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Lot 139

Switzerland.- Ortelius (Abraham) Lacus Lemani Vicinorumq. Locorum Nova et Accurata Descriptio, map covering the region surrounding Lake Geneva, including a small plan of the city of Geneva, part of Burgundy and the French Alps in the lower left, with decorative title cartouche in the lower right corner, and ships and a sea creature in the lake, engraved map with early hand-colouring, on laid paper with watermark of a musical horn, platemark 370 x 510 mm. (14 1/2 x 20 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold, minor surface dirt, unframed, [1609-1612].Literature:VdB 55

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Algeria.- Ottens (Reiner & Joshua) Nouvelle Carte du Roiaume d'Alger, Divisee en Toutes ses Provinces ..., map of northern Africa with inset map of the bay of Algiers, engraving on laid paper without watermark, platemark 445 x 555 mm. (17 1/2 x 21 3/4 in), sheet 540 x 635 mm. (21 1/4 x 25 in), central vertical fold with minor splitting, some surface dirt, other minor handling creases and light folds, nicks and tears to extremities, unframed, [1740]; together with a Dutch printing of Emanuel Bowen's two-part map of the Barbary coast, platemark 350 x 430 mm. (13 3/4 x 16 7/8 in), 1781 (2).

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Lot 140

Switzerland.- Ortelius (Abraham) Helvetiae Descriptio, Aegidio Tschudo Auct., early map of Switzerland with north orientated to the bottom of the chart, engraving with hand-colouring, on laid paper with indistinct watermark, platemark 345 x 455 mm. (13 1/2 x 17 7/8 in), sheet 460 x 570 mm. (18 1/8 x 22 1/2 in), French text verso, central vertical fold as issued with some splitting to lower section, minor browning and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1571 but later].

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Lot 142

West Indies & Gulf of Mexico.- Bowen (Emanuel) A group of 5 maps of the West Indies from Bowen's 'A Complete System of Geography ...', includes: An Accurate Map of the Island of Barbadoes; A New and Accurate Map of the Island of Jamaica; A New & Accurate Map of Bermudas or Sommers Islands; An Accurate Map of the West Indies; Particular Draughts and Plans of some of the Principal Towns and Harbours [...] in Americas and West Indies, engravings with all but one with hand-colouring, each sheet approx. 410 x 455 mm. (16 1/8 x 17 7/8 in), all with central vertical folds as issued, some occasional spotting and browning, light damp-stains, the the Bermudas map with loss and repaired tear to the lower left corner, unframed, [1747] (5).

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Lot 143

World.- Robert de Vaugondy (publisher) Mappe Monde suivant la projection des cartes rediutes, world map on Mercator's projection, with most of the northwest in North America remaining blank except for a notation and hint of the possible Northwest Passage and discoveries of Admiral de Fonte, engraving with some hand-colouring on laid paper with indistinct watermark, platemark 258 x 415 mm. (10 1/8 x 16 1/4 in), sheet 287 x 420 mm. (11 1/4 x 16 1/2 in), central vertical fold, some small loss to lower margin, but well outside map, minor spotting and browning, unframed, 1778.

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Lot 144

World.- Chamouin (Jean Baptiste Marie) Mappe-Mondes sur Diverses Projections, double hemisphere world map centered on Sumatra, with 5 further smaller projections, with allegorical vignette and title in the upper centre, engraving with some outline hand-colouring on laid paper with watermark of initials 'F D' with heart in-between the letters, sheet 334 x 495 mm. (13 1/8 x 19 1/2 in), central vertical fold, minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1805].

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Lot 145

World.- World War.- Petersen (C.C.) Map of the World War Fronts [recto]; World map centred on the Pacific Ocean [verso], fifth edition of "dated events" illustrating dates, names and places of military encounters during the second World War, lithograph, recto printed in colours, sheet 510 x 670 mm. (20 1/8 x 26 1/4 in), old folds, some repairs to minor splitting and small nicks at extremities, unframed, Toronto, 1943.

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Lot 146

Ancient World.- Ortelius (Abraham) Aevi Veteris, Typus Geographicus, map illustrating the ancient world, showing the regions of the world that were known, on a large oval projection showing the relative size of the now-known world, with decorative border featuring small inset maps of Europe, Asia, America, and Africa in each corner, engraving, platemark 315 x 445 mm. (12 1/2 x 17 1/2 in), sheet 395 x 535 mm. (15 1/2 x 21 in), good margins, with Latin text verso, central vertical fold, careful repair to skimming of sheet in lower right margin, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Antwerp, 1590].Literature:VdB 186

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Lot 148

Britain.- Cary (John, publisher) Cary's New Map of England and Wales with Part of Scotland, complete with all 81 sheets, engraved map hand-coloured in outline, divided into three sections, each approx. 750 x 1800 mm. (29 1/2 x 7- 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some offsetting, spotting and browning with damp-stains visible, edged with green silk, folding into contemporary slipcase, very worn and partially disbound, lacking lid, 4to, John Cary, 1794.

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Lot 150

British Isles.- Ortelius (Abraham) Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar: Insularum Descriptio, map of the British Isles oriented with north to the right, with the north of France to the left, two ornate strap-work cartouches, the royal coat of arms, and with five sailing ships, engraving with hand-colouring, platemark 345 x 505 mm. (13 1/2 x 19 7/8 in), sheet 400 x 560 mm. (15 3/4 x 22 in), French text verso, central vertical fold with minor repairs to splitting, some small repairs to borders, light surface dirt and browning, unframed, [Antwerp, 1581]. Literature:VdB 16.2⁂ The present map predates the convention of depicting the British Isles with north to the top.

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Lot 153

England.- A group of 16 Ordnance Survey maps, including a Col. Mudge map of Kent showing Whitstable, Ramsgate and Dover, 4 Col. Colby maps sold by Letts, Son & Co. of Essex, Kent, Berkshire, and Hampshire, and others of Essex, Rochester, Surrey and Worcester, engraved and lithographed maps, some with outline hand-colouring, various sizes, largest approx. 670 x 1000 mm. (26 1/2 x 39 1/2 in), all dissected and mounted on linen, the majority with original marbled ends and printed labels of publishers, occasional surface dirt, spotting and browning, without slip-cases, mainly mid-to-late 19th century (16).

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Lot 154

England.- Cary (John) A New Map of Warwickshire; A New Map of Worcestershire; A New Map of Lancashire, three county maps, engravings with hand-colouring, each sheet approx. 640 x 530 mm. (25 1/4 x 20 7/8 in), or the reverse, some light offsetting and minor spotting and browning, unframed, 1801-1811 (3).

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Lot 155

England.- Cary (John) A New Map of Dorsetshire; A New Map of Devonshire, two county maps, engravings with hand-colouring, each sheet approx. 540 x 640 mm. (21 1/4 x 25 1/4 in), central vertical folds, minor surface dirt and browning, unframed, 1807-1811 (2).

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Lot 156

England & Wales.- Games.- Spooner (William) Spooner's Pictorial Map of England & Wales, 'Arranged as An Amusing and Instructive Game for Youth, Illustrated with upwards of One Hundred and Twenty Views', lithograph with hand-colouring, 615 x 495 mm. (24 1/4 x 19 1/2 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some peeling away from linen, minor surface dirt and handling creases, folding with green endpaper into original boards, original printed label to upper cover, worn with some rubbing, 8vo, 1844.

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Lot 158

England.- East Coast.- Jaillot (Alexis-Hubert) Carte de l'Entree de la Tamise avec les Bancs, Passes, Isles et Costes Comprises Entre Sandwich et Clay, large chart of the eastern coastline of England with north orientated to the east, including Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, showing the Isle of Thanet to Sheringham, with an inset map of the River Thames from its estuary to London, engraving with outline hand-colouring on thick laid paper with watermark of an eagle, platemark 460 x 895 mm. (18 1/8 x 35 1/4 in), sheet 645 x 945 mm. (25 1/2 x 37 1/4 in), central vertical fold as issued, minor spotting in upper left margin, unframed, [1693 and later].

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Lot 159

Geological map.- Walker (John & Charles, publishers) A Geological Map of England and Wales, First edition, second state, 'showing also the Inland Navigation by means of Rivers & Canals, with their Elevation in feet above the Sea', large title in the upper left quadrant, engraving with hand-colouring, 1285 x 1000 mm. (50 1/2 x 39 1/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen with green endpapers and yellow printed collector's label of Mr. Ja[me]s Bromilow, minor spotting and offsetting, folding into original dark green moiré silk slip-case, with black morocco label with gilt lettering, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, 1835.

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America.- Ortelius (Abraham) Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio, map of the Americas on an oval projection, with decorative title cartouche lower left, ornamental corner designs, numerous galleons and a sea monster, engraving with hand-colouring on laid paper with watermark of grapes, platemark 360 x 490 mm. (14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in), sheet 405 x 548 mm. (16 x 21 1/2 in), French text verso, central vertical fold with some repaired splitting, repairs to nicks and tears in the upper margin, minor surface dirt and handling creases, unframed, [Antwerp, 1587 and later].Literature:VdB 11

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Lot 161

NO RESERVE Bristol and Bath.- Collins (Capt. Greenville) Printed chart of the Bristol Channel from Chepstow and Bristol to Broad Haven and Boscastle, with vignette lower right showing the arrival of William III to 'King Road', compass rose and rhumb lines, and decorative coat of arms centre right, engraving, 430 x 560 mm. (17 x 22 in), central vertical folds, handling creases, laid onto antique paper support with early graphite drawing verso, unframed, c. 1693; together with a group of seven other maps and plans of Bristol and Bath, including a [?]19th century manuscript pen and brown ink map of Bristol and its surrounds, presumably intended as a book illustration, and with Mathew's 'New & Correct Plan of City and Suburbs of Bristol', 1815, Gibbs' 'A New and Correct Plan of the City of Bath', Barratt & Son's 'A New and Correct Plan of the City of Bath', 1817, and with Waterlow and Sons' 'Map of the Country & of the Railways Existing and Proposed in the Districts situated between Bristol, Exeter & Dorchester', engravings, lithographs, various sizes, largest 560 x 725 mm. (22 x 28 1/2 in), occasional handling creases, tears and surface dirt, all unframed, [mainly 18th and 19th century], (8).

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Lot 162

NO RESERVE Dorset.- Speed (John) Dorsetshyre With the Shyre towne Dorcester described, engraved map with hand-colouring, on laid paper with armorial watermark, platemark 385 x 510 mm. (15 1/8 x 20 1/8 in), sheet 420 x 545 mm. (16 1/2 x 21 1/2 in), Latin text verso, with woodcut initial by William Hall, overall browning, with several significant tears and temporary repairs, surface dirt, unframed, Sudbury and Humble, [1610-1611] § Speed (John) and Henry Overton. Dorsetshyre With the Shyre towne Dorcester described, engraved map, platemark 385 x 510 mm. (15 1/8 x 20 1/8 in), sheet 465 x 565 mm. (18 1/4 x 22 1/4 in), central vertical fold with slight browning, minor surface dirt, unframed, Henry Overton, [1662 but circa 1740s] § Saxton (Christopher) and William Kip (engraver). Dorcestriae Comitatis Vulgo Dorsett, engraved map, platemark 275 x 390 mm. (10 3/4 x 15 3/8 in), sheet 335 x 440 mm. (13 1/4 x 17 1/4 in), central vertical fold with some splitting, handling creases, some sheet loss to upper left and right hand corners, unframed, [circa 1607 and later]; together with a map of Dorset by Robert Modern, and two others by Cary and Charles Smith, engravings, various sizes, 480 x 540 mm. (19 x 21 1/4 in), and smaller, occasional surface dirt, minor nicks and tears, all unframed, 18th and 19th century (6).

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Lot 164

Lake District.- Ruthven (John) Map of the English Lakes and Adjoining Country Geologically Coloured, geological map showing from Lancaster north to Carlisle, and from Whitehaven to Brough, with four diagrams of cross-sections of land around the border, engraving, with extensive hand-colouring, 550 x 510 mm. (21 3/4 x 20 1/8 in), horizontal and vertical folds with some minor repairs to splitting, laid onto thin linen support, light surface dirt, unframed, John Garnett, Windermere, 1855.

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Lot 165

London.- Rocque (John) The Environs of London Reduced from an Actual Survey in 16 Sheets, by the Late John Rocque ... with New Improvements to the Year 1763, showing from Twickenham Common to Woolwich, and Crouch End to Morden, with dedication to the Earl of Cardigan in cartouche at upper left of sheet, and ornamental border with shell and laurel motif at corners, engraved map with hand-colouring, printed on 4 sheets joined, total size 90 x 129 mm. (35 1/2 x 50 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some splitting and small holes to folds in linen with tape supporting verso, some wear to edges of sections with some loss to silk trim border, some browning and surface dirt, [Howgego 124 (1)], 1763.

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Lot 167

NO RESERVE London.- Smith & Sons (C.) Smith's Indicator Map of London, showing from Hyde Park to Mile End, including Regents Park and part of Victoria Park with the City of London highlighted in red, engraved map with hand-colouring, sheet 435 x 675 mm. (17 1/8 x 26 3/4 in), laid onto paper support with old folds, some folds with very small loss and splitting, minor surface dirt and small repairs in Hyde Park, taped into mount, framed, and glazed, 1864.

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Lot 168

London.- Bacon (George W., publisher) Bacon's New Large Scale Atlas of London and Suburbs with Supplementary Maps, Letterpress Descriptions and Alphabetical Index, complete with title, contents, three sets of index, index map, and 46 double-page maps, lithographs with some hand-colouring, each approx. 350 x 525 mm. (13 3/4 x 20 3/4 in), occasional finger-soiling, surface dirt and minor browning, glue stains and minor damage to front free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, slight rubbing with label to spine, folio, 1906.

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Lot 169

Bain (James, F.R.G.S.) The Authentic Map Directory of London and Suburbs, Fourth edition, the last pre-war edition, complete with key map, large-scale street plan of London and suburbs in 173 sections, a plan of the City in 3 sections, with additional maps of parliamentary, administrative, police and petty sessional divisions, the underground, home counties and postal districts, with index to over 43,000 names, 191 colour-printed map sheets, occasional minor marginal spotting, publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth, rubbed, folio, with 8vo Supplement to Index bound in at rear, Geographia Ltd., 1936.

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America.- Guthrie (William) A Map of the United States of America Agreeable to the Peace of 1783, following the Treaty of Paris, showing New York and Pennsylvania both bordering Lake Ontario, with part of East Florida in the south, Louisiana to the West and Canada to the north, engraving with outline hand-colouring on 'Taylor' laid paper with watermark of Strasbourg lily, platemark 368 x 408 mm. (14 1/2 x 16 in), sheet 378 x 435 mm. (14 7/8 x 17 1/8 in), vertical and horizontal folds as issued, trimmed to platemark at the lower edge, partial loss to margin in upper left corner, otherwise light spotting and minor handling creases, unframed, [1786].

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Lot 170

NO RESERVE London.- London Topographical Society. Charles Booth's Descriptive Map of London Poverty, title and 4 map sheets, publication no. 130, 1984; The 'Rhinebeck' Panorama of London, title, key, and 4 panorama sheets, publication no. 125, 1981; together with LTS publication 156, the key and limited edition print of the panorama surrounding St. Paul's Cathedral, Harry Margary's Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Map Making in the County of Surrey, 1974, Ashley and Miles Baynton-Williams' Maps of War and New Worlds, Maps from the Age of Discovery, and a small group of plans and charts of the Thames and central London, all unframed (Qty.)

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Lot 171

London Underground.- Beck (Henry C., "Harry") Map of London's Underground Railways, First Printed Edition, diagrammatic underground tube map with 'Places of Interest &c.', and 'Theatres' listed verso, colour-printed map, sheet 160 x 227 mm. (6 1/4 x 8 7/8 in), two light vertical folds as issued, otherwise no condition issues of note, unframed, Waterloo & Sons Ltd. for London Transport, 1933⁂ The first printed issue of the iconic diagrammatic map of London's tube network.

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Lot 172

London Underground.- Beck (Henry C., "Harry") [Map of London's Underground Railways], Edition No. 2 1936, diagrammatic underground tube map with 'Interchange Stations Central Area' listed verso, colour-printed map, sheet 150 x 230 mm. (5 7/8 x 9 in), two vertical folds as issued, minor rubbing, unframed, Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd. for London Transport, 1936; sold with a copy of Ken Garland's Mr Beck's Underground Map: A History, 1994 (2).

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Lot 177

Scotland.- Ortelius (Abraham) Scotiae Tabula, map of Scotland, oriented with north to the right, with large strap-work title cartouche in the upper right corner, sea monster and ship, engraving on laid paper with armorial watermark, with fine early hand-colouring, platemark 352 x 474 mm. (13 7/8 x 18 5/8 in), sheet 445 x 540 mm. (17 1/2 x 21 1/4 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold, minor handling creases, light surface dirt, unframed, [Antwerp, 1603].Literature:VdB 18.3⁂ One of the earliest maps to show Scotland separately.

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Lot 179

Scotland.- Armstrong & Son (Captain) A new map of Ayr Shire, comprehending Kyle, Cunningham & Carrick, large detailed wall map, engraved by S. Pyle on six double-page sheets conjoined, total approx. 1540 x 1150 mm. (60 5/8 x 45 1/4 in), some small abrasions, handling creases and repaired tears, browning and surface dirt, unframed, rolled, 1775.

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America.- Cary (John) A group of 5 maps of North America from Cary's 'New Universal Atlas', including: A New Map of the United States of America; A New Map of North America from the latest authorities; A New Map of Part of the United States of North America, containing those of New York, Vermont [...]; A New Map of Part of the United States of North America, containing the Carolinas and Georgia [...]; A New Map of Part of the United States of North America, all double-page detailed maps, engravings with hand-colouring, all on wove paper, some with watermark dates '1806', each sheet approx. 545 x 640 mm. (21 1/2 x 25 1/4 in), all with central vertical folds as issued, minor spotting and offsetting, some minor handling creases and surface dirt, all unframed, 1805-1806 (5).

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Lot 180

NO RESERVE Scotland.- Knox (James) Map of the Shire of Edinburgh, or County of Midlothian, large detailed map on four sheets, with inset plan of the city of Edinburgh in the upper left corner, engraving with some hand-colouring, each sheet approx. 625 x 740 mm. (24 1/2 x 29 1/8 in), all laid onto card support, several areas of loss and restoration to nicks and tears, even browning throughout, unframed, 1812.

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Lot 181

NO RESERVE Scotland.- Thomson (John) Northern Part of Aberdeen & Banff-Shrs.; Southern Part of Aberdeen & Banff-Shrs., four double-page map sheets, no. 22 from Thomson's 'Atlas of Scotland', engravings with outline hand-colouring, each map sheet approx. 550 x 750 mm. (21 3/4 x 29 1/2 in), central vertical folds as issued, light damp-stains, some spotting and browning but mainly to margins, light offsetting, unframed, 1826[-1832] (4).

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Lot 183

Sussex.- South Coast.- Andrews (John) and Andrew Dury. Two sheets from 'A Map of the Country Sixty Five Miles Round London', sheet 18 and 19, showing from Little Hampton to Rye, including Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings, engravings with hand-colouring, both on 'J. Bates' laid paper with large watermark of a Strasbourg lily and text-based countermark, platemarks each approx. 480 x 710 mm. (18 7/8 x 28 in), sheets 530 x 740 mm. (20 7/8 x 29 1/4 in), central vertical folds as issued, some light off-setting, minor surface dirt and nicks to extremities, unframed, J. Stokes, 1777 (2).

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NO RESERVE America and Canada.- Bowen (Thomas) A Map of the British and French Settlements in North America: (Part the First...) [together with] [Part the Second...], two-part folding map of the North American colonies, derived from the Mitchell map, showing from Newfoundland island, to the top part of Florida, with numerous text anecdotes, engraving on two sheets of laid paper conjoined, total 400 x 497 mm. (15 3/4 x 19 1/2 in), central and vertical folds, some light offsetting and surface dirt, with minor nick to upper right edge, unframed, [1755].

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Africa.- Fries (Lorenz) [Tabula I Aphricae], trapezoidal Ptolemaic map covering Morocco, Mauritania, the Western Sahara, Algeria and the western edge of Libya, with the Pillars of Hercules depicted on either side of the Straits of Gibraltar, and the Atlas Mountains covering large parts of the land, woodcut on laid paper with small watermark of a cross, sheet 357 x 547 mm. (14 1/8 x 21 1/2 in), Latin text verso with woodcut borders and decoration, central vertical fold, contemporary ink marginalia upper left, repair to loss in lower centre of margin, other small repairs with some minor pen facsimile, unframed, [Strasbourg, 1535].

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Florida.- Peru.- Ortelius (Abraham) Peruviae Auriferae Regionis Typus [on sheet with] La Florida [and] Guastecan Reg, three maps on one sheet based on original Spanish sources, illustrating the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and Peru, engraving with fine early hand-colouring, platemark 340 x 470 mm. (13 1/2 x 18 1/2 in), sheet 480 x 600 mm. (18 7/8 x 23 1/2 in), good margins, with Italian text verso, central vertical fold with finely repaired split, minor surface dirt and finger-soiling to extremities, unframed, [Antwerp, 1609].Literature:VdB 15⁂ The sources used to produce the map were said to have been compiled by Geronimo de Chaves, and were largely based on the expedition of Hernando de Soto, 1539-42.

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Americas.- Seile (Anna) Americae Nova Descriptio Impensis Anae Seile, map of North and South America, with California as an island and ships and sea monsters, engraving on laid paper with watermark of an eagle, sheet 345 x 415 mm. (13 1/2 x 16 1/4 in), central vertical fold as issued with light toning, the sheet laid onto thin paper support, some corresponding creases particularly in the lower right quadrant, unframed, 1663.⁂ Anna Seile, a female map publisher, flourished in the London map trade for over a decade after her husband Henry Seile died in ca. 1662.

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Americas.- Homann Heirs (publishers) Americae Mappa Generalis Secundum Legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae Regulas..., detailed map of North and South America, extending to the western part of Africa and southwest Europe, decorative title cartiuche in the lower left corner with vignette of two volcanoes erupting and figures in regional dress, engraving with hand-colouring on thick laid paper with watermark of a cross, platemark 485 x 560 mm. (19 1/8 x 22 in), sheet 540 x 620 mm. (21 1/4 x 24 1/2 in), central vertical fold as issued with minor splitting in the lower section, some faint damp-stains and surface dirt, small tears into the margins, not affecting the map, unframed, 1746.

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Arabian Peninsula.- Paradise.- Mortier (Pierre) Carte de la Situation du Paradis Terrestre... / Kaart van de Stant van het Aardsch Paradys..., map showing from the Mediterranean through to the Persian Gulf, with very fine small Biblical illustrations, including the Sermon on the Mount, Babylon, the Garden of Eden, Noah's Ark and others, with three ships in the Persian Gulf, and in the upper left a pictorial scale of miles surmounted by a lion, a lamb, and with a serpent in an apple tree, engraving, an excellent impression on laid paper with large watermark of a Strasbourg lily, countermark 'CDG', title is in both French and Dutch in panel at top, platemark 401 x 470 mm. (15 3/4 x 18 1/2 in), sheet 408 x 501 mm. (16 x 19 3/4 in), central vertical fold with minor parallel creases, small area of browning to centre, unframed, [circa 1800].

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Arabian Peninsula.- Ortelius (Abraham) Turcici Imperii Descriptio, map of the Turkish Empire, based on Ortelius' own map of Asia, which was derived from the work of Italian mapmaker Giacomo Gastaldi of 1561, engraving with hand-colouring on laid paper with watermark of an armorial device, platemark 380 x 500 mm. (15 x 19 3/4 in), sheet 455 x 550 mm. (17 7/8 x 21 3/4 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold with small split to lower edge, some small spots of browning, unframed, [1601].Literature:VdB 169

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Arabian Peninsula.- Lotter (Tobias Conrad) Magni Turcarum Dominatoris Imperium per Europam, Asiam, et Africam ..., map of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, engraving with hand-colouring on laid paper with large indistinct watermark device, platemark 505 x 590 mm. (19 3/4 x 23 1/4 in), sheet 535 x 660 mm. (21 x 26 in), central vertical fold reinforced verso, some small wormhole damage in lower sections, minor surface dirt, ink inscription '#86' upper right, unframed, [circa 1730].

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Arabian Peninsula.- Bonne (Rigobert) Carte de l'Arabie qui se divise en Arabie Pétrée, Deserte et Heureuse..., map covering modern-day Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman, with large rococo title cartouche in the upper right, engraving with outline hand-colouring, on laid paper with large watermark of a Maltese cross surrounded with rosary beads, platemark 325 x 470 mm. (12 3/4 x 18 1/2 in), sheet 387 x 512 mm. (15 1/4 x 20 1/4 in), central vertical fold, minor surface dirt and light browning in places, unframed, Lattre, Paris, 1771.

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Lot 27

Arabian Peninsula.- India.- Ortelius (Abraham) Erythraei Sive Rubri Maris Periplus, map covering the north-west coast of Africa, Arabian peninsular, India, and Malaysia, with inset map of Mediterranean in the lower centre, with inset map "Hyper Borei" in the upper right corner, engraved map with extensive early hand-colouring on laid paper with indistinct armorial watermark, platemark 360 x 465 mm. (14 1/4 x 18 1/4 in), sheet 445 x 560 mm. (17 1/2 x 22 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold with small repair to splitting in the lower section, minor surface dirt and light browning, one or two small nicks to extremities, unframed, [1603].Literature:VdB 224⁂ "[...] in spite of all their exertions, a passage to the Far East via the North Pole has not yet been found by the English or the Dutch". [Ortelius]

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Lot 28

Arabian Peninsula.- Oman.- Wellsted (Lt. James Raymond) Map of Oman in Arabia, an early map of part of Oman and part of the United Arab Emirates, with vignette in the lower left corner showing a desert landscape with an oasis, Bedouins and a camel, for Royal Geographical Society Journal, engraving with hand-colouring, on thin wove paper, sheet 405 x 420 mm. (16 x 16 1/2 in), faint folds as issued, unframed, John Murray, 1837; together with corresponding Journal, Volume the Seventh, 1837, Part 1, and Sketch of a route to the Ruins of Nakab Al Hajar on the Southern Coast of Arabia, 1837 (3).⁂ Rare early map of Oman.

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Africa.- Fries (Lorenz) Aphricae Tabula Secunda Continet Aphricam & Numidiam, Ptolemaic map of northern Africa, including parts of Sardinia and Sicily, woodcut on laid paper with watermark of grapevine, sheet 395 x 522 mm. (15 1/2 x 20 1/2 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold as issued, some small wormholes in lower margin, minor surface dirt, unframed, Gaspar Trechsel, [1541].

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Saudi Arabia.- Carruthers (Douglas) Sketch Map of North West Arabia Showing the explorations by Douglas Carruthers, from the Geographical Journal, lithograph map printed in colour, 330 x 365 mm. (13 x 14 3/8 in), minor nicks to edges, unframed, 1910; together with a corresponding copy of The Geographical Journal, No.3 March 1910, Vol. XXXV (2).

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Saudi Arabia.- Murray (John) Map of the Northern Part of Arabia Shewing the Routes of Mr. G.A. Wallin, engraved map by J. & C. Walker, with hand-colouring, 217 x 250 mm. (8 1/2 x 9 7/8 in), central vertical fold, minor spotting and browning, unframed, Royal Geographic Society, 1850.

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Asia.- Mercator (Gerard) and Henricus Hondius. Asia ex magna orbis terre descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta studio et industria G. M. Iunoris, map of Asia showing from the Arabian Gulf, across India, South East Asia, China, and Japan, with part of Australia in the lower right quadrant, decorative strapwork cartouche in the lower left, sailing ship off the coast of Japan, engraving on laid paper with watermark of an armorial shield, platemark 382 x 472 mm. (15 x 18 5/8 in), sheet 430 x 540 mm. (17 x 21 1/4 in), French text verso, minor handling creases and surface dirt, two small wormholes, unframed, [circa 1609 and later]

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Asia.- Sanson (Nicolas) Partie Meridionale de l'Inde en Deux Presqu'Isles, l'une deca et l'autre dela le Gange..., map of southern Asia extending from India in the west to Sumatra and Borneo in the east, with part of China in the north east, decorative title within a clam shell in the lower centre, engraving with some hand-colouring on laid paper with watermark of a large and intricate coat of arms, platemark 385 x 530 mm. (15 1/4 x 20 7/8 in), sheet 435 x 580 mm. (17 1/8 x 22 3/4 in), central vertical fold as issued, minor nicks to extremities, some light browning and spotting, minor surface dirt, unframed, Pierre Mariette, 1654.

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Asia.- Homann Heirs (publishers) Asia Secundum Legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae Regulas et Juxta Recentissimas Observationes..., detailed map of Asia, showing from the Arabian peninsula across India and China, with Indonesia and the Philippines, with Japan in the upper right, decorative title cartouche with vignette of an Emperor and elephant, further cartouche with scale in the upper right, engraving with hand-colouring, on laid paper with text-based watermark, platemark 500 x 560 mm. (19 3/4 x 22 in), sheet 540 x 625 mm. (21 1/4 x 24 1/2 in), central vertical fold, later German colour key pasted in margin lower centre, minor nicks and tears, handling creases, some surface dirt, unframed, 1744.

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Asia.- De L'Isle (Guillaume) Carte d'Asie Dressee pour l'Usage du Roy sur les Memoires Envoyez par le Czar ..., detailed map of Asia showing from the Arabian Peninsula, across India, the Malay Peninsula, China and Japan, with title cartouche in the upper right, engraved map with hand-colouring on laid paper with text-based watermark, platemark 495 x 655 mm. (19 1/2 x 25 3/4 in), sheet 522 x 660 mm. (20 1/2 x 26 in), two vertical folds as issued, the central fold with small repairs visible verso, handling creases and light surface dirt, unframed, 1788.

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Asia.- Elwe (Jan Barend) L'Asie Divisee en ses Empires, Royaumes, et Etats..., large detailed map of Asia showing from the Arabian Peninsula, across India, the Malay Peninsula, China and Japan, with decorative title cartouche in the upper left corner, engraved map with hand-colouring on laid paper with watermark of an armorial device, platemark 478 x 595 mm. (18 3/4 x 23 1/2 in), sheet 550 x 645 mm. (21 3/4 x 25 3/8 in), faint central vertical fold with some repairs to old splitting, minor handling creases to edges, unframed, 1792.

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Asia.- Arrowsmith (Aaron) Asia, impressive large-format wall map, showing all of Asia including the Arabian Peninsula, the Ural Mountains and Black Sea, across to China, Japan and the Philippines, dedicated to James Rennell, engraving with hand-colouring on four sheets joined, 1260 x 1490 mm. (49 5/8 x 58 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, light offsetting, minor surface dirt, with contemporary marbled slip-case with manuscript label on upper cover, worn with splitting and loss, 4to, 1801.

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Asia and America.- North Pacific.- Ortelius (Abraham) Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni Typus, earliest printed map to focus on the North Pacific, showing the Kingdom of the Great Khan in Asia, including Japan, and with part of North-western America naming California, with decorative strap-work title cartouche, ships and sea monster, engraving with early hand-colouring, on laid paper with crossed arrows watermark, platemark 350 x 470 mm. (13 3/4 x 18 1/2 in), 430 x 560 mm. (17 x 22 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold with minor splitting to extremities, minor surface dirt and finger-soiling, unframed, [Antwerp, 1573].Literature:VdB 163.2

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Asia and America.- North Pacific.- Ortelius (Abraham) Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni Typus, earliest printed map to focus on the North Pacific, showing the Kingdom of the Great Khan in Asia, including Japan, and with part of North-western America naming California, with decorative strap-work title cartouche, ships and sea monster, engraving with early hand-colouring, platemark 350 x 470 mm. (13 3/4 x 18 1/2 in), under glass, central vertical fold, framed and glazed, [Antwerp, 1579].Literature:VdB 163

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Southeast Asia.- Mercator (Gerard) Asiae XI Tab:, map illustrating the Ptolemaic concept of Malaya and Indochina, or "India beyond the Ganges", with a distorted Malaysian peninsula to the east of the Ganges, and the China Sea and large landmass to the east of that, engraving on laid paper without watermark, platemark 357 x 334 mm. (14 x 13 1/8 in), sheet 395 x 524 mm. (15 1/2 x 20 5/8 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold with expert repairs, unframed, [circa 1595, but later, probably early 17th century].

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Southeast Asia.- Ortelius (Abraham) Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus, map of southern Asia from India across to Java and New Guinea, and including China and Japan to the north, with Portuguese coat of arms in the upper left, with mermaids and a sea monster observing a floundering vessel, engraving on laid paper with crossed arrows watermark, platemark 350 x 497 mm. (13 3/4 x 19 5/8 in), sheet 388 x 550 mm. (15 1/4 x 21 3/4 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold with small repair to splitting in the lower section, unframed, [Antwerp, 1571].Literature:VdB 166

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Austria.- Grimm (Maximilian von) Grundriss der Kl: Kl: Haupt und Residenzstadt Wien mit ihren Vorstadten nach den Neuen Hausnumern 1797 / Plan de la Ville de Vienne et de ses Fouxbourgs avec le Denombrement des Maisons Fait en 1797, impressive large-scale map of Vienna, centred on the the "Innere Stadt" with the principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty, The Hofburg, with title cartouche decorated with allegorical figures in the lower left corner, and detailed key in the lower right, engraving with some hand-colouring, split into two sections, total approx. 1365 x 1375 mm. (53 3/4 x 54 1/8 in), dissected and mounted on linen, folding with decorative engraved labels to ends, some minor offsetting, surface dirt and light abrasions, folding into contemporary straight-grain morocco book-style slip-case, spine gilt with coat of arms of the library of King Louis-Philippe I of France, worn, 4to, published by Artaria et Comp., Vienna, 1797.⁂ First edition of the great Vienna plan by Maximilan von Grimm.

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Bermuda.- Speed (John) A Mapp of the Sommer Ilands once called the Bermudas... / Mappa Aestivarum Insularum..., map showing the division of the island into "Tribes" and lists below the proprietors, with the arms of Bermuda and Britain in the lower corners, a large strapwork title in English and Latin in the centre, with two sailing ships and patterned border, engraving on laid paper without watermark, 427 x 525 mm. (16 3/4 x 20 3/4 in), English text verso, central vertical fold as issued, with small damp-stain in the upper margin, the map slightly trimmed within the plate at the left and right hand sides, Bassett and Chiswell, [1676].

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