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CLARKE, W. B.
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Clear and interesting map of the Dutch capital showing the ordered arrangement of canals that run in a semi-circle from the docks. There is a smaller plan of the environs of Amsterdam at the top centre and some relevant Dutch words translated into English. Some vignettes of notable buildings run ...
Dimensions (W x H): 38.4 x 33 / 15 x 13
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SANSON, Nicolas
Large compass rose showing the 32 wind directions. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. This map was published in Bion’s treatise on globes. Nicolas Bion was a famous French ...
Dimensions (W x H): 12.5 x 17.5 / 5 x 7
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of northwest Africa, from Morocco to the Congo, and east as far as Nubia. Much of the charm of early maps of Africa lies in how they show the interior of the continent, which was not explored until the 19th century. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 17 / 11½ x 6½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Map of Germany divided into regions, which at the time extended over much of the Low Countries. 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 to France. ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23.5 x 18.5 / 9½ x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Turkey, 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 to France. This map was published in Bion’s treatise ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 18 / 9 x 7
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SANSON, Nicolas
Atractive map of Central America, from the Yucatan to Panama. Title cartouche at lower left. 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 to France. This ...
Dimensions (W x H): 27 x 18 / 10½ x 7
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Mexico and Yucatan. 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 to France. This map was published in ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26.5 x 17 / 10½ x 6½
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SANSON, Nicolas
This attractive map shows the southern tip of India, Sri Lanka and the Maldive Islands. There is an inset map of Sri Lanka (‘Ceylan Isle’) at lower right, and a title cartouche at lower left. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 18.5 / 9½ x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Egypt. Title cartouche at left centre. 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 to France. This map was published in Brion’s ...
Dimensions (W x H): 20 x 27.5 / 8 x 11
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Spain, divided into its provinces. 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 to France. This map was published in Brion’s treatise ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23.5 x 18 / 9½ x 7
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Poland, which at the time extented over much of the eastern part of Germany, and into Ukraine and Belorussia. 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 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 19 / 10 x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
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 to France. This map was published in Brion’s treatise on globes. Nicolas Brion was a famous French ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23.5 x 18 / 9½ x 7
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SANSON, Nicolas
Map of the ancient world around the Mediterranean. An inset map at lower left of the Nile delta and the Sinai shows the routes of the wanderings of the Israelites after they escaped from Egypt. Illustrated cartouche at top right. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 19.5 / 11 x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Handsome twin hemisphere celestial map, illustrative surround - cherubs, clouds and eagle in the lower cusp holding a ribbon bearing the latin inscription, ‘Coeli Enarrant Gloriam Dei’. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European ...
Dimensions (W x H): 31.5 x 18 / 12½ x 7
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SANSON, Nicolas
Map showing north-east South America, from Trindad to the mouth of the Amazon - modern day Guyana and Surinam. Several large fictitious lakes make up much of the unexplored interior. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time ...
Dimensions (W x H): 27.5 x 20 / 11 x 8
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Hungary which at the time extended from the Adraiatic to the Black Sea, and included present day Romania, Bulgaria, and most of the former Yugoslavia. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 17.5 / 9½ x 7
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Madagascar and adjacenty African coast, including old Mozambique. 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 to France. This map was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 19 / 10 x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of the British Isles, with a large title cartouche at top left. 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 to France. This map was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 18 x 23 / 7 x 9
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SANSON, Nicolas
Beautiful little map of the Canary Islands, with an inset at top left of Madeira. Large decorated cartouche at upper centre. 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 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26.5 x 19 / 10½ x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Cape Verde Islands and the adjacent African coast. 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 to France. This map was published in ...
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 20 / 11 x 8
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SANSON, Nicolas
Handsome little map of Italy, showing its diiferent regions. 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 to France. This map was published in Brion’s ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23.5 x 19.5 / 9½ x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Map of the Mogul Empire, stretching from Kabul and Kandahar in the north-west to the Gulf of Bengal in the south-east. 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 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 19 / 9½ x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Iran, or Persia, which, at the time, included much of Afghanistan. Title cartouche at lower left. 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 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 19 / 9½ x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
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
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of West African coast, from Guinea to Cameroon. Much of the charm of early maps of Africa lies in how they show the interior of the continent, which was not explored until the 19th century. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school ...
Dimensions (W x H): 30.5 x 16.5 / 12 x 6½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Fascinating map of Brazil, showing in detail the coastal states - ‘captaincies’, and the large empty, unexplored interior, covered by the foliated title cartouche. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership ...
Dimensions (W x H): 27 x 20 / 10½ x 8
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Chile, which at the time included much of modern Argentina. Title cartouche at top left. 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 to ...
Dimensions (W x H): 19 x 27 / 7½ x 10½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Paraguay, including River Plate, part of Argentine and the whole of modern day Uruguay. 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 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 27 x 20.5 / 10½ x 8
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SANSON, Nicolas
A fascinating early map of the Amazon basin, from its mouth, to its source. The map includes Peru and the Pacific coast from Ecuador to the Atacama Desert. 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 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 27.5 x 20 / 11 x 8
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Scotland and islands, including the Orkneys, scales and title cartouche along upper edgedecoratedMaps 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 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 27 / 10 x 10½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Two maps on one sheet showing the coasts of East Africa. The left hand map shows the Zanzibar coast, the right hand map shows the coast north from Zanzibar, round the Horn of Africa to the Red Sea. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29.5 x 17 / 11½ x 6½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of the Swiss Cantons, foliated title cartouche at lower left. 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 to France. This map was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 21 / 10 x 8½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Handsome map of southern Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. This map was published in Bion’s treatise on globes. Nicolas Bion was a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 19 / 9½ x 7½
£295
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SANSON, Nicolas
Handsome two part map of these South East Asian Islands. Each part with its own cartouche. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. This map was published in Bion’s treatise on ...
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 19 / 9½ x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Handsome map of the Carribean Islands. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. This map was published in Bion’s treatise on globes. Nicolas Bion was a famous French mathematical and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 20 / 12 x 8
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of the Black Sea and surrounding land. 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 to France. This map was published in Bion’s treatise on ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23.5 x 17 / 9½ x 6½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of part of North Africa, includng Libya and Algeria. Much of the charm of early maps of Africa lies in how they show the interior of the continent, which was not explored until the 19th century. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 19 / 10 x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of present day Tunisia, and northern Libya. Much of the charm of early maps of Africa lies in how they show the interior of the continent, which was not explored until the 19th century. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 18.5 / 11 x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of the lower Nile that includes Lac Zaflan and Lac Zaire. Much of the charm of early maps of Africa lies in the fanciful depictions of the interior of the continent, which was not mapped accurately until the 19th century. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29.5 / 8½ x 11½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Morocco, the Saharan hinterland, and the Canary Islands. Handsome title cartouche at top left. Much of the charm of early maps of Africa lies in how they show the interior of the continent, which was not explored until the 19th century. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. ...
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 17 / 11 x 6½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Map of India, divided into its kingdoms with inset map at lower right of the Malabar coast (‘Le Malabar’). 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 to ...
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 19.5 / 9½ x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Zaire. Much of the charm of early maps of Africa lies in how they show the interior of the continent, which was not explored until the 19th-century. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 19.5 / 10 x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Morocco, which at the time, included much of modern day Algeria. 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 to France. This map was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 20 / 10 x 8
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Morocco. 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 to France. This map was published in Brion’s treatise on globes. Nicolas Brion ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 18.5 / 10 x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of north eastern Africa, including Egypt and northern Libya. Much of the charm of early maps of Africa lies in how they show the interior of the continent, which was not explored until the 19th century. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 27 x 17 / 10½ x 6½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of northern Russia. 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 to France. This map was published in Brion’s treatise on globes. Nicolas ...
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 19 / 9½ x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of the Middle East, from the Mediterranean to the Iranian border, and from Turkey to Arabia. Title cartouche at lower centre. 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 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 18.5 / 10 x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of northern South America from Ecuador to the mouth of the Orinoco. Title cartouche at top left. 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 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 18.5 / 11½ x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Georgia in Asia and the surrounding lands and seas. Decorated cartouche at lower left. 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 to ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 18.5 / 9 x 7½
£245
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Turkey and surrounding lands, from Greece to the Caspian Sea and south to Arabian border. 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): 24 x 19 / 9½ x 7½
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful engraving showing 13 varieties of anenome with the rootstock of two varieties. The designs are well balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
13 species of anenome, six with the root stock shown. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Nine species of carnations. Stems leaves and flowers are shown. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful engraving of nine species of carnation. The designs are elegantly balanced on the page and the captions neatly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Nine varieties of aqualegia, better known as columbines. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
The engraving shows six species of crocus of various hues, from blue to red patterned to yellow. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Four varieties of delphinium - white, variegated blue and white, purple and blue. The engraving shows flowers, leaves and stem. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful print of eight varieties of the muscari family (grape hyacinths), showing the bulbs and flowering heads. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
This plate show five varieties of iris. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful plate of four varieties of Iris, showing the whole plant from root to flower. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful plate of five flowering plants. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Satyrion, commonly known as ‘salep’ was thought by the Greeks to be an aphrodisiac. Oiginally from the east it is now found wild in Britain. Nine varieties are shown in this beautiful engraving. The designs are well balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful plate of nine flowering plants, including four varieties of Amaranthus. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Fascinating print of five varieties of poppy with leaves and seed pod. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£435
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful engraving of six varieties of Leucoium. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a sales catalogue for plants and bulbs from Sweert's ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful engraving of two sprouting bulbs. The two plants are side by side on the page. The right hand plant has a light green leaf with a maroon mottled tip. The plants are well balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful engraving of two sprouting bulbs. The plants are side by side on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
The print shows four plants- the vine - ‘Vitis Vinifera’, Rosemary, ‘Balsamina sive momordica’ and ‘Halicacabus Indicus Arborescens’. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£400
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful plate of four flowers. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a sales ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£300
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful plate of four flowering plants, including two varieties of jasmine. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£435
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful print of six different species of hyacinth, showing the whole plant from bulb to flowering head. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£300
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful plate of six flowering plants. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£200
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Four species of conifer showing branches, needles and berries. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful print of three varieties of iris, showing the whole plant, from bulb to flowering head. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a sales ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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SWEERT, Emanuel
This beautiful print shows four species from the nightshade family, including deadly nightshade, aubergine and tomato. Each illustration shows both the fruit and the flower. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£355
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Four varieties of minor bulb, two of which are ‘scilla’ or squill. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a sales catalogue for plants and bulbs ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£395
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SWEERT, Emanuel
A beautiful print of four species of flower: Two varieties of hellebore, yellow ladies slipper, and one other. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£300
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful plate of four flowering plants. The lower two on the plate are varieties of the tobacco plant. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£400
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MERIAN, Matthew
An attractive illustrated map of Amsterdam by the famed Swiss engraver, Matthew Merian This very detailed and beautifully designed map shows the town, its fortifications, and its busy harbour teeming with ships. Two coats of arms towards the upper corners, title at lower centre.Gottfried’s ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 28 / 14 x 11
£1100
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JAILLOT, Alexis Hubert
A spectacular but inaccurate sea chart of the coast and and the islands of NW Scotland and Ireland. Ornamental compasses at sea, highlighted in gold, connected by rhumb lines. The Neptune Francois was ‘a seminal work in the development of sea atlases.’ (ref: British Library Catalogue.) It was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 85 x 59 / 33½ x 23
£145
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BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
An interesting map of the Falkland Islands with very scant detail. The outline of West Falkland is incomplete, and that of East Falkland fairly inaccurate. In January 1690, English sailor John Strong, captain of the Welfare, was heading for Puerto Deseado in Argentina, when he was driven off ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 23 / 14 x 9
£500
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JAILLOT, Alexis Hubert
Fine sea chart of the coasts of Ireland, and western Britain, with an inset map at lower left of the estuary of the River Dee, as far as Chester. Rhumb lines crisscross the map, depth soundings. compass point. The Neptune Francois was ‘a seminal work in the development of sea atlases.’ (ref: ...
Dimensions (W x H): 92 x 64 / 36 x 25
£300
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JAILLOT, Alexis Hubert
A double folio sea chart of the English Channel, with depth soundings, sand banks and rhumb lines, 32 point gold highlighted compass at sea. The atlas from which this chart came, The Neptune Francois was ‘a seminal work in the development of sea atlases.’ (ref: British Library Catalogue.) Mortier ...
Dimensions (W x H): 78 x 59 / 30½ x 23
£400
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SWEERT, Emanuel
This beautiful print shows a gladiolus plant, bulb leaves and flowers, and two tubers. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£400
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful engraving of two varieties of hyacinth - one blue, the other red - showing the whole plant from flowering head to bulb. The two plants are side by side on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£355
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Two varieties of martagon lily, showing the bulb and flowering heads. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a sales catalogue for plants and bulbs ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£350
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful engraving of two varieties of narcissus bulb with shooting leaves. The two plants are side by side on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. . Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£300
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful engraving of two varieties of narcissus bulb with shooting leaves. The two plants are side by side on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£300
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Handsome engraving of two varieties of nasturtium, valerian and a potato plant. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£300
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SWEERT, Emanuel
Beautiful engraving of six species of berry. The designs are well balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£145
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BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Map of the route taken in 1768 by the French ship Francois showing parts of the coasts of Ceram, Buru and the Celebes
Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 27.5 / 19 x 11
£400
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WIT, Frederick de
Finely engraved map of China and eastern Asia, from the Caspian Sea to Japan. The north east of Asia is very fancifully depicted, with short texts on the areas of the map that were unknown. The area was not accurately mapped until one hundred years after this map was made. The map was engraved by ...
Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 44 / 21½ x 17½
£300
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving showing four figures looking into an unexcavated ruin. The ruin is almost submerged in the ground and covered with vegetation. Louis-François Cassas’ Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth ...
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 29 / 16 x 11½
£190
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
This beautiful engraving shows an exploration at the entrance to an unexcavated building. Three men with a flaming torch descend into the dark interior while five guards, with guns and a flute idly stand guard outside. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 27 / 15 x 10½
£500
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WIT, Frederick de
Handsome map of Spain and Portugal, large cartouche at lower right with cherubs, seated monarch, royal arms, sea monster, and nymphs playing. Scales at lower left
Dimensions (W x H): 58.5 x 49 / 23 x 19½
£350
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JANSSON, Jan
A very pretty, detailed map of England and Wales, showing counties and rivers, with hills, forests and towns shown pictorially. With elegant sailing ships at sea. Royal coat of arms at top right, Irish and Scots arms on map. Decorative title cartouche on right side crowned with a coat of arms with ...
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38.5 / 19½ x 15
£195
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Bertius, Petrus
Attractive little map of England and Wales, with title at top right. Petrus Bertius was a professor of mathematics and librarian at Leyden University. As well as being a prolific writer on mathematical, historical and theological subjects he is known as a cartographer for his editions of Ptolemy's ...
Dimensions (W x H): 13 x 9.5 / 5 x 3½
£230
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of one of Antioch’s ruined gates, with a procession of merchants and their heavily laden camels. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte ...
Dimensions (W x H): 46.5 x 29 / 18½ x 11½
£170
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of the ruined gate of Antioch in the mountains. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century ...
Dimensions (W x H): 43.5 x 30 / 17 x 12
£255
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of a hill in Galilee near the Nazareth road. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century illustrated ...
Dimensions (W x H): 43 x 30 / 17 x 12
£420
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Beautiful print of a caravan leaving the Gates of Aleaxandria. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century, His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century illustrated ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 26 / 14 x 10
£435
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Spectacular exterior view of one of the gates of Cairo, with camels and traders in the foreground. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century, His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 45 / 10 x 17½
£230
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of a bas relief cut into the rock near the pyramids Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century ...
£75
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Blondela
/ LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797. Thirty-eight years later the scattered remains of La Boussole and L’Astrolabe was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 18 / 10 x 7
£220
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BERTIUS, Petrus
Attractive map of Brittany in France. Petrus Bertius was a professor of mathematics and librarian at Leyden University. As well as being a prolific writer on mathematical, historical and theological subjects he is known as a cartographer for his editions of Ptolemy's Geographia. In 1618 he moved ...
Dimensions (W x H): 13 x 9.5 / 5 x 3½
£750
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BLAEU, Willem & Johann
Handsome map of Cambridgeshire, with title cartouche at upper left, shields of seventeen university colleges, and of eight nobleman, two blank shields, Royal arms at lower left of title.
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 42 / 19½ x 16½
£475
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LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
Interesting chart of part of the south-western Pacific, showing the routes taken by the Spanish explorer Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle in 1781 along the northern coast of New Guinea and across the Pacific to Fiji and Tonga. Maurelle was credited with the discovery of the Hermit Islands on this ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 34 / 19½ x 13½
£475
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PREVOST
/ LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
Interesting chart of part of the south-western Pacific, showing the routes taken by the Spanish explorer Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle in 1781 along the northern coast of New Guinea and across the Pacific to Fiji and Tonga. Maurelle was credited with the discovery of the Hermit Islands on this ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 34 / 19½ x 13½
£395
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LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797. This is how La Pérouse’s arrival at the archipelago was described in a diary: 'On the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 67 x 48.5 / 26½ x 19
£250
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LISLE, Guilleaume de
This is a clear and crisp impression that clearly shows the islands of the Antilles and their major landmarks and coastlines. The map is laid on card. The note in lower right corner is in French but reads: The French Antilles are Martinique, Gaudeloupe or Grande Terre, part of St Martin, St ...
Dimensions (W x H): 45 x 59.2 / 17½ x 23½
£550
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LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797.
Dimensions (W x H): 68.5 x 49.5 / 27 x 19½
£475
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Hérault
/ LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797. An attractive map of the regions North of Japan withs two inset maps: Extrait de la carte ...
Dimensions (W x H): 67.5 x 49 / 26½ x 19½
£420
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LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797.
Dimensions (W x H): 68 x 49.5 / 27 x 19½
£600
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HÉRAULT
/ LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797. Fine large chart shows the southern coast of China, Japan, Korea, Formosa & the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 67.5 x 49 / 26½ x 19½
£700
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LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797. Thirty-eight years later the scattered remains of La Boussole and L’Astrolabe was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 68 / 19½ x 27
£550
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LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
Beautiful uncluttered map of the Phillipines, showing the sea route from Manilla through the islands. The coasts of the islands are fairly accurately charted and there are no details in land. Compass point at centre, rhumb lines criss cross the map. Title at top right
Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 53.5 / 16½ x 21
£750
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LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797.
Dimensions (W x H): 68.5 x 49.5 / 27 x 19½
