Grosvenor Prints

[Antonio Albizzi] Antonius Albicius Nobilis Florentinus.
[Augsburg: Kraus, c.1612.]
Engraving, 190 x 130mm (7¼ x 9"), set in letterpress text.
Antonio Albizzi (1547-1626), Florentine jurist and genealogist, whose most famous work is 'Principum Christianorum Stemmata', a collection of engraved family trees with backdrops of City views and panoramas closely copied from the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' of Braun & Hogenberg (1572-1618).
[Ref: 29771] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Peter Anich. Geb.d.22. Febr.1723. Gest. d.1.Sept.1766.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple. 133 x 89mm (5¼ x 3½").
Peter Anich (1723-1766) the Tirolean surveyor and cartographer who in 1774 published 'Atlas Tyrolensis', one of the most accurate maps of his time. He was also known as an astronomer and designer of sundials and globes. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29729] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Petrus Apianus Binvitzius Astrologus.
[by Theodore de Bry.]
[n.d, c.1660.]
Engraving with very large margins, printed on 17th century watermarked paper. 140 x 110mm (5½ x 4¼".
Portrait of Petrus Apianus (latinized from Peter Bienewitz) (1495- 1552), German cartographer, astronomer & mathematician, in decorative border with insects and plants. His most famous works were his cordiform world map 'Tipus Orbis Universalis juxta Ptolomei Cosmographi Traditionem et Americi Vespucii Aliorque Lustrationes' of 1520, the 'Cosmographicus liber' of 1524 and the 'Astronomicum Caesareum' of 1540. From a later printing of Jean Jacques Boissard's 'Icones virorum illustrium’ originally published 1597-8.
Wellcome: 84 - not in.
[Ref: 29655] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Petrus Apianus Leisnicensis. Divi Imp. Caroli V. Mathematicus et Comes Palat. Caes. Equestr. dignit. et in Academia Ingol. Stadiana Mathes. Profess. Publ. Nat. A. MCCCCXCV Denat. A. MDLII.
[by Wolfgang Philipp Kilian.]
[n.d, c.1700.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"). Trimmed to image.
Petrus Apianus (latinized from Peter Bienewitz) (1495- 1552), German cartographer, astronomer & mathematician, holding a Globe. His most famous works were his cordiform world map 'Tipus Orbis Universalis juxta Ptolomei Cosmographi Traditionem et Americi Vespucii Aliorque Lustrationes' of 1520, the 'Cosmographicus liber' of 1524 and the 'Astronomicum Caesareum' of 1540.
Wellcome: 84.
[Ref: 29653] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Apianus Petrus. Mathematicus.
[by Tobias Strimmer.]
[Strassburg, n.d, c.1590.]
Woodcut. Sheet 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4"). Trimmed from a larger sheet.
Petrus Apianus (latinized from Peter Bienewitz) (1495- 1552), holding a globe & dividers, German cartographer, astronomer & mathematician. His most famous works were his cordiform world map 'Tipus Orbis Universalis juxta Ptolomei Cosmographi Traditionem et Americi Vespucii Aliorque Lustrationes' of 1520, the 'Cosmographicus liber' of 1524 and the 'Astronomicum Caesareum' of 1540. The portrait was published in Nicolaus Reusner's 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden'.
Wellcome: 84.
[Ref: 29654] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

K. Bädeker. geb. 3 Nov, 1801. gest 4. Oct. 1859.
Lith. Inst v. Breidenbach & Co. in Düsseldorf.
[n.d., c.1860.].
Lithograph on india. Printed area 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Spotted around edges.
Karl Baedeker (1801-59), German publisher who set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists. He dropped the umlaut in his name c.1850.
[Ref: 29664] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Petrus Bertius.
N. De Larmessin, Sculp.
Engraving with very large margins. 160 x 100mm, 6¼ x 4".
Petrus Bertius (1565-1629), Flemish theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer, who issued a Latin edition of the 'Caert Thresoor' miniature atlas by Barent Langenes in 1600. Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts', c. 1682.
[Ref: 29661] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Petrus Bertius.
J. Buys delin. Rein. Vinkeles sculp 1787.
Engraving. 160 x 100mm, 6¼ x 4".
Petrus Bertius (1565-1629), Flemish theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer, who issued a Latin edition of the 'Caert Thresoor' miniature atlas by Barent Langenes in 1600.
[Ref: 25778] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Antonius Bulifonius [...]
A. Maglier sc.
[Naples, c.1696.]
Engraving, rare. Sheet 125 x 70mm (5 x 2¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Antonio Bulifon (1649-1707), an French printer, editor and bookseller who set up his shop in Naples. This portrait was a frontispiece to Bishop Pompeo Sarnelli's 'Guida de' Forestieri per Pozzoli' which included a French translation by Bulifon.
[Ref: 29662] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Vicenzo Coronelli presenting a book to Pope Clement XI.]
Alles.o Dalla Via Sculp.
[Venice: Coronelli c.1705.]
Coloured engraving with very large margins. 290 x 200mm (11½ x 8") Trimmed close to plate, creasing.
Vicenzo Coronelli presenting a volume of his 'Biblioteca Universale Sacro-Profana' to Pope Clement XI, a bookcase full of Cornelli's atlases behind the papal dais. The print is surrounded by a border of mapmaking instruments and globes. The 'Biblioteca universale' was an encyclopedia, one of the first universal encyclopedias in a European vernacular language with entries arranged alphabetically. It was planned to contain 45 volumes but only 7 volumes appeared, published 1701-7, only reaching 'C'. The set is exceedingly rare. Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718) the Franciscan monk, cosmographer, and Official Cartographer to both the Doge of Venice and Louis XIV of France, known for his 'Atlante Veneto' atlases and the pair of two-ton manuscript globes made for Louis and now in the Bibliothèque nationale François Mitterrand in Paris.
See Kivell & Spence P.84; for uncoloured impression see ref. 29665
[Ref: 29666] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

P. Vincentius Coronelli Venetus, Generalis LXXVIII. Electus Romæ MDCCI. Cosmographus Reipublicæ Venetiar.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving with very large margins. 250 x 165mm (6 x 6½")
A portrait of Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718) the Franciscan monk, cosmographer, and Official Cartographer to both the Doge of Venice and Louis XIV of France, known for his 'Atlante Veneto' atlases and the pair of two-ton manuscript globes made for Louis and now in the Bibliothèque nationale François Mitterrand in Paris. An adaptation of the frontispiece of Coronelli's 'Atlante Veneto' it celebrates his appointment as Father General of the Franciscan order, 1699. He is shown surrounded by medallions with the titles of his publications.
[Ref: 29668] £320.00

Vincent. Coronelli. Kinoriten General und Cosmograph der Republ. Venedig. Gebor.__Gestorb. zu Venedig im Decbr. 1718.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼").
Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718) the Franciscan monk, cosmographer, and Official Cartographer to both the Doge of Venice and Louis XIV of France, known for his 'Atlante Veneto' atlases and the pair of two-ton manuscript globes made for Louis and now in the Bibliothèque nationale François Mitterrand in Paris. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29532] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Leonhard Euler.
H. Pf. fecit.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple with very large margins. 130 x 85mm (5 x 3¼").
Leonhard Euler (1707-83), Swiss mathematician and physicist who, despite severe problems with his eyesight (shown in this portrait), made substantial contributions to the fields of geometry, calculus, trigonometry, astronomy and cartography. In Russia he supervised the creation of the 'Atlas Russicus', published 1745, and in Germany he published the 'Atlas Geographicus' in 1753. Euler has been commemorated on postage stamps issued by Russia and Germany, as well as on a Swiss banknote.
[Ref: 29783] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Leonhard Euler. Gebohren zu Basel, 1707, Gest. zu St Petersburg, 1803.
[Weimar: n.d., c.1808.]
Stipple. Plate 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"). Cut to plate on right.
Leonhard Euler (1707-83 - not 1803 as in the title), Swiss mathematician and physicist who, despite severe problems with his eyesight (hinted at in this portrait), made substantial contributions to the fields of geometry, calculus, trigonometry, astronomy and cartography. His work for the Imperial Russian Academy of Sciences and the Berlin Academy led to him being commemorated on postage stamps issued by Russia and Germany, as well as on a Swiss banknote. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
W: 921 - not in.
[Ref: 29600] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Gemma Phrisius Dockumensis. Gemma Frisius.
Esme de Boulonois. fe.
[n.d., c.1695.]
Copper engraving. Platemark: 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Scarce.
Gemma Frisius (born Jemme Reinerszoon) (1508 - 1555), was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, astronomer and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation. An illustration to 'Academia des sciences et des arts', Isaac Bullart, 1695. Text in French below and on reverse.
Wellcome: 2301 - not in.
[Ref: 39010] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Gemma Phrisius Dockumensis.
Esme de Boulonois fe.
[n.d., c.1682.]
Engraving, 190 x 135mm. 7½ x 5¼", set in text.
Portrait of Gemma Frisius (1508-55), a physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, astronomer and instrument maker. Not only was he the first to propose using triangulation for mapmaking, but he also posited that an accurate clock could be used to determine longitude, two centuries before it was achieved. Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts 1682'.
Wellcome: 2301.
[Ref: 25775] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Ad. Chr. Gaspari. Russ. Kais. Hofrath u. Prof. d. Geschichte zu Dorpat. Geb. zu Schleusingen d. 18 Nov. 1752.
C. Westermayr del & sculp.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 133 x 88mm (5¼ x 3½").
Adam Christian Gaspari (1752-1830) the German geographer. He held many educational posts from associate professor at the University of Jena, professor at the Oldenburg Gymnasium, professor of history, geography and statistics at the University of Dorpat, and professor of geography and statistics at the University of Konigsberg. He published the 'New Methodological School Atlas' in 1799. Australian map interest. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29738] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Everhardus Guernerus Happelius, Anno MDCLXXXVI. Ætatuis Anorum Fere. XXXIX.
H. Kamphuss delin. Leonh. Heckenaeur Sc.
[1686.]
Engraving, with large margins, rare. 180 x 140mm (7 x 5½").
Portrait, aged 39, of Eberhard Werner Happel (1647-90), a German author of both novels and science, who produced a number of interesting maps including a world map showing the ocean's currents. His 'Thesaurus Exoticorum' contained a series of representations of the aborigines of America.
[Ref: 29781] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Capt.n Joseph Huddart, F.R.S. From a Picture in the Possession of Charles Turner, Esq.r.
Painted by John Hoppner Esq.r R.A. Engraved by James Stow.
London, Published 2nd Nov.r 1802, by Laurie & Whittle, Fleet Street and Charles Turner, of Limehouse.
Stipple, sheet 290 x 230mm (11½ x 9"). Trimmed within plate.
Joseph Huddart (1741-1816), a British hydrographer who surveyed the coasts of India & Sumatra, and, less exotically, the Hebrides. He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1791 and also an elder brother of Trinity House, directing the construction of the Hurst Point Lighthouse. However he made the most money by improving the design and manufacture of rope.
Wellcome: 1459-1.
[Ref: 60045] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Alex. Hub. Iaillot. Königl. Franzoes. Geograph.
C Westermayr f.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple. 145 x 89mm (5¾ x 3½"). Narrow margins.
Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1632-1712) the French geographer, printer and cartographer in Paris, in the service of King Louis XIV. Around 1669 he went into partnership with Nicolas Sanson's sons, Guillaume and Adrien, to produce an enlarged edition of Sanson's maps. Jaillot's most important work was, 'Le Neptune Francois', a wonderful sea-atlas produced in 1693, in co-operation with Cassini. However, falling out with Sanson's heirs, he helped Pierre Mortier publish a pirate edition in Amsterdam. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29536] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Joh. Math. Korabinszky, gebohren zu Eperies im Scharosches Komitate 1740.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 127 x 89mm (5 x 3½").
János Mátyás Korabinszky (1740-1811) the Slovakian teacher, bookseller and cartographer. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29740] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[William Leybourn] Vera Effigies Gulielmi Leybourn, Philom. amo AEtatis 30.
[Richard Gaywood, 1656]
Etching, sheet 195 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾").
William Leybourn (1626-1716), mathematician and land surveyor. This plate was etched by Richard Gaywood in 1653 (at which time the inscription read 'AEtatis 27') as the frontispiece to his 'The Compleat Surveyor'. The inscription was later changed (as here) and the plate was reused as the frontispiece to 'Arithmetick: Vulgar, Decimal, Instrumental' (1657).
[Ref: 44823] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[William Leybourn.] Effigies Authoris.
[Anon., c.1669.]
Very rare engraving. Sheet 180 x 125mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed to image, name added in old ink mss., laid on album paper.
William Leybourn (1626-1716), mathematician and land surveyor. Frontispiece to either his 'Art of Dialling' (1669) or 'Panorganon' (1672).
NPG: D21356. Wellcome: 1760-3.
[Ref: 59869] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[William Leybourn.] [Effigies Authoris.]
[Anon., 1669.]
Engraving. Sheet 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed to image, losing title, name added in old ink mss., and tipped into album page.
William Leybourn (1626 - 1716), mathematician and land surveyor. Frontispiece to his 'Art of Dialling'.
NPG: D21356. Wellcome: 1760-3.
[Ref: 13981] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Martin Master.] Vera Effigies Dom Martini Master Philom Cantuariensis AEtat suae 53 an nat 1607
[after Richard Gaywood]
[Pub. T. & H. Rodd 1821?]
Etching with large margins, platemark 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5½").
Martin Master (b.1607), mathematician and inventor of the measuring wheel. Richard Gaywood engraved his likeness in 1661 as the frontispiece to Master's 'Surveyor's Perambulator'. This print is probably the 1821 facsimile listed by O'Donoghue.
O'D 3? W. 1940-2.
[Ref: 35310] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Martin Master.] Vera Effigies Dom Martini Master Philom Cantuariensis AEtat suae 53 an nat 1607
[after Richard Gaywood]
[Pub. T. & H. Rodd 1821?]
Etching, sheet 145 x 135mm (5¾ x 5¼"). Rubbed; ms annotations; trimmed inside platemark.
Martin Master (b.1607), mathematician and inventor of the measuring wheel. Richard Gaywood engraved his likeness in 1661 as the frontispiece to Master's 'Surveyor's Perambulator'. This print is probably the 1821 facsimile listed by O'Donoghue.
O'D 3? W. 1940-2.
[Ref: 35309] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Edme Mentelle. Mitglied des Instiut national de France. Gebohr. zu Paris 1730.
Cless im Natur. Westermayr S.
[Weimar: n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"). Tear in left margin taped.
Edme Mentelle (1730-1815), a French geographer, historian and cartographer, a professor at the École Normale. With Conrad Malt-Brun he produced the 'Géographie mathématique, physique et politique de toutes les parties du monde' (6 vols., published between 1803 and 1812). Cape Mentelle in south-west Australia was named after him by Nicolas Baudin. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29612] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Gerard Mercator
N. L'armessin. Sculp.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Copper engraving, 185 x 135mm. 7¼ x 5".
Portrait of the famous mapmaker Gerard Mercator (1512-94), whose calculation of 'Mercator's Projection', the flattened map of the spherical Earth, earned him cartographic fame. The letterpress is a French-language biography. Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts' 1682.
Wellcome: 1981-3;
[Ref: 25766] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Gerardus Mercator, Cosmographus Nasc, Rupelmundæ An. 1572 5 May obijt Duijsburgi An 1593 2 Decemb.
[c.1600.]
Engraving, very fine. 140 x 110mm (5½ x 4½"). Trimmed close to printed border.
Gerardus Mercator (1512-94), holding the Globe, philosopher, mathematician and cartographer famed for the flat projection of the spherical world which bears his name.
W: 1981.
[Ref: 29721] £320.00

Gerardus Mercator Mathematicus.
[German, n.d., c.1570.]
Woodcut, printed area 60 x 45mm, 2¼ x 1¾", set in letterpress text.
Portrait of the famous mapmaker Gerard Mercator (1512-94), whose calculation of 'Mercator's Projection', the flattened map of the spherical Earth, earned him cartographic fame. The short Latin-text biography printed next to the portrait is dated 1560, and mentions Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, who made Mercator Court Cosmographer in 1564.
Not in Welcome.
[Ref: 13904] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Gerhard Merkator.
Bollinger sc.
Zwickau, bei Gebr. Schumann [c.1800]
Stipple engraving, platemark 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"), large margins.
Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594), Flemish cartographer, philosopher and mathematician. His 1569 world map, 'Mercator's Projection', the flattened map of the spherical Earth, earned him cartographic fame. He was the first to use the word 'Atlas' for a collection of maps. Engraving, c.1800, of the image of Mercator common to several earlier printed likenesses of the cartographer.
[Ref: 41461] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Gerardus Mercator Natus Rupelmundæ III Non. Martii Anno MDXII: Vixit Ann. LXXXII.M.VIII.D.XXVI: Denatus IV Non.Decembris Ano MDXCIV.
[Amsterdam, c.1620.]
Engraving, trimmed into image, paper size 215 x 145mm. Laid on paper.
The Flemish cartographer, creator of the flat world projection named after him.
[Ref: 3263] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Gerard Mercator
N. L'armessin. Sculp.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving, 185 x 135mm. 7¼ x 5", with letterpress Above and below, and on verso.
Gerard Mercator (1512-94), Flemish cartographer after whom the Mercator projection map is named.
[Ref: 11137] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Gerhard Merkator gebohr. zu Rüremont d: 5. Merz. 1512. gestorb. Zu Cölln d: 2. Dec. 1594.
C. Westermayr S.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 89mm (5½ x 3½").
Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) the Flemish cartographer, philosopher and mathematician. His world map of 1569, 'Mercator's Projection', the flattened map of the spherical Earth, earned him cartographic fame. He was the first to the word 'Atlas' for a collection of maps. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29533] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Joseph Moxon. Born at Wakefield August 8. Anno 1672. Ductor as Astronomiam et Geographiam vel Usus Globi.
Rare engraving. Sheet 175 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper.
Joseph Moxon (1627-1691) was a diverse tradesman; he was hydrographer to Charles II, a printer of maps and books, maker of globes and mathematical instruments. He wrote the first English dictionary on mathematical terminology.
Wellcome 2082 not in.
[Ref: 53733] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Joseph Moxon. Born at Wakefield, August 8. Anno 1627.
[n.d., c.1699.]
Rare engraving. Sheet size: 170 x 120mm (6¾ x 4¾"). Trimmed to image. Glued to album sheet at corners.
A portrait of English academic Joseph Moxon (1627 - 1691). Half length, to the right, looking at viewer, wearing long wig, gown and bands, in oval frame on pedestal. This portrait was used as a frontispiece to his 'A Tutor to Astronomy and Geography' (1699). Joseph Moxon, hydrographer to Charles II, was an English printer of mathematical books and maps, a maker of globes and mathematical instruments, and a mathematical lexicographer. He produced the first English language dictionary devoted to mathematics. In November 1678, he became the first tradesman to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
[Ref: 33840] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Sebastianus Munsterus, Prof. Ebr. L. in Acad. Basil. nat 1489. den.d.23 Maji 1552.
Ioh. Iac. Haid exc. Aug. Vind. [n.d., c.1747.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 215 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾"). Slight marking and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of German academic and cartographer Sebastian Munster (1488-1552). An illustration from Brucker's "Ehren-tempel der Deutschen Gelehrsamkeit".
[Ref: 43656] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Sebastianus Munsterus Cosmographus.
[French, c.1600.]
Engraving with very large margins. 135 x 105mm (5¼ x 4¼").
Portrait of the German cartographer, Sebastian Münster. (1488-1552), best known for his work 'Cosmographia', one of the most successful and popular books of the 16th century. Although Lutheran he was Professor of Hebrew at the University of Basel, and edited a Hebrew bible, adding a a Latin translation. This portrait was published in Robert Boissard's 'Bibliotheca, siue thesavrvs virtvtis & gloriæ'.
[Ref: 29717] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Sebastianus Munsterus.
H. [monogram of Hendrick Hondius] f.
[Amsterdam c.1600.]
Engraving with very large margins. 170 x 120mm (6¾ x 4¾").
Portrait of the German cartographer, Sebastian Münster. (1488-1552), best known for his work 'Cosmographia', one of the most successful and popular books of the 16th century. Although Lutheran he was Professor of Hebrew at the University of Basel, and edited a Hebrew bible, adding a a Latin translation.
[Ref: 29718] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Seb. Munst. ayant 60. ans:
[Basle, c.1600.]
Woodcut. Sheet 170 x 130mm, 6¾ x 5". Trimmed from a larger sheet, repairs.
Portrait of the German cartographer, Sebastian Münster. (1488-1552), best known for his work 'Cosmographia', one of the most successful and popular books of the 16th century. As Professor of Hebrew at the University of Basel he edited the Hebrew bible, adding a a Latin translation. Probably published in a posthumous edition of one of Munsters's works.
[Ref: 25774] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Sebastian Munster.
[Paris, 1584.]
Engraving. 175 x 155mm, 7 x 6¼". Trimmed from a larger sheet, mounted on album paper.
Portrait of the German cartographer, Sebastian Münster. (1488-1552), best known for his work 'Cosmographia', one of the most successful and popular books of the 16th century. As Professor of Hebrew at the University of Basel he edited the Hebrew bible, adding a a Latin translation. This portrait was published in André Thevet's 'Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres'. It shows Munster pointing at a Hebrew script.
[Ref: 25773] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

Karsten Niebuhr. Konigl. Dän. wirklicher Justizrath. Geb. zu Ludingwohrt im Lande Hadeln d. 17t. Mrtl. 1735.
[Weimar: n.d., c.1808.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"). Faint crease.
Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815), a German cartographer famed as the only European survivor of the Danish Arabia Expedition, 1761-7. His 'Beschreibung von Arabien' was published in Copenhagen in 1772. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29550] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

M.r John Norden.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Stipple, proof before title etc. 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom. Small margins on 3 sides.
Head and shoulders portrait of John Norden (1548-1625?), topographer and cartographer, titled in facsimile handwriting. Five county maps by him were included in Camden's 'Britannia' in 1607, and were copied for John Speed's county atlas in 1611 in preference to the older Saxton maps.
[Ref: 61391] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Johannes Ogilvius.
P. Lilly Pinxit. Guil. Faithorne Sculp.
[n.d., c.1654.]
Engraving. Sheet 290 x 200mm (11½ x 8"). Trimmed to image.
John Ogilby (1600-1676), a multi-talented Scot. From an early apprenticeship to a dancing master, he became a translator of classsics and then a successful publisher, with his crowning achievement being his 'Britannia', Europe's first atlas of roadmaps. This portrait was used as frontispiece to his 'Works of Publius Virgilius Maro', 1654.
[Ref: 56731] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Abrahamus Ortelius Antuerpianus Cosmographus Natus Ao. MDXXVII
[Engraved by Crispijn de Passe after Adriaen Thomasz Key.]
[Cologne, c.1595.]
Engraving with very large margins. 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4½").
Portrait of Abraham Ortelius (1527-98), the Flemish cartographer and geographer whose 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' is regarded as the first modern atlas.
[Ref: 29720] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of Ortelius.]
[Drawn & engraved by Philips Galle.]
[Antwerp, n.d., c.1590.]
Engraving with hand colour. 320 x 215mm. (12½ x 8½"), with large margins. Shallow tears in top left hand corner and some creasing confined to margins.
Portrait of the famous Dutch cartographer, an oval within a fine strapwork cartouche, published in posthumous editions of his atlas, the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. The motto reads: 'By looking, Ortelius gave mortal beings the world; by looking at his face, Galleus gave them Ortelius'. Galle engraved many of the maps in the Theatrum.
[Ref: 61517] £380.00

Abrahamus Ortelius Cosmographus Regius.
Esme de Boulonois ft.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Copper engraving, 190 x 135mm. 7½ x 5¼".
Abraham Ortelius (1527-98), Flemish cartographer and geographer. In 1575 he was appointed as geographer to Philip II, King of Spain.
[Ref: 11138] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Abrahamvs Ortelivs Antverpianvs. Orteli dum proponis Spectantibus Orbem, Quam tua delectant structa theatra bomines! Pulchrum opus est, plaudunt omnes; fed queis tua virtus Nota patet, plaudunt laetis artifici. Ar. Montannus.
[n.d., c. 1572]
Engraving, sheet 220 x 130mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
Portrait of Abraham Ortelius, bust in profile to the left, wearing a ruff and a fur-trimmed coat. With latin text by Benito Arias Montano. From the series irorum Doctorum de Disciplinis benemerentium Effigies XLIIII. Abraham Ortelius (also Ortels, Orthellius, Wortels; 1527 – 1598) was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, conventionally recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World). Ortelius is often considered one of the founders of the Netherlandish school of cartography and one of the most notable figures of the school in its golden age
Not in Wellcome: 2188
[Ref: 57152] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of Ortelius.]
[Drawn & engraved by Philip Galle.]
[Antwerp, n.d., c.1590.]
Engraving. Plate: 210 x 320mm, (8½ x 12½"); large margins.
Portrait of the famous Dutch cartographer, an oval within a fine strapwork cartouche, published in his own atlas, the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. The text below reads: 'By looking, Ortelius gave mortal beings the world; by looking at his face, Galleus gave them Ortelius'. Galle engraved many of the maps in the Theatrum.
[Ref: 40776] £330.00

Abrahamus Ortelius Cosmographus Regius. Abraham Ortelius.
Esme de Boulonois fecit.
[n.d., c.1695.]
Copper engraving. Platemark: 190 x 135mm. 7½ x 5¼".
Abraham Ortelius (1527-98), Flemish cartographer and geographer. In 1575 he was appointed as geographer to Philip II, King of Spain. An illustration to 'Academia des sciences et des arts', Isaac Bullart, 1695. Text in French below and on reverse, with additonal page of text.
Wellcome: 2188 - not in.
[Ref: 39012] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

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