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Rare Old Maps of Scandinavia
and the Baltic Sea

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Double click to enlarge photo.S&B101 - THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT "Sweden & Norway" Phila. 1850. Colored. 12X9½. Detailed map includes a table of Districts and Prefectures for both countries. Locates all principal towns and harbors, rivers. Shows the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia. 

$110

Double click to enlarge photo.S&B102 - THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT "Denmark" Phila. 1850. 12X9½. Colored. Includes the Cattegat, the Baltic Sea, Zeeland and Laaland, and the North Sea. Locates all principal towns and harbors, rivers. Nicely detailed. 

$110

Double click to enlarge photo.S&B106 - T. STACKHOUSE "Denmark" Engraved by S. J. Neele." London 1790. Colored. 14½X14½. From: An Universal Atlas by T. Stackhouse. A. M. Largescale early depiction of Denmark shows North & South Jutland; Diocese of Aaalborg & Wiborg, the Dutchy of Sleswick & the islands of Falster, Laaland, Funen & Zeeland locating Copenhagen. The Skager Rack or Cattegat is depicted off the northeast coast & the Baltic Sea appears at the base of the map. Includes many towns and harbors and small offshore islands. Title is on a stone plinth in top right surrounded by grass & foliage. A very attractive map. 

$275

SPITZBERGEN

Double click to enlarge photo.S&B107 - J. N. BELLIN "Carte Du Spits-Berg Suivant les Hollandois Pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages par M. B. Ingr.de la Marine." Paris 1758. 8½X12. Colored. Very attractive chart of the islands of Spitzbergen, shows the main island along with Isle Du Sud-Est (southeast island) & Le Pais Du Nord-Est (land to the northeast, ) actually an island. Depicts many small islands around the primary group and shows channels, straits, capes and bays and suggested anchorages. Locates mountains, regions of ice and underwater rocks surrounding land masses. Includes very decorative title cartouche with leaf, scroll & flower motifs in top left. This is a scarce chart of an arctic region. 

$285

Double click to enlarge photo.S&B109 - JOHN MALHAM "A Correct Chart of the Baltic Sea Engraved for Malham's Naval Gazetteer" Boston 1804. Colored. 9X7½. Attractive small chart from Malham's original London edition of 1795, shows the Baltic Sea, the Gulfs of Bothnia & Finland bordered by Sweden & Lapland, Finland, Livonia & Poland. Depicts harbors & coastal topography in fine detail & locates St. Petersburg, Dantzig & the Gulf, Christianstadt, Stockholm, Abo, Narva, Revel & Brandenburg. Includes compass points & radiating rhumb lines & the title is in a decorative oval with fine calligraphy. 

$185

Double click to enlarge photo.S&B111 - A. E. LAPIE Danemark avec le midi de la Suede et de la Norwege. Paris. 1812. Colored. 8¾X12. Attractive map of Denmark & the southern portions of Sweden & Norway shows cities, towns & harbors in excellent detail. Locates offshore islands, the Cattegut & the Canal of Jutland, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea and includes, in lower right, a decorative harbor scene with ships at anchor before a fort, with a church & buildings in the background. Drawn by Giraldon & engraved by J. B. Tardieu. From Atlas Complet by C. Malte Brun and A. E. Lapie.

$175

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S&B114 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “Baltic Sea, the Sound, Denmark, Copenhagen (Kobenhavn) Road and Harbor.” Wash. D.C. 1915 (1939). Colored. Blue/yellow. 3826½. Very handsome chart in excellent condition of Copenhagen Harbor with street block plans, wharves, jetties, principal public and commercial buildings. The Observatory, Botanical Gardens, Electric Works, the Christiansborg Palace and Parks. The Hydrographic Office, railroad tracks, yacht clubs and shipyards. Offshore waters are dotted with depth soundings. This chart was based on a Danish chart of 1927 and was re-issued at the beginning of World War II for use by the U.S. Navy. Excellent detail. Chart # 4918.

$110

Double click to enlarge photo.S&B116 - R. de.VAUGONDY “Royaume De Danemarck qui Comprend Le Nort-Jutland divise en les Quatre Dioceses, Le Sud-Jutland divise en ses Deux Duches de Sleswick et de Holstein et Les Isles de Fionie, Selande, Laland Etc. Par. Le Sr. Robert Geog. Ordin. du Roi. Avec Privilege 1750.” Paris. 1750-55. Colored. 19X22¼.Very handsome map shows the land contours of Denmark & Sweden with the islands of Selande (Zealand) depicting Copenhagen, Fionie (Funen) & Laland (Laaland.) Shows also South Jutland with the Duchies of Schleswig & Holstein. The Baltic Sea flows through the region and the Island of Bornholm is centered in offshore waters. Cities, towns, harbors, bays and rivers are clearly delineated and the title in top right is surrounded by a large ornamental cartouche with scrolls, leaves, flowers and shells, in the French 18th century manner. From Robert de Vaugondy's “Atlas Universel.”

$385

Double click to enlarge photo.S&B117 - J. BARBER. “Sweden, Denmark, Norway & Finland Corrected from the Best Authorities by J. Barber.” London. 1784. Colored. 13X14¼. Very attractive map shows Sweden and it's capital of Stockholm, and Denmark's capital of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand. Norways' western shore is comprised of fjords and harbors. The country is administered by the Gov't of Drontheim. The Baltic Sea is shown flowing through the region from the Kattegat into the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland, while Finland is shown bordering Russia and the White Sea. An inset map in top left depicts Iceland with coastal topography and major harbors, and the title is in a decorative cartouche with branches, leaves, animals and the Midnight Sun. Engraved by John Barber (fl.c.1770-1800) and published in William Guthrie's “Geographical Grammer...” 1784.

$325

Double click to enlarge photo.S&B121 - J. JANVIER “Les Royaumes De Suede Et Norwege divises par Provinces et Gouvernements Dresses et Assuiettis Aux Observations Astronomiques par le Sr. Janvier, Geographe.” Venice. 1779. Colored. 18X25. Very handsome map of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, & Livonia with a section of Poland and Prussia. Includes a good depiction of the Baltic Sea & its shorelines, flowing to the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland where St. Petersburg, Russia is shown on the eastern end of the Gulf. Norway's coast is drawn with fjords and harbors, and inland are mountains and forests. Sweden appears heavily settled along coastlines, while Denmark is surrounded by the North Sea on one side and the seaway, later known as the Kattegat, on the eastern shore. The detail of cities, towns, harbors, rivers, forests and mountains is excellent and in top left is a large inset chart of Iceland with both topographical and hydrographical detail. The inset is titled “L'Islande divisee en ses 4 parties peincipales par le Sieur Robert de Vaugondy.” A very decorative title cartouche is depicted in lower right with scrolls, leaves and shell motifs. This beautiful map was engraved by Jean Denis Janvier and published by Francesco Santini in Venice in c.1779. 

$825

Double click to enlarge photo.S&B122 - R. BONNE “Les Royaumes De Suede, De Danemark Et De Norwege. Par M. Bonne Ingenr. Hydrographe de la Marine.” Paris 1787-1788. Colored 13½X9 ¼. Fine 18th century map by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795, ) Royal Hydrographer to the King in Paris and Director of the Dept. de la Marine, shows Norway, Sweden, Denmark & Finland with the seaway later called Kattegat, flowing into the Baltic Sea which in turn flows into the Gulf of Bothnia & the Gulf of Finland. Includes Livonia & Lithuania, Pomerania & Prusse, & all major cities towns & harbors. Depicts Stockholm on Sweden’s southeast coast, Copenhagen on Denmark’s Seland Island, & Oslo (Christiania) on Norway’s Christiania Fjord. On the far right side of the map at the eastern end of the Gulf of Finland is St. Petersburg, Russia. The map was published in Atlas Encyclopedique by Rigobert Bonne with Nicolas Demarest. 

$245

 

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