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1598 - Porchacchi-Mangini - Natolia olim Asia Minor
1598 - Porchacchi-Mangini - Natolia olim Asia Minor

1620 - Porcacchi - Constantinopoli
Copper etching from "L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo" (The most famous islands of the world) by Thomas Porcacchi (1530 - 1585) and engraved by Girolamo Porro. The first edition of this work was published in Venice in 1572. This is from the second edition, 1620 published in Padua. A very attractive and uncommon early 17th century map of the city of Constantinople/Istanbul. This wonderful birds-eye view shows a delightful level of detail, including major geographical features such as individual buildings, small islands off the coast, a nice compass rose, and numerous sailing ships. Amazing how many individual buildings are depicted, including quite a variety across the Golden Horn at Pera.
1620 - Porcacchi - Constantinopoli

1686 - Clüver - Thraciae - Amsterdam
Map of Thrace by Clüver published in Amsterdam in 1686. Sheet measures 5" x 5 1/4." Image area measures 4 3/4" x 5."
1686 - Clüver - Thraciae - Amsterdam

1686 - Mallet - Partie Occidentale de la Mer Mediterranee
Mer Mediterranée Selons Les Modernes./ Partie Orientale De La Mer Mediterranée./ Partie Occidentale De La Mer Mediterranée. 1685 Three miniature maps on one sheet of the Mediterranean. ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Allain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706), a French cartographer and engineer IMAGE SIZE: Approx Overall page size 13 x 21cm approximately (5 x 8 inches); image size 10.5 x 14.5cm approximately (4 x 5.5 inches) PROVENANCE: "Description de l'Univers, contenant les differents systemes du Monde, les Cartes generales & particulieres de la Geographie Ancienne & Moderne: Les Plans & les Profils des principales Villes & des autres lieux considerables de la Terre; avec les portraits de Souverains qui y commandent, leurs Blasons, Titres & Livrees: Et les Moeurs, Religions, Gouvernements & divers habillemens de chaque Nation", dedie'e au Roy, par Allain Manesson Mallet. Paris, Chez Denys Thierry, Rue S. Jacques, MDCLXXXIII [First edition, Paris, 1683] TYPE: Copperplate map
1686 - Mallet - Partie Occidentale de la Mer Mediterranee

1704 - Cluver - Chersonesi quaehodie Natolia Descriptio - London
CHERSONESI QUAE HODIE NATOLIA DESCRIPTIO Copper line engraved map produced to accompany the 1704 edition of Philip Cluver's "Introductio In Universam Geographiam", published in London by John Nicholson. A scarce item with a highly decorative cartouche. Measures 248 x 200 mm. Hand colored.
1704 - Cluver - Chersonesi quaehodie Natolia Descriptio - London

1762 - Jeffreys - Hungary with Turky in Europe - London
"Hungary with Turkey in Europe " by Thomas Jefferys Includes Macedonia and Greek Archipelago with Rhodes and Cyprus Mapmaker: Thomas Jefferys (1719-1771 ), Geographer to King George III. Originally produced for an edition of Thomas Salmon, "A New Geographical and Historical Grammar". London : Published in London by Thomas Salmon 1762. Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand color. Engraved surface 184 x 197mm (approx. 7-1/4" x 7-3/4"). Folds as issued
1762 - Jeffreys - Hungary with Turky in Europe - London

Konstantinopel
Stone litograph by C. C. A. Last, published in the Netherlands, about 1830. Recent hand color.
Konstantinopel

Konstantinopel
Stone litograph by C.C.A. Last, published in the Netherlands, about 1830. Recent hand color