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44 ALTEA GALLERY Early 19th century hand-painted tile map of Europe 74 Anonymous. Europa. French, early C19th. 30 hand-painted glazed tiles, each 200 x 200 x 20mm, arranged 5 by 6, making a total of 1000 x 1200mm, mounted on hardboard. Some tiles cracked, others with surface wear. £12,500 A very unusual set of earthenware tiles with a hand-painted and glazed map of Europe, surrounded by portraits of European rulers. These are Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar & Charlemagne; English monarchs William the Conqueror, Henry VIII & Elizabeth I; Holy Roman Emperors Otto I, Maximillian I and Charles VI; Ferdinand III of Castille; Pope Urban II; and French kings Clovis I and Louis IX. The text around the portraits is in French. The style of the cartography mimics Gerard Mercator (1512-94) and is decorated with a compass rose, a sea monster, Neptune riding a dolphin and seven ships. S/N: 12344 WWW.ALTEAGALLERY.COM
GAMES TEL: +44 (0)20 7491 0010 18th century playing-card maps ALTEA GALLERY 45 Maps have always been about knowledge, so it is not surprising that they were adapted for use as educational games. Because they were designed to be used surviving examples are rare, especially complete, because they were often disposed of when they were damaged or the players had no more use for them. RABATTA, Augusto & BAILOU, Jean Baptist de. Florence: Aniello Lamberti, 1779. Original colour. A collection of rare miniature maps engraved by Lamberti for the ‘Minchiate’, the Florentine version of the Tarot, with each card marked with an arcane symbol. The full set was published in Augusto Da Rabatta & Jean Baptiste De Baillou’s pocket atlas ‘Nuovo Atlante Generale’. 75 America. Sheet size 105 x 64mm. £600 S/N: 12969 76 Europa. Sheet size 105 x 64mm. £450 S/N: 12968 77 Imperio del Giappone. Governo Monarchico. Sheet size 116 x 73mm. £650 WALTER: 84. S/N: 12958 78 Nuova Zelanda Scoperta Da Tasman, E Riconosciuta Dal Cap, Cook Nel 1769. Sheet size 113 x 73mm. Wormholes in margins filled £1,800 Published less than 10 years after Cook mapped New Zealand. S/N: 12953 A sample of other cards, which can be found on our web site by searching for ‘Rabatta’
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