Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

49 49 c   (CRIMEAN WAR.) British War Dept., Topographical and Statistical Depot. Plan of the Fortress of Kars, on the Frontiers of Asia Minor, with the Surrounding Country. Large engraved case map, underlying topography printed in brown, additional hand-coloring. 34 1 / 2 x39 inches overall; dissected into 24 sections and mounted to original linen with marbled paper self-wrappers; folding into publisher’s cloth covered slipcase with printed paper label, minor aging to case, map fine; War Department blindstamp at lower left. London: War Department, 1855 [300/500] “Prepared from the Reconnaissance of Colonel Ushakov, of the Russian Imperial Staff attached to General Paskieviten’s Army in 1829. Illustrating also the Field Defences thrown up by Colonel Lake for its present protection and the memorable action between the Russians under General Muraviev, and the Turkish Garrison under the Command of Major General Williams and Mehemet, Vasif Pasha, on the 29th September, 1855.” 48 c   (CHINA.) Schenk, Peter; and Valk, Gerard. Imperii Sinarum Nova Descriptio. Double-page engraved map of the Chinese empire. 20 1 / 2 x24 1 / 2 inches sheet size, wide margins, blank verso; original hand-coloring; printer’s crease with tiny loss at centerfold, folds and small edge repairs to upper margin, one minor crack in verdigris stabilized on verso but generally a nice example. Amsterdam: Valk and Schenk, circa 1700 [800/1,200]