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The most illustrious of all celestial atlases View picture(s) 1 BAYER, Johannes. Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa. Ulm, Johannes Görlin, 1639. Folio (31.5 x 41 cm). Contemporary vellum with title in ink on spine, double blind filet along sides. With engraved architectural title and 51 full-page engraved maps of stellar constellations by Alexander Mair. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Astronomy  Atlases  Engravings  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First great scientific atlas: seminal work of thematic cartography View picture(s) 2 BERGHAUS, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm. Physikalischer Atlas oder Sammlung von Karten, ... Erster[-Zweiter] Band. Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1845-1848[-1849]. 2 vols. Folio. Original publisher's purple-gray cloth, gold- and blind-blocked, yellow endpapers with publisher's advertisement and quotes from reviews pasted down on them. With 90 numbered maps, graphs and tables, mostly double-page and nearly all hand-coloured (many in outline) as issued. (4), 8, 134, (2); (iv), (2), 58 [= 135-192], (1), 194-224, (1), 228-233, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Atlases  Cartography  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Paulus van Uchelen copy View picture(s) 3 BLAEU, Joan. Vyfde Stuck der Aerdrycksbeschryving, welck vervat Schotlandt en Yrlandt. Amsterdam, Joan Blaeu, 1654. Large folio. Strong ivory vellum, bound by Magnus for the Dutch collector Paulo van Uchelen, with gilt crowns in the four corners. With engraved architectural title, with large coat of arms on the upper half, 55 double-page engraved maps, including one full-page of the Irish County Caterlogh, all beautifully coloured by hand and heightened with gold, and often richly adorned with additional cartouches with regional scenes, but  most often with rows or bunches of richly coloured and gilt coats-of-arms, all maps of the first variant, without added ships and compass roses. (8), 189, (1 blank), 70, (1, 1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Atlases  Atlases [General]  Cartography  Engravings  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two charming pocket-atlasses of France View picture(s) 4 BONNE, [Rigobert]. Petit tableau de la France, ou cartes geographiques sur toutes les parties de ce Royaume. Avec une description abregée. Paris, Lattré, 1764. 12mo. Contemporary burgundy morocco, spine gilt with black title label lettered in gold, sides with gilt ruling and gilt cornerpieces, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, g.e. With handcoloured engraved title by Delongueil after H. Gravelot and 28 handcoloured double-page engraved numbered maps, engraved table at the end, engraved plate 'Echelle'. Extra: engraved plate with plan of the centre of Paris in roundel. Full description >> Related Subjects: Atlases  Atlases [Europe]  Atlases [Pocket]  Atlases [Town]  France  Maritime History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With 10 unrecorded extra views of Danish houses and castles View picture(s) 5 BRUUN, Johan Jacob. Novus atlas Daniae, eller prospecter af alle Hoved- og Kiöbstaederne, af alle kongelige Slotte, samt andre Kongelige Lyst-Slotte og Staeder udi Begge Konge-Rigerne Dannemark og Norge og Underliggende Fyrstendömme. Iste Tome af Siaelland. Copenhagen, Johan Jacob Bruun, 1761. Oblong folio. Contemporary marbled calf. With 60 full-page engraved views of Danish views of Copenhagen, castles, country houses, royal houses and gardens, etc., including one folding, with a view of the Royal Castle near Copenhagen, all engraved by Hans Quist after designs by Johan Jacob Bruun. [8] pp. text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Architecture  Art General  Atlases  Denmark  Gardens  Topography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Second and best edition of a famous and charming atlas of the Low Countries View picture(s) 6 COLOM, Jacob Aertsz. De vyerighe colom klaer vertoonende in vijftich onderschydene curieuse caarten de XVII Nederlandsche provincien, alsmede de hartogen, houtvesters en graven van Vlaenderen, Hollandt ende Zelandt. met deszelfs beschryving. Amsterdam, Jacob Aertsz. Colom, (ca. 1660). Oblong 4to. Contemporary vellum, spine with title written in ink. With engraved allegorical title-page by Experens Sillemans and 47 full-page engraved maps and 3 full-page plates with portraits, of ca. 160 x 230 mm., numbered 1-50. (2 (engr. title, verso blank)), 4, (14), 223, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Atlases  Dutch  Maps  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Pocket atlas of the Low Countries with the world & the continents View picture(s) 7 ELWE, Jan Barend. Compleete zak-atlas, van de zeventien Nederlandsche Provinciën, begreepen in XXXI ... in 't koper gebragte kaarten, naar de laatste verbeteringen van de Heeren, Fraex, Bachine ... Waar by gevoegd is, een algemeen denkbeeld van de aardryks-kunde, benevens eene korte beschrijving der XVII Nederlandsche Provinciën. Amsterdam, J.B. Elwe & D.M. Langeveld, 1786. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine with black morocco gilt title label. With a double-page engraved title, 29 numbered folding engraved maps and 2 folding engraved tables, all coloured by a contemporary hand. 240 pp. text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Atlases  Atlases [General]  Atlases [Pocket]  Low Countries  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The world for Danish schoolkids View picture(s) 8 HOLM, Søren Eliasen. Samling af 50 smaae Landkort i Træsnit til Brug for Skolerne paa Landet (Copenhagen), S.E. Holm, 1829. 4to. Contemporary wrappers. With title within woodcut borders, and 50 woodcut maps, partly coloured by hand, printed on strong blueish paper, versos blank. (50) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Atlases  Children's Books  Denmark  Education  Maps  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The most important 18th-century atlas for America View picture(s) 9 JEFFERYS, Thomas. The American atlas; or, a geographical description of the whole continent of America; wherein are delineated at large its several regions, countries, states, and islands; and chiefly the British Colonies engraved on forty-eight copper-plates. London, printed and sold by R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1775. Folio. Re-cased in modern half calf using the contemporary boards. With a letterpress title and index leaf, otherwise engraved throughout, 22 engraved maps, (on 29 sheets, numbered in the index 29) on in total 48 engraved plates, all hand-coloured in outline. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [Central]  America [South]  America, North  Americana  Atlases  The price of this book is only available on request, it cannot be ordered online. Please contact us for more information. E-mail a Friend

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Two rare atlases of the Netherlands and Belgium View picture(s) 10 MENDEL, P.J. & H. REDING. Album voor de Aardrijkskunde. Atlas van het Koningrijk der Nederlanden en de Overzeesche Bezittingen.- Atlas van het Koningrijk Belgie. 's-Gravenhage, A.P. van Langenhuysen, 1841-1843. 2 vols. Oblong folio. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt, with black title-labels. With lithographed frontispiece with hand-coloured map of the Netherlands, full-page general map of the Netherlands, 13 maps of the Dutch provinces, incl. map of Luxembourg and a map of the East- and West-Indian Colonies, all coloured  by hand, and 13 full-page lithographed plates with 4 views each in the first volume; and with general map of Belgium, 9 maps of the Belgian provinces, all coloured by hand, full-page lithographed plate with 2 portraits, and 9 full-page lithographed plates with 4 views each, in the second vol. 31, (3), 238, (2); 21, 255, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Atlases  Belgicana  Geography  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dedication copy from the editor View picture(s) 11 PERALTA, Manuel María DE (ed.). Atlas historico geografico de la Republica de Costa - Rica veragua y costa de Mosquitos. Para servir al arbitraje de la cuestion de limites entre Costa - Rica y Colombia. Ordenado por D. Manuel M. de Peralta, Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario de Costa - Rica etc., etc. Madrid, Brussels, Instituto Nacional de Geografia, 1890. Folio. Contemporary half red morocco with gilt & ribbed spine and gilt coat of arms of Costa Rica above gilt lettered title on front cover. 26 facsimile maps in different sizes and from various makers, all pasted on cloth. (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [Central]  America [South]  Americana  Armorial Bindings  Atlases  Facsimiles  Maps  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare first edition of wholly lithographed school atlas of the Netherlands View picture(s) 12 REDING, H. Geschied- en Aardrijkskundige School-atlas van het Koningrijk der Nederlanden. The Hague, J.E. Schoevers, Az., ca. 1840. Folio. Plain library binding. With double-page lithographed title-page in a richly varied design including a circular distance-table for Amsterdam, and 13 double-page lithographed maps, all coloured in outline, each with 2 insets with statistics except for the "Dutch Possessions Over-Sea", showing the Dutch East-Indies with 3 inset maps: the Caribbean, Surinam and the Coast of African Guinea. [14] sheets. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Atlases  Children's Books  Dutch  Education  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A great work on Peru: the first full atlas, together with an extensive statistical description View picture(s) 13 SOLDAN, Mariano Felipe Paz. Atlas geografico del Peru. Paris, Libreria de Firmin Didot Hermanos, Hijos y Ca, 1865. Large folio (ca. 51,5x37,5cm). Contemporary half black leather, blind ruled buckram boards with gilt lettering on front cover, marbled edges. Title printed in red and black, with 74 superb maps (many coloured), plans and views, all engraved or lithographed by F. Delamare: 4 folded (2 coloured), 4 double-page (all coloured), and 35 full-page engraved maps and plans (22) of parts and towns of Peru; 2 large magnificent folding lithogr. views (one is a panorama of Paz Soldan's home town of Arequipa; the other a 'Cadro gen. de Alturas'), 2 double-page views (glued together to make a double-page leaf), and 22 full-page lithogr. plates with 31 views of inhabitants of Peru, portraits, buildings, landscapes, etc.; 3 full-page diagrams/views/maps (one coloured) and 2 coloured geological maps. The plates are numbered: 1-17, 17bis, 18bis, 19-24, 24bis, 25-29, 29bis, 30-35, 35bis, 35ter, 36-66, 66-67. (2), 82 pp. (pp. 1-54, 57-82). Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Atlases  Geography  History  Maps  Peru  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Small atlas with a large map of France View picture(s) 14 TARDIEU-DENESLE, Madame Petit atlas de toutes les parties du monde,  A l'usage de la Jeunesse, destiné aussi aux personnes qui veulent étudier la géographie moderne, et lire avec fruit l'histoire des derniers siècles; Contenant les découvertes des voyageurs modernes et l'etat géographique de l'Europe, d'après les derniers traités de pais; Composé de vingt-une cartes, gravèes au burin par M. Tardieu, d'après les dessins de M. Hérisson, Géographie; et précédé d'un précis élémentaire de géographie moderne des cinq parties du monde, et de notions sur la sphère. Paris, Tardieu - Denesle, 1823. Oblong 8vo (30 x 23 cm). Contemporary three quarter calf with red morocco title label. 21 engraved maps of which 2 folding coloured by hand. 82, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Atlases  Atlases [General]  Children's Books  France  French  Maps  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Charming maps of western Europe View picture(s) 15 [ATLAS - EUROPE]. Accuraat geografisch kaart-boekje of zak-atlas van het keyzerryk en geheel Duytsland, de Oostenrykse Nederlanden, nevens een groot gedeelte van Vrankryk, het Canaal, de hoek van Engeland, en verder aangrenzende landschappen; alwaar den tegenwoordigen oorlog gevoerd wordt. Tot nut en gemak geschikt voor alle heeren officieren, reyzigers en andere liefhebbers der geographie, om in de zak gedragen te worden. Haarlem, Bernardus Cleynhens, (ca. 1730). 16mo. Later half cloth, marbled boards. 25 double-page engraved maps, of which 2 are also folding, all coloured by hand. 40, 24 (last blank) pp. text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Atlases  Atlases [Pocket]  Austria  Germany  Maps  Militaria  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Nice pocket-atlas View picture(s) 16 [ATLAS - WORLD]. [Maps for a geographical grammar]. Edinburgh, for Alexander Kincaid, 1790). Modern half grey calf, with old title-label mounted on spine. With 33 folding engraved maps, by McIntyre, T. Conder, and some by J. Fraser after A. Kincaid. 1 leaf with manuscript index. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Atlases  Discovery & Exploration  England  English  Games & Pastimes  Maps  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Beautifully coloured composite atlas View picture(s) 17 [DANCKERTS, ALLARD, VISSCHER, DE WIT, MORTIER and others]. Atlas. (Amsterdam, Theodorus and Cornelis III Danckerts?, ca. 1706 (dated maps 1694-1706). Imperial folio (53.5 x 33.5 cm). Modern maroon sheepskin, printed "marbled"-paper sides. Composite atlas, with an engraved title-page, 43 double-page engraved maps and 4 double-page engraved tables, all beautifully coloured in a consistent and balanced manner by a contemporary hand, probably in the workshop of the publisher. With maps by Johannes, Justus, Theodorus and Cornelis III Danckerts, Carel and Abraham Allard, Nicolaas Visscher I & II, Frederik de Wit, Pieter Mortier, Caspar Specht and even Alexis-Hubert Jaillot in Paris. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  18th Century  Amsterdam  Atlases  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Including maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America View picture(s) 18 [ELWE, Jan Barend]. Compleete zak-atlas van de zeventien Nederlandse provinciën, begreepen in XXXI, zeer naauwkeurig en zindelyk in 't koper gebragte kaarten. Opnieuw vervaardigd, naar de laatste verbeteringen van de heeren, Fraex, Bachine, en andere voornaame aardryks-kundigen: waar by gevoegd is, een algemeen denkbeeld van de aardryks-kunde, benevens eene korte beschryving der XVII Nederlandsche provinciën, waarin alle de onlangs gemaakte veranderingen, in de regeeringsvorm, als anderzins, naauwkeurig opgegeeven worden. Amsterdam, Elwe & Langeveld, 1785. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, ribbed spine. Double-page engraved title-page, 29 folding engraved maps, 2 folding engraved tables, all coloured by a contemporary hand. 192 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Atlases  Atlases [Pocket]  Dutch  Topography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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