World. FINE, O. [Paris, 1531 [1532]] Nova, Et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio . . . Orontius F. Delph . . . 1531 Mense Julio. 11 3/8 x 16 1/4 inches. Woodcut with a strong printing impression. Top & right side margins expertly extended with minor replacement of printed area at.....
The first issue of this early engraving of five Moroccan port cities, including Tangier, Asilah, the fishing port of Safi, and the ancient city of Sale’. Cueta is an autonomous Spanish city opposite Gibraltar.The engraving appeared in the Civitatis Orbis Terrarum, the first atlas of city plans and views. This remarkable work.....
Crete/ Greek Islands. MERCATOR, G./ HONDIUS, J. [Amsterdam, 1633] Candia cum Insulis aliquot circa Graeciam. 13 ¼ x 18 ¾ inches. Fine hand color; lower margin, centerfold & cartouche at lower right reinforced, still very good overall. A very beautifully engraved and colored Dutch map from the great partnership of.....
Stockholm, Sweden. MERIAN, M. [Frankfurt am Main, 1638`] Stockholm. 7 ½ x 13 inches. Marginal mend well away from printed image, else excellent condition. A superb bird’s-eye view, published just after Stockholm had become the official capital of the Swedish Empire. The view is oriented to the south.....
China/ Japan. THÉVENOT, Melchisédech. [Paris, 1663] Imperii Sinarum Nova Descriptio. 18 x 25 inches. Original outline color; some fold wear with minor separations & losses, flattened & mounted on rice paper, overall very good. An important map embodying significant advances that were made.....
A gore (constituent globe part) by the greatest early globe maker, showing the Azores and Cape Verde island groups. Tracks of various 17th century European voyages headed to the East Indies, which used these islands as way stations, are plotted out, with their positions for particular dates indicated. In the.....
India/ Mumbai/ Goa/ Arabian Sea/ Oman/ Maldives. CORONELLI, V. [Venice, 1697]. Avvertimento Al Navigli Che Partono Da Goa Per Andare Al Capo Di Buona Speranza Per Il Di Fuori Di Madagascar. 11 x 11 ¼ inches; 14 ¾ x 11 ¼ inclusive of text. Excellent condition. .....
John Senex’s large folio map of Ireland, in a beautiful example with a bold strike and rich hand color. The map shows Ireland’s counties, cities and towns, waterways and loughs as expected, but includes more unusual information as well, such as the pilgrimage site of Saint Patrick’s Purgatory in County.....
China/ Korea. ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, G. [Paris: 1751] L’Empire De La Chine dresse d’apres les Cartes de l’Atlas Chinois… 19 x 20 ½ inches. Copperplate engraving with original outline color. Invisible mend lower centerfold, mend in lower margin, very good overall. This.....
A beautifully engraved, lively view of London with Westminster Bridge in the foreground. The Thames River teems with sailboats and river barges. The old Westminster Palace’s river steps can be seen at the right-hand foot of the bridge, and St. Paul’s Cathedral can be seen in the distance to the.....
Connecticut. ROMANS, B./ COVENS & MORTIER & COVENS [Amsterdam, 1780] Connecticut and Parts adjacent… 20 ½ x 23 ¼ inches. Copperplate engraving with original outline color; all edges deckled, uncut; mint condition; in a fine archival frame. Very rare; separately published. The earliest acquirable map of Connecticut.....
Geographic Allegorical Figures. W.B. WALKER (publisher) [London: 4 Fox & Knot Court, Cow Lane: 1805] EUROPE. ASIA. 10 ½ x 14 3/8 inches. Mezzotint, transferred to glass, finished with oil color. Sightly age-toned, small area of lower right corner chipped off, two areas of bubbling; color rich & vibrant, overall.....
Rio De Janeiro. SYDENHAM, Thomas, Esq. / ORME, Edward [London: January 1, 1812] Entrance of the Harbour of Rio Janeiro. London: Pubd. Jan. 1 1812, by Edwd. Orme, Printseller to the King, Engraver & Publisher, Bond Strt. Corner of Brook St. 10 x 14 ¼ inches. Excellent condition. .....
World Map/ Buddhism. Zuda RŌKASHI (Priest Hōtan) [Kyōto, c. 1710-1815] Nansen Bushu Bankoku Shōka No Zu. (“Outline Map of all the Countries of the Universe”) 45 x 57 ½ inches. Period wash color; nine woodblock sheets joined; folds reinforced, slight losses at some fold intersections, overall very good. .....
Very rare. Green Bay, Wisconsin's seminal map, Ellis' plan shows the town as it was originally laid out, extending from the Fox River east to present North Irwin Avenue, and from Walnut Street north to present Eastman Street. All the surveyed blocks are divided into numbered lots, with two public.....
Cuba/ Opera History. CARDENA, Mariano/ BECHERINIE, F. [Havana, 1848] Arribo de Albina Steffanoni a la Isla de CUBA. 1848. 8 x 11 inches (sheet size). Manuscript in pen & ink & watercolors on heavy, watermarked wove paper, bit of soiling & toning, else excellent. [With:] A ms. sonnet titled Omaggio.....
Connecticut. NEVERS, R./ DAMERUM, W. [Hartford, 1851] The State of Connecticut including Parts of New York and New Jersey. 23 x 28 ¼ inches (engraved area only. Original wash hand color, refreshed; re-mounted on new linen & expertly conserved; toned, some spotting, a few splits but overall very good. In.....
BONAR, Thomas [New York, c. 1855] Compo House. The Residence of Richard H. Winslow Esq. at Westport, Conn. 17 ¼ 21 ¼ inches. Color lithograph. Expertly mounted on acid-free paper; well-mended split lower right imperceptibly extending into printed surface, light mat burn, very good overall. .....
Cuba/ Havana. COELLO, D. F. [Madrid, 1851 & 1855] Isla De Cuba (both sheets with same title) Each, 30 x 41 1/2 inches. Pair of folding maps on heavy paper, with original outline color, in original covers; some discoloration at a few folds, very slight wear at fold intersections.....
Rare. This was as authoritative a chart of these waters as was available at the time. Despite its density of detail, the chart was engraved with uncommon clarity. Its delineation of the Connecticut shoreline includes the many, small harbor islands, especially along the western shore. Also, all inlets, rivers and.....
Large, detailed, up-to-date map of the entire theatre of the American Civil War, accompanied by a booklet that provides a day to day history of the war from its beginning to November 30th, 1863. Red circles on the map indicate the sites of engagements. Railroad lines are shown throughout, and.....
Nantucket/ Baseball History. STONER, J. J./ BECK & PAULI [Madison, WI, 1881] Bird’s Eye View of the Town of Nantucket in the State of Massachusetts. Looking Southwest.1881. 19 ¼ x 27 3/8 inches. Two-stone lithograph. Mounted on acid-free paper, invisible mends in margin and of one split entering the printed.....
Abilene, Texas. KIRBY, A. H./ THOMAS, J. A./ LOUIS C. WISE & CO. (publisher) [Galveston: c. 1885] Map of Abilene. 22 ¾ x 25 inches. Lithograph. Fine condition. An unusually elegant example of a promotional city plan and possibly the earliest printed.....
United States/ New York State/ Railroads/ Advertising. HANNIFAN & CO., Publisher/ RAND MCNALLY, Printer [New York, 1886] 1885.-Railroad Map And Business Guide in Book Form.-1886.Embracing the Principal Manufacturers, Trades and Representative Business House of Utica, Rome Camden..and Schenectady. 25 ½ x 39 ½ inches. Lithographed folding map with original hand.....
New York City. CHASE, Ernest Dudley [Winchester, MA: dated 1939] A Pictorial Map of that portion of New York City known as Manhattan also showing parts of the Bronx . . . 20 ½ x 27 ½ inches. Artist's signature in pencil lower left below copyright. Some chipping & mended splits.....
