London Suburban Lines Route Diagram Henry (‘Harry’) Charles Beck (1902 – 1974) British Railways, Eastern Region, 1949 At this year’s London Map Fair, we’ll be selling a large collection of original British railway and travel maps, including this rare map by the pioneer of diagrammatic wayfinding, Harry Beck. Internationally famous for the iconic and influential London Underground diagrammatic map (1931), Beck designed very few maps for other transport organisations, and this map of the London Suburban Lines appears to be the only one published during his lifetime. It depicts the suburban lines out of Marylebone, King's Cross, Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street railway stations, similar in scope to earlier maps produced by George Dow for the London & North Eastern Railway. The map was included in the accompanying passenger timetables brochure for 1949, and appears to have been republished in the timetables for 1950 and 1951 but without the 1949 date.

DRAKE, Sir Francis - HONDIUS, Jodocus. Franciscus Draeck Nobilissimus Eques Angliae Ano Aet Sue 43. c.1583-[c.1740]. London. 400 x 310 mm., cut close as usual with no loss of engraved surface, laid on later paper, otherwise in good condition. A three-quarter length large scale portrait of Sir Francis Drake (1540-96) drawn from life. It is generally considered the finest contemporary portrait of him. This image was considered so iconic that it was utilised by Hans P. Kraus as the frontispiece for his book over any of the paintings that survive. It celebrates his circumnavigation of the globe, only the third ever completed, the first to be completed by the leader himself and the first English one. Drake is illustrated holding a baton in one hand whilst the other rests on a helmet. On his left sleeve is tied the royal favour. The authenticity of the likeliness is enhanced by the inclusion of the mole on his nose. In the background are a hanging globe with a view of Plymouth Sound through the arch, the port to which he returned following his circumnavigation 1577-80 and the town for which he was Mayor from 1581-82. Although undated, it is believed to date from about 1583. Firstly, the title above states that Drake was 43 years old at the time. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography place his birth in Crowndale, Devon, to February or March 1540. It also refers to his knighthood which occurred on the ‘Golden Hind in Deptford on 4 April 1581. Following this Drake adopted the coat of arms of his claimed relative and ancient Devon family of Bernard Drake. These included a wyvern or dragon, those illustrated in this portrait. However, the family refuted his use of them which is so noted in the Herald’s College in an entry on 20 June 1581. So Queen Elizabeth bestowed her own on him which were ‘a fesse wavy between two stares Argent’. Clearly it was an area of contention. Here both are shown in a quartered arms upper right, something which is noted that Drake adopted following the death of Sir Bernard Drake in 1586 quite openly. The engraver of the plate is unidentified by generally believed to be the work of Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612). It is the work of a Dutch engraver based on the wording of the running title ‘Franciscus Draeck’. Hind had also posited Remigius Hogenberg (1536?-88?). The evidence supporting Hondius derives from a note on the verso of the British Museum example by George Vertue (1684-1756), the publisher of the second state, in which he mentions that he acquired the copper plate from a descendant in the Drake family. Hondius fled Holland from religious persecution in 1583 and returned around 1593. References published at the time identify Vertue as having retouched the plate for the second state found here. State 1, c.1583 State 2, c.1740 The wall in the background and a portion of the globe now with darkened cross-hatching, the inscription below now appears as blank panel over a similarly hachured background. There are only three known examples of the first state surviving: British Museum; Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam; Douwma Catalogue (1979) present whereabouts unknown. Provenance: Sotheby’s London 7 December 1993 lot 185, a five-volume composite 'History of England' by David Hume 1806 with 1,644 plates! It had the bookplate of Richard Henry Alexander Bennet. The prints were collected by the noted Richard Bull (1721-1805) whose daughter was Elizabeth Bull of North Court Manor, Isle of Wight (1749-1809). She left her books to R. H. Alexander Bennet of Beckenham, Kent. The lines round the sheets are typical of Richard Bull, who had put the collection together. Robert Douwma (1979) Catalogue no. 22, items 33 & 34 for first and second states; Hind (1952) I pp. 159-60 item 3; Howgego (2003) D72-76; Jewers (UK Genealogy Archives online); Kraus (1970) p. 218; Shirley (2007) pp. 193-5; Wallis (1977) no. 24; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011). [10496]

Raleigh's Search for Eldorado and Blemmyes: Brevis & admiranda descriptio regni Guianae, auri abundantissimi, in America, seu novo orbe, sublinea aequinoctilia siti: Quod nuper admodum, annis nimirum 1564 [i.e. 1594]. 1595 & 1596.- £12,500 "A Brief and Admirable Description of the Kingdom of Guiana, most Abundant in Gold, in America, or in the New World, Situated under the Line of the Equator: 1594, 1595, 1596" -Published in Nuremberg by Levinus Hulsius in 1599. -Complete: [6], 12, [2] pp with engraved title page, 1 folding map (laid down) and 6 engr. plates -4° in contemporary calf, rebacked. -Margins restored in places, outer margin of some plates cut slightly short, some marks and stains This is a hugely important contemporary account of Raleigh's voyage in search of El Dorado. The expedition set out to explore the Orinoco river during the English war against Spain in 1595. Raleigh first captured a Spanish settlement on Trinidad, before exploring Guiana some 400 miles inland. He failed to find the city of El Dorado, or any gold, but on his return published this exaggerated account to try and encourage funding for future expeditions. The account is punctuated by mythical accounts which dated back to the mediaeval period and earlier accounts by Pliny. These include the Ewaipanomas (people with faces on their bodies) and Female Amazonian warriors, which decorate the title page. Included is a rare map of South America by Hulsius. This includes depictions of the fabled Lake Parime, illustrations of the flora and fauna of the region, and cannibalism - a common trope on European imaging of South America at the time. The Latin edition of this work was published as a stand alone work, alongside the large series of works by Hulsius. A rare work which uncommonly occurs at auction or appears on the open market.
£12,500

Tavola secondo moderni / Tavola secondo Tolomeo Bordone, Benedetto Woodcut [Venice, 1528] 135 mm x 140 mm recto, 230 x 155 mm verso The first printing of Bordone’s woodcut pair of maps of the British Isles, from his famous Isolario (’Book of Islands’). The maps, some of the very earliest printed depictions of the British Isles, show a Ptolemaic projection on the verso and a ‘modern’ projection on the recto. The modern map shows England and Wales with a large stretch of the continental coast. The southernmost part of Scotland is shown at top, and Ireland’s eastern coast is also included. Although a number of cities are plotted, only three are labelled: London (Lonara), Dover (Dobla), and Southampton (Antona). On the European mainland, Utrecht, Calais, Rouen, and Paris are plotted, with Holland, Picardy, Normandy, and Brittany also labelled. A simple compass is also included, centred roughly on London. The Ptolemaic projection on the verso is much larger, though includes much less of the Irish coast. Cornwall is exaggerated, Scotland is shown in full in its characteristic right angle from England, and locations are given their classical names, though London and Lugdunem (Lyon) are the only cities labelled. Shirley 19 & 20. Condition: Staining and foxing to edges of sheet, including a large waterstain to spine edge of sheet. Binders creases along spine edge of sheet. [51853]
£775

The West End of London. Clubland / Theatreland Cousland, C.J. & Sons Lithograph with original hand colour Published by C.J. Cousland & Sons Ltd. Edinburgh, 2. Copyright [c.1950] 405 x 745 mm A mid-century folding map of London’s West End, with specific reference to ‘Clubland’ and ‘Theatreland,’ published as a touristic guide map by the Scottish publishers C.J. Cousland & Sons. The map is reverse printed, with streets marked out in white on a black field, providing a much more striking backdrop to the colour coded attractions of the West End. Theatres and Cinemas are picked out in red hand colour, Hotels and Restaurants in green, Post Offices, Shops, Car Parks, Garages, and Ticket and Travel Agents in yellow, while Clubs, Concert Halls, and other Places of Interest are left white. Tube Stations are marked with the outline of an Underground logo in white. In the bottom left corner, an inset map shows Hyde Park corner. On the verso, a small Beck tube map is reprinted by permission of London Transport, along with a comprehensive index of Art Galleries, Concert and Assembly Halls, Car Parks (including Bombed sites), Cinemas, Dance Halls, Embassies, Garages, Hospitals, Hotels and Restaurants, Oyster Bars, Places of Interest, Places of Worship, Police Stations, Theatres, Ticket Agents, Travel Agencies, Turkish Baths, Taxi Ranks, and Streets. C.J. Cousland & Son were an Edinburgh-based publisher, principally known as the printers and distributors of the ‘The Knowledge of London’ street guides. Condition: Pressed vertical and horizontal folds, as issued. Some splitting and creasing to folds. Time toning to Tube Map on verso, and to folds. [51879]
£400

SPEED, John - OVERTON, Henry. England Fully Described in a Compleat Sett of Mapps of ye County’s of England and Wales, with their Islands. Containing in all 58 Mapps. 1743. London. Printed & Sold by Henry Overton at ye white Horse without Newgate. Folio (435 x 290 mm.), contemporary quarter calf, marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands, black calf gilt title label affixed, light wear. With engraved title page dated 1743, ‘A Sett of the Counties of England and Wales’ with contemporary manuscript notations, and 58 double-page engraved maps, all in fine early outline colour, front free endpaper with light waterstain, wormtrack though lower corner of first few leaves, mostly in the margin, Lincoln with wax mark, Northumberland with old repaired tear, final map with wrinkle to right side, otherwise in good condition. A very fresh example of one of the rarest editions of John Speed’s folio atlas. Hodson recorded only two complete examples, I have now identified seven. Following Henry Overton’s acquisition of the Speed plates from Christopher Browne in 1713, the printed maps had only been available in loose form. Clients did request them to be bound as atlases and a few survive. But until 1743 there was no intention on Overton’s behalf to publish an atlas. Neither of the two adverts located refer to the maps being available in this manner. In February 1743 the papers of the day carried an advertisement stating ‘Lately Re-Printed, Speed’s Sett of the Counties of England and Wales ... each printed on a Sheet of Royal Paper neatly colour’d and bound in Marble Paper, with red Leather Backs and Corners. Price 18s. Sold either in Setts or single Maps, by Henry Overton ...’ These were available either ‘Coloured or Plain’ according to the index in the atlas. The reason for its issue is unclear. Following the earliest known issue of the maps whilst in Overton’s possession, two further distinct periods of issue can be defined before this atlas edition. Following the Jacobite rising in 1715 five of the northern county maps were revised to include Henry Overton’s imprint, those of Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland and Westmoreland. They all included roads and in the case of Northumberland, this can be sourced to the John Warburton map of the county published in August 1716. Of this Speed—Overton II as it is called there are two known examples. During this period the plates became very worn and Overton had many of them retouched. There are two known examples falling into this classification of which only one survives. For this final issue in atlas form, many of the old dates on the plates were removed crudely. Also, for a reason unknown, the date 1738 was added to that of Huntington. This Speed — Overton IV as it is classified, contained the same engraved title page by Robert White (1646-1703), with the addition of ‘by John Speed. Reprinted Anno, 1743.’ The typographic index is entirely re-set with the title ‘A Sett of the Counties of England and Wales, with their Ilands, containing Fifty Eight MAPS; each on a Sheet of Royal Paper. By JOHN SPEED. Reprinted in the YEAR, 1743. With ADDITIONS.’ There follows a list of the 58 maps after which is an advert stating ‘Sold either in Compleat Setts, Bound, or Single, either Coloured or Plain … Neatly Bound in Marble Paper, with Leather Back, and Corners, Coloured, Price 1l. 4s.’ Overton’s two sheet atlas of the world is also noted. Known complete examples: Burden collection Cambridge University Library (Atlas 3.74.3) Phillips auction, 30 April 1987 lot 477 to Burgess Bonham’s, London 27 March 2007 lot 469 (with other maps) Bonham’s, London 11 November 2015 lot 146 (with 6 additional maps) Sizergh Castle, Cumbria, National Trust This example The Speed — Overton atlas, or collection of maps, was still available for sale on 7 October 1745 during the Jacobite rising when an advert was placed in the ‘General Advertiser’. The atlas no doubt continued to be available until his death in 1751 and was probably still available at the hands of his successor, his son, also Henry Overton. Although Henry the Younger remained in business until at least 1763, it is known that by 1754 he had sold the Speed plates to the firm of William and Cluer Dicey who list them in their catalogue of that date (Bodleian 258.c.109). Provenance: undeciphered manuscript inscription upper corner inside front board; bookplates of Richard Heywood Thompson (1850-1935) and Lieut.-Col. Cecil Henry Fairer Thompson D.S.O., O.B.E., T.D., both of Nunwick Hall, Penrith, both at one time High Sheriffs of Cumberland; Sotheby’s, 21 June 1977 lot 345 to Francis Edwards; Clive A. Burden Ltd., June 1990; private foreign collection. Chubb (1927) 31; not in the ESTC; Hodson (1984) 138; Shirley (2004) T-Spe 1n; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011) pp. 503-5. [10728]

Insulae Indiae Orientalis Praecipuae, In quibus Moluccae celeberrimae sunt. – ca 1623 Beautifully coloured map of the East Indies by Jodocus Hondius from a ca 1623 Latin edition of the Mercator/Hondius Atlas published by his son, Jodocus II. After acquiring Mercator’s atlas plates from his heirs in 1604, Jodocus prepared several new maps (of which this is one) for an updated and expanded version of the atlas that was first issued in 1606. The map, which covers the area from Sumatra in the east to New Guinea in the west and from Timor in the south to the Philippines and Indochina in the north, is based on the work of the Portuguese cartographer Bartolomeu Lasso but also includes updated information obtained by Hondius from recent voyages, most probably from Sir Francis Drake. It is one of the very few maps of the region to mention Drake’s circum-navigation by indicating his presence on the southern coast of Java. This finely engraved map is decorated with three strapwork cartouches, two compass roses, a naval battle scene at the top right and a sea monster. A description of the region appears on the verso in Latin. One of the most striking maps of the region, it is a lovely example with full margins in excellent condition. 34.5 cm x 48 cm
£2,600.00

Map of North America According To Ye Newest and Most Exact Observations… - ca 1755 A large two sheet, lightly old outline coloured map of North America by Herman Moll first published ca 1720 in Moll’s elephant folio atlas “The World Described”. Known as the “Codfish Map” due to the depiction of a Newfoundland cod fishery, this example is from the final state of this map, which is rarely seen on the market. Covering the area from Greenland in the north to the northern coast of South America, the map strangely continues to incorrectly show California as an island. However, in other respects Moll incorporates new information into this final state, which has been updated with several significant revisions including: (i) an enlargement of the borders of the colonies of Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia so that they continue westward to the Mississippi River to expand British claims to the region at the expense of France’s Louisiana territory, (ii) the Great Lakes have been reworked and improved and Lake Fronenac has been renamed to Lake Ontario and (iii) the mapping of several river systems are more accurately reconfigured, including the Ohio, James and Potomac rivers. As with earlier maps, details of the northwest region of the continent are absent and incomplete with much of the area simply being labelled “Parts Unknown”. The left side of the map contains a title cartouche with images of indigenous people, a section with an image of a Newfoundland cod fishery along with a key identifying parts thereof and an inset showing 10 major harbours of the Americas including St. John, Boston, New York, Charleston and Havana. Blank verso. Other than two tiny holes and some strengthening and repairs to splits in the folds without loss, the map is in very good condition. 59 cm x 96 cm
£4,500.00

Nova Terrae-Mariae Tabula – ca 1671 Uncoloured map of Maryland from Ogilby’s atlas of the Americas entitled “America: Being The Latest, And Most accurate Description Of The New World” that was first published in 1671. Based on the 1635 Lord Baltimore Map that charted the land grant issued by Charles I to George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) for the creation of the colony in 1632, it is the earliest obtainable map of Maryland. A notable feature on Ogilby’s map is the extension of the northern boundary of the colony to correctly show the area up to 40th parallel, which was drawn too far south in the earlier Lord Baltimore Map. This error caused the Penn and Calvert families to dispute the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that was not finally resolved until 1767 when the survey of the Mason-Dixon Line was completed. The map, which is oriented to the west, is not very detailed but does show Maryland’s earliest counties for the first time along with a few settlements but, surprisingly, Baltimore does not appear on the map. The map is decorated with the coat of arms of the Calvert family and a dedication to Cecil Calvert, who succeeded George as the second Lord Baltimore following his death in 1632. Blank verso. Other than a repair to the edge of the bottom blank margin and some minor creasing; the map is a strong, dark impression with wide margins in excellent condition. 29 cm x 37.5 cm
£6,250.00

BRITISH EMPIRE: Crane, W. / Colomb, Capt. J. C. R. ‘IMPERIAL FEDERATION - MAP OF THE WORLD SHOWING THE EXTENT OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1886’. Genuine antique world map showing the extent of the British Empire with highly decorative figurative borders, designed by Walter Crane and statistical information supplied by Capt. J. C. R. Colomb. Colour lithograph, printed in London during the Colonial and Indian Exhibition by Maclure & Co. 1886 [29880] 57 x 77 cm. Printed in full colours. Folded as issued. Walter Crane, British painter, illustrator and designer (1845-1915). He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement. Colomb, John Charles Ready (1838-1909). - “Everything about the design of this elaborately decorated world map glorifies the late-19th-century British Empire. Cartographically it used a Mercator projection centered on the Greenwich Prime Meridian, placing Great Britain just above the map's central focal point. The Greenwich Prime Meridian (near London) was adopted as the international standard in October 1884. The British Isles, as well as all of the British colonies spreading out to the east and the west, were highlighted with red, while other geographical areas were left blank with only a minimum number of place names. In addition, an inset box was placed near each of the major colonies, listing statistics about geographical area, population, and trade. The words "Freedom, Fraternity, Federation," suggesting a peaceful co-existence within the British Empire, were prominently placed along the map's top margin, but the remainder of the map's illustrations imply "colonialism." At the bottom centre Britannia is seated on top of the world ruling over her subjects, represented by a variety of animals and costumed figures. India, quickly identified by an elephant and a tiger, appears in the lower left corner, while Australia, including a kangaroo and a sheep, is shown in the lower right. Using the Mercator projection in constructing this thematic map may have not been the most appropriate choice because it greatly exaggerates the size of Canada. However, since this projection is best used for navigational purposes, it was a reasonable choice. Considering the British Empire thrived on ocean-going transportation, the use of this projection would have provided a familiar image for the British public.” From: Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection,
£4,750

Ramusio’s "Delle Navigationi et Viaggi” - Here with the third volume on the Americas in its First edition from 1556 which used the original woodblock - The only edition with 1st State Maps - £27,500 -Giovanni Battista RAMUSIO -Published in Venice by Stamperia de Giunti -3 volumes. Mixed edition set as usual. Text in Italian. -Volume 1: 1563 (3rd) ; Volume 2: 1574 (2nd) ; Volume 3: 1556 (1st) Volume I. [4], 394 leaves (Complete). 30x20 cm (12x8") approx, Modern full vellum to style. 3 Double page maps of Africa, India and the Far East. Slightly shorter and ?supplied from another copy. Third edition. Volume II. 5, [1], 9-30, 248 leaves (Complete). 30x20 cm (12x8") approx. 18th Century full vellum, Second edition. A few leaves browned and one gathering loosening. Volume III. 6, 34, 453 leaves (Complete). 6 folding copper-plate maps with in-text woodcut illustrations and maps.30x20cm (12x8") approx. 18th Century full vellum, FIRST EDITION. Some toning to pages with worming and repairs at places. Old wax stains to maps of first volume. Maps to third volume folding with some repairs. Very good condition overall. Ramusio's immense compilation is the most important travel collection of the 16th Century. It would directly influence the works of Hakluyt and De Bry and was a key reference work for centuries after its publication. Ramusio was secretary to the council of 10 in Venice for 43 years. Given Venice's importance to global trade, he had access to, and was able to collect, accounts of all the important global voyages of the period. Nearly all the important early voyages in the age of discovery are present, including those of Columbus, Da Gama, Marco Polo and Magellan. The maps are hugely important and were produced by the geographer Gastaldi. The map of South East Asia is particularly important as it is the first to name the Philippines "filipina" and the earliest "accurate" obtainable map of the area. The maps of the Americas include the first map to focus on North East America and includes Manhattan, based on Verrazzano's voyage. A further important map in this volume is the first to show montreal, depicting the meeting between Jacques Cartier and the first nations by the royal mountain - Monte Real. The maps in the third volume are here in the RARE 1st STATE from 1556. The woodblock of this state was destroyed in a fire in 1557 so all subsequent editions were created using different woodblocks. A nice complete set of Ramusio, here with the 3rd volume on the Americas in the rare first edition.
£27,500

Large size tinted lithography (68 x44 cms printed surface) . This topographical view was printed for the the collection of views " isla de Cuba Pintoresca " printed in Havana by Laplante.The lithographer was Eduardo Laplante a french born draughtsman and skilfull painter resident in Cuba. The view is taken from the entrance of the bay and harbour of Cienfuegos. The main buildings ,parks and avenues are represented in detail. Laplante was editor living in Cuba since 1848 where he founded the first lithographic press in the island. He edited collections of views and a famous book describing the Cuban sugar mills(ingenios) This view is of extreme rarity and it is in perfect condition. Lithography in large format (68x 44 cms). The view represents a bird's eye view of the city of Cienfuegos. The view belongs to the series "Isla de Cuba Pintoresca". The view is taken from a promontory near the city showing on the left sailboats, steamboat and schooners. The main buildings of the city, parks and avenues are represented in detail. Laplante was a French cartoonist and editor based in Cuba since 1848 and where he established the first lithographic establishment on the island that published series of panoramic views and the famous collection of views of the sugar mills. This view is of extraordinary rarity today.
€2,000

Large size lithography (63 x48 cms printed surface) with original hand colour . This topographical view was printed for the the collection of views " isla de Cuba Pintoresca " printed in Havana by Laplante.The lithographer was Eduardo Laplante a french born draughtsman and skilfull painter resident in Cuba. The view represents the city of Trinidad with the main buildings in the background and a group of people with servants and horses in the foreground . Laplante was editor living in Cuba since 1848 where he founded the first lithographic press in the island. He edited collections of views and a famous book describing the Cuban sugar mills(ingenios) This view is of extreme rarity Lithography in large format (63x 48 cms including margins). The view represents a panorama of the city of Trinidad and its main buildings and surroundings. The view belongs to the series "Isla de Cuba Pintoresca". The view is taken from a hill overlooking the city. The main buildings of the city, parks and avenues are represented in detail. Laplante was a French cartoonist and editor based in Cuba since 1848 and where he established the first lithographic establishment on the island that published series of panoramic views and the famous collection of views of the sugar mills. This view is of extraordinary rarity today.
€2,000

COMPASS: ‘DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE COMPASS’. Several designs for compasses and their parts on one page. Engraved by J. Pass and published by John Wilkes 1801 [31056] 24 x 19 cm. Full original colour. Slight browning to few margins, otherwise very good condition. From: ‘Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature’ in an unusual original colour edition.
£120

WORLD: Merian, Matthaeus. 'NOVA TOTIUS TERRARUM ORBIS GEOGRAPHICA AC HYDROGRAPHICA TABULA / WAHRE BILDTNÜSS DES GANTZEN ERDEN KRAYSES MIT ALLEN SEINEN THEILEN'. Map of the world on Mercator’s projection with two small inset polar spheres. Engraved by Merian and published by Johann Ludwig Gottfried in Frankfurt 1638 [14596] 26 x 36 cm. Excellent condition. Uncoloured as originally published. Reference: Shirley 345.
£1,000

Post Office Wireless Stations Leslie Macdonald Gill (1884-1947) General Post Office, 1939 lithograph, 1010 x 1270 mm An original, and rare, poster map Post Office Wireless Stations, commissioned by the General Post Office and designed by Leslie MacDonald Gill, October 1939. Widely regarded as one of twentieth century Britain's foremost decorative map makers, Leslie MacDonald Gill (or Max Gill as he was also known), was an equally talented graphic designer, artist and architect. This unusual depiction of the British Isles has allowed Gill to represent the relationship between the various wireless stations. Full of the sort of detail you would expect from Gill, including merchant ships, trawlers, passenger liners and a warship. This example comes from the estate of MacDonald Gill and is in excellent condition.
£3,200

A scarce early 17th century townplan of Venice PAOLI, Giovanni Antonio de. Venetia. Rome: de Paoli, c.1620. 385 x 515mm. A few tiny wornholes in vignettes filled, otherwise a very fine example. A rare map of Venice presented as a bird's-eye view, with the buildings shown in perspective and the lagoon filled with galleys and galleons. Underneath are the key, inset views of Piazza de San Marco and the Rialto Bridge, and a scene of a procession of the Doge, pilgrims returning from the Holy Land and important women of Venice. MORETTO: Venetia, 42. Stock ID : 24056
£8,750

'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. Minor repairs to verdigris weaknesses on reverse. A superb example of the first world map to appear in an atlas showing California as an island, according to Schiller, 'the oldest dated map in an atlas on which a Dutch discovery in Australia has been shown'. The Cape York Peninsula is shown with eight names. The decoration on the map is superb: three strapwork cartouches appear on the map; portraits of Julius Caesar, Ptolemy, Mercator and Jodocus Hondius fill the corners; scenes representing the four Elements are above and below each hemisphere ; in the upper cusp is a celestial globe; and in the lower cusp are allegorical figures representing Asia, America and Africa making obeisance to Europe. KOEMAN: 51A; SCHILDER: Australia Unveiled, 39; SHIRLEY: 336, 'a fine ornate example of the decorative cartography of the time'. Stock ID : 24127
£8,000

East England. Warburton (J. Bland J. & Symth P.), A New and Correct Mapp of Middlesex, Essex and Hertford-shire with the Roads, Rivers, Sea Coasts etc., Actually Surveyed by John Warburton, Joseph Bland and Paylor Smith, 1st edition [1725], very large hand coloured engraved map on six conjoined sheets, decorative cartouche, explanation, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, list of towns and villages below the map and 736 coats of arms surrounding the map, 1155 x 1850 mm. A very fine example of a very large and striking map of part of South East England; remarkable and aesthetically stunning due to the large number of armorials. The map had a large number of subscribers (over 700) but few examples survive, probably due to the temptation to display it as a wall map which would have accelerated the map's mortality.
£2,995

Fritz Khans 'The Human Factory'. Designed by Fritz Khan. Published by Rudoph Schick (Toronto). Printed in Canada. Supplied by Adam Rouilly & Co Ltd (London). Measures 38” x 20.5” (97cm x 51cm). Condition: Excellent condition. Some water marks to the right border. On linen with wooden hangers as originally issued.
£895

'Explore The Yorkshire Coast By Train' by Reginald Lander (c.1950) Designed by Reginald Montague Lander (1913-1982). Printed in Great Britain by Stafford & Co Ltd for British Railways (North Eastern Region). Presented in custom wood frame with plexiglass. Quad Royal Poster; Measures 127cm x 101cm. Frame approximately 142cm x 116cm. Condition: Excellent. Professionally backed including some light restoration.
£995

Large British Iisles map of superficial geology by James Wyld c1850 not dated 1020mm x 130mm vgc No splits, minimal wear only. Large folding map on linen.
£1,295

You Can Be Sure of Shell, Explorer’s Prefer Shell, Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1934 lithograph, 1150 x 760 mm Original, antique, poster: You Can Be Sure of Shell, Explorer’s Prefer Shell, designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1934, which was recently loaned for the V&A Dundee exhibition Plastic: Remaking Our World, 29th October 2022 – 5 February 2023. The poster has been framed by the V&A to museum conservation standards. For this image (part of a series implying that everyone prefers Shell), Kauffer has deployed a modernist-inspired style to represent an open map book or travel journal superimposed with a blue globe against an abstract background. A wonderful image, balanced by shaded lettering, in a format which suggests an unfolded map full of possibilities. Kauffer produced several posters for Shell Oil in the 1930s, which were displayed on the side of Shell lorries as part of a highly regarded publicity campaign. This copy belonged to the leading post war graphic designer Abram Games

1920's London Underground Posters 'Kew Gardens ' 1924. Designed by George Sheringham (1884-1937). Printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd for the Underground Electric Railway Company Ltd. Colour lithograph on paper. Print Code 143.1000.29.1.24. Double Royal format - Measures 101cm x 62cm (40” x 26”). Linen Backed. Condition: Very good. 'Accoutrements' 1928, Designed by Austin Cooper. Colour Lithograph printed by The Baynard Press for Underground Electric Railway Company. Double Royal size - 101cm x 63cm. Print Code: 1252-1500 1/8/28. Condition: Excellent. Linen-Backed. £2,500.
£1,795 & £2,500

A comprehensive guide to collecting maps MANASEK, F.J. Collecting Old Maps. Revised and Expanded Edition by Marti Griggs & Curt Griggs. Clarkdale, AZ: Old Maps Press, 2015. Hardback, cloth & illus. dust-wrapper; pp. 352, illustrated throughout. As new, still sealed. A thorough guide to collecting antique maps, including chapters on what is available to the collector, deciphering dealers' descriptions, assessing the quality of a map and caring for a collection. First published in 1998, this second edition has been expanded, with many more illustrations. Altea Gallery has become the main distributor for the last remaining copies. Stock ID : 24245
£60

Second, copperplate edition of the first European printed map to name the Philippines. SÜDOSTASIEN ( East India ): Kst.- Karte, v. Giacomo Gastaldi n. G.B. Ramusio, "Terza Tavola.", 1563, 27,5 x 38 cm * Mapping the Philippine Seas, S. 15 ("This is the second, copperplate, edition of the first European map on which the name 'Filipina' appears"). Quirino, S. 23. Seltene Karte aus einer der ab 1563 erschienenen Ausgaben von Ramusios "Delle navigationi et viaggi". Die Erstausgabe der Karte erschien 1554 als Holzschnitt, jedoch wurde der Holzblock 1557 in einem Feuer zerstört. Es ist die erste Europäische Karte der Region die die Philippinen zeigt und auch als solche bezeichnet und wird daher mancherorts als "Birth Certificate" des Landes angesehen. Die südorientierte Karte reicht vom Ganges im Westen bis Japan (als "Cypagu" bezeichnet) im Westen, vom mystischem "Lago di Chiamay im Norden bis Java im Süden. Zahlriche Wurmgänge in der Mittelfalz restauriert, das Kartenbild dort nachgezeichnet. Breitrandiges Exemplar. (334526)
€ 5.500,-

Scarce Lafreri-school map of the Great Siege of Malta. MALTA: Kst.- Karte, v. A. Lafreri bei Henricus van Schoel, "Melita insula divi Pauli apostoli quondam hospita", dat. 1602, 37,6 x 49,6 cm € 12.000,- * Bifolco/Ronca (2018), Tav 875, state 4 (von 5). Sehr seltene Karte von Malta aus der Vogelschau, erstmals 1565 anlässlich der Großen Belagerung bei Lafreri erschienen. In diesem Jahr unternahm das Osmanische Reich den letzten Versuch, die Insel einzunehmen. Dem etwa 40.000 Mann starkem Eroberungsheer standen ursprünglich 9350 Verteidiger unter dem Kommando von Jean Parisot de la Valette gegenüber. Nach verlustreichen Kämpfen um das Fort St. Elmo konnte dieses im Juni von den Osmanen erobert werden, eine Eroberung der beiden auf der anderen Hafenseite gelegenen Forts St. Michael und St. Angelo scheiterte aber. Als Anfang September ein Entsatzheer aus Sizilien eintraf, befahl der Osmanische Oberbefehlshaber Mustafa Pascha den Abzug. Als er jedoch bemerkte, wie relativ klein der Entsatz war, ließ er einen Teil seiner Truppen wieder ausschiffen, und es kam zu schweren Kämpfen, bei denen aber die Männer aus Sizilien die Oberhand behielten und den Türken nochmals schwere Verluste bescherten. Diese flohen daraufhin unter Zurücklassung allen schweren Gerätes. Die Karte ist mit zahlreichen Details der Kampfhandlungen ausgeschmückt. Wie fast immer knapprandig. An einer Querfalte iim unteren Drittel zahlreiche kleinere Fehlstellen, diese restauriert und ergänzt. Bifolco nennt von diesem Zustand nur 4 weitere Exemplare. (331299)
€ 12.000,-

RARE MAP OF HENRIETTA BARNETT’S RESIDENTIAL SUBURB [ANON.] Hampstead Garden Suburb. [London, c. 1933]. £1,250 [ref: 105141] Described by the great architectural historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as ‘the most nearly perfect example of that English invention and speciality, the garden suburb’, by the time that this plan was issued, Hampstead Garden Suburb spread over 800 acres from Golders Green underground station in the West to East Finchley railway station in the East (the underground didn’t reach East Finchley until 1939), and the Barnet Bye-Pass [sic] in the North (opened in 1928) to Hampstead Lane in the South. Printed not long after 1930 when the layout was agreed for the final areas of the Suburb to be developed this plan shows available plots on Winnington Road, Holne Chase and Ingram Avenue, surrounding Hampstead Golf Course. The text at the top right hand corner of the plan would suggest that it was offered to prospective owners / tenants: ‘This plan is subject to modification and must not be taken as the basis of any contract.’ The Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust Ltd was set up by Henrietta Barnett in 1906 with Sir Raymond Unwin and Barry Parker (chief architects of Letchworth, the first Garden Suburb) as the architects with Sir Edwin Lutyens as a consultant, overseeing many of the principal buildings. Keen to protect the land from developers following the arrival of the underground at Golder’s Green in 1900, Henrietta Barnett campaigned to retain the natural features of the area, so that building in the Suburb followed the lay of the land, and retained as much open land as possible. This was so contrary to housing bye-laws at the time that an Act of Parliament was required which included sections which have ensured that the Suburb remains a pleasant place to live to this day, including: - no more than 8 houses to an acre - no matter the width of the road there must be at least 50 feet between the facade of houses facing one another - plots should be divided by hedges or trellis and wire fences - every road should be lined with trees Single sheet map printed in three shades of green, and buff on paper. Sheet size: 480 x 630mm; scale: 1 inch = 1000 feet
£1,250

Kashgari, Mahmud: Untitled world map in Arabic (first printed edition). [Constantinople (Istanbul), Amire Printing House, AH 1333] 1917 World map in Arabic, 29 x 29.5 cm, printed in colours, old folds, lower left hand corner unobtrusively reinstated (no loss of image), blank verso. This is the first printed edition of a world map in Arabic, which was originally drawn in the 11th century CE to illustrate Mahmud al-Kashgari’s ‘Diwan Lughat al-Turk’ (‘The Compendium of the Turkic Dialects’), one of the most important early sources for Turkish language and culture. Oriented with East at the top, in terms of scale and detail the map is focussed on the Turkic heartlands of central Asia, but the extent of the map is far greater. Kashgari includes the Franks and the Iberian peninsula, Berbers, Egyptians and Abyssinians, Hindustan and, in the far east, ‘Mashin’ (China) and ‘Japarqa’ (Japan, surrounded by a green semi-circle at the top of the map). Kashgari shows the Great Wall of China, and this is also the earliest known map to include Japan (see Jim Siebold’s discussion of the map on myoldmaps.com). Geographical features on the map are colour-coded: green for seas and blue for rivers, red for mountains, and yellow for towns and deserts. Kashgari’s work was lost for centuries before its rediscovery in Istanbul’s secondhand book market by bibliophile Ali Amiri, who then supervised its publication.
£2,500

Accurata Utopiae Tabula Schenk, Pieter Copper engraved with hand colour durch Author anonymu [Amsterdam, c.1700-10] 480 x 560 mm A rare and very characterful fantasy map of Schlarraffenland, published anonymously by Pieter Schenk, whose example, engraved at some point between 1700 and 1710, predates the better documented examples by Homann and Seutter. Schlarraffenland, the German equivalent of the medieval French myth of Cockaigne, is referred to in the title as a Utopia, though it was far from being the perfect ideal society popularised by Thomas More. Instead, the title is here used in the quite literal sense of a ‘no-place,’ an impossibility held up as a mirror to the follies of the real world. Schlarraffenland roughly translates to the ‘Land of Lazy Fools,’ a false paradise where all of the basest desires of mankind combine to create a land of enduring sin and depravity. The concept of Schlarraffenland is identifiable at least as early as the late fifteenth century in Sebastian Brant’s Ship of Fools, though the treatment probably most influential on the creation of Schenk’s map was the poem Das Schlauraffenlant by the Nuremberg meistersinger Hans Sachs. In Schenk’s map, the nation is divided into various provinces and petty kingdoms, each of which is guided by a prevailing vice, from the Kingdom of Stupidity to the Republic of Lust. Schlarraffenland is bordered by the kingdoms of Age to the west, and of Youth to the east, while its northerly and southerly neighbours represent Heaven and Hell. Because of their vices, the northerly Jerusalem remains forever out of reach to the denizens of Schlarraffenland, in the Terra Sancta Incognita, an unknown Holy Land. Meanwhile, the eternal torments awaiting in the Hellish Reich in the south are held at bay by a wall which separates the province of blasphemy and false oaths from the ravages of the Tartars and their demonic colleagues. The title is enclosed in an oval cartouche in the bottom right corner, supported by figures emblematic of the vices of Schlarraffenland, including gamblers, lechers, and gluttons. Full title reads: ‘Accurata Utopiae Tabula, Das ist Der Neu entdeckten Schalck Welt, oder des so offtbenanten und doch nie erkanten Schlarraffenlandes, Neu erfundene lacherliche Land tabell Worinnen all undjede laster in besondere Konigreich, Provintzen und Herrschafften ab getheilet Beyneben auch die negst angrentzende Lander Der Frommen des Zeitlichen Auff und Untergangs auch ewigen Verderbens Regionen samt einer erklerung anmuthig und nutzlich vorgestellt werden’ Condition: Central vertical fold, as issued. Small repaired tear to top of central fold. Minor creasing and tears to margins, not affecting plate. [51861]
£2,000

Zenoi, Domenico: L’ordine et vera dispositione che tenero le galere de l’armata della Santa lega nel conflito navale ali 7 ottob. 1571 giorno de S.agiustina a cuzzolari scoglio otto miglia discosto da lepanto con li nomi delli mag.ri patroni che si trovorno nella miracolosa giornata. Venice c. 1571 Copper engraving, 31.5 x 21 cm, black and white, slight spotting, mostly in upper margin, a couple of tiny wormholes, closed split along one fold and short closed tear where tabbed into a bound volume, numbered in an old hand on blank verso; signed at lower left “In Venetia Al Ponte di Rialto D. Zenoni”. Watermark: “Letter M in a shield with star”. An exceptionally scarce contemporary Venetian depiction of the battle of Lepanto, the decisive naval engagement off the coast of Greece which largely checked the Ottoman advance in the Mediterranean. It was the largest sea battle since classical antiquity, and the last in Europe where both sides relied on galleys and galleases, the descendants of ancient triremes. Venetian and Spanish vessels were the backbone of the forces fielded by the Catholic Holy League, and their captains are listed in two columns to the left of the image, followed by a shorter list of Ottoman commanders. Domenico Zenoi or Zenoni (fl. 1559-74) was an engraver, goldsmith and publisher active in Venice (where he worked for Nicolaus Stopius) and in Padua. On December 5th 1566 theVenetian Senate granted him a 15 year privilege for the maps, portraits and devotional prints which he intended to publish. He probably had commercial partnership agreements with Camocio and with Ferrando and Donato Bertelli. The first town book printed in Venice was Paolo Forlani’s “Il Primo Libro delleCitta et fortezze principali del Mondo”, issued in the first part of 1567. Forlani’s publication was soon followed by another town book, complementary to the first one, without a title but with a frontispiece dated April 4th 1567 signed by Domenico Zenoi and dedicated by him to Ieronimo Lippomani, Ambassador to Archduke Charles and brother of the Emperor Maximilian II. No further editions were published. Zenoi’s maps are dated prior to 1574 and like the larger maps of the Lafreris-style atlases, these smaller maps were first issued for loose sheet circulation and then assembled into booklet form to suit individual customers’ requirements. Not in Zacharakis, and we have been unable to locate any institutional holdings. Our example was bound into a book, perhaps a composite work (see, for example, Shirley T.COM 19-a) or, conceivably, a copy of Bertelli’s 1574 edition of ‘Civitatum aliquot insigniorum’ or Camocio’s ‘Isole Famose’ of c. 1572, both of which cover the Fourth Venetian-Ottoman War and contain maps by a number of Venetian engravers, including Zenoi. Literature: Alamgià: Monumenta Cartographica Vaticana, vol. II p. 116; Ganado: A study in depth of 143 maps representing the Great Siege of Malta of 1565, pp.303-5; Bury: The Print in Italy, p. 236
£15,000

A plan of London early in the reign of Queen Victoria CREIGHTON, R. A Plan of London and its Environs. London, 1840. Coloured. 350 x 470mm. Binding folds flattened. A detailed town plan of London, engraved on steel by J. & C. Walker for Lewis' Topographical Dictionary, published three years after Victoria became queen. The first railways into London have been built: the map marks the routes of the Greenwich, Croydon and Birmingham railways. HOWGEGO: 330. Stock ID : 24093
£500

Item 3 16 Later Manuscript Oterschaden Globe gores (16 of 24) - £2000 -Original gores produced c1603, but these are a later manuscript productions of uncertain date -Each gore on a single sheet c29x21 cm -Includes engraved horizon rings -Text label "Terra nondum plene cognita inuenta A 1499" -On old paper with some mild toning and scattered marks These gores are something of a curiosity as the cartographic detail was quite out of date even when the globe gores were first engraved. The information is largely based on cartographic knowledge from the 1550s incluing Portuguese findings, while Oterschaden engraced the gores in the early 1600s. Because of this much of the Southern Hemisphere is unknown with imaginary land borders and the label "Terra Incognita"
£2,000

Complete Mer des Histoires, with Medieval Mappamundi and map of Holy Land Lyon 1491 / Paris, 1555 (though dated 1536) The complete Mer des Hystoires, essentially a chronicle of the world; numerous woodcut illustrations and the two famous maps, from the 1491 woodblocks, of the world and Palestine.
£25,000

Very rare map of Ceuta! Bowles, Thomas II (1688-1767) A Plan of the Famous Town & Fortress of Ceuta, Besieg’d by the Moors in 1693 & raid by ye Spaniards after 26 Years Siege in 1720 - Drawn from an original brought from hence. Printed for and sold by Tho: Bowles next ye Chapter House in St. Paul’s Church Yard, London. Thomas Bowles Chapter House in St. Paul’s Church Yard, London 1721. copper engraved plan; plate 53 x 37 cm. paper slightly toned; some small marginal tears not affecting image; a few minute holes; o/w exc. cond. - A very rare separately published broad sheet map of Ceuta, with two insets of Gibraltar and explanatory text, as well as 29 keys, explaining the various strongholds and important sites; it was advertised in The Post Boy, 7th - 9th March, 1721. The map shows the city of Ceuta during the siege in 1720. Ceuta has always been a very important stronghold for military and commercial purposes since the 5th century BC, situated at the most Northern point of Morocco, North Africa. Having changed hands several times during its history, during the reign of Phillip II, King of Spain, it became part of Spain but was besieged by the Moroccan army under Moulay Ismail from 1694 to 1727. There is only one known copy which is in the British Library BLL01015581607. [ref: 3947]
£3,000