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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 woodcut of the siege of Rhodes in 1522 from a bird's-eye view looking west. The second and ultimately successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights of Rhodes from their island stronghold and thereby secure Ottoman control of the Eastern Mediterranean.
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VAVASSORE Giovanni Andrea, La cita di Rodi christia(ni)ssima, 1522
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$ 14,000.00
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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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