80/5546 Belgium Lot of ±35 steel engr / lithogr views of Belgium

80/5546 Belgium Lot of ±35 steel engr / lithogr views of Belgium

80/5546 Belgium Lot of ±35 steel engr / lithogr views of Belgium

80/5546 Belgium Lot of ±35 steel engr / lithogr views of Belgium

80/5546 Belgium Lot of ±35 steel engr / lithogr views of Belgium

80/5546 Belgium Lot of ±35 steel engr / lithogr views of Belgium

- Some minor defects; mostly fine.

= I.a. "Antverpia. Antwerpen" (nicely handcol. engr. panoramic view by J.G. RINGLE after F.B. WERNER, Augsb., ±1750. Very rare), "Mecheln in Brabandt" (engr. view, from D. MEISNER, Thesaurus Philo-Politicus, ±1625), "Botanic Garden Brussels" (steelengr. view by H. WORMS after W.H. BARTLETT, London, ±1840), "Vue des Ruines de Beauraing" (lithogr. view by J.B. MADOU after G. DE HOWEN, Brussels, 1825) and "Abbaye de S. Amant ord de St. Benôit" (engr. view, Paris, 1770).

80 5547 Belgium Lot of ±55 engr fortification plans of Belgium and af ew of Northern France

80 5547 Belgium Lot of ±55 engr fortification plans of Belgium and af ew of Northern France

80 5547 Belgium Lot of ±55 engr fortification plans of Belgium and af ew of Northern France

80 5547 Belgium Lot of ±55 engr fortification plans of Belgium and af ew of Northern France

80 5547 Belgium Lot of ±55 engr fortification plans of Belgium and af ew of Northern France

80 5547 Belgium Lot of ±55 engr fortification plans of Belgium and af ew of Northern France

80 5547 Belgium Lot of ±55 engr fortification plans of Belgium and af ew of Northern France

80 5547 Belgium Lot of ±55 engr fortification plans of Belgium and af ew of Northern France

80 5547 Belgium Lot of ±55 engr fortification plans of Belgium and af ew of Northern France

- Some minor defects; mostly fine.

= I.a. "Plan de la Ville d'Aire Assiegée" (engr. plan by M. POOL, Amst., 1715), "Grondtekening der Stad Ryssel" (engr. plan, ±1740), "Berg S. Winox" (engr. plan by N. DE FER, Paris, ±1690), "Béthune, ville forte des Pays-Bas" (handcol. engr. plan by N. DE FER, Paris, ±1700) and "Saint-Omer" (handcol. engr. plan by N. DE FER, Paris, ±1700).

80/5548 Belgium Antwerp Antverpia totius inferioris Germaniae nobilissima et ducatus Brabantiae pimaria Urbs

- Each leaf w. hole and many restorations and repairs on former folds (w. sl. loss of image); without the printed text below. Sold w.a.f.

= Very rare panorama of Antwerp. Delen, Iconographie van Antwerpen, 217. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVI.

80/5550 Brazil Insulae Rio Iavero Delineatio

- A few foxed spots; trifle yellowed. = Rare.

80/5552 Canada Partie de l'Amérique Septentrionale qui comprend le Canada la Louisiane le Labrador le Groenland les Etats Unis et la Floride

- Trifle foxed and w. some brownish waterstains.

= One of a set of two maps showing the Eastern half of North America.

80/5553 Caribbean Pascaerte vande Caribes S Iuan de Porte Rico de oosthoeck van I Espagnola als mede de vaste cust van Nueva Andalusia met de eylanden daer omtrent ghelegen

- Doubled; some unobtrusive stains; nevertheless fine. = Koeman IV, Van Keulen C, 8 [25]. Rare.

80 5554 Celestial charts Sterre kaert Of Hemels Pleyn waerdoor men kan wete hoe laet dat het is over de gehele aertkloot

- Heavily creased and foxed; some marginal repairs on verso.

= This decorative celestial chart was published 5 times between 1684 and 1792. Whitfield p.81: "An ingenious application of the Mercator-type projection to the celestial map."

80 5555 Celestial charts Systema Solare et Planetarium ex hypothesi Copernicana secundum elegantissimas Illustrissimi quondam Hugenii deductiones novissime collectum & exhibitum

- A few tears in image closed on verso (one tear ±12 cm.); a few marginal tears (mainly in blank margin).

= 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.

80/5556 Celestial maps Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars VI

= One of 6 celestial charts showing the heavens as seen in 1730, also delineating the paths of various comets.

80 5557 Celestial maps Hemisphaerium Coeli boreale

- A few marginal tears (1x touching the image),

= Decorative celestial chart of the northern skies, depicting the signs of the zodiac in the centre and 4 observatories (i.a. of Paris and Nürnberg) in the corners.

80/5559 Celestial maps Planispherium Coeleste

- Trife age-toned. Otherwise fine. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVI.

80/5561 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.

80/5562 China China

- Some soiling in lower blank margin. = These Atlas Minor maps are rare.

80/5563 China A Description of China

- Cut to the borderline; vertical fold (as published); a few sm. stains.

= New Hollstein 2039, prob. 2nd state; Pennington 693. From: Johannes NIEUHOFF, An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China (London: 1669).

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

80 5564 China Karte von Tschili und Schantung

- All maps laid down on thin board and (except for a some irregular mounted spot on one map), fine.

= Very rare. The complete set of maps consists of 64 detailed maps (1:200.000), showing southern Hebei Province and all of Shandong Province. No complete copy traced on the market, and no separate maps either. The United Nations Library at Geneva and ERIC (Education Resources Information Centre) have a (near) complete copy of the map in their holdings. Both can be referenced online. The history of the creation of this map is as follows: The Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory was a German leased territory of 552 km2 in Imperial and Early Republican China from 1898 to 1914. From 1860 onwards the Germans became interested in gaining influence and a foothold in Asia, and especially in China. Surveyors were sent to Kiautschou Bay (Jiaozhou Bay). After negotations and the signing of the Prussian-Chinese Treaty of Peking in 1861, the Germans decided to establish a naval base in Jiaozhou Bay. The murder of two German Roman Catholic Priest by angry Chinese peasants belonging to the Big Sword Society in 1897, resulted in German miltary retaliation and occupation of the area in Kiautschou Bay (Jiaozhou Bay). After negotations with the Chinese, a deal was struck by which Germany was given the leasehold of the bay for 99 years in 1898. Germany lost the bay in 1914 to the Japanese at the outbreak of World War I. The Japanese returned the territory to China in 1922, but reoccupied it again between 1937-1945. After World War II the territory was returned to China again. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVII.