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- Asia, Maps and Prints, Newly Catalogued Items: August 2022, South-East Asia
- INDONESIA – JAVA / CIREBON-KROYA RAILWAY: Opname Cheribon-Maos.
- 750.00€
- 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…
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- INDONESIA – SOUTHWESTERN SUMATRA (BENGKULU): [Untitled Chart of the West Coast of Sumatra, including Bengkulu (Bencoolen), extending to the Straits of Sunda].
- 750.00€
- 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.
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- INDONESIA – WEST JAVA (JAKARTA) / SUNDA STRAITS / SOUTHEASTERN SUMATRA: [Untitled Sea Chart of the Straits of Sunda, West Java, Southeastern Sumatra, Banka and Belitung].
- 850.00€
- 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.
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- INDONESIA – WEST SUMATRA / PADRI (MINANGKABAU) WAR: “Etappe-Kaart van het Militair Kommando, Westkust Sumatra. Schaal van 16 Palm op 1 duim Rh”.
- 2,800.00€
- 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…
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- JAKARTA (BATAVIA), INDONESIA: [A Pair of Original Watercolour Views of Important Colonial Buildings in Batavia (Jakarta), Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)].
- 950.00€
- 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.#…
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- Malaysia Wall Map / Chinese Malaysians / Hong Kong Imprint: Newest Wall Map of Federation of Malaya. / 馬來亞聯合邦掛圖
- 1,500.00€
- 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…
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- Asia, Australia, Maps and Prints, South-East Asia
- OCEANIA, SOUTH EAST ASIA, SOUTH POLE
- 280.00€
- Lithograph with original colour: 18 x 23 cm (7 x 9 inches) (soft fold, slightly age-toned and stained, small tears in margins).
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- SAIGON, VIETNAM – ORIGINAL MSS. FIRST URBAN PLAN / ASIAN URBANISM: “Batiments Civils / Saigon, projet de ville de 500.000 âmes. Corps Expedtionnaire de Cochinchine / Marine et Colonies”.
- 35,000.00€
- 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…
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- Asia, Maps and Prints, New Acquisitions: December 2020, South-East Asia
- SINGAPORE & BORNEO
- 320.00€
- 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).
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- Asia, Maps and Prints, New Acquisitions: September 2020, South-East Asia
- SINGAPORE & SUMATRA: صوماطرا اطيه سى [Island Sumatra]
- 230.00€
- Chromolithograph. 10 x 13,5 cm (4 x 5.3 inches). Slightly stained, overall in a good condition.
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- Vietnam / Cambodia / Laos (Indochina) / French Conquest Of Vietnam: Carte de L’Indo-Chine Orientale dressée par Mr. J.L. Dutreuil De Rhins publiée sous le Ministère de Mr. le Vice Amiral Jaureguiberry. Au Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Marine en 1881.
- 6,500.00€
- 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…
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- VIETNAM / THE ORIGINAL ‘AUBARET TREATY’ MAP: Basse Cochinchine / Carte générale / D’après les travaux exécutés par ordre du Vice-Amiral Charner, Commandant en chef en Cohcinchine en 1861 et de Mr. le Vice Amiral Bonard Gouverneur et Commandant en chef en 1862 Par M.M. L. Manen et G Héraud Sous Ingénieurs hydrographes de la Marine. / Publié par ordre de l’Empereur sous le Ministère de Mr. le Comte P. de Chasseloup-Laubat, Sénateur, Sécrétaire d’Etât au Département de la Marine et des Colonies au Dépôt Général de la Marine en 1863.
- 8,500.00€
- A highly important and unique artefact of Vietnamese and French colonial history, being an example of an extremely rare large format printed map of Basse-Cochinchine (Lower Cochinchina, far southern Vietnam), published in 1863, the year after France conquered 3 of the Cochinchina’s 6 provinces; however, to save money and avoid further conflict with the Vietnamese, France decided to return…
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