FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS

Auction 83, 24-28 November 2025

101 lots

Lots

Lot 5764

[Africa]. "Africae nova descriptio."

Handcol. engr. map w. elaborate border incorporating 9 oval bird's eye views of cities and 10 full-body portraits of native people in traditional dress, dec. title-cartouche, many ships, sea monsters and compass rose, 41x55,5 cm., Amst., W. Blaeu, 1647.

Estimate €800 – €1,000Result €800

Lot 5765

[Africa]. "Insula de s. Laurety".

Engr. map, 26,5x21,5 cm., ship, 2 large compass roses and 4 inset maps: "Insula de s. Maria", "Caemeterium Battavorum", "Baija Dantongil", "Porto de S. Augostino", on a textleaf from J.T. DE BRY, Indiae orientalis navigationes, 1598-1607 (vertical fold in right part). "Refrisco. Puorto Dale". "La Baye de l'Isle de Prince". Two engr. views of ships off the coast by B. VAN DOETECUM, one w. 7 cartouches w. titles, coat of arms, 13,5x21,6 or 14,4x22,5 cm., from I. COMMELIN, Begin ende Voortgangh/ van de Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie, 1646. AND 4 others from the same works: "Saevissimia tempestas ad terceram"; "Indianorum, insulae Pugnatan Incolarum (...)"; "Quomodo Lusitanorum uxores & filiae deferantur per publicam" and "Ung Batteau de Iapan dit Champan".

Estimate €100 – €150Result €130

Lot 5768

[Asia]. "Asiae Nova Descriptio."

Handcol. engr. map, dec. cartouche, 37x48 cm., from A. ORTELIUS, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, ±1570.

Estimate €200 – €300Result €350

Lot 5769

[Asia]. "Asiae Nova Descriptio."

Handcol. engr. map, dec. cartouche, 37x48 cm., from A. ORTELIUS, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, ±1570. "Carte d'Asie". Engr. map w. contemp. handcol. borders after G. DE L'ISLE, dec. cartouche and a sm. inset map, 49x63 cm., Paris, Dezauche, 1788 (peculiar vague yellow stains). - AND 14 others, all 18th-19th cent. engr./ lithogr. maps, i.a. "Carte de l'Asie" (engr. map w. contemp. handcol. borders, New York, V. Turgis, 1858) and "Carte de la partie sud-est de l'Asie suivant Ptolémée" (engr. map, Paris, W. Robertson, 1792).

Estimate €250 – €350Result €325

Lot 5770

[Asia]. "Carte des Indes et de la Chine."

Engr. map w. contemp. handcol. borders by G. DE L'ISLE, on 2 attached sheets, rectangular cartouche, scale bar, 61x62 cm., Amst., Covens & Mortier, ±1757.

Estimate €250 – €350Result €250

Lot 5771

[Asia]. Lot

of 3 engr. coastal maps, by L. AUBERT, all w. circular cartouche, 49x33 cm, from J.F.G. DE LA PÉROUSE, Atlas du voyage de La Pérouse, 1797. AND 22 others, all 18th-early 20th cent. (steel)engr. maps, plans and views mostly of Japan and Korea, i.a. "Carte pour les Voyages de Rubruquis, Marco Polo Jen-Kin-son (...)" (engr. map by J. VAN SCHLEY, Paris, 1744); "Carte des nouvelles découvertes"/ "Extrait d'une Carte Japonoise de l'Univers" (2 engr. maps after P. BUACHE on 1 sheet, ibid., 1772); "Plan de la ville de Meaco" (engr. plan by G. DHEULLAND, ibid., 1736) and "Carte de l'Empire Chinois et du Japon" (contemp. handcol. engr. map, ibid., 1833).

Estimate €200 – €300

Lot 5772

[Atlantic Ocean]. "Mar del Nort."

Handcol. engr. chart, 2 dec. cartouches, a central compass rose, 43x56 cm., Amst., J. Janssonius, ±1650.

Estimate €250 – €350Result €350

Lot 5775

[Belgium]. (Bruges).

Woodcut bird's-eye plan, 12,7x15,7 cm., from a German edition of S. MÜNSTER, Cosmographia, 2nd half 16th cent. "Antwerpia". "Antwerpen". Two engr. bird's-eye views, both 12,5x15,6 cm., from G. BAUDARTIUS, Les Guerres de Nassau (...), 1616. - AND 2 other plans, i.a. "La Ville de Leeuw" (±1700).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 5777

[Belgium]. "Comitatus Hannoniae et Episcopatus Cambresis descriptio". "Comitatus Namurci Tabula in Lucem".

Two contemp. handcol. engr. maps, each w. a cartouche and elegant scalebar, ±46,5x54,5 cm., Amst., F. de Wit, ±1680. AND 1 other similar: "Accurata Delineat. Comitatus Hanoviae Belgii Austriaci Provinc. (...)" (nicely handcol. map, Augsb., M. Seutter, ±1730). - ADDED: "Lotharingiae Tabula Generalis in qua Ducatus Lotharingiae et Barri (...)." Contemp. handcol. engr. map, elaborate cartouche heightened w. gold, 48,5x56 cm., Nürnb., J.B. Homann, ±1720 (fine). - AND 1 other: "Afbeeldinge vande vermaerde seehaven ende stadt van Duynkercken (...)" (handcol. engr. chart, from BLAEU, Novus Atlas, 1643-1650. Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 3295:2).

Estimate €120 – €150Result €150

Lot 5778

[Belgium]. "Flandriae comitatus".

Contemp. handcol. engr. map, 2 dec. cartouches, 46,5x56,5 cm., Amst., N. Visscher, ±1680. AND 1 other by BRAUN/ HOGENBERG: "Duacum, Catuacorum Urbs (...)" (sl. browned; tipped onto mount. Van der Krogt IV-2/1, 1123).

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 5779

[Belgium]. "Huum opp. condrusorum caput".

Engr. panoramic view of Liège, 2 dec. cartouches and 2 coats of arms, 30x46 cm., from BRAUN/ HOGENBERG, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1588.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 5780

[Belgium]. "Leodiensis Dioecesis."

Handcol. engr. map, 2 dec. cartouches, 38x49,5 cm., Amst., W. and J. Blaeu, ±1645. "Galloflandria, in qua Castellaniae Lilana, Duacena, & Orchiesa, cum dependentibus; necnon Tornacum, & Tornacesium." Handcol. engr. map by M. DOUÉ, 2 cartouches, coats of arms of Philip III of Spain and Flemish cities, 38,6x50,2 cm., ibid., W. Blaeu, 1643. "Archiepiscopatus Cameracensis." Handcol. engr. map, 3 (dec.) cartouches, 2 coats of arms, 38x49,5 cm., ibid., W. Blaeu, ±1645. AND 1 other: "Namurcum comitatus" (ORTELIUS, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, ±1600).

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 5783

[Belgium]. "Wacquen".

Handcol. engr. bird's-eye view of the castle and village of Wakken by Reynier BLOCKHUYSEN, 38x51 cm., Brussels, 1735, framed.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 5793

[Czechia]. "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 €80 – €100Result €90

Lot 5794

[Czechia]. "Circuli Brunnensis Pars Meridionalis."

Contemp. handcol. engr. map by J.C. MÜLLER, engr. title above the image, dec. cartouche w. hunting scene in lower left corner, 49x59,5 cm., Nuremb., J.B. Homann, ±1720. ADDED: "Circuli supe. Saxoniae pars meridionalis sive Ducatus, Electoratus et Principatus ducum Saxoniae". Contemp. handcol. engr. map by F. ZOLLMANN and A.F. ZÜRNER, 2 (dec.) cartouches in upper left corner, 48x56 cm., ibid., Homann Heirs, 1734. AND 1 other.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 5797

[Europe]. "Post- und Reise-Karte von Deutschland und den anliegenden Ländern bis London, Havre de Grace, Tours, Lyon, Genua, Bologna, Pesth, Warschau, Königsberg u. jenseits Kopenhagen, nebst den Haupt-Routen durch das übrige Europa."

Ed. F.M. Diez. Steelengr. map w. handcol. borders, mounted on fold. linen in 32 sections, 93x98 cm., sm. inset map of South Western Europe, Gotha, J. Perthes, 1825, in orig.(?) board slipcase w. mounted title in German and French.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €120

Lot 5798

[Europe]. Lot

of 16 small engr. maps of European countries or overseas territories, 9x (contemp.) handcol., 17th-19th cent., mostly w. (dec.) title-cartouche, from 23x18 to 31x22 cm., various publishers.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €150

Lot 5801

[France]. Bacler d'Albe, L.A.G. (1761-1824). (Promenades Pittoresques et Lithographiques dans Paris et ses Environs).

(Paris, Engelmann, 1822), 29 (of 48) lithogr. views (all lithographed by VILLAIN), each 16,5x21,5 cm. (incl. caption), partly with accomp. lithogr. text, bound in contemp. hcl., folio. AND 1 other similar: CHAPUY and F.T. DE JOLIMONT, Vues pittoresques de la Cathédrale de Paris (...) (Paris, 1823, 10 (of 12) lithogr. plates by LANGLUMÉ DE L'ABBAYE, contemp. hroan, folio. Sl. foxed; backstrip dam.).

Estimate €200 – €300Result €200

Lot 5802

[France]. "Borbonium, ducatus. Bourbonnois."

Handcol. engr. map, 2 dec. cartouches, 38x49,5 cm., Amst., W. and J. Blaeu, ±1665. "Valesium Ducatus. Valois." Engr. map, 2 cartouches, 2 coats of arms, 39x49,5 cm., ibid., W. Blaeu, 1635. "Picardia Regio Belgica." Engr. map by J. SURHON, 2 (dec.) cartouches, coat of arms flanked by angels, 38x53 cm., ibid., W. and J. Blaeu, 1635. "Burgundia Ducatus." Engr. map, title-cartouche, 33x46 cm., from MERCATOR-HONDIUS, Atlas, 1630. AND 6 others, i.a. "Beauvaisis. Comitatus Belovacium" (J. Hondius, 1630); "Comitatus Bellovacum, Vernaculè Beauvais" (W. and J. Blaeu, 1634); "Le pais de Brie" (W. Blaeu, 1634) and "Territorium Metense" (W. and J. Blaeu, 1634).

Estimate €120 – €150Result €140

Lot 5806

[France]. "Poictou."

Handcol. engr. map by P. ROGIER, 3 (dec.) cartouches, 36x50,2 cm., from A. ORTELIUS, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1579.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 5808

[France]. Lot

of ±50 (handcol.) engr. maps, plans and views, mostly w. sm. (dec.) title-cartouche and scalebar, all ±10,5x15 cm., from N. TASSIN, Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France, 1636. AND 7 other small plans and views.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 5810

[Germany]. "Ansicht von Coblenz und der Festung Ehrenbreitstein nach der Zerstörung".

Contemp. handcol. etching and aquatint by C.A. GÜNTHER, 11,2x16,7 cm. AND 3 others from the same series, same size, all in fine handcolouring and in fine condition: "Ansicht von Nonnenwerth", "Ansicht der Pfalz und Caub" and "Ansicht des Schlosses zu Biberich". Frommel, Carl (1789-1863). "Fünf Ansichten von Cassel und Wilhelmshöhe." N.pl., J.C. Krieger, n.d. (1840), 5 steelengr. views on chine collé, all 15x19,2 cm., loose as issued in orig. publisher's paper portfolio.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €80

Lot 5811

[Germany]. "Circuli Saxoniae Superioris Pars Meridionalis (...)"/ "Circulus Saxoniae Inferioris (...)".

Two handcol. engr. maps, both with 2 dec. (armorial) cartouches in lower corners, ±49,5x57,5 cm., Amst., F. de Wit, ±1670. AND 3 others publ. by the same, i.a. "Circulus Franconicus (...)" and "Utriusque Alsatiae (...)" (both doubled; a few dam. spots; 2nd map large tear in right part). - ADDED: "Generalis Lotharingiae Ducatus Tabula (...)" (handcol. engr. map w. cartouche by N. VISSCHER, Amst., ±1680. Fine).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 5813

[Germany]. "Germaniae generalis tabula."

Partly handcol. engr. map by A. VAN DEN BROECK, dec. title-cartouche in left upper corner, coat of arms, 47x55,5 cm., Amst., N. Visscher, ±1700. "Lusatia superior." Partly handcol. engr. map by B. SCULTETUS, 2 dec. cartouches, Lusatia coat of arms in upper left corner, 41x52 cm., ibid., W. and J. Blaeu, ±1645.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €80

Lot 5814

[Germany]. "Gochum. Vernacule Goch."

Engr. bird's eye plan, title-cartouche and 2 coats of arms, 37x48,5 cm., from BLAEU, Townbooks, ±1650. "Praefecturae Saxonicae Wurcensis, Eilenburgensis Dubensis Geographica accuratione". Contemp. handcol. engr. map by T.C. LOTTER, 2 elaborate cartouches, flanked by a large index in 2 large columns, 48,5x44 cm., Augsb., M. Seutter, ±1750. "Martis Area et Alea per Tractum Rheni, Mosselae, ac Mosae (...)". Contemp. handcol. engr. map by CORDIER, 2 elaborate cartouches and an inset map of the origin of the Rhine, 57,5x49,5 cm., Augsburg, M. Seutter, ±1750 (fine). "Le Cours de la Riviere du Rhein depuis sa Source jusques a son Emboucheure (...)." Contemp. handcol. engr. map, 58x55 cm., Paris, N. Sanson, ±1770. AND 9 others, mostly 17th cent. engr. battle views of German cities, i.a. 2 variations of "Beleegeringe van Rhynberck Anno 1633" (engr. view after C.J. VISSCHER, from I. COMMELIN, Frederick Hendrick van Nassauw, ±1651).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 5816

[Germany]. "Lusatia superior."

Partly handcol. engr. map, 2 dec. cartouches, Lusatia coat of arms in upper left corner, 38x49 cm., Amst., J. Janssonius, ±1650. "Palatinatus Bavariae." Contemp. handcol. engr. map, dec. cartouche, 37x50 cm., ibid., G. Mercator, 1619. "Nieuwe Kaart van de Opper Saxise Kreits of Keur Saxen, Meissen, Voigtland, Thuringe, Anhalt, Lusatie, Brandenburg en Pomeren." Contemp. handcol. engr. map, 28,3x33,7 cm., ibid., I. Tirion, ±1740. AND 1 other: "Meklenburg ducatus" (W. Blaeu, ±1640. Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 2210:2.2).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 5819

[Germany]. S.(acri) R.(omani) I.(mperii) in Germania

Descriptio prae caeteris aliis Longe' Accuratior, Comprehendens, Novem Circulorum Regni Bohemiae Belgii, Helvetiaeque Universae, Distinctam Divisionem cum Subdivisione in Provincias Minores. Engr. map w. contemp. handcol. borders and 2 cartouches, 50,5x60,5 cm., Amst., F. de Wit, ±1710, framed.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 5820

[Germany]. "Sveviae Nova Tabula."

Engr. map w. 3 cartouches, 37,5x48,8 cm., Amst., W. Blaeu, ±1650. "Monasteriensis Episcopatus." Engr. map by J. GIGANTE, title-cartouche in upper right corner, num. small coats of arms, 37,5x49,5 cm., ibid., idem, ±1650. AND 2 others: "Emda" (engr. bird's eye plan from BLAEU, Townbooks, ±1650. Waterst. in left and right margins) and "Albis, Fluvius Germaniae celebris, a fontibus ad ostia" (2 engr. maps on 1 sheet, Amst., ±1660. Stained/ creased in lower corners).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 5821

[Germany]. "Territorium Abbatiae Heresfeldensis. 't Stift Hirschfeldt."

Handcol. engr. map, 2 cartouches in lower corners, 38,5x50 cm., Amst., W. Blaeu, ±1645. "Mansfeldiae comitatus descriptio." Engr. map by T. STELLA, title-cartouche in upper right corner, 36,5x43 cm., from A. ORTELIUS, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1592. "Théatre de la guerre ou carte nouvelle du cours du Rhin depuis Worms jusqu'a Bonne et les pays adjacens." Contemp. handcol. engr. map by G. DE L'ISLE, 49,5x59 cm., Amst., R. and J. Ottens, 1735. AND 2 others: "Archiepiscopatus Maghdeburgensis et Anhaltinus ducatus" (W. Blaeu, ±1645) and "Ducatus Brunsvicensis fereq Lunaeburgensis (...) descriptio geographica" (J. Blaeu, ±1645). - ADDED: "Fionia vulgo Funen." Partially handcol. engr. map, 2 (dec.) cartouches, coat of arms in upper left corner, ships, 38x49,7 cm., from BLAEU, Atlas maior, ±1660.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 5822

[Germany and Austria]. (Thüringen and Saksen).

Woodcut map, 12x15,5 cm., on a text leaf from a German edition of S. MÜNSTER, Cosmographia, 2nd half 16th cent. "Von den Landt Oestereich/ und andern Herschafften". Woodcut map, 9x13,5 cm., from a German edition of S. MÜNSTER, Cosmographia, 2nd half 16th cent. (browned). - AND 5 others, i.a. a woodcut view of Prague from the same work.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 5823

[Globes]. Dozy, G.J. De Elsevier-Globe.

Collapsible terrestrial globe, Rott., Elsevier, n.d. (±1881), 8 col. gores printed on cloth, Ø ±38 cm., over a black iron umbrella frame, in orig. wooden case titled "De Elsevier Globe" on 3 sides, 7(h.)x76,5(b.)x8(d.) cm.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €400