11. Portugal – Secco, Fernando Alvares. (c.1561 – 1585).

Portugallia et Algarbia qua olim Lusitania.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam, Guiljelmum et Joannem Blaeu, [1640]. Plate Size: 49.6 cm x 38.1 cm. Sheet Size: 58 cm x 47 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Map orientated with north facing to the right. Some very minor traces of spotting near edges. Signs of foxing in top right corner of map. Minor chip and tear near lower left corner of sheet. Centre fold as issued. Latin text on reverse.

12. Germany – Blaeu, Willem J. (1571 – 1638).

Ducatus Holsatiae Nova Tabula.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam Blaeu, [1638]. Plate Size: 51.4 cm x 38 cm. Sheet Size: 56.5 cm x 47 cm. Original and rare map. In very good, clean condition. Minor tear to lower edge at center-fold. French text on reverse.

13. Holland – Homann, Johann Baptist. (1663 – 1724).

Tabula Generalis Totius Belgii qua Provinciae, XVII. Infer. Germaniae olim sub S. R.I. Circulo Burgundiae comprehensae nunc in Varias Potentias tum liberas utpote Prov. VII Foederaras, tum reliquas Hispaniae et Gakkiae, Coronis Subjectas, seperate ostencluntur.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Nuremburg, Homann, [c.1720]. Plate Size: 57.2 cm x 48.4 cm. Sheet Size: 60.2 cm x 52.4 cm. Original map. In very good condition. Clean and crisp. Repaired tears to centre-fold. Slight hint of glue-staining along centre-fold. Faintest trace of browning to outer margins only.

14. Poland – Blaeu, Willem J. (1571 – 1638).

Ducatus Silesiae Glogani Vera Delineatio.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam Blaeu, [1644]. Plate Size: 50.5 cm x 41.3 cm. Sheet Size: 65 cm x 56.1 cm / With Mount: 67 cm x 58.8 cm. Original map. In very good, clean condition. Latin text on reverse.

15. Holland – Homann, Erben [Heirs]. (1702 – 1848).

Tabula Comitatus Hollandiae cum ipsius confinijs Dominii nimirum Ultraiectini nec no Geldriae et Frisiae Geographice tradita curis Homannianorum Heredum.

Original hand-coloured copper-engraving. Nürnberg, Homannianorum Heredum, 1733. Plate Size: 49.1 cm x 57.8 cm. Sheet Size: 54.5 cm x 77 cm. Original map. In good- condition. Some browning and damp-staining evident to outer margins. Some minor imperfections to outer margins also. Sign of damge to map detail near center fold at right border. Discreet duplicate library stamps in Polish and inked annotation on reverse.

16. Denmark – De l’Isle, Guillaume. (1675 – 1726).

Carte du Royaume de Danemarc.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Paris, De l’Isle et Buache, 1780. Plate Size: 64.4 cm x 48.7 cm. Sheet Size: 66.6 cm x 52.7 cm. Original map. In very good condition with the slightest traces of browning only.

17. Volcanoes – Meyer, Joseph. (1796 – 1856).

Die Vulkan Gürtel des Atlantischen Oceans [Translates: “The Volcano – Belt of the Atlantic Ocean”].

Original hand-coloured engraving. Hildburghausen, Joseph Meyer, [1852]. Plate Size: 28 cm x 19.4 cm. Sheet Size: 31.6 cm x 25.6 cm. Original map. Very good conditions but with some foxing towards sheet edges.

18. Holland – Homann, Erben [Heirs]. (1702 – 1848).

Charte von Holland.

Original hand-coloured copper-engraving. Nürnberg, Homann Erben, 1791. Plate Size: 45 cm x 56.5 cm. Sheet Size: 47.3 cm x 58.3 cm. Original map. In good condition. Some browning evident. Some minor imperfections to outer margins.

19. Hungary – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Hungary – With Vignettes of Pesth and the Fortress of Buda [Budapest] and Depictions of Hungarian Nobles, the Danube and Hungarian Peasants.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H.Warren and engravings by J.Rogers. London & New York, John Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32 cm x 25.6 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.