Natural History, Travel, Atlases & Maps - L06401

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Natural History, Travel, Atlases & Maps

09 May 2006 • London

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Sale Number: L06401

304. Aevi veteris typus geographicus. [Antwerp, 1590]--[Münster, S.] Tavola della oriental regione dell' Asia. [Basel, 1588]--Braun, G. & F. Hogenberg. Hierosolyma. [Cologne, c.1590], the old and new city; and 2 sheets joined from the 1511 edition of Ptolemy showing North Africa and Asia Minor; together 4 engraved or woodcut maps, various sizes (4)

Estimate: 700 – 900 GBP

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305. A Mapp or Generall Carte of the World... London, [1670 or later], 400 x 520mm., folding engraved twin-hemispherical world map, narrow upper margins, some slight wear at folds

Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP

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306. Die eigenliche und warhafftige Gestalt der Erden und des Meers. [Hannover, 1592], 275 x 360mm., double-page woodcut map, light browning at fold

Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP

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307. A General Map of the World. London: Laurie & Whittle, 1799, hand-coloured wall-map, engraved on four sheets joined as two, if joined totalling 1045 x 1240mm., the upper and lower margins of both sections ragged with short tears, with restoration, but only minor loss of printed surface

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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308. Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique, ou description generale... Paris, 1719, 530 x 880mm., double-page engraved twin-hemispherical world map, hand-coloured

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP

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309. Set of 5 wall-maps. Paris: Louis Mondhare, 1788-1793, 5 large engraved wall-maps each on 4 sheets, each approx. 960 x 1230mm., contemporary hand colour, joined and backed on modern linen, later rollers, some restoration, very slight loss (see below)

Estimate: 25,000 – 30,000 GBP

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310. [Untitled pair of uncut terrestrial and celestial globe gores, with horizon rings. Venice: Luca Bertelli, c.1560 or later], 2 full-page engraved maps, each approx. 138 x 275mm., the gore sheets with some repaired tears

Estimate: 12,000 – 18,000 GBP

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311. Indiarum orientalium occidentaliumque descriptio. [Cologne, 1589], 260 x 490mm., folding engraved map of the World after Ortelius (1588), fine dark impression, see lot 208 for the complete work and illustration

Estimate: 800 – 1,000 GBP

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312. Universalis tabula juxta Ptolemaeum. [Cologne: G. Mercator, 1584], 370 x 400mm., double-page engraved Ptolemaic map, Latin text, dark impression

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP

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313. Orbis Terrarum typus de integro multis in locis emendatus. [Amsterdam], 1594, 410 x 580mm., folding engraved map, hand-coloured, restored tear with loss of lettering, remargined at lower left with reinstatement of border

Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP

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314. The set of world and four continents. Naples: Stamperià S. Biaggio, [1700]

Estimate: 60,000 – 80,000 GBP

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315. Collection of maps. [Munich, 1710], 6 double-page engraved maps, each approx. 230 x 350mm.

Estimate: 2,000 – 2,500 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED

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