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.....
World. QUAD, M. [Cologne, 1600] Typus Orbis Terrarum, Ad Imitationem Gerhardi Mercatoris... 8 ½ x 12 ¼ inches. Strong impression, margins close but no loss, excellent condition. .....
World/ Northwest Passage/ Australiana. KEERE, P. VAN DEN/ JANSSON, J. [Amsterdam, 1621/c. 1636] Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula. 15 1/2 x 21 inches. Fine hand color; a few mended, inconspicuous into engraved surface & along a vertical crease, largely in margins, good 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. .....
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One of the earliest and rarest printed world maps; the first to be published in northern Italy. The Berlinghieri is certainly the rarest of the early Ptolemiac world maps, aside from the unobtainable 1477 Bologna edition. It is also the only early Ptolemaic world map to employ the same projection.....
World. WALDSEEMULLER, M. [Strasbourg, 1513] Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem. 17 3/8 x 22 1/2 inches. Woodcut with a strong printing impression; very slightly cropped along bottom, still overall excellent condition. .....
MACROBIUS, A. T. Macrobii Aurelii Theodosii Viri Consularis in Somnium Scipionis Li-bri Duo: Et Septem Eiudem Libri Saturna Lioru…Apud Sanctam Coloniam Anno M. D. XXI. Cologne: Eucharius Cervicornus, August 1521. Small folio ( 31 x 22.5 cm.) in 19th c. quarter red morocco, marbled paper over boards with considerable wear.....
World. GRYNAEUS, S./ MUNSTER, S.(?)/ HOLBEIN the Younger, H. [Basel, c. 1532] Typus Cosmographicus Universalis. 14 ¾ x 22 inches. Woodcut printed on two joined sheets; very good condition overall; see below for details. An attractive example of this.....
An excellent example of this early, woodcut world map, rich in the imagery of the Discovery Period with its many sea monsters and surrounding wind heads. The map provides an overview of the known world of the mid-16th century, just after the first great wave of New World discoveries. The.....
A very early issue of the stately world map that appeared in the first modern atlas; it provided the picture of the world that would prevail for many decades to come. Using the freshest information available, Ortelius employed as his chief source Mercator’s profoundly important world map of 1569, on.....
World. ORTELIUS, A. [Antwerp: 1570 [1574] Typvs Orbis Terrarvm. 13 ¼ x 19 ¼ inches. Copperplate engraving with fine hand color; invisible split along top of centerfold, supported with thin rice paper on verso, overall very good .....
A beautiful example in full, vibrant, period color of a majestic, folding world map. A rare issue with very important updates. The map is an extraordinary compendium of oceanic exploration and contains voyage tracks from the 15th century to those contemporaneous with the map including those relating to polar and.....
Pictorial Map/ Flight. CHASE, Ernest Dudley [Winchester, Massachusetts: n.d. but 1942] The Story Map of Flying Being a Chronicle of Man's Conquest of the Air . . . 26 x 19 3/8 inches. Original color print. Slight fold wear, lightly age toned, library stamp on verso, else excellent. A striking.....
World Map. CHAPIN, Robert MacFarlane/ DONOVAN, Jeremiah. New York: TIME Inc., 1959] IT’S AN INTERESTING WORLD IN AN INTERESTING TIME. 24 ½ x 30 inches. Poster printed in color halftone; folds for mailing as issued, else excellent. .....
