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Three (3) maps of Russia and two (2) maps of Spain, five (5) items total, including Christoph Cellarius and Abraham Ortelius. 1st item: SCYTHIA ET SERICA map, engraved by William Henry Toms, from Christoph Cellarius' GEOGRAPHIA ANTIQUA, published by John and Paul Knapton, London, circa 1742. Copperplate engraved map on laid paper depicting Central Russia, specifically the region between the Caspian and the Siberian Sea, with areas of interest labeled in Latin text. Title, top right. Surrounded by directional notations in Latin to each side and a double line border. Housed and double matted under glass in a giltwood frame. Image: 7 1/2" H x 11 1/2" W. Plate: 8 3/8" H x 12 3/8" W. Sight: 9 5/8" H x 12 5/8" W. Framed: 16 5/8" H x 20 3/4" W. 2nd item: RUSSIA map, from Abraham Ortelius' EPITOME THEATRI ORTELIANI, Third Latin Edition, edited by Philipe Galle, printed by Arnout Coninx, Antwerp, 1595. Copperplate engraved map on laid paper depicting Russia with areas of interest labeled in Latin text. Title, top right. Surrounded by directional notations in Latin to each side and a double line border. Latin text, en verso. Hinged mounted with one piece of scotch tape to lower right corner, housed and double matted under glass in a giltwood frame. Image: 3" H x 4 1/4" W. Plate: 3 1/4" H x 4 1/2" W. Sheet: 4 3/4" H x 6 1/2" W. Framed: 6 1/4" H x 8 1/4" W. 3rd item: PARTE SEGUNDA DEL REYNO DE SEVILLA composite map, from Tomas Lopez de Vargas Machuca's ATLAS GEOGRAFICO DE ESPANA, published by Lopez or his sons, Madrid, circa 1804-10. Copperplate engraved map on laid paper with hand coloring depicting the lower right section of the Iberian Peninsula, primarily the Kingdom of Granada, surrounding regions, including Gibraltar, and the Mediterranean Sea, with areas of interest labeled in Spanish text. Scale of miles, lower right. Right and bottom edges surrounded by scale notations and a thick line border, left and top edges surrounded by a thin line border. Housed and matted under glass in a metallic silver painted wooden frame. Image: 14 3/4" H x 13 5/8" W. Sight: 15 3/4" H x 15 1/4" W. Framed: 22 3/4" H x 22 3/8" W. 4th item: ANDALUZIA CONTINENS SEVILLAM ET CORDUBAM map, originally published by Willem Janszoon Blaeu and Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, circa 1635. Copperplate engraved map on laid paper, depicting Andalusia, the southernmost area of Peninsular Spain bordering Spain's southern coast, with areas of interest labeled in Latin text. Title cartouche, lower left, scale of miles and explanation, lower right, two coat of arms, top left and right. Surrounded by scale notations and a triple line border. Two pages of Spanish text, en verso. Unframed. Image: 14 1/4" H x 18 3/4" W. Plate: 15" H x 19 5/8" W. Sheet: 21 1/2" H x 25" W. 5th item: JOHNSON'S RUSSIA map, from JOHNSON'S FAMILY ATLAS, published by A.J. Johnson and Benjamin P. Ward, New York, circa 1863-66. Steel plate engraved map with hand coloring depicting Russia, specifically the region bordered by the Arctic Ocean, top, Baltic Sea, top left, Austria, lower left, the Black and Caspian Sea, lower left and right, and the Kirghiz Country, lower right, with areas of interest labeled in English text. Title, top center in border, explanation and scale of miles, top left. Surrounded by scale notations and a Johnson border, circa 1863-69. Housed and double matted under glass in a brass tone metal frame. Sight: 14 3/4" H x 11 1/2" W. Framed: 22 1/4" H x 19" W. Condition: 1st item: Overall good condition with toning, scattered minute foxing spots. Toning impressions to sheet. Not examined outside of frame. 2nd item: Overall good condition with minute foxing spots, toning/acid burn, primarily to edges of sheet. Areas of loss, largest 1/8" x 5/8", tears, largest 1/8", to edges of sheet. Crease to right edge of sheet.3rd item: Overall good condition with scattered minute foxing spot, 1 1/4" handling stain, lower left, light creases. Plate marks are obscured by mat. Not examined outside of frame. 3rd item: Overall good condition with scattered minute foxing spot, 1 1/4" handling stain, lower left, light creases. Plate marks are obscured by mat. Not examined outside of frame. 4th item: Overall toning with scattered foxing spots, dampstaining, handling stains, largest 4 1/2" x 2 1/2". Areas of ink transfer due to water damage, lower half of map. 6" tear to lower section of crease line where pages overlap. 5th item: Overall good condition with scattered minute foxing spots, toning. Image slightly obscured by mat. Not examined outside of frame.
