A solid copy in its original binding of Filips Galle’s improved version of the first small-scale version of a folio atlas ever published, and the first edition published by Vrients. Ortelius’ groundbreaking, large-format atlas proved to be such an enormously successful publishing phenomenon that it spawned several editions in a...... More
An excellent example in an original binding of the work that set the standard for the small atlas. “The small maps are extremely well engraved; they are neat and clear and elegantly composed” (Van der Krogt, p. 373). A measure of their quality is that the maps “served many purposes..... More
An atlas of wall maps in an Italian binding of uncommon elegance created for Prince Giambattista Borghese, whose armorial bookplate is on the inside of the front cover. Giambattista Borghese (1639-1717), of the powerful Sienese/ Roman family, was a notable patron of the arts. He purchased the family home that..... More
A bright, beautiful copy of one of the most ambitious and finely engraved works of urban cartography ever produced: it depicts every structure existing in Paris at the time. This remarkable engraving enables the viewer to virtually hover a few hundred feet above the city and take in the exquisite..... More
A very rare, separately published and contemporary-bound example of the French edition of what has been called “the most important map in American history” (Martin). It was the map on which the borders of the newly recognized United States were plotted at the conclusion of the War of Independence. The..... More
This school atlas of the ancient world appears to have been an academic bestseller through much of Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Beginning with D’Anville’s orginal French edition in 1768, it would be re-published in England and Germany numerous times through the early 19th century. However..... More
A superb, contemporary-bound, complete copy of a rare and important Italian atlas. The library of the Senato della Repubblica only acquired a copy of this atlas this year (2008); the atlas is described on the library’s web site (see below for URL) as “one of the rarest specimens complete.” ... More
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An unusually well-preserved, scarce, and quite early American atlas of areas where missionary activity was being, or could be conducted. Includes an excellent map exclusively of the Hawaiian Islands. A map entitled “Indian Territory” encompasses Texas and east from Lake Superior and the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains in..... More
A scarce, pocket land atlas, made for use in the field, of the properties owned by members of the Five Civilized Tribes--the Creek, Seminole, Cherokee, Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. The work remains to this day one of the best and most reliable sources for locating original land ownership titles in..... More
Rare, richly hand-colored atlas, showcasing all parts of the world and the Ottoman vilayets, published in Istanbul by Mehmet Celal Bey (1863 – 1926), a Professor of Geography and the Director of Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane, an Ottoman college, later the School of Economic Science. In 1915, Mehmet Celal, at the..... More