Highlights from three centuries of printmaking, including the exceptionally beautiful woodcut map of southeastern Europe and the Balkans from the 1486 edition of Ptolemy's "Geography", a Vavassore-attributed woodcut depicting the siege of Rhodes, and Ortelius' pioneering maps of China and Japan! Plus a fine selection of JJ Audubon's Octavo Edition 'Birds of America'.
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Rare Map of America From The Golden Age of Dutch Cartography
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BLAEU Willem, Americae Nova Tabula, c. 1630
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$ 8,500.00
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15th Century map of Greece from Ptolemy's 'Geographia'
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PTOLEMY Claudius, Decima Europe Tabula, 1486
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$ 16,000.00
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Rare map of the central part of Belgium by J. Janssonius. Showing the regions Namur and Hainaut with Bruxelles and Mons.
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JANSSONIUS Johannes, Comitatuum Hannoniae et Namurci Descriptio, c. 1640
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$ 300.00
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18th Century view of Strasbourg
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PROBST Georg Balthasar, Argentoratum Strasbourg, c. 1750
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$ 1,500.00
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18th Century view of Jerusalem
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PROBST Georg Balthasar, Ierusalem Hodierna, c. 1740
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$ 4,500.00
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Striking early map of the county of Barkshire, including a large view of the Castle at Windsor and a battle scene at Radcott bridge and a history of those who first received the Order of the Garter in 1350.
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SPEED John, Barkshire Described, 1610
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$ 900.00
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A nice example of this decorative county map by John Speed, covering the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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SPEED John, The North and East Ridins of Yorkshire, 1610
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$ 1,400.00
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Fine example of Ortelius' map of China, the first western map of China.
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ORTELIUS ABRAHAM, Chinae, c. 1592
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$ 12,000.00
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Nice example of Ortelius' landmark map of Japan, the first map of Japan published in a European atlas.
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ORTELIUS Abraham, Iaponiae Insulae Descriptio, 1608
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$ 7,500.00
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John James AUDUBON and William Hitchcock, Scarlet Ibis (Plate 359), 1843-1844
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$ 700.00
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John James AUDUBON and William Hitchcock, Bachman's Oyster-Catcher (Plate 325), 1843-1844
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$ 200.00
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John James AUDUBON and William Hitchcock, Long-Billed Curlew (Plate 355), 1843-1844
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$ 900.00
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John James AUDUBON and William Hitchcock, Columbia Magpie or Jay (Plate 229), 1843-1844
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$ 1,200.00
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John James AUDUBON and William Hitchcock, Raven (Plate 224), 1843-1844
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$ 700.00
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John James AUDUBON and William Hitchcock, Warbling Vireo or Greenlet (Plate 241), 1843-1844
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$ 700.00
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John James AUDUBON and William Hitchcock, Yellow-Breasted Chat (Plate 244), 1843-1844
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$ 200.00
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John James AUDUBON and William Hitchcock, American Anhinga or Snake Bird (Plate 420), 1843-1844
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$ 900.00
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John James AUDUBON and William Hitchcock, Glaucous Gull Burgomaster (Plate 449), 1843-1844
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$ 200.00
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