5491 - 5697 FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
80/5651 Japan Lot of 3 folded maps of Tokyo 
80/5651 Japan Lot of 3 folded maps of Tokyo 
80/5651 Japan Lot of 3 folded maps of Tokyo 
- One map w. 2 holes (0,5-1 cm.) due to weakness in the paper; 1 map w. offsetting of red dye/ink and sl. worn on the folds. Boards sl. worn (1x).
= Tokyo zenzu (Complete map of Tokyo) and Tokyo shinzu (New map of Tokyo), all folded to fit into one's pocket.
ADDED: 1 fold. map of Osaka, in the same style as the above (Osaka saiken zenzu, 1882, engr. w. woodblock-printed colouring w. sights along the edges, bound in orig. boards) and 1 fold. col. woodcut map of Kyoto (1890, no binding).
80/5652 Lot of 10 engraved views of Asia Africa South America and Europe 
80/5652 Lot of 10 engraved views of Asia Africa South America and Europe 
80/5652 Lot of 10 engraved views of Asia Africa South America and Europe 
80/5652 Lot of 10 engraved views of Asia Africa South America and Europe 
80/5652 Lot of 10 engraved views of Asia Africa South America and Europe 
80/5652 Lot of 10 engraved views of Asia Africa South America and Europe 
80 5653 Luxembourg Carte du Duché de Luxembourg dans laquelle on trouve la partie Meridionale & limitrophe de la Seigneurie de Lyege 
- Sl. yellowed/ foxed; vague oblique fold in lower corners; a few (closed) tears in blank margins.
80/5654 Mauritius Ins de Cerno a Nostatibus Mauritius nominata 
- Slightly creased; vague yellow stain in right part.
= Series of four numbered images of Dutch exploration voyages, from Commelin, Begin ende Voortgangh (...) (Amst., 1646). F.M. IV, 1055A I (3).
80/5655 Mediterranean Pascaarte van 't westelyckste deel van de Middellandsche Zee 
- Sl. browned; a few foxed spots.
= Among the earliest printed nautical charts of this region. Possibly after Janssonius' Licht der Zee-vaert (cf. Koeman IV, M.Bl 8, 1).
80 5656 North Sea Karta öfver Södra Delen af Nord Sjön med Hofden 
- Slightly frayed/ yellowed; a few tears in blank margins.
80/5657 North Sea Pascaerte vande Noord Zee 
- On thick paper; lower blank margin restored; the image apart from some foxing, fine.
= Cf. Koeman IV, J. Col 7 [2]. Very rare chart.
80/5658 Norway Paskaart van de Kust van Noorwegen Beginnende van Swarten Os tot aan Heyligen lander Leen 
- Partly doubled; printing flaw along middle fold.
= Koeman IV, Van Keulen B, 22 [285]. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXI.
80/5659 Palestine Das heilig Landt mit Ausztheilung der zwolff Geschlechter 
- Some vaguely browned areas; closed tear in lower part; lower margin cut on the border line.
80/5660 Palestine Palaestinae sive totius terrae promissionis nova descriptio 
80/5661 Palestine Perigrinatie ofte Veertich Iarige Reyse der Kinderen Israëls uyt Egypten door de Roode Zee ende de Woestyne Tot in 't Beloofde Landt Canaan 
= Cf. Poortman/ Augusteijn G I/3.
80/5662 Palestine Terrae Israel omnis ante Canaan Dictae in tribus undecim distributae accuratissima 
- Central fold strengthened/ repaired; sl. soiled. = Laor 46.
80/5663 Persia Imperii Persici in omnes suas Provincias exacte divisi Nova Tabula Geographica 
- Slightly browned along middle fold; otherwise fine.
80/5664 Persia Persia Sive Sophorum Regnum 
- Trifle yellowed. = Cf. Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 8200:2.3 (by Blaeu).
80/5665 Persia Verschiedene Prospecte der Vornemsten Städten in Persien samt vorderst einer unfern dem Caspischen Meer dem Russischen Reich zugehörig 
- A few (marginal) closed tears; trifle yellowed.
= Views of "Isphahan", "Candahar", "Teflis", "Kars", "Schiras", "Baccu", "Sultania", "Gamron oder Bender Abassi", "Schamachia", "Ardebil", "Erivan", "Derbent", "Kachan", "Erzerum" and "Astrachan".
80/5666 Portugal Portugalliae quae olim Lusitania novissima & exactissima descriptio 
- Slightly yellowed; otherwise fine. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 6300:1A.
80/5667 Rhine and Maas Fossa Eugeniana quae a Rheno ad Mosam duci coepta est 
80/5667 Rhine and Maas Fossa Eugeniana quae a Rheno ad Mosam duci coepta est 
80/5667 Rhine and Maas Fossa Eugeniana quae a Rheno ad Mosam duci coepta est 
- Trifle browned; lower part middle fold splitting.
= Shows (part of) the canal (nowadays Nordrhein Westphalen) planned by the Spanish regent in Brussels, Isabella Clara Eugenia (hence its name) to deviate to Antwerp - in Spanish territory - trade destined for Rotterdam or Amsterdam and thereby economically block the Dutch Republic. It was intended to run from the Rhine via the Maas to the Schelde but never even reached the Maas. Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 3790:1.1.
"Tractus Rheni et Mosae totusq Vahalis à Rhenoberca Gorcomium (...) et Leerdam." Contemp. handcol. engr. map in two sections on one leaf, dec. title-cartouche heightened w. gold and 2 scale bars, total size 38x50 cm., Amst., W. Blaeu, ±1640.
- Trifle foxed.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 3705:2; Vredenberg-Alink II, 2. Detailed map, showing the Netherlands between the three great rivers from Vianen/ Gorcum to Wesel/ Rijnberck.
AND 1 other: "Totius Fluminis Rheni Novissima Descriptio". Two engr. maps on 1 sheet, contemp. handcol. borders and 2 cartouches, together 46x52,5 cm., Amst., F. de Wit, ±1680 (lower right corner with closed tear).
80/5668 Romania Transilvania 
80/5668 Romania Transilvania 
80/5669 Romania Transylvania Sibenburgen 
- Sl. browned. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 7700:2.
80/5670 Russia Carte de Tartarie 
80/5670 Russia Carte de Tartarie 
- Trifle yellowed; right upper (blank) corner repaired.
= Covering Ukraine and Baltics in the west and China, Korea, and the Pacific Ocean in the east, centered on Siberia and Independent Tartary; Nova Zembla joined with the mainland.
"La Russie Blanche ou Moscovie, divisée suivant l'Estendue des Royaumes, Duchés, Principautés, Provinces, et Peuples, qui sont presentement soubs la domination du Czar de la Russie, cogneu soubs le nom de Grand Duc de Moscovie." Contemp. handcol. engr. map by N. SANSON, cartouche, engr. Latin title "Russiae albae (...)" above, 48,5x58 cm., (Amst.), P. Schenk, ±1700.
- Some vague foxing; a few sm. (burn)holes.