| CHIQUET, J. LAsie ... Paris: [1719] [25198] 16.8 x 22.6 cm. Original outline colour. Miniature map of Asia. Small splits without loss to lower and upper edges of centrefold, though generally in very good condition. £225
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 | HOMANN, Johann Battist. Recentissima Delineato, Qua Status et Imperia Totius Orientis imacum Orientalibus Indiis exliibentur, ... Nuremberg. [c.1750] [20175] 48.6 x 56.9 cm. Original colour. Double page map of Asia. Slight darkening to margins, with small mark to centre right of border. Small tear to lower edge of centrefold. £500
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| HOMANN HEIRS. Asia Secundum legitimas Projectionis Stereographicæ regulus ... Nuremberg: [1753] [24690] 46.8 x 53.9 cm. Original colour in block and outline. Double page map of Asia. Ornate title cartouche to lower left corner with costumed locals before an emperor. Small split to lower edge of centrefold, not affecting image. Generally, very good condition. £450
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| [MERCATOR, Gerard & HONDIUS, Jodocus]. Asia. [Amsterdam: Jansson. 1628] [31335] 14.2 x 19.8 cm. Uncoloured. Single page general map of Asia. Latin text on verso. Some very light show through text, else in very good condition. £275
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| [MUNSTER, Sebastian]. Asia wie es jetziger zeit nach den furnemesten Herzschafften abgetheilet und beschreiben ist. [Basle: Henricpetri. 1628] [28020] 30.7 x 35.9 cm. Uncoloured. Double page woodcut map of Asia from a German text edition of Munsters Cosmographia. Headpiece and text to verso of left page, showing through to recto. Some light soiling to lower left corner, else in good condition. £450
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 | RAPKIN, J. [TALLIS, John]. Asia. London: [c. 1856] [27635] 24 x 32 cm. Original outline colour. Double page steel engraved map of Asia. Four vignette illustrations including on of Petra. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the image. Very good condition. £175
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| RAPKIN, J. [TALLIS, John]. Asia. London: [c. 1856] [30576] 24 x 32 cm. Original outline colour. Double page steel engraved map of Asia. Four vignette illustrations including on of Petra. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the image. Very good condition. £175
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| [ROCHETTE, Louis Stanislas dArcy De La]. Asia. London: Ja[me]s Wyld. Novr. 1st, 1823 [36330] Overall dimensions 55 x 68 cm. Attractive folding map of Asia. Large medallion title cartouche to upper left corner with a classical style illustration of a female figure. Original colour in block and outline. The plan dissected into 18 sections and backed onto linen, marbled paper to folded end sections. The map folds into matching marbled paper slipcase with a gilt lettered red morocco spine. Wear to extremities of slipcase, minor loss to lettering on spine otherwise very good. Some trivial soiling, but generally in very good condition. £200 William Faden published a number of maps by L.S. De La Rochette. Wyld was an apprentice of Faden and eventually succeeded him, acquiring his business in 1823.
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| SANSON, N[icolas dAbbeville and] G[uillaume. LAsie. Paris: Pierre Mariette. 1669 [36834] 40.7 x 57.3 cm. Original outline colour. Double page map of Asia. Decorative title cartouche to upper left corner. Old ink stamp adjacent to cartouche. Damp stain to left and right edges of map. Small loss to lower right corner, not affecting image. £200
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| [SPEED, John]. KEERE, Pieter van den. (engr.). Asia. [London: William Humble. 1646] [35941] 8.5 x 12.3 cm. Uncoloured. Miniature map of Asia. Text on verso. Part of upper and right margins and the lower margin expertly restored. Some light surface toning to upper right corner of map, otherwise good. £200
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| SWANSTON, G.H. Asia. Edinburgh, London & Dublin: A. Fullarton & Co. [c. 1862] [34575] 38.2 x 49.8 cm. Original outline colour. Double page general map of the continent. Paper lightly toned overall, otherwise very good. £100
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| [WELLS, Edward]. BURG[HERS], M[ichael], (engr). A New Map of Present Asia ... / Present Asia Distinguisht into its general Divisions or Countries together with their Capital Cities Chief Rivers Mountains &c. [Oxford: 1701-38] [31316] 37 x 51 cm. Uncoloured. Double page map of Asia. Three ornamented cartouches. Blank on verso. Dark impression. Lightly browned overall. £275
Middle East
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| BERTIUS, Petrus. Mare Rubrum. Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius. [1618] [36504] 9.2 x 13.2 cm. Uncoloured. Miniature map of the Red Sea and the surrounding territories. French text on verso. Small brown stain to lower right edge of image, another stain to left margin not affecting image. Light browning overall, otherwise in good condition. £175
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| BERTIUS, Petrus. Turcicum Imperium. Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius. [1618] [27109] 9.1 x 13 cm. Uncoloured. Miniature of the Turkish Empire. French text on verso. Light browning to margins, otherwise in very good condition. £175
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| [CLUVERIUS, Philippus]. Sophorum Regnum. [c. 1711] [32161] 14.2 x 19cm. Full colour. Double page historical map of what is now Iran. Good condition. £75
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| HOMANN, Johann Baptist. Verschiedene Prospecte der Vornemsten Städten in Persien ... Nuremberg. [N.D., c. 1740] [36289] Overall dimensions 47.8 x 56.8 cm. Original wash colour: green to the images, pink to the panels of text and yellow to the surrounding border. Fifteen images on one sheet each a view of a settlement within the Persian Empire, they comprise: Astrachan (Astrakhan, S. Russia); Derbent (Dagestan), Teflis (Tbilisi, Georgia), Kars (N.E. Turkey); Erzerum (Erzurum, N.E. Turkey); Baccu (Baku, Azerbaijan); Sultania (Soltaniyeh, Iran); Schmachia (Shamakha, Azerbaijan); Erivan (Yerevan, Armenia); Schiras (Shiraz, Iran); Candahar (Kandahar, Afghanistan); Ardebil (Ardabil, Iran); Kachan (Kashan, Iran); Isphahan (Esfahan, Iran); Gamron / Bender Abassi (Bandar Abbas, Iran). Very good condition. £450
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| HOMANN, Johann Baptist. Iudæa seu Palæstina ob sacratißima Redemtoris vestigia hodie dicta Terra Sancta prout olim In Duodecim Tribus Divisa separatis ab invicem Regnis Iuda Et Israel ... Nuremberg. [N.D., but c. 1740] [36845] 48.7 x 57 cm. Original outline colour. Inset map of the southern Holy Land going into Egypt accompanied by illustrations of two male figures. Dramatic title cartouche to upper left corner with an illustration of Moses accepting the tablets of the Ten Commandments. Numerous place names underlined in red ink by an old hand. Centrefold sometime reinforced on verso. Some light browning to lower edge of centrefold. Old crease to centre right of image. £300
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| JOHNSON, J. Hugh. Turkey In Asia (Biblical Regions) / The Holy Land And Its Borders, Including Ancient Phoenicia, The Nauran, And Adjacent Districts; Showing Jewish, Roman & Modern Divisions And Topography. Edinburgh, London & Dublin: A. Fullarton & Co. [c. 1862] [34591] 53.6 x 40.5 cm. Original outline colour. Double page map of the Holy Land. Printed references scattered across the map, tables of explanation to the lower right corner. Paper lightly toned overall, otherwise very good. £75
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| ARABIAMALLET, Allain Manesson. Ancienne Arabie. / Arabie Moderne. / Arabie. / Mecque. / Medine. / Arabes. / Mahomet. [Frankfurt: 1685] [21965] Set of seven copper engravings comprising three maps of Arabia, views of Medina and Mecca, a costume plate and an illustration of Mohammed. Each c. 14 x 10 cm. Uncoloured. Some overall soiling too each of the sheets, otherwise the set is in good condition.. £450
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| ARABIAMALLET, Allain Manesson. Ancienne Arabie. / Arabie Moderne. / Arabie. / Mecque. / Medine. / Arabes. / Mahomet. Frankfurt: [1685] [24426] Set of seven copper engravings comprising three maps of Arabia, views of Medina and Mecca, a costume plate and an illustration of Mohammed. Each c. 14 x 10 cm. Full colour. Generally in very good condition.. £500
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Ancienne Ninive. [Frankfurt. 1685] [34288] 14.8 x 10.1 cm. Full colour. Miniature birdseye view. Very good condition. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Ardeuil ou Ardebil. [Iran]. [Frankfurt: 1685] [28751] 14.6 x 10.2 cm. Full colour. Miniature view. Very good condition. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Ardeuil ou Ardebil. [Iran]. [Frankfurt. 1685] [30359] 14.6 x 10.2 cm. View. Full colour. Very good condition. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Ardeuil ou Ardebil. [Iran]. [Frankfurt: 1685] [34423] 14.6 x 10.2 cm. Full colour. Miniature view. Very good condition. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. F.mes De Sourie. [Costumes] [Frankfurt: 1685] [34321] 15 x 10 cm. Full colour. Miniature copper engraving. Very good condition. £30
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Forteresse De Semiramis. [Babylon]. [Frankfurt: 1685] [34292] 14.6 x 10.2 cm. Full colour. Miniature view. Small brown mark to upper left margin, otherwise very good condition. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Hispahan. [Persia]. [Frankfurt: 1685] [34293] 13.9 x 9.8 cm. Full colour. Attractive miniature view of Isfahan. Very good condition. £40
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Jardins De Semiramis. [Babylon]. [Frankfurt: 1685] [33120] 14.6 x 10.2 cm. Full colour. Miniature view. Vey good condition. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. [Mount Sinai]. [Frankfurt: 1685] [34395] 14.1 x 10.4 cm. Full colour. Miniature view of Mount Sinai, accompanied by two inset views of the interior and exterior of the Convent of St. Catherine. Very good condition. £50
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Persans. [Frankfurt: 1685] [34275] 14.5 x 9.7 cm. Full colour. Miniature Persian costume plate. Very good condition. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Ruines de la Tour de Babel. / Aspect Septentrional. / Aspect Meridional. [Frankfurt: 1685] [34408] 14.9 x 10.1 cm. Full colour. Two images on one sheet, showing the views from the north and the south. Very good condition. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Syrie Ancienne. [Frankfurt: 1685] [34283] 14.8 x 10.3 cm. Full colour. Miniature map of Syria and Palestine. Very good condition. £60
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| [MERCATOR, Gerard & HONDIUS, Jodocus]. KEERE, Pieter van den, (engr.) Terra Sancta quæ in Sacris Terra Promissionis ol: Palestina. [Amsterdam: Jansson. 1628] [30778] 13.3 x 19.1 cm. Uncoloured. Single page map of Holy Land, orientated with north to the left edge. Latin text on verso. Some show through text. Very light dampstains to upper left and lower margins, otherwise in good condition. £150
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| MERIAN, M[atthaus]. Persia Sive Sophorum Regnum. [Frankfurt: 1695] [33211] 26.5 x 34.5 cm. Uncoloured. Double page map of Persia. Title cartouche to lower left corner with illustrations of the emperor flanked by two soldiers. bearing arms. Very good condition. £225
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 | [MERIAN, Matthaus]. Isfahan. [Frankfurt: 1695] [33193] 29.2 x 38 cm. Uncoloured. Attractive double page view of Esfahan from outside the walls. A 19 point key set in foliage in the foreground. Very good condition. £300
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| [MERIAN, Matthaus]. Turcicum Imperium. / Türckische Reÿch. [Frankfurt: 1695] [33208] 27.2 x 36.3 cm. Uncoloured. Double page map of the Turkish Empire, stretching from Eastern Europe to the Arabian peninsula. Title cartouche decorated with figure of a seated sultan flanked by two allegorical figures. Very good condition. £300
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| [MUNSTER, Sebastian]. Assyria. [Basle: Henricpetri. 1628] [28611] 19.2 x 16.3 cm. Uncoloured. Woodcut map of the Middle East, showing the area from the Caspian Sea through to Arabia and the Black Sea through to Persia. Text above image and on verso. Good condition. £150
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| [MUNSTER, Sebastian]. [Cyprus and the Coasts of Cilicia and the Holy Land]. [Basle: Henricpetri. 1628] [27997] 26.3 x 16.8 cm. Uncoloured. Single page woodcut map showing Cyprus with adjacent coastlines of Turkey and the Holy Land from a German text edition of Munsters Cosmographia. Two panels of descriptive text to centre left edge and lower right corner, text on verso. Impression faint in patches, else in good condition. £200 Zacharakis, no. 1588.
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| [MUNSTER, Sebastian]. Syria / Cypern / Palestina / Mesopotamia / Babylonia / zwey Arabia / mit Bergen / Wässeren und Stetten. [Basle: Henricpetri. 1628] [28021] 30.6 x 36.7 cm. Uncoloured. Double page woodcut map of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Showing the area from Cyprus in the west through to the Gulf of Persia in the east and Turkey in the north through to the Red Sea in the south. From a German text edition of Munsters Cosmographia. Headpiece and text to verso of left page, showing through to recto. Minor soiling to margins, else in good condition. £275
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| PITTERI, G. [Drawn by]. [ZATTA, Antonio]. La Turchia DAsia che comprende LAnatolia, la Giorgia, lArmenia, il Curdistan, il Diarbec, lIrak-Arabia, la Sirie Etc. Venice: Antonio Zatta. 1784 [27477] 30.2 x 39.8 cm. Original outline colour, with coloured title cartouche to upper left corner. Double page map of the Turkish empire in Asia, including the Holy Land, Iraq and Armenia. Blank on verso. Light brown mark along centrefold, soiling to lower right margin. Small split without loss to lower edge of centrefold, not affecting image. £175
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| RAPKIN, J. [TALLIS, John]. Arabia. London: [c. 1856] [35543] 24.9 x 32.5 cm. Original outline colour. Double page steel engraved map of Arabia, slightly more detailed than the one issued in the Illustrated Atlas of 1851. Vignette illustrations of Mount Sinai, a camel and Arab men and women. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the image. The uppermost part of the scrolling above the title shaved, otherwise in very good condition. £200
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| RAPKIN, J. [TALLIS, John]. Persia. London: [c. 1856] [33378] 33 x 25 cm. Original outline colour. Double page steel engraved map of what is now Iran, but also encompasses part of Iraq and Azerbaidjan. Four vignette illustrations including one of Isfahan and of Kurdish people. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the image. Small light stain to centre right of image, though generally in very good condition. £125
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| RAPKIN, J. [TALLIS, John]. Syria. London: [c. 1856] [36813] 32.7 x 24.8 cm. Original outline colour. Double page steel engraved map concentrating on Syria, but also extending down through Israel. Three vignette illustrations including one of Jerusalem. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the image. Very minor creasing at centrefold, otherwise in very good condition. £75
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| [SANSON D'ABBEVILLE, Nicolas]. Carte Generalle De L'Empire Du Turc. Paris: Pierre Mariette. 1646 [28822] 40 x 50.9 cm. Original outline colour. Double page map of the Turkish empire, encompassing Greece, Turkey, the Middle East and Arabia. Title cartouche to lower left corner. Blank on verso. Light browning to upper edge of image. Minor creasing at upper edge of centrefold. £375
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| SCHRAEMBL, Franz Anton. Euphrat und Tigris Verfasst Von Herrn DAnville ... Vienna. 1786 [1800] [16510] 43.2 x 51.2 cm. Original outline colour. Large scale map showing the area around Syria, Iraq and Kurdistan. Very good condition. Wide margins. £125
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| SEUTTER, Matthäus. Nova Imperii Pesici delineatio juxta recentiss. et accuratiss. ... [N.D., but c. c. 1740] [36076] 48.9 x 57.5 cm. Bright original colour in block and outline. Very attractive double page map of Persia. A large decorative cartouche to the lower right corner incorporating an illustration of the Persian Emperor surrounded by allegorical figures. Vignette illustration to the lower left corner of a coastal scene, possibly showing pearl divers. Blank on verso. A small patch of light browning to lower left corner, more noticeable on the verso than the recto. A very handsome map. £475
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| [SPEED, John]. KEERE, Pieter van den. (engr.). Persia. [London: William Humble. 1646] [35410] 8.3 x 12.1 cm. Uncoloured. Miniature map of Persia (or Iran), though also including part of what is now Iraq to the west plus Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east. Text on verso. Some light show through text. Small tear with minor loss to lower margin, otherwise in good condition. £150
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| [WELLS, Edward]. NICHOLLS, Sutton, (engr). A New Map Shewing the Travels of the Patriarchs. As Also of the Children of Israel from Egypt through the Wilderness, to the Land of Canaan. [Oxford: 1701-38] [31323] Overall 36.5 x 49 cm. Uncoloured. Two maps on one double page sheet. The main panel featuring a map of the Holy Land engraved with Biblical references. Beneath this a map of the Mediterranean and the Middle East describing people and places mentioned in the Bible not from the Holy Land. Blank on verso. Lightly browned overall with some very light marginal soiling. £125
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| [WELLS, Edward]. NICHOLLS, Sutton, (engr). [New Testament Maps]. [Oxford: 1701-38] [31325] Overall 35.5 x 47 cm. Uncoloured. Three maps on one double page sheet. The maps designed to show places mentioned in the New Testament, they are of the Holy Land, the Mediterranean and Greece with Turkey and Cyprus. Blank on verso. Small split at lower edge of centrefold, lightly browned overall. Some minor creasing either side of centrefold. £150
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 | [WELLS, Edward]. SPOFFORTH, R, (engr). A New Map of The Eastern Parts of Asia Minor Largely taken: As Also of Syria, Armenia, Mesopotamia &c. Shewing their Antient Divisions, Countries or People, Cheife Cities, Towns, Rivers, Mountains &c. [Oxford: 1701-38] [31322] 36.5 x 48.5 cm. Uncoloured. Double page map of the Near East. Showing the extents from eastern Turkey through the western extremity of the Caspian Sea and the eastern Black Sea through to the northern extremity of the Persian Gulf. Decorative title and dedication cartouche to lower right corner flanked by two standing costumed figures. Cyprus shown to centre left edge. Blank on verso. Small split at lower margin not affecting image, otherwise in good condition. £150
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| WYLD, J. Palestine. Edinburgh: John Thomson. [c.1825] [25798] 29.4 x 22.5 cm. Original outline colour. Map of the Holy Land. Vignette illustration of Bethlehem to the lower right corner. Slight overall browning. £50
India and Sri Lanka
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| [BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans]. Calechut Celeberri:mum Indiæ Emporium. [N.D. c. 1572- ] [33518] 18.5 x 47 cm. Full colour. View of the port and harbour of Calcutta. Illustrations of ships to the waters in the harbour and locals to the land. Latin text on verso. Margins cropped narrowly though borders intact, otherwise good condition. £250
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| [CLUVERIUS, Philippus]. India Vetus. [c. 1711] [32155] 14 x 19 cm. Full colour. Double page historical map of India with Sri Lanka. Based on the Ptolemaic projection of the region, the coastline of India not extending much beyond the northern regions. Sri Lanka, marked as Taprobana, shown to the south. Good condition. £75
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| CORONELLI, Vicenzo Maria. Penisola DellIndo Di Qua Del Gange E LIsola Di Ceilan NellIndie Orientali ... Venice. [1696] [21109] 45.5 x 61.2 cm. Early outline colour. Double page map of India, with inset map of Sri Lanka. Two more inset maps of the bay of Trincomalee. Small split without loss at upper edge of centrefold. Some very light offsetting. Slight fading to lettering of title at upper edge of image. Overall, an attractive map. £750
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| [JANSSON, Jan]. Insula Zeilan olim Taprobana nunc incolis Tenarsim. [Amsterdam: c. 1652] [34687] 41 x 51 cm. Original colour in outline and in block to the forests and mountains. A handsome double page folio map of Sri Lanka orientated with north to the left edge. Illustrations of ships and a sea creature to the sea, compass roses with rhumb lines emanating. Decorative title cartouche to upper left corner with illustrations of a European woman holding what appears to be a string of pearls and a local bearing a shell and ivory horns. Distance scale to lower right corner with illustrations of winged cherubs playing in water. Dutch text on verso. Slight weakening to centrefold towards lower edge, sometime neatly repaired on verso. Paper lightly and evenly browned, otherwise a very good example. £775 Published in the Water World volume of Janssons Atlas Novus. Koeman, Volume 2, 8380:1B.
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| JOHNSON, J. Hugh. The British Possessions In The East Indies, With The Dependent States And Countries Adjacent. Edinburgh, London & Dublin: A. Fullarton & Co. [c. 1862] [34574] 40.9 x 53.3 cm. Original outline colour. Double page map of India showing some of the adjacent territories to the north and east. The southern tip of the sub continent and Sri Lanka are included in an inset to the lower right corner. Paper lightly toned overall, otherwise very good. £75
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| [LONDON MAGAZINE]. KITCHIN, Tho[ma]s. A Map Of Indostan or the Great Mogols Empire. [London: For the London Magazine 1769] [34856] 28.4 x 33.4 cm. Block colour. Folding page map. Right margin shaved close to border. £125
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Bramins. [Paris: 1683] [28650] 15.4 x 10.5 cm. Full colour. Miniature costume plate showing Brahmins. Very good condition. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Visapor. [India] Paris. [1683] [17189] 15.4 x 10.1 cm. Full colour. Miniature view. A very good clean copy. £30
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 | MALLET, Allain Manesson. Visapor. [India] Paris. [1683] [21468] 15.4 x 10.1 cm. Full colour. Miniature view. A very good clean copy. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Bramins. Frankfurt. [1685] [25286] 15.4 x 10.5 cm. Full colour. Miniature costume plate showing Brahmins. Very good condition. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Surate ou Souratte. [Frankfurt: 1685] [30382] 14.5 x 10 cm. Full colour. Miniature view of Surat. Very good condition. £50
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Visapor. [India] [Frankfurt: 1685] [25282] 15.4 x 10.1 cm. Full colour. Miniature view. Very good condition. £35
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| MANNERT, C. Charte von Hindostan und der Halbinsel nach Rennels, Campbell, Pringles, Diroms ... Nuremberg: Schneider and Weigel. 1797 [36081] 54.2 x 70.5 cm. Original colour in block and outline. Large folding page map of the Indian sub-continent. Circular title panel to the lower left corner. Small hole at intersection of folds, sometime tidied and renforced on verso. Another intersection and a number of extremties of folds at upper margin reinforced on verso, otherwise in good condition. £225
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| [MERCATOR, Gerard & HONDIUS, Jodocus]. Insula Ceilan quæ incolis Tenarisin dicitur. [Amsterdam: Jansson. 1628] [31334] 14.3 x 18 cm.Uncoloured. Single page map of Sri Lanka. Latin text on verso. Some light show through text, otherwise in very good condition. £150
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| [PORCACCHI, Thomaso]. Taprobana. [Venice: Appresso Gli Heredi di Simon Galignani. 1605] [27726] Sheet size 29 x 23 cm, map size 10.3 x 14 cm. Uncoloured. Miniature map of Sri Lanka. Map with Italian text below and on verso. Some soiling to upper edge of sheet, though image remains unaffected. £100
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| RAPKIN, J. [TALLIS, John]. Islands in the Indian Ocean. London: [c. 1856] [35544] 24.7 x 33.2 cm. Original outline colour. Double page steel engraved map of the Indian Ocean, with inset map of Mauritius. Vignette illustrations of views in Madagascar, Prince of Wales Island, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and Réunion. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the image. Upper edge of scrolling to title cartouche slightly cropped, though generally in very good condition. £75
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| RAPKIN, J. [TALLIS, John]. Northern India. London: [c. 1856] [25518] 24 x 31.5 cm. Original outline colour. Single page steel engraved map, accompanied by several vignette scenes. These include views of The British Residency at Hydrabad and the Ruins of Old Delhi. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the image. Very good condition. £75
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| RAPKIN, J. [TALLIS, John]. Northern India. London: [c. 1856] [33075] 24 x 31.5 cm. Original outline colour. Single page steel engraved map, accompanied by several vignette scenes. These include views of The British Residency at Hydrabad and the Ruins of Old Delhi. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the image. Very good condition. £75
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| RAPKIN, J. [TALLIS, John]. Northern India. London: [c. 1860] [27984] 24 x 31.5 cm. Original outline colour. Single page steel engraved map, accompanied by several vignette scenes. These include views of The British Residency at Hydrabad and the Ruins of Old Delhi. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the image. Very good condition. £75
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| ROCHETTE, L[ouis] S[tanislas] [dArcy]De La. PALMER, W[illia]m (engr). Hind, Hindoostan, or India. London: Ja[me]s Wyld. August 1st, 1824 [36329] Overall dimensions 74.5 x 56.5 cm. A very attractive folding map of map of India. Large decorative title cartouche to lower right corner featuring illustrations of an elephant and palm trees. Original outline colour: the British possessions outlined in pink/red, the areas under British protection outlined in orange and independent territory outlined in green. The plan dissected into 21 sections and backed onto linen, marbled paper to folded end sections on linen verso. Folds into a matching marbled paper slipcase with gilt lettered red morocco spine. Minor wear to extremities of case. Some very light offsetting, otherwise in very good condition. £350 William Faden published a number of maps by L.S. De La Rochette. Wyld was an apprentice of Faden and eventually succeeded him, acquiring his business in 1823.
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| [RUSCELLI, Girolamo, after Ptolmaeus] Tabulae XII. [Sri Lanka]. [Venice. 1561] [36833] Overall dimensions 17.5 x 24 cm. Uncoloured. Double page map of Sri Lanka. Attractive cartouche to left edge with an illustrations of an elephant and atree. Beneath thisd a panel of descriptive latin text. Latin text on verso. Some show through text. Very good condition. £200
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| [SENEX, John]. A Chart of the Coast of Cormandel and the great Bay of Bengal. [c. 1720] [36080] 47.8 x 57.2 cm. Later outline colour. Double page sea chart, showing the coastline from the southern tip of India with northern Sri Lanka extending up to the mouth of the the Ganges and down through Burma to the northern coastline of Malaysia. The chart shows the Andaman Islands to the lower right edge. Rhumb lines placed across the sea, three compass roses. Blank on verso. Several small nicks and tears to the margins, the upper margin and a few smaller sections elsewhere reinforced on the verso. Lightly browned along the centrefold. £125
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| [WARREN, P.D., Surveyor General, Ceylon] Ceylon. Colombo: Survey Dept. July, 1910 [36315] Image size 41.4 x 63.5 cm. Orignal folding map of Sri Lanka. Original colour. The whole dissected onto 20 sections and mounted on linen. The map folds between original brick red cloth covers, gilt lettered to upper board. Marbled paper to pastedown and to fold end section on linen verso. Some uneven discolouration to cloth covers and some minor chipping to extremities of the sections of marbled paper, the map itself in very good condition. £150
South East Asia
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| BARTHOLOMEW, J. Sketch Map Of The Dutch Possessions, In The Indian Archipelago. [Edinburgh, London & Dublin: A. Fullarton & Co. c. 1862] [34490] 29.4 x 40.7 cm. Some original colour. Single page folio map of the Dutch colonies in Indonesia, the Moluccas and Papua New Guinea. Paper lightly toned overall, otherwise very good. £100
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| BARTHOLOMEW, J, Junr. Indian Archipelago ... Edinburgh, London & Dublin: A. Fullarton & Co. [c. 1862] [34577] 41 x 51.3 cm. Original outline colour. Double page map concentrating on the archipalgoes of South East Asia. The map includes Indonesia, the Moluccas, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea as well as the Malay Peninsula. Paper lightly toned overall, otherwise very good. £150
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| [BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas]. Carte Du Cours De La Riviere De Tunquin. [Vietnam, Gulf of Tong-King] [Paris: 1764] [36644] 20.5 x 15.3 cm. Full colour. Single page chart. Very good condition. £30
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| [BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas]. CROISEY, [?], (engr) Carte de LIsle de Java. [Paris: 1764] [36645] 19.7 x 42 cm. Full colour. Double page map. Very good condition. £175
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| BERTIUS, Petrus. Arachan & Pegu. Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius. [1618] [27171] 9.2 x 13.2 cm. Uncoloured. Miniature map of showing the area from the Gulf of Bengal, through Burma and down to Thailand. French text on verso. Light browning overall. Minor dampstain to lower margin just encroaching onto the border of the map. £175
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 | BERTIUS, Petrus. Iava Maior. Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius. [1618] [36505] 9.6 x 13 cm. Uncoloured. Miniature map of the island of Java. French text on verso. Very good condition. £150
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| BERTIUS, Petrus. Malacca. Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius. [1618] [36506] 9.2 x 13.2 cm. Uncoloured. Miniature map concentrating on the Malaysian peninsula, but also showing Thailand and what was Indochina. Very faint damp stain to lower right edge just encroaching onto border, another light stain to lower left margin not affecting image. Slight browning overall. Generally, very good condition. £250
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| BERTIUS, Petrus. Moluccæ insulæ Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius. [1618] [27179] 9.2 x 13.1 cm. Uncoloured. Miniature map of the Moluccas Islands, including the islands of Celebes, Seram and Timor. French text on verso. Light browning overall, otherwise in very good condition. £150
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| BERTIUS, Petrus. Sumatra. Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius. [1618] [36507] 9.1 x 13.1 cm. Uncoloured. Miniature map of Sumatra. French text on verso. Light browning overall, though generally in very good condition. £150
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| [BONNE, Rigobert]. (Land and Water of Eastern India both sides of the Ganges with nearby Islands) [in Russian]. [1787] [36335] 56.4 x 40.5 cm. Original outline colour. Double page map of South East Asia. All text printed in Russian. Blank on verso. Light spot to towards centre of map. Some light marginal soiling, but otherwise in very good condition. £850 Rare. Apparently from a Russian derivative edition of the Atlas Moderne, published in various editions from 1762 onwards.
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Habitans Des Isles De La Sonde. [Paris: 1683] [26778] 14.9 x 19.7 cm. Full colour. Miniature costume plate. Very good condition. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Citadelle De Batavia / Batavia. [Djakarta, Java]. [Frankfurt: 1685] [34400] 14.1 x 9.8 cm. Full colour. Two images on one of sheet. The upper a view of the fortress, the lower being a more general view of the port. Very good condition. £50
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Habitans Des Isles De La Sonde. Frankfurt. [1685] [25289] 14.9 x 19.7 cm. Full colour. Miniature costume plate. Very good condition. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Habitans Des Isles De La Sonde. [Frankfurt. 1685] [34298] 14.9 x 19.7 cm. Full colour. Miniature costume plate. Very good condition. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Isles De La Sonde Vers LOrient. Frankfurt: [1685] [21960] 10.1 x 14 cm. Full colour. Attractive miniature map of Indonesia, concentrating on the area from the southern Philippines, through the Celebes and on to Timor. Some soiling to margins, though generally in good condition. £125
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Isles De La Sonde Vers L'Orient. [Frankfurt: 1685] [34397] 14 x 10.1 cm. Full colour. Attractive miniature map of Indonesia, concentrating on the area from the southern Philippines, through the Celebes and on to Timor. Very good condition. £125
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Isles Molucques. [Frankfurt: 1685] [34046] 14.3 x 10 cm. Full colour. Miniature map. Impression slightly weak, otherwise in good condition. £30
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Les Isles Philippines. [Frankfurt: 1685] [34217] 13.9 x 10 cm. Attractive miniature map of the Philippines. Title contained within shell illustration and decorated with illustrations of sea deities. Lower edge of the map further embellished with ship illustrations. Very good condition. £200
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Manille. [Frankfurt: 1685] [34218] 14 x 9.9 cm. Uncoloured. Original copper engraved miniature view of Manilla. The port and town shown to the rear of the image, with ship illustrations to the fore. Very good condition. £200
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Partie Orientale de la Terre Ferme de l'Inde Moderne. [Frankfurt: 1685] [34405] 14.8 x 10.3 cm. Full colour. Attractive miniature map concentrating on the area around Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Very good condition. £65
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| [MERCATOR, Gerard & HONDIUS, Jodocus]. KEERE, Pieter van den, (engr.) India Orien:talis. [Amsterdam: Jansson. 1628] [30784] 14.2 x 19.4 cm. Uncoloured. Attractive single page map of southern and eastern Asia, showing the extents from India through to the Philipppines and central China through to Sumatra. Latin text on verso. Very good condition. £250
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| [MERCATOR, Gerard & HONDIUS, Jodocus]. KEERE, Pieter van den, (engr.) Insulæ Indiae Orientalis. [Amsterdam: Jansson. 1628] [30785] 14.3 x 19.4 cm. Uncoloured. Decorative single page map of the archipelagoes of south east Asia, showing the Philippines, Indonesia, Borneo and Sumatra. Latin text Very light stain at lower margin, otherwise in very good condition £325
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 | ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Gilles & Didier Les Indes Orientales ... Paris. [1757-8] [21547] 48.2 x 56.2 cm. Original outline colour. Double page map of Southern Asia, showing India through Cambodia to Malaysia . Blank on verso. Two library stamps expertly removed and now inconspicuous. Very good condition. £275
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| [THE WEEKLY DISPATCH]. WELLER, Edward. Borneo [and] The Philippine Islands. London: The Weekly Dispatch. June 8th, 1861 [1863] [29483] 31.3 x 21.4 cm and 31.3 x 21.3 cm. Original outline colour. Two lithograph maps on one sheet. Date stamp at upper right margin. Very good condition. £100
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| [THE WEEKLY DISPATCH]. WELLER, Edward. Celebes and the Molucca Islands. London: The Weekly Dispatch. April 28th, 1861 [1863] [29484] 30.4 x 43.1 cm. Original outline colour. Lithograph map. Date blind stamp at upper left margin. Very good condition. £75
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| [THE WEEKLY DISPATCH]. WELLER, Edward. The Indian Archipelago. London: The Weekly Dispatch. October 20th, 1861 [1863] [29486] 31.1 x 42.5 cm. Original outline colour. Lithograph map of concentrating on the Philippines and what is now Indonesia. Date blind stamp to upper left margin. Publishers descriptions of other maps pasted onto verso. Some cockling to paper, good condition. £75
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| [THE WEEKLY DISPATCH]. WELLER, Edward. Sumatra [and] Java. London: The Weekly Dispatch. June 2nd, 1860 [1863] [29482] 21.5 x 31.5 cm and 22.7 x 31.5 cm. Original outline colour. Two lithograph maps on one sheet (one perpendicular to the other). Date stamp to lower right corner of sheet, encroaching onto border of map of Java. Very good condition. £75
China
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Ancienne Region des Sines. [Paris: 1683] [28744] 14.9 x 10.6 cm. Full colour. Two maps on one sheet. The map on the right being a general map of China, the map on the left being a map of the upper reaches of the gulf of Canton. Small tear without loss to lower right corner. Light damp stain to lower left margin, else in good conditiion. £95
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Paolinxi. [Paris: 1683] [33137] 15.1 x 10.2 cm. Full colour. Miniature view of a temple. Very good condition. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Nangking. [Frankfurt: 1685] [25284] 14.5 x 10.2 cm. Full colour. Miniature view. Very good condition. £45
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| [MERCATOR, Gerard & HONDIUS, Jodocus]. KEERE, Pieter van den, (engr.) China. [Amsterdam: Jansson. 1628] [30783] 13.2 x 19.1 cm. Uncoloured. Attractive single page map of China, also incorporating the Korean peninsula, Japan and the northern extremity of the Philippines. Latin text on verso. A few very minor marks to margins, otherwise in very good condition. £325
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| [MERIAN, Matthaus]. Xuntien olim Quinzay. [Frankfurt: 1695] [33313] 18.1 x 25.6 cm. Uncoloured. Double page birds-eye view of Hangchow. Small tear with loss to lower right margin though not affecting image, otherwise very good. £150
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| [SPEED, John]. KEERE, Pieter van den. (engr.). China. [London: William Humble. 1646] [35411] 8.5 x 12.2 cm. Uncoloured. Miniature map of China, also featuring Japan. Some light show through text, otherwise in good condition. £275
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| [THE WEEKLY DISPATCH]. WELLER, Edward. China. London: The Weekly Dispatch. October 11th, 1857 [1863] [29372] 43.2 x 30.4 cm. Original outline colour. Lithograph map. Very good condition. £100
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| [THE WEEKLY DISPATCH]. WELLER, Edward. Coast of China from Hainan Isld. to Hie-che-chin Bay [with] from Hie [with] ... Hie-che-chin Bay to San Moon Bay. London: The Weekly Dispatch. [1863] [29371] 43.1 x 30.1 cm. Original colour to sea. Two lithographed maps on one sheet showing the coast of China from Hainan through to San-men Wan. Includes Hong Kong and part of Taiwan. Very good condition. £100
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| [THE WEEKLY DISPATCH]. WELLER, Edward. Coast of China from Nyew-tew Isld. to Hae-Chow [and] from Hae-Chow to Leaotong. London: The Weekly Dispatch. [1863] [29476] 30.1 x 43 cm. Original colour to sea. Two lithographed maps on one sheet showing the coast of China from Ning-hai (south of Nimrod Bay) through to the Gulf of Liao-tung. Very good condition. £50
Tartary
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| [MERCATOR, Gerard & HONDIUS, Jodocus]. KEERE, Pieter van den, (engr.) Tartaria. [Amsterdam: Jansson. 1628] [30782] 13.6 x 18.6 cm. Uncoloured. Single page map of central and eastern Asia. Latin text on verso. Very faint stain at upper left margin, otherwise in very good condition. £100
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| [MERIAN, Matthaus]. Tartaria sive Magnichami Imperiorium. [Frankfurt: 1695] [33212] 27.2 x 35.1 cm. Uncoloured. Double page map of Tartary, extending over central and north eastern Asia. Title cartouche to lower right corner with an illustration of a camel and three figures in local dress. Very good condition. £125
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| [SPEED, John]. KEERE, Pieter van den. (engr.). Tartaria. [London: William Humble. 1646] [35400] 8.5 x 12.1 cm. Uncoloured. Miniature map of Tartary, encompassing Central Asia and Eastern Russia. Text on verso. A few smal spots of light soiling, but generally in good condition. £100
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| WIT, Frederick de. Magnae Tartariae Magni Mogolis Imperii, Iaponiae et Chinae, Nova Descriptio. Amsterdam: [c.1700] [22373] 43.5 x 54.7 cm. Original outline colour. Single sheet map of northern and eastern Asia including Japan. Offsetting towards lower edge of image. Some overall foxing. Small tear without loss to lower margin, not affecting image. £450
Japan
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Palais de Dairo. [Japan] [Paris. 1683] [30356] 14.7 x 10.2 cm. Full colour. Miniature view. Very good condition. £35
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| MALLET, Allain Manesson. Isles du Iapon. Frankfurt: [1685] [21958] 13.8 x 9.7 cm. Full colour. Miniature map of Japan. Decorative title cartouche to lower edge held aloft by two cherubs. Very good condition. £225
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| MALLET, Allan Manesson. Miaco. [Japan]. [Frankfurt: 1685] [33123] 15 x 10.5 cm. Full colour. Miniature view of Kyoto. Very good condition. £85
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| [MERCATOR, Gerard & HONDIUS, Jodocus]. KEERE, Pieter van den, (engr.) Iaponia. [Amsterdam: Jansson. 1628] [31340] 13.3 x 19.1 cm. Uncoloured. Single page map of Japan. Latin text on verso. Some very light show through text, else in very good condition. £325
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| [MERCATOR, Gerard & HONDIUS, Jodocus]. Iapan I. [London: 1635-39] [29954] 12.7 x 16.6 cm. Uncoloured. Map of Japan from an English edition of Mercators Atlas Minor. English title perpendicular to map on left margin, English text on verso. Slightly browned overall, though generally in very good condition. £325
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 | PITTERI, G. [Drawn by]. [ZATTA, Antonio]. L'Imperio Del Giapon diviso in sette principali parti cioe Ochio Quanto Jetsegen Jetsen Jamasoit, Xicoco E Ximo. Venice: Antonio Zatta. 1785 [27484] 31 x 40.3 cm. Original outline colour, with coloured title cartouche to upper left corner. Attractive double page map of Japan. Blank on verso. Light browning along centrefold. Light soiling to margins, otherwise in good condition. £750
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| RAPKIN, J. [TALLIS, John]. Japan & Corea. London: [c. 1856] [25499] 25.2 x 33 cm. Original outline colour. Double page steel engraved map of Japan and Korea. Vignette illustrations of Yedo, a State Barge and a group of Koreans. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the maps. Very good condition. £250
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| RAPKIN, J. [TALLIS, John]. Japan & Corea. London: [c. 1856] [30577] 25.2 x 33 cm. Original outline colour. Double page steel engraved map of Japan and Korea. Vignette illustrations of Yedo, a State Barge and a group of Koreans. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the maps. Very good condition. £250
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| [THE WEEKLY DISPATCH]. WELLER, Edward. The Empire of Japan With Part Of The Continent Of Asia Showing The River Amoor And The New Boundary Between The Russian & Chinese Territories. London: The Weekly Dispatch. December 26th, 1858 [1863] [29485] 42.5 x 30.1 cm. Original outline colour. Lithograph map. Date stamp at upper left margin. Very good condition. £100
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