ANTIQUE MAPS OF INDIA

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

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Bengala.

Amsterdam, 1612 (German text) 85 x 125.
Slight waterstain, otherwise good.
A fine miniature map of Bengal, showing the Ganges etc.

£68

LAPIE, M.

Carte de L'Inde en Deçà et au Delà du Gange.

Paris, 1829. 390 x 550.
Original colour.
Central Asia from Afghanistan to Vietnam and southern China to Borneo.

£120

MENTELLE, Edme.

Inde Indostan Bengale &c. et partie septentrionale.

Paris, 1797. 325 x 425.
Original outline colour; fine condition.
Northern India and Pakistan showing the main roads. Thibet, Napaul and Bootan (sic) are named. Engraved by P F Tardieu.

£90

MENTELLE, Edme.

Inde partie méridionale de la presqu'isle en deça du Gange.

Paris, 1797. 325 x 425.
Original outline colour; fine condition.
Southern India showing the main roads. Engraved by P F Tardieu.

£78

[HONDIUS, Henricus.]

Ins. Ceilan quæ incolis Tenarisin dictur.

Amsterdam, Johannes Jansson, 1642, French text edition. 345 x 495.
Full original colour; minor marginal staining at the edges, otherwise a very good example.
This squarer representation of the island was used in many of the Dutch produced atlases. An elephant and a wild boar are part of the decoration, together with ships and compass roses in the sea area. This map is quite different from the earlier editions of Gerard Mercator.
KOEMAN: Me 100 A.

£620

S.D.U.K.

India III. Bombay.

London, Thomas Letts, 1877. 265 x 360.
Original outline colour; superb condition.
Engraved by J & C Walker, for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Shows central India and the region around Bombay..

£28

S.D.U.K.

India IV.

London, Thomas Letts, 1877. 270 x 345.
Original outline colour; superb condition.
Engraved by J & C Walker, for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Shows central-east India and the coastline with Vishakhapatnam in the middle.

£19

S.D.U.K.

India V.

London, Thomas Letts, 1877. 350 x 285.
Original outline colour; superb condition.
Engraved by J & C Walker, for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Shows central-west India and the Gujarat region in detail and north to Pakistan and Hyderabad.

£24

S.D.U.K.

India XIII. Index to Large Map in XII Sheets.

London, Thomas Letts, 1877. 390 x 320.
Original outline colour; superb condition.
Engraved by J & C Walker, for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The index map of the whole of India and Ceylon, shows the extent of the 12 sheets and the areas covered.

£48

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Cambaia.

Amsterdam, Judocus Hondius, 1616. 95 x 135.
Uncoloured; very light overall age-toning and minor marginal staining, otherwise fine condition.
A miniature map of Kathiawar Peninsular and part of India around Gujarat. Possibly engraved by Salomon Rogiers. Uncommon.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 99.

£110

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Malabar.

Amsterdam, Judocus Hondius, 1616. 100 x 135.
Uncoloured; very light overall age-toning and minor marginal staining, otherwise fine condition.
A miniature map of Southern India. Possibly engraved by Salomon Rogiers. Uncommon.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 99.

£110

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Narsinga.

Amsterdam, Judocus Hondius, 1616. 100 x 135.
Uncoloured; very light overall age-toning and minor marginal staining, otherwise fine condition.
A miniature map of India and part of Ceylon. Possibly engraved by Salomon Rogiers. Uncommon.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 99.

£120

BOWEN, Emanuel.

India, as described by all Authors before the fifth century.

London, 1748. 220 x 320.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning, otherwise fine.
Basically a map of Pakistan and Afganistan, but stretching across to the Caspian Sea. Issued in John Harris's 'Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca', or 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels'.

£68

CLAESZ, Cornelius - BERTIUS, Petrus.

Cambaia.

Amsterdam, c.1609. 90 x 125.
Uncoloured; very light marginal toning and staining, otherwise a fine example.
A fine miniature map of Northern India, possibly engraved by Petrus Kaerius and probably published in the 'Map Treasury'. Latin text on verso. RARE.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps pp.80 - 82.

£70

CLAESZ, Cornelius - BERTIUS, Petrus.

Narsinga et Ceylon.

Amsterdam, c.1609. 90 x 125.
Uncoloured; very light marginal toning, otherwise a fine example.
A fine miniature map of Southern India and Ceylon, possibly 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.

Maldivae Insula.

Amsterdam, c.1609. 90 x 125.
Uncoloured; very light marginal toning, otherwise a fine example.
A fine miniature map of the Maldive Islands, possibly engraved by Petrus Kaerius and probably published in the 'Map Treasury'. Latin text on verso. RARE.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps pp.80 - 82.

£120

L'ISLE, Guillaume de.

Impero del Gran Mogol.

Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1740. 285 x 360.
Uncoloured; light centrefold toning due to guard paste, very light print offset and minor marginal staining, otherwise a fine example.
A map of India from 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'. Also shows, parts of Persia, across to Burma and north to Tibet.

£180

LAPIE, Pierre & Alexandre Émile.

Carte de LiInde en Deçà et au Delà du Gange.

Paris, 1838. 400 x 560.
Original outline colour; light overall age toning, very light spotting, mainly to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
A detailed lithographic map of part of Asia, prepared by Pierre Tardieu. Covering India, Tibet, Nepal, Ceylon, Thailand, Malaysia and part of Sumatra and Borneo. Also shows the Maldive Islands.

£68

TALLIS, John.

British India.

London, John Tallis & Company, 1851. 340 x 245.
Original outline colour; minor marginal age-toning and minor soiling, otherwise a fine example.
With engraved vignettes of an Indian Procession, Beloochee's and Lahore.

£98

TALLIS, John.

Ceylon.

London, John Tallis & Co., 1851. 340 x 240.
Original outline colour; short repaired tear to lower margin, just into printed area, otherwise a fine unfolded example.
With engraved vignettes including a view of Colombo.

£130

TALLIS, John.

Northern India.

London, John Tallis & Company, 1851. 250 x 320.
Original outline colour; minor marginal age-toning and light soiling, otherwise a fine example.
With engraved vignettes including; a tiger hunt, the British residence at Hyderabad and the ruins at Old Delhi.

£90

TALLIS, John.

Southern India including the Presidencies of Bombay & Madras.

London, John Tallis & Company, 1851. 330 x 235.
Original outline colour; minor marginal age-toning and light soiling, otherwise a fine example.
With six engraved vignettes including; a view of the fortress at Jaipur, the Government House, Calcutta and the tomb of Sultan Mahomed Shah, Bejapoor.

£100

TALLIS, John.

Overland Route to India.

London, John Tallis & Company, 1851. 340 x 250.
Original outline colour; very light marginal age-toning and light soiling, otherwise a fine example.
Two maps on one sheet, the top one shows Europe and the bottom shows Arabia, Persia and India. Various routes are shown and one vignette shows a Camel Mail Train crossing the desert, there are also views of Madras, Bombay, Aden, Gibraltar, Malta and the Post Office, London.

£85

THOMSON & CO, John.

Hindoostan.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1814-21. 450 x 620.
Original outline colour; some very light staining to the centrefold caused by paste from the guard, light marginal soiling, otherwise very fine condition.
A detailed map of India, with inset of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), also A view of the Course of the Ganges, through the Country in the Dry Season and below a map of the Inland Navigation of the River Ganges. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.

£240

BOWLES (Carington).

Bowles's New One-Sheet Map of the Cormandel Coast.

London, Bowles & Carver, 1794-98. 470 x 560, each sheet.
Original body colour: light age-toning to centrefold, some small dark brown spots in the upper margins (possibly caused by rust or tannin from binding), otherwise a fine example.
A fine large scale two sheet map of the Cormandel Coast of India, from south of the river delta at Caveri (Kaveri) to Palicate (Pulicat Lake) on the lower sheet and from Palicate to Narsapur, north east of Asuli Patnam (Machilipatnam) and False Divi Point. The map shows the roads between towns, mountain ranges and rivers. Published in 'Bowles's Universal Atlas, Being a Complete Collection of New and Accurate Maps'. As to why this map is entitled "one" sheet when there are two is not clear, however the two sheets can be joined if the lower margin of the top sheet is trimmed off. Each sheet has a latitude scale at the sides, but no border to upper or lower edges.

£580

WYLD, James.

Map of the Peninsular of India, from the 19th Degree of North Latitude, to Cape Comorin.

London, 1844. 495 x 820. Two sheets.
Original outline colour; light marginal toning and soiling in places, very light print offsetting, otherwise a fine example.
A finely detailed and large scale two sheet map of India, published in 'A New General Atlas of Modern Geography'. Shows the southern tip and as far north as Bombay.

£360

WYLD, James.

[No title].

London, 1844. 385 x 515.
Original colour; slight print offset, light spotting and minor foxing, otherwise a good example.
A section of a larger map presumably a four sheet, this sheet shows primarily India, Ceylon and Birmah

£48

FULLARTON & Co., Archibald.

The British Possessions in the East Indies, with the Dependent States and countries adjacent.

London & Edinburgh, 1874. 410 x 535.
Original coloured lithograph; minor spotting and very light age-toning to the margins, otherwise fine condition.
A map of India but also covering Pakistan, Tibet, Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar), inset map of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and a very intricate Himalayan Range. Mount Everest (Chomolungma) is clearly marked, having been measured by Sir George Everest in 1841 at 28,028 feet, in 1999 is was found to be 6 feet higher. From 'The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography'.

£56

FULLARTON & Co., Archibald.

British Possessions in the Indian Seas.

London, Edinburgh & Dublin, 1874. 470 x 315.
Original coloured lithograph; light waterstaining to lower margin, very light age-toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a fine example.
Seven maps on one sheet, shows: Malacca, Singapore, island and a town plan, Penang and the Island of Labouan occupy the top box and a detailed map of Ceylon the bottom box. Figured border includes: boar hunting and an elephant hunt, also natives in costume and below a prospect of Columbo. From 'The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography'.

£130

WYLD, James.

Map of India, constructed with great care and research from all the latest authorities and intended more particularly to facilitate a reference to The Civil and Military Stations. Dedicated to Sir James Rivett Carnac Bart. Chairman of the Court of Directors of the Honarable The East India Company. Arranged under the directions of Captain R.M. Grindlay. 1843.

London, 1844. 940 x 865 (three sheets joined)
Original outline colour; light marginal toning and soiling in places, light print offsetting, small tear below title hardly visible from the front (repaired), otherwise a fine example.
A finely detailed and large scale three sheet map of India, two sheets joined at centrefold with a canvas hinged third sheet to the left side (as published). A large key in the right hand corner shows the divisions and military & civil stations. Published in 'A New General Atlas of Modern Geography'. Shows the southern tip and Ceylon and as far north as Afghanistan and beyond. Shows also Nepal, Tibet and Bhotan [sic].

£290

TALLIS, John.

Ceylon.

London, John Tallis & Co., 1851-. 340 x 240.
Original outline colour; centrefold version, slight age-toning to margins, short tears to the edges of the paper, otherwise a good example.
With engraved vignettes including a view of Colombo.

£110