Embellished with an elegant border and an imposing title cartouche in top right corner and a smaller oval cartouche in bottom left corner containing nine lines of Latin text. Natural topography is clearly delineated with the relief shown pictorially. Charming details include a couple of sailing ...

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 35 / 18½ x 14

Delisle was an important French cartographer of the early 18th century. He held the position of First Royal Geographer to the King. A detailed map covering most of central Asia, Siberia and China. Tartary is the area from the Caspian sea to the Pacific Ocean which now includes Siberia, Turkestan ...

Dimensions (W x H): 63 x 48.5 / 25 x 19

A splendid and detailed map, if a little fanciful. The map covers most of central Asia, Siberia and China. Lack of knowledge didn’t deter de l’Isle from putting in as much detail on unexplored lands in the north and east as the well explored parts. Decorated cartouche at lower left

Dimensions (W x H): 63 x 48.5 / 25 x 19

Beautiful map of Tartary. The area covered stretched from the Caspian Sea to Japan. Title at top centre. The New General Atlas was one of the most accurate and best produced atlases of the day. John Thomson’s ‘County Atlas of Scotland’ is generally considered the finest of its kind.

Dimensions (W x H): 59 x 49 / 23 x 19½

Superb map of central Asia, from Kurdistan to the Himalayas and from the Aral Sea to the Indian Ocean (including the whole of Iran and Afghanistan, and much of Iraq, Pakistan and the central Asian republics. An overlay pasted in on right margin extends the eastern limits of map. From John ...

Dimensions (W x H): 73 x 50 / 28½ x 19½

Mpa of Tartary covering the whole of Asia, north of India to the Arctic Ocean.Title cartouche at top right. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries ...

Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 19 / 10 x 7½

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

The map shows Central Asia from the Black Sea to China. Ornamental cartouche. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo was one of the most beautifully produced of 18th century atlases. He drew on the work of other cartographers- such ...

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

The map shows Central Asia from the Black Sea to China. Ornamental cartouche. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo was one of the most beautifully produced of 18th century atlases. He drew on the work of other cartographers- such ...

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

In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...

Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 14 / 7½ x 5½

Title cartouche.

Dimensions (W x H): 17 x 12 / 6½ x 4½

Attractive map of Tartary and Japan, flanked by paragraphs of text, from a different plate, the whole contained within a decorative border.

Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 37 / 21½ x 14½

A detailed map of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Title at bottom left with scale below.

Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 34.5 / 19½ x 13½

Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 26.5 / 14 x 10½