catalogue text.indd - Sanders of Oxford

Maps & Charts
Latin, Hebrew & Greek text on verso. Engraved by
Jodocus Hondius, this map was originally published
in Barent Langene’s pocket atlas, the ‘Caert-Thresoor’
(Middleburgh 1598) and was then reprinted several times
by Bertius. This scarce example with its polyglotic text
would appear to come from a contemporary bible.
R.W.Shirley ‘The Mapping of the World’ no. 211,
although this variant is not described.
[30072]
£275
83. A View of the Principal Mountains Throughout the
World, Shewing their Comparative Heights. With a
Key Founded on Geometrical Admeasurements.
Aquatint
Joseph Constantine Stadler after Thomas Hulley
London. Published April, 12, 1817 at R. Ackermanns
Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Image 315 x 375 mm
mounted
Very rare comparative landscape featuring the principal
mountains grouped together, with accompanying lettered
key plate with measurements.
[29806]
£600
84. Typus Orbis Terrarum
Copper engraved
Bertius, Petrus
c.1612
84 x 124 mm
mounted
An uncoloured engraved miniature map of the world on
an oval projection, title above map ‘Liber I de Mundo’,
85. Northern Hemisphere. Southern Hemisphere
Copper engraved with hand colouring
James Kirkwood & Son
Drawn & Engraved by John Thompson Cos New General
Atlas 12 August 1814
Each hemisphere: 500 x 500 mm
mounted
The Northern and Southern Hemispheres were published
on two separate sheets for John Thompson’s ‘New General
Atlas.’
[29872]
£300 the pair