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[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. La seconde partie de la premiere.

Frontispiece of the second part of the first part of this fine atlas. At top, a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and surrounded by two golden chains, the bigger carryin...

$350 / ≈ €308
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J. / C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644

 


Japanese Stereotype Map of the World from 1932 Share Hitome de wakaru Manga sekai genjō chizu. At a glance: Cartoon Map of the Current World Situation. 目でわかる 漫画世界現状地圖

An extraordinary satirical map of the world was seen through Japanese eyes in the early 1930s as Japanese imperial ambitions strengthened. The map was published as an edi...

$6500 / ≈ €5723
Maker / Publisher: SHISHIDO SAGYO
Place & Date: Tokyo, Showa 7, or 1932

 


The Dutch are attacked by giant crabs.

During their return voyage, the Portuguese were wrecked on a sandbank (the Seychelles?) From the debris they began building a smaller ship in which they hoped to return t...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598

 


Equitum in Quirinali, aversa parte, marmorei colossi Romae; absolutissima Praxitelis et Fidiae manu.

Back view of the Dioscuri (or horse tamers, or Alexander and Bucephalus), formerly attributed to Pheidias and Praxiteles, with two figures nearby, one seated on a stone, ...

$1200 / ≈ €1057
Maker / Publisher: LAFRERI, Antonio.
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1550