Search Results: Titles starting with C from Peter Harrington

RELATIONI UNIVERSALI DI GIOVANNI BOTERO BENESE., 1598. Giovanni Botero (1533-1617) was Secretary to the Duke of Savoy when he compiled his Relationi Universali; "this political and geographical description of the different countries of the world was very successful and translated into a number of languages" (Burden), including English (London 1603). Copper engraving. Uncoloured. Fine condition. map on sheet 20 x 15 cm. Map in Latin; accompanying text in Italian. Size: 11 x 8 cm. (4½ x 3 inches)

Gibson's edition of Camden's Britannia, first Morden edition. Abel Swale & John Churchill., 1695.. Beautiful map of Cambridgeshire, coloured by the hundreds of the county. Cartouche at upper right, scales at lower left. The 1695 edition of Camden's Britannia was the first edition to contain Robert Morden's beautiful county maps. Morden went to considerable trouble to make them as accurate as possible, and they were the first county maps to include roads. Copper engraving. Original outline colour. Fine condition. Printed on thin paper, narrow margins. Size: 36 x 43 cm. (14 x 17 inches). Smith: Antique Maps of Britain, 80(i).

London., 1835. An accurate and up to date map of Canada. Published in A New General Atlas of the World by Henry Teesdale & Co. With coloured margins of countries. Shows cities, place names, roads, rivers, lakes, and islands. Copper engraving. Original colour. Very good condition. Size: 35 x 43 cm.

Glasgow, Edinburgh & London., 1860. Detailed map of West Canada. A list of the counties and districts of Canada West and East is included. An inset of Montreal is located at top left. Published in The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography by Blackie & Son. Copper engraving. Original outline colour. Good condition. Size: 50 x 34 cm.

RELATIONI UNIVERSALI DI GIOVANNI BOTERO BENESE., 1598. Giovanni Botero (1533-1617) was Secretary to the Duke of Savoy when he compiled his Relationi Universali; "this political and geographical description of the different countries of the world was very successful and translated into a number of languages" (Burden), including English (London 1603). Copper engraving. Uncoloured. Fine condition. map on sheet 20 x 15 cm. Map in Latin; accompanying text in Italian. Size: 11 x 8 cm. (4½ x 3 inches)

Atlas Anglois. D Mortier., 1715. A beautiful map of the county, rich with heraldry. Shows the bordering counties Copper engraving. Original colour. Fine condition, good margins. Size: 52 x 42 cm. (20½ x 16½ inches).

Voyage Round the World., 1748. Two simple coastal views of Cape Blanco in Patagonia in the extreme south of South America. Ships are seen at anchor. Copper engraving. Uncoloured. In fine condition. Minor worming not affecting the engraved image. Size: 47.5 x 21 cm.

London and New York., 1850. A highly decorative map for the period with vignettes showing towns and local scenes, the whole enclosed in an elegant border. Published in 'The Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World Geograohical, Political, Commercial & Statistical' by John Tallis & Company. Size: 320 x 250 mm. Steel engraving. Original outline colour with later additions. Fine condition.

J.L. Gottfried's Archontologica Cosmica., 1649.. An attractive view of Capitolium in Rome by the famed Swiss engraver, Matthew Merian. This very detailed and beautifully designed view shows the stepsl leading up to the Capitolium, the famous statue of Marcus Aurelius, and the palazzio behind. Citizens wandering around the steps give an idea of the scale of the buildings and statues. Copper engraving. Uncoloured. Fine condition. Size: 27 x 20 cm. (10½ x 8 inches).

Edinburgh: , 1827. A very handsome and impressive map of north-eastern South America from Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela to the mouth of the Amazon. Like many maps of the time it shows the non-existent 'Lake Parima', between the Orinoco and Amazon rivers. The New General Atlas was one of the most accurate and best produced atlases of the day. Copper engraving. Original outline colour. Fine condition. Size: 60 x 50 cm.

Venice: L'Isole Piu Famoso del Mondo. Simon Galignani., 1590. Attractive world map, a mariner's map with rhumb lines emanating from 16 points. The maps for this atlas were engraved by Girolamo Porro from Padua, and are set within a page of text, with engraved headpiece and decorated initial. There were many editions of this popular atlas between 1576 and 1713. Size:197 x 297 mm. Copper engraving. Hand coloured. Closed tear on lower margin of leaf not affecting map. Very good condition. Moreland and Bannister, p.68

Paris., c1730. A highly detailed map showing hills, forests, rivers, cities, fortifications, villages, Abbeys and roads. Copper engraving. Original outline colour. Very good condition. Size: 62.5 x 48.5 cm.

Histoire Generale des Voyages., 1757. Decorative map of Southern India with the neighbouring Sri Lanka. Title cartouche with a small mileage scale at the bottom left. Bellin was appointed hydrographer (chief cartographer) to the French Navy upon the creation of France's hydrographic office, the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine.Over a 50 year career, he produced a large number of maps and charts. The accuracy of Bellin's charts ensured that they were in use for many years. Copper engraving. Hand coloured. Very good condition; repair along the centrefold; some offsetting. Size: 33 x 24 cm. (13 x 9½ inches)

Atlas de la Géographie Ancienne et Moderne, 1762 - 1785. A finely detailed map with crisp colouring, displaying the French regions of Berry, Nivernais, La Marche, Bourbonnais, Limousin and Auvergne. Size: 376 x 510 mm. Fine condition. Original copper engraving. Hand coloured, title cartouche on the lower right part of the map.

Paris., 1726. Delisle was an important French cartographer of the early 18th century. He held the position of First Royal Geographer to the King. A map of French West Africa from Cap Blanc in the north to Cap Sagres in the south. The coast and slightly inland is well detailed but the land further inland is not. The northern centre is the Sahara desert and the southern centre part is "part of High Guinea". Notes explain who rules these areas. Atlas de Geographie. Copper engraving. Original colour. Good condition - some damp staining in lower corner margins and slight browning to centrefold. Size: 62 x 48.2 cm. (24½ x 19 inches)

L'Histoire Générale des Voyages., 1757. The map shows the area from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes and from Georgia in the east to New Mexico. The interior is empty of detail except for a few river courses and notes on Native American lands. Cartouche at top left. Size: 300 x 215 mm. Original copper engraving. Coloured by hand in watercolour. Very good condition. Slightly browned at edges, some light offsetting.

Paris., 1760. Map of the coast of Baja California and part of the Mexican coast, including Acapulco, recording the route of the voyage of Admiral Anson.'whose four-year voyage around the world is one of the great tales of naval heroism. In September 1740 Anson set off across the Atlantic with six poorly manned, ill-equipped vessels to capture Spanish treasure ships in the Pacific. He lost three ships rounding Cape Horn but went on to raid Spanish mining settlements on the coast of Chile. Although he and his crew suffered incredible hardships while crossing the Pacific in their one remaining ship, the Centurion, Anson managed to capture a Spanish treasure galleon near the Philippines. He sold this prize for £400,000 in Canton, China, the Centurion being the first British warship toenter Chinese waters (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Rhumblines criss cross the map Copper engraving. Later colour. Fine condition Size: 55.5 x 28 cm.

c1770. Map of Siberia, divided into the provinces of Tobolsk, Jensieisk and Irkuckio Copper engraving. Hand coloured. Very good condition.The lower left hand margin has been cropped close to the border of the map Size: 45 x 28.5 cm. (17½ x 11 inches)

Paris: , 1797. A large and imposing sea chart of the North Pacific ocean. From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797. Copper engraving. Hand coloured. Very good condition. Watermarks. Good margins. Size: 68.5 x 49.5 cm.

c1730. The region of north-central France extending over portions of the départements of Loiret, Loir-et-Cher and Cher. Wine region of the Lorie valley. Highly detailed map showing hills, forests, rivers, cities, fortifications, villages, Abbeys and roads. Scale on lower left corner. Copper engraving. Original outline colour. Very good condition. Size: 62.5 x 50 cm.