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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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British Isles
Tower Street Ward (London)
For Stone’s Survey. Engraving, 1754.
11-5/8 x 14-1/2 inches.
24772
$200
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
$750
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
$85
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
$165
France
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
$1250
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
$140
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
$125
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
$100
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
$85
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
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
$950
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
John Senex (English, c. 1678-1740)
A New Map of the City of Amsterdam, Most Humbly Inscribed to John Hedworth, Esq.
Engraving by Samuel Parker, 1720.
19-1/4 x 22-3/4 inches.
29090c
$1100
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
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
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
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
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
$130
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
$130
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
$200
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
$185
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
$125
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
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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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 Long Island Sound
Engraving, 1827. Published by Edmund & George W. Blunt, NY, for The American Coast Pilot. Engraved by Hooker. Centerfold and soft folding creases.
7 x 16-5/8 inches.
18946
$230
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
$140
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
Matthias Seutter the Elder (German, 1678-c.1757)
Jamaica
Handcolored engraving, 1730. Centerfold as issued. Published in Augsburg.
19-1/2 x 22-1/4 inches.
29079c
$1600
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
$100
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
$60
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
$100
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
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
$300
Map of India From All the Latest Authorities
Handcolored engraving, c. 1880. Published by James Wyld (1812-1887), “Geographer to the Queen”, London. Lined back folding map.
18-1/2 x 19 inches.
21040
$350
Map of Africa
Engraving for M. Salmon’s Geograph. Published in London by James Meuros Kilmarnock, 1766. Some marginal losses. Folds as issued.
6-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches.
28590c
$175
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
$100
World Maps & Planispheres
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
$625
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
