World. WALDSEEMULLER, M. [Strasbourg, 1513] Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem. 17 3/8 x 22 1/2 inches. Woodcut with complete margins; some weakening of impression in areas, else excellent condition. An exceptional, uncropped example of one of the earliest world maps of the Discovery.....
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Myanmar (Burma)/ Thailand/ Bangladesh. FRIES, L., PTOLEMY, C. [Lyons: 1522/ 1535] [On verso:] Tabula XI Asiae. 11 x 16 inches. Fine hand color; excellent condition. One of the earliest acquirable maps to focus on a specific region of Southeast Asia. The areas depicted on the map is primarily today’s Myanmar.....
ORTELIUS, Abraham [Antwerp: 1570] Natoliae.../ Aegypti.../ Carthaginis... 12 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches. Fine hand color; reinforced bottom of centerfold, few edge mends, ink stain lower left, still very good condition overall.A very early issue from a 1570 edition, the year of the first appearance of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas. Three editions.....
Aden, Arabiae Foelicis Emporium….
One of relatively few engravings by Braun & Hogenberg of non-European locales. The earliest acquirable European view of Aden in Yemen, the Arabian port commanding the passage between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Also pictured are Mombasa in Kenya, Kilwa in Tanzania, and Sofala in Mozambique, all on.....
Eur: IX Tab:.
The very scarce, first state of this attractive map engraved by Gerard Mercator himself of what is today northwest Turkey, including Istanbul (here Byzantium) and the Dardanelles. Also on the map are present-day northern Greece, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Kosovo and Serbia. Meeting in this map are two of the.....
Beijing. HARRIS, John/ CAMPBELL, John [London: 1744] Plans of the Old & New City of Peking ye. Metropolis of China. 14 x 8 3/4 inches. Copperplate engraving. Excellent condition. Revealing, early plans of Beijing, formerly Peking, depicting the then contemporary city along with the ancient, original city. Legends at lower.....
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.....
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. .....
Singapore/ Parts of Malaysia, Borneo & Java. JAMES IMRAY & SON [London: 1880] East India Archipelago [Western Route to China. Chart No.2]… 1880. 49 x 40 inches, 124.5 x 101.7 cm. Two joined, lithographed sheets mounted on new, heavy blue paper with original trade label affixed. Courses with positions and.....
Map Of The Balkan Peninsula….
A rare, clearly printed, political map of this volatile region, described as "entirely new" in the advertisement included here. Although the map is not dated, the Royal Geographic Society reported its acquisition of an example in July of 1914 (see below). Since the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June.....
Iraq/ World War I. PERVITITCH, Jacques [Jakub PERVITIĆ] [Constantinople: c. 1918] Irak. 18 ½ x 23 inches (47 x 58.5 cm. Color lithography, with some contemporary manuscript additions in pencil, bearing stamp of "J. Pervititch Constantinople." Mended marginal split, a few penetrating printed surface, some staining & creasing, yet still.....
NIPPON CHI.
Japanese History/ Humor. February 5, 1906 Issue of the Japanese Magazine Nippon Chi (The Land of Japan). 10 x 7 inches; wood-engraved; 67 pp. not including cover; very slight edge wear & toning, four intentional puncture holes for binding?, excellent. .....