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.
81/5504 China The Kingdome of China 
- Trifle yellowed; tiny tear in upper right corner just touching the border line; tiny hole in centre. Nevertheless a fine copy.
= Rare and very decorative map w. interesting details: Korea is shown as an Island and Japan has an atypical shape. Scattered notes throughout the map share various historical and mythical aspects of the country. Furthermore the Great Wall is depicted in the map: "A wall of 400 leages, betwixt the bankes of ye. King of China against ye. breaking in of ye. Tartars on this side". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
81/5505 Cook J Lot of 18 fold engr / plates and 4 fold maps 
81/5505 Cook J Lot of 18 fold engr / plates and 4 fold maps 
81/5505 Cook J Lot of 18 fold engr / plates and 4 fold maps 
- The plates and maps have occasionally been attached to each other in order to fit in properly into the obl. format of the binding.
81/5506 Curaçao Nieuwe Afteekening van het Eyland Curacao Mitsgaders de haven van St Anna en't Fort Amsterdam int grood als ook hoe sig dit Eyland uyt der Zee Vertoont 
- Former folds as published, w. sm. closed hole at intersection; sl. age-toned.
= From part IV of the Zee-Fakkel, of which Dutch editions were printed 1728-1783. Koeman IV, p.377 [255]. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
81/5507 Denmark Daniae Regni Typus 
81/5507 Denmark Daniae Regni Typus 
= Van den Broecke 84, only state; Van der Krogt/ Koeman IIIB, 1500:31A. The rare earliest map of Denmark by Ortelius, "Cum privilegio" in lower left corner.
AND a small 18th cent. handcol. engr. map of Scandinavia (laid down on board).
81/5508 Denmark Daniae Regnu 
- Some foxed spots in blank margins. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 1500:1A.1.
81/5509 Denmark Nieuwe Pascaert van de Sond ende Beldt Met de onder behoorende Eylanden 
- Partly doubled; a few foxed spots; tiny tear in upper edge just touching the image.
= Koeman IV, Van Keulen S, 13 [177]. Rare.
81/5510 Denmark Nieuwe Pascaert van Schager rack en een gedeelte van de Sont van Gottenburgh tot aen Coppenhaven 
- Partly doubled; a few foxed spots; upper margin partly trimmed just outside the border line.
= Koeman IV, Van Keulen S, 10 [40]. Rare.
81/5511 Denmark Situs Iuttiae una cum ostijs aquarum alitudinibus et vadis omnium eius insularum 
- Fine copy.
= Koeman IV, Wag. Spieghel der Zeevaerdt [44b]. "Thanks to the unparalleled skill of the engravers, Baptist and Johannes van Deutecom, the original ms. charts by Waghenaer were transformed into the most beautiful maps of the period" (Koeman IV, p.469). Rare and decorative chart.
81/5512 Denmark Zeelandia Insula Danicarum Maxima 
- Some foxed spots; nevertheless fine. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 1510:2.2.
81/5513 East Indies Insulae Indiae Orientalis Praecipuae in quibus Moluccae celeberrimae sunt 
- Doubled w. Japanese; neatly closed tear in the image in lower right corner; paper around "Borneo" damaged and professionaly restored/ retouched; some scattered very tiny holes mainly in right part. Despite its restorations an attractive map.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 8500:1A, one of the earliest editions of this map (Latin text on verso). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.
81/5514 Europe Europa in Praecipuas ipsius Partes Distributa 
- Trifle browned; lacks sm. portion near lower edge, closed and retouched.
= Larger cities indicated with gold.