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322 [The 'Upside-Down' Map of the Indian Ocean] GASTALDI, Giacomo.
Seconda Tavola. Venice, Giunti, 1606. Trapizoid, 280 x (at greatest) 385mm.
Engraved with north to the bottom of the map, it shows Arabia (with Bahrain) on the right, India, Ceylon and the Maldives, with the edge of Sumatra top left. Published in Ramusio's 'Delle navigationi et viaggi', This is the engraved version, cut in 1563 after the original woodcut was destroyed in a fire at the printing house in 1557. 		£1,700

323 [Ptolemaic Central Asia] MERCATOR, Gerard.
Tab. VII. Asiæ, exhibens Scythiam, intra Imaum Sogdianam, Bactrianam, Hircaniam, aliasq. Asiæ Regiones. Utrecht, François Halma, c.1695. Coloured. 345 x 455mm.
Map of the regions east of the Caspian Sea, to the Himalayas, including Kazakstan. First published 1578, this map comes from Mercator's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geography', with the maps updated to Mercator's Projection. This example is of the second state, with a new title cartouche replacing the original strapwork one. 		£320

324 TALLIS, John.
Islands in the Indian Ocean. London, J. & F. Tallis & Co., c.1851. original colour, steel engraving, printed area 270 x 335mm.
From one of the last decorative atlases engraved by J. Rapkin. A detailed map of the Indian Ocean Islands including Madagascar and an inset of Mauritius with a decorative border and five attractive vignettes of local scenes. 		£125

325 [Globe Gore of the Arabian Sea] CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.
[Arabian Sea.] Venice, 1696. Circa 280 x 280mm, set in text.
Originally engraved to be pasted onto a globe in 1688, this edition was printed with a text underneath it. It shows the Arabian Sea from Oman to Sri Lanka, with a roundel with a text describing how to sail from Goa to Madagascar and the Cape of Good Hope. Under the map and on verso is an Italian text. 		£280

326 [The Great Game] TALLIS, John.
Independent Tartary. London, J. & F. Tallis & Co., c.1851. Original outline colour. Steel engraving, 260 x 330mm.
Central Asia, including the Caspian, Kazakstan and Kyrgystan, with three vignette scenes of Tartar life. The area was the scene of the Great Game, a mixture of exploration, espionage and diplomacy, played between Russian and Britain, as the Russians attempted to push their empire south to British India. Marked on the map are the cities of Bukhara, Khiva, Merv and Tashkent, which had been unknown to outsiders less than fifty years before. 		£130

327 [Afghanistan & Pakistan] TALLIS, John.
Cabool, The Punjab and Beloochistan. London, J. & F. Tallis & Co., c.1851. Original outline colour. Steel engraving, 270 x 340mm. Ink pagination in margins, trimmed into publication line, as issued.
Afghanistan & Pakistan, with the Punjab, with three vignette scenes, including a view of Lahore. 		SOLD

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329 [Caspian Sea] Anonymous.
[Mare Caspium.]. c.1730. Coloured. 345 x 360mm. Binding folds flattened.
The Caspian Sea, with a vignette of local dress, a dedication to an Englishman, John Norris. and an inset of the port of Smyrna (Izmir), on the Aegean coast of Turkey. Probably published in a traveller's account.Despite being reached by Alexander the Great, the Caspian Sea was not mapped accurately until the Dane Carl Verden surveyed it fro the Russians in 1722. 		£220

330 [The Caucasus] MALLET, Alain Manesson.
Georgie, Armenie & C. Paris, c.1683. Coloured. 150 x 105mm.
Published in the 'Description de l'Univers'.		 £110

331 [Caspian Sea] VERDEN, Karl van.
Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene levée Suivant les Ordres de S.M.Czariene... Amsterdam, Gerard & Leonard Valk, 1721. Original body colour. Two sheets conjoined, total 850 x 585mm. Narrow lower margin, as issued, a few old repaired tears.
Verden, a Russian sailor, created the first accurate map of the Caspian, despite the sea being visited by Alexander the Great two thousand years earlier. Guillaume de L'Isle re-drew the map for publication, of which this is a Dutch edition. Two two cartouches and eight insets make this a very striking map. 		£700

332 [Caspian Sea & Usbeckistan] MAAS, Abraham.
Nova Maris Caspii et Regionis Usbeck... Nuremberg: Homann's Heirs, c.1735. Original colour with additions to the cartouche. 500 x 600mm. Small tear in top margin repaired, split in upper centrefold margin reinforced.
The Caspian Sea, but also showing east through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, with the important Silk Road cities of Bokhara, Samarkand and Tashkent. The Caspian Sea had only just been mapped accurately: the Aral Sea is still featureless and filled with a note about what little was known. 		£450

333 [Uncommon Miniature Map of the Caucasus] MULLER, Johann Ulrich.
[The Caucasus.]. Ulm, 1692. 70 x 80mm, set in text.
Charming miniature map, with a letterpress text in German. 		£135

334 [Ptolemaic Caucasus] MERCATOR, Gerard.
Tab.III. Asiæ, in qua Colchis, Iberia, Albania, ac Armenia Maior. Utrecht, François Halma, c.1695. Coloured. 355 x 450mm. .
Ptolemaic map of the Caucasus and Armenia. First published 1578, this map comes from Mercator's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geography', with the maps updated to Mercator's Projection. This example is of the second state, with a new title cartouche replacing the original strapwork one. 		£450

335 [Ceylon] HONDIUS, Jodocus.
Ceilan Insula. London: Henry Featherstone, 1625, English text edition. 150 x 195mm, set in text.
First published in the reduced version of the Mercator/ Hondius 'Atlas Minor' of 1607, the printing plates were sold to a London publisher in 1621 and appeared  in 'Purchas His Pilgrimies', as this example. Later Dutch editions used new plates by Jansson. 		£125

336 [Ceylon] JANSSON, Jan.
Ins. Ceilan quæ Tenarisin diciture. Amsterdam, 1639, French text edition. Coloured. 340 x 495mm.Small splits in upper and lower centrefold restored, paper lightly age-toned.
An almost unrecognisable map of Sri Lanka: orientated with north to the left, the island has five almost flat sides. However Kandy, Colombo and Trincomalee are all marked. Three coloured cartouches, two compass roses, a figure with a spear mounted on an elephant and galleons around the coasts combine to make this a very decorative map. KOEMAN: Me 93b		 SOLD

337 [The Mythical Island of Taprobana] BORDONE, Benedetto.
taprobana. Venice, c.1530. Woodcut, image size 195 x 1455mm, set in a page of Italian text.
The mythical island of Taprobana, often associated with Sri Lanka. P published in the 'Libro de Tutte l'Isole del Mundo', with six editions between 1528-1562. 		£280

338 [India] Anonymous..
Indostan. Rome, 1825, coloured, 325 x 245mm.
An Italian edition after a map by Bonne
A very decorative map showing India in its entirety, marked with its regional boundaries and major cities.. 		£160

339 [India] ZATTA, Antonio.
Stato del Mogol con L'Isole di Ceilan e Maldive. Venice, 1785. Original colour. 420 x 325mm.
India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives with an ornamental title cartouche.		 SOLD

340

[India] WYLD, James.
Map of India Constructed With Great Care And Research from All The Latest Authorities. London, 1843, original colour, 935 x 655mm .
A very large, detailed and decorative map of India made for the East India Company and divided into its regions with all towns shown. Military stations are marked and a chart on the right hand side of the map gives details about their locations as well as population details for Hindustan. A chart at the top right hand corner gives distances between all major cities and towns.

 £350

341 [Ptolemaic India] WÄLDSEEMÜLLER, Martin.
[Asiae Tabula decima continet Indiam intra Gangem.] Vienne, Gaspar Treschel, 1541. Coloured. Woodcut, printed area 300 x 490mm. Some worming near centrefold expertly restored.
From the last woodcut edition of Ptolemy, using the blocks cut in 1522 for Laurent Fries. India, defined by the Indus in the west and Ganges in the east. The peninsula is severely underestimated, and the mythical island of 'Taprobana' appears off the western coast. The title (as above) is printed on verso, with a Latin text description. 		£550

342 [India] HONTER, Johannes.
Cambaye Orissa Delli Decan. Basle: Henri Petri, c.1561. Woodcut, printed area 120 x 155, set in text.
Published in Honter's 'Cosmographiæ rudimentis', the map is surrounded by a Latin text description. 		£250

343 [India] DE ROSSI, Giovanni Giacomo.
L'India di qua é di la dal Gange... Rome, 1683. 430 x 530mm.
Northern India, including parts of Afganistan, Nepal & Burma. 		£480

344 [Mogol Empire] BLAEU, Johannes.
Magni Mogolis Imperium. Amsterdam: c.1662, Latin text. Original Colour. 370 x 500mm.
The Mogol Empire, showing northern India, parts of Afghanistan and Bengal. 		£400

345 [2 Sheets Large scale map of India] WYLD, James.
Map of the Peninsula of India from the 19th degree of North Latitude to Cape Cormorin. London, c. 1844, Two sheets, original colour, each sheet 510 x 830mm .
A very large, detailed and decorative map of India on two sheets, with strong original colour highlighting the division of India and the various colonial possessions within it at the time. 		£290

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347 [India] TALLIS, John.
British India. London, J.Tallis & Co., c.1851. Original outline colour. Steel engraving, 340 x 250mm.
A detailed map of India & Ceylon, with four attractive vignette scenes, including a view of Lahore. 		£125

348 [Northern India] TALLIS, John.
Northern India. London, J. & F. Tallis & Co., c.1851. Original outline colour. Steel engraving, 250 x 320mm. Ink pagination in margins, original colour slightly smeared.
Northern India, also including Nepal and Bhutan, with six vignette scenes, including a tiger hunt. 		£110

349 [Southern India ] TALLIS, John.
Southern India. London, J. & F. Tallis & Co., c.1851. Original outline colour. Steel engraving, 350 x 240mm.
Southern India, also including Ceylon, with six vignette scenes, including the Government House at Calcutta and the tomb of Sultan Mahomed Shah.		 £180

350 [Southern India] DE L'ISLE, Guillaume.
Carte des Côtes de Malabar et de Coromandel. Paris, Dezauche, 1780. Original Colour. 460 x 600mm.
An attractive and detailed map of Southern India, marking prominent geographical features, towns and cities. 		SOLD

351 [India] AA, Pieter van der..
Carte du Golfe de Bengale, Mer Des Indes, et Riviere du Gange.... Leiden, c.1720. 285 x 360mm. Small repair at centrefold.
India and Ceylon..		 SOLD

352 [Madras] CARY, John.
Madras and Fort St. George, Taken by the French, under the Command of M. Mahe de la Bourdonnais, the 21st Sept.r 1746. London: Macgowan & Davis, 1790. 190 x 250mm.
The British regained the city in 1749. 		£80

353 [Nepal] VANDERMAELEN, Philippe.
Territoire  du Nepaul. Brussels, 1827. Original colour. 365 x 510mm. One marginal tear repaired.
Nepal and northern India. One of the earliest detailed maps of the area, published in the 'Atlas Universel de Geographie', the first atlas to have every map on the same scale, 1:1,641,836. An uncommon map. 		£300

354 [Incunable Prospect of Babylon] SCHEDEL, D. Hartmann.
Babilonia seu Babilon. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger, 1497. Latin text edition. Old mss. text highlighting. Woodcut, printed area 90 x 140mm, set in a page of text.
An imaginary view of Babylon, published in a small folio edition of the 'Nuremberg Chronicle'. Despite the eight editions (one possibly as late as 1604) fewer of these were printed than the Nuremberg original. A rare incunabule. 		£125

355 [Incunable Prospect of Baghdad] SCHEDEL, D. Hartmann.
Babilonia seu Babilon. Nuremberg, 1493, German text edition. Woodcut, image 145 x 225mm, set in a page of text. Some slight browning.
An imaginary view of ancient Baghdad from the famous 'Nuremberg Chronicle'.		 £280

356 [Ptolemaic Mongolia] MERCATOR, Gerard.
Tab. VIII. Asiæ, Scythiam extra imaum. ac Se4ricam comprehendens. Utrecht, François Halma, c.1695. Coloured. 345 x 455mm.
Eastern Scythia, now Mongolia, with vignettes of nomadic camps. First published 1578, this map comes from Mercator's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geography', with the maps updated to Mercator's Projection. This example is of the second state, with a new title cartouche replacing the original strapwork one. 		£300

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358 [Persia] ORTELIUS, Abraham.
Percici sice Sophorum Regni Tipus. Brescia, c.1598. Coloured. 75 x 110mm, set in a page of Italian text.
Persia, published in an Italian copy of the Epitome.
 £70

359 [Persia] LAURIE & WHITTLE.
A New Map of the Empire of Persia. London, 1794. Original outline colour. 530 x 600mm.
Detailed map of Persia, after D'Anville.		 £180

360 [Carte à figure map of Persia] SPEED, John.
The Kingdome of Persia with the cheef Citties and Habites described. London, George Humble, 1626. Coloured. 390 x 510mm. Centrefold repaired.
Persia, from Speed's 'Prospect of the... World', with eight costume vignettes down the sides and four city prospects, including Esfahan and Ormus, along the top. 		£1,000

361 [Persia] OLEARIUS, Adam.
Nova Delineatio Persiæ et Confinorum Deteri longe accuratior edita. Anno 1655. Schleswig, 1656. Two sheets conjoined, total 390 x 550mm. A few small repairs to binding folds.
Adam Ölschläger (latinised as Olearius) visited Persia between 1635 & 1639 as secretary to a mission from Holstein in Germany to open up a trade route for Persian silk via Russia and the Caspian Sea. His map was one of the first published in the west to show the Caspian as being longer than wider, something he himself has witnessed. 		£950

362 [Persia] RUSCELLI, Girolamo.
Persia Nuova Tavola.. Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561, First Edition. Coloured. 190 x 260mm.
Ruscelli's modern map of Persia, from his 'La Geographi di Claudio Tolomeo', with Bahrain marked. A feature of this first state is that no map has a platemark at top: two maps were engraved on the same plate and the resulting sheet halved. 		£170

363 [Ptolemaic Persia] MERCATOR, Gerard.
Tab. V. Asiæ, Repræsentansd Mediam, Hyrcaniam, Assyriam, Susianam, ac Persidem. Utrecht, François Halma, c.1695. Coloured. 350 x 455mm.
First published 1578, this map comes from Mercator's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geography', with the maps updated to Mercator's Projection. This example is of the second state, with a new title cartouche replacing the original strapwork one. 		£400

364 [Persia] BLAEU, Willem Janszoon.
Persia Sive Sophorum Regnum. Amsterdam, c.1650, Latin text edition. Original colour.
380 x 495mm.
Persia, with fine cartouches for the title and dedication. We have been unable to trace the pagination in Koeman. 		£400

365 [Persia] TALLIS, John.
Persia. London: John Tallis & Co., c.1851. Original outline colour. Printed area 350 x 255mm.
With a vignette view of Ispahan, and depictions of a mounted Persian, Kurds and a camel.		 £100

366 [Tibet] TALLIS, John.
Thibet, Mongolia and Mandchouria London, John Tallis & Co., c.1851. Original outline colour. Steel engraving, 260 x 330mm. Ink pagination in margins.
With six vignette scenes, including views of Lassa and the Great Wall of China . 		£120

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