Isaac Basire. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 7.75" x 11.75", sheet measures 10" x 13.75". Shows some foxing. Shows mat-burn at top and right edges. Lower margin repaired. In very good condition. A detailed map of Sicily with a vignette showing the eruption of Mount Etna foregrounded by forge workers. A mermaid can be found along with a ship in the Mediterranean. Also featured is a small inset of Sicily within a regional context that shows the northern coast of..... 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

London: Emanuel Bowen. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Page measures 14.25 x 9.75 inches This beautifully detailed map of Southern Italy covers the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily. Shows provinces, towns, rivers. Mountains are shown pictorially. Map also includes parts of the Ecclesiastical State (Papal State), and Dalmatia. Features inset of two figures walking along an ancient Roman aqueduct, with an erupting volcano in the distance. In very good condition. Emanuel Bowen (1714-1767) was an English map engraver who..... More

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1904. New Studies of the Great Volcano of Martinique. 24 b/w plates, 62pp. of text, 4to, 3/4 red cloth, spine and cloth covers warped, cloth dampstained, front board and paper label on front board are rubbed, light foxing to endpapers, front flyleaf, and last blank page. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1904. First Edition Heilprin was an American geologist, who arrived in Martinique very soon after the eruption of Mount Pelee in 1902. He was the first scientist to ascent the..... 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

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