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Naves Chinensibus usitatae velis arundineis & anchoris ligneis.

A Chinese vessel. Print taken 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. Fro...

$200 / ≈ €176
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


Le Turban.

Etching in brown ink on cream laid paper by Albert Besnard (1849–1934) of a young naked woman with feathered turban. Inscribed below the borderline: (left) “A. Besnar...

$200 / ≈ €176
Maker / Publisher: BESNARD, A.
Place & Date: Paris, 1910

 


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

 


Peregrinatie Jesu Christu Een ordentliche beschrijvinge des Heijligen landts....

Very rare separately map of the Holy Land engraved by Joannes van Doetecum Jr. Oriented to the east. The shoreline runs from "Antaradus" in Syria to "Rhino...

$4000 / ≈ €3522
Maker / Publisher: VAN DOECTECUM Jr. , J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1595