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GLOBUS TERRESTRIS ad sphaeram obliquam delineatus. and the GLOBUS COELESTIS cum Astrodictico artificiali iunctus.

A very handsome, large copper engraving of a pair of globes. Ribbon style titles and German text panel at bottom.

$1250 / ≈ â‚¬1069
Maker / Publisher: LOTTER, T.C.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1774

 


Vue de la Rade et de la Ville de Paramaribo.

A very decorative panoramic view of the town with a large Dutch vessel in the foreground. Engraved by Noach van der Meer Junior. Included in a Dutch edition of "Hist...

$200 / ≈ â‚¬171
Maker / Publisher: PREVOST D'EXILES, A.F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1774

 


Carte D'Amerique divisée en ses principaux Pays Dressée sur les Mémoires les plus recents, et sur differents Voyages et assujettie aux Observations Astronomiques de Mrs. de l'Academie Royal des Sciences Par Mr. l'Abbe Clouet . . . 1774.

The rare 1774 edition of this fine map of the western hemisphere published by Clouet in Rouen. A later edition with the date 1787 also exists. With inset map "Carte ...

$600 / ≈ â‚¬513
Maker / Publisher: CLOUET, L'Abbé.
Place & Date: Paris, 1774

 


[HAWAII] - Plan de la baye de Karakakooa.

Beautiful map showing the islands forming the Hawaiian archipelago, drawn up during Cook's third voyage: Oneeheow or Ni'ihau, Atooi or Kauai, Woahoo or O'ahu, Morotoi or ...

$550 / ≈ â‚¬470
Maker / Publisher: BERNARD, J.F.
Place & Date: Paris, 1774

 


[Haida Gwaii,] Baye Swallow . . . / Havre Byron /Côté septentrional de la plus grande des Isles de la Reine Charlotte. . . .

Map of Swallow's Bay and a coastline profile of the Queen Charlotte Islands and Captain Byron's Heaven.Queen Charlotte Islands, with their modern name Haida Gwaii, is an ...

$30 / ≈ â‚¬26
Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1774

 


A chart of the China Sea inscribed to Monsr. D'APRES de MANNEVILLETTE .. To A.Dalrymple.

This most important milestone chart is based upon the surveys made from navigational surveys by Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808]. He was the first hydrographer of the Brit...

$1250 / ≈ â‚¬1069
Maker / Publisher: D'APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE / DALRYMPLE, A.
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1775

 


Planisphere celeste Septentrional. . . [together with] Planisphere celeste meridional. . .

Beautiful set of celestial charts of the northern and southern skies by the well-known French astronomer, Philippe de La Hire. Surrounded by panels of astronomical notes ...

$3000 / ≈ â‚¬2565
Maker / Publisher: DE LA HIRE, P. / DESNOS, S.
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1775

 


Schat-Kamer ofte konst der stuurlieden, behelzende een duidelyke onderwyzinge in de navigatie. . . [bound with] Tafelen bevattende De Sinussum, tangenten en Secanten. . . [bound with] Geographische Tadfel...

Schat-Kamer ofte konst der stuurlieden, behelzende een duidelyke onderwyzinge in de navigatie. . . [bound with] Tafelen bevattende De Sinussum, tangenten en Secanten. . ....

$2000 / ≈ â‚¬1710
Maker / Publisher: VRIES, KLAAS DE
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J. v. Keulen en Zoonen, 1777

 


A Map of the most Inhabited part of New England containing the Provinces of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, with the Colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island.

A copper engraving in four sheets, published in Georges Louis Le Rouge, in his "Atlas Ameriqua in Septentrional Contenant les details des differentes provinces, de c...

$4000 / ≈ â‚¬3420
Maker / Publisher: LE ROUGE, G. L.
Place & Date: Paris, 1777

 


A plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia. . .

The Lotter edition of Scull & Heap's seminal Philadelphia map, which map was first issued in 1752.Holmes' grid plan for the city is shown, situated between the rivers...

Maker / Publisher: LOTTER, M.A.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1777

 


Carte nouvelle de l'Amérique angloise contenant tout ce que les Anglois possèdent. . . avec la Floride / gravée. . . par Maththias Albert Lotter. . .

As mentioned in the title piece, the map includes the area at that time in the possession of the English, i.e. Canada, New Large, beautiful and detailed map of the Easter...

$1500 / ≈ â‚¬1282
Maker / Publisher: LOTTER, M.A.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1777

 


[ Text / title page Charts of the coasts and harbours of New England . . .]

Letter press text page, taken from the "Atlantic Neptune".The Atlantic Neptune is universally recognised as one of the most magnificent atlases ever made.Exampl...

$350 / ≈ â‚¬299
Maker / Publisher: DES BARRES, J.F.W.
Place & Date: London, 1777

 


Ilse Paese de' Selvaggi.. Lago Superiore. (Florida and the Bahamas)

Antonio Zatta published an Italian version of the John Mitchell map in twelve sheet. This sheet depicts Lake Superior in the Bellin version, as it appeared on the Mitchel...

$450 / ≈ â‚¬385
Maker / Publisher: ZATTA, A.
Place & Date: Venice, 1778

 


Etats du Grand-Seigneur en Asie, empire de Perse, pays des Usbecs, Arabie et Egypte.

Detailed map of the region bounded by the Black Sea, Georgia, the Caspian, Uzbekistan, The Indian Ocean, Saudi Arabia (here called \"Arabie Heureuse\"), Egypt a...

$550 / ≈ â‚¬470
Maker / Publisher: SANTINI, P.
Place & Date: Venise, 1778

 


Carte Réduite Des Côtes Orientales De L' Amérique Septentrionale Contenant Partie du Nouveau Jersey.. Virginie.. Georgie..

Uncommon chart that extends from Delaware Bay and Philadelphia south through much of Georgia to Island Amelia and St. Johns River. Fleur-de-lis and rhumb lines fill the s...

$2000 / ≈ â‚¬1710
Maker / Publisher: DÉPÔT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE / DE SARTINE, A.
Place & Date: Paris, 1778

 


Nouvel atlas geographique & historique.. / Nieuwe en geographische en historische Atlas..

This second edition of this charming travel compendium is becoming relatively scarce nowadays.Illustrated with a charming frontispiece, two uncolored plates of a sphere, ...

$2750 / ≈ â‚¬2351
Maker / Publisher: DE LET,H./ BAALDE,S.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1778

 


Africa juxta navigationes et observat recentissimas. . .

Miniature map of Africa, a reduction of the Seutter folio map based on Homann''s cartography of 1715. Very detailed - much of it fictitious. The Nile is shown not only or...

$350 / ≈ â‚¬299
Maker / Publisher: SEUTTER, M.
Place & Date: Augsburg, J.M.Will, 1778

 


A new & accurate map of Asia, Drawn from the most approved modern maps & charts / by Thos. Bowen.

The map is of interest for the use of Sea of Korea, the sea between Korea and Japan.Detailed map of Asia from Saudi Arabia, Persia, Russia, India, China, Japan to Southea...

Maker / Publisher: BOWEN, Th.
Place & Date: London, J.Cooke, 1777-1778
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Mappa Geographica provinciae Nova Ebboraci ab Anglis NEW-YORK dictae. . .

During the Revolution, this map afforded British commanders an excellent overview of areas that would be crucial in the early years of the war, particularly the Hudson Va...

$1500 / ≈ â‚¬1282
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN HEIRS.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1778

 


Mappa geographica Provinciæ Nova Eboraci ab Anglis New-York . . .

Lower part of the two sheets map of Homann Heirs' edition of Sauthier's celebrated map of New York and New Jersey, made during the Revolutionary War. Appears in Homann's ...

$250 / ≈ â‚¬214
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN HEIRS.
Place & Date: Nuremburg, 1778

 


Chirurgie, plate XII

Showing medical chair and physician at work from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier. Very important work as it...

$200 / ≈ â‚¬171
Maker / Publisher: DIDEROT,D.
Place & Date: Paris 1779

 


Carte des parties Nord et est de l'Asie..

Five maps on one sheet show the Northern Russian territories in Europe and Asia, including the western coastline from Siberia, Japan, and Korea with the island of "Q...

$225 / ≈ â‚¬192
Maker / Publisher: DIDEROT, D.
Place & Date: Paris, 1779

 


[Title page] Atlante Novissimo, Tomo I . . .

Decorative Venitian frontispiece from Antonio Zatta's "Atlante Novissimo tomo I".

$250 / ≈ â‚¬214
Maker / Publisher: ZATTA, A.
Place & Date: Venice, 1779

 


Gezicht van het Admiraliteits-Magazyn en Scheeps Timmerwerf.

Formerly the V.O.C. warehouse and arsenal for the Admiralty of Amsterdam, now-a-days the Scheepvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum). Taken from the "Atlas of Amsterdam"...

$300 / ≈ â‚¬256
Maker / Publisher: FOUQUET jr., P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1780

 


A Perspective View of the Admiralty Office, Dock-Yard, Storehouses &c. at Amsterdam.

Decorative engraving giving good detail of the intense activity in the Amsterdam dockyards.Engraved for BANKES's New System of Geography

$200 / ≈ â‚¬171
Maker / Publisher: BANKES
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1780

 


Carte d'une Partie des Cotes de la Floride et de la Louisiane, Contenant le Cours du Mississipi...

A well engraved and highly detailed chart of part of the Gulf Coast, dated 1778 that was issued in Neptune americo-septentrionale. The chart covers the area between St. J...

$3000 / ≈ â‚¬2565
Maker / Publisher: DÉPÔT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE
Place & Date: Paris, 1778-1780

 


Vue du Magazin de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales. . .

So-called optical print of the formerly the V.O.C. warehouse and arsenal for the Admiralty of Amsterdam, now-a-days the Scheepvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum).In the eightee...

$500 / ≈ â‚¬427
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: France, 1780

 


Madrid.

Extremely rare town-view of Madrid. Engraved by Francesco Ambrosi.With a second title in lower part "Madrid Ciudad Capital Del Reyno D'Espana y real corte de los rey...

$5700 / ≈ â‚¬4873
Maker / Publisher: AMBROSI, Fr.
Place & Date: Bassano del Grappa, c.1780

 


Gezicht van het Oost-Indisch-Huys, op de binnen plaats te zien, tot Amsterdam.

Taken from the "Atlas of Amsterdam". Showing the inner square of the East Indian House of the V.O.C. in Amsterdam.A place for meeting, trading and storage of sp...

$400 / ≈ â‚¬342
Maker / Publisher: FOUQUET jr., P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1780

 


La Pologne Dressée sur ce qu'en ot donné Starovolsk, Beauplan, Hartnoch. . .

Large map of Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and part of Ukraine. The map is filled with detail and decorated with a title cartouche flanked by mythological figures.According ...

$900 / ≈ â‚¬769
Maker / Publisher: L'ISLE, G. de. / BUACHE, Ph.
Place & Date: Paris, 1773 - 1780

 


Vue perspective de l'interieur de la Salle du spectacle de Veronne en Italie.

Showing the Opera of Verona. Optical print published Mondhare, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques in Paris. In the eighteent...

$150 / ≈ â‚¬128
Maker / Publisher: MONDHARE, J.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1780

 


Une Kirguisiene par devant. [together with] Une Kirguisienne par derriere.

Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate showing two natives of Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian country along the Silk Road, the ancient trade route between China and the Medit...

$55 / ≈ â‚¬47
Maker / Publisher: ROTH, Ch. M.
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780

 


Le globe terrestre representé en deux plans-hemispheres, Dressé sur la Projection de Mr. De la Hyre...

“This splendid GlobeTerrestre originally published by J.B. Nolin is one of the finest large-scale world maps to be produced and is a fitting bridge between the geograph...

$17500 / ≈ â‚¬14962
Maker / Publisher: NOLIN, J.-B. / CREPY.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1780

 


Double page manuscript page with Islamic prayers with beautiful headings throughout.

Fine double page brilliantly illuminated gilt leaves written by the scribe Abu Bakr Jami in Isfahan. The Arabic text contains Islamic prayers with beautiful headings thro...

$100 / ≈ â‚¬85
Maker / Publisher: ABU BAKR JAMI
Place & Date: Isfahan, ca. 1780

 


Double page manuscript page from a Shahnameh, The Book of Kings, written by Ferdowsi.

Fine double page brilliantly illuminated gilt leaves written by the scribe Abu Bakr Jami in Isfahan. The Arabic text contains Islamic prayers with beautiful headings thro...

$50 / ≈ â‚¬43
Maker / Publisher: ABU BAKR JAMI
Place & Date: Isfahan, ca. 1780

 


Double page manuscript page from a Shahnameh, The Book of Kings, written by Ferdowsi.

Fine double page brilliantly illuminated gilt leaves written by the scribe Abu Bakr Jami in Isfahan. The Arabic text contains Islamic prayers with beautiful headings thro...

$50 / ≈ â‚¬43
Maker / Publisher: ABU BAKR JAMI
Place & Date: Isfahan, ca. 1780

 


Ch'onha chido. [Atlas of all under Heaven]

A late 18th-century Ch'onha chido atlas with 10 woodblock maps showing the World, China, and the 8 province maps of Korea (Hamgyeong, Gangwon, Jeolla, Gyeongsang, Pyeonga...

$4500 / ≈ â‚¬3847
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Korea, ca. 1780

 


Par permission sur l'aprobation des médecins du roi...la véritable Boule de Mars...

Printed broadsheet promoting the "Boule de Mars" (March Ball) produced and sold by Renault in Nancy and Paris. Ornated with the royal coat of arms of France. Pr...

$200 / ≈ â‚¬171
Maker / Publisher: Advertising placard for the
Place & Date: Paris, ca.. 1780

 


Connecticut and Parts adjacent at Amsterdam. .

A nice example of this early map of the state of Connecticut with part of Rhode Island to the east, Long Island to the south, and New York to the east. Rivers, roads, t...

$35000 / ≈ â‚¬29924
Maker / Publisher: COVENS / MORTIER jr.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1780

 


[Lot of 4 charts] Plan de la Baie et du Port de Camraigne / Plan de la Baie de Niatrang et du Golfe de Binkang / Plan de la Cote de Cochinchine. . . / Plan des Ports de Xuandai, Vung-Lam. . .

[A set of four French sea charts numbered consecutively]. A set of 4 basic coastal sea charts of parts of southern French Indochina (Vietnam).Chart 295 centers on the reg...

$1500 / ≈ â‚¬1282
Maker / Publisher: DEPOT DE LA MARINE.
Place & Date: Paris ca 1780

 


Inverted nautical Compass, called "mouchard" (~ "spy")

Inverted maritime compass called "mouchard" (spy) in wood and brass, signed "A Van Vastenhoud In Amsterdam". This type of compass was found in the cap...

$8500 / ≈ â‚¬7267
Maker / Publisher: VAN VASTENHOUD, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1780

 


Plan de la ville de Maestricht avec ses attaques commandées par M. le maréchal de Saxe, depuis le 15 avril jusqu'au 3 may 1748 . . .

A plan of Maastricht rising after the capture of the city by the French troops led by the Marshal of Saxony. The city was besieged between 15 April and 3 May 1748, during...

$600 / ≈ â‚¬513
Maker / Publisher: JAILLOT, J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1781

 


ACTION N° 1155. Société du Commerce d'Asie & d'Afrique.

Share of 1 000 Florins d'Allemagne (1 000 Guilder) of the "Triester Handelsgesellschaft" (Société du Commerce d'Asie & d'Afrique) signed by duke Charles d...

$550 / ≈ â‚¬470
Maker / Publisher: COMPAGNIE IMPERIALE & ROYALE
Place & Date: Triest / Antwerpen, 1 October 1781

 


Parte Orientale dell'Elvezia divisa ne'suoi Cantoni di nuova projezione.

Antonio Zatta's detailed map of the eastern part of the Confederation of Switzerland divided into its Cantons. Shows political and administrative boundaries, cities, town...

$50 / ≈ â‚¬43
Maker / Publisher: ZATTA, A.
Place & Date: Venice, 1781

 


L'Elvezia divisa ne suoi Tredici Cantoni e suoi Alleati di nuova projezione.

Antonio Zatta's detailed map of the Confederation of Switzerland divided into its thirteen Cantons and their allies. Shows political and administrative boundaries, cities...

$50 / ≈ â‚¬43
Maker / Publisher: ZATTA, A.
Place & Date: Venice, 1781

 


MARS Rejouissances du Papeguay. Les Triomphes d'un conquerant

Etching published by Louis Charles Desnos (1725-1805) with address of rue St.Jacques au Globe. He is also known for his output of wall maps and atlases.

$75 / ≈ â‚¬64
Maker / Publisher: DESNOS, L. Ch.
Place & Date: Paris, 1782

 


Russian Empire in Europe from the Dr. D'Anville of the Royal Academy. . .

Rare map of Russia, prepared by John Bayly (active 1755-1794) after D'Anville. In the lower-left corner parts of the Caspian and Black Sea. In the upper right corner Nova...

$750 / ≈ â‚¬641
Maker / Publisher: BOWLES, T.
Place & Date: London, ca. 1782

 


Carte Générale de l'Empire des Russes et de la Tartarie Universelle.

Rare map of Tartary and Russia, including Korea and Japan prepared after J.B.Nolin and published by Monhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'ed...

Maker / Publisher: MONDHARE / NOLIN, J.B.
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
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Carte Geo-Hydrographique du Golfe du Mexique et de ses Isles..

Map of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico showing the various islands and continental coastlines according to the 18th century Venetian cartography of Rizzi Zannoni.Illustr...

$450 / ≈ â‚¬385
Maker / Publisher: LATTRÉ / ZANNONI, R.
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1783

 


Carte du Mexique et des Etats Unis d'Amérique...

A later edition of De l'Isle's foundation map of 1703, is widely regarded as one of the most influential maps in the history of American Cartography. This updated version...

$1200 / ≈ â‚¬1026
Maker / Publisher: L'ISLE, G. de. / DEZAUCHE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1783

 


Share of 1000 Florins to Michel de Knyff. N° 135.

Share of 1000 Florins, paid in four tranches at 250 Florins of Vienna, from "Compagnie Imperiale & Royale Octroyee d'Assurance de Commerce & d'escompte."...

$1500 / ≈ â‚¬1282
Maker / Publisher: COMPAGNIE IMPERIALE & ROYALE
Place & Date: Trieste, 1782 - 1783

 


[Title page for] Recueil de cartes sur la geographie ancienne . . .

Title-frontispiece of "Recueil de cartes sur la geographie ancienne", published by Rigobert Bonne in 1783, engraved by Louis Legrand.More about title pages [+]

$250 / ≈ â‚¬214
Maker / Publisher: BONNE, R.
Place & Date: Paris, 1783

 


L'Italie distinguée suivant l'estendue de tous les Estats, Royaumes, républiques, Duchés, Principautés, &c.

Decorative map of Italy including Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily engraved by Cordier and published by Desnos. A text at lower right refers to the earthquake of Messine in 1...

$200 / ≈ â‚¬171
Maker / Publisher: SANSON, N. / JAILLOT, H.
Place & Date: Paris, Desnos, 1783

 


Nouvelle Mappa Monde.

State 2 of this fine double hemisphere world map, from an unusual perspective, with a "Mer de L'Ouest" or "Sea of the West". Paris is located at the c...

$3350 / ≈ â‚¬2864
Maker / Publisher: SANTINI, P. / REMONDINI, M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1776 - 1784

 


Carte de l'Empire de Perse. . .

Map of the Persian empire by the Venetian cartographer and publisher François (Père) Santini and first published in Santini's 'Atlas Universel dressée sur les meuilleu...

$200 / ≈ â‚¬171
Maker / Publisher: SANTINI, P.
Place & Date: Venice, 1784

 


La Tartaria Chinese.

With decorative title cartouche. Covering north eastern part of China, with good detail in Korea and a curious shape for Hokkaido (here called Jeso-Gasima ).Engraved by G...

$600 / ≈ â‚¬513
Maker / Publisher: ZATTA, A.
Place & Date: Venice, 1784

 


La Tartaria Chinese.

With decorative title cartouche. Covering north eastern part of China, Korea and Hokkaido (here called Jeso-Gasima, Tartary including the Gobi Desert; also Peking and the...

$450 / ≈ â‚¬385
Maker / Publisher: ZATTA, A.
Place & Date: Venice, 1784

 


Campagne du Roi de Prusse de 1778 à 1779.

The book is illustrated with a two-sheet folding map "Carte d'une partie du Royaume de Bohême et de la Moravie ainsi que d'une partie de la Silésie". Prepared...

$2000 / ≈ â‚¬1710
Maker / Publisher: HOLTZENDORFF, baron de.
Place & Date: Geneva, Paris, Mérigot le jeune, 1784

 


Tablaeu de l'Univers premiere partie/ .. seconde partie.

Uncommon and interesting manual containing a double hemisphere world map (with fine outer decoration and showing an imagined great sea in West America, easily the size of...

$750 / ≈ â‚¬641
Maker / Publisher: DESOER, F.J.
Place & Date: Luik, Belgium, 1784

 


M.Merian, l'Ancien célébre graveur . . .

Portrait of Matthäus Merian (1593-1650) by Hubert. Matthäus Merian der Ältere was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt for most of his career, where he also ...

$75 / ≈ â‚¬64
Maker / Publisher: HUBERT
Place & Date: Paris, 1784

 


Carte D'Amerique Divisée en ses Principaux Pays. . .

Rare. Uncommon and decorative wall map of America, prepared by Clouet. With superb decorative borders, 170mm wide at the sides and 150mm at the bottom, containing twenty ...

$9000 / ≈ â‚¬7695
Maker / Publisher: CLOUET, J. B. L. abbé / MONDHARE, L.
Place & Date: Paris, Cadiz, 1785

 


ETATS-UNIS DE L'AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE Avec LES ISLES ROYALE, DE TERRE NEUVE, DE S.T JEAN, L'ACADIE, &c. 1785. Supplement a l'Atlas de M. Robert de Vaugondy a Paris Ches Boudet Ingenieur du Roi.

A map of the eastern United States with "Supplément à l'atlas de M Robert de Vaugondy à Paris chez Boudet Imprimeur du Roi", in place of the attribution to D...

$1750 / ≈ â‚¬1496
Maker / Publisher: BOUDET. / DE VAUGONDY, R.
Place & Date: Paris, 1785

 


A scarce Real Compañia de Filipinas 250 Pesos deed issued in 1785

A scarce Real Compañia de Filipinas 250 Pesos deed issued in 1785. Share nº 23726, hand signed by several company officials.Engraved by Fernando Selma (1752-1810) after...

$1750 / ≈ â‚¬1496
Maker / Publisher: REAL COMPANIA DE FILIPINAS
Place & Date: Spain, 1785

 


[Title page] Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto . . .

Decorative Venitian frontispiece from Antonio Zatta's Atlas Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto . . . . The outer decoration of this title page has a wealth of c...

$225 / ≈ â‚¬192
Maker / Publisher: ZATTA, A.
Place & Date: Venice, 1785

 


Mariner’s compass

Inverted compass called "snitch" in wood painted in imitation of tortoiseshell and brass, signed "Ing MANN Maker Water Street Liverpool".

$7500 / ≈ â‚¬6412
Maker / Publisher: MANN
Place & Date: Liverpool, ca. 1785

 


Atlas in elephant folio.

Most of D'Anville's atlases were made up for the individual customer, so no two appear alike. Many of the 59 pages are multi-sheet maps, so the actual map sheet count is ...

$20000 / ≈ â‚¬17099
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'
Place & Date: Paris, 1771-1786

 


Coupon 94 voor een jaar interest voor f 1000 by hunne hoog vorstelyke doorluchtigheden de heere Frederik regeerende furst von Waldek. . .

9 Coupons for one year interest of 1000 florins being 50 florins payable on January 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804. For a loan made out by The Hague...

$300 / ≈ â‚¬256
Maker / Publisher: BOAS, A. / S.
Place & Date: The Hague / Amsterdam, 1786

 


Bond and 8 coupons # 93 against a one year interest of 1000 Dutch Florins by Frederik ruler of Waldeck.

Bond for 10 years against one year interest of 1000 florins being 50 florins payable on January 1795 until 1804. With 8 pay-out coupons for one year interest of 1000 flor...

$1900 / ≈ â‚¬1624
Maker / Publisher: BOAS, A. / S.
Place & Date: The Hague / Amsterdam, 1786

 


Bond # 86 against a one year interest of 1000 Dutch Florins by Frederik ruler of Waldeck.

Bond for 10 years against one year interest of 1000 florins being 50 florins payable on January 1795 until 1804. For a loan made out by the The Hague bankers Abraham and ...

$1500 / ≈ â‚¬1282
Maker / Publisher: BOAS, A. / S.
Place & Date: The Hague / Amsterdam, 1786

 


Mappemonde ou carte générale du globe terrestre dessinée suivant les règles de la projection des cartes réduites…

Large world map showing the sea tracks of Captain Cook in his three Pacific voyages published by C. F. Delamarche.Rare state 4, dated 1786, of this large world map, featu...

$3750 / ≈ â‚¬3206
Maker / Publisher: ROBERT DE VAUGONDY-DELAMARCHE, C. F.
Place & Date: Paris, Robert de Vaugondy/Delamarche, 1786

 


[Crimea]. Carte de la Cromée.

Mapmaker, Captain Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen (1735-1819). Published by H. Friesman in 1787. This map first appeared in 1776 and was the first Russian map of the newly ann...

$4250 / ≈ â‚¬3634
Maker / Publisher: KINSBERGEN, J.H. van
Place & Date: Amsterdam, H. Frieseman, 1787

 


Carte d'Asie divisée en ses principaux Etats.

Uncommon and decorative "carte à figures" - wall map, prepared by Clouet, with superb decoration, including a wonderful rococo border with 20 decorative vignet...

$7500 / ≈ â‚¬6412
Maker / Publisher: CLOUET / MONDHARE.
Place & Date: Paris, Mondhare, 1787

 


Calendrier de la cour, tiré des éphémérides, pour l'Année bissextile.. / Notebook bearing silver plates with the VOC monogram.

A personal gift, only made for the trustees of the V.O.C. The silver plate was probably made by Drick van Hengel and Company because an entry in the diary of mintmaster J...

$4500 / ≈ â‚¬3847
Maker / Publisher: HÉRISSANT, Ve.
Place & Date: Paris, 1787

 


Tableau des guerres de Frédéric le Grand: ou plans figurés de vingt-six batailles rangées, ou combats essentiels donnés dans les trois guerres de Silésie. . .

The book includes a large folded map "Tableaux des Guerres de Frédéric le Grand", showing a map of Prussia, with present-day Poland and Eastern Germany surrou...

$5000 / ≈ â‚¬4275
Maker / Publisher: MULLER, L.
Place & Date: Potzdam, Strasbourg, Paris, 1788

 


Matelot Hollandais [Dutch sailor]

Etching showing a typical Dutch sailor, after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757–1810). Taken from "Costumes Civils actuels de tous les peuples connus, dessinÃ...

$80 / ≈ â‚¬68
Maker / Publisher: (After) GRASSET DE SAINT-SAVEUR, J.
Place & Date: Paris, Pavard, 1788

 


Map of Louisiana from D'Anville's Atlas.

This map presents a highly detailed treatment of the region from Cabo Del Norte to the Apalachiola River, centered on the mouth of the Mississippi and extending inland to...

$750 / ≈ â‚¬641
Maker / Publisher: BOWEN, Th.
Place & Date: London, 1788

 


Carte d'Europe divisée en ses Empires et Royaumes.

Uncommon and decorative wall map of Europe, prepared by Clouet. Superb decoration including a wonderful rococo border with vignettes describing historical scenes. Below t...

$4000 / ≈ â‚¬3420
Maker / Publisher: CLOUET / MONDHARE.
Place & Date: Paris, Mondhare, 1788

 


L'Afrique divisée en ses principaux Etats, assujettie aux observations astronomique.

Rare and attractive map of Africa, ornated with a decorative title cartouche showing luxuriant nature and a lion. With two inset maps : "Carte particulière du Cap ...

$350 / ≈ â‚¬299
Maker / Publisher: JANVIER, Sr.
Place & Date: Paris, Lattré, 1788

 


Karte von dem groessten Theil des Landes Jemen Imame, Kaukeban &c.

Large map of Yemen from "Allgemeiner grosser Atlas" published by P. J. Schalbacher - 1786-1800. Based on the observations of the Danish explorer Carsten Niebuhr...

$250 / ≈ â‚¬214
Maker / Publisher: SCHRAEMBL, F.A.
Place & Date: Vienna, 1789

 


Karte von dem groessten Theil des Landes Jemen Imame, Kaukeban &c.

Large map of Yemen from "Allgemeiner grosser Atlas" published by P. J. Schalbacher - 1786-1800. Based on the observations of the Danish explorer Carsten Niebuhr...

$100 / ≈ â‚¬85
Maker / Publisher: SCHRAEMBL, F.A.
Place & Date: Vienna, 1789