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Lot#		Title		Subject/Creator		Date/Cond		Sold for:

583		Byzondere Kaart van de Landen Daar de Apostelen Het Evangelium Gepredikt Hebben'		Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier		1725 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 18.7 x 15.8 inches) This expansive engraved map of the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East features the tract of St. Paul from Jerusalem to Rome. The map is filled with mountains, forests, and oases, and is decorated with a compass rose.

584		Turcicum Imperium		Middle East, Turkish Empire Hondius/Purchas		1625 A		$180.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 7.3 x 5.8 inches) Originally published in Hondius' Atlas Minor this attractive miniature map of the Turkish Empire was one of the many Hondius copperplates used by the English travel writer Samuel Purchas to illustrate the text of his important and influential collection of voyages. The finely engraved map is derived from Hondius' folio map and extends from Rome and Libya through the Caspian Sea and the Ar...

585		Turcicum Imperium. Turckische Reych		Middle East, Turkish Empire Matthaus Merian		1646 A+		$325.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 14 x 10.6 inches) The Turkish Empire at the height of the Ottoman Empire is the subject of this handsome map. It covers the region from the Balkans to Persia and from Northern Africa through the Arabian Peninsula. It is embellished with a fine cartouche showing the Turkish Sultan on his throne with unusual allegorical female warrior figures at either side brandishing weapons.

586		Portae Ottomanicae regna & ditiones per Europam, Asiam & Africam diffusae summo studio descriptiae		Middle East, Turkish Empire Christoph Weigel		1720 B+		$275.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 13.2 x 10.7 inches) A crisply detailed map of the Ottoman Empire, illustrating the area around the eastern Mediterranean, the Black, Caspian, Red Seas and the Persian Gulf. The attractive cartouche features two Moorish figures in full costume, eagles and a fierce cat's face. This map is a reduction of Homann's map, engraved by Michael Kauffer.

587		[Lot of 2] A New Map of The Eastern Parts of Asia Minor Largely taken: As Also of Syria, Armenia, Mesopotamia & c' [and] A New Map of the Western Parts of Asia Minor'		Middle East Edward Wells		1714 A		$325.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 19.2 x 14.4 inches) Matched pair of handsome maps covering present-day Turkey and the Middle East. Each map shows the ancient political divisions with the locations of historically important places. The maps are decorated with figurative cartouches that include the arms of William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, who was a student of Wells at Oxford.

588		Damascus, urbs nobilissima ad Libanum montem, Totius Syriae Metropolis		Damascus, Syria Braun & Hogenberg		1576 B+		$425.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 13.8 x 12.5 inches) Set against a background of mountains, this handsome bird's-eye plan of the ancient city shows its defensive walls with the Umayyaden mosques at center. The fine buildings, mosques, ruins and gardens are beautifully presented and Arab figures, camels and palm trees are shown in the foreground. At left outside the city walls, is a notation regarding the location where Cain struck down Abel, and a...

589		Costantinopoli		Istanbul, Turkey Tomaso Porcacchi		1572 A+		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 4 x 5.5 inches) This uncommon map is based on Munster's important early bird's-eye view of the Golden Horn of Constantinople. It shows the major sections of the city with the palaces, mosques and churches. Several types of ships and boats are shown in the Bosphorus Strait. Printed on a full sheet of Italian text.

590		Natolia		Turkey Barent Langenes		1598 A		$85.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 4.8 x 3.4 inches) This is a charming little map of Asia Minor including Crete and Cyprus. The map was published by Cornelius Claesz and printed by Langenes in the first edition of the popular Map-treasury. Dutch text on verso.

591		Asiae I Tab		Turkey Ptolemy/Mercator		1618 B+		$110.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 18 x 13.5 inches) A fine Ptolemaic map of Turkey and Cyprus showing its ancient political divisions. Mercator originally published this map in his 1578 edition of Ptolemy's great Geography. Although he is most renowned today for the projection he popularized and for first using the term Atlas for a collection of maps, he devoted much of his life to his Ptolemaic maps. The maps were beautifully engraved as...

592		Natolia		Turkey Hondius/Purchas		1625 A		$130.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 7.4 x 5.8 inches) Originally published in Hondius' Atlas Minor this attractive miniature map of Asia Minor was one of the many Hondius copperplates used by the English travel writer Samuel Purchas to illustrate the text of his important and influential collection of voyages. The finely engraved map is derived from Hondius' folio map and extends to include Cyprus and Crete. On a complete sheet of English te...

593		Soria et Terra Santa Nuova Tavola		Holy Land Ruscelli		1574 A		$240.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 9.5 x 7.1 inches) This early map of Syria, the Holy Land and Cyprus is an enlarged version of Gastaldi's important map of the same title. Girolamo Ruscelli, the editor, and Valgrisi, the publisher, improved on Gastaldi's map by following the revisions made by Gastaldi in the Holy Land area of his eight-sheet map of Asia that was published in 1561. The coastline, Jordan Valley and inland seas are much improved fro...

594		Tabula Geographica in Qua Regiones Cananaeae, et Locorum Situs Prout ea tempore Christi, et Apostolorum suerunt de integro describuntur, ac suis Limitibus distinguntur Auctore Petro Plancio		Holy Land Plancius/Cloppenburg		1604 A		$1,000.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 19.5 x 11.5 inches) A superb and graphic map from a Dutch Bible depicting the land of Canaan with political divisions during the time of Christ. Fifteen vignettes illustrating the life of Christ surround the map, beginning with the genealogy of Jesus and ending with his appearance to the disciples after the Resurrection. The map is nicely detailed and is decorated with a strapwork scale cartouche, sailing ship and ...

595		Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis ol: Palestina		Holy Land Mercator/Hondius		1619 B+		$450.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 19.5 x 14 inches) East is at the top of this striking map of the Holy Land. The land is shown divided into the Twelve Tribes and is centered on Samaria. This map is based on Ortelius' map of the region from 1570, which in turn was based on Peter Laicksteen's wall map describing his 1566 visit to the Holy Land. The Dead Sea has four cities shown burning within it: Sodoma, Gomorra, Adama and Seboim. The Mediterr...

596		Het Beloofde Landt Canaan door Wandelt van onsen Salichmaecker Iesu Christo, neffens syne Apostelen		Holy Land Nicolas Visscher		1657 B+		$180.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 18.5 x 12.4 inches) This fine map of present-day Israel is oriented with north to the right. There is a large, decorative title cartouche at bottom flanked by vignettes depicting the life of Christ. At top, putti hold banners with the key to the map and scale of miles. Tiny ships and the track of Apostle Paul are shown in the sea. Visscher's trademark fishermen flank the vignettes at bottom - at left the younger...

597		Chorographia Terrae Sanctae in Angustiorem Formam Redacta, et ex Variis Auctoribus a Multis Erroribus Expurgata		Holy Land Jacobus Tirinus		1700 A+		$750.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 32.7 x 12.5 inches) Panels illustrating sacred objects surround this stunning map of the Holy Land. Oriented with east at top, the map includes the territories of the twelve tribes on both sides of the Jordan River and the route of the Exodus and Wandering. At center is an inset bird's-eye plan of ancient Jerusalem based on the Spanish biblical geographer, Juan Bautista Villalpando. The decorative panels include ...

598		Facies Palaestinae ex Monumentis Veteribus		Holy Land Adrien Reland		1715 B		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 19.3 x 21.8 inches) This map shows the Holy Land in Roman times divided into Galilee, Samaria and Judea with Peraea Batanaea on the west side of the Jordan River. The allegorical title cartouche shows the three female personifications with Judea in chains and the port of Jaffa in the background. Engraved by Pulchmer.

599		Regio Canaan seu Terra Promissionis Postea Judaea vel Palaestina Nominata Hodie Terra Sancta'		Holy Land Matthias Seutter		1725 B		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 22.5 x 19.5 inches) Seutter based his map of the Holy Land on Sanson's influential map of 1662 and embellished it with bold figurative cartouches that were engraved by Gottfried Rogg. The kingdoms of Israel and Juda and the Twelve Tribes are delineated. Special symbols identify the cities of kings and priests and the ancient cities of refuge. The Sea of Galilee is erroneously linked with the Mediterranean. A inse...

600		Voyage des Enfans d'Israel dans le Desert depuis leux partie d' Egypte Par la Mer Rouge ... Au Pays de Canaan		Holy Land Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier		1725 A+		$100.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 18.4 x 15.5 inches) This interesting pictorial map focuses on the Exodus of the Children of Israel from Egypt to the Promised Land and their wandering in the desert in what is now Arabia. Mount Sinai is prominent at the center of the map. At top left are the Jordan River and the Mare Mortuum (Dead Sea) and at bottom right is a graphic scene of the pursuing Egyptians being swallowed in the Red Sea following ...

601		Folium L [Jericho]		Jericho, Holy Land Hartmann Schedel		1493 B+		$150.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 11 x 15.8 inches) This leaf includes an (9 x 5") illustration of Jericho and an illustration of Elijah ascending to heaven in his chariot of fire from the history of the third age of the world. The verso is filled with portraits of popes and kings.

602		Folio XVII (Hierosolima)		Jerusalem, Holy Land Hartmann Schedel		1493 A		$500.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 9 x 7.5 inches) An imaginary representation of the walled city of Jerusalem with a huge Temple of Salomon at center. On verso is a panel containing portraits of kings and the construction of a medieval tower.

603		Hierosolyma, Clarissima Totius Orientis Civitas, Judae Metropolis'		Jerusalem, Holy Land Braun & Hogenberg		1572 A		$600.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 19.3 x 13.4 inches) This interesting engraving contains two bird's-eye views of the city; one an imaginary view as it was during the time of Christ and the other contemporaneous to the 16th century. The view on the left also portrays the procession of Jesus to Golgotha, with Judas hanging from a tree outside the city walls. Each has a key to important buildings and places. At lower right is a vignette of Moses r...

604		Jerusalem die Heilige viereckete Stadt, in Grund gelegt und eigentlich abgemalet		Jerusalem, Holy Land Heinrich Bunting		1582 B+		$250.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 14.4 x 10.4 inches) This scarce woodcut view of the holy city of Jerusalem is depicted as seen from the east. It includes numerous place names, in and around the walled city. At the upper left the city of Bethlehem is shown. German text on verso.

605		De Heylige en Wytvermaerde Stadt Ierusalem, eerst Genaemt Salem		Jerusalem, Holy Land Visscher		1650 B+		$220.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 16.2 x 12 inches) This detailed bird's-eye plan was one of the most popular plans of Jerusalem during the seventeenth century. While it is an imaginary plan, it provides great detail of the city walls and streets, with a numbered key to important religious sites. Solomon's Temple is at upper center and Herod's Palace is located at the far left. This is the last state with biblical scenes on the hillsides in the ...

606		[Lot of 2] Beschryving van den Tempel te Jeruzalem Volgens Vilalpandus [and] Gedeelten en Sieraaden der Bouwkunde van den Tempel, met der Zelver Maaten, Volgens Vilalpandus		Jerusalem, Holy Land Augustin Calmet		1730 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 17.2 x 12 inches) Pair of fine copper engravings showing various elevations and plans for Solomon's Temple based on the imaginative reconstructions of Juan Bautista Villalpando, whose work was based on the assumption that the buildings of Jerusalem were designed using the laws of geometry according to God's vision.

607		Carte des Principales Ports de Mer Bancs de Sable &c'		Red Sea Pierre Mortier		1720 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 17 x 19 inches) The bays and safe anchorages in the Red Sea are mapped on this interesting chart from this scarce sea atlas. Eleven separate plans are included with details of ports in Egypt, Somalia, Arabia, and Yemen. This is one of the earliest maps to focus on this region.

608		[Lot of 2] Arabia [and] Mittel - und Nord - Africa (oestl. Theil) und Arabien		Arabia		1764-1848		$650.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) Arabia, by R.W. Seale, 1764, black & white, (14.5 x 12.6"). This boldly engraved map is centered on Arabia, extending to show Jirja and Alexandria in Egypt and to the east are Iraq and part of Persia. Names Baghdad, Basra and Shiraz, Cabara and Tul. Shows all of the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and the Bay of Ormuz. In the Holy Land Palestine and Jerusalem are located. Embellished wi...

609		Carte de Perse dressee pour l'usage du Roy		Persia - Iran Guillaume Delisle		1724 B		$180.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 24.5 x 19.3 inches) Handsome map of the region stretching from the Caucasus through Afghanistan and from the Arabian Desert to the Indus River. The map is filled with impressive detail including roads, bridges, forts, cities, villages, watering places and much else of interest. Finely engraved by P. Starckman with his imprint at lower right.

610		The City of Babylon		Iraq Henry Fletcher		1740 A		$220.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 13.5 x 12.8 inches) A fine, scarce engraving showing the legendary city of Babylon, the most important city of Mesopotamia, whose name is thought to mean the gate of the gods. The meticulously laid-out city is surrounded by walls and canals with the Euphrates flowing through the center. The magnificent palaces, sanctuaries and tower of Babel are all depicted. In the foreground the road leading to the city is...

611		La table de la region orientale, comprenant les dernieres terres & royaumes d'Asie		Asia Sebastian Munster		1552 A+		$1,000.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 13.7 x 10.2 inches) One of the earliest maps of the whole continent, this map is based on the recent geographical discoveries by Portuguese navigators. The outline of the Asian mainland is relatively well-established, but Munster omits the extreme northeast of Asia, still believed to be joined to the New World. Japan is also lacking, as it appeared on Munster's New World map instead. India appears as a peni...

612		Asiae nova descr		Asia Ortelius/Galle		1585 A		$250.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 4.3 x 3 inches) This fine miniature map of Asia is from the miniature Ortelius atlas, usually referred to as the Eptiome. This was the first pocket version of the Theatrum, published by Philippe Galle between 1577 and 1598. This little map is from the first set of plates with the decorative borders. It is based on Ortelius' great map of Asia that was the standard map of Asia for more than forty ye...

613		Asia		Asia Hondius/Purchas		1625 A		$275.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 7.5 x 6 inches) A small version of Hondius' important map of the continent and the East Indies. Korea appears as an island, an exaggerated Gulf of Cambay distorts the Indian subcontinent, the southern coastline of Java is blank, and in the extreme east, across the Anian Strait, is Americae Pars. A great map with much else of interest. Strapwork title and scale of miles cartouches. On a full sheet of En...

614		Asiae Nova Descriptio		Asia Jodocus Hondius		1628 A		$900.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 20 x 15 inches) This excellent map of Asia was Hondius’ update of Mercator’s map of 1595. Though it corrected many of Mercator’s errors, the map still has many interesting early depictions. Korea is shown as a very long island. Japan is depicted on the Ortelius-Teixeria model with three principal islands. In India, the Gulf of Cambay is very exaggerated but the shape of Ceylon has been improved. The mythical...

615		Asia noviter delineata		Asia Willem Blaeu		1630 B+		$1,000.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 18.2 x 14.2 inches) This is an uncommon variant of one of the most famous 17th century maps of the continent of Asia. It first appeared in 1617 with a carte-a-figures border. This example, without the decorative borders, is from a Dutch history book by Emmanuel van Meteren that was printed by Blaeu. The eastern coastline of Asia is severely truncated, Korea is shown as an island, and Japan is depicted on the Ortel...

616		Asie Par N. Sanson d'Abbeville Geog. du Roi		Asia N. Sanson/Mariette		1650 B+		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 22 x 15.5 inches) This important map by Sanson was the standard French map of Asia in the mid-seventeenth century. One of the more interesting features is the extensive coastline of America stretching from Royaume d'Anian to Sierra Nievada which is separated from Asia by the narrow Detroit d' Anian. Locates Quivira and Albion. Japan is shown on the Teixiera model and Korea is depicted as...

617		L'Asie Divisee en ses Principales Regions'		Asia Sanson/Jaillot		1689 A		$650.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 34.4 x 21.5 inches) Originally a sculptor, Alexis-Hubert Jaillot began his career in map-making after marrying the daughter of Nicolas Berey. His skill as an engraver and his business acumen brought him to the attention of Nicolas Sanson's heirs, who hired him to breath new life into their business at about the same time that Blaeu's important printing works was destroyed by fire. Jaillot re-engraved Sanson' import...

618		L'Asie selon les Memoires les plus Nouveaux		Asia Coronelli/Nolin		1690 B+		$600.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 23.3 x 17.5 inches) This is a slightly reduced version of Coronelli's important, two-sheet map of Asia, which was also published in 1690. It covers less of Africa, Australia, and the Pacific islands. It reflects the geographic activities of the Jesuits in East Asia and several important explorations. The map is dedicated to Francois de la Chaise, Jesuit priest and father confessor of King Louis XIV. O...

619		Asia a New Description		Asia Robert Morden		1693 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 5.2 x 4.4 inches) This little map of Asia does not contain a great amount of detail, but is a pleasing composition that encapsulates the state of geographic knowledge at the end of the 17th century. A dotted line forms the Siberian coastline reflecting the paucity of information available for this region. The Caspian Sea is shown on a correct north-south axis. The Arabian peninsula is no longer subdivided along c...

620		L'Asie, Selon les Nouvelles Observations'		Asia Pieter van der Aa		1713 B+		$900.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 26.3 x 18.5 inches) The main focus of this important and scarce map of Asia is the delineation of the northeast part of the continent from Jesuit sources. The northeast coast is severely truncated with the discoveries of Nicolas Witsen shown, and the partial coastlines of Jesso and Compagnies Land are depicted to the north of Japan. Inset in the North Pacific is a map of that same region based on the ...

621		[Lot of 11 - Asia]		Asia		1761-1890		$300.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This is a diverse lot of maps covering the continent of Asia. 1) Carte d'Asie divisee en ses principaux Etats', by Joseph De La Porte, c. 1780, (8.8 x 7"). Original outline color with narrow margins and some minor toning. (B+) 2 Map of Asia Showing its Gt. Political Divisions, and also, the Various Routes of Travel between London & India, China & Japan &c., by S.A...

622		Carte Generale et Politique de l'Asie		Asia Edme Mentelle		1798 B+		$100.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 16.5 x 12.5 inches) Very finely engraved chart covers from Madagascar across the breadth of Asia to the Pacific to include Australia, the East Indies, the Philippines, Japan, China, Indo-China, Russia and the Middle East. Also shows most of New Zealand and Tasmania is mostly off the map, but made to appear attached to Australia. The title is contained in a rectangular cartouche with "An VI" which translates from the...

623		Asie		Asia Victor Levasseur		1850 A+		$100.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 17.4 x 11 inches) This decorative map of the Asian continent is surrounded by steel engraved vignettes depicting the various peoples of Asia in costume, several exotic animals, and a seated portrait of Adam and Eve. Graphically depicts the Great Wall of China. Extends to include Sumatra and Borneo. Iran is Persia, Thailand is Siam and Sri Lanka is Ceylan. There is an interesting population chart at right total...

624		Tabula Asiae III		Caucasus Sebastian Munster		1542 B+		$275.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 13.4 x 9.8 inches) This woodblock, Ptolemaic map covers the region between the Black and Caspian Seas. The map is divided into three regions: Colchidis, Albania and Armenia. A large gate (Portae Albaniae) is shown in the mountains at the top of the map. This reflects the legend of Alexander the Great, who is said to have discovered the evil hordes of Gog and Magog in this region. Alexander, calling upon the powe...

625		[Tartaria olim Scythia]		Caucasus Sebastian Munster		1578 B+		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 6.4 x 9.3 inches) Woodblock map of the region between the Black and Caspian Seas including Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia up to about Volgograd. Strongly engraved, it features the rivers, forests, mountains and major cities. German text on verso.

626		(Globe Gore, Central Asia and Middle East)		Globe Gore, Central Asia and Middle East Vicenzo Maria Coronelli		1690 A		$550.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 10.2 x 17 inches) This beautifully engraved gore sheets covers the regions of Russia, the Caucasus, the Holy Land, Egypt and part of Arabia. The image is finely engraved and filled with detail typical of Coronelli's great globes. This gore details the area from the Kola Peninsula through Russia to the Black Sea and Turkey, and the Middle East ending in the region of Egypt and Arabia. Shows part of the Red Sea an...

627		[Tabula Octava Asiae Continet Scythiam extra Imaum montem, & Sericam]		Central Asia Ptolemy/Fries		1541 B+		$150.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 15.5 x 12 inches) Woodblock map illustrating the Ptolemaic concept of the central Asian steppe, ancient Schytia Extra Imaum, in a trapezoidal projection. The kingdom of Serica is shown, which is thought to represent "land where silk comes from." The map is reduced from Martin Waldseemuller's map. Title is on verso.

628		Geographica Nova ex Oriente Gratiosissima, Duabus Tabulis Specialissimis Contenta quarum una Mare Caspium, altera Kamtzadaliam seu Terram Jedso Curiose Exhibet		Caspian Sea, Kamchatka and Japan Johann Baptist Homann		1725 A		$325.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 22.5 x 19 inches) This elegant composition features two maps flanking a very decorative central panel filled with allegorical figures and putti in a cloud background. The map to the left focuses on the Caspian Sea based on the 1722 surveys of Karl van Verden (the first accurate map of the sea). On the right is a map depicting the mythical land of Jedso as part of the Kamchatka Peninsula with a huge unnamed...

629		Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperium		Central and Northern Asia Gabriel Bucelin		1654 A		$200.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 4.2 x 2.5 inches) This tiny map is very scarce. It covers the region from the Caspian Sea through China where the Great Wall is distinctly rendered. In the first edition of King's book on miniature maps, he attributed Bucelin's maps to Johann Praetorius who was the publisher of Historiae Universalis Auctarium. Latin text on verso.

630		Scythia et Tartaria Asiatica		Central and Northern Asia Philipp Cluver		1694 B+		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 10.3 x 8.3 inches) This attractive map of northern and central Asia shows ancient divisions and place names. The northeastern coastline is severely truncated.

631		Tartaria		Northern Asia Mercator/Jansson		1631 A		$100.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 7.3 x 5.4 inches) Charming small map of the northern region of Asia fully engraved with mountains, forests, and towns. It includes part of China and the island form of Korea. The Anian Fretium separates Asia from Americae Pars, the Pacific Northwest of America. The map is adorned with decorative title and scale of miles cartouches. Engraved by Petrus Kaerius, with German text on the verso.

632		A Generall Mapp of the Kingdome of Tartaria Designed by Monsieur Sanson'		Northern Asia Richard Blome		1680 A		$400.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 15.4 x 10.2 inches) This elaborately engraved map covers northern and central Asia, at the time, the Kingdom of Tartary. To the south are the empires of Persia, The Great Mogol, and China. This map is based on the cartography of Nicolas Sanson and was engraved by Thomas Burnford. Richard Blome was one of the most interesting, and most active, publishers of illustrated books in post-Restoration London. The map is ...

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