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1		Gerardus Mercator...Iudocus Hondius...		Title Page - Portrait Hondius		1620		$2,500.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 17.5 x 15 inches) "Exquisite portrait of two of the most important mapmakers during the Dutch dominance of cartography. Gerard Mercator is shown with his successor, Jodocus Hondius, seated at a table surrounded by the implements of their trade. The fine portrait is set within an elaborate strapwork framework, which ..."

2		Francisci Haraei Annales Ducum Sev Principum Brabantiae Totiusq. Belgii Tomus tertius…		Title Page anon.		1623		$230.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 7 x 11.5 inches) "Title flanked by four soldiers. At base is a many-headed dragon destroying civilization. Lovely old color...."

3		De Bello Belgico		Title Page Strada		1648		$475.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 3.2 x 5.7 inches) "The famous Leo Belgicus, or Lion of Belgium, title page depicting a map of Belgium and Holland in the form of a lion. This version of the Leo Belgicus is based on the original Aitsinger form with the lion standing facing right with the right paw raised and holding a shield. Ref: Tooley (MCC) #25..."

4		Atlas		Title Page Frederick de Wit		1670		$350.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 10.2 x 19 inches) "Fabulous title page depicting Atlas standing on the world (depicting the Eastern Hemisphere) and holding up the heavens with the sun and moon in the background. Fine old color. Some minor marginal soil affecting title below image...."

5		Le Neptune Francois, ou Atlas Nouveau des Cartes Marines		Title Page Jaillot		1693		$160.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19 x 24.5 inches) "Very large sheet with a beautiful copper engraving (5.5 x 4.5") of a sea battle. Text in red and black ink. Lightly toned with a few minor soft creases, else fine...."

6		Le Nouveau & Grand Illuminant Flambeau de la Mer, La Premiere Partie		Title Page Johannes van Keulen		1698		$200.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 11 x 20 inches) "Fine copper engraved title page featuring mythological figures. A large female figure holds a globe in one hand and a torch in the other. At her feet are several figures including Mercury riding the back of a sea monster. Includes a separate sheet with the preface and advertisement in French t..."

7		Table des Cartes etc. du Sr. Sanson Contenues Dans ce Vollume		Title Page Pierre Mortier		1700		Unsold
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 16.7 x 20.7 inches) "A beautiful, large sheet in full original color. The table of contents, listing 120 maps, is on a separate sheet laid onto the engraving. Richly engraved with mythological scenes and figures. At bottom is a view of a large library with scholars and explorers gathered around a table with a globe a..."

8		Atlas Historique Tome I		Title Page Chatelain		1739		$230.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 9 x 15.6 inches) "Superb engraving with a group of beautiful young women studying geography and history. It appears that the Grim Reaper has abducted one of the girls and is taking her to heaven where a host of angels await in the clouds. The engraving is attributed to B. Picart and dated 1720. Lovely later colori..."

9		Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis…		Title Page Doppelmayr/Homann		1742		$140.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 11 x 18.7 inches) "Consists of mostly text with an engraving at bottom (6 x 2.7") of the sun and zodiac titled "Nunquam cessat". Stamp of a former owner in the form of a Chinese chop at bottom left, else fine...."

10		Atlas Ecclesiastique		Title Page Louis Charles Desnos		1766		$70.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 11.7 x 11 inches) "Attractive sheet with the title contained in the smoke from an offering fire set on an altar. Surrounded in an engraved, rococo style border...."

11		Afbeelding der Vreugdebedryven en Plegtigheden…		Frontispiece anon.		1768-72		$110.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12 x 18.7 inches) "Although listed here as a frontispiece, it appears to be a dedication to Willem made on the occasion of his visit to Amsterdam. Finely engraved sheet by Reinr. Vinkeles dated 1772. The dedication is written on a large stone monument topped by portraits of both Willem, Prince of Orange and Nassau, ..."

12		Atlante Novissiomo Tomo I		Title Page Antonio Zatta		1779		$200.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 17 x 12.7 inches) "A dramatic sheet filled with allegorical figures and cherubs together with cartographic and astronomical instruments. Attractive later color. Minor spotting in margins, not affecting image...."

13		The Illustrated Atlas, and Modern History of the World Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical		Title Page Tallis		1850		$65.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 9 x 13 inches) "Fine steel engraved sheet from this sought after 19th Century atlas. The title is enclosed in a floral strapwork design with male representations of the four continents. Includes a vignette of Europeans trading in Africa. Faint discoloration...."

14		Ptolemaisch General Tafel Begreissend die Halbe Kugel der Welt		World Sebastian Munster		1550		$1,800.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 13.3 x 9.7 inches) "Woodcut, Ptolemaic world map surrounded by clouds and eleven windheads (their names in banners). The continents are oddly shaped and all connected by a great southern continent "Terra incognito secundum Ptolemaeum". There is a very large "Toprobana" (modern day Sri Lanka) in the Indian Ocean, and ..."

15		Typus Orbis Terrarum		World Francois de Belle-Forest		1575		Unsold
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19.7 x 13.1 inches) "Scarce map from an edition of Sebastian Munster's "Cosmographia" which was translated into French and published by Francois de Belle-Forest. The map is a woodcut version of Ortelius's 1570 world map. The oval projection is surrounded by clouds with the title contained in a strapwork banner across ..."

16		Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula		World Willem Blaeu		1640		$21,500.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 16.2 x 21.5 inches) "Magnificent world map on Mercator's projection. Petrus Plancius world map of 1592 was the main source of geographical information for the map. A supreme example of the mapmaker's art with carte-a-figures border depicting allegorical representations of the sun, moon, and the five known planets, the..."

17		Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita per N. Visscher		World Nicolas Visscher		1663		$2,300.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 18.5 x 12 inches) "First state of this map from a Dutch Bible published by the renowned house of Elzevier. Superb double hemisphere world map, surrounded by engravings including allegorical representations of the continents as well as native inhabitants and wildlife. Visscher's decorations were so popular, they we..."

18		Typus Orbis Terrarum		World anon.		1674		$950.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 9.7 x 6.7 inches) "Interesting twin hemisphere map with the ISLAND OF CALIFORNIA, huge southern continent and no trace yet of Australia. The sea is stipple engraved. Title in strapwork panel at top and the map is surrounded with simple engravings of the sun and moon at top and allegorical representations of the elem..."

19		Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita		World Stoopendaal		1686		$2,750.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 18.2 x 14 inches) "Magnificent double hemisphere world map from a folio Dutch Bible published by Hendrik and Jacob Keur. Surrounded by fabulous scenes from the Visscher-Berchem map of 1658 with astronomical diagrams in place of the north and south polar circles. These classic scenes depict the abduction of Persephon..."

20		Mappe-Monde ou Carte Generale du Globe Terrestre, Representee en deux Plan-Hemispheres…		World Jans Luyts		1692		$1,000.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 12 x 8 inches) "This double hemisphere map is beautifully decorated with clouds at top and allegorical representations at bottom. Title in banner attributes Nicholas Sanson as the map's originator. CALIFORNIA IS SHOWN AS AN ISLAND, Terre de Iesso stretches between Asia and North America, there is a bit of Nouve..."

21		Planisphaerium Terrestre sive Terrarum Orbis…		World Allard		1696		$3,250.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 23.5 x 20.5 inches) "A truly stunning world map. The large double hemisphere map is surrounded by eight smaller projections depicting the world from various perspectives, and four still smaller circular diagrams. Carel Allard introduced this new style of decoration, replacing the traditional baroque ornamentation of ..."

22		Carte Generale du Monde ou Description du Monde Terrestre & Aquatique		World Pierre Mortier		1700		$800.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 18.2 x 15.7 inches) "Striking map drawn on Mercator's projection with CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND and the "Detroit d'Anian" connected by dotted lines through the NORTHWEST PASSAGE to Buttons Bay, located to the west of Hudson Bay. In the Pacific is a small coastline of New Zealand. The northeast coast of Asia is severely ..."

23		Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita		World Stoopendaal		1702		$2,300.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 17.7 x 14 inches) "Based on Visscher's map of 1663. This is a stunning double hemisphere world map from a Dutch bible published by Pieter and Jacob Keur. Surrounded by superb engravings, which include numerous exotic animals and four female allegorical representations of the continents. At the top and bottom are tw..."

24		Mappemonde ou Description Generale du Globe Terrestre		World Chatelain		1705		$1,100.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 17.5 x 13 inches) "Very unusual double hemisphere world map surrounded by a florid vine pattern with depictions of the sun, moon and a compass rose. The map has CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND with the coastline above stretching nearly to Asia. "Terres Australis Inconnues" is connected to "New Hollande" and there is no sig..."

25		Untitled		World Lasor a Varea		1713		$425.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 5.6 x 4 inches) "An attractive map of most of the world centered on the Atlantic Ocean and featuring a huge southern continent "Terra Incognita". The northwest coast of North America and Asia east of India are not depicted. The oceans are stipple engraved and rhumb lines cross the map. On a full sheet of Latin te..."

26		Werreldt Kaert		World Van de Putte		1718		$1,800.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 18.7 x 12.2 inches) "Very decorative world map based on the Visscher-Berchem map of 1658, but with the addition of the westward stretching coastline of North America, above the ISLAND OF CALIFORNIA. Two astronomical diagrams are placed between the hemispheres. In the corners are scenes of traditional mythology represe..."

27		Planiglobii Terrestris Cum Utroqu Hemisphaerio Caelesti Generalis Exhibitio		World Homann		1740		$2,100.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 21.2 x 18.5 inches) "Vibrantly decorative world map surrounded by vivid engravings of natural phenomena such as waterspouts, a rainbow, earthquakes, and a volcano. Windheads occupy the starry heavens, and two cherubs hold the title banner aloft. The map itself shows a typical 18th century geographical view with an in..."

28		Basis Geographie Recentiories Astronomica		World Doppelmayr/Homann		1740		Unsold
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 22.5 x 18.7 inches) "Scarce world map that was engraved for Doppelmayr's celestial atlas. The continents are shown in outline form without political detail. CALIFORNIA IS AN ISLAND, only the western and northern coastlines of Australia are shown, and New Zealand is incomplete. There is a hint of a possible Northwest..."

29		Untitled		World Jan Van Jagen		1741		$1,300.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 17.7 x 12 inches) "Beautiful double hemisphere from a Dutch Bible published by the Keur family. The map is surrounded by allegorical representations of the continents, based on Visscher. The Keur publishing family had used Daniel Stoopendahl's world map titled "Werelt Caert" (Ref: Shirley #498) for 70 years in thei..."

30		Set of four maps - Europa Poly-Glotta…/Asia Poly Glotta…/Africa Poly Glotta…/America cum Supplementis Poly-Glottis		Continents Homann Heirs		1741		$800.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: x inches) "This is a very curious folio sheet with four separate maps of the continents (each measuring approximately 7.7 x 6"). Each map identifies the different countries and linguistic divisions. Each contains tables displaying their script, alphabets and spoken languages. This is an important map in th..."

31		Globus Terrestris		World Johann Michael Probst		1746		Unsold
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 9.2 x 7 inches) "Twin hemisphere map surrounded by engravings of the heavens and natural phenomena such as waterspouts, a rainbow, earthquakes, and a volcano. Title contained in banner across the top. The map itself shows a typical 18th century geographical view with an incorrect northwest coastline in North Ameri..."

32		Mappemonde		World anon.		1750		$130.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 10.3 x 5.5 inches) "Attractive simple double hemisphere map. The eastern coast of Australia and New Zealand are not yet completely formed and the northwest coast of North America is totally blank...."

33		Mappa Utriusque Terrae…		World Franz Johhan Joseph Von Reilly		1753		$700.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 14.7 x 13 inches) "An interesting and uncommon double hemisphere map surrounded by four other projections. The northwest coast of North America is severely truncated and the mythical river of the west is shown connecting to Lake Winnipeg. In the Pacific, a small part of the New Zealand coastline appear. Australia i..."

34		Carte Reduite des Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dressee au Depost des Cartes Plans et Journaus de la Marine pour le Service des Vaisseaux du Roy…		World Bellin		1755		$1,900.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 32 x 21 inches) "A very large world chart on Mercator's projection. North America is shown with a partial "Mer de l'Ouest", and the Russian discoveries of 1728 and 1741in the Northwest. There is an odd river and lake network connecting Hudson Bay with Lake Superior. Australia is shown as "Nouvelle Hollande" with ..."

35		Mappemonde ou Description du Globe Terrestre assujette aux Observations Astronomiques Par le St. Janvier Geographe		World P. Santini		1760		$600.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 26 x 18.5 inches) "Attractive large double hemisphere map based on the Janvier map of the same title, but with different decorations. The map depicts several routes of exploration up to the Russian discoveries in Alaska in 1741. The Pacific northwest is shown by faint engraving to show both the "Mer de l'Ouest" and p..."

36		Hemisphere Occidental ou du Nouveau Monde [together with] Hemisphere Oriental ou de l'Ancien Monde		World D'Anville		1761		$600.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 23.5 x 25.2 inches) "Pair of large hemisphere maps filled with detail. Jean Baptiste Bourguinon d'Anville, geographer to King Louis XIV, was among the most respected cartographers of his day. He was an early advocate of leaving blank spaces on map where knowledge was insufficient. In the Western Hemisphere the northw..."

37		Mappe Monde suivant la projection des cartes rediutes		World Robert de Vaugondy		1778		$300.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 15.5 x 9.2 inches) "Handsome world map on Mercator's projection. Most of the northwest in North America is blank except for a notation and hint of the possible Northwest Passage and discoveries of Admiral de Fonte. Decorative title cartouche. Original outline color keyed to the color of the inhabitants - being white..."

38		A New and Accurate Map of the World, Comprehending all the New Discoveries, in Both Hemispheres, carefully brought down to the Present Year		World anon.		1782		$400.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 19 x 12 inches) "A lovely map without attribution but possibly by T. Bowen or T. Kitchen. Alaska is now taking shape according to the discoveries of Capt. Cook, New Zealand is complete, and the Sandwich Islands and numerous other Pacific islands are shown. Tasmania is still shown attached to Australia and New Gui..."

39		World		World Walker		1800		$180.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 14 x 7.5 inches) "Attractive copper engraved double hemisphere map with six diagrams surrounding the main map. The tracks of Cook's voyages of 1773-75 are shown in the Antarctic region. Tasmania is still shown linked to Australia..."

40		Mappe-Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre suivant les nouvelle decouvertes		World Delamarche		1816		$95.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 9.5 x 6.5 inches) "Attractive small double hemisphere map and a good, simple representation of the extent of geographical knowledge at the beginning of the 19th Century...."

41		Mappe-Monde en deux Hemispheres		World H. Langlois		1830		$40.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 11 x 21 inches) "Twin hemisphere map with good detail of islands throughout the world, but little of note in the continents. Three folds, as issued with short separations in margins, well away from map...."

42		Mappe-Monde ou Carte Generale du Globe Terrestre		World Delamarche		1832		$70.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 17.5 x 10 inches) "Handsome double hemisphere map with the Americas shown to the right. Little interior detail, but a nice depiction of the islands. Clean, crisp impression and color...."

43		Eastern Hemisphere/ Western Hemisphere		World Samuel Walker		1846		$100.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 7.5 x 8.5 inches) "Nice pair of hemisphere maps with country borders depicted within each continent. United States shown with pre-Mexican American War boundaries. The Pacific islands are well depicted. Faint foxing in margins of Eastern Hemisphere, overall very good. Archivally mounted with handsome dark blue mats..."

44		Mappemonde		World Dufour		1855		$85.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 21 x 12 inches) "Copper engraved twin hemisphere world map with fine detail of the islands and topography of the continents. Calligraphy title and pastel coloring. Issued folding. Very minor foxing in borders...."

45		The World on Mercator's Projection West & East (2 sheets]		World E. Stanford		1870		$25.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 10 x 14 inches) "Two sheets making up a world map. Lovely pastel colors depict the political divisions...."

46		Mappemonde en deux Hemispheres		World A. H. Brue		1876		$80.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 13 x 22 inches) "Handsome twin hemisphere map with good topography, coastal place names, and islands. Bold keyboard style border and attractive titles. Evenly toned...."

47		General Map of the World on Mercator's Projection		World E. Stanford		1930		$25.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 39.7 x 25.5 inches) "Linen-backed map folding with lithographed paper labels. The map depicts the world between the World Wars colored to indicate those countries administered by the League of Nations. Chief railroads are shown, and the sea routes (with distances) are noted throughout the oceans. An attractive pocket..."

48		Erythraei Sive Rubri Maris Periplus		Ancient World Ortelius		1601-08		$650.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 18 x 14 inches) "From Ortelius' series of historical maps. Covers from Eqypt to Indonesia as far as Java with a large inset of the western Mediterranean Sea centering on Greece. In the upper right is an inset of the north pole (Hyperborei) included by Ortelius to remind his readers that despite recent attempts, a ..."

49		Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio		North Pole Mercator/Hondius		1623		$1,800.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 15.2 x 14.2 inches) "Second state of the first map devoted to the Arctic. The hemisphere is surrounded by a floral design with four roundels in each corner. These contain the title, the Faeroe Isles, the Shetland Isles, and the mythical island of Frisland. The North Pole is shown according to legend as a large rock i..."

50		Polus Arcticus cum vicinis regionibus		North Pole Mercator/Hondius		1607-21		$300.00
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot. (Size: 7.2 x 5.2 inches) "This is a reduced version of the second state of Mercator's famous North Pole map. It depicts the region between the pole and the arctic circle. It is one of the most intriguing early maps, combining medieval geographic concepts with some of the most advanced cartography of its day. The north pol..."

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