New Additions

A large map of Lower Egypt during the Anglo-Turkish War

ARROWSMITH, Aaron.

A Map of Lower Egypt from Various Surveys Communicated by Major Bryce and Other Officers. Drawn by Aaron Arrowmith Hydrographer to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 1807.

London: Aaron Arrowmith, 1807. Original colour. Four sheets, dissected and laid on linen in four sections, as issued. Each 640 x 810mm, total if joined 1280 x 1620mm, folded into contemporary marbled slipcase.

Stock ID : 23999

£3,000

A rare map of the Persian Gulf

BRANDSHAGEN, F.W.

Tabula Hydrographica Sinus Persici.

Lemgo: Heinrich Wilhelm Meyer, 1712. 255 x 340mm.

Stock ID : 24031

£3,650

An unrecorded carte-à-figures map of Asia

TODESCHI, Pietro.

Asia recens summa cura delineata Auctore Jud. Hondio. Pietro Todeschi Fecit 1670.

Bologna: Francesco Sabatini, 1670. 455 x 555mm.

Stock ID : 24120

£5,000

A previously unrecorded carte-à-figures map of Africa

TODESCHI, Pietro.

Africae Nova Tabula...

Bologna: Francesco Sabatini, c.1670. 455 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 24121

£5,000

An important wall map of the Kingdom of Sardinia

BORGONIO, Giovanni Tommaso.

Carta Corografica degli Stati di S.M. il re di Sardegna data in luce dall'Ingegnere Borgonio nel 1683 corretta ed accresciuta nell'anno 1772. Jacobus Stagnonus incidit Taurini 1772.

Paris: Jean Goujon, c.1801. 25 sheets, dissected and laid on linen in four sections, as issued, total area 2030 x 1520mm. With the original calf gilt box, worn.

Stock ID : 24126

£5,500

A Jesuit missionary's contribution to the mapping of Japan

CARDIM, Antonio Francisco.

Japponiae Nova & Accurata descriptio Per R.P. Antonium Franciscum Cardim Societatis Jesu Ad Elogia Japponica.

Rome: Typis Heredum Corbelletti, 1646. 275 x 405mm.

Stock ID : 24221

£6,000

A rare Italian separate-issue map of France

FORLANI, Paolo.

Galliae exactissima Descriptio.

Venice: Bolognino Zaltieri, 1566. Two sheets conjoined, total 455 x 625mm.

Stock ID : 23885

£6,500

An exceptional 17th century sea chart of Europe on two sheets

DE WIT, Frederick.

Totius Europae Littora Novissimè edita. Pascaert vertoonende alle de See-custen van Europa.

Amsterdam, c.1675. Fine original colour. Two sheets conjoined, total 495 x 890mm.

Stock ID : 23450

£7,500

'A fine ornate example of the decorative cartography of the time'

HONDIUS, Henricus.

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula. Auct Henr. Hondio.

Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641-, Latin text edition. Fine original colour. 380 x 540mm.

Stock ID : 24127

£8,000

The first map of Australia by an Englishman

DUDLEY, Robert.

Carta particolare della costa Australe scoperta dall'Olandesi. la longitud'ne comin'ca da l'Isola di Pico d'Asores. d'Asia Carta XVIII.

Florence: Stamperia di Francesco Onofri, 1646-7. 470 x 380mm.

Stock ID : 23777

£8,500

A rare map of the British Isles with a prospect of the Great Fire of 1666

HOLLAR, Wenceslaus.

A new and Exact Map of Great Brityannie Containing the three Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, with the Principality of Wales etc, as also An Addition of severall of y.e Cheeef Citties belonging to the sayd kingdomes.

London: John Overton, 1667. 425 x 535mm.

Stock ID : 24086

£12,000

A monumental wall map of Spain early in the War of the Spanish Succession

FER, Nicolas de.

Espagne Triomphante sous le Regne de Philippe V.

Paris: de Fer, 1704. Coloured. Four sheets conjoined, total 1000 x 1280mm.

Stock ID : 24125

£12,000

The only known complete example of a 17th century prospect of Venice

DE ROSSI, Giovanni Domenico.

Vero e Nuovo Disegno della Inclita Citta de Venetia.

Rome: Giovanni Domenico de' Rossi, c.1650. Two sheets conjoined, total 275 x 675mm, with wide margins.

Stock ID : 24057

£12,500

One of the earliest versions of Sophianos's map of Greece

BERTELLI, Ferrando

Totius Graeciae Descriptio.

Venice: Dominico Zenoi, 1564. Etching, two sheets conjoined, total 395 x 620mm.

Stock ID : 24220

£14,000

A two-sheet, double-hemisphere world map full of unusual features

MORTIER, Pierre.

Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique, ou Description Generale du Globe Terrestre et Aquatique en Deux Plans Hemispheres [...]

Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, c.1700. Original outline colour. Two sheets conjoined, total 580 x 980mm.

Stock ID : 24058

£16,000

A rare map of the Middle East, published by Lafreri

GASTALDI, Giacomo.

La Descrittione Della Prima Parte Dell' Asia Con i nomi antichi & moderni Di Jacopo Gastaldi Piemontese cosmografo... L'Anno M.D.LXI.

Rome: Antonio Lafreri, 1561. Two sheets conjoined, total 435 x 745mm, with wide margins.

Stock ID : 23975

£27,500

One of the earliest maps to depict America

WALDSEEMULLER, Martin.

Tabula Terre Nove.

Strasbourg, Johannes Shott, 1513. Woodcut, printed area 385 x 445mm, paper watermarked with a fleur de lis, with good margins.

Stock ID : 24130

£42,500

An incunable map of Arabia with lapis lazuli blue

PTOLEMY, Claudius.

[Sexta Asie Tabula.]

Ulm: Lienhart Holle, 1482. Woodcut in fine original colour, printed area 285 x 565mm.

Stock ID : 23380

£150,000

INDEX

New Additions

A large map of Lower Egypt during the Anglo-Turkish War

ARROWSMITH, Aaron.

A Map of Lower Egypt from Various Surveys Communicated by Major Bryce and Other Officers. Drawn by Aaron Arrowmith Hydrographer to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 1807.

London: Aaron Arrowmith, 1807. Original colour. Four sheets, dissected and laid on linen in four sections, as issued. Each 640 x 810mm, total if joined 1280 x 1620mm, folded into contemporary marbled slipcase.

Stock ID : 23999

£3,000

A rare map of the Persian Gulf

BRANDSHAGEN, F.W.

Tabula Hydrographica Sinus Persici.

Lemgo: Heinrich Wilhelm Meyer, 1712. 255 x 340mm.

Stock ID : 24031

£3,650

An unrecorded carte-à-figures map of Asia

TODESCHI, Pietro.

Asia recens summa cura delineata Auctore Jud. Hondio. Pietro Todeschi Fecit 1670.

Bologna: Francesco Sabatini, 1670. 455 x 555mm.

Stock ID : 24120

£5,000

A previously unrecorded carte-à-figures map of Africa

TODESCHI, Pietro.

Africae Nova Tabula...

Bologna: Francesco Sabatini, c.1670. 455 x 560mm.

Stock ID : 24121

£5,000

An important wall map of the Kingdom of Sardinia

BORGONIO, Giovanni Tommaso.

Carta Corografica degli Stati di S.M. il re di Sardegna data in luce dall'Ingegnere Borgonio nel 1683 corretta ed accresciuta nell'anno 1772. Jacobus Stagnonus incidit Taurini 1772.

Paris: Jean Goujon, c.1801. 25 sheets, dissected and laid on linen in four sections, as issued, total area 2030 x 1520mm. With the original calf gilt box, worn.

Stock ID : 24126

£5,500

A Jesuit missionary's contribution to the mapping of Japan

CARDIM, Antonio Francisco.

Japponiae Nova & Accurata descriptio Per R.P. Antonium Franciscum Cardim Societatis Jesu Ad Elogia Japponica.

Rome: Typis Heredum Corbelletti, 1646. 275 x 405mm.

Stock ID : 24221

£6,000

A rare Italian separate-issue map of France

FORLANI, Paolo.

Galliae exactissima Descriptio.

Venice: Bolognino Zaltieri, 1566. Two sheets conjoined, total 455 x 625mm.

Stock ID : 23885

£6,500

An exceptional 17th century sea chart of Europe on two sheets

DE WIT, Frederick.

Totius Europae Littora Novissimè edita. Pascaert vertoonende alle de See-custen van Europa.

Amsterdam, c.1675. Fine original colour. Two sheets conjoined, total 495 x 890mm.

Stock ID : 23450

£7,500

'A fine ornate example of the decorative cartography of the time'

HONDIUS, Henricus.

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula. Auct Henr. Hondio.

Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641-, Latin text edition. Fine original colour. 380 x 540mm.

Stock ID : 24127

£8,000

The first map of Australia by an Englishman

DUDLEY, Robert.

Carta particolare della costa Australe scoperta dall'Olandesi. la longitud'ne comin'ca da l'Isola di Pico d'Asores. d'Asia Carta XVIII.

Florence: Stamperia di Francesco Onofri, 1646-7. 470 x 380mm.

Stock ID : 23777

£8,500

A rare map of the British Isles with a prospect of the Great Fire of 1666

HOLLAR, Wenceslaus.

A new and Exact Map of Great Brityannie Containing the three Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, with the Principality of Wales etc, as also An Addition of severall of y.e Cheeef Citties belonging to the sayd kingdomes.

London: John Overton, 1667. 425 x 535mm.

Stock ID : 24086

£12,000

A monumental wall map of Spain early in the War of the Spanish Succession

FER, Nicolas de.

Espagne Triomphante sous le Regne de Philippe V.

Paris: de Fer, 1704. Coloured. Four sheets conjoined, total 1000 x 1280mm.

Stock ID : 24125

£12,000

The only known complete example of a 17th century prospect of Venice

DE ROSSI, Giovanni Domenico.

Vero e Nuovo Disegno della Inclita Citta de Venetia.

Rome: Giovanni Domenico de' Rossi, c.1650. Two sheets conjoined, total 275 x 675mm, with wide margins.

Stock ID : 24057

£12,500

One of the earliest versions of Sophianos's map of Greece

BERTELLI, Ferrando

Totius Graeciae Descriptio.

Venice: Dominico Zenoi, 1564. Etching, two sheets conjoined, total 395 x 620mm.

Stock ID : 24220

£14,000

A two-sheet, double-hemisphere world map full of unusual features

MORTIER, Pierre.

Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique, ou Description Generale du Globe Terrestre et Aquatique en Deux Plans Hemispheres [...]

Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, c.1700. Original outline colour. Two sheets conjoined, total 580 x 980mm.

Stock ID : 24058

£16,000

A rare map of the Middle East, published by Lafreri

GASTALDI, Giacomo.

La Descrittione Della Prima Parte Dell' Asia Con i nomi antichi & moderni Di Jacopo Gastaldi Piemontese cosmografo... L'Anno M.D.LXI.

Rome: Antonio Lafreri, 1561. Two sheets conjoined, total 435 x 745mm, with wide margins.

Stock ID : 23975

£27,500

One of the earliest maps to depict America

WALDSEEMULLER, Martin.

Tabula Terre Nove.

Strasbourg, Johannes Shott, 1513. Woodcut, printed area 385 x 445mm, paper watermarked with a fleur de lis, with good margins.

Stock ID : 24130

£42,500

An incunable map of Arabia with lapis lazuli blue

PTOLEMY, Claudius.

[Sexta Asie Tabula.]

Ulm: Lienhart Holle, 1482. Woodcut in fine original colour, printed area 285 x 565mm.

Stock ID : 23380

£150,000