Germany, Austria & Switzerland from Bryars and Bryars

London: Hodder and Stoughton,, 1869. Chromolithograph, 24 x 20 cms, anthropomorphic map published in “Geographical Fun: Being Humorous Outlines of Various Countries”, a couple of minor spots and stains, blank verso. Though credited on the title-page under his pen-name ‘Aleph’, Harvey himself gives all the credit for this series of comic maps to a “young lady ... now in… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton,, 1869. Chromolithograph, 24 x 20 cms, anthropomorphic map published in “Geographical Fun: Being Humorous Outlines of Various Countries”, a couple of minor spots and stains, blank verso. Though credited on the title-page under his pen-name ‘Aleph’, Harvey himself gives all the credit for this series of comic maps to a “young lady ... now in… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton,, 1869. Chromolithograph, 24 x 20 cms, anthropomorphic map published in “Geographical Fun: Being Humorous Outlines of Various Countries”, a couple of minor spots and stains, blank verso. Though credited on the title-page under his pen-name ‘Aleph’, Harvey himself gives all the credit for this series of comic maps to a “young lady ... now in… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton,, 1869. Chromolithograph, 24 x 20 cms, anthropomorphic map published in “Geographical Fun: Being Humorous Outlines of Various Countries”, a couple of minor spots and stains, blank verso. Though credited on the title-page under his pen-name ‘Aleph’, Harvey himself gives all the credit for this series of comic maps to a “young lady ... now in… Read more about this item

Vienna, 1840. 4 folding engraved map sheets, which can be joined, each 45 x 64 cm, dissected into 8 panels and laid on linen, engraved by E. W. Piskaez, original hand colour, some light spotting and staining, lacks slipcase. Folding map showing the post roads of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Map

Amsterdam, 1607. Copper engraving, 14.6 x 19.5 cm, black and white, numbered in an early hand in upper margin, light waterstaining in lower margin, Latin text on verso. ‘Germanic’ regions of Europe, including the Low Countries, Poland and Austria, engraved by Jodocus Hondius for the ‘Atlas Minor’. Koeman Me 186. Map

Amsterdam, 1607. Copper engraving, 13.5 x 18.6 cm, black and white, numbered in an early hand in upper margin, light waterstaining in lower margin, Latin text on verso. Britanny and Normandy, engraved by Jodocus Hondius for the ‘Atlas Minor’. Koeman Me 186. Map

Amsterdam, 1632. Copper engraving, 19 x 25.5 cm, engraved by Pieter van den Keere, modern hand colour, light stain in upper margin, Latin text on verso. Pomerania, running along the Baltic coast between Rostock and Gdansk, is now divided between Germany and Poland. The 'Atlas Minor', was a pocket atlas derived from Mercator's cartography, published from 1607 onward by… Read more about this item

Antwerp, 1573. Three engraved maps on one sheet, 38.5 x 50 cm, black and white, very faintly red-ruled, slight marginal soiling, Latin text on verso; old tabs on verso, where previously mounted. An early example of this particular map, which was first printed in Dutch, German and Latin editions of Ortelius’ ‘Theatrum’ in the same year, 1573. Pomerania, running… Read more about this item

London, Baldwin &: Cradock, 1833. Steel engraving, approx 34 x 38 cm, engraved by Josiah Henshall after William Barnard Clarke, original hand colour in outline, numbered in and old hand, blank verso; the map extends beyond the border into the upper margin; architectural elevations of principal public buildings at the foot of the map. The Society for the Diffusion… Read more about this item

London, Baldwin &: Cradock, 1837. Steel engraving, approx 32 x 39 cm, engraved by Thomas Edward Nicholson after William Barnard Clarke, original hand colour in outline, numbered in and old hand, blank verso; view of the city at the foot of the map. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high-minded aim… Read more about this item

London, 1794. Copper engraving, 59 x 52.5 cm, original hand colour in outline with modern additions, blank verso. Map of northwestern Germany published in Thomas Kitchin’s ‘A General Atlas’; Kitchin died in 1784, but his name continued to appear although the atlas was published by Robert Sayer and his successors, Laurie and Whittle. Although he never visited, George III… Read more about this item

London, c. 1851. Steel engraving, 34.5 x 25 cms, original hand-colour in outline, blank verso; engraved by John Rapkin for the ‘Illustrated Atlas’, with vignettes including Budapest engraved by John Rogers. Map

Amsterdam, 1632. Copper engraving, 18.5 x 25 cm, black and white, Latin text on verso. ‘Germanic’ regions of Europe, including the Low Countries, Poland and Austria, engraved by Pieter van den Keere. The 'Atlas Minor', was a pocket atlas derived from Mercator's cartography published from 1607 onward by Jodocus Hondius (the Dutch publisher who had purchased Mercator's original copper… Read more about this item

London, 1799. Copper engraving, approx 37 x 42 cms, original hand colour, slight offsetting, blank verso; engraved by Samuel John Neele for the atlas volume to ‘Cruttwell’s Gazeteer’, published by G. and J.J. Robinson. Map

[Vienna?]: War Office, 1945. Allied-occupied Vienna (second edition, June 1945), sheet-size 91.5 x 63 cms, printed in colours, key to buildings on verso, sheet identified in coloured pencil on verso, pin-holes to corners where displayed. The Prater Park with its famous giant wheel is a fraction to the east of the city centre, just off the map, but it… Read more about this item

Frankfurt am Main: Atlanta-Service; printed by Karl W. Schilling, Heilbronn (Neckar), 1946. Separately issued map, 55 x 39 cms, printed in colours, folded, with some restoration to verso along the folds, blank verso. The draughtsman has been identified as Johannes Sünnecke, although little further information is as yet forthcoming about either him or Atlanta-Service, beyond the range of maps… Read more about this item

Amsterdam, 1636. Copper engraving, 36.5 x 48 cms, from the scarce English language edition, with distinctive original English hand-colour, closed centrefold split, vertical crease to left of centrefold, English text on verso. Part of Alsatian Haut-Rhin, with Breisach. The original Mercator Atlas (parts published from 1585 onwards) was not a commercial success; the copper printing plates were bought by… Read more about this item

Amsterdam, 1636. Copper engraving, 35.5 x 49.5 cms, from the scarce English language edition, with distinctive original English hand-colour, tiny hole to left of centrefold (due to oxidisation), English text on verso. Upper Saxony, Lusatia and Meissen; the imprint still bears Mercator’s name, but the decorative elements have been reworked. The original Mercator Atlas (parts published from 1585 onwards)… Read more about this item

Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus, 1595. Copper engraving, 31 x 47.5 cms, modern hand-colour, Latin text on verso. Two maps on one sheet, the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg and the environs of Nuremberg.Van den Broecke 99a.1/99b.2 Map