MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Typus Orbis Ptol Descriptus.

Basle, c.1540-45. 270 x 350.
Woodcut. Many contemporary manuscript anotations in the margins and a few on the printed area of the map. Ptolemaic world map, surrounded by wind heads. The woodcut designs on the verso are attributed to Hans Holbein. SHIRLEY: 76.

£850

Anon [Cluver?].

Vetus Oceani Divisio.

[London, Thomas Osborne, 1745.]. 145 x 185.
Coloured; minor spotting, mainly to margins.
A map of the World known to the Ancients, with inset of British Isles and part of France.

£90

VALCK, Gerard.

Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique ou Description Generale Du Globe Terrestre et Aquatique en Deux-Plans-Hemispheres:

Amsterdam, c.1686. 475 x 580.
Fine original colour; paper very lightly age-toned, centrefold has been strengthened with old paper in the book. Otherwise a fine example.
The source of this magnificent double hemisphere map of the world is probably Jaillot's map of 1674. The decorative figured corners represent the four seasons. And the north and south polar circles are added at the top and bottom. California is shown as an island and further south a more definable coastline of Antarctica is shown and an almost complete Australia. SHIRLEY: 531 plate 373.

£6,200

BUACHE, Philippe.

£670

MENTELLE, Edme.

Mappemonde en duex hémisphères.

Paris, 1797. 320 x 425.
Original colour; fine condition.
An inexpensive map of the world in two hemispheres. Shows Tasmania joined to Australia and a general lack of knowledge in the Australasia area. Engraved by P F Tardieu.

£420

[LAPORTE, Joseph de.].

Mappe - Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre.

Paris, 1786. 180 x 220.
Original outline colour; minor tear to lower margin and slight soiling otherwise good.
An inexpensive and fairly early double hemisphere map of the world. Australia is joined to New Guinea and Tasmania is a peninsular. No Great Southern Continent. Published in Laporte's 'Atlas Moderne Portatif'.

£140

ANON.

Veteris Orbis Climata ex Strabone.

c. 1700. 210 x 305.
Uncoloured; dark impression, signs of old vertical creases otherwise good.
A highly decorative map of the ancient world with wind-heads. After the Greek geographer Strabo (ca.50 B.C. - A.D. 25.). Possibly from a copy of Cluverius's 'Ancient Geography'.

£180

ANON.

Planisphærium Orbis Terraquei.

c.1700. 135 x 200.
Uncoloured; some soiling to old folds, remargined on the left with no loss.
A small inexpensive double hemisphere map of the World. The Australian coastline almost complete but with no Tasmania indicating late 16th century and with no Great Southern Continent.

£95

HONDIUS, Henricus.

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica AC Hydrographica Tabula.

Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius, 1636, English text edition. 380 x 545.
Fine original colour; some expert restoration to centrefold as is often the case, only noticable when held up to the light. Very slight soiling and age-toning, otherwise a very good example.
The new World map from the Mercator-Hondius atlas after 1630, this is state 1. Highly decorative with portraits of Julius Cæsar, Claudius Ptolemy at the top and the author's father Jodocus Hondius and his mentor Gerard Mercator at the bottom. Similar in style to Speed with California as an island. New details include the Australian coastline extending towards New Guinea and the re-drawing of the north-east coast of Canada. Translated into English by Henry Hexham - Quatermaster to the Regiment of Colonel Goring. UNCOMMON. SHIRLEY: 336, State 1. KOEMAN: Me 41A.

£8,500

DU VAL, Pierre.

Terres Arctiques.

Paris, 1663. 100 x 123.
Original outline colour; fine condition.
An uncommon miniature map of the Arctic and northern regions. Showing the British Isles, North America as far down as Newfoundland and a large undefined area of land between Hudson's Bay and the Bering Strait (D. de Iesso). The Straits located between 180 & 190 degrees. 1st State of the plate. From 'La Géographie Universelle'.

£210

DU VAL, Pierre.

Terres Arctiques/Septemtrional et Boreales.

Paris, 1676. 100 x 123.
Uncoloured; fine condition.
An uncommon miniature map of the Arctic and northern regions. Showing the British Isles, North America as far down as Newfoundland. The large undefined area of land between Hudson's Bay and the Bering Strait which appeared on the first state is now smaller with the Bering Strait located between 200 & 210 degrees. The words Septemtrional et Boreales added in the bottom spandrels. From 'La Géographie Universelle'.

£180

DE WIT, Frederick.

[No title].

Amsterdam, 1641-1680. 435 x 490.
Fine original colour; minor spotting, but overall a fine example.
The South polar map after Henricus Hondius and originally published 1641 and in subsequent editions by Janssonius. Shows native scenes of hunting and food preparation in the spandrels. Bottom right is pictured a penguin and penguin hunting. Geographical detail includes a south and western coastline for Australia and an incomplete coast for New Zealand and with Antarctica, delineated partly by island chains and partly by line. The title was removed after 1645 and in 1657 the Islands of Amsterdam and Paulo have been added for the first time. This edition published without title cartouche and no text on the verso.
TOOLEY: The Mapping of Australia, pp.98.

£1,550

TALLIS, John.

Western Hemisphere.

London, J & F Tallis, 1851. 260 x 345.
Original outline colour; minor spotting mostly confined to the margins, otherwise a fine example.
The most decorative 'modern' map of the Americas available. A fine steel engraved circular map surrounded by vignettes depicting natives and wildlife found in the area, including a bison, a polar bear and a walrus.

£260

WEILAND, Carl Ferdinand.

Oestliche und Westliche Halbkugel der Erde.

Frankfurt, 1819. 500 x 660.
Original outline colour; very minor age-tonig, otherwise fine.
An inexpensive double hemisphere map - some decoration in the calligraphy and border. The geography is quite well advanced at this stage Tasmania is an island and New Zealand is virtually correct. The southern-most land mass being Sandwich Land (South Sandwich Islands) at 60 south. And in the north there is no indication of a NW passage, with Baffin's Bay completely land-locked.

£560

ANONYMOUS.

La Terre du Nord.

[Leiden, c.1720]. 145 x 200.
Original body colour; slight age-toning to margins and signs of old vertical creases, otherwise very good.
A map of the Arctic Circle and down as far as latitude 50 . With a French title, possibly by Pieter van der Aa.

£230

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Typus Orbis Terrarum.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1609-, German text edition. 135 x 200.
Uncoloured; very minor age-toning and soiling to margins, but otherwise very good.
A delightful twin hemisphere map of the World after Mercator, with the title above and Hondius' favourite quotation from the Psalms below. From the pocket edition of Mercator's atlas.
KOEMAN: Me 188. SHIRLEY: Mapping of the World #259, plate 204.

£750

PORCACCHI, Tommaso.

Discorso Intorno alla carta da Navigare.

Venice, Girolamo Porro, 1572-. 105 x 145, set in a page of text.
Uncoloured; some staining and soiling, maily confined to the text and margins, otherwise good condition.
The 'Marine' map of the World, covering most of the world from the America's to just beyond India, criss-crossed with rhumb lines. Engraved by Girolamo Porro. From 'L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo'.
SHIRLEY: Mapping of the World, 128, Plate 109.

£390

DANCKERTS, Justus.

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula.

Amsterdam, c.1685. 485 x 575.
Superb original colour, with gum-arabic on the red; some expert restoration in the centrefold area and minor soiling to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
One of the finest double hemisphere World maps available. Very similar in style to the earlier maritime map of 1668, this one however has been updated with the new discoveries in the south polar circle and the addition of Nova Guinea and the detail in the Pacific Ocean. The names of the oceans have also been added. Other amendments include the NW coast of America above the Island of California and the beginings of the coastline of New Zealand and Australia.
SHIRLEY: 529.

£6,900

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Typvs Orbis Terrarvm.

Antwerp, 1595, Latin text edition. 360 x 495.
Finely coloured; four very small worm holes, only visible when held up to the light, minor repair to lower centrefold, just into plate mark, other very minor spotting on the margins, otherwise a fine example.
The classic oval shaped map of the World, with a large land-mass to the bottom of the map. This map supersedes the first two plates of the same title replacing the clouds with strap-work. Medallions occupy the four corners and the South American coastline has been corrected.
Van den BROECKE: # 3.

£6,200

[Bellin, N.].

Vorstellung des ordentlichen Strichs der Gegenwinde, welche an den Küsten in dem Atlantischen und Indischen Meere zu regieren pflegen.

[Paris, c.1760], German edition. 150 x 300.
Uncoloured; minor staining and signs of old folds, otherwise good.
A map of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean, showing the prevailing wind directions. Also shows the east coast of South America, the whole of Africa and across to India and Ceylon. Probably published in the German edition of Bellin's atlas.

£54

GIBSON, John.

A Map of the Icy Sea in which the several communications with the Land Waters and other new Discoveries are exhibited.

London, Gentleman's Magazine, c.1770. 200 x 200.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning, some minor print offsetting and signs of old folds, cut close at top edge with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, otherwise quite good.
An interesting map of the North Polar region as far down as Japan and the Mediterranean Sea. Shows a Dutch ship at 80 degrees N, and a strange land mass named Bresqu Isle, discovered in 1753 (Alaska). It also shows a route from Japan to Portugal across the North Polar cap. Engraved by John Gibson.

£140

DU VAL, Pierre.

Le Monde en Planisphere.

Paris, 1672-. 105 x 130.
Uncoloured; minor age-toning to edges of margins, otherwise fine.
Miniature double-hemisphere world map from Du Val's pocket Geography, first published 1658. This is the second state, from 1672, with a key of the principal seas.
SHIRLEY: World 405.

£420

ZATTA, Antonio.

Emisfero Terrestre Settentrionale.

Venice, 1779. 330 x 420.
Original colour; slight staining in lower margin just extending into printed surface, very light age-toning of centrefold, and other minor marginal soiling, otherwise good.
The Northern Hemisphere as far down as the Equator.

£240

BLAEU, Willem.

Regiones sub Polo Arctico.

Amsterdam. 1650, Dutch text edition. 410 x 530.
Fine original colour; one or two minor stains in the margins and a light crease to the right of centrefold, otherwise a fine example.
A fine map of the North Pole, the second state, with the dedication added 1645. Spitzbergen, Iceland, Nova Zemla, Baffin's Bay and the Davis Straits, Newfoundland and Greenland are all shown.

£720

MORDEN, Robert.

A New Map of ye World.

London, 1680. 95 x 160.
Coloured, possibly old or original; soiling to margins and signs of wear, some areas of the plate are quite weak through wear, but otherwise very good.
A miniature map of the World from Robert Morden's 'Geography Rectified'. The title runs across the top of the map with a dedication cartouche left blank in the lower spandrel. Difficult to date precisely, but the atlas was published again in 1688, 1693 and 1700, this could be one of the later editions due to the impression, although Shirley notes that 'Pag 1' was added to the top right hand corner in editions post 1693, this one does not have this, but it could have worn off.

£430

FER, Nicolas de.

La Sphere Artificielle,...…

Paris, 1717. 230 x 325.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning of top edge of the upper margin, cut close bottom right corner due to binding, signs of old folds, otherwise a fine example.
An armillary sphere in the centre, with a celestial globe on the left and the terrestrial globe on the right. An interesting engraving.

£180

QUAD, Matthias.

Typus Orbis Terrarum, ad Imitationem Universalis Gerhardi Mercatoris.

Cologne, c.1596. 220 x 310.
Uncoloured; a dark fine impression is superb condition.
A map of the World on Mercator's projection from 'Europae Totius Orbis Terrarum', published by Johann Bussemacher. Various editions appeared, but this one is a dark impression indicating and early example, although the date 1596 has been erased from the bottom right corner. The figure of Christ appears in an oval frame . A fine piece of engraving.
SHIRLEY: Mapping of the World, Entry 197, plate 160.

£1,450

LOTTER, Tobias Conrad.

Diversi Globi Terr-Aqvei....

Augsburg, c.1770. 200 x 260.
Original colour; old folds from the book with minor signs of wear and a small hole at one of the intersections, cut close to printed area but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, minor marginal soiling, otherwise a good example.
An attractive double hemisphere world map with hardly any area of the paper left blank. The corner spandrels are filled with astronomical diagrams, whilst the centre ones contain celestial charts. Engraved by Andrea Silbereisen.

£590

BOWEN, Emanuel.

A New & Accurate Map of the North Pole.

London, 1752. 380 x 430.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning to edges of margins, otherwise a fine example.
A superb map of the North Pole and countries around it, as you move away from the zero meridian the distortions and misconceptions of the day become more apparent. From 'A Complete Atlas, or Distinctive View of the Known World'.

£380

QUAD, Matthias.

Polvs Arcticus sive Tract, Septentrionalis.

Cologne, John Bussemacher, 1592-1600. 215 x 275.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning of paper and minor marginal staining, otherwise very good to fine condition.
A classic representation of the North Pole after Gerard Mercator, with circular medallion maps in three corners, that of Shetland Islands, Faroe Islands and the mythical island of Frisland. As with the earlier map, there is the misconception of the large land-mass and the two islands "invented" for true north and magnetic north.

£680

TORNIELLO, Augustino.

Situs Partivm Præcipvarum Totivs Orbis Terrarvm.

Milan, 1610. 195 x 385.
Uncoloured; very light toning at centrefold, otherwise a fine example.
A rare map of the World, the Jonathan Potter catalogue of 1984 records an example with the description "The only copy so far recorded of this particular issue of the Augustino Torniellio's outline copy of the Ortelius World map". Published one year later than the more common example of the world map used in 1609 and published in 'Annales Sacri et Profani', Rodney Shirley records "Those editions of Torniello's work published from Frankfurt that I have seen lack the general map". This edition has a far better quality of etching, with the wind-heads having far more detail and the addition of extra place names, for example, Nova Guinea. RARE.

£2,300

MOLL, Hermann.

A New Map of the Whole World with the Trade Winds...

London, Thomas Bowles & John Bowles, 1735. 205 x 270.
Original outline colour; slight soiling to margins and four small ink stains on the equator.
Double-hemisphere world map showing California as an island, the partial outlines of Australia, Tasmania & New Zealand, and a large Jesso shown as a large peninsula of Asia almost connected to Japan. Underneath the map is a large vignette with allegorical figures representing the continents (including an armour-clad European with a flintlock) and a central figure of the Earth being showered with gifts.

£680

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Typvs Orbis Terrarvm.

Antwerp, 1570-79, Latin text edition. 340 x 495.
Finely coloured; soiling to the margins, signs of old creases visible only from the verso, bottom left corner with old paper crease, expert repair to lower margin, small hole at centrefold, otherwise a good example.
The classic oval shaped map of the World, with a large land-mass to the bottom of the map. On this version with clouds forming the border, the plate shows signs of a repaired crack in the bottom left corner, this happened after 1570, in 1579 the crack is less visible (this example). The clouds have been reworked, indicating that this is state 2 of plate 1. Franciscus Hogenberg's name appears as engraver along the botton edge.
SHIRLEY: No.122.

£5,900

MOLL, Hermann.

A New Map of the Whole World with the Trade Winds...

London, Thomas Bowles & John Bowles, 1735. 205 x 270.
Uncoloured; signs of old vertical fold, otherwise a fine example.
Double-hemisphere world map showing California as an island, the partial outlines of Australia, Tasmania & New Zealand, and a large Jesso shown as a large peninsula of Asia almost connected to Japan. Underneath the map is a large vignette with allegorical figures representing the continents (including an armour-clad European with a flintlock) and a central figure of the Earth being showered with gifts.

£680

[L'ISLE, Guillaume de.].

Mappamondo o sia Descrizione Generale del Globo Terrestre ed Acquatico.

Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1740. 300 x 360.
Uncoloured; light centrefold toning due to guard paste, very light print offset and minor marginal staining, otherwise a fine example.
A fine and decorative double hemisphere map of the World from 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'.

£950

L'ISLE, Guillaume de.

Nouva Carta del Polo Artico.

Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1740. 280 x 340.
Uncoloured; light centrefold toning due to guard paste, very light print offset and minor marginal staining, otherwise a fine example.
A map of the Northern Hemisphere from 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'. From the North Pole down to 45 degrees. California is an island, the mythical island of Frisland is shown as are other cartographical misconceptions, an unavigable North West Passage and a huge void of land area between Canada and the Bering Strait.

£320

TARDIEU, Ambroise.

Mappe - Monde en Deux Hémisphères.

Paris, Chez Étienne Ledoux, 1821. 320 x 555.
Original outline colour; minor waterstain to two corners, age-toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a good example.
A double hemisphere map of the World, published in 'Atlas pour servir a l'intelligence de L'Histoire Générale des Voyages, De Laharpe'.

£230

L'ISLE, Guillaume de.

Orbis Veteribus Noti Tabula Nova.

Paris, 1714. 500 x 500.
Original outline colour; light age-toning and soiling to the margins, some minor staining, otherwise a good example.
A map of the Eastern Hemisphere, shows Africa to Japan and down to Australia.

£160

L'ISLE, Guillaume de.

Hemisphere Septentrional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Arctiques.

Paris, 1714. 460 x 460.
Original outline colour; light age-toning and soiling to the margins, minor signs of worming, with slight loss of printed lines, otherwise a good example.
A fascinating map of the Northern Hemisphere, shows no way through for the Northwest Passage and an incomplete landmass where Alaska should be, it also shows a huge void between, what is now Alaska and the mainland.

£230

HOMANN, Johann, Baptista. - DOPPELMAYR, J. G.

Tabula Selenographica...…

Nurneberg, c.1742. 485 x 570.
Original wash colour; very light toning of centrefold, otherwise overall fine condition.
An unusual and early double hemisphere map of the moon from 'Atlas Coelestis' by Johann Gabriel Doplemayr. Illustrations include lunar phases and areas such as Mare Tranquillitatis and the Mare Imbrium are named, the "dark side" has theoretical topography, using placenames of the Mediterranean world.

£1,450

LAPIE, Pierre & Alexandre Émile.

Mappe-Monde en Duex Hémisphéres.

Paris, 1838. 360 x 580.
Original outline colour; light overall age toning, very light spotting, mainly to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
An inexpensive double hemisphere map of the Wolrd, engraved by Pierre Tardieu.

£95

BOWEN, Emanuel.

A New & Correct Chart of all the Known World Laid down according to Mercator's Projection.

London, 1748. 370 x 460.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning, minor print offsetting, otherwise a fine example.
A map of the World. Issued in John Harris's 'Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca', or 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels'. Engraved by Thomas Kitchin.

£490

HOMANN, Johann Baptist.

Planigobii Terrestris cum Utroq Hemisphærio Cælesti...

Nuremburg, c.1730. 475 x 545.
Original body colour; minor centrefold stain caused by guard paste, light marginal soiling, otherwise good dark impression.
A fine decorative double hemisphere map of the world. Many of the cartographical misconceptions are still present; Terra Jedso (north of Japan) and the island of Frisland in the North Atlantic. The Australian coastline is well defined, but with lack of detail in the north and Van Diemans Land shown only by a short line. The corners contain superb engravings of the four elements and celestial hemispheres fill the spandrels.

£2,150

TALLIS, John.

The World on Mercator's Projection.

London, London Printing & Publishing Co., 1851. 270 x 350.
Original outline colour; light soiling in the margins, otherwise a fine unfolded example.
A decorative steel-plate engraving, coloured to show the British Colonies, with inset views of London, Constantinople, Niagara, etc.

£110

BOWEN, Thomas.

A new Projection of the Western Hemisphere of the Earth on a Plane by J. Hardy.

London, Gentlemans' Magazine, F. Newbery, 1776. 245 x 230.
Uncoloured; some soiling and age-toning, signs of old folds from a smaller volume, otherwise a good example.
A map of the Western Hemisphere on a "new" projection devised by J. Hardy, Teacher of Mathematics & Writing Master at Eton College. Engraved by Thomas Bowen.

£78

BOWEN, Thomas.

A new Projection of the Eastern Hemisphere of the Earth on a Plane by J. Hardy.

London, Gentlemans' Magazine, F. Newbery, 1776. 245 x 230.
Uncoloured; some soiling and age-toning, signs of old folds from a smaller volume, light print offsetting, otherwise a good example.
A map of the Eastern Hemisphere on a "new" projection devised by J. Hardy, Teacher of Mathematics & Writing Master at Eton College. Engraved by Thomas Bowen.

£68

BOWEN, Thomas.

A Map of the South Pole, with the Track of his Majesty's Sloop Resolution in Search of a Southern Continent.

London, Gentlemans' Magazine, 1776. 250 x 225.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning, signs of old folds, minor staining and spotting, otherwise a very good example.
A fairly detailed map of the South Polar region, with the various tracks indicated in the quest to find the Southern Continent.

£100

GIBSON, John.

A Map of the Icy Sea in which the several communications with the Land Waters and other new Discoveries are exhibited.

London, Gentlemans' Magazine, 1741. 210 x 205.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning, signs of old vertical folds, otherwise a very good example.
An interesting map of the Arctic or North Polar regions as far down as latitude 35 engraved by John Gibson. Shows a sailing course from Portugal to Japan.

£150

LATTRÉ, Jean.

Nouvell Mappe Monde.

Paris, 1760. 465 x 655.
Coloured, some original; repairs to short tears and splits, other paper repairs, light soiling and staining to margins and text area below map, otherwise a good example.
A highly decorative map of the world on an unusual projection, shows Maritime Hemisphere and Terrestrial Hemisphere.

£1,150.

PTOLEMY, Claudius - MERCATOR, Gerard.

Universalis Tabula Iuxta Ptolemeum.

Cologne, 1578-. 340 x 475.
Old colour; light age-toning from an earlier frame, light surface soiling, old brown mounting tape to verso along top edge, otherwise a very good example.
A map of the world by Gerard Mercator and published in his revision of Prolemy's "Geographia". This decorative copper-plate map was engraved by Mercator himself. Shirley states - "His general Ptolemaic map is one of the finest available". Originally done in 1578 and published at Cologne, seven further editions were printed and published in Frankfurt and Amsterdam as late as 1704. The plate was later reworked and can be found in Dutch copies as late as 1730. This example has Latin text on the verso.

£1,950

KEERE, Pieter van den.

A New and Accurat Map of the World.

London, William Humble, 1646. 85 x 123.
Coloured; some marginal soiling and minor nicks, otherwise a fine example.
A miniature map of the world by Van den Keere completed just before his death in 1646 aged 75. Prepared for the pocket edition of John Speed's 'Prospect of the World'. Printed by Miles Fletcher for sale by William Humble. Further editions followed to 1676.
SHIRLEY: 368. Plate 278.

£480

MORDEN, Robert.

A New Map of ye World.

London, 1680-93. 95 x 160.
Coloured; a stain to side margin (above the map) caused by old tape, minor marginal soiling, light show-through of text from verso (as is often the case with this map), otherwise a very good example.
A miniature map of the World from Robert Morden's 'Geography Rectified'. The title runs across the top of the map with a dedication cartouche left blank in the lower spandrel. Difficult to date precisely, but the atlas was published again in 1688, 1693 and 1700, this could be one of the later editions, Shirley notes that 'Pag 1' (present on this example) was added to the top right hand corner in editions post 1693.

£360

ORTELIUS, Abraham - COIGNET, Michel.

Typus Orbis Terrarum.

Antwerp, 1609-12, Italian text edition. 90 x 125.
Coloured; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor marginal spotting, otherwise a fine example.
A finely engraved miniature map of the World, originally published 1601 by Jan Keerbergen in a world atlas with all the plates engraved by Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius. Text by Michael Coignet, it was to be publlished in Latin, French, English, German and Italian between 1601 and 1612. In 1609 Jan B. Vrients increased the number of maps and retouched some.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps pp.86-88. SHIRLEY: World #203.

£350

ORTELIUS, Abraham - VRIENTS, Jan Baptist.

[No title].

Antwerp, 1601-09, Latin text edition. 90 x 125.
Coloured; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor marginal spotting, otherwise a fine example.
A finely engraved miniature map of the World, originally published 1601 by Jan Baptist Vrients in his 'Epitome theatri Orteliani, it was publlished in Latin, French and Italian between 1601 and 1612.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps pp.86-88. SHIRLEY: World #231.

£380

PLANCIUS, Petrus.

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus. [Title repeated in Dutch].

Amsterdam, 1590. 285 x 500.
Original colour; signs of old vertical folds, trimmed close at both sides with no loss of print and with just enough paper to facilitate framing, light water staining in green area, overall a very good example.
A double hemisphere map of the World engraved by Baptista Doetechom. Plancius' map displays many of the improvements found in the post-1587 world map of Ortelius, South America is now without the bulge and also the insertion of the Solomon Islands. He has also introduced further changes based on the latest discoveries made by the Portuguese. Particularly the west coast of America and the west coast of Asia, Japan is also shown for the first time as one small and three larger islands.

£7,200

RUSCELLI, Girolamo.

Orbis Descriptio.

Venice, c.1561. 185 x 260.
Coloured possibly old; some expert restoration to small worm holes with no loss of printed surface on the front. Slight staining and soiling, but apart from these listed defects it is still quite presentable.
One of two 'modern' world maps that appearred in Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geographia'. Engraved on copper it shows a finely detailed double hemisphere map of the world, the first to appear in an atlas. Possibly adapted from the oval projection used for Gastaldi's larger world map.
SHIRLEY: 110. Plate 94.

£320

[ORTELIUS, Abraham.].

Geographia Sacra.

[Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, c.1650-]. No text on verso. 363 x 482.
Uncoloured; light age-toning and minor waterstaining to margins, one or two small spots, otherwise a good example.
A map of Sacred Geography based on holy writers in the Old and New Testament. Inset is a 'modern' oval map of the World. Possibly published by Jan Jansson in 'The Accuratissima Orbis Antiqui Delineatio', although the plate size and engraving matches the original plate by Abraham Ortelius and his name appears in the top right corner, in which case it was published in the 'Parergon'. I have included the van den Broecke reference number.
Van den BROECKE: 178.

£340

BOWEN, Emanuel.

Nuova ed Esatta Carta del Mondo.

[London, 1744-]. 355 x 435.
Coloured; some expert repairs to the edges of the margins, light marginal soiling, signs of old folds, otherwise a very good example.
A map of the World after Emanuel Bowen, but from an Italian text edition (title in Italian) and dated 1744.

£390

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Typus Universalis.

Basle, Heinrich Petri, 1550-, Latin text edition. 285 x 380.
Woodcut; small holes in the upper and lower margins, some minor marginal staining, otherwise a very good example.
Munster's modern world map, using an oval projection surrounded by wind heads, published in his Cosmographia. This and the accompanying map of the Americas were the first printed maps to name the Pacific Ocean. This is the second woodblock used by Munster for both the Geographia and the Cosmographia after 1550. The initial DK (David Kandel) appears in the left-hand corner.
SHIRLEY: 92.

£1,600

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Typus Orbis Ptol Descriptus.

Basle, 1550. 285 x 350.
Uncoloured woodcut; minor marginal soiling and light waterstaining, small hole in the upper and lower margins, otherwise very good.
Ptolemaic world map, surrounded by wind heads. The woodcut designs on the verso are attributed to Hans Holbein.
SHIRLEY: Mapping of the World, 76.

£850

VAL, Pierre du.

Carte Universelle du Commerce c'est á dire Carte Hidrographique [sic]...…

Paris, 1674-86. 370 x 540.
Finely coloured; some marginal nicks and light soiling, one or two short and expertly repaired tears, old ink manuscript 'Siberia' above Grande Tartarie and latitude numbers down the right-hand side, also 'I.Chiloe' off the South American coast, otherwise a good example.
A map of the world on a plane projection showing the principal trading routes across the oceans, particularly those from the East and West Indies. Du Val has shown the northern route across the Indian Ocean used by the English and French ships, also the more southerly route used by the Dutch. There is very little decoration for a map of this period, but then it was probably intended for commercial purposes as the title implies. California is shown as an island, the coast of Australia is quite advanced and Van Diemens Land named. There is also a huge land-mass in the south, with the Beach named. It ran to a second state for the 'Carte de Geographie' and a third state with the date altered to 1686 (this example).
SHIRLEY: Mapping of the World #465.

£2,850