Antwerp: Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen, 1709. 42 maps with original hand color, including elaborate "Plani-Spherium Coeleste." Colored frontispiece (split along right margin of plate). 232 pages, slight water staining on lower right of pages. 12mo, original brown calf (corners rubbed), tan leather label. Antwerp: Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen, 1709. Third edition. Very good (+). This very rare pocket atlas describes the world at the end of the 17th century. Published in the former Spanish Netherland by the Catholic cleric Don..... More

Venice: Giovanni Battista Albrizzi, 1750. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 13" x 16.75". This exquisite map of northern Italy depicts the region around Lake Garda and Lake Iseo, published circa 1740. It features pictorial depictions of mountains, forts, and cathedrals. Cities, towns, and rivers are also labeled. The title cartouche in the upper right shows a pastoral scene with beautiful mountains in the background. The map is in excellent condition. Some scattered spots, otherwise clean and bright. Giovanni Battista Albrizzi..... More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Map. Color lithograph. Image measures 13 1/2" x 11 1/2" This map depicting the islands of Masbate and Ticao was originally prepared as part of a series made by the Manila Observatory of the Jesuits in 1899. Led by director P. Jose Algue, the Observatory employed only native Philippine draftsmen to complete the technical work required for the project. Upon learning of the Jesuits' undertaking, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey entered into cooperation with..... More

Milwaukee: American Publishing Co., 1890. Birds-Eye view. Uncolored lithograph. Image measures 26.5" x 39.25". Great birds-eye view panorama of Helena Montana. The detailed pictogram style street plan is surrounded by an inset panoramic view of the east side of Lenox and Corbin and 16 notable buildings including Ketchum, DeNoielle & Co., Nick Kesslers Brewery, the private residence of W.E. Cox, Hotel Helena, Merchants National Bank, Northern Pacific Repair shops, Round House and surroundings, Wallace-Thornburgh Lumber Co., Helena Daily Journal, Journal..... More

Map. Pen and ink with watercolor. Image measures 7 x 8.5". This beautifully hand colored schoolgirl or schoolboy manuscript map of Canaan and Palestine (Israel or Holy Land) covers from Arish in northern Sinai north beyond Beirut. The Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea are included. Essentially two maps on the same sheet, the left hand map depicts the region as it existed during Biblical times, when it was called Canaan. The Twelve Tribes of Israel are identified along..... More

Map. Pen and ink with watercolor. Sheet measures 7 x 8.5". This beautiful schoolgirl or schoolboy manuscript map of England and Wales beautifully depicts from Scotland south to the English Channel. Essentially two maps on a single sheet, the left map depicts the region with detailed topography throughout. Towns, rivers and mountains are noted with a key in the top left corner. The right hand side of the map depicts "The Saxon Heptarchy" and territories are numbered and shaded in..... More

London: 1850. Map. Steel engraving with hand-coloring. Circa 1850. Image measures 12 3/4" x 9 7/8". This lovely map of Scotland includes towns and cities, counties, and topographical features. The map notably, railways - open for traffic and unfinished at time of publishing. There's an inset of Shetland Isles and Orkney Isles. County borders are hand-colored. Joshua Archer was a prolific cartographer, engraver, and copperplate printer in the mid-19th century. More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orne, 1809. Map. Original uncolored engraving. Sheet measures 11 1/2" x 17 1/8". This detailed map shows North America. The map includes the Arctic Circle, from Iceland to eastern Asia, extending southward to the Caribbean coast of South America. The Rocky Mountain Range is depicted prominently, drawn as one cordillera extending from Canada and connecting to the Sierra Madre mountains through Mexico and the Cordillera Central in Central America. The combined ranges are labeled "the..... More

London: Cadell & Davies; Longman & Rees, 1802. Map. Original uncolored engraving. Image measures 8 1/4" x 10". Sheet measures 9" x 11 1/2" This elegant 1802 map of North America extends from the lower United States to Panama, showing Spanish colonial holdings at the turn of the 19th century. Mexico and Central America is labeled in great detail, showing cities, isles, bodies of water, mountain ranges and coastal features. The United States is labeled in lesser detail, but with..... More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orne. Map. Original uncolored engraving. Image measures 10" x 16". This detailed map of the West Indies covers the southern portion of the US extending to the Northern coast of South America. Includes Mexico, Central America, the Gulf of Mexico, the Florida Peninsula, and the Caribbean Sea. Cities, isles, bodies of water, mountain ranges and coastal features are labeled. The map is in good condition. Minimal wear along original folds. Minor stains to lower margin..... More

Philadelphia: John Conrad & Co., 1805. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 9.75" x 8". This map depicts the state of Vermont. The boundaries of Lake Champlain and the Connecticut River set the state off from the surrounding land, which is left unlabeled to isolate and highlight its detail. Denotes towns, counties and topographical features, all in beautiful detail. The map is in good condition with original platemark visible. Drawn by Samuel Lewis and engraved by D. Fairman. The map is..... More

New York: Asher & Adams, 1873. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 22 1/4" x 16" Classic double-page map of Illinois with special focus on the state's developing railroad system. Counties are hand-colored, and black lines depicting rail lines are labeled with the railroad name. Cities, towns, major routes, waterways, post offices, and other geographical features are noted. Parts of Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin are included. Many cities along the coastline of Lake Michigan are labeled..... More

New York: Asher & Adams, 1872. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 16" x 23". Fantastic, bright double page map of Kentucky and Tennessee divided into counties. Shows towns, waterways, railroads, and topographical details. In excellent condition with a small tear to left edge. Asher & Adams were publishers based in Washington and New York in the late 19th century. More