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MAPS All lots unframed unless otherwise stated 64 Africa. Ogilby (John), Aethiopia Inferior vel Exterior, Aethiopia Superior vel Interior vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiteriioannis Imperior, Guinea, Barbaria Biledulgerid..., Insulae Promontorii Viridis Hispanis Issas de Cabo Verde..., Regna Congo et Angola [and] Nigritarum Regio, published Amsterdam, circa 1670, seven uncoloured engraved maps of regions within Africa, originally published in Dapper’s ‘Naukeurige Beschijvinghe der Afrikaensche...,’ each approximately 290 x 360mm, together with sixteen uncoloured engraved town and city views and two plates of botanical specimens from the same work, very occasional marginal staining (25)
£300-500
65 Africa. Sanson (Nicolas), Africa Vetus, published Covens and Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1720, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 395 x 550mm (1)
£100-200
66 Africa. Blaeu (G.), Africae nova descriptio, published Amsterdam [1621 - 1630], uncoloured engraved carte-a-figure map, one small rust mark affecting imgae, slight worming, 415 x 555mm, no text on verso Lot 64
A fine example of Blaeu’s folio carte-a-figure map of Africa. The map is a reduction of Blaeu’s wall map of 1608, with the coastal cartography based on Portuguese sources. A decorative border surrounds three sides: above are nine birds-eye views of the principal European cities including Tunis, Algiers, Alexandria, and Tangiers; flanking the map are ten costumed figures representing the national dress of various African inhabitants.This is the third state with the name changed in the cartouche from Guil:Janssonio to Guiljelmo Blaeu, and no text on the verso. The map would be incorporated into Blaeu’s first atlas the Appendix in 1630. Later states with text on the verso would appear in all Blaeu’s subsequent atlases. (1) £500-800
67 Africa. Speed (John), Africae, published Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured carte-a-figure maps, engraved by Abraham Goos, 395 x 515mm, English text on verso Eight inset views of important cities including Alexandria, Tangier and Tunis decorate the top horizontal margin and on the side margins are inset engravings of indigenous people. The coastline is densely lined with place names,inland are wild animals including elephants and lions, and in the sea are ships and monsters. (1) £800-1200
68 Africa. Hondius (Jodocus), Africae nova Tabula Auct. Jud. Hundio, published Amsterdam but an unrecorded pirated Italian edition, probably published in Venice, circa 1642, uncoloured engraved carte-a-figure map on two conjoined sheets, sparse near contemporary ink marginalia, old folds, slight staining, 445 x 560mm, no text on verso
Lot 66
These highly decorative examples of Dutch cartography combined with the advances in geographical knowledge made these maps a valued commodity on both the domestic and international market.That many of these maps were sold as separate sheets, and/or were inserted into composite-style atlases of the period, accounts for their rarity today. This example was probably engraved in Venice, perhaps by the little known publisher Stefano Scolari. The map is based upon Jodocus Hondius’s map initially published in 1623. (1) £1500-2000
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