5491 - 5697 FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
- Sl. browned/ foxed; lower part middle fold strengthened w. sellotape on verso.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 1802:1.1.
"Tartaria sive magni Chami Imperium." Engr. map, 2 dec. cartouches, 38x50 cm., without address (Amst., J. Janssonius), ±1640.
- Vague oblique fold in left part; a few sm. (closed) holes in lower part of middle fold; dam. spot in lower right corner.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 8050:1B.
- Laid down on mount; under passepartout; trifle browned.
= Fine map of the Black Sea, showing the surrounding regions including portions of present-day Turkey, Romania, Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine and the Sea of Azov.
- Not examined outside frame; browned; prob. w. tear in central fold near lower edge.
= Van den Broecke 162 ("interesting folkore on eating, religion, and "burial" of the dead in trees in texts and pictures on the right hand side of the plate"); Van der Krogt/ Koeman IIIB, 1800:31.
- Laid down on mount; dampstained (mostly along margins); lacks sm. portion in small right view (filled in w. pencil). Sold w.a.f.
= Promotional map of Southern Scotland, with the famous Gleneagles Hotel located in the centre.
- Trifle foxed and sl. age-toned. Otherwise fine. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.
- Slightly mouldy/ frayed along outer blank margins; crease along middle fold.
= Shows present day Colombia and Panama. Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 9810:1.
- Doubled w. Japanese; some closed tears, i.a. along middle fold. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 6130:2.
= An impressive map of Southern Spain.
- Middle fold w. closed split at both ends; sm. waterstain in centre upper edge image.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/2, 4354: 2nd state (of 3).
- Two (unobtrusive) tiny holes/ thin paper areas.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 6055:2. Rare first edition of Blaeu's map of Castile.
- Trifle yellowed; vaguely waterst. along middle fold.
= Van den Broecke 29: "Approx. number of copies printed: few. Only three found so far"; not in Van der Krogt/ Koeman. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 4870:1A.
ADDED: (Franche-Comté). Engr. map, cartouche, 35x45,5 cm., from MERCATOR-HONDIUS, Atlas, 1630.
- Two closed tears in lower (blank) margin. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 4880:1A.
AND 1 other from the same atlas: "Lotharingia Ducatus".
- Browned; sl. nibbled by silverfish in skyarea. Not examined outside of frame.
- Some foxing, especially blank margins.
= Decorative map of the Ottoman Empire, only the western part of northern Africa not depicted.
- Browned; partly doubled.
= Rare map after the English map by P.D. BOHN, showing the Sea of Marmora and its surrounding regions, including Constantinople, Hellespont, the Dardeanelle Strait and the contiguous parts of Turkey and Greece.