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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/22/1/385 · Item · 1653, reproduced 1905
Part of British Isles: Scotland: General

'Scotia Regnum com insulis adjacentibus', 'Orcades et Shellandicae Insulae'
'Reproduced at Bartholomew's Geographical Institute'

Robert Gordon of Straloch.

Scale: 1 inch to 18 miles

From Scottish Geographical Magazine, 1905.

Attached is a small sheet advertising The Scottish Widows Fund.

Madrid
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1758 · Item · [c.1655 - 1662]
Part of Spain: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions, etc.

View of the southern facade of the Escorial.

'Ortographia Exterior Meridional Del Templo I Convento De S. Lorencio Et Real Del Escurial I Aposentos Reales.'
'J. Falck F.'

On the reverse, text in Latin describing building.

'P. 35' and [p. ] from an unidentified publication.

Falck, Jeremias, c. 1609-1677, engraver
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
London, Chelsea
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/252 · Item · 1664 - 1821
Part of British Isles: England: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'Illustrations of Old Chelsea and Millbank'
Five reproductions of views and maps, printed on one sheet.

  • 'View of Vauxhall Bridge, 1821'
  • 'View of the Thames near Vauxhall in 1785.'
  • 'A sketch at Millbank in 1815.'
  • 'Map of Chelsea, Surveyed in the year 1664 by James Hamilton. Continued to 1717'
  • 'Millbank as it appeared 1816.'

Anon.

From an unidentified publication.

Rome
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1548 · Item · [late 17th century]
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

Four engravings of notable buildings and views at Rome.
All titles in Italian and French.

'Israel Silvestre deli. et fecit com privil. Regis'
'P. Mariette ex'

Pierre Mariette after Israël Silvestre.

Silvestro, Israël, 1621-1691, draughtsman and engraver
Map of Germany
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1009 · Item · [after 1674]
Part of Germany: General

'Circuli Rheni Superioris Pars Inferior, Ad Usum serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis.'
'La Basse Partie du Cercle du Haut Rhein Divisé en tous ses Estats et Souverainetés. à I'Usage de Monseignear le Duc de Bourgogne Par son tres Humble et tres ObeisBant Serviteur. H. laillot.'
'Se vend a Amsterdam chez P. Mortier et Comp. Avec Privil.'

H[ ] Jaillot [i.e. Alexis-Hubert Jaillot]

Scale: 1 centimetre to 1 French league

'13. [Circul] Rhein [ ] Superi[ ] Pars Inferior'endorsed in manuscript in ink in bottom right corner.
'.13 . Circuli Rheni superioris Pars inferioris' endorsed in manuscript in ink on the reverse bottom left corner.
'14.' endorsed in manuscript in ink on the reverse top left corner.
'Rhine' endorsed in manuscript in pencil on reverse.

Jaillot, Alexis-Hubert, 1632-1712, sculptor, engraver, publisher, geographer
London
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/231 · Item · [20th century reproduction of 1677 map]
Part of British Isles: England: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'Ogilby's Map 1677 with traces of Rectangular Roman Street Plan.'

Anon. after John Ogilby.

Scale unspecified.

'No 3[ ]' [Cities Exhibition] endorsed in manuscript in pencil in bottom left corner.

[Cities Exhibition]

Probably related to John Ogilby and William Morgan, 'London Survey'd or, an Explanation of the Large Map of London' (London, 1677).

GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1774 · Item · 1687; no date
Part of Spain: Various
  • 'Plan de la Forteresse de Mongast.'; 'Dessiné sur le lieu, par N...... lngenieur de l'Empereuer, et mis au jour Par N. De Fer. Avec Privilege du Roy 1687'; Nicholas de Fer; 1687; 25.8 x 21.8 cm; Nicolas de Fer, 'De Forces de l'Europe ...' included a plan with same title and dimensions, but later year, no earlier edition mentioned (Pastorueu, Mireille, ‘Les Atlas Français Xvle – Xvlle Siècles’ (Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1984), Fer IX (Ill, 63,64), p. 206)
  • 'Villa Viçiosa ou Ville [ ... ]'; anon.; 18.2 x 13.4 cm; '77' endorsed in manuscript in ink in top right corner.; identical with Viçiosa map in T-GED/22/1/1738
  • '1. La Ville de ChaüI. 2. La Ville de Baçaim."; two maps printed on one sheet; anon.; 15 x 20.7 cm; 'Tom. IV. page 190.' endorsed in top right corner

Nicholas de Fer; anon.

Fer, Nicolas, De, 1646-1720, cartographer, geographer, engraver and publisher
Athens
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1123 · Item · [18th - early 19th century]
Part of Greece: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'Athens Lanthorn of Demosthenes Port of Phalarea'.
'London Printed for Rob[er]t Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street'

Anon.

'PI. 4.' from an unidentified publication.

Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794, publisher
Algeria
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/22 · Item · 1700
Part of Algeria

'Plans des Villes & Places importantes qui sont dans la Carte de d'Afrique avec leurs Fortifications. Levez par Mr. de Vauban premier Ingenieur, & Lieutenant General des Armées du Roy de France 1700.'

  • 'Plan de Tripoly en Barbarie'; 28.9 x 22.4 cm
  • 'Le Port d'Alger'; 27.4 x 20.1 cm
  • 'Plan des vieilles et nouvelles Fortifications de Malthe, situées dans l'Isle du mème nom'; 27.6 x 21.7 cm
  • 'L'Isle de Malthe [...]'; 27.4 x 20.9 cm

Anon. [Sébastien Le Prestre Marquis de Vauban (1633-1707)]

Scale: 1 inch to 4 Italian miles

[Probably a different edition of a map with same title but different year (1702) and dimensions, which was included in Nicolas de Fer, Atlas Royal [...] (Paris, 1699- [1702]) (Pastoreau, Mireille, Les Atlas Française XVIe-XVIIe Siècles (Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1984) p.191, Fer IIIc)]

Prestre, Sébastien, Le, 1633-1707, Marquis de Vauban