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Die Insel Formosa neu abgemessen auf Befehl Kaysers Kamhi.

One of the earliest obtainable printed maps of Taiwan or Formosa Island. It was issued around 1726 to illustrate Joseph Stöcklein's [Stoecklein] compellation of Jesuit m...

$1200 / ≈ €1026
Maker / Publisher: STOCKLEIN, J.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1726

 


Mariner’s compass

Inverted compass called "snitch" in wood painted in imitation of tortoiseshell and brass, signed "Ing MANN Maker Water Street Liverpool".

$7500 / ≈ €6412
Maker / Publisher: MANN
Place & Date: Liverpool, ca. 1785

 


La Chine d'Athanase Kirchere de la compagnie de Jesus, illustrée de plusieurs monuments tant sacrés que profanes et de quantité de recherches de la nature. . .

Athanasius Kircher, S.J., (1601 or 1602-1680) was a 17th-century German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geol...

$3000 / ≈ €2565
Maker / Publisher: KIRCHER, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1670

 


Asiae Nova Descriptio.

Final State of Pieter Van Den Keere's Rare Map of Asia--The first map of Asia to include decorative panels.The map has an interesting south positioning of the Caspian Sea...

$3000 / ≈ €2565
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1636