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Auction House:
Cordy's
Number of lots recorded:24
Lots with images:24
Prices available:24
Category:
Maps
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Bishop John Coleridge Patteson's personal copy of the rare 'Stanford's map of Australasia, London: Edward Stanford, 1859. First edition. Steel engraved map with hand colouring, total 155 cm x 174 cm, dissected into 48 sections, laid onto linen edged with… ***
*** James Cook 'Chart of New Zealand...', rare original 1772 engraving by John Bayly from the official first edition Hawkesworth publication of Cook's Voyage. hand coloured in outline. 49 cm x 38 cm. The first complete coastline chart of all New Zealand,… ***
*** A very rare ottoman hand-coloured world map from the 'Cedid Atlas' (Atlas-i Cedid), the first published atlas in the Muslim world, printed and published in Istanbul, 1803. Based on late 18th century European world maps it details Cook's three voyages of… ***
*** A 17th century map by John Speed 'The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland', published Bassett & Chiswell c.1676, copper engraved map with hand colouring; text verso, plate 38.5 x 51.5 cm. Originally pub. 1612 for Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire..'. ***
*** A 'Map of the Seat of War.- West Coast. New Zealand' 1869 by Arrowsmith for Enclosure in the Governor's Despatch No.7 (Hansard). 32 x 84 cm. ***
*** 'N.Z. Lighthouse Chart' the principal harbour lights, 1909, printed in colours by the Marine Department, framed and glazed. 30 cm x 23 cm ***
*** Two early English maps, one by Christopher Saxton, 'Lancastriae 1577' and 'Chester' by John Speed. Each 42 cm x 53 cm. ***
*** A 16th century map of England and Wales by Gerhard Mercator, published by Hondius c.1630s, entitled in a decorative cartouche, 'Anglia Regnum'. Detailed with Latinized names of counties and detailed with town names from Saxton's Map of 1579, additionally… ***
*** A vintage Feltex New Zealand map rug, machine woven in colours, hei tiki in rondel top left corner, a compass bottom right. 128.5 cm x 68 cm ***
*** An old 'Auckland Key to Block Plans' folio of street maps in folder form as used by the fire brigade, printed detail including 'Council of Fire & Accident Underwriters Associations of New Zealand in December 1928. Superseding Previous Issue'. 38 cm x 50 cm ***
*** A hand coloured map of the New Zealand Wars, from the 1862 publication of the Illustrated London News ***
*** A John Tallis map of New Zealand, c.1850s, includes decorative vignettes of Auckland, Wellington and Mt Egmont from New Plymouth, a Maori warrior and seal. Engraved for R. Montgomery Martin's Illustrated Atlas. 26.5 cm x 26 cm, gilt framed under glass ***
*** A coloured map of New Zealand by J. Rapkin, with hand coloured vignettes, from Tallis' Atlas, 38 cm x 28 cm. ***
*** Six small antique English Counties maps, Worcestershire (3), Essex, Surrey and Cambridgeshire, largest 20 x 29.5 cm. ***
*** John Tallis steel engraved map of New Zealand, with hand-coloured outline and vignettes of Auckland, Wellington, Mount Egmont from New Plymouth and a Maori warrior. From 'The Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World', pub. London 1851. 26.5 cm x… ***
*** Copper engraved map of Firth of Thames, Bay of Islands and Tolaga Bay entitled 'riviere Tamise et Baye Mercure a la Nle. Zelande' with insets 'Baye des Isles dans la Nle. Zelande' and 'Baye de Tolaga dans la Nle. Zelande', engraved by Robert Benard. From… ***
*** 17th century hand coloured map of Great Britain, A c.1654 map of the British Isles entitled 'Insulae Albion et Hibernia cum Minoribus Adjacentibus' by Johanes Blaeu. Original outline colouring. Dutch. 47.5 cm x 60 cm ***
*** An 18th century map 'Part of Sussex' by Robert Morden, hand coloured in outline. 36 cm x 41 cm ***
*** An 1835 map of New Zealand, 'Carte de la Nouvelle - Zelande', engraved by Ambroise Tardieu, from d'Urville's Atlas. Errors by Cook, now updated. Dumont d'Urville was second in Command of Duperrey's Expedition of 1824 and later led his own expedition to… ***
*** A pair of small English strip maps, one of Kent, the other double sided of Devonshire and Dorset. 18.5 x 11.5 cm ***
*** Three small English county maps, Kent, Lancashire and Devonshire. Largest 21 x 26 cm ***
*** Two folios of electoral maps of the North and South Islands, hand coloured, sectioned and mounted on fine linen, c.1907. The electoral districts detailed by hand and both with blue Morocco bindings. ***
*** A map of New Zealand by A Petermann, published by Justus Perthes, 1867. 33 x 21 cm. ***
*** A 19th century hand coloured steel engraved map of New Zealand by W. Hughes, published Edinburgh by A. & C. Black, unframed. 40 cm x 28 cm ***