Venice: Giovanni Battista Albrizzi. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 14.25" x 18.5". Shows some light damp staining. In very good condition. This beautiful map of Sicily features a title cartouche at upper left depicting inhabitants fleeing the explosion of Mount Etna, which is also identified geographically on the map. The map shows pictorial depictions of mountains, forts, and prominent churches, and cities and rivers are also labeled. The map is in excellent condition. Narrow margins. Giovanni Battista Albrizzi... More

2 maps on 1 sheet. Engraving. Image measures 11.25 x 7". These unusual aerial maps depict Machian and Bachian, now known as Makian and Bacan, located off the coast of Indonesia. These two islands were part of the historical "Spice Islands," which the Europeans and Chinese valued for their vegetation, particularly mace and nutmeg, and which belonged to the Dutch East Indies. Published circa 1756, these two maps emphasize the volcanic nature of the two islands, with the empty center... More

L. G. Stahl, 1902. Disaster; Personal Experiences of Survivors... Illus. 462pp. 4to, pictorial cloth, cloth spotted, corners bumped, last few pages are slightly wavy. N.p.: (L. G. Stahl, 1902). More

Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler, 1902. Illus. 448pp. 8vo, publisher's 3/4 red simulated leather with green cloth, red cloth lightly rubbed, green cloth lightly soiled. Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler, (1902). First Edition The 1902 volcanic explosion in Martinique. More

Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1723. Map. Copper plate engraving with hand outline color. Image measures 16 7/8" x 21.5", sheet measures 20.25" x 25.75". Shows some wear at bottom of original fold line, and light creasing to lower corners. Full original margins. In very good condition. Classical map of Sicily with an inset of Syracuse and a feature. Also includes a list of large towns. Pierre Mortier (1661-1711) was a Dutch cartographer, engraver, and printseller who worked in Amsterdam. He used... More

London: John Senex, 1719. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. 20.25" x 24". Shows some wear at original fold line, and some small tears at bottom edge, image unaffected. In very good condition. A beautiful map of Sicily. Cities, castles, churches, harbors, and ruins are shown pictographically with a corresponding legend with notes on Aqueducts. An inset at lower left shows a map of Malta ("A Particular Map of the Island of Malta & the Neighbouring Islands"). John Senex (1678-1740) was... More

Profusely illus. in color & b/w, 128pp., tall 8vo, cloth-backed embossed boards. London: The Folio Society, 1976. More

New York: HarperCollins, 2003. Illus. 416pp. 8vo, pictorial boards, d.w. (New York): HarperCollins, (2003). Fine. More