81/5484 Belgium Leodiensis episcopatus in omnes subjacentes provincias 
81/5484 Belgium Leodiensis episcopatus in omnes subjacentes provincias 
81 5485 Belgium Limbourg 
81 5485 Belgium Limbourg 
81 5485 Belgium Limbourg 
= Guicciardini Illustratus 2.2.
"Liege". Handcol. engr. view, 2 coats of arms, 31x23 cm., from GUICCIARDINI, first half 17th cent.
- Slightly yellowed. = Guicciardini Illustratus 4.1.
"Leodiensis episcopatus delineatio." Handcol. engr. map by P. KAERIUS, 31x23,5 cm., from GUICCIARDINI, first half 17th cent.
= Guicciardini Illustratus 2.2.
AND 7 other plans/ maps/ views (incl. duplicates) from GUICCIARDINI, i.a. Bruges and Namur.
81/5486 Belgium Nitidissemae civitatis Mechlineensis in meditulli o Brabantiae sitae exactis delineatio 
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/1, 2664.
81/5487 Belgium Nobilis Hannoniae Comitatus Descrip 
- Tiny burned hole in centre; blank margins browned and w. some defects.
= Van den Broecke 70; Van der Krogt/ Koeman IIIB, 3320:31B.
81 5488 Belgium Les Provinces des Pays Bas Catholiques distingées suivant qu'elles sont présentement partagées entre le Roy de France Le Roy d'Espagne et les États Généraux des Provinces Unies 
- False oblique fold to the right of the vertical centre fold.
81 5489 Belgium Dunkirk Afbeeldinge vande vermaerde seehaven ende stadt van Duynkercken met der omliggende plaetsen sanden ende droochten Pourtraict de la fameuse ville et havre de Duynker
- A few neatly closed tears in lower part; under passepartout.
= Apart from the profile of Dunkirk, the chart also shows small profiles of Wynoxbergen, Kassel, Groot and Klein Sinten, Maerdijk, St. Goris, Grevelinge, De Hoijen, Waldamme and Calais. Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 3295:2 (German text on verso).
81 5490 Black Sea Nova et accurata Tartariae Europaeae seu Minoris et in specie Crimeae Delineatio Geographica 
- Trifle browned along middle fold; nevertheless fine.
81/5491 Brazil Insulae Rio Iavero Delineatio 
- A few foxed spots; trifle yellowed; blank margin of leaf lacks portion in upper right and lower left corner.
= Rare.
81 5492 Brazil Rugendas J M 1802 1858 after 
81 5492 Brazil Rugendas J M 1802 1858 after 
81/5493 Canada Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France et des Decouvertes qui y ont été faites 
- Yellowed/ sl. browned. = Karpinski p.118.
81 5494 Caribbean Isle of St Domingo or Hispaniola 
- Browned (due to fire?) mainly in lower blank margin; frayed w. several tears extending into plate; folded twice.
81/5495 Caricatural maps Nieuwe kaart van Europa 1870 
- Old folds; sl. foxed/ sl. fingersoiled. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.
81/5496 Celestial charts Le Globe Celeste representé en deux plans hemisphere par Monsr de la Hire 
= From Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et Historique (...) by Jacques Chiquet.
81/5497 Celestial charts Systema Solare et Planetarium ex hypothesi Copernicana secundum elegantissimas Illustrissimi quondam Hugenii deductiones novissime collectum & exhibitum 
- Trifle yellowed; blank margins sl. chipped (strengthened along margins on verso).
= Nice map depicting the circular solarsystem (Ø 44 cm.) according to Copernicus and Constantijn Huygens, with the signs of the zodiac, and with a large cartouche with additional information in each corner.
81/5498 Chile Tabula Magellanica quâ Tierrae del fuego cum celeberrimis fretis a F Magellano et I Le Maire 
- Trifle foxed. Fine copy.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 9950:2B; Klein, Kaap Hoorn, 49. From a German edition of the Novus Atlas.
81/5499 Chile Tabula Magellanica quâ Tierrae del fuego cum celeberrimis fretis a F Magellano et I Le Maire 
- Slightly dampstained in centre; a few foxed spots.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 9950:2B; Klein, Kaap Hoorn, 49.
81 5500 China Carte sur laquelle est tracé la Route qu'à suivie l'Ambassade Anglaise Depuis Zhé Hol en Tartarie Jusqu'à Pekin et de Pekin A Han Choo Foo en Chine 
81 5500 China Carte sur laquelle est tracé la Route qu'à suivie l'Ambassade Anglaise Depuis Zhé Hol en Tartarie Jusqu'à Pekin et de Pekin A Han Choo Foo en Chine 
- Folds as published, neatly flattened; possibly washed.
= Shows the route followed by the first official British Embassy to China, headed by George, Earl Macartney, between 1792 and 1794, from Hangzhou to Beijing, and beyond to the Great Wall, along the Grand Canal, the longest (1776 km) and oldest canal of the world.
81/5501 China China 
- Some soiling in lower blank margin. = These Atlas Minor maps are rare.
81/5502 China Chinae olim Sinarum regionis nova descriptio 
- Both ends of trifle creased middle fold spitting; tiny tear in left blank margin; nevertheless fine.
= Fascinating map orientated west at the top, full of nice elements and details such as elephants, reindeer, wind wagons (perhaps the first depiction of these vehicles in the western world), Tartar tents, the Southern Capital Hangzhou (here written "Quianci") depicted (erroneously) as island city in the West Lake (but also more correctly depicted further south), the Chinese Wall ("contra Tartarorum (...) extructus"), and some references to historical events such as the flood of 1556. It is the first western map of China drawn directly from reports of the Portuguese mapmaker Luis Jorge de Barbuda (Ludovicus Georgius), who made a manuscript map of China which reached Ortelius via Arias Montanus. Van den Broecke 164; Van der Krogt/ Koeman IIIB, 8410:31 (variant b w. "Las Philippinas" added). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.
81 5503 China L'Empire de la Chine dressée d'après les Cartes de l'Atlas Chinois 
- One sharp crease or close tear near scale bar.
= Showing the Eastern part of China, incl. the Korean peninsula. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.