Africa

Cartographer: Tallis, John
Item Number Condition Year Size Price
1338 F

pristine

1850 10 X 14 $350

Classic steel engraving of the continent as it was known at the time. Enhanced by small vignettes of peoples and places.

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Afrique

Cartographer: Levasseur, Victor
Item Number Condition Year Size Price
1710 VG+ 1845 14 X 19 $275

Classic Levasseur style steel engraving with decorative scenes surrounding the map. Note the Turbaned man reading the “CORAN” upper right.

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Africa Secundum Legitimas

Cartographer: Homann Heirs
Item Number Condition Year Size Price
181 G

good color including cartouche

1737 19.5 X 23.5 $650

Version with “Noriberge officina Homanniana” in lower left margin. Engraved by John Mathias Homann in 1737 replacing J B Homann version published in 1715.

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Africae Accurata Tabula ex Officina

Cartographer: Visscher, Nicolas
Item Number Condition Year Size Price
614 F

professionally repaired with recent color

1680 17 X 21 $1125

Seventeenth century mythical source of Nile in two lakes. Numerous animals in the interior and ships at sea. Dedication cartouche – Gerardo Schaep. This is the second state of the map as it has a permission notation in the lower right.

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Fessae Regnum

Cartographer: Hondius, Jodocus & Henricus (son)
Item Number Condition Year Size Price
2389 VG+

light show through of verso Latin text; light toning along edges

1610 6 X 7.25 $240

This small, crisply printed map from Hondius’s Atlas Minor, covers a portion of the Magreb including parts of Algeria, Northern Morocco and the Strait of Gibraltar. A bold title cartouche with strapwork is embellished by a detailed sailing ship in the Atlantic.

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Marocchi Regnum

Cartographer: Hondius, Jodocus & Henricus (son)
Item Number Condition Year Size Price
2390 VG+

dark impression and light toning on edges

1610 6 X 7.25 $240

This small crisp map of Southern Morocco is centered on the once capital city of Marrakech (Marruecos). Embellished with the Atlas mountains, cities and forests, an attractive view is created. The large strapwork cartouche located in the Sahara is adorned by two birds.

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Africae Tabula Nova

Cartographer: Ortelius, Abraham
Item Number Condition Year Size Price
1358 VG+

[f] verso has two tape hinges [framed]

1588 3 X 4.5 $400

From the miniature Ortelius Atlas “Epitome”, which was the first pocket version of his Theatrum. Most notable change from prior maps is the elimination of Lake Zaflan as one source of the Nile.

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