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90 VALK, G. / SCHENK, P. Magni Mogolis Imperium. Amsterdam, 1690. Col. ancien.<br />

Infime trou en haut à droite. Bel exemplaire à toutes marges. - Minor hole in the upper<br />

right part of the map. Good margins. 365 x 493 mm. 250 - 300 ¤<br />

wo Carte représentant le nord de l’Inde, le Bangladesh et l’actuel Pakistan. - Copper engraved map of the<br />

region of modern day Pakistan, northern India and Bangladesh. The map was first issued by Jan Jansson and<br />

re-issued by Valk and Schenk who purchased the original plates. The Indus and Ganges rivers are the most<br />

prominent features of the map, along with the large imaginary lake located in northern Burma. This lake’s<br />

origins are linked to Hindu-Buddhist mythology and appeared on maps, in some form, up until the early 20th<br />

century.<br />

91 DE L’ISLE,G. Carte des Côtes de Malabar et de Coromandel. Paris, 1723. Limites en<br />

col. ancien. Un peu jauni le long du pli central, traces de pliures. 443 x 573 mm.<br />

100 - 200 ¤<br />

Gravée par Marin. - Detailed and attractive map of India and the northern tip of Sri Lanka. With decorative<br />

title cartouche and two compass-roses.<br />

92 ANQUETIL-DUPERRON. Carte Générale du Cours du Gange et du Gagra… Paris,<br />

1784. Papier bruni, nombreuses pliures, rousseurs. - Paper age-toned, brown spotting,<br />

several folds as issue. 590 x 750 mm. 300 - 400 ¤<br />

wo Carte dressée sur les cartes particulières du P. Tiefentaller, J. Missionnaire Apostolique dans l’Inde. Par<br />

M. Anquetil du Perron. Gravé aux frais de l’Auteur. La carte est accompagnée de notices en persan “Lecture<br />

et traduction des Notices Persannes qui accompagnent le Cours du Gagra”. Orientaliste du siècle des Lumières,<br />

il fut le pionnier qui révéla à l’Europe les textes sacrés du zoroastrisme et de l’hindouisme. C’est ainsi<br />

que notre « Champollion des études iraniennes » s’embarqua pour l’Inde en 1754, à peine âgé de 23 ans.<br />

93 DE L’ISLE,G. Carte de L’Isle Ceylan. Paris, 1722. Beau col. ancien. Papier jauni le<br />

long de la pliure médiane. Coloris en plein. - Some discolouration along center fold.<br />

Large margins. Orig. full colour. 417 x 565 mm. 300 - 400 ¤<br />

wo Carte de l’île de Ceylan gravée par Berey. - Finely engraved French map of Skri Lanka, engraved by<br />

Berey.<br />

94 JANSSON, J. Insulae Iavae Cum parte Insularum Borneo Sumatrae, et Circumjacentium<br />

Insularum Novissima Delineatio. Amsterdam, ca. 1680. Traces de pliures dans la<br />

partie droite de la carte. - Some crease mark on the left half of the map. Good margins.<br />

419 x 518 mm. 450 - 500 ¤<br />

wo Carte de l’île de Java sans texte au verso. - Verso blank. This elegant chart focuses on the island of Java<br />

with parts of Sumatra, Borneo and Bali. The lack of interior detail correctly reflects the state of knowledge<br />

of the period. The Dutch capital in the East Indies is located at Batavia (Jakarta) where a small fort is shown.<br />

The beautiful chart is richly embellished with two fine cartouches featuring natives and Chinese merchants<br />

flanking the title and Neptune and mermaids surrounding the scale of miles.<br />

95 SANSON, N./ MARIETTE, P. Les Isles Philippines Molucques et de la Sonde. Paris,<br />

1654. Limites en col. ancien. 2 petits manques de papier en marge sup. 400 x 560 mm.<br />

600 - 700 ¤<br />

wo Carte des îles Philippines comprenant une partie de l’Indonésie. - An uncommon Sanson’s mid-seventeenth<br />

century map of the East Indies, covering modern Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and parts of<br />

Southeast Asia and New Guinea. At a scale of about 1:10,000,000, it shows the cities and smaller settlements,<br />

rivers, mountain chains, and even forests.Decorated with 2 winged female figures; with the equator marked<br />

and latitude and longitude in the borders. - Quirino, Philippine cartography, p. 83.<br />

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