Uncommon map of Poland and Lithuania by G. Kearsley engraved by James Barlow showing the second of three partitions of the area that ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The second partition occurred in the aftermath of the Polish–Russian War of 1792 and the Targowica Confederation of 1792, and was approved by its territorial beneficiaries, the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. The very interesting map was published in London in 1807.
- Author: George Kearsley, James Barlow
- Dimension: 18 x 21,5 cm
- Place of publication: London
- Year: 1807
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A nice example of Gerard De Jode map of Austria extending from Lintz in the west to Gratz and Volkmarkt in the south, Bratislava and the Neusiedler See in the east. It presents a distorted picture of the course of the rivers Drau, Mur, Gurk and Lavant with numerous spurious lakes. Strapwork title cartouche, scale of miles with dividers, and a coat of arms adorn the sheet. Published in Amsterdam in 1593 by Cornelis De Jode.
Cornelis de Jode (1568-1600) was the son of the mapmaker and publisher Gerard de Jode. The elder published several important maps including Ortelius’ famous 8-sheet map of the world in 1564. His major atlas, Speculum Orbis Terrarum was a commercial failure because his rival, Abraham Ortelius, was able to obtain a monopoly for eight years at the same time De Jode was preparing the publication. After Gerard’s death, his widow and son enlarged the atlas and re-issued it in 1593. On the death of Cornelis, the copper plates were sold to J. B. Vrients, who acquired them merely to stop their re-issue, as he had also acquired the Ortelius plates.
- Author: DE JODE Gerard
- Year: 1593
- Dimension: 378 x 522 mm
- Place of publication: Antwerp
Detailed map of Austria centered on the course of the river Danube, between Passau and Bratislava. From the Mercator Hondius “Atlas Minor” published in Amsterdam in 1648 at Jannsonius with german text on verso. In 1607 Jodocus Hondius published a reduced size version of Mercator’s “Atlas”, itself suitably titled “Atlas Minor”. The maps were copied from those of the great cartographer Mercator of around 1580-90 or were reductions of Hondius’ own maps of 1606. Almost…
- Author: MERCATOR Gerard - HONDIUS Henricus
- Year: 1648
- Dimension: 190 x 145 mm
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
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Interesting map of Russia in Asia from Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai piu’ celebri e piu’ recenti cartografi by Antonio Zatta published in Venice in 1779.Very good condition with nice and decorative original colours.
- Author: ZATTA Antonio
- Year: 1779
- Dimension: 310 x 415 mm
- Place of publication: Venice