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Province de Pologne contenant 22 Col. une M.on Prof 5 Pen. 2 Nov. 6 Rés. 30 Maisons 1050 Jésuites.

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Rare map of Poland from "Atlas Universel indiquant les établissemens des Jésuites: avec la manière dont ils divisent la terre, suivi desévénemens remarquables de leur histoire".This little atlas tells the story of the Jesuits in the different parts of the wold in sixteen pages and is illustrated with 46 numbered maps. This is a completely new edition of Louis Denis’ also unusual atlas published in 1764. The lack of plate marks suggests the maps were engraved several to a plate. ...

( II Germania) / Tütschland.

Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0400

Very early wood cut printed map of Germany, Poland, The Low Countries, Alsace and part Europe with of Switzerland, Croatia. Originally engraved in 1548. Included in "Landtaflen. Hierinn findst du lieber Läser schöner recht und wolgemachter Landtaflen XII namlich ein Allgemeine Europae demnach etlich besondere als dess Tütschenlands Franckreychs und der allgemeinen Eygnoschafft. . ." The maps are prepared by Johannes Stumpf (1500-1576) and engraved by Heinrich I. Vogtherr (1490-1556)...

Colossus Monarchic. Statua Danielis

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0400

Fantastic double page allegorical map of a colossus figure representing the great world empires as Daniel interpreted in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. The warrior stands stolidly on the coast in martial gear with a scepter in his right hand. The monarchical successions of the world's major civilizations are listed on his armor and legs. He is surrounded by three mythical creatures and a bear who represent the greatest empires: Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome. A scroll cartouche in the upper left list...

Vue de Boston vers le Cale du Port.

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0400

A view of the port of Boston, the center of New England shipping in the colonial period. The closing of the port after the Boston Tea Party led to the calling of the First Continental Congress.Margins are cut and transformed for use in a "rarekiek." The hand-colored engraving is much perforated, and the windows are cut out; a thin transparent paper is mounted at the back and tipped with color over the perforations. When looking at the plate with the light behind it, it is illuminated i...

Archipelague du Mexique ou sont les Isles de Cuba..

Tue, 19 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Scarce map of Caribbean. A visually stunning map with a large title cartouche. This large one-sheet map was produced by the Venetian cosmographer Vincenzo Coronelli when he was working in Paris in the 1680's. Tillemon, who corrected and amended the map was, Coronelli's collaborator in Paris and J.B.Nolin was their publisher.Nolin must have published this map separately on several occasions as it is not regularly found in atlas form.

Kunst is allemaal flauwe kul.

Tue, 19 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Joop Schafthuizen is a Dutch artist known for his prints. He inspired some of the books written by his partner, the famous writer Gerard Reve. "Kunst is allemaal flauwe kul", was published by Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, 1974/1976 [1976], in a limited number of 15 numbered examples. The first silk screen has a poetry by Gerard Reve :KunstDe schilder Aldert K., te R.,werkt overdag, voor het Bestel, abstrakt.Des nachts, is het geheim,schildert hij figuratief.GerardReve.On inside of cover th...

Americae Pars Magis Cognita. Chorographia nobilis & opulentae Peruanae Provinciae, atque Brasiliae, . . . MDXCII

Tue, 13 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0400

First state. Although a map of South America it does include much of what is now the southern United States. There are two elaborate, strap-work cartouches with the one at lower right surmounted by a finely rendered mapmaker’s compass. Above left and right respectively are the royal arms of Spain and France.From the third part of his "Grand Voyages" including the accounts of the voyages of Johann van Staden and Jean de Léry, during the 1540s and 1550s.The map is drawn from de Bry's ...

Naaukeurige Platte Grond van den Staat en den Loop van Rio de Berbice Met derzelver Plantagien in de Geoctrojeerde Colonie de Berbice Gelegen. . .

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Uncommon large-scale map of Berbice with Rio de Berbice and Rio de Canjewith at the bottom left a list of plantation owners. In top 3 x 3 coats of arms in cartouches. The map was prepared by Jan Daniel Knapp.Shows the Berbice River Valley and the plantations along the river; also shows the family crests of various landholders. "Naamlyst der eygenaars van plantagie gelegen aan rio de Berbice en rio de Canje in de colonie de Berbice", printed in lower left corner of map, gives th...

Carta geographica generalatus carlostatuensiscum adgacentibus confinis turcicis et venetis...

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Fine and rare manuscript map of Croatia and the Dalmatian coast from the early eighteenth century. Oriented to the south the map details the Venetian, Austrian and Turkish possessions. The border of the Ottoman Empire (‘Turcica’) depicted on the map shows its geographical extent after the Treaty of Karlowitz. The treaty followed the heavy defeat of the Ottomans by the Austrians at the Battle of Zenta, September 11, 1697. As a result the Ottomans lost all of Hungary (including Transylvania bu...

Saique batiment dont les turcs se servent. . .

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0400

A very decorative engraving of a Turkish vessel. From Mortier's famous maritime Atlas "Neptune François". Engraved by Jan van Vianen after a design by Henri Sbonski de Passebon.Henri Sbonski de Passebon was born in 1637 in Sedan, France.Passebon was the descendant of a noble family originally from Poland. He was born to a distinguished father, Jean-Francois Sbonski-Passebon, who was Duc de Bouillon, Marshall of the Royal Camps and Armies, and Prevost of the province of Haut & Bas ...

Comitatus Flandria.

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0400

A highly decorative map with in the left and right top corners the pictures of archduke Albert of Austria and Isabella, queen of Spain. In the left and right borders costumed figures and at top and bottom town views.

Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gespleegt in den Jaare MDCCXX...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0400

AN EARLY ISSUE of this biting and vulgar satire on the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles and an extraordinary visual record with 78 plates of the first banking crash, showing the shocking effects of the “South Sea Bubble” in France, England and Holland, and placing John Law (1671-1729), with his Mississippi company scheme, squarely at the center of the disastrous chain of events.Cole 2-45, 47-70, 72, 73, 3 extra plates (consisting of mounted engraved portraits (of Quinquenpoix, Madame Law an...

Universe Europae Maritime Eiusque Navigationis Descriptio. Generale Pascaerte van Europa . . .

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0400

This general chart of north-western Europe and the surrounding coastal waters is from the rare pilot-guide De Spiegel der Zeevaerdt , printed by Christopher Plantin in Leyden.FIRST PLATE AND FIRST STATE, which appeared in the first 3 editions, before Latin names of some seas and inscriptions in the scale bars were added. (editions 4-12). EXTREMELY RARE.The map's title is given in both Latin and Dutch, with the latter attributing it to Waghenaer and nothing a privilege of ten years. The date 1583...

Jerusalem.

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Engraved by Bastiaan Stoopendaal from Juan Bautista Villapando's imaginary town-plan of Jerusalem. This bird's-eye view is surrounded by 12 scenes, views and portraits of Salomon and the High Priest.A key identifying 60 points of interest.

Nouvelle carte des mers comprises entre le détroit de Banca et P°. Timon avec la partie orientale du détroit de Malacca.

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Important French chart of the tip of Malaysia with Singapore. Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, soundings near coast and in bay areas. Engraved by Guillaume-Nicolas Delahaye (1727-1802).Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d' Après de Mannevillette (1707-1780) was a famous French sailor and hydrograph. During a voyage to China in 1728 he succeeded in correcting the latitudes of many places using new instruments. Back in France, he devised a plan to correct and publis...

(Art-déco gouache)

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Outstanding "art deco" gouache (unsigned) from the workshop of "Robert Pichon. Ateliers de Dessin et Lithographie – 10, rue Rochechouart – Paris. The gouache depicts a scene of two elegant women and a man in a garden with a bottle of Champagne. colors are bright and fresh.The workshop was specialized in graphic design for advertising and R. Pichon, active in the years 1910-1940, was working for the Lorilleux printing house for which he realized many models in 1920/1930.Picho...

(Art déco gouache)

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Outstanding "art deco" gouache (unsigned) from the workshop of "Robert Pichon. Ateliers de Dessin et Lithographie – 10, rue Rochechouart – Paris. The gouache depict a scene of an elegant woman in a valley, who just picked flowers, holding it in her dress. colors are bright and fresh.The workshop was specialized in graphic design for advertising and R. Pichon, active in the years 1910-1940, was working for the Lorilleux printing house for which he realized many models in the 19...

Isola di Madagascar o di S. Lorenzo Scoperta dà Portoghesi nell anno 1506. . .

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Decorative and highly detailed map of Madagascar, including 2 decorative cartouches and other embellishments.The remarkable Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718), was a Franciscan Friar and appointed General of the Order in 1701. He was cosmographer to the Republic of Venice and founder of the Academia Cosmografica degli Argonauti, the world's first geographical society (1680). He was also one of the most prominent mapmakers and publishers in Europe of his day.More about Coronelli. [+]

Maris Pacifici.

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0400

From the rare Dutch text edition of the Theatrum of which according to van den Broecke only 100 copies are printed.This was the first printed map to be devoted solely to the Pacific and the first to name North and South America separately. It includes most of North and South America, with a vast Mapping of Australia Terra Australia Sive Magellanica Nondum Detecta" which slopes north sharply to join with Java a myth started by Mercator, who had misunderstood Marco Polo. It was also the first...

Plan du Port de St Augustin dans la Floride.

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500

This chart shows a plan of the Port of St. Augustine in Florida.The only issue of this version of Bellin's map, slightly larger than the common version. Depths shown by soundings.From Bellin's Petit atlas maritime.Tome I N.39.Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century. He was appointed the first "Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine", and also Official Hydrographer to the French King.Bellin also produ...