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Leaf from a French (Paris) book of hours.
Leaf from a French (Paris) book of hours, written in black ink, 16 lines of text. Recto: Text starts at Matins,the beginning of the hours to the holy Virgin "Ïncipi...
Date: Paris ca. 1420
Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
24 lines of printed text, surrounded by Renaissance borders decorated with scenes and figures.The firm of Thielman Kerver is best known for its lovely printed Books of Ho...
Date: Paris, Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, ca. 1502
Carte nouvelle des Terres de Cucan..
Prepared by H.Reland (1676-1718) a professor active in Utrecht and specialized in Asian languages, geography and religions. His first map was a map of Japan copied after ...
Date: The Hague, 1728
Genealogie des empereurs Mogols . . .
Text sheet with two inset maps of "Carte de l'empire du grand Mogol (122x158mm.) and inset map of Kahsmire "carte nouvelle du royaume de Kachemire" (120x15...
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Wine bottle
The Onion-shaped wine bottle is made of green glass and is sealed with a cork and wax, which holds the cork in place. The many years the bottles spent underwater have lef...
Date: Dutch East India Company, Netherlands, ca. 1735-1750
XXVI. Repraesentatio Capitum Praecipuarum Aliquot Personarum in Benyn.
Different types from Benin in West Africa.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began compiling early voyages in 1590 and published six parts by the time of...
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Amérique septentrionale dressée par C.V. Monin. . . / Amérique méridionale. . .
Two maps on one sheet. North America, shown on the left, shows major cities, political divisions, areas of Indian habitation for North America and the West Indies, and st...
Date: Paris, c.1876
VIII. Repraesentatio Commerciorum et Negotiationum, Quas Nigritae cum Batauis exercent.
Locals from the Gold Coast trying to sell items to the crew of a Dutch vessel. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in...
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Nouvelle carte des routes de poste de l'Allemagne.
Large post road maps map of Germany, Poland, Austria, Franc, Switzerland, Austria and the Low Countries published by A. Logerot and engraved by C.Dyonnet.The mapsmakes di...
Date: Paris, A. Logerot, c.1867
XXVII. Triremes seu Galiottae et Fustae Iavenenfium. 21. ( A typical Javanese man-of-war ship)
A typical Javanese man-of-war ship. The Javanese call their man-of-war ships Cathurs. The slaves are all seated below deck and do the rowing with oars, while the warriors...
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Dioecesis Sarlatensis, vernacule... Sarlat.
Impressive title cartouche with four putti. Detailed map of the region south of the Dordogne River from Bergerac till Saint-Cirq. Including Le Buisson.
Date: Amsterdam 1650
Nassovia Principatus Cum omnibus ei pertinentibus Comitatibus Dominiis ac Praefecturis ut et Confiniis intra Lahnun, Rhenum, et Moenum Flumina, ad situm verum exacte delineatus a Joh. Jac. Stetter. U.J.L. Idstenio-Nassovio . . .
Decorative map of the area between the rivers Rhine and Meuse, including Mainz, Koblenz, Frankfurt, Saarbrucken, etc.Includes an elaborate cartouche and coat of arms.The ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
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Westelijk Halfrond. [Western hemisphere]
Uncommon world map view of the western and eastern hemispheres of North and South America, Asia. Lithography by J.H. van Weijer, published in Atlas der geheele Aarde [?] ...
Date: Groningen, ca. 1860
Russie
1824 WAHLEN et Com. - Attractive map of Russia with decorative borders depicting typical artifacts and produce of the continent
Date: Brussels, 1824
Europe.
Fine manuscript map of Europe with relief shown pictorially. Signed by the author in the lower right corner.Lower left Juillet 1852.
Date: Paris, 1852
Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris adiacentibus.
General map of the West Indies extending from Virginia to the mouth of the Orinoco, and destined to be copied in various shapes by many other publishers. The title cartou...
Date: Amsterdam, 1635
Pars Undecima Orientalis I. Quid Americo Vesputio, ejusque comitibus, in India . . .
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) or one of his crew members was captured by female cannibals upon arrival in South America. Note the violin, which is oddly included among the...
Date: Frankfurt, 1619
Carte de L'Empire du Mexico.
A good engraved map of Mexico, with rococo title cartouche lower left. From l'Histoire générale des voyages .
Date: Paris, 1754
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Cordelirs in Franckr. [France].
A panoramic view of the town of Cordeliers (probably imaginary), with the church in the center. In the foreground, a man hunting a wolf. With a verse in two languages und...
Date: Frankfurt 1623-1678
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Merla in Ob. Hessen. [Merlau]
A panoramic view of the castle and town of Merlau in Hessen. In the foreground, two men fighting each other are depicted. With a verse in two languages underneath the pic...
Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
V. Inusitata Terrae Concussio, in Insula S. Michael Facta.
1609 DE BRY, Th. - Showing the Vila Franca earthquake on 26 July 1591
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Carte de L'Egypte de la Nubiede L'Abissinie. . .
1707 DE L'ISLE, G. - Including the Arabian Peninsula. Giving good detail on Egypt.
Date: Paris, 1707
Erpach.
The town of Heidelberg is in most southern point on the map, including the rivers Rhine, Necker and Main.Rare issue published in Oxford. In 1680 the copper plates of Jans...
Date: Oxford, 1680
(title page) Description de L'Univers suite de L'Europe ancienne et moderne des terres Australes et de L'Amerique Tome V.
1683 MANSON MALLET, A. - Showing the arrival of Francis Drake in the New World.
Date: France, 1683
De luciferfabriek van de Heeren Mennen en Krunen te Eindhoven.
Wood engraving published in "Katholieke Illustratie", showing the match factories of Mennnen en Krunen in Eindhoven. Founded in 1870 by banker Christiaan Mennen...
Date: s-Hertogenbosch, H.Bogaerts, ca. 1885
Les Iles Molvcques, Celebes, Gilolo. . .
Map of the Indian Ocean Islands of the Moluccas Islands prepared by N.Sanson and published by Pierre Mariette.Published in an early edition of the small Sanson atlas L'Eu...
Date: Paris, P. Mariette, 1667
Isles Moluques.
A scarce little map depicting European knowledge of Sulawesi, part of Borneo, and the Spice Islands at the time of publication.George Louis Le Rouge was active from 1740 ...
Date: Paris, 1756
Pars Undecima Orientalis III. Quomodo Pembae incolae Anglos aliquot. . .
Finely engraved view of the arrival of Europeans at Pemba iIsland in Zanziba.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1...
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
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S. Victor in Franckr. [Paris].
A very nice view of the Church of St. Victor in Paris. In the foreground, a night watchman is depicted. With a verse in Latin and German underneath the picture. Auff dass...
Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
Sontra.
A panoramic view of the city Sontra in Hessen . With motto "ein klug Kind das sein Mutter kennt". On the foreground, a woman with two children and a crypt. With...
Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1778
St. Cruis ( in eastern Poland.)
A very nice view of Kloster Heiligkreuz (Swiety Krzyz), in eastern Poland. In the foreground, a man climbing up a column is depicted. With a verse in two languages undern...
Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1778
Vincennes - Viel hund Feind.des Hasen Todt.
A very nice picture representing Vincennes. With a verse in German and Latin. The German text reads : "Viel Hundt feind ja des Hasen Todr, Ihr viel bringn einen bald...
Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
