- Trimmed just outside the borderline; 1 sm. tear; vaguely waterst.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 2610/1.2.
"Weissenburg". Engr. bird's eye view, 26,5x38 cm., from S. MÜNSTER, Cosmographia, 16th cent. (sl. frayed). - AND 6 others, all engr. maps/ plans/ views of Germany, i.a. "Topografische Charte von dem Fürstlich Sächsis Amte Alstedt (...)" (handcol. engr. map, Nürnberg, F.L. Gussefeld, 1792. Sl. soiled) and "Lotharingiae Tabula Generalis (...)" (partly handcol. engr. map, ibid., I.B. Homann, ±1720).
- Probably laid down (not examined outside frame); a few old creases along central fold.
- Larger part of middle fold split; vague brown stain in centre lower edge.
AND 1 other: "Le Cercle Eslectoral du Rhein" (Paris, H. Jaillot, 1690).
- Some paper remnants attached to surface near cartouche; otherwise fine.
- Middle-fold as published.
- Terrestrial globe: browned (prob. from darkening of varnish); some chipped spots, mostly in Northern hemisphere. Celestial globe: similarly browned; a few sl. worn/ chipped spots.
= Cf. Van der Krogt, Old Globes in the Netherlands, New 2 (Terrestrial globe). The firm of the Newton family was active until the early 20th cent.
- Two tiny holes; sl. worn and sl. darkened on central fold.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 5112:1.1, from a Latin edition.
- Darkened along margins. Frame sl. dam.
= Provenance: the estate of Boudewijn Büch, sold at auction by Sotheby Amsterdam in 2004.
- Left edge frayed; otherwise fine.
AND 2 others, i.a. a handcol. engr. map "Nottingham Shire" (London, R. Morden, late 17th cent. Sm. tear in upper margin).
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 5890:1.1. Attractive map (w. ample margins) showing the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
- Fold next to middle fold; otherwise a fine and attractive map.
- Both folded once.
= Two complimentary maps that can be joined together to form a map of ENgland and Wales.
- Some foxing in blank margins.
= Based on John Rocque's map from his A new and accurate Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster (1748), and showing the area from Hammersmith in the east to Woolwich in the west and from Hampstead in the north to Greenwich in the south. The city of London at this time extending only from Westminster and Hyde Park to Wapping just east of the Tower.