TALLIS, John.

Belgium.

London, J & F Tallis, 1851. 270 x 345.
Original outline colour; overall fine condition.
With fine steel engraved vignettes of Antwerp Cathedral and the Monuments on the plains of Waterloo.

£50

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Franz.

Antverpia...…

Cologne, 1574-. 340 x 475.
Fine original colour; some soiling and staining mainly to the margins, but with some on the printed surface, slight centrefold wear in places, otherwise very good.
One of two views of Antwerp found in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' (vol. I). Shows the City at the height of its power in the mid 16th Century prior to its decline in the latter part during the Dutch religious wars. The City was not only important for trade and commerce but was also the centre of engraving, publishing and mapmaking in Europe. This view shows the City at the time when Ortelius, de Jode, Plancius, Hoefnagel and Franz Hogenberg lived and worked there. A dedication in the cartouche bottom right to the Duke of Alba, commander of the Spanish forces in the Netherlands.

£700

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Franz.

Huum Opp. Condrusorum Caput.

Cologne, 1574-. 305 x 460.
Fine original colour; some soiling and staining mainly to the margins, otherwise very good.
The Belgian town of Huy on the River Meuse, between Liège and Namur. From volume II of Braun and Hogenberg's 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first collection of town plans.

£290

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Franz.

Leyda, Batavorum Lugdunum, vulgo Leyden...…

Cologne, 1574-. 355 x 495.
Fine original colour; some soiling and staining mainly to the margins, but some on the printed surface, old repaired tear to the leftt hand side, hardly noticable from the front, otherwise good.
The famous University City of Leiden, an interesting engraving, the city itself surrounded by a high defensive wall and moat, with interconnecting waterways. The town of Katwijk aan Zee is marked on the coast, top left, with the fortified village of Voorschoten bottom left. >From volume II of Braun and Hogenberg's 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first collection of town plans.

£590

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Franz.

Leodium.

Cologne, 1574-. 330 x 475.
Fine original colour; some soiling and staining mainly to the margins, otherwise good.
The city of Liege, with numbered key to the landmarks and important buildings. From volume I of Braun and Hogenberg's 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first collection of town plans.

£590

S.D.U.K.

The Netherlands and Belgium.

London, Charles Knight, 1847. 395 x 325.
Original outline colour; very light marginal soiling, otherwise fine condition.
Engraved by J & C Walker and published for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. A map of the Netherlands and Belgium showing the railway system.

£32

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Galliæ Belgicæ veteris accurata descriptio amico colendo do P Bertio I Hondius Dt.

Amsterdam, Judocus Hondius, 1616. 100 x 140.
Uncoloured; very light overall age-toning and minor marginal staining, otherwise fine condition.
A miniature map of ancient Belgium and northern France.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 99.

£45

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Leodiensis Dioecesis Typus.

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

£290

TIRION, Isaac.

Nuova Carta delle Contée di Flandra, Artois ed Hannonia.

Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1740. 280 x 330.
Uncoloured; light centrefold toning due to guard paste, otherwise a fine example.
A map of Belgium from 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'.

£38

L'ISLE, Guilllaume de.

Carte du Comté de Flandre...

Paris, 1704. 490 x 645.
Original outline colour; light age-toning and minor soiling, trimmed close at top edge by binder with no loss of printed surface, otherwise a good example.
A fine detailed map of Flanders and Belgium, shows Lille, Tournai, Dunkerque, Brugge, Oostende, Bruxelles and Antwerpen.

£150

L'ISLE, Guilllaume de.

Carte des Comtéz de Hainault de Namur et de Cambresis...

Paris, 1712. 470 x 655.
Original outline colour; light age-toning and minor soiling, some defects and nicks to the margins, otherwise a good example.
A fine detailed map of northern France and parts of Belgium. Names Namur, Cambrai, Valenciennes, Mons and covers the area down to Luxembourg.

£120

L'ISLE, Guillaume de.

Carte des Pays Bas Catholoques.

Paris, 1702. 475 x 630.
Original outline colour; light age-toning and soiling to the margins, trimmed close at top edge, just clipping line border, otherwise a good example.
A map of Belgium and southern Holland.

£110

DURY, Andrew.

[No title].

London, A.Dury & R.Sayer, 1761. 105 x 125.
Original outline colour; light age-toning to the margins, otherwise a good example.
An inexpensive miniature map of Belgium and Northern France. Published in 'A New General and Universal Atlas' and engraved by Mr Kitchin and others.

£14

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Don dem Land Flan=dern

Basle, Heinrich Petri, 1550-, German text edition. 120 x 155.
Woodcut; light marginal age toning and minor staining on map, otherwise a very good example.
A map of Flanders and parts of northern France. Names Calais, Gravelines, Nieuwpoort and Middelburg along the coast and inland to Hainault and Brabant. Map set in a page of text in German. From an early edition of Munster's 'Cosmography'.

£48