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. Slightly age-toned, small area of lower right corner chipped off, two areas of bubbling; color rich & vibrant, overall.....
Large, attractively engraved plan of Rome, flanked by 16 vignettes, each approximately 4 x 5 inches, of the city's most prominent ancient and modern structures. Included among the latter are the Pantheon of Agrippa, Trajan's Column, and the Colosseum; among the former are the basilicas of St. Peter, St. John.....
A finely engraved plan of Rome flanked by 15 floor plans of the city's most important structures, both ancient and more recent. It was likely intended for the more serious-minded visitor, such as northern Europeans on the Grand Tour, and for students of architecture. Pietro Ruga was active in the.....
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.....
Poland. SPEED, J. [London, 1676] A Newe Mape of Poland Done into English by J. Speede. 15 ¾ x 20 ¼ inches. Fine hand color with a strong impression; excellent condition. A fine example of one of the most beautiful and desirable, early maps of Poland; it.....
Nuremberg/ Ulm/ Salzburg/ Lindau. BRAUN & HOGENBERG [Cologne, 1572] Nurnberga/ Ulma/ Urbis Salisbugen/ Lindola. 13 x 18 3/8 inches. Fine hand color; fine condition. .....
Bruges. BRAUN, G. & HOGENBERG, F. [Cologne, 1572] Brugae, Flandricarum Urbium Ornamenta. 12 ½ x 18 ¼ inches. Fine hand color with detailing in gold; excellent condition. Beautifully colored, gold-highlighted plan of Bruges, the “Venice of the north” and one of Europe's best preserved cities. The plan clearly displays the.....
This superb view of Poland’s primary seaport appeared in Braun & Hogenberg's Civitatis Orbis Terrarum, the first printed atlas of city plans and views. It accurately portrays the Town Hall Spire (marked Das Rhathaus on the view), the Church of Saint Mary (Die Phare Kirch) and more than a dozen.....
Atlas. ORTELIUS, A./ GALLE, F. [Antwerp, 1579] Le Miroir Du Monde, Reduict Premierement En Rithme… A Anvers, De l’Imprimerie de Christofle Plantin, pour Philippe Galle. M.D.LXXIX.Oblong octavo in contemp. Vellum, ties lacking; 72 maps, 6 of which folding; slight edge wear to text leaves, partial cropping to some folding maps for.....
Napoli/ Italy. ORTELIUS, A. [Antwerp, 1579] Regni Neapolitani... 14 ¼ x 19 ¼ inches. Fine original color; oxidized area reinforced, minor loss lower centerfold & some creasing, overall fair condition. An attractive map of approximately the southern third of Italy encompassing the provinces of Apulia, Campania and Calabria and.....
An early edition, the second, of Mercator’s definitive presentation of Ptolemy’s map of Spain and Portugal. In this map, engraved by Mercator himself, was the meeting of two of the most important figures in the history of geography. Geographic data and mapmaking instructions left by the Alexandrian, Claudius Ptolemy (fl.....
British Isles/ History of Cartography. MERCATOR, G./ PTOLEMY, C. [Cologne: 1584] Europae. I. Tab: 13 3/8 x 16 inches. Fine hand color; two light stains upper left & right (less pronounced on the actual map than in the image), else excellent condition. .....
One of Ortelius’s most important European maps, in an attractive example. It clearly summarizes what 16th century geographers believed of northern Europe and the waters above it. In his atlas, Ortelius cited an array of cartographers whose ideas contributed to this map, including several whose maps are now unobtainable. Greenland.....
Iceland. MERCATOR, G./ HONDIUS, J. [Amsterdam, 1609] Islandia. 11 x 17 inches. Fine original color; lower centerfold reinforced, lightly toned, overall very good. .....
Great Britain. SPEED, John [London, 1610 [1616]] The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland. 15 x 20 1/8 inches. Fine hand color; fine example with a strong impression. A beautiful example of the first state of one the most visually striking maps ever produced of the British Isles, embellished with.....
First edition and a fine example of this picturesque map evoking the rugged, forested terrain of the western English county with its many castles. At upper right is a plan of the town of Hereford with its great cathedral at the center, where is housed the legendary, medieval world map. .....
Cornwall/ England. SPEED, J./ John SUDBURY & G. HUMBLE [London, 1610 [1614?] Cornwall. 15 x 19 ¾ inches. Fine hand color; a few mended edge split, else excellent. First edition and finely colored example of Speed’s Cornwall, one of his most elaborately decorative maps. A plethora of ships, sea.....
Berkshire/ Windsor Castle. SPEED, John [London, 1614 (?)] Barkshire Described. Performed by I. Speede and are to be sold in the Popes head Alley by I. Sud and Georg Humble Cum Privilegio. 15 x 20 inches. Fine hand color; expertly mended worming in centerfold with reinstatement of part of title.....
A finely engraved general map of Italy that appeared in the first atlas of Italy published in Italy. It depicts Italy with place names that were in use during the Roman Imperial Period of the Second Century A. D. While closely based on a map by Gerard Mercator from his.....
Roman Empire/ The Peutinger Table. ORTELIUS, A. [Antwerp, 1598/ 1624] Tabula Itineraria Antiquae… Four sheets, each approximately 16 ½ x 20 ½ inches. Centerfold reinforced with rice paper, a few marginal mends, else excellent. .....
Belgium/ Netherlands. STRADA, F. [Leiden: Jacques Marcu, 1643] Novus XVII. Inferioris German=nieae Provin=ciarum. 7 x 5/14 inches; 18 x 13 cm. Rich hand color with gold highlighting; excellent condition. .....
Greece/ Greek Islands. LAURENBERG, J./ JANSSON, J. [Amsterdam: 1650] Hessas. Seu Graecia Universa. Autore J. Laurenbergio. 18 ½ x 22 ¼ inches. Fine original color; lightly toned, a marginal split, else excellent. .....
Superbly realized panorama of Paris, showing it within the context of the surrounding countryside replete with windmills. It effectively recreates what the mid-17th century traveler would have seen on approaching the city from the northeast, at a distance of a few miles. This view is to be distinguished from Merian’s.....
Scarce, large-paper, Jansson edition beautifully engraved, bird’s-eye view of the English cathedral city of Norwich that was also a center of the wool trade. With vibrant, full original color. From Jansson’s magnificent, eight-volume townbook atlas.
Russia/ Lithuania/ Ukraine. SPEED, J. [London: 1676] A Map of Russia. 15 5/8 x 20 1/8 inches. Fine hand color; a few closed splits in lower margin two just entering surface, else excellent condition with a strong impression. .....
