東都.[Edo]. 鈴亭主人森桑. 嘉永6 [1853]. Very attractive brightly coloured woodblock world map, folds into paper covered card covers with handwritten title on upper cover, housed in a modern box with toggles, legend and an illustration of the Earth lower section. Explantory notes in Japanese around the map, publication details on left..... More

Kyoto. 文臺軒宇平 [Bundaiken Uhei]. 宝永7年 [1710]. Hand coloured, black and white woodblock print map, 114 x 143cm. Folds into worn paper covered card covers 23.2 x 18.5cm presented in Japanese case. Some repaired insect damage in places, small chip upper right in blank section, some wear particularly on title. 南瞻部洲萬國掌菓之圖..... More

東京.[Tokyo]. 須原屋茂兵衛 [Suharaya Mohei] and 須原屋伊八 [Suharaya Ihachi]. 明治4 [1871]. Hand coloured copper engraved Japanese world map on the Mercator projection, folds into original cloth covered card covers with title label, housed in original cloth case with toggles, scale not given but supplemented by latitude and longitude. Upper section: a...... More

Paris. Jacques Francois Benard, 1774. Small black & white copper engraved map- 24.7 x 18.2cm - of the rocky island with four sailor's prospective views below. Pitcairn Island was discovered by Admiral Carteret and named for Robert Pitcairn, the midshipman that first sighted the island in 1767. Remote Pitcairn Island..... More

No place of publication. 夢霞樓.[Monkarō ]. 弘化1 [1844]. Japanese 19th century world map presented as a handscroll housed in Japanese wood box, coloured, copperplate, a calligraphy style preface by 大槻崇 [Ōtsuki Takashi] with chop, to the right of the map dated 天保15 (1844). Paper speckled with silver with gold speckling..... More

Late Edo Period. (circa1850). Revised edition. Japanese coloured woodblock map of the world, folds into paper covers with title label on upper cover. Few tiny holes, paper covers little worn and marked. 32.2 x 43.9 cm. An oval shaped projection map with latitude and longitude, scale not given, includes text..... More

No place of publication. No details of publisher. 嘉永6 [1853]. Very striking Japanese hand coloured woodblock world map, folds into original considerably worn paper covered boards, lower cover torn with split on edge showing the board inside, title label on upper board worn with loss. Some areas along folds strengthened..... More

Edo. 萬屋兵四郎. [Yorozuya Heishirō]. 文久1 [1862]. Large hand coloured copper engraved Japanese world map on the Mercator projection, folds into original wood covers with original paper title label. Some occasional worming mainly along edges, a little soiling and foxing in places, paper title label worn with a little loss to..... More

Dainihon Yūbenkai Kōdansha 大日本雄辯會講談社. Showa 8 [1933]. Delightful folding pictorial colour world map published as a supplement in Shonen Kurabu (少年倶楽部) v. 20, no. 12. A few tiny holes at folds, occasional light browning, a very good copy. 79 x 109.5cm. The charming colour images which illustrate this map, graphically..... More