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

- 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.

81/5508 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.

81 5515 Flags Flaggen aller seefahrenden Potenzen und Nationen in der gantzen Welt

- Slightly yellowed/ soiled. = Nice print depicting 140 flags.

81/5517 France De custen van Bretaigne waer in vertoont wort alle gelegentheyt tusschen Caap de Hague en 't Eylant Heyssant

- Doubled; tiny retouched section near left edge; closed tear in upper left corner.

= Koeman IV, Jac.14, 51. Very rare chart from A. JACOBSZ., Lichtende Colomne ofte Zee Spiegel (Amst., 1644). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.

81 5518 France Dioecese de Rheims et le Païs de Rethel

81 5518 France Dioecese de Rheims et le Païs de Rethel

= Both fine with attractive handcolouring.

81/5519 France Duynkercken a Septent Dunkerka a Meridie

- Some remnants of glue from former tape along edges on verso. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/1, 1154.