Maps, Artifacts, Prints
The Zeitz World Map –
A circular mappa mundi believed to be from the late 15th century. This is a 20th century copy. Very good condition, sheet size: 66 x 52cm. Printed on good quality paper, with a central fold. Date Published: c.1950
Presbiteri Iohannis Sive Abissino Rum Imperii Descriptio – Ortelius, Abraham
English title: The Description of the Empire of Prester John, or the Abyssinians. Featured in Ortelius’s atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum – c. 1570. Considered the first modern atlas. This is a 20th century copy. Very good condition, sheet size: 66 x 52cm. Printed on good quality paper, with a central fold. Date Published: c.1950
Presbyteri seu Abassia Presbyteri Johannis Regio… – Ludolf, Job
A 17th century map of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), showing the mythical kingdom of Prester John. Based on a chronicle by P Balthazar Tellez. Originally published in 1683, this is a 20th century copy. Very good condition, sheet size: 66 x 52cm. Printed on good quality paper, with a central fold. Date Published: c.1950
Aethiopia Superior vel Interior vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiteri Ioannis Imperium – Blaeu, Willem Janzoon
A 17th century map of Ethiopia, originally published c. 1640, this is a 20th century copy. Very good condition, sheet size: 66 x 52cm. Printed on good quality paper, with a central fold. Date Published: c.1950
Guineae Nova Descriptio – Hondius, Jodocus
A 17th century map depicting the Gulf of Guinea, extending from modern day Gambia to the coasts of Camaroon and Gabon. Originally published c. 1614, this is a 20th century copy. Very good condition, sheet size: 52 x 33cm. Printed on good quality paper. Date Published: c.1950
Carte Particuliere de la Coste D’Or – Bellin, Nicolas
Map of the Gold Coast of Africa, now part of modern day Ghana. Originally published in 1750, this is a 20th century copy. Very good condition, sheet size: 66 x 52cm. Printed on good quality paper, with a central fold. Date Published: c.1950
L’Afrique, ou Lybie… – Sanson, Nicolas
Map of North Western Africa and Lybia. Originally published c. 1600, this is a 20th century copy. Very good condition, sheet size: 66 x 52cm. Printed on good quality paper, with a central fold. Date Published: c.1950
Fessae et Marocchi Regna – Mercator, Gerardus
A 15th century map of the kingdoms of Fez and Morocco. Originally published c. 1620, this is a 20th century copy. Very good condition, sheet size: 66 x 52cm. Printed on good quality paper, with a central fold. Date Published: c.1950
Fessae et Marocchi Plan de Oran y de Sus Castellos y de Masalquivir – Mercator, Gerardus
Copy of a manuscript map of Oran and its castles, and of Mazalquivir, located in present-day Algeria. Likely produced in the 18th century, this is a 20th century copy. Very good condition, sheet size: 66 x 52cm. Printed on good quality paper, with a central fold. Date Published: c.1950
Plan of Algiers – Braun, Georg
Plan of the city of Algiers from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, a town atlas originally published between 1572 and 1617 This is a 20th century copy. Very good condition, sheet size: 52 x 33cm. Printed on good quality paper. Date Published: c.1950
View of the mountains at the Cape of Good-Hope, covered with Clouds on the South East. – Heath
An interesting view showing the table cloth on Table Mountain. Image size 25.2 x 20 cm. Framed size: 43.5 x 37 cm. Very Good. Date Published: Circa 1780 Condition: Very Good.
View of the Cape of Good Hope. – Thunderberg, Carl Peter
View of the Cape of Good Hope from travels to Europe, Africa and Asia 1772/1775. Image size: 16.2 x 10.5 cm. Framed size: 32 x 27 cm. Very Good. Date Published: 1795 Condition: Very Good.
Caap de Goede Hoop. –
View of Cape of Good Hope, 20th century. Size: Plate 32 x 20.5 cm. Framed size: 46 x 34.5 cm. Reprint. Very Good. Condition: Very Good.
Ein Prospect des gantzen Vorgeburger… – Heydt Wolfgang, Johann
View of Table Mountain and Table Bay. Reprint. Very good, some age toning and a few spots. Map. Size: plate mark 28 x 24.6 cm. Framed size: 34 x 30 cm. Reprint. Very good, some age toning and a few spots. Date Published: 1966 Condition: Very good.
Vue de cap de Bonne-Esperance Prise en Rade. – Le Vaillant, Francois
Engraving from Le Vaillant’s travels inset of view of Table Mountain with its tablecloth from Robben Island. Size: Plate mark 34 x 19 cm. Framed size: 49.5 x 34 cm. Good, 3 spots of foxing. Date Published: Circa 1796 Condition: Good.
Ein Prospectvon der Wiessen Klippe, welche unter den Tafelberg lieget, nach dem tafel, ort und Haven zu. – Heydt Wolfgang, Johann
The Castle and Settlement at the Cape. Size: Neat lines 23 x 26.5 cm. Framed size: 42.5 x 40 cm. Reprint. Very Good. Date Published: 1966 Condition: Very Good.
The Pilchard Seiners – Watercolour – Rheam, Henry M.
This Quaker artist was a member of the Newlyn Group in Cornwall. Favouring watercolour he is known for his distinctively pre-Raphaelite style. Exhibited at the Royal Academy and elected to the R.B.A. and R.I. in 1892 and 1899. In original frame with label to the verso from James Lanham, St. Ives, artists’s supplies and the…
Johannesburg Cityscape at Night – Larry Scully (1922 – 2002)
South African artist and art educator. He was the first in South Africa to receive a Masters in Fine Art. Going on to teach at Polly Street and WITS before becoming Professor of Fine Art at Stellenbosch University. This work is from arguably his most successful time as a painter, 1969. Esme Burman writes: “Β he…
De Cust van Barbaria, Gualata, Arguyn, en Gene: heo, van Capo S. Vincente tot Capo Verde. – Goos, Pieter
Copperplate engraving, hand coloured. This sea chart by Pieter Goos, De Cust van Barbara, Gualata, Arguyn, en Gene, represents a detailed portion of the northwest coast of Africa, focusing on the Saharan and Mauritanian littoral. It covers the coastline from roughly Cape Bojador (Barbary Coast) southward through Gualata (Walata), Arguin, and Gene (Senegal region)Βan area…
Pas-Kaarte van de Zuyd-west-kust van Africa, van Cabo Negro tot beoosten Cabo de Bona Esperanca – Goos, Pieter
Copperplate engraving with original hand colour. Language: Dutch. This sea chart, drawn and published by the prominent Amsterdam cartographer Pieter Goos, presents the southern segment of the west coast of Africa, extending from Cabo Negro (modern-day Angola-Namibia border) southward to Cabo de Bona Esperanca (Cape of Good Hope). The Pas-Kaarte van de Zinder-west-kust van Africa…
France in Departments –
Lithographed map. Sheet size: 61 x 44cm. Double sheet with central fold. very good Publisher: A & C Black Date Published: circa 1856 Publication Place: London
Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia &c. (east sheet) –
Lithographed map. Sheet size: 61 x 44cm. Double sheet with central fold. very good Publisher: A & C Black Date Published: circa 1856 Publication Place: London
Canada (west sheet) –
Lithographed map. Sheet size: 61 x 44cm. Double sheet with central fold. very good Publisher: A & C Black Date Published: circa 1856 Publication Place: London
Germany, Holland, Belgium, with parts of France & Switzerland – Hughes, W
Lithographed map. Sheet size: 61 x 44cm. Double sheet with central fold. Showing the roads, canals and railways. very good Publisher: A & C Black Date Published: circa 1856 Publication Place: London
British America. Containing the Discoveries in the Arctic Seas up to 1856 –
Lithographed map. Sheet size: 61 x 44cm. Double sheet with central fold. good. Tide marks to the lower edge. Publisher: A & C Black Date Published: circa 1856 Publication Place: London
North America –
Lithographed map. Sheet size: 61 x 44cm. Double sheet with central fold. good. Publisher: A & C Black Date Published: circa 1856 Publication Place: London
England and Wales –
Lithographed map. Two sheets, 61 x 44cm each. Total map size 61 x 88cm very good. Splitting at he central fold Publisher: A & C Black Date Published: circa 1856 Publication Place: London
Central Chile and Chili, La Plata or the Argentine Republic & Bolivia –
Lithographed map. Sheet size: 61 x 44cm. Double sheet with central fold. very good Publisher: A & C Black Date Published: circa 1856 Publication Place: London
North & South Wales –
Lithographed map. Sheet size: 61 x 44cm. Double sheet with central fold. Showing railways, coach and carriage roads, cross roads and steamer routes. very good Publisher: A & C Black Date Published: circa 1856 Publication Place: London
Britstown – Folding Map –
Linen backed folding map. Scale of 3.94 miles to 1 inch. Showing roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, telegraph line, farm boundries and fences, homesteads, cultivated lands and trees in the key. Some abrasions to the rhight side, wear and fading to the wraps. 62 x 49.5cm. Compiled at the time of the Anglo Boer War….