MINIATURE MAPS

These lovely little maps have become highly sought after for several reasons. Firstly they represent an opportunity to acquire a reasonable number of countries or areas for affordable prices and secondly their size solves many display problems. They are often an identical smaller version of a larger folio map, but at 10% to 15% of its price, and famous mapmakers like Ortelius, Bertius, Kitchin, Du Val and others worked in this format. The dominant period for miniatures was the late 1500’s to early 1600’s, but each century had its makers through to the Starling maps of the 1830’s. We offer a selection of these below with some representative images from each mapmaker. Click on any title to see an image.

 All prices are in U.S. dollars.

To find out how these maps were made, refer to About Antique Maps. If you would like to see other types of maps and prints please return to our Home Page. The references below are to 'Miniature Antique Maps' by Geoffrey King (published 1997, new edition 2003).

Recent auction prices suggest that there is a very strong demand for miniature atlases with  consequent upward pressure on the price of individual maps. We have  greatly expanded our selection of Ortelius, Bertius, Van den Keere, Morden and Mallet miniatures. Please click on each map title to see an image. Each weekday for most of the year we auction some miniatures under the name 'Bertius' on eBay (www.ebay.com) in the 'Maps/Atlas' section of 'Antiques & Art'.

This page was last updated in Winter 2010.

Abraham Ortelius Petrus Bertius
Pierre DuVal Allain Mallet
Robert Morden Philip Cluver
Tobius Conrad Lotter Benedetto Bordone
Andrew Dury & Thomas Kitchin Pieter Van den Keere (Miniature Speed)
Emanuel Bowen/William Owen  Claude Buffier
John Gibson Johann Maschenbauer
Gerard Mercator/Jan Jansson Anonymous - G. De L'Isle
Pierre  Lemau de la Jaisse Nicholas De Fer
Thomas Jefferys  J. Mueller/ G. Bodenehr
Gabriel Bucelin  George W. Boynton
Thomas Starling

Benedetto Bordone

We are delighted to be able to offer a selection of  maps from one of the most important of all early atlases, 'Libro de Benedetto Bordone', published by Nicolo Zoppino in Venice in 1528. This is considered to be the first series of miniature maps ever printed and contains a number of 'firsts' in terms of separate printed maps of these areas, whatever the scale. We have identified some of these 'firsts' below. Several pages have maps on each side and we have elected to offer the page rather than separating the maps. Please remember that these are the very scarce first edition of 1528 and, as such, represent an opportunity to acquire some foundation maps. The sizes vary from 3.5" x 5.5" to 8" x 6" on a single page as well as two double-page maps 13" x 9". Please see King pages 42-43 from the first edition and pages 48-49 from the second edition.

Corfu (1st)   /  Pacsu $595 Kharki / Episcopia $175
Slavonia Coast / Chiozza (nr Venice) $375 Lesbos $425
Euboea (double page) Constantinople $595 Santa Maura, Ithaca / Lepanto $395
Madagascar, Zanzibar, Mauritius (1st) / Ceylon $695 Andros, Tinos $850
S. Peleponnesus, Strivali $350 Peleponnesus (possible 1st) $750
Nisyros / Kaloyeros $275 Rhodes/ Simi (1534 edition) $175
Korcula, Hvar/Tremiti (1534 edition) $125 Slavonia Coast/ Chiozza (1534 edition) $145

 

Abraham Ortelius

 

Abraham Ortelius was one of the two great cartographers of the late 1500's (the other being Gerard Mercator). His work was produced  in large folio format initially but there was such a demand for his maps that  an early miniature atlas 'Spiegel del werelt' was created in 1577 and this went through many editions with many engraved interpretations but it is best known in its Latin form 'Epitome Theatri Orteliani'. There are many different styles of maps in this series.

Maps are about 3.5" by 5", printed between 1583 and 1657 (see King second edition pp 60-61, 64-65, 78-79, 86-89, 106-107, 162-163)

Saxony, Germany $75 Portugal $95
Anjou $75 Transylvania $95
Europe $195 Silesia $95
Saxony, Thuringia $75 Austria $95
China $255 Slavonia, Croatia, Bosnia $145
Somme, France $58 Andalusia, Spain $115
Thietmarsh, Germany $75 South Italy, Naples $135
Carthage, Tunis $85 Friuli, Italy $115
Lorraine, France $85 Morocco $95
Northern Regions (Friesland) $325 Japan    (blank margin repair) $225
Picardy $68 Turkey, Cyprus $135
Sardinia $165 Low Countries $135
Westphalia, Germany $85 Abruzzo, Italy $95
Dalmatia $95 Burgundy County, France $78
France $95 Paris, France $155
Corfu $165 Rome, Italy $145
French Alps $95 Greece $155
Calais, France $85 Azores $125
Verona, Italy $115 Normandy, France $95
Artois, France $55 Africa (Prester John) $195
Auvergne, France $68 Bohemia $135
Savoie $75 Touraine $75
Crete $165 Switzerland $105
Apulia, Italy $115 Bavaria (Palatinate) $95
Romania, Bulgaria $145 Blois, France $75
Saltzburg, Austria $95 Poitiers, France $75
Prussia $145 Brandenburg $95
Hungary $125 Tartary, Japan, Alaska $195
Ottoman Empire $155 North Africa $85
Siena, Italy $135 Hainault, Belgium $58
Champagne, France $95 Bavaria  (Dukedom) $85
Wirttenberg, Germany $85 Poland $145
Cremona, Italy $115 Franconia, Germany $75
S.W. Poland $68 Le Mans, France $75
Tuscany $145 Languedoc, Provence $115
Perugia, Italy $125 Venice, Padua $155
Ancona, Italy $95 Pomerania $135
Orange, France $85 Tyrol, Austria/Italy $88
Bourges, France $65    

                                                                                                                                                                         Pierre  Lemau de la Jaisse

Pierre Lemau de la Jaisse produced a most unusual and beautiful series of woodcut maps for his account of French fortified cities, 'Plans des principales places de guerre et villes maritimes frontieres du Royaume de France'. It was published in Paris in 1736 by Didot, Quillau & Nully. These genuinely scarce maps were also unusual in that the circular map and smaller, circular heraldic design were stuck on to a prepared background, much like a Blaeu titlepage. The maps measure 6" by 3.5". See King (second edition) page 169.

Grenoble, Dauphine $58 Selestadt, Alsace $48
Chateau D'Ax, Basque Country $45 Cambrai, Flanders $45
Fort de Medoc, Gironde $48 Cherbourg, Normandy $55
Valencienne, Hainault $40 Aigues Mortes, Languedoc $48
Isle D'Oleron $48 Bordeaux $55
Marseille $58    

Petrus Bertius 

Petrus Bertius was a historian whose text was embellished with maps from the foremost engravers of the late 1500's and early 1600's, including Pieter Van den Keere and Jocodus Hondius. These maps, which are more varied and generally valued more highly than those of Ortelius, are also scarcer. They are beautiful miniatures and King feels that the 1616 edition published by J. Hondius Jnr is "the finest set of miniature maps ever printed"  We believe that we have the finest selection available for sale that can be found on the internet.           

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Maps are about 3.5" by 5" and printed 1602 - 1618 (see King second edition pp 80-85, 96-99). All are hand coloured..

The World $425 Leinster, Ireland $145
Celestial Hemispheres $295 Mumbai, Guzarat $115
Namur, Belgium $65 Brittany $95
British Islands (Blaeu 1639) $155 Brabant $125
Champagne, France $95 Brescia, Italy $115
Potosi, Bolivia $115 Moluccas, Spice Islands $125
Zeeland, Netherlands $145 Sienna, Italy $135
Flanders $95 Morea, Peleponessus $135
Lazio, Rome $145 Gascony,  SW France $85
Namur, Belgium $65 Virginia $775
Rhodes $135 Saint Helena $95
Peru $125 Crete $145
Mozambique $125 Liege $68
Worms, Heidelberg, Germany $95 Lyon, France $78
Sri Lanka, Maldives $175 S. Holland $155
Persian Gulf, Ormuz $195 Brandenburg $95
Auvergne, France $75 Mexico City $275
Japan $325 S. France, Rhone Delta $95
Verona, Italy $115 Estremadura, Spain $125
Asia $275 Chios, Greece $175
North England $135 Abruzzo, Italy $115
Yorkshire, Lincoln etc SOLD South East England $155
Singapore, Malaysia $275 Latvia, Estonia $165
Arabia $275 Picardy $48
 Red Sea $155 Germany $88
Corfu $165 Andalusia, Spain $125
Poitiers, France $68 South India $125
Mexico $245 Provence, France $115
Silesia $95 Westfalia $88
Bohemia $115 South Africa SOLD
Madagascar   $145 Pomerania $125
Bengal, Bangladesh $125 Carthage, Tunis $88
Ottoman Empire (Turkey) $185 Utrecht $145
Low Countries $115 Chile $195
Russia $125 Malabar, S.W. India $125
Saltzburg, Austria $95 Alsace $85
Tunisia $105 Waygats, Arctic $125
Austria $95 Prussia $115
E. Frisia, Germany $115 Burgundy, France $75
Zurich, Switzerland $95 House of Britte, Holland $85
Ischia, Italy $135 Poland $135
Guatemala, Nicaragua $195 Tirol, Austria/Italy $95
South West Poland $68 North Holland $145
South Scotland $165 St Quentin, N. France $48
Blois, France $78 Switzerland $88
Legio, N. Spain $145 Zante, Greece $145
Dietmarsh, Germany $58 Avignon, France $78
S. India, Sri Lanka $135 S. Italy, Naples SOLD
Venice, Padua $135 Bourges, France $55
South America $175 Borneo $325
Perugia, Italy $115 West Switzerland $85
Cadiz, Spain $115 Maldive Islands $115
Azores $85 Overijssel, Holland $115
Lake Como $135 Bavaria $75
Hesse, Germany $85 Hungary $115
Burma, Thailand $195 Portugal $115
Limoges, France $68 Nurenberg $95
Weigats, Arctic $135 Hainault, Belgium $58
Corsica $165 Spitzbergen $155
Anglesey, Wight, Guernsey, Jersey $145 Holland $155
Piedmont, Italy $125 Friuli $135
Greece $155 Anjou $85
N. Scotland $145 Holy Land $285
Lorraine $85 Artois $55
Cologne, Germany $95 Escurial, Spain $75
Istria, Trieste $135 Franconia, Germany $75
France $95 Guinea, W. Africa $125
Normandy, France $95 Ancona, Italy $95
Congo, Africa $135 Cefalonia, Greece $145
Tartary, Alaska $145 Roman Belgium $75
The Zype (Polder)  1599 issue $85 Nassau, Rheinhesse, Germany $85
Persia SOLD Sardinia $175
Transylvania $95 Cape Verde Islands $115
Calais, France $65 Brixen, Switzerland $95
Saxony $95 Orvieto, Italy $125

 

Gilles Robert de Vaugondy

Gilles Robert de Vaugondy was the founding father of a French cartographic dynasty. These maps come from his 'Atlas Portatif Universel et Militaire' published in 1748/49 (see Pedley: 'Bel et Utile' page 221).

The maps measure 6" by 8" and have original outline hand colouring.

  Chile  $58  Mexico, California, Texas  $135
  Westphalia  $35   Turkey, Cyprus   $55
  German Empire  $40   South West France, Gascony   $45
  France  $40   South Peru   $58
  Alsace, Lorraine  $40   North Peru   $58
  Poitou, La Rochelle  $45   India, Sri Lanka   $68
  Paris  $75   Bohemia, Moravia   $58
  Roussillon, Spain Border  $55   Switzerland   $45
  Paraguay  $58   Languedoc, S. France   $48
  Navarre, Basque Country  $58   Savoie, Alps   $45
  Castille, Estremadura  $50   Austria, Carinthia, Stiria   $45

Gabriel Bucelin

These maps were published by Johann Praetorius in Augsburg in 1658. They come from Gabriel Bucelin's 'Universal History' and are now quite scarce.

The maps measure 4.5" by 2.5" and have nice full wash colouring. See King second edition (pages 122-123, 126-127) for more details.

  Asia  $135     

 

Varia

Below are a collection of interesting maps from a variety of mapmakers, most of whom are little-known, and whose work is very difficult to find.

For more information, please contact us and we shall try to answer any questions.

 

   Thames Estuary   P. Coronelli              1702   5" by 7"    $95
   Asia   G. Magini   1597   5" by 7"   $175
   Crete   T. Porcacchi   1686   4" by 6"   $175
   Episkopi    Piacenza   1688   7" by 5"   $155
   North America    A. Akerman   1768   5" by 6.5"   $195
   N. & S. America    A. Akerman   1768   5" by 6.5"   $155
   Asia    A. Akerman    1768   5" by 6.5"   $125
   Finland    A. Akerman   1768   6.5" by 5.5"   $125
   China, Korea, Taiwan    A. Akerman                1768   5" by 6.5"   $135
   Quebec City    London Magazine   1759   4.5" by 7"   $95
   Tunis, N. Africa    F. Valegio   1595   3.5" by 5"   $85
   Martia, Portugal    F. Valegio   1595   3.5" by 5"   $75
   The World  (California Island)    P. Faure   1744   5.5" by 7"   $125
   Scandinavia    P. Bourgoin   1758   5.5" by 3"   $65
   Asia    P. Bourgoin   1758   5.5" by 5.75"   $95
   N. & S. America    J. Dessing   1733   4.5" by 5.5"   $175
   The World    Crozat/R. De Vaugondy   1762   5.5" by 11"   $195
   North Africa, Egypt    G. Magini   1597   5" by 7"   $125
   Asia   A. V. Huisteen  ca1770   4" by 5"   $75
   America

   J. D'Expilly

  1762    5" by 3.5"   $125
   The World (California as island)    Johann Stridbeck   1700    6" by 5"   $295
  W. & E. Hemisphere  (two maps)    Johann Stridbeck   1700  each 6" by 5"   $395

 

Philip Cluver (Cluverius)

Philip Cluver was a Dutch historian who  used  maps extensively in all his books. These come from either the true miniature edition ( measures 5" by 5") of "Philippi Cluveri Introductionis in universam geographicarum", first published in Amsterdam  by Louis and Daniel Elzevirin 1661, or the later edition of 1711 (Mundus Charteus) published by Johann Bugel, or the early and much scarcer 1652 (6" by 6.5")and 1678 (6" by 8") editions of a slightly larger format, published by Andrea Duncker and Johannis Duncker respectively in Brunswick, Germany .

See King second edition pages 128-129 for more details.

Corsica, Sardinia (1711) $155 Germany $45
France $45  British Isles $85
Hungary, Balkans $65 Central Italy, Rome $75
Corsica, Sardinia  (1678) $195 India, Sri Lanka, Singapore $185
Cyprus, Crete (1652) $295 Greece $115
India, Sri Lanka, Singapore (1678) $225 America $325
Slavonia, Bosnia $95 Scandinavia $125
Africa $125 Switzerland $65
Holland, Belgium $65 Turkey, Cyprus $78
Holy Land (1678) $185 Egypt, N. Africa $68
Peleponnese (Morea, Greece) (1678) $125 N.W. Italy (Ligures, Taurini) $75
Austria, Hungary (Vindeliciae et Norici) $55 South Italy (Picentes, Campania...Apulia..) $75
Persia (1678) $115 Hungary, Yugoslavia etc  $55
Russia $65 Germany (1652) $55
Armenia, Holy Land etc $115 Roman Germany $48
Suevia (Central Europe - 1652) $55 South East Europe (1652) $68
Persia (1652) $125 Switzerland (1652) $95
America (1678) $395 Asia (1652) $185
German Empire (1652) $68 Thrace $75
Netherlands (1652) $115 China $185
Europe (1652) $145 Asia $125
Persia $68 East Indies, N.W. Australia $195
Scandinavia (1678) $145 Thrace, Constantinople (1678) $125
Turkey, Cyprus (1678) $135    

Pieter Van den Keere (Miniature Speed)  

These are the so called 'miniature Speed' maps but have little or nothing to do with the great English cartographer other than being connected to his initial publisher George Humble. Nonetheless Van den Keere was a master engraver and these are highly sought after among collectors. The engraving style is quite distinctive.

Maps are about 3.5" by 5" and printed in 1627 or 1646 (see King second edition pp 102-103, 116-117). All are hand coloured.

China $195 Europe $145
Ottoman Empire $145 Bohemia $125
Netherlands $135 Hungary $135
Germany $95 Norfolk $68
North East Scotland $125 Monmouthshire $75
Northumberland $75 Durham $75
Herefordshire $68 Leinster $105
Montgomery & Merioneth $58 Denbigh & Flint $65
British Islands $125 Worcestershire $75
Bedford $75 Berkshire $95
South East Scotland $145 Nottingham  $68
Huntingdon $55 Leicester $68
Rutland $55 Northampton $68

 

                                                                                                 Claude Buffier

Claude Buffier was a Jesuit priest and geographer who authored his 'Geographie Universelle' in 1711. This was so popular that it went through many editions in over 100 years. These maps come from three different editions (1738, 1758 and 1762) and measure approx 5.5" by 7".

 The World (California as an island)  $235  Europe  $85
 Switzerland, Savoie  $58  Africa  $85
 Asia  $85  Germany  $55
 Upper Rhine  $48  America (California as island) $225

 

Pierre Du Val  

Pierre DuVal was an outstanding French cartographer more noted for his large maps but he produced one miniature atlas 'Le Monde ou la geographie universelle' , initially published in 1660 but continued in many editions.

Maps are 4" by 5" and printed in 1664 & 1682 (see King second edition pp 132-135, 144-145). All are hand coloured, most with original colour.

Colombia, Venezuela $95 Mexico, Central America $225
Alsace/Lorraine $55 Mexico, S. America $175
Maldives $88 Hungary $68
Switzerland $75 Swedish Lands (German) $68
Azores $115 Georgia $85
Madagascar $115 Artois $55
Moluccas, Indonesia $115 Hainault, Belgium $48
Congo $95 West Africa $85
Sundgow $58 Liege $58
Lower Alsace $55 North Africa $65
South Africa $145 East Africa $115
Franche Comte $48 Cambray $48
Netherlands $95 French Lands (Alsace etc) $48
Philippines $325 Nubia, East Africa $75
Upper Alsace $55 Scandinavia $95
Tartary $75 Flanders $55
South East Asia $165 Zutphen, Netherlands $95
Gueldria, Netherlands $95 Germany $65

Johann Mueller/Gabriel Bodenehr

Johann Mueller published a world geography, 'Geographia Totius Orbis Compendiaria', in 1692 with a series of tiny maps mostly

engraved by Gabriel Bodenehr. These tiny maps measure 2.5" by 3" and have original outline hand hand colouring. They are uncommon.

See King second edition pp 160-161 for more detail.

  Swabia (Black Forest)  $35   Swabia, Germany  $35
  Mainz, Germany  $35   North Poland  $40
  Lunenburg, Germany  $38   Brandenburg  $35
  Upper Danube  $35   Lake Constanz  $40
  Lusatia  $35   Orleans, France  $30
 Brunswick, Germany  $35  Franche Comte  $30

 

 

                        Allain Mallet

Allain Mallet was the author of 'Description de L'Univers', a six volume world history which contained numerous engraved maps, views, flora, fauna and famous people. The maps vary from plain to highly decorative and the views are very charming.

This atlas has become hugely expensive (sold for over $30,00US at Sotheby's, London in December 1999).

Maps are 4" by 5.5" and printed in 1683 or 1685 (see King second edition pp 152-155). All are hand coloured.

Europe $115 Crete $95
Potosi, Bolivia $85 Guianas, Amazon,Trinidad $75
Havana, Cuba (view) $225 Paris $95
Suaquen, Red Sea $65 Armenia, Georgia $75
Maldives $85 Zocotora $75
Ancient Europe $95 North East Asia $65
America (California island) $235 Ceylon (Sri Lanka) $115
Nancy, France $48 Aztec God $58
California, Texas, Mexico $225 Floridians $95
Switzerland $88 Abyssinia $48
St Denis, Paris $48 The World (California Isle) $195
Persians $48 Nanking, China $65
Cracow, Poland $115 Channel Islands $115
Canada $295 Mexico City $125
Isle of Man $115 N. America (California island) $225
Indigo (West Indies) $85 South Germany $48
Brussels $65 Richmond, Surrey (separate issue) $75
Novaya Zemlya $55 Holland $85
North Pole $165 Ardabil, Iran $55
Dublin, Ireland $135 New Guinea, N. Australia $165
Basle, Switzerland $75 Japan $225
Colombia, Venezuela $95 Corsica $195
Grand Banks, Newfoundland $95 Stars (Great Bear etc) $75
Chamberi, France $58 Celestial - S. Constellation $125
Tuscany, Italy $75 Kyoto, Japan $65
North India $85 Scotland $135
Tobacco (West Indies) $115 Syria, Holy Land $115
Newfoundland $195 Celestial - Antarctic $135
Sweden $95 Ascension Island $95
Arabia (Modern) $155 Bahamas $325
Moon $95 King of Sweden $45
Vienna $75 Beijing $65
English $48 Amsterdam $95
India $75 Tower of London $85
Milky Way (Antarctic) $125 Sa Tome $115
Beijing, China $85 Germany $65
Rhodes, Greece $125 Nubia $55
Greenland, N.E. Canada $175 Asia $135
Greece, Balkans $68 South East Asia $75
Mercury $85 Jupiter $85
Milky Way (Arctic) SOLD S. Ukraine $65
Watling Island  (Columbus) $125 South Pole $165
West Indies $195 Venice $115
Versailles, France $55 Tartary, N. China, Korea $55
Tokyo $85 Huron Indians $95
Celestial - N. Hemisphere SOLD Celestial - S. Hemisphere SOLD
South Italy $58 Cape Verde Islands $125
Portugal $95 Gammalamme $68
Celestial - Arctic $135    

                                                                                                Thomas Jefferys

 

Thomas Jeffreys (1710-1771) was probably the premier English cartographer of the mid 1700's whose 'magnum opus' 'American Atlas' was published after his death.. He occasionally worked in smaller format including contributions to the 'Gentlemans Magazine'. These extremely uncommon maps and views come from Smollett's 'Voyages ......    '....' published  in London in 1762. They vary  in size (from 6" by 3" to 6" by 9") . All have elegant hand colouring.

 

     Mexico, Texas, C. America  $145      Batavia (Jakarta), Indonesia  $115
     India  $95      Hudson Bay, N.E. Canada  $155
     Panama, Colombia  $85      Cartagena, S. America  $75
     Paraguay, Uruguay  $95      Acapulco, Mexico  $75
     East Indies, Philippines  $165      Atlantic Ocean  $95
     Guam, Marianas Isles  $95      Native Californians  SOLD
     Portrait of Magellan  $55      Vera Cruz, Mexico  $75
     Sri Lanka  $115      Arctic Lands  $135

Nicholas De Fer

 

 Nicolas De Fer's maps ranged from huge wall maps to these beautiful little maps derived either from his work for J. Robbe's,  'Methode pour Apprendre facilement la geographie', published in Utrecht in 1688 or from 'El Atlas Abbreviado' of Don Francisco de Aefferden published in Antwerp in 1696.  The maps measure approximately 6" by 7" and have been finely hand coloured.

 

Celestial Hemispheres $235 Brussels, Antwerp $95
Groningen, Netherlands $115 Tartary, Asia $125
Overyssel, Netherlands $115 Hainault, Belgium $55
Flanders $85 Artois $55
Italy $155 Greece $95
Africa $175 Americas (California Island) $325
Scandinavia $135 Spain & Portugal $85
Europe (slight stain) $135 Holland, Belgium $135
 Persia $95 Denmark $95
Phillipines, Japan $295 Asia $195
Germany $75 British Isles $145
Frisia, Netherlands $125 Utrecht, Netherlands $145
 India, Singapore, S.E. Asia $225 Ottoman Empire $165
North India $135 Siberia, N. China $95
Zutphen (Netherlands) $105 Zeeland (Netherlands) $145
Holland $155 Antwerp, Mechlin $105
Russia  $115 Greece, Balkans $95
China, Korea, Formosa $225 Hungary $115
Brabant $125 Limburg $95
Eastern Hemisphere $125 Namur, Belgium $55
Savoie $85    

 George W. Boynton

 

These steel engraved maps now appear to be quite uncommon. Boynton worked for Goodrich, Edwards and Bradford but these are much smaller and later (c1850) than most of his work and were issued in one of the famous 'Peter Parley' books. The maps measure 6" by 4.5" and have original hand colouring.

N. Jersey, Penn., Delaware $40 Massachusetts $48
S. America $30 New Hampshire $38
New York, Penn, NJ, Md, Del $38 Rhode Island $55
W. Hemisphere $48 E. Hemisphere $33
Michigan $45 Illinois $38
North America $55 Indiana $35
New York $40 Ohio $35
Wisconsin $45 Ill, Ken, Tenn, Ind, Ohio $38

                                                                                                                           Johann Maschenbauer/Elias Baeck

These beautiful maps are extremely scarce and, although not true miniatures because they measure about 6.5" by 8.5", fit best in this category on our website. They were published in 1748 in Augsburg, Germany under the name 'Dollmetscher Seitungs Handbuch' and have original full wash hand colouring.

Franconia, Germany $125 Bavaria, Germany $125
Austria $135 Switzerland (stained) $75
Germany $135 Asia $275
Westphalia, E. Holland $125 Russia , Finland $165
Belgium, W. Germany $125 South Italy $175
Saxony $145    

 

                                                                            Gerard Mercator/Jan Jansson

Gerard Mercator , along with Abraham Ortelius, was the greatest name in late 1500's cartography and his influence extends to

 today with the continued use of his famous projection. His great folio atlas went into many editions and necessitated a smaller

 version, 'Atlas Minor', which was initially issued by Henry Hondius and later by Hondius' brother-in-law, Jan Jansson. These

 maps come from the Jansson version of 1635 and although not strictly miniatures are sought after by the same collectors.

Maps are 5" by 7" and have excellent  hand colouring.

Wales, N.W. England $145 Persia SOLD
Saltzburg, Austria $85 Ulster, N. Ireland $175
Fez, Morocco $95 France $95
Portugal & Algarve $135 Cambridge, England $125
North Africa, Egypt $115 Provence $175
England $175 North Pole, Arctic, Frisland $325
Picardy $75 Burgundy (Dukedom) $75
Holstein $95 Tartary (Isle of Korea & Alaska) $195
Calais & Boulogne $75 Anjou $75
Latvia, Estonia $175 Romania, Bulgaria $175
N. Lorraine $75 S. Lorraine $75
West Indies (cracked plate) $295 Waldeck $95
Antwerp $135 Rugen $105
Parma, Italy $125 Austria $135
East Ulster, Ireland $165 Yorkshire, Lincoln $165
Moluccas $135 Steirmark $85
Poland $175 S.W England, S. Wales $165
N.E. England( Cloppenburg - larger) $175 S.E. England $155
British Islands $165 Brunswick $85
Frankenland (N. Bavaria) $105 North Jutland $95
North Scotland $175 Funen, Denmark $105
Lower Saxony $75 Emden $95
Luxembourg $155 Cleve (Koln etc) $125
Liege $75 Peru $175
Argow, Switzerland $95 Moscovia SOLD
South Westphalia $95 Macedonia, N. Greece $155
Berry, France $65 Poitiers, France $75
Hungary $155 Moravia $115
Hainault, Belgium $85 S. Alsace $95
Saxony, Silesia, Lusatia $95 Castille $115
Bohemia $135 Palatinate of Bavaria $105
Bavaria $105 Brittany & Normandy $115
Wirtenberg $95 Paris Region $125
Burgundy (County) $75 Lyon, Beaujolais - France $85
Zurich $135 Lake Geneva $135
Switzerland $115 Verona, Venice $155
Westphalia & Bremen $95 Wiflispurgergou, Switzerland $85
Brandenburg $95  Thuringia $85

 

Anonymous - G. De LIsle

These little maps come from a scarce Italian translation of  La Scienze delle persone di corte, di spada, e di toga 

by Sieur de Chevigny. The engraver is unknown but the acknowledgement on the maps is to the famous French

cartographer, Guillaume De l'Isle.  They measure approximately 5" by 6.5" and were published in 1720.

All have outline hand colouring.

Central Italy $65 Celestial Hemispheres $225
World in Hemispheres $285 Europe $85
North America $185 India, Burma $135
Scandinavia $85 Germany $55
Ottoman Empire $78 Persia $85
Solar Systems $95    

 

 

Robert Morden

Robert Morden usually worked in larger format but published 'Geography Rectified' in 1680 and at several later dates. Many of the maps are

 very similar (copied?) to Du Val. Maps are c5" by 5.5" and printed between 1688 and 1700 (see King second edition pp148-149)

All are hand coloured.

America (California as Island) $255 Ireland $155
Holland $75 Poland $95
Spain & Portugal $65 Chile, Paraguay $115
Turkey, Cyprus, Holy Land $95 Hungary, Bosnia, Croatia $95
China $165 Persia $75
Flanders, Belgium $55 Georgia, Armenia $95
Cape Verde Islands $85 Scandinavia $95
Portugal $75 Tartary, Gobi Desert $95

Barbary (N. Africa)

$55

S. Ukraine, Crimea $75
Azores $95 Greece (margin repair) $85
East Africa (Zanzibar) $75 Maldives, Sri Lanka $85
Asia $155 Germany $55
France $65 North & West Africa $85
Nile River (Ethiopia) $115

Europe

$115

Russia $85 Greece, Balkans $75

Emanuel Bowen/William Owen  

These English county maps are packed with detail and the double-sided road maps are reduced versions of the Ogilby maps. They were published 

 in 'Britannia Depicta' in 1720(see King second edition p. 166). We have all counties  and over 100 different road maps. Here are a few examples.

Maps measure 7" by 5", and are hand coloured .

Derbyshire

$55

Buckinghamshire

$58

Devonshire

$65

Northumberland

$48

Hampshire

$68

Northampton

$45

Norfolk

$50

British Islands

$75

E. Riding, Yorks

$60

Cambridgeshire

$48

Warwickshire $60

Shropshire

$48

Oxfordshire $60

Suffolk

$50

Westmoreland

$45

Leicestershire $48

 

Tobius Conrad Lotter

Tobias Lobeck initially published his 'Atlas geographicus portatilis' in 1750. The maps were engraved by Tobias Conrad Lotter and have 

very distinctive wash hand coloring. These maps are 5" by 4" and were printed in a later edition of 1762 (see King second edition  p 171)

All have original hand colour.

Thuringia $40 Lower Saxony $40
Hungary $65

Bohemia

$60

North Poland $65 Silesia $50
Switzerland $45 Russia, Japan $65
Central Saxony $40 Upper Saxony $40
Saxony $40 Bavaria $45
Scandinavia $85 Germany $50

Thomas Starling  

Thomas Starling engraved a fine series of maps for the 'Family Cabinet Atlas' of 1833/34. Maps are 6" by 3.5"

 ( see King second edition p 188). All have original hand colour.

Some maps are from the American version by Carey and Lea (1834)

World Rivers $25 W. Hemisphere Lakes $28
East Indies $48

Russian Empire

$22

West Africa

$25

Greece

$33

Egypt

$28

Poland

$33

Ottoman Empire

$40

Austrian Empire

$30

Scotland

$40

Burma, Malaya, Thailand

$40

E. Hemisphere Lakes $25

S. Italy

$33

Persia & Arabia

$38

Prussia

$28

Sweden & Norway

$33

Colombia (includes Venezuela)

$28

Italy

$33

Canada, Alaska $50

Germany

$25

Switzerland $25

Brazil

$28

Spain & Portugal

$28

France

$25

England & Wales

$30

World Mountains $20    

           John Gibson

     Maps are from 'Atlas Minimus' , 2.5" by 4" and printed in 1759 and 1793 (See Kingsecond edition  p. 172). These are now quite scarce.

                            

North Africa $58 Nova Scotia $175
Asia $145 France $48
Asiatic Russia $58

S. E. Germany

$65

Egypt, Abyssinia $65 Holland $78

Newfoundland

$175

Spain & Portugal $65

Peru

$95

Germany $55
S.W. Germany $65 N.E. Germany $65

South America

$95

Switzerland $68
Persia $65 Paraguay, Argentina $85

Hungary

$75

N.W. Germany $65
West Africa $75 Prussia $68

Andrew Dury & Thomas Kitchin  

Andrew Dury published 'New General and Universal Atlas' in 1761 with most of the maps engraved by Thomas Kitchin. 

Maps are 4" by 5" and printed in 1761 (See King second edition p.174) . All have original hand colour

Franconia

$35

Hungary $45

W. Africa (Senegal)

$30

 Asia  $85

Russia in Europe

$28

Denmark $38
Lower Saxony $33

Prussia, Poland

$40

Spain, Portugal $55 Great Britain $58
Bohemia $55 Portugal $45
Holland, E. England $55 Europe $65

Holland

$65

Russia in Asia

$28

North East France

$28

N. France, Flanders

$28

North America $155

France (2 sheets)

$28

Brandenburg $38 Germany $35
Flanders $28 Rhine, Cologne, Frankfort $35

 

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