Augsburg: SCHÖNSPERGER, Johann, 1496
14.2 x 8.7 cm / 5.6 x 3.4 in
Description This small and rare woodcut fictional image of an English town is from a reduced version of Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, published by Johann Schönsperger in 1496 in Augsburg. It is therefore often referred to as.....
London: SUDBURY, John & HUMBLE, George, 1610 (dated) [but 1611/12]
50.8 x 38.4 cm / 20.0 x 15.1 in
Description Please enquire. Condition Very good. A sharp impression on paper with a bunch-of-grapes watermark. Issued folding, now flattened. Beautiful colouring throughout. Light shine-through. Light toning along centrefold. Remargined at top.....
Amsterdam: DONCKER, Hendrick, 1661 (dated)
53.8 x 42.7 cm / 21.2 x 16.8 in
Description This 1661 sea chart by Hendrick Doncker focusses on the English Channel, taking in the adjacent coastlines of southern England and northern France. It reaches from southeastern Ireland, southern Wales, and Essex in the north.....
Amsterdam: VAN KEULEN, Johannes, c. 1710
57.1 x 49.3 cm / 22.5 x 19.4 in
Description Oriented to the west, this sea chart by Gerard van Keulen focusses on the western end of the English Channel, taking in the adjacent coastlines of southwestern England and northwestern France. It reaches from.....
Paris: Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine [?], 1764
26.7 x 19.1 cm / 10.5 x 7.5 in
Description This detailed chart of the Firth of Forth, here referred to as the Gulf of Edinburgh (Golphe d'Edinburg), is from Jacques-Nicolas Bellin’s Le Petit Atlas Maritime. With close to.....
Paris: Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine [?], 1764
17.4 x 22.8 cm / 6.9 x 9.0 in
Description This detailed London city plan is from Jacques-Nicolas Bellin’s Le Petit Atlas Maritime. With close to 600 charts and a strong focus on harbour cities and towns, this atlas.....
London: ALFORD, 1827 (dated)
42.5 x 49.1 cm / 16.7 x 19.3 in
Description Please enquire. Condition Fair. Printed on a flat sheet and backed with old linen. Uncoloured. Even toning. A few spots and light stains, mostly in margins and at upper top. Abrasions and minor chipping along edges.....