Cartography

  • Atlas portatif general pour servir a l'intelligence des auteurs classiques.

    # 20079

    GRENET, l'Abbe; BONNE, Rigobert

    Atlas portatif general pour servir a l’intelligence des auteurs classiques.

    Paris : Jean, circa 1790. Quarto, papered boards (worn, lacking the spine and paper to lower board); preliminary blank loose, engraved title page, 91 double-page copperplate engraved maps by Bonne dated between 1780 – 1800, all with hand-colouring in outline; table (index). Grenet’s atlas of the world with engraved maps by Bonne, Ingenieur-Hydrographe de la …

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  • [QUEENSLAND; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA] Nouvelle Guinée et Carpentarie

    # 42723

    MALLET, Alain Manesson

    [QUEENSLAND; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA] Nouvelle Guinée et Carpentarie

    [Paris] : [Chez Denis Thierry], [1683]. Octavo leaf (209 x 131 mm) from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers, the text verso in French with two brief entries titled De la Terre des Papous and De La Carpentarie. The map itself shows the north coast of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands with some accuracy, …

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  • The Jewish Chronicle Map of Israel

    # 42897

    GROSS, Alexander

    The Jewish Chronicle Map of Israel

    Cover title : Map of Israel, including plans of Jaffa – Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, the Middle East. London : Geographers’ Map Co. for The Jewish Chronicle, November 1949. Map, printed in colour, 101 x 76 cms, folded and housed in lettered card wrappers (small tears to the corners, and at the point where the …

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  • The description and use, of the universal planispheres ; or, terrestrial and celestial globes in plano.

    # 41471

    DUNN, Samuel (? - 1794)

    The description and use, of the universal planispheres ; or, terrestrial and celestial globes in plano.

    Being compleat substitutes for a large pair of globes. With their applications, in the solutions of all the capital problems in geography, astronomy, and navigation. Invented and delineated by Samuel Dunn. London : Printed and published (according to an Act of Parliament) for the author, and W. Owen, 1759. Second edition, with additions and improvements. …

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  • Globe artificiel et mécanique a l’usage du petit géographe.

    # 32074

    WEYGAND, F. J.

    Globe artificiel et mécanique a l’usage du petit géographe.

    Amsterdam ; La Haye [Netherlands] : F. J. Weygand, [ca.1840]. Collapsible globe in 6 gores, engraved with hand colouring, laid down on thin card, each gore 170 x 70 mm (irregular); in fine condition with vivid original colour, Australia with Terre de Witt, Terre d’Eendracht, Cape Leeuwin, Terre de Nuyts, Golfe de Spencer, Terre de Van …

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  • Improved District Railway Map of London

    # 41409

    DISTRICT RAILWAY

    Improved District Railway Map of London

    London : W. J. Adams & Sons, 1880. Second edition. Large folding map, 66 x 108 kms, printed in colour, folded as issued (a couple of splits along the folds), in illustrated paper wrappers (light edge wear). Scarce early railway map of London. ‘This is a geographic style railway map on linen and card, issued …

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  • Map of Singapore

    # 41932

    Map of Singapore

    With compliments of Adelphi Hotel & Chanrai’s, Singapore’s only exclusive air conditioned men’s shop. Singapore : Chanrai’s, c. 1960. Folding map, printed in colour, 450 x 295, guide to Singapore and advertisements verso. Fine condition.

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  • Wright's new improved terrestrial globe,

    # 41659

    BARDIN, William (c.1740-1798)

    Wright’s new improved terrestrial globe,

    on which the Latitudes and Longitudes of Places are Carefully laid down, with all the New Discoveries Made by the late CAPT. COOK and other current NAVIGATORS to the Present Time. London : William Bardin, 1782. Terrestrial globe, 9 inches in diameter, engraved gores and two polar calottes with original hand colouring over papier mache …

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  • [WORLD MAP] Bankokushnghizu

    # 41525

    Yamanaka Zensaburo

    [WORLD MAP] Bankokushnghizu

    Japan : (Meiji 14) [1881]. Handcoloured copperplate print, 990 x 700 mm, folding to 130 x 180 mm, some silverfishing and creases with some splitting, both repaired with Japanese tissue. A map of the world on Mercator’s projection by Japanese cartographer Yamanaka Zensaburo. Obviously derived from European sources, it shows the voyages of famous explorers …

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  • [ANTARCTICA] Die Gebiete um den Südpol

    # 40439

    FLEMMING, Carl (publisher); HERRICH, A. (cartographer)

    [ANTARCTICA] Die Gebiete um den Südpol

    Glogau : Carl Flemming, [ca. 1896]. Chromolithographic map, 410 x 480 mm, dissected and laid down on its original linen backing sheet, 420 x 495 mm; shows tracks of the main Antarctic expeditions from Cook (1772-75) to Bull (1894-95); scale 1:40,000,000; light handling wear around the edges, otherwise very good, with old collection stamp and …

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  • Leicestershire

    # 40933

    WALKER, J. & C.,

    Leicestershire

    London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co., 1846. Engraved map, 400 x 320 mm, hand coloured, dissected and laid on linen, light foxing, in original folding case with title label (worn, lacking spine, boards detached). Walker’s County Maps series.

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  • A French school student's manuscript map of France, dated 1867.

    # 40438

    BOCQUET, Marie

    A French school student’s manuscript map of France, dated 1867.

    Title: Carte de France / 1867: manuscript map in black ink on paper, with the Départements outlined in blue wash, 415 x 580 mm (sheet); dissected and laid down on its original linen backing sheet, 425 x 590 mm; left- and right-hand margins with notes on the most historically interesting cities and towns; bottom margin …

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  • The three voyages of Captain James Cook

    # 36977

    HAWKESWORTH, John (1715-1773); COOK, James (1728-1779); KING, James

    The three voyages of Captain James Cook

    1. An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of his present Majesty for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and …

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  • Croquis et Souvenirs d’un Artiste, ou détails les plus curieux d'un Voyage Autour du Monde.

    # 40288

    LETAILLE, Charles

    Croquis et Souvenirs d’un Artiste, ou détails les plus curieux d’un Voyage Autour du Monde.

    Récreation instructive. Dédiée à la jeunesse par Chles. Letaille. Paris : chez les Principaux Mds. de nouveautés pour Etrennes et Cadeaux [Charles Letaille, 30 rue Saint-Jacques], [ca. 1855]. Original box of papered card, 265 x 200 x 30 mm, the lid with embossed gilt border and hand-coloured lithographic onlay depicting a New Zealand scene with Māori; the …

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  • Cruchley's new terrestrial globe, from the most recent authorities, exhibiting the discoveries in equatorial Africa, North Pole, and the new settlements and divisions in Australia, New Zealand, California, Texas &c.

    # 40251

    CRUCHLEY, George F. (1797 - 1880)

    Cruchley’s new terrestrial globe, from the most recent authorities, exhibiting the discoveries in equatorial Africa, North Pole, and the new settlements and divisions in Australia, New Zealand, California, Texas &c.

    London : G. F. Cruchley, [ca.1862] Terrestrial globe, 12 inches in diameter, engraved gores with original hand colouring over plaster base, graduated equator and ecliptic, the oceans with an analemma, hand-engraved calibrated brass meridian ring, movable brass polar calotte, small area of restoration to the north polar axis, engraved calendrical paper horizon ring with zodiac (in …

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  • Australia

    # 40346

    George Philip & Son

    Australia

    [Cover title : New Map of Australia]. London : George Philip & Son, circa 1856. Engraved map, dissected and laid on linen, 52 x 62.5 cm (image), stained, in original publisher’s folding cloth case, worn and stained, with a contemporary presentation inscription. A rare separately issued gold rush map of Australia, showing the counties in …

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