CURIOSITIES MAPS & ATLASES

TALLIS, John.

A Comparative View of the Principal Waterfalls, Islands, Lakes, Rivers and Mountains. In The Eastern Hemisphere.

London, John Tallis & Co., c.1851. 335 x 250.
Uncoloured; slight marginal browning, otherwise fine.
Shows the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, Borneo, Madagascar and Java together with others. The seas of The Caspian, The Black and the Aral, with other important lakes. The rivers Nile, Ganges, Thames and the Rhone amongst others, and also the mountains - with Dhawalagiri being attributed the highest at just under 28,000 feet. Everest was measured by Sir George Everest in 1841 and given a height of 1028 feet more.

£48

TALLIS, John.

A Comparative View of the Principal Waterfalls, Islands, Lakes, Rivers and Mountains. In The Western Hemisphere.

London, John Tallis & Co., c.1851. 335 x 250.
Uncoloured; very slight marginal soiling, and just trimmed into top title cartouche, otherwise fine.
Shows the islands of New Zealand, Cuba, Iceland etc. The Great Lakes and others, the rivers Mississippi, St Lawrence and Amazon and the mountains with the highest given as Nevada de Sorata, South America.

£48

ZATTA, Antonio.

Planisferio Celeste Settentrionale - Planisferio Celeste Meridionale.

Venice, 1779. 325 x 420.
Original colour; slight staining in lower margin just extending into printed surface, other minor marginal soiling, otherwise good.
Two celestial charts - displaying and naming the constellations. The corners of each sheet have illustrated the major observatories of Europe, including; Bologna, Milan, Pisa, Greenwich and Copenhagen.

£580

[CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.].

Maniera di Smorzare gli Incendy.

[Venice, 1702]. 135 x 175, each.
Uncoloured; minor soiling and spotting to margins, otherwise fine condition.
Two fine engravings of early fire engines, although they appear to be effective in both cases I can't help musing over the fact that buckets of water might be more efficient. I suppose the advantages are that the fire can be fought at a distance away from the heat. RARE.

£180

[SMITH, Major C. H.].

Plan of the Movements of the Confederate Armies under the command of the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Louis of Baden.

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown 1817. 230 x 510.
Some original colour; light staining in the margin and signs of old folds, otherwise very good.
A battle plan from the 'Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough.

£24

[SMITH, Major C. H.].

Plan of the Operations to Cover the Siege of Lille.

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown 1817. 420 x 560.
Some original colour; light staining in the margin and signs of old folds, otherwise very good.
A battle plan from the 'Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough.

£34

SMITH, Major C. H.

Plan of the Battle of Blenheim or Hochstadt, fought the 13th of August 1704.

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown 1817. 240 x 555.
Some original colour; light staining in the margin and signs of old folds, otherwise very good.
A battle plan from the 'Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough.

£23

SMITH, Major C. H.

Plan of the operations of the Confederate & French forces on the Moselle & Saar. During the month of June 1705.

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown 1817. 435 335.
Some original colour; light staining in the margin and signs of old folds, otherwise very good.
A battle plan from the 'Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough. A reference key gives the details of the forces and their positions.

£23

SCHEDEL, Hartmann.

[No tile].

Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 1493. Latin text. 390 x 235,
Woodcut; minor marginal staining, small wax stain, otherwise good.
Woodcuts set in a page of text. Down the right-hand side a full length woodcut shows the life of Christ from birth to Crucifixion. From the 'Nuremberg Chronicle' by Hartman Schedel (1440-1514). One of the earliest examples of printed incunabula available.

£150

SCHEDEL, Hartmann.

[No tile].

Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 1493. Latin text. 380 x 230.
Woodcut; minor marginal staining, otherwise good.
Woodcuts set in a page of text. The main woodcut illustrates the head of John the Baptist on a platter. As a result of John's pronouncement regarding the relationship between Salome and Herod, it being incestuous, this scuppered her plans to become the wife of the king, Salome was later to ask for John's head on a platter. On the verso is a woodcut of Strabo. From the 'Nuremberg Chronicle' by Hartman Schedel (1440-1514). One of the earliest examples of printed incunabula available.

£180

SCHEDEL, Hartmann.

[No tile].

Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 1493. Latin text. 380 x 230.
Woodcut; minor marginal staining, otherwise good.
Woodcuts set in a page of text. The main woodcut illustrates St John the Evangelist. From the 'Nuremberg Chronicle' by Hartman Schedel (1440-1514). One of the earliest examples of printed incunabula available.

£120

SCHEDEL, Hartmann.

Maria Magdalena.

Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 1493. Latin text. 380 x 230.
Woodcut; minor marginal staining otherwise good.
Woodcuts set in a page of text. The main one shows Mary Magdalena, held aloft by four angels, above this is another woodcut of St Luke. On the verso three Popes, St Clemens I (88-97), St Anacletus (76-88) and St Evaristus (97-105). From the 'Nuremberg Chronicle' by Hartman Schedel (1440-1514). One of the earliest examples of printed incunabula available.

£150

[BOWEN, Emanuel.].

Sr. Francis Drake, taken from an original painting late in the possession of Sr. Philip Sydenham Bart. Deceased.

London, 1748. 300 x 185.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning, otherwise fine.
A portrait of Sir Francis Drake. Issued in John Harris's 'Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca', or 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels'.

£25

LAPIE, Pierre & Alexandre Émile.

Planispheres Célestes.

Paris, 1838. 390 x 575.
Original outline colour; light overall age toning, very light spotting, mainly to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
An inexpensive double hemisphere chart of the heavens, engraved by Pierre Tardieu. A key gives the magnitude of the stars and nebula.

£90

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

[No title].

Basle, 1550 - Latin text edition. 105 x 145.
Woodcut set in a page of text. Slight soiling, mostly confined to the text area.
This woodcut appears several times within the 'Cosmographia' and is of a collection of islands, on one example the reference is to Columbus and the Fortunate Island or Canaries, but on this one it appears to be of Rhodes, Delos and other Greek islands.

£68

EDWARDS, George.

Itinera Varia Auctoris.

London, 1746. 260 x 210.
Original wash colour; trimmed right hand margin with slight loss of printed scale border, the word 'Itineria' is missing from the title, signs of an old removed library stamp top left corner, old library stamp to verso, light marginal soiling, otherwise quite presentable.
From 'A Natural History of Uncommon Birds'. Signed by Edwards as the etcher and dated 1746. The map is primarily of the British Isles but it also includes western Europe and Norway. Marked on the map are the author's journeys between 1716-30. At the top of the map is a large broken off beak of the Egyptian Ibis; the centre has two splendidly drawn stag beetles, male and female; the inset at the bottom displays a small bird perched on a branch (Least Humming Bird from Jamaica).
SHIRLEY: Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 - 1750. No. 34.

£78

S.D.U.K.

The Stars in Six Maps on the Gnomonic Projection.

London, Charles Knight & Co., 1844. 280 x 265.
Uncoloured; minor soiling to margins, otherwise fine condition.
The complete Celestial Section from the Atlas, contains six star charts and the explanation and title page. Engraved by J & C Walker, for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

£190

[CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.].

[No title].

Venice, c.1690. 170 x 130.
Uncoloured; light marginal soiling, otherwise fine.
An interesting engraving illustrating various theories in the relationship between the Sun the Moon and the Earth.

£125

ANON.

The Portraictuer of Captayne John Smith - Admirall of New England.

London, W. Richardson, c.1846 -. 155 x 100.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.
A late, but finely executed steel engraving by William Richardson of Captain John Smith, probably done around 1846. There is no attribution apart from the engravers name.

£78

ALEPH.

Ireland.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1869. 265 x 205.
Coloured chromolithograph; very light overall age-toning, expertly laid on archivist tissue (only visible from verso), short crack in paper (repaired), very light spotting in places, otherwise a fine example.
Caricature map, published in "Geographical Fun. Humorous Outlines of Various Countries", priced five shillings. The map was supposedly drawn by a fifteen year old girl, with the verse underneath by 'Aleph', a pseudonym for William Harvey (1796-1873). He was a popular journalist and author of 'London Scenes and London People...', published in 1863. "And What shall typify the Emerald Isle? A peasant happy in her baby's smile?" This rustic representation appears to be quite harmless, with a woman carrying her baby in a sling: however the baby has a protruding ape-like jaw, propagating the popular prejudice that the Irish were slightly less than human.

£480

ALEPH.

France.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1869. 270 x 210.
Coloured chromolithograph; very light age-toning, minor spotting and marginal soiling, short tear to lower margin (repaired), otherwise good condition.
Caricature map, published in "Geographical Fun. Humorous Outlines of Various Countries", priced five shillings. The map was supposedly drawn by a fifteen year old girl, with the verse underneath by 'Aleph', a pseudonym for William Harvey (1796-1873). He was a popular journalist and author of 'London Scenes and London People...', published in 1863. On the verge of the Third Republic: "A hook-nosed lady represents fair France, Empress of cooks, of fashions, and the dance". Britanny is a gilt mirror in which she examines herself and her finery.
SLOWTHER: Compass Points (The Map Collector 16, p.48-)

£220

ALEPH.

Germany.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1869. 210 x 270.
Coloured chromolithograph; light spotting, some marginal soiling, trimmed close at top edge with no loss of printed surface, otherwise a good example.
Caricature map, published in "Geographical Fun. Humorous Outlines of Various Countries", priced five shillings. The map was supposedly drawn by a fifteen year old girl, with the verse underneath by 'Aleph', a pseudonym for William Harvey (1796-1873). He was a popular journalist and author of 'London Scenes and London People...', published in 1863. With unification an imminent prospect, Germany's high hopes are represented by a dancing lady.
SLOWTHER: Compass Points (The Map Collector 16, p.48-)

£180

ALEPH.

Ireland.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1869. 265 x 205.
Coloured chromolithograph; light overall spotting as is often the case, some marginal soiling, sign of old diagonal fold across top right corner, visible only when examined closely, otherwise a good example.
Caricature map, published in "Geographical Fun. Humorous Outlines of Various Countries", priced five shillings. The map was supposedly drawn by a fifteen year old girl, with the verse underneath by 'Aleph', a pseudonym for William Harvey (1796-1873). He was a popular journalist and author of 'London Scenes and London People...', published in 1863. "And What shall typify the Emerald Isle? A peasant happy in her baby's smile?" This rustic representation appears to be quite harmless, with a woman carrying her baby in a sling: however the baby has a protruding ape-like jaw, propagating the popular prejudice that the Irish were slightly less than human.
SLOWTHER: Compass Points (The Map Collector 16, p.48-)

£420

ALEPH.

Holland and Belgium.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1869. 210 x 270.
Coloured chromolithograph; light spotting, some marginal soiling, otherwise a good example.
Caricature map, published in "Geographical Fun. Humorous Outlines of Various Countries", priced five shillings. The map was supposedly drawn by a fifteen year old girl, with the verse underneath by 'Aleph', a pseudonym for William Harvey (1796-1873). He was a popular journalist and author of 'London Scenes and London People...', published in 1863. "Dame Holland" holds "Master Belgium" in her arms. Despite his childish long hair and skirts, Belgium is smoking a cheroot.
SLOWTHER: Compass Points (The Map Collector 16, p.48-)

£240

ALEPH.

Prussia.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1869. 210 x 270.
Coloured chromolithograph; some overall spotting as is often the case, marginal soiling, otherwise a good example.
Caricature map, published in "Geographical Fun. Humorous Outlines of Various Countries", priced five shillings. The map was supposedly drawn by a fifteen year old girl, with the verse underneath by 'Aleph', a pseudonym for William Harvey (1796-1873). He was a popular journalist and author of 'London Scenes and London People...', published in 1863. After the Battle of Sadowa, in which the Prussians destroyed the Austrian army with a new needle gun, Count Bismark of Prussia is approached by the other German states to head the North German Confederation.
SLOWTHER: Compass Points (The Map Collector 16, p.48-)

£160

ALEPH.

Russia.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1869. 210 x 270.
Coloured chromolithograph; light overall spotting, marginal soiling, otherwise a good example.
Caricature map, published in "Geographical Fun. Humorous Outlines of Various Countries", priced five shillings. The map was supposedly drawn by a fifteen year old girl, with the verse underneath by 'Aleph', a pseudonym for William Harvey (1796-1873). He was a popular journalist and author of 'London Scenes and London People...', published in 1863. Tzar Alexander II stands back to back with a brown bear.
SLOWTHER: Compass Points (The Map Collector 16, p.48-, cover illustration).

£230

ALEPH.

Spain & Portugal.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1869. 210 x 270.
Coloured chromolithograph; very light spotting, some marginal soiling, trimmed close at top edge with no loss of printed surface, otherwise a good example.
Caricature map, published in "Geographical Fun. Humorous Outlines of Various Countries", priced five shillings. The map was supposedly drawn by a fifteen year old girl, with the verse underneath by 'Aleph', a pseudonym for William Harvey (1796-1873). He was a popular journalist and author of 'London Scenes and London People...', published in 1863. Queen Isabella of Spain is bride to a Portuguese bear groom, representing the attempts of General Prim to achieve a dynastic union. However Isabella was deposed in 1870.
SLOWTHER: Compass Points (The Map Collector 16, p.48-)

£240

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Cabane des Holl.

Paris, 1683. French text edition. 145 x 100.
Uncoloured; light age-toning, otherwise a very good example.
An engraving showing bear hunting and processing, with ships in the background being loaded. From the French text edition of the five volume work 'Description de l'univers'.

£48

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Des Poissons.

Paris, 1683, French text edition. 155 x 100.
Uncoloured; light marginal soiling and light age toning, otherwise a good example.
A fine engraving of a large fish, probably representing a whale, in the background can be seen what looks like whale hunting and also a narwhal type creature. From the French text edition of the five volume work 'Description de l'Univers'.

£90

CRUIKSHANK, George.

All the World Going to see the Great Exhibition of 1851.

London, David Bogue, 1851. 220 x 240.
Uncoloured lithograph; very light age-toning, otherwise fine condition.
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, signed at the center of the globe. This image first appeared in Henry Mayhew’s 1851 or 'The Adventures of Mr & Mrs Sandboys and Family, who Came Up to London to Enjoy Themselves, and to See the Great Exhibition'. The work includes ten etchings by George Cruikshank and a woodcut title page reproducing the design on the wrappers of the parts. Cruikshank is making fun of the approximately 25,000 people who attended the exhibition, which was conceived to demonstrate Britain’s status as an industrial power.

£420

HOMANN, Johann Baptist.

[No Title].

Nuremberg, c.1720. 490 x 295.
Uncoloured; light brown guard paste stain to left margin, other light marginal soiling, trimmed close by binder on the right margin, but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing (norrowest point 3mm), otherwise a fine example.
A magnificant example of the engravers art, in this case it is Jacob Weisshoff and dated 1717. The full length portrait of Charles VI (1685-1740), Holy Roman Emperor and the penultimate Habsburg sovereign of the Habsburg Empire. This engraving appears in some atlases by J B Homann, Homann was to become engraver, mapseller and geographer to the Kaiser in 1715. Within the engraving are portraits of Charles I (Carolus) through to Charles V, the arms of Hapsburg appear in the lower left. In the background is a fortified city under seige, it is difficult to ascertain which city but it lies on the coast as ships can be seen at anchor.

£450

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Dragons.

Paris, French text edition, 1683. 150 x 100.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the margins, minor marginal soiling, otherwise a fine example.
A finely detailed and unusual engraving of "Dragons", actually the engraving shows three elephants, three large snakes and two winged serpant like animals, presumably dragons. Published in the 'Description de l'Univers", a five volume work.

£85

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Franz.

Diversi Dithmarsorum et Vicinarum gentium habitus.

Cologne, 1598-, French text edition. 365 x 495.
Finely coloured; very minor spotting, otherwise a fine example.
This fine engraving of costumed figures from the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' shows the dignitaries and pheasants of Dithmarschen. Dithmarschen is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by the district of Nordfriesland to the north and then clockwise - Schleswig-Flensburg, Rendsburg-Eckernförde and Steinburg, and Lower Saxony (district of Stade, separated by the Elbe river) and the North Sea. During medieval times the fenland villages of Dithmarschen enjoyed a long period of self rule and later in the 15th century a peasants' republic was formed. Several times noblemen and their mercenaries tried to subdue the independent mini state, but without any success. In 1500 the greatest of these battles took place at Hemmingstedt, where the outnumbered peasants defeated the army of Holstein and Kalmari Union. It was not until 1559 that the peasants were forced to give up their autonomy.

£420

HOLLAR, W.

[No title]. A True Relation of Capt. Kempthorne's Engagement, in the Mary-Rose, with seven Algier Men of War.

£140

[FER, Nicholas de.].

Plan de la Bataille de Sintzheim.

£48

HARTMANN, F.

Infanterie Lager des Xten=Bundes-Armee-Corps.

£56