5460 - 5622 FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
- A few sections loosening; some stains.
= Probably formerly in use at a police department, with markings and notes concerning patrols and checkpoints.
- One view browned. All views w. vaguely visible vertical fold. Corners sl. worn. Otherwise fine.
- Lacks 3 plates and the portfolio; Index and most plates (sl.) foxed.
= Contains mainly views of Switzerland and Germany.
- Occas. sl. foxed and dustsoiled; a few (sm.) chipped spots and scratches.
- Closed split at lower end middle fold. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 5100:1A.1.
- Two tiny (pin)holes in centre. Fine copy.
= Koeman IV, Wag. Spieghel der Zeevaerdt [21b]. "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.
- Some tiny tears in outer blank margins. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 5500:1A.1. Very decorative map.
- Lacks the 2 southernmost parts. Otherwise fine.
"Nieuwe Kaart van de Eilanden van Groot Brittannien behelzende de Koningryken Engeland, Schotland en Ierland". "Nieuwe kaart van 't zuider gedeelte van Groot Brittanie behelzende het Koningryk Engeland". Two contemp. handcol. engr. maps, 1x by C. SEPP and w. inset map of the Orkney and Shetland Islands, each ±32x37 cm., Amst., I. Tirion, 1743.
- Closed tear in lower blank margin.
AND 1 other.
- Two sm. marginal tears; nevertheless a fine chart.
- Fold and sm. tear in centre; some foxing in blank margins. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 5113:1.1.
- Left margin cut just within the border line; a few very vague brown stains. = Not in Koeman.
- Middle fold strengthened w. paper on verso.
= Map also shows the adjacent Benelux and parts of Germany and France. From Lattré's Atlas Moderne (1783).
"Is de Fero de Scheland, Orknay et Hebrides". Handcol. engr. map by A.M. MALLET, 13,8x9,8 cm., (Paris, D. Thierry, ±1683).
- Sl. stained in blank margins. = From Mallet's Description de l'Univers (Paris, 1683).
- Closed tears at foot of middle fold.
= The state with engr. English title in top margin: "A General Map of Great Britain and Ireland with Part of Holland, Flanders, France &c. Agreable to modern History."
AND 1 smaller handcol. engr. map by MERCATOR: "Ultoniae orientalis Pars" (clumsily col. cartouche).
- Right margin cut on/ just outside the border line.
AND 1 other publ. by G. Valk: "Les Isles Britanniques (...)" (contemp. handcol. engr. map; partly brittle).
- Trifle yellowed; paper sl. brittle; large horizontal tear below caption.
- Middle fold splitting at lower end; some wormholes/ foxing in blank margins.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 5110:1.1
- Ample margins; fine. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 5235:2.
- Ample margins; occas. trifle foxed. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 5872:2.
- Lower blank corners restored; 2 pinholes in centre.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 5941:1.1.