J/C WALKER GEOLOGICAL MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES DATED C1837 140CM X 99CM GOOD CONDITION NO SPLITS TO FOLDS LIGHT WEAR ONLY NO SLIPCASE.
£1,200

London Underground Map - Station Poster. 1934. Colour lithograph on paper. Designed by HC Beck. Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited for London Transport. Print Code: 34.177. Measures 76cm x 61cm (30 x 24 inches). Condition: Some slight foxing, but overall a very good example of an extremely scarce item. Harry Beck's iconic London Underground 'diagram' was first issued in pocket map format in January 1933 to an extremely positive public response - and to the great relief of London Transport Executive who had initially rejected Becks diagram for being too revolutionary Following the public embrace, Beck was immediately commissioned to redraw the diagram in two poster formats, Quad Royal (50 x 40 inches) and a smaller format (30 x 24) which is often referred to as Double crown despite being 4 inches too tall. These poster maps were issued to stations in July and August 1933 respectively. This '34.177' map is Beck's 1st revision to the 'double crown' design and was issued in very early 1934. At first glance, this edition appears identical to the August 1933 issue; However Beck undertook the following changes: The Central Line now sits above the District Line at Ealing Broadway; Monument is now shown as an interchange station; A red box has been added to highlight the new escalator connection between Bank and Monument; The spur connection between Watford and Rickmansworth on the Metropolitan Line as been removed; 'LTPB' replaced with 'London Transport' in the Underground roundel logo. Early HC Beck station maps saw limited print runs with stations receiving between 5-10 each. The posters that avoided being pasted directly onto walls will have been destroyed when a new map was issued. Therefore very few examples of Becks first posters exist today. We understand this to be the sole surviving example of Beck's 34.177 poster map. Indeed, even the London Transport Museum only have a monochrome print of this edition in their archives.
£24000.00

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

1932 London Underground Enamel Station Map - FH Stingemore - Framed Designed Frederick H Stingemore. 1932. Produced by Chromo Wolverhampton for Underground Electric Railways of London. Vitreous enamel on rolled iron. Presented in a custom-made oak frame. The map measures 101cm x 63cm and with the frame 112cm x 74cm. Condition: Lovely wear consistent with age and being in-situ outside. Some loss to the edges and signs of some professional restoration in places. *Note on Date: Shows the Piccadilly Extension to Cockfosters as open but before Gillespie Road was changed to Arsenal (Highbury Hill) in October 1932. 1932 Stingemore paper and enamel station maps showed Cockfosters as open but it was in fact delayed until July 1933.

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

Homann Heirs. Iconografica rappresentatione della inclita citta di Venetia... Nuremberg, c.1762. 490 x 565mm. Original colour. A few small tears to the top and bottom margins. A plan of Venice surveyed in 1729, with an extensive key and a prospect of the city underneath.
£2000

Johann Baptist Homann. Amplissimiæ Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciæ Ludovicianæ â R.P. Ludovico Hennepin... Nuremberg, c.1720. 495 x 590mm. Coloured. A large and colourful map of central North America, published to illustrate the work of Father Louis Hennepin (1626-c.1705) a Franciscan who travelled through French North America wilth La Salle 1675-9, crossing the Great Lakes to the Upper Mississippi. His account of Niagara Falls (illustrated here under the title) brought them to the attention of the European public for the first time. Hennepin's portrait decorates the title cartouche. Bottom right is a vignette illustration of an Indian family, with a bison.
£2,750

Paolo Petrini. World Map. Naples. Circa 1700. 88 x 112cm (printed surface). Black and white. Four sheets mounted on canvas. Expertly restored.
42000 EUR

Ortelius, A. ‘ANGLIAE, SCOTIAE, ET HIBERNIAE, SIVE BRITANNICAR: INSULARUM DESCRIPTIO’. Map of the British Isles, North orientated to the right. Two cartouches and heraldic shield. From the 1612 Latin text edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius 1592 (- 1612). 34 x 49 cm. Full contemporary colour. Excellent condition. [28544] van den Broecke 16.
£975

Atlas of England by Joan Blaeu. Vierde Stuck der Aerdrycks-Beschryving, welck vervat Engelandt, i.e. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. vol 4, England & Wales.. Amsterdam, 1648. Contemporary red morocco, elaborately gold-tooled. The spine in compartments, the second showing the title of the book. Large folio (565 x 370 mm.). Dutch text, engraved title border with printed text label hand-coloured and heightened with gold, 58 engraved maps, all but one double page, also hand-coloured and heightened with gold, engraved and woodcut text-illustrations, many hand-coloured. An outstanding example of Joannes Blaeu's "Vierde Stuck der Aerdrycks-Beschryving, welck vervat Engelandt, i.e. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum": being volume 4, England & Wales, with Dutch text. The engraved title border with printed text label, 58 engraved maps hand-coloured and heightened gold most probably by the master colourist Dirck Jansz. Van Santen. The binding in contemporary red morocco and attributed to Albertus Magnus or his work shop. Albert Magnus (Amsterdam 1642-1689) is generally considered the most important Dutch bookbinder. Albert Magnus started making his luxury bindings around 1667. Herman de la Fontaine Verwey's pioneering research has yielded much information on Magnus's professional activities. Mirjam Foot has examined the tools of many bindings attributed to Magnus and proved that a large part of them cannot have been made by the master himself. The colouring of the maps has been attributed to the master colourist Dirk Jansz Van Santen (1637/38-1708) who worked for Kings and rich merchants. His manner is signified by rich and exotic colour combinations, added elements such as flowers to clothing, marbling to masonry. Goedings : "Van Santen applied transparent and opaque colours at the same time in both mixed and pure tints. He often painted the whole surface of the map or illustration, transforming the graphic light and dark contrasts into colour. He applied his characteristic shiny varnish, this had the effect of brightening the colour, frequently making use of the same colour progression." "Atlases and books coloured by van Santen are found in the libraries of the most prominent collectors of the golden age of Dutch cartography ". Bibles and atlases, bound in deluxe bindings by Albert Magnus (1642-1689) and decorated by van Santen were considered gifts worthy of princes. Travelers and poets wrote about this work" (Goedings). Read more about Dirk Jansz van Santen Both attributions are made by Mrs. T. Goedings, who after studing HR images adds that the volume could have been part of a Multi volume Blaeu Atlas only known in the literature. Atlas of England by Blaeu The contents of the atlas is derivided by Blaeu from various editions of John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain originally published in 1611. The texts derive largely from William Camden’s Britannia. Blaeu originally published this as Volume IV of the Atlas novus in 1645. Each map epitomised the craftsmanship and artistry of the Blaeu workshop being beautifully ornate with fine cartouches, heraldic shields and calligraphy. Later in 1662 the maps reappeared in volume five of his Atlas Maior, perhaps the finest cartographic work ever produced. Remarks : The map of Cheshire with Spanish text on verso, and slightly smaller in size, but coloured and heightened with gold by the same hand as the other maps. Several maps with marginal tears, repaired, some paper degradation and water staining throughout, affecting both text and maps. Contemporary red morocco, elaborately gilt, with some repairs to spine and corners. Reference : van de Krogt, Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. 2, 2:231, K. The binder Albert Magnus and the collectors of his age in Quaerendo.
£ 42,000

1. Extremely rare view of Adelaide! Hitchin, J. Adelaide, South Australia. North Terrace. J.C. Hailes London 1841 (?) tinted lithograph with original hand colouring and Gum Arabic. image 38 x 50 cm, with wide margins. some marginal tears not affecting image; some very soft creases; o/w vg cond. This very attractive print of the North Terrace of Adelaide is based on a painting by Edward Opie (1810–1894), a British painter, in 1840. The location of the painting is unknown. In 1841, Hitchin produced the design for this print which was lithographed by S.Straker in 118 Bishopsgate, London. On the right hand side of the print is the North Terrace with some side streets and the majority of main buildings. In the middle are the police station and the British Society’s Schoolhouse. On the other side of the Green towards the back of the view, is the Government House. In the foreground to the lft is a scene with indigenous people in front of a dwelling. A rider with a dog who is talking to another man, a couple taking the air and a shepherd are in the foreground; the background shows a chain of mountains and a wide area covered with trees. We could only find one copy at the National Library of Australia: https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2121711 . On 26th March 1910, a key to this print was published in the ‘Register’ magazine, though some version suggests an earlier publication. [see: State Library of South Australia: https://encore.slsa.sa.gov.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3119105]. [ref: 3949]
£7,000

Paolo Petrini. Africa wall map. Naples circa 1700. 93 x120cm (printed surface). Black and white. Four sheets mounted on canvas and expertly restored.
14000 EUR

WESTMINSTER SOLID OAK OCCASIONAL TABLE HAND MADE IN HAMPSHIRE. Incorporating an extremely scarce survivor from Westminster Underground Station. c1911 District Railway (Underground Electric Railways Company of London) enamel PLATFORM SIGN from Westminster Station. The 'Bar & Circle' device was the Underground's first logo (direct ancestor of today's roundel) and was introduced in 1908 to create a distinctive station identification amidst the plethora of advertising posters on the platforms. This sign features the smaller circle introduced 3 years later. An amazing survivor. Measures 137 x 177 cms.
£5900.00

Stanford E. ‘CHELSEA’. Large and highly detailed folding map, dissected into 12 segments and laid down on linen. Covering the whole southwest London area north of the Thames between Sloane Street, Fulham, Hammersmith, Brompton, Kensington, Notting Hill and Kensal Green. Edward Stanford’s Geographical Establishment ca. 1877. 66 x 67 cm. Full hand colour. Excellent condition. Six inches to a mile. Edward Stanford (1827-1904), British mapseller and publisher, based in London. [28530] Hyde 168.
£2,450

Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio… Uncoloured map of the world by Rumold Mercator, the son of Gerard Mercator, from a 1595 atlas issued by the Mercator family, which was the first year of its publication. Only three editions of the atlas were published by the Mercator family, two in 1595 (classified by Koeman as “A” and “B” versions) and a third in 1602. Based on the text below the map, this example is taken from the 1595 “B” atlas and is not often seen on the market. The map was first issued in 1587 as part of Isaac Casaubon’s publication of Strabo’s Geographia and is a reduced, double hemisphere version of Gerard Mercator’s landmark 1569 large scale world map. The map incorporates many of the same misconceptions of the period including the large bulge on the west coast of South America and the presence of an enormous continent covering much of the southern portions of both hemispheres, but correctly shows California as a peninsula rather than an island as was incorrectly done throughout the 17th century. The map is surrounded by finely engraved strapwork decoration with an armillary sphere and a compass rose in the top and bottom centre, respectively. A brief description of the map appears on the verso in Latin. A fine impression of this rare map in excellent condition. 35.5 cm x 52 cm
£8,000.00

Amstelodami Celeberrimi Hollandiae Emporii Delineatio Nova. Coloured, superbly engraved ca 1694 plan of Amsterdam by an anonymous cartographer showing a detailed view of the late 17th century city, its canals and harbour. The map, which was based on Jan Jansson’s 1657 example, appears to have been first issued in an earlier state by Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge II in 1682 and by Gregorio Leti in “Teatro Belgico” ca 1690. Details of the map were updated to reflect recent improvements including the development of the Plantage in the western part of the city and this updated version was issued by Frederick de Wit in his atlas of town plans published from 1694 – 1706. This example, which does not contain de Wit’s publisher’s inscription, is like the example owned by the Rijksmuseum. The plan is sumptuously decorated with the coat of arms and seal of the city at the top, a cartouche of mythical beings presided over by Neptune with his trident and a harbour filled with dozens of sailing ships. Three keys on the sides and bottom centre of the map identify 172 places of interest and a further 26 defensive strongholds ringing the city. Blank verso. A lovely example of this uncommon map in excellent condition. 42.5 cm x 54 cm
£3,000.00

Haemisphaerium Stellatum Australe Antiquum Old coloured celestial chart with stars highlighted in gold from the 1661 Jan Jansson edition of Andreas Cellarius’ celestial atlas entitled “Harmonia Macrocosmica”. The Harmonia, which is generally considered to be finest celestial atlas ever produced, contained 29 charts of the heavens including several showing the movement of the planets according to various contemporary theories and others displaying the constellations as seen from different parts of the Earth. This chart, whose title is translated as “The southern stellar hemisphere of antiquity”, displays the classical interpretation of the constellations as seen in the southern hemisphere. The charts were printed in three editions; two by Jansson in 1660 and 1661, the latter edition with plate numbers inserted in the bottom right, and one by Schenk and Valk in 1708 with their names imprinted on the plates, The borders are decorated with putti and banks of clouds. Blank verso. Other than some toning to the edges of the blank margin and a professionally repaired tear to the top left corner that just enters the printed border, a lovely old-coloured example in very good condition. 44 cm x 52 cm
£3,250.00

Arias Montanus' Antiquitatum Iudicarum Libri IX, Nine treatises from from Polyglot Bible, with sixteen fine engraved plates. First and only edition of this rare volume comprising texts which had earned Arias Montanus the wrath of the Inquisition for what were considered "pro-Jewish" passages. The volumes' nine texts had appeared in Volume VIII of the Polyglot Bible, and by the publication of the present volume, the author had been exonerated of the charges.
$ 20,000

A rare and important 15th century map of Arabia] image of Sexta Asie Tabula. show larger image PTOLEMY, Claudius. Sexta Asie Tabula. Ulm, Johan Reger, 1482-86. Woodcut, original colour, slightly retouched. 300 x 565mm. Some restoration mainly to bottom margin. The Arabian peninsula from an incunabula edition of Ptolemy's Geographia , within a trapezoid border with metal type for the lettering. The title is on the verso with a Latin-text description, with a coloured capital. The map was originally published by Lienhart Holle in an edition of Ptolemy’s 'Geography' with revisions by the cartographer Nicolaus Germanus Donis. This was the first European atlas published outside Italy and the first to be illustrated with woodcut maps. Soon afterwards Holle went bankrupt, probably because of the cost of producing the atlas, and Reger acquired the rights to the 'Geography', reissuing the second and last edition of this version in 1486. See TIBBETTS: 8. [Ref: 14514]
P.O.A.

Typus Orbis Terrarum de Belleforest, François Woodcut [A Paris, Chez Nicolas Chesneau, rue S. Iaques, au Chesne Verd. MDLXXV., Avec Privilege du Roy, et de la Cour. [Paris, 1575] 335 x 495 mm A scarce, beautiful, and historically significant woodcut map of the world, engraved by Belleforest for La Cosmographie universelle de tout le monde, a much improved and enlarged French version of Munster’s celebrated Cosmographia, published by Nicolas Chesneau and Michel Sonnius in 1575. The map itself is a very close copy of Ortelius’ map of the same title from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, albeit in woodcut rather than copper. In place of Ortelius’ quote from Cicero in the bottom cartouche, Belleforest has substituted a French title ‘Description universelle de tout le Monde.’ Geographically the map is identical, with the same bulbous treatment of South America as in the first state of Ortelius’ map, a large and practically amorphous Southern Continent (though New Guinea is shown as a separate island), and a somewhat laterally exaggerated North America. The map retains Ortelius’ cartographic commentary, including notes about the discovery of the Americas by Columbus, and a note on the eponymous birds of the region of Terra Australis called the ‘Kingdom of Parrots.’ The remaining spaces between the oval of the map and the block’s border are filled with clouds.
£4,400

1978 New York Subway System Map - Massimo Vignelli (1931-2014) - 59"x46" February 1978 Designed by Massimo Vignelli for New York Transit Authority. Dated February 1978. Measures 150 x 117cm (59” x 46”). Offset Lithograph on paper. Outstanding near-mint example. Some minor wear to top edge with a small vertical tear repair (15mm). At 5 feet high, this stunning modernist masterpiece was the work of Massimo Vignelli (and his agency, Unimark) and we believe this is the only example for sale in the world. Just a handful of these huge Vignelli station posters still exist: a 1972 example is held in the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). They were issued between 1972-1978. This was the final issue dated 1978. Having already delivered a major branding project for the Subway in the late 1960s (the “Graphic Standards Manual”) Vignelli provided a mock-up of his vision for a new Subway map to the recently-appointed Chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) William Ronan. Ronan felt the current map (issued in 1967) was too fragmented and supported Vignelli’s modernist solution. Vignelli and his team were awarded the job. Taking inspiration from Harry Beck (London Underground) among others, Vignelli fought passionately against unnecessary information on the map and pursued a clean diagram based on a geometric grid principle. The map was put together in the Unimark Office by Joan Charysyn under Vignelli's design direction. The map was unveiled by William Ronan on August 4, 1972. The Vignelli Subway map is one of the most enduring icons of New York City. However, unlike Harry Beck’s London Underground diagram, Vignelli's design was not universally popular. His deliberate abandonment (or distortion) of New York’s geography led to impassioned debate and in 1979, Vignelli’s detractors had their way when the diagram was replaced with a geographic map - which is still in use today.

This is the size of one H-Bomb [Oxford anti-nuclear pamphlet] [Anonymous] Lithograph The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Hall the Printer, Ltd. Six Brewer Street, Oxford [c.1962] 220 x 140 mm A rare piece of anti-nuclear ephemera, distributed by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament for a demonstration march through Oxford on Saturday, 24th of February 1962. The pamphlet was printed to raise awareness of the plans for nuclear testing in the Christmas Islands, permission for which was granted to the Americans by the British government for testing their Polaris and Atlas bombs, despite the previous condemnation by Macmillan and Kennedy for similar testing done by the USSR. On the front of the pamphlet, a simple circular map shows the area within the two mile radius of destruction in the event that a H-Bomb was dropped on central Oxford. Aside from Carfax at centre, the only other points on the map are Cutteslowe, Marston, Cumnor, and Cowley. The accompanying text grimly records the statistics of such an event: ‘If a two megaton bomb was dropped over Carfax no-one in Oxford would survive. The area of total destruction is at least 4 miles across. The area destroyed by firestorm would stretch from Woodstock to Abingdon and the radioactive fall-out, which travels hundreds of miles, would poison the air we breathe and the food we eat.’
£400

Tabula Geogr. in qua admirandae navigationis cursus et recursus designatur Hondius, Jodocus Copper engraved with hand colour [Tot Amsterdam, Ghedruckt by Iudocum Hondium, woonende inde Calver-Straet, inden Wackeren Hont. Anno 1614. Met Privilegie.] 270 x 358 mm An ornate map of the Arctic circle, showing the path of the Dutch expedition of Willem Barentz, from the ‘Historische beschrijvinghe der seer wijt beroemde coop-stadt Amsterdam’ by Pontanus. The map shows the extent of Dutch knowledge of the northern polar regions, depicting the coasts of Scandinavia, Russia and Nova Zembla, parts of Tartary, the northernmost parts of Canada and Alaska, Greenland, Iceland, the top of Scotland, and two partial seacoasts marked as the Hudson glacier and ‘New Land.’ Unlike most earlier maps of the region, the north pole itself is in this example left blank, discarding the theoretical mountain and four islands used by Mercator, Ortelius, and others. The fictitious island of Frisland can be seen south of Greenland, and the Straits of Anian are described as being the subject of many arguments regarding the division between Asia and the Americas. The path of Barentz’ voyage is plotted with a dotted line, setting out from Texel in the bottom left corner of the map, and continuing into the Sea of Tartary. The map’s title is enclosed in an attractive strapwork cartouche at the top of the map, the limit of the arctic circle is depicted with a red and white dashed line, and the sea coasts and boundaries of each nation are outlined in beautiful hand colour. ‘Historische beschrijvinghe der seer wijt beroemde coop-stadt Amsterdam’ (Historical description of the famous trading city Amsterdam) by Johannes Isaac Pontanus was first published in Latin (‘Rerum et urbis Amstelodamensium historia’) by Jodocus Hondius in Amsterdam in 1611. Three years later, in 1614, Jodocus Hondius had the book translated by Petrus Montanus into Middle-Dutch and published it again. The book was put on the Index because of its hostility towards Roman Catholics. The book was essentially a cumulative history of all Dutch knowledge of the world, through the efforts of the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) and their various commercial and exploratory enterprises. This map is from a rare Dutch edition of the publication.
£1,500

Ortelius's two-sheet map of the British Isles in classical times ORTELIUS, Abraham. Britannicarum Insularum Vetus Descriptio. Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition. Coloured. Two sheets conjoined, total 730 x 485mm. Repaired tear in bottom margin. An uncommon map of the British Isles in classical times, published in the Parergon, Ortelius's atlas of the ancient world. The map first appeared in 1590 and was replaced by a one-sheet map in 1595, although offprints were used as late as 1602. Van den Broecke estimates that only 710 examples were printed. Although the detail of the map is classical, with British tribes and Roman town names, the coastline is more up-to-date than Ortelius' 'modern' map, as it is based on Saxton. The engraver is believed to be Jan Wierex, and this map certainly gave him a chance to show his skills: the sea has been filled with three cartouches, a large sea-battle and five ships. VAN DEN BROECKE: 190/191; SHIRLEY: British Isles 1477-1650, 170 (160 for full description) [Ref 22526]
£3,600

Medieval Mappamundi, from a woodblock dating from two years before news of the European discovery of America reached Europe. In the complete Mer des Histoires, with a map of Palestine. Lyon 1491 / Paris, 1555 (though dated 1536).
$32,000

The earliest available printed map of London BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans. Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis. Cologne: c.1574, German text edition. Original colour. 330 x 490mm. The earliest town plan of London to survive, a 'map-view' with the major buildings shown in profile, and no consideration for perspective. It was published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed town plans, inspired by the success of the 'Theatrum', the atlas compiled by Abraham Ortelius. This example is from the fourth state of the plate, with the spelling 'West Muster' and the addition of the Royal Exchange. The plan was engraved by Frans Hogenberg, copied from a 15-or-20-sheet printed map, probably commissioned by the merchants of the Hanseatic League, who had significant commercial interests in England. For over two centuries they had enjoyed tax and customs concessions in the trade of wool and finished cloth, allowing them to control that trade in Colchester and other cloth-making centres. Their base in the City was the Steelyard (derived from 'Stalhof'), named 'Stiliyards' by the side of the Thames on this map and described in the text panel lower right. 1475. Part of the trade deal was their obligation to maintain Bishopsgate, the gate through the city walls that led to their interests in East Anglia. The rump cities of the Hanseatic League sold the building in 1853 and it is now the site of Cannon Street Station. The map must have been drawn fifteen years or so before publication: in the centre is the Norman St. Paul's Cathedral, with the spire that was hit by lighting and destroyed in 1561 and not replaced before the Great Fire of London destroyed the building in 1666. HOWGEGO: 2 (2). [Ref 21951]
£7,500

The Oronce Fine World Map, Rare First State Nova, et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio, Orontio Fineaus, Paris, 1531. One of the most compelling questions facing mapmakers in the first half of the sixteenth century was that of the relationship of the New World to the Orient. But Fineaus here adopts a different and very radical stance: both North and South America are individual extensions of Asia.
$ 55,000

One of the earliest world maps in a heart-shaped format SYLVANUS, Bernard. [Untitled cordiform world map.] Venice, 1511. Woodcut on two sheets conjoined, total 420 x 565mm. A rare map of the world, from Sylvanus's edition of Ptolemy's Geography, the first to be published in Venice and the first to be printed in two colours. It shows the world on a cordiform (heart-shaped) projection, surrounded by wind-heads. Although the mapping is essentially Ptolemaic (for example including Taprobana), Sylvanus has included some new discoveries. It is only the second Ptolemaic map to depict the Americas: to the west of Ireland are 'Regalis domus' and 'Terra laboratoru' (Labrador), as well as Cuba, Hispaniola and the discoveries of Vespucci in South America. Eastern Asia follows Ptolemy, retaining the 'Tiger Leg' used by Waldseemüller and Contarini and using the Ptolemaic name 'Catigara', but Japan appears on a Western printed map for the first time. Africa is shown with the Cape of Good Hope and Madagascar. Having many names printed in red makes this map one of the first examples of two-colour printing, achieved by printing the sheet twice. It is also what Shirley calls 'an isolated example of Venetian cartographic enterprise', forty years before Gastaldi's version of Ptolemy. This map was issued only in this edition, so it is a rare item. SHIRLEY: 32, ''a most striking representation''. [Ref 22164]
£ 75000

G BACON LARGE UNDERGROUND MAP C1934 DATE CODED 50 X 40 INCHES QUAD SIZE GOOD CONDITION MINOR REPAIRS TO FOLDS VERSO
£1,995

GRENVILLE COLLIUNS COASTING PILOT C1693 1ST EDITION 49 CHARTS AND COASTAL PROFILES RECENT FULL LEATHER REBIND GOOD CONDITION SOME AGE TONING MINOR REPAIRS TO TITLE PAGE.
£6,695

Map of China, Russia, Japan, Korea and Alaska. MATSUDAIRA NUHINOKAMI Published c. 1867, Japan Size: 30" X 48" Condition: A few verso repairs and reinforcements. A fascinating and extremely rare map of Asia and Alaska that was commissioned during the short lived reign of Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu in what is known as the Kei? Era that lasted from May 1865 to October 1868. The map is of particular interest as it was published during a momentous time in the history of the Pacific which saw the redrawing of the political boundaries in both Asia and America.
$12,000.00

Log Book for use of Junior Officers Afloat. C.V.L.N. /Log Book. Mr. C.V.L. Norcock / H.M.S. Hannibal Glory. Charles V.L. Norcock Published May 15, 1900 Size: 13.75" X 9" Condition: Very good. Folio, half calf over marbled boards (rubbed), spine with contrasting red Morocco, title label lettered in gilt and manuscript initials of the owner. Marbled endpapers; manuscript in ink on feint-ruled paper. Description: A British naval log book by Commander Charles Vernon Lowcay Norcock, for the flagship of the Royal Navy’s China Station, the H.M.S. Glory, as well as logging his voyages aboard the H.M.S Hannibal and ultimately aboard the H.M.S Aurora. Norcock’s log book is of exceptional historical value because it was written during and shortly after the Chinese Boxer Rebellion, and interestingly, also includes a an entry dated January 22nd 1901 highlighting the death of Queen Victoria and the passing of an Era that saw Britain attain imperial domination over an Empire that controlled an estimate of 23% of the world’s population and 24% of its landmass. As the flagship to the British Naval command formation known as the China Station that was responsible for patrolling the coasts of China, its navigable rivers, parts of the Western Pacific Ocean and the waters around the Dutch East Indies, the H.M.S. Glory would have been instrumental in protecting British commercial interests in the region as well fortifying the foreign policy objectives of Great Britain at the apex of its imperial power. The Boxer Rebellion’s anti-imperialist goal of driving out all foreigners from China in 1900, would have been of utmost concern to British ambitions and colonial rule throughout its empire. As such, Norcock’s log book provides an important record of the H.M.S. Glory stationed at Wusong, the British naval base near Shanghai, with the intent to protect the major trade artery emanating from the Yangtze River. The log book also is of value because of the inclusion of several manuscript maps signed by Norcock of major East Asia ports such as; the rarely charted Tolo Harbour of Hong Kong, as well as, Shanghai, Singapore, Kowloon, and Nagasaki. Other important manuscript maps of different ports of call and locations are also incorporated. These include, but are not limited to, the Suez Canal, Aden, Yemen, the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Valletta, Malta, Gibraltar, Portsmouth, England. In all, the log book has 27 manuscript map that provide an interesting visual representation of the ports and major arteries of imperial power at the turn of the 20th Century.
$9,500.00

1933 London Underground Platform Map - HC Beck (1902-1974) 1st Edition Double Crown Poster Map - August 1933 Designed by Henry (Harry) Charles Beck (1902-1974). Printed by Waterlow & Sons for London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB). Print Code: 2121-2000-1.8.33. Colour lithograph on paper. Measures 76cm x 61cm (30 x 24 inches). Outstanding condition. Folded as issued. Backed to linen and within an ArtGlass UV filtering wood frame. Harry Beck's iconic London Underground 'diagram' was first issued in pocket map format in January 1933 to an extremely positive public response - to the relief of London Transport Executive who had initially rejected Becks diagram for being too revolutionary. Beck was immediately commissioned to redraw the diagram in poster format, first in Quad Royal size (127cm x 101cm) published in July 1933 and then this format (76cm x 61cm) published in August 1933. Though almost identical to the January 1933 design, this map benefits from a few small improvements Beck made over the first half of 1933; notably replacing the diamond interchange stations with circles and addressing the awkward Met Line right angle between Notting Hill Gate and Paddington. The north pointer was subject to much frustration for Beck, an inappropriate device for a diagrammatic map added by someone else on the staff. In July 1933, the London Underground railway companies were nationalised and put under the control of the London Passenger Transport Board (LTPB) which then changed to 'London Transport' while this poster was in print. Hence the red monochrome 'snipe' applied over the Underground roundel to cover the original two-colour roundel containing the initials 'LTPB'.

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