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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Missal.

Written in the North or Eastern part of France in the late thirteenth century. Each decorated initial with long extensions . Capitals touched in red. One large historiate...

$1500 / ≈ €1282
Maker / Publisher: MISSAL
Place & Date: France, 1260-1280

 


Sexta Etas Mudi. - Data est mihi potestas in celo et in terra: Salvator:

A very fine presentation of Jesus Christ surrounded by the Twelve Apostles. Each of the evangelists being represented by his symbol in the corners.Page from the richest i...

$450 / ≈ €385
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


[Sea monsters] De regni Settentrionali Monstri marini & terrestri…

Münster's plate of monsters of both land and sea, taken from an Italian text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renaissance kno...

$3600 / ≈ €3078
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basel, 1558

 


Novae Urbis Hierosolymitanae topographica delineatio . . .

A very rare plan of modern Jerusalem oriented to the east, according to a note on the map the map was drawn after a map by Peter Laicstain. A lettered key to the right.Up...

$2500 / ≈ €2137
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1571

 


Benedict. Arias Montanus Sacrae Geographiae Tabulam Ex Antiq

THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST STATE landmark world map, famed for its depiction of the Australian landmass.One of the earliest printed maps to depict the “terra incognita...

$21500 / ≈ €18382
Maker / Publisher: ARIAS (MONTANO), Benito:
Place & Date: Anvers 1571 /1572

 


De Zee-Kuste vant Landt te Noort-oosten sorterende onder Norweghen ende eendeels onder Sweden alsoe tlandt aldaer in zijn gedaente is, van Distelberch tot Waersberghe.

A rare Latin text edition of this early and detailed chart of the coast of Norway of this landmark contribution to the science of navigation. Decorated by a large title c...

$3000 / ≈ €2565
Maker / Publisher: WAGHENAER, L. J.
Place & Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585

 


Islandia.

Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south side of the island a collection of all possible sea monsters is depicted. Polar bears on ice flows and volcanoes in t...

$11000 / ≈ €9405
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1603

 


Set of four continents.

Fine set of 4 continents prepared by Gerard Mercator. The general map of Europe, as well as Americae Pars, Greenland, Iceland, a Polar landmass, along with the mythical i...

$7500 / ≈ €6412
Maker / Publisher: MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1628

 


Romani Imperii Imago.

Very rare map in a first edition by Jacques Honervogt. Copied after a map by Ortelius but much rarer. The medallion portraits are of Romulus and Remus - the genealogical ...

$2500 / ≈ €2137
Maker / Publisher: HONERVOGT, J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1630

 


Nouvelle et exacte Carte du Duche de Brabant. . .

A very rare example of a map of the Duchy of Brabant. Title cartouche in the lower left-hand corner. A very rare issue of this map of Brabant. Cornelis Danckerts II. copi...

$750 / ≈ €641
Maker / Publisher: DANCKERTS II, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1635

 


Nova Italiae delineatio.

Originally engraved for Jodocus Hondius II, at his death in August 1629 this map was, among other copper plates,purchased by Willem Blaeu who trimmed the figured borders,...

$800 / ≈ €684
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1638

 


Hollandia Comitatus.

Orientated west to the top of the sheet, this presents the County of Holland in the classical orientation for seventeenth century maps, with Amsterdam at the center. The ...

$1000 / ≈ €855
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647

 


Foederatae Belgicae Tabulae.

Fine, detailed map of the area of the modern Netherlands less the southern part of Limburg, of which the small area around the town of Maastricht is shown in the inset bo...

$1250 / ≈ €1069
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Ioannes III. Rex. Poloniae (Portrait of Johann III. Sobieski)

On verso a text in brown ink "1674 Giovanni Sobieski Gran Maresciallo della Polonia, che poscia lo fece suo Re, perchè a Cokrim vinse li Turchi, e la liberò dai tr...

$6000 / ≈ €5130
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Ulm, ca. 1690

 


Moris Beneficio Comendatus Tabaci usus. Der durch die Mode beliebt gemachteTaback

Copper-plate engraving showing a group of fashionably dressed men and women smoking long-stemmed pipes around a table in front of a garden hedge. "Paulus Decker inv....

$350 / ≈ €299
Maker / Publisher: DECKER, P. (after)
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1700

 


[Concert at time of Handel] Dulcissimum Melos Bona Fama.

Copper-plate engraving of the rehearsal of a chamber cantata by Johann Christoph Steudner, after Paul Decker the elder, in the Handel-Haus, Halle. (Musikgeschichte in Bil...

$400 / ≈ €342
Maker / Publisher: DECKER, P. (after)
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1700

 


A new and correct map of the world.

The early eighteenth century was one of the most important periods for English cartography. One of the period's most intriguing world maps is this large-scale map, which ...

$12000 / ≈ €10260
Maker / Publisher: WILLDEY, G./ PRICE, Ch.
Place & Date: London 1714

 


Kort Begryp van Duytsland, de drie Ryx Collegien in hunne Wapens en Zittingen. Kreits Verelingen en Aantekenigen door C. Specht't Utrectht.

Second state of this decorative table of family escutcheons, crests and coats of arms, for various German and Dutch princes and nobles of the 16th, 17th and 18th Centurie...

$350 / ≈ €299
Maker / Publisher: OTTENS, R / J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Beschrijving Gezicht van den Ykant af bezyden den Schreiers hoex Toren langs de Keulsche en Geldersche Kaei naer de Nieuwe Markt

This large engraving (560x920mm.) comes from a are series of 25 beautiful large views of Amsterdam and gives a colorful picture of the life and business of the city at th...

$2000 / ≈ €1710
Maker / Publisher: DE LETH, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720

 


(Chatelain "Atlas Historique" in 7 volumes.]

Henri Abraham Chatelain, whose Atlas Historique was one of the most expansive encyclopedias of the age. First published in 1705, Chatelain's Atlas Historique was part o...

$40000 / ≈ €34199
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam: Chez Zacharie Châtelain, 1732 - 1739

 


Amerique Septentrionale suivant la carte de Pople faite à Londres en 20 feuilles.

The key sheet to Henry Le Rouge/Popple wall map of the British Colonies in North America. Appears in the author's Atlas Général [1741-62].Key map of the French editio...

$2500 / ≈ €2137
Maker / Publisher: LE ROUGE, G-L. / POPPLE, H.
Place & Date: Paris, Le Rouge, 1742

 


Planisphaerum coeleste.

A very decorative double hemisphere celestial chart. The 10 smaller circular diagram showing the rotation of the Planets, according to Tycho Brahe, Ptolemy and Copernicus...

$1500 / ≈ €1282
Maker / Publisher: LOTTER, T.
Place & Date: Nurenberg, 1750

 


Amstelodami veteris et novissimae urbis accuratissima deline

A decorative plan of the town with at left and right legends mentioning the most important buildings and streets. At bottom center a view of the town from 't IJ. From Atl...

$2500 / ≈ €2137
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1745-1754

 


Atlas Universel Par M. Robert Geographe ordinaire du Roy

The first edition of one of the most important 18th-century atlases and one of the great achievements of the French Enlightenment and one of the first atlases based on sc...

$12000 / ≈ €10260
Maker / Publisher: VAUGONDY, R. de
Place & Date: Paris, 1757

 


Carta Topografica dell' Isola Del Maritaggio di Monsieur le Boble per la prima volta. Tradotta dal francese in italiano.

Second Italian printing of Eustache Le Noble’s "Carte de l’isle de marriage." The book’s text offers instructions on how to reach this matrimonial island ...

$1500 / ≈ €1282
Maker / Publisher: LE NOBLE, E.
Place & Date: Cosmopoli, 1766

 


Nieuwe Kaart van de Grootbrittannische Volkplantingen in Noord America waar in Tevens de Fransche Bezittingen en de Landen tuschen die Beide Volken. . .

A map of the east-coast of America from New Foundland till Florida, divided in French and British properties. Reduced size Dutch edition of Mitchell's map of North Americ...

$950 / ≈ €812
Maker / Publisher: TIRION, I.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1769

 


[HAWAII] - Plan de la baye de Karakakooa.

Beautiful map showing the islands forming the Hawaiian archipelago, drawn up during Cook's third voyage: Oneeheow or Ni'ihau, Atooi or Kauai, Woahoo or O'ahu, Morotoi or ...

$550 / ≈ €470
Maker / Publisher: BERNARD, J.F.
Place & Date: Paris, 1774

 


Connecticut and Parts adjacent at Amsterdam. .

A nice example of this early map of the state of Connecticut with part of Rhode Island to the east, Long Island to the south, and New York to the east. Rivers, roads, t...

$35000 / ≈ €29924
Maker / Publisher: COVENS / MORTIER jr.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1780

 


Russian Empire in Europe from the Dr. D'Anville of the Royal Academy. . .

Rare map of Russia, prepared by John Bayly (active 1755-1794) after D'Anville. In the lower-left corner parts of the Caspian and Black Sea. In the upper right corner Nova...

$750 / ≈ €641
Maker / Publisher: BOWLES, T.
Place & Date: London, ca. 1782

 


United States of North America. Carte des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale / copiée et gravée sur celle d'Arrowsmith, corrigée et considérablement augmentée... par P. F. Tardieu...

FIRST EDITION. An impressive wall map here in 4 unjoined sheets and large margins. RARE in these untouched, full sheets. Recorded examples are usually offered as folding ...

$8000 / ≈ €6840
Maker / Publisher: TARDIEU, P.A.F.
Place & Date: Paris: An XI - 1802

 


Carta militar das principaes estradas de Portugal.

Rare road map of Portugal in a scale of ca 1:470000. At the bottom right and left legends in Portuguese and French. Engraved by Romão Eloy de Almeida, who was a Portugue...

$500 / ≈ €427
Maker / Publisher: DE ALMEIDA, R.E.
Place & Date: Lisbone, 1808

 


Cherries.

Color aquatint and stipple engraved plate of fruits by George Brookshaw (1751-1823) from his "Pomona Britannica; or, a Collection of the most esteemed fruits at pres...

$90 / ≈ €77
Maker / Publisher: BROOKSHAW, G.
Place & Date: London, Bensley and son, 1817

 


Cary's New Terrestrial Globe Exhibiting The Tracks and Discoveries made by Captain Cook; Als...

An early Regency 21-inch terrestrial globe CARY, John and William. - Cary's New Terrestrial Globe Exhibiting The Tracks and Discoveries made by Captain Cook; Also those o...

$29500 / ≈ €25222
Maker / Publisher: CARY, J. / W.
Place & Date: London, 1815/1818

 


General-Karte der sichtbaren Seite der Mond-oberflaeche zugleich als Übersichts-Blatt zur grössern Mondkarte von Wilh. Beer und Joh: Heinr. Mädler.

An early representation of the viewable surface of the moon by Johann Heinrich Mädler (1794-1874) and Wilhelm Beer (1797-1850).Ignoring the occasional pre-telescopic ap...

$750 / ≈ €641
Maker / Publisher: MADLER, J.H.
Place & Date: Berlin, 1837

 


Korte geographische oefeningen voor het eerste onderwijs in de kennis der geheele aarde

Ilustrated with World Map, map of Europe, the Netherlands, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Australia.Provenance : J.de Veth, October 1845.

$400 / ≈ €342
Maker / Publisher: PRINSEN, P.J.
Place & Date: Zaltbommel, 1843

 


View of Singapore

Very rare view of Singapore from the Singapore River Basin. With a numbered key (1-19) underneath the illustration. In the center Government Hill with Governer's House (1...

$2000 / ≈ €1710
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: ca. 1850

 


Volume III of the monumental atlas, ‘L’Orbe Cattolico ossia Atlante Geografico Storico Ecclesiastico’.

PETRI Girolamo's extremely rare Atlas volume III of the monumental atlas, ‘L’Orbe Cattolico ossia Atlante Geografico Storico Ecclesiastico’, respectively depictin...

$25000 / ≈ €21374
Maker / Publisher: PETRI Girolamo
Place & Date: Rome, 1858

 


[Lot of 9 maps] Plan général de Sébastopol avec indication des travaux du siege et de la defense au 28 mars - 9 avril 1855. Feuille 10. xiii

A group of nine (of 14) very rare panoramic town-plans of the siege of Sebastopol or maps of the Crimea. In lower margin : "Gravé au Dépôt topographique de la Gue...

$2200 / ≈ €1881
Maker / Publisher: DEPOT TOPOGRAPH. DE LA GUERRE
Place & Date: St. Petersburg, N. Thieblin, 1863

 


Atlas usuel de Géographie Moderne…

Complete with title page, contents page, and all 32 double-page maps of European and regional maps of the world, including Oceania, the Americas, Asia, Africa, etc. All i...

Maker / Publisher: ANDRIVEAU-GOUJON, E.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1865
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Atlas de Géographie Physique, Politique, Ancienne et Moderne contenant les cartes générales et particulières toutes les parties du Monde.

Complete with title page, contents page, and all 35 double-page maps of European and regional maps of the world, including Oceania, the Americas, Asia, Africa, etc. All i...

Maker / Publisher: BRUE, A. E.
Place & Date: Paris, 1875
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Mapa Polski i Krajów Osciennych - Wydanie trzecie. Opracowal Stanislaw Max. Wydani M. Arcta.

‘The Birth of Modern Poland on a map’ - an excellent wall map of Poland and surrounding regions, published in Warsaw near the end of World War I, when Poland’s fate...

$400 / ≈ €342
Maker / Publisher: Stanislaw MAX.
Place & Date: Warsaw, [H. Sklodowski], 1918

 


Aiguille verte - Chamonix N°6 Sud

Magnificent 1:10,000 scale color printed map of l'Aiguille verte (Chamonix N°6 Sud) based on stereotopographic ground and aerial surveys carried out in the field in 1950...

$800 / ≈ €684
Maker / Publisher: INSTITUT GEOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL.
Place & Date: Paris, 1953

 


Chamonix - Mont Blanc - Chamonix N°5 Sud.

Magnificent 1:10,000 scale color printed map of Chamonix - Mont Blanc (Chamonix N°5 Sud) based on stereotopographic ground and aerial surveys carried out in the field in...

$1000 / ≈ €855
Maker / Publisher: INSTITUT GEOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL.
Place & Date: Paris, 1953

 


[Title in Russian; translated to : Believe in the power of a nuclear trucheon - It's up to you to celebrate a wake. ]

Propaganda mini poster published in Russia during The Cold War (1979–1985). The time refers to the phase of a deterioration in relations between the Soviet Union and th...

$50 / ≈ €43
Maker / Publisher: KIUNNAP, V.
Place & Date: Russia, 1982

 


[A collection of 100 Soviet propaganda poster published in the 1980's]

A collection of 100 Soviet propaganda posters published during the early years of the Perestroika & Glasnost period. Most posters are made by Plakat (All-Union Poster...

$3500 / ≈ €2992
Maker / Publisher: PLAKAT PUBLISHING HOUSE.
Place & Date: Moscow, ca. 1980-1989