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| DE BRY, Th. - Feast of China. Frankfurt, 1599, Uncoloured.. 140x177mm. Text sheet with copper plate engraving (140x177mm.) In very good condition, dark impression. A scene of a Chinese dinner feast from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. From Part II, PARS INDIAE ORIENTALIS, IN QU JOHAN. HUGONIS LINTSCOTANI NAVIGATIO IN ORIENTEM. After his stay in the Indian ci... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| DE BRY, Th. - Funeral in China. Frankfurt, 1599, Uncoloured.. 140x177mm. Text sheet with copper plate engraving (140x177mm.) In very good condition, dark impression. A scene of a funeral in China from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. From Part II, PARS INDIAE ORIENTALIS, IN QU JOHAN. HUGONIS LINTSCOTANI NAVIGATIO IN ORIENTEM. After his stay in the Indian city o... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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![ANONYMOUS, Kantong [The Dutch Folly Fort off Canton], antique map, old maps](/os/mapimg/05714.jpg)
| ANONYMOUS - Kantong [The Dutch Folly Fort off Canton] Canton?, c.1750, In original o/l colours.. 59x90mm. Water colour with pen and ink. Some discolouration in corners. Charming 18th water colour on paper depicting The Dutch "Folly Fort" off Canton. Probably made by a western artist visiting China. Forts were built in several places, to defend the city and river from pirate attacks, for example.... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| ANONYMOUS - Kancheu. c.1750, In original o/l colours.. 65x122mm. Water colour with pen and ink. Some discolouration in corners. Charming 18th water colour on paper depicting Kancheu. Probably made by a western artist visiting China.... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| PROBST,G.B. - Vue d'une Rue Nanking. Augsburg 1760, Original colours.. 310x410mm. In very attractive original colours. Good margins. A well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Augsburg. After a design by P.van Blankaert. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and special engravings to be vi... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| ANONYMOUS - A fan combines views of Hong Kong (right), Canton (left), China, ca 1850-1860. China, ca. 1850-1860, In original colours.. 120x280mm. Folding fan. Fan painted with a view of the foreign factory site at Canton important figures and a view of Hong Kong. The fan has pierced bone sticks and guards with a hand painted leaf. On verso 39 characters. Held in a lacquer box. Mint condition.  The fan shows nice images of Hong Kong and Canton on onside and on verso a garden with 39 characters welcoming a r...
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| DIETH, H. - Runde Strasse in Peking. Germany, 1882, In original colours.. 340x230mm. Water colour on paper, signed and dated. Finely executed water colour made by Henri Dieth of a charming street scene in Peking. The water colour is made after Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-1869). Hildebrandt, was born in Gdansk, and made numerous journeys visiting the Americas, most of the Mediterranean countries, Asia Minor, India, China, Japa... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| Gabriel FOURMAINTRAUX / DESVRES - Designs for porcelain plate with Chinese design. Desvres, 1905 - 1925, In original colours.. 320x480mm. Very good condition. In right hand side "Planche d'aquarelle N° 06502". And the numbers 11.153, 11.154, 11.155. Original design created by the Sevres artist Gabriel Fourmaintraux ( 1886 - ) at about 1910 to serve as guides for the painters of the porcelain and as sales tools for prospective clients showing them the ra... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| Gabriel FOURMAINTRAUX / DESVRES - Designs for Porcelain ware with Chinese design. Desvres, 1905 - 1925, In original colours.. 313x480mm. Very good condition. Pen and ink with water colour on paper. In left hand side "Planche d'aquarelle N° 05501". Original design created by the Sevres artist Gabriel Fourmaintraux ( 1886 - ) at about 1910 to serve as guides for the painters of the porcelain and as sales tools for prospective clients showing them the range of sizes, decorative motifs, and fini... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| Gabriel FOURMAINTRAUX / DESVRES - Designs for two porcelain bowls with Chinese design. Desvres, 1905 - 1925, In original colours.. 323x169mm. Pen and ink and water colour. Very good condition. With numbers 4.601, 4.818. In top "Planche N° d'ordre : 03004. Original design created by the Sevres artist Gabriel Fourmaintraux ( 1886 - ) at about 1910 to serve as guides for the painters of the porcelain and as sales tools for prospective clients showing them the range of sizes, decorativ... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| FOURMAINTRAUX, G. / DESVRES - Designs for porcelain vase with Chinese motif. Desvres, 1905 - 1925, In original colours.. 480x320mm. Pen and ink with water colour. Very good condition. With attractive pattern of a classic Chinese motif. In top "Planche d'aquarelle N° 04510" and the numbers 2,198. Original design created by the Sevres artist Gabriel Fourmaintraux ( 1886 - ) at about 1910 to serve as guides for the painters of the porcelain and as sales tools for prospective clien... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| FOURMAINTRAUX, G. / DESVRES - Designs for porcelain vases with Chinese motif. Desvres, 1905 - 1925, In original colours.. 480x320mm. Water colour on paper. Very good condition. Hand coloured design of 13 vases with attractive patterns of a classic Chinese motif. In right "Planche d'aquarelle N° 04004" and the numbers 7.404, 2.074, 8.930 - 8.936, 770, 1.690, 1.546, 1.852, 1.733. This hand water colored print is a original design created by the Sevres artist Gabriel Fourmain... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| CORONELLI, V.M. - Quantung, e Fokien, Provincie della China... Venice, 1691, Uncoloured.. 452x605mm. Short lower margin. A strong impression printed on thick paper. Italian description on verso. A beautifully engraved decorative map of Southern China extending from Hainan in the West to Formosa in the East and centered on the Pearl River Delta with Macao and the islands around present-day Hong Kong. The flamboyant decoration includes ceremonial Chinese barges and a large decorative gar... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| HARRIS, J. - A view of the town and castle of Macao. London, 1746, Uncoloured.. 200x310mm. Some mainly marginal age-toning of paper. Nice engraving shows the attack of the English ship "Centurion" on Macau, during which she captured a Portuguese ship that had sailed from Manila. In upper right corner "Vol. 1, page 354", taken from Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, or Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels by ... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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![VAN KEULEN, J., Nieuwe Pas=Caart strekkende van Pta Cataon tot Pta. Lamtoan, langs de kusten van Cochinchina, Tonquin, Quangsi en Quantung [?] van Macao., antique map, old maps](/os/mapimg/24951.jpg)
| VAN KEULEN, J. - Nieuwe Pas=Caart strekkende van Pta Cataon tot Pta. Lamtoan, langs de kusten van Cochinchina, Tonquin, Quangsi en Quantung [?] van Macao. Amsterdam, 1753, Coloured.. 505x572mm. Paper slightly age-toned and foxed. Two sheets joined, contemp. pasted on second piece of paper, who is a bit more browned on verso. Generally very good for such a chart. A finely engraved and detailed chart of Vietnam reaching till Macao and present-day Hong Kong.. Very rare: only included in 6th volume (so-called secret atlas) of Van Keulen's. Latitude scale, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, soundings, anchorage's, etc. Many Dutch names and a wealth o... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| NICOL, G. - A Plan of the city and harbour of Macao : a colony of the Portugueze, situated at the southern extremity of the Chinese Empire. . . London, 1796, Coloured.. 687x524mm. Very good condition. A large chart of Macao engraved by Benjamin Baker (fl. 1766-1824) and published by George Nicol. The town is shown in detail, with a 37-point key in English listing Forts, Parishes, Colleges, Covents, Chapels and other buildings of interest including the Customs House and the English Factory and ext... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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![VANDERMAELEN, Ph., [8 sheets - Partie du THIBET], antique map, old maps](/os/mapimg/36629.jpg)
| VANDERMAELEN, Ph. - [8 sheets - Partie du THIBET] Brussels, 1825-1827, Original colours.. 470x500mm. Lithography, in original colours. Paper very slightly age toned. Plano sheets, mint condition. Each map ca. 470 x 500mm. Each sheet 520 x 700mm. A set of 8 maps covering Tibet region and the Himalayas. From his famous Atlas Universel . This atlas was one of the most remarkable world atlases ever produced, anticipating the International Map of the World and being the first atlas to show the entire land mass of the world on a... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| ANONYMOUS - A fan combining views of Hong Kong (right), Canton (center), and Macau. China, ca. 1850-1860, In original colours.. 120x280mm. Folding fan. Black lacquered bamboo frame with gold decoration with double sheets of paper with paintings of the three most important "hongs" and on verso 45 characters, with their clothes are heightened with silk. Some minor usual wear and small repairs and 7 heads are missing. The fan shows nice images of Macau, Hong Kong and Canton on onside and on verso a garden with 45 characters welcoming a rider on his white horse. Their clothes are heightened in silk and their ivory heads reported. All three cities attracted visitors and temporary residents from around the ... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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![DIETH, H., Hong Kong. [Queen's Road], antique map, old maps](/os/mapimg/24362.jpg)
| DIETH, H. - Hong Kong. [Queen's Road] Germany, 1882, In original colours.. 270x380mm. Water colour on paper, signed and dated. Framed. Finely executed water colour made by Henri Dieth of a charming atmospheric street scene at Queen's Road in Hong Kong. The water colour is made after Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-1869). Hildebrandt, was born in Gdansk, and made numerous journeys visiting the Americas, most of the Mediterranean countries,... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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![DIETH, H., Hongkong Piratenstrasse. [Pirate Street], antique map, old maps](/os/mapimg/24363.jpg)
| DIETH, H. - Hongkong Piratenstrasse. [Pirate Street] Germany, 1882, In original colours.. 340x230mm. Water colour on paper, signed and dated. Finely executed water colour made by Henri Dieth of a charming street scene at "Pirate Street" in Hong Kong. The water colour is made after Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-1869). Hildebrandt, was born in Gdansk, and made numerous journeys visiting the Americas, most of the Mediterranean countries, Asia Min... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| LAUNAY, A. - Mission du Kouang-Ton. Lille, 1890, In original colours.. 268x418mm. Coloured lithography. Paper very slightly age toned. Accompanied by one page description of the region in French. Important map of the coast of China from Hainan, Hong Kong, Macao up to Shantou, prepared by Adrien Launay, who was a French Missionary and later chronicler of the history of the French Missions in Indo-China at end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th Centuries. His work became a primary referenc... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| BRITISH ADMIRALTY/ AMONG OTHERS - COLLECTION OF HONG KONG MAPS, BOOKS & FLYERS. Including CHINA - HONGKONG surveyed by Captn. Sir Edward Belcher, in H.M.S. Sulphur 1841. Corrected to 1901. London, 1841 - 1901, Uncoloured.. 605x917mm. Generally in very good to very fine condition. A collection of 30 maps, prints, publications relating to Hong Kong. Click here to see images and descriptions of all 30 items in this lot. (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| SERVICE GEOGRAPHIQUE DE L'ARMEE. - CANTON Kong-Teheou. Paris, 1898 updated for june 1904, In original colours.. 490x640mm. Map printed in helio engraving. Very detailed (1:1.000.000) map centered on Macao and Victoria Island, showing soundings, English, Australian, Danish telegraph lines reaching Hong Kong and extended to Macao. The French Service géographique des armées was founded in 1887 and provided the French military and administrativ... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| South East Asia | |||||||
| PTOLEMY,C. / FRIES, L. - Tabula nova utriusque Indiae. Vienne, 1541, Coloured.. 325x440mm. Very good condition. Blank verso. This is the fourth and last edition of this map based on Waldseemüller's first "modern" map of Asia. It follows that cartography without change but adds an interesting array of vignettes purporting to depict the cultures of the region. Based largely upon the Ruysch world map of 1507, Sri Lanka and t... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| RUSCELLI, G. - India Tercera Nuova Tavola. Venice, 1598, Uncoloured.. 180x242mm. Repair and toning along center fold. Italian text on verso. The 1598 edition of this early map of South East Asia. Just to the west and south of Malacca one will notice ‘Camatra’ (Sumatra) and Java. China with Canton in the upper right corner. Girolamo Ruscelli first published the map in his "La Geographi di Claudio Tolomeo" (Venice, 1561), with the p... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| BLAEU, W. - India quae Orientalis. Amsterdam, 1645, Original colours.. 410x503mm. A fine copy. With French text on verso. The map covers the area from India to Japan, with the East Indies, with good detail in Philippines. In the upper right corner the southern tip of Korea is shown, and marked "Corea insula". It was the first popular map to depict part of Australia (together with New ... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| JANSSONIUS, J. - Indiae Orientalis nova descriptio. Amsterdam, 1645, In attractive strong original colours.. 390x500mm. Printed on heavy paper. Some very light offsetting of colours, but overall in very fine condition. German text on verso. An important map of South East Asia, noteworthy for being amongst the first maps to include any information on the discoveries made by the Dutch vessel Duyfkens in New Guinea and the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1605-6. The map also includes Malaysia, Vietnam, the East India Islands, Philippin... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| CHATELAIN, H. - Vue et Description de Quelques-Uns des Principaux Forts des Hollandois dans les Indes . Amsterdam, 1720, Uncoloured.. 370x432mm. Some light browning along center fold. Very good impression. Interesting sheet with seven detailed views illustrating the most important Dutch V.O.C. trading outposts and fortified colonial possessions in the East Indies, including 4 harbor views Batavia (Jakarta), Amboina, Ternate, and Solor, and 3 fort plans, with descriptive French text, from Chatelian's m... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| VALENTIJN, F. - Nieuwe Caart der Eylanden van Banda. Amsterdam, 1726, Uncoloured.. 310x405mm. In very good condition. Some foldings as issued. Mint. Decorative map of the Banda Islands. François Valentijn (1666-1727), a missionary, worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1694 and 1705 to 1713 and travelled extensively in the VOC's lands. He is best known for his monumental history and description, ''Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën'' which remains one of t... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| WEBBER, J. - View in the island of Cracatoa. London, Boydell and Co., 1808, In original colours.. 286x418mm. Contemp. handcoloured aquatint, published by Boydell (and successor), London, 1808[-20], on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1820. Some light water staining. Together with a text page. Early view of the volcano Krakatoa (Indonesian name: Krakatau), on the Indonesian island of Rakata in the Sunda Strait, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early views depicting scenes encountered while employed as draughtsman on Cook's third voyage, which has been called... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| WEBBER, J. - The Fan palm, in the island of Cracatoa. London, Boydell and Co., 1808, In original colours.. 362x271mm. Contemp. handcoloured aquatint, published by Boydell (and successor), London, 1808[-20], on J. Whatman paper water marked 1820. Paper very slightly water stained. Together with a text page. The Fan palm, on the island of Krakatoa (Indonesian name: Krakatau), in the Sunda Strait, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early views depicting scenes encountered while employed as draughtsman on Cook's third voyage, which has been called "the most striking publicatio... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| HORSBURGH, JAMES, F.R.S - Eastern passage to China. sheet 1. London, 1824, Uncoloured.. 635x955mm. Very good condition, printed on heavy paper. Paper slightly age toned. James Horsburgh early chart of the coasts of Java, Bali, Lombok, with part of Sulawesi, and Borneo. Insets of "Sketch of Bally Strait", Sketch of Lombock Strait", Plan of Allas Strait", "Sketch of Sappy Strait". The chart shows depth soundings & both topographica... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| HULST VAN KEULEN, Wed.G. - Straat Riouw onder opzicht van de commissie tot verbetering der Indische Zeekaarten.. Amsterdam 1843, Uncoloured.. 850x860mm. 2 sheets joined and laid down on a sheet of blue paper. Good and dark impression. 2 folds as issued. Faint traces of humidity along upper margin, slightly frayed. Repair of 3, 2cm long, tears along the juncture of the sheets. Very large and rare so called Blue back chart centered on the strait passing between the Riau Islands. It contains an inset map with enlarged details of Riouw harbor on Bintang Island. Coastal profiles are shown in the lower left corner of the chart. The cha... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| DORNSEIFFEN, I. - Overzichtskaart van den Nederlandsch oost Indischen Archipel. Amsterdam, Seyffardt, 1884, In original printed colours.. 585x850mm. Chromolithography on somewhat tinted paper, in very fine condition. Printed on heavy paper. Paper size : 385 x 485mm. Very detailed map of Indonesia, taken from "Atlas van Nederlandsch Oost- en West-Indie", prepared by doctor I. Dornseiffen, and published by published by Seyffardt's Boekhandel, Amsterdam. The general map with title and in the corners four inset maps of the Netherlands, Suriname, Antilles and C... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| VICHY - Ce que les Anglo-Saxons ont perdu en Extrême-Orient. Paris, 1943, In printed colours.. 600x830mm. Colour offset printing. Several tears in the margins. In fair condition. Illustrated Vichy propaganda War & Propaganda poster showing a map of South East Asia, with Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, etc., among photos and explanations about the losses of the British in the Far East to the Japanese. Published in V... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| LANGENES - Iava Maior. Amsterdam, Cornelis Claes, 1606, Uncoloured.. 85x122mm. A very good and dark impression. Very fine miniature map of Java, engraved by Benjamin Wright (1575-1613). This early map contains detailed geography and nomenclature around the northern coastline of the island. Uncommon. First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by the most famous engravers... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| DE BRY, Th. - Rex Balius Preciosissimo Curru. Frankfurt, 1609, Uncoloured.. 143x173mm. Text sheet with copper plate engraving with letter press in Latin. In mint condition, dark impression. Size of sheet 305x200mm. How the people of Bali transport their King. According to deBry: there are many horses on the island of Bali but they are small and only the simple folk ride them. Those who are more distinguished let their slaves carry them, or they ride in wagons drawn by buffalo. When we first arrived, the king o... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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![LODEWYCKSZ, Willem, [Bantam]., antique map, old maps](/os/mapimg/37970.jpg)
| LODEWYCKSZ, Willem - [Bantam]. Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609, Uncoloured.. 145x212mm. Plate is in good condition, slightly creased left margin, and minor worming to upper left margin. Good impression. Set in French text. Text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the classic account of the first Dutch voyage to the East Indies under the command of Cornelis de Houtman. the expedition left in 1595, after Holla... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| CHATELAIN, H. - Carte de l'Ile de Java. Amsterdam, 1720, Uncoloured.. 376x865mm. Printed from two plates. Paper slightly browned. Very slight oxidation due to offsetting of ink. Small hole (8x8mm.) filled in. A good and dark impression. Wide margins. An inset plan of Batavia and clearly indicated rice fields, mountains, forests, towns in profile and even elephants suggest the wealth of detail found on this map. Modeled on Hadrien Reland's important Dutch map of a few years earlier, the superb topographical detail is complemented by drapery style... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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![GRAAF, I., [Manuscript chart on vellum of the Java Sea], antique map, old maps](/os/mapimg/33613.jpg)
| GRAAF, I. - [Manuscript chart on vellum of the Java Sea] Amsterdam, 1743, In attractive strong original colours.. 760x990mm. Pen, ink and gouache on vellum: strong and resistant to all kinds of weather. Very good condition. One of the few manuscript charts on vellum in private hands, signed by Isaac de Graaf. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MAP IN RED, GREEN AND BLACK INK showing the Java Sea centered on the Island of Java, Southern part of Borneo and parts of Sumatra and with Bali Island nearby. One decorate compass ro... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| HARREVELT, E. van / CHANGUION, D. J. - Nouvelle carte de l'Isle de Java. Amsterdam, 1773, In original colours.. 204x435mm. In very fine condition. A very nice map centred on the island of Java. With French text in title cartouche and an additional title in Dutch underneath the map. Read more Early maps of South East Asia [+]... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| LETI, G. - Waere affbeeldinge wegens het casteel ende stadt Batavia. Amsterdam, 1681, Coloured.. 403x508mm. In very good condition. A good impression of this finely engraved and detailed plan of Batavia, present-day Jakarta, the Dutch center of trading activities in the East Indies. Copied after Clement de Jonghe's map on a smaller scale, with one major alteration: the coastline in front of the fortress as curving inwards, the r... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| VANDER AA, P. - Waere affbeeldinge wegens het casteel ende stadt Batavia. Leiden, 1719, Uncoloured.. 265x355mm. In good condition. Very dark impression. Paper very slightly age toned. A good impression of this finely engraved and detailed plan of Batavia, present-day Jakarta, the Dutch center of trading activities in the East Indies. Copied after Clement de Jonghe's map on a smaller scale, with one major alteration: the coastline in front of the fortress as curving inwards. the r... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| VANDER AA, P. - Ware affbeeldinge wegens het casteel ende stadt Batavia. . . Leiden, 1719, Coloured.. 265x355mm. In good condition. Very dark impression. Paper very slightly age toned. A reduced version of Clement de Jonghe (1650) plan of Jakarta from 1650. The town plan has a vignette at the bottom showing Jakarta from the sea with the volcanoes Mount Gede, Mount Pangrnago and Mount Salak in the background. Engraved for Arnoldus Montanus "Gedenkwaerdige gesantschappen... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| HEYDT, J. W. - Allerneuester geographisch- und topographischer Schau-Platz von Africa und Ost-Indien. . . Wilhermsdorf, Tetscher u. Nürnberg, Homanns Erben, 1744, Uncoloured.. 225x280mm. Contemp. calf oblong folio. With 2 engraved title pages,10, 255 pp. Some usual browning, some spotting and thumbing in places, few marginal defects, slight marginal water staining to first leaves. With 85 engraved plates and maps. Only the first part of the book describing Jakarta and Colombo. Some pages with browning and underlayment to title and a few page, but general good. Plates are dark impressions. An early issue of this important book by Johann Wolfgang Heydt's describing the Dutch factories, settlements and stations at the hands of the Dutch East India Company in Africa and Asia. Illustrated with two engraved titles and 85 (of 115) engraved plates (including a few maps), by Seeligmann, Hoff... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| PROBST, G.B. - Vue de L'Hotel de Batavie. . . Augsburg, 1750, Original colours.. 268x398mm. Lower margin cut off, lower line and name of the publisher lost. A so-called optical print of Fatahillah Square in Jakarta, Indonesia, prepared for use in a light-box or an amusing light-show. This richly hand coloured print is much perforated, windows are cut out, and then a thin transparent paper is mounted at the back and tipped with colour over the perforatio... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| JANSSONIUS, J. - Sumatrae et insularum Locorumque nonnullorum circumiacentium. . . Amsterdam, 1660, Original colours.. 420x520mm. A good and dark impression. Very fine. Fine chart depicting the Island of Sumatra and the southern coasts of Malaysia from Quedo to Johore. North is orientated to the left of the page. Singapore is probably identified just to the south of Johore as Senasur. Little interior detail is given but ... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| VALENTIJN, F. - Nieuwe Kaart van het Eyland Sumatra.. Amsterdam, 1726, Coloured.. 506x600mm. A fine copy. Folds as issued. Dark impression. Fine chart depicting the Island of Sumatra and the southern coasts of Malaysia from Quedo to Johore. North is orientated to the left of the page. Singapore is probably identified just to the south of Johore as Senasur . Little interior detail is given but the coastlines, settlements and... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| SCHENK, P. / VALK, G. - Insularum Moluccarum Nova description. Amsterdam, 1730, In attractive strong original colours.. 370x485mm. Thick, strong hand laid paper with full margins. Exquisite map of the famous Spice Islands based on the islands described by Jan Huyghen van Linschoten. This map was the first large scale map of the region and depicts the islands which provided first the Portuguese, and then the Dutch with a monopoly on the lucrative spice trade. Each of th... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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| PTOLEMY,C ./ TRECHSEL, G. - Tabula Sexta Asia (Arabian Peninsula) Vienna, 1525 -1541, In attractive strong colours.. 272x455mm. Good margins. With letter press and decorated initials on verso. Size of paper 400x550mm. Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of the Arabian Peninsular prepared Martin Waldseemüller. River Rhine to the left. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published in "Ptolemy's Geographia". The atlas was reprinted in 1520, 1522, 1525, 1535 and 1541. ... (Click on title or image to go to item page) |
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