ASIA FAR EAST

SANSON, Nicholas.

Les Isles Philippines.

Paris, 1683. 187 x 245.
Cut close by binder with no loss of printed surface.
The Philippine islands, showing the area from Borneo across to the Chinese mainland.

£360

TIRION, Isaak.

Nieuwe Kaart van de Filippynsche, Ladrones, Moluccos of Specery Eilanden. Als mede Celebes etc.

Amsterdam, 1744. 285 x 330.
Fine orifinal colour.
The whole of the Philippine islands, also shows Borneo, Java, New Guinea.

£350

Le ROUGE, George Louis.

Carte du Japon et de la Corée.

Paris, 1748. 205 x 275.
Original colour.
An uncommon map of Japan and Korea, with decorative figured cartouche.

£360

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Carte des Isles Philippines... 2e Feuille.

Paris, c.1750. 215 x 315.
The southern Philippines, from the Histoire Generale des Voyages by Prevost.

£160

JANSSON, Jan.

Huquang, Kiangsi, Chekiang, ac Fokien, Provin: sive præfecturæ Regni Sinen.

Amsterdam, Schenk & Valk, 1705. 365 x 520.
Fine original wash colour, without verdigris problems.
A reissue of Jansson's map of south east China, with wash colour rather than outline.

£350

LOTTER, Tobias Conrad.

Opulentissimum Sinarum Imperium Juxta Recentissimam Delineationem in suas Provincias Disterminatum cura et sumtibus.

Augsburg, c.1760. 495 x 570.
Original body colour; slightly dis-coloured centre due to guard paste, also minor restoration to small split at lower centrefold, otherwise good. Most of the detail of this map of China has been taken from the van Loon Survey, used by Blaeu and Jansson a century earlier, although the southern islands of Japan have been added. The style of the engraving has progressed, making the map look typical of German maps of the eighteenth century, with a highly decorative figured title cartouche in bottom right.

£590

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Carte du Katay ou Empire de Kin, Pour Servir a l'Histoire de Jenghiz Khan.

Paris, Didot, 1752. 230 x 330.
Uncoloured; slight ink offset and signs of old folds otherwise good.
Northern China and Korea.

£70

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Karte von den Eylanden von Java, Sumatra, Borneo...…

[Paris, 1752]. German edition. 245 x 285.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning and signs of old folds otherwise good.
Shows the islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo and part of the Celebes, also the Malay peninsular and Thailand. From a German edition of the 'Histoire Generale des Voyages' by Prevost.

£150

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Karte von dem Eylanden von Japon und der Halbinsel Corea.

Paris, 1753, German title edition. 210 x 280.
Uncoloured; signs of old vertical folds but otherwise fine condition.
Shows the islands of Japan and Formosa, also the cost of China and Korea. From the Histoire Generale des Voyages by Prevost.

£210

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Vorstellung von dem Eylande Java.

[Paris, c.1755]. German edition. 205 x 430.
Uncoloured; very minor dicolouration to top margin otherwise very good.
A map of the island of Java, from a German edition of the Histoire Generale des Voyages by Prevost.

£75

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Karte von dem Archipelagus St Lazarus oder den Marianischen Inseln.

[Paris], 1752. German edition. 225 x 155.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning and trimmed close with no loss of printed borders and enough margin for framing, otherwise good.
Shows the Pacific Islands of Guam, Tinian, Saipan, Agrihan and as far north as Farallon de Pajaros. Inset larger scale of the island of Guam. From a German edition of the 'Histoire Generale des Voyages' by Prevost.

£34

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Karte von den Philippinischen Inseln.

[Paris], 1752. German edition. 210 x 150
Uncoloured; slight age-toning otherwise good.
The northern Philippine islands of Luzon and showing Manila, Mindoro and Samar from a German edition of the 'Histoire Generale des Voyages' by Prevost.

£130

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Karte Von Den Philippinischen Inseln... 2s Blatt.

[Paris], 1752. German edition. 210 x 295.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning and old folds but otherwise very good.
The southern Philippine islands of Mindanao, Panay, Samar, Leyte and Negros, from a German edition of the Histoire Generale des Voyages by Prevost.

£120

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

SANSON, Nicolas.

Royaume D'Annan Comprenant Les Royaumes de Tumkin et de la Cocinchine.

Paris, Pierre Mariette, 1658 -. 430 x 310.
Original outline colour; very minor blemishes and soiling, with other slight marginal defects, cut close at top edge with no loss of printed surface, otherwise very good.
Vietnam - Annam and Tonkin region, with part of Cambodia, Laos and China. One of the earliest maps of the region in detail.

£780

DU VAL, Pierre.

Isles de la Sonde.

Paris, 1676. 100 x 125.
Uncoloured; fine condition.
An uncommon miniature map of the islands of the East Indies, showing the Malaysian peninsular, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. From 'La Géographie Universelle'.

£230

DU VAL, Pierre.

Isles Molucques.

Paris, 1676. 100 x 123.
Uncoloured; minor blemishes and age-toning, otherwise fine condition.
An uncommon miniature map of the Moluccas. From 'La Géographie Universelle'.

£110

TALLIS, John.

Independent Tartary.

London, John Tallis & Co., 1851. 250 x 320.
Original outline colour; minor marginal spotting, otherwise fine.
The lands to the east of the Caspian Sea, with engraved vignettes of Tartar life, including a curios 'Bride Chase' a marriage custom of the Tartars.

£38

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Japan I.

London, Michaell Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 130 x 170.
Uncoloured; very slight show through of text from verso as is often the case with this edition, otherwise fine.
A map of Japan. From the 'Historia Mundi or Marcator's Atlas'...enlarged with new mapps... by Jodocus Hondy [sic]. English text title outside platemark reads; The Iland of Japan. Translated into English by W. Saltonstall.

£520

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Insulæ Indiae orientalis.

London, Michaell Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 140 x 200.
Uncoloured; very slight show through of text from verso as is often the case with this edition, otherwise fine.
Shows the Philippine Islands, part of New Guinea and across to the mainland. From the 'Historia Mundi or Marcator's Atlas'...enlarged with new mapps... by Jodocus Hondy [sic]. English text title outside platemark reads; The Iland Zeilan. Translated into English by W. Saltonstall.

£390

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Carte de L'Empire du Japon.

Paris, 1763. 210 x 310.
Uncoloured; very slight age-toning, otherwise fine.
From the 'Petit Atlas Francois', 5 vols. [in vol. 3].
CAMPBELL: Japan, MCC No.36, #70.

£320

CORONELLI, , Vicenzo Maria.

Chekiang, e Kiangsi, Provincia della China...…

Venice, c.1695. 455 x 610.
Uncoloured; dark impression, slight staining to top left part of border, otherwise very good.
The central Chinese Provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi. No doubt Coronelli drew heavily on the information provided by the earlier Blaeu maps of China by the Jesuit Missionary, Father Martino Martini, however there is more detail in places giving rise perhaps to another source as well. Coronelli's maps are finely engraved with highly decorative cartouches.

£480

CORONELLI, , Vicenzo Maria.

Iunan, Queicheu e Quansi Provincie della China...…

Venice, c.1695. 455 x 610.
Uncoloured; dark impression, slight staining to top left part of border, otherwise very good.
The central Chinese Provinces of Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian. No doubt Coronelli drew heavily on the information provided by the earlier Blaeu maps of China by the Jesuit Missionary, Father Martino Martini, however there is more detail in places giving rise perhaps to another source as well. Coronelli's maps are finely engraved with highly decorative cartouches.

£360

CORONELLI, , Vicenzo Maria.

Xansi, e Xensi, Provincie della China...…

Venice, c.1695. 455 x 610.
Uncoloured; dark impression, slight staining to top left part of border, otherwise very good.
The Northern Chinese Provinces of Shaanxi and Shanxi. No doubt Coronelli drew heavily on the information provided by the earlier Blaeu maps of China by the Jesuit Missionary, Father Martino Martini, however there is more detail in places giving rise perhaps to another source as well. Coronelli's maps are finely engraved with highly decorative cartouches.

£380

TIRION, Isaak.

Nieuwe Kaart van't Keizerryk Japan.

Amsterdam, c.1735, Dutch version. 280 x 320.
Original colour; minor staining and soiling to margins and a very slight sign of colour offsettin on the compass rose, otherwise a very good example.
A Dutch language version of Tirion's map, in turn a version of Kämpfer's map, the first European printed map to use Japanese sources, although the Sino-Japanese characters of the original are removed. Published in 'Nieuwe en Beknopte Hand-Atlas'.
See WALTER: 78 for the Dutch version.

£480

Le ROUGE, George Louis.

Carte du Japon et de la Corée.

Paris, 1748. 205 x 275.
Original outline colour; fine condition.
An uncommon map of Japan and Korea, with decorative figured cartouche.

£430

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Terre de Jesso.

Paris, 1683. 150 x 105.
Uncoloured; slight marginal age-toning, otherwise good.
The northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, but due to a cartographical error shows the island joined to Ostrov Sahalin, also shows the northern tip of Honshu. From 'Description de l'Univers", a five volume work.

£120

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Japonia.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1632. 185 x 245.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning of paper, minor staining and minor defects to margins, otherwise very good.
A map of Japan, closely following the Ortelius-Teixeira outline of 1595, also showing Korea as an island. engraved by Petrus Kærius. From the rare Cloppenburg edition - a larger format edition of Mercator's pocket atlas. With a relevant page of text in Latin.
KOEMAN: Me 200.

£650

TALLIS, John.

Thibet, Mongolia and Mandchouria.

London, John Tallis & Co., 1851. 250 x 330.
Original outline colour; minor spotting to engraved border and margins, otherwise good condition.
Featuring six beautifully engraved vignettes, including the Great Wall of China and the Palace of the Dalai Lama.

£55

AA, Pieter Van der.

La Chine.

Leiden, c.1713-14. 225 x 300.
Uncoloured; minor staining to map and lower margin, signs of old folds, otherwise fine.
An uncommon map of China with highly decorative title cartouche.

£290

BLAEU, Willem.

China veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame dicta.

Amsterdam, 1642, German text edition. 410 x 500
Finely coloured; minor expert restoration to centrefold split, otherwise very good condition.
A classic cornerstone map of China and Japan. With highly decorative figured title cartouche. Korea is mapped as an island and the three main islands of Japan are shown greatly compressed in shape. The map is dedicated to Theodore Bas, a director of the East India Company.
KOEMAN: Bl 32 A.

£1,350

JANSSON, Johannes.

Iaponiæ Nova Descriptio.

Amsterdam, 1636. 345 x 445.
Fine colouring; overall a fine example, with only very minor marginal defects.
The second state of the Hondius map, with a new title cartouche and a galleon replacing the junk (without changing the script that describes it as a Japanese vessel). The pagination letter "S" is ink mss. Closely copied from Ortelius, there is a note on Korea stating that there is doubt whether it is an island or part of the mainland. A fine map.
WALTER: 23, illus.

£1,650

SANSON, Nicholas.

La Grande Tartarie...

Paris, Pierre Mariette, 1670. 175 x 295.
Original outline colour; minor age-toning to margins, otherwise good.
With Japan.

£58

TALLIS, John.

China and Burmah.

London, London Printing & Publishing Co., 1851. 260 x 320.
Original outline colour; very minor marginal soiling, otherwise a fine unfolded example.
With six attractive engraved vignettes including views of the British Factories in Canton, Hong Kong and Chinese Soldiers on horseback.

£190

TALLIS, John.

Malay Archipelago, or East India Islands.

London, London Printing & Publishing Co., 1851. 265 x 330.
Original outline colour; very minor marginal soiling, otherwise a fine unfolded example.
A decorative steel-plate engraving, with engraved vignettes.

£210

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Carte de L'Isle de Sumatra...

Paris, c.1750. 250 x 295.
Uncoloured; cut close at bottom and lower left, with no loss of printed surface, otherwise good.
A map of the Island of Sumatra and the southern tip of the Malaysian Peninsular, also shows Singapore.

£130

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Ile de Baly ou Petite Java.

Amsterdam, c.1765. 200 x 230.
Uncoloured; minor waterstain to left margin, two small worm holes in lower margin, signs of old vertical folds from book, otherwise a good example.
Bali, probably engraved by Schley for a French edition of Prevost, with an inset view of the King's Palace.

£140

BRIET, Philippe.

Royaume du Iapon...…

Paris, Pierre Mariette, 1658 -. 375 x 520.
Original colour; very light stain, hardly noticable, manuscript 'Le Japon' on the blank verso, otherwise a fine example.
The islands of Japan by Philippe Briet (1601-68) a Jesuit from Abbeville. Briet published atlases in 1648-49 and 53, none of which contained a map of Japan. This example, a later state with the addition of Ou Saycock (Kyushu) and ou Tokoesi (Shikoku) probably comes from the Nicholas Sanson atlas.
WALTER: Japan A Cartographic Vision, # 32.

£1,300

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Carte des Royaumes de Siam, de Tunquin, Pegu, Ava, Aracan &c.

Amsterdam, c.1765. 275 x 275.
Uncoloured; slight print offsetting, signs of old folds, trimmed top right due to binding and then remargined, prior to this there has been a short tear that has been repaired, otherwise good.
Thailand, Burma & Indo-China, posssibly engraved by Schley for the French edition of the atlas of Prévost's 'History des Voyages'.

£230

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

ZATTA, Antonio.

Indie IV Foglio.

Venice, 1784. 300 x 400.
Original colour; very light marginal staining, otherwise a good example.
The East Indies, shows the Malay Peninsular, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Southern Philippines and across to New Guinea. From 'Atlante Novissimo'.

£380

ZATTA, Antonio.

L'Impero del Giapon...…

Venice, 1785. 320 x 410.
Original colour; very light marginal staining, some old ink annotation in the upper margin, otherwise a fine example.
A map of Japan, with decorative cartouche. From 'Atlante Novissimo'.

£650

FULLARTON & Co., Archibald.

Indian Archipelago.

London & Edinburgh, 1874. 415 x 520.
Original coloured lithograph; minor spotting and waterstaining to margins, otherwise very good condition.
A detailed map of the East Indies, Philippines and Indonesia. From 'The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography'.

£90

ZATTA, Antonio.

Le Indie Orientali e il l oro Arcipelago.

Venice, 1784. 320 x 400.
Original colour; minor marginal staining and soiling, otherwise very good.
India and the East Indies, covers from Pakistan to the Philippines. Shows the southern tip of Formosa, Macao, Cambodia, and Vietnam. From 'Atlante Novissimo'.

£230

[OKADA, Shuntosai].

[Titles in Japanese].

[Kyoto, c.1830]. 90 x 145.
Uncoloured; lightly soiled and minor staining, otherwise good.
Three unusual plans of Japanese cities, Miaco, Osaka and Yedo. Postcard in size and highly detailed with keys and titles in Japanese. Very little information on these can be found but it would appear that they were possibly published by OKADA, Shuntosai, in his shop in Suigetsudo in Kyoto during the Edo-jidai period, which ran from 1603 to 1867. However, these appear to be prints from a copper plate which was quite unusual for Japan and could well be printed in the mid-19th century.

£560

BLAEU, Willem.

Moluccæ Insulæ Celeberrimæ.

Amsterdam, 1642. 375 x 490.
Fine original colour; very light marginal soiling, some minor colour offset, otherwise a fine example.
Decorative map of the Moluccas, with a large title cartouche, sea-monsters, compass-roses, etc.

£380

HOMANN HEIRS.

[Tartariae Sinensis Mappa Geographica]. Et des Royaumes de Corée et de Japan.

Nurenberg, c.1749. 510 x 400.
Original body colour; light age-toning, minor spotting, overall fine condition.
The right sheet only of a larger two sheet map covering much of Siberia and northern China. This sheet stands alone and is actually the best section of the map, it covers Korea and Japan in some detail.

£420

ZATTA, Antonio.

Regni D'Aracan del Pegu di Siam di Camboge e di Laos.

Venice, 1783. 405 X 320.
Original colour; very light marginal staining, some old ink annotations in the upper margin, otherwise a good example.
Myanmar (Burma) Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia, with decorative title cartouche. From 'Atlante Novissimo'.

£420

SPEED, John.

A New Map of East India.

London, Bassett & Chiswell, 1627-76. 385 x 510.
Coloured, dark impression, good margins, thinning of paper at centrefold only visible when held up to light.
Engraved by Francis Lamb for Speed's Prospect of the World. Although the Prospect first appeared in 1627 (two years before Speed's death), this map only appeared in the 1676 edition. It shows the East Indies from Formosa and the Philippines to the Indus. On the verso is a two-page English text "The Description of India".

£1,550

TALLIS, John.

Japan & Corea.

London, John Tallis & Co., 1851. 265 c 330.
Original outline colour; one or two light marginal spots, otherwise a fine example.
A decorative steel-plate engraving, with inset views of Jedo, the State barge and Korean dress.

£210

SPEED, John.

A Newe Mape of Tartary...

London, Bassett & Chiswell, 1627-76. 395 x 515.
Finely coloured; two expertly repaired short tears to lower margin, not effecting platemark, other minor marginal soiling, otherwise a fine example.
Engraved by Dirck Grijp for Speed's 'Prospect of the World', this map has bird's-eye views of Astracan & Samarkand. Down each side costumed figures; including Tartars and a Samogeds.

£900

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Arachan & Pegu.

Amsterdam, Judocus Hondius, 1616. 95 x 135.
Uncoloured; very light overall age-toning and minor marginal staining, otherwise fine condition.
A miniature map of part of Bengal and Burma, names Pegu (Bago) and Siam. Possibly engraved by Salomon Rogiers. Uncommon.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 99.

£210

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Sumatra insula.

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

£220

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Iedo.

Paris, 1683. 150 x 105.
Coloured; light soiling to margins, otherwise fine.
An engraved view of Jedo (Tokyo) in Japan from 'Description de l'Univers", a five volume work.

£110

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Miaco.

Paris, 1683. 150 x 105.
Coloured; light soiling to margins, otherwise fine.
An engraved view of Miaco (Kyoto) in Japan from 'Description de l'Univers", a five volume work.

£70

BOWEN, Emanuel.

A Plan of the City of Canton on the River Ta Ho.

London, 1748. 315 x 215.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning, otherwise fine.
A plan of the City of Canton, showing the grid layout and the fortifications. Numbered key below indicates the important buildings and locations. Issued in John Harris's 'Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca', or 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels'.

£130

BOWEN, Emanuel.

An Accurate Map of the East Indies.

London, 1748. 370 x 455.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning, signs of old vertical folds from book, otherwise fine.
A map of the East Indies, from Persia across to China and then down to Australia, with decorative figured cartouche. Shows trade winds and directions. Issued in John Harris's 'Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca', or 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels'.

£420

JANNSON, Johannes.

Iaponiæ Nova Descriptio.

Amsterdam, 1636. 345 x 445.
Fine colouring; overall a fine example, with only very minor marginal defects.
The second state of the Hondius map, with a new title cartouche and a galleon replacing the junk (without changing the script that describes it as a Japanese vessel). Closely copied from Ortelius, there is a note on Korea stating that there is doubt whether it is an island or part of the mainland. English text on verso.
WALTER: 23, illus. KOEMAN: Me 41A.

£1,650

[TIRION, Isaac.].

India di la del Fiume Ganges overo di Malacca, Siam, Cambodia, Chiampa, Kochinkina, Laos, Pegu, Ava &c.

Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1740. 290 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 South-east Asia centred on Thailand from 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'. Covers the area of Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Tonkin, Thailand, Cambodia, Cochin, Vietnam, Malaysia, part of Indonesia and Borneo. Shows and names Sincapoera (sic).

£340

[TIRION, Isaac.].

Isole di Sunda, Borneo, Sumatra, Iava Grande &c.

Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1740. 280 x 370.
Uncoloured; light centrefold toning due to guard paste, very light print offset and minor marginal staining, otherwise a fine example.
A map of South-east Asia from 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'. Covers; Malaysia, Indonesia and Borneo. Also shows and names Sincapoera (sic).

£380

[TIRION, Isaac.].

Imperio del Giappone.

Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1740. 250 x 320.
Uncoloured; light centrefold toning due to guard paste, very light print offset and minor marginal staining, otherwise a fine example.
A map of Japan after Isacc Trion and published in 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'.

£580

[TIRION, Isaac.].

Tartaria.

Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1740. 280 x 340.
Uncoloured; light centrefold toning due to guard paste, otherwise a fine example.
A map of Tartary - Eastern Russia and Siberia after Isaac Tirion from 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'. Covers Russia from just west of the Ural Mountains across to the Bering Strait (not named and very distorted). Shows a very distorted Kamchatka Peninsular and the top of Japan, also other islands that are none existant or wrongly positioned, Terra della Compagnia and I. Puchochotschi.

£90

The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

China the Interior chiefly from Du Halde and the Jesuits 1710 to 1718 and the Sea Coast.

London, Charles Knight, 1847. 390 x 320.
Original outline colour; very light age-toning to the margins and stitch holes from binding in the left margin, otherwise a very good example.
Engraved by J & C Walker.

£48

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Nova Guinea et In. Salomonis.

Amsterdam, 1600 -, French text. 90 x 130.
Uncoloured; very light age toning, minor show through of text from verso, otherwise a very good example.
A miniature map of New Guinea, possibly the first printed map to accurately portray the country, engraved by P. van den Keere. Published by Cornelius Claesz in his 'Map Treasury'.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp.81 - 82.

£280

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Nova Guinea et In. Salomonis.

Amsterdam, 1600 -, Latin text. 90 x 130.
Uncoloured; very light age toning, minor show through of text from verso, otherwise a very good example.
A miniature map of New Guinea, possibly the first printed map to accurately portray the country, engraved by P. van den Keere. 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.

£270

MUNSTER, Sebastian - PETRI, Sebastian.

Sumatra ein grosse Insel to bon den alten Geographen Taprobana genenne worden.

Basle, Sebastian Petri, 1588 -. 325 x 365.
Uncoloured woodcut; some waterstaining and minor soiling to margins, light soiling in places on the map, minor show through of text from verso, otherwise good.
A map of Sumatra, also showing the Malay Peninsular and part of Java. Done in the copperplate style of later Munster maps. Probably done my Sebastian Petri who took over the printing of the 'Cosmography' when his father, Heinrich died in 1579.

£280

S.D.U.K.

Eastern Islands or Malay Archipelago.

London, Baldwin & Cradock, 1836. 330 x 400.
Original outline colour; light age-toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a good example.
Shows Indo-China, Malaysia and the Philippines south to Java and Timor. Published by Chapman & Hall (1844) for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and engraved by J & C Walker.

£68

THOMSON & Co., John.

Corea and Japan.

Edinburgh, 1815. 495 x 625.
Original outline colour; light age-toning, minor soiling, and very minor staining to margins, otherwise a good example.
From 'A New General Atlas'. Shows Korea and Japan in great detail.

£265

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Plan du Port et de la Ville de Nangasaki.

Amsterdam, c.1765. 200 x 445.
Coloured; signs of old vertical folds, otherwise a very good example.
A detailed plan of the city and port of Nagasaki on the Japanese island of Kyushu, engraved by D. Heulland probably for the "Histoire Generale des Voyages" by Prevost.

£125

HONDIUS, Jodocus.

Iaponia.

Amsterdam, 1606- French text edition. 345 x 445.
Fine original colour; very light age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.
Closely copied from the Ortelius, with a note on Korea stating that there is doubt whether it is an island or part of mainland China. A fine map.
MCC. Campbell, No.9.

£1,650

MERCATOR, Gerard. - HONDIUS, Henricus.

India Orientalis.

Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius, 1606 -, Latin text edition. 355 x 485.
Fine original colour; minor defects to centrefold, mostly confined to the lower section in the margin, otherwise a fine example.
First published in 1606 by Jodocus Hondius this map of the East Indies from India to China and down to Borneo, shows the Philippine Islands, the Malay Peninsular, Siam, Cambodia and Borneo in some detail.
SUÁREZ: Early Mapping of South East Asia, pp. 193-195.

£1,650

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Carte de L'Isle de Sumatra...

Paris, c.1750. 250 x 295.
Coloured; very light age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise fine.
A map of the Island of Sumatra and the southern tip of the Malaysian Peninsular, also shows Singapore.

£130

TALLIS, John.

Malay Archipelago, or East India Islands.

London, John Tallis & Company, 1851. 265 x 330.
Original outline colour; trimmed by the binder along the bottom edge, with some loss of the publishers imprint, minor marginal soiling and light age-toning, otherwise a fine unfolded example.
A decorative steel-plate engraving, with engraved vignettes.

£195

BERTIUS, P.

Sumatra insula.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius Jnr., 1616, Latin text. 95 x 130
Coloured; some soiling and staining to margins, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of Sumatra, probably engraved by J. Hondius or P. van den Keere. Published by Jodocus Hondius Jnr. in his 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 98-99.

£190

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Moluccæ Insulæ.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius Jnr., 1616, Latin text. 95 x 135.
Coloured; light soiling and staining to margins, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of the Islands of the Moluccas. Possibly engraved by Salomon Rogiers. Uncommon.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 98-99.

£150

ANON.

A Plan of the City and Castle of Batavia.

[London, c.1753]. 215 x 275.
Uncoloured; light age-toning, top margin soft with minor loss of paper, otherwise a good example.
A detailed plan of Batavia (Jakarta) the largest city of Indonesia. Located on the island of Java. Similar in format to the Thomas Salmon and Jacques Nicolas Bellin engravings.

£95

THOMSON & CO, John.

East India Isles.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1814-21. 500 x 595.
Original outline colour; some staining to the centrefold caused by paste from the guard, light marginal soiling, otherwise very good condition.
A detailed map of the East Indies, published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.

£280

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Java Major.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius Jnr., 1616, Latin text. 100 x 135.
Coloured; light soiling and staining to margins, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of Java, showing parts of Sumatra and Borneo.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 98-99.

£140

THOMSON & CO, John.

Corea and Japan.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 495 x 620.
Original outline colour; light marginal soiling and age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise fine condition.
Shows Korea and Japan in great detail, engraved by J & G Menzies. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.

£280

THOMSON & CO, John.

Tartary.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 500 x 595.
Original outline colour; light marginal soiling and age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise fine condition.
Shows parts of Asia from the Caspian Sea across to Japan and north of the Himalayas. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.

£80

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Carte du Katay ou Empire de Kin, Pour Servir a l'Histoire de Jenghiz Khan.

Amsterdam, c.1765. 220 x 320.
Coloured; signs of old vertical folds from book, minor marginal spotting, otherwise a fine example.
A map of Northern China and Korea. From the Prevost.

£110

THOMSON & CO, John.

China.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 580 x 505.
Original outline colour; light marginal soiling and age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor darkening of the centerfold, other surface soiling, otherwise very good condition.
A detailed map of China. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.

£180

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Plan du Port et de la Ville de Nangasaki.

Amsterdam, 1736. 200 x 445.
Coloured; signs of old folds from a smaller volume, otherwise a very good example.
A detailed plan of the city and port of Nagasaki on the Japanese island of Kyushu, engraved by D. Heulland probably for the "Histoire Generale des Voyages" by Prevost.

£180

HOMANN HEIRS.

[Tartariae Sinensis Mappa Geographica]. Et des Royaumes de Corée et de Japan.

Nurenberg, c.1749. 500 x 395.
Original body colour; light age-toning and minor spotting particularly to the margins, otherwise fine condition.
The right sheet only of a larger two sheet map normally covering much of Siberia and northern China. This sheet stands alone with line border to the left side added at the time of publication and bound in the atlas. This is actually the best section of the map, it covers Korea and Japan in some detail.

£360

HONDIUS, Jodocus.

Iaponia.

Amsterdam, 1619,French text edition. 345 x 445.
Fine original colour; very light age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.
Closely copied from the Ortelius, with a note on Korea stating that there is doubt whether it is an island or part of mainland China. A fine map.
MCC. Campbell, No.9. KOEMAN: Me 26A.

£1,650

FULLARTON & Co., Archibald.

Sketch Map of the Dutch Possessions, in the India Archipelago.

London & Edinburgh, 1874. 295 x 415.
Original coloured lithograph; minor spotting mainly to margins, otherwise fine condition.
Shows the islands from Thailand, across to the Philippine Islands and down to Australia. From 'The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography'.

£78

S.D.U.K.

Empire of Japan.

London, Baldwin & Cradock, 1835. 390 x 320.
Original outline colour; light age-toning to the margins and very minor spotting, otherwise a good example.
With inset plans of Nagasaki harbour and the eastern point of the island of Yeso (Hokkaido). Engraved by J & C Walker.

£120

FULLARTON & Co., Archibald.

Indian Archipelago.

London & Edinburgh, 1874. 415 x 520.
Original coloured lithograph; minor spotting and waterstaining to margins, otherwise a fine example.
A detailed map of the East Indies, Philippines and Indonesia. From 'The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography'.

£85