Berry (William), [Composite Atlas], London: Sold by William ...

Estimate

£10,000 - £15,000

Berry (William), [Composite Atlas], London: Sold by William Berry at the Sign of the Globe between Charring-Cross and White-Hall, 1680-89, complete in 33 maps (according to the list at the foot of The Circle and Electorat (sic) of the Rhine (i.e. [no. 14]), with France duplicated (i.e. [nos. 9 & 10]), containing: 

1. A Mapp (sic) of All the World. In two Hemispheres, outlined in colour, prefixed by the engraved Geographical Tables of the Divisions of the World; 


2. Europe, outlined in colour, prefixed by engraved Geographical Tables; 


3. Asia, outlined in colour, prefixed by engraved Geographical Tables; 


4. Africa, outlined in colour, prefixed by engraved Geographical Tables; 


5. North America, outlined in colour, prefixed by engraved Geographical Tables; 


6. South America, outlined in colour, prefixed by engraved Geographical Tables; 


7. Italy, outlined in colour, prefixed by table; 


8. The Mountains of the Alps, in which are set down the Passages out of France into Italy, the Dukedom of Milan, and the Duke of Savoy's Territories; 


9. The Kingdom of France, outlined in colour, repaired margins;


10. another copy of the same sheet, monochrome; 


11. Part of the Circle of Austria in which are the Dukedoms of Styria, and Carinthia, of Carniola, and other Hereditary Countries of the House of Austria;  


12. The Kingdom of Hungary, And the States that have been Subject to it, which are now the Northern parts of Turkey [...], outlined in colour; 


13. The Dukedom and Electorate of Brandenburg, outlined in colour; 


14. The Circle and Electorate of the Rhine; 


15. The United Provinces of the Netherlands, with their Conquests in Flanders, Brabant, Limbourg, and Liege [...], outlined in colour; 


16. The Catholic Provinces of the Low Countries [...], outlined in colour; 


17. Spain and Portugal, outlined in colour, prefixed by table;


18. Catalonia, outlined in colour, repaired margin; 


19. Poland, outlined in colour; 


20. The Kingdom of Denmark, outlined in colour; 


21. Scandinavia, and its Confines in which are The Kingdoms of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway; 


22. Russia Alba, or Moscovia, outlined in colour; 


23. The States of the Empire of the Turks; 


24. The Mediterranean Sea, repairs verso left; 


25. A New Map of the Kingdom of England and Wales; 


26. The Empire of Germany; 


27. Part of the Circle of Austria;


28. The Course of the River Rhine; 


29. The Archbishopric and Electorate of Cologne;


30. The Circle of Westphalia, repaired margins; 


31. The Circle of Bavaria, reinforced closed tear; 


32. The Circle of Swabia; 


33. The Dukedom of Pomerania; 


34. The Empire of the Great Turk in Europe, Asia, & Africa;

apparently all first states thereof, including North America, Europe, and England & Wales, printed with allegorical title cartouches and dedications within the plate, each on two conjoined sheets (except no. 29, Cologne, on one sheet), later reinforced at gutter verso, a few infrequent marginal close tears in places, if so just touching or just within the platemark (unless cited above), occasional and light toning and creases as per, later 20th c brown morocco over marbled boards, large folio (62.5 x 51.5cm)

Provenance: 1) Sotheby's, 17th-18th February 1969, lot 7, sold (£320) to Maggs Bros. Ltd., bidding on behalf of 2) the vendors' late father.

A complete set of Berry's series of maps known as 'the English Sanson', 'very rare' (Chubb). 
The North America map is especially important, being the first or at least the second map to name Pennsylvania, which was founded on 4 March 1681 (Thornton and Seller's map appeared in the summer of that year). 'Pennsilvania' is named within the map but with no boundary lines and not mentioned amongst the regions that appear in the caption title at the upper border, indicating that the map was issued very shortly after the granting of William Penn's land charter in March 1681.