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Gotha : Justus Perthes, 1871. The seventh revision of this standard nineteenth-century wall-chart, originally published in 1863 and specifically designed for the British market to show "the lines of oceanic mail steam communication and overland routes, the international aerial and submarine telegraphs; and the principal tracks of sailing vessels; showing some continental surface characteristics, the oceanic currents and important deep-sea soundings", etc. Twenty-five inset maps and plans add more detail of air currents, magnetic variation, projected canals, overland crossings, the principal ports, etc.
Tint lithograph on paper, with original hand colour on routes, borders, etc. Eight sheets, joining to give an overall size of 974 x 1554mm (approx. 38-1/4" x 61-1/4"). Mounted on linen, edged with pink ribbon and fitted with loops for hanging, and folding into its original card folder with printed label in both English and German; the folder worn and split in two; short split to linen backing at one point; some small marks, mainly to verso; some minor surface dustiness, but the chart still overall in very good condition.

£750

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[Shrewsbury : C. Hulbert, 1826]. A charming and extremely rare miniature twin-hemisphere map of the world by Charles Hulbert of Shrewsbury - author, historian, publisher, bookseller, printer and stationer. Surrounding the map are depictions of a stately home, what appears to be a tropical forest, a bridge over a gorge, an elephant and a camel. Engraved by Smith and Greaves and evidently originally intended to accompany Hulbert's "The Select Museum of the World, or, One Thousand Descriptions of Remarkable Antiquities, Curiosities, Beauties & Varieties of Nature and Art in Asia, Africa, America and Europe" (1822-1826), the four volumes of which were also issued separately as "Museum Africanum", "Museum Americanum" etc.
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 77 x 120mm (approx. 3" x 4-3/4"). Some mild browning, outer blank margins a little soiled, but a very good example of a fragile production. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£250

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[London : for J. Knox, 1770]. An attractive double-hemisphere map of the world as known in the west before the discoveries of Captain Cook, with Australia and New Zealand still imperfect and shadowy outlines. Decorated with rococo work in the spandrels and a view of a distant city. Originally engraved by Thomas Kitchin for William Guthrie's "A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar" (1770).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 185 x 366mm (approx. 7-3/8" x 14-1/2"). Faint old folds, a few slight marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£400

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Amsterdam : chez D. de la Feuille, [1706]. A most attractive antique map of the world in hemispheres. Originally produced for the "Oorlogs Tabletten ..." published by Daniel de la Feuille at Amsterdam in 1706.
Copper line engraving on paper, with original hand colour. Engraved surface 153 x 215mm (approx. 6" x 8-1/2"). Very minor repair to foot of fold, some slight browning and faint marking, one small hole, single vertical crease, but a very good and crisp impression, with warm and rich original colour. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£500

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[London : for Thomas Bowles and John Bowles], 1727 [but ca.1732]. A handsome map of the world in hemispheres - the extremes of the earth as yet unknown in Europe - California shown as an island, the coastlines of "New Zeeland", "New Holland" and "Japon" hazy and incomplete. Inset between the spandrels are a map of the North Pole, notes on the prevailing trade-winds and the northern and southern signs of the zodiac, while along the lower border is a frieze depicting the people and riches of the earth. Originally produced in 1727 for Moll's "Atlas Minor", but here in a slightly later but still early impression.
Copper line engraving on paper. Original outline hand colour. Engraved surface 198 x 262 (approx. 7-3/4" x 10-1/4"). Some very minor dustiness in a few small places, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£750

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[Vienna : Reilly], [1791]. A neatly worked antique map of the world in hemispheres from the Viennese publisher Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly, who produced the first Austrian world atlas between 1789 and 1791.
Copper line engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 207 x 385mm (approx. 8-1/8" x 15-1/8"). Old folds, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£295

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