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Bay de Tode los Santos
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1642 · Item · [after 1627]
Part of Mexico

't'Neemen van de Suyker Prysen in de Bay de Tode los Santos Anno 1627.'

Anon.

'Fol: 23' from an unidentified publication.

'[1690 Bresel]' endorsed on the reverse in manuscript in pencil in bottom right corner.

Africa
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/2 · Item · [after 1630]
Part of Africa

'Africae nova descriptio'
'Auct: Guiljelmo Blaeuw.'

Scale unspecified.

'Blaeu c. 1660' endorsed on reverse in manuscript in pencil.
'4' endorsed on reverse in manuscript in ink.
'Africa' endorsed on reverse in manuscript in ink.

Guiljelmo Blaeu published the first edition of this map in 1630, followed by several further editions (Koeman, C., 'Atlantes Neerlandici. Bibliography of terrestrial, maritime and celestial Atlases and Pilot Books published in the Netherlands up to 1880' (Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1969-71) 1, p. 74).

Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638, cartographer, atlas maker and publisher
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/760 · Item · c. 1635 or later
Part of Europe: Regional Maps

'Danubius, Fluvius Europae Maximus, A Fontibus Ad Ostia, Cum omnibus Fluminibus, ab utroque latere, in ilium defluentibus.'

Anon.

Scale: 7 cm to 20 German miles

[Title cartouche with allegories of Christian and Muslim sides of the Danube, embellishment with water deities and river gods in bottom left corner.]

[Probably from William Blaeu, 'Novus Atlas [... ]' (Amsterdam: Guiljelmo Blaue, 1635 and later) (Koeman, 1, p. 102, BI9, No. 219)]

Deal and Sandwich
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/185 · Item · 1640
Part of British Isles: England: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

View of the Spanish, Dutch and English Fleets off Deal, comprising two prints mounted on individual backings, mounted together on one backing.

'Vera Et Exacta Delineato Classium Hispanicae, Anglicae, et Holladicae, prout in Freto Brittanico iuxta Dealam Castrum et Sandvicum in primo congressu, ante prelium se ostenderunt, Anno 1640'
'Do. Cornelio Boll. Ant[u. si] Navium Pictori celeberrimo, huiq[ue] rei simul spectatori [s]uo Amititiae ergo, Wencellaus Hollar Bonem, delineator, D.D.D.'
'W. Hollar fecit'
'Deal v [and] Sandwich' endorsed in manuscript in ink at bottom margin.

[Pennington, 'A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-77' (Cambridge: University Press, 1982), No. 548]

Lier
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/104 · Item · [1649 or later]
Part of Belgium

'Lier.'

Anon. [Joan Blaeu]

Scale unspecified.

'Cities Exhibition No. 86'

[Probably from Joan Blaeu, Townsbook of the Netherlands (Novum Ac Magnum Theatrum Urbium [...]) (Amsterdam, 1649 and later)]

Blaeu, Joan
Diksmuide
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/94 · Item · [1649 or later]
Part of Belgium

'Dixmuda.'
'Vedastus du Plouich fecit.'

Scale unspecified.

'[ ] Diksmuide' endorsed in manuscript in pencil in top left corner of backing.

Probably from Joan Blaeu, Townsbook of the Netherlands (Novum Ac MagnumTheatrum Urbium [...]) (Amsterdam, 1649 and later).

Plouich, Vedastus, Du, fl. 1640-1648, engraver and cartographer
Ostend
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/108 · Item · [1649 or later]
Part of Belgium

'Ostend Obsessa Et Capta Ab Alberto Et Isabella d. g. Archiducib Austriae, Ducib. Burgundiae, Brabantiae, etc. Com. Flandriae, etc.'

Anon. [Joan Blaeu]

Scale unspecified.

Inset: 'Ostenda ut jam conspictur A[nn]o 1641.'

On the reverse, text in Dutch.

[Probably from Joan Blaeu, Townsbook of the Netherlands (Novum Ac Magnum Theatrum Urbium [...] (Amsterdam, 1649 and later).]

Blaeu, Joan
Alsace
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/784 · Item · c. 1650
Part of France: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions, etc. (excluding Paris)

'Chorographia Argentorati Alsatiae Metropolis sculpta et excusa a Matthaeo Seuttero S. C. M. Geogr. Aug. Vindel. Cu. Priv. S. Vic.in part Rhen. Suev. et Franc, jur.'

Scale: 2 1/4 inches to 1 German mile

'30' endorsed in manuscript in ink in top margin.

On the reverse, the central folding line strengthened with paper printed with text in Latin.

Seutter, Matthäus, 1678-1757, draughtsman, engraver, publisher
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1619 · Item · [c. 1650]
Part of Italy: Various
  • 'Parma'; 22.5 x 11.9 cm; 'Parme' endorsed in manuscript in ink in top margin
  • 'Sena'; 22.8 x 11.9 cm; '[ ]ne' endorsed in manuscript in ink in top margin
  • 'Palermo'; 46.5 x 13.2 cm; 'Palerne' endorsed in manuscript in ink in left margin
  • 'Drepanum'; 46.5 x 8.1 cm; 'Trapani' endorsed in manuscript in ink underneath title inscription

Anon.

On the reverse descriptive text to each city.
[p.] '49' from an unidentified publication.

Traces of former backing.

GB 249 T-GED 22/1/843 · Item · 1652, [modern reproduction of the old map]
Part of France: Paris: General

'Lutetia. Paris.'

Jacques Gomboust.

Scale: 1 centimetre to [20 leagues]

Detailed cartouches and elaborated insets.

'Cities Exhibition No. 269'

GB 249 T-GED/22/4/8 · Item · 1656, no date
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

[Coat of Mail with a bandelier between two vases]
'Polidor inven'
'Gio Ba Gallestruzzi f.'
5.4 x 11.7 cm on 20.2 x 17.3 cm sheet
'4' endorsed in bottom left corner
[From War Trophies and Vases (Illustrated Bartsch, 46, no. 50, p.102)]

'Trophez a l'Antique nouvellement invantez at gravez par I. le Pautre A Paris chez [ ] ruë St. Jacques a [ ] avec Priv.'
[Two engravings of trophies mounted on one backing. Title from left engraving]
Left: 9 x 28.9 cm; right: 9 x 28.8 cm, on 21.2 x 28.8 cm backing.

[One engraving depicting a trophy]
6.7 x 23.6 cm on 11.3 x 26.2 cm backing

[Trophies with a helmet surmounted by an eagle]
'Polidoro Da Carravaggio Inven.'
Gio Bat Galestruzzi fec.'
15.7 x 11.5 cm on 20.6 x 17 cm sheet
'4' endorsed in bottom left corner
[From War Trophies and Vases (Illustrated Bartsch, 46, no. 45, p.102)]

[Engraving depicting an inscription (Italian) within a highly decorated frame]
21 x 12 cm sheet on 25.6 x 17.2 cm backing

[Trophies with a helmet surmounted by a sphinx]
'Polidoro Da Caravag. Inv.'
'Gio Batta Galstruzzi fece.'
'3. In Roma. 1656.'
15.3 x 10.9 cm on 20.1 x 16.5 cm sheet
[From Antique War Trophies, 1656 (Illustrated Bartsch, 46, 44, p. 101)]

Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Polidoro Caldara (Polidoro da Caravaggio); I[ ] Le Pautre; anon.

Caldara, Polidoro, c. 1490-1543, painter