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Click here to subscribeChristopher Weigel AFRICA VETUS Nuremburg, c.1720 Copperplate, hand coloured, number ‘XXVIII’ in upper left corner, ‘18’ in upper right corner; verso: map secured to window mount with masking tape at top and part sides, some paint show through, pencil number, two small damp marks in opposite margins, framed41 by 33cm
Jacques Nicolas Bellin COSTE OCCIDENTALE D’AFRIQUE Paris, 1757 Copperplate, hand coloured, ‘Afrique Occidentale No. 3’ in upper right corner, bottom right ‘Tome 3 in 80. Page 307’, bottom left ‘Tome I in 40. No. 16’, 1,5 cm oily spot in lower right corner, light toning with tanning behind window mount; verso: map secured to window mount with masking tape at top and part sides, 1cm closed tear perpendicular to centerfold repaired with masking tape, tanning behind window mount, pencil note in margin, white paper tape on centerfold, evenly tanned with some white foxing, framed 26,5 by 24,5cmLITERATURENorwich #321
Johann Matthias Christoph Reinecke CHARTE DER SÜDSPITZE AFRICA’S UND DER COLONIE VOM VORGEBIRGE DER GUTEN HOFFNUNG Weimar, 1804 Copperplate, hand coloured, light foxing with some darker spots; verso: map secured to window mount with masking tape at top and part sides, pencilled number on edge, some paint show through, framed59 by 39cm
Jan Barend Elwe L’AFRIQUE DIVESÉE EN SES EMPIRE ROYAUMES ET ETATS Amsterdam, MDCCXCII [1792] Copperplate, hand coloured, some foxing, corrected fold in left lower corner and along centerfold, tanning in margins, thin strip of paperloss at bottom 4 cm of centerfold; verso: map secured to window mount with masking tape at top and sides, pencil notes, centerfold repaired with tape for 15cm section at bottom with some deterioration of tape, some paperloss due to chips in bottom margin and one shallow triangular portion in right corner, two tears in bottom margin which one is 4cm long, top corners rounded from loss, brown paint show through, framed59 by 46cmLITERATURENorwich #109
Robert de Vaugondy L’AFRIQUE DIVISÉE EN SES PRINCIPALES PARTIES Paris, 1748 Copperplate, hand coloured, green tinged laid paper, ‘75’ in ink in upper right corner margin, 1,5 cm oily spot in lower right corner of map, brown line corresponding to window mount; verso: map secured to window mount with masking tape at top and sides, pencilled number, framed19 by 16cmLITERATURENorwich #90 (variation)
Johann Baptist Homaan TOTIUS AFRICAE NOVA REPRAESENTATIO QUA PRAETER DIVERSON IN EA STATUS ET REGIONES, ETIAM ORIGO NILI Nuremberg, [1715] Copperplate, hand coloured, foxing, some wrinkling along centerfold; verso: foxing, pencil notes, map secured to window mount with masking tape at top and part sides, paper tape in 4cm high T-shape to repair bottom of centerfold, tear in margin repaired with tape, small stamp, light paint show through, framed58 by 49cmLITERATURENorwich #72
Henry Teesdale AFRICA London, [1831] Copperplate, uncoloured, ‘33’ top and bottom right, pencil notes in central southern Africa, thin tan line corresponding to mounting window edge; verso: map secured to window mount with masking tape at top, centerfold ends, one bottom cornerand middle; remains of paper tape covering centerfold, ink number in bottom left corner, light paint show through, framed33,5 by 41cmLITERATURENorwich #133
Rigobert Bonne CARTE DU CANAL DE MOSAMBIQUE, CONTENANT L’ISLE DE MADAGASCAR AVEC LES CÔTES D’AFRIQUE, DEPUIS LE CAP DE BONNE ESPÉRANCE JUSQU À MELINDE Geneva, [1780] Copperplate, hand coloured, ‘Livre I, II, III, IV.’, ‘Andre sculp.’ bottom right, top right hand corner ‘No. 11’, 2,5cm wide tanned strip along centerfold, top left hand corner; verso: two parallel tears from top either side of centerfold repaired with 5cm tape, light tanning with white foxing, yellowed cellotape used to secure map to window mount, framed32 by 21,5cmLITERATURENorwich #173
BUNGEN KAIHO ON'EDO EZU (SCALED POCKET PLAN OF EDO) Suharaya, Mohē, 嘉永五 [Kaei5 –c.1852] Woodblock, hand coloured, two censorships stamps, wear along original folds, slight misalignment of extension, one foxing spot, hinged onto mount, framed86,5 by 57,5cm and extension 43,8 by 14,5cmPROVENANCEPurchased in Tokyo in 1960sA practical, yet decorative map of Edo (now Tokyo) just before the end of Japanese isolation. The map has no directional orientation and texts radiate from the centre. This is because the map is designed to be read on a low table or Tatami, allowing the reader to move around it while maintaining readability. Temples, shrines and Edo castle are illustrated on the map. The red dots with clan symbols (mon) surround the castle and indicate the houses of the elite and the ruling class. The large mon inside the castle precinct confirms that it was still occupied by the Tokugawa Shogunate when the map was produced. - L.R.Rotolo, P., Mapping social hierarchies onto the city of Edo, Osher Map Library: Smith Center for Cartographic Education, 2013 (http://www.oshermaps.org/exhibitions/ map-commentaries/social-hierarchies-edo)
Homann Erben [Homann Heirs] ABBILDLICHE GESCHICHTE DER AUSLÄNDISCHEN LAND THIERE I. BLAT, DARINNEN DIE ELEPHANTEN NACH IHREN FÜRNEHMSTEN VERRICHTUNGEN Nuremberg, 1746 Copperplate, hand coloured, some foxing and tanning; verso: map secured to window mount with masking tape at top and part sides, tanned, pencil notes, light paint show through, 1,5cm oily spot in lower left corner, some marks, framed57,5 by 49cmOne of three pedagogical broadsides of terrestrial animals by the German engravers and publishers Homann, the heirs of the famous Nuremberg cartographer Johann Baptist Homann (1664 - 1724). These broadsides were one of the first attempts to introduce accurate scientific depictions of ‘exotic’ animals to a Central Europeanaudience. - L.R.Nissen, C, Die Zoologische Buchillustration Ihre Bibliograhie und Geschichte Band I: Bibliographie, Stuttgard: Hierseman, 1974
Hendrick Doncker TWO HENDRIK DONCKER CHARTS, 17TH CENTURY PASCAART VAN DE ZEE-CUSTEN VAN ANGOLA EN CIMBEBAS VAN RIVIER DE GALION TOT C. DE BONA ESPERANCAAmsterdam, 1659Copperplate, hand coloured, offsetting, pencil notes in bottom margin, 1cm tear in left margin, two small tears in bottom margin, top and bottom of centerfold opening in margin, some foxing; verso: 5cm tear repaired with tape, brown paint show through, 53,5 by 43cm; and PAS-CAERT VAN’T WESTELYCKSTE DEEL VAN OOST INDIEN EN DE EYLANDEN DAER ONDER BEGREPEN, VAN C. DE BONA ESPERANCA TOT C. COMORIN Amsterdam, c.1670Copperplate, hand coloured, one 5mm hole and two 2mm hole on left edge of map, penciled number in bottom margin, tanning on outer edge, some foxing, offsetting; verso: tanned, paint show through, white lines along top and bottom margins from previous framing, pencil note at top, 52 by 42cmExamples of maritime cartography from the Dutch Golden Age are rare. This was the age when the Dutch Republic was a major European trading power and dominated the oceans through the VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) and the WIC (West-Indische Compagnie). Not only trade flourished, but also art, science and a combination of the two, cartography. Of the cartographers and sea atlas publishers working in Amsterdam in the second half of the seventeenth century, Hendrik Doncker’s atlases were regarded as of particularly high quality. He was known to carefully and constantly revise his work and did not rely on previously published maps.The first Doncker chart shows the West Coast of Africa, from the Equator to the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Agulhas. It also includes an inset of the coast from St. Martin’s Bay (Velddrif/ Paternoster area) to the Cape of Good Hope. The map of the East Coast of Africa, in smaller scale, overlaps the other and the coastline starts at Monte dos Bramides, rounds southern Africa and continues up the coast to the Horn of Africa. It also includes Arabia, the Malabar Coast of India and Madagascar.Both maps use the Mercator projection with vertical meridians. The bar scales include Dutch, Spanish and French and English miles. The charts are crisscrossed with rhumb lines meeting at central points, with some adorned with compass roses. On the compass roses a fleur-de-lis points North and there is a Christian cross pointing East, denoting the position of Jerusalem in relation to Europe.The title of cartouche on the western chart is surrounded by depictions of the inhabitants of the area holding a sounding lead, a cross staff and a chart, all navigation tools of the period. Another decorative element on this chart is the depiction of Dutch East Indiamen sailing in the Atlantic. The eastern chart’s cartouche is decorated with a tortoise, lizards, snakes, and surmounted by an open winged bat. - L.R.Howse, Derek, The Sea Chart: An Historical Survey Based on the Collections in the National Maritime Museum, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973
Pierre van der Aa LE CAP DE BONNE ESPERANCE SUIVANT LES NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS DE MESSRS. DE L'ACADEMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES Leiden, [1713] Copperplate, hand coloured, inked number ‘42’ in bottom right corner, no top margin, shifted strike in bottom left corner; verso: map secured to window mount with masking tape at top and sides, tanning lines from corrugated cardboard used in mounting, inked number in upper corner, some lighter toned areas, framed38 by 26cmLITERATURETooley p.3 Norwich 212
William Guthrie AFRICA, FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES London, c.1790 Copperplate, hand coloured, ‘Dutch Ft’ at Table Bay, tanning along original fold lines, some foxing; verso: map secured to window mount and backing with double-sided tape on margin outside map frame, pencil numbers, small damp mark in lower left margin, tanning on edge, framed22,5 by 18,5cm
Matthäus Merian NOVA DESCRIPTIO AFRICAE Frankfurt, [1637] Copperplate, uncoloured, ‘11’ in upper right corner, overall tanning with lighter 2cm strip along fold line, a few foxing spots on map with darker spot center top, some white foxing in margin; verso: map secured to window mount with masking tape at top and part sides, linen strip on centerfold, tanned, framed35,5 by 27cmLITERATURETooley p.76, plate 57; Norwich #33
Tobias Conrad Lotter AFRICA, CONCINNATA SECUNDUM OBSERVATIONES MEMBROR Augsburg, [1760] Copperplate, hand coloured, some foxing, pencil note in bottom margin, 1,5 cm oily spot in southern Atlantic ocean, two small elongated holes in central Africa; verso: ‘149’ ink number in margin, map secured to window mount with masking tape at top, remains of paper strip along centerfold, small pigment spots, framed57 by 44cmLITERATURETooley p.70
Nicholas Visscher CARTE DE L'AFRIQUE MERIDIONALE OU PAYS ENTRE LA LIGNE & LE CAP DE BONNE ESPERANCE ET L'ISLE DE MADAGASCAR Amsterdam, [1710] Copperplate, hand coloured, ‘12’ in upper right corner, pencil notes in margin, two 2mm holes in interior of map, narrow tan line along edge of window mount; verso: ‘135’ in ink in top right corner, map secured to window mount with masking tape at top and part sides, pencil numbers and name on back, aged double sided tape along outside of margins, bottom 9cm of centerfold secured with masking tape, surface paperloss along the centerfold line, paint show through, framed58,5 by 51cmLITERATURETooley plate 89, Norwich #180
A Third Pattern FS fighting knife in sheath (elastic AF); an uncut pair of printed combined operations shoulder flashes; an Air Ministry printed sheet of five reconnaissance panoramic photographs of the Dutch coast headed “I.S.T.D for Force II” (folded and creased); 4 “Emergency Printing” maps of Arnham East, Arnhem West (2) and Renen (2), 1944 War Office map of Rotterdam, 1943 War Office map of Walcheren Amsterdam; an “Officer’s Aide Memoir” from HMS King Alfred (Brighton); three other booklets; and several wartime newspapers; all contained in a military map case. Basically GC (some of the maps and newspapers worn and discoloured) Note:These items were the property of the vendor’s father, who served in the Royal Marine Commandos
A Third Reich NSKK pressed aluminium plaque, 2½” x 3½”, depicting a motorist and motorcyclist looking at a map, NSKK eagle, legend “Markische Orientierungsfahrt Motorbrigade Berlin Brandenburg” and date 10.3.1935; an RAD armband with overlaid printed device (new condition); and 3 other items.
An early 17th century "Breeches" Bible: The Bible: That is, The Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Old and New Testament, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in others Languages... London, The deputies of Robert Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1601, woodcut title page, in text woodcuts and map, leather bound, top board loose.Condition: Not collated
A quantity of prints and engravings, including Batevia's Palace in the East Indies; Vue de la Riviere D'Endeavour; Baie de la Praya; Port du Roi Georges; Chinese merchants; Edinburgh; A bull tossing a dog; Cricket; Six chromolithographs of native scenes; A print after Redoute; A watercolour botanical study; A map dans la mer pacifique, all unframed, various sizes. (qty) CAB
Travel and Tourism posters, comprising; Picturing the South 1860- present, Exposition Nationale Suisse Lausane, 1964 High museum of art, Ski poster, 16-18th century costumes exhibition 2008, Island of Poros Greece, Bruges, Wonders of the Past tutankhamen, V&A power of the poster, Capitals of the common wealth, Aviators quick reference map, Swinbourne Railway, (a.f.), Alpes de France, (a.f.), The Famous London Transport Poster by E.Mcknight., (14). S4M
James Bond paper ephemera, loose and in an album, including various sets of collectors cards, poster reproductions, photographs, Honor Blackman signed photograph with certificate, Ian Fleming Thriller map, limited edition Storyboard, postcards, newspapers etc Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
A rare WWI First World War British Army issued Somme ' Trench Map '. Dated January 1917 the map shows an area of France, with the British trenches mapped for reference. ' Trenches Corrected To 1-1-17 ' to top. Some added pencil markings, presumed to be those marking bomb craters are also present. Linen backed as issued. Fragile - upper left section torn at seam, but still attached. Measures approx 68cm x 90cm when opened.
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