Beautiful map depicting Spanish / Balearic island of Menorca. Decorated with a cartouche on top left margin. Large block of historical text underneath describing the island, embellished with an ornate border. Panorama and harbour view of Mahon and Fort St. Philippe on lower margin. The island of ...

Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 42 / 21 x 16½

An attractive map of the three islands with decorative cartouche. Compass point. Large decorated cartouche at top left. Two inset maps. One inset showing the islands' relationship to the coasts of Spain, France and Africa. Another showing a detailed plan of the harbour and town of Mahon with ...

Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 40 / 22½ x 15½

Attractive map of Menorca, with inset map of the port of Mahon, with depth soundings. Decorated cartouche of a rural scene, with a man under a tree watching a cow. 16 pt compass rose at sea, 2 scales. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 33 / 16½ x 13

Beautiful map depicting Spanish / Balearic island of Menorca. Decorated with a cartouche on top left margin. Large block of historical text underneath describing the island, embellished with an ornate border. Panorama and harbour view of Mahon and Fort St. Philippe on lower margin. The island of ...

Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 42 / 21 x 16½

Ornamented cartouche, decorated with a beach scene of Neptune, mermaid, two hunters, and a huge whale, Italian and German scales at lower left. This is a finely detailed map of Corsica’s rivers, towns and mountains, but the bold colour highlights the regions.

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 55.5 / 19½ x 22

Ornamented cartouche, decorated with title in a whale's gaping mouth on a beach scene of Neptune, mermaid, and two hunters. Italian and German scales at lower left. This is a finely detailed map of Corsica's rivers, towns and mountains. Coloured in two regions, north and south.

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 55.5 / 19½ x 22

A pretty, but wildly inaccurate map of the island with the port of Malta facing the bottom of the map, and the island of Gozo on the right. Title cartouche, sea monsters, mermen, and ship at sea.

Dimensions (W x H): 15 x 11 / 6 x 4½

An attractive map of the three islands with decorative cartouche. Compass point. Large decorated cartouche at top left. Two inset maps. One inset showing the islands' relationship to the coasts of Spain, France and Africa. Another shows a detailed plan of the harbour and town of Mahon with depth ...

Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 40.6 / 22½ x 16

The island shown with title cartouche and insets of the islands of ‘Stalimini’, ‘Chius’, ‘Mitilene’, ‘Negroponte’, ‘Cerigo’ and ‘Rhodus’ below.

Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½

A handsome map of the Balearic Islands, with decorated compass points, ships, galleys and seamonsters, rhumblines and two coats of arms in the upper corners. Title on ribbon at upper right,scale in cartouche at lower right.

Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 39 / 19½ x 15½

A beautiful map of Italy coloured by region. Title cartouche at top right has title on a gold cloth, flanked by cherubs, crossed keys above. At lower left there are three scales, decorated with cherubs and a globe on a plinth

Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 49 / 22½ x 19½

Map of Majorca with title cartouche, sea monsters and compass. 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.

Dimensions (W x H): 14 x 10.5 / 5½ x 4

Map of Majorca and Ibiza, Formantera in inset. Ornamental cartouche showing a coastal scene, with woman walking, basket on head, barrels on one side, farmer with bundles of reeds on other side.Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 33 / 16½ x 13

Map of Majorca and Ibiza, Formantera in inset. Ornamental cartouche showing a coastal scene, with woman walking, basket on head, barrels on one side, farmer with bundles of reeds on other side.Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 33 / 16½ x 13

A pretty, if disproportionate map of the island with title cartouche, and Porcacci’s characteristic sea monsters

Dimensions (W x H): 14.7 x 10.8 / 6 x 4½

A small and detailed map of the island of Minorca, with inset plan of ‘The Harbour of Mahon and St. Philips Castle’ at lower left. Almost identical to Cumberledge’s map of the same title, and stylistically very close to the work of English mapmaker Thomas Kitchin.

Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 17.5 / 8½ x 7

A very attractive plan of the harbour, town and fortifications of Mahon with galleons in the sea. It includes a numbered list of the main buildings at top right within a cartouche decorated with anchors, canons, etc. Scale at top left, ships at sea.

The map occupies the upper half of the leaf, with text in Latin filling the lower half. Koeman, Vol II: 7525.2A

Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 18 / 9½ x 7

In the mid-eighteenth century, French mapmaking was at its peak. Brion de la Tour was one of its most prolific cartographers. This beautiful decorated little map, elegantly surrounded by an ornate engraved uncoloured frame, is a fine example of the period.

Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 28 / 12 x 11

A very pretty map of Fort St. Philip in Menorca. Scale in bottom right corner, compass rose and several sailing ships in sea to right of map.

Dimensions (W x H): 20.7 x 31.6 / 8 x 12½

A Highly decorative map for the period with vignettes showing towns and local scenes, the whole enclosed in an elegant border.

Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 35 / 10 x 14

A little offset showing in margins.

Dimensions (W x H): 13 x 9.5 / 5 x 3½

Attractive little map of Valetta showing the layout of the port the harbours and the fortifications.

Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 17 / 7½ x 6½