FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS

Auction 82, 19-23 May 2025

143 lots

Lots

Lot 5860

[Africa]. "Spezialkarte von Afrika".

Twelve col. lithogr. maps (incl. 2 supplement maps) by H. HABENICHT, each mounted on linen in 4 sections, each ±54x62 cm., accomp. text booklet ((60)p., without wr., 4to), fold "Prospectus" w. overview map, together loose in orig. cl. portfolio w. ties, Gotha, J. Perthes, (1887).

Estimate €250 – €350Result €600

Lot 5865

[America]. "Map of Texas and Parts of Adjoining Territories".

Fold. col. lithogr. map by R.T. HILL, H.S. SELDEN and W.D. JOHNSON, 80x90 cm., (Washington, Government Printing Office), 1899. - IN: H. GANNETT, A Gazetteer of Texas (Washington, 1902, 7 col. lithogr. plates each w. 2 maps, without binding).

Estimate €200 – €300Result €325

Lot 5866

[America]. "Pictorial County, Rail-Road & Distance Map of the United States and Part of the Dominion of Canada."

Col. lithogr. map by Chas. LUBRECHT, w. inset title-cartouche incorporating a bird's eye view of New York City and its surroundings with the "Statue of liberty" and 5 inset maps and views of: "Vicinity of Chicago", "Vicinity of Boston", "City of New Orleans", "City of San Francisco" and "Yosemite Falls", 93x149 cm., publ. New York, Haasis & Lubrecht, ±1880.

Estimate €400 – €600Result €2,300

Lot 5868

[Aruba]. "Kaart van het Eiland Aruba".

Engr. map by W.A. VAN SPENGLER and R.F. VAN RADERS, engr. by F. ETIENNEZ, 30,5x45 cm., The Hague, Topographisch Bureau, 1825.

Estimate €400 – €600Result €400

Lot 5871

[Asia]. "Carte d'Asie".

Handcol. engr. map by G. DELISLE, 48x62,5 cm., Paris, Chez l'Auteur, 1723.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €160

Lot 5872

[Asia]. "Charte von Asien".

Contemp. handcol. engr. map by F.L. GÜSSEFELD, 2 cartouches, 48x57,8 cm., Nuremb., Homann Heirs, 1793. ADDED: "Aegyptus Hodierna Ex itinerario Celeberrimi viri Pauli Lucae" (partly handcol. engr. map, ibid., 1712. Waterstained; a few (closed) holes; yellowed) and 4 sm. handcol. engr. maps from C. BUFFIER, Géographie universelle, ±1800.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 5877

[Atlases]. "Theatrum orbis terrarum sive atlas novus/ Toonneel des aerdrycx, oft nieuwe atlas. Derde deel met een aenhangsel"

Two handcol. engr. title-pages, both 42x25 cm., from W. and J. Blaeu. - AND 26 other title-pages of atlases and topographical works, 8x handcol., 16th-18th century, i.a. 4 title-pages for Blaeu atlases (diff. languages), Hondius, Janssonius, Allard and "Nieuwe Groote Zee-Spiegel" (Amst., 1662), "Fasciculus Geographicus (...)" (Cologne, J. Buxemacher, 1608); "Urbium Praecipuarum totius mundi" (Braun and Hogenberg, ±1570). - WITH: ±150 cut-out (title) cartouches from various French maps, laid down on mounts.

Estimate €300 – €500Result €350

Lot 5880

"Automobielkaart van de Java Motor Club van Java en Madoera".

Three folded col. lithogr. maps, each 51,5x79,5 cm., scale 1:500.000, each mounted in 16 sections on linen, together in orig. slipcase, Batavia, lithogr. by G. Kolff & Co., n.d. (±1920). - AND 5 other fold. maps of London (Bartholomew's Plan of London and Tape Indicator Map of London (George Philip & Son)), Paris (Garnier Frères), British South Africa (Edward Standford)

Estimate €60 – €80Result €90

Lot 5881

[Balkans]. "Walachia, Servia, Bulgaria, Romania".

Handcol. engr. map, dec. cartouche, 34,5x47 cm., Amst., Mercator/ Hondius, 1630. "Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae parte." Handcol. engr. map, dec. cartouche, 35,5x46,5 cm., ibid., iidem, 1619.

Estimate €120 – €150Result €120

Lot 5882

[Belgium]. "Comitatus Flandriae in omnes ejusdem subjacentes Ditiones (...)".

Contemp. handcol. engr. map, title-cartouche in left upper corner, 48x57,5 cm., Nuremb., J.B. Homann, ±1735. "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. AND 2 others, i.a. "Comitatus Artesiae et Flandriae Meridionalis (...)" (engr. map w. handcol. borders, Amst., R. and J. Ottens, ±1740. Vertical folds; frayed).

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 5883

[Belgium]. "Comitatus Flandriae Tabula".

Contemp. handcol. engr. map (w. parts in later handcol.), coat of arms and scale bar each supported by putti, 46x56 cm., Amst., F. de Wit, ±1680. AND 2 small 18th cent. engr. maps (1x w. handcol. borders) of Belgium: "Nouvelle Carte de Comté de Flandre" and "Comitatus Hanoniae".

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 5884

[Belgium]. "Comitatus Flandriae Tabula".

Engr. map w. handcol. borders, coat of arms and scale bar each supported by putti, 46x56 cm., Amst., F. de Wit, ±1680. "Ducatus Brabantiae Nova Tabula". Handcol. engr. map, large dec. title-cartouche in lower right corner, 58x48,5 cm., Nuremb., Homann Heirs, ±1755. "Flandriae Partes duae, quarum altera Proprietaria, altera Imperialis vulgo dicitur." Engr. map, 2 dec. cartouches, 41,5x52 cm., Amst., W. and J. Blaeu, 1635. AND 2 others, i.a. "Comitatus Namurci tabula" (Amst., ±1680. (Closed) tears/ weak spots due to acid bite).

Estimate €80 – €100Result €100

Lot 5886

[Belgium]. "Leodiensis episcopatus delineatio."

Handcol. engr. map by P. KAERIUS, 23,3x31 cm., from GUICCIARDINI, first half 17th cent. "Lille". Handcol. engr. map, 22,8x30,5 cm., from GUICCIARDINI, first half 17th cent. - AND 4 others, i.a. 3 uncol. maps from the same work: "Hannonia", "Artois. Atrebatum Regionis Vera Descriptio" and "Namurcum Comitatus".

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 5888

[Belgium]. "Plan de la Ville et Citadelle d'Anvers. Renomée (...)."

Engr. (bird's eye) plan, 43x55 cm., inset map of Antwerp's surroundings, Amst., Covens and Mortier, ±1740. 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).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €120

Lot 5889

[Belgium]. Lot

of 5 handcol. engr. maps, between 31,5x33,5 and 32x46 cm., from G. DANET/ J.F. BESNARD, Les frontières de France et des Pais Bas (Paris, ±1725). 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).

Estimate €150 – €250Result €150

Lot 5890

[Belgium. Antwerp]. "Antverpia".

Engr. bird's eye plan, coat of arms and legend in lower left corner, 27,5x36 cm., from M. MERIAN, Archontologia Cosmica, 1638.

Estimate €60 – €80Result €100

Lot 5892

[Belgium. Brabant]. "Brabantiae descriptio".

Handcol. engr. map w. three cartouches and inset map of Mechelen and surroundings, 36,5x47,5 cm., from A. ORTELIUS, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1595 (dated "1591" in the plate).

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 5894

[Belgium. Brussels]. "Bruxella".

Engr. bird's eye plan, 3 dec. cartouches, 42x54,5 cm., from JANSSONIUS, Theatrum Urbium Celebriorum totius Belgii sive Germaniae Inferioris, ±1657.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €210

Lot 5898

[Caribbean]. "Plan der Insuln Guadeloupe und Marie Galante".

Handcol. engr. map, 36x21,5 cm., from G.N. RASPE, Schauplatz des gegenwaertigen Kriegs (±1760). "Carte de l'Isle d'Hayti, aujour d'hui l'Espagnole, ou l'Isle de St. Domingue, avec les Isles voisines". Handcol. engr. map by J. VAN DER SCHLEY, 22x33 cm., cartouche w. title in French, title in Dutch below, Amst., ±1770. - AND 2 others, i.a. "Isles de Cuba et de la Jamaïque" (handcol. engr. map by R. BONNE).

Estimate €150 – €250

Lot 5900

[Celestial charts]. "Hemel globe. Coeli ennarant Gloriam del."

Handcol. engr. double hemisphere celestial map, dec. border w. clouds, putti and birds and a dec. title-cartouche w. Dutch title above and a banner w. Latin title below, 18x32 cm., Amst., F. Halma, 1720, framed.

Estimate €200 – €300Result €325

Lot 5903

[Charts]. "Carte des Côtes Occidentales de France, et d'une partie de celles d'Espagne, d'Angleterre, et d'Irlande. Avec les fondes qu'on trouve au large de ces Côtes".

Large chart engr. by G. DE LA HAYE after DE MANNEVILLETTE and DIQUEMARE for the Neptune Oriental, 48,5x66,5 cm., n.pl., n.publ., 1775. ADDED 2 maps: "Carte de L'Oceanie ou Cinquième Partie du Monde" (engr. map w. handcol. borders and routes taken by explorers, n.pl., A. Tardieu, 1821, "Dressée pour l'intelligence de l'histoire générale des voyages de Laharpe") and "l'Amerique Septentrionale" (engr. map by GLOT after HËRISSON, w. handcol. borders, w. engr. number "N.42" in upper right corner, prob. from A.H. BRUÉ, Grand Atlas Universel, Paris, Desray, 1816. Trifle yellowed/ sl. foxed).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €110

Lot 5905

[Czech Republic]. "Bohemiae Regnum in XII Circulos divisum".

Handcol. engr. map, ±50x55 cm., Nuremb., Homann Heirs, ±1740. "Regni Bohemiae Circulus Litomericensis". Engr. map w. handcol. borders, 49x57,5 cm., ibid., idem, 1807. AND 2 others: "Regni Bohemiae Circuli Satecensis et Cubitensis" (engr. map w. handcol. borders, ibid., idem, 1807. Small hole in lower left corner) and "Postkarte von Böhmen, Schlesien, Maehren, der Lausitz und Glatz" (handcol. engr. map by F. MÜLLER, from F.J.J. VON REILLY, Allgemeiner Post Atlas, 1799. Sl. stained).

Estimate €150 – €250

Lot 5908

[Egypt]. "Veduta di Luqssor".

Etching and aquatint, 11,3x27,9 cm., signed in the plate, from D.V. DENON, Viaggo nel basso ed alto Egitto (Florence, 1808). - AND 4 others from the same work, i.a. "Veduta d'Eftou dal sud al nord" and "Veduta dell'isola Elefantina".

Estimate €30 – €50Result €40

Lot 5909

[Europa]. "Carte générale des chemins de fer européens donnant toutes les Stations. Ainsi que les Voies de Communication par Mer".

Fold. lithogr. map by A.T. CHARTIER, 95x80 cm., in compartments laid down on linnen, (Paris, Migeon, ±1860). ADDED: 2 others, i.a. P.H. WITKAMP, Nieuwe atlas van Nederland en zijne overzeesche bezittingen (Arnhem, 1873, 12 (of 14) double-p. col. lithogr. maps, contemp. gilt cl., 4to. Lacks map of Nederlandsch Oost-Indië and Java. Koeman III, Witk 5).

Estimate €40 – €60Result €40

Lot 5912

[France]. "Comitatus Burgundiae tam in primarias ejus praefecturas quam in minores earundem Balliviatorum (...)".

Handcol. engr. map, dec. title-cartouche in lower right corner, 57x48 cm., Nuremb., J.B. Homann, ±1720. "Tabula Geographica Campaniae specialis". Partly handcol. engr. map, dec. title-cartouche and 2 inset bird's eye views of Reims and Troyes, 58x49 cm., idem, Heirs J.B. Homann, ±1750. AND 3 other handcol. engr. maps, i.a. "Lotharingiae tabula generalis" (ibid., ±1720. A few closed tears; stained) and "Landgraviatus Alsatiae tam Superioris quam Inferi" (ibid., ±1720. Hole in upper blank margin).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 5914

[France]. "Duynkercken a Septent." "Dunkerka a Meridie."

Two engr. profiles by R. BLOKHUIJSE on 1 leaf, 2 coats of arms, totally measuring 37,8x50 cm., from BLAEU, Townbooks, ±1650. "Carte du Bourdelois du Perigord et des Provinces Voisines." Partly handcol. engr. map by G. DE L'ISLE, 48x63 cm., Amst., Covens & Mortier, ±1730 (trifle yellowed). - AND a small engr. map w. handcol. borders of "Cercle du Bourgogne" (±1700).

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 5917

[France]. "Plan de la ville de Paris, divisé en 12 Arrondissements et 48 Quartiers avec tous les Changemens exécutés et projetés jusqu'à ce jour."

Fold. col. engr. map by P. ROUSSET and L. VIVIEN, mounted in 21 sections on fold. dark linen (total size ±53,5x79,5 cm.), Paris, Locard et Davi, 1827. AND 2 maps of France, i.a. "Carte Routière & Administrative de la France indiquant les Routes de Poste, Nationales et Départementales" (fold. col. engr. map by J.B.L. CHARLE, 85x59 cm., Paris, ±1850).

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80