Italy • Corsica
Woodcut map of ancient Italy and Corsica from Fries’ rare 1535 edition of Ptolemy's Geographia
Lyon: TRECHSEL, Melchior & Gaspar, 1535
38.2 x 24.1 cm / 15.0 x 9.5 in
Description
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Condition
Very good.
Issued folding. Uncoloured. Light shine-through. Early, illegible annotation in manuscript (ink?) at centre bottom. Two minute spots in each, left and right centre. Faint crease at bottom right corner
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British Isles
Rare and decorative Van Keulen sea chart of the British Isles
Amsterdam: VAN KEULEN, Johannes, c. 1705
58.5 x 51.1 cm / 23.0 x 20.1 in
Description
This is Johannes van Keulen’s second sea chart of the British Isles. It derives from his maritime atlas De nieuwe groote lichtende zee-fakkel, ..., first published in 1681 in Amsterdam.
Oriented to the east.....
Malta
Highly decorative French map of Malta
Paris: ROLLIN, Jacques, 1726
50.1 x 22.9 cm / 19.7 x 9.0 in
Description
This detailed and visually appealing map of the islands of Malta, Gozo, and Comino was created by Charles Amadeus de Berey. It was first published in 1726, in Jacques Rollin’s Histoire des chevaliers hospitaliers de S......