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Tabula Asiae VI

This is an impressive example of Ruscelli’s map of the Arabian Peninsula on trapezoidal projection from his work La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino. It is bas...

Starting Bid: $120

BidAsk spread: $150 - $300

Tabula Asiae XII

This is a nice example of Ruscelli’s second state issue of the Island of Ceylon, Sri Lanka, or Topbrana as it was then known. The map is from his work La Geografia di C...

BidAsk spread: $150 - $350

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Siciliae Veteris Typus.

A very beautiful early map of ancient Sicily. Title cartouche centered on the upper part: includes also an inset map of Syracuse in the upper left, and a list of the town...

BidAsk spread: $440 - $600

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The Turkish Empire

This map, which was originally published in 1626, depicts the territories of what Speed called the Turkish Empire in the early years of the 17th century. The map includes...

Starting Bid: $1200

BidAsk spread: $1600 - $2000

A Newe mape of Poland Done into English by I.Speede.

A wonderful map of Poland. Incorporated into Speed's 'Prospect Of The Most Famous Parts Of The World'. Includes birds-eye views of Cracow, Dantzick, Posna, Crossen, Sando...

Starting Bid: $2000

BidAsk spread: $2500 - $3500

Hispaniae nova describtio. . .

Map of Spain and Portugal. Engraved by Petrus Kaerius.

Starting Bid: $400

BidAsk spread: $480 - $750

Tabula Islandiae. . .

With a very decorative cartouche, and a very fine imprint. No text on verso; included in the rare "Appendix" of 1630. VERY RARE. This handsome map of Iceland wa...

BidAsk spread: $750 - $1200

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America sive India Nova.

This map was created by Michael Mercator, grandson of the great Gerard Mercator. It is the only map attributed to him. The map first appeared in 1595, one year after the ...

Starting Bid: $1750

BidAsk spread: $2000 - $3000

ORBIS TERRARUM TYPUS DE INTEGRO IN PLURIMIS EMENDATUS . AUCTUS ET ICUNCULUS ILLUSTRATUS

World Map of the utmost rarity by Dancker Danckerts, from 1658, and found in a scarce Gorinchem Bible published in 1665. This is the first time we are offering this map...

Starting Bid: $5000

BidAsk spread: $6500 - $8000

Prussia accurate descriptia a Gasparo Henneberg Erlichensi.

Prussia and the Baltic Region, with two large decorative cartouches, coat of arms and three sailing ships. As indicated in the title cartouche, the map was prepared by th...

Starting Bid: $480

BidAsk spread: $580 - $900

Middle-sexia.

A fine double-page map of the old Middlesex County, including a marvelous depiction (in red) of London on the Thames in the lower right corner. Decorated with a handsome ...

Starting Bid: $150

BidAsk spread: $200 - $300

Pas-Caart van de ZUYDER-ZEE, Texel ende Vlie-stroom.als mede 't Amelander gat (Hollandt/Vrieslandt)

An attractive chart of the Zuiderzee, now the inland water het IJselmeer.HOLLANDT / VRIESLANDTPas-Caart van de Zuyder-Zee, Texel ende Vlie-stroom.als mede 't Amelander g...

Starting Bid: $720

BidAsk spread: $740 - $900

Le jeu des Princes de l'empire d'Allemagne par P. du Val. . .

One of Du Val's magnificent sets of game cards, included in his atlas "Cartes de Geographie".Dated 1674. By the Peace of Westphalia (1648) sovereignty was grant...

Starting Bid: $800

BidAsk spread: $1000 - $2000

Guinea.

A close copy of the map by Blaeu. Covers the Guinea and Benin coast. A very decorative map with a large title cartouche. At bottom right two putti area carrying an elepha...

BidAsk spread: $600 - $1100

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Mare Balticum. . . / Nieuwe Pascaert van de Oost Zee. . .

Decorative chart showing the Baltic sea, with a splendid cartouche of royal figures. A re-issue of the De Wit copper plates, now with many improvements.

Starting Bid: $1360

BidAsk spread: $1700 - $2500

Nieuwe Paskaert van de Kust van HOLLANDT - Tussen Texel en de Maes.

A very attractive sea chart off the coast of Holland by Johannes van Keulen with a pair of decorative cartouches, ships sailing off the coast, rhumb lines, compass rose e...

Starting Bid: $300

BidAsk spread: $320 - $500

Alexius Hubertus Jaillot . . .

Copper engraving portrait of Alexis Hubert Jaillot (ca. 1632- 1712) holding a folio atlas in right hand and compass in left, more books behind. Engraved by Cornelis Marti...

Starting Bid: $300

BidAsk spread: $400 - $800

Plan de la ville de Roses avec les attaques.

Very rare and beautiful plan engraved by Pierre Lepautre, of the city of Roses in Catalonia, and celebrating the victory and capture of the city by Louis XIV in June 169...

BidAsk spread: $600 - $1500

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A new and correct map of the world.

The early eighteenth century was one of the most important periods for English cartography. One of the period's most intriguing world maps is this large-scale map which o...

BidAsk spread: $8000 - $12000

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Asia - L'Asie.

This print represents an allegory of Asia, one of the continents. Since ancient times, the Old World was divided into three continents: Asia, Africa and Europe. A Turkish...

Starting Bid: $200

BidAsk spread: $240 - $400

Carte de la Terre Ferme, du Perou, du Bresill, et du Pays des Amazones…

Starting Bid: $120

BidAsk spread: $150 - $300

Plan de la Ville et du Chateau de Batavia en l'Isle de Iava / Ware affbeeldinge wegens het Casteel ende Stadt Batavia gelegen opt groot Eylant Java.

Detailed East-oriented plan of Jakarta former Batavia on Java / Indonesia. With a bird's eye view from seaside, various ships and a lion. Two inset keys with detailed des...

Starting Bid: $400

BidAsk spread: $480 - $750

Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd. . .

A nice English atlas of reduced road maps from John Ogilby's earlier survey of 1675. Four editions and many reprints were published, the last in 1764. This example is a f...

Starting Bid: $400

BidAsk spread: $500 - $800

Accurata recens delineata ichnographia celeberrimæ liberæ Imperii civitatis ac Sueviæ metropolis Agustæ Vindelicorum -Neu verfertigt accurater ... Haupt Stadt Augspurg.

Superb plan of the fortified town of Augsburg, brilliantly colored at the time, with title in Latin and German. The plan was designed by Johann Thomas Kraus, engraver, a...

Starting Bid: $640

BidAsk spread: $800 - $1200

Kriegs Expeditions Karte in Bohem I…Haubstadt Prag mit der Franzosischen und Saechsischen. . .

A lovely and detailed topographical map showing the fortifications of Prague and surrounds during a siege by the French army in 1741, as part of the War of Austrian Succe...

Starting Bid: $240

BidAsk spread: $300 - $450

An exact chart of the countries through wich Capt. Behring travelled from Tobolsky capital of Siberia ti the country of Kamtschatka.

The earliest English language map to show Vitus Behring's Route.After retiring from a tour as Captain in the Czar's Navy, Behring, originally from Denmark, settled in Vyb...

Starting Bid: $50

BidAsk spread: $60 - $200

New & Correct Chart of the Pacific or South Sea, built by the best news from the Pilots. . .

A fine Spanish sea chart that is divided into three sections that cover the Central and South American Pacific coastline from Valparais in Chile to Acapulco in Mexico. No...

Starting Bid: $240

BidAsk spread: $300 - $450

Paraquariae Provinciae Soc. Iesu

Paraquariae Provinciae Soc. Iesu cum Adjacentibus Novissima Descriptio Post iterates peregrinations, et plures observations Patrum Missionariorum ejusdem Soc. tum hujus P...

Starting Bid: $300

BidAsk spread: $300 - $500

Madrid Villa Capital Del Reyno D'Espana.. / Madrid ville capitale du Royaume d'Espagne . . .

A very decorative and scarce town view of Madrid, including a numbered key ( 1-17 ) in Spanish and French in the lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776)....

Starting Bid: $1600

BidAsk spread: $2000 - $3000

Britannia And Persia.

A finely engraved and unusual depiction of Britannia and Persia, two women with spears and shields holding a map between them. This map depicts a route through the Baltic...

Starting Bid: $400

BidAsk spread: $480 - $800

Paskaart Vande Noord Cust van Schotland als mede de Eylanden van Hitland en Fero. . .

Decorative chart, with south to the top. Latitude scale, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, soundings, anchorage's, etc. In the lower right corner, with added number...

Starting Bid: $280

BidAsk spread: $340 - $500

[Lot of 12] CHINA 3x Maps, 9x Prints - Carte de l' Isle de Cheu-Chan ou isle de Chusan de la Province de Che-Kiang

[Lot of 12] CHINA.  3x maps, 9x prints- Carte de l' Isle de Cheu-Chan ou isle de Chusan de la Province de Che-Kiang avec les Costes et Isle- Carte des Isles qui sont a ...

Starting Bid: $180

BidAsk spread: $200 - $460

Vue perpective de l'Isle de St.Helene appartenant a la Compagnie Angloise pour les Indes Orientales.

Decorative optical view of St. Helena. The island is well-known as after the Royal Navy captured Napoleon Bonaparte, he was held hostage on the island until he died in 1...

Starting Bid: $176

BidAsk spread: $220 - $300

Prospect der Strasse gegen der Kirche der Recolecten in der obern Stadt zu Quebec. Vuë de la Rue des Recolets dans la haute Ville de Quebec.

A so-called optical print showing a decorative imaginary town view of Québec, with a street view with soldiers marching and pedestrians, an idealized view depicting Qué...

Starting Bid: $280

BidAsk spread: $340 - $450

ETATS-UNIS DE L'AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE Avec LES ISLES ROYALE, DE TERRE NEUVE, DE S.T JEAN, L'ACADIE, &c. 1785. Supplement a l'Atlas de M. Robert de Vaugondy a Paris Ches Boudet Ingenieur du Roi.

A map of the eastern United States with "Supplément à l'atlas de M Robert de Vaugondy à Paris chez Boudet Imprimeur du Roi", in place of the attribution to D...

BidAsk spread: $1000 - $1750

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[Manuscript] Plan du siege de la forteresse d'Oczakow avec les détails... aux ordres du Prince Potemkin, le 17 Decemb: 1788.

Very detailed well executed manuscript plan of the Turkish Fortress Ochakov captured by Russian Troops on December 17, 1788 by the Maréchal Prince Potemkin. In lower lef...

Starting Bid: $1200

BidAsk spread: $1500 - $2000

Bison Iubatus.

Etching of a bison by Leendert Brasser (1727 - 1793) after a painting of the Dutch artist Gerrit van den Heuvel.An early portrait of a bison, etched by Leendert Brasser (...

Starting Bid: $400

BidAsk spread: $480 - $750

General Karte von den saemtlichen Kšnig. Preussischen Staaten welche zugleich als POSTKARTE durch die Länder der Preussischen Monarchie und durch ganz Deutschland diendt. . .

Large wall map (1,25 x 1,38 meters) of Prussia and present-day Poland, prepared by D.F. Sotzmann and published by Königl. Preuss. Academie Kunst und Buchhandlung.A detai...

Starting Bid: $800

BidAsk spread: $1000 - $1500

Tegg's New Plan of London, &c. with 360 References to the Principal Streets, &c. 1827.

This is a fine example of an early 19th-century folding map tailored for travelers navigating London, highlighting 260 principal streets. First released by Thomas Tegg of...

Starting Bid: $300

BidAsk spread: $350 - $800

General karte vom europaischen Russland.

Rare second edition of a lithographed wall map of the European part of the Russian empire, at a scale of about 1:3,200,000. With the title in a elaborately decorated lett...

Starting Bid: $400

BidAsk spread: $500 - $750

Karta öfver Jord-Globen (World map)

An very rare double hemisphere world map. This is an heavenly updated version of his map of 1817 and is now dated 1848, Australia with new nomenclature and the old title ...

Starting Bid: $100

BidAsk spread: $120 - $250

United States of North America (Eastern & Central)

This is a scarce six sheet map of the United States just prior to the Civil War and in this midst of Westward Expansion. The map made by Theodore Ettling and published by...

Starting Bid: $360

BidAsk spread: $400 - $800

Reed's Map of Pittsburgh and Allegheny City

This is a rare map of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, crafted in 1891 by Baird Reed and subsequently published in 1892. The map includes two advertisements – one at the top f...

Starting Bid: $150

BidAsk spread: $150 - $300

New Official Map of Alaska... with Routes to the Klondike District

A scarce map of Alaska published at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush in the Northwest Yukon Territory. The map was published by Rand McNally & Company with the pu...

Starting Bid: $250

BidAsk spread: $300 - $600

Soil map - Texas, Nacogdoches sheet.

Early color lithographed soil map by Julius Bien & Co. in New York for the Department of Agriculture.Legends at side give detail on soil type, etc. They also include ...

Starting Bid: $32

BidAsk spread: $40 - $75

Carte des missions Catholiques en Australie.

Rare and detailed map of Australia (Scale 1:5 000 000) showing Catholic dioceses and bishops' residences, but not missions, on a topographic basis. Relief is shown by hac...

Starting Bid: $200

BidAsk spread: $250 - $900

Planisphère terrestre.

A huge (2 meters) world map representing Asia and America in the center, Europe and Africa at left and right hand of the map. Published by the Service hydrographique in 1...

Starting Bid: $400

BidAsk spread: $480 - $800

Afrique Occidentale.

A pre-WWII pictorial map of the French possessions in Western and Northern Africa; these include Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Mali, Guinee, Mauritania, and Senegal. ...

Starting Bid: $40

BidAsk spread: $50 - $100

Map of Famous Places in Peking

A large rare, very detailed double sided map of capital of China, Peking showing all key tourist spots. Probably made during the Japanese occupation. Only copy known is ...

Starting Bid: $200

BidAsk spread: $325 - $395

New Map of Great Shanghai.

Large sized very detailed map of Shanghai with original blue cover.

Starting Bid: $240

BidAsk spread: $325 - $425

Map of Shopping Districts and Government Compounds of Peking.

A very rare, large sized WW2 era double-sided  wall map of Peking, published in 1942. A map of government offices, companies, and shops in Beijing under Japanese occupa...

Starting Bid: $200

BidAsk spread: $425 - $575

[US Army map of a part of Vietnam.]

A large aerial US Army map of a portion of Vietnam, taken during the war between the two countries. As you might expect the map is highly detailed, highlighting settlemen...

Starting Bid: $96

BidAsk spread: $120 - $150

Los Angeles

A captivating bird's-eye-view poster of Los Angeles, California, crafted by the illustrator Gene Holtan, serves as a pointed critique of the extensive freeway project car...

Starting Bid: $200

BidAsk spread: $200 - $500

Woodblock Map of Japan, Meiji Era

Japanese road map dated 1874. A large folding woodblock map of Japan on, probably, mulberry paper. Japanese text throught. Some centerfold damage on the right-hand side h...

Starting Bid: $1800

BidAsk spread: $2000 - $5000