6000 - 6086 FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
= Decorative double-map of the Berry and the Limagne in central France. Van der Krogt/ Koeman IIIB, 4360+4857:31; Van den Broecke 39.
"Le Royaume de France fait conforme aux Cartes, imprimées, et manuscrittes (...)." Handcol. engr. plan w. large richly dec. title-cartouche, 48x56 cm., Augsb., M. Seutter, ±1750. - AND 4 others, all (handcol.) engr. maps of France, i.a. "La France divisée par Gouvernements Militaires" (engr. map w. handcol. borders by G.A.B. RIZZI ZANNONI, on 2 sheets, Paris, ±1780).
- A few foxed spots; text from verso sl. shining through.
= From S. Münster, Cosmographia. Beschreibung aller Lander (...).
"Carte des Gouvernements d'Anjou et du Saumurois, de la Touraine, du Poitot, du Pays d'Aunis". Handcol. engr. map by R. BONNE, 40,2x29 cm., Paris, Lattré, 1771.
- Sl. foxed; sl. waterstained along central horizontal fold.
"Abcontrafeytung der gewaltigen Vestung und Statt monauban in Frankreich gelegen, wie sie in dem Jahr 1621 den 17. August von Konig Ludwig, der 17. diss nhamens, ist belegert worden". Woodcut, 20x28,5 cm., 4-line caption below, Cologne, ±1630.
- Text from verso sl. shining through.
= From G. Ens, Fama Austriaca. Das ist, Eigentliche Verzeichnuß denckwürdiger Geschichten, welche sich in den nechstverflossenen 16. Jahren hero biß auff und in das Jahr 1627. begeben haben (...).
AND 42 other 18-20th cent. maps/ plans/ plates of France.
- Mounted onto board; some foxing; vague waterstain in lower right corner.
AND 13 other 18th-20th cent. maps/ views/ plates of France, mostly Paris.
- Various (sm. defects).
= Mostly monuments and ruins. I.a. a view of the Telegraph tower at Montmartre (after Frederick Nash), church interiors by Chapuy, various views of the ruins of the castle Arques (mostly dated 1819) and a large view of castle ruins of Epinal (by C. Motte).
= Guicciardini Illustratus 2.2.
"Grevelinge." Handcol. engr. bird's eye view, 17x24 cm., from BRAUN/ HOGENBERG, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1575 (yellowed). - ADDED: 4 small (handcol.) engr. maps of i.a. Artois, Europe and Geneva.
- Joints of binding splitting at spine-ends
- Sl. foxed; small hole in upper margin touching the borderline.
AND 13 other views of Paris on 12 lvs., all bookillustrations, 19th cent., i.a. after LALLEMAND by NÉÉ. - AND WITH a small stack of ±25 French procalamations, broadsides etc., late 18th/ 19th cent., i.a. "Lettres patentes du Roi, Sur le Décret de l'Assemble Nationale, du 14 Mai 1790, pour la vente de Quatre cens millions de Domaines Nationaux" (Paris, N.H. Nyon, 1790) and "Decrets concernant la proposition du maintien de l'autorité de Louis-Napoléon" (1851. Annot. in blue pencil, tipped onto mount).
- One part w. red collector's mark in the image.
= Koeman, Geschiedenis p.185: "Tot die genieofficieren die trouw aan de Oranjes gebleven waren behoorden o.a. W. Kamp, H. Bunnik en W. van der Linden. Zij namen in 1795 de wijk naar Pruissen, waar zij een opdracht tot de kartering van Oostfriesland ontvingen. Het resultaat was een manuscript op een schaal van ca. 1:60 000. Hieruit werd in Berlijn een kaart ca. 1:120 000 gegraveerd. (...) In het westen reikt deze kaart tot de stad Groningen, waardoor ze ook betekenis heeft voor de historische kartografie van Nederland, met name door een gedetailleerde topografie van de nederzettingen."
- Partly with sm. unobtrusive waterst. in lower right margin; otherwise fine.
- Paper gores occas. scratched/ rubbed and sl. craquelé; portion of paper lacking near North pole.
- Globe. w. some dam. spots/ browned.
- Margins trifle foxed, otherwise a fine view from an unidentified work.
"Londres. Mansion house. Palais du Lord Maire de Londres." Lithographed view by BOUTON and JAIME, 30,5x39,5 cm., 1830, w. lithogr. caption and address (Paris/ London, E. Ardit/ Eng.G. Coindet et Cie), below image.
- Blank margins foxed.
AND 8 other lithogr. views by the same and by JAIME (unidentified) on 2 leaves, from the same work, showing 4 views of London and 4 views of Paris (each view 11x16,3 cm.).
- Doubled; vague waterst. in centre lower edge; nice modern handcolouring.
= After the map by H. Jaillot of 1678.
AND 2 others, both handcol. maps: "Scotia. Cambdeni et Sibbaldi" and "Regni Hiberniae" (Nürnberg, C. Weigel, ±1710).
- Mediocre copy of the uncoloured edition of this work: disbound, foxed and waterstained, affecting all views in varying degrees (occas. only in corners/ margins of images, occas. in blank margin just outside images and partly inside the images). Binding dam. and soiled; frontcover and contents loose(ning).
= Abbey, Scenery 240; Ray 87. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE C.
- Both sl. waterst. (mainly) in blank margins. = Rare charts.
ADDED: 1 other engr. chart "A large Chart describeing[sic] the Sands Shoales Depth of water and Anchorage on the East Coast of Scottland ats[sic] North Britain".
- Partly (water)stained, sl. affecting image; frayed along blank margins.
"The Monument". Engraving, 34,5x21,5 cm., engr. caption, ±1725.
- One stain below image in caption; sl. browned in blank margins;
= Depicted is the Monument to the Great Fire in London, designed by Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723). Seen from Fish Hill Street to the west of the Monument, Caius Gabriel Cibbers large relief sculpture - Allegory of the Great Fire of London - is rendered in detail at the base of the column.
AND 51 other 17-19 cent. maps/ plans/ plates of England, Schotland and Ireland.
- Slightly foxed (mainly) in blank margins.
"Helvetia conterminarumque terrarum antiqua". Partly handcol. engr. map, 20x25,5 cm., from the same work. - AND 4 other small maps of Greece (partly from the same work as above), i.a.: "Peloponnesus nunc Morea"; "Daciarum, Moesiarum et Thraciae Vetus et Nova" and "Achaia quae et Hellas hodie Livadia".
- A few closed (marginal) tears; partly yellowed.
- All sl. foxed/ (water)stained; sl. frayed from former binding. = Cf. Colas 490; Brunet I, 1412.
- Sl. browned; some (ink)staining; a few rubbed spots; 1 compartment w. sm. tear; linen foxed (only visible on verso).
= Rare.