Mediterranean Archives - Daniel Crouch Rare Books https://crouchrarebooks.com/gallery-tag/mediterranean/ Rare Maps, Vintage Maps, Antique Maps, Rare Atlases, Rare Books Mon, 19 May 2025 10:46:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dcrb-favicon-100x100.png Mediterranean Archives - Daniel Crouch Rare Books https://crouchrarebooks.com/gallery-tag/mediterranean/ 32 32 238712441 Rare chart of the Mediterranean https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/rare-chart-of-the-mediterranean/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:33:10 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/rare-chart-of-the-mediterranean/ By OLIVIER, F[rançois], 1746

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Large engraved chart on two separate sheets, laid down on Japanese tissue, with some minor loss to old folds.

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Rare English edition of Colom’s Mediterranean Sea pilot https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/rare-english-edition-of-coloms-mediterranean-sea-pilot/ Sat, 30 Nov 2024 06:51:07 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/rare-english-edition-of-coloms-mediterranean-sea-pilot/ By COLOM, Arnold, 1660

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Folio (420 by 375mm), engraved title-page, nineteen double-page engraved charts, numerous woodcut charts and coastal profiles within text, contemporary English panelled calf, rebacked.

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A fine portolan signed and dated by one of the most prolific chart makers of the Mediterranean https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/a-fine-portolan-signed-and-dated-by-one-of-the-most-prolific-chart-makers-of-the-mediterranean/ Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:05:19 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/a-fine-portolan-signed-and-dated-by-one-of-the-most-prolific-chart-makers-of-the-mediterranean/ By OLIVA, Joan, 1610].

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Pen, ink, and wash colour on vellum, highlighted in silver and gold, extending west to east from Cape Finisterre to the Holy Land, and north to south from Ukraine to the north coast of Africa, islands in red, blue and green, rivers in blue, numerous coastal place-names in red and sepia in semi-italic lettering, 14 large and small compass roses, many with fleur-de-lys north points, heightened in gold, crucifix to neck, the whole chart divided by red, green, and sepia, rhumb lines extending from the compass roses, gilt borders, scale upper and lower centre, a few small nicks to right margin of chart, one or two at shoulders.

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An unrecorded English edition of Lootsman’s pilot of the Mediterranean https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/an-unrecorded-english-edition-of-lootsmans-pilot-of-the-mediterranean/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 07:04:34 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/an-unrecorded-english-edition-of-lootsmans-pilot-of-the-mediterranean/ By LOOTSMAN, Jacob, 1677

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Folio (440 by 280mm) engraved title-page, 20 engraved charts, numerous woodcut charts and coastal profiles within text, modern speckled calf to style, spine in seven compartments separated by raised bands, gilt.

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Levanto’s rare pilot of the Mediterranean https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/levantos-rare-pilot-of-the-mediterranean/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:07:43 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/levantos-rare-pilot-of-the-mediterranean/ By LEVANTO, Francesco Maria, 1664

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Folio (416 by 280mm), engraved title-page, 25 engraved charts, 24 of which were double-page, numerous woodcut illustrations and coastal profiles in text, title discoloured at fore-edge with a few manuscript annotations, bookplate to front paste-down, recent vellum, red morocco title slip to spine.

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Wall map of Liguria https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/wall-map-of-liguria/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 11:29:10 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/wall-map-of-liguria/ By CHAFRION, J[osé], 1685

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Engraved map, on eight sheets.

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A rare Mediterranean ‘Straights Book’ https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/a-rare-mediterranean-straights-book-2/ Sat, 03 Aug 2024 03:49:41 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/a-rare-mediterranean-straights-book-2/ By GOOS, Pieter, 1669

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Folio (460 by 290mm), title-page, 24 double-page engraved charts, and one full-page, contemporary speckled sheep, decorated with asymmetrical panels of double blind fillets, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, lightly rubbed.

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Bordone’s Isolario in contemporary binding https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/bordones-isolario-in-contemporary-binding/ Mon, 06 May 2024 11:24:06 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/bordones-isolario-in-contemporary-binding/ By BORDONE, Benedetto di, [c1565].

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Small folio, [10], title-page printed within woodcut borders, full-page diagram, 112 woodcut maps (of which seven are double-page), full contemporary gilt-panelled morocco, foliate corner-pieces, and a blank coat of arms, surmounted with a coronet.

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De Jode’s rare map of west Asia https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/de-jodes-rare-map-of-west-asia/ Fri, 27 Oct 2023 08:31:39 +0000 https://crouchrarebooks.com/browse/de-jodes-rare-map-of-west-asia/ By JODE, Cornelius de, 1593].

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Double page engraved map; small tear to top left border not affecting the image, skillfully repaired.

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