South-East Asia

  Extremely rare – the foundational modern map of Burma, being the first realistic general map of the country, as well as a monument of early lithography in India; the very large format work was published in Calcutta by the Asiatic Lithographic Press during the height of the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-6), it served as an invaluable strategic aid for…

  A seemingly unique engineer’s planning map of the Cirebon-Kroya Railway, a vital link that traversed the midriff of Java, connecting the north coast and south coast rail networks, likely made in 1912-3, just before construction was commenced on the project, which was completed in 1917; the map is printed by an unusual blue-tinted photolithographic technique and features the proposed…

  Very Rare – the first broadly accurate British sea chart of the southwestern coast of Sumatra, a critical region home to the important British base of Benccoolon-Fort Marlborough (modern Bengkulu), published by William Herbert in 1758.

  Very Rare - the first broadly accurate British sea chart of the Straits of Sunda, but also extending to include West Java (including Jakarta) and southeastern Sumatra, published by William Herbert in 1758.

An unique and extraordinary artifact of the successful Dutch endeavours to gain colonial dominion over West Sumatra during the 1830s, in the wake of the Padri War (concluded 1837) and the 1832 intervention against the Aceh Sultanate, being an impressively detailed original manuscript itinerary map of West Sumatra, including it rugged Minangkabau Highlands, depicting a dense archipelago of villages and…

  A pair of attractive and richly composed original 19th century watercolour views of two of Batavia’s (Jakarta, Indonesia) most important colonial buildings, being the ‘Willemskerk’ and the Residence of the Commander-in-Chief of the Dutch Army in the East Indies; executed by “D. Colleart” – a rare find, as very few original manuscript views of Batavia from the era survive.#…

  A very rare wall map of the Federation of Malaya (today’s peninsular Malaysia) made only the year after its independence from Britain, an entirely bilingual work (Chinese-English) executed by a Chinese draftsman, Li Menphy, and published in Hong Kong for the benefit of Malaya’s large Chinese population and the many Hong Kongers who had strong connections to that country…

Lucien Florent Paul COFFYN (1810 - 1871). Manuscript, [Saigon, April-May 1862].   Manuscript, pen and ink and grisaille wash on paper, bearing three original manuscript signatures, being those of the author, draftsman and colonial governor, mounted upon a larger piece of 20th century paper (Good, wear along old folds with some minor loss at some fold vertices, some short closed tears…

A map from Umûm Vilayât-ı Şâhâneyi Hâvi Küçük Atlas - Umûmî Küçük Atlas (General Small Atlas)   Chromolithograph. 9 x 13,5 cm (3.5 x 5.3 inches).

Chromolithograph. 10 x 13,5 cm (4 x 5.3 inches). Slightly stained, overall in a good condition.

  A colossal monument of the cartography of Indochina, being the grand ‘Headquarters Map’ of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and eastern Siam commissioned by the French Government in anticipation of their bold designs of expansion in the region that led to the Tonkin Campaign (1883-6), the complete conquest of Vietnam; showcasing by far and away the most accurate and detailed general…