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[Netherlands]
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6 optical prints
, 18th c. Augsburg, G. B. Probst, +/- 32 x 42 cm, orig. col. Some,
most marg., staining & soiling, some pls trimmed to the platemark, 1 sm. marg. tear rep., sm. part
of l corner torn off. Good general condition.
€ 300/450
Vuë de l’Amstel hor de la ville d’Amsterdam. - Vuë du Château de Hondsholredyk. - Vuë de la
Maison appellée Oranie Zaal. - Vue de la porte Vieux à Roterdam. - La Bourse de Rotterdam. - La
porte de meuse du Côté de l’Occident à Rotterdam. Nice optical views of winter fun on the Amstel
near Amsterdam and of castles with working gardeners and fancy dressed people strolling around,
as well as some city views. With caption in 4 languages below. Good general condition.
1009
[Pacific Ocean]
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Carte des déclinaisons et inclinaisons de l’aiguille aimantée (...)
. Copper pl.
engr. by Tardieu, after Poirson, c. 1800, for “Histoire naturelle générale et particulière” by Buffon
and Sonnini, 37,5 x 42 cm, uncol. (clear waterstains). Good copy.
€ 80/120
Interesting early sea-chart of the Pacific Ocean illustrating the first magnetic measurements of the
region. With large parts of Asia, Australia and North & South America.
Joined
: Carte des terres nouvellement connues au Nord de la mer du Sur tant du côté de l’Asie que
du côté de l’Amérique. Buache, c. 1760, 17 x 27 cm, some folds. Sm. uncommon map showing the
Pacific Northwest, with Alaskan peninsula, large part of North-America & Asia. (2 pcs)
1010
[Turkey - Constantinople]
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5 optical views
, 18th c. Augsburg, G. B. Probst, +/- 31 x 42 cm, orig.
col. Some, most marg., soiling or staining, 2 tears rep. in “Avenues”, stain in sky of “Rangée de
colonnes”). Good general condition.
Cfr. ill.
€ 150/250
Vue des sept tours ou Prison d’Etat à Constantinople (magnificent bright col.). - Vue du Jardin de
Cipres. - Avenues du Grand Sultan vers le Jardin de Cipres. - Allee dans le Jardin de Cipres. - Rangée
de colomnes au jardin du Grand Sultan. Striking optical prints portraying the cypress garden, and
the State Prison in Constantinople. Caption in 4 languages below.
1011
[World]
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4 optical views
, 18th c., Augsburg, G. B. Probst, +/- 32 x 42 cm, orig. col. (trimmed &
soiled edges, tiny hole, sm. marg. tear, waterstain in lower margin and ink stain due to a crack in the
“Ephese” pl.).
€ 100/200
Wonders of the World
: L’amphithéâtre de Rome. - Le temple de Diane d’Ephese. With caption
in Latin, French, Italian and German below. - Les piramides d’Egipte regardés comme une des
merveilles du Monde. Paris, Mondhare, 29 x 41 cm, orig. col. (marg. tear rep.). - Secundum mirabile
mundi magnus Colossus solis in Urbe Rhodi, 39,5 x 51,5 cm, handcol.
1012
[World]
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Carte générale du monde, ou description du monde terrestre & Aquatique
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Generale waereld kaart, of beschryving van de Land enWaterWaereld
. Amsterdam, P. Mortier,
c. 1700, 39,7 x 47,2 cm, full col. (some minor marg. staining, sm. marg. tear). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 450/600
Pierre Mortier’s unique world map drawn on Mercator’s projection with California as an island.
On top of the map 5 spheres depicting Day and Night, the Flood, the phases of the moon, and
the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. The map was precisely engraved by Jan van Luchenburg
(signature at lower left).
Joined
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World map with 2 hemispheres
. Amst., Visscher (?), c. 1700, (from a Dutch bible?),
trimmed with loss of title, 30,3 x 44,8 cm (remargined, tears rep. and compl. underlaid). World map
with the 2 hemispheres and between them the “Polus Arcticus” and the “Polus Antarcticus”. In the
4 corner allegorical representation of the 4 known continents with the people and animals living
there. (2 pcs)
1013
[World]
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Das erst general inhaltend die beschreibung und den circkel des gantzen erderichs
und möres
. Basel, S. Münster, 1550 or later, 27,5 x 38,5 cm, later col.
Cfr. ill.
€ 500/800
Double-page woodcut map, German text on verso, with glossary of Latin words. This new world
map was prepared for the 1550 ed. of Münster’s “Geographia”, replacing the map which had