(Cartes maritimes) - NORIE, J.W.- 4 large sea charts. London, The Navigation Warehouse and Naval Academy, various dates. Copper-engravings, various dimensions (mounted on linen and on blue paper).
Estimation :
1.500 / 2.000
Description
(1). "A General Chart of the Mediterranean, Adriatic and Black Seas, together with the Graecian Archipelago [...]". 1840. 82 x 209 cm. With inserts of Genova, Gibraltar, Bonifacion, Syracuse, Maltese islands, the Gulf of Smyrna, the Port of Alexandria...— (2). "Chart of the Black Sea from the Seas of Marmara and Azov [...]. 1854. 82 x 190 cm (small hole on the right side). Inserts of the Channel of Constantinople, Passage of the Dardanelles, the Road of Odessa, Yalta and Ourzof...— (3). "A Chart of the Azores or Western Islands [...]". 1845. 63 x 85 cm.— (4). "A New and correct Chart from the English Channel to Gibraltar, including the Coasts of France, Spain and Portugal [...]". 1825. 82 x 120 cm (wrinkled, small holes, slightly browned). Inserts of Barcelona, Malaga, Lisbon and Cadiz. ▲ Provenance : Marsily & Christiansen, ship-chandlers, Antwerp (stamp on verso). ^ Quatre cartes maritimes figurant la Méditerranée de la Péninsule Ibérique jusqu'à la Mer Noire, les Açores et La Manche avec les cotes de la France, de l'Espagne et du Portugal. Gravures sur cuivre, montées sur toile doublée de papier bleu.
