Asia

  • Uncommon map of Arabia and the Persian Gulf (called “Mare Verde”) from the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.

    • Author: Francesco Costantino Marmocchi
    • Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1858
  • A map of the whole of Asia, with decorative figured cartouche. From ‘Atlante Novissimo’.

    • Author: ZATTA Antonio
    • Year: 1779
    • Dimension: 305 x 405 mm
    • Place of publication: Venice
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    Rare map of the Philippines and Southeast Asia, extending north to Hong Kong and Taiwan. The map provides a detailed topographical treatment of the region, with the various countries identified in outline colors. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.

    • Author: Francesco Costantino Marmocchi
    • Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1858
  • La Tartaria Chinese

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    A beautiful example of Zatta’s map from the famous Atlante Novissimo showing Korea, Manchuria, Chinese Tartary and parts of adjacent Russian Tartary, Independent Tartary, Mongolia, and Japan. Interesting very detailed depiction of the area within Korea and the unusual rendering of Hokkaido, here labeled ‘Jeso –Gasima.’  The beautiful map it also outlines the portions of the Great Wall of China. Published in Venice in 1784.

    • Author: ZATTA Antonio
    • Year: 1779
    • Dimension: 315 x 405 mm
    • Place of publication: Venice
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    Large pictorial map of Asia designed by Herve Baille to promote the Messageries Maritime’s new ships “Cambodge”, “Laos”, and “Viet-Nam” for the month-long travel to the Far East from Colombo to Yokohama via Singapore, Saigon, Hong Kong and Kobe. The map is richly embellished with vignettes in Herve Baille’s distinctive graphic style, showcasing flora, fauna, and notable locations such as Angkor Wat in Cambodia and the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. Messageries Maritimes (1852-1977) è…

    • Author: Jacques Branger
    • Dimension: 75 x 55 cm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1954
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    Large pictorial map of Asia designed by Herve Baille to promote the Messageries Maritime’s new ships “Cambodge”, “Laos”, and “Viet-Nam” for the month-long travel to the Far East from Colombo to Yokohama via Singapore, Saigon, Hong Kong and Kobe. The map is richly embellished with vignettes in Herve Baille’s distinctive graphic style, showcasing flora, fauna, and notable locations such as Angkor Wat in Cambodia and the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. Frédéric Marie Joseph Hervé…

    • Author: Frédéric Marie Joseph Hervé Baille
    • Dimension: 58 x 90 cm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1950
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    Lovely engraved map based on the cartography by C. Franz Radefeld (1788-1874) showing India, Tibet, China and Southeast Asia. From the “Meyer’s Neuester Zeitungs Atlas” published by Bibliographischen Instituts in Hildburghausen in 1849-52. The innovation of this work is that almost all maps had small inserts showing richly detailed maps of major cities and their surrunding areas: so not only could travellers carry the atlas with them easily, they could also obtain an initial orientation…

    • Author: MEYER Joseph
    • Year: 1849
    • Dimension: 265 x 210 mm
    • Place of publication: Hildburghausen
  • Fascinating miniature version of Ortelius’ modern map of the Holy Land finely engraved by Philippe Galle. It shows the path of the Children of Israel through the wilderness and a few major cities. French text on verso.

    • Author: ORTELIUS Abraham
    • Year: 1598
    • Dimension: 75 x 105 mm
    • Place of publication: Antwerp
  • The map illustrates the historical region of Palestine, extending from Beirut (Berytus) in the north to the Red Sea in the south, and from the Nile in the west to Damascus in the east. It features key geographical features such as the Jordan River, the Nile Delta, and a distinctive crescent-shaped depiction of the Dead Sea. Unusual historical features are also depicted, including Pompey’s Tomb on the coast north of Pelusium and Mary’s Tomb in…

    • Author: ORTELIUS Abraham
    • Dimension: 45,5 x 34,5 cm
    • Place of publication: Antewerp
    • Year: 1624
  • Magnificent Coronelli’s map of the Indian Peninsula, from Guzarat to the Ganges. The map shows India below the Tropic of Cancer, with an insets of Ceylon and Trincomalee. It shows in very nice detail settlements, administrative division, larger towns, place names, rivers and canals. One of the most important and impressive large format 17th Century maps of the area. From the monumental Corso Geografico Universale published in Venice in 1690. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli is widely recognized as one of…

    • Author: CORONELLI Vincenzo Maria
    • Year: 1690
    • Dimension: 454 x 605 mm
    • Place of publication: Venice
  • Striking map of Myanmar (Burma) Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia, with decorative title cartouche engraved by Giuseppe Pitteri. The map was issued in Zatta’s Atlante Novissimo, a monumental 4 volume work and one of the last great decorative atlases. Features a striking cartouche.

    • Author: ZATTA Antonio
    • Year: 1779
    • Dimension: 410 x 325 mm
    • Place of publication: Venice
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    Striking map showing the routes of Sabena Airlines throughout Africa, the Middle East, and Europe created in beautiful color patterns with the oceans surrounding it in blue tones. The map features many of the cities printed in gold, as well as the flight patterns that connect them together. The routes delineated in the map show the two main hubs of Sabena to be Brussels with Leopoldville, capital of the Belgian Congo (now Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo) with a large number of other destinations around and between them. African tribal art is used in this image as part of the design as well as the regional representation of ethnic people. Published in Brussels by Marci in 1960.

    • Dimension: 100 x 64 cm
    • Place of publication: Bruxelles
    • Year: 1960