- Lacks the 2 maps and 3 plates. Prelim. lvs. vaguely stained in lower margin. Joints starting; backstrip, edges and corners sl. worn.
- Lacks engr. title and one half of the fold. map; contents partly soiled in margins; a few fold. plates sl. dam.; first few leaves frayed and mouldy; final 34 leaves stained in lower right corner, affecting text of index; otherwise occas. sl. fingersoiled. Binding worn/ dam. at spine-ends and corner and covers rubbed. Sold w.a.f.
= Tiele 990 (note); cf. Rouffaer/ Muller I, p.55 (ed. 1775); Mendelssohn II, p.279; Landwehr VOC, 284 (note). Modernised edition (first published 1676) of Wouter Schouten's popular voyage to the Dutch East Indies, containing the same plates as the first edition, but some re-engraved. Howgego S66: "Schouten was an observant traveller who explored inland into the environs of nearly every port-of-call, sometimes by himself or with a small group of comrades. His narrative, full of anecdotes as well as information gleaned about countries he had not visited, became particularly popular with readers in the eighteenth century, when it was republished in no fewer than seven editions."
- All vols. w. new endpapers; all but 1 vol. w. bookplate on first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed/ browned (affecting a few maps/ plates); vol. 1 map "Het westelijk deel van het eiland Ceram" torn with loss of right half; partly sl. wormholed (trifle affecting 4 maps/ plates); vol. 2 w. owner's entry and gluestain on title-p.; vol. 4a one view w. vertical tear professionally restored; portrait of M. DE HAAN loosely inserted. Bindings sl. chafed; backstrips sl. sunned. A good/ fine set, complete with all the plates conforming to the binder's instruction in the last volume.
= Landwehr, VOC 467; Tiele 1121; Alt Japan Katalog 1570; Cordier, Japonica 426-428; Cordier, Indosinica 927-930; Cat. NHSM I, 502; Mendelssohn IV, p.594. One of the most extensive works and the main old source on the Dutch East Indies with many documents, partly lost by now. Also containing important descriptions of i.a. Cape of Good Hope, China, Japan and Ceylon and two early voyages to Australia with interesting maps. For the description of the history of Amboina, Valentyn used the unpublished and lost manuscript "Amboinsch Dierboek" by Rumphius. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCI.
- Fine large complete set (57x38 cm. (binding)) of Blaeu's two townbooks of the Low Countries, nowadays rarely on the market in this near mint condition, with very wide margins (56x35,5 cm. (leaf)) and in attractive uniform contemporary bindings. Condition: fine/ very fine, w. the following unobtrusive points: very few sm. wormholes; one leaf lacks sm. part of upper left corner in blank margin; vol.1: a few thumbstained spots; vol.2: ±25 leaves sl. dampstained in blank outer margin. Bindings have some minor defects and corners are sl. bumped as usual; nevertheless in fine condition.
= Koeman Bl 68B and Bl 69B: "This second volume also shows some minor amendments, compared with the former edition of the 'Stedenboek'." A monument of Dutch cartography, the "Townbooks" of Blaeu show the Netherlands and present day Belgium in their full splendour, depicting in the plates both the fortifications of the towns and cities as well as the conglomerates of their buildings in detailed plans. SEE ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE XC.
- Stripped copy: lacks the 2 engr. titles, all the maps, and several textp. Partly w. receding waterst. in lower margin; 1 quire loose. Vellum binding fine; lacks ties.
= The 10th vol. of Blaeu's Atlas Maior, concerning Asia. Includes i.a. the account of the Jesuit missionary Martino Martini (1614-1661) of the geography, history and customs of the Chinese Empire and its inhabitants.
- Lacks almost all maps; the title-p., plates and charts present are all doubled w. Japanese; title-p. soiled and w. a few sm. brown stains.
= The charts present in part 2 are: "Caarte Vande Reede ende Haven van Medenblick, hoe men die (comende zoo vant Wieringer als Vriessche vlac) beseijlen mogen (...)"; "Nieuwe beschrijvinghe van alle de Eylanden en Gaten der Zee, die geleghen syn langs de custen van Vrieslandt Groeningerlandt, Embderlandt etc. van Vlielandt af tot de Elve toe (...)". Cf. Koeman IV, M. Bl.15 (J) (2) and 20 (the chart "Nieuwe beschrijvinghe (...)" shows several variants compared to the same chart in our lot 5465 of this sale (see the section Dutch topography. Maps, plans and views).
- General title-page restored in lower left corner and dustsoiled; all(?) maps doubled w. Japanese; lacks one chart (Koeman M.Bl. 33-III, no.86); Koeman M.Bl. 33-III, no.58 is present in 2 copies (one copy restored in outer blank margin); no.83 some brown stains; no.85 small restoration to outer blank margin; no.87 restored in lower blank left corner and in right margin; no.88 cut sl. short in lower left margin (affecting image); no.89 restored in outer right margin (w. sm. loss of image). Bound somewhat tightly.
= Koeman M.Bl 33-III. Contains the following charts: Koeman, M.Bl.28, no.1, 57-85 and 87-89. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCII.
- Nine maps w. colour offsetting/ dam. from pages formerly sticking together; 1 map w. 2 tears on vertical fold/ in inner (blank) margin (1x closed w. sellotape); 1 map sl. inkstained. Binding (sl.) worn along extremities; spine-ends and letterpiece dam.; frontcover acid-bitten.
= Extensive dedication by Maastricht garrison commander jhr. M.J.N. van der Maesen (1758-1823) to his nephew Paul Schaetzen on first blank.
- Some maps w. sl. wear in blank margin(s) (occas. strengthened in inner margin) or lower outer corner. Binding rubbed (w. loss of gilt on both covers); lacks ties. Good copy.
= Philips 4270; Sabin 13805; NDB III,295. With the worldmap (Shirley 586 w. ill.), the 4 continents (for America see Burden 360), 29 Europe maps, 7 of Asia and 2 of Africa. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCII.
- A few textleaves at the beginning misbound; partly (mostly sl.) waterstained in lower right corner of maps and textpages..
= Koeman, Col 5. Second Dutch edition (first published in 1635), with the text enlarged. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIII.
- Maps exceptionally good/ fine; first endpapers, title, table of contents and first 3 worldmaps w. brown stains in upper blank margin; a few maps w. tiny tear along middle fold. Binding dam.
= Koeman II: p.50, C: "With atlases of this category, we can no longer speak of a regularly produced edition. Copies with 100, 200, up to 600 maps of various composition are known (...) Messrs. Covens & Mortier collected hundreds of different maps from various publishers to bundle them up in atlases of a diversified composition. Their 'Nieuwe atlas' was often assembled by order of the collector. The register was always handwritten. The title-p. was never dated. Among the names of the publishers of these maps are the Netherlanders: P. Schenk, G. Valk, H. de Leth, F. de Wit, et al. and foreign map-makers including Homann and d'Anville, The atlases belonging to this category were sold by Covens & Mortier during 1730-1794 and even later by their successors." Contents in order of appearance: Mappemonde (fold. map by J. CONDET after G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Hemisphere Oriental/ Hemisphere Occidental/ L'Hemisphere Septentrional/ L'Hemisphere Meridional (4 maps by (J. CONDET after) G. DELISLE , Covens & Mortier and sons, 1720-1800); Carte d'Europe (Covens & Mortier and sons, 1817); Les Isles Britanniques (map by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Regni Angliae et Walliae Principatus Tabula (Covens & Mortier, ±1740); Exactissima Regni Scotiae Tabula/ Hiberniae Regnum (2 maps, N. Visscher/ P. Schenk, 1700); Carte des Courons du Nord/ Seconde Carte des Courons du Nord/ Carte du Royaume de Danemarc/ Carte de Moscovie/ Partie Meridionale de Moscovie/ Carte de France/ Carte de Picardie Septentrionale/ Partie Meridionale de Picardie/ Carte de la Champagne/ Partie Meridionale de Champagne/ Carte de Normandie (11 (1x fold.) maps by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Duché et Gouvernement General de Bretagne (F. de Wit, ±1700); Gouvernement general de l'Isle de France (F. de Wit/ Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Carte de la Beauce du Gatinois/ Carte particuliere d'Anjouet de Touraine/ Carte des Provinces du Maine et du Perche (3 (2x fold.) maps by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Le Gouvernement general de Languedoc (map by N. SANSON, Covens & Mortier, ±1720); Partie Orientale du Gouvernement General de Languedoc (Covens & Mortier, 1745); Partie Septentrionale du Duche de Bourgogne/ Partie Meridionale du Duche de Bourgogne (2 maps by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); La Franche comté divisée en Trois grands Balliages (in 2 parts, H. Ialliot, 1695); Le Gouvernement General de Guienne et Gascogne (Covens & Mortier, ±1740), Le Gouvernement General du Dauphiné (F. de Wit, Covens & Mortier, ±1750); Carte de Provence (map by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Nieuwe Algemene Kaart der Verenigde Nederlanden (fold. map by J.L. VAN BEEK en G. KONSÉ, Mortier, Covens en zoon, 1814); Nova Imperii Germanici (map by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Marchionatus Brandenburgi et Ducatus Pomeraniae (F. de Wit, Covens & Mortier, ±1750); Partie Meridionale du Cercle de Haute Saxe (Covens & Mortier, ±1760); Circulus Saxoniae (F. de Wit, Covens & Mortier, ±1750); Le Cercle de Westphalie (H. Ialliot, 1695); Partie Orientale du Cercle de Franconie/ L'electorat de Mayence (2 maps by I. CONDET, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Partie Septentrionale de la Souabe/ Partie Meridionale de la Souabe/ Le Cours du Rhin au dessus de Strassbourg/ Le Cours du Rhin depuis Strassbourg/ Le Cours du Rhin depuis Worms (5 maps by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Le Cercle de Baviere (map by I. CONDET, Covens & Mortier, 1745); Circuli Austriaci (F. de Wit, Covens & Mortier, ±1720); Ducatus Carintiae et Carniolae/ Circuli Austriaci (...) Tirolis (2 maps, F. de Wit, Covens & Mortier, ±1720); Mappa Totius Regni Bohemiae (Covens & Mortier, ±1745); Sups. et inferioris Ducatus Silesiae/ Carte Generale du Marquisat de Moravie/ Le Marquisat de Haute Lusace/ Le Marquisat de Basse Lusace (4 maps, Covens & Mortier, 1741); Novae Helvetiae (map by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Regni Prussiae et Prussiae Polonicae (F. de Wit, Covens & Mortier, ±1720);
La Pologne (map by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Novissima Regnorum Portugalliae et Algarbiae (F. de Wit, Covens & Mortier, ±1720); Nova Regni Hispaniae/ Nova Italiae Descriptio (2 maps by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1720); Dominii Veneti in Italia (fold. map, F. de Wit, Covens & Mortier, ±1720); Estats de l'Eglise et de Toscane (in 2 parts, Covens & Mortier, ±1720); Le Royaume de Naples/ Partie Meridionale du Royaume de Naples (2 maps, Covens & Mortier, ±1720); Carte de l'Isle et Royaume de Sicile (map by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Carte de l'Isle et Royaume de Sicile (map by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Insula Corsica (Covens & Mortier, ±1720); Carte nouvelle de l'Isle et Royaume de Sardagne (map by N. SANSON, Covens & Mortier, ±1710); Le Royaume de Hongrie/ Carte Particuliere de la Hongrie/ Accurata Totius Archipelagi et Graeciae Universae Tabula (3 maps by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Carte d'Asie (Covens & Mortier, ±1745); Carte de la Turquie de l'Arabie et de la Perse/ Carte de Perse (2 maps by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Carte d'une Partie des Indes Orientales/ Carte d'une Partie de la Chine (2 maps by I. CONDET, Covens & Mortier, ±1745); Magnae Tartariae Tabula/ Carte d'Afrique/ Carte de la Barbarie de la Nigritie de la Guinée/ Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie del' Abbissinie/ Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cafres (5 maps by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730); Algemeene kaart van de Colonie de Kaap de Goede Hoop (fold map by F. VON BOUCHENROEDER, Covens & Mortier en Zoon, ±1800); Carte d'Amerique (map by I. CONDET, Covens & Mortier and sons, ±1800); L'Amerique Septentrionale (Covens & Mortier, 1757); Carte Generale des Treize Etats Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale (Covens & Mortier and sons, ±1800); L'Amerique Meridionale (fold. map, Covens & Mortier, 1757); Carte de la Terre Ferme du Perou, du Bresil et du Pays des Amazones/ Carte du Paraguay, du Chile, du Detroit de Magellan (2 maps by G. DELISLE, Covens & Mortier, ±1730) and Carte Generale de la Polijnesie Australe (Covens & Mortier and sons, 1808). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIII.
- Title-p. browned; occas. (mostly sl.) foxed. = Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIV.
- Final map splitting on one fold; several maps strengthened on fold. Backstrip rubbed.
= Koeman II, Lat 1a, note. Early edition (first published in 1734), frequently reprinted throughout the 18th century.
- Contents fine. Paper over covers sl. worn.
= Koeman I, Baa2. All maps bear the annotation: "A Deventer chez Jean de Lat et Almelo chez Jacob Keizer". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIV.
- Stripped copy: lacks engr. title and all the maps; text complete. Partly sl. mouldy/ stained (1 leaf heavily brown stained); a few lvs. sl. creased. Binding worn/ dam.
= Phillips 601. Koeman IV, Ren 3.
Wytfliet, C. (Histoire universelle des Indes occidentales et orientales, et de la conversion des Indiens). Douai, F. Fabri, 1611, 3rd French ed., 3 parts in 1 vol., (6),108,(8); (10),66; 54,(4)p., 2 engr. titles, contemp. vellum, 4to.
- Stripped copy: lacks all the maps and engr. title of first part; text complete. Pastedowns detached and w. tickets; partly sl. wormholed/ waterst. in lower margin. Vellum sl. wrinkled; lacks portion of frontcover.
= Third French edition of the first atlas of the Americas (orig. Latin ed. Leuven, 1597). Also includes G.A. MAGINI's descriptions of the Indies and Japan. Phillips 4459.
- Lacks the printed index-leaf (index supplied in contemp. manuscr.); one map vaguely mould-stained ("Rhynland"). Backstrip professionally restored. Maps in (very) fine condition and colouring.
= Koeman, Tir 4. Fine and complete world atlas, with many unusual, detailed maps, "excellent in style and exactness" (Koeman). The printed title still with "1744", from earlier editions of the atlas, containing 50 to 100 maps only. Contents: 1 worldmap in 2 hemispheres and 3 other (partial) worldmaps; 5 continents (2x diff. Africa); 34x Europe (incl. fine plans w. surroundings of London, Paris and Creveld); 36x The Netherlands; 13x Asia (incl. fine maps of i.a. Ceylon, India and Japan); 3x Africa; 14x America (incl. nice plans w. surroundings of New Orleans and Quebec, of the island Martinique, of the Caribbean). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCV.
- Occas. sl. waterstained in blank margins. Otherwise fine.
- First ±220p. of vol.1 waterstained in upper half; vol. 2 (sl.) browned and/ or foxed along margins.
= Rare edition of John Callander's Terra Australis Cognita (first publ. Edinb., 1766-1768). Cf. Sabin 10053; Hill 240. This edition contains the extracts of forty-one travel journals, partly not published in English before and includes the voyages of i.a. Hawkins, Spilbergen, Le Hermite, Pelsaert, Narborough, Dampier, Vlaming, Frezier, Roggewein, Anson, Ulloa and Byron.
- Several maps with reduced blank margins and partly cut to/ just inside) the plate mark (probably due to the fact that the were taken from variously sized copies and rebound or because of frail blank margins). One map (no.VII) yellowed in lower margin in the longitude strip, but not affecting the map; tear of 4,7 cm. in lower margin of map no.VIII (affecting the blank section of the map); map no.XI w. tear at top end of two folds (3,5 and 6,5 cm.); a few maps (sl.) creased; most maps and all botanical plates have a vague false central vertical fold. Nevertheless a good/ fine copy with the large General Map in fine condition. Corners (sl.) bumped.
= Hill 614; Kroepelien 438; Nissen BBI 673; Ferguson 576; Tooley, Mapping of Australia, pp.77-79; cf. Wantrup 67. This copy of Flinders' Atlas consist of several different editions of the maps: all maps except no. 5, 7, 8, 9 and 12 have the stamp of the Hydrographical Office (indicating later editions). And the following maps are also later emended editions of the the original maps: map I (General Chart of Terra Australis), publ. in 1829; map X publ. w. additions to 1826, map XI publ. in 1824 and map XIII publ. in 1824. The importance of Flinders' A Voyage to Terra Australis cannot be overstated. His circumnavigation of Australia and the surveying that he did over a period of 9 years resulted in very detailed charts of the (entire) coast of Australia, which were used for many years after they were first issued. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCV.