Antique Maps – All items are guaranteed to be a 100% original as described

Charles Brocktorff (1775-1850), View of le Grand Port, Malta, watercolour.  It is available in a hand made olive wood veneered and French polished frame which is included in the price but may be deducted from the price if only interested in the map.  Image measures 56 cm by 45 cm.

Rabel designavit, J. Briot fecit, Valletta citta nova in Malta, c1638.  Image measures 544 by 387mm.

Seemingly identical to the much smaller version by Henry Raigniauld with which this may may be easily confused unless seen in person when the difference is immediately visible given that it is about 4 times as large.  This is one of those maps that seldom turns up.

Michelot and Bremond, Nouvelle Carte de'lisle de Malthe (Malta) Dediee a Monseigneur le Chevalier d'Orleans, General des Galeres de France, 1718.  Image measures 683 by 465 mm.

Hand made, olive wood veneered, and French polished frame also offered as an option.

P. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli , Isola Di Malta olim Melita c1690 descritta e dedicata dal P. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli Cosmografo della serenissima republica di Venetia.

This is the very scarce edition of this map which is distinguished by the fact that the usual dedication to Giorgio Corner, Bishop of Padua from 1643 until 1663, a detail found in other editions of this map, has being omitted from the title cartouche in this one (see photo). Image measures 605 by 450 mm.

Very good impression. Usual fold marks found with this edition c1690. Expertly lined. Good overall condition of this the scarcest and most desirable edition of this map.

Petrus Bertius, Descriptio Melitae, c1618. Image measures 95 by 133 mm.  Note the slight title variation from another version also being offered here.

Piere Mortier, Valletta ou Valete Ville Forte, de l'Isle de Malta, 1730.  Coloured.  Image measure 400 by 505mm.  Offered with the option of traditional Maltese frame in olive wood veneer and hand polished.  The frame is not included in the price.

Daniel Meisner, Malta, Maris Medat Ins, Frankfurt 1638. Image measures 70 by 145 mm.

The map makes interesting reference on the need to be respectful towards medical doctors with 'Scis Medicum Medicum venerare et subitus adora: Hinc tibi propitio fato fiducia major' which roughly means that if you know a medical doctor show respect and he will hopefully help you in case of need.

Heinrich Petri (Sebastian Munster), Melita. 1578. Miniature map of Malta set in text. Coloured. Map measures 120 by 80 mm.

Giacomo De Rossi, Isola di Malta Gozzo Comino e Cominotto Frans Donia Messanensis (de Rossi), 1686. Published in atlas form by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi in his Mercurio Geografico. Coloured. Mint Condition.  Unframed image measures 550 by 436 mm.

The item may be taken with or without a hand made contemporary style olive wood frame which is available as an optional extra at cost.

Bowen, Particular Draughts of Some Chief African Islands in the Mediterranean as also in the Atlantic and Ethiopic Oceans, 1747.

Copper engraving depicting a composite map that clearly denotes Malta’s importance where the Maltese islands are depicted in considerable detail and including: ·Cape Verde Islands; ·Teneriffe; ·Madiera; and ·St Elena. Image measures 420 by 340 mm.

P. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli , Isola Di Malta olim Melita c1690 descritta e dedicata dal P. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli Cosmografo della serenissima republica di Venetia dedicated to Giorgio Corner, Bishop of Padua from 1643 until 1663. Image measures 605 by 450 mm.

Very good impression. Usual fold marks found with this edition c1690. Expertly lined. Good overall condition of this the scarcest and most desirable edition of this map

Anton Francesco Lucini (1610 –1661),  'La Nuova Citta e Fortezza di Malta Chiamata Valletta'.  Image measures 35 by 44 cm.

A map of the Valletta from Disegni della guerra, assedio dell'armata turchesca all'Isola di Malta l'anno MDXLV issued in Bolognia in 1631.

Les Isles de Malte. Goze & C....by Nicholas Sanson, c1680.  Image measures 305 by 200 mm.

A.F. Gervasius De Palmeus, Two Topographical Maps describing 'The Sovereign Principality of the Islands of Malta and Gozo', compiled from surveys made by the order of the Grand Officers, dated 1751 & 1752 respectively.

Two of the largest most impressive Malta maps anyone can own.

Gerard Van Keulen, Nieuwe Afteekening van de Eylanden van Gozo en Melite of Malta met vesselss Haven Stad Kastelen en Sterktens elegen in de Middelandsche Zee by  Amsterdam, 1730. One of the most beautifully engraved and detailed maps of Malta and Gozo with inset of Valetta and two panoramic views.

Exceptionally interesting map.  Very good impression and in my opinion one of the few large format Malta maps that looks better without colour.  This is a most appealing and scarce map. Image measures 585 by 510 mm.

Malta Olim Melita Insula, Vrients, 1612. Image measures 76 by 108mm.

Petrus Bertius, Description de Malte, c1618. Coloured. Image measures 95 by 133 mm.  Note the slight title variation from another version also being offered here.

Georg Matthaus Seutter, c1722 - 1736, Melita Vulgo Malta cum Vicinis Goza…et Comino Insulis. Period colouring. Image measures 574 by 498 mm. A very fine example of this map.

Framed and ready to hang.

Pierre Du Val, Des Isles de Malthe, Goze, Comin, Cominot etc..., dated 1667. Original period outline colour. Very good clean condition.  Image measures 535 by 398 mm.

This items is offered (at additional cost) with a Maltese style olive wood veneer and french polished frame. Framed measurements are 820 by 735 mm.

Johann Baptist Homann, Insularum Maltae et Gozae quae sunt Equitum S. Ioannis Hierosolimitani Ordinis Melit Sedes Principalis by , c1702 – 1724. Period colouring. Good condition. Image measures 576 by 483 mm

Allain Manesson Mallet, De Malthe (complete set), 1683.  From the French edition "Description De L'Univers" by Allain Manesson Mallet. French edition, 1683.  Each engraving measures aprox.100 by 140 mm.