Tab. Moderna...Russiae
1535 - B/W as issued - some browning on the fold - spot in lower margin
Early map showing Russia and parts of present Eastern Europe
Leo Belgicus
Michael Aitzinger and
Hogenberg, Frans, engraver
Cologne, Gerardus Campensis, 1586
Van der Heijden, 1990
Copper plate engraving, later color
37x45 cm
In unrestored, excellent condition
Important and rare map. First edition, second issue of the map that shows the Low Countries as a Lion for the first time. It appeared in Aitzingers De Leone Belgico ...
Canarise (Canary Islands)
1660 - chart
A very rare copy of the Canary Islands with the harbours of Lanzarote as an inset and fine later handcolouring.
Nova et accurata Tabula Hispaniae
1660 -
Carte a figures
- Later colour
Excellent copy, strong paper and beautifully handcoloured
l'Espagne
1663 - original outline colour
Delineabat et incibat
Toletum Hispanici Orbis urbs...
Madrid 1681
Biblioteca Nacional: Cartografia de España No 768; Biblioteca Nacional: Tesoros de la Cartografía Española 2001, No 31
4 sheets pasted together 79x112 cm
on linen and between bars
copper plate engraving
later color
Condition: fine, not restored.
Wall map, Carte a Figures, of the Archbishopric of Toledo. Map surrounded by 16 views including: Madrid, Talavera, Alcazar, Huesca; Oran; Ventosilla; Toledo; Alcalá; Ciudad Real; Cazorla; Puente del Arzobispo; Guadalajara; la Santa Iglesia; Puente de San Martin y Puente de Alcántara.
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Hiberniae Regnum
c. 1730
Original colour
Excellent copy, nice contemporary colour and two cartouches in B/W, coast of England in contemporary outline colour.
Carte des Pays voisin de la MER CASPIENNE
Amsterdam, 1730
47x61cm
contemporary full colour
slight browning, else excellent condition
tiny whole of 2x5mm, hardly visible
Detailed map of the Caspian Sea.
Carte de TARTARIE
Amsterdam, 1730
49,5x61cm
original hand colour
slight browning, else excellent conditon
Highly attractive map of Russia and Siberia, still showing Nova Zembla as part of the continent, undecided whether the Street of Anian open or closed.
Canalis Ladogensis
c. 1743 - copper plate engraving - 50x58cm - B/W as issued - upper margin cut short, new margins added contemporarily on three sides to fit into the atlas russicus.
Sinus Finnicus von Crohnstadt bis St. Petersburg
Sinus Finnicus von Crohnstadt. c. 1743 - B/W copper plate engraving 48x62,5 cm - lower margin added contemporarily to fit into the Atlas Russicus.
One of a set of maps of the surroundings of new St. Petersburg/Lago Ladoga. This series appeared without any date and there are no traces of publication in documents of the Akademiya Nauk (Bagrow II, p 184). They were probably published by the end of 1743. It should be noted that the aforementioned series of maps were all repeated in a new edition by Seutter in Wien (Bagrow).
Ingria et Carelia
c. 1743 - Ingria und Carelia - B/W copper plate engraving - 60x46 cm - left margin contemporarily added to fit into the Atlas Russicus. Text in Latin
One of a set of maps of the surroundings of new St. Petersburg/Lago Ladoga. This series appeared without any date and there are no traces of publication in documents of the Akademiya Nauk (Bagrow II, p 184). They were probably published by the end of 1743. It should be noted that the aforementioned series of maps were all repeated in a new edition by Seutter in Wien (Bagrow).
Lacus Ladoga
c. 1743 - B/W copper plate engraving - 48x67 cm - lower margin added contemporarily to fit into the Atlas Russicus. This map shows the Lacus Ladoga and the Sinus Finicus. Text in Russian and Latin.
One of a set of maps of the surroundings of new St. Petersburg/Lago Ladoga. This series appeared without any date and there are no traces of publication in documents of the Akademiya Nauk (Bagrow II, p 184). They were probably published by the end of 1743. It should be noted that the aforementioned series of maps were all repeated in a new edition by Seutter in Wien (Bagrow).
Fluvius Newa
c. 1743 - B/W copper plate engraving - 46,5x61,5 cm - lower margin added contemporarily to fit into the Atlas Russicus. This map shows the course of the Neva River. Text in Russian and Latin.
One of a set of maps of the surroundings of new St. Petersburg/Lago Ladoga. This series appeared without any date and there are no traces of publication in documents of the Akademiya Nauk (Bagrow II, p 184). They were probably published by the end of 1743. It should be noted that the aforementioned series of maps were all repeated in a new edition by Seutter in Wien (Bagrow).
Isle Minorque (Spain)
c. 1760
French manuscript map of the island of Menorca, the north directed to the bottom. 37x57cm.
Drawn in brown ink and filled in with water colour, showing the detailed coastline, mentioning all capes and bays. Water colour in outline. Showing main cities and villages.
Slightly crumpled on old folds, else excellent.
