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Regni Sueciae. . .
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map has a large decorative cartouche. Detailed map of Sweden and Finland.Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) was a German engraver and...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1747
1795 (Lithography showing a group of wounded Napoleonic solders)
Group of wounded Napoleonic solders being treated by an army med, after Carle Vernet (1758 - 1836) and lithographed by François-Sérafin Delpech (1778-1825)
- $45 / ≈ €40
Place & Date: Paris, 1820
Brauswik et Meydburg com confinijs.
Detailed map showing the region around Brunswick and Magdeburg. With major cities of the area named.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Sho...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Alosa, Acipenser, Manula, Apua cobitis, (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Depiction of Alosa, Acipenser, Manula, Apua cobitis, set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 10. The engraving is cop...
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2023
Comparse des Cinq Quadrilles dans l'Amphitheatre.
An early and intriguing engraving recording one of the most celebrated and spectacular festivals held at Paris by the young Louis XIV. The multi-day tournament took place...
Place & Date: Paris, imprimerie royale, 1670
Partie Septentrionale de l'Evesché de Poictiers. Partie Septentrionale du Haut Poitou.
Rare map engraved by R. Michault and published "a Paris chez Greg. Mariette sur le quay de l'Horloge au dessus de la cour de Lamoignon". Dedicated to the Bishop...
- $125 / ≈ €110
Place & Date: Paris, 1690
Gaule.
Finely engraved map prepared by A.H.Dufour and engraved by Giraldon-Bovinet. Published by Jules Renouard in his uncommon atlas "Le globe Atlas classique Universel de...
- $20 / ≈ €18
Place & Date: Paris, Jules Renouard, ca.1840
Schweet.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Schwedt a.d Oder, Bez. Frankfurt a.d. Oder.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
![De la Geologie. Du Zodiaque et du L' Eclyptique, Explication des Saisons. [Lot of 3 maps]](/uploads/cache/IMG_0104-250x250.jpg)
De la Geologie. Du Zodiaque et du L' Eclyptique, Explication des Saisons. [Lot of 3 maps]
Claude Buy de Mornas (d. 1783), géographe du roi (1764). Atlas Méthodique et Elémentaire de Géographie et d' Histoire, 1761, Atlas Historique et Géographique, 1762. ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1762-1764
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2023
![[Waterfall in New York State] Pl. 2.](/uploads/cache/26821-250x250.jpg)
[Waterfall in New York State] Pl. 2.
View of a waterfall.An outstanding view most probably from Milbert's Itinéraire pittoresque du fleuve Hudson et des parties latérales de l'Amérique du Nord.Milbert arr...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Paris, Bove dirigée par Nöel ainé & Cie, 1829
Anguilla, Congrus, Orbis, Tesludo marina, Tesludo. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Blowfish, turtle, eel, etc. set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 7. The engraving is copied after Adrian Collaert ...
- $200 / ≈ €176
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598
![[Sumatra plants ].](/uploads/cache/25837-250x250.jpg)
[Sumatra plants ].
Aquatint depicting coffee, pepper et other plants in Sumatra. Plate N° 46.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la mil...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Nieuwe Pascaert van al de Carnarisse Eylanden. . .
So-called "Blue-back" sea- charts of the Canary Islands.Latitude scale, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, soundings, anchorage's, etc. A wealth of cities ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1700
Carte de la Californie et des Pays Nord-Ouest. . . 4de Carte.
Diderot's famous 2 on 1 map shows the two early mappings of the west coast of North America, the first after Visscher, the second after Plancius' World map. Both show the...
- $200 / ≈ €176
Place & Date: Paris, 1779
Amsterdam aan de Waterkant vanaf 't IJ te Sien.
A panoramic view of the town from 't IJ. Engraved by Daniël Stoopendaal.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white; many were kept that way for ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1694
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2023
Saxifiage de Sibérie. N° 68.
Fine lithograph by Godefroy Engelmann" after a drawing by Auguste Piquet de Brienne (1789-c.1860) . Published in Paris at rue Montmartre 6, after 1829 Godefroy Engel...
- $150 / ≈ €132
Place & Date: Paris after 1829
Comitatus Venayscinensis Nova Discriptio.
Rare map depicting part of Provence with Avignon, Cavaillon, Orange, Carpentras, etc.Gerard De Jode was the great rival of Ortelius, both made a living out of selling map...
- $325 / ≈ €286
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1593
New Zealand.
Decorative steel engraved map of New Zealand, surrounded by illustrations of Auckland, Mount Egmont, a New Zealander, and the port of Wellington. Border in a New Zealand ...
Place & Date: London, 1851
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2023
Gebort Plaedt Van S Ioannes des dooper. [Bith place of John Baptist)
Magnificent view of birthplace of John Baptist. Etched by Gaspar Bouttats (1640-1695).The Antwerp based publisher Jacques Peeters published ca. 1690 a series of prints re...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1690
Le Gouvernement General du Dauphiné...
Very fine map of Dauphiné, prepared by Nicolas Sanson and published by Hubert Jaillot.
Place & Date: Paris, 1692
![Carte generale de France. [de l'Europe]](/uploads/cache/38442-250x250.jpg)
Carte generale de France. [de l'Europe]
A fine and uncommon early 17th century map of France printed from two copper plates. Engraved by Liébaux.From the French text edition of "Description d'Univers"...
- $80 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
Bataille du Johansberg Gagnée par son Altesse Sérénissime Monseigneur le Prince de Condé . . . Le 30 Aoust 1762 . . .
Five detailed military battle-plans showing the four stages in the siege of Johansburg and the battle plan around Grüningen published by Jean de Beaurain (1696–1771) ....
- $150 / ≈ €132
Place & Date: Paris, 1766
![[Coroados artifacts from Brazil ].](/uploads/cache/27309-250x250.jpg)
[Coroados artifacts from Brazil ].
Aquatint depicting artifacts used by the Coroados tribe of Brazil.Engraved by Fumagalli.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouverneme...
- $80 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Natolia, quae olim Asia minor.
A finely designed map of Turkey and Cyprus from the great Blaeu family of Amsterdam. The decoration consist of a colored title cartouche, sea monsters, a naval engagement...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1635
Rooseveld rekende verkeerd ! De vangarmen van De Dollarpoliep worden afgesneden. . .
An remarkable Anti-American Dutch World War II propaganda poster by Lou Manche, showing an pink octopus, representing the United States, with its tentacles being cut from...
Place & Date: The Netherlands, 1942
Présentation solennelle d'une seringue d'honneur au 9e lancelot pour le Ier de l'an 1832.
Uncommon plate showing a solemn presentation of a syringe of honor at the 9th Lancelot for the 1st of the year 1832]. Hand colored lithographed plate by Delaporte after C...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1832
A Plan of the Town & Fortress of Garlah belonging to Angria the Admiral to the Jahou Rajah on the Coast of Mallabar.
A very interesting bird's eye view of the fort and surrounds. Text at left explains the numbers on the chart providing fascinating detail. With rhumb lines, soundings, a ...
Place & Date: London, 1756
Selling price: $9
Sold in 2021
Historic Map - Naaukeurige Kaart Van Tartaryen, Soo als dat door W De Rubruquis doorreyst.
This attractive map published by Pieter van der Aa, shows Tartary abd the ancient Silk Road region. The map shows the track of William of Rubruck (Willem van Rubroeck or ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1713-1729
L'Amerique ou le Nouvelle Continent.. Dedieé et presenteé a monseigneur Law.
State one. The map has been prepared by Jean Baptiste Nolin (the elder) has a dedication to Monseigneur LAW controlleur general des finances .Rare general map of the Amer...
- $2200 / ≈ €1937
Place & Date: Paris, 1720
Vue de Nangasaki.
Steel engraved of Nagasaki from the water, identifying clearly Deshima, the V.O.C. trading post and the Dutch flag. Japanese and Chinese sloops in the fore ground. Engra...
- $125 / ≈ €110
Place & Date: Paris, 1842
Croquis Parisiens - ''Je suis bien malheureux, si vous voulez me prêter un peu d'attention.... - Je veux bien vous prêter ça, mais il me serait impossible de vous prêter autre chose.''
Second state (of 3), with text. From "Croquis Parisiens". Text below image : "- Queu poisson!... - Il est tout de même biau... mais y n'doit pas être bon...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Paris, after 1855
City of Boston.
A handsome mid 19th century panoramic view of the city of Boston as seen from the southern part of it's harbor. Many monuments are clearly visible, including the State Ho...
- $250 / ≈ €220
Place & Date: New York, 1872-1874
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[8 sheets - Partie du THIBET]
A set of 8 maps covering Tibet region and the Himalayas.From his famous Atlas Universel . This atlas was one of the most remarkable world atlases ever produced, anticipat...
- $1000 / ≈ €880
Place & Date: Brussels, 1825-1827
Carte de l'Espagne Dressée par Guillaume Delisle sur la description de Rodrigo Mendez Sylva . . .. Le tout augmenté et vérifié en 1789. Par Phil. Buache, de l'Académie des Sciences.
Map of Spain and Portugal, including the North African coast and good detail for Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza. Published by Dezauche at his address Rue de Sorbonne, n°9, a...
- $175 / ≈ €154
Place & Date: Paris, 1827
Mégapode Freycinet. (32.)
Bird print taken from "Voyage autour du Monde... Zoologie" by Jean R.C. Quoy and Joseph P. Gaimard. The plate is engraved by Coutant after a design by A.Prévos...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Paris, Langlois, 1824
A miniature on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Wonderful arch-topped miniature of the Annunciation from a Book of Hours : the angel Gabriel and the Virgin in a Medieval house. Mary is standing behind a lectern and acc...
Place & Date: France ca.1450
Carte routière de l'Indochine. Des kilomètres en sécurité sur Goodrich.
Advertising poster for the brand Goodrich, showing a map of Indochina.Goodrich Corporation is a former American company specializing in civil and military aeronautical eq...
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1934
CHINA
Scarce map of China published by John Thomson for the Edinburgh School Atlas.
Place & Date: Edinburgh, 1825
![[Title page] Allgemeiner Grosser Atlass . . .](/uploads/cache/45001-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Allgemeiner Grosser Atlass . . .
Title page of Grosser Atlass. Franz Anton Schraemble (1751-1803), was a Austrian cartographer. He is well known for his "Allgemeiner deutscher Atlas aller Länder&qu...
Place & Date: Vienna, ca. 1788
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2023
Carte d'une Partie de la Côte, de la Nle Galles Meridle depuis le Cap Tribulation jusqu'au Detroit de l'Endeavour par le Lieut. J. Cook 1770. Tome IV. Pl. 3.
Map of a part of the New galles Meridle Coastline in Australia from the Cap Tribulation to the Endeavour Detroit. This map is taken from the first French edition of Jame...
- $200 / ≈ €176
Place & Date: Paris, 1774
Asia Centrale, Tibet Thian - Scian - Nan - Lu, Mongolia Grand Deserto &.
From the "Geografia Commerciale". Steel engraving with attractive original outline color, printed on thick paper with wide margins. Engraved by C. Magrini.
- $300 / ≈ €264
Place & Date: Genova, 1860
El Indostan por D. Juan Lopez.
Uncommon map of India and Shri Lanka published by Juan Lopez (1765-1830) and included in his "Atlas Universal o collection de mapas nuevos. . ." first published...
- $375 / ≈ €330
Place & Date: Madrid, 1817
![[Pirogues in the bay of the voyage of the Resolution. The Marquesas Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26373-250x250.jpg)
[Pirogues in the bay of the voyage of the Resolution. The Marquesas Islands ].
Aquatint depicting men in pirogues in the Bay of the Resolution from the Marquesas Islands engraved by Biasioli. Plate N° 91. HMS Resolution was a sloop of the Royal Nav...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Fauna and flora - Siberia].](/uploads/cache/25815-250x250.jpg)
[Fauna and flora - Siberia].
Aquatint depicting a donkey, a weasel and a squirrel, and three botanical plants in Siberia engraved by C.A.Raineri, after drawings by C. Bottigella. Plate N° 22.From Gi...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
La tierce aage. Feuillet ix rr.
Incunable text pages from "La Mer des Hystoires" published in 1488 by Pierre Le Rouge in Paris. "La Mer des Hystoires" is a translation into French of...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Paris, Pierre Le rouge, 1488
![[Sandwich Island's sacred rituals edifice ].](/uploads/cache/26263-250x250.jpg)
[Sandwich Island's sacred rituals edifice ].
Aquatint depicting two statues and a totem pole in a sacred ritual edifice. The Sandwich Islands was the name given to the Hawaiian Islands by Captain James Cook on his d...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2022
![Mortuary scene. Tahiti Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26380-250x250.jpg)
Mortuary scene. Tahiti Islands ].
This aquatint depicts a mortuary scene in front of a tapapow, a shed under which the dead bodies remains are exposed until they dry. Engraved by Roffi. Plate N° 83. From...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Introduction a la Geographie..
Second edition of this charming travel compendium illustrated with a fine world map in two hemispheres prepared by de l'Isle. California as an island. The hemispheres are...
- $2000 / ≈ €1761
Place & Date: Paris, 1717
![[Sandwich Island's rituals edifice ].](/uploads/cache/26262-250x250.jpg)
[Sandwich Island's rituals edifice ].
Aquatint depicting Sandwich Island's rituals edifice. The Sandwich Islands was the name given to the Hawaiian Islands by Captain James Cook on his discovery of the island...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2021
![[Portraits. Friendly Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26385-250x250.jpg)
[Portraits. Friendly Islands ].
Aquatint depicting inhabitants of the Friendly Islands. Plate N°79. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, d...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Carte de l'Islande pour servir á la continuation de l'histoire générale des voyages. Dressée sur celle de M. Horrebows.
A good engraved map of the island Iceland, prepared by Bellin after M. Horrebows, with rococo title cartouche in lower right. From l'Histoire générale des voyages.
- $300 / ≈ €264
Place & Date: Paris, 1758
Nouvelle et exacte description du globe terrestre reveue corrigée et augmente´e suivant les derniéres relations des Anglais et Hollandois. Par Guillaume Blaeu 1645.
Extremely rare and decorative "carte a figures" world map published by Anthoine de Fer. The double hemisphere world map is surrounded by constellations of the A...
Place & Date: Paris, 1645
Saltzburg Achiepiscopatus cum Ducatu Carinthiae.
Early map of Salzburg in Austria.Mercator was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders and studied in Louvain under Gemma Frisius, Dutch writer, astronomer and mathematician. The e...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2022
Vue perpective de l'Isle de St.Helene appartenant a la Compagnie Angloise pour les Indes Orientales.
Decorative optical view of St. Helena. The island is well-known as after the Royal Navy captured Napoleon Bonaparte, he was held hostage on the island until he died in 18...
- $300 / ≈ €264
Place & Date: Paris, 1780
Het dal Terebinthus in Arabia.
Magnificent bird's eye- of Terebinthus north of Hebron. Etched by Gaspar Bouttats (1640-1695).The Antwerp-based publisher Jacques Peeters published ca. 1690 a series of p...
- $150 / ≈ €132
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1690
Stättlein Frohsa.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Frohse a.d. Elbe, Bez. Magdeburg.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Nova Virginiae tabula.
A fine example of Blaeu's map of Virginia and the Chesapeake region is based on the first state of Smith's map, 1612, and is slightly larger and more expertly engraved.Th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1635/1660
Océanique orient.
In lower right hand corner a view of sailor. An steel engraved map showing part of the east coast of Australia with Torres Strait to Tasmania., the Marquesas, the Carolin...
Place & Date: Paris, 1812
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2022
Carte de la partie de la cote nord-ouest de l'Amerique. Reconnue pendant les Etes de 1792, 1793 et 1794 depuis 29054' de latitude nord et 244033' de. . .
Detailed and rare map of the Gulf of Alaska, British Columbia, south to St.Francisco.Prepared by Edward Roberts after information by George Vancouver. Engraved by Tardieu...
Place & Date: Paris, 1820
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2011
Guyanes. No.7. (with text sheet)
PLANO sheet map covering Surinam and French Guyana. Together with a sheet of text, covering the area. From his famous Atlas Universel . This atlas was one of the most rem...
Place & Date: Brussels 1825/27
L'Europa.
Charming map of Europe from the rare atlas Atlante Tascabile o sia Serie di Num. XXI Cartine Geografiche nelle quali si rappresenta in ristretto lo Stato Attuale di tutte...
- $60 / ≈ €53
Place & Date: Rome, 1823
Gesicht in Jerusalem.
Magnificent bird's eye- of Jerusalem. Etched by Gaspar Bouttats (1640-1695).The Antwerp based publisher Jacques Peeters published ca. 1690 a series of prints related to t...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1690
Magni Mogolis Imperium.
An attractive map of northern part of India, Tibet, Iran to Burma. The travel route from Kabul to Surat is the most prominent feature of the map. Richly decorated with st...
- $500 / ≈ €440
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1638
Tabula Magellanica.
A map with Willem Blaeu's signature, but published by his son Joan, of South America's extremity with the Strait of Magellan and Le Maire Strait.The coastlines are depict...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2022
Botanibay, Englischer Verweisungs Ort fur Verbrecher. / Laijene Franzosicher Verweisungs Ort fur Verbrecher.
Copper engraving with four scenes and one portrait of Frederick III of Saxony on one sheet. In the upper part fanciful views of Botany Bay with English and French settlem...
Place & Date: Zittau, 1798-1800
Nova Virginia Tabula.
A beautifully engraved map, derived from the highly influential map by Captain John Smith in 1612, showing Chesapeake Bay and the surrounding area. The decoration of this...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.Meurs, 1671
Quita Etas Mundi. Folium. LXXXIIII (Mantova)
The Latin text page is illustrated with an imaginary of Mantova, Italy. VERSO are portraits of poets and teachers.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $63
Sold in 2022
(Title page) Souvenirs de Constantinople . . .
Title page from the famous work "Souvenirs de Constantinople" drawn and lithographed by Jean Brindesi. Surrounded by locals in typical dress, and "Maiden's...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Paris, Lemercier, 1855-1860
Turquie Asiatique. . .
Scarce map of Turkey prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mondhare was ac...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
Etat de la Grèce.
Finely engraved map of Greece prepared by A.H.Dufour and engraved by Giraldon-Bovinet. Published by Jules Renouard in his uncommon atlas "Le globe Atlas classique Un...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Paris, Jules Renouard, ca.1840
Pianta della citta di Roma.
Published in "Atlante Geografico dell' Italia". Uncommon and decorative town-plan of Rome. With a numbered key. Engraved by P.Manzoni.
Place & Date: Florence, 1845
Newenwedel.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Newenwedel i.d. Neumark .The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
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...
Place & Date: Paris, 1757
La Ville de Bagdad, dans la Turquie.
Decorative view of the town of Bagdad. This well executed engraving was published in 1729 and 1727 by Pieter van der AA, in Leiden in "Voyages tres-curieux et tres-r...
- $350 / ≈ €308
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719-1727
![[Slave labor on a Tobacco plantation ].](/uploads/cache/27565-250x250.jpg)
[Slave labor on a Tobacco plantation ].
Aquatint depicting slave labor on an tobacco plantation engraved by Biasioli. Plate N°50.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouverne...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Marocchi Regnum.
From the Mercator/Hondius Atlas Minor. Early map of Morocco.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Nova et Accurata Ducatus Cliviae et Comitatus Marchiae.
With an elaborate -uncolored- title cartouche.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1728
The New constructed double Microscope Invented & made by John Cuff
The New constructed double Microscope Invented & made by John Cuff. Side-pillar microscope, made to his own design, circa 1745. Cuff's design became extremely popular...
Place & Date: London, 1753
Asie.
Rare map of Asia, published by Jollain in 1667. The name of Korea placed in the sea in between Korea and Japan. In top right part of North America. Published in "TrÃ...
- $400 / ≈ €352
Place & Date: Paris, 1667
The Narta, or Sledge for burdens in Kamtschatka.
Webber's view of transport in Kamtchatka, Russia, showing the sledge dogs hooked up to the sledge, and their master on skis, taken from "Views in the South Seas"...
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808