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Lot 162
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
Lot 767
2 modern Y shaped combination tools for the Enfield percussion rifle, various other modern gun tools for antique guns, including 2 mainspring clamps, 3 nipple keys, 3 wood handled turnscrews, 2 detachable rammers for percussion revolvers, etc, mostly GC; together with a 19th century brass bound mahogany case for a sporting gun, in relic condition.
Lot 581
Bergeon No. 4657 rubber dust bellows (2), Bergeon No. 5733 rubber dust bellows, Bergeon No. 5098 soap antirust (3), Bergeon No. 7033-1 cleaning product, Bergeon No 6122 five tools for trimmers, Bergeon No 6740 gauge for crowns Bergeon No. 30102-4 assortment of four oilers and two incomplete sets (12)one oiler box with two missing, another with non-Bergeon oilers inside, some perishing to bellows
Lot 601
Bergeon tools, consisting of 4985 apparatus for straightening tweezers, 4166 assortment of hard brass bushings for alarm clocks, Bergeon-Platax No. 2677 tool for removing rollers and balance staffs, No. 2329 automatic oilcup (red), No. 1A automatic oiler, four No. 1934 G metal oilers, all housed in original boxes (9)Some of the boxes are tatty and have been repaired with tape, some of the tools have been used, others are still in original wrapping
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