Fine example of this rare and impressive map of California being the largest representation on a printed map.The map was included in the de Fer General Atlas but it´s an enlarged map of the map Californie et Nouveau mexique printed in 1700 and included in his Atlas Curieux. The map was based in the information provided by Father Kino in 1696 but after some years and several expedition through California, Arizona and part of Mexico led him to recognize that California was a peninsula. The inset with text describes a history of California until 1694 and de Fer mentions that the map is based by a manuscript map sent by the Viceroy of New Spain to France. Separate California from mainland by the Mar de Carolinas without place names what shows the lack of information. All the place names on the Apacheria and Pimeria regions are based on Jesuit original maps ,some of them of the late XVII century like the maps by Adam Gilg at the Denver Public Library(1688) and Bancroft Library (1693). Fine map by Nicolas de Fer ( 1646-1720) royal cartographer of king Louis XIV and XV.
€5000

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

ITALIA NUOVAMENTE PIU PERFETTA CHE MAI PER INANZI POSTA IN LUCE… Hondius, Henricus Amstelodami ex officina Henrici Hondii. A°1631 [Amsterdam, 1637]. 370 x 495 mm. One of the most richly decorated early maps of Italy, this example from the first and only English printing of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas. The map shows the whole of Italy, as well as Corsica, Sardinia, the northern part of Sicily, and adjoining parts of France, Switzerland, Germany, Dalmatia, and Albania, with regional and national boundaries outlined in hand colour. Principal cities are picked out in red, and mountains, lakes, and forests are shown pictorially. In addition to this, the map is highly ornamented with sailing ships and sea monsters in the Sardinian, Tyrrhenian, and Adriatic Seas. A merman and merwoman are locked in an embrace above the Aeolian islands, and a large vignette to the right of the map shows part of the foundational myth of the city of Rome with the twin infants Romulus and Remus being suckled by the shewolf. The map is further embellished by a large title cartouche in Italian, flanked by two bare-breasted caryatids, while the mile scale in the bottom right features portrait roundels of the twins as adults. On the verso, a lengthy descriptive text in English written by the soldier, translator, and author Henry Hexham (c.1585-1650) covers Italian customs, dress, geography, government, and architecture. Hexham’s commentary also contains a long list of the natures of women from various Italian cities and towns, and criticisms of the ostentation and lack of humility shown by the Pope and the Roman church.
£1,500

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

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

A rare broadsheet chronology of the kings of Spain NEGGES, Johann Simon. Chronologia Hispanica seu Regum Hispaniae Series... Augsburg, c.1760. Engraving, sheet 695 x 445mm, including map with original hand colour. Mezzotint portrait, 325 x 220mm, pasted on as issued. Trimmed to plate, edged with paper. An educational broadsheet, featuring a map of Iberia, a prospect of Madrid and portrait of Charles III (1716-1788, king of Spain from 1759), flanked by lists of the kings of Spain from AD 416 to 1759, with the lengths of reigns in Roman numerals.From a very scarce series of broadsides about European states, each with a list of rulers, portrait, map and prospect. Stock ID : 24389
£1,100

An early edition of one of the greatest 19th-century English atlases. This particular atlas is enhanced by 16 additional Arrowsmith maps, some being his scarcest and most important including the rare 2nd state 1843 Texas map titled; Map of Texas compiled from Surveys recorded in the Land Office of Texas, and other Official Surveys…, Recognised as an Independent State by Great Britain, 16th Nov, 1840. The map shows the seals of the Republic of Texas and the General Land Office of Texas beneath the title plus two insets of Galveston Bay and the geographical relationship of Mexico, Texas and the United States before the Mexican War. This map was the best available information on Texas during the decade when the political fate of the new Republic was of international concern. The information on geographical features, roadways, location of Indian tribes and the latest political divisions for the map was provided by the General Land Office of Texas.
£25,000

Arrowsmith (John). The London Atlas of Universal Geography exhibiting the Physical & Political Divisions of the Various Countries of the World, Constructed from Original Materials. London: J. Arrowsmith, 10 Soho Square, 1842, calligraphic title page with late 19th-century ownership inscription, preface and contents present, 66 folding maps (16 not mentioned in contents page) all with contemporary outline hand colouring including Texas (2nd state), 1843, Acquisitions of Russia since the Accession of Peter 1st, 1842, Ionian Islands & Malta, 1844, West Coast of Africa Expedition of Captain Trotter, 1813, Australia East and West, 1846, The World on Mercator's Projection, 1844, England and Wales, The Inland Navigation, Rail Roads, Geology & Minerals, 1845, India, 1842, Burma, Siam & Cochin China, 1842, British North America, 1846 and others showing parts of Europe, Asia, Americas and the World, edges frayed with some loss to title page, preface and contents, splitting at folds to a few maps (not Texas), dust soiling to title tabs recently rebound to high standard.
£895

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]

Fine and rare sea chart of the Mediterranean sea with rhumb lines, rose, large cartouche with oriental figures and goods. Place names by the coast and large rose wind at thr right upper part of the chart. Nicolas de Fer sea chart is very rare nowadays at the map market. De Fer was royal cartographer and map maker of kings Louis XIV and XV until his death in 1721
€1900

George FOSTER – Robert SAYER A New & Correct Map of all America. London: printed for Robert Sayer opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street, [n.d., but probably 1763-1767]. Exceptionally rare map of the Americas, complete with its engraved side-panels, with only two other copies located in institutions.
Estimate: £10,000-15,000

Extremely rare sea chart of the Mediterranean sea published separately by Hendrik de Leth and included in very few Dutch composite atlases. Large cartouche, scales, rhumb lines and two insets with explanatory text with a list of harbours in western and eastern Mediterranean. The chart with beautiful hand colour. Hendrik de Leth (1703-66) was most probably the son of Andries de Leth. He was engraver, publisher and painter active in Amsterdam. He worked for the Visscher family and worked together sometimes with Leonard Schenck. De Leth published some pocket atlases and one historical atlas of the Netherlands. The large size maps like this one are considered a rarity so nowadays very few copies remain in private hands or institutional collections worldwide. Ref: C. Koeman Atlantes neerlandici Vol II, Amsterdam 1969,pp 267-270. Bannister, Antique Maps, Phaidon 1983.
€8500

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

Nova & Accuratissima Celeberrimae Universitatis Civitatisque Oxoniensis Scenographia – 1675 Uncoloured town plan of Oxford from David Loggan’s “Oxonia Illustrata”, a richly illustrated work on the architecture and topography of the University and its surroundings published in 1675. The map, which lays out a bird’s eye view of the late seventeenth century city, is generally considered the most beautiful plan of Oxford. Superbly engraved in great detail, it shows the colleges, churches, important buildings, green places and streets of the city; many of which are identified in two keys (one with 50 entries in English and a duplicate in Latin with 31). The map is decorated with an ornate dedication cartouche and a view of the east prospect of Oxford. Blank verso. The map has some repaired tears and marginal chipping, minor tape staining from old repairs and has been backed in very thin archival tissue for conservation purposes; otherwise, a strong, dark impression in very good condition. 41.5 cm x 53 cm
£1,3500

Quarte Partie du Monde (Le Nouveau Monde Descouvert et Illustre de Nostre Temps) – 1575 Uncommon coloured wood-cut map of the Americas taken from the first edition of Thevet’s “La Cosmographie Universelle” first published in 1575. According to Burden, the map appears in two further states, state 2 - from the second edition of the book (also in 1575) and state 3 – separately published examples from 1581. Thevet was a Franciscan monk who travelled to the Americas and included his observations in La Cosmographie. The geography of Americas is based principally on Mercator’s 1569 map with the oversized west coast of North America and the bulges on the south-west and north-east coasts of South America. A large, heavily forested southern continent (“Antartique Incongneue”) fills the bottom of the map, merging with New Guinea in the far west and containing scenes of local inhabitants going about their lives. At the top, the north-eastern part of the Asian continent with the Strait of Anian is shown in the west and a strangely elongated Greenland in the east. This finely engraved map, which takes in large parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and perpetuates the myth of the phantom island of Frisland in the north Atlantic, is decorated with two strapwork cartouches, numerous sailing ships and sea monsters. Blank verso. The map has a repair to the right margin that just enters the printed border and short centrefold splits to the blank top and bottom margins, otherwise a finely coloured, dark impression in excellent condition. 35 cm x 45 cm
£6,000

The Kingdome of Scotland –1611 Beautifully coloured map of Scotland from the first edition of John Speed’s “Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain” published by John Sudbury and George Humble in 1611. Surely the most decorative map of Scotland, it is the first state of the map showing portraits of James I, Queen Anna and their sons. This version of the map appeared in the atlas until 1652, at which time the four royal portraits were replaced with pictures of commoners to reflect the prevailing sentiment after the English Civil War. A description of Scotland appears on the verso in English. Other than some staining to the top blank margin and a repair to the bottom centrefold that just enters the border, the map is a strong dark impression with full margins in excellent condition. 38 cm x 51.5 cm
£2,500

A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne according to ye truest Descriptions latest Discoveries & best observations yt have beene made by English or Strangers. 1651 - 1676 Coloured double hemisphere map of the world from John Speed’s “A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World” published by Bassett and Chiswell in 1676. The map, which is one of the earliest world maps printed in the English language and was first published in 1627, is a fourth state example as the date has been changed from 1626 to 1651 and sellers are Bassett & Chiswell. It is one of the first world maps to depict California as an island and, being published in England, proudly shows the English discoveries in Virginia by John Smith and the newly established 1620 settlement in Plymouth. The map is richly decorated with portraits of Age of Discovery explorers Drake, Magellan, Cavendish and van Noort who circumnavigated the globe, diagrams of a solar and lunar eclipse, representations of the four classical elements (water, earth, fire and air) and celestial charts showing constellations of the northern and southern hemispheres. A general description of the World appears on the verso in English. Other than a repaired bottom centrefold split and minor discolouration to the blank margins, a finely coloured example on heavy, stable paper with full margins in excellent condition. 39.5 cm x 52.5 cm
£9,750

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.

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

CARY, John. Cary's New and Accurate Plan of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark and parts adjacent: viz. Kensington, Chelsea, Islington, Hackney, Walworth, Newington &c with an Alphabetical list of upwards of 500 of the most principal streets with references to their situation, and Plans of the New London & East & West India Docks. London, 1816. Original engraved map of London (8o x 148.5 cm) with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, with a list of over 500 of the principal streets printed below the map, three inset tables of reference to churches, parishes and public buildings, a printed list of streets and their altitude above sea level pasted to the right-hand margin, bookplate of Alexander Boetefeur pasted to the upper right corner, marbled endpapers, housed in a contemporary marbled card slipcase (worn) with printed label to upper board. Two faint manuscript circles in upper right corner, slight staining, generally an excellent copy with beautiful wash colouring. Originally published in 1787, this map went through several editions with constant changes; in 1811 an extra section was added, extending the map to show the East and West India Docks. James Howego. The Printed Maps of London, no.184, state 14 (of 20).
£7,500

A pair of English 17th-century library globes, by Robert Morden, William Berry and Philip Lea.
Estimate: £100,000-150,000

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

John Melish (1771 - 1822). Map of the United States with the contiguous British & Spanish Possessions Compiled from the latest & best Authorities..., June 1816. The first wall map of the United States.
£40,000 - 60,000 (estimate)

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 Isles 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

Europe Early and scarce map of Europe. de Jode, Cornelius (156801600) Nova Totius Europae Tabula.... Antwerp 1593 copper engraved map; overall 42 x 55 cm; plate 33 x 45 cm. fold as issued; paper evenly toned with some some faint discolouration; some faint off-set; additional printer’s creases; repaired split c’fold; o/w exc. cond. One of the most decorative and early map of the whole of Europe! The title is above the map with scroll work to either side. A large vignette with various figurines, depicting of the i nhabitants, is to the lower right of the map.Nice strong impression, with watermark; on verso Latin text. Cornelius De Jode was the son of Gerard de Jode (1509-1591), a Dutch engraver, printer, printseller, publisher and cartographer. In 1578, he published an atlas ‘Speculum Orbis Terrarum’ which was re-published by his son, Cornelius, in 1593. Cornelius’ map of South America deviates from his father’s map in as much as the title is no longer within the map as well as omitting two insets of smaller maps; some of the decorative elements have been omitted as well. Maps both by father and son are very hard to come by as Speculum did not prove to be such a success as Ortelius’ atlases and the publication was very small. [ref: 4000]
£5,500

British Empire: World - Mercator's projection - pictorial maps Bartholomew, John British Empire Throughout the World Exhibited in One View. A.Fullarton & Co. London & Dublin 1872 steel engraved map with some printed colouring; overall 47 x 57 cm, image 42 x 52 cm. fold as issued; some slight discolouration; some marginal tears not affecting image; with some paper repairs on verso; o/w vg cond. A very decorative map of the British Empire engraved by Bartholomew and published by Archibald Fullarton in his ‘Royal Illustrated Atlas’, showing the expansion of the British Possessions in pink! The atlas was first published in 27 parts from 1854-62 and first published as a complete atlas in 1864. The map is printed on what looks like a paperscroll, is decorated with ethnographic figurines which were designed and engraved by A. Thom and has 2 tables of British Possessions on either side of the title cartouche. NB In contrast to later editions, this map shows ‘Queensland’ which was formally separated from New South Wales in 1859. [ref: 5037] £1,000
£1,000

The Stock Exchange London 1933. The Financial News Map of the Stock Exchange. 1933 (dated) 16 x 21.5 in (40.64 x 54.61 cm) Opportunity, globalization, regulation, and barriers to entry.
$6,500.00

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

MONTGOMERIE, Thomas George. Jamoo, Kashmir and Adjacent Districts. Surveyed between the Years 1856 & 1860 under the Superintendence of the Lieut. Colonel Sir Andrew Scott Waugh… Surveyor General of India and Superintendent G.T. Survey by Captain T.G. Montgomerie Engineers F.R.G.S. 1st Assistant G.T. Survey of India and the Assistants under his Orders. Scale: 4 Miles to 1 Inch. [Calcutta: Survey of India, January, 1861]. Original large lithographed map (150.5 x 128.5 cm) annotated with a route into the Himalayas, dissected into 80 sections and backed onto linen, title to top right, inset plan to bottom left of 'Srinagar or city of Kashmir and environs', printed label of Edward Stanford 'wholesale & retail mapseller' of Charing Cross pasted at foot printed advertisements on yellow paper for 'Stanford's Maps' and 'Stanford's Atlases' visible to front and back when folded. Lithographed by 'J. & C. Walker lith.' A little foxing, some pin holes at head, ink note at head and route drawn out in red ink (see below), lower quadrant a bit more toned than the others, generally a very good example. A scarce large scale map of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India by Thomas George Montgomerie (1830 1878), executed as part of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India under the superintendence of Sir Andrew Scott Waugh (1810 1878). Montgomerie gave K2 its name (K for Karakoram), and Waugh is credited with naming Mount Everest. This particular copy was clearly used by a near contemporary French expedition to the region. It bears the inscription 'Voyage au Cashmire [Himalaya] Légende' in red ink at the head and a route is mapped out, also in red ink, from 'Raul Pinde' to 'Lahore' (both off the map). This runs east from Muzaffarabad to Baramulla, Wular Lake, Srinagar, Anantnag, and the Warwan Valley. Here the expedition undertook a circular loop into the Himalayas some elevations are noted in red ink (e.g. '12000' at 'Sangam') before heading south to Jammu. Rarity: OCLC records only one copy in the US (University of Minnesota), one in Australia (University of Melbourne), one in Japan (National Diet Library), one in France (Bibliotheque Nationale), one in Germany (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin), and two in the UK (Bodleian, National Library of Scotland).
£4,000

Carte des Etats-Unis d’Amerique et du Cours du Mississipi. Brion de la Tour: United States (Frankland) 1788 Uncommon map of the United States showing the suggested state of ‘Frankland’, from ‘Histoire Universelle depuis le Commencement du Monde jusqu’a Present’, Volume 5, by Louis Brion de la Tour, published by Moutard, Paris; folds.
£250

ZUDA ROKASHI, Priest Hotan. Nanzenbushu Bankoku Shoka No Zu. [Outline Map of All Countries of the Universe]. Kyoto: Bundaiken Uhei, 1710. Original woodblock printed map, (118.5 x 144.5 cm.), folding into original blue grey covers (24 x 18.5 cm) preserving original paper label to upper cover. The celebrated first Buddhist world map printed in Japan illustrating "the fusion of Buddhist dogma and Western geographical knowledge" (Jones). The author, Hotan (1654-1728), was a scholar-priest and founder of the Kegonji Temple in Kyoto. The earliest known example in Japan is the Gotenjiku Zu (Map of the Five Indies) by the priest Jukai dating from 1364 and now preserved in Horyuji Temple in Nara. However Hotan's map was revolutionary in being the first printed Oriental map to introduce detailed Western cartographic information into this traditional Buddhist cosmological view and to attempt to merge the two together into a comprehensible form. Europe is depicted as a series of islands in the upper left of the image whilst South America is likewise another island in the lower right of the image. Africa is omitted completely. China and Japan are clearly defined in the upper right of the map.
£12,500

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

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,-

New Plan of London 1833. Pinnock London 1833 Large, uncommon white on black map of London from ‘The Guide to Knowledge’ by W. Pinnock, published by William Edwards, 12, Ave Maria Lane, London; folds.
£85.00

[INGHILTERRA] Moretti, Giuseppe after Rosaccio, Giuseppe Woodcut [Bologna, Costantino Pisarri, c.1724] 127 x 84 mm An unusual and rare miniature woodcut map of the British Isles, from Rosaccio’s Teatro del mondo e sue parti cioe Europa, Africa, Asia, et America. The map is relatively crude in respect of its cartographic detail, and likely inspired by portolan charts of the British Isles. The isles are divided into the Kingdoms of Inghilterra (England), Walia (Wales), Scotia (Scotland), and Hibernia (Ireland). Cornwall (Cornubia) is also labelled. London, Dover, the Thames, Lancaster, and York (Eboraco), among others, are plotted in roughly the right locations, though Hereford (Arforda) is depicted in Pemrokeshire, and Scotland is badly truncated, making Edinburgh appear to be at the very northernmost point of the country. A number of the Scottish islands, the Isle of Man, and the Isle of Wight are depicted, and the French cities of Calais and Bologne are plotted in Picardia. This particular example is the final and rarely seen second issue of the second state of Rosaccio’s map, recut by Moretti in 1688.
£400

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

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

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

ZATTA, Antonio. Le Colonie Unite dell' America Settentr[iona]le di Nouva Projezione ASS. EE. Li Signori Riformatori Dello Studio di Padova. Venezia [Venice]: Presso Antonio Zatta con Privilegio dell'Eccellentissimo Senato, 1778. Original large engraved map of America (148 x 196 cm when joined together) comprised of twelve sheets (each 37 x 49 cm) with original hand-colouring. The first sheet an elaborate "frontispiece" to the series in full original colour, featuring illustrations of flora and fauna with wildlife, and with an inset map of Bermuda coloured in outline to left edge of sheet. The remainder of the set comprises 11 double-page regional maps in original outline colour based on John Mitchell's map of colonial North America dated 1755. Each map approximately 30.5 x 42.5 cm. A few minor spots, generally an excellent example. Italian version based on John Mitchell's map of the English and French colonies (1755), published during the American War of Independence. Cf Phillips, 650.
£5,000

[ROBERT E. PEARY] [Anonymous] Silver print National Geographic Society [n.d. c. 1909] 612 x 446 mm A very scarce, large, full length portrait of the Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary wearing his parka and suit from the North Pole expedition of 1909 which consisted of furs modelled on those made by Inuits, snowshoes and a spear. “Photograph Courtesy National Geographic Society” in the lower right. Framed in a period frame.
£5,000

USAF EQUIDISTANT CHART OF THE WORLD CENTRED ON UNITED STATES [Anonymous] Chromolithograph Published by the Aeronautical Chart Service, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. September 1946, Revised January 1949. 1010 x 870 mm A large and colourful mid-century map of the world centred on the United States of America, originally issued in 1946 by the United States Air Force. This particular example is the first edition of a 1949 revision of the original map, likely in response to geopolitical considerations following the announcement of the Truman Doctrine in 1947 and the early years of the Cold War. The map shows the Earth on an aximuthal equidistant projection, allowing the viewer to plot distances in Statute and Nautical Miles to any position on the globe from the continental United States. The map is centred on the USA, with a star marking a location roughly between Denver and Kansas City. The central vertical line thus forms the Great Circle course, passing through Canada, the USSR, China, India, Antarctica, and Mexico. Of most note at the time of printing would no doubt have been the proximity thus measured on the line to the Russian city of Novosibirsk (New Siberia), which during the course of the 1940s had grown rapidly, becoming a centre for manufacture and a critical supply base for the Red Army. National borders are outlined in chromolithographed colour, and a pair of smaller circles in the top left and right show the same projection centred on London and Tokyo respectively. In the bottom left corner, the crest of the US Air Force’s Aeronautical Chart Service is emblazoned, while a descriptive text in the bottom right provides a guide to the map’s use.
£400

An early 20th century plaster relief map of Jerusalem in a box, VESTER, Frederick. Jerusalem: Fr. Vester &Co., c.1910. Polished olive wood box, 165 x 180 x 55mm, titled in ink in Latin and Hebrew alphabets on lid, with original brass clasp, original printed label with title and key in inner lid, hand-painted plaster relief map. A very fine hand-made relief map of Jerusalem created for sale in The American Colony Store, Jerusalem. The American Colony was founded in Jerusalem by millennialist missionaries c.1881, building a self-sufficient community, with its own agriculture, cottage industries (including an important photographic studio) and a hotel for tourists. It also became deeply involved with the local community, creating a hospital and schools, including an Islamic School for Girls overseen by Bertha, wife of Frederick Vester. Sadly the American Colony did not survive the unrest of 1947-8.
£1,200

1871 Husni Efendi Ottoman Wall Map of Arabia First Islamic Wall Map of the Arabian Peninsula.
$85,000.00

1478 / 1490 Ptolemaic Map of the Arabian Peninsula Arabia-ptolemy-1478 Earliest Acquirable Printed Map of Arabia.
$65,000.00

London - Silk map - folding map Philips Philips’ New Map of Central London, c1900. Printed on silk, it was more durable and could be easily folded away. The map extents from Kentish Town to South Lambeth, and Holland Park to Southwark Park. [ref: 5109]
£300