141. Tunisia / Libya – Sanson d’Abbeville, Nicolas. (1600 – 1667).

Partie de Barbarie, ou sont les Royaumes de Tunis, et Tripoli, Tires de Sanut et d’Autres.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Paris, Sanson d’Abbeville, [c.1658]. Plate Size: 28 cm x 18.2 cm. Sheet Size: 35.6 cm x 25 cm. Original map. In very good condition. With only the faintest signs of browning. Map orientated to the north.

142. Turkey and Balkans – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Turkey and Europe – With inset of Island of Cadia and Vignettes of Ali Pasha, Greek Caloyer and the Bosphorus and Constantinople.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and engraved by J. Rogers. London and New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32.5 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size : 37.4 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

143. United States – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Boston – With Beautiful Vignettes of Boston, the State House and Bunker Hill’s Monument.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by J. Watkins London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 32.5 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.2 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

144. Vaugondy, Gilles Robert de. (1688 – 1766).

“Isles De Saint Domingue ou Hispaniola, et De La Martinique” [with Haiti and special highlight map of Martinique within the print].

Beautifully Handcoloured Original Engraving (copper). [Paris], 1750. Beautifully framed. Size of frame with map: 69.5 cm x 73.5 cm. Map itself measures: 53 cm wide x 50 cm high. Excellent condition of this beautiful original 18th century map.

145. Volcanoes – Meyer, Joseph. (1796 – 1856).

Die Vulkan Gürtel des Atlantischen Oceans [Translates: “The Volcano – Belt of the Atlantic Ocean”].

Original hand-coloured engraving. Hildburghausen, Joseph Meyer, [1852]. Plate Size: 28 cm x 19.4 cm. Sheet Size: 31.6 cm x 25.6 cm. Original map. Very good conditions but with some foxing towards sheet edges.

146. Wales – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

England and Wales – With Vignettes of The Grand Stand on the Race Ground, Doncaster, London, Entrance to Portsmouth Harbour, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Sunderland Bridge and Oxford.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by N. Whitlock and Engraved by J. Rogers. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J.& F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 25 cm x 35 cm. Sheet Size: 27.2 cm x 37.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

147. Weigel, Christoph / Kohler, Johann.

Insulae Britannicae Antiquae [with Ireland and Scotland] ex collatione veterum Geographorum et Historicorum Descriptae et Nummis Illustrate accurante Christophero Weigelio – [with an inset showing Orkney Islands and the Island of Thule].

Original, hand-coloured, copper engraved map [titles and locations all in latin]. Nuremberg, Christoph Weigel / [Johan Kohler], [1720]. Size of actual map: 39.2 cm x 32 cm. Size of complete sheet: 43.3 cm x 36.5 cm. Very good condition with some mild foxing. Minor tear to lower fold.

148. Western Hemisphere – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Western Hemisphere – With Stunning Vignettes of Indigenous Peoples, Native Animals.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and Enrgaved by J. Rogers. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J.& F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 34 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27 cm. In very good condition with only faintest traces of browning to outer margins. Very slight paper imperfections along edge. Minor tear near upper left corner. Very minor tear to map above the Arctic Circle.

149. World – Ortelius, Abraham. (1527-1598).

Aevi veteris, Typus Geographicus.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Antwerp, Ortelius, 1590. Plate Size: 44 cm x 31 cm. Sheet Size: 53.7 cm x 38.5 cm. Original map. Very good, actually stunning, condition. Really clean and crisp. Generous margins. Reverse recto carries Latin text.

150. World – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

The World on Mercator’s Projection – With Vignettes of London, Gibraltar, Constantinople, The Pyramids of Ghizeh, Niagara, Pont Neuf Paris and Vesuvius.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and Engraved by J.B. Allen. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 34.7 cm x 26.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.3 cm x 27.2 cm. In fair condition with tears evident. Slight browning and paper imperfections to outer margins.