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

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

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

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

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 antique 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

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

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

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