The Benevento Collection: Important Maps & Atlases - L10409

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The Benevento Collection: Important Maps & Atlases

06 May 2010 • London

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Sale Number: L10409

1. La Geografia... con alcuni comenti & aggiunte fattevi da Sebastiano Munstero... con le tavole... nuove aggiuntevi di Meser Jacopo Gastaldo... ridotta in volgare italiano da M. Pietro Andrea Mattioli. Venice: Giovanni Baptista Pedrezano for Nicolo Bascarini, 1548 (October 1547)

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED
2. [Untitled world map on a double hemisphere polar projection]. Venice, 1555, 460 x 835mm., engraved map of the world on two sheets joined, fine dark impression

Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED
4. Al Ecc[ellentissi]mo... il Signor. Thomaso Rauenna... essendo per dare in luce la descrit= / tione dell'Africa una delle principali parte del Mondo co[n] tutti i suoi termini, et confini (Regione cosi famosa)... Venice: Paolo Forlani, 1562, 440 x 599mm., engraved general map on two sheets joined, trimmed to the engraved border, and inlaid for inclusion in a contemporary atlas, fine dark impression

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP

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5. Africae vera forma, et situs. [Antwerp: Cornelis de Jode, 1593], 325 x 450mm., double-page engraved general map, contemporary colour, some light discoloration and offsetting

Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP

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6. La descrittione di tutto il Peru. [Venice: Paolo Forlani, c.1562], 508 x 369mm., full-page engraved map of South America, trimmed to the printed area with additional margin at left for binding into a contemporary atlas, old repair in the right margin, added margin to upper border, ink stains in blank margin at foot

Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED
7. Il Disegno del discoperto della noua Franza, il quale s'è hauuto ultimamente dalla nouissima nauigatione de' Franzesi in quel luogo: nel quale si uedono tutti l'lsole, porti, capi, et luoghi fra terra che in quella sono. [Venice: Paolo Forlani, c.1565], 270 x 390mm., full-page engraved map of North America, trimmed to the engraved area, and inlaid for inclusion in a contemporary atlas, fine dark impression

Estimate: 100,000 – 150,000 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED
8. Universale descrittione di tutta conosciuta fin qui. [Rome or Venice?]: Claudio Duchetti, 1570, 400 x 742mm., engraved map of the world on two sheets joined, trimmed to the engraved border, and inlaid for inclusion in a contemporary atlas, light wear to old folds

Estimate: 100,000 – 150,000 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED
9. Italia. Bologna: impensiis ipsius filius auctoris, 1620 (Colophon: Bologna: Clemente Ferroni, 1630 [-1632])

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP

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10. Terre Artiche. Venice, [1691], 450 x 605mm., double-page engraved map of the Arctic region

Estimate: 700 – 900 GBP

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11. America Settentrionale colle nuoue scoperte fin all'anno 1688. [Venice, 1691], large general map in 2 double-page engraved mapsheets, uncut and joined (butted together for framing), total dimensions 610 x 920mm., very small rust-hole

Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED
12. America meridional. Venice, [1691], large engraved map in 2 double-page mapsheets, uncut and joined (butted together for framing), total dimensions 600 x 920mm.

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED
13. Parte Occidentale dell'Europa... [&] Parte Orientale dell'Europa... [Venice, 1691], large engraved general map in 2 sheets, uncut and joined (butted together for framing), total dimensions 610 x 930mm., left hand sheet with narrow margin

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED

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