5460 - 5622 FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
- Trifle yellowed. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 1800:1B.2
- Lacking the lower part of the map; oblique fold in left part. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 5801:1.1.
= The ninth leaf (of 11) from the atlas Scenographia Urbium Silesiae, with views of Lauer, Hirschberg, Liebethal, Warmbad, Lemberg, Buntzlau, Schmiedeberg and Greiffenberg.
- Trifle foxed and sl. age-toned. Otherwise fine.
- Trifle yellowed; wormhole in centre.
= Also published as the lower left sheet of a four-sheet worldmap Carte Universelle Du Monde (Shirley 489). Very rare.
- Blank margins sl. browned/ wormholed (just affecting the image near upper edge); tear in upper margin just touching the image.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 9900:2A.2.
AND 5 others, i.a. 4 handcol. maps publ. by W.A. Bachiene, i.a. "Kaart van het Zuidelijk/ Noordelijk gedeelte van Brezil (...)" and "Kaart van Peru (...)" (±1785. Each mounted on board).
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 6210:2B.
- Pinhole in upper right corner of image. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 6015:2.
- Slightly yellowed, a few closed tears in ample outer blank margins.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 4920:1A.1. Shows i.a. the Jura, the eastern part of Lac Leman, Lac de Neuchâtel, the Thunersee and Bern.
- Folded as issued.
ADDED: 3 others, i.a. "Samachi" (Azerbaijan) (handcol. engr. view, from C. DE BRUYN, Voyages de Corneille le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse et aux Indes Orientales, 1718) and "Theatre de la Guerre sur la Coste de Coromandel" (engr. map, Paris, J.-N. Bellin, 1750).
- Trifle yellowed; ends middle fold trifle splitting; pinhole in outer upper left corner of image; 2 sm. tears in lower outer blank margin. Nevertheless a fine copy.
= Second edition (of 2).
- Fine.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 9830:2.2. Also showing i.a. Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Isla Margarita and Martinique.
- A few vague brownish stains. = The scarce German edition of Tavernier's map of Indo-China.
- A few closed tears (mainly on central fold); yellowed (except for the area surrounding the central fold which is irregularly white); a few sm. thin spots.
= Finely engraved wind chart, surrounded by wind heads. The wind heads are arranged in successive ages from young to old, and four large heads, blowing winds on the compass and seasons. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXI.
- Trifle yellowed. Otherwise fine.
- Folds as issued; neatly closed wormholes.
= Third state (of 4), showing the outline of the southerly landmasses in Antarctica.
= A prominent feature of the map is the division within the world by religion (Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Paganism) and skin colour (white, brown, yellow and olive).
"Mappe-monde". Engr. double-hemisphere worldmap, 27x44 cm., Paris, R. Vaugondy and Delamarche, 1795 (annot. in pen and ink in lower margin; sl. foxed). - ADDED: 3 (engr.) maps, of the North and South Pole (early 20th cent.) and of Europe (late 18th cent.).
- Trimmed within lower platemark to borderline below text; middle fold and horizontal fold flattened and partly strengthened w. strips of paper on verso and w. some sm. closed tears/ tiny holes; yellowed.
= Decorative and unusual worldmap, the left hemisphere, "Hemisphere Maritime" (showing mostly oceans), with a tilted southern and the right, "Hemisphere Terrestre" (showing most of the continents), with a tilted northern polar projection.