Search Results: Authors starting with M from The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books

Jean Ddavid Zunner, Frankfou. 2 small, engraved maps sold as set, g+ due to some soiling and browning. Includes: 1. Royaume de Bourgogne sous la Race des Roys Bourguignons et sous la premiere Race des Roys de France 2. Royaume de Bourgogne sous la Seconde Race des Roys de Fra nce. From "Decription L'Univers...". Each approx. 14.5x10cm..

Germany, c. 1713. VG, b&w samll map, with no verso text (unlike the earlier French version). Many of the place-names (not extensively detailed) are native american. Probably from "Description de L'Univers". 14.5x10.5cm..

Paris, c. 1683. VG, b&w small map, with some verso text in French. Many of the place-names (not extensively detailed) are native american. Probably from "Description de L'Univers" 15x10.5cm..

Frankfurt: Jean David Zunner, 1685. 2 nice, b&w, engraved views (both birdseye with different perspectives). Minor soiling but clean, vg-. From "Description de L'Univers...". 14.5x10cm each..

Jean David Zunner, Paris, 1865 (German edition). Small b&w, g+ w/ some browing but image clear. Part of the "Description de L'Univers, Contenant les Diffenents Systemes du Monde", Fig. LVII, 14x20cm..

Frankfurt: Jean David Zunner, 1685. 2 nice, engraved, b&w views of the Louvre. One birdseye, one face view. VG w/minor soiling. Price is for pair. From "Description de L'Univers...". 14x10cm each..

Jean David Zunner, Paris, 1685 (German edition). Small b&w map, vg w/ image very distinct. Cartouche lower left corner. Part of "Description de L'Univers, Contenant les Differents Systemes du Monde", Figure LX, 14x20cm..

Chez Denys Thierry, Paris, 1683. VG small pictorial view of coastal scene, b&w engraving. Very decorative from volume 1 of Mallet's "Description de L'Univers, Contenant Les Differents Systemes du Monde...". There are numerous boats, several with sails. No verso text on this image . 14.5x10cm..

Jean David Zunner, Paris, 1685 (German edition). Small b&w, g+ w/ some browning, but image is clear. Cartouche upper right. Part of "Description de L'Univers, Contenant les Different systemes du Monde", Fif. LXI, 14x29cm..

Jean David Zunner, Frankfourt, 1685. Set of 3 small engraved maps, g+due to some soiling and browning lower edges. Includes: 1. France Franckreich 2. France en General 2. France Par Governemens Generaux Approx. 14.5x10cm each..

Jean David Zunner, Frankfourt, 1685. 4 small engravings as set. 1st two are single birdseye views; second 2 are unusual thumbnails w/multiple birdseye views on single sheets: 1. Besancon 2.Nancy 3.Chrte de Lorraine . Carte de Frranche Comte LL g+ due to some soiling, foxing and browning, but images clear. From "Description de L'Univers...". All approx. 14.5x10cm..

Frankfurt: Jean David Zunner, 1685. Small, nice, b&w, engraved views, vg- w/minor soiling. Figs. 66 and 67 from "Description de L'Univers, ...". Price is for pair. The images are 14.4x10cm (5.75x4 inches) each..

Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, 1998. As new, reprint of the original 1884 work. This reprint edition was limited to 50 copies.Not only are individual map details given, but the original work where the map was published is also cited. A very useful reference for geological maps of the USA.. Limited. Cloth. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.

London: Bell and Daldy, 1865. Large 4to., original cloth covres a bit scuffedand rubbed, with small stain right upper front cover, but binding tight. Owner signature (E. Wyatt Dane) front endpaper, date 1899 from Trinity College. All 26 maps / plans / charts / armorial crests and facsimile documents are in excellent condition with little browning or foxing. Battle plans are color coded for troop positions. Plate 23, a large plan of the operations of the Confederate armies (1709) has some right marginal chips and small tears, due to its size and the edges extending beyond the text borders (as bound), but the image itself is clean. There are maps of German operations in 1704 (before and after the battle of Blenheim), attack plan on the Schellenberg, battle plan of Blenheim, map of operations on the Moselle, plan of attack on French lines in Brabant, map of Principalit of Mindelheim, plan of battle of Ramilios, map for the siege of Ostend, outline map for campaign of 1707-08, pland of battle of… Read More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown (Paternoster-Row), 1820. Large 11 inch 4to., with attractive contemporary half-leather, marbeled paper boards, gilt lettered spine; binding tight. Newer endpapers, mild offsetting to verso of a few plates, mild foxing a few plates. All 22 maps / plans / charts / armorial crests and facsimile documents are in very good condition. Battle plans are color coded for troop positions. There are maps of German operations in 1704 (before and after the battle of Blenheim), attack plan on the Schellenberg, battle plan of Blenheim, map of operations on the Moselle, plan of attack on French lines in Brabant, plan of battle of Ramilies, map for the siege of Ostend, outline map for campaign of 1707-08, pland of battle of Oudenard, map for siege of Lille, map of Confederate opertions 1709, battle plan of Malplaquet. Several notes in facsimile are present. This is a very nice first edition of this thematic atlas dealing with British empire history. This was the atlas to… Read More

Amsterdam: Francois L'Honore et Filacharie Chatelain, 1741. This is the new and corrected edition (the first edition was published in 1711, with mulitple subsequent issuances, inlcuding the new edition listed here. A number of copies may be seen in the online KVK catalogue. Quarto, 10.5 inches, with contemporary marblelled boards (few scuffs and scrapes), quarter vellum with spine labeling disctinct (rebacked?). BInding is tight, some general browining and occasional foxing, maps very good or better, nice text margins, small library stamp on bottom of title page and front pastedown. The front pastedown stamp indicates an apparent deacession date. All 12 maps are present. The map list indicates 13, but the plan of the battle of Nerwinde is indicated twice on that list, but only bound in once, which an apparently frequent finding for this issue. This newere editioin had an expanded text and maps. Other battle plans included were Sintzheim, Fleurus, Steinkerque, Marfaille, Luzara, Hochstet.… Read More

London: R Phillips, 1832. VG+ small b&w with slight color coding of troop positions. One of several maps issued for a later edition of Marshall's work.Very clean image. The image measures 20.5x22cm. The above date is approximate..

Continental Publishing Company, Chicago, 1887. VG- w/some browning and tiny lower marginal tear. Printed divisional color. From the "General Atlas of the World...". Verso text on important chronological events, not directly related to map. 15x29cm..

Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1917. Very good lithographic color, folds as issued, with virtually no fold separations. Original paper lettered wraps intact, with rear cover trimmed a bit at outer edge. Inset: General War Map, lower left corner. Very detailed, with coded city/town locations verso for Belgium, Luxemburg and France. The image measures 20.5 x 30.5 inches (52 x 78 cm), with elaborate road and waterway detail. Folds into paper covers measuring 6 x 4 inches. This was one of a series of "Five Great Military Maps of the Western Front in Europe," with this map being no. 2 of the series (list inside front cover). The date is approximate. (No. 2) appears at top of front cover title. Cover also indicates: "Presented in Minute Detail with Cities, Towns and Villages, Forts and Fortified Places, Railroads and Highways, Rivers and Canals, the Forests, and the Physical and Political Features of the Regions" and "Compiled from the Latest Military Maps of the Army Staffs in… Read More

Encyclopedia Britannica, Chicago, 1895. G+ , printed color. Shows railroads, counties, Delaware Bay. 26x18.5cm..