Antique Maps & Views
Utilitarian in design and intent, early maps are treasured by collectors both for their aesthetic beauty and insight into the past. Antique maps are profound historic indicators, bearing witness to the constantly shifting relationship between human beings and the known world. Whether they are kept as reminders of places once visited or as nostalgic relics of another time, antique maps serve as a visual testament to the enduring strength of the bond between people and the places they inhabit.
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NEW! Map Catalog: List 78 - Spring 2011. A catalog illustrating
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Amérique Septentrionale (North America)
Shows California as a peninsula. Hand-colored engraving, 1830. Published in Paris.
7-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches.
31337c
$275
Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr. (American, fl. 1860s-1870s)
Northwestern America Showing the Territory Ceded by Russia to the United States
Litho engraving, 1872. Reduced from the map published by the United States Coast Survey Department.
11-1/2 x 14-5/8 inches.
31338c
$150
Joseph Hutchins Colton (American, 1800-1893)
Washington and Oregon
Hand-colored litho engraving, 1853. Published by J.H. Colton & Co. Mat burn, faded.
11-7/8 x 15-1/2 inches.
31339c
$200
Johannes Janssonius (Dutch, fl.1597-1629)
Anglia Regnum (Great Britain)
Hand-colored engraving, 1639-1644. Published in Amsterdam. Re-construction margins most likely contemporary with map, crease in image lower left corner, toned.
15 x 19-1/4 inches.
31355c
$500
Johannes Janssonius (Dutch, fl.1597-1629)
Tabula Italiae (Italy)
Hand-colored engraving, 1640. Re-construction margins most likely contemporary with map, repair in image center left, toned.
17-7/8 x 21-1/8 inches.
31356c
$2000
Giles Robert de Vaugondy (French, 1688-1766)
Royaume de Denmark (Kingdom of Denmark)
Hand-colored engraving, 1720. Toned.
9-5/8 x 22-7/8 inches.
31357c
$225
Pierre (Pieter) Mortier (Dutch/French, 1611-1711)
Plan des Villes de Londres et de Westminster (Plan of the cities of London and Westminster)
Handcolored engraving. Published in Amsterdam, c. 1700.
9-1/2 x 13-1/8 inches.
[EN2002]
$550
Matthaus Merian (Swiss, 1593-1650)
China Veteribus Sinarum Regio numc Incolis Tame dicta
Based on Willem Blaeu’s map of the same title. Hand-colored engraving on laid paper, 1636. Published in Frankfurt. Trimmed to platemark on left and right sides.
10-3/4 x 13-1/2 inches.
31099c
$850
John Cary the Elder (British, 1755 – 1835)
Oxfordshire
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper, 1793. From Cary’s New and Correct English Atlas, amended edition.
11 x 8-3/4 inches.
[EN0543]
$65
John Cary the Elder (British, 1755 – 1835)
Glocestershire
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper, 1793. From Cary’s New and Correct English Atlas, amended edition.
11 x 8-3/4 inches.
[EN2006]
$65
Johann Baptiste Homann (1664-1724)
Nova Anglia (New England)
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper, 1715-1725. Very faintly toned with some light soiling on the center right.
19-1/4 x 23-1/4 inches.
31056c
$1250
Homann Heirs (German, fl. after 1730)
Planiglobii Terrestris / Mappe Monde (World Map)
Engraving on laid paper, plate 1746. Cartouche inscriptions in both Latin and French. For Kleiner Atlas Scholasticus von Achtzehen Charten, published by the Homann Heirs, Nuremberg.
19-1/2 x 22-5/8 inches.
20341
$1250
Office of Coast Survey
Washington Sound and Approaches
No. 24, Chart from U.S. Coast Survey. Engraving with hydrographic notes, 1866. Reconnoissances and surveys by Commander James Alden and Lieut. R. M. Cuyler.
27 x 25-1/2 inches.
11805
SOLD
British Isles
Alexander Watford II (British, ca.1783-1844)
A New and Accurate Map of the Country for Twenty-Five Miles round The University of Cambridge, Exhibiting all the direct and cross Roads the Hills, Valleys, Woods, Rivers, Canals, Towns, Villages, Hamlets, Parks, and Seats of the Nobility and Gentry
Hand-colored engraving, 1828. Linen backed with spaces between sections as issued. Drawn by J. Richardson, engraved by G&J Cary. Published by Watford.
18-1/2 x 18 inches.
31258c
$385
31258c shown folded with cover slip
Thomas Kitchin (English, 1719-1784)
Ireland Divided Into Its Provinces and Counties
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper, 1742. Published by Alex Hogg, London.
15 x 13-3/4 inches.
31271c
$200
John Speed (British, 1552-1629)
Buckingham both Shyre and Shire Towne Describ
Hand-colored engraving, 1610. Some tears and repairs.
20 x 14-3/4 inches.
30722c
$1200
James Wallis (British, fl. 1812-1820)
Cambridgeshire
Hand-colored engraving, 1820. For The Panorama, or the Traveller’s Instructive Guide Through England and Wales.
Sheet: 4-3/4 x 4-1/2 inches.
18830
$50. More counties from this atlas in stock, please contact the gallery for availability
James Wallis (British, fl. 1812-1820)
Buckinghamshire
Hand-colored engraving, 1820. For The Panorama, or the Traveller’s Instructive Guide Through England and Wales.
Sheet: 4-3/4 x 4-1/2 inches.
18829
$50. More counties from this atlas in stock, please contact the gallery for availability
Robert Morden (British, fl. 1668 - 1703)
Kent
Engraving on laid paper, 1695. From the first English Edition of William Camden’s (1551 - 1623) Britannia, translated from the Latin by Bishop Edmund Gibson. Discoloration along centerfold.
14 x 25-1/2 inches.
[EN0540]
$375
Robert Morden (British, fl. 1668 - 1703)
Midlesex
Engraving on laid paper, 1695. From the first English Edition of William Camden’s (1551 - 1623) Britannia, translated from the Latin by Bishop Edmund Gibson. Discoloration along centerfold, tear at bottom..
15-3/8 x 17-5/8 inches.
[EN0239]
$350
Richard Horwood (British, c.1758-1803)
Sheet from Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster & the Borough of Southwark
Sections C &D (one of 32 sheets making up composite map prepared for the Phoenix Company). Engraving, 1799.
22-1/2 x 40-1/4 inches.
[EN2010]
$650
Richard Horwood (British, c.1758-1803)
Sheet from Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster & the Borough of Southwark. Sections E and F (one of 32 sheets making up composite map prepared for the Phoenix Company)
Engraving 1799.
22-1/2 x 40-1/4 inches.
[EN2013]
$650
Tower Street Ward (London)
For Stone’s Survey. Engraving, 1754.
11-5/8 x 14-1/2 inches.
24772
SOLD
Liverpool
Handcolored engraving. Reduced from Mr. Gage’s survey, engraved and printed by T. Starling. Published by Baldwin and Cradock, London, 1836. under the superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
11-1/2 x 15 inches.
22409
$225
Rutlandshire
Handcolored engraving, 1695, by Robert Morden (fl. 1668-1703). For Gibson’s edition of Camden’s Britannia. Published by Able Swale, Awnsham Churchill, and John Churchill, London. Centerfold as issued.
11-1/8 x 14-18 inches.
19131
$275
Johannes Janssonius (Dutch, fl. c. 1597-1629)
Comitatus Dorcestria, Vulgo Anglice Dorsetshire (England)
Engraving, 1646. Published in Amsterdam. German text verso..
14-3/4 x 19-1/2 inches.
28572c
$250
An Exact Surveigh of the Streets, Lanes, and Churches Comprehended within the ruins of the City of London (after the fire of 1666)
Engraving, 1723. Engraving by George Vertue, likely after drawings by John Leake.
20-3/4 x 49-1/4 inches.
24775
SOLD
Middlesex
Engraving with outline color by J. & C. Walker. Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co., London, Sept. 1835.
12-3/4 x 15-5/8 inches.
24771
SOLD
New Road Map of England with all the Lines of Railway, Canals, etc.
Engraving with outline hand color. Published by W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh, 1842.
16 x 21 inches.
21271
$165
England & Wales (with its Railroads and Canals)
Engraving, 19th century. Drawing and engraving by Joshua Archer (fl. 1833-1866), Pentonville, London.
9-3/8 x 7-3/8 inches.
24761
$75
The Environs of Dublin
Handcolored engraving. Drawn and engraved by B. R. Davies. Published by Baldwin and Cradock, London, 1837. under the superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
12 x 15-1/4 inches.
22400
SOLD
France
Jodocus Hondius (Flemish, 1563 - 1611)
Poictou Pictaviensis Comitatus
Hand-colored engraving, early 17th century. German text verso. Some spotting.
14-3/4 x 19-1/2 inches.
EN0539
$350
Bernard Jean Hyacinthe Jaillot (French, 1673-1739)
La Province D’Auvergne
Engraving on laid paper with outline color, 1715. Some staining and offsetting.
19 x 28-1/2 inches.
9301
$350
Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (French, ca. 1632-1712)
La Generalite de Tours Divisé en ses Seize Elections
Engraving with outline color on laid paper, 1711.
18-1/2 x 29-1/2 inches.
9302
$350
Nicolas Louis La Caille (French, 1713-1762)
France
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper, 1760. For Entretiennes Géographiques, published by Christophe Ballard in Paris.
Sheet: 4-9/16 x 5-1/2 inches.
19815
$175
Gouvernement d’Isle de France
Hand colored engraving from DeWitt’s Atlas, published 1667
14-3/4 x 19-1/2 inches.
[EN0391].
$350
Louis Charles Desnos (French, 1725-1805)
Noveau Plan de Paris ses Faubourgs et ses Environs
Engraving with added color, 1764. Published in Paris.
21-1/2 x 37-1/4 inches.
18912
SOLD
Pierre Duval (French, 1618-1683)
Savoie (Savoy, in the French Alps)
Handcolored engraving for Le Monde ou la Geographic Universelle. Published in Paris, 1662.
4 x 4-3/4 inches.
25587
$140
Pierre Duval (French, 1618-1683)
Franche Comté (Region of Eastern France)
Handcolored engraving for Le Monde ou la Geographic Universelle. Published in Paris, 1662.
4-3/4 x 3-7/8 inches.
25585
SOLD
Pierre Duval (French, 1618-1683)
Lorraine (Region of Northeastern France)
Handcolored engraving for Le Monde ou la Geographic Universelle. Published in Paris, 1662.
4 x 4-3/4 inches.
25584
$140
Partie Meridionale du Temporel de L’Evesché de Metz... (Map of French Wine Country)
Engraving with handcoloring, 1704, by Alexis Hubert Jaillot (c. 1632-1712).
17-3/4 x 27-1/2 inches.
9295
$925
A New Map of France
Engraving with hand color, 1806. Engraved by John Cary the Elder (1755-1835). Printed in London. Light toning.
18 x 20-1/4 inches.
20546c
SOLD
France
Engraving, 1807. Drawn by Aaron Arrowsmith (English, 1750-1823). Engraved by Edward Jones. Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, London. Light discoloration at centerfold.
10 x 10-1/4 inches.
19224
$65
Les Gouvernements de Normandie
Engraving with outline handcolor, 1783, for Atlas Portatif a l’Usage des Colleges pour Servier a l’Intelligence des Auterus Classiques. Published by L’Abbe Grenet, Paris. Engraved by Perrier after drawings by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795). Lettering by Gaspard Andre. Light spots in lower right corner.
12-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches.
20379
SOLD
Gouvernement de Guienne et de Gascogne
Engraving with outline handcolor, 1785, for Atlas Portatif a l’Usage des Colleges pour Servier a l’Intelligence des Auterus Classiques. Published by L’Abbe Grenet, Paris. Engraved by Perrier after drawings by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795). Lettering by Gaspard Andre.
8-3/8 x 12-1/2 inches.
20394
SOLD
Marseille
Hand colored engraving, 1840. Engraved by B.R. Davies. Published by Chapman and Hall, London, under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
12-3/8 x 15-5/8 inches.
22411
$170
Dept. D’Eure et Loir
for Atlas National Illustre des 86 Departements et des Possessions de la France. Drawing by Victor Levasseur (fl. 1838-1854). Engraved by Laguillermie and Rainaud. Published by L’Editeur, Paris. Printed by Lemercier, Paris. Some light spots of foxing in margins.
11-3/16 x 16-3/4 inches.
22842
$140
Dept. de Maine et Loire
for Atlas National Illustre des 86 Departements et des Possessions de la France. Drawing by Victor Levasseur (fl. 1838-1854). Published by L’Editeur, Paris. Printed by Lemercier, Paris.
11-3/16 x 16-5/8 inches.
22863
$135
Les Gouvernements de L’Isle de France et de Champagne (includes Paris)
Handcolored engraving by Louis-Charles Desnos (1725-1805). Published in Paris, 1776.
11-1/4 x 19-3/4 inches.
21913
$165
The Netherlands & Belgium
Johannes Jasnssonius van Waesbergen, Moses Pitt and Stephen Swart
Belgii (Begium and the Netherlands)
Engraving on laid paper, plate 1682. For English Atlas Vol. IV, The Netherlands.
17-1/2 x 21-1/4 inches.
29105c
SOLD
Guillame de L’Isle (French, 1675 - 1726)
Cartes Provinces Unies de Pays (Map of the Low Countries)
Engraving with outline color, 1720. Published by Jean Covens & Corneille Martier, Amsterdam. Loss in lower right corner.
20 x 25-1/4 inches.
27022
$525
Johannes Janssonius (Dutch, fl. ca. 1597 - 1629)
Medenblick in West Vrieslandt (Netherlands)
Handcolored engraving for the Covens and Mortier Atlas, c. 1740. Published in Amsterdam.
15-7/8 x 20-1/8 inches.
26649
$485
Tabula Nova Provinciae Ultrajectinae quam jissu nob: hujus Dominij Ordinum Emensus Est Bernard du Roy geometra et in lucemedit Nicol Visscher cum Priorilegio Proepor et Nob Ordinum Faederassi Belgii. (A Map of the New Provinces of Ultrecht. Shows the area between Amsterdam, Gouda, Arnheim and Zutphen including Utrecht and Amersfoort)
Hand-colored engraving, ca. 1680. Engraved by Van Anse. Published by Nicholaus Visscher, in Amsterdam. Margins strengthened, skinned, losses near center fold.
18-1/4 x 33 inches.
29096c
$450
John Senex (English, c.1678-1740)
A New Map of the City of Amsterdam, Most Humbly Inscribed to John Hedworth, Esq.
Engraving on laid paper, 1720. Engraving by Samuel Parker.
19-1/4 x 22-3/4 inches.
29090c
$1100
Willem (Guiliamus) Blaeuw, (Dutch,1571-1638)
Rhenolandiae er Amstellandiae
Engraving with outline color, early 17th c. French text verso.
19-3/4 x 23-1/2 inches.
29089c
SOLD
John Speed (English, c. 1552-1629)
A New Mape of Ye XVII Provinces of Low Germanie, mended a new in manie places
Engraving, 1627. Text verso.
16-1/4 x 20-3/4 inches.
29085c
$2250
Covens and Mortier (fl. 1721-1774)
Heusden (Netherlands)
ngraving, c. 1750. Published in Amsterdam for Covens and Mortier Atlas.
16-1/4 x 20 inches.
29115c
$450
Septem Provinciae seu Belgium Foederatum (Seven Provinces of the Belgian Federation)
Handcolored engraving, 1748. For Kleiner Atlas Scholasticus von Achtzehen Charten, published by the Homann Heirs, Nuremberg .
18-1/2 x 20-1/4 inches.
20349
$350
Antwerp, Belgium
Hand colored engraving. Drawing by W. B. Clarke. Engraved and printed by B. R. Davies. Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1832. under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
11-1/2 x 15-3/8 inches.
22389
$225
Brussels, Belgium
Hand colored engraving. Drawing by W. B. Clarke. Engraved and printed by B. R. Davies. Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1837. under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
12-13/16 x 15-1/8 inches.
22395
$150
Northern Europe & Scandinavia
James Wyld (British, 1790 - 1836)
Denmark
Hand-colored engraving, ca. 1819-1821. Likely from A General Atlas. Engraved by N.R. Hewitt.
11-5/8 x 8-3/4 inches.
21895c
$100
Denmark
Hand-colored engraving, 1808. Engraving by B. Smith. Published by C. Smith, London. Discoloration in margins and some losses along edge of sheet.
13-3/4 x 10-3/8 inches.
21876
$110
Johnson’s Denmark with Sleswick & Holstein
Litho-engraving with handcoloring, for Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World. Published by Johnson & Ward, New York, 1866. Text verso.
15-1/2 x 10-7/8 inches.
20095
$130
Pierre Duval (French, 1618-1683)
Les Acquisitions de la Svede sur le Danemarq, sur la Pologne (Swedish acquisitions in Denmark and Poland, 1645/1660)
Handcolored engraving for Le Monde ou la Geographic Universelle. Published in Paris, 1662.
4-1/4 x 5-1/8 inches.
25593
$140
Pierre Duval (French, 1618-1683)
Les Acquisitions de la Svede en Alemagne, par la Paix de Munster (Swedish acquisitions in Germany, as per the Paix de Münster, one of the Treaties of Westphalia which ended the Thirty Years’ War in 1648)
Handcolored engraving for Le Monde ou la Geographic Universelle. Published in Paris, 1662.
4 x 5 inches.
25592
$160
Germany & Central Europe
Two Views: Bale, Capitale... and Zurich
Engravings from Delices de la Suisse. Printed in 1730
approx. 4-3/4 x 6-1/8 inches each.
[EN0216].
$150 (set of two)
Jan Covens and Cornelis Mortier (fl. 1721-1774)
Regnum Bohemia
Handcolored engraving, c. 1730. Published in Amsterdam. Very slightly toned. Strengthened at centerfold. Two stains, lower right.
19 x 22-5/8 inches.
30084c
$325
Regnum Bohemia (detail)
Germania (Lower Germany and other countries including Austria, Bavaria and Bohemia)
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper. Illustration of river god (Probaby Rhenus) and nymphs along bottom. Faint off-setting top right.
16-1/4 x 19-3/8 inches.
29088c
$450
Pierre Duval (French, 1618-1683)
Allemagne (Germany)
Handcolored engraving for Le Monde ou la Geographic Universelle. Published in Paris, 1662.
4 x 4-7/8 inches.
25589
$200
Pierre Duval (French, 1618-1683)
Transilvanie, Valaquie, et Moldavie (Romania)
Handcolored engraving for Le Monde ou la Geographic Universelle. Published in Paris, 1662.
4-1/8 x 5-1/8 inches.
25599
$160
Pierre Duval (French, 1618-1683)
Pologne (Poland)
Handcolored engraving for Le Monde ou la Geographic Universelle. Published in Paris, 1662.
3-7/8 x 4-13/16 inches.
25594
$140
Pierre Duval (French, 1618-1683)
Estat de la Republique de Raguse (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
Handcolored engraving for Le Monde ou la Geographic Universelle. Published in Paris, 1662.
4 x 4-3/4 inches.
25601
$160
Warsaw
Hand colored engraving. Drawing by W. B. Clarke. Engraved by T. E. Nicholson. Published by Baldwin & Cradock, London, 1831. under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
11-7/16 x 14-15/16 inches.
22422
$225
Georges-Louis Le Rouge (German, active in France, c.1712-c.1790)
L’Archeveche de Saltzbourg
Engraving with outline color. Published in Paris, 1743. Reinforced margins.
19-1/4 x 22-1/4 inches.
29095c
$275
View of Basel, Switzerland
Original engraving, c. 18th century.
10-1/2 x 14 inches.
16811
$225
Spain, Italy & the Mediterranean
L’Isle de Cadix et du Detroit de Gibraltar (Strait of Gibraltar)
Engraving with hand coloring by Homann, c. 1740. Some light stains in margins, creasing. Repaired tear, upper left corner
22-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches.
[EN0562].
$475
Matthaus Merian (Swiss, 1593-1650)
Nova Italiae Delineato
Hand-colored engraving, plate 1638.
11-1/8 x 14-1/4 inches.
30816c
SOLD
Johnson and Ward (American, fl. 1862-1866)
Palestine
Hand-colored litho-engraving, 1866. For Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas Toned.
18 x 14-1/4 inches.
20104
$150
Philipp Clüver (German, 1580-1623)
Graeciae Descriptio
Engraving on laid paper, plate 1624. Engraved by Petrus Bertius (Dutch, 1565-1629). From a later publication of Introductio In Universam Geographiam in 1661.
5-3/8 x 5-1/4 inches.
20035
SOLD
Philipp Clüver (German, 1580-1623)
Creta, Cyprus et Rhodus (Crete, Cyprus and Rhodes)
Engraving on laid paper, plate 1624. Engraved by Petrus Bertius (Dutch, 1565-1629). From a later publication of Introductio In Universam Geographiam in 1661.
5-3/8 x 5-1/4 inches.
20036
SOLD
Philipp Clüver (German, 1580-1623)
Armenia, Syria, Mesopotamia, etc
Engraving on laid paper, plate 1624. Engraved by Petrus Bertius (Dutch, 1565-1629). From a later publication of Introductio In Universam Geographiam in 1661.
5-3/8 x 5-1/4 inches.
20045
SOLD
Abraham Ortelius (Flemish, 1527-1598)
Tuscia (Tuscany)
Handcolored engraving, 1604. From Ortelius Miniature Atlas. Latin text on verso. Some marginal stains.
3-3/8 x 5 inches.
30085c
SOLD
Abraham Ortelius (Flemish, 1527-1598)
Typus Regni Neapolitani (Southern Italy)
Handcolored engraving, 1604. From Ortelius Miniature Atlas. Latin text on verso. Some marginal stains.
3-3/8 x 5 inches.
30086c
SOLD
Pierre Duval (French, 1618-1683)
Espagne (Spain)
Handcolored engraving for Le Monde ou la Geographic Universelle. Published in Paris, 1662.
3-3/4 x 4-7/8 inches.
25579
SOLD
Pierre Duval (French, 1618-1683)
Sicile (Sicily)
Handcolored engraving for Le Monde ou la Geographic Universelle. Published in Paris, 1662.
4 x 5 inches.
25606
SOLD
Pierre Duval (French, 1618-1683)
Candie (Crete)
Handcolored engraving for Le Monde ou la Geographic Universelle. Published in Paris, 1662.
3-1/2 x 4-3/4 inches.
25607
$150
Turkey in Asia
Engraving for M. Salmon’s Geography. Published in London by James Meuros Kilmarnock, 1766.
6-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches.
28587c
SOLD
Map of Spain and Portugal
Engraving for M. Salmon’s Geography. Published in London by James Meuros Kilmarnock, 1766. Some losses in margins. Folds as issued..
6-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches.
28589c
$125
Parma, Italy
Hand colored engraving. Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1840, under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
12-1/8 x 14-13/16 inches.
22434
$225
The Russian Empire
Baldwin and Cradock (British, fl. 1829-1837)
Warsaw (Warszawa)
Hand-colored engraving, 1831. Drawing by W.B. Clark. Engraving by T.E. Nicholson. Published in London under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
13-1/2 x 16-1/8 inches; sides trimmed approximately to plate mark.
22422
$225
Conrad Tobias Lotter (German, 1717-1777)
Imperium Russiae Magnae
Hand-colored engraving. Published in Ausburg, ca. 1760. Some spotting, reinforced centerfold.
19-5/8 x 22-1/2 inches.
25902
SOLD
Gerardus Mercator (Flemish, 1512-1594)
Tavrica Chersones vs. Nostra aetate Przecopsca et Gazara
Handcolored engraving. Latin text verso. Published by Mercator/Hondius, Amsterdam, 1620. Toned, esp. verso. Trimmed on one side. One of the earliest detailed maps of the Crimea and Ukraine.
12-1/5 x 15-7/8 inches.
29989c
$350
Imperii Russorum (The Russian Empire)
Handcolored engraving by Johann Baptiste Homann (1664-1724). Published in Nürnberg, c. 1720. Light soiling in margins. Tear into centerfold at bottom..
18-3/4 x 22 inches.
25900
$400
Imperium Russiae Magnae
Handcolored engraving by Tobias Conrad Lotter (1717-1777). Published in Ausburg, c. 1760.
19-5/8 x 22-1/2 inches.
25902
$450
Pierre Duval (French, 1618-1683)
Petite Tartarie dite autrement Crimee et Preconpense (Crimea)
Handcolored engraving for Le Monde ou la Geographic Universelle. Published in Paris, 1662.
4 x 5 inches.
25600
$160
The Russian Empire in Europe and Asia
for Banke’s New System of Geography. Engraving, 1790. Drawing by Thomas Bowen (1732-1790).
12-1/2 x 17-3/4 inches.
16949
$300
North & South America
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John Rapkin (British, fl. 1845 – 1851)
North America
Engraving with some outline color, ca. 1850. Published by J.P. Tallis, London. Faint soil along centerfold, some toning around sheet edges.
Sheet 14 x 11 inches.
30554c
$250
Jacob Monk (American, (fl. 1851-1865)
Monk’s New American Map North America Exhibiting the United States and Territories of The Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and also Central America and the West India Islands
Published in Baltimore, 1856. Drawn, engraved and printed by A. Hoen & co, second street. Varnished, stained, surface cracks and other minor defects and wear. Old tape repairs esp. toward top.
61 x 65-1/2 inches, mounted on rollers.
30704c
$2200
Map of Western Washington Showing Classification of Lands
Lithograph with early printed color, 1898. Map by John W. Rankine & Geo. H. Plummer. Published by Julius Bien & Co., NY. Folds as issued.
Sheet: 43-1/2 x 29 inches.
28453
$300
Bird’s Eye View of Rosyln, WA Territory
Lithograph, ca. 1888. For The West Shore. Minor tear in center fold bottom margin.
10 x 15-7/8 inches.
19061
$175
The City of Tacoma and its Environs
Hand-colored wood engraving from Harper’s Weekly, June 1891. Repaired centerfold loss, water stains on left margin, several minor marginal tears Sheet: 16 x 21-3/4 inches.
28592.
$180
Map of Oregon Territory by Samuel Parker
Engraved by M.M. Peabody. Utica, NY, 1938
14 x 22-1/4 inches.
[EN0896].
$375
Carta Esferica de la America Meridional (South America)
Engraving, 1802. Drawing by Gonzalez, engraving by Moratalla. Trimmed insude plate mark, some loss along left side, minor spotting
19-1/4 x 12-3/4 inches.
23778.
$250
mapsviews
Office of Coast Survey. Puget Sound, Washington Territory. No.662, Chart from U.S. Coast Survey
Engraving with hydrographic notes, plate 1867. Benjamin Peirce, Superindendent. Compiled and drawn by A. Lindenkohl. From a special edition of prints from the original plates in the mid 1970s.
29-7/8 x 19 inches.
30664c
SOLD
Edmund and George W. Blunt (American, fl. ca. 1830-1866)
Chart of Long Island Sound
Engraving, 1827. Published by Edmund & George W. Blunt, New York (fl. 1830-1866), for The American Coast Pilot. Engraved by Hooker. Centerfold and soft folding creases.
7 x 16-5/8 inches.
18946
$230
Johnson and Ward (American, fl. 1862-1866)
North America
Hand-colored litho-engraving, 1863. For Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World. Some foxing and stains, mostly in margins.
21-7/8 x 16-3/4 inches.
30550
$120
Johnson and Ward (American, fl. 1862-1866)
Oregon and Washington
Hand-colored litho-engraving, 1865. Lightly toned, small tear bottom edge.
24 x 18 inches.
30553
$185
Bird’s Eye View of the City of Olympia, East Olympia and Tumwater
Lithograph, 1879. Drawing and publishing by E. S. Glover, Portland, OR. Lithography and printing by A. L. Gancroft & Co., San Francisco. Reps 86. Apart from minor damages at the outer edges of broad margins, there are two skillfully repaired tears at left and right edge of image and two repaired puncture tears at upper center.
18-7/8 x 29-7/8 inches.
17789
$3200
Matthias Seutter the Elder (German, 1678-c.1757)
Jamaica
Handcolored engraving, 1730. Published in Augsburg.
19-1/2 x 22-1/4 inches.
29079c
$1600
Johann Baptiste Homann (1664-1724)
Nova Anglia (New England)
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper, 1715-1725. Very faintly toned with some light soiling on the center right.
19-1/4 x 23-1/4 inches.
31056c
$1250
Carte Esferica de la America Meridional (South America)
Engraving for Descubrimiento y Conquista de la America (Discovery and Conquest of America), Madrid, 1802. Drawing by Juan Antonio Gonzalez Canaveras. Engraving by Moratalla.
19-1/4 x 12-3/4 inches.
23778
$250
Chart of the NW Coast of America and the NE Coast of Asia Explored by Capt. James Cook, 1778-79
Engraving with outline hand color. Published by Harrison & Co., London, 1784.
7-1/4 x 12-1/2 inches.
26881c
SOLD
Carte Reduite de L’Ocean Meridional (Sea Chart of the South Atlantic Ocean)
Engraving by Jacques Nicolas Bellin the Elder. Published in Paris. 1753.
21-1/4 x 33-7/8 inches.
20410
$400
Carte du Golphe de St. Laurent et Pays Voisins (Map of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Surrounding Areas)
Engraving, 1755. Published in France. Some light creases and faint offsetting.
8-1/2 x 14 inches.
24631
$165
Carte de L’Isle de la Barbade (Map of the Island of Barbados)
Engraving with outline color, 1777, by A. van Krevelt, Amsterdam.
8-1/4 x 6-1/2 inches.
26902
SOLD
Western New York in 1809
Handcolored engraving, c. 1850. Engraved and printed by R.H. Pease, Albany, NY.
8-1/2 x 9-3/8 inches.
26899c
$150
Upper Canada with parts of NY, PA, & MN
Handcolored engraving by J. & C. Walker. Published by Baldwin & Cradock, London, 1832, under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
12-3/8 x 17 inches.
22360
$175
Lake Superior
Handcolored engraving by J. & C. Walker. Published by Baldwin & Cradock, London, 1832, under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
12-3/8 x 17 inches.
22361
$175
Massachusetts
Engraving with outline color, c. 1825. Published by Tanner.
7-1/2 x 9-7/8 inches.
26914c
$100
Mississippi, Louisiana, and the Arkansas Territory
Engraving with outline color, April 1832. Printed by Fenner Sears & Co. Published by Hinton& Simpkin & Marshall, London.
15-1/4 x 10-3/8 inches.
26931c
$120
Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana & Alabama
For Meyer’s Zitungs-Atlas, Hildburghausen, Germany, 1850. Engraving with outline hand color. Some spots into image.
7-7/8 x 10-1/2 inches.
26889c
$50
Philadelphia
Engraving with outline handcolor, 1840. Published for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
14-3/4 x 11-3/4 inches.
22424
$285
New Hampshire & Vermont
Engraving with outline color, c. 1835. Published by Bradford.
10 x 7-3/4 inches.
26947c
SOLD
Johnson’s Ohio
For Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World. Litho-engraving with hand coloring. Text verso. Published by Johnson and Ward, NY, 1864.
17 x 22-7/8 inches.
20075
SOLD
Arkansas
Handcolored engraving. Drawn by J.H. Colton, 1855. Published by Johnson & Browning, NY, c. 1859. Some toning and staining.
12-3/4 x 15-1/2 inches.
26909c
$80
Arkansas
Litho-engraving by Charles G. Colby (1830-1866). For the Diamond Atlas, 1957. Published by Samuel L. Gaston, NY.
6 x 5-1/2 inches.
26916c
$70
Asia, Africa & Oceania
A.J. Johnson (American, 1827-1884)
China and Japan
Litho-engraving, 1868. Some discoloration along centerfold. Published by Alvin J. Johnson & Son in New York.
16-5/8 x 22-7/8 inches.
EN0538
$200
Abraham Ortelius (Flemish, 1527-1598)
Aegiptus Antiqua
Handcolored engraving, 1595. This edition c. 1606 (English text verso). Published in Antwerp. Minor tear lower border.
20 x 31 inches.
30720c
$2400
Conrad Tobias Lotter (German, 1717-1777)
Asia
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper, 1760-62. For Atlas Geographicus Portatilis. Engraved by Tobias Lobec.
Sheet: 4-3/8 x 5-1/2 inches.
17889
$175
Conrad Tobias Lotter (German, 1717-1777)
Europa
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper, 1760-62. For Atlas Geographicus Portatilis. Engraved by Tobias Lobeck.
Sheet: 4-3/8 x 5-1/2 inches.
17890
$175
James Meuros
Asia
Engraving on laid paper, c. 1760s. Published by James Meuros Kilmarnock. Some spots of discoloration. Soft creases. Losses along sheet edges. Backed for strength.
7-1/4 x 9 inches.
28583c
$125
James Meuros
Africa
Engraving for M. Salmonís Geograph. Published in London by James Meuros Kilmarnock, 1766. Some marginal losses, and light spotting.
6-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches.
28590c
SOLD
James Wyld (British, 1812-1887)
Map of India From All the Latest Authorities.
Handcolored engraving, c. 1880. Lined back folding map.
18-1/2 x 19 inches
21040
Joan Blaeu (Dutch, ca. 1599-1673)
Chekiang Province
Engraving, ca. 1655. Based on the compilations of the Italian Jesuit, Father Martino Martini for ìAtlas Sinensis.î Small tear along bottom centerfold.
16 x 19 inches.
EN0314
$250
Thomas Kitchin (English, 1719-1784)
East Indies from the Best Authorities
Engraving with outline color. From the Atlas Gazetteer William Guthrie: A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar and the Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World. Published in London, c. 1760.
7-1/2 x 11 inches.
29080c
SOLD
Ancient Egypt
Engraving with some outline color, 1831. Drawing by G. Long. Engraving by J. & C. Walker. Published by Baldwin & Cradock, London, under the supervision of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
14-5/16 x 11-7/8 inches.
22353
$200
Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands
Handcolored engraving, c. 1854. Published by Snyder, Black, & Sturn, NY.
3-7/8 x 6 inches.
26915c
SOLD
World Maps & Planispheres
Jean Baptiste Fortin (French, 1740-1817)
Hemisphere Boreal
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper. For Atlas Céleste Flamstéed, Second Edition, 1776. Based on drawings by La Caille. Engraved by C.E. Voisard. Typeset by Beauble.
Sheet: 8-9/16 x 9-11/16 inches.
20457
$400
Jean Baptiste Fortin (French, 1740-1817)
Planisphere des Etoiles Authrales
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper. For Atlas Céleste Flamstéed, Second Edition, 1776. Based on drawings by La Caille. Engraved by C.E. Voisard. Typeset by Beauble.
Sheet: 8-9/16 x 9-11/16 inches.
20485
$400
Western Hemisphere
Lithograph, 1873. Text verso. For a later publication of Colton’s Common School Geography by Sheldon & Company.
Sheet: 12 x 9-3/4 inches.
24606
$40. More maps from this atlas in stock, please contact the gallery for availability
Eastern Hemisphere
Hand-colored engraving, 1873. Text verso. For a later publication of Colton’s Common School Geography by Sheldon & Company.
Sheet: 12 x 9-3/4 inches.
24607
$40. More maps from this atlas in stock, please contact the gallery for availability
Chapman & Hall (British, fl. 1846-1850)
Chart of the Stars, includes Octans and Piscis Volans
Hand-colored engraving, plate 1830. Color a little faded. Drawn by W. Newton. Constellations by W. Clarke. Engraved by J & C Walker.
13-1/2 x 16 inches.
22440
$125
Chapman & Hall (British, fl. 1846-1850)
Chart of the Stars, includes Ursa Major and Ursa Minor
Hand-colored engraving, plate 1830. Color a little faded. Drawn by W. Newton. Constellations by W. Clarke. Engraved by J & C Walker.
13-1/2 x 16 inches.
22439
$125
Philipp Clüver (German, 1580-1623)
Europa
Engraving on laid paper, plate 1624. Engraved by Petrus Bertius (Dutch, 1565-1629). From a later publication of Introductio In Universam Geographiam in 1661.
5-3/8 x 5-1/4 inches.
20014
$200
Hartmann Schedel (German, 1440 – 1514)
Ptolemaic World Map from the Nuremburg Chronicle
Hand-colored woodcut, 1493. Latin text verso. Provenance: Jonathan Potter, London. Slight staining from binding adhesive along centerfold.
20-1/2 x 15-1/8 inches.
30723c
SOLD
Homann Heirs (German, fl. after 1730)
Planiglobii Terrestris / Mappe Monde (World Map)
Engraving on laid paper, plate 1746. Cartouche inscriptions in both Latin and French. For Kleiner Atlas Scholasticus von Achtzehen Charten, published by the Homann Heirs, Nuremberg.
19-1/2 x 22-5/8 inches.
20341
$1250
Martin Helwig (German, 1516-1574)
Tiipus Orbis Terrarum (World Map)
Engraving, 1574 after A. Ortelius (1572) of a map by Mercator (1571).
6-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches.
29077c
SOLD
Planisphere pour les Alignements des Principales Etoiles (Planisphere for the alignments of the principal stars)
Handcolored engraving for the French Edition of Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed. Published in Paris, 1776.
7 x 8-7/8 inches.
20462
$275
Biblical Maps
Nicholas Sanson (French, 1600-1667)
Jesu Christi Salvatoris Nostri et Apostolorum Petri et Pauli Mansiones, Itinera Peregrinationes (Map of the Holy Land showing the missionary routes of apostles Peter and Paul)
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper, ca. 1700. Published by P. Mortier in Amsterdam. Centerfold as issued. Some staining from tape residue along the edges outside of printed area.
14-3/4 x 21-3/4 inches.
31230c
SOLD
Henri Abram Châtelain (French, 1684 - 1743)
Carte Pour Conduire à l’Intelligence d’Histoire Sacrée Qui Renferme en Abregé la Genealogie, la Geographie, et la Chronologie de l’Histoire Sainte. (A Map Showing the Understanding of Sacred History, Containing an Abbreviated Geneologie, Geography and Chronological History of the Bible)
Hand-colored Engraving, ca. 1720. Published in Amsterdam.
15-3/4 x 18-3/4 inches.
30721c
$350
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