41. North Africa – Sanson d’Abbeville, Nicolas. (1600 – 1667).

Royme, et Desert de Barca et ‘L’Egypte Divisee en ses douze Cassifs, ou Gouvernemens.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Paris, Chez P. Mariette, 1655. Plate Size: 52.5 cm x 34.1 cm. Sheet Size: 58 cm x 44.5 cm. Original map. In good condition. Signs of browning and staining to map margins. Minor tear to margins along centre fold.

42. North Africa – Sanson d’Abbeville, Nicolas. (1600 – 1667).

Partie de la Coste de Barbarie en Africque, ou sont le Royaumes de Tunis, et Tripoli et Pays Circomvoisins Tires de Sanuto et d’autres.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Paris, Chez P. Mariette, 1655. Plate Size: 53.2 cm x 36.7 cm. Sheet Size: 61.3 cm x 45.7 cm. Original map. In very good condition with only the faintest traces of browning outer margins. Minor tear to margins along centre fold. Discreet inked numeration in top right corner of sheet.

43. Tunisia / Libya – Sanson d’Abbeville, Nicolas. (1600 – 1667).

Partie de Barbarie, ou sont les Royaumes de Tunis, et Tripoli, Tires de Sanut et d’Autres.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Paris, Sanson d’Abbeville, [c.1658]. Plate Size: 28 cm x 18.2 cm. Sheet Size: 35.6 cm x 25 cm. Original map. In very good condition. With only the faintest signs of browning. Map orientated to the north.

44. Americas – Kircher, Athanasius. (1602-1680).

Mappa fluxus et refluxus rationes in isthmo Americano, in Freto Magellanico, cæterisque Americæ litoribus exhibens.

Original copper engraving. Amsterdam, Kircher, [c.1665]. Plate Size: 40.2 cm x 34.1 cm. Sheet Size: 37 cm x 39.1 cm. Original Map. Very good condition of an increasingly rare map. Very minor traces of browning to outer margins.

45. Asia – Kircher, Athanasius. (1602-1680).

Tabula Geographica Hydrophylacium Asiae Majoris Exhibens, quo Omnia Flumina sive proxime sive remote per occultos maeandros Originem suam Sortiuntur.

Original copper engraving. Amsterdam, Kircher, [c.1665]. Plate Size: 41.2 cm x 34.2 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 39.2 cm. Original Map in very good condition. Very minor traces of browning to outer margins.

46. 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.

47. 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.

48. Germany – Blaeu, Willem Janszoon. (1596 – 1673).

Celeberrimi Fluvii Albis nova Delineatio.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam, Blaeu, 1628. Plate Size: 53 cm x 30.6 cm. Sheet Size: 60 cm x 48.7 cm. Original map. In very good condition. Clean and bright with generous margins. Very minor tear to centre-fold at lower edge. French text on reverse.

49. Paris – Chereau, Jacques. (1688 – 1776).

Vue de L’Édifice de l’Observatoire et du Collège des Jésuites.

Original hand-coloured engraved vue d’optique. Paris, Jacques Chereau, [c.1700s]. Plate Size: 39.3 cm x 28.5 cm. Sheet Size: 41.5 cm x 29.7 cm. Original print. In very good condition. Clean, crisp and bright impression.

50. Paris – Mondhare, Louis-Joseph. (1734 – 1799).

1er Vue des Boulvard pris de la Porte St Antoine on averty le Public que cette Vuë est graveé pour estre vuë au naturet dans l’Optique.

Original hand-coloured copper engraved vue d’optique. Paris, Mondhare, [c.1750-1780]. Plate Size: 38.7 cm x 23.2 cm. Sheet Size: 44.7 cm x 28. 6 cm Original print. In very good, actually remarkable, condition. Clean and crisp and radiant impression, with only the faintest trace of browning. Some very minor traces of light staining to outer margin corner.