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Antique Maps of the World A selection of our historical world maps. Please contact us if you are looking for a particular map. Map margins are complete and wider than on the following images unless noted. |
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"Welt-Charte in Mercators Projektion 1830". Steel engraving from "Geographischen Instituts in Hildburghausen", ca 1840. Modern hand coloring. Interesting map of a Mercator projection of the world at that time. Map has wide margins. Minor spotting on map image mostly visible from backside. 17 x 22.7 cm ( 6.7 x 8.9 ") $ 250.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2237 |
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"Carte Magnétique des deux Hemisphères". Copper etching ca 1780. Modern hand coloring. This map shows the two polar regions and bordering countries. Notice that the polar regions were still somewhat unknown. The are many small crosses in the oceans for missed ships or shipwrecks. Map has folds to fit book size. some rubbing along folds. Repairs on margin edges on fold lines. Repair in upper right corner and on right margin side. This crease reaching from upper margin edge to title. Overall condition is otherwise Good. 64 x 97 cm ( 25.1 x 38.1 ") Diameter of circles: 48 cm ( 18.8 ") $ 1100.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2201 |
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"Mappa Mundi Generalis ad emendatiora exempla adhuc..............". Copper etching by Suerbrey after I.C. Rhode, published in Berlin 1760. Original hand coloring. Map of the world with an inset in the lower left showing the increase of gravity according to Newton, Bradley and Maupertuis. In the lower right is an inset showing observations of longitude from from 1677 by various scientists of the time. Map has wide margins with some light browning on edges. Vertical centerfold. Light smudging in margins.Light fraying on lower margin edge. General condition is Better than Good. 31 x 35.7 cm ( 12.2 x 14 ") $ 580.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2219 |
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"Planispherium Globi Terrestris" Copper etching by Tobias Conrad Lotter ( (1717-1777) after Tobias Lobeck for the "Atlas Geographicus portabilis" (Pocket-size atlas) published 1760-1762. Original hand coloring. Fine little map showing the world as it had been explored up to this time. Binding marks on left margin edge. Light browning in margins. Otherwise Better than Good condition. 9.4 x 12.3 cm ( 3.7 x 4.8 ") $ 380.00 Order Nr. WORLD2233 |
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Umrisse der Pflanzengeographie. Steel etching from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Original hand outline coloring. This very interesting map shoes the various growing zones around the world. At the top are interesting diagrams of known mountains showing the elevations at which various plants grow. Map is clean and in good condition. 20.3 x 28.5 cm ( 7.9 x 11.2 ") $ 90.00 Order Nr. WORLD2247 |
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"Mappe-Monde ou Carte Génerale de toutes les Parties connues de la Surface du Globe,....." Copper etching by Charles Françoise Delamarche(1740-1817). Delamarche was the sucessor to Robert de Vaugondy. This map was published ca 1790. Fine modern hand coloring. World map showing the geography as it was then known. Map has some interesting historical notes that give information about discovery. Map has vertical center fold. Very light creases along lower center fold. A few trivial spots in margins. Tiny creases on lower right margin corner. 24.5 x 39.7 cm ( 9.6 x 15.6 ") $ 770.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2238 |
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"Magnet - Karte Für die in 4 Jahren Beobachteten Werthe Der Declination". Steel etching by Adolph Ermau from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Original hand outline coloring. Map shows various observations of magnetic fields. Map has some scattered pin-point spotting. Around the margin edges are stains. Hand-written page number in upper right corner in spot. Condition is just Good. 14.2 x 24 cm ( 5.6 x 9.4 ") $ 75.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2217 |
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L'Orbit annuelle de la Terre autour du Soleil. Copper engraving by Back (Jakob
Conrad Bach), ca 1770. 13.5 x 20.5 cm ( 5.3 x 8 ") $ 140.00 Order Nr. ASTRONOMY8240 |
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"Tabula Geographico-Hydrographica Motus Oceani Currentes, Abyssos, Montes Ignivomos ........Abyssos Montes Volcanios". Copper etching by Athanasius Kirchner S.J. (1602-1680). Published in his "Mundus Subterraneus", 1665. This was the first book to describe tides and ocean currents plus show all the known volcanos of the time. Modern hand coloring. The map is an eye catcher with its attractive cartouche and border at the bottom. The ocen currents and known volcanos are shown on the interesting map. The map has light parallel creasing along centerfold. Side margins have been expertly added. Overall condition is otherwise Better than Good for this relative seldom map! 35 x 41.8 cm ( 13.7 x 16.4 ") $ 2500.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2190 |
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"Karte der beyden Halbkugeln welche den Magnetischen Æquator und die Abweichingslinien für beyde Magnetaxen nach der ersten Eulerschen Theorie vorstellt entworfen von C. Hansteen". Copper etching by Christopher Hansteen (1784-1873), published 1819. Map shows the various magnetic fields according to the Euler Theory. Map has folds to fit book size. Light browning and spotting along margin edges. Upper margin is narrow. Overall condition is otherwise Much Better than Good. The diameter of each circle is 19 cm (7.4 "). Page size: 23 x 43.5 cm ( 9 x 17.1 ") $ 520.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2211 |
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"Mappa Hydrographica sistens Declinationes Magneticas Anni 1787 constructa a C. Hansteen." Copper etching by Christopher Hansteen (1784-1873), published in an Italian atlas ca 1830. Map gives information from the known magnetic researcher, C. Hansteen. This map shows the magnetic declinations in all areas of the world. Map has folds to fit book size. Some light browning and smudging along fold lines. Left and right margins have been added. A few small creases and spots. 31 x 50.2 cm ( 12.2 x 19.7 ") $ 420.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2236 |
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"Der Vulkan-Guertel und die Central-Gruppen des Grossen Oceans." Steel etching after L. von Buch from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Original hand outline coloring. Map shows the volcano ring around the Pacific Ocean.The areas of active volcanos are underlined in orange. Two circled areas show the main goups of volcanos. Map has overall light age toning. No Side margins. 21.5 x 29 cm ( 8.4 x 11.4 ") $ 95.00 Order Nr. WORLD2250 |
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"Der warme Meerestrom des Atlantischen und der kalte Strom des grossen Oceans in Parallele nach geograph. Lage und Ausdehnung dargestellt." Steel etching from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Original hand coloring. Map illustrates the warm Atlantic current and the colder Pacific current. Map has a small repaired worm hole in upper right corner. Overall light age toning. 22.6 x 28 cm ( 8.8 x 11 ") $ 95.00 Order Nr. WORLD2252 |
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"Die Vulkanischen Erscheinungen der alten Welt, in und um den Atlantischen Ocean." Steel etching from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Original hand coloring. This map shows the volcano areas in Europe and and around the Atlantic Ocean. Map has overall light age toning. No side margins. 21 x 28 cm ( 8.2 x 11 ") $ 95.00 Order Nr. WORLD2251 |
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Die Isothermkurven Der Noerdlichen Halbkugel." Steel etching from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Original hand outline coloring. This interesting map shows the isothermic lines of the northern hemisphere with the North Pole in the center. At the bottom are the diagrams of the highest mountains and their snow limits. In the lower left is the New World and in the lower right is the Old World. Diameter of circle: 18.5 cm ( 7.2 ") $ 70.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2221 |
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"Erdkarte". Steel
etching from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer
Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Map has overall light age toning and a few hardly visible spots. Hand-written number in upper right corner. Condition is otherwise quite Good. 20 x 27.5 cm ( 7.8 x 10.8 ") $ 150.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2216 |
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Ancien Continent Copper engraving after Mallet,
ca 1690. 13.7 x 10 cm ( 5.4 x 3.9 ") $ 120.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2222 |
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Welttafel der Edda Map from German Mythology
showing the land in the center surrounded by water named
Ising. Wood engraving in "Orbis
Pictus" published by Otto Spamer, 1874. Diameter: 10.7 cm ( 4.2 ") $ 35.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2213 |
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“Mappamondo preso sul Meridiano di Parigi" Steelengraving by Pietro Allodi after design by Filippo Naymiller. Milano, at Francesco Pagnoni, 1870. Very attractive world map in two hemespheres. Clean and well kept. Pleasant light overall age toning. Lower left corner in margin a bit hardly visibly wrinkly Otherwise excellent condition. 33 x 45 cm (13 x 17.7") $ 520.00 Order Nr. WORLD2240 |
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“Veteris Orbis Climata ex Strabone". Copper etching of a Ptolemaic map initiated by Strabo and most likely published by Christopher Cellarius (1638 - 1707). Ca.1700. The map, decoratad with a ribbon title and eight winds blowing from all directions, shows the “Old World" in which Strabo defined his assumptions of climatic regions on earth. The map has been carefully and attractively hand colored in recent time. Map is clean, has wide margins and is in very good condition. Verso no text 30.2 x 44.6 cm (11.9 x 17.6") $ 750.00 Order Nr. WORLD2239 |
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"Windkarte der Erde". Steel etching from the Bilbiographisches Institut zu Hildburghausen, ca 1870. Original hand outline coloring. This is a map of the major wind directions with detailed graphic explanations at the bottom. Right margin is a bit narrow. Light browning along upper and lower margin edges. Condition is otherwise Almost Very Good. 19.3 x 25.7 cm ( 7.6 x 10.1 ") $ 75.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2192 |
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"Die Vulkan Gürtel des Atlantischen Oceans". Steel etching from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Original hand coloring. Map shows the various volcanic systems near the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. The upper left is the area of Calabria and Sicily of Italy. The center is a larger detail of the earthquake area of Calabria and Sicily. The next diagram is Iceland with two diagrams showing the craters of a large geyser and of the volcano Eyafiael on the Island Eyar. The long map on the right side is of the Antilles and northern Venezuela. The middle left map shows the Lipari Islands with a special detailed diagram of the volcano Ferdinandea. The next map is of Naples and surrounding area with speical deatails of Vesuvius. The next map with orange outlining shows the east coast of Sicily with a special diagram of Etna. The next is the Greek islands with a special detail of Santorin. In the lower left corner are the Azores and in the middle the Canary Islands. The comes a map of the Cape Verde Islands. The dark diagrams to the left of the title show deep earth cracks in Calabrian near Rosarno. Map has some light spotting in margins. Hand-written ink number in the upper right margin corner.A few very minor creases. 19.5 x 28 cm ( 7.6 x 11 ") $ 90.00 Order Nr. WORLD2244 |
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Vergleichende Uebersicht bekannter Hoehen und Orte der Erde ueber der Meeres-Flaeche. Steel etching from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Map diagrams the various mountains from around the world. Below th image is a list of the mountains with their respective elevations. Clean map in good condition. 21.5 x 24.5 cm ( 8.4 x 9.6 ") $ 75.00 Order Nr. WORLD2246 |
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Erd Karte zur Uebersicht der Verteilung des Starren und Fluessigen sowie der Verschiedenheit der Oberflaechen Gestaltung... Steel etching from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Original hand outline coloring. This is a very "geographical" map, giving various information about water mass, land mass, heights of mountains and the areas of high and low ground. Clean map in good condition. 19.7 x 27 cm ( 7.7 x 10.6 ") $ 80.00 Order Nr. WORLD2248 |
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"Karte vom Atlantischen Ocean Zur
Uebersicht der Stroemungen und Handelsstrassen der Waerme
Verbreitung des Seebodens" Steel
etching from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer
Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Map has a small repaired worm hole in upper right corner. Vertical centerfold. 21.5 x 27.3 cm ( 8.4 x 10.7 ") $ 75.00 Order Nr. WORLD2241 |
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"Verbreitungsbezirke Der Wichtigsten
Kulturgewaechse Nebsts Andeutungen Ueber Den Lauf Der
Isotheren Und Isochimenen". Steel
etching from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer
Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Light browning on margin edges and a few trivial spots. 22 x 27.3 cm ( 8.6 x 10.7 ") $ 85.00 Order Nr. WORLD2242 |
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"Die erste General Tafel / die Beschreibung und den Zirkel des ganzen Erdrichs un Meeresinnhaltende." Woodcut by Sebastian Münster, um 1550 for his "Cosmographia". German edition of this famous map which was the standard world map until Abraham Ortelius published his first atlas in 1570. Man shows the known world at the time. Notice that Antarctica and Australia are defined with large land masses. Africa is depicted much as we know it, but the Americas are still depicted with unknown boundaries. Decorative leaf designs in the corners. Text on map is Early German. Verso: Text in German. Map has overall age toning and darker browning along margin edges. The margin edges are frayed with small tears. Some have been repaired. The impression is a bit weak. Centerfold has been reinforced and small repairs made. Considering that it is more than 450 years old, this map is in Almost Good condition. 30.9 x 36 cm ( 12.2 x 14.2 ") $ 1850.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2206 |
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"Karte der Magnetischen Meridiane und Parallel-Kreise.......".Steel etching after the design by L. I. Duperrey, ca 1860. Some of the lines are hand colored. Map shows information concerning magnetic fields. A few hardly visible scattered spots. Hardly visible centerfold. Lines are colored somewhat unevenly. Overall condition is otherwise Almost Very Good. Page size: 23.5 x 29 cm (9.2 x 11.4 ") $ 35.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2188 |
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"Darstellung Der Isodynamischen Linien". Steel etching by Capitain Duperrey, ca 1860. Original outline coloring. A scientific map showing the isodynamic lines. Hardly visible centerfold. Very light browning in lower right area. General condition is Almost Very Good. Page size: 23.5 x 29 cm (9.2 x 11.4 ") $ 35.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2198 |
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"Mappa Hydrographica sistens Inclinationes Magneticas, Anni 1780 constructa a C. Hansteen." Copper etching by Christopher Hansteen (1784-1873), published in an Italian atlas ca 1830. The famous researcher of magnetic fields, C. Hansteen, shows the magnetic inclinations on this world map. Map has folds to fit book size. Some light browning on fold lines. Repaired tear in lower margin and on fold line. Small thin area in map image. Left margin has been added. Spotting in margins. Very minor, light spotting in image. 30.8 x 49 cm ( 12.1 x 19.3 ") $ 450.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2235 |
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"Discorso Intorno Alla Carta Da Navigare." Copper etching from "L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo" (The most famous islands of the world by Thomas Porcacchi (1530 - 1585) and engraved by Girolamo Porro. The first edition of this work was published in Venice in 1572. This is from the second edition, 1620. Map shows navigation information and the text (in Italian) gives information about various travel routes as well as sailing winds. Extra page of text is included. Both pages have a repaired worm track in right margins. On each page is a small wormhole. Light water stains in lower right margin corners. A few light, scattered spots. Condition is Good. Image size: 10.2 x 14 cm ( 4 x 7.8 ") $ 880.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2210 |
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"Descrittione Del Mappamondo". "Discorso Intorno Alla Carta Da Navigare." Copper etching from "L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo" (The most famous islands of the world by Thomas Porcacchi (1530 - 1585) and engraved by Girolamo Porro. The first edition of this work was published in Venice in 1572. This is from the second edition, 1620. This world map has a detailed text (in Italian) about the known world. There is an extra page of text included. Both pages have a repaired worm track in right margins. Scattered spotting in right margin and a few spots in text. . Light water stains in lower right margin corners. Condition is Good. Image size: 7x 14 cm ( 2.7 x 7.8 ") $ 580.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2209 |
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"Carte de L'Hemisphere Austral Montant Les Routes Des Navigateurs Les Plus Célebres Par le Capitaine Jacques Cook". Copper etching by Benard from "Voyages de Cook", ca 1780. Modern hand coloring. This map of the southern hemisphere shows the exploration routes of great voyagers such as Captain Cook, Furneaux, Bouvet, Wallis, Halley and Bouganville. In the four corners is information pertaining to the map. Map has folds to fit book size. Centerfold has been partially reinforced. Light spotting in margins. General condition is Almost Very Good. 53 x 53 cm ( 20 ") $ 2000.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2204 |
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"Die Oestliche und Westliche Halbkigel Der Erde 1849". Steel etching from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Fine world map showing many geographical details. Map is very clean. Small repaired tear on lower margin edge. Page size: 25.5 x 30.5 cm ( 10 x 12 ") $ 150.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2232 |
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"Welt-Karte zur Übersicht der Meeres-Stromungen und des Schnellverkehrs". Steel etching after Berghaus for "Stieler's Hand Atlas", dated 1880. Original outline coloring. This map shows the ocean currents in fine detail and some of the shipping routes of the time. On the lower left side is a global depiction of the South Pole and on the right lower corner the North pole. In the lower center is an inset showing sea temperatures. Map has a bit of light fraying on lower margin edge near centerfold. Some very light browing on margin edges. Other the condition is Almost Very Good. 33.5 x 38 cm ( 13.1 x 14.9 ") $ 230.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2189 |
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"Tabula Geographica utriusque Hemisphaerii Terrestris .............". Copper etching by N.F. Sauerbrey, published in Berlin 1760. Original hand coloring. Map shopws the magnetic fields as studied in 1744. The information at the bottom of the map is Latin. The map has wide margins. Brown stains in upper corners. Browning on margin edges. Some spotting in margins. Rest of an ink stamp in upper right image. Vertical centerfold. General condition is Better than Good. 31.2 x 36.7 cm ( 12.2 x 14.4 ") $ 580.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2220 |
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"Geography" Copper etching from " A
Gentleman's Recreation" Here we have a fine abstraction from what we are used to when looking at world maps. This one is embedded into BlomeÔs idea of "Geography", a playful assembly of bits and pieces relating to measuring the world nearby and as a whole. The two-globe world map in the center shows California as an island, welcomed by collectors of this particularity in map making. At the bottom we find ourselves looking into a globe makerÔs workshop. An interesting and in more than one way special piece!
Margins are narrow. Right
margin has frayed edge. 38.2 x 23.2 cm ( 15 x 9.1 ") $ 420.00 Ordr Nr. WORLD 2208 SOLD |
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"Carta Ridotta Del Globo Terrestre". Copper etching, anonymous Italian, dated. 1781. Modern hand coloring. A facinating aspect of this map is that Europe and Asia are shown on the left side. A little bit of Europe and Africa is on the right edge to give a sense of location. In both upper corners is a bit of Greenland. In the upper left is Iceland in green. Right margin has been added. Folds to fit book size. Light creasing in left margin. On the lower right margin corner are tiny brown spots. Upper margin is narrower. On the backside is brown spotting that is not visible on the fronside. Overall condition is Better than Good. 30.5 x 51.3 cm ( 12 x 20.1 ") $ 880.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2187 |
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"Carte de L'Ancien Continent". Steel etching by Ambrosie Tardieu for Buffon, 1840. Original outline coloring. Map shows what was known as the "Ancien Continent". The diagonal line shows the north-south axis of the time from Tartaria to the Cape of Good Hope. Map has a few light spots in margins. Otherwise Almost Very Good condition. 16.5 x 13.5 cm ( 6.4 x 5.6 ") $ 110.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2224 |
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"Hyetographische Karte Der Erde" Steel etching from "Neuster
Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca
1855. Very clean map. 20 x 23.8 cm ( 7.8 x 9.3 ") $ 75.00 Order Nr. WORLD2249 |
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"Vergleichender Uebersicht der
Bedeutensten Stromlaengen". Steel
etching from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer
Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Map has a few light scatteredspots and smudges. 26.5 x 19 cm ( 10.2 x 7.4 ") $ 75.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2227 |
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Orbis Veteribus Notus Steel etching from "Neuster
Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca
1855. Diameter of circle: 22 cm ( 8.6
") $ 120.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2214 |
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"Windkarte der Erde".
Steel etching from "Neuster Zeitungs
Atlas. Alter und Neuer Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Overall light toning and a few hardly visible spots. Hand-written page number in upper right corner. Condition is otherwise quite good. 19.5 x 26 cm (7.6 x 10.2 ") $ 60.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2215 |
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"Welt-Charte in Mercators Projektion 1849". Steel etching from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Original hand outline coloring. The forerunner of this map is a world map projection by Mercator. Notice that the Antarctic is still very sketchy. and that the northern polar region is not yet defined. Mao has some very light spotting in margins. Small, hardly visible crease on left side of map. Condition is overall Better than Good. 19.5 x 24.8 cm ( 7.6 x 9.7 ") $ 120.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2223 |
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"Umrisse der Pflanzengeographie". Steel etching from "Neuster Zeitungs Atlas. Alter und Neuer Erdkunde" by J. Meyer, ca 1855. Original hand coloring. Map shows the distribution of various plants in the world. At the top of the map are diagrams showing at what height various plants grow in the Andes, Teneriffa, Himalaya, Alps and Pyrenees, and in Lapland. Right and left margins are very, very narrow. Small crease in lower left margin corner.. 20.5 x 28.7 cm ( 8 x 11.3 ") $ 65.00 Order Nr. WORLD 2243. |
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Upper image: "Erdtafel des Herodot". Lower image: Die erde nach den Anschauungen des Stratothenes". Wood engravings from "Orbis Pictus" by Otto Spamer, 1874. The upper image shows the world according to the descriptions of Herodot. It reaches as far east as the Indus and shows northern Africa. The lower image is a bit more extensive showing an unpropational large Srilanka (Taprobane) and reaching as far east as the Ganges. North of Britanien is the island of Thule. On the left are the Kasserides (Zinn Is.) - nowdays the Azores. Page has overall age browning and spotting in margins. Condition is Good. Page size: 28.5 x 21.5 cm (11.2 x 8.4 ") $ 40.00 Order Nr. W 2193 SOLD Backside of page. Upper image is the earth according the
learned of India.
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The following copper etchings are from the "Atlas Marianus" by P. Heinrich Scherer, S.J.
Designed by Johannes Degler and expertly etched by Joseph à Montaglegre of Nuremberg (the Italian one by Jacob Muller of Augsburg) these interesting original copper engravings in the "Atlas Marinus" which devoted allegorical attention to sea-going nations at a time when much of the world had been disvovered and Europeans were swarming out like bees to learn details of hitherto unknown continents, taking possessions and bringing back whatever was new to them as well as not only taking blessings to the people they met on their adventures. Pater Heinrich Sherer S.J. (1628 - 1704), a professor of mathematics and a cartographer in Munich published this beautiful atlas in 1703.
Every print is showing both, the achievements of the described people and the places in the world which they had conquered. An Englishman holding a map of New England under his arm, sails set for Brazil and India (Portugal), Spaniards setting out for Mexico and Peru, etc. etc. Your eyes do not tire of discovering hints in charmingly baroque alligorical cartouches.
All prints are in superb printing quality. Left margins have some light fraying from binding. All prints have some offsetting in margins. Margins are 1-2 cm wide. Image sizes vary slightly and are given below.
ANGLORUM INDOLES STUDIO ET ACTIONES
Copper etching by Ioseph Montalegre after Johannes Degler, 1702.
Light crease in upper right margin corner.24 x 18.7 cm ( 9.4 x 7.3 ")
$ 380.00
Order Nr. WORLD2184
GERMANORUM MODERNORUM PRAEROGATIVA
INDOLES, STUDIO INVENTA ET EXERCITACopper etching by Ioseph Montalegre after Johannes Degler, 1702.
23.8 x 18.5 cm ( 9.3 x 7.2 ")
$ 380.00
Order Nr. WORLD2185
HISPANORUM GENIUS MORES STUDIA ET CONSUETUDINES
Copper etching by Ioseph Montalegre after Johannes Degler, 1702.
23.5 x 18.7 cm ( 9.2 x 7.3 ")
$ 380.00
Order Nr. WORLD2186
MODERNI ITALORUM MORES, STUDIA, ET PRAEROGATIVAE
Copper etching by Jacob Müller (1670-1703), published in 1702.
A few red marks on right and lower margin edges not disturbing image.23.2 x 18.3 cm ( 9.1 x 7.2 ")
$ 380.00
Order Nr. WORLD2187
GENIUS LUSITANORUM MORES, CONSUETUDINES ET PRAEROGATIVAE
Copper etching by Ioseph Montalegre after Johannes Degler, 1702.
A few red marks on left margin edge. Light fraying on right margin edge.23.5 x 18.5 cm ( 9.2 x 7.2 ")
$ 380.00
Order Nr. WORLD2188
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“Globe Terreste - Globe Celeste". Anonymous French copper etching in beautiful original hand coloring. Ca. 1750. Side by side: two magnificent globes one showing Europe, Asia, parts of Africa, parts of Australia. The other one showing part of the zodiac. Also shown on this decorative print: 7 planets, an eclipse of the moon and one of the sun, as well as a colorful star with all geographic directions of a blowing wind. General age toning. a few insignificant spots, mostly in margins and along centerfold. Very nice condition. 20 x 27 cm (7.9 x 10.6") $ 600.00 Order Nr. CELESTIAL2382 |
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“Le Globe Celeste en deux plans Hemespheres". Anonymous French copper etching in beautiful original hand coloring. Ca. 1750. A very decorative print with two zodiacal hemispheres and several celestial details. Among them: Phases of the moon, Saturn according to Cassini, the sun according to Father Kircher S.J., Jupiter according to Cassini, parallel sphere, the moon according to Galilei, the earth in summer, northern hemisphere of earth, Mercury according to Cassini, Mars according to Cassini, southern hemesphere of earth, the earth in winter, Venus according to Cassini. General age toning. Nothing much to complain about. Very nice condition. 20 x 27 cm (7.9 x 10.6"). $ 600.00 Order Nr. CELESTIAL2381 |
