5858 - 6000 FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
- Waterstain in center of upper blank margin; sl. yellowed.
= "Australia shown as Ulimaroa oder Neu-Holland. Tasmania joined to mainland. Coloured to show areas of West, Middle, and East Polynesia. (...) for the first time on a German map Parramatta." (Tooley, Australia 278 and plate 147).
- Sl. foxed on verso. Slipcase sl. rubbed. Good/ fine copy.
- Trifle yellowed; attractive later handcolouring. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 7602:1.1.
"Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae parte." Handcol. engr. map, dec. cartouche, 35,5x46,5 cm., ibid., iidem, 1619.
- Some sm. waterstains in lower blank margin. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 7601:1.1.
- Two vertical creases in left part (1x paper/ printing flaw); portion of lower right blank corner torn off; sl. darkened in upper right corner.
"Atrebates. Evesché d'Arras. Comté d'Artois subdivisé (...)". Engr. map w. handcol. borders by N. SANSON, title-cartouche in upper right corner, 43x56,5 cm., Paris, N. Sanson, 1690.
- Middle fold splitting at lower end; a few marginal tears (1x affecting image).
AND 2 others, i.a. "Comitatus Artesiae et Flandriae Meridionalis (...)" (engr. map w. handcol. borders, Amst., R. and J. Ottens, ±1740. Vertical folds; frayed).
- Extra strip of paper attached to lower ample blank margin; fine.
AND 2 small 18th cent. engr. maps (1x w. handcol. borders) of Belgium: "Nouvelle Carte de Comté de Flandre" and "Comitatus Hanoniae".
- Doubled; frayed; upper left corner and lower end middle fold sl. stained/ dam.
"Ducatus Brabantiae Nova Tabula". Handcol. engr. map, large dec. title-cartouche in lower right corner, 58x48,5 cm., Nuremb., Homann Heirs, ±1755.
- Closed tears along middle fold and in lower margin; 2 horizontal creases in upper part.
= Dorigo/ Franssen 90.4.
"Flandriae Partes duae, quarum altera Proprietaria, altera Imperialis vulgo dicitur." Engr. map, 2 dec. cartouches, 41,5x52 cm., Amst., W. and J. Blaeu, 1635.
- Slightly browned; middle fold strengthened in upper blank margin. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 3215:2.
AND 2 others, i.a. "Comitatus Namurci tabula" (Amst., ±1680. (Closed) tears/ weak spots due to acid bite).
- The first map w. a pinhole in lower part; otherwise fine.
AND 1 other similar: "Accurata Delineat. Comitatus Hanoviae Belgii Austriaci Provinc. (...)" (nicely handcol., Augsb., M. Seutter, ±1730).
= Guicciardini Illustratus 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 2.1 and 2.1.
= Koeman II, 3282:2. Originally published in A. Sanderus, Flandria Illustrata, Amst., 1641.
- Formerly folded once; trifle yellowed; trifle creased.
= Dutch title-cartouche "De Stad en het Kasteel van Antwerpen" below. Cf. Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/1, 199 (ed. Pierre Mortier, from Van der AA, Galerie).
AND 3 others, i.a. "Leodiensis Dioecesis Typus" (engr. map w. large ornamental cartouche, fully covering the upper 1/4 part of the map, Antw., Ortelius, 1584) and "Marchionatus, sacri imperii et dominii Mechelini" (engr. map, Amst., F. de Wit).
= Comprises 1. "Les environs de Dunkerque, de Furne, de Nieuport, de Berge, de Dixmuyde &c."; 2. "Les environs d'Abbeville, de St. Valeri et du Crotoy. A l'Embouchure de la Somme"; 3. "Les environs de Malines, de Louvain, de Leaw, de Diest, d'Arschot, de Lier &c."; 4. "Les environs de Mastriht, Liege, Huy, Viset, Tongres, Borchloen, Warem, et St. Tron" and 5. (Les environs de Lille, de Tournay, d'Ipres, de Menin, et de Courtray).
WITH: "Plan du retranchement et campement de troupes Francoises aux environ de la ville de Dunkerque (...)" (engr. map, 1742. Two (closed) tears; some sm. holes/ dam. spots).
= Cf. Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/1, 184. Rare.
= Second state (of 3), dated "1587" in cartouche and with the manuscript number "5" in lower right corner. Guicciardini Illustratus 3.3. Rare.
- Sl. browned along former passepartout; blank margins yellowed; lower end of central fold strengthened on verso.
= Dorigo/ Franssen 20.1; Van den Broecke 66; Van der Krogt/ Koeman 3100:31B.
- Yellowed; sl. frayed in blank margins. = Rare early edition.
- Tiny worn spot in centre; nevertheless fine.
= Fine and rare view. Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/1 671, first state (of 3).
- A few foxed spots. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/2, 684.
- Slightly yellowed; trifle browned along middle fold.
= F.M. 3035a; Koeman II, Fri 1 (42). Map of Ghent, besieged by the allies from 18 December until the surrender on 30 December 1708.
- All maps trimmed to/ just outside the border line and w. sm. (closed) tears in margins/ lower part of middle fold (strengthened on verso); no. 2 lower left corner formerly torn off and w. 2 closed tears in center; no. 3 w. sl. larger closed tear upper right corner; no. 3 and 6 w. a few (vague) brown stains.
= Poortman/ Augusteijn chapter 21, no. 2, 3, and 6 (ills. 73, 76 and 82). The 2nd state (of 3) of the second series of bible maps by Petrus Plancius, first published in 1604. This second series, published in ±1637 by D.R.M. Mathes, is an adaptation of the first series by Plancius and Doetecom (see Poortman/ Augustijn, chapter 18). Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.