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15038 CSS17 15006 322 CSS19 15007
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15038 CSS17 322 15009 15009 CSS19 15048
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August 16, 2015 - SINGAPORE Note: Please note that bidders who acquire lots on the-saleroom.com will have a fee of 3% on the hammer price added to their invoice for using this facility. Spink is pleased to continue to offer our brand new on-line bidding platform Spink Live for no charge through www.spink.com
SUNDAY 16 AUGUST 2015 Commencing at 6.00 p.m.
WORLD MAPS
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“1752” Mappemonde ou Description du globe terrestre, by Robert de Vaugondy; 301⁄ 2 x 20 inches with original outline colour. Copper engraving on watermarked laid paper. A beautiful world map in two hemispheres from the 1757 first edition of Giles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy’s famous “Atlas Universal”. The map shows the voyages of Anson in 1740, l’Aigle et la Marie, 1738-9, and Galion Na. Seignora - the galleon routes to and from Acapulco - Manila, 1743. New Zealand is partially shown, and Nourvelle Hollande (Australia) contains a very strange line on its east coast aptly labeled “Cotes conjectures.” North America is open and empty in the north-west. Australia is shown with partially undefined coastlines. Lavish ornamental cartouches. Usual reinforced central fold and two other vertical folds towards edges. Printed “MAPPE-MONDE” on verso of each side. Good to fine. Photo 3
S$4,000-5,000
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1766 Mappe-Monde Dressée pour l’Etude de la Géographie, rélativement aux Auteurs les plus Modernes..., by Desnos; 20 x 151⁄ 4 inches, old colour. On stout laid paper, this copper engraved double hemisphere world map is supported by two Atlas (or Hercules) figures who are also holding a dedication banner. Unusual cartographic aspects are oddly shaped Alaskan and Australian coasts, based on the incomplete information available at the time, and a large body of water in northwestern North America called “Mer de l’Ouest” (Sea of the West). Usual central fold, some light age marks along the fold and at the very edges of this sheet. Photo
S$1,200-1,500
Desnos credits the revisions of the map to Louis Brion de la Tour, who also collaborated with him on other maps. Little is known about Brion de la Tour except that he held the post of Ingenieur-Geographe du Roi and published a wide range of statistical works and many atlases
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1779 A Map the World with the Latest Discoveries, by John Blair; 301⁄ 2 x 18 inches, handcoloured. This large double hemisphere map was issued as an addendum to Blair’s famous tables of chronology. It reflects the latest exploration discoveries, specially those made by James Cook during his three expeditions on the Endeavour. The first voyage in 1768-1771 led to the good delineation of the New Zealand isles and of the Australian west coast, and the correct position of Otaheite (Tahiti). The second voyage in 1772-1775 dispelled the existence of a large southern continent, Cook crossing the polar circle could not locate any landmass. The last voyage dispelled the myth of the straight of Anian (also linked to the fabled northwest passage over and above Canada), and discovered the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), where he was killed by natives. Interesting N.W. Coast of America is still based largely on the Russian discoveries and includes Bering’s coast. Central fold and two other vertical folds. There is some splitting in the margins. Good to fine. Photo
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S$2,500-3,000
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1579 Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacientium Typus, by Abraham Ortelius; 211⁄ 4 x 161⁄ 2 inches, hand-coloured. Fine example of Ortelius’ map of S.E. Asia, Japan, and the Philippines, etc. The map includes beach and other information drawn from Marco Polo. The map also includes a portion of the West Coast of North America, including several mythical names in California. Based upon Mercator’s world map of 1569. The difficulty of mapping this archipelago was such, that for centuries to come maps of this area remain faulty. Sumatra and Java are heavily oversized, and the Philippines are incomplete and without the northern island of Luzon. The mermaids, who are beautifying themselves rather than heeding the whales’ attack on nearby ships, are based on those occurring on Diego Gutierrez map of America. From a French edition of the Atlas “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum”. The privilegium is found in the lower right corner and with French text on verso. Usual reinforced centre fold, light overall ageing, nevertheless a fine example of this scarce map. Photo
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S$7,000-8,000
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1606 India Orientalis, by Jodocus Hondius with Latin text on the verso; 223⁄ 4 x 19 inches, old coloured. One of the finest early Dutch maps of the region, first published in 1606 as one of the 37 new maps engraved for Jodocus Hondius’ expanded Dutch edition of the “Mercator Atlas”. Extending from India to the coasts of Southern China with the Pearl River Estuary, Canton and Formosa, it also includes all of the Malay peninsula and Indochina, northern Borneo and the Philippines. The decorative detail includes a large sea monster and an oriental junk in the Bay of Bengal as well as fine scrollwork title and scale cartouches. One of the most interesting and unusual features of the Southern Malay peninsula is its dissection in two, the southern part becoming an island just south of Malacca where it is separated from the rest of the peninsula by a large north-easterly channel. With two sailing ships and a sea monster. Reinforced central fold and some light ageing, mostly confined to the margins. Photo
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S$3,000-3,500
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1690 (c.) Exactissima Asiae Delineatio In Praecipuas Regiones, by Allard bei Covens and Mortier; 251⁄ 4 x 21 inches, old coloured. Fine map of Asia and the and the Northern tip of Australia, called Hollandia Nova. With a very decorative title cartouche lower left featuring camels, cockatoos and Eastern merchants bartering their wares. Information was taken from Nicolas Witsen’s 6-sheet map of Tartary from 1687 as noted above the bottom border. Unfolded but the margin slightly reduced at foot. Photo
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S$2,000-2,500
1719 Nova Asiae Tabula e majori in minorem hanc formam reducta a Ioh. Bapt. Homann, by Christopher Weigel Amsterdam; 171⁄ 2 x 141⁄ 4 inches, hand-coloured. This map was reduced and revised from Homann’s original by Christopher Weigel for inclusion in Johann David Kohler’s 1719 “Schuul und Reisen Atlas”. This map covers all of Asia from the Black Sea to Japan and from Nova Zembla to New Guinea. There is an elaborate allegorical title cartouche in the lower left quadrant illustrating several men bowing to an Asiatic monarch. A leopard surmounts the title area. At the top right, there are a list of major religious groups. It is likely that the intent was to colour code the map by religious groups, but this apparently did not a happen. Usual strengthened centre fold and light soiling, confined to the margins. Photo Cartographically there is much of interest, particularly in East Asia, which at the time was largely unknown to European cartographers. Japan is attached to Hokkaido, here labeled Yedso, which is itself much larger than a malformed but somewhat recognizable Honshu. Just to the east of Yedso (Hokkaido), Homann maps the apocryphal Compagnie Landt. Often called de Gamma Land or Gama, these islands were supposedly discovered in the 17th century by a mysterious Spanish navigator known as Jean de Gama. Various subsequent navigators claim to have seen this land, including Maerten de Vries and Cornelis Jansz Coen, but it was left to Bering to finally debunk the myth. In 1729, he sailed for three days looking for Juan de Gama land but never found it. Thought it may be little more than a mis-mapping of Hokkaido or the Japanese Kuriles, Gama or Compagnie remained on maps for about 50 years following Bering’s voyages until the explorations of Cook confirmed the Bering findings. Korea is labeled and appears in a vaguely identifiable peninsular form. New Guinea is only tentatively rendered suggesting its largely unexplored shores. In the far north, beyond Japan, Asia is truncated indicating that Siberia remained at this point fully unknown. Near the center of the map the Capsian Sea (Mare Caspium) appears in circular form according to the 13th century Kurdish geographer Abu’l Fida.
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S$600-800
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1754 1e Carte de l’Asie, by Jean Palairet; 23 x 203⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. On stout laid paper, this copper engraved map is adorned with an elegant, rococo style cartouche. This is from Palairet’s greatest work, the “Atlas Méthodique”, a magnificent cartographical demonstration. Usual central fold with paper reinforcement in the lower margin, small corner crease and a couple of minor wrinkles. Photo
S$600-800
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1755 El Asia con toda la Extension de sus Reinos y Provincias Segun el Sistema de Mr. Hacio, by Pedro Gendron; 251⁄ 2 x 211⁄ 4 inches, original outline colour. Rare separately printed map of Asia, published in Madrid. Unlike most 18th century maps from Spain, which are based upon non-Spanish sources, this map is not based upon French sources but is, instead, drawn from German sources, crediting “Mr. Hacio, Profesor de Maematicas, En la Universidad de Wittemberga,” a reference to Johann Matthias Haas, who made maps for the Homann Heirs publishing firm. Usual reinforced centre fold, crease at upper left corner, some wrinkling in the margins and light soiling. Photo
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S$1,200-1,400
1757 A New & Accurate Map of Asia Drawn from Actual Surveys and otherwise Collected from Journal; assisted by the Most approved Modern Maps & Charts, by Emanuel Bowen; 181⁄ 4 x 15 inches, uncoloured. Published in “A Complete System of Geography”. Copper engraved map that includes all of Asia through Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. A large island near Japan is named Company’s Is. Further east is a large landmass defined by only by its southern shoreline named De Gama’s Land after Jean de Gama, the Portuguese explorer who reported sighting land in the North Pacific. The Sea of Japan is named the Sea of Korea. The Carolines are called New Philippines and are located too far west. Compass rose and decorative cartouche. With usual central reinforcement; good to fine. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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S$1,000-1,200
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1760 Nuova esatta carta dell Asia Formata sulle pui recenti Osservazioni locali, & Astronomichi, by Emanuel Bowen; 21 x 171â „ 2 inches, uncoloured. A rare Italian version of this popular map, showing the mythical Terra di Gamma to the east of Japan and Korea. Usual folding creases, some minor wrinkling in the margins. Fine. Photo
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S$1,000-1,200
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1766 Grande Tartarie Et Isles Du Japon ..., by Louis Brion de la Tour; 103⁄ 4 x 10 inches, delicate original colours. Copper engraving on stout laid paper. From “Atlas Méthodique et Elémentaire de Géographie et d’Histoire.....” A striking map of north-eastern Asia, including Japan, Korea, China, Tibet, Turkistan, Kazakstan, Tartarie and Russian Asia, with a very distinctive Northeast Passage shown. Attractive wash colours. Title cartouche in lower corner. Cut from the original page which had text each side. Usual central strengthening, fine. Photo
S$600-800
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1770 A New & Accurate Map of Asia, Drawn from the most approved Modern Maps & Charts, by Thomas Bowen; 181⁄ 2 x 15 inches, hand-coloured. This map appeared in “Middleton’s Geography” but shows a largely speculative Southern Australian coastline. It has been updated to show Cook’s discoveries in Australasia and the northern Pacific. Folding creases, one with repaired split. Photo 11
S$400-500
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1771 An Accurate Map of Asia from the Latest Improvements by Astronomical Observances, Engraved by R. Reynolds; 133⁄ 4 x 9 inches, uncoloured. For Drake’s Voyages. London. Elaborate cartouche in upper corner. On laid paper, fine. Photo
S$500-600
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1773 Nieuwe en Naukeurige Kaart van Asia ..., by J. van Jagen; 201⁄ 2 x 18 inches, handcoloured. Published by Willem Albert Bachiene. Map of Asia with relief shown pictorially. The map is of interest for the use of Zee van Korea, the sea between Korea and Japan. Usual reinforced central fold; good to fine. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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S$1,000-1,200
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1776 Map of the European settlements in the East Indies and on the eastern coast of Africa including part of Europe, by Thomas Kitchin; 19 x 131⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. Published by T. Cadell according to Act of Parliament. Map of the Eastern hemisphere showing the direction of prevailing winds and trade routes. Relief shown pictorially. Inset containing the European settlements in the southern part of India. Usual folding creases, repaired paper splits at left and right. Photo
S$600-800
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1779 An Accurate Map of the East Indies from the Latest Improvements and Regulated by Astronomical Observations, by Christopher T. Middleton; 14 x 9 inches, uncoloured. Copper engraving on laid paper. A detailed map of Southeast Asia and India, from Middleton’s “Complete System of Geography”. Includes a decorative title cartouche. Unfolded, tone patch lower right and light water stain just in the lower corner. Photo 13
S$200-250
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1779 Indie Orientali di qua e di la dal Gange con il loro arcipelago, Venezia, by Antonio Zatta. A set of four maps, each 191⁄ 2 x 151⁄ 4 inches with original colour. The four maps cover a large part of Asia from the borders of Afghanistan to Formosa and the edge of New Guinea. A fine and impressive group. (4). Photo Antonio Zatta was a leading European cartographer and publisher, and his “Atlante Novissimo” (Venice, 1775-1785) was one of the most beautifully produced of all 18th Century atlases, with much space devoted to the new discoveries of Captain Cook. Along with his contemporary, Giovanni Battista Pasquali, Zatta was responsible for the revival of taste in Venetian fine printing. Famous for his sardonic tone and as something of a controversialist, he was also well known for producing lavish editions of Italian classics and raccolte (collections of poems for special occasions). WWW.SPINK.COM
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S$800-1,000
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1780 (c.) Asia from the latest authorities, engraved by T. Conder; 10 x 81⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. Copper engraving with ornamental cartouche in the upper corner which includes a camel and palm tree. From a London publication. Japan is shown in a very incorrect outline. This map, with suitable changes in the margin was used by John Payne’s “A New and Complete Universal Geography”, New York, J. Low & Willis, 1798. The usual two vertical folds, small splits at foot. Photo
S$400-500
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1780 A map of the East Indies, from the best authorities by John Bew; 151⁄ 4 x 111⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. Folding and other creases, repaired tear at right. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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S$200-250
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1781 Asia agreeable to the most approved Maps and Charts, By Mr. Kitchen; 171⁄ 2 x 141⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. Copper engraving on laid paper. Kitchin was a prolific English mapmaker of the late eighteenth century and his maps were used for Millar’s “Popular Geography” in 1781. Much detail is given, compiled from the best sources available in London at the time. Asia, though better known than in earlier, was still a generally mysterious continent to Europeans. Vertical folding creases, paper split in the upper margin, just touching the map, a few light bends. Photo
S$600-800
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1783 (c.) l’Asie divisee en ses Principaux Etats ..., by Jean Janvier; 19 x 131⁄ 2 inches, original outline colour. This is a beautiful example of Jean Janvier’s 1762 map of Asia. It covers from Africa and the Mediterranean east to Bering Strait and south as far as Java and New Guinea. This map is most interesting in its rendering of the largely unexplored extreme north-west of Asia. Yeco or Hokkaido is mapped only speculatively with its western borders unknown. Shows Sakhalin Island in an embryonic state. A decorative title cartouche displaying the riches of the continent appears in the lower right hand quadrant. A fine map of the region. This map was drawn by J. Janvier and included as plate no. 24 in Jean Lattre’s “Atlas Moderne”. Later repaired central fold. fine. Photo
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1786 Zweiter Theil Der Karte Von Asien Welcher China, Einen Theil Der Tatarei, Indien Jenseits Des Ganges, Die Inseln Sumatra, Iava, Borneo, Moluken, Philippinen, und Japon enthœlt, by Franz Anton Schraembl; two maps, each 311⁄ 2 x 233⁄ 4 inches, some simple outline colour. These maps were issued in “Allgemeiner grosser Atlas” published by Franz Anton Schraembl. This ambitious atlas with maps based upon the latest discoveries was published in Vienna. The northern map shows some light surface ageing, otherwise fine. (2 maps). Photo
S$300-400
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1787 Les Isles Philippines, celle de Formose, Le Sud de La Chine, Les Royaumes de Tunkin de Cochinchine, De Camboge, de Siam des Laos, by Rigobert Bonne; 141⁄ 2 x 10 inches, uncoloured. From Raynal’s “Atlas de toutes les Parties connues du Globe Terrestre”. A marvelous map of the region, extending from Formosa to Borneo and from the Philippines to Pegu, and showing all of Southeast Asia. Inset of Guam and the Marianas. Usual vertical folds, some small tone spots on the reverse and minor peripheral ageing, otherwise fine. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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S$600-800
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1790 map of Asia, by Louis Brion de la Tour; 26 x 20 inches, original colouring. Copper plate engraving on stout blued laid paper; text at each side pasted in place from “Atlas General et Elementaire pour l’Etude de la Geographie et de l’Histoire Moderne”. Very decorative map of Asia including all of Southeast Asia. The map is modeled on contemporary French sources, notably the work of Robert de Vaugondy. The seas are filled with a number of sailing ships, and there is a decorative cartouche surrounded in jungle with an elephant, peacock and a monitor lizard. An elaborate rococo border. Usual central reinforcement and a printer’s paper wrinkle in lower left corner. Photo
S$600-800
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1791 Map of the South East Part of Asia for illustrating Dr. Robertson’s historical disquisition &c, by T. Kitchen, published by T. Cadell, Strand; 221⁄ 4 x 15 inches, uncoloured. This map depicts the knowledge that Ancients had of India and the progress of trade with it prior to the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope. Usual folds, repair in right margin. Photo
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1800 (c.) Asia, anonymous; 101⁄ 2 x 81⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. A copper engraving with title in simple oval, the coasts are marked with hatching. Two vertical folds and some light ageing, mostly confined to the edges. Photo
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1856 Asie, published by A. Combette, Paris; 191⁄ 2 x 14 inches, original outline colour. From “Atlas Universel Illustre. Geographie et Statistique par V. Levasseur”. Margin illustrations are lavish and of excellent quality showing local heros, products, landscapes, and dress. Country boundaries, towns and cities shown. Major relief shown by hachures. Colour along boundaries and rivers shown. Text shows local statistics, map legend, and discusses land, curiosities, personages, products, and commerce. Steel engraving. Unfolded but with minor bends or wrinkles, one small tone spot. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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1858 Asia by G.H. Swanston; 23 x 183⁄ 4 inches, original colour. Lithograph print published by A. Fullarton & Co. in “The Companion Atlas to The Gazetteer of the World”, folio number “LXVII”. Usual central reinforcement, some minor ageing. Photo
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A group of maps of East and South-East Asia with 1834 Birman Empire & Countries South East of the Ganges, Henry Teesdale, engraved by John Dower; 14 x 18 inches, hand-coloured. 1854 (c.) China and the Birman Empire, Edward Stanford, engraved by J&C Walker, handcoloured; some ageing, particularly around edges. 1860 “India” (and south east Asia) engraved by G. Sherman after a map by J. Wells, published in McNally’s “System of Geography”. The original is a lithographic map, with original hand colouring.
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1589 Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio auctore Ludovico Georgio, by Abraham Ortelius; 23 x 181⁄ 2 inches, old coloured. This is the second or third state of this map taken from the first western map of China and first published in Ortelius “Theatrum” in 1584. Based on reports of the Portuguese map maker Luis de Baruda. With its three lushly designed cartouches and many illustrations of indigenous shelters, modes of transportation and animals, this is one of Ortelius’s richest engravings. Spanish text on verso. Some light tone spotting in the margins. In very fine condition. Photo Ortelius’ map of China is taken directly from reports of the Portuguese mapmaker Luis Jorge de Barbuda (Ludovicus Georgius) who made a manuscript map of China which reached Ortelius via Arias Montanus. First published in 1584, Ortelius’ map of China is the earliest printed map to focus on China and the first to illustrate the Great Wall of China. Tooley referred to the map as the standard map of the interior of China for over sixty years. When this map appeared, it was by far the most accurate representation of China to appear on a printed map. Japan is shown on a curious curved projection reminiscent of Poruguese charts of the period with Honshu dissected along the line of Lake Biwa. The Great Wall is shown, but only a relatively small section, its length is significantly underestimated. The Tartar “yurts” are dotted across the plains and steppes of Central and East Asia. The Portuguese Jesuits established a mission in China in 1577. Although the map’s Portuguese maker, Barbuda, was himself not a Jesuit, his sources for the map were Portuguese Jesuits. The Chinese characters found in the text on the verso of the map were the first introduction to Chinese language for many educated Europeans of the time. WWW.SPINK.COM
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1655 Pechili sive Peking Imperii Sinarum Provincia Prima, by Johannes Blaeu; 191⁄ 4 x 151⁄ 2 inches with border trimmed to about three inches, old coloured. Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From “Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...,” Amsterdam. This map includes the cities of Xvntien (Peking), Paoting and others and it is interesting to note that Tiencin (Tientsin) is a small fortification and includes the coastline of the Gulf of Chihili. Two elaborate cartouches; the scale features two astronomers with globe, the title with important dignitaries and two phoenix. Reinforced central fold with some light soiling at top. Photo Volume XI of Blaeu’s superb atlas is the first western atlas of Asia. This volume is based on the remarkably accurate compilations of the Jesuit Father Martino Martini during his travels between 1643 and 1650. On his return trip to Rome, Martini’s ship was blown off course, forcing him to land in Norway. He subsequently made a stop in Amsterdam where he met Johannes Blaeu, and agreed to assist in the production of the “Atlas Sinensis”. Martini succeeded in producing very accurate maps of Japan, China, and their provinces, which may be attributed to Martini’s skill as well as access to Chinese maps during his travels. His maps were copied extensively for the next century. Of particular note, in Imperii Sinarum and Iaponia Regnum, Korea is shown as a peninsula for the first time on a map produced outside of China. The Jesuit missions are indicated throughout the maps by a cross above the letters “IHS.” The atlas includes a general map of China, fifteen maps of individual Chinese provinces
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1655 Xansi Imperii Sinarum Provincia Secunda, by Johannes Blaeu; 19 x 151⁄ 2 inches with border trimmed to about three inches, old coloured. Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From “Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...”, Amsterdam; This map of Shansi province shows the Great Wall running along the upper segment, the city of Taiyuen (Taiyanfu). The scale cartouche with astronomer and globe, the title cartouche with ornamental surround. Central reinforcement and some minor soiling. Photo
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1655 Xensi Imperii Sinarum Provincia Tertia, by Johannes Blaeu; 19 x 153⁄ 4 inches with border trimmed to about three inches, old coloured. Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From “Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...”, Amsterdam. This map of Shensi features a part of the Great Wall running through the centre with the cities of Sigan (Sianfu), Kingyang and others. The scale cartouche features a deer, the title cartouche with a soldier and a cherub. Usual reinforcement; pre-printing paper wrinkle at top. Photo
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1655 Xantung Imperii Sinarum Provincia Quarta, by Johannes Blaeu; 19 x 16 inches with border trimmed to one and a half to three inches, old coloured. Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From “Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...”, Amsterdam. This map of Shantung features the important coastal area at the top of the Yellow Sea, the cities of Cinan (Tsinan), Yencheu, Cingcheu and Tengcheu which appears on an island; the tip of Manchuria with the Liaotung peninsular and parts of Korea. The title and scale cartouche features four men arguing or debating. Reinforced fold with small tear at top. Photo
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1655 Honan Imperii Sinarum Provincia Quinta, by Johannes Blaeu, 191⁄ 2 x 16 inches with nearly three inch border, old coloured. Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From “Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...”, Amsterdam. This map of the Honan province is centered on the Yellow River, Crocei F. Pars, from which Honan derives its name. A legend at right illustrates towns of various sizes, forts, and the locations of gold, silver, and tin mines. The cities of Caifung (Kaifeng), Honan (Zhengzhou), and Nanyang are well depicted. A strapwork title cartouche incorporates the scale of miles and is flanked by a man and woman depicting the native dress of the region. Reinforced down central fold as usual; small split and minor water stain at foot. Photo
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1655 Suchuen Imperii Sinarum Provincia Sexta, by Johannes Blaeu; 19 x 16 inches with border trimmed to about three inches, hand coloured. Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From “Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...”, Amsterdam; This map of Szechwan includes the cities of Mahu, Siucheu, Chungking, Chingtu, Xunking and Paoning; the two cartouches feature colloquial characters. With the central reinforcement and tear in the upper margin. Photo
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1655 Huquang Imperii Sinarum Provincia Septima, by Johannes Blaeu; 191⁄ 2 x 16 inches with nearly three inch border, old coloured. Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From “Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...”, Amsterdam. This map of the Hubei province is centered on the Yangtze River, Kiang Flu Pars. A legend at bottom left illustrates towns of various sizes, forts, and the locations of silver mines. The city of Vuchang (Wuhan) is located along the river. A strapwork title cartouche incorporates the scale of miles and is flanked by two rice farmers. Usual reinforcement down the central fold; small water stain and paper split at foot. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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1655 Kiangsi Imperii Sinarum Provincia Octava, by Johannes Blaeu; 191⁄ 2 x 16 inches with nearly three inch border, old coloured. Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From “Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...”, Amsterdam. The map with the mountainous areas of Kiangsi with Nanchang on the edge of Lake Poyang. The elaborate cartouche features four Chinese gentlemen in outdoor clothing. Usual reinforcement down central fold; some light soiling and split at foot which is just confined to the margin. Photo
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1655 Nanking sive Kiangnan Imperii Sinarum Provincia Nona, by Johannes Blaeu; 191⁄ 2 x 16 inches with border trimmed to 11⁄ 2 inch, hand coloured. Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From “Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...”, Amsterdam. The map shows this coastal province with its many rivers and lakes including the main cities of Sucheu (Soochow), Kiangming (Chinkiang). The cartouche with two Chinese scholars. Fresh and fine. Photo
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1655 Fokien Imperii Sinarum Provincia Undecima, by Johannes Blaeu; 191⁄ 4 x 16 inches with nearly three inch border, old coloured. Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From “Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...”, Amsterdam. Decorative map of Fokien province. The map features many place names and topographical details, a key to symbols, and two splendid cartouches (mileage scale and title). The delightful title cartouche features three Chinese and a hyena. Part of Taiwan (Formosa) appears in the lower right corner. Professional reinforcement down the central fold and some light ink transference; otherwise in very fine condition. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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1655 Quantung Imperii Sinarum Provincia Duodecima, by Johannes Blaeu; 191⁄ 2 x 16 inches with nearly three inch border, old coloured. Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From “Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...”, Amsterdam. A map showing the multiple island coastline with the important island of Hainan, showing the Tropic of Cancer as a red line, the major city of Quangcheu (Canton), the Island of Macao with it’s church and the peninsula and islands of Hong Kong. The cartouche features a woman walking and a man attending lotus flowers. With the usual vertical reinforcement; there is some minor ageing, mostly confined to the reverse. A very popular and important map. Photo
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1655 Quangsi Imperii Sinarum Provincia Decimatertia, by Johannes Blaeu; 191⁄ 2 x 16 inches with nearly three inch border, old coloured. Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From “Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...”, Amsterdam. The map shows the province of Kwangsi with the Nan Mountains to the north and the Tropic of Cancer as a thick red line. Gucheu (Wuchow) to the east and Nanning to the south. The elaborate cartouche features two archers and two swordsmen. Usual reinforcement on central fold and some minor soiling. Photo
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1655 Queicheu Imperii Sinarum Provincia Decimaquarta, by Johannes Blaeu; 191⁄ 2 x 16 inches with nearly three inch border, old coloured. Copper engraving on stout wove pape. From “Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...”, Amsterdam. The map shows the province of Kweichow showing the cities of Kweiyang, Liping and others. Two cartouches, the scale surrounded by two cherubs and the title with swordsman, crossbowman and another. Usual central reinforcement; fine. Photo
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1655 Iunnan Imperii Sinarum Provincia Decimaquinta, by Johannes Blaeu; 19 x 16 inches with border trimmed to about one and a half to three inches, old coloured. Copper engraving on stout wove paper. From “Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus ...”, Amsterdam. This map of Yunnan with many cities including Yunnan, Cingkiang, Kingtung, Tali, Cioking and Liliang; the scale cartouche with a female religious statue, the title cartouche with four children and a rather fat elephant. The tropic of Cancer is marked in red. Reinforced central fold and some light soiling. Photo S$600-800 45
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1665 Keys-Kaerte vande Ambassade der Nederlantse Oost Indise Compagne door China, by Johan Nieuhoff. 201⁄ 2 x 171⁄ 4 inches with small surround, uncoloured. The title cartouche is surrounded by exotic fruits and two cherubs. The map is further embellished with sailing ships and junks. An important map from this landmark account of China from the first official Dutch mission. The map has been flattened and the old folds expertly reinforced on the verso. Photo Map of China, extending to include Korea, southern Japan, Taiwan, Canton and Macao. From the first Dutch description of the Empire of China and one of the few non-Jesuit sources on China of this period. Nieuhoff was the official chronicler and draughtsman for the first embassy to China by the Dutch East India Company, then at the height of its power. His record of the trip became the most important source of information about China for Europe in the 17th Century. The map reflects the limitations on Niehoff’s travels, with significant detail along several rivers. The embassy travelled from Canton to Peking by way of rivers and canals, and this route is filled with place names. Nieuhoff ccmpleted the map with vignettes of the indigenous animals (although it is doubtful that elephants roamed the Gobi Desert as pictured here). WWW.SPINK.COM
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1680 (c.) Pecheli, Xansi, Xantung, Honan, Nanking, by Jan Janssonius; 203⁄ 4 x 181⁄ 4 inches, old coloured on laid paper. In “Plaga Regni Sinensis in ter Septentrionem ac Orientem Ceciam versus sitae Provinciae”. This highly decorative map of north-eastern China and Korea, published in one of the last editions of Jan Jansson’s “Atlas Major”. The massive Great Wall of China forms the northern border and the important salt flats are graphically illustrated along the coast; Beijing assumes the name Xuntien and Shanghai is named Sungkiang. The title cartouche is in the very distinct auricular style favored in the Netherlands and is flanked by Chinese Mandarins. The other cartouche, containing the scale of miles, is surrounded by cherubs or putti. Three ships sail in the sea between China and Corea (Korea), which is noted as being a peninsula, two are at battle with each other. Central reinforcement and a few minor wrinkles and a short tears or splits in the upper and lower margins. A good example of this important map. Photo The map is based on the groundbreaking work of Martino Martini (1614-61), a legendary Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar. Martini arrived in Peking in 1644 just as the Ming Dynasty fell to the Manchurian rebels (who formed the Qing Dynasty). Following in the footsteps of his fellow Italian Jesuit Mateo Ricci, Martini sought out the very best maps and surveys of the Chinese Empire. He compiled a series of maps that were by far the most accurate depictions of China to date. Martini’s suite of 17 maps was first published by Joan Blaeu as the “Novus Atlas Sinensis”, which accounted for volume 10 of his Atlas Maior (Amsterdam 1655). The present edition of one of the most important maps was issued shortly thereafter by Blaeu’s rival Jan Jansson.
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1692 (c.) Chekiang e Kiangsi, Provincie della China, by Vincenzo Coronelli; 281⁄ 4 x 19 inches, hand-coloured. From “Corsa Gerographica Universale”. The map is richly adorned with elaborate title and scale cartouches. Includes the small settlements of Ningao, Hangcheu, Hukewu and Kieu Kiang. Usual strengthened central fold. Fresh and fine. Photo
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From Coronelli’s set of six maps showing thirteen Chinese provinces, modelled upon the earlier maps by Joan Blaeu and the Jesuit Martino Martini. Vincenzo Coronelli was a Franciscan priest and renowned mathematician and cartographer. He was appointed official Cosmographer to the Venetian Republic in 1685 and founded the world’s earliest geographic society, L’Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti.
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1692 (c.) Chekiang e Kiangsi, Provincie della China, by Vincenzo Coronelli 27 x 191⁄ 4 inches, hand-coloured. From a different edition of “Corsa, Gerographica Universale”. On stout laid paper. Usual central strengthening and with some light folding creases. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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1692 (c.) Nanking, et Honan Provincie della China by Vincenzo Coronelli; 263⁄ 4 x 191⁄ 4 inches, hand-coloured. On stout laid paper, from “Corsa Gerographica Universale”. With two elaborate cartouches and includes the settlements of Sungkiang, Suchew, Chinkiang, Kiangning, Vuhu and Caieung. Usual central strengthening. Photo
S$1,000-1,200
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1706 D’Oost-Indize Landschappen, Zeen en Eylanden, Door de Portugusen en anderen onekdt en bevaren, by Pieter Vander Aa; 113⁄ 4 x 8 inches, uncoloured. Fascinating copper engraved map centered in the Indian Ocean, illustrating the Narrative of Francisco d’Almeida, the Portugese Viceroy to India, who died in 1510. The two vertical folding creases and paper wrinkle in top left corner. Fine. Photo 35
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1736 Nuova Carta dell’ Imperio Della China e dei Paesi circonvicini, Amsterdam, Chez Isaac Tirion. 173⁄ 4 x 14 inches, (123⁄ 4 x10 inch plate impression), hand-coloured. Copper plate engraved map on laid paper. Map of China covering an area from Tibet to Kamtchatka. The Great Wall is shown as well as the Gobi Desert. The Mare di Kamtzchatka, the Korean peninsula and Japan are nicely depicted. Title cartouche lower right, rose compass and scale border. Usual central strengthening and numbered page “3” on the reverse. Photo
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1740 (c.) “Regni Sinae vel Sinae Propriae Mappa et Descriptio Gegraphica ex mappis particularibus quas Sinarum Rex Kanghi opera patrum Missionarium i…R.P. du Halde”, by Johann Matthaus Haas; 211⁄ 2 x 25 inches and later hand-coloured. Highly detailed map of China, extending to the Gobi Desert in the north and including Formosa and Hainan Islands, with a large decorative cartouche and explanatory table. The map is colored by provinces. With usual central strengthening; light overall ageing. Photo S$600-800 Haas was one of the mid-period Homann Heirs, whose cartographic publications were the most prolific in Germany during the 18th Century. An excellent highly detailed map, based upon the works of Du Halde and D’Anville.
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1744 A New & Accurate Map of China, Drawn from Surveys made by the Jesuit Missionaries ..., by Emanuel Bowen, hand-coloured, 181⁄ 4 x 15 inches. An example of Bowen’s map of China showing excellent detail, decorative cartouche and compass rose. Includes advertising notes and observations on China. Light overall ageing and minor discoloration at center fold. Photo
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1749 Karte von dem Hya u. einem Stucke von Tangut, and Karte von Gross Thibet, by Nicolas Bellin; 15 x 93⁄ 4 inches, hand-coloured. Maps shows a region in China with the city Turfan between Tibet and the Gobi Desert; the second map is just to the south-west and shows Tibet with the capital Lassa, with small cartouche in the lower corner. Both with the two vertical fold and light soiling. (2 maps) 37
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1780 (c.) L’Empire de la Chine d’après l’Atlas Chinois avec les Isles du Japon, by Rigobert Bonne; 20 x 151⁄ 2 inches, original outline colour. Detailed map of China, Korea and the Islands of Japan, showing the Provinces, towns, mountains, rivers, lakes, islands, published in Paris by Jean Lattre. Drawn by R. Bonne in 1783 for issue as plate no. 27 in Jean Lattre’s 1783 issue of the “Atlas Moderne”. The map is drawn from d’Anville’s atlas of China and includes a decorative cartouche in the lower right quadrant which depicts a Chinaman smoking opium and admiring a bird perched in his index finger while relaxing under an umbrella amongst bucolic surroundings. On stout laid watermarked paper, usual central reinforcement; good to fine. Photo
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1780 Carte L’Empire de la Chine, de la Tartarie Chinoise de la Tartarie Chinoise, et du Toyaume de Coree: avec les Islaes du Japon, by Rigobert Bonne; 10 x 141⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. The atlas was first issued in 1780 with maps engraved by Andre, then reissued in 1783-84 without Andre or Bonne on the maps, finally reissued in 1820 with the maps re-engraved by Dien. A fine map of China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan, prepared by R. Bonne and included in his “Atlas Ecyclopédique”. On laid paper with horizontal folds; a few tone spots towards the right. Photo S$500-600 Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was engineer, mathematician and cartographer, active in Paris. He succeeded Jacques-Nicolas Bellin as hydrographer at the Depot de la Marine in 1773. He is most notable for his “Atlas Maritime, Neptune Amérique septentrionale, Atlas Ecyclopédique” in two volumes with Nicolas Demarest and Bory de St. Vincent.
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1780 (c.) China by T. Jefferys, published by S. and E. Ballard; 10 x 8 inches, uncoloured. Two vertical folding creases and some light peripheral ageing. Photo
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1782 A New Map of China Drawn from Surveys made by order of the Emperor, by Thomas Kitchen; 19 x 141⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. Relief shown pictorially.; “Engraved for Millar’s New complete and universal system of geography.” Prime meridian: Ferro and London. Decorated title cartouche includes figures in native dress in front of a pagoda with huge lidded urn holding the title; copper engraving, printed on greyish paper. With the two vertical folds, good to fine. Photo 39
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1794 A Chart of the South Coast of Haynan by Capt. Haldane, published Laurie and Whittle, London; 361⁄ 2 x 251⁄ 4 inches, hand-coloured. A large nautical chart of the coast from Tinhosa to Guichou on stout paper; some weakness along the central fold. A rare map. Photo
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Plate no. 73 from: “The Country Trade East-India pilot, for the navigation of the EastIndies and oriental seas, within the limits of the East-India Company”
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1794 China, Drawn from the Latest & Best Authorities, by Robert Wilkinson; 131⁄ 2 x 101⁄ 2 inches, hand-coloured. Wilkinson’s map covers China in full as well as Korea, Formosa (Taiwan), and parts of adjacent Japan, Tibet, Vietnam (Tonkin), and Tartary (Mongolia). Colour coding divides China into its traditional provinces. The Great Wall of China is also identified. Between Formosa and Japan a large island identifies as Liqueo Island is rendered. This is most probably a mismapping of the Okinawa in the Ryukyu Archipelago (of which Liqueo is a failed transliteration). This map was engraved by Thomas Conder and issued as plate no. 39 in the 1792 edition of Robert Wilkinson’s “General Atlas”. On stout wove paper, fine. Photo
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1795 Impero della China colle isole del Giappone, Antonio Zatta, Venice; 191⁄ 2 x 141⁄ 2 inches, hand-coloured. Decorative map of China, Korea and Japan which includes Formosa and part of Chinese Tartary. This is the second edition of the map, after the edition dated 1784. The map was issued in Zatta’s “Atlante Novissimo”, a monumental four volume work and one of the last great decorative atlases. Photo
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1813 Kaiserthum China by an anonymous map maker (initials only), Vienna, from the Austrian Atlas “Atlas der neuen Geographie”, 23 x 171⁄ 2 inches, with original colours. An unusual copper-engraved map of the area from the Aral lake to the Sea of Okhotsk showing parts of todays China, Russia, Mongolia, India, Tibet, Korea and Japan. Lists the cities of Lhasa, Irkutsk, Kathmandu, Ulan Bator (Urga), and many more. Decorated with a large title and a distance scale. Nice hand colouring indicates the different regions. This map is numbered “45B” in the lower corner and it appears that map “45A” was just the left half. Good impression, mostly clean with only some light soiling, usual central reinforcement and other folds with a couple of reinforcements. A very scarce map. Photo 41
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1815 China - Drawn and Engraved for Thomson’s New General Atlas, Edinburgh; 22 x 271⁄ 2 inches, handcoloured. As with all of Thomson’s maps the detailing is amazing showing all of the different provinces, cities, rivers and mountain ranges. Each province is a different color to make the borders easier to see. The lower left corner has a key to the Chinese words used on the map and the distance key is done in British miles and Chinese Lys. The map also shows Tibet to the west and Chinese Tartary to the north. Usual central reinforcement; other folds and tear on left side with some peripheral ageing. Photo S$600-800
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1828 Carte de la partie de la Mer Chine, Maldives, Lombock voyage de la Thetis et de l’Esperance, by Ambroise Tardieu; 271⁄ 2 x 21 inches, uncoloured. On double-sided sheet contains three maps: “Carte de la partie de la Mer de Chine”, “Carte de L’Atoll Suadiva (Iles Maldives),” Carte d’une partie des iles Kangelang, Longue, Ercke et Lombok”. Rare original lithograph by Ambroise Tardieu, from the French circumnavigation under the command by Hyacinthe-Yves Potentien, Baron de Bougainville (1781-1846), son of the great explorer Louis de Bougainville; the circumnavigation was with the frigates la Thetis and l’Esperance. Some marking around the central fold and a few light stains, mostly confined to the reverse; there is a large split at foot. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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1842 A map to illustrate the War in China compiled from surveys & sketches of British Officers and other information by James Wyld; 30 x 131⁄ 2 inches, outline colour. Map of the Pearl River estuary to Yellow Sea and Peking. Detailed annotations describe local topography, flora, fauna, internal roads, waterways. Insets depict attack on Canton 1841, Peking, Amoy, the attack by British forces on the fortifications in Canton River 1841 (with the positions and names of the war ships), and finally Tin-Hai in Chusan. Record of the region records events the led to establishment of Hong Kong as a colonial settlement. Some ageing and staining in the upper corners. A rare and important map. Photo
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1858 China by G.H. Swanston & J. Bartholomew; 23 x 183⁄ 4 inches, original colour. Lithograph print published by A.Fullarton & Co. in “The Companion Atlas to The Gazetteer of the World”, folio number “LXVIII”. Insets of the Island of Chusan and the Estuary of the Canton River from Hong Kong to Canton are on bottom right hand corner of map. Usual central reinforcement, some minor ageing. Photo 43
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1746 A Plan of the City of Canton on the River Ta Ho, by John Harris, London; 91⁄ 4 x 151⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. Attractive and detailed plan of Canton, just at the beginning of the China-trade era. This map is one of the earliest European bird’s eye views of Canton at the time of the first English East India voyages to the Pearl River estuary to trade in tea and later opium. The view from the river shows the two forts off the harbour front with junks. There are seven European galleons in the foreground, and the shoreline is bustling with people, with the armoury and watergate entrances through the city walls. The Tartar quarter is shown in the background with the Fort and Banqueting House. The number key appears along the bottom. Published in John Harris’ “Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca”, or “Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels”. Light water stain at left, a few age marks and a couple of tone spots. Photo
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1749 Karte von der Einfahrt des Flusses Canton nach den neuesten Wahrnehmungen, by Nicolas Bellin; 91⁄ 2 x 121⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured as published. Copper engraving. This detailed map shows the entrance of the river Canton with its offshore islands, among them the Macao, Lintin Island and Lintem Island. The map with engraved mountains, place names and depths in the sea. A fine detailed and interesting map engraved by Bellin after earlier voyages. Published in the German edition by Schwabe in Leipzig of Bellin’s travel books. WWW.SPINK.COM
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1796 A Chart of the Islands to the southward of Tchu-San on the Eastern Coast of China generally laid down from one published by Alexander Dalrymple Esq. with additions and alterations, by Sir John Barrow; 151⁄ 2 x 22 inches, uncoloured. Map from the atlas of “An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China” by Sir George Leonard Staunton. With printed note published April 12, 1796 by G. Nicol. On stout paper, some staining or age marks in the right margin. Photo
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1745-47 Fu chew fu, or Hoksyew, Capital of Fo kyen, from Montanus, by J. Basire; 141⁄ 2 x 81⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. Marked at foot, “Plate 46, o.17, p.38”. A striking panoramic view of the city of Foochow the capital of the province of Fukien. This engraving was published in Thomas Salmon’s “Universal Gazetteer” in 1791 (after Arnoldus Montanus, the 17th century Dutch teacher and author). A to D places marked on the map are: Suburbs call’d Lamthay; Bridge with 36 Arches; Fresh water River; The Water Gate. Small repaired tear in the top margin, fine
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72 Hanchow 72
1638 engraved plan of “Xuntien alias Quinzay” by Matthaus Merian, Frankfurt; 10 x 7 inch on laid paper with three inch border, uncoloured. Scarce early and unusual plan based upon the magnificent account given by Marco Polo in the late 12th century of the great city of Quinzay. The name is derived from the Chinese King-sze meaning “Capital” or great city. The actual name for Quinzay in this period was Lin-ngan, now Hangchow on China’s East coast which was in the 12th century the capital of the ruling Sung Dynasty. Marco Polo recounted perhaps with his typical tendency for over-exaggeration its 12,000 bridges, its massive network of canals, its paved roads and its large Lake (Si-hu or Western Lake) some 30 miles in diameter with island pavilions and palaces upon it. Jansson reproduces this information with fanciful embellishment. With central reinforcement along fold line. Fine. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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1796 Sketch of the Pay-Ho or White River and of the Road from Pekin to Geho, by George L. Staunton; 16 x 22 inches, uncoloured. Detailed map of the river from Bejing to the Sea and the road from Bejing to Geho, from Sir George Leonard Staunton’s “An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China”; London: G. Nicol, 1796. Fine chart shows the course of the Pay-Ho River flowing from Peking to the Gulf of Petcheli, with flat cultivated lands on both sides of the river and many villages and willow trees lining its banks. It also shows the Road from Peking to Geho shaded by willow trees & bordered by cultivated fields. The City of Peking is drawn as a fortified block plan with the roads and river leading to it. Includes a compass rose with fleur-de-lys pointer. Tone spotting on the map and, in particular, in the right margin. Photo
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1796 A Sketch of a Journey from Zhe-Hol in Tartary by land to Pekin and from thence by water to Hang-Tchoo-Foo in China, by Sir John Barrow; 22 x 30 inches, uncoloured. Steel engraved map from the atlas of “An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China” by Sir George Leonard Staunton, with printed note published April 12, 1796 by G. Nicol. Usual reinforced central fold. Some toning and age marks in the margins, mostly at to and foot. Photo
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1606 Iaponia, by G. Mercator and J. Hondius; 211⁄ 4 x 161⁄ 2 inches, old coloured. First issued as one of the new maps in the extended “Mercator Hondius Atlas” of 1606. With text on verso. One of the finest early Dutch maps of the region, the map is closely modelled on the Ortelius-Teixeira outline of 1595 and includes Korea as an elongated island and the three principal islands of Japan. Hondius notes that it was not yet certain whether Korea was an island. The decoration to the map includes sea monsters, a Japanese junk and a Dutch galleon. Considered a milestone in the cartography of Japan, it remained the standard map of the region until Martini’s map of 1665. Small tape patches on the reverse from mounting and light soiling, mainly confined to the margins. Photo
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1692 Isola del Giapone e Penisola di Corea ..., Vincenzo Maria Coronelli; 28 x 203⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. Important engraved map of Japan and Kora in Coronelli’s typically robust style. Coronelli used Dutch mariners’ charts as well as Jesuit sources. Honshu is depicted on the lines adopted by Martini, but mountain ranges are delineated pictorially. In the Sea of Japan a somewhat Italianate vessel with a large bank of twenty oars is afloat. It is described as being used on the route from Nagasaki to Osaka, a distance which it is said to travel in twelve days. An elaborate foliate title cartouche. The map exhibits the fine engraving style of this coveted Venetian Atlas. On laid paper with the usual central reinforcement. A few paper faults on some of the edges, fresh. Photo Coronelli was possibly the best Italian mapmaker of his time. He made globes, including one 5 metres in diameter for Louis XIV. From Coronelli’s rare “Atlante Veneto”, one of the most decorative and ornate of all 17th Century Atlases.
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1744 (c.) Nieuwe Kaart Van’t Keizerryk Japan, na de Nieuste ontdekkingen, uitgegeven te Amsterdam door Isaak Tirion; from the maker Guillaume de l’Isle; 201⁄ 2 x 16 inches, old coloured. Japan is still drawn in an east-west position. At the bottom right, the island of Fatsisio is written, “To this island the powerful men of Japan were sent into exile”. Usual reinforced central fold, small split in lower margin. Photo
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1750 L’Empire Du Japon divise en Sept Principales parties, savoir, Ochio, Quanto, Jetsegen, Jetsen, Jamaisoit, Xicoco ex Ximo, et subdivise en Soixsante et Six Royaumes, by Robert de Vaugondy; 25 x 20 inches, later hand-coloured. Large map of Japan and Korea with a distinctively French style title cartouche containing two small landscapes. The map draws heavily on the previous work of Bellin, but includes a number of improvements to Terre d’ Yedso (Hokkaido) similar to the manuscripts of Engelbert Kaempfer. The fictitious island of Matsumae is removed and now Matsaki is shown as a part of Yedso. The provinces are clearly outlined and there are many place names. The eastern part of the Korean peninsula is also shown with a good amount of detail. This great map was to influence the cartography of Japan well into the 19th century. This is the second state, with the block cartouche around the distance scale. Reinforced central fold, some creasing or wrinkling. Photo
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1797 Carte generale des decouvertes, faites en 1787 dans les mers de Chine et de Tartarie, La Pérouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de from Atlas du voyage de La Pérouse; 22 x 31 inches, hand-coloured. La Pérouse’s important large-scale chart of Northern Japan, Hokaido, the Kuriles, the tip of Kamschatka, and the northern part of Korea. Showing the track of the Perouse from 27 May 1787 at Cape Clonard, Isle Dagelet in Korea. His voyage continued along the coast of China, Japan, Sagalin, Hokaido and Kamtschatka on 6 September 1787. Folding creases and small split in the lower margin. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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1815 Corea and Japan, from Thomson’s New General Atlas, sheet “No.38”; 28 x 203⁄ 4 inches, original colouring. A fine steel plate engraving for the new atlas printed by George Ramsay and Company, for John Thomson and Company, Edinburgh; first published 1817. A beautifully crafted map of Japan and Korea from an interesting period in the history of the country. The map shows population centers, waterways and topography using the hachuring method to illustrate elevations. Interior information is well represented, with precise engraving. The delicate colouring highlights the information given, making the map both easier to read and pleasing to look at. Altogether, a fine example of early 19th-century British cartography. Usual reinforced central fold; a few imperfections at the margin edges and a couple of light vertical bends. Photo
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1884 Japon by Jean Migeon; 151⁄ 2 x 201⁄ 2 inches, hand-coloured. A very attractive and detailed late 19th century map of Japan, with an inset of the Kuril Islands and a fine decorative vignette of Tokyo. Published in Jean Migeon’s “Nouvel Atlas Illustre Geographie Universelle”, Paris. A few trivial imperfections, a good steel engraved map. Photo
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1764 Carte Du Katay ou Empire De Kin ..., by Nicholas Bellin; 131⁄ 4 x 91⁄ 2 inches, handcoloured. Striking map of Korea and contiguous China, showing peninsula, towns, rivers, mountains, and some notes. Decorative cartouche. On laid paper, the map has 3 vertical and 3 horizontal folds to fit atlas size, slightly reduced margin at right, fine. Photo
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1787 Plan de la partie des iles, ou archipel de Coree, vue au mois de Mai 1787 par les Fregates Francaises la Boussole et l’Astrolabe, by J.F.G. la Perouse; 28 x 23 inches, uncoloured. La Pérouse’s important chart depicting the discoveries he made in 1787 in the seas of China and Tartary. The travels are charted from the Philippines to the south of Taiwan and the Pescadores. The ship swings around the eastern side of the island and goes north to a passage between Korea and Japan. The Ryukyus are disproportionate. Engraved by Bouclet and published in the Atlas volume that accompanied the important account of 1785 scientific expedition under the command of Comte de Jean Francois Galoup, la Perouse set out with two ships, “Boussole” and “Astrolabe,” to circumnavigate the world. The voyage turned out to be destined to an unfortunate fate. La Perouse stopped in Botany Bay, Australia, where he left letters and his journals. The ships left for France and were never heard from again. In 1826 the remains of the two vessels were found on an island north of the New Hebrides. With the usual folds, fine. Photo
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1740 (c.) Russian map of Kamchatka, by Laurent (?); 22 x 171⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. A rare map which was used by Thomas Jeffreys for his later version of this map. Manuscript “Lord Bruce” on verso. Folding creases, corner crease in the margin, split in lower margin and light soiling. A rare map. Photo
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1740 (c.) Russian map of the Kuril Islands, by Laurent (?); 22 x 171⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. This map was used by Bellin for his 1750 map of these islands. Manuscript “Lord Bruce” on verso. Folding creases and light soiling. Rare. Photo
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1785 Sketch of the Typa and Macao by James Cook; 9 x 133⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. Detailed chart of Macao and neighboring islands from Cook’s voyages. Outside the top border there lies fallen armour and a London flag. Bottom outside border is a man’s head adorned with a leaf garland. Includes town plan, soundings, some topography with notes and observations. On slightly greyish laid paper, angled crease and reinforced edges, slightly reduced at top and bottom. Photo
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1785 Plan du Typa ou de Macao, Plan De La Baye D’Awatwska…Du Kamtschatka and Parti Du Japon ou Nipon, by Rigobert Bonne, engraved by Andre; 11 x 161⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. Copper engraving on watermarked laid paper. Detailed maps of Macao, Awatska Island and part of Japan, which appeared in the French edition of the Official Account of Cook’s Voyages. Includes soundings and other details of each of the Bays. Usual reinforced central fold, a couple of minor edge stains. Photo
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1796 A Plan of the City and Harbour of Macao, A Colony of the Portugueze Situated at the Southern Extremity of the Chinese Empire, by George Nicol; 22 x 301⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. This large chart gives very fine detail of the town and harbour. Macao is shown with a key to 36 buildings and places including forts, parishes, colleges, convents and chapels. Terrain is shown as engraved hills and the waters are filled with soundings and notations on type of bottom. The fortified city of Tchinshang is shown well north of Macao. This uncommon map was engraved by B. Braker & Islington. On stout paper with usual reinforced central fold. Some peripheral age marks. Photo
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1801 Schets Stad en Haven van Makao, Veelwaard, 141⁄ 2 x 191⁄ 2 inches, hand-coloured. From the 1796 map by Benjamin Baker, A Plan of the city and harbour of Macao: a colony of the Portugueze. Unusual and attractive which includes an impressive amount of geographic and topographic detail, with a clearly recognisable detailed city plan and extensive sounding depths. Small reinforcement on central fold and corner crease. Photo
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1920 Map of Hong Kong and New Territories by Waterlow & Sons; 151â „ 2 x 131â „ 2 inches, outline coloured. A pleasant map of Hong Kong and islands showing main roads and railways plus police stations and navigation lights. Folding creases, fresh. Photo For a map of the War in China, see lot 66
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Malaya 91
1525 Tabula Undecima Asia, published by Iohannes Grieningerus, based on the concept of Malaya and Indochina by Ptolemy, 2nd century; 201⁄ 2 x 151⁄ 2 inches, hand-coloured with the sea painted in black-blue. This woodblock is titled “India Extra Gangem” (India beyond the Ganges). The map is drawn in a revised conical projection and set in a trapezoidal frame and shows the region of southeast Asia with the Ganges River in the west, the “Sinae” (China) in the east, and southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean, and China Sea. Relief is shown pictorially and includes names of places and natural features. In the margins there are latitudinal notes. Descriptive text in Latin within borders on verso. Appears in the author’s “Geographia”, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer, with annotations by Joannes Regiomontanus. Usual central reinforcement, unusually fine. Photo
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1953 Coronation souvenir map of Malaya, Surveyor General, Malaya; 93 x 75 cm., colour printed map on wooden rollers. Coronation Souvenir Map of Malaya showing Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, Perak, Pahang, Trengganu, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Malacca, Johore and Singapore. With local scenes, occupations and arms of the States around edge. Very scarce
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1676 de stadt Malacca, by Coenraet Decker and Wouter Schouten; 121⁄ 2 x 81⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. Copper engraved on laid paper. View of the town and the wharf at Malacca; East Indiamen with Dutch flags in the foreground amid of local vessels. Three vertical folds and some light staining, good to fine. Photo
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1727 Le Detroit de Malacca, Dressee sur les memoires des plus savans Voyageurs modernes, by Pieter Vander Aa; 71⁄ 2 x 12 inches, hand-coloured. Copper engraving on laid paper. A finely executed map of the Straits of Malacca, which appeared in Pieter Vander Aa’s monumental “La Galerie agreable du Monde ...” published in Leiden. The map shows Sumatra from Tanjong Goeree to Pulau Singkep and P. Lada (Langkawi) to the Straits of Singapore and Tanjung Pinang. The map provides both fine detail and the exquisite engraving style characteristic of Vander Aa’s work. Small repair in the upper left corner margin, minor stains in the right margin. The map is now quite rare. Photo S$300-400
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1750 Plan de la Viller et Forteresse de Malaca ..., by Jacques Nicolas Bellin; 73⁄ 4 x 10 inches, old colour. Fortresse de Malacca, better known as A Famosa, is a Portuguese fortress located in Malacca. It is among the oldest surviving European architectural remains in Asia. The Porta de Santiago, a small gate house, is the only remaining part of the fortress still standing. Alfonso de Albuquerque built the fortress around a natural hill near the sea. Most of the village clustered in town houses inside the fortress walls. As Malacca’s population expanded it outgrew the original fort and extensions were added around 1586. The legend, on the left of the map, tells the names of places marked on the city. Some age marking, mostly confined to the borders. Photo
1750 Plan de la Viller et Forteresse de Malaca ..., the Dutch edition by Pierre d’Hondt (publisher), Jacobus van der Schley (direxit); 71⁄ 2 x 10inches, uncoloured. Copper engraving on stout laid paper. slightly reduced left margin. Exceptionally fresh and fine. Photo
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1777-78 The city of Malacca in the East Indies, by Charles Theodore Middleton; 141⁄ 2 x 81⁄ 2 inches uncoloured and hand-coloured (left margins slightly trimmed). Plate from “A New and Complete system of Geography” by Charles Theodore Middleton, London; Printed for J. Cooke. Some staining and other age faults. Photo
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98 98
An interesting and unusual selection of prints and maps which includes 1599 Theodor de Bry print of native inhabitants; 1645 Commelin print of Merchants of Malacca; 1646 Jacob Cornellus van Neck Natives of Banda playing a ball game and a Sea Battle of the Portuguese blockade; 1707 two Pieter Vander Aa prints in Twee Ongelukkige ScheepsTogten na Oost-Indien; 1746 Bellin view of Malacca; 1857 portrait of the Raja of Johore; plus several others. Generally good to fine. A very good group. Photo 63
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1780 Carte Des Isles De La Sonde et Des Isles Moluques, by Rigobert Bonne, Geneva; 14 x 10 inches, uncoloured. Plate 15 from “Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre, dresse pour l’Histoire philosophique & politique des etabliffemens & du commerce des europeens dans les deux Indes...”. Map of Indonesia showing paths of winds. Relief shown pictorially. Central fold with some light staining; good. Photo
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1811 (c.) Les Isles de la sonde, Moluque, Philippines, Carolines et Marianes, by Robert de Vaugondy and Delamarche; 173⁄ 4 x 121⁄ 4 inches, contemporary outline colour. Copper engraving of South East Asia, Indonesia, published in “Atlas Portatif de Vaugondy”. Usual central fold, small stain at top of sides and trivial soiling. Photo
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1816 The Islands of the East Indies with the Channels between India, China & New Holland, by Robert Wilkinson; 131⁄ 4 x 103⁄ 4 inches, original colour. Map of the East Indies showing the north coast of Australia. Relief shown by hachures. Excellent detail in the Philippines and South East Asia. Robert Wilkinson was active in London as a cartographic publisher from 1785 to 1825. He produced a number of nice works, including a General Atlas and a re-issuance of Bowen & Kitchen’s English Atlas, along with excellent large format separate maps. Minor ageing around the edges. Photo
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1872 Principal Dutch Colonies in the Indian Seas, by A. Fullarton & Co.; 121⁄ 2 x 181⁄ 2 inches, original colour. Coloured lithographic print, being page “XX” in “The Royal Illustrated Atlas, Of Modern Geography”. Java according to Van de Velde, Borneo reduced from the large map constructed for the Borneo Church Mission Institution; both drawn by Augustus Petermann, engraved by G.H. Swanston. The maps surrounded by people, animals and places on the two islands of Java and Borneo. Both include the elevation of mountains and places. Repaired tear in the right margin. Fresh and attractive. Photo S$300-400
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1748 Isles Loluques, by Georges-Louis Le Rouge; 12 x 9 inches, original outline colour. Copper plate engraving on laid paper. From Le Rouge’s “Atlas nouveau portatif”, page “82”. Though the Moluccas are now firmly established, the map is less certain about the contours of New Guinea: previous shorelines are now dotted lines. Usual central fold, good to fine. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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1731 Nieuwe Kaart vant Keyzer Ryk van den Grooten Mogol, by Isaak Tirton; 153⁄ 4 x 143⁄ 4 inches, old coloured. A very detailed antique map of the Empire of the Great Mogul, which included India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh, decorated with a simple compass rose. In Dutch. Usual folding creases. Fine. Photo
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1793 Neue Karte von dem Keyserthum des Grossen Mogols, zu finden in Altona bey den Gebrudern Korte; 163⁄ 4 x 131⁄ 2 inches, hand-coloured. Very similar to the previous map except this is in German and printed on laid, watermarked paper. Some faults in the margins. Photo
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1765 Ad antiquam Indiae geographiam tabula, by J.B.B. d’Anville, Paris; 163⁄ 4 x 213⁄ 4 inches, hand-coloured. A map showing India with an inset in the lower part entitled Ptolemaicae Tabulae showing the island of Ceylon. D’Anville’s maps have a clarity and directness that appears very modern. He read widely and incorporated the best available geographic knowledge into his work. The English and others copied from his maps extensively. A few spots in the upper margin; fresh. Photo S$100-150
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1785 Stato del Mogol con l’isole di Ceilan e Maldive, Venezia, by Antonio Zatta; 151⁄ 2 x 20 inches, old coloured. A fine map of India and Ceylon, along with the Maldive Islands. Includes a large decorative title cartouche. The map was issued in Zatta’s “Atlante Novissimo”, a monumental 4 volume work and one of the last great decorative atlases. Fine. Photo S$400-500
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1786, Presqu’Isle des Indes Orientales, Comprenant l’Indostan ou Empire du Mogol, Differens Royaumes ou Etats, Les Vastes Possessions des Anglais, et les autres Etablissemens Europeens, avec les Grandes Routes, by Robert de Vaugondy; 30 x 22 inches, hand-coloured. This map covers the Indian subcontinent from independent Tartary south to include Ceylon and the Maldives and from Persia east as far as Aracan in the west. It offers extraordinary detail throughout, with numerous notations on matters geographical, historical, and cultural. Shows roads, cities, mountain ranges, lakes and rivers with territories depicted by outline color. Identifies Delhi (or Jehan Abad), Agra (or Ekbar Abad), Bombay, Goa, Calcutta, Pondicherry, and countless other major and minor cities. An inset in the lower right quadrant focuses on the mouths and the course of the River Ganga or Ganges from Hooghly, south part Calcutta into the Bay of Bengal. The cartouche in a floral frame with illustration of an elephant, trees and church below. Some staining and scuffing, mainly confined to the margins. Photo
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1788 Neueste Karte von Hindostan, Bengalen etc, etc. Mit der Anzeige der Strassen Paesse, und genauester Eintheilung der Britischen Besitzungen in Ostindien; by F.A. Schraembl and J. Rennell. Four maps making a complete wall chart, each 341⁄ 2 x 251⁄ 4 inches with original outline colours. Wall map of the Indian sub-continent after James Rennell, with large title cartouche of Britannia, native figures, a soldier and a merchant. Published by F. A. Schraembl in Vienna after Jacob Rennel. Fine with occasional light surface dirt. Photo
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1797 Inde Ancienne by E. Mentelle and P.G. Chanlaire; 211⁄ 4 x 163⁄ 4 inches, handcoloured. From “Atlas Universel de Géographie Physique et Politique, Ancienne et Moderne, Présenté a l’Instruction des Écoles Centrales, Pour les classes de Géographie, d’Histoire, et de Législation”. Numbered “152” on verso. Fine. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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1797 Gli Stati del Mogol e la Penisola delle Indie di qua dal Gange delineati sulle ultime osservazioni. Published by Calcografia camerale, Rome; 18 x 231⁄ 4 inches, hand-coloured. The Italian painter and engraver, Giovanni Maria Cassini, produced this splendid map of as part of his epic three-volume atlas. Mapping of most of south east Asia and surrounding countries, from Bangladesh in the west to central Borneo in the east, and southern China in the north, to Bali in the south. Relief is shown pictorially. On the lower left corner of the map is a decorative illustrated cartouche. Published in: “Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale Delineato sulle ultime osservazioni”. Fresh and fine. Photo
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1797 Inde Indostan Bengale &c Partie Septentrionale de la Presqu’isle en deça du Gange and Inde Partie Méridionale de la Presqu’isle en deça du Gange, by Pierre François Tardieu. Both maps 191⁄ 2 x 15 inches, outline colour. With simple title cartouche and mileage scales. From Mentelle’s “Atlas Universel de Geographie Physique et Politique”. On stout laid paper, fine. Photo. (2 maps)
S$600-800
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1812 Charte von Ost-Indien diesseits des Ganges oder Hindostan und Dekan, Weimar, im Verlage des Grograph Institute; 181⁄ 4 x 33 inches, outlined colour. This interesting map shows India in the early 19th century with the Maldives and Ceylon. In the lower right corner the title cartouche. The map with many place names of cities and villages, mountains, etc. Some age marks, generally confined to the margins. Photo S$200-250
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1638 Magni Mogolis Imperium, by Willem Blaeu; 25 x 201⁄ 4 inches, old coloured. An attractive map of northern part of India, Tibet, Iran to Burma from “Novus Atlas” (Amsterdam) . The travel route from Kabul to Surat is the most prominent feature of the map. Richly decorated with strapwork title and scale of miles cartouches, a dedication with coat of arms, several sailing ships, along with elephants and camels in the interior. In the lower left hand corner is the coat of arms of D. Johannes Hvydekoper one of the directors of the Dutch East India Company. The reverse with the text De Groote Mogol in Dutch. Small splits in the margin at top and foot and some slight wrinkling. On stout paper and fresh. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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1639 Magni Mogolis Imperium, by Jan Jansson; 231⁄ 2 x 183⁄ 4 inches, old coloured. A fine example of Jan Jansson’s edition of William Baffin’s map of Mughal Empire, the first broadly accurate map of Northern India. This revolutionary map embraces the entire Mughal Empire, and extends from Afghanistan and Kashmir in the north, down south to the middle of the Deccan, and from the mouths of the Indus in the east, to Burma in the west. While far from scientific, and featuring some obvious inaccuracies (notably, areas in the upper part of the map are placed way too far to the north), it is the first map of Northern India to evince a rough level of planimetric accuracy. The original map on which the present edition is predicated was devised by the great English adventurer William Baffin, after information supplied to him by Sir Thomas Roe, England’s first ambassador to the Mughal Empire. The title cartouche, in the upper left, features the modified seal of the Emperor Jahangir (reigned 1605-27), featuring roundels bearing his name and those of his eight dynastic predecessors going back to the great Turco-Mongol ruler, Timur (Tamerlane the Great). In the middle is the symbol of the Mughal Empire, featuring a lion at repose in front of a rising sun. There are depictions of animals with a camel, elephants and large cats. The reverse with text in German. Large paper split in the upper margin and a few minor age marks. A good example of this early map. Photo
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1720 (c.) Magni Mogolis Imperium, de Novo Correctum et Divisum, by F. de Witt, Amsterdam, J. Covens & C. Mortier; 251â „ 2 x 211â „ 2 inches, old coloured. An attractive map of the region bounded by Northern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh and extending inland up the Ganges and Indus Rivers to Tartary and the Himalayas, including Katmandu, Kabul and other legendary cities along the great trading route. Extends south to include a large portion of India, including Narsinga, Orixa Decan, etc. Elephants shown roaming the Ganges and Camels east of Kabul. Decorative cartouches featuring putti, and sailing ships. The map was originally issued by de Witt, circa 1690. The Covens & Mortier edition of this map is quite rare. Some minor soiling but still a fine example of this map. Photo
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1740 (c.) Imperii Magni Mogolis sive Indici Padschach, juxta recentiissimas Navigationes accurata delineato Geographica studio et sumtibus, by Matthias Seutter; 26 x 211⠄ 2 inches, hand-coloured. 18th century Germany cartography at its finest; this is an absolutely spectacular map of northern India showing the extent of the powerful Mughal Empire in the late 17th century, this map details the subcontinent and parts of Central Asia from Persia and Khandhar eastward as far a modern day Burma and Thailand. Extends northward to include parts of Tibet and Nepal and southwards as far as the Malabar Coast and the Gulf of Thailand. Cartographically this map is heavily based upon Hondius and Mercator’s 17th century of the same region entitled India Orientalis. Usual central reinforcement and two natural paper wrinkles prior to printing. Fresh and fine. Photo
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1552 Tabula Asiae IX (Northern India & Pakistan), by Sebastian Munster; 151⁄ 4 x 111⁄ 2 inches, hand-coloured woodblock, the verso illustrated with a decorative coloured woodcut illustration. A highly decorative woodcut map by famous mapmaker Sebastian Münster published in his Ptolemy edition 1552 in Basel at Heinrich Petri. The decorative woodcut borders verso were probably cut by the famous 16th century woodcutter Hans Holbein. Important early map of part of Northern India, Pakistan and the Indian Ocean, based upon the work of Ptolemy. The map is unchanged from the 1540 edition. Munster’s Geographia was a cartographic landmark, including not only Ptolemaic maps, but also a number of landmark modern maps, including the first separate maps of the four continents, the first map of England and the earliest obtainable map of Scandinavia. Munster dominated cartographic publication during the mid-16th Century. Reinforced central fold, the colouring is typically garish but still fine. Photo
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1682 Presqu’Isle de L’Inde deca le Gange, ou sont les Royaumes de Decan, de Golconde, de Bisnagar, et le Malabar by Nicholas Sanson; 121⁄ 4 x 81⁄ 2 inches, hand-coloured. Covers the subcontinent from the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Cambay to Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Offers impressive detail given that the interior of India was largely unknown to the west until the British survey’s of the late 18th century. The vast Mogul Empire sprawls across the northern part of the map. Further south the kingdoms of Deccan, Malabar, Bisnagar, and Golconda, among others, are noted. As an indicator of how just out of date European knowledge of this region was, most of these kingdoms had fallen to ruin over 100 years prior to the publication of this map. The Portuguese enclave of Goa on India’s west coast is noted. In the lower right quadrant there is an inset of the Malabar Coast. The lower left hand quadrant features a curious and speculative depiction of the Maldives. On laid paper with usual central reinforcement; a couple of minor marks, otherwise fine. Photo
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1719 Carte Nouvelle des Terres de Cucan, de Canara, de Malabar, de Madura, et de Coromandel ..., by Henri Chatelain; 201⁄ 4 x 163⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. The map was published out of Amsterdam circa 1719 as part of Chatelain’s seven volume “Atlas Historique”. The map shows from Goa and Nelour to the southern tip of India in exceptional detail. The Western Ghats mountain range runs the length of the coast while hills, forests and indigenous animals are engraved throughout. Cities, villages, ports, and bays are noted along the coast while the interior focuses on larger cities and regional divisions. Two text boxes present the history of the area and a table presents a breakdown of the various kingdoms, capitals, and cities within each province. Usual central reinforcement and with small mounting tape on the edges. Photo S$300-400
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1720 (c.) Carte du Golfe de Bengale, Mer de Indes, et Riviere du Gange, Avec les Pais et Iles d’alentour, Savoir les Cotes de Malabar, Cormandel, Ile de Ceylon, Les Maldives ..., by Pieter Vander Aa; 15 x 121⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. Detailed map of the Southern part of India with Ceylon. Good detail along the coasts of Malabar, Coromandel, the Maldives islands and the Kingdoms of Visipour, Golconda, Guzaratte, etc. With title and mileage cartouches. Central fold with small split in the lower margin, trivial soiling. Photo S$200-250
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1724 Nieuwe Kaart van Choromandel ende Malabar..., by François Valentyn; 241⁄ 2 x 22 inches, hand-coloured. The simple title cartouche on the right side states that François Valentyn is the manufacturer, below this is the compass rose. Much detail is given along the coastlines, settlements and principal coastal features are identified. An attractive early map, one of the few early Dutch maps to focus on the region. Folding creases, left margin reduced and there is a short tear which just runs into the map; a few age marks and tone or stain spots. Photo François Valentyn (1666-1727), a missionary, worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1694 and 1705 to 1713 and travelled extensively in the VOC’s lands. He is best known for his monumental history and description, “Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën’’ which remains one of the most important primary sources for the East Indies and neighbouring lands WWW.SPINK.COM
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1733 Peninsula Indiae citra Gangem hoc est Orae celeberrimae Malabar & Coromandel cum adjacente insula non minus celebratissima Ceylon, by the heirs of Homann Erben; 21 x 241â „ 2 inches, old coloured. A large and attractive map of Ceylon and the southern part of the Indian Peninsula, with an elaborate cartouche showing an elephant and indigenous people. The map includes towns, roads, rivers, mountains, lakes, etc. An explanation of the map includes notations of various flags of England, Denmark, France, Holland and Portugal along the coast, delineating the various European trading posts along the southern coastline of India, over 20 in all, plus fortified towns. Usual horizontal reinforcement, slightly reduced at left, otherwise fine. Photo
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1740 Special-Carte von der halb-insel Indiens dieserts dem Ganges by Christian Gottlieb Liebe, published by Waysen-Hauses; 19 x 201⁄ 4 inches, old coloured. This Dutch map was created by Johann Lucas Niekamp with an elaborate cartouche at right. On stout wove paper, slightly reduced at left with some light overall ageing. Photo
S$600-800
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1780 Carte des Cotes de Malabar et de Coromandel, by Guillaume de l’Isle; 31 x 22 inches, original outline colour. A detailed and attractive map of India and the northern tip of Ceylon. With decorative title cartouche and two compass roses. This edition it without title in the top margin and with the publisher’s details, etc. at foot. Usual central reinforcement, small split in the top margin and vertical bends in the side margins. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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1659 Sinus Gangeticus, vulgo Golfo de Bengala nova descriptio, by Jan Jannson; 24 x 191⠄ 4 inches, uncoloured. This exceptional sea chart of the Bay of Bengal includes the island of Ceylon, eastern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and a small portion of Sumatra. This later edition of Jansson’s map of the Bay of Bengal is one of the earliest obtainable sea charts to focus on the area. The chart is displayed with a westward orientation and the sea is strapped with rhumb lines and adorned by numerous sailing ships and two compass roses. Even more impressive is the amount of detail included inland from the coasts. Tilled rice fields, rivers, mountains, forests, villages, and cities fill the map with information and beauty. A formation of putti surrounds the scales of distance at the top of the map. In the lower right corner, an elaborate title cartouche is flanked by natives of differing origin. Stout paper with Latin text on verso. Reinforced central fold with some minor wrinkling. Photo
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1724 Nieuwe Kaart van ‘t Koninkryk Bengale, by Francois Valentyn; 24 x 21 inches, hand-coloured. Published by Jan van Braam and Gerard onder de Linden, Dordrecht, this folio sized copper engraving of the sultanate of Bengal with the delta of the Ganges. Dutch East India Company map depicting the Dutch forts and agricultural areas, produced by Francois Valentijn. Valentijn was able to access the secret Dutch East Iindia Company archives for his work. Folding creases, some staining and ageing. Photo
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1728 A chart of the Coast of Coromandel and the great Bay of Bengal, by Edmund Halley, Nathaniel Cutler and John Senex; 25 x 21 inches, outline coloured. A scarce sea chart of the east coast of India, north Ceylon and the coastline towards the east, from the “Atlas Maritimus & Commercialis ...,” published in London in 1728. This very rare work was a collaborative effort of a number of the leading cartographic and scientific names of the period, including Sir Edmund Halley, John Senex, Nathaniel Cutler, Steven Parker and Daniel Defoe, whose names are frequently associated with this work. The sea atlas was developed by Senex and Harris to compete with Mount & Page’s wildly popular English Pilot sea series. It was published under the name “Atlas Maritimus et commercialis”, or A general view of the world. While the collaboration was impressive, the atlas never achieved the same commercial success. As such, the maps are quite scarce. Central fold, light overall ageing and soiling and a few paper imperfections at the edges. Photo
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1750 Nouvelle carte du Royaume de Bengale, by Jacques Nicolas Bellin; 19 x 123⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. A detailed regional map of the Gulf of Bengal and the lower Ganges River. Decorative title cartouche. Relief shown pictorially, depth shown by soundings and shows vegetation, settlements, etc. From “Le Petit Atlas Maritime Recueil De Cartes et Plans Des Quatre Parties Du Monde. en Cinq”, volume III Asia and Africa. Dark impression. Printed on heavy paper; small defects at right and with some light peripheral toning. Photo
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1804 Charte von dem Brittischen Reiche an Ganges und den Marattenstaaten in Indien, by Weimar Geographisches Institut; 173⁄ 4 x 131⁄ 2 inches, hand-coloured. An attractive and interesting map of the northern half of India extending north into Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet. Covers in detail the region south of Delhi to about the latitude of Goa and including the Ganges river and delta. An abundance of detail is provided although it is somewhat difficult to relate the names with those of present-day India. An early Weimar issue. Printed on hand-laid paper with watermark. Folding as issued with binding trim, slightly reduced at left, only very light ageing
S$200-250
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1758 Coste de Coromandel et les Pays de Tonda. Mandalum et Tanjaor, by Jacques Nicolas Bellin; 93⁄ 4 x 123⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. Titled Theatre de la Guerre dans l’Inde. Tome III No.38 for Antoine-François Prevost’s “L’Histoire Generale des Voyages”, published by Pierre de Hondt, The Hague between 1747-1780. Minor paper faults along the edges
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1764 Coste de Coromandel depuis Gondagamas jusqu’a Nurzapour, by Jacques Nicolas Bellin; 181⁄ 2 x 123⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. Map of Andhra Pradesh State, India with inset of Mazulipatam from Bellin’s “Le Petit Atlas Maritime Recueil De Cartes et Plans Des Quatre Parties Du Monde”. Decorative title cartouche with relief shown pictorially. Depth shown by soundings and includes a list of settlements. Some trivial damage at top and right edges, good to fine
S$100-150
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1740 Carte des Costes de Perse, Gusarat et Malabar, by Jacques Nicolas Bellin; 91⁄ 2 x 131⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. A good engraved map of the Indian Ocean, with the west coast of India, Persia, Maldives and the eastern tip of Arabia from “l’Histoire générale des voyages”. The geographical features are typical with somewhat exaggerated bays and inlets. Also the German edition, Karte von den Küsten von Persien, Guzaratte und Malabar from Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und Lande (Volume 1); folding creases and peripheral ageing. 9 x 11 inches, uncoloured. (2 maps) S$200-250
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1754 Carte de L’Indoustan ..., by Jacques Nicolas Bellin; 17 x 11 inches, hand-coloured. With two decorative cartouches, reinforced central fold, fine
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An attractive map of northern India that appeared in Antoine Francois Prevost d’Exiles’ (or Abbe Prevost’s) multi-volume “Histoire Generale Des Voyages”: ultimately 17 quarto volumes recounting major voyages of discovery and descriptions of far flung parts and including around 240 maps, plans and charts of those areas. These maps, plans and charts were mostly produced by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, the influential French hydrographer. Bellin’s work spans from around 1740 to the 1770s; interestingly he signed his plates in a variety of styles - J. Bellin, N. Bellin, N.B., M.B. (Monsieur Bellin) and S.B. (Seigneur Bellin).
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1782 Carte d’une partie des Cotes de l’Inde depuis Bombay jus’qu’a Surate ..., by M de Pages Bernard, Paris; 171⁄ 2 x 111⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. A detailed map of the coast from Bombay to Surate engraved by Bernard. Fine WWW.SPINK.COM
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Alt und Neu-Dehly - Le Vieux et Nouveau Delhi, by Franz Xaver von Habermann; 19 x 143⁄ 4 inches, old coloured. A scarce perspective view depicting the city of New Delhi, with descriptive text in German and French. Photo
S$300-400
Pondicherry 138
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1750 Plan de la Ville de Pondicheri, by Jacques Nicolas Bellin; 91⁄ 2 x 123⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. Fine. Photo S$100-150
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1764 Carte de l’Isle de Ceylan by Jacques Nicolas Bellin; 91⁄ 2 x 121⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. This copper plate engraved chart shows the entire island with excellent detail of villages, rivers, and topography. The towns of Yale, Harcipote, Soffregam, Vellas, Ncavar, Putelan and many more are located. A rococo-style title cartouche incorporates a distance scale. At upper right is “Tome. III. No. 31. Trivial peripheral ageing. Photo S$200-250
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1672 Goa by P. Baldaeus; 151⁄ 2 x 121⁄ 4 , uncoloured. Map of Goa, with captions in a large cartridge, topped with a panoramic view. Numbered board: Vol. 3 p. 574. A combined panoramic and bird’s eye-view of Goa, the Portuguese trading post in India. From Philippus Baldaeus “Naauwkeurige Beschryvinge Van Malabar Choromandel”. Usual vertical folding crease with a couple of small splits; a couple of other light creases; good. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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1750 Carte Des Isles Maldives Pour servir a l’ Histoire des Etablissemens Europeens, Kaart der Maldivise Eilanden, om te dienen voor de Hist. Beschr. der Volkpl. 1750. - J.v. Schley direx; 81⁄ 2 x 11 inches, handcoloured. For A.F. Prevost’s “Histoire generale des Voyages”, Paris 1747, Amsterdam 1748, 1749 ... Fine. Photo
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1679 Stato Del Gran Turco diviso ne suoi Beglierbati o Gouerni e ne Principati, che li sono Tributari by Giacomo Giovanni Rossi; 231⁄ 2 x 181⁄ 2 inches, original outline colour. The Turkish Empire, based on Sanson’s map, prepared by Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola and here engraved by Giorgio Widman for the “Mercurio Geografico”. A scarce decorative map of the Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus, Turkey, Arabia, the Black Sea, Asia Minor and neighboring regions by Cantelli da Vignola and published in Rome by Rossi. The map provides one of the most detailed and up to date treatments of the region. Includes an ornate title cartouche. Professional reinforcement down the central fold. Fresh and fine
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1687 A Mapp of the Travels and Voyages of the apostles in their mission and in particular of Saint Paul, by Richard Blome; 191⁄ 4 x 173⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. On stout laid, watermarked paper. The engraver of this map was Richard Palmer. Finely engraved detailed map covering the whole of the eastern Mediterranean, showing the travels of the apostles after the death of Christ, with portraits of 13 Saints. Including Italy, Greece, Cyprus. The map contains a dedication to and shield of the Baronet who supported the making of the map. Usual reinforced central fold; fine. Photo
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S$1,000-1,200
1719 Estats de L’empire du Grand Seigneur dit Sultan et Ottomans Empereur des Turcs, by J. Chiquet; 101⁄ 4 x 73⁄ 4 inches, original outline colour. From “Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et Historique”, by Jacques Chiquet. This map shows the extent of the Ottoman Empire from the Balkans to Persia, including all of Arabia and North Africa (an inset map at lower left shows the continuation of the African coast to present day Algeria). There is a short text on map regarding the Nile and its source in Ethiopia. In the bottom left hand corner is a list of Turkish rulers. Reduced margins and light overall ageing with small stain in lower right corner. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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1786 Erster Theil der Karte von Asien welche die Turkei, Arabien, Persien Indien diesseits des Ganges und einen Theil der Tatarei enthalt, by F.A. Scharembl, Vienna. Two large maps, 33 x 25 inches, outlined colour. A large and detailed map of the Middle East on two sheets. Embellished with a large decorative title-cartouche. On heavy paper, fine. Photo. (2 maps)
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1791 The First Part of Asia Drawn & Engraved from d’Anville’s two sheet map, by John Harrison; 32 x 211⁄ 4 inches, simple outline colour. Usual reinforced fold, some light overall ageing, particularly in the central section, buckle and tear in right margin. Photo
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1800 Gli Imperi Antichi Parte Orientale, by Giovanni Maria Cassini; 171⁄ 2 x 23 inches, uncoloured. An uncommon two-sheet map, published in the “Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale”, each with a decorative title cartouche, the first features a wild dog eating a child, the second with Egyptian statuary. By Giovanni Maria Cassini, a Somasco monk. He was geographer and cartographer but he was also good at engraving architectural items and perspectives. Usual central folds, fresh and fine. Photo. (2 maps)
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1720 (c.) The Turkish empire in Europe, Asia and Africa divided into all its Governments ..., by Hermann Moll; 41 x 241⠄ 2 inches, original outline colour with hand-coloured illustrations. Printed in London by Hermann Moll, John Bowles, Thomas Bowles, Philip Overton & John King. This map of Europe and the Middle East is printed on two sheets and conjoined. Moll’s large-format map of the Turkish Empire, also covering the whole Mediterranean, first published 1714. There are inset prospects of Constantinople, Smirna and Jerusalem, and three views of the Holy Sepulcre. Title cartouche and dedication to Thomas Vernon (Commissioner of Trade and Plantations). Repaired down both vertical folds and a couple of repaired tears. There are some stains and soiling, particularly around the folds. Nevertheless a good example of this rare map. Photo
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1574 Persici Sive Sophorum Regni Typus, by Abraham Ortelius; 231⁄ 2 x 151⁄ 2 inches, handcoloured. Ortelius based this fine map of the Persian Empire in part on Gastaldi’s 1564 map of Asia Minor and on his own 1567 map of Asia. Decorative elements include large strap work title cartouche and a distance scale surmounted by a strange bestiary creature. Latin text on verso with page number 49. The map is centered on Persia and it also shows presentday Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Indus River. It is filled with many place names, details of the Persian Gulf and very attractive pictorial detail of topography and cities. Marcel van den Broecke estimates that 100 copies of this map were printed. (Ortelius 167). On stout laid paper with crossed arrow watermark, usual central reinforcement, some light soiling, mostly confined to the edges. Photo
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1626 The Turkish Empire. Newly Augmented, by John Speed; 203⁄ 4 x 161⁄ 4 inches, hand-coloured. A fine example of the Bassett & Chiswell edition of Speed’s map of the Turkish Empire printed in “Theatre of The World”. One of the most decorative maps of the region issued in the 17th Century and the first map of the region published in England. Includes 8 views of Turkish Cities and 10 costumed figures plus ornate title and scale cartouche. English description on verso. A little soiled on the reverse and a few edge repairs. A good example of this map. Photo
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1628 Persici Vel Sophorum Regni Typus, by Jodocus Hondius, Amsterdam; 221â „ 2 x 19 inches, old coloured. Two elaborate cartouches for title and mileage; with French text on the reverse. On stout paper, usual central reinforcement; some overall ageing and paper faults on the edges of the margins. Photo
S$800-1,000
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1634 Persia Sive Sophorum Regnum, by Willem Janszoon Blaeu; 24 x 20 inches, hand-coloured. A decorative map of Persia extending from the Eastern Mediterranean to Tacalistan and the Indus River and the Dalanguer Mtns and the Cbul Region, with the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in the South and Caspian and Tartaria in the North. A very detailed and highly decorative map, with dedication cartouche to Theodor Tholng, senator in Amsterdam with coat of arms above, decorative title cartouche features a Persian sovereign and two soldiers, and sailing ships. French text on verso. On stout paper, there are a few surface thins in the margins and very light soiling. Photo 97
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1720 Imperii Persici In Omnes Suas Provincias…, by Johann Baptiste Homann; 24 x 201⁄ 2 inches, original colour. Detailed map of the region, extending from the Black Sea, Khasikstan and Turkistan in the north to the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Euphrates and the Mediterranean in the south, showing almost all of Cyprus. Decorative map, showing cities, mountains, rivers, lakes, roads, etc. Large decorative carouche featuring merchants and wild cats, and smaller cartouche showing a hunter on horseback and a brick kiln. Usual reinforced central fold with small splits at either end, a couple of minor stain spots. Good. Photo
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1722 Imperii Percici Delineatio, by Petrus Schenk; 241⁄ 2 x 211⁄ 4 inches, old coloured. A rare and detailed map of Persia, divided into coloured provinces. A drapery in the upper right corner contains the title cartouche. A classical boy carves the title on the bottom left hand side. These were used to publish the atlas “Atlas Contractus” between 1695 and 1705. On stout laid paper, usual central reinforcement, small hole in top margin; generally good to fine. Photo S$600-800
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1731 Nieuwe Kaart van ‘T Ryk van Persie, by Isaak Tirion; 171⁄ 2 x 13 inches, hand-coloured. A detailed map of Persia and its adjoining countries with Armenia. Reduced right margin with a segment cut out, leaving a boarder, some age marks in the left margin and at the peripheries. Photo
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1742 Carte de Perse, by Covens & Mortier; 25 x 21 inches, original outline colour. Also titled Nova et accurata imperii Persici delineatio ad usum Serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis. Covens and Mortier reissued a chart originally made by Guillaume de l’Isle showing the Persian Empire. The depicted area stretching from Crimea to Kashmir and from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf. The detailed representation of towns, villages, rivers and further regional conditions, in particular the mapping of the roads, leads to the presumption that this chart was created for military purposes. French inscriptions, spread all over the chart, e.g. that the Baloch, inhabitants of south-east Persia, were very militant people. The famous flats of Bahrain, where legendary pearls grow, is clearly marked. The title cartouche is in Rococo-style and is decorated with twisting and floral elements and a royal coat of arms. Usual reinforced centre fold with repaired split at foot, and other light folds, good to fine. Photo 99
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157 Arabia 157
1595 Turcici imperii descriptio, this map was published in Antwerp as part of the Latin edition of “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum”; 211⁄ 2 x 163⁄ 4 inches, hand-coloured. The map is based on Ortelius’ own map of Asia, which was derived from the work of Italian mapmaker Giacomo Gastaldi of 1561. There is Latin text on verso for “Turquie”. It shows a relatively accurate depiction of the Red Sea but a misshapen Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea. While the coastline of the Arabian Peninsula is shown with great detail, many of the inland place names and their locations are taken from antiquity and legend rather than actual reports of exploration. The map is loaded with detail, showing mountains chains, and river systems, as well as numerous villages and important cities, such as Rome, Tripoli, Athens, Constantinople, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Mecca. Decorative elements within the map include four sailing ships (two of which are engaged in battle), a sea monster roaming the Black Sea and a strapwork title cartouche supported by two female, winged sea creatures. The central fold has been reinforced, light overall ageing and occasional trivial peripheral damage on the edges. Photo
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1669 A Generall Mapp of Arabia, with the Red Sea and Circumjacent lands, by Richard Blome after Sanson; 171⁄ 2 x 14 inches, outline colour. This example is from a rare late edition of the map, with a revised cartouche and coat of arms, with dedication to the Rt. Honorable William Viscount Brouncker of Lyons and Baron Brouncker of Neru Castle in the Kingdom of Ireland. The map demonstrates the naive engraving style characteristic of 17th Century English engravers, and features an elaborate heraldic cartouche with dedications to Blome’s patrons, sailing ships and sea monsters. Blome’s maps are important in the history of English Cartography. Two vertical folds, fresh and fine. Photo
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1750 (c.) Arabia, by Richard William Seale; 201⁄ 4 x 15 inches, hand-coloured. With title cartouche and illustration to the Temple of Mecca. This eighteenth century engraver and cartographer, engraved maps in the rococo style of Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchen for the Universal Magazine. He produced sea and river charts as well as town and harbour plans as well as the Middlesex county map in the large English Atlas. Folding creases, good to fine. Photo
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160 Palestine 160
1750 Carte de la Terre Sainte Divisee selon les Douze Tribus d’Israel, by Johann Christoph Harenberg; 24 x 201⁄ 2 inches, the map with original colours but the the cartouches and side map with later hand-colour. Published in Nuremberg on stout paper, this map covers the coastline from Biblus nunc Gibele to the Sirbonis lacus. A map showing the region in Roman times is inset in a decorative scroll at left. The title cartouche is topped with two sides of a shekel coin. Below the cartouche is a scene of the encampment of the Jews with two spies of Moses bearing the fruit from the Promised Land. There are some later reinforcements to the central fold and there is some overall staining and soiling. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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161 Syria 161
1666 Syriae Sive Soriae, Nova et Accurata descriptio, by Erben Janssonius; 231⁄ 4 x 193⁄ 4 inches, old coloured. Handsome map of Syria and Lebanon, fully engraved with mountain ranges, forests and cities. Damascus is at the bottom of the map and Edessa (Sanliurfa) is at the top. The coastal cities include Alexandria, Antioch, Tyro, Tripoli, Sidon, and Curco. The map is embellished with a fine strapwork title cartouche flanked by a shepherd and his flock, a scale of miles held aloft by three cherubs, a sailing ship, compass rose and a sea monster. Latin text on verso. Issued in the two volume “Atlas Contractus”. The original plate was published by Johannes Janssonius, but with his death in 1664, this edition was printed by his son-in-law, Johannes Janssonius van Waesbergen. Light overall ageing with some small edge faults. Photo
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162 Syria - Damascus 162
1575 Damascus, urbs nobilissima ad Libanum montem Totius Syriae Metropolis, by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg; 201⁄ 2 x 16 inches, hand-coloured. A very decorative bird’s eye view of Damascus, published in the Latin edition of “Civitates Orbis Terrarum”. The staffage in the front represents Syrian inhabitants and inscriptions refer to biblical incidents on the town plan. From 1572 to 1590 the publishers issued six volumes of this town-atlases in five different languages. These folios became the most famous publications in this genre. Usual central reinforcement, small splits in the upper and lower margins, minor ageing. Photo
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163 Mecca 163
1725 Prospect von einem Theil der grossen Stadt Mecha, by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach; 211⁄ 2 x 121⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. A copper engraving on laid paper. A very fine and early view of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Muhammad and the location of the Islamic pilgrimage of the Hajj. Numerous locations are identified by a key (keyplate included). Plate from the ‘Entwurf einer historischen Architektur’ (Outline of Historical Architecture, first published 1721) the first comparative architecture of all periods and nations. Usual central fold, the margins have been reduces at top and bottom, the lower margin is strengthened with white tape. Fresh. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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1493 Serta Etas Mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle), folio CXXX by Anton Koberger; 23 x 163⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. Two sheets of incunabula with original woodcut engravings on the front and on the reverse. At the top of the cards CXXIX / to and CXXX / recto text in Gothic characters and in Latin; in the bottom half of the same facciateampia view of Constantinople in woodcut; on the other two façades, gothic text in Latin, accompanied by 7 beautiful silografate cartoons with images of the Empress Helena, the fathers of the Council of Nicaea, heresiarch Arius and four emperors. The sheets are taken from a famous incunabula, imprinted in Nuremberg in 1493 in the original text with Latin: in the same year they released the impression with text in German, translated by Georg Alt. The fame of the book is mainly linked to the accompanying illustrative over two thousand woodcuts, some of which belong to the young Dürer. The magnificent view of Constantinople, as representations of other cities in the volume, combines conventional elements of fantasy and other topographic features with reference to reality. The image is placed in evidence, with a caption, the church of Santa Sofia; interesting is the depiction of a ship in the lower sinstra. Tape reinforcement to the central fold and there is some light ageing as to be expected, otherwise is a good state of preservation. Photo This page was removed from a book entitled Liber Chronicarum, or ‘Nuremberg Chronicle’, published in 1493 by printer Anton Koberger. One of the most ambitious books produced in the 15th century with over 1000 woodcut illustrations, the ‘Nuremberg Chronicle’ was also one of the earliest books with illustrations designed by artists rather than blockcutters. Koberger commissioned Michael Wolgemut, who ran a large art workshop, to design the illustrations and layout between 1487 and 1491. Wolgemut was helped by his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Woodcut images could be printed on the same page as text because the type used to print the words and the woodcut image were both in relief, so they could be set together in the same frame (called a forme) and printed simultaneously. In common with practice at the time, not all of the images in the Chronicle were original designs, some being copies after artists like Martin Schongauer, and some being used more than once in the same book. But where earlier woodcut book illustrations were simple outlines the use of light and tone shows how differently an artist responded to the potential of the woodcut medium. Books like this led to artists such as Albrecht Dürer considering the potential of the woodcut as a medium of expression. Dürer trained under Wolgemut between 1486 and 1489 at around the time when Wolgemut received the commission for this book. 105
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1756 L’Afrique, Dressee Sur Les Relations Les Plus Recentes ..., by G. Robert de Vaugondy; 26 x 201⁄ 2 inches, original outline colour. Copper plate engraving on laid paper. Attractive title cartouche with female native resting under two palm trees with recumbent lion at her feet. The 1756 edition of “Atlas Universel” carried this map of Africa which was based on a work of 1749. This example was published by Delamarche, with the Vaugondy’s title of Geographe Ord Du Roy removed to follow revolutionary correctness. It has the additional engraving of Riebeks Castel, Constantine, Stellenbos, Drakensteen and Eaux Chauds. The map shows clearly how little was known of the interior at this time. Usual central reinforcement, “AFRIQUE” printed on verso; fine. Photo
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1511 Secunda Africae tabula by Bernado Silvani based on Ptolemy; 211⁄ 2 x 151⁄ 2 inches, printed in two colours. Sylvanus’ map of part of Tunisia, Lybia, Sicily and Sardinia is one of the earliest obtainable maps of the region and the first printed in two colours. The map appeared in Sylvanus’ “Claudii Ptholemaei Alexandrini liber Geographicae ...”, published in Venice in 1511. The Sylvanus edition of Ptolemy is one of the earliest to include maps with modern geographical updates. Printed in two halves, this has been skillfully joined. Exceptionally fresh and fine. Photo
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1542 Aphricae Tabula III by Sebastian Munster; 15 x 12 inches, uncoloured. Pages numbered 890 and 891 with Latin text on verso. Printed on laid paper. A highly decorative map of the region from the Libyan Sea to the Red Sea, including Babylon, Thebes, the Pillars of Hercules, Hanorum, Alexandria, Memphis, and many other classical places. The Nile has its origin in Aetheopia Sub Aegypto. Interesting scene at top of a man being swallowed by a sea monster. The map is based upon classical Ptolemaic information. The map is unchanged from the 1540 edition. Munster’s Geographia was a cartographic landmark, including not only Ptolemaic maps, but also a number of landmark modern maps, including the first separate maps of the 4 continents, the first map of England and the earliest obtainable map of Scandinavia. Munster is generally regarded as one of the three most important map makers of the 16th Century, along with Ortelius and Mercator. He issued his first mapping of Germany in 1529, after which he issued a call for geographical information about Germany to scholars throughout the country. The response was better than hoped for, and included substantial foreign material, which supplied him with up to date, if not necessarily accurate maps for the issuance of his Geographia in 1540. Two paper mounts on the reverse in the top margin; very fresh and fine
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1660 (c.) Egypte moderne dict Chibet aujour-dhuy ..., by Philippe de la Rue; 211â „ 2 x 171â „ 4 inches, hand-coloured. Printed in chez Pierre Mariette (Paris). Engraved map on laid paper of Egypt and the western part of the Arabian Peninsula. Philippe de la Rue is known only by the fifteen maps of which he is the author, all on the Middle East and all published by Pierre Mariette between 1651 and 1653. This map of Egypt is even rarer it is not in the Pastoureau. Small thin patch where a part of the central reinforcement has been removed, a few repaired small tears in the lower margin and some light even ageing. A good example of this early map. Photo
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1694 Patriarchatus Alexandrini Geographica descriptio, by P. Mortier; 24 x 203⁄ 4 inches, original outline colour. An ecclesiastical map showing the Patriarchate of Alexander in Roman times. Usual reinforced central fold but long split in the top margin and split at foot. Peripheral toning and brittle paper faults. Photo S$600-800
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1561 Africa nuova tavola by Giralamo Ruscelli from Ruscelli’s “La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo”; 113⁄ 4 x 81⁄ 2 inches, hand-coloured. In his map of southern Africa, the Venetian editor and cartographer Ruscelli removes all symbols and figures and returns to a simple depiction of the geography of the land. The Mountains of the Moon (Monti de Luna) are centrally placed in southern Africa, and the Nile is born from the outflow of three lakes situated at their base. A number of coastal rivers are identified. Madagascar bears its earlier name, Island of San Lorenzo (Isola de S. Lorenzo), given by Diogo Dias, the Portuguese navigator who first landed there in 1500 on the feast day (August 10) of St. Lawrence. The stippled ocean and pimply mountain ranges reflect the Italian copperplate style of engraving of the period. Latin text on verso, page number XXII. On laid paper, usual reinforced central fold, a few small holes near the centre, some which have been professionally repaired; trivial ageing, mostly confined to the lower margin. A good example of this scarce map. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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171 Russia 171
1816 Russia or Muscovy In Europe, by John Bower; two maps being the Norther Part of and the Southern Part of; each 101⁄ 2 x 81⁄ 2 inches, uncoloured. Produced in “A General Atlas, Being A Collection Of Maps Of The World And Quarters, Their Principal Empires, Kingdoms, &c. Containing Fifty Eight Maps And Charts”, Philadelphia; published by M. Carey, and B. Warner. Vertical folding creases and some peripheral damage in the margins, fresh. (2 maps)
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1872 Caucausus & Crimea with the Northern Portions of the Black & Caspian Seas, by A. Fullarton & Co.; 121⁄ 2 x 181⁄ 2 inches, original colour. Full color maps surrounded by depictions of people, animals, and local scenes; from Fullarton’s “World Atlas”, plate IX. Clean and fine. Photo S$400-500
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1542 Tabula Asiae III (Black & Caspian Sea Region) by Sebastian Munster; 143⁄ 4 x 121⁄ 2 inches, hand-coloured. Pages numbered 570-571 with Latin text on verso. Excellent example of Munster’s Ptolemaic map of the region between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea extending south to include all of Armenia Major and part of Armenia Minoris. Munster’s map shows Noah’s Arc in the Caspian Sea, believed to have come to rest in a mountain in Armenia according to the map. Shows Armenia Major, Iberia, Albania, Colchis, Porte Albanie, the Euphratis River, the Tigris, Assyriae, and many other place names in the cradle of civilization. Small repaired hole in the top margin and a couple of minor imperfections. Photo
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1721 Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene, by de l’Isle and van Verden; two maps, each 27 x 201⁄ 2 inches with simple outline colour. A seminal production, this is Guillaume de l’Isle’s 1721 map of the Caspian Sea according to the surveys of van Verden and S. I. Soimonov. It is the first printed map of the Caspian Sea based upon actual survey work. Although other cartographers also copied the work of van Verden and Soimonov, de l’Isle was the first, and his mapping is the finest and truest to the original manuscript. The map proper is surrounded by eight inset maps detail various gulfs, bays, ports, and rivers. The upper sheet has two large cartouches, the left bearing the title and dedication to van Verden and the right a description of the map. The right hand cartouche also features two dragons. Each sheet with the usual reinforced centre fold; fresh and fine. Photo In 1721 Peter presented the Paris Academie Royale des Sciences with a copy of S. I. Soimonov and Carl Vanverden’s map of the Caspian region. Without further delay, De l’Isle redrew the map (with great care), translated the inscriptions into French and printed it on separate sheets in reduced size in the Travaux of the Academy. He also included the map in his Atlas. In this way, the exact outline of the Caspian Sea, drawn on the Russian map of 1720, first appeared in a map prepared in western Europe
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1723 Carte des Pays Voisins de la Mer Caspiene ..., by the de l’Isle family; 291⁄ 2 x 211⁄ 2 inches, outline colour. An example of Guillaume de L’Isle’s 1723 map of the Caucuses; from the Black Sea to Independent Tartary and from Russia to Persia, inclusive of the entire Caspian Sea, and the modern day nations of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Turkey. This is one of de l’Isle’s most important and misunderstood maps. Knowledge of the Caucuses and Caspian Sea region was extremely limited in Western europe and so de l’Isle composed this map from assortment of sources, many of whom he lists in the title cartouche, including the Caspian Sea surveyor van Verden, Persian diplomats, Georgian aristocratic and religious figures, and various Russian surveys. The result is this remarkably accurate map, a major step forward in the cartographic perspective of the region, and one of the finest maps de l’Isle ever produced. Engraved by Marin for the 1731 issue of de l’Isle’s seminal “Atlas de Geographie”. Usual reinforced centre fold and printed number 118 on the reverse. Clean and fine. Photo
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1728 Provinciarum Persicarum Kilaniae nempe Chirvaniae Dagestaniae, by Johann Baptist Homann; 243⁄ 4 x 211⁄ 2 inches, old coloured. Southern parts of the Caspian Sea with surrounding areas are depicted in this map which was reissued by Johann Christoph Homann in Nuremberg. The manufacturer instruction in the title cartouche indicates Christoph and his father as authors of this map. The copperplate for this reprint, dated 1728, was engraved by Ruprecht Adam Schneider, who worked frequently for the Homann estate, The inset in the upper right corner shows a panorama of Tarki in the Republic of Dagestan. Ivan the Terrible had erected a fortress there. Mount Ararat is shown, where Noah’s ark came to rest. Very elaborate cartouches in the lower corners. Usual reinforced central fold and page number 120 on verso. Good to fine. Photo
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1730 (c.) Nova et accuratissima Maris Caspii ... ac Regionum Adjacentium Delineatio ... Jussu Invictissimi Principis Petri Alexii Fil. Magni Russorum Imperatoris, by Mattheus Seutter; 24 x 21 inches, old coloured. Showing the Caspian Sea with the large Volga Delta in east orientation. Main towns / countries around the Caspian Sea: Baky / Baku in Aserbaidschan, Astrakhan / Astrakhanskaya of Russia, Kasachstan, Turkmenistan and Ardebil in Iran. Also the major trading ports and roads are described. Usual reinforced central fold, in good condition. Photo
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1735 Nova Maris Caspit et Regionis Usbeck, by Erben Homann; 25 x 22 inches, old coloured. Made by the Viennese printer Johann Peter van Ghelen, in accordance to the surveys of geographer Abraham Mass, published by Homann Heirs in Nuremberg. A detailed map of central Asia centered on the Caspian Sea, Uzbek territory to the east of the Caspian and northern Persia. Highly decorative title cartouche top right featuring various peoples, one on horseback. Cities and town names include; Astrakan, Eriwan, Samarkand, Isphahan and Cabul. Also shows the trade routes. Central fold and some light soiling; the margins have been slightly reduced
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1747 A New and Accurate Map of the Caspian Sea, by Emanuel Bowen; 121⁄ 4 x 19 inches, original colour. From “A Complete System of Geography” by Herman Moll. Handsome map of the lands surrounding Caspian Sea - Astrakhan, Independent Tartary, Persia, Shirwan and others, title cartouche at upper right. Emanuel Bowen was one of the leading English mapmakers of the eighteenth-century, and was unusual in that he was cartographer to both the French and English Royal Courts. With one decorative cartouche, a compass rose and a mileage scale. Page reinforcement in the left margins, two small holes in the lower margin and some minor peripheral imperfections. Photo S$600-800
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180 Russia - Black Sea 180
1744 Theatre de la Guerre Dans la Petite Tartarie, La Crimee, la Mer Noire, &c..., by Guillaume de l’Isle; 25 x 21inches, original colour. The map is from a Dutch edition of de l’Isle’s work entitled, “Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l’Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté”. It was published by Covens and Mortier, brothers-in-law who continued the firm established by Pierre Mortier. Detailed map focusing on the Black Sea with wonderful detail of the surrounding regions. Shows watershed, villages and cities, mountains. Locates the confluence of the Danube, the walled cities of Tekin (Bender), Ouzi Oczakow (Dziarcrimenda), Taman, Magazin, and numerous forts and villages. Usual central reinforcement; good to fine. Photo
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1720 (c.) Ducatuum Livoniae et Curlandiae cum vicinis Insulis Nova Exhibitio Geographica, by Johann Baptiste Homann; 24 x 211â „ 4 inches, old colour. The northern Baltic coast in this early version. Estonia, Latvia and the fortified settlements of Derpt and Goldingen. The islands of Hiiumaa and Saaremaa are in the Gulf of Riga. The title cartouche at the top left shows a group of armed putti fighting. A grid borders the map for quick reference and the mileage scale is at the bottom right hand side. The interior is very detailed with many lakes, settlements, mountain ranges and swampy areas. Usual central reinforcement, trivial ink stains in the lower margin. Photo
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1781 La Norvegia divisa Nelle sue Provincie Di nuova Projezione, by Antonio Zatta; 151⁄ 2 x 201⁄ 4 inches, hand-coloured. Handsome and detailed Italian map of southern Norway. Fully engraved to show the rugged terrain, many fiords and inland waterways. As noted in his Annotazione, the Prefecture of Salten in northern Norway is not included because it was delineated on his general map of Scandinavia. Decorated with a nautical-themed title cartouche. Usual central reinforcement, only minor age marks. Photo
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1734 Sardiniae Regnum Et Insula ..., by Erben Homann; 20 x 231⁄ 2 inches, old coloured with hand-coloured cartouche. Copper plate engraving from the atlas “Isolario Geographical descrittione. Historica ...,” published in Nuremberg. A large map of Sardinia alone, with inset view of Cagliari. With a key in the top right-hand corner to archbishoprics, bishoprics and towns which are known to have existed since antiquity. Showing fortresses and salt pans, and decorated with an elaborate title cartouche, formed of horns of plenty and sheaves of wheat. A good example of this detailed and uncommon map. Usual central reinforcement, slightly reduced margins at right and foot and a little surface soiling. Photo
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1493 Tercia Etas Mundi. Folio XLVI, Anglie Provincia (A English town view), by H. Schedel; single sheet, 10 x 151⁄ 2 inches, later hand-coloured. Large woodcut depicting an imaginary English town (235 x 223mm) on verso the genealogy of King David. Page from the richest illustrated “Incunable”, the famous Nuremberg Chronicle, published the year that Columbus returned to Europe after discovering America. In May of 1493 appeared in the Latin language one of the earliest voluminous books, fully illustrated with 1809 woodcuts printed from 645 woodblocks. Tape marks on the top edge of verso, otherwise fine. Photo The woodblock cutters were Michael Wolgemut, the well-known teacher of Albrecht Dürer, and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Wohlgemut was Albrecht Dürer’s tutor between 1486-90 and recent scholarship has shown, Albrecht Dürer may also have collaborated, since some of the cuts bear a remarkably close resemblance to the Apocalypse illustrations. The printing was carried out under the supervision of the great scholar-printer Anton Koberger, whose printing were famous throughout Europe
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1617 Yorke Shrowesbury Lancaster Richmont, from ivitates Orbis Terrarum, by Braun and Hogenberg; 231⁄ 4 x 181⁄ 4 inches, original colour. Four views being city plans of York, Shrewsbury and Lancashire and a view of the castle of Richmond. On each side of the four views are four figures in historical dress: Briton / Roman / Saxon / Dane; king and queen / English nobles / English burghers / English peasants. The four views are engraved after views published by Speed in his atlas “The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine, 1611”. Latin text on verso with details of York. “Civitates Orbis Terrarum” could be called the first city atlas; published in six parts between 1572 and 1617 it encompassed well over 500 plans and views of towns and cities from Europe (predominantly), North Africa, the Near East and the Americas. The town plans of York, Shrewsbury and Lancaster are all based on those of Speed’s county maps. Reinforced central fold with some splitting in the upper and lower margins; small damage in left margins and light overall toning. Photo
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1710 Magna Britannia Complectens Angliae, Scotiae Et Hiberniae ..., by J.B. Homann; 241⁄ 4 x 211⁄ 2 inches, later handcoloured. This is the second plate used for Homann’s map of the British Isles this one with the portrait of King George II. Usual centre fold with some splitting at the top, quite a lot of tone spotting but this is mostly confined to the full-size margins. Photo S$1,200-1,500
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1772 Les Isles Britanniques ou sont le royaumes d’Angleterre, by Guillaume de l’Isle; 271⁄ 4 x 21 inches, later hand-coloured. Published in “Atlas Nouveau, contenant toutes les parties su Monde ...”, by Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam. Relief shown pictorially. Shows counties, settlements, etc. and has a large illustrated cartouche with Neptune, sea creatures and birds; a scale cartouche in the lower right corner. With centre fold showing some weakness or splitting in the margins; fresh appearance. Photo
S$700-900
188 Great Britain - London 188
A new pocket plan of the cities of London and Westminster with the borough of Southwark comprehending the new buildings and other alterations to the year 1798; 213⁄ 4 x 111⁄ 2 inches, limited original colouring. Several pocket-size maps were produced in the 1700’s and early 1800’s. Copper engraving on laid paper with title in upper left corner and explanation in lower left corner and numbered “VII” in the top right corner. A very interesting map showing the limits of the development of the city. Usual folding creases, deep printing and in remarkably fine condition. Rare. Photo 123
S$1,800-2,200
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189 St. Helena 189
1596 “Vera effiies et delineatio Insulae Sancta Helena, qua Ortum Occasum, et Septentrionem spectat, ... “by Ioannes Hugo a Linschoten; 183⁄ 4 x 121⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. An incredibly decorative engraving of St. Helena on paper. Three elevations provide perspective of the rugged topography. The ocean contains several Portuguese ships. The sheet is then richly embellished with three beautiful compass roses, two elaborate cartouches and angel holding armillary sphere. Beautifully engraved by Baptista a Doetechum. Light folding creases from insertion in the original book and paper reinforcement down central fold; in remarkable condition. Photo This is Linschoten’s second map of St Helena island in the south Atlantic. St Helena was an important re-supply point for the Portuguese starting from their earliest attempts, in the late 1400s, at rounding the Cape of Good Hope and discovering a sea route to the Indies. The island’s later history included being Napoleon’s final place of imprisonment, after his defeat at Waterloo. The map shows three detailed views of the island: the town, landing places, etc. This was done as a guide to show how the island looked as approached from the sea; a compass rose below each view provides sailing directions. The safe harbour was on the northern side of the island. A ship in the harbour in bottom view flies the Portuguese standard. Text in Latin and in Dutch. Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1562-1611) was employed as Secretary to the Portuguese Archbishop of Goa in India from 1583. Here, he had access to many Portuguese portolans as well as other valuable commercial information. Linschoten returned to Holland in 1592 and there wrote a history of his years of travel, the Itinerario..., which incorporated all that he had learned from the Portuguese. This book and the accompanying maps provided precise information on the Portuguese sea routes to the East, their re-supply points around Africa, and their trading stations in the East. The book had a tremendous influence on Dutch expansion in the East and particularly in Java. WWW.SPINK.COM
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AMERICA
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190
1785 Nieuwe en Algemeene Kaart van America ..., by Willem Albert Bachiene after Emanuel Bowen; 203⁄ 4 x 181⁄ 4 inches, hand-coloured. Rare Bachiene map, after Bowen; shows conjectural N.W. Coast, Indians, Colonies, mountains, rivers, etc. Nice detail in South America, including mythical lakes, mines, etc. Decorative cartouche. Reinforced central fold, small paper split at foot. Fresh and attractive. Photo
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S$2,500-3,000
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1757 Amérique Septentrionale, by Robert de Vaugondy; 253⁄ 4 x 20 inches; original outline colour. Copper plate engraving on thick watermarked laid paper. In Robert de Vaugondy “Atlas Universel”, Paris; Map No. 97. An attractive cartouche with native Americans with trees and alligator on waterfall. Reinforced centre fold and two other vertical folds, there are a couple of small paper splits. An attractive map. Photo
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1784 Carte Générale du Canada, de la Louisiane, de la Floride, de la Caroline..., by P. Santini and M. Remondini; 291⁄ 2 x 201⁄ 4 inches, uncoloured. On stout paper, map of the eastern part of the United States and Canada. With inset map of Hudson and Baffin bays in the lower right corner. This is the Venetian edition of d’Anville’s map, from “Atlas Universel” printed in 1784. Noteworthy topographical detail is shown, with particular focus on the Great Lakes. Lake Superior is attached to a convoluted river system reaching across the continent reminiscent of the Riviere Longue of Baron Lahontan’s memoirs. On the Gulf Coast the region of Tecas (Texas) is named with a nearby note about the Atac-apa tribe of Indians, who are noted as Antrophages (Cannibals) and Indiens errans. The map was prepared by the Venetian cartographer and publisher François Santini and first published in Santini’s “Atlas Universel dresse sur les meuilleures cartes modernes 1776.” Santini collaborated with Janvier and gives credit to him on most of his maps. The atlas is effectively an Italian copy of the Robert de Vaugondy “Atlas Universel”. In 1784 Santini sold the plates to M. Remondini, whose name appears on this particular example - indicating that this is the second state of the map. Usual central reinforcement, there is a weakness or split in the lower margins. A fine example of this popular map. Photo
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S$3,500-4,000
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193 Northern Coast 193
1785 La Terra Ferma La Gujana Spagnola, Olandese, Frances, E. Portughese E La Parte Settente. Del Bresil, by Antonio Zatta; 20 x 15 inches, hand-coloured. Marvellous map of Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador and a large portion of northern Brazil, including the entire Amazon River, plus northern Peru. Includes a large decorative title cartouche. The map was issued in Zatta’s “Atlante Novissimo” a monumental four volume work and one of the last great decorative atlases. Usual central reinforcement; fine. Photo
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S$200-250
1814 Charte von dem östlichen Theile von Terra Firma oder dem General-Capitanate von Caracas, by J. B. Poirson; Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Thuringia, Germany); 211⁄ 2 x 171⁄ 4 inches, simple outline colour. On thick laid paper, some soiling, mostly confined to the margins. Photo
S$200-250
Venezuela 195
1640 (c.) Venezuela cum parte Australi Novae Andalusiae, by Willem Janszoon Blaeu and Peter Schenk in Amsterdam; 231⁄ 4 x 20 inches, hand-coloured. Fine example of the rare Peter Schenk edition of Blaeu’s map of Venezuela and the Northeastern part of South America. It includes two decorative cartouches, the title with two putti, vignettes of various indigenous animals, a compass rose, etc. Latin text on verso. Usual central reinforcement, four tone or stain spots which show through to the front. Photo
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1680 (c.) Venezuela, cum partie Australi Novae Andalusiae, by Joannes Janssonius; 24 x 201⁄ 2 inches, old colour. Later edition without printing on verso; usual central reinforcement. Photo
S$400-500
197 Brazil 197
1644 (from) Accuratissima Brasiliae Tabula, by Joannes Janssonius; 223⁄ 4 x 20 inches, old colour. Oriented with west at the top. Brazil is divided into Capitanias, with excellent coastal detail and a more speculative detail in the interior parts of the map. Includes inset vignettes of indigenous scenes and animals. Inset maps of the “Baya de Todos os Sanctos” and “Villa d’Olinda de Pernambuco”. German text on verso “Die Landtchafft Brasilien” Usual central reinforcement; small tear in left margin, good to fine. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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PACIFIC OCEAN
198 198
1802 Carte reduite du Grand Ocean compris entre l’Asia et l’Amerique..., by J.B. Poirson; 193⁄ 4 x 151⁄ 4 inches, outline colour. A scarce map of the South Pacific by Poirson. Shows Australia (Nouvelle Hollande) with unfinished coast line. Includes New Zealand, Hawaii, and large parts of the Americas. Usual reinforced central fold, horizontal fold; fresh and fine. Photo
S$600-800
199 199
1817 Map of the Islands in the Pacific Ocean, by John Thomson; 27 x 211⁄ 2 inches, original outline colour. Interesting map of the region bounded by Australia, the Marinanas and the South Pacific from Thomson’s “New General Atlas”. Focuses on the area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, and including some area north and south of the tropics. Shows the Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands), Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Caroline Islands, New Hebrides, Friendly Islands, the eastern part of New Guinea, and the coast of New South Wales, Australia. Four insets of Owhynee (Big Island of Hawai’i), Karakakooa Bay, Otaheite (Tahiti), and Matavia Bay. Excellent detail along the coast of Australia and New Guinea as well. A nice example of this map printed on heavy paper with wide margins. One of the few early 19th century large format commercial atlas maps to treat this area. Some creasing around the regular central reinforcement, some light overall soiling. Photo 131
S$700-800
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French Polynesia 200
1838 Carte groupe des Iles Manga-Reva (Iles Gambier) Levee et dressee par Mr. Vincendon Dumoulin Ingenieur hydrographe de la marine a bord de la corvette L’Astrolabe, by Depot des cartes et plans de la marine, France; 21 x 26 inches; uncoloured. Chart of the Mangareva Islands with relief shown by hachures and bathymetric soundings. Track of Dumont d’Urvilles corvettes shown with inset of Carte de L’Archipel Nouka-Hiva (Iles Marquises) aout et septembre 1838. Central fold, tone spotting. Photo S$500-600
200
201 Oceania 201
1860-69 Océanie dressée par A.H. Dufour; gravée par Ch. Dyonnet. Abel Pilon, Editeur ... Paris, by Auguste-Henri Dufour; 313⁄ 4 x 221⁄ 2 inches, original colour. In French. Map of Oceania showing ocean currents and European possessions. A superbly detailed nautical chart of the Pacific Ocean showing all of Australia, Indonesia, and Japan as well as most of North America and the west coast of South. Includes five insets: southeastern Australia, New Caledonia, the Marquesas, Tahiti, and the Gambier Archipelago (French Polynesia). Relief shown by hachures. In lower left margin: La Lettre par Guyen. In lower margin: Imp. Geny-Gros, r, de la Montagne S’te. Genevieve, 34, Paris. In upper left margin: Atlas universel Pl. 40. In upper right margin: Geographie moderne Pl. 31. Central fold, crease in left side, small splits at top and some bends and a couple of minor age marks. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM
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AUSTRALIA
202 202
1840 Australia engraved by the omnigraph, F.P. Becker & Co. patentees; 101⁄ 2 x 81⁄ 4 inches, original colour. Map of Australia showing boundary of South Australia and Lake Torrens. Relief shown by hachures. Some light soiling or ageing. Photo
S$300-400
203 203
1892 Australie by J. Migeon; 21 x 151⁄ 2 inches, original colour. From “Nouvel Atlas Illustre Geographie Universelle. Comprenant La Geographie, L’Histoire, L’Administration, La Statistique ...,” page 62. Full colour by country. Relief shown by hachures. Vignette of Sydney. Margin imprints, Grave par L. Smith. Dresse Sous La Direction De J. Migeon Par Ch. Lacoste. Migeon, editeur, imp, r. du Moulin Vert, Paris. Ecrit par A. Bizet. (1892). Fillatreau del. and Barbier sc. (for vignette). Reinforced central fold, two small splits in the lower margin. Photo 133
S$1,000-1,200
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LITERATURE Malaya 204
1907, Malay Peninsular (Straits Settlements & Federated Malay States), Original Photos .... by C.J. Kleingrothe, Medan, Deli. in original casing. Cloth-bound portfolio measuring 460x365mm, with title ‘Malay Peninsula’ stamped on front cover beneath a laid-down photogravure image of a tiger in a trap. The portfolio contains a separate loose title page, a coloured map of the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States dated 1907. Contains 72 lithogravure pages, unusually complete as most examples, including that in the British Library, contain less. Contains Singapore (18 pages), Penang (16 pages), F.M.S. (36 pages) and Malacca and others (2 pages). Little biographical information has come to light about the elusive Charles J. Kleingrothe, the photographer whose images of the Dutch East Indies and British Malaya are now highly sought after collector’s items. In the late 1860s, Kleingrothe worked for G.R. Lambert & Co., a leading photographer of Singapore whose prints had been compiled in a similar though less sumptuous volume years ago. When the plantation economy of Sumatra flourished in the latter half of the 19th century, G.R. Lambert opened a branch of its studios in Medan in 1888, then part of the old Deli Sultanate, for which Kleingrothe was put in charge. His pictorial record of Sumatra plantations of the day are unrivaled and was probably one of the few sources on this largely-forgotten phase in the history of the island. When the Medan branch declined and was subsequently wound up during the Great War in 1916, Kleingrothe too seemed to have disappeared without a trace. Photo
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1908 Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya, abridged edition, Wright and Cartwright, Lloyd’s Greater Britain Publishing Company. A valuable, 285 page snapshot of Malaya, crammed with photos. Some splitting in the margin of the fly sheet, otherwise in very fine condition. A rare and appealing book. Photo
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S$4,000-5,000
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Penang 206
1932 Penang (Prince of Wales Island) The Picturesque Island of Malaya; Municipality of George Town Penang, booklet with 80 grey tone photographs; minor damage to the spine, otherwise fine. Also Pictures of Penang (second edition) twenty-eight views illustrating Life and Scenes of Penang and the Locality; a few spots on the cover and small damage to the spine, otherwise very fine. Photo
137
S$600-800
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Singapore 207
1955, Colony of Singapore, Master Plan, Report of Survey; board covered with photographs, maps, plans and an abundance of data. The Master Plan was first formulated between 1952 and 1955. The colonial government of the time saw the need for an overall plan to guide the rapid physical growth that Singapore was experiencing. It had to solve the acute housing shortage, redevelop the city which was known as the Central Area, and improve the living conditions there. The result was the first Statutory Master Plan in 1958. It introduced regulated land use for the first time, through zoning, density and plot ratio controls. It is a statutory instrument for reserving land for schools, open spaces, infrastructural facilities and other essential community uses. The Plan included a “green belt� to arrest the further expansion of the city. It provided for the redevelopment of decaying properties in the Central Area and designated new urban areas outside the city. New interconnected towns were also planned. The first Master Plan laid the basis for comprehensive urban planning that has taken place since then. Some minor tone spotting on the first page of the index, otherwise in exceptional condition. Very scarce and a most interesting historical document. Photo
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DATE
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Antique Maps
Sunday 16 August 2015 at 6.00 p.m.
MAPS
15040
I request Spink, without legal obligations of any kind on its part, to bid on the following Lots up to the price given below. I understand that if my bid is successful the Purchase Price will be the sum of the final bid and Buyer’s premium as a percentage of the final bid, any GST chargeable, also a fee for bidding on the-saleroom.com only and fee for paying by credit card. The Rate of Premium is 20% of the final hammer price of each lot. I understand Spink will pursue me for payment for any successful bid. In addition, I understand and consent that Spink may share my personal details relating to the default with other auction houses and live bidding platforms to protect themselves from such defaults. All bids shall be treated as offers made on the Terms and Conditions for Buyers printed in the catalogue. I also understand that Spink provides the service of executing bids on behalf of clients for the convenience of clients and that Spink will not be held responsible for failing to execute bids. If identical commission bids are received for the same Lot, the commission bid received first by Spink will take precedence. Please note that you will not be notified if there are higher written bids received.
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BIDDING INCREMENTS Bidding generally opens below the low estimate and advances in the following order although the auctioneer may vary the bidding increments during the course of the auction. The normal bidding increments are: Up to S$100
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S$1,000 to S$3,000
by S$100
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S$320-S$350-S$380-S$400 etc.
S$6,000 to S$20,000 by S$500
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR BUYERS These conditions set out the terms on which we (Spink Asia Pte Limited, 360 Orchard Road, #06-03A International Building, Singapore 238869) contract with you (Buyer) either as agent on behalf of the Seller or as principal if we are the Seller. You should read these conditions carefully. 1
DEFINITIONS Buyer’s Premium Certificate of Authenticity Expert Committee Forgery
Hammer Price Lot Reserve Seller Spink Group GST
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means the charge payable by you as a percentage of the Hammer Price, at the rates set out in clause 5.1 below; means a certificate issued by an Expert Committee confirming the authenticity of a Lot; means a committee of experts to whom a Lot may be sent for an extension in accordance with section 3.4; means a Lot constituting an imitation originally conceived and executed as a whole with a fraudulent intention to deceive as to authorship, origin, age, period, culture or source where the correct description as to such matters is not reflected by the description in the catalogue and which at the date of the auction had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been in accordance with the description in the catalogue. Accordingly, no Lot shall be capable of being a Forgery by reason of any damage and/or restoration work of any kind (including re-enamelling); means the amount of the highest bid accepted by the auctioneer in relation to a Lot; means any item deposited with us for sale at auction and, in particular, the item or items described against any Lot number in any catalogue; the amount below which we agree with the Seller that the Lot cannot be sold; means the owner of the Lot being sold by us; Spink Asia Pte Limited, Spink and Son Limited, our subsidiaries and associated companies; Goods and Services Tax chargeable under the Goods and Services Tax Act (Cap 117A) of Singapore on the supply of goods and services in Singapore and the importation of goods into Singapore, and any similar replacement or additional tax.
All sales undertaken by us either at auction or privately are undertaken either as agent on behalf of the Seller or from time to time, as principal if we are the owner of the Lot. Please note that even if we are acting as agent on behalf of the Seller rather than as principal, we may have a financial interest in the Lot.
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Notice of a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity must give the reason why such opinion is required and specify the identity of your proposed expert which will be subject to agreement by us. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to refuse a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity including (without limitation) where the proposed expert is not known to us.
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If we accept a request for an expert opinion or certificate of Authenticity we will submit the Lot to the Expert Committee. You acknowledge and accept that the length of time taken by an Expert Committee to reach an opinion will vary depending on the circumstances and in any event is beyond our control.
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We will not accept a request for an extension on account of condition. Any Lot described in the catalogue as having faults or defects may not be returned even if an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity cites other faults or defects not included in the catalogue description, other than in the case of a Forgery.
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It should be noted that any stamp accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity is sold on the basis of that Certificate only and not on the basis of any other description or warranty as to authenticity. No request for an extension will be accepted on such a stamp and the return of such a stamp will not be accepted.
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If you receive any correspondence from the Expert Committee in relation to the Lot, including but not limited to a Certificate of Authenticity, you must provide us with copies of such correspondence no later than 7 days after you receive such correspondence.
The contract for the sale of the Lot will be between you and the Seller.
BEFORE THE SALE 3.1
Examination of goods You are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which you are interested, before the auction takes place. Condition reports are usually available on request. We provide no guarantee to you other than in relation to Forgeries, as set out in clause 5.12 of these Terms and Conditions.
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Statements by us in the catalogue or condition report, or made orally or in writing elsewhere, regarding the authorship, origin, date, age, size, medium, attribution, genuineness, provenance, condition or estimated selling price of any Lot are merely statements of opinion, and are not to be relied on as statements of definitive fact. Catalogue and web illustrations are for guidance only, and should not be relied on either to determine the tone or colour of any item or to reveal imperfections. No lot shall be rejected on the grounds of inaccurate reproduction. No lot illustrated in the catalogue and online shall be rejected on the grounds of cancellation, centring, margins, perforation or other characteristics apparent from the illustration. Estimates of the selling price should not be relied on as a statement that this price is either the price at which the Lot will sell or its value for any other purpose. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and the absence of such a reference does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Other than as set out in clause 5.12, and in the absence of fraud, neither the Seller nor we, nor any of our employees or agents, are responsible for the correctness of any statement as to the authorship, origin, date, age, attribution, genuineness or provenance of any Lot nor for any other errors of description or for any faults or defects in any Lot. Every person interested should exercise and rely on his own judgment as to such matters.
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AT THE SALE 4.1
Refusal of admission Our sales usually take place on our own premises or premises over which we have control for the sale, and we have the right, exercisable at our complete discretion, to refuse admission to the premises or attendance at an auction.
4.2
Up to S$100 by S$5 S$100-S$300 by S$10 S$300-S$600 S$320 - S$350 - S$380 - S$400 etc. S$600-S$1000 by S$50 S$1,000-S$3,000 by S$100 S$3,000-S$6,000 S$3,200 - S$3,500 - S$3,800 - S$4,000 S$6,000-S$20,000 by S$500 S$20,000 and up at Auctioneer’s Discretion
Registration before bidding You must complete and sign a registration form and provide identification before making a bid at auction. Please be aware that we usually require buyers to undergo a credit check. If you have not bid successfully with Spink in the past, or you are registering with us for the first time, we reserve the right to require a deposit of up to 50% of the amount you intend to spend. Such deposit will be deducted from your invoice should you be successful. If you are unsuccessful at auction, your deposit will be returned by the same means it was paid to Spink. Some lots may be designated, prior to the auction, as “Premium Lots”, which means a deposit may be required before placing a bid on the item for sale. Information will be posted on our website in such an event.
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4.10 Bidding by the Spink Group 4.10.1 We reserve the right to bid on Lots on the Seller’s behalf up to the amount of the Reserve (if any), which will never be above the low estimate printed in the auction catalogue. 4.10.2 The Spink Group reserves the right to bid on and purchase Lots as principal.
Bidding as Principal
4.11 The Auctioneer’s Discretion The auctioneer has the right at his absolute discretion to refuse any bid to advance the bidding in such manner as he may decide to withdraw or divide any Lot, to combine any two or more Lots and, in the case of error or dispute, to put an item up for bidding again.
When making a bid (whether such bids are made in person or by way of telephone bids operated by Spink, commission or online or email bids), you will be deemed to be acting as principal and will be accepting personal liability, unless it has been agreed in writing, at the time of registration, that you are acting as agent on behalf of a third party buyer acceptable to us. 4.4
4.12 Successful Bid Subject to the auctioneer’s discretion, the striking of his hammer marks the acceptance of the highest bid, provided always that such bid is higher than the Reserve (where applicable), and the conclusion of a contract for sale between you and the Seller.
Commission Bids If you give us instructions to bid on your behalf, by using the form provided in our catalogues or via our website, we shall use reasonable endeavours to do so, provided these instructions are received not later than 24 hours before the auction. If we receive commission bids on a particular Lot for identical amounts, and at auction these bids are the highest bids for the Lot, it will be sold to the person whose bid was received first. Commission bids are undertaken subject to other commitments at the time of the sale, and the conduct of the auction may be such that we are unable to bid as requested. Since this is undertaken as a free service to prospective buyers on the terms stated, we cannot accept liability for failure to make a commission bid. You should therefore always attend personally if you wish to be certain of bidding.
4.5
4.6
Currency Converter At some auctions, a currency converter will be operated, based on the one month forward rates of exchange quoted to us by Barclays Bank Plc or any other appropriate rate determined by us, at opening on the date of the auction. Bidding will take place in a currency determined by us, which is usually Singapore Dollars. The currency converter is not always reliable, and errors may occur beyond our control either in the accuracy of the Lot number displayed on the converter, or the foreign currency equivalent of Singapore Dollars bids. We shall not be liable to you for any loss suffered as a result of you following the currency converter.
4.8
4.14 Return of Lot Once your bid has been accepted for a Lot then you are liable to pay for that Lot in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. If there are any problems with a Lot then you must notify us within 7 days of receipt of the Lot, specifying the nature of the problem. We may then request that the Lot is returned to us for inspection. Save as set out in clause 5.12, the cancellation of the sale of any Lot and the refund of the corresponding purchase price is entirely at our sole discretion. We will not normally exercise that discretion if the Lot is not received by us in the same condition that it was in at the auction date. 5
AFTER THE AUCTION 5.1
Buyer’s Premium and other charges In addition to the Hammer Price, you must pay us the Buyer’s Premium at a rate of 20% of the final Hammer price of each lot, a fee of 3% on the hammer price total for using the-saleroom.com and a fee for paying by credit card.
5.2
Goods and Services Tax and any other value added tax As we remain liable to account for GST on all the Lots, the Buyer shall, subject to Clause 5.3 below, pay any and all GST and any other value added tax chargeable on any payment to Spink.
5.3
GST Refunds In the event a Spink nominated shipper is instructed, then any GST refundable under the Goods and Services Tax Act (Cap 117A) of Singapore will not be payable by the Buyer to Spink.
5.4
Payment 5.4.1 You must provide us with your full name and permanent address and, if so requested, details of the bank from which any payments to us will be made. You must pay the full amount due (comprising the Hammer Price, the Buyer’s Premium and any applicable GST) within seven days after the date of the sale. 5.4.2 You will not acquire title to the Lot until all amounts due have been paid in full. This includes instances where special arrangements were made for release of Lot prior to full settlement.
Telephone Bids If you make arrangements with us not less than 24 hours before the sale, we shall use reasonable endeavours to contact you to enable you to participate in bidding by telephone, but in no circumstances will we be liable to either the Seller or you as a result of failure to do so.
4.7
4.13 After Sale Arrangements If you enter into any private sale agreements for any Lot with the Seller within 60 days of the auction, we, as exclusive agents of the Seller reserve the right to charge you the applicable Buyer’s Premium in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, and the seller a commission in accordance with the terms of the seller’s agreement.
On-line Bidding We offer internet services as a convenience to our clients. We will not be responsible for errors or failures to execute bids placed on the internet, including, without limitation, errors or failures caused by (i) a loss of internet connection by either party for whatever reason; (ii) a breakdown or problems with the online bidding software and/or (iii) a breakdown or problems with your internet connection, computer or system. Execution of on-line internet bids on www.spink.com and Spink Live is a free service undertaken subject to other commitments at the time of the auction and we do not accept liability for failing to execute an online internet bid or for errors or omissions in connection with this activity. Buyers who acquire lots on the-saleroom.com will have a fee of 3% on the hammer price added to their invoice for using this facility.
Video images At some auctions there will be a video screen. Mistakes may occur in its operation, and we cannot be liable to you regarding either the correspondence of the image to the Lot being sold or the quality of the image as a reproduction of the original.
Bidding Increments Bidding generally opens below the low estimate and advances in the following order although the auctioneer may vary the bidding increments during the course of the auction. The normal bidding increments are:
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5.4.3
Payment should be made in Singapore Dollars by one of the following methods: (i)
Direct bank transfer to our account details of which are set out on the invoice. All bank charges shall be met by you. Please ensure that your client number is noted on the transfer.
(ii)
By cheque or bank draft made payable to Spink (Asia) Pte Limited and sent to Spink at 360 Orchard Road, #06-03A International Building, Singapore 238869. Please note that the processing charges for payments made by cheques or bank drafts drawn on a nonSingapore bank shall be met by you. Please ensure that the remittance slip printed at the bottom of the invoice is enclosed with your payment.
(iii) By Visa or Mastercard. A fee of 2% will be applied. Please be informed that all credit card payments will be processed in pound sterling in our London office. We are not responsible for any foreign exchange losses or fees that you may incur in connection with such purchases. 5.4.4
5.5
5.6
Invoices
5.8.3
If the Buyer requires delivery of the Lot to an address other than the invoice address, this will be carried out at the discretion of Spink.
Recommended packers and shippers If required our shipping department may arrange shipment as your agent. Although we may suggest carriers if specifically requested, our suggestions are made on the basis of our general experience of such parties in the past and we are not responsible to any person to whom we have made a recommendation for the acts or omissions of the third parties concerned.
5.10 Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases 5.10.1 If you fail to make payment within seven days of your stipulated payment date set out in your invoice, we shall be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights or remedies: 5.10.1.1 to charge interest at the rate of 2% per month compound interest, calculated on a daily basis, from the date the full amount is due;
Collection of Purchases
5.10.1.2 to set off against any amounts which the Spink Group may owe you in any other transaction the outstanding amount remaining unpaid by you;
5.6.2
Unless we specifically agree to the contrary, we shall retain items sold until all amounts due to us, or to the Spink Group, have been paid in full. Buyers will be required to pay for their lots when they wish to take possession of the same, which must be within 7 days of the date of the sale, unless prior arrangements have been made with Spink. Without prior agreement, lots will not be released until cleared funds are received with regard to payments made by cheque. Unless we notify you to the contrary, items retained by us will be covered in accordance with our policy which is available for inspection at our offices from the date of sale for a period of seven days or until the time of collection, whichever is sooner. After seven days or from the time of collection, whichever is the earlier, the Lot will be entirely at your risk.
5.6.3
Our policy will not cover and we are unable to accept responsibility for damage caused by woodworm, changes in atmospheric conditions or acts of terrorism.
5.6.4
Lots may be collected from the sale venue the day after the auction and then from our offices at 360 Orchard Road, #0603A International Building, Singapore 238869 thereafter. In the event where a cheque or bank draft payable to Spink (Asia) Pte Ltd has been presented to us, unless we specifically agree to the contrary, no Lots shall be released before the cheque or bank draft has cleared where such funds have been credited to our bank account.
5.6.5
All uncollected Lots will be shipped from our office at 360 Orchard Road, #06-03A International Building, Singapore 238869.
Notification We are not able to notify successful bidders by telephone. While Invoices are sent out by mail after the auction we do not accept responsibility for notifying you of the result of your bid. You are requested to contact us by telephone or in person as soon as possible after the auction to obtain details of the outcome of your bids to avoid incurring charges for late payment.
5.8
It is the responsibility of the Buyer to be aware of any Import Duties that may be incurred upon importation to the final destination. Spink will not accept return of any package in order to avoid these duties. The onus is also on the Buyer to be aware of any Customs import restrictions that prohibit the importation of certain collectibles. Spink will not accept return of the Lot(s) under these circumstances. Spink will not accept responsibility for Lot(s) seized or destroyed by Customs.
Invoices may consist of one or more pages.
5.6.1
5.7
Payments should be made by the registered buyer and not by third parties, unless it has been agreed at the time of registration that you are acting as an agent on behalf of a third party.
5.9
5.8.2
Packing and Handling 5.8.1
We shall use all reasonable endeavours to take care when handling and packing a purchased Lot but remind you that after seven days or from the time of collection, whichever is sooner, the Lot is entirely at your risk. Our postage charges are set out at the back of the catalogue.
5.10.1.3 we may keep hold of all or some of your Lots or other property in the possession of the Spink Group until you have paid all the amounts you owe us or the Spink Group, even if the unpaid amounts do not relate to those Lots or other property. Following fourteen days’ notice to you of the amount outstanding and remaining unpaid, the Spink Group shall have the right to arrange the sale of such Lots or other property. We shall apply the proceeds in discharge of the amount outstanding to us or the Spink Group, and pay any balance to you; 5.10.1.4 where several amounts are owed by you to the Spink Group in respect of different transactions, to apply any amount paid to discharge any amount owed in respect of any particular transaction, whether or not you so direct; 5.10.1.5 to reject at any future auction any bids made by you or on your behalf or obtain a deposit from you before accepting any bids. 5.10.2 If you fail to make payment within thirty-five days, we shall in addition be entitled: 5.10.2.1 to cancel the sale of the Lot or any other item sold to you at the same or any other auction; 5.10.2.2 to arrange a resale of the Lot, publicly or privately, and, if this results in a lower price being obtained, claim the balance from you together with all reasonable costs including a 20% seller’s commission, expenses, damages, legal fees, commissions and premiums of whatever kind associated with both sales or otherwise, incurred in connection with your failure to make payment; or 5.10.2.3 when reselling the Lot, place a notice in our catalogue stating that you successfully purchased the Lot at auction but have subsequently failed to pay the Hammer Price of the Lot; or 5.10.2.4 take any other appropriate action as we deem fit. 5.10.3 If you fail to collect within fourteen days after the sale, whether or not payment has been made, you will be required 5.10.3.1 to pay a storage charge of S$5 per item per day plus any additional handling cost that may apply. 5.10.3.2 you will not be entitled to collect the Lot until all outstanding charges are met, together with payment of all other amounts due to us.
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5.11 Uses of Default Information If you fail to make payment for a Lot in accordance with these Terms and Conditions: 5.11.1 We reserve the right to refuse you the right to make bids for any future auction irrespective of whether previous defaults have been settled; and 5.11.2 You consent to us disclosing details of such default to other auctioneers and live bidding platforms, which will include your name, address, nature of the default and the date of the default. Auctioneers or live bidding platforms who receive details of the default may rely on such information when deciding whether to enter into a transaction with you in the future. 5.12 Refund in the case of Forgery 5.12.1 A sale will be cancelled, and the amount paid refunded to you if a Lot (other than a miscellaneous item not described in the catalogue) sold by us proves to have been a Forgery. We shall not however be obliged to refund any amounts if either (a) the catalogue description or saleroom notice at the auction date corresponded to the generally accepted opinion of scholars or experts at that time, or fairly indicated that there was a conflict of opinions, or (b) it can be demonstrated that the Lot is a Forgery only by means of either a scientific process not generally accepted for use until after publication of the catalogue or a process which at the date of the auction was unreasonably expensive or impracticable or likely to have caused damage to the Lot. Furthermore, you should note that this refund can be obtained only if the following conditions are met: 5.12.1.1 you must notify us in writing, within seven days of the auction date, that in your view the Lot concerned is a Forgery; 5.12.1.2 you must then return the item to us within fourteen days, in the same condition as at the auction date; and 5.12.1.3 as soon as possible following return of the Lot, you must produce evidence satisfactory to us that the Lot is a Forgery and that you are able to transfer good title to us, free from any third party claims. 5.13.1.4 you must provide to us all evidence obtained by you that a Lot is a Forgery no later than 7 days after you receive such evidence. 5.12.2 In no circumstances shall we be required to pay you any more than the amount paid by you for the Lot concerned and you shall have no claim for interest. 5.12.3 The benefit of this guarantee is not capable of being transferred, and is solely for the benefit of the person to whom the original invoice was made out by us in respect of the Lot when sold and who, since the sale, has remained the owner of the Lot without disposing of any interest in it to any third party. 5.12.4 We shall be entitled to rely on any scientific or other process to establish that the Lot is not a Forgery, whether or not such process was used or in use at the date of the auction. 6
LIABILITY Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits or excludes our liability for: 6.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence; or 6.2 any damage or liability incurred by you as a result of our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
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USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION 7.1 We will use the personal information you provide to us to: 7.1.1 process the bids you make on Lots (whether successful or otherwise) and other auction related services we provide; 7.1.2 process your payment relating to a successful purchase of a Lot; 7.1.3 arrange for delivery of any Lot you purchase, which will include passing your details to shipping providers and, on overseas deliveries, to customs where they make enquiries regarding the Lot; 7.1.4 inform you about similar products or services that we provide, but you may stop receiving these at any time by contacting us. 7.2 In accordance with clause 4.2, you agree that we may pass your information to credit reference agencies and that they may keep a record of any search that they do. 7.3 In accordance with clause 5.11, you agree that where you default on making payment for a Lot in accordance with these terms and conditions we may disclose details of such default to other auctioneers and live bidding platforms.
7.4
We are also working closely with third parties (including, for example, other auctioneers and live bidding platforms) and may receive information about you from them.
8
COPYRIGHT 8.1 We shall have the right (on a non-exclusive basis) to all images, illustrations and written materials including photograph, video or any other product relating to a Lot. All rights in such property will belong to us, and we shall have the right to use it in whatever way we see fit.
9
NOTICES All notices given under these Terms and Conditions may be served personally, sent by 1st class post, or faxed to the address given to the sender by the other party. Any notice sent by post will be deemed to have been received on the second working day after posting or, if the addressee is overseas, on the fifth working day after posting. Any notice sent by fax or served personally will be deemed to be delivered on the first working day following despatch.
10 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS The following provisions of this clause 10 shall apply only if you are acting for the purposes of your business. 10.1 Limitation of Liability Subject to clause 6, we shall not be liable, whether in tort (including for negligence) or breach of statutory duty, contract, misrepresentation or otherwise for any: 10.1.1 any special, indirect, consequential or pure economic loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses. 10.2 Severability If any part of these Terms and Conditions is found by any court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part may be discounted and the rest of the conditions shall continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. 10.3 Force majeure We shall have no liability to you if we are prevented from, or delayed in performing, our obligations under these Terms and Conditions or from carrying on our business by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond our reasonable control, including (without limitation) strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving our workforce or the workforce of any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors. 10.4 Waiver 10.4.1 A waiver of any right under these Terms and Conditions is only effective if it is in writing and it applies only to the circumstances for which it is given. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right or remedy under these Terms and Conditions or by law shall constitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy, nor preclude or restrict its further exercise. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exercise of that (or any other) right or remedy. 10.4.2 Unless specifically provided otherwise, rights arising under these Terms and Conditions are cumulative and do not exclude rights provided by law. 10.5 Law and Jurisdiction 10.5.1 These Terms and Conditions and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of Singapore. 10.5.2 The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of Singapore shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of, or in connection with, Terms and Conditions or their subject matter. Postage Charges (signed for, insured mail, including packing) Value Price Up to S$5000 S$30 Above S$5000 S$50 Please be informed that the above postage charges apply to packages sent overseas. Postage is not chargeable for any packages despatched within Singapore. Shipments of more than 2kg or volumetric measurement of more than 2kg have to be sent by courier. Certain countries may incur extra charge when courier services are required by our insurance policy. For lots sent by courier please contact singapore@spink.com for calculation of any further relevant cost in addition to the above charges.
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GROUP CHAIRMAN AND CEO Olivier D. Stocker YOUR SPECIALISTS STAMPS UK - Tim Hirsch FRPSL Guy Croton David Parsons Nick Startup Neill Granger Paul Mathews Dominic Savastano Tom Smith Ian Shapiro (Consultant) USA - George Eveleth Richard Debney EUROPE - Guido Craveri Fernando Martínez CHINA - Tommy Chau Doris Lo COINS UK - Richard Bishop Tim Robson Jon Mann Barbara Mears John Pett USA - Greg Cole Luke Mitchell Stephen Goldsmith (Special Consultant) CHINA - Kin Choi Cheung Paul Pei Po Chow BANKNOTES UK - Barnaby Faull Andrew Pattison Monica Kruber Thomasina Smith USA - Greg Cole Stephen Goldsmith (Special Consultant) CHINA - Kelvin Cheung Paul Pei Po Chow ORDERS, DECORATIONS, MEDALS & MILITARIA UK - Mark Quayle Oliver Pepys John Hayward BONDS & SHARES UK - Mike Veissid Andrew Pattison Thomasina Smith USA - Luke Mitchell EUROPE - Peter Christen CHINA - Kelvin Cheung BOOKS UK - Philip Skingley Jennifer Mulholland AUTOGRAPHS USA - Greg Cole Stephen Goldsmith (Special Consultant) WINES CHINA - Guillaume Willk-Fabia Angie Ihlo Fung YOUR EUROPE TEAM (LONDON - LUGANO) Chairman’s Office Charles Blane Directors Tim Hirsch Anthony Spink Auction & Client Management Team Mira Adusei-Poku Grace Hawkins Rita Ariete Dora Szigeti Tatyana Boyadzhieva John Winchcombe Tom Mathews Maurizio Schenini Finance Alison Bennet Marco Fiori Mina Bhagat Dennis Muriu Hemel Thakore Veronica Morris IT & Administration Berdia Qamarauli Michael Addo Liz Cones Curlene Spencer Tom Robinson Cristina Dugoni Giacomo Canzi YOUR AMERICA TEAM (NEW YORK) Auction Administration and Marketing & Design Amit Ramprashad Finance & Administration Aleena Nieves Auctioneer Luke Mitchell YOUR ASIA TEAM (HONG KONG - SINGAPORE) Administration Angie Ihlo Fung Newton Tsang Sue Pui Arthur Chan Doris Lo Gary Tan
Ken Imase kimase@spink.com
SALE CALENDAR 2015/16 STAMPS 15/16 July 20/21 July 16 August 16/17 August 18 August September 24 September 26 September 6 October 7 October 21 October November November 24/25 November 10 December 27/28 January COINS 15 July 16 August 27 August 22/23 September 24/25 September 14 November 2/3 December BANKNOTES 16 August 27 August 24/25 September 29/30 September 1 October 14 November 8 December MEDALS 23 July 16 August 19 November BONDS & SHARES 16 August 27 August 24/25 September 14 November 27 November
The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Antique Maps Sale during the International Exhibition The “Sentosa” Collection of Straits Settlements, Malayan States, Labuan, North Borneo and Sarawak sale during the International Exhibition Stamps and Covers of South East Asia Sale during the International Exhibition Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History Windward Islands and British Guiana, British Honduras, Cayman Islands and Jamaica from the Vestey Collection The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The “Fordwater” Collection of New Zealand The Award-Winning Len Jury Collection of New Zealand Postal History, Stationery, 1913 Auckland and 1920 Victory Issues Great Britain Stamps and Postal History The Charles W. Adams Collection of United States and Canada The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale, featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928 Bermuda from the Vestey Collection The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
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Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals Banknotes, Bonds & Shares, Coins and Medals of South East Asia sale during the International Exhibition The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
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Banknotes, Bonds & Shares, Coins and Medals of South East Asia sale during the International Exhibition The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Bonds & Share Certificates of the World
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Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
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An Evening of Selected Rums, Fine Wines, Whiskies and Cognacs during the International Exhibition Whisky, Cognac and Other Spirits Whisky, Cognac and Other Spirits Whisky, Cognac and Other Spirits
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AUTOGRAPHS September WINES 15 August 17 September 10 December 15 January
The above sale dates are subject to change Spink offers the following services: – VALUATIONS FOR INSURANCE AND PROBATE FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS – – SALES ON A COMMISSION BASIS EITHER OF INDIVIDUAL PIECES OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS –
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