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Maps — Printed & Written Material - Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)
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Maps
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| *** | First Large-Scale Map of the Australian Continent 'Hollandia Nova detecta 1644, Terre Australe decouverte l'an 1644' by Melchisedech Thevenot [Paris, 1644]. The very rare first issue in its first state: with the latitudes incorrectly numbered, without the… | *** |  |
| *** | A rare oak wall mounted map holder, Australian, circa 1900 with ten retractable maps of the Australian States | *** |  |
| *** | A colonial surveyor's map, 'Plan of the town of Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, from the actual survey by H. W. H. Smythe, 1855', 64 cm high, 78 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A map of St Kilda, Victoria, c. 1840, lithograph with watercolour highlight on paper backed on linen, 30 x 36.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | John Pascoe Fawkner signed carte de visite with inscription verso and accompanying news clipping and envelope, | *** |  |
| *** | Van Diemiens land, map of the colony, 84 x 69 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Chart of Van Diemen's Land, From the Best Authorities, and From Actual Surveys and Measurements', by Thomas Scott (Edinburgh, 1824), (tear at base), impressive musk wood frame, 62 x 87 cm overall. (Tooley 1129). Provenance: Property originally of Thomas… | *** |  |
| *** | From Maffra to Mansfield Through Unsurveyed Victoria, A fine, leather bound album with gold embossed title to front cover, circa 1890, with printed title page followed by a tipped-in map showing the route of a survey conducted on horseback with the… | *** |  |
| *** | Stephens & Stokes: 'New South Wales Calendar and General Post Office Directory, 1833.' [Sydney: December, 1832.] with folding map, engraved title-page with view of the GPO, two folding tables, two folding plates (one hand-coloured), map of Mount Victoria,… | *** |  |
| *** | Carte Reduite Des Terres Australes, Pour servir a l'Histoire des Voyages' by Jacques Bellin, [Paris, 1753], lovely map showing hypothetical east coast of Australia, 36 x 25 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Map of the District of Adelaide, South Australia, published by John Arrowsmith, 1840, lithograph, 65 x 55 cm | *** |  |
| *** | William Dampier: 'A New Voyage Around The World', 2nd Edition, 8vo, original calf, folding maps, London 1697 | *** |  |
| *** | Italian 18th century map of the South Sea titled 'Mare Del Sud' by Antonio Zatta [Venice 1776]. 42 x 32 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Captain Cook: 'A New and Complete Chart of the World, Displaying the Tracks of Captn Cook, and other Modern Navigators' by Thomas Bowen [London, c1787], plus Portrait of Captain James Cook 'Engd. by H.B.Hall's Sons, New York' [c1880]. Both framed, various… | *** |  |
| *** | James Sprent map of Tasmania in 1859 published by J Walch & Sons, Hobart Town, approximately 170 x 124 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Ionhannah Van Keulen, Engeland, hand coloured map, circa. 1681, 50 cm high, 55 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | Map of Melbourne 1839, colour lithograph, 19 x 52 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1776, Carte Reduite des Mers Comprises Entre l'Asie et l'Amerique Apelees par les Navigateurs Mer du Sud ou Mer Pacifique.., Paris, 1776, 63 x 89 cm. The chart focuses on the South Pacific, extending to China, Korea & Japan in the… | *** |  |
| *** | (Victoria) 'Bird's Eye View Of Port Phillip And Corio Bay' 1872, Colour lithograph, title in image lower right, publisher's line in lower margin, 41 x 68 cm. Old folds, scratches and stains, repaired tears and slight paper loss. Linen-backed. 'Published… | *** |  |
| *** | Laurie & Whittle, (London, 1800), A New Chart of the World on Wright's or Mercator's Projection in which are Exhibited all the parts hitherto Explored or discovered with the Tracks of the British Circumnavigators Byron, Wallis, Carteret and Cook, &c. and… | *** |  |
| *** | A large map of London after the original by C & J Greenwood, 1827, 124 x 192 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Hill. J.G., compiler. The Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, Australia, 1896. London, 1905. Small quarto, pp. viii, 44, with frontispiece map and large folding map, original cloth., Scarce acount of this disastrous Western Australian expedition led… | *** |  |
| *** | Jjoannes Van Keulen, Yrland, Schotland, hand coloured map, circa. 1681, 50 cm high, 58 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of hand coloured maps of Radnor and Cardigan English 17th century 27 x 32.5 cm by Christopher Saxton | *** |  |
| *** | Hawthorn - Prahran circa 1887. Two canvas backed maps scale 400 feet to an inch, stone engraved by Clarence Woodhouse [printed by John Batton 79 Queen St], housed in original black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. | *** |  |
| *** | Tulloch & Brown's Map of the Colony of Victoria Comprising part of New South Wales. Seaport and Inland Townships, the Gold Fields with the latest Discoveries, Roads, Tracks, &e. &c. 1857' (Tulloch & Brown, Melbourne, 1857) large map mounted on linen and… | *** |  |
| *** | Victoria: Hiscocks, F.E. & Co., publishers. 'F.E. Hiscocks & Co.'s New Victorian, Counties Atlas. Melbourne, 1874'. Folio, title, 5 leaves of letterpress and 22 lithographed maps, hand-coloured, original leather & cloth binding with the original gilt… | *** |  |
| *** | Map of the Province of South Australia 1862, printed by R. K. Burt London, lithograph, 76 x 66 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Forrest, John. Explorations in Australia. 1. Explorations in search of Dr. Leichhardt and party. 2. From Perth to Adelaide, around the Great Australian Bight. III. From Champion Bay, across the desert to the Telegraph at Adelaide. London, 1875. Octavo,… | *** |  |
| *** | (New Zealand), Polack, Joseph Samuel, Manners and Customs of the New Zealanders, with Notes Corroborative of their Habits, Usages, etc. And Remarks to Intending Emigrants. (London: James Madden && Co. Hatchard & Son, 1840). Two volumes. Small octavo,… | *** |  |
| *** | (World map) Heinrich Robert / F. A. Schraembl, 1789, Generalkarte soemmtlicher Entdeckungen auf den drei Grossen Weltreisen des Kapit Jacob Cook. Two sheets, each 49 x 60 cm to the printed margins. Large world map showing the routes of three voyages made… | *** |  |
| *** | Vaugondy, Robert de. Orbis Vetus in Utraque Contiente. Paris: c.1757. Double hemisphere world map, with hypothetical east coast of Australia connected to New Zealand and New Guinea. Ornate cartouche above and below. Original outline colour. 50 x 75 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | Australia: Collection of maps in folder, noted 'Chart of the Track of the Dolphin, Tamar, Swallow & Endeavour through the South Seas...' by Bowen [London, 1773], 'Karte von Australien' by Johannes Walch [Augsburg, c1810], 'Oceanique Centrale' by Pierre… | *** |  |
| *** | TASMANIA' 1883 large folding map in 30 sectors laid down on linen and contained in a slip-case from the supplier: Edward Stanford Ordnance Maps, Charing Cross. Published by authority of the Honorable N.J.Brown, Minister of Land & Works. Litho: R.Bennett,… | *** |  |
| *** | A lettersheet (folded to provide 4 sides) headed 'Map of Melbourne & Collingwood' with a detailed representation of the street grid, gardens and some significant buildings, with numbered references below the map. [Published by Blundell, engraved and… | *** |  |
| *** | Chart of part of the South Sea shewing the tracts & discoveries made by His Majestys Ships Dolphin...& Tamer....1765, Dolphin...& Swallow...1767, and Endeavour, Lieutenant Cooke, 1769', engraved by W.Whitchurch [London, 1773], window mounted, framed &… | *** |  |
| *** | (New Zealand) Taylor, Rev. Richard, Te Ika A Maui, New Zealand And Its Inhabitants, (Wertheim and Macintosh, London 1855) Green blindstamped pebbled cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 490 pp. plus 6 pp. publishers ads at rear, brown endpapers. Includes the… | *** |  |
| *** | Queensland and British New Guinea 1897' large format map printed by the Surveyor General's Office, Brisbane, in 36 sections laid down on stiffened linen. Overall 103 x 69.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Chart of the Southern Hemisphere by Captain James Cook, published by William Strahan [London 1777]. 55 x 57 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two framed antique hand coloured maps of the British Isles & the Province of Munster. Frames approximately 182 cm x 67 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Geological Map of Gipps Land (Sheet No.1), Surveyed by R. A. F. Murray under the direction of the Mining department, Melbourne [c1875], linen-backed roll-up map, size 97 x 110 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | City of Prahran. Compiled by T. B. Muntz, City Surveyor, 1882, fold-up map in 16 sections on linen-backing, with many properties added in red ink, overall 83 x 90 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Spencer, W. Baldwin. Native tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia. London, 1914. Thick octavo, with folding map and numerous plates, some coloured, original gilt-decorated cloth. | *** |  |
| *** | Brouckner/Remondini, Carte Generale du Globe Terrestre, Venice, 1761, 25 x 36 cm overall. This uncommon map is Remondini's reduction of Isaak Brouckner's map of the world. It features an extravagant collection of Northwest Passage theories, including one… | *** |  |
| *** | Benard, Robert (Paris, 1774), Carte d'une partie de la Mer du Sud Contenant les Decouvertes de Vaisseaux de sa Majeste: Le Dauphin, Commodore Byron, la Tamar, Capitne Mouats, 1765. Le Dauphin, Capitne Wallis, Le Swallow, Capitne Cartaret, 1767. et… | *** |  |
| *** | Map: A French hand coloured map 'Hemisphere Oriental', circa 1768, attributed to Brion de la Tour, pre Captain Cook with undefined east coast of Australia. 42 x 36 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Giles, Ernest. Mr.Ernest Giles's explorations, 1873-74. [Adelaide, 1874]. South Australian Parliamentary Paper, small folio, drop title, pp.70 with folding map, half calf. Some very slight marginal staining at end., The first printing of the great… | *** |  |
| *** | A New & Correct Chart of all the Known World by Emanuel Bowen [London 1744]. 46 x 38 cm | *** |  |
| *** | MAPS: c1853-84 maps, 'Plan of Villa Allotments at South Richmond', 'Town and Country Lands, Phillip Island', 'Boroondara, County of Bourke'. Various sizes. Poor/G condition | *** |  |
| *** | Scott, R. (Mackinzie & Dent, Newcastle on Tyne, Nd but 1811), Australasia, but unlike the earlier c1,800 edition showing the coastline more complete, the map also has 'Notasia' printed in the centre of the landmass. New Guinea and the surrounding islands… | *** |  |
| *** | [Gregory]. Papers relating to an expedition recently undertaken for the purpose of exploring the Northern Territory of Australia. London, 1857. British Parliamentary Paper, small folio, pp. [iv], 30 with folding coloured map by Arrowsmith, quarter morocco… | *** |  |
| *** | Spencer, W. Baldwin. An introduction to the study of certain native tribes of the Northern Territory. [With] Preliminary report on the Aboriginals of the Northern Territory. Melbourne, 1912-13. Bulletin of the Northern Territory, numbers 2 and 7, quarto,… | *** |  |
| *** | Robert Morden, Somersetshire, hand coloured map, circa. 1695, 35 cm high, 41 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | Victoria: 'E.L. Robinson's New Pocket Map of Victoria' (Robinson, Melbourne, 1862) engraved by W.Palmer. Linen-backed folding map contained in a pocket-book sized gilt-lettered cloth folder with ties. Affixed to the inside front cover is a list of the… | *** |  |
| *** | Meston, Archibald (1851-1924), Queensland Railway & Tourists' Guide, compiled under instructions from the Queensland Railway Commissioners. (Brisbane, Gordon & Gotch (1890)). 176p, illustrated with 22 leaves of plates, folding colour map of Queensland… | *** |  |
| *** | C1853 Goldfields map of Victoria drawn and engraved by J.Bartholomew (Edinburgh), Unframed, 32 x 43 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Christoper Saxton, Hand coloured engraved map by William Kip, circa. 1575, 38 x 27.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | MALLET MAPS, 'Nouvelle Guinee et Carpentarie'&'Des Terres Australes', by Allain Manesson-Mallet [Paris, 1683], both window mounted, framed &glazed, each about 28 x 34 cm. Early maps showing Australia &NZ | *** |  |
| *** | 'Burwood Estate, Perth' & 'Albert Park Estate, Perth' lithograph broadside real estate advertising both with locality map & one with engraved view, printed by Websdale, Shoosmith & Co Litho, Sydney. Some rips along the folds & the bottom margin. Early… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Victoria Estate, Perth, West Australia' lithograph real estate advertising with lithograph view & locality map, printed by Websdale, Shoosmith & Co Litho, Sydney. Multiple rips particularly to the folds. 78 x 57 cm | *** |  |
| *** | L. Cary, Map of Somersetshire, hand coloured engraving, circa.1787, 39 cm high, 51 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | Map: 'Chart of the Pacific Ocean' circa 1820 showing New Holland with incomplete northern and southern coastlines and only the east coast of Van Diemen's Land; Papua or New Guinea largely incomplete; Japan, Philippines, eastern China and the north and… | *** |  |
| *** | (New Zealand) Mannering, George Edward, With Axe and Rope in the New Zealand Alps. (1st ed. London and New York: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1891). 8vo. viii, 139, 24p. Frontispiece, plates, folding coloured map, publishers? catalogue. Gilt decorated maroon… | *** |  |
| *** | A new and accurate map of New South Walesby R. Wilkinson Cornhill London, 1794 29 x 25 cm plate approximately 29 x 25 cm | *** |  |
| *** | MORNINGTON &CRANBOURNE MAPS: c1875-90 maps, 'The Township of Mornington, Snapper Point', 'Plan of Subdivision of Sections 22 &23 Snapper Point Division', 'Towns of Cranbourne, Parish of Cranbourne, County of Mornington'. Various sizes. Poor/G condition | *** |  |
| *** | Boccaccio (Giovanni): 'The Decameron', London 1906, 2 vols, illustrated by Louis Chalon, full morocco gilt, silk endpapers, with the bookplate of Cary Grant | *** |  |
| *** | Map of South Australia, New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land and Settled parts of Australia' by James Wyld (London, 1847-48), engraved map with hand-colouring, dissected and laid down on linen, with original card slip-case with printed label on front.… | *** |  |
| *** | (New Zealand) Mannering, George Edward (2 vols.), Mt.Cook and its Surrounding Glaciers (1930) 23 plates, 2 maps, also, The Franz Josef Glacier New Zealand (1931) 23 plates, 1 map. Both with original pictorial paper covers. | *** |  |
| *** | AUSTRALIA MAPS, c1863-80s, noted NSW (3), Queensland, Victoria (2), WA, South Australia &Northern Territory, 'The Overland Route to Australia' | *** |  |
| *** | Emisfero Terrestre Meridionale, Tagliato Su L'Equatore', map from Zatta's atlas 'Atlante Novissimo' [Venice, 1779], depicts the Antarctic Hemisphere to the equator and Captain Cook's route on his first voyage. New Zealand and the Australian east coast are… | *** |  |
| *** | Maps: Group of 10 maps of Australia, late 19th & early 20th century including Van Diemen's Land. Various sizes | *** |  |
| *** | Die Nordkuste von Bass's Strasse, aufgenommen im Decemr. 1800 von Lieutn Jac.Grant' (Weimar, 1806), early map of the coast of Victoria with Portland Bay, 29 x 19 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Maps: Group of 8 maps of Australia including c1839 showing the Colony of South Australia. 19th & 20th century. Varying sizes | *** |  |
| *** | 'Town Lot Auction Sale of Crown Lands at Sydney' lithograph real estate advertising with locality map, circa 1900. Litho'd & Printed at the Dept. of Lands Sydney. 47 x 63 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Maps: 'Een Schets van de Algemeene Passaad-Winden in de Atlantische en Indiansche Zeen' by Dampier [1698], 'L'Asie' by Macquart [1739] & 'East Indies' by Jeffreys [1778], all framed, various sizes. | *** |  |
| *** | NSW Maps: 'Map of Part of New South Wales' by Lizars [Edinburgh, 1824], plus 'New South Wales, Compiled under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge' [London, 1833], both framed, various sizes. | *** |  |
| *** | Mornington County & Cranbourne Maps: c1875-1904 maps, noted 'The Township of Mornington, Snapper Point', 'Cranbourne', 'Balnarring', 'Pakenham', 'Woolamai', 'Nar-Nar-Goon', 'Poowong & Jeetho', 'Korumburra'. Various sizes. Poor/G condition. | *** |  |
| *** | Ararat Gold Field, Section Ab on Plan, Section Cd on Plan. Lithographed at the Mining Department, Melbourne. Ferdinand M. Krause, Geol. Surveyor, Ararat, June 1875, linen-backed roll-up map, size 69 x 35 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Victorian Maps: c1865-92 maps, noted 'New Map of Bendigo & District', 'Township of Sunbury', 'Moe', 'Kororoit', 'Doutta Galla', 'Merino', 'Trawool', 'Blackwood', 'Grassdale', 'Tragowel', 'Goornong', 'Baynton'. Various sizes. Poor/G condition. | *** |  |
| *** | 'Riverside Extension Estate, Sutherland, Sydney' lithograph real estate advertising with locality map, circa 1916. Printed by W.C.Penfold & Co Ltd. Litho. Sydney. 51 x 74 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Atlas: Rsd 4/5 diesel no.7080 (Undecorated) together with rolling stock: 33,000 Gal. Tank car (Suburban Propane), 3-Bay cylindrical Hoppers (Indusmin & New York System), 36' wood Reefer car (Evansville packing), Kaolin tank car (Anglo-American Clays),… | *** |  |
| *** | Mappe-Monde, Divisee en ses quatre Partie 1759' (Paris, 1759), double-hemisphere map showing east coast of Australia stretching from Tasmania via New Hebrides to New Guinea, hand-coloured, size 34 x 17 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | New Zealand: c1832-70 fold-out maps, most published by the Royal Geographic Society, noted 'Map of the North Island, New Zealand, Shewing the Native and European Territory' & 'Map of the Southern Alps', also one Sottish map. | *** |  |
| *** | A New and Accurate Map of New South Wales, with Norfolk and Lord Howes Islands, Port Jackson &c. from Actual Surveys', by Robert Wilkinson, engraved by T.Foot, published Nov.1st 1794 [London], hand coloured outlines, window mounted, framed &glazed,… | *** |  |
| *** | Contributions to Terrestrial Magnetism - No.XI' by Lieut.-General Edward Sabine, from 'P roceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1867', bound with 3 maps 'Antarctic Magnetic Survey, Epoch 1840-1845, Inclination', '..Declination' & '..Intensity'. | *** |  |
| *** | 1788-1929 range of maps, noted 'Carte De La Terre Van-Diemen' by Bonne [Paris, 1788], 'Het Eiland Norfolk' from Dutch edition of Cook's Voyages [London, 1788], 'Track of the Bounty's Launch from Tofoa to Timor by Lieut. William Bligh 1789' [London, 1790],… | *** |  |
| *** | Maps: Group of 10 maps of Australia, 19th & 20th century. Various sizes. | *** |  |
| *** | India Map: 'Tabula Asiae X' by Sebastian Munster [Basle, c1561], window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 54 x 48 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Double Hemisphere World Map: 'Der Gantze Welt Kreis in Seinen, Zwey Grossen Begriffen' by Bodenehr [Augsburg, c1704-15], window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 33 x 38 cm. Shows California as an island & west coast of America. | *** |  |
| *** | A group of 9 framed Italian flag & map prints, various sizes. Largest frame: 79 x 64 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Carte Generale De L'Oceanie by Brue [Paris 1827]. 52 x 58 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Pearson's Cyclist's and Traveller's District road map of New South Wales c1905 and an Official Road Guide to New South Wales c1920 (Australian Guide Book Company). (2) | *** |  |
| *** | c1812-80 maps, noted c1812 'Oceanique', 1838 'Pacific Ocean', 1860 'Carte de la Melanesie', 1875 'Australie Occidentale' & 1880 'Australie et Polynesie'. All window mounted, various sizes. Condition varies. | *** |  |
| *** | Map: 'Imperii Romani Pars Occidentalis. Hispania. L'Espagne' engraved map published by Moithey [Paris, c1780], size 44 x 28 cm. | *** |  |