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866 [Peregrinations of Paul] ORTELIUS, Abraham.
Peregrinationis Divi Pauli Typus Corographicus... Antwerp, 1601 or 1612, Latin edition. Coloured. 360 x 510mm. Sharp impression.
Map of the Peregrinations of Paul around the eastern Mediterranean, with two vignette scenes at top. The colour is particularly fine. VAN DEN BROECKE: 181, state 1 of 2.		 SOLD

867 [Voyage of Aeneas] JANSSON, Jan.
Aeneae Troiani Navigatio Ad Virgilÿ sex priores Aeneidos. Amsterdam, c.1660, French text.. Coloured. 400 x 490mm.
A map of the Eastern Mediterranean, illustrating the route of Aeneas from Troy to Italy after the fall of the city. An inset shows the Wanderings of Odysseus. The map appeared in Jansson's Atlas of the Antique World, with a text by Georg Hornius. KOEMAN: Me 179.		 SOLD

868 [The Eastern Mediterranean] MICHALET, E.
Les Deserts D'Egypt, De Thebaide D'Arabie, De Sirie, &c, ou sont exactement Marques Les Lieux Habitez Par Les Saincts Peres Des Deserts. Paris, Michalet, 1693. Original colour. 560 x 700mm.
A large map of the eastern Mediterranean with Cyprus showing prominently, primarily designed to show the locations of various religious orders and monastics. However it is made more interesting by the inclusion of various anecdotes with illustrations, including dragons, griffons, centaurs and winged sea-horses. In Egypt there is St Helen crossing the Nile on a crocodile; Arabia has a tribe that smoke their dead above fires. LAOR: 496.		 £900

869 [The Levantine Coast With Cyprus] MOUNT & PAGE.
A Chart of the Levant or the Sea Coast of Egypt Syria Caramania and the Island Cyprus. London, c.1730. Coloured. 400 x 520mm.
From 'The English Pilot. The Third Book' devoted to the Mediterranean Navigation, this chart, drawn by John Gaudy, extends from eastern Crete to the Levant coast, with Cyprus prominent. It first appeared in the 1716 edition and was re-issued in subsequent editions thereafter.		 SOLD

870
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871 [Large Chart of the Gulf of Lyon and the Ligurian Sea] MICHELOT, Henri & BRÉMOND, Laurent.
Nouvelle Carte de Côtes de Catalogne, Rousillion, Languedoc, Provence, D'Italie et Partie de L'Isle de Corce... . Marseilles, 1718. Coloured. Two sheets conjoined, total 480 x 1350mm. Repairs to binding folds as usual on these long charts.
Large chart of the Mediterranean coast from from Palamòs is Spain to the River Tiber in Italy, with northern Corsica and Elba. published in the "Ports et Rades de la Mediterranée".  With five insets: plans of Cadaqués in Catalonia, Sète in Languedoc, Livorno, Civitavécchia, and Nettuno; and an extension of the coast from the Tiber to Gaeta.The choice of inset plans seems strange: Cadaqués, for example, is now famous only for the vists of Picasso and Dalí. However plans of the more important ports shown, like Marseilles, Toulon and Genova, were published in a companion volume, "Recuil de Plusieurs Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranée". NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM: Vol. III, Part 1, no. 216.		 SOLD

872 CHÂTELAIN, Henri Abraham.
Carte de L'Empire Othoman... Amsterdam, 1720. Coloured. Two sheets conjoined, total 525 x 1210mm.
Despite the title, this large map shows the whole of the Mediterranean and Europe north to London, with references to the Roman Empire as well as the Ottoman, with text and two inset maps referring to Alexander the Great's empire. 		SOLD

873 [Eastern Mediterranean] MICHALET, E.
Deserta Ægypti, Thebaidis, Arabiæ, Syriæ etc. ubi accurate notata sunt loca inhabita per Sanctos Patres Anachoretas. Augsburg, George Matthäus Seutter, c..1740. Original colour with additions. 500 x 580mm.
A large map of the eastern Mediterranean, orientated with north to the top right corner, with Cyprus showing prominently. Primarily designed to show the locations of various monastic recluses, it is filled with anecdotes with illustrations, including dragons, griffons, centaurs and winged sea-horses. In Egypt there is St Helen crossing the Nile on a crocodile! LAOR: 724, a version of Michalet's map of 1697.		 £440

874
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875 [Two-Sheet Map of the Mediterranean] FADEN, William.
A Map of the Mediterranean Sea With the Adjacent Regions and Seas in Europe, Asia and Africa. London, Faden, 1785. Original body colour. Two sheets, 620 x 870mm & 620 x 950mm. A few small holes in the binding folds.
A large and detailed map, in fine original colour. The large title cartouche features allegorical figures representing the Christian world on the left and the Muslim on the right. 		SOLD

876 [Eastern Mediterranean] GAUTTIER, Pierre Henri.
Carte Réduite de la Partie Orientale de la Méditerranée Assujettie aux Observations faites en 1817. Paris; Dépôt-général de la Marine, 1829. Coloured. Some wear to edges, some minor restoration.
Detailed chart of the Mediterranean east of the Greek island of Cerigo, with Crete and Cyprus 		£725

877 [European Coast from the Costa Brava to Elba] ESPEJO, J.
Carta Esferica De las Costas de Francia, Cerdeña, Luca y Toscana con las yslas De Elba, Córega y parte Septentrional de la Cerdeña... Madrid: Direccion de Hidrografia, 1838. Touches of original colour. 630 x 925mm. Edged with original silk border.
A detailed, separate-issue chart, with original colour marking the lighthouses. 		SOLD

878 TALLIS, John.
British Possessions in the Mediterranean. London, John Tallis & Co., c.1851. Original outline colour. Steel engraving, 350 x 250mm. Ink pagination in margins, narrow margins top and bottom, as issued.
British colonies including Gibraltar, Malta & Gozo, Corfu and Cephalonia, with six vignettes. 		SOLD

879 [A Large Sea Chart] ROBIQUET, Aimé.
Carte Générale de la Mer Méditerranée et de la Mer Noire Partie Occidentale... Paris, 1854. Coloured. Two sheets conjoined, total 680 x 1775mm. Laid on linen, some restoration as is expected on such a large rolled item.
A large chart with 26 inset details, engraved by Leclerck after Vuillemin. The extends east to the Black Sea, which was of extra importance due to the outbreak of the Crimean War that year: the British and French fleets had to carry their armies from the Mediterrean through the Dardanelles and Bosphorus (both shown as insets) to their anchorage at Varna. 		£2,000

880 [Cyprus & Crete] ORTELIUS, Abraham.
Cyprus Insula; Candia olim Creta. Antwerp, 1579, Latin text edition. Original Colouring. 365 x430mm. Minor centerfold reinforcement.
Two maps on one sheet, Cyprus above and Crete below, in use in the Theatrum 1570 to 1581. It is interesting that despite the inclusion of the map of Cyprus by Jan van Doeticum in 1573, this map remained in the Theatrum until 1584, when the map of Crete with the Aegean Islands was introduced. However it is still rarer than the full-sheet map of Cyprus. ZACHARAKIS: 1611, illus; VAN DEN BROECKE: 148		 SOLD

881 [Cyprus] ORTELIUS, Abraham.
Cypri Insulae Nova Descriptio 1573. Antwerp, 1584, Latin text edition. Original colour. 350 x 500mm. A few tiny repairs.
Ortelius's modern map of Cyprus, engraved by Johannes à Doeticum for the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. A large title cartouche top left is balanced by an inset map of Lemnos bottom right, drawn by Ortelius himself from a written account by Pierre Belon, 1555. ZACHARAKIS: 1614, illus; VAN DEN BROECKE: 149, first state of three (with waves not stipple).		 SOLD

882
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883 [A large Map of Eastern Mediterranean] POIRSON, J.B.
CARTE GENERALE DU LEVANT, comprenant les cotes de la Syrie, de l'Egypte, et de la Barbarie....Published in Paris c. 1800. Four sheets joined together as issued. Original Outline Colour. 930 x 990 mm. Repaires and small holes at folds with slight loss, one repaired tear. Printed on heavy paper.
Detailed four-sheet map of the eastern Mediterranean showing Turkey in Asia, the Aegean Sea, The Holy Land and  Cyprus. Engraved by J.B. Tardieu Stylianou, A. & J. 189; Zacharakis, C. 1778.		 SOLD

884 [Cyprus] ORTELIUS, Abraham.
Cyprus Insvla. Antwerp: Johann Keerberg, 1602, French edition. 90 x 130mm.
Cyprus, from the plate engraved by the Arsenius brothers, first issued 1601, with longitude and latitude numbers in the borders. ZACHARAKIS: 1629; KOEMAN: Ort 64.		 £350

885 [Cyprus in Unusual Original Colour] LANGENES, Barent.
Cyprus. Amsterdam, Cornelis Claesz, 1603. Original colour. Latin text edition. 85 x 125mm. Some reinforcing on verso.
Cyprus, engraved by either van den Keere or Jodocus Hondius for Bertius's 'Tabularum Geographicarum contractarum libri quattor'. Original colour is uncommon for this series. BANK OF CYPRUS: 45.2; ZACHARAKIS 1221.		 £390

886 [Cyprus] BLAEU, Johannes.
Cyprus Insula. Amsterdam, c.1650, Latin text edition. Original colour. 390 x 410mm. Wide margin example.
The large cartouche bottom right shows Leda being drawn across the sea by a pair of swans. ZACHARAKIS: 243, illus. pl.40. We have not been able to trace the pagination in Koeman.		 £1,400

887 [Cyprus] CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.
Isola di Cipro. Venice, c.1690. 125 x 165mm, set in text.
The smaller Coronelli map of Cyprus found in the " Isolario". ZACHARAKIS: 704.		 SOLD

888 [Famagusta] BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans.
Famagusta. Cologne, c.1600. Coloured. 160 x 230mm. Narrow margins as usual.
An early 'map-view', with the major buildings shown in profile with little consideration for perspective. 		SOLD

889 [The Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783] DHEULLAND, Guillaume.
Plan Topographique de la Ville Port, et Baye de Gibraltar et de ses Environs.. Paris, c.1779. Original colour. 630 x 480mm. Some restoration near centrefold.
Originally published in 1772, this is an updated version, issued when a combined Spanish and French army laid seige to the British-held fortress. Additions to the plate include the ships engraved at perpendicularly to the rest of the map, and Spanish fortifications in the 'no man's land' between the Spanish Fort St Philippe and the British defences. Despite having 40,000 men against a garrison of 7000 the Spanish and French failed to take Gibraltar after four years of seige. 		£520

890
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891 [Detailed Chart of Malta & Gozo] SMYTH, William Henry.
Plan of the Maltese Islands. London, Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty, 1823 [-1855]. 485 x 640mm. Mint condition, on Whatman Turkey Mill paper watermarked 1855.
Despite being a chart the interior of Malta and Gozo is shown in great detail, using line engraving to show relief.In 1815, at the end of the Napoleonic War, Lieut. Smyth was posted to Sicily, which he used as a base to survey the coasts of Italy and Africa, with the islands in between. 32 charts and views were published by the Admiralty, which remained the core hydrography of the central Mediterranean until the end of the century. He published his own account, "Memoir descriptive of the resources, inhabitants, and hydrography of Sicily and its islands...", in 1824. His final naval rank was admiral.		 £1,300

892 [Malta & Gozo] DE ROSSI, Giovanni Giacomo.
Isola di Malta Gozzo Comino e Cominotto... Rome, 1686. Coloured. 405 x 550mm.
Engraved by Franciscus Donia for the 'Mercurio Geografico', this beautiful map of Malta and Gozo has a large plan of Valletta with a 37-point key, within a lavish cartouche. 		SOLD

 

893

 [Malta, Valetta, Gibraltar and Heligoland] STANFORD, Edward.
Gibraltar, Malta & Heligoland ...Edinburgh, Stanford, c1890. Original colour. Lithograph, total printed area  203 x 143 mm.
Froma a small edition of the Stanford Atlas, Drawn by J. Bartholomew.		 £80

894 [Malta] CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.
Isola di Malta, olim Melita... Venice, 1689. 460 x 615mm. Some minor repairs at centrefold.
Large, decorative map of Malta and Gozo, engraved in 1689 in Coronelli's unique style. Surrounding the islands are 62 engraved armorials, including the Knights of Malta. An early example, without the two cracks in the printing plate. 		SOLD

895 [Superbly Detailed Plan of Valetta] SMYTH, William Henry.
Plan of the Harbours and Fortifications of Valetta In the Island of Malta... London, Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty, 1823 [-1852] . 650 x 490mm. Mint condition, on Whatman Turkey Mill paper watermarked 1852.
A detailed plan of the city, with inset views of the city, the Castle of S.Angelo anf the Castle and Lighthouse of S.Elmo.In 1815, at the end of the Napoleonic War, Lieut. Smyth was posted to Sicily, which he used as a base to survey the coasts of Italy and Africa, with the islands in between. 32 charts and views were published by the Admiralty, which remained the core hydrography of the central Mediterranean until the end of the century. He published his own account, "Memoir descriptive of the resources, inhabitants, and hydrography of Sicily and its islands...", in 1824. His final naval rank was admiral.		 £1,500

896 [Chart of Marsa Scirocco, Malta] SMYTH, William Henry.
Plan of Marsa Scirocco, In the Island of Malta... . London, Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty, 1823 [-1850]. 630 x 470mm. Printed on Whatman Turkey Mill paper watermarked 1846.
A detailed chart of Marsa Scirocco, with an inset of St Lucian's Tower.In 1815, at the end of the Napoleonic War, Lieut. Smyth was posted to Sicily, which he used as a base to survey the coasts of Italy and Africa, with the islands in between. 32 charts and views were published by the Admiralty, which remained the core hydrography of the central Mediterranean until the end of the century. He published his own account, "Memoir descriptive of the resources, inhabitants, and hydrography of Sicily and its islands...", in 1824. His final naval rank was admiral. 		£700

897 [Valetta] RAIGNAULD, Henri.
Valletta Citta Nova Di Malta. Paris: Michael Soly, c.1629. 195 x 265mm. Two tiny pin holes.
From the 'Histoire des Chevaliers de l'Ordre de S. Iean de Hierusalem' . The Knights settled on Malta in 1530, having lost their fortress on Rhodes to the Turks. 		£925

 

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 [Chart of St Paul's Bay, Malta] SMYTH, William Henry.
Plan of St. Paul's Bay, In the Island of Malta. London, Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty, 1823 [-1846]. 490 x 640mm. Small marginal tear. Printed on Whatman Turkey Mill paper watermarked 1846.
A detailed chart of St Paul's Bay, with 'The Traditional Wreck of Saint Paul' marked.  Two insets contain views of the Salmona Palace and Koura Point.In 1815, at the end of the Napoleonic War, Lieut. Smyth was posted to Sicily, which he used as a base to survey the coasts of Italy and Africa, with the islands in between. 32 charts and views were published by the Admiralty, which remained the core hydrography of the central Mediterranean until the end of the century. He published his own account, "Memoir descriptive of the resources, inhabitants, and hydrography of Sicily and its islands...", in 1824. His final naval rank was admiral. 		£700

899 [Valetta] AA, Pieter van der.
Valetta Civitas Nova Maltæ Olim Millitæ. Leiden, c,1712 410 x 505mm.
A map-view town plan of Valetta with emphasis on the defences, with the buildings shown in profile. The title is on a crate carried by a porter; there are decorative cartouches around an inset map of Malta & Gozo and a 41-point key; and there is a large vignette sea battle between a galleon and galleys. 		SOLD

900 [Valetta] BEREY, Charles Amadeus de, Jnr.
Les Villes, Forts et Châteaux de Malte. 1724. Paris, c.1724. 230 x 345mm.
Detailed plan of Valetta, marking the defences. 		SOLD


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