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September 2008
Martayan Lan
Fine Antique Maps, Atlases and Globes
70 East 55th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022
800-423-3741
212-308-0018
info@martayanlan.com
Any of these maps may be purchased directly via our website, but if you have any questions about these or any other items in our stock, please feel free to call us at 1-800-423-3741(U.S. and Canada only) or at 212-308-0018.
We also welcome inquiries via email at info@martayanlan.com.
You are always welcome to visit us in our New York gallery.
Our Hours:
Monday Through Friday, 9:30-5:30
Saturday and Evening Hours by Appointment
For a brief online tour of our spacious Midtown Manhattan gallery, please click here.
We are located at:
Heron Tower
70 East 55th Street, 6th Floor
(Between Park and Madison)
New York, NY 10022
Click on the images below for larger illustrations and full descriptions.
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Handsome Pair of Large, 18th Century, English Globes
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Terrestrial & Celestial Globe Pair. ADAMS, Dudley & George
[London, 1793]
Terrestrial: Britanniarum Regi Augustissimo Georgio Tertio… Globii in hunc Terrestrem, Omnes hactenus exploratos terrarum tractas,…Made by D. Adams…Charing Cross, London. 1793. .
Celestial: Britanniarum Regi Augustissimo Georgio Tertio…Globum hunc Caelestem, …Londini apud G. Adams, artificem Regium in vico Fleet Street [Undated].
Each 18 inches (46 cm.) diameter & 33 inches (84 cm.) total height; mounted on three-legged wooden stands with compasses in bases, each with finely engraved directional cards; original, movable brass meridians, each fitted with equator wires to assist in rotating meridians; horizon ring, resting on four wooden arms connected to base, paper-covered with finely engraved symbols of zodiacal constellations and various statistics for time calculations; celestial globe with movable brass declination circle, on which is brass symbol of the sun; global maps each consist of 24 original-colored gores and 2 polar calottes; dark speckling, occasionally heavy on terrestrial globe (none on celestial), yet virtually all place names legible; mended cracked area in lower Atlantic Ocean area on terrestrial about 4 x 5 inches with minor losses here and in few, other areas on both terrestrial and celestial, still overall very good.
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Superb Copy of Sanson’s Continental Atlases
In a Contemporary Binding
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Four Continental Atlases. SANSON, N.
[Paris, 1683]
L’Europe Dediee a Monsiegneur Monseigneur le Tellier Secret? D’Estat & Par N. Sanson le fils…A Paris…1683.
Part 1: [Engraved title page:] L’Europe En Plusieurs Cartes,…A Paris…M.DC.LXXXIII. Part 2: L’Asie En Plusieurs Cartes Nouvelles Et Exactes;… Part 3: L’Afrique En Plusieurs Cartes Nouvelles Et Exacte;… Part 4: L’Amerique En Plusieurs Cartes Nouvelles Et Exactes:
Quarto in full contemporary speckled calf, re-backed with original spine pasted over; eng. title page, each section with printed title page and maps interleaved with text; 11 18 18 15 = 62 maps; some cropped, few with losses in border areas only, else solidly excellent.
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The Discovery-Era World
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World. MUNSTER, S.
[Basel, c. 1550]
Das Erst General...
10 3⁄4 x 14 7⁄8 inches.
Fine hand color; excellent condition
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The Classical Template for All Future Maps
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Ancient World. MUNSTER, S.
[Basel, c. 1550]
Ptolemaisch General Tafel...
10 ½ x 12 ½ inches.
Fine hand color; excellent condition.
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The First Separate MapOf the Western Hemisphere
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Americas. MUNSTER, S.
[Basel, c. 1550]
Die Neuwen Inseln...
10 ½ x 13 ½ inches.
Fine hand color, excellent condition.
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A Very Early Map of Asia
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Asia. MUNSTER, S.
[Basel, c. 1550]
Die Lander Asie nach irer Gelegenheit bisz in India werden in diser Tafel Verzeichnet. . .
10 ½ x 13 ½ inches.
Fine hand-color; excellent.
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Picturesque Woodcut Map of Africa
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Africa. MUNSTER, S.
[Basel, 1550/ 1574]
Africa Libya Morenland mit Allen Kunigreichen so zu Unsern Zeiten darin Gefunden Werden.
10 5⁄8 x 13 1⁄2 inches.
Fine hand color; excellent.
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Striking, “Upside Down” Map of Europe
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Europe. MUNSTER, S.
[Basel, c. 1550]
Europa das ein Drittheil der Erden nach Gelegenheit unsern Zeiten.
10 ½ x 13 ¼ inches.
Fine hand color; excellent condition with wide margins.
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Large, Finely Realized View of Bangor, Maine
In a Fine, Bright Example
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Bangor, Maine. HILL, J. W./ PARSON, C./ SMITH BROTHERS
[New York, 1854]
Bangor, ME. Published by Smith Brothers & Col, 59 Beekman St. N. Y. 1854.
22 7/8 x 39 ¼ inches.
Lithograph from one stone in black on heavy paper. Few mended splits at extremities, corner mends, no loss of printed area; strong impression, excellent condition.
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“A Remarkably Accurate Map For the Time”--Burden
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Northeast U.S. & Canada. CORONELLI, V./ NOLIN, J.B.
[Paris, c. 1690]
Partie Orientale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France.
17 1/2 X 23 inches.
Original outline color; very good.
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The Northeast During the Revolution
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Northeast/ American Revolution/ Battle of Saratoga. BRION DE LA TOUR, L.
[Paris, 1778]
Carte Du Theatre De La Guerre Entre Les Anglais Et Les Americains...
29 ¼ x 20 inches.
Fine hand color; abrasion with some losses along horizontal fold, vertical fold reinforced with negligible loss; good.
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Rare Cartographic Artifact of the Last Gold Rush in the West
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Goldfield, Nevada/ Gold Mining. CLASON MAP CO.
[Denver, 1907]
Map of Goldfield Nevada 1907.
21 x 26 3/8 inches.
Chromolithograph. Toned, some chipping with few minor losses, mounted on rice paper, still overall excellent of this kind.
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Extremely Early Depiction of Jerusalem
In Rarely Seen Period Color
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Jerusalem. SCHEDEL, H.
[Nuremberg, 1493]
Destruccio Iherosolime.
10 x 20 ¾ inches.
Vibrant period color; usual threadhole repairs, minor staining, else excellent.
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“The Most Important Florentine Atlas” (Valerio)
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Atlas. BORGHI, A. B.
[Florence, 1819]
Atlante Generale dell Ab: Bartolommeo Borghi Corredato di Prospetti Gstorici Politici Civili Naturali di ciascheduno Stato.
Oblong folio; contemporary marbled paper over boards, vellum backstrip & corners, black morocco label, edges worn, somewhat scuffed, joints tender; 168pp text & 119 engraved maps, some multi-sheet, all with original outline color; a slight bit of staining, but overall fine with deckled edges.
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Fine, Classic Map of Italy
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Italy. BLAEU, W.
[Amsterdam, 1634]
Nova Italiae Delineatio.
14 7/8 x 19 3/8 inches.
Fine original color; creasing along centerfold, else excellent condition.
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A Beautiful Map of Sicily
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Sicily. ORTELIUS, A.
[Antwerp, 1584/ 1624]
Siciliae Veteris Typus.
14 ¾ x 19 ¼ inches.
Fine hand color; fine condition.
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A Richly Decorative & Colored Map of Scandinavia
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Scandinavia. SENEX, J.
[London, 1719]
Scandinavia and it’s Confines in which are the Kingdom’s of Sweden, Norway, &c..
19 x 21 ¾ inches.
Fine original & later color; few mended marginal splits not affecting printed area, bottom of centerfold reinforced, else excellent condition.
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Fine, Hand-Crafted Magnifiers
Made From Various Exotic Woods
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Large Hand Magnifier. Leopold A. Frilot
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Large Hand Magnifier.
The lens features a 4” viewing area with 3X magnification and is fastened to the wooden handle with antiqued brass hardware; overall length is 10 ½ inches.
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Fine, Hand-Crafted Magnifiers
Made From Various Exotic Woods
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Desk Magnifier. Leopold A. Frilot
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Desk Magnifier.
The lens features a 2 – 3/8” viewing area with 8X magnification and is permanently attached to the base; overall diameter is 4 inches.
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Fine, Hand-Crafted Magnifiers
Made From Various Exotic Woods
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Hand Magnifier. Leopold A. Frilot
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Hand Magnifier.
The lens features a 2 –3/4” viewing area with 2X magnification and is fastened to the wooden handle with gold plated brass hardware; overall length is 7 inches.
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