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

93 c   JANSSONIUS, JOHANNES. Belgii Veteris Typus. Hand-colored double-page engraved map of ancient Belgium and the Low Countries. 20x23 3 / 4 inches sheet size, wide margins; backed with a sheet of modern heavier stock, moderate foxing, neatline border embellished by a later strip of gold-leaf. Amsterdam, circa 1650 [200/300] 94 c   JANSSONIUS, JOHANNES. Cyprus Insula; and Creta Jovis Magni. Together two hand-colored double-page engraved maps, one of ancient Cyprus and the other of ancient Crete. 20x23 1 / 2 inches each sheet size, wide margins; each backed with a sheet of heavier modern stock, moderate foxing, small closed repairs, neatline borders and compass roses embellished with later gold-leaf; Crete map with “Ex Tabulis Claire” ink label affixed at lower left. Amsterdam, circa 1650 [700/1,000] 93 94