Maps and Atlases

London: William Berry, 1680. ...Kingdoms, and States, which are found there at present/Described by Sanson/Corrected and amended By William Berry (=Kopftitel); Text der figürlich reich verzierten Kartusche oben rechts: Asia Divided into its Principall Regions in which may be seen the extent of the Empires Monarchies Kingdoms and States which at present divide Asia/To the Most serene and Most Sacred Majesty of Charles II./By the Grace of God King of Great Britain, France and Ireland/This Map of Asia is humbly Dedicated and Presented By Your Majesties Loyal Subject and Servand William Berry; Text der reich verzierten Kartusche links oben: Scale (es folgen Maßstäbe verschiedener Länder)/London/Sold by William Berry at the Sign of the Globe between Charing-Cross and White-Hall/1680; SW-Kupferstich-Landkarte nach (Nicolas) Sanson (d'Abbeville) gestochen von William Berry; ca. 51 x 39 cm; Falzspuren, einige Tintenflecken, hauptsächlich ausserhalb des Druckbildes, mässige… Read More

London: printed by Mary Matthews, for Awnsham Churchill, and sold by William Taylor, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1722. Full Calf. Fine. A pinnacle of English scholarship, the first comprehensive topographical survey of Great Britain, complete in two tall folio volumes, mainly printed in two numbered columns: [66]pp,cclxviii columns,[2]pp,696 columns; [2],697-1526 columns,[176, appendices, index and errata]pp, with copper-engraved frontispiece portrait of Camden, 10 plates of coins and antiquities, 51 folding or double-page uncolored maps (including 42 county maps and maps of north and south Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and "The Smaller Islands in the British Ocean) "all new engrav'd," additional engravings and woodcut illustrations in text. Contemporary Cambridge-style paneled calf (joints very neatly repaired), spine in seven compartments between raised bands, red morocco lettering pieces gilt; title pages in red and black. An unusually Fine set, original binding with handsome patina; pages bright, fresh and… Read More

London: C.Cooke, 1793 Undated circa 1793. The content based on information received up until 1793. 6+990pp+2 - 88 plates, 22 maps. Whilst the scope purports to be the genuine history and description of the Whole World, such was the importance of Cook's discoveries that the first 106pp incorporating 25 plates and three maps is taken up with Cook's voyages. To this is included a particular description of the improved state of the New Colony formed at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, where the convicts are now settled, and an account of the excursions and discoveries made in the interior parts of New Holland. Altogether this is a gargantuan production with stunning plates and maps. Contemporary full calf, superbly rebacked with the original spine relaid. Photographs available on request.

London: T. Spilsbury for W. Herbert 2nd edition., 1768. Hardcover. Very Good. Double-page copper-plate bird's eye views (61 complete) of estates in Gloucestershire by J. Kip + double-page map of the county, plan & view of Gloucester City, and cathedral view + 8 single page plates with 320 small coats of arms.. Folio half brown calf and cloth sides with spine gilt titled (tips leather worn, spine rubbed & bottom edge shelf wear). Titlepage with decorative woodcut + [6]pp Preface & Advertisement +[16]pp coats of arms printed one side only + [2]pp author's epitaph and plate list + double-page Map of Glostershire +452pp + [6]pp Index. Ex-library with bookplate of Cheltenham Library Reference Department to pastedown + partially legible stamp of "Glos. Withd** for sale" to free endpaper. Light stain to top margin of title and 3/4-inch circular library stamp at foot, neat manuscript shelf mark & date on blank verso. The same small round purple stamp neatly placed on top corner margin & blank verso of each… Read More

Istanbul: The general staff section, 1875 Map. Very Good. No Binding. Military map of Kara Dag (Mont Negro), Ottoman General staff section in 1291 (1875) after the map which made by the Austrian military geographical section in 1869 about Kara Dag and environs after the war and military movements of 1861-1862. Officially linen in colors by contemporary hands, 105 x 105 cm. Very rare..

205 x 137 cm. extra ordinary Ottoman wall map of the Ottoman Europe prınted ın colors, folding paper on cloth. Signatures by the first lieutenant M. İhsan.

Paris, 1684. . Large double-hemisphere map, 36 x 25 inches (framed: 38 x 26.5 inches). Attractively coloured, decorative cartouche and embellishments. Modest wear at fold, some light marginal stains, an attractive copy. This map has been mounted on cardboard via an unknown process, but there is no evidence of damage. This looks to be Shirley's state 4 of the first plate, with Cordier's name beneath the left hemisphere (Cordier Sculp.) and a date of 1684. The first plate exists in four states, dated 1674, 1679, 1681, and 1684 (this one). An enlarged version of a previous map by Nicolas Sanson, beautiful and striking. Wheat 65, citing the 1684 edition.

Venezia, 1686
En 8vo.6h, 237pp, 3h. Contemporary vellum. Title page with St Mark lion (engraved) . 41 (of 42?) maps and folded plates. Great condition.
2nd editionn (first in 8vo) published just the same year of the 1st, describing the Venetian campaign for the reconquer of the Peloponeso (or Morea). Venice had been excluded since the turquoise conquer of the greek island in 1458.
Vincenzo Maria Coronelli was an Italian Franciscan friar, cosmographer, cartographer, known in particular for his atlases and globes.

Edinburgh: Printed for John Thomson & Co. for Baldwin, Craddick & Joy, London, & John Cumming, Dublin, ca. 1819-1825. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good. xxviii, Plates, 18 p. 38 cm. Frontispiece Mountains table, title page vignette, engraving p. viii, 8 in-text illustrations before plates (6 colour, 2 tables), 44 engraved hand-coloured plates, most with small vignettes. Bound in half leather with marbled paper boards. New endpapers. Signed by previous owner William Hossack (1829) on front and rear endpapers. Foxing. Repaired edges to plates 36 & 37. An attractive atlas engraved by N. R. Hewitt from maps drawn by James Wyld the Elder (1790-1836). One of the foremost geographers of his time, Wyld is credited with introducing lithography to map printing during the Peninsula Campaign in 1812. A prolific publisher, he is reputed to have died of overwork. The detailed maps in this atlas emphasize Europe but there are several maps showing the Americas and Australia. Most maps feature a vignette… Read More

London: Laurie, 2nd August, 1819. . A large copper engraved "blueback" map on paper, backed with the usual blue manila paper. Large coloured circular-bordered title in upper left, lettered in script. Entire map with contemporary colouring in outline. Thirteen small inset maps. Imprint at bottom: Published 2nd August, 1819, by Richard Holmes Laurie, Chart Seller to the Admiralty, &c.&c. No. 53, Fleet Street, London. Image size is 173cm x 76cm, on a sheet measuring 175cm x 78cm. The map is in five sections, four the same size and one smaller. Some splitting at folds, fraying to upper edge but very little loss, very good condition generally. Beneath the title is a note on the map: "Accompanied with an enlarged Book of Sailing Directions". WorldCat lists an edition of Laurie's book of directions [not present here]: "Laurie and Whittle's New Sailing Directions for the Mediterranean Sea ... Written to accompany the New Chart of the Mediterranean Sea, and compiled from the best Authorities, aided by several… Read More

(Circa1900).. Large illustrated map of Beijing showing the city in the period following the invasion of the military forces of the Eight National Alliance, old folds, scale not given. Some scattered light foxing particularly at edges, short closed tear at fold lower edge, neat non acidic tape repair short section upper edge wear along folds, and a couple of small, unobtrusive holes with minor image loss. Blocks of text in traditional Chinese right and left upper sections stating each nation's occupied zone, Japanese text title accompanies the English title along the upper section of the map. 63.7 x 56.9cm. Very good overall. A rare and significant large Japanese woodblock map of Peking (Beijing), issued just after the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion. Centred on the Forbidden City, the map depicts Peking following the multinational suppression of the Boxer Rebellion or Yihetuan Movement of 1900. The map was issued to illustrate the areas of occupation associated with each of the powers in the Eight… Read More

Three raised bands to spine; remnants of label to spine. Gallucci's atlas is the first to make use of Copernicus' catalogue of coordinates, and presents the 48 maps of the Ptolemaic constellations with striking and original constellation figures. Christies. This copy has an additional leaf with four part astronomical dial (for latitude 39) before leaf 100. Also an additional leaf with four part astronomical dial (for latitude 41) before leaf 101, and a two part dial before 102 (for latitude 48); lacking part of leaf 115 dial. Pen and ink caricature of soldiers to verso of leaf 328. Lacking front fly and initial 6 leaves, leaf 8; rear fly and leaves 356-376 (comprising final tables and Index). Leaf 38 three wheels (Getty 2), 54 (Getty lacking dial); leaf 97 (missing in Getty) present with all dials. Leaf 100 dial has the arm missing from the Getty copyhas dial missing from Getty leaf 129. ; 354 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Washington, 1849. Very good. Lithograph map in seven sections, with each sheet measuring approximately 15.5 x 25 inches. Not bound. Second issue of this monumental and important map of the Oregon Trail, described by Wheat as "a road guide for Oregon emigrants such as had never previously existed." The second issue is nearly identical to the first (which appeared in 1846), but the lithographer's name has been omitted and the numbering of sheets III and VI is reversed. An exceptionally clean set, with no splits or repairs, and almost none of the toning often seen along the folds. Charles Preuss was a Prussian-born surveyor and cartographer who accompanied John C. Fremont on three of his five exploratory expeditions in the American West. His first great map, illustrating Fremont's explorations of 1842 to the Rocky Mountains and of 1843-44 to Oregon and California, was published in 1845. Fremont set off on his third expedition later that year, but Preuss remained behind, using information compiled… Read More

A New and Complete System of Universal Geography; Describing Asia, Africa, Europe, and America; with their Subdivisions of Republics, States, Empires and Kingdoms; the Extent, Boundaries, and Remarkable Appearances of each Country; Cities, Towns, and Curiosities of Nature and Art. [1798, 1800, 1799, 1799 sequentially]Also giving a general account of the Fossil and Vegetable Productions of the Earth, the History of Man, in all Climates, Regions, and Conditions; Customs, Manners, Laws, Governments, and Religions; the State of Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Manufactures, and Knowledge...To Which is Added, A View of Astronomy, as Connected with Geography; Of the Planetary System to Which the Earth Belongs; ...with a Copious Index annexed to each volume, Being a large and comprehensive Abridgement of Universal Geography.By John Payne. with Additional Corrections and Improvements from the Latest and Best Authors. by James Hardie, A.M. Author of Principles of Latin Grammar, the American Remembrances, and… Read More

History of the United States, or Republic of America, by Emma Willard, 1828 first edition, ACCOMPANIED BY A Series of Maps to Willard's History of the United States, First Edition. Housed in custom slip case.
Willard's book details key United States historical events from the discovery in 1492 through 1826, the 50th anniversary of America's independence. The book contains a Chronological Table that outlines the historic events using 10 time epochs. Historical information is based on the plan developed by Willard for teaching history to students at the Troy, New York Female Seminary. The appendix contains primary reference documents such as the U.S. Bill of Rights, The U.S.Declaration of independance, articles of Independance, Articles of Confederation, The Constitution Of the United States of America and other documents.
The "Series of Maps to Willard's History of the United States" contains five double and seven single-sheet engraed maps, most with original outline color. Bound in 1/4 red leather… Read More