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Parte orientale della China.. / Parte occidentale della China. (2 sheets)

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

The map depicts the eastern part of China with Korea -correctly- as a peninsula. Formosa is included as well. Japan is partly visible i.e. the area of Yamaguchi, strait Kammon and Fukuoka which is spelled as Fakata. At top left the sign of The Society of Jesus, underneath and at bottom on top of the cartouche navigational instruments are depicted. The map is dedicated to Antonio Baldigiani (1647-1711), a Jesuit, and Professor of Mathematics at the Roman College, and from 1691 consultor to the C...

Le Royaume de Siam avec Les Royaumes Qui Luy sont Tributaries & c. / La Royaume de Siam avec les royaumes qui luy sont Tributaires, et les Isles de Sumatra, Andemaon, etc. . . [two sheet map]

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500

Influential map of Southeast Asia and the East Indies including modern day Thailand, southern Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra and Java. Ottens incorporated information provided by the French Jesuits and charts the route of the French Embassy to and from Siam in 1685-1686 through the Straits of Banca and the Gulf of Siam.It was drawn by Joachim Ottens shortly before his death and was published by his sons and later republished by Covens and Mortier.The upper map focuses on...

L'Homme A La Boule.

Tue, 16 May 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Satirical print in which Count Otto von Bismarck balances on the world with one spurred foot entering France, and wearing only his underpants which are marked with the German imperial eagle. Caption beneath the print: 'L'Homme A La Boule Par Draner. Tarteifle! je ne gonprends par ce que j'ébrouve? Il me semble que je affre perdu l'eguilipre, et que mon pied il affre clissé sur la poule." The caption in French imitates the German pronunciation of the French language.Print from a set of car...

A-Na-Cam-E-Gish-Ca. A Chippeway Chief.

Tue, 16 May 2017 00:00:00 -0400

Half-length portrait of Anacamegishca, bare-chested, wearing a blanket and a peace medal. A-Na-Cam-E-Gish-Ca (1785-1862) - was a Chippeway Indian Chief. The Chippewa is one of the largest Native American Tribes in the USA, made up of some 150 bands of Indians.They roughly inhabited the northern US states of MI / MN / WI / ND, and parts of Ontario, Canada. Theirs is an enlightened culture that allows men and women to be elected as chiefs.The Chippewa are also known as Ojibew, or Ojibway tribes.Ta...

Hamburgum.

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0500

Engraved bird's-eye town-plan of Hamburg, two keys below. Frederick de Wit published after 1694 a town book of European and Asian cities (Theatrum Praecipuarum Totius Europae?) composed of 132 plans and views, mainly printed from the plates obtained from Janssonius. The date of publication is uncertain, but must be after 1694 when he bought the stock of copper plates from Janssonius. He also published in or after 1698 two editions of a town book of the Netherlands with 124 plans and views. Usual...

Mapa Polski i Krajów Osciennych - Wydanie trzecie. Opracowal Stanislaw Max. Wydani M. Arcta.

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0400

‘The Birth of Modern Poland on a map’ - an excellent wall map of Poland and surrounding regions, published in Warsaw near the end of World War I, when Poland’s fate was unknown and its boundaries undefined - however, the present example is uniquely augmented with manuscript shading, defining the re-born independent Polish state with its full 1922 borders.This fine wall map of Poland and surrounding regions was drafted by Stanislaw Max and published in Warsaw in 1918, near the end of World ...

Insula Huaena sive Venusia a Guiljelmo Blaeu cum sub Tychone Astronomiae operam daret, delineata.

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Decorative map of the island Hvan in the Danish Sound. In the center Tycho Brahe's famous observatory Uraniborg established in 1576, under the patronage of Frederick II, King of Denmark. Tycho Brahe had studied and travelled widely in Europe, buying instruments, visiting mathematicians and making astronomical observations. By the year 1592 the building of his observatory had been completed. Here talented young astronomers were given the opportunity to improve their knowledge of science under the...

Nova et recens emendata totius Regni Ungariae una cum adiacentibus et finitimis regionisbus delineatio.

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

Engraved map by Jan van Deutecum, here the very rare first edition published by Cornelis Nicola in Asterdam in 1596. In very attractive original coloring.A re-issued was published by Claes Jansz. Visscher, in 1624.

(Lübeck) Lvbeca vrbs. imperialis libera. civitatvm. Wandalicarvm. . . .

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Impressive, more than 3 meters wide panoramic town view after a woodblock engraving from Elias Diebel, initially made in 1552. Of this original woodblock, Bachmann mentions that only one copy was known.Impressive lithography in stunning original colors of this important German city, seen from the east. The title in a large banner in top. An example of the original woodblock print was in the possession of Johannes Geffcken, who published in 1855, in lithography a copy of the print. This lithogr...

Cunard White (Queen Mary et Queen Elizabeth de la Cunard Line).

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0400

Rare original vintage travel advertising poster for Cunard White Star, the fastest Ocean Service in the World. Stunning Art Deco style illustration of the two majestic flagship transatlantic ocean liners, the RMS Queen Mary and the RMS Queen Elizabeth, sailing towards the viewer at speed on the blue sea with the Chrysler Building skyscraper dominating the New York city view in the background below the stylized title. The joint British shipping line Cunard-White Star Line Ltd was founded in 1934 ...

Abrahamus Ortelius Antuerpianus cosmographus natus a. MDXXVII

Tue, 16 May 2017 00:00:00 -0400

Portrait of Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Ortel), famous cartographer born in Antwerp and after studying Greek, Latin and mathematics set up a business there with his sister, as a book dealer and 'painter of maps'. Traveling widely, especially to the great book fairs, his business prospered and he established contacts with the literati in many lands. On one such visit to England, possibly seeking temporary refuge from religious persecution, he met William Camden whom he is said to have encouraged in...

Hanc Tabulam continens Laetam Pharnambuci.. . [Brazil].

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500

An extremely rare and decorative map of coast-line of Pernambuco. With one inset: In the upper left corner a map of Brazil, with title in five lines Dutch and five lines French in a rectangle. Numerous vessels are depicted on the sea. Title cartouche in the lower part of the map, decorated with a native holding a shield with the vignette of the West Indian Company and a dedication to admiral Lonck.Published by Claes Jansz. Visscher (Piscator) as part of a wall map. According to Holstein, only tw...

A fan combines views of Hong Kong (right), Canton (left), China, ca 1850-1860.

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500

The fan shows nice images of Hong Kong and Canton on onside and on verso a garden with 39 characters welcoming a rider on his white horse. Their clothes are heightened in gold.These cities attracted visitors and temporary residents from around the world, while simultaneously serving as funnels for Chinese products entering the global market. For most Westerners, they became windows on a far-away and alien world—albeit windows that were always narrow and usually all but closed to any real appre...

Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.

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

A more than 600 years old antiphonary leaf, written in Besançon, in 1370. Musical notation on 4 bars, the staves are in red and the notes in black: numerous pen-flourished initials in brown with red flourishing almost each initial decorated with human heads. Several 1-line initials in brown and red ink including faces or grotesques.RECTO: One 2-stave initial G with extensive penwork in blue and red.In top a historiated initial with human figures.VERSO : Musical notation on 4 bars, the staves ar...

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...

America settentrionale. . .

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Rare map of North America drawn directly from the work of Nicholas De Fer and N. Sanson's famous map of 1650. The map is engraved by Antonius Donzel Gallus.With open Great Lakes, California as an island, limited knowledge of the Mississippi River. Quivira appears east of the Rio Grande, which is shown flowing in to the Gulf of California. The island of California includes over 20 place names, including P. de S. Diego, Canal de S. Barbara, I. De S. Catalina, Pta de Monte Rey, Pta. De Francisco Dr...

An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China deliver'd by their excellencies, Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking. . .

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Very rare first English text edition of this most important and early resource on China and the Chinese. Three parts in one folio by John Macock for the author.Part I: An Embassy. Part II: A narrative of the success of an embassage sent by John Maatzuyker de Badem. Part III: Appendix or [. . .] out of Athasius Kircher his antiquities of China. This early account of China covers a wide variety of subjects including a large section on newly discovered plants, herbs, fruits of S. China. With a fold...

Art déco label for Parfum Mary France.

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Lithographed perfume label "Parfum Mary France" laid on original cardboard sheet. A striking example of commercial artworks produced by the artist and graphic designer Robert Pichon and his Parisian studio Ateliers de Dessin & Lithographie R. Pichon.His works include a variety of the hallmark themes of the Art Deco period, with designs influenced by Fauvist color and Cubist composition. Subject matter ranges from the figurative, including flora, fauna, and Classical mythology, to a...

[Printed on silk] Nova Totius Americae Sive Novi Orbis Tabula, Auct. Hugo Allardt.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0400

Hugo Allard’s ca. 1661 map of the Americas, showing California as an island printed on silk. This separately issued map printed on paper is quite rare on the market. The Antique Map Price Record locates only two copies sold in the trade (Jonathan Potter, 2006 and raremaps.com ) on the market and an uncolored example in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.The map shows the Americas, with part of Greenland to the north and parts of Europe and Africa to the east. Many place names are present, ...

Constantinople, Plan de ..., et de ses faubourgs d'après Kauffer. . . et Joseph de Hammer avec l'indication des quartiers de la ville (Mahalle) et les changements qui s'y sont opérés depuis les années 1776 et 1786. . .

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400

A fine, large, original colored folding map/plan of Constantinople [Istanbul].< Extremely detailed with abundant information on the town, its districts, and suburbs. With 3 keys of over 400 entries, and an inset map of the Princes' Islands. The map unites all the information gathered by important mapmakers and surveys on the spot from the preceding 50 years; Kauffer Lechevalier Barbie de Bocage and Joseph Hammer.