trimmed to edge of line border at the top, otherwise a good example.
A fine detailed map of the Cape of Good Hope and area, from Saldanha to False Bay. There is another edition of the map without the engraved picture frame border, but this example was probably published in van der Aa's "Galérie Agréable du Monde", a 66-volume opus, the map is within a separately-printed border, engraved to look like a decorated picture-frame. Hatching around the map gives it a realistic raised perspective. This series of maps is evidence that the cartographers knew the decorative value of their works.
£210
SANSON, Nicholas.
Africa of Lybien aan geene zyde, waar in leggen Saara of de Woestyne, 't Landt der Zwarten, Guinee, enz.
Paris, c.1705. 180 x 290.
Uncoloured; light marginal age-toning and one minor nick well away from platemark, otherwise fine condition.
A map of West Africa and the Canary Islands, probably engraved by A de Winter and published in the Dutch edition of the small atlas by Nicholas Sanson.
£85
SANSON, Nicholas.
T Koninkryk van Congo, enz.
Paris, c.1680. 203 x 278.
Coloured; short centrefold split, repaired, light print offsetting, otherwise good conditiion.
A map of West Africa and the area of Gabon, Congo and Zaire.
£68
CLAESZ, Cornelius - BERTIUS, Petrus.
Abissinorum Imperium.
Amsterdam, c.1609. 90 x 125.
Uncoloured; light marginal soiling and staining, otherwise a fine example.
A fine miniature map of Abissinia covering the area known as the Kingdom of Prester John, possibly engraved by Petrus Kaerius and probably published in the 'Map Treasury'. Latin text on verso. RARE.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps pp.80 - 82.
£110
CLAESZ, Cornelius - BERTIUS, Petrus.
I.S.Lauretij.
Amsterdam, c.1609. 90 x 125.
Uncoloured; light marginal soiling and staining, otherwise a fine example.
A fine miniature map of the island of Madagascar, one of four maps in the atlas engraved by Benjamin Wright and probably published in the 'Map Treasury'. Latin text on verso. RARE.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps pp.80 - 82.
£160
CLAESZ, Cornelius - BERTIUS, Petrus.
Insulæ & Ars Mosambique.
Amsterdam, c.1609. 90 x 125.
Uncoloured; light marginal soiling and staining, otherwise a fine example.
A fine miniature map of the island of Mozambique, engraved by Petrus Kaerius and probably published in the 'Map Treasury'. Latin text on verso. RARE.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps pp.80 - 82.
£120
CLAESZ, Cornelius - BERTIUS, Petrus.
Sancta Helena.
Amsterdam, c.1609. 90 x 125.
Uncoloured; light marginal soiling and staining, otherwise a fine example.
A fine miniature map of the island of Saint Helena, engraved by Benjamin Wright and probably published in the 'Map Treasury'. Latin text on verso. RARE.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps pp.80 - 82.
£150
VALEGIO, Francesco.
Algier. Fortificato Di Novo MD LXXI.
Venice, 1595. 85 x 120.
Uncoloured; light water staining, mainly to margins, otherwise a fine dark impression.
A miniature map-view of the Port of Algiers. One of only six views by Martin Rota published in 'Raccolta di le piv illustri et famose citta di tutto il mondo'. Similar in size to the views by Francesco Valegio, but not in appearance.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, 2nd edition, pp. 76-77.
£120
VALEGIO, Francesco.
Cairo.
Venice, 1595. 85 x 135.
Uncoloured; light water staining, mainly to margins, otherwise a fine dark impression.
A miniature map-view of Cairo. From 'Raccolta di le piv illustri et famose citta di tutto il mondo'.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, 2nd edition, pp. 76-77.
£130
[L'ISLE, Guillaume de.].
Carta Geografica del Capo di Buona Speranza.
Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1740. 335 x 430.
Uncoloured; light centrefold toning due to guard paste, very light print offset and minor marginal staining, otherwise a fine example.
A detailed map of the Cape of Good Hope from 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'. Decorative cartouche shows an elephant and two species of rhinosaurus.
£340
HONDIUS, Judocus.
Africæ nova Tabula.
Amsterdam, Joannes Jansson, 1632. 410 x 560.
Finely coloured; expert repair to lower centrefold split (hardly noticable), very light marginal soiling, otherwise a fine example.
This map of Africa by Jodocus Hondius is similar to the earlier plate of 1623, the date has been altered and the lower border removed. It also lacks the line border, which could lead to the conclusion that it was done before the 1623 plate and the date was altered later. There is also a possibility that the lower border of views broke off at some stage. This example was probably published in a composite atlas. Not listed in Norwich or Tooley, reference on maps of Africa. RARE.
£3,200
LAPIE, Pierre & Alexandre Émile.
Carte de la Syrie et de L'Egypte Anciennes.
Paris, 1838. 555 x 400.
Original outline colour; light overall age toning, short centrefold split (repaired) and well away from printed surface, light spotting, mainly to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
A detailed lithographic map of the Middle East prepared by Pierre Tardieu. Covers southern Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, The Holy Land and Egypt.
£45
BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Franz.
Algerii sarace norum urbis fortis simæ. In Numidia Africæ provincia...…
Cologne, 1574-. 350 x 495.
Fine original colour; with some modern embellishment, some soiling and staining to the margins, small area of paper loss and repaired tear to upper part of centrefold, visible when held up to the light, light staining to centrefold and other minor soiling, otherwise quite good.
The Capital of Algieria, Algiers. Published in Vol. II of Braun & Hogenberg's 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first collection of town plans. A splendid view of the walled city and port, extensive key below gives all the important landmarks and locations.
£390
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
L'ISLE, Guillaume de.
L'Afrique Dressée sur les Observations de Mrs. De l'Académie Royale des Sciences et quelques autres sur les Mémoires les plus recens.
Paris, 1700-. 450 x 580.
Original outline colour; light age-toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a fine example.
A fine map of Africa designed by N. Guérard. Decorative title cartouche, with a herd of elephants, a native astride a crocodile and a native horseman chasing an ostrich. The imprint below the cartouche indicating a later edition has been crudely erased. The River Niger is no longer joined to the River Nile as Tooley states in his book.
NORWICH: Maps of Africa, Map 59.
£590
L'ISLE, Guillaume de.
Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cafres.
Paris, 1708-. 490 x 625.
Original outline colour; light age-toning to the edges of the margins, trimmed close at upper margin with no loss of printed surface, otherwise a good example.
A map of Southern Africa and Madagascar.
£420
L'ISLE, Guillaume de.
Carte de la Barbaries de la Nigritie et de la Guinée.
Paris, 1700-. 495 x 620.
Original outline colour; light age-toning to the edges of the margins, trimmed close at lower margin with no loss of printed surface, otherwise a good example.
A map of Western Africa. Also shows the Cape Verde Islands and the Canaries.
£230
TALLIS, John.
Western Africa.
London, John Tallis & Company, 1851. 255 x 345.
Original outline colour; very light age-toning to margins, otherwise a fine example.
With engraved vignettes including a panorama of Sierra Leone.
£62
TALLIS, John.
Cape Colony.
London, John Tallis & Company, 1851. 255 x 325.
Original outline colour; very minor marginal age-toning, otherwise a fine example.
With engraved vignettes including a view of Cape Town.
£120
L'ISLE, Guillaume de.
In Notitiam Ecclesiasticam Africæ Tabula Geographica.
Paris, 1700. 485 x 640.
Original outline colour; light age-toning and soiling to the margins, otherwise a good example.
A decorative map of Ecclesiastical Northern Africa, shows the coast from Morocco to Libya. Also shows the Iberian Peninsular, the Balearic Islands, Sardinia, Corsica, Italy, Sicily and Malta.
£130
CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham.
Carte du Royaume de Congo, du Monomotapa et de la Cafrerie.
Amsterdam, c.1719. 405 x 520.
Uncoloured; dark impression, very small hole repaired in the lower border, otherwise fine condition.
A fine detailed map of Southern Africa.
£340
CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham.
Carte de la Barbarie, Nigritie et de la Guinée avec les Pays Voisins.
Amsterdam, c.1719. 400 x 510.
Uncoloured; dark impression, fine condition.
A fine map of Western Africa, shows the islands of the Canaries, Cape Verde, Madeira and the Azores.
£280
SPEED, John.
Africæ, described, the manners of their Habits, and buildings: newly done into English by J.S.
London, Bassett & Chiswell, 1627-76. 395 x 515.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, incorrect text printed on verso "The Description of America", otherwise a superb example of the 1676 edition on thicker paper; a dark impression.
Engraved by Abraham Goos for Speed's Prospect of the World, this map has eight bird's-eye views of cities and ten costume vignettes. On the verso is a two-page English text "The Description of America", it is not clear if the text was incorrectly printed or the map, but it does show that the binder gathered up the maps when folded in preperation of assembling the atlas.
TOOLEY: p.113-4; NORWICH: 30 - "the first map of Africa by an Englishman".
£2,650
SPEED, John.
Africæ, described, the manners of their Habits, and buildings: newly done into English by J.S.
London, Bassett & Chiswell, 1627-76. 395 x 515.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, soiling to lower margin, well away from printed area, two short marginal tears, one just effecting platemark, but hardly noticable, otherwise a superb example of the 1676 edition on thicker paper; a dark impression.
Engraved by Abraham Goos for Speed's Prospect of the World, this map has eight bird's-eye views of cities and ten costume vignettes. On the verso is a two-page English text "The Description of Africa".
TOOLEY: p.113-4; NORWICH: 30 - "the first map of Africa by an Englishman".
£2,950
DE WIT, Frederick.
Nova Africa Descriptio.
Amsterdam, c.1670. 440 x 560.
Original colour; light soiling mainly to the margins, otherwise a fine example.
A highly decorative carte-a-figures map of the African Continent. The side borders show native figures and six town plans are diplayed across the top border, they include; Alexandria, Alger, Tunis and Tanger. Tooley states in his book: "Apparently it was issued in small numbers as the map has always been scarce".
NOT IN NORWICH. TOOLEY: Mapping of Africa, pp.123-125 plate 93.
£3,400
SCHEDEL, Hartmann.
Alexandria.
Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 1493. German text. 145 x 225.
Woodcut; uncoloured, minor staining and marginal defects, small section of blank paper missing in the lower border, without loss of printed surface, otherwise good.
Woodcut of Alexandria in Egypt. The same woodcut is used several times throughout the book to illustrate other towns and cities. From the 'Nuremberg Chronicle' by Hartman Schedel (1440-1514). One of the earliest examples of printed incunabula available.
£90
BLAEU, Joan.
Aethiopia Inferior vel Exterior...
Amsterdam, 1650, Dutch text edition. 380 x 500.
Fine original colour; some age-toning, otherwise very good.
A fine map of South Africa. The title bottom right is displayed on an ox skin, supported by two figures. It covers an area from Congo to Zanzibar and southward to the Cape, with the coastal names mainly in Portuguese. This was the standard map of South Africa throughout the 17th century.
£580
BLAEU, Joan.
Fezzæ et Marocchi Regna Africæ Celeberrima describebat Abrah: Ortelius.
Amsterdam, 1642, German text edition. 385 x 500.
Fine original colour; very light age-toning and one or two small brown spots (probably caused by rust), otherwise a fine example.
A decorative map of Fez and Marocco, showing the Straits of Gibraltar. Figured cartouche and sailing ships add to the overall appeal.
£320
BLAEU, Willem.
Aethiopia Superior vel Interior; vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiteri Ioannis Imperium.
Amsterdam, 1642, German text edition. 385 x 500.
Fine original colour; minor age-toning to the edges of margins, one or two light brown spots (probably caused by rust), otherwise a fine example.
Central Africa and the Kingdom of Prester John. Native figured title cartouche. The interior of the map is decorated with elephants, ostriches and a monkey. From the German text edition of Bleau's atlas.
£420
BERTIUS, Petrus.
Sancta Helena.
Amsterdam, 1600 -, Latin text. 95 x 125.
Uncoloured; very light age toning, minor show through of text from verso, otherwise a very good example.
A miniature map of St. Helena, engraved by Benjamin Wright and published by Cornelius Claesz in his 'Map Treasury', or more likely a later edition of 1610 'Thrésor de Cartes'.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp.81 - 82.
£160
S.D.U.K.
West Africa II.
London, Baldwin & Cradock, 1833. 320 x 400.
Original outline colour; light toning and soiling to the margins, otherwise a good example.
A map of Western Africa, showing the area from the Bight of Benin to the Bight of Biafra and inland to Lake Chad. Published by Chapman & Hall (1844) for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and engraved by J & C Walker.
£28
S.D.U.K.
West Africa I.
London, Baldwin & Cradock, 1833. 320 x 400.
Original outline colour; light toning and soiling to the margins, otherwise a good example.
A map of Western Africa, showing the area from Mauritania to Nigeria. Published by Chapman & Hall (1844) for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and engraved by J & C Walker.
£26
DE LA ROCHETTE, Louis S. D'Arcy.
Das Vorgebirg der Guten Hofnung Verfasst von Herrn L.S. de la Rochette.
Vienna, F.A. Schaembl, 1789. 510 x 330.
Coloured, possibly original; signs of old folds, minor spotting, otherwise overall good condition with large margins.
An uncommon Austrian version of the map first published by Faden, 1782. The map is detailed, even naming some of the early Dutch settlers, and has a large cartouche of mounted Europeans hunting elephants with lances.
TOOLEY: Maps of Africa, Plate 30, for 1st edition.
£480
BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.
Carte des Isles du Cap Verd.
Paris, c.1750. 215 x 285.
Coloured; very light spotting in the margins, otherwise a fine example.
A map of the Cape Verde islands.
£68
[JANSSON, Jan.].
Aegyptus Antiqua.
[Leiden, c.1640 or later.]. 380 x 515.
Coloured; short split to upper margin at centrefold (repaired), light marginal soiling, otherwise a very good example.
A map of Egypt, possibly published by Georgius Hornius in either his 'Accuratissima Orbis Antiqui Delineation' or the 'Orbis Antiquus', there is no text on the verso.
£325
BLAEU, Willem.
Africæ nova descriptio.
Amsterdam, 1635, French text edition. 410 x 555.
Fine original colour; a dark early impression, very light overall age-toning, minor marginal soiling, otherwise a fine example.
One of the most decorative maps of Africa available; with nine vignette views of towns lining the top of the map and ten of costumes down the sides. The seas have fine engravings of monsters including a serpent-tailed horse, galleons and a compass rose; the land is adorned with elephants, lions, ostriches and an Arab with a laden camel. The River Nile is shown according to Ptolemy, with its sources emanating from Lake Zaire and Zaflan. The fictitious Lake Sachaf created by Laurent Fries appears in the south, along with the R. de Spirito Santo.
KOEMAN: Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl II.
£3,700
BOWEN, Emanuel.
[No Title].
London, 1748. 305 x 210.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning, otherwise fine.
A superbly detailed copper-plate engraving of the 'Watch Tower or Light-House erected by Ptolemy Soter on the island of Pharus near the Port of Alexandria'. Issued in John Harris's 'Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca', or 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels'.
£56
THOMSON & CO, John.
Atlantic Islands.
Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 590 x 500.
Original outline colour; light marginal soiling and age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise fine condition.
Four maps on one sheet: The Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, including Cape Verd, Canary, Azores and Madeira islands. Insets of the Road of Fayal and Puerto Naos and Cavillo. With a finely engraved vignette of the Peak of Teneriffe. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.
£210
THOMSON & CO, John.
Egypt - Abyssinia.
Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 500 x 600.
Original outline colour; light marginal soiling and age-toning to the edges of the paper, signs of old vertical creases from atlas, otherwise fine condition.
Two highly detailed maps on one sheet (could be separated). Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.
£150
THOMSON & CO, John.
North Africa - South Africa.
Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 585 x 515.
Original outline colour; light marginal soiling and age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise fine condition.
Two highly detailed maps on one sheet (could be separated). Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.
£160
BERTIUS, Petrus.
Sancta Helena.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius Jnr., 1616, Latin text. 100 x 140.
Coloured; light soiling and staining to margins, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of the Island of Saint Helena.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 98-99.
£150
WYLD, James.
Lower Egypt and the Adjacent Deserts, with a Part of Palestine; to which has been added the nomenclature of the Roman age by L.S. de La Rochette.
London, 1843. 535 x 745.
Original outline colour; light print offset, minor marginal spotting, otherwise a fine example.
A superbly detailed map of the Nile Delta and Egypt.
£280
WYLD, James.
South Africa by Jas. Wyld. Geographer to the Queen and H.R.H.Prince Albert.
London, 1844. 515 x 825.
Original colour; slight print offset, light spotting and minor foxing, otherwise a fine example.
A superbly detailed map of South Africa. Many notes on the map refer to ruins, pools, salt pans, a forest of mimosa etc. A fascinating map.
£380
WYLD, James.
Map of Part of the Western Coast of Africa extending from the Isles de Loss to Sherboro Island. Particularly Exhibiting the Discoveries lately made to the N.E. of Sierra Leone by Surgeon O'Beirne and Major Ling.
London, 1843. 650 x 930.
Original colour; slight print offset, light spotting and minor foxing, otherwise a fine example.
A superbly detailed map of parts of the west coast of Africa. Surgeon Brian O'Beirne led and interesting life and this account appears in "The O'Beirne Family Journal in 2001. Freetown, Sierra Leone was established as a land of settlement for freed Black slaves from North America. Laws prohibiting the slave trade had been passed in 1807 in both Britain and the United States, but enforcement was poor. African Chiefs and Kings were active participants in capturing, enslaving and trading their fellow beings. Attempts were made by the Governors of Sierra Leone to establish commercial trade; one of these was with the Fula of Timbo. Brian O’Beirne, Assistant Staff Surgeon, made an eventful trip from Freetown to Timbo in 1821. A two sheet map joined with a canvas strip, as published.
£420
BOWLES (Carington).
Bowles's New One-Sheet Map of the Coast of Africa, from Sta. Cruz. Lat.n .S. with Explanatory Notes; and a correct chart of the Gold Coast.
London, Bowles & Carver, 1794-98. 485 x 570.
Original body colour; very light spotting in places, slight darkening at centerfold due to guard paste, otherwise a very good example.
A fine and detailed map of Western Africa, showing the Canary Islands around to Guinea and down to Angola. Inset map shows greater detail of the Gold Coast. Text on the right side of the sheet provides detailed explanation. Published in 'Bowles's Universal Atlas, Being a Complete Collection of New and Accurate Maps'.
£360
BRUN-ROLLET.
Esquisse D Une Carte des Pays compris dans la région Du Nil Blanc Dessinée d'apres la Carte de Mr d'Arnaud et autres carte récentes...…
Paris, 1854. 395 x 490.
Uncoloured lithograph; signs of old folds from a smaller book, trimmed close at right hand edge with no loss of printed surface, light age-toning in places, otherwise good.
A map illustrating parts of the White Nile, showing Khartoum in the north and southwards. The Red Sea can be seen in the top right hand corner of the map. Basically shows eastern Sudan area.
£23
CASSINI, Giovanni Maria.
Parte Meridionale dele Africa che comprende La Bassa Guinea, E La Cafreria coll' Isola di Madagascar.
Rome, 1797. 375 x 340.
Original colour; light marginal age-toning, otherwise fine condition.
An uncommon map of southern Africa, with highly decorative figured title cartouche. From 'Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale'.
£430
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
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
