Property of a Johannesburg Book Designer

Online-Only Auction, 1 - 8 March 2021

Property of a Johannesburg Book Designer

Sold for

ZAR 41 038
Lot 144
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve
  • Various Mapmakers; Maps, Twelve


Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 41 038

About this Item

Various Mapmakers
Maps, Twelve

1. L’Afrique Suivant Mr de l’Lisle de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, Long, London; engraving, 14 by 17,5cm excluding frame, 26 by 29 by 1,5cm including frame; oxidised, creasing in areas, cockling and tape residue; behind glass, examined out of the frame: not laid down, adhered to mount with strip of tape along top margin.

2. An Accurate Map of Africa, Drawn from the Sieur Robert with Improvements; engraving, 20 by 29cm excluding frame, 31,5 by 41 by 1,5cm including frame; oxidised, creasing in areas, and cockling; behind glass, examined out of the frame: not laid down, adhered to mount with strip of tape along top margin.

3. Map of Africa, L Smuts, signed and numbered 26/150; etching, 11 by 11cm excluding frame, 31 by 24,5 by 1,5cm including frame; condition good; behind glass, examined out of the frame: not laid down, adhered to mount with strip of tape along all four margins.

4. Africa, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; engraving, 1839, 33 by 41cm excluding frame 49 by 54,5 by 2cm including frame; oxidised,mount burn, tearing in areas and creasing in areas; behind glass, examined out of the frame: not laid down, adhered to mount with strip of tape in all four corners.

5. Chili, Paraguay, Brésil, Amazones, Analyse, de la Premiere Carte pour le Detail de l’Amerique, 1766, engraving, 29 by 49cm excluding frame, 46 by 65,5 by 2,5cm including frame; oxidised, cockling, foxing and creasing in areas; behind glass, examined out of the frame: not laid down, adhered to mount with strip of tape along top margin.

6. Africa, According to the Best Authorities, Dilly & Robinson, London; etching, 1785, 35 by 37cm excluding frame, 50 by 52cm including frame; oxidised, creasing in areas, foxing, tearing in areas and cockling; behind glass, examined out of the frame: not laid down, adhered to mount with strip of tape along top margin.

7. A New Map of Africa from the Latest Observations of the Marquis of Annandale; dated 1721 in pencil in the margin; engraving, 52 by 62cm excluding frame, 58,5 by 68,5 by 1,5cm including frame; oxidised, creasing in areas, foxing, staining in mid bottom portion, tearing in areas, 2cm hole in mid bottom portion, pinholes in areas and cockling; behind glass, examined out of the frame: not laid down.

8. Africa, Nuttal, Fisher & Dixon, Liverpool, 1814; engraving, 19 by 24cm excluding frame, 30,5 by 36 by 1,5cm including frame; oxidised and cockling; behind glass, examined out of the frame: not laid down, adhered to mount with strip of tape along top margin.

9. Africa, XVII, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Paternoster Row, 1826; engraving, 19,5 by 25,5cm excluding frame, 31,5 by 37 by 1,5cm including frame; oxidised, foxing and mount burn; behind glass, examined out of the frame: not laid down, adhered to mount with strip of tape along top margin.

10. Aethiopia, Guinea; engraving, 54,5 by 61cm excluding frame, 58,5 by 65 by 1,5cm including frame; surface dirt, oxidised, foxing, creasing in areas, tearing along margins and cockling; behind glass, examined out of the frame: not laid down.

11. British Empire Throughout the World, Fullerton & Co, London, numbered xxiii, 1856, engraving, 44,5 by 54cm excluding frame, 57 by 66,5 by 1,5cm including frame; oxidised, creasing in areas and cockling; behind glass, examined out of the frame: not laid down, adhered to mount with strip of tape along top margin.

12. Carte d’Afrique, Paris 1851; engraving, 42,5 by 56cm excluding frame, 63 by 75 by 1,5cm including frame; oxidised, foxing, creasing in areas and cockling; behind glass, examined out of the frame: not laid down, adhered to mount with strip of tape along top margin and bottom corners.

Notes

Images of individual maps in the composite image are not to scale, refer to dimensions in item details for relative sizes.



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