Abraham Ortelius

Epitome Theatri Orteliani....

Antwerp 1601

Oblong 8vo. 1 Vrients edition after Ortelius death.16,5x13 cms. 4 dedicatory leaves(missing title page) and 126 engraved maps including Additamentum.text at the verso of each map.black and white.wide margins.fine impression. original XVIII full calf,spine gilt.Very fine copy nowadays rare to find complete with all its maps.This pocket atlas began with the 1588 edition but it is in 1601 that Vrients printed a better  and enlarged atlas.
11000 eur.

Coronelli Vincenzo Maria

Memoire istoriografiche delli regni della Morea e Negroponte e luonghi adiacenti descritte. 

Venice 1686

First edition.folio.engraved half title,plate or arms duke of Brunswick.16 double page views and 15 half page illustrations.One double page with 4 views.Contemporary vellum. ex libris Jacob Manzoni and Comte Lamberti.A fine copy of this rare book that displays the new cities conquered by venetians to Othomans.Armao calls for a map of Morea probably loosely inserted from "Conquiste della Morea"but not present in most of the copies.the Atabey copy didn´t has the map and collation between the two editions are difficult.The plate with 4 views is not cited by Armao but is present in our copy. Ref. Atabey 286. Blackmer 408 /2 ed).
15000 eur. 

Various Authors: Cabinet du Roy:

Statues et bustes Antiques des Maisons Royales

First edition.large folio.50x35 cms.18 plates from first part and 77 plates from part VII and VIII.The engravings by Le Pautre,Baudet,G.Audran,Edelinek.Binding in full red morocco gilt with  royal supra libris of Louis XIV on covers spine and corners.manuscript ex libris of Count Gregoire Koucheleff. The Cabinet du Roy was a coillection of 794 engravings issued in 23 parts without specific orders os is very rare to find it complete and normally appear single volumes but with royal ex libris and red morocco  it is very rare in the market. Ref: Brunet I,1442-1444.
Paris,Imprimerie Royale 1679.
Price 13000 eur.

Thevenot. M

The travels of monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant in three parts.

London printed by H Clark for John Taylor.     1686.

First English edition.folio.Frontispiece,3 engravings.full original calf.The work is divided in three parts: I-Turkey,II-persia,III-East Indies. very good copy of this classical travel to the Levant in the XVII century. Ref: Blackmer 1650 Atabey 1217.
5000 euro

Gevartius/ Pedro Pablo Rubens

Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi Austriaci Hispaniarum Infantis.. In urbem Antuerpiam,iconibus a P.P. Rubenio et comment G. Gevartii illustrata.

Amberes 1642

Gran folio.39 grabados a plena y doble página.Encuaderna ción en plena piel roja del s  XVIII.Los grabados muestran los arcos de triunfo erigidos por los gremios de Amberes para conmemorar la entrada del Cardenal Infante en 1635. Los grabados son de Rubens,Rockox y Gewaerts.Los preparativos se hicieron bajo supervisión de Rubens. Es el mejor libro de fiestas del s XVII.

13000 eur.