Cartography
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# 29462
LEICHHARDT, Ludwig (1813-1848)
Journal of an overland expedition in Australia from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845.
London : T. & W. Boone, 1847. First edition. Octavo, bound in period style with half-calf over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with contrasting morocco title labels, pp. xx, 544, 8 (publisher’s advertisements); frontispiece and [6] aquatint plates (1 folding), internally clean; with the rare separately issued, hand-coloured map on three sheets (as issued: …
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# 45874
KRIESS, Frederico
[MAP] Plan de terrains appartenant à la Société Foncière du Paraguay
Paris : Maison Andriveau-Goujon, [c.1906]. Colour map, 1000 x 860 mm, dissected and laid on canvas; the map is in superb condition and folds into its original pebbled cloth chemise, 175 x 260 mm, which in turn is housed in the original cloth slipcase (mild edge and corner wear) with contrasting title piece lettered in …
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# 46016
Surveyor General
Malaya 1950
[Kuala Lumpur] : Surveyor General, Malaya, 1950. Map, printed in colour, 990 x 720 mm (sheet), laid on linen, in plain card boards, fine. A highly detailed map of the newly formed Federation of Malaya on (established 1 February 1948), including the separate state of Singapore, with an inset map ‘Malaya and adjacent territories’.
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# 46762
FAR EASTERN REVIEW
Political railway map of China
[Shanghai] : Far Eastern Review, circa 1914. Map, printed in colour, 520 x 425 mm (sheet), a couple of small chips and edges and small stains lower left, showing the railways of China which are operational, under construction, contracted for, and projected, under French, Belgian, Russian, British, German, Japanese, American and Chinese control. The train …
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# 46467
Z. & B.
“Globe terrestre” (a box in the form of a pocket globe)
Paris? : Edit. Z & B. c.1910. Card box in the form of a pocket globe, 3 1/2 inches in diameter, the box in two halves split along the equator, which fit together to form the whole, some surface rubbing and detachment of the card inserts internally, a good example.
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# 46577
BRUÉ, Adrian Hubert
A rare cased atlas of eight large folding maps of the world
Paris : Chez J. Goujon et J. Andriveau, 1827. A large book-form box made of stiff card, 250 mm tall, gilt-decorated papered sides, silk draw ribbon, the ‘spine’ made of crushed morocco styled in compartments, with gilt ornamentation and the lettering ‘Atlas par H. Brué’, listing the eight maps contained within: ‘Mappemonde; Europe; Asie; Afrique; …
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# 46572
DESNOS, Louis-Charles (1725 - 1805); NOLIN, Jean-Baptiste (1686-1762)
Globe terrestre
Dressé sur les Relations les plus nouvelles de Mrs. de l’Académie Royale des Sciences par L. C. Desnos et J. B. Nolin Géographe. Se fait et se vends chez Desnos, rue St. Jacque St. Severin, Quartier de la Place Maubert. Paris, 1760, avec privilége du Roy. Dedié au Roy, par son trés humble trés obéissant …
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# 44863
PHILLIP, Arthur (1738-1814)
The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay
with an account of the establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island; compiled from authentic papers, which have been obtained from the several departments, to which are added, the journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball, & Capt. Marshall; with an account of their new discoveries. London : John Stockdale, 1789. Quarto, full …
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# 45630
FRIED. F. (Franz)
General-Karte von Asien
/ gezeichnet von F. Fried. [Also titled in French: Carte de l’Asie / par F. Fried]. Vienna : Artaria & Compagnie, 1839. “Neu berichtiget” (=Newly corrected). Copper-engraved map with hand-coloured outlines, dissected and laid on linen, 780 x 920 mm (sheet), folding to 230 x 195 mm, housed in the original marbled card chemise and slipcase …
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# 45628
BAUER FAMILY
A miniature terrestrial globe, circa 1830, showing Cook’s third voyage.
[Nuremberg : Bauer family, circa 1830]. Miniature terrestrial globe, two-and-a-half inches in diameter, original outline hand colouring, metal pins, housed in card box, the label on the lid with an image of a cartographer (the lower part of the case reconstructed); a fine copy signed MPS (the Bauer family). A charming early nineteenth-century terrestrial globe …
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# 45114
ROBINSON, Catharine
[MAP OF MATRIMONY; AUSTRALIAN NATIVE BIRDS] A late Georgian-era album amicorum belonging to a London lady, with original drawings and poetry dating from 1832 to 1860.
Quarto (245 x 200 mm), original luxurious binding of full leather elaborately embossed, both boards featuring a central cartouche with a depiction of the Roman goddess Luna in her chariot and holding torch, the spine with the word ‘ALBUM’ in gilt at the head; gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, original endpapers; pictorial title leaf engraved …
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# 45483
RAAF
[NORTHERN TERRITORY] Australian aeronautical map: Barrow Creek (Sheet F6)
[Canberra?] : RAAF Headquarters, 1944. “Reprinted August 1944, with minor amendments”. “For use in daylight or under red light”. Colour map, 48 x 70 cm. Equatorial scale 1:1,000,000; original folds, very slightly trimmed at right edge, otherwise very good.
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# 45481
RAAF
[QUEENSLAND] Australian aeronautical map: Cloncurry (Sheet F7)
[Canberra?] : RAAF Headquarters, 1945. “Reprinted July 1945, with minor adjustments”. “For use in daylight or under red light”. Colour map, 48 x 70 cm. Equatorial scale 1:1,000,000; original folds, very slightly trimmed at right edge, a few minor stains in lower section, otherwise very good.
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# 45482
RAAF
[NORTHERN TERRITORY] Australian aeronautical map: Darwin (Sheet D6)
[Canberra?] : RAAF Headquarters, 1945. “Reprinted June 1945, with major amendments”. “For use in daylight or under red light”. Colour map, 48 x 70 cm. Equatorial scale 1:1,000,000; one flight path marked in red pencil; original folds, very slightly trimmed at right edge, otherwise very good.
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# 45484
RAAF
[NEW SOUTH WALES] Australian aeronautical map: Bourke (Sheet H8)
[Canberra?] : RAAF Headquarters, 1945. “Reprinted June 1945, with minor amendments”. “For use in daylight or under red light”. Colour map, 48 x 70 cm. Equatorial scale 1:1,000,000; original folds, very slightly trimmed at right edge, otherwise very good.
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# 42554
[DESNOS, Louis-Charles]
[CASED POCKET ATLAS; REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. [Almanach géographique ou petit atlas élémentaire …]
[Paris : Desnos, circa 1771]. Thirty-two copperplate engraved maps, each measuring 95 x 95 mm (image) and 115 x 115 mm (sheet), numbering in the upper right corner of each map; laid on linen, overall measurements 470 x 940 mm; inscribed verso Presented by the Marquis St. Simon to A. Gordon, with the initials M. G. (another …