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Cosmographia [with:] De situ orbis
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Cosmographia [with:] De situ orbis

by MELA, Pomponius (fl.37-45 AD), PERIEGETES, Dionysius (c.1000 AD), PRISCIAN (c.500 AD, Translator)

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Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 1482. Two volumes in one. 4to. (7 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches). Sixth edition. A-F8. 48 ff. 96 pp. 30 lines per page. Cosmographia: 1-29 ff. De situ orbis: 30-48 ff. Full-page woodcut map of the world on a Ptolemaic cone-shaped projection with architectural border and letterpress text. Woodcut and floriated initials. Rubricated throughout. Gothic letter Latin text. Border of the woodcut map insignificantly shaved. Finely bound in green full morocco by Zaehnsdorf London with binder's ticket, gilt paneled, five raised bands forming six gilt-paneled compartments, gilt-lettered titles in second and third compartments with date in sixth, marbled endpapers, all edges sprinkled red Rare 1482 Ratdolt edition of Mela's incunable "Cosmographia," the first edition of the first Latin work dedicated to geography to include a map of the world. It is only the second woodcut world map printed in Italy. "Mela's concept of the world as published here, ten years before the discovery of the New World,… Read More
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Diversa Orbis Terræ. visu incedente per coluros tropicorum, ambos ejus polos, et particularis...

Diversa Orbis Terræ. visu incedente per coluros tropicorum, ambos ejus polos, et particularis sphæræ zenith, in planum orthographica projectio... Plat Ontwerp van verscheyde Aert-klooten

by SCHENK, Peter (1645-1715)

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Amsterdam: Peter Schenk, 1706. Copper-engraved map, with full original colour, in very good condition apart from one small expertly repaired tear to the old central fold, and two small repaired tears to coastlines. A significant milestone in the history of cartography between the highly decorated 17th century Dutch style and the more 'rational' style of cartography of the mid-18th century. Peter Schenk was a very prolific Amsterdam mapmaker working in the great Dutch cartographical tradition. Schenk's spectacular map is based on Carel Allard's map of 1696 (Shirley, 578). Shirley's description of the Allard image is equally relevant to the present example: 'The traditional decorative border of many seventeenth-century world maps has disappeared, and ... [the] twin central hemispheres are surrounded by eight smaller projections depicting the world from various angles, and four smaller circular diagrams. The dark cross-hatched background provides a striking contrast.' This map represents a radical… Read More
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[FOUR CONTINENTS] Europa delineata et recens edita; Asiæ nova delineata; Africæ accurata...
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[FOUR CONTINENTS] Europa delineata et recens edita; Asiæ nova delineata; Africæ accurata tabula; Nova et accuratissima totius Americæ descriptio

by VISSCHER, Nicolaes (1649-1702)

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[Amsterdam: Visscher, 1658. Four hand-coloured copper engraved maps. A set of the four continental maps from the Golden Age of Dutch cartography. The Dutch were especially well equipped for the role they played in the European discovery and colonization of the wider world. Unencumbered by any desire to impose their religious or political beliefs, they simply wanted to trade commodities and profit thereby. The ascendancy of the Dutch in global trade lasted only as long as they could withstand the English and French, who, with much larger populations, ultimately overwhelmed them, but for a considerable portion of the 17th century, the Dutch were supreme. The outlines of the world the Dutch merchantmen discovered was conveyed to the rest of Europe (as Spain and Portugal did not) in beautifully engraved and coloured maps that resonated with authority. In these four maps by Visscher, with only a few exceptions (Hokkaido, Australia, New Zealand and the mythical Anian), the continents are delineated and… Read More
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Le Globe Terrestre Representé En Deux Plans-Hemispheres Et En Diverses Autres Figures
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Le Globe Terrestre Representé En Deux Plans-Hemispheres Et En Diverses Autres Figures

by CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718) and Jean-Nicolas de TRALAGE (c.1640-1699)

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Paris: Jean-Baptiste Nolin, 1690. Copper-engraved map, with original outline colour. A very beautiful and finely engraved world map, principally devised by one of the period's greatest cartographers. This very fine map is the result of the synergy of the talents of Coronelli and his French colleague Tralage, popularly known as the Sieur de Tillemont. It principally depicts the world in a bi-hemispheric projection, and largely follows the geography represented on Coronelli's celebrated globe of 1688. California is shown to be an island, and in the enigmatic void that lies to the northwest is the 'Strait of Anian' that supposedly forms the western terminus of a Northwest Passage. Beyond the Strait, just to the northeast of Japan is the mysterious "Terre de Jessu," representing, perhaps, Hokkaido. Much further south, the loosely-defined area that is now known as New Guinea is labelled as the "Terre de Quir," noting on the map that it was discovered in 1606 by the Spanish explorer Ferdinand de Quir. The… Read More
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Le Globe Terrestre Representé En Deux Plans-Hemispheres Et En Diverses Autres Figures

Le Globe Terrestre Representé En Deux Plans-Hemispheres Et En Diverses Autres Figures

by CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718) and Jean-Nicolas de TRALAGE (c.1640-1699)

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Paris: Jean-Baptiste Nolin, 1690. Copper-engraved map, with full contemporary color in many parts, outline color in others. Sheet size: 20 x 25 1/4 inches. Several expertly repaired tears. A very beautiful and finely engraved world map, principally devised by one of the period's greatest cartographers. This very fine map is the result of the synergy of the talents of Coronelli and his French colleague Tralage, popularly known as the Sieur de Tillemont. It principally depicts the world in a bi-hemispheric projection, and largely follows the geography represented on Coronelli's celebrated globe of 1688. California is shown to be an island, and in the enigmatic void that lies to the northwest is the 'Strait of Anian' that supposedly formed the western terminus of a Northwest Passage. Beyond the strait, just to the northeast of Japan is the mysterious "Terre de Jessu," perhaps representing Hokkaido. Much further south, the loosely-defined area that is now known as New Guinea is labelled as the "Terre de… Read More
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Mappe-Monde Drésse sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royal des Sciences et quelques...
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Mappe-Monde Drésse sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royal des Sciences et quelques autres sur les memoires les plus recens

by DE L'ISLE, Guillaume (1675-1726)

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Paris: Chez l'Auteur Rue des Canettes pres de St. Sulpice, 1700. Copper-engraved map, hand-coloured in outline. Good condition, cut to just within the plate mark, with expert repairs to margins and central fold. Sheet size: 17 1/8 x 26 1/8 inches. The rare first state of the celebrated world map by De l'Isle "one of the foremost cartographers of the age" (Shirley). This highly important map proved to be one of the most influential world maps of its time, and is present here in the rare first state. De L'Isle was a much esteemed figure who, after being tutored by the great Jean-Dominique Cassini, became the geographer to the French Academy of Sciences in 1702, and then 'Premier Géographe' to Louis XV in 1718. Rodney Shirley notes that "De L'Isle's work is distinguished by its scientific basis, the minute care taken in all departments, constant revision, and personal integrity". In this map of the world, De l'Isle was among the first cartographers to re-establish California's true form as a… Read More
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A New and Correct Map of the Whole World, Shewing ye Situation of Its Principal Parts..
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A New and Correct Map of the Whole World, Shewing ye Situation of Its Principal Parts..

by MOLL, Herman (1654-1732)

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London: H. Moll, T. & J. Bowles, P. Overton & J. King, 1730. Copper-engraved map, on four joined sheets, with original outline colour, in excellent condition. A fine copy of Herman Moll's monumental and highly engaging world map, charted on Mercator's Projection This fascinating global perspective depicts the latest state of knowledge of the world in the first quarter of the eighteenth-century. The delineation of Europe, South America, and southern Asia is quite sophisticated, while the depiction of regions further beyond suggests only fleeting exploration or outright speculation. The map features the sailing tracks of various explorers including Henry Hudson, Thomas James, Willem Barents and the circumnavigation of Woodes Rogers. Most of the Arctic is labelled "Parts Unknown," and the American West is largely conjectural, featuring California as an island, the most beloved of cartographic misconceptions. Lands as depicted to the east of the Spice Islands are scarcely contemplated, "Iesso," or… Read More
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A New and Correct Map of the World, Laid Down According to the Newest Discoveries, and From the...

A New and Correct Map of the World, Laid Down According to the Newest Discoveries, and From the Most Exact Observations

by MOLL, Herman (1654-1732)

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London: H. Moll, D. Midwinter, T. Bowles, P. Overton, 1730. Copper-engraved map, on four joined sheets, with original outline colour. Marginal foxing, re-margined left and right margins, reinforced center fold, repaired tear bottom margin, toning at center fold. A magnificent and monumental World map, showing the globe in the early days of the Age of Enlightenment and European imperialism. This fascinating global perspective, featured in double-hemispheres, depicts the latest state of knowledge of the world in the first quarter of the eighteenth-century. The delineation of Europe, South America, and southern Asia is quite sophisticated, while the depiction of regions further beyond suggests only fleeting exploration or outright speculation. Most of the Arctic is labelled "Parts Unknown," and the American West is largely conjectural, featuring California as an island, the most beloved of cartographic misconceptions. Lands depicted to the east of the Spice Islands are scarcely contemplated, "Iesso,"… Read More
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[The World and Continents - Five Maps]
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[The World and Continents - Five Maps]

by SEUTTER, Matthäus (1678-1757)

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Augsburg, 1730. Copper-engraved maps, with full original colour, world map with losses to bottom margin, and with re-enforcements to the top and bottom margins. Americas map has been re-backed along bottom margin and part of the right margin, trimmed close to or within platemark on right and left sides. Asia map water-stained near bottom of centerfold, and mild discoloration along centrefold, bottom margin is re-backed with repaired losses. Africa map has a water stain on the left sideborder and into the image of the map around the Cape Verde Islands, and at the bottom margin. Bottom margin is re-backed, with repaired minor losses and tears. Europe map expertly re-backed, repaired tears and minor losses to centerfold and on either side of the centerfold. Discoloration and fading in places. Superb maps of the World and the Continents by one of the great eighteenth-century German cartographers. George Matthäus Seutter learned the map publishing business as an apprentice to J. B. Homann of Nuremberg.… Read More
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[The World and Continents - Five Maps]
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[The World and Continents - Five Maps]

by HONDIUS, Henricus (1597-1651) and Jan JANSSON (1588-1664)

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Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1649. Copper-engraved maps, from the "Novus Atlas," German text edition, in excellent condition. An excellent set of the World and Continents, by Hondius and Jansson, two of the Netherlands' greatest cartographers. This handsome set of the World and Continents comes from the 1649 German edition of Jan Jansson and Henricus Hondius' Novus Atlas, Das Ist: Welt-Beschreibung mit allerhand schönen newen auszführ lichen Taffeln Inhaltende Die Königreiche und Länder des gantzen Erdtreichs. This monumental work was the inheritor of the legacy of the great atlas first published in 1595 by Rumold Mercator, and later re-issued and revised by Jodocus Hondius and family. In 1630, Willem Blaeu dramatically entered the land atlas market, compelling Jansson and Hondius to mount this powerful reprise. The World map, Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, originally dates from 1630, and is present here in the second state, dated '1641', but printed in 1649 using the… Read More
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