5764 - 5864 FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
- Slightly yellowed; trifle browned along middle fold.
= F.M. 3035a; Koeman II, Fri 1 (42). Map of Ghent, besieged by the allies from 18 December until the surrender on 30 December 1708.
- Brown stain (tape ghost) in upper right corner; lower margin trimmed within the border line.
= Dorigo/ Franssen 103, Blad I, first state (of 2).
- Both sl. dam and sl. foxed; one map w. closed tear.
- Remargined; formerly folded; (closed) holes in folds/ intersections (1x large in center); sl. stained/ soiled.
- Without the first chart; blank margins sl. soiled (1x sl. foxed in image); margins and central vertical fold of each plate restored w. Japanese on verso.
= Rare (almost complete) series of celestial charts, showing the heavens as seen in 1730, also delineating the paths of various comets.
- Slightly dampstained in centre; a few foxed spots.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 9950:2B; Klein, Kaap Hoorn, 49.
- Middle fold spitting at both ends, closed in lower blank margin on recto and strengthened on verso; 2 thin spots strengthened on verso; some sm. brown stains in upper right corner.
= Fascinating map orientated west at the top, full of nice elements and details such as elephants, reindeer, wind wagons (perhaps the first depiction of these vehicles in the western world), Tartar tents, the Southern Capital Hangzhou (here written "Quianci") depicted (erroneously) as island city in the West Lake (but also more correctly depicted further south), the Chinese Wall ("contra Tartarorum (...) extructus"), and some references to historical events such as the flood of 1556. It is the first western map of China drawn directly from reports of the Portuguese mapmaker Luis Jorge de Barbuda (Ludovicus Georgius), who made a manuscript map of China which reached Ortelius via Arias Montanus. Van den Broecke 164.2; Van der Krogt/ Koeman IIIB, 8410:31 (variant b w. "Las Philippinas" added, verso w. German text and numb. "25" in upper right corner). Early copy of the 2nd state. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
- A few (closed) marginal tears (1x larger in left margin); creased on both sides of lower middle fold (strengthened on verso).
"Regni Bohemiae Circulus Litomericensis". Engr. map w. handcol. borders, 49x57,5 cm., ibid., idem, 1807.
- Slightly creased in upper left blank margin. Otherwise fine.
AND 2 others: "Regni Bohemiae Circuli Satecensis et Cubitensis" (engr. map w. handcol. borders, ibid., idem, 1807. Small hole in lower left corner) and "Postkarte von Böhmen, Schlesien, Maehren, der Lausitz und Glatz" (handcol. engr. map by F. MÜLLER, from F.J.J. VON REILLY, Allgemeiner Post Atlas, 1799. Sl. stained).
- Closed hole in lower part; (water-/ mould)stained in left upper margin/ lower part.
ADDED: "Circuli supe. Saxoniae pars meridionalis sive Ducatus, Electoratus et Principatus ducum Saxoniae". Contemp. handcol. engr. map by F. ZOLLMANN and A.F. ZÜRNER, 2 (dec.) cartouches in upper left corner, 48x56 cm., ibid., Homann Heirs, 1734.
- False creases along middle fold; (closed) tears in margins/ center.
AND 1 other.
- Small hole in middle fold; sl. waterst. in upper (blank) margin; oblique fold in lower left corner.
ADDED: "Le Comté de Haynaut, divisé en Chatellenies, Balliages, Prevostés, &c. Le Cambresis" (Paris, H. Jaillot, 1692. Trimmed to/ within the borderline).
- Slipcase sl. rubbed and waterst.
- Some small defects, mostly fine.
= Comprises i.a. "Regni Daniae Accuratissima delineatio", "Svevia, quae cis codanum suit sinum", "Macedoniae et Thessaliae Regiones", "Epirus hodie Canina (...)" (P. Clüver, 1697); "Nieuwe en naauwkeurige kaart van Zweden (...)" (E. Bowan and W.A. Bachiene, 1779); "T Koninkryk van Engeland, Schotland en Irland" (J. Keizer and I. de Lat, 1735); "A new chart of the English Channel" (G.H. Millar, ±1790); "Nieuwe generale kaart van Europa, volgens de laatste ontdekkingen van Capt. Cook" (J.B. Elwe and D.M. Langeveld, 1786) and "Le royaume de Hongrie et les pays qui en dependoient autrefois" (±1750).
- First sheet middle fold rubbed/ partly split; dam. spot in Mediterranean Sea; a few light brown stains.
AND 1 other.
- Contents fine. Covers sl. rubbed.
= A nice series of lively views of Paris and surroundings. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
AND 1 other similar: CHAPUY and F.T. DE JOLIMONT, Vues pittoresques de la Cathédrale de Paris (...) (Paris, 1823, 10 (of 12) lithogr. plates by LANGLUMÉ DE L'ABBAYE, contemp. hroan, folio. Sl. foxed; backstrip dam.).
- Sl. creased along middle fold; sl. browned.
= Decorative map w. wide margins. Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 4850:2.
"Valesium Ducatus. Valois." Engr. map, 2 cartouches, 2 coats of arms, 39x49,5 cm., ibid., W. Blaeu, 1635.
- Two sm. closed tears on middle fold. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 4320:2.
"Picardia Regio Belgica." Engr. map by J. SURHON, 2 (dec.) cartouches, coat of arms flanked by angels, 38x53 cm., ibid., W. and J. Blaeu, 1635.
- Sl. (water)stained in lower blank margin. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 4100:2A.
"Burgundia Ducatus." Engr. map, title-cartouche, 33x46 cm., from MERCATOR-HONDIUS, Atlas, 1630.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 4870:1A.
AND 6 others, i.a. "Beauvaisis. Comitatus Belovacium" (J. Hondius, 1630); "Comitatus Bellovacum, Vernaculè Beauvais" (W. and J. Blaeu, 1634); "Le pais de Brie" (W. Blaeu, 1634) and "Territorium Metense" (W. and J. Blaeu, 1634).
- Blank margins sl. foxed and w. a few sm. tears. Good copy.
AND 3 small handcol. engr. bird's eye plans of Caen, Dieppe and Cherbourg.











































