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Attractive small view from Mallet's Description de L'Univers.Banner title.Ships.Strong impression.Hand colour.V.good condition.

Attractive antique map of Malasia from Mallets Description De L'Univers.Hand colour.Good condition.

Interesting map of distorted India.Decorative cartouche.Later hand colour.Good condition.

Attractive small map of Asia from Mallets Description De L'Univers. Small cartouche, Hand colour.V.good condition.

View of Peking with personage in foreground.Hand colour.V.good condition.

Attractive map of the whole of Asia.Reprinted in 1795 from 1705 plate.India misshapen.Original outline colour.Good condition.

Uncommon beautifully engraved map of Sumatra.Pieter van der Aa was a prolific publisher. He published this map in ' Naauwkeurge versameling der gedenkwaardigste zee- en land-reysen', a series of accounts of voyages (1706-08).Very good condition.

RARE. Original copper-engraving, uncoloured as published. A fine and decorative map of the Maldives, many islands of the atolls of the Maldives are named. The map encludes as well the neighbouring southern tip of India with Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean towards Sumatra and the Street of Malacca. Ornated in the lower right corner with an allegoric title cartouche and a scale of mileage. The famous Dutch publisher and mapmaker Pieter Van der Aa (1659 Leiden - 1733 Leiden) published 'during the period 1882-1733, an enormous quantity of printed matter' (Koeman). This map was actually published in the first edition of his travelbooks 'Naauwkeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en landreysen na Oost en West-Indien', in Leiden 1706-08. Very good condition.

Full Title:De Moluccos, of speceri-dragende eilanden tussen Gilolo en Celebes gelegen. Original copper-engraving, uncoloured as published. The famous Dutch publisher and mapmaker Pieter Van der Aa (1659 Leiden - 1733 Leiden) published 'during the period 1882-1733, an enormous quantity of printed matter' (Koeman). This map was actually published in the first edition of his travelbooks 'Naauwkeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en landreysen na Oost en West-Indien', in Leiden 1707. Very good condition

Attractive map of China,formosa Korea.Based on the Cluverius map.Decorative cartouche.Good hand colour.Mint condition.

This decorative map shows all of Asia that had been explored and mapped by this time. In the upper right under the title cartouche one sees that the area of eastern Siberia is not known enought to be mapped. In the upper left is a dedication.Part of Africa is in the lower left near the decorative distance chart. In the lower right are the Moluccas.Uncoloured with folds as issued.Small repair(archival tape) left hand side margin just encroaching on map otherwise v.good condition.

Very decorative map of Asia by De Fer.Cartouches.Fanciful coastline north of Japan.Very stromg impression.Small tear into left margin,invisible.Otherwise very good condition.

This map is from an edition of De L'Isle entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, Ou sont exactement Remarquées les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes, Etats, Republiques &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Géographe de sa Majesté. It delineates with great care the coastal regions of southern India. Also indicated, where appropriate, are the names of the European countries in power in a particular port city, for example "Cochin aux Hollandois"; "Pondichery aux Francois".Pleasant age toning.Original colour Green has oxidised But with no detrimental effect on paper.Good condition.

Attractive map of the west Coast of India and the Maldives.Cartouche.Compass rose.Early edition of this map.Very good hand colour.Very good condition.

Detailed attractive map of China.Decorative cartouche.A large map of China with the provinces coloured separately. The title cartouche consists of Mandarins and rampant Chinese dragons under a canopy of peacock feathers.Good condition.

Title: Suite De L'Ocean Oriental Contenant Les Isles De La Sonde Les Costes De Tunquin Et De La Chine Les Isles Du Japon Les Philippines Moluques . . . 1746 Bellin's dramatically designed "continuation" of his Eastern Ocean encompasses the Isles de la Sonde (Indonesia), the coasts of Tonkin and China, Korea, the islands of Japan, the Philippines, and the Moluccas. as well the Marianas and New Guinea. At nearly the center of the map is a bold compass rose and in the upper left corner, a decorative, rococo-style cartouche. From Prevost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire Generale des Voyages. Excellent hand colour.Very good condition.

Uncommon edition of this accurate map showing the east coast of India, the Maldives Islands and the eastern tip of Arabia. In lower left corner a lettered key. From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des etablissements et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. After Jacques Nicolaas Bellin (1703-1772) who was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine, and also Official Hydrographer to the French King. With French text in title cartouche and an additional title in Dutch underneath the map.Good hand colour.Mint condition RARE.

Rare map of Japan and Korea, with decorative figured cartouche.Original outline colour.Good condition.

Uncommon map of Borneo,Sumatra,Java and Malayasia.Mint condition with original outline colour.

This chart shows in outline the Philippines, along with part of Borneo and other islands to the south. Cartouches of notes at top left and title at top right.Hand colour.Good condition.SOLD