Sale 2481 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, June 7, 2018

1 1 c   ADAMS, SEBASTIAN C. A Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History Synchronized by Hon. Sebastian C. Adams with Maps of the World’s Great Empires. Chromolithographed panorama of world history segmented and backed on linen. 27x270 inches; folding into publisher’s half roan boards, front cover detached; slight wear at folds, varnished as issued. 5th edition. NewYork: Colby & Co, 1883 [200/300] 2 c   (AFRICA.) Janssonius, Johannes. Group of 6 double-page engraved maps of regions in Africa. Approximately 19x22 inches each sheet size, wide margins, French text on verso; original hand-coloring; heavy staining at margins occasionally extending into images, several tears and repairs. sold as is . Amsterdam, circa 1645 [300/500] comprising : Guinea (Coast of Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria) * Fezzae et Marocchi (Straits of Gibraltar, Morocco) * Turcicum Imperium (Egypt, Red Sea,Arabia) * Aethiopia Superior vel Interior vulgo Abissinorum (Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya) * Aethiopia Inferior vel Exterior (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe) * Barbaria (Mediterranean Coast, mouth of the Nile River, and fortifications of Carthage inTunisia). 3 c   ALLARD, CAREL. Exactissima Asiae Delineatio. Double-page engraved map of Asia after Nicolas Witsen and Frederick deWit. 21 1 / 2 x25 inches sheet size, wide margins; extremely fine original hand-color heightened in gold; small loss at lower left corner affecting neatline but not the image. Amsterdam, circa 1690 [700/1,000] 1 (detail) MAPS LOTS 1 - 243