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150 x 130 cm. Scale: 1:3,000,000. Colour lithograph, dissected into 24 sections and mounted on original linen. Very rare, monumental wall map of the Ottoman Empire, featuring one of the largest and most detailed printed representations of the Arabian Peninsula produced in the Islamic World prior to World War I. Perhaps more than any other map, it reveals the immense logistic challenges faced by Hajj pilgrims just in advance of the construction of the Baghdad and Hejaz Railway systems. Printed for official use, the map appeared at a time when the Sublime Porte was going to great lengths to shore up its authority in the Red Sea region (Hejaz, Asir, and Yemen), while being pressured by Britain to retreat from the domains it claimed in the Arabian Gulf (Kuwait, Al-Qatif/Hofuf, and Qatar). - Indeed, the present map would have been of great value to Ottoman generals and cabinet officials for strategic planning, as Arabia was increasingly a focus of global attention and interference. It served as the ideal strategic aid to chart the future construction of the Hejaz Railway (built 1900-08) and the Baghdad Railway (extended from the Anatolian Railway, from 1903 onwards) and delineates some of the world's most strategically important railway lines before 1900. - The main map encompasses most of the Arabian Peninsula, from Qatar and the Hadramaut westwards (while far eastern Arabia, including Oman and what is today the United Arab Emirates is featured in an inset, lower left). The coastlines and rivers are crisply depicted; mountain ranges are expressed by delicate tan shading; all cities and towns of note are labelled; the names of regions and tribal areas are revealed, while all key roads and Hajj caravan routes are delineated. The map features stellar coverage of the western Gulf region, labelling Qatar (then an autonomous part of the Ottoman Empire), Bahrain (a British protectorate prized for its fine natural harbour), and Kuwait, an autonomous Sheikhdom within the Ottoman Empire that would shortly become a British protectorate. Inland, the map details the Saudi-Wahhabi domain Nejd, with its capital Riyadh, while to the northwest lies the territory of the rival Al-Rashid clan, with its capital Ha’il. - Minor soiling and waterstaining, occasional light edge wear. Tears in linen partly repaired. A rare survival. Osmanli cografya literatürü tarihi [History of geographical literature during the Ottoman period], pp. 756f. David Rumsey Map Collection 13186.000 (the single other copy known in the trade). Not in Al-Qasimi collection (1493-1931).
Diameter: 45.5 cms (18 inch), height in stand: 64.5 cm. An engraved terrestrial globe with 12 gores and 2 polar caps over a plaster-covered core, and the engraved horizon ring on the wooden stand, all coloured by a contemporary hand. In a contemporary wooden stand with 3 turned legs supporting the horizon ring, and 3 turned stretchers with a cylindrical centrepiece with a knob on the underside. Further with a contemporary brass hour circle and a slightly later iron meridian ring (and probably the axis pivots). Only recorded copy of the 1848 edition (preceded only by one recorded copy of the 1846 edition) of Malby’s 18 inch (45.5 cms) terrestrial globe, the largest he engraved and much rarer than his 12 inch globe. “Debai” (Dubai) is shown on the Gulf coast, only 15 years after the al-Maktoum dynasty took charge of it in 1833. The globe seems to be intended especially for navigational use, with not only a grid of parallels and meridians (with the prime meridian through Greenwich), but also the irregular curved lines indicating the variation of magnetic from geographic north (“isogones”), at 5 degree intervals. From these one can clearly see where the magnetic poles were. Malby seems to be the first and almost the only globe maker to show them. The engraver signed the present globe “Chas. Malby” and signed the 12 inch globe of 1845 described by Dekker “C. I. Malby”. He must therefore have been Charles Isaac Malby (1816-post 1868). Thomas Malby, Charles’s brother, first set up as a globe publisher around 1839 and was trading as Malby & Co by 1841. Charles may have engraved nearly all of his globes. The earliest Malby globe known to survive is dated 1842, but his earliest recorded 18 inch globes are a pair at the Mariners’ Museum in Virginia: the celestial globe dated 1843 and the terrestrial globe dated 1846. The Austrian National Library has an 18 inch Malby terrestrial globe dated 1850, but we find no further example until 1872. The present 1848 example appears to be unique. The horizon ring has an owner’s stamp on the printed surface, nearly due east, apparently a coat of arms in a wreath, but difficult to make out. The horizon ring and globe have a dozen small cracks repaired and a few small gaps in the surface image, some repaired, but are otherwise in good condition. Extremely rare and lovely large globe, with the fascinating and unusual graphic presentation of geomagnetism. Cf. British Library online cat. BLL01013005847; Dekker, GLB0081; Dunn & Wallis, British globes up to 1850 (1999) 209 & 443; World in your hands (Rudolph Schmidt coll.) 7.12 & 7.13; Yonge, Early globes (1968), p. 46.
Suite completa delle carte raffiguranti i 4 continenti. Xilografie, 1575, finemente colorate a mano in epoca, impresse su carta vergata coeva, complete della linea marginale, in eccellente stato di conservazione. Le carte sono tratte dalla prima edizione de La Cosmographie universelle d'Andre Thevet, cosmographe du roy : illustree de diverses figures des choses plus remarquables veues par l'auteur, & incogneues de noz anciens & modernes, curata da Pierre l’Huilier, che precede di uno o due anni la ristampa di Guillaume Chaudiere. Nato a Angoulême intorno al 1516, Thevet divenne frate francescano e intorno al 1550 compì la sua prima spedizione, quando accompagnò il cardinale Jean de Lorraine in Italia e nel bacino del Mediterraneo. Poco dopo, Thevet pubblicò la Cosmographie de Levant, un compendio circa fatti, persone, luoghi, flora e fauna della zona visitata. L’esperienza di Thevet come un viaggiatore attirò l'attenzione di Nicolas Durand, Cavaliere di Villegagnon, che si apprestava a fondare una colonia in quello che è oggi il Brasile. Durant chiese a Thevet di accompagnarlo nella spedizione come suo confessore. Durante il viaggio, Thevet si ammalò e fu costretto a tornare in Francia dopo aver trascorso sole dieci settimane in Brasile. Tuttavia, combinando le sue osservazioni con le informazioni acquisite da altri viaggiatori, Thevet realizzò il suo Singularitez de la France Antarctique, pubblicato a Parigi nel 1557, che gli valse il riconoscimento reale e la nomina a cosmografo della corte dei Valois. Si dedicò poi alla sua opera più ambiziosa, La Cosmographie universelle, una sorta di descrizione di ogni parte del mondo conosciuto. Il suo collaboratore François de Belleforest, probabilmente a seguito di un litigio, lo abbandonò pubblicando una propria cosmografia nel 1572. Al di là delle accuse di furto del materiale mosse da Thevet, senza dubbio la pubblicazione di Belleforest, tolse successo all’opera di Thevet che, con oltre 2.000 pagine, apparve a 3 anni di distanza, nel 1575. Thevet continuò a scrivere di viaggi reali e immaginari fino alla morte, nel 1592, lasciando due opere manoscritte: la Gran Insulaire, un almanacco di isole di tutto il mondo, e le Histoire de deux voyages, un resoconto, probabilmente amplificato, dei suoi viaggi nel Nuovo Mondo. EuropeEsemplare nell’unico stato conosciuto. La carta deriva dalla rappresentazione murale del mondo di Gerard Mercator del 1569. La mappa è riccamente ornata con mostri marini e numerosi vascelli, e riporta anche le mitiche isole di Frislandia, Ibira e Enoem. La Groenlandia e l’Islanda sono in forma molto allungata, mentre la Scandinavia non si discosta, nella forma, dalla carta di Olaus Magnus.AsieEsemplare nel primo stato di due, avanti la firma dell’editore Chaudiere e la data 1581. La carta dell’Asia è basata sul modello di Mercator del 1569. La Nuova Guinea stranamente non compare nella mappa, mentre il Giappone assume una curiosa forma a tartaruga. La più importante novità cartografica della mappa è rappresentata dalla corretta rappresentazione delle stretto di Anania, oggi Bering.Table d’AfriqueEsemplare nel primo stato di due, avanti la firma dell’editore Chaudiere e la data 1581. Betz sottolinea come questa mappa dell’Africa costituisca un importante tassello nella storia della cartografia del continente, trattandosi della prima mappa di formato in-folio a descrivere l’area basandosi sul modello mercatoriano del 1569, fondendolo con le informazioni desunte dalle carte di Gastaldi e Ortelius. Il risultato è una mappa che fornisce un enorme numero di informazioni cartografiche, talvolta difficili da leggere.Quarte Partie du Monde Esemplare nel primo stato di tre, con il marchio tipografico sotto la descrizione nel cartiglio in basso a sinistra, edito nella prima edizione de La Comosgraphie Universelle del 1575. Burden ebidenzia che il secondo stato della carta non presenta questo marchio tipografico, mentre i... Set of the 4 continents. Woodcuts, 1575, finely hand colored at the time, printed on contemporary laid paper, complete the marginal line, in excellent condition. The maps are from the first edition of The Cosmographie universelle d'Andre Thevet, Cosmographe du roy: ILLUSTREE de diverses figures des choses plus remarquables veues par l'auteur, & incogneues de noz anciens & modernes, curated by Pierre the Huilier, which of one or two years before the reissue of Guillaume Chaudiere. Born around 1516 in Angoulême, Thevet became a Franciscan friar about 1550 and made his first expedition, when he accompanied the Cardinal Jean de Lorraine in Italy and in the Mediterranean basin. Soon after, he published the Cosmographie de Levant, a compendium of facts about people, places, flora and fauna of the area visited. The experience of Thevet as a traveler came to the attention of Nicolas Durand, Knight Villegagnon, who was preparing to establish a colony in what is today Brazil. Durant asked Thevet to accompany the expedition as his confessor. During the trip, Thevet became ill and was forced to return to France after having spent only ten weeks in Brazil. However, by combining his observations with information obtained from other travelers, Thevet realized his Singularitez Antarctique de la France, published in Paris in 1557, which earned him recognition and real cosmographer the appointment of the Valois court. He then devoted himself to his most ambitious work, The Cosmographie universelle, a kind of description of each of the known world. His collaborator François de Belleforest, probably as a result of a quarrel, left him by publishing its own cosmography in 1572. Thevet’s work, of over 2,000 pages, appeared 3 years later, in 1575. Thevet continued to write real and imaginary travel until his death in 1592, leaving two manuscripts: Great Insulaire, an almanac of islands around the world, and the Histoire de deux voyages, a quick, probably amplified, of his travels in the New World. EuropeExample in the only known state. The map comes from the wall map of the world by Gerard Mercator of 1569. The map is richly ornamented with numerous sea monsters and ships, and also reports the mythical islands of Frislandia, Ibira and Enoem. Greenland and Iceland are very elongated, while Scandinavia does not differ in form from the map of Olaus Magnus.AsieExample in the first state of two, before the address of Chaudiere and the date 1581. The map of Asia is based on the model by Mercator wall map of the world. 1569. The New Guinea strangely does not appear in the map, while Japan takes a curious form a turtle. The most important novelty of the cartographic map is represented by the correct representation of the Strait of Ananias, Bering today.Table d'AfriqueExample in the first state of two, before the address of Chaudiere and the date 1581. Betz points out this map of Africa is an important step in the history of cartography of the continent, this is the first map of folio format to describe the area based on the Mercator’s model of 1569, by fusing the information obtained from the maps by Gastaldi and Ortelius. The result is a map that provides a huge number of cartographic information, sometimes difficult to read.Fourth Partie du MondeExample in the first state of three, with the typographical mark under the description in the title, published in the first edition of The Comosgraphie Universelle of 1575. Burden notes that the second state of the map does not present this mark, while the third state is with the address of Chaudiere and the date 1581. From the cartographic point of view, the map is derived from the map of the world of Gerard Mercator of 1569, while the nomenclature and morphology of the northern part seem to be the assembly of several cartographic sources. New Guinea, and a large mass southern called "Cercle Antartique" are richly decorated with scenes of native life. Excellent examples of these rare maps, among... Betz, The Mapping of Africa, pp. 133/34, 17 I/II; Norwich 12; Burden, The Mapping of North America, pp.59/60, 46 I/III; Sweet, Mapping the continent of Asia, 6, I/II.
Nürnberg, Homannischen Officin, n.date (maps ca 1720-39). Large folio. 54,5x32 cm. Contemporary, probably original, limp full calf with flap (""portmanteau""). (Only 4 maps with dating: 2 with 1732, 1728 and 1739).Cover with blind-tooled frames inside which a crowned monogram and the number 50 (= number of plates). Binding worn at edges, covers and back somewhat rubbed. Flap torn and partly with an old repair. Fine allegorical engraved hand-coloured title, printed title with Index (these 2 leaves strengthened in lower margin, no loss of image), and all 49 engraved maps, all in fine original hand-colouring and in double-folio. In excellent condition, with large cartouches (cartouches uncoloured). A few maps with insignificant small tears in folding. The title-page engraved by Michael Rössler, pointing to an early issue of the atlas, and before the publishing house had its name changed to Homann Erben (from 1730).
Pianta archeologica a proiezione verticale con alzato incisa da Etienne Duperac per l’editore Lorenzo Vaccari. Ricostruzione ideale della Roma Antica eseguita dal Duperac dopo un serio esame della pianta Severiana e della pianta archeologica di Pirro Ligorio, il maggiore studioso dei monumenti antichi di Roma dell’epoca. All’interno della città, è delineato ciascun edificio, riportando i nomi di quelli principali; questi includono il Colosseo, il Pantheon, le Terme di Diocleziano e il Circo Massimo. Fuori città sono contrassegnati le tenute di campagna (per esempio, i Giardini di Domiziano), i monumenti funerari (come i Mausolei di Adriano e di Augusto, ed i circhi di Nerone e Adriano). La lastra è stata intagliata dall’incisore ed editore parigino Étienne Dupérac, che si fece chiamare Stephanus durante il suo periodo di lavoro a Roma (1569-1582). Nella dedica a Carlo IX, l’autore stesso spiega come questa carta sia il frutto di quindici anni di studio di tutte le rovine e dei monumenti della Roma Antica e dei testi letterari correlati. In particolare, viene riportato un dettagliato resoconto della scoperta della pianta Severiana, i cui resti furono scoperti nella chiesa dei SS. Cosma e Damiano nel 1562. Hülsen segnala come unico esemplare originale conosciuto quello conservato al British Museum, che reca il nome dello stampatore Francesco Villamena. Inoltre, aggiunge che, nel catalogo della stamperia dei Vaccari è annoverata la “Roma antica d’otto fogli reali, intagliata per mano di Stefano Duperach Parisino”, a lui sconosciuta. Frutaz obietta giustamente che la tiratura di Villamena sia solo una ristampa, databile ai primi del ‘600, quando l’editore era attivo a Roma. Nelle nostre ricerche, abbiamo finalmente rinvenuto un esemplare originale della pianta, finora sconosciuto, che è assolutamente da identificarsi con la “Roma antica d’otto fogli reali” del catalogo Vaccari, citata da Hülsen. Infatti l’esemplare, conservato nella collezione cartografica della Newberry Library di Chicago, reca proprio l’imprint di Lorenzo Vaccari, editore anche della raccolta I Vestigi dell’Antichità di Roma Raccolti et Ritratti in Perspettiva con ogni diligentia da Stefano Dv Perac Parisino (1575). Tra il 1649 ed il 1660, Gian Giacomo de Rossi ne pubblica una ristampa, utilizzando i medesimi rami (presumibilmente acquisiti dalla bottega del Villamena), ma aggiungendo scene dell’Antica Roma e una legenda tipografica con 159 richiami a monumenti. L’opera è descritta nell’ultimo catalogo della tipografia de Rossi, redatto da Lorenzo Filippo nel 1735 (p. 16, n. 1) come “Roma Antica di Stefano du Perac Parigino intagliata a bulino da Francesco Villamena co’ trionfi de Romani antichi, intagliati a bulino da Jacopo Lauro in dodici fogli reali grandi”. Dunque le tavole aggiuntive dei trionfi sono, secondo il catalogo, incise da Giacomo Lauro. Tale attribuzione viene respinta da Ashby e quindi da Hollstein, che attribuisce la lastre a Peter de Jode. La tipografia de Rossi fu venduta da Lorenzo Filippo, costituendo il fondo principale della neonata (1738) Calcografia Camerale (poi Regia, quindi Nazionale e oggi Istituto Centrale per la Grafica), luogo in cui sono ancora conservati i rami originali, erroneamente sotto il nome di Francesco Villamena. In alto, lungo il bordo superiore, è impresso il titolo: URBIS ROMAE SCIOGRAPHIA EX ANTIQUIS MONUMENTIS ACCURATISS. DELINEATA. A sinistra lo stemma con la sigla S.P.Q.R. (Senatus Populus Que Romanus). Nel cartiglio in basso a destra, con la raffigurazione dei gemelli Romolo e Remo, troviamo incisa la dedica: KAROLO IX GALLIARUM REGI CHRISTIANISSIMO STEPHANUS DU PERAC PARISIENSIS Quanta fuerit veteris illius popuki R. potentia atque amplitudo, karole regu[m] maxime, omnes sciunt:quae autem ipsius urbis, antiquis temporibus, maiestas ac pulchritudo, non alinde melius ac certius cognosci potest, quam ex admirabilibus veterum aedifitioru[m] vestigiis, q... Vertical projection archaeological map, engraved by Etienne Duperac for the publisher Lorenzo Vaccari. Ideal reconstruction of Ancient Rome carried out by Duperac after a serious examination of the Severian map and the archaeological work by Pirro Ligorio, the greatest scholar of ancient monuments in Rome at the time. Inside the city, each building is outlined with the names of the main ones; these include the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Baths of Diocletian and the Circus Maximus. Outside the city are marked the country estates (for example, the Gardens of Domitian), the funerary monuments (such as the Mausoleums of Hadrian and Augustus, and the circuses of Nero and Hadrian). The plate was carved by the Parisian engraver and publisher Étienne Dupérac, who called himself Stephanus during his period of work in Rome (1569-1582). In the dedication to Charles IX, the author himself explains how this work is the result of fifteen years of study of all the ruins and monuments of Ancient Rome and related literary texts. In particular, a detailed account is given of the discovery of the Severian map, the remains of which were discovered in the church of Saints Cosma and Damiano in 1562. Hülsen reports as the only known original example the one preserved at the British Museum, which bears the name of the printer Francesco Villamena. Furthermore, he adds that the catalogue of the Vaccari print shop includes the "Roma antica d’otto fogli reali, intagliata per mano di Stefano Duperach Parisino”, unknown to him. Frutaz rightly objects that the Villamena's edition is only a reprint, datable to the early 17th century, when the publisher was active in Rome. In our research, we finally found an original example of the map, hitherto unknown, which is absolutely to be identified with the "Ancient Rome of eight royal sheets" of the Vaccari catalogue, quoted by Hülsen. In fact the exemplar, preserved in the cartographic collection of the Newberry Library of Chicago, bears the imprint of Lorenzo Vaccari, publisher also of the collection I Vestigi dell'Antichità di Roma Raccolti et Ritratti in Perspettiva con ogni diligentia by Stefano Dv Perac Parisino (1575). Between 1649 and 1660, Gian Giacomo de Rossi published a reprint, using the same plates(presumably acquired from the Villamena workshop), but adding scenes from Ancient Rome and a typographical legend with 159 references to monuments. The work is described in the last catalogue of de Rossi's printing house, edited by Lorenzo Filippo in 1735 (p. 16, n. 1) as "Roma Antica di Stefano du Perac Parigino intagliata a bulino da Francesco Villamena co’ trionfi de Romani antichi, intagliati a bulino da Jacopo Lauro in dodici fogli reali grandi”. So the additional plates of the triumphs are, according to the catalogue, engraved by Giacomo Lauro. This attribution is rejected by Ashby and then by Hollstein, who attributes the plate to Peter de Jode. The de Rossi printing house was sold by Lorenzo Filippo, constituting the main fund of the newborn (1738) Calcografia Camerale (later Regia, then Nazionale and now Istituto Centrale per la Grafica), where the original plates are still preserved, mistakenly under the name of Francesco Villamena. Example of the third state of four (cfr. Bifolco-Ronca, p. 2359) with the imprint Cura et Tipis Io. Iacobi de Rubeis in Romae ad Templ. Stae. Mae. De Pace cum Privil. Sum. Pont. Excudebat Romae Io. Iacob. De Rubeis. Etching with engraving, a very good example of the De Rossi edition, with decorations and the key-numbers on the lower part; minor repairs perfectly realized, otherwise in excellent condition. Literature Bifolco-Ronca, Cartografia e topografia italiana del XVI secolo, pp. 2358-59, tav. 1214, III/IV; Destombes (1970): n. 96; Caldana (2013): n. I.12; Frutaz (1962): n. XXII e tavv. 37-50; Grelle Iusco (1996): pp. 172, 379; Hollstein (1952): IX, p. 202, nn. 403-414; Hülsen (1915): XI, pp. 60-62, nn. 56-59; Mostra Bergamo (2016): n. 72; Sca...
Venetia [Venice], apresso gli heredi di S. Gagliani, 1590. [Colophon: In Vintia, appresso Giorgio Angelieri, a instantia de gli heredi di Simon Gagliani de Karera, 1590]. Small folio. 18th century (ab. 1780-90) half vellum with gilt leather title label to spine. Corners a bit bumped and title label a bit worn, otherwise nice and tight. A very nice copy, on thick, crisp paper. A few quires browned and brownspotted, and some occasional lighter browning. Four leaves with a marginal worm-tract, far from affecting text. Beautiful engraved title-page, consisting of a wide architectural border illustrated with large figures, putti, globes, and various symbols. Beautiful large woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces. 47 half-page engraved maps in the text (by Porro, of islands and continents), excellent, crisp impressions. Large woodcut device to colophon. (12) ff., 201, (1) pp.
Six-leaf panoramic view. Toned lithograph in contemp. colour, c. 205 x 660 mm each. Matted individually. Splendid, coloured circular panorama of Vienna, measuring roughly four metres in length. - Plate 1: Spinnerin am Kreuz - Arsenal. Plate 2: Penzing - Leopoldsberg. Plate 3: Kalksburg - Schönbrunn. Plate 4: Rothneusiedl - Rodaun. Plate 5: Schwechat - Laxenburg - Oberlaa. Plate 6: Simmering - Schwechat. Gregosch taught at the Budapest School of Arts and Crafts and was one of the illustrators of "Die Österreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild" (cf. Th./B.). - Extremely rare, especially when complete and in colour: the copy in the Wienmuseum and that in the Eckl collection are both uncoloured. Nebehay/Wagner II, 208. Eckl collection, no. 869. Thieme/Becker XIV, 582.
La rarissima veduta aerea di Roma di Balthasar Jenichen, pubblicata a Norimberga. La veduta di Jenichen deriva a sua volta da una xilografia della Cosmographia di Sebastian Münster (Basilea, 1550), che raffigura Roma così com'era intorno al 1490 (Per la veduta di Münster si veda A. Frutaz, Le piante di Roma, XCVIII)."Orientata con nord in basso. A proiezione obliqua; veduta prospettica. È una ripetizione del panorama comparso la prima volta col Bergomensis (1490) e, con lievi modificazioni, ripetuto poi nello Schedel, nel Munster e in altre edizioni tutte inspirate al panorama, detto di Mantova, e che rappresenta Roma sotto il Pontificato di Alessandro VI. Forse lo Jenicken ricalca un vecchio rame senza mai aver visto Roma, sicché non riesce ad interpretare la linea della cupola del Pantheon, colloca l'Aventino presso la Porta del Popolo e qua e là dissemina altri errori topografici. L'assenza del Colosseo ricollega la presente pianta più direttamente al Munster" (cfr. Scaccia Scarafoni, p. 74)."In alto a sinistra legenda con lettere di rimando in veduta (A-Z). È noto un solo altro esemplare con iscrizioni in caratteri gotici conservato al Paul Getty Museum ed un altro con iscrizioni in caratteri romani conservato presso la BVE. Si tratta pertanto di una pianta di estrema rarità e peraltro graficamente assai raffinata" (cfr. Marigliani p. 121, che erroneamente raffigura e attribuisce la copia con caratteri gotici allo Jenichen).Il lettering del nostro esemplare è in latino, mentre esiste una copia con caratteri gotici, di dimensioni ridotte. Un esempio (ex collezione Pecci-Blunt) si trova al Getty Museum, un altro è pubblicato su Marigliani, altro ancora è descritto da Scaccia Scarafoni alla Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma.La veduta dello Jenichen è sconosciuta a Frutaz, mentre Hollstein ne descrive solo 2 esemplari nelle collezioni dei gabinetti delle stampe di Berlino e Monaco. Scaccia Scarafoni descrive l'esemplare presso la Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma; Jenichen è stato il principale editore tedesco di carte topografiche. Insieme al connazionale Matthias Zündt si interessarono particolarmente alle cosiddette carte d'occasione - nate per documentare avvenimenti - e ne produssero diverse sulla scia e nella tradizione di quelle dei loro omologhi editori italiani. Data la loro natura effimera, sono tutte rare o introvabili.La veduta di Roma, priva di data, può essere ricondotta la periodo 1562-1590 in base alle informazioni sul periodo di attività dell'artista. Una datazione intorno al 1570 ci sembra più compatibile con alcuni dei lavori topografici - datati - dell'artista.Acquaforte e bulino, impressa su carta vergata coeva priva di filigrana, con margini, in perfetto stato di conservazione. Rarissima.BibliografiaScaccia Scarafoni, Le Piante di Roma, pp. 74-75, n. 129; Marigliani, Le piante di Roma nelle collezioni private, p. 121, n. 17; Hollstein XL B, p. 54, n. 150; G.K. Nagler, Lexicon, VI, p. 439, n. 2; Andresen II, Nr. 279; Passavant IV, p. 429, n. 27; Le Blanc, II, p. 429, n. 27. The very rare Balthasar Jenichen's etched bird's-eye view of Rome, published in Nuremberg. Jenichen's view in turn derived from a woodcut in Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia (Basel, 1550), which depicts Rome as it was about 1490 (For Münster's view, see A. Frutaz, Le piante di Roma, XCVIII).Münster's table with lettered names keyed to buildings and monuments on the view has been shifted from the foot to the upper left-hand corner in Jenichen and the present view. In its place at foot are eight quatrains of German verse on the rulers of Rome, the last line of which reads: Das spricht Balthasar Jenichen. Lettering in the present view is Latin, while there is a copy with Gothic lettering, reduced in size. One example (ex Pecci-Blunt collection's) is at the Getty Museum, another one is published in Marigliani - who erroneously attributes the copy with Gothic characters to Jenichen. Unknown by Frutaz; Hollstein describes only 2 example of this very rare work. Scaccia Scarafoni listed the further example at the Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma (that own also the copy with Gothic text).Jenichen was the leading German publisher of news-sheet maps. Jenichen and compatriot Matthias Zündt took particular interest in the conflict and produced views and maps of it that equaled and surpassed those of their Italian counterparts. Given their ephemeral nature, all are rare and desirable.The view of Rome, undated, can be traced back to the period 1562-1590 according to the artist's period of activity. A dating around 1570 seems to us to be more compatible with some of the artist's topographical and dated works.Etching and engraving, printed on contemporary laid paper, with margins, perfect condition.LiteratureScaccia Scarafoni, Le Piante di Roma, pp. 74-75, n. 129; Marigliani, Le piante di Roma nelle collezioni private, p. 121, n. 17; Hollstein XL B, p. 54, n. 150; G.K. Nagler, Lexicon, VI, p. 439, n. 2; Andresen II, Nr. 279; Passavant IV, p. 429, n. 27; Le Blanc, II, p. 429, n. 27.
In 4° (234 x 163 mm), 3 parti in 1 volume.; [8], 358, [2] pagine; [28] carte; 47, [49] pagine, 64 carte geografiche a doppia pagina delle quali 27 raffiguranti il mondo antico e 37 raffiguranti il mondo moderno con la descrizione al retro, 12 xilografie e diagrammi nel testo, marche tipografiche (alcuni difetti.). Solida legatura coeva in pergamena con unghie (sguardie nuove).
Engraved map. 282 x 440 mm (image). 311 x 465 mm (sheet). The famous nautical chart by the French geographer and cartographer d'Anville (1697-1782), encompassing the Arabian Gulf from Basra to the Straits of Hormuz. Although the southwestern part of the Gulf is poorly explored, various Gulf cities are identified, including "Julfar" (Ras al-Khaimah), "Mekehoan" (Umm Al Quwain), "Kalba", and "Ras-ol Lima". The city of "Al Katif" is clearly identified. The Qatar Peninsula is entirely absent, but the island of Bahrain is noted (though misaligned), and the coastline between Bahrain and Abu Dhabi is marked as an "entirely unknown coast". - With several contemporary manuscript additions in ink, including "Gatar" (south of Bahrain) and "Kouait" (Kuwait), as well as a few later notes in pencil in the Bahrain area. Old shelfmarks on the reverse. Slightly toned. David Rumsey Map Collection 2603.025. Al-Qasimi (2nd ed.), p. 236.
Folio (ca. 410 x 570 to 570 x 820 mm). 22 folded original military maps, 8 of which in colour (scales 1:20,000 - 1:420,000). - Includes 56 ff. of Ottoman Turkish manuscript notes on military history, loosely stored. A rare and substantial set of military maps of the Balkan Wars, issued as rear-pocket matter to accompany the three-volume work "1328-29 Balkan Harbi, Trakya Seferi" (1924-28) by the topographer and military historian Nihat Bey. Never seen at auction; merely three copies could be traced in libraries worldwide (Istanbul, Princeton, and Washington). The maps show the Ottoman military campaigns on the Balkan peninsula against Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro in 1912 and 1913, wars which resulted in the Ottoman Empire losing the bulk of its European territory. - Nihad Bey (1886-1928) of Bursa held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel but is remembered as a scholar rather than a soldier. The first and foremost military historian of the Turkish Republic, he published no fewer than 39 books in which he meticulously evaluated operational mistakes and emphasized lessons to be learned from past wars. - Includes a set of manuscript notes in pencil, presumably taken by one of Nihat Bey's students at the military academy in the course of lectures on early 20th century Ottoman military history. Bey probably incorporated the maps in his lectures, as is suggested by marks and notes found on several map sheets, mostly in blue or red crayon, corresponding to the colours and patterns used in printing eight of the maps. - Small tears and holes to several maps, mostly along the folds. The manuscript notes show traces of stapling. An unusual and important specimen of Turkish military history.
Kupferstichkarte von 12 Platten mit Legende und sechs Kartuschen (darunter auch Veduten mit figürl. Staffage, u. a. eine Ansicht des Traunsees mit Gmunden u. Schloß Orth sowie Attersee mit Schloß Kammer), zus. auf Leinwand aufgezogen und auf zwei zeitgenössische Holzstäbe mit gedrechselten Knäufen montiert. 1280:1265 mm. Erste Ausgabe der großen Vischer-Karte von Oberösterreich, spätere Ausgaben sind 1762 und 1808 erschienen. “Die erste der großen Landkarten des Georg Matthäus Vischer ist die Karte von Oberösterreich. Ende des Jahres 1666 hat Vischer das Projekt den oberösterreichischen Ständen vorgeschlagen, im Mai 1667 erhielt er schon den Auftrag, Sommer 1667 ist er mit den Vermessungsarbeiten im Gelände beschäftigt, und im Winter desselben Jahres wird die Karte bereits gezeichnet. Am 21. Februar 1668 konnte Vischer die vollendete Karte den Ständen vorlegen” (Dörflinger/Wagner). Die vorliegende Karte gilt als die erste autoptisch aufgenommene, großformatige und detaillierte Karte von Oberösterreich und “diente einem der universalsten Barockkartographen, dem Venezianer Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718) als Vorbild” (Kat. Austria Picta, 56f.), der die vorliegende Karte 1692 für seinen ‘Corso Geografico universale’ in verkleinertem Format nachgestochen hat. - Durch die alte Montage und Aufhängung mit den üblichen Gebrauchspuren und an den Plattenkanten etwas rissig, das Leinen jedoch fachmännisch erneuert, einige kl. Fehlstellen retuschiert. Wie alle großformatigen Wandkarten des Barock selten, die vorliegende noch dazu in der originalen Fassung des 17. Jahrhunderts auf zwei hölzerne Rundstäbe montiert. Dörflinger/Wagner/Wawrik, Descriptio Austriae (1977), 126 u. Tafel 28.
8 charts. 560 x 735 mm, with key printed on the back. Scale 1:1,000,000. Substantial set of first edition U.S. pilot charts from the Second World War. Includes 2 maps of the Arabian Peninsula (668 and 669), depicting the border region of Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the Aden Protectorate and covering the area between the 42nd and 54th meridian east, and between the 16th and 20th parallel north. Also shows the Frasan Islands as well as large parts of the Rub' al Kahli desert with sections marked "unexplored", the city of Salala constituting the easternmost point. - Further, two maps of Iran (429 and 443) between the 53rd and 60th meridian east, and the 28th and 36th parallel north, identifying Kerman, Yazd and Birjand. - The remaining maps cover western Afghanistan (439), labelling Herat and Farah, central India (559), with cities such as Jabalpur, Bhopal and Achalpur, and the Indian Ocean showing the Chagos archipelago (1037) and Comoro Island (1052). - Chart no. 1037 dampstained with loss to the centre, chart no. 669 lacks approx. 5.5 cm, clipped away at upper margin. Remaining maps with occasional small tears, but overall in good condition.
Buon esemplare della carta del mondo di Henricus (Hendrick) Hondius. Prova del terzo stato di quattro, con la data 1663 che sostituisce l'originale 1630, che si trova nell'Atlas Contractus di Jan Jansson e negli atlanti marini di H. Van Loon.I cartigli abbelliti e le illustrazioni bizzarre fanno di questa mappa un eccellente esempio di cartografia olandese in stile barocco. Circondata da scene mitiche e bestie fantastiche, la carta del mondo stessa include affascinanti illustrazioni di velieri, mostri marini e pesci.Henricus Hondius era figlio del famoso cartografo Jodocus Hondius, il cui ritratto appare nella mappa in basso a sinistra. La carta include anche i ritratti di Gerard Mercator, Claudio Tolomeo e Giulio Cesare. Questi ritratti non sono solo accattivanti e storicamente rilevanti, ma probabilmente sono intesi a connettere la cartografia olandese (esemplificata da Hondius e Mercator) alla tradizione cartografica classica.L'atlante di Mercator-Hondius è stato pubblicato per la prima volta dal padre del cartografo, Joducus Hondius, che acquistò le lastre dell'opera di Mercator, ristampandole ed integrandole con un numero sempre crescente di sue mappe. Oltre alle numerose e bellissime illustrazioni sono notevoli nella carta diverse curiosità geografiche, tra cui la California come isola, le reti fluviali e i laghi del Nord America e le coste dell'Australia. In Sud America, lo Stretto di Le Maire appare ora ad est dello Stretto di Magellano. Lo Stretto di Le Maire era stato scoperto solo quindici anni prima della pubblicazione del primo stato di questa mappa, quando Jacob Le Maire e Willem Schouten condussero una circumnavigazione per minare il monopolio commerciale della Compagnia olandese delle Indie Orientali (VOC). L'inclusione della costa australiana in questa mappa traccia l'inizio della conoscenza olandese del continente australiano, quando la notizie di una "sconosciuta massa di terra ignota meridionale" si stava rapidamente diffondendo.Acquaforte, finemente colorata a mano, in ottime condizioni. A good example of the Henricus Hondius’ world map, a third state with the date 1663 that can be found in the Atlas Contractus of Jan Jansson and in sea atlases of Van Loon.The embellished cartouches and whimsical illustrations make this map an excellent example of baroque-style Dutch cartography. Bordered by mythical scenes and fantastic beasts, the world map itself includes charming illustrations of sailing vessels and fish, adding further visual interest to an already engaging tableau.The mapmaker Henricus Hondius was the son of famed cartographer Joducus Hondius, whose portrait appears at bottom left. The map also includes portraits of Gerardus Mercator, Claudius Ptolemy, and Julius Caesar. These portraits are not only eye-catching and historically relevant, but also serve to establish Dutch cartography (exemplified by Hondius and Mercator) alongside the Roman cartographic tradition.The Mercator-Hondius atlas was first published by the mapmaker’s father, Joducus Hondius. Joducus Hondius secured Mercator’s map engravings from Mercator’s relatives and republished them, along with his own work. The atlas was incredibly commercially successful, and its world map remained unchanged from Mercator’s depiction until the creation of this map by Henricus Hondius and partner Jan Jansson. This Hondius-Jansson version of the Mercator world map was included in all issues of the Mercator-Hondius atlases from 1633 until at least 1658.In addition to the numerous beautiful illustrations and map details, several geographic features included on this map are notable, including California as an island, the riverine networks and lakes of North America, and the coastline of Australia. California is shown here as an island, reflecting a widespread belief among Europeans from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. In South America, the Le Maire Strait now appears east of the Strait of Magellan. The Le Maire Strait had been discovered only fifteen years before the first state of this map was published, when Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten led a circumnavigation to undermine the trade monopoly of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Setting this map apart from its contemporaries, it also includes an early appearance of Australia's northern coastline. The inclusion of the Australian coast on this map traces the beginning of Dutch knowledge of the Australian continent, preserving a moment in time when “The Unknown Southern Land” was quickly becoming known.Copperplate with fine hand colouring, in good condition. Shirley, The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps, 1472-1700, map 336
In -folio, due voll. legati assieme; pp. (68), 504, (4); (40), 334, (2). Legatura in piena pelle alle armi di Felipe Ramirez Nuñez de Guzmán de Medina, nervi e titolo al dorso. Questa di Basilea del ’32 è considerata l’ultima e migliore edizione nel Cinquecento in latino delle Genealogie [...] che si deve all’umanista strasburghese Jakob Moltzer. Notevoli le illustrazioni genealogiche a piena pagina in quest’opera che, in vita, diede fama a Boccaccio, i cui lavori in volgare erano considerati una produzione minore. Rilegato con i Saturnalia e il commentario al Somnium Scipionis, le due maggiori opere di Macrobio nell’edizione di Camerario. Numerose illustrazioni nel testo fra cui l’incisione del planisfero macrobiano, diviso in zone climatiche, che costituì per circa un millennio il modello geografico terrestre: nella prima riproduzione a stampa di questa mappa, del 1483, le linee climatiche erano dritte, qui per la prima volta sono curve e rimandano a un modello di terra sferica e non piatta. This Basilea 1532’s edition is considered the last and the best latin edition in XVI century of “Genealogie”: it’s due to austrian scholar Jakob Moltzer. The full page genealogic illustrations are remarkable; this work gave a reputation to Boccaccio while he was still alive, and whose works in volgare were then considered a less important production. Bound with the “Saturnalia” and commentary to “Somnium Scipionis”, the most important Macrobio’s works in Camerario edition. Many illustrations in text: between them the macrobian world map, divided in climatical areas, that was for about 1000 years the geografic Earth pattern: in the first printed reproduction of this map, from 1483, the climatical lines were straight, while here they are bent and they suggest a spheric Earth model.
763 x 763 mm. Scale 1:1,000,000. Key in English. Printed on cloth. Blueprint map of the Gulf, showing Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait, as well as parts of Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq. It pays particular attention to oil fields, naming them individually and illustrating oil pipelines and facilities, including the 435 kilometre Qatif-Qaisumah pipeline which connects to the Trans-Arabian pipeline, as well as the offshore terminal and refinery at Ras Tanura. The map records some of the problematic borders within the region, showing the Iraq-Saudi Neutral Zone, the Kuwaiti-Saudi Neutral Zone and Buraimi Oasis. Among the more notable oil fields are Greater Burgan, the world's largest sandstone oil field, consisting of the Burgan field itself along with the much smaller Magwa and Ahmadi fields, as well as the Wafra field discovered in 1953 by the American Independent Oil Company and Pacific Western Oil Company. Wafra was unique in being operated jointly under separate concessions from two countries, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, granted to American Independent Oil Company and Getty Oil Company (formerly Pacific Western Oil Company) respectively. - Slightly toned along folding lines and lower left margin.
Pen, black ink and watercolour on paper (590 x 440 mm), framed in a passe-partout (755 x 580 mm). Large, high quality watercolour of the Natural Bridge in Rockbridge County, Virginia. This natural arch spanning 27 meters was, along with Niagara Falls, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the United States in the late 18th and early 19th century. As an old natural wonder in a young country, it played an integral part in the formation of America's national identity and was "certainly a worthwhile side trip for travelers who hoped to experience the sublime quality of the American landscape" (Howat). The sublime aspect is often present when from the 1830s onward artists start depicting the Bridge: as in the present watercolour, where small figures are placed in the foreground to show the massiveness of the 88-meter geological formation. - The view shown in the present watercolour appeared as an engraving in John Howard Hinton's History and topography of the United States (1832) after a drawing made by the American landscape painter William Goodacre (1803-83). The image was widely pirated and imitated and appeared in numerous other publications, including Meyer's Universum in 1837, with a caption identical to the one on the present watercolour. The anonymous artist probably copied the image from the 1837 publication, but made several changes, simplifying most of the foliage but adding the large fern, duplicating the kneeling hunter and adding an extra deer. Interestingly, the engraving shows a tree peering out from behind the bridge, pencilled in outline, but never painted in. - From an Austrian private collection. In very good condition. Howat et al., American Paradise, pp. 272-274. Kastning, Natural Bridge, p. 20. Cf. Sears, Sacred places.
Small oblong 8vo. Engr. t. p., 64 (instead of 100, 2 folding) plates in original watercolour. Contemp. half calf with giltstamped red label to gilt spine. Series of charming views of Vienna and its environs, including Baden, Klosterneuburg, and Bratislava, mostly engraved by Johann Jaresch. The famous streets, squares, buildings and interiors are bustling with visitors, strollers, and horse-drawn carriages. All plates are captioned in French and German, and numbered in the centre. The t. p. bears the rarely encountered publisher's address "Graben No. 1200"; individual plates are marked "Kohlmarkt No. 268". - Very attractive original colour. Wants 36 plates; 20 views are in their second state, two others in their third. The image of plate 51 has been pasted over with an alternate version. For nos. 21-24 (two doubles), Nebehay/W. also states a variant six leaves which apparently could be used to replace the panoramic views of Ebersdorf and Bratislava. - Binding slightly rubbed and bumped. Several plates trimmed closely; t. p. and a few plates show brownstaining. Contemp. ownership "L. Wagner" to pastedown. Detailed list of plates available upon request. Nebehay/Wagner 193.
Four-plate engraving by J. E. Mansfeld, mounted on cloth and framed under glass. 131 x 162 cm. Probably the most monumental layout plan of the Vienna inner city ever published, doubling the scale of Nagel's better-known (and more common) plan of Vienna and its suburbs (1781), and self-published as early as 1774. Nagel had begun his surveying task shortly after completion of the re-numbering of houses in 1770. "Probably completed in October 1774" (cf. Dörflinger). - Slight browning to margins, otherwise fine. Extremely rare. Dörflinger, Österreichische Karten des 18. Jhs. I, 71 and note 115. Not in Mayer or Eckl colls.
Paris, Chez l'Auteur - Saint-Petersburg, Issakoff, 1844-48. Small folio. (35 x 27 cm.). In a worn contemp. hcalf. Spine cracked and broken. Boards detached. All parts stitched, a few loose. All parts uncut and unopened. All parts clean and fine. Each part separately paginated and with own title-page. Text to each part (from 8-12 pp.). Each part having a large folded engraved general map and from 11 to 27 engraved folio-maps. In all 292 textpages and 441 engraved maps.
Engraved map printed from 12 copper plates, with 2 supplements, dimensions 147,5 x 129 cm (including supplements 165 x 140 cm). Constant ratio linear horizontal scale ca. 1:2.1 million. Relief shown by hachures. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Mounted on rough cloth; left and right edges protected by green strips of cloth. In French and German. Shows extensive detail of waterways, political divisions, various roads, post stations, variously sized settlements. Consisting of 12 main sheets and 2 supplements, the map "probably appeared just in time to be offered as a map of the theatre of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Showing the area between Gdansk and Tobolsk, and between the Kara Strait and Armenia, the map displays (in the words of a contemporary review) 'most clearly, without being in any way cluttered, [...] all conceivably important settlements, mountains, rivers, lakes, etc. in the Russian Empire and its adjacent parts, and it is quite rightly to be preferred to all other renderings of the war theatre hitherto published, as it includes Astrakhan and Tobolsk, and is quite complete in every other respect, while other maps often include not even Moscow, for which reason this map is recommended as a very useful tool to anybody wishing to follow the history of the present war'" (cf. Dörflinger II, 463f.). The two supplements added at the middle of the lower and right edge concern the areas of Tobolsk and Tiflis. - Some occasional waterstaining; Tobolsk supplement fairly strongly wrinkled. The upper edge (beyond the plate) shows traces of former wall mounting. Dörflinger II, 463: Mol 39. Tooley I, 332 (without supplements). OCLC 964537090.
4 albumen prints, 190 x 725 mm and 205 x 270 mm, all mounted on contemporary paper (285 x 40 mm) with manuscript titles in French. "Hong-Kong / Panorama général": a fine, large-scale panorama embracing all of Victoria, the capital of Hong Kong, from the perspective of the harbour. The scene is centred upon the concentration of major buildings along the grand quayside of the Praya, including the City Hall, the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Building and the Hong Kong Hotel, the six-story building featured in the centre-right of the panorama. Notably, the hotel seems to still be in a partially-completed state, as construction of the edifice was not completed until 1892, a detail which helps to date the photograph. Numerous boats can be seen plying the harbour in the foreground, evidence that Hong Kong was one of Asia's busiest ports. Victoria Peak rises above the city, and the thin white line shown ascending the mountain, above City Hall, is the famous Peak Tram. This funicular railway was completed in 1888. - "Hong-Kong / La Rade prise de Bowen Road": an engaging view looking down upon Hong Kong harbour from the perspective of Bowen Road. The line of the celebrated Peak Tram, completed in 1888, is shown running up the slope of Victoria Peak, while numerous ships ply the harbour in the background. Bowen Road was named after George Ferguson Bowen, who served as the 9th Governor of Hong Kong from 1883 to 1885. - "Hong - Kong / Anniversaire de la naissance de la Reine": this fascinating view captures the pageantry of the celebration of the birthday of Queen Victoria. Spectators are shown observing vast lines of troops as they fire an armed salute in honour of Her Majesty, while tall ships decorated with banners are moored in the harbor, in the foreground. Queen Victoria (reigned 1837-1901) personified the British Empire, and her birthday (May 24th) was celebrated annually throughout Britain's colonial possessions. Another example of the same photograph, entitled in manuscript, "Queen's Birthday Parade Hong Kong," can be found in the collections of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (accession no. 86.140.310). - "Hong-Kong / Une Rue dans la ville Chinoise": this photograph captures an interesting street scene in Hong Kong's traditional "Chinatown", otherwise known as the Wan Chai District, located to the east of Victoria. While Victoria had a more "anglicized" appearance, befitting the centre of British colonial administration, Chinese modes of building construction, signage and ways of life prevailed in Wan Chai.
Foglio contenente sei fusi del Globo Terrestre, edito da Giuseppe de Rossi a Roma nel 1615.Il foglio costituisce la metà, raffigurante l'emisfero orientale, del celebre ed importante Globo Terrestre della tipografia De Rossi, replica italiana del più famoso globo di Jodocus Hondius, stampato ad Amsterdam nel 1601. La carta si estende dalle isole dell'Atlantico alle Indie Orientali, comprendendo le isole di Giappone (parzialmente tagliato) e Corea (qui appunto rappresentata come isola).Il solo set completo di gore di globo del de Rossi è oggi conservato alla Libray of Congress di Washington (https://www.loc.gov/item/2008627640/), mentre il solo foglio che contiene le gore qui mancanti, che coprono l'emisfero occidentale, è conservato al Marietim Museum di Rotterdam (WAE840).Sono invece noti alcuni esemplari del globo montati, tra cui quello della collezione Schmidt di Vienna, e quello del Maritime Museum di Greenwich.La peculiarità assoluta del nostro esemplare sta nel fatto che riporta in calce un imprint sconosciuto alla letteratura, Dominicus de Rubeis formis Romae ad Templum S. Marie de Pace. Domenico de Rossi, figlio o nipote di Giuseppe, è attivo a Roma nella seconda metà del XVII secolo. Fiorini (1899) descrive di Domenico de Rossi la sola ristampa del globo di Mattheus Greuter (1638) datata al 1695. Il globo terrestre di Giuseppe de Rossi – uno dei primi stampati in Italia – è una replica molto accurata dell’esemplare realizzato ad Amsterdam nel 1601 da Jodocus Hondius. Giuseppe de Rossi utilizzò le mappe di Hondius, apprezzate per la loro qualità, ma il globo è interamente realizzato in Italia e dedicato a un nobiluomo romano, come possiamo vedere dal cartiglio sul globo stesso: Ill.mo viro optimarumque artium amatori et Fautori D Paulo Mellino Romano Iosephus de Rubeis Mediolanensis devoti animi monumentum dat dicatque.Il cartiglio con dedica rivela anche la firma dell’artista e chiarifica le sue origini: Giuseppe infatti era conosciuto nella Roma dell’inizio del Seicento quale membro della nota famiglia de Rossi, già famosa a Milano per le sue stampe e mappe.Il globo presenta un secondo ampio cartiglio – nell’Oceano Pacifico – con le spiegazioni di Hondius e la data in cui è stato stampato in Italia: I[odocus] Hondius Lectori S[alutem]. In locorum longitudine hactenus mirifice peccatum esse omnibus hydrographiae peritis satis superque constat [...] Longitudinem incepimus non ab insulis fortunatis, ut Ptolemeus, sed ab ijs quae Açores vocantur, quod acus nautica ibi recte in Septentrionem vergat. Vale. Anno 1615.Un terzo cartiglio a sud dello Stretto di Magellano ci fa comprendere le conoscenze geografiche degli inizi del XVII secolo: TERRA AUSTRALIS NONDUM COGNITA (terra non ancora conosciuta).Foglio di estrema rarità.Bibliografia: Fiorini, Sfere Celesti e Terrestri di Autore Italiano, Roma 1899, pp. 271-272, 293, 369; E. L. Stevenson, Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, New Haven 1921, vol II, p. 13; P. van der Krogt, Globi Neerlandici, Utrecht 1993; The World In Your Hands. An Exhibition of Globes and Planetaria, exhibition’s catalogue of Christies Great Room in London and Museum Boerhaave in Leiden, 1995, p.42, n° 4.11; Sfere del cielo sfere della terra, exhibition’s catalogue edited by M. Milansei & R. Schmidt, Correr Museum, Venice 2007, pp. 50 and 59; Dekker, E. Globes at Greenwich (Oxford, 1999), pp. 357-9 & 482-4. Engraved plate showing 6 globe gores published by Giuseppe de Rossi in 1615, covering the Eastern Hemisphere, extended from Atlantic Ocena to the Far East. Including the Japan and Korea, here depicted as an insula (Corea ins.).This is the half set of the globe gores by Giuseppe de Rossi, known complete only for the example of the Library of Congress, while the sheet with the Western Hemisphere is preserved in the Maritiem Museum of Rotterdam. (WAE840).The peculiarity of our example is the imprint Dominicus de Rubeis formis Romae ad Templum S. Marie de Pace, not know in the literature. Domenico was the son or nephew of Giuseppe, active in Rome in the second half of 17th century.Fiorini (1899) listed by Domenico de Rossi only the late issue of the globe gores by Mattheus Greuter (1638).The terrestrial globe by Giuseppe de Rossi – one of the first printed in Italy – is a very accurate replica of the one made in Amsterdam in 1601 by Jodocus Hondius, who realized just few very detailed globes. Giuseppe de Rossi uses Hondius maps, appreciated for their quality, but the globe is entirely created in Italy and dedicated to a Roman nobleman, as we can see in the cartouche on the globe itself: Ill.mo viro optimarumque / artium amatori et Fau- / tori D Paulo Mellino Roma- / no Iosephus de Rubeis Mediolanensis devoti / animi monu- / mentum dat / dicatque. The cartouche with dedication includes also the artist’s signature and explains his origin: Giuseppe was renowned in Rome in early 17th century as a member of the well-known de Rossi family, already famous in Milan for its prints and maps.The globe bears a second large cartouche – in the Pacific Ocean – with the Hondius’ explanation and the date in which it has been printed in Italy: I[odocus] Hondius Lectori S[alutem]. / In locorum longitudine hactenus mirifice peccatum esse omnibus hydrographiae peritis satis / superque constat [...] Longitudinem / incepimus non ab insulis fortunatis, ut Ptolemeus, sed ab / ijs quae Açores vocantur, quod acus nautica ibi recte in Se- / ptentrionem vergat. Vale. / Anno 1615.A third cartouche under the Strait of Magellan let us understand the geographical knowledges of the early 17th century: TERRA AUSTRALIS NONDUM COGNITA.Very similar examples are housed at Correr Museum in Venice and in the Rudolf Schmidt’s Collection.Literature Fiorini, Sfere Celesti e Terrestri di Autore Italiano, Roma 1899, pp. 271-272, 293, 369; E. L. Stevenson, Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, New Haven 1921, vol II, p. 13; P. van der Krogt, Globi Neerlandici, Utrecht 1993; The World In Your Hands. An Exhibition of Globes and Planetaria, exhibition’s catalogue of Christies Great Room in London and Museum Boerhaave in Leiden, 1995, p.42, n° 4.11; Sfere del cielo sfere della terra, exhibition’s catalogue edited by M. Milansei & R. Schmidt, Correr Museum, Venice 2007, pp. 50 and 59; Dekker, E. Globes at Greenwich (Oxford, 1999), pp. 357-9 & 482-4.
Magnifica mappa del mondo a doppio emisfero finemente incisa, incisa da Jan Van Doetecum per Paulus Merula nel 1605. La raffinata incisione di Van Doetcum si basa su una mappa di suo padre Baptista van Doetecum per Petrus Plancius nel 1590, con diversi importanti aggiornamenti, tra cui l'aggiunta della recentemente esplorata Nova Zemlya (esplorata da Barentsz durante i suoi 3 viaggi nelle regioni artiche alla ricerca del “Passaggio a Nord-Est”) e l'aggiunta di due emisferi celesti, basati sulla mappa del mondo di Plancius del 1594. La mappa aggiunge, agli angoli, l’ingrandimento di 4 isole, Giappone, Isola, Ceylon e Sant'Elena. Include le quattro grandi isole dell'Artico, così come appaiono sullemappa di Mercatore del 1595. Il “Passaggio a Nord-Ovest” è aperto e chiaramente definito, permettendo un passaggio attraverso lo Stretto di Anian nel Pacifico verso l'Atlantico. California e Quivira sono nominati, insieme alle annotazioni sulla scoperta dell'America da parte di Colombo nel 1492 e alle note sulle regioni settentrionali conosciute e sconosciute dell'America. L'enorme continente meridionale è chiamato Magellanica, Terra Australis, e anche Terra del Fuoco, prima del viaggio di Le Maire e Schouten che avrebbe iniziato a riscrivere la credenza allora prevalente che lo stretto scoperto da Ferdinando Magellano fosse l'unico passaggio d'acqua tra l'Atlantico e l'Oceano Pacifico nell'emisfero meridionale. Viene mostrata una massiccia Guinea Nova, senza alcun segno delle moderne scoperte in Australia e Nuova Zelanda, con i resti delle informazioni di Marco Polo ancora presenti nella regione. C'è una prima apparizione delle Filippine (I. Filipinae). La costa cinese, pur essendo ricca di informazioni, precede la comparsa della Corea e fornisce una presentazione molto curiosa del Giappone. La mappa è riccamente impreziosita da decorazioni di velieri, che riflettono la mano del maestro incisore caratteristica della famiglia Van Doetcum, allora forse i migliori incisori impegnati attivamente nella realizzazione di mappe commerciali. Acquaforte e bulino, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Magnifico esemplare. Striking dark impression of this finely engraved double hemisphere map of the World, engraved by Jan Van Doetecum for Paulus Merula in 1605. Van Doetcum's fine engraving his based upon a map engraved by his father Baptista van Doetecum for Petrus Plancius in 1590, with several important updates, including the addition of the recently explored Nova Zemlya (explored by Barentsz during his 3 voyages to the arctic regions in search of the Northeast Passage) and the addition of two celestial hemispheres, based upon Plancius' world map of 1594. The map also adds fine large format images of 4 islands, Japan, Island, Ceylon and St. Helena, presenting fine enlargements of these islands as they appearon the map. The map includes the four large islands in the Arctic, as they appeared on Mercator's maps, including his very rare 1595 map of the Polar Regions. The Northwest Passage is open and clearly defined, allowing a passage via the Straits of Anian in the Pacific to the Atlantic. California and Quivira are named, along with annotations on the discovery of America by Columbus in 1492 and notes on the known and unknown northern regions of America. The massive southern continent is called Magellanica, Terra Australis, and also Terra del Fuego, pre-dating the voyage of Le Maire and Schouten which would begin to re-write the then prevailing belief that the strait discovered by Ferdinand Magellan was the only water passage from between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean in the Southern Hemisphere. A massive Nova Guinea is shown, with no signs of the modern discoveries in Australia and New Zealand, with remnants of the information from Marco Polo still present in the region (Beach). There is an early appearance of the Philippines (I. Filipinae). The Chinese coastline, while filled with information, pre-dates the appearance of Korea and provides a very curious presentation of Japan. The map is richly embellished with strapwork decorations and sailing ships, reflecting the master-engraver's hand characteristic of the Van Doetcum family, which were then perhaps the finest engravers actively engaged in commercial map making. Etching with engraving, very good condition. R. W. Shirley, "The Mapping of the world", 254; New Hollstein, Doetecum IV, 995
Engraved map. 550 x 690 mm (image), 595 x 760 mm (sheet). Scale 1:519,210. 18 sections mounted on paper. Rare topographical map of Sicily, featuring two inset maps after Ptolemy and Al-Idrisi, allowing an immediate comparison of the depictions of the island in the 2nd, 12th, and 19th centuries. The main map identifies a remarkable number of towns and villages, including Palermo, Catania, Syracuse, Mazara, Caltanissetta, and Nicosia, as well as mountains, roads and paths. Two additional insets show Malta and the Aeolian Islands. Engraved by the German-French engraver and cartographer Erhard Schieble (1821-80). - Slightly foxed. Rarely seen at auction.