DE RAM, Johannes. Londini Angliæ Regni Metropolis Delineatio Accuratissima Auctore Ioanne de Ram.
Amsterdam c.1690. 495 x 590mm.
A fine Dutch plan of London, published to celebrate William III of the House of Orange-Nassau and his wife Mary becoming joint monarchs of England after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Their portraits appear lower right, within garlands decorated with oranges. Top left putti place Williams's crown on top of the English royal arms. Underneath the map is a detailed prospect of London, centred on Wren's St Paul's Cathedral. At the time of publication the building was still not complete and so the depiction here bears little resemblence to the finished building.
Howgego 40, First State. Later editions were published by de la Feuille, de Witt & van der Aa.
£3,800

The world at the end of the 18th century. KITCHIN, Thomas. A New Map of the World with all the New Discoveries, by Capt. Cook, and other Navigators, ornamented with the Solar System, The Eclipses of the Sun, Moon & Planets &c. London, John Evans, 1794. Original outline colour. Two sheets conjoined, total 555 x 1040mm. A rare double-hemisphere world map, with an unusually dark etched border containing the title cartouche, astronomical illustrations and geographic definitions. On the map Cook's routs are marked with little ships.
£8,750

The First Edition of the iconic map of the London Underground. The Underground Group, 1933. Colour-printed map, 155 x 255mm, folded twice. The first version of the diagrammatic map of London's tube network, which, despite being eighty years old, would be instantly recognisable to any commuter today. Beck's revolutionary new 'electrical circuit' design dispensed with scale, bearing and surface landmarks other than the Thames, making the stations equidistant and straightening the curves. Beck submitted two proposals to the Publicity manager before his idea was accepted, and was paid only 10 guineas (today £380) for the artwork of this card, and 5 guineas more for the poster. The Publicity Manager knew he was talking a chance with public opinion: the cover text continues "We should welcome your comments', but his gamble paid off and Beck's innovation has been in use ever since. Although there are new lines and different colours the only significant design change on the map is the use of rings rather than diamonds for interchanges.
£2,200

Lappini,Bassegio G. Title "Carta Fatta dal Maggior Giacomo Baseggio Veneziano Sopra Luogo D´Ordine del Capitan Bassa" Year 1779 Description Map shows the black sea with its bordering countiries, Ukraine and the peninsula Krim with splendid cartouches and wind rose Dimensions 48 x 64 Condition perfect Coloring Technique Copper print Place of Issue Venice
€ 6,200

Euler, Leonhard (1707 – 1783): Atlas geographicus omnes orbis terrarum regiones in XLI tabulis ... Berlin, Michaelis 1753. Folio. 12 pages. 45 double page copper engraved maps. Contemporary calf binding with gilt on spine (slightly rubbed). First edition of the rare Atlas of the famous mathematician Leonhard Euler. The Atlas was published on behalf of the 'Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences' in Berlin by Leonhard Euler, designed specifically for the use in classrooms. The maps, mostly based on works of Johann Christoph Rhode were mostly engraved by Nicolaus Friedrich Sauerbrey. The present edition includes a title page, a 10-page preface by Leonhard Euler in Latin and French, as well as mentioned in the title and preface, 41 double-page engraved maps, and 4 additional maps. Each map with original old colour and the stamp of the 'Academy of Sciences'. With 4 world maps (one on two double leaves), 4 maps of the continents, 1 map of North America on 4 double leaves, 1 map of Europe on 4 double leaves, 4 maps of Britain, 1 map of Russia, 1 map of the Turkish Empire, 1 map of the Holy Land, 1 map of the Pacific ocean 'Mare pacificum' and 16 maps mainly of European countries (Scandinavia, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Poland, East Prussia, and more), plus 4 additionally maps. Condition: Title and preface with moderate age spotting, maps occasionally slightly stained. Overall outstanding conservation.
€ 7,800

Janssonius, J. (1588 - 1664): Insularum Indiae Orientalis Nova Descriptio. Original old coloured copper engraved map. Amsterdam, G. Valk and P. Schenk 1630 (1690). 38,5 : 49,5 cm. Janssonius' map of Southeast Asia coloured by a contemporary hand. Re-issued by G. Valk and P. Schenk with modified title and signature. Decorated with three cartouches, two compass roses, ships and sea monsters. Condition: Marginal soiling or spotting mainly in margin, slight offsetting right to Borneo, small crease left to centrefold backed. Printed on strong and stable paper. A very good copy with wide margin.
€ 1,600

CAMOCIO, Giovanni Francesco. Ingilterra et Scotia. Venice, 1574-5. 220 x 180mm. Narrow left margin, two areas of paper weakness. England, Wales and Scotland, from Camocio's 'Isole famose, porti, fortezze, e terre maritime', second state, with plate number 82, bottom right. The coastline is derived from Lily, but differences in the names suggest a secondary source. SHIRLEY: 105 (90 for first state).
£1,200

Two rare fine contemporary hand-coloured maps after Claudius Ptolemy from the Geographia by Martin Waldseemüller, Strasbourg 1513. Martin Waldseemüller (ca 1470 – 1520) published by Schott, Strasbourg, just 500 Years ago, one of the most important atlases after Ptolemy, illustrated with 27 double-page woodblock maps after Ptolemy and a supplement with 19 modern double-page woodblock maps and 1 map printed in 3 colours. Ptolemaic map of Great Britain Title: “TABULA PRIMA EUROPEA” Fine contemporary hand-coloured, trapezoidal woodcut map after Claudius Ptolemy by Martin Waldseemüller, Strasbourg 1513 Size: H: 41 cm x W: 40-55 cm A most attractive copy in excellent condition, very rare in this fine state!
£9,500 GBP

Ortelius, Abraham (1527 - 1598): Parergon, sive Veteris Geographiae aliquot Tabulae. [Bound with:] Nomenclator Ptolemaicus. One engraved portrait of Ortelius by Philip Galle, a woodcut architectural title border, 30 engraved double-page maps and two engraved double-page views. Antwerp, Plantin, 1595. Folio. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, in a brown cloth slipcase (rebacked with title stamped in gold, corners restored). A splendid copy of Ortelius'Atlas of Ancient Geography. All maps and views finely coloured by a contemporary hand. The present edition of 1595 is usually bound with the 1595 Latin edition of the 'Theatrum', but has been published also separately. 'This atlas of ancient geography must be regarded as a personal work of Ortelius. For this work he did not, as in the 'Theatrum', copy other people's maps but drew the originals himself which were later engraved by Jan Wierix ... The maps in the Parergon have to be evaluated as the most outstanding engravings depicting the wide-spread interest in classical geography in the 16th century' (Koeman). Condition: All maps and views finely coloured by a contemporary hand. Very good paper quality, no oxidation of the colours. Occasional light marginal soiling or spotting. Some tears in lower centrefolds backed. Map of Britain lightly browned, Divi Pauli with a tear left to centrefold restored.
€ 28,000

Collection of title pages, mainly 17.- 18. century, mostly atlases or topographical books

Collection of folding maps, mostly mounted on linen and mostly with boxes of the time or original boxes of the editors. 18th.- 19th.century.

EUROPE: 'L'Evropa - Dedicata ... D. Giovanni Milano ... Paolo Petrini': coloured cooper-engraving printed from 4 plates (wall-map) by Paolo Petrini in Neapel, ca. 1700, 90 x 116 cm * Tooley's Dic. of Mapm., S. 501 (Paolo Petrini. Publisher and map seller of Naples 'a S. Biaggio de Librari'.)
€ 15,000

ATLAS: Honter, J. Rudimentorum cosmographicorum libri III. cum tabellis geographicis elegantißimis. De variarum rerum nomenclaturis per classes, liber I. 2 parts in 1 volume, Zürich, Froschauer, 1552. (15,5:10,5 cm). * VD 16, H 4781; Adams H 833; Sabin 32796; Alden-L. 552/25; Shirley 86 u. Abb. 73 (for the world-map); Fifth Zurich edition, with 13 (12 doublepage) woodcut maps.
€ 4,800

"Atlas" . Puzzle with 8 maps: World, Europe, Africa, Asia, North, central and South America, Oceania and France. Paris , Delamarche editeur, middle of the 19.century.
€980

'A View of the World in divers Projections by I.Harris'; c1700; 48 x 60 cm; orig. outline coloured copper engraved map; cropped to L + R platemark; even patina; some slight foxing; old rep. to lower centrefold; top centrefold 1cm tear; a few minute worm holes; one slight crease; o/w very good cond. 1st edition 2nd. state. Shirley (World) 585. Oval projection of the World with equidistant meridians and parallels, showing insular CA and Philadelphia but not Mississippi. Double-hemisphere World and Polar Hemispheres with outline of Australia. 10 astronomical depictions after Cassini, Hooke and Kircher. Background with scroll work. According to Shirley, '...Little is known of the author John Harris, and the address of his publisher John Garret as shown on the imprint remained unchanged from 1676 ... to c1718. ... A second state is to be found in an atlas fatice under a Philip Lea title-page. The imprint describing Garret's wares now includes ..."Mapps and Prints and a Picture of a Ship curiously Engraven, all sorts of Drawing Books, Coppy Books and Sashes for Windows." '
£25,000

HONG KONG: rare view with buzz of activity in the Wellington Street and Lynhurst Terrace. - In the front on the right Chinese street theatre, oldcoloured lithograph from J. Laurens after Andrasi printed by Lemercier in Paris, 34 x 44,5 cm, 1859. - Perfect condition!
€ 4,800

Two rare fine contemporary hand-coloured maps after Claudius Ptolemy from the Geographia by Martin Waldseemüller, Strasbourg 1513. Martin Waldseemüller (ca 1470 – 1520) published by Schott, Strasbourg, just 500 Years ago, one of the most important atlases after Ptolemy, illustrated with 27 double-page woodblock maps after Ptolemy and a supplement with 19 modern double-page woodblock maps and 1 map printed in 3 colours. Map of Great Britain and the coasts of France, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. Title: “TABULA NOVA HIBERNIE ANGLIE ET SCOTIE” Fine contemporary hand-coloured woodcut map from the supplement of the Geographia by Martin Waldseemüller with a modern map of the Isles of Great Britain in the style of Ptolemy. One of the first printed modern maps from England, Scotland and Ireland! Print Size: H: 36 cm x W: 51,5 cm A most attractive copy in excellent condition, very rare in this fine state!
£10,500

CORBRIDGE, James An Actual Survey of the County of Norfolk, to w.ch will be added an Actual Survey of ye County of Suffolk. 1735-[c.65]. London. 550 x 700 mm., early outline colour, cut, dissected and laid on linen as issued. A couple of light marks and two small worm tracks at the edge lower right, otherwise in good condition. James Corbridge was a surveyor in Norwich in the first half of the eighteenth century. He produced numerous estate plans but is best known for his large scale maps of Norfolk, Norwich and Great Yarmouth. His career began in Newcastle and amongst his early work is the first plan of the town. In the early 1720s he moved to Norwich and in 1730 he published his great large scale map of the county of Norfolk, the first to be printed. In 1735 he published this large single sheet reduction complete with extensive lists of the towns and villages in the county in surrounding panels. Each is keyed to the map and has their Hundred identified along with the distance in miles from Norwich. Circles of distance from Kings Lynn and Norwich radiate the map. The coastline is decorated with ornate images of seven boats and ships. Top centre can be found Corbridge's dedication to Baron Walpole. The map is engraved to the scale of three miles to the inch, each grid marking three miles. The year after the publication of the larger map Thomas Goddard and William Chase published a pirated copy. In this reduction by Corbridge he could not resist having a go at them about the scale of miles stating lower right 'I refer them to Mr. Chase and his Map (if they doubt my Scale of Miles which contains 1760 yards) for if I mistake not he has given three Scales to his Map which he calls Great Middle and Small, things Uncommon in Surveys of Countys and as useless as the 3 heads Imploy'd in Copying My Late Map of Norfolk'. Thomas and John Bowles and Robert Sayer were the publishers of the second edition of the Norwich town plan and the original map of Norfolk. The map is NOT LISTED IN RODGER'S list of large scale maps and only one example appears to have ever appeared at auction. According to Raymond Frostick this is the second of four known states. Frostick, James Corbridge, IMCoS Journal no. 115 pp. 33-40; Frostick Norfolk 27.2; not in Rodger.
£1,500

VISSCHER, Claes Jansz. Tabula Magnae Britanniae Continens Angliam Scotiam et Hiberniam. c.1623. Amsterdam. 465 x 550 mm., trimmed along the lower border with some loss of the outer engraved border, professionally replaced in facsimile, small 20 mm. tear into lower left corner, paper fault to right side barely visible with old repair to verso, otherwise in good condition. This is one of the most decorative maps of the British Isles produced during the golden Dutch period and one of the very earliest to include four decorative borders. Claes Jansz. Visscher's map is offered here in its VERY RARE FIRST STATE. It was to have immediate influence and was copied by many others. The map itself was engraved by Abraham Goos after that of John Speed. The four border design was first adopted by Jodocus Hondius in 1617 of which only two examples are recorded. Although undated the map is issued before the death of James I in 1625. The decorative borders were etched in Visscher's workshop and include town plans in the top and bottom borders. The sides are taken up with male and female figures of each of English, Irish and Scottish nobility followed by those of citizens and peasants. Schilder, in the most thorough census, records just ten known examples: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin; Koninklijke Bibliotheek 'Albert I', Brussels; Hessiche Landesbibliothek, Fulda; Universitatsbibliothek, Heidelberg; British Library, London; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; Private collections in Belgium, France and the UK; Stopp Collection, Private Foundation, Germany. Campbell MCC 46 no. 23; Schilder MCN IV pp. 317-18, ill 3.232 & VI pp. 362-4; Shirley 384; Weinreb & Douwma Cat. 6 no. 224.
£8,750

The Discoveries of Captain James Cook and Jean-Francois de la Pérouse. By Jacques Grasset de Saint Sauvier Montreal 1757 – Paris 1810) Title: ”Tableau des Decouvertes du Capne. Cook and de la Pérouse.“ Fine contemporary hand-coloured aquatint, heightened with gold, after Jacques Grasset St. Sauveur (Canadian artist, writer and diplomat, he developed an abiding interest in people of all continents). Engraved by Antoine Phelippeau (1767-1830), Paris by Malbeste ca 1790 Print Size: H: 43 cm x W: 53 cm An exceptional pictorial table of exploits of discovery by these two great European naval explorers. Very rare in this fine and early state!
£3,850 GBP

MELISH, John. Map of the United States with the Contiguous British & Spanish Possessions Compiled from the Latest & Best Authorities by John Melish Engraved by J. Vallance & H.S. Tanner. 6th.day of June 1816. Philadelphia. 885 x 1440 mm., copper engraved map on six sheets, joined, early outline colour, re-laid on recent linen, with some restoration upper left, centre and right with some small facsimile work. Wall map on linen, with original rollers. If ever a map could be labelled as the progenitor of 'Manifest Destiny', this is it. One of the first to depict the full east-west extension of the present day USA foreseeing the inevitable reach of the country to the west coast. It is hard to think of another nineteenth century map of America that had such influence. At this time most maps of America relied on the accurate information provided by the London firm of Aaron Arrowsmith. However the accuracy was largely limited to the territory east of the Mississippi. This was the perceived western boundary in the minds of most Americans. This example is of the first edition, fifth state of twenty five cited by Walter Ristow. The first edition refers to those published in 1816 and bearing that date, all that is except the first state which survives in one known example at the Library of Congress and is deemed a 'proof'. There were seven states in all before the next 'edition' dated 1818. Indeed this is the more attractive sheet form, most often the map is found cut and dissected and laid on linen. The alterations for this state were all in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, western Virginia and Pennsylvania and are detailed in Ristow's wonderful study of the map. Ristow calls it "A significant milestone in the history of American commercial cartography." The map was originally intended to extend westwards to the Rocky Mountains only. At the last minute Melish decided to add two smaller plates to extend the map fully to the Pacific Ocean. As he states in his 'Geographical Description' published in the same year this was done so that one may see "at a glance the whole extent of the United States territory from sea to sea". He goes on to say that editions of moderate size only are prepared, so as to afford frequent opportunities of bringing forward new matter. The map is printed off 100 at a time, and before a new hundred be printed, the plates are carefully revised, and if there be room for corrections or improvements, these are made accordingly." John Melish (1771-1822) was one of the fledgling countries first specialist publishers focusing on geographical works. Born in Scotland his first visit to America occurred in 1806. He liked it so much he returned in 1809. His travels were published in 1812 and included eight high quality maps. The War of 1812 encouraged him to publish "A Military and Topographical Atlas of the United States". One of the more questionable borders of the period was that with Canada in the North West. In fact two are depicted here, one engraved at one latitude, the other veering off along various rivers in present day Canada before returning to the parallel. The most important information in this region for Melish to incorporate was of course that from the Lewis and Clark expedition. "Lewis and Clark's trail is well set forth on this remarkable map" (Wheat). In the South West it included detail from the exploration of Zebulon Pike and Alexandre von Humboldt, the whole being synthesized with great care. In the south he drew upon William Darby's large scale map of Louisiana which Melish had published the same year. This large map encouraged Thomas Jefferson to state on 31 December 1816 that it offered "a luminous view of the comparative possessions of different powers in our America". He went on to offer advice on the true border of Louisiana, a territory that he had bought from France for the United States. It was the western extent of its boundary which was the source of Jefferson's comment. The inevitable land rush which occurred following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 led to the United States and Spain entering negotiations to settle the matter. The result was the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819. It was to the Melish map that the parties turned to draw the border. Melish had drawn on the personal surveys of Darby along the Sabine River which became the agreed boundary. One error Melish did make in the region was in placing the 90th meridian some 90 miles off. This led to the dispute about the extent of the Texas panhandle which rumbled on for decades. It is also issued just five years prior to Stephen Austin's decision to pursue his father's contract for land in present day Texas. The map is highly valued because of the "widespread dissemination of new information concerning Texas geography" (Martin & Martin). "An exquisite map, it distinguished Melish as the leading American map publisher of the second decade and placed American maps on equal footing with those produced by the prestigious firms in London and Paris. Incorporating data from state and military maps as these became available Melish frequently revised and corrected the plates" (Schwartz & Ehrenberg). It includes an inset map lower right of the West Indies and an inset lower centre of a Statistical Table of the Several Countries Exhibited on the Map. There is an illustration of the national symbol of an eagle and shield above the title. The map was engraved by two of the best talents in America at the time: Henry S. Tanner and John Vallance. Separately published maps are known to suffer a poor survival rate, this is no exception. Each state is rare due to the limiting of production to 100 examples. Most that survive are those which were cut, dissected and boxed which helped preservation. However the true glory of the map is best revealed in sheet form, that whose survival is particularly scarce. Provenance: Private English collection 1999; another private English collection. Cohen 'Mapping the West' pp. 102-4; Graff 2744; Howes M490; Martin & Martin pl. 26; Ristow (1972) 'A La Carte' pp. 162-82; Ristow 'American Maps and Mapmakers' p. 446; Rumsey Map Collection 5168; Sabin 47431; Schwartz & Ehrenberg The Mapping of America pp. 238-9; Wheat 'Mapping the Transmississippi West' 338 & II pp. 62-4.
£65,000

Early town plan of Moscow Braun & Hogenberg. Moscovia Urbs Metropolis Totius Russiae Albae. Cologne, 1618. 350 x 460mm. Coloured. The second Moscow map to appear in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' atlas of town plans. The original plan had shown little more than the Kremlin; here the city has expanded considerably (Braun's text estimates the city contained over 40,000 houses), but is still enclosed by high defensive walls. This new map was necessitated by the burning of the city by its Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth occupiers in 1611. The following year the Russians fought back and expelled the invaders, after which the Romanov dynasty was founded. The 'Civitatis Orbis Terrarum' was the first methodical series of town plans, issued in six volumes between 1572 & 1617. The plans were collected from different sources, resulting in a wide range of artistic styles, and were engraved by Franz Hogenberg, with a text edited by Georg Braun. Designed as a sister publication to the Ortelius atlas, the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', it included many of the earliest extant plans of many places, including London.
£3,000

John Ogilby. The Road from London to Hith... Including the Road to Maidstone. London, c.1675. 320 x 440mm. Coloured. From the first book of road maps, the 'Britannia'. Ogilby shows from London to Hythe, with Maidstone and Ashford. The title cartouche features Neptune and Venus in her cockleshell.
£395

Portulan of Europe, printed on VELLUM by Pieter GOOS (Amsterdam, c.1650) Title : Paskaarte Vertonende alle de Zèkusten van Europa. Maker : P.GOOS, / W.BLAEU. Place date publication : Amsterdam, Pieter Goos, ca. 1621/ca. 1650-1666 Printed en vellum. Second and final state of Willem Janszoon Blaeu’s rare sea chart of Europe, ca. 1621. Goos made the only re-issue of the original Blaeu plate. The chart was copied by Anthonie Jacobz and Justus Danckerts, as well as by Blaeu’s own grandchildren Willem, Pieter and Joan. The text in title cartouche, still crowned by the printer's mark of Blaeu, has been replaced and a new imprint has been placed in a new richly decorated cartouche in Greenland.In the period 1650-66 Pieter Goos (1615-1675) had his shop "Op het Water'. The chart is oriented to the west. It shows the seacoasts of Europe from Novaya Zemlya and the Gulf of Sydra in the east, and the Azores and the west coast of Greenland in the west. In the north the chart extends to the northern coast of Spitsbergen, and in the south to the Canary Islands. The eastern part of the Mediterranean is included in the North African interior (Schilder). Only 5 copies are listed in public libraries, three on vellum and two on paper. The three copies on vellum are in the "Badische Landesbibliothek, Karlsruhe , "Kungl. Biblioteket, Stockholm" and The Library of Congress, Washington. The two copies on paper are in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Reference : - Schilder, Monumenta IV, 45.2.
£65,000 gbp