“A new description of Palestine or the whole Promised Land”.  The shoreline runs from Berytus (Beirut) to the Nile Delta, reaching inland east of Jordan and in the south to the red Sea.  The Dead sea is crescent shaped.  A legend at the upper left and the title at the bottom right are surrounded by cartouches in baroque style.  The legend reads: Antiquisima huius terre appelation fuit Canaan ... Hodie eam terram Sanctam unucupant ...  This is one of the later Ortelius prints of the first Ortelius map of Palestine.  The map is rated Very Good [see our rating criteria on the Home Page] and is a good dark impression in original color and measures approximately (13.8" x 18.6").    $1,250 ($10.50 shipping / handling / ins.)

A beautiful 18^th century map of northwestern Africa from Barbary, Nigeria and Guinea to below the equator.  The map is full of geographic names and details with information on rivers and lakes of the continent.  This map first appeared in De L’Isle’s Atlas de Geographie (1700-1712) and was later re-issued by Jan Elwe.  Numerous encampments are depicted with great detail throughout the Sahara Desert.  The map is rated Very Good with only slight age toning at the centerfold [see our rating criteria on the Home Page] and measures approximately (22.5" x 19.4") with a Certificate of Authenticity.   $439.  ($10.50 shipping / handling / ins.)

A handsome map of the Barbary Coast based on Gastaldi’s Africa.  Covers the western Mediterranean to include the Balearic islands and the land regions extend from Morocco to Libya.  Corsica, Sardinia, southern Italy and Sicily are portrayed in this classic Ortelius map.  Rich detail and geographic names highlight the regions of the Barbary Coast. Koeman noted “in view of the important trading relationship between Antwerp and Africa, it is not impossible that the original was a manuscript map of Portuguese or Venetian origin.  In this map, Ortelius gives a number of details found on no other printed map of the period”.   Sea monsters with a masted ship complete this ornate and interesting map in original color; which measures approximately (19.5" x 13.1").       $460.    ($10.50 shipping / handling / ins.)   

This miniature map of Egypt and the Nile Valley depicts major cities and political divisions as well as topographic features such as mountain and oases regions.  The map includes an elaborate title cartouche.  In original color, it was engraved by Antoine d’ Winter from Sanson’s pocket atlas edition.  Rated Very Good [see our rating criteria on the Home Page] the map has fold marks as issued.  The map measures approximately  (7.8" x 10.8" - 19.9 x 27.5 cm).          $170.   ($8.50 shipping / handling / ins.)    

A very large and beautiful map by the preeminent German cartographer of the 18^th century.  The map is centered on Morocco with great detail of North Africa showing the desert tribes of the region.  It extends to include the canary Islands and features an insert of Madeira.  A very detailed title cartouche depicting merchants, soldiers and wild animals with a sea battle in the background.  Complimenting the cartouche are two vignettes along the bottom, one of Morocco (Marrakech) and the other of Mequinetz (Mekness).  The map is rated Very Good with a reinforced centerfold and normal age toning.  It measures approximately (19.5" x 13.2").       $520.   ($10.50 shipping / handling / ins.)     

A finely engraved and decorative map of northwest Africa from the Atlas.  The map includes the Canaries and an insert of Penon de Veles.  Mercator was born in Rupelmonde, near Antwerp.  He studied philosophy and mathematics under Gemma Frisius at the University of Leuven.  In 1569 he introduced the projection that allowed navigators to plot the same constant compass bearing on a map. He planned a cosmography to be in five volumes under the name “atlas”, only a few sections were finished by Gerard before his death in 1594.  The remaining portions of the atlas were completed by his son Rumold in 1595.  In 1604 Jodocus Hondius and his sons, Jodocus II and Henricus bought Mercator’s printing plates for the atlas.  This map is from the enlarged version by Hondius.  The map is rated Very Good [see our rating criteria on the Home Page] and measures approximately (14.1" x 19.0" - 35.7 x 48.2 cm).            $320.   ($10.50 shipping / handling / ins.)       

A miniature map of a portion of the Natoliae, quae olim Asia Minor, Nova Descriptio.  The map depicts the Nile valley in great detail with numerous place names.  In original color, the map is rated Very Good [see our rating criteria on the Home Page] and measures approximately (3.0" x 4.3"  - 7.7 x 11.0 cm).        $ 218.   ($6.50 shipping / handling / ins.)    

This map is a reduced version of the elder Sanson’s map of  the Promised Land showing the Twelve Tribes of Israel.  A beautiful and vivid title cartouche embellishes the upper left corner of the map with biblical figures.  Engraved by Antoine d’ Winter from Sanson’s pocket atlas.  The map is rated Very Good [see our rating criteria on the Home Page] with no apparent flaws and measures approximately (10.1" x 7.8"  - 25.4 x 19.9 cm).       $200.   ($10.50 shipping / handling / ins.)            

The map was first published in 1606 and this version appeared in Atlas Geographicke description of the Regions ....[Henry Hondius, 1636].   Embellished with a strapwork title cartouche in later color; the map extends from Gambia at the upper left to Gabon at the lower right.  An insert is shown of the Island of St. Thomas.  The map is rated Excellent [see our rating criteria on the Home page] and measures approximately (14.0" x 19.5" - 35 x 50 cm).  $780   ($10.50 shipping / handling /ins.)       

The woodblock map was first published in a Latin edition and appeared in Munster’s 1553 Comographia.  The map is one of the primary compilations of early maps of Africa.  It is believed the map is based in part on Ptolemaic sources and has some reference to Portuguese as well as Arabic.  Text on the verso, the map is rated Very Good [see our rating criteria on the Home Page].  Two small tears are noted in the left and right lower margins each protruding into the map by 3 cm.  Each has been repaired with Japanese paper.  The map measures approximately (10.5" x 13.5" - 25.5 x 34.0 cm).       $1800.  ($10.50 shipping / handling / ins.)

 This rare and unusual map of the Middle East includes sections of Egypt and Palestine with two detailed cartouche embellishments.  One of a meeting with Abraham, supported by a textual description of the Twelve Lost Tribes of Israel [includes the camp and tribal names of the Israelites] and the other the Arc of the Covenant in fine detail.  With original outline color the map measures approximately (16.5" x 22.0") with wide margins on three sides.  The map is rated Very Good [see rating criteria on Home Page] with Certificate of Authenticity.     $480.    ($10.50 shipping/handling/ins.)   

A copperplate engraving, the map includes portions of Arabia and the Canary and Cape Verde Islands as well as several other Atlantic islands and the coastline of Brazil is visible.  Also depicted is Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean. A wreath cartouche is in the lower left corner.  The map, in outline color, is rated Excellent with a good and dark impression, some age toning noted.  It measures approximately (7.9" x 10.9"  -  20.0 x 27.7 cm).    $145.  ($8.50 shipping / handling / ins.)     

A very detailed map of North Africa centered on the Barbary coast.  Geographic data and regional boundaries are displayed.  The map extends beyond the neatline to include Cape Verde.  In original outline color, the map is rated Very Good [see our rating criteria on the Home Page] with a damp stain noted on the right and left sides, both outside the maps borders and not affecting it’s subject matter . The map measures approximately  (9.8" x  14.6").     $ 268.  ($10.50 Shipping / Handling / Ins.)

This German print depicts a colorful birds-eye view of the Holy City of Jerusalem based on Nicolas Visscher’s similar print from his Atlas Minor.  The plan illustrates the walled city with a key locating all the major sites whose text is placed within a scroll held aloft by an eagle.  The foreground at the bottom of the print is beautifully engraved with Biblical scenes including the Crucifixion.  German text on verso.  The print is rated Excellent with a professional repair to the binding holes in the margin, [see the rating criteria on the Home Page].  Print measures approximately (12.2" x 19.1") with a Certificate of Authenticity inscribed with the purchasers name and city.  $350.         ($10.50 shipping / handling / ins.)    SALE

A rare copy of one of the earliest maps of Egypt, first published in the 1540 edition of Munster’s Geographia and reprinted for subsequent editions of the Geographia and Cosographia.  Noted in the lower left corner is a legend in Latin containing all the names of the cities and villages mentioned on the map.  Typical of 16^th century maps is the manner in which the seas are depicted with wavy lines and the mountainous regions; as seen on early Ptolemaic maps.  The map is rated Very Good (see rating criteria on Home Page) with a repair noted in the lower left margin area.  The map measures approximately (10.2" x 13.7") with a Certificate of Authenticity inscribed with the purchasers name and country.   $550.  ($10.50 shipping / handling / ins.)

A detailed map of North Africa to include Spain, and parts of Libya and the western portions of the Mediterranean.  Islands depicted include Sardinia, Corsica, Majorca and Minorca.  The is rated Very Good [see the rating criteria on the Home Page] uncolored with slight outline color noted to the  boundaries.  An elaborated title cartouche at the lower center of  the map was engraved by Joan Baptiste Liebaux.  The map measures approximately (19.1" x 25.08").    $220.   ($10.50 shipping / handling / ins.)

This rare copy taken from the published Emin Relief Expedition Report illustrates the officers and itinerary of Henry Stanley’s expedition over the three years it took to provide relief to Emin Pasha (Dr. Edouard Schnitzer), the Governor of the Egyptian Station at Wadelai..  The route is shown from Stanley’s arrival February 20, 1887 at Baganovo.  Then traces the route into to the Congo with dates noted and descriptions provided of events along the route.  In original color, the portraits, and routes are clearly depicted.  The map is in Excellent Condition [see our rating criteria on the Home Page] with no apparent flaws and measures approximately (13.2" x 20.2"  -  31.1 x 51.6 cm).      $228.    ($10.50 shipping / handling / ins.)