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Tercia Etas Mundi. Damascus. / Folio. XXIII

An imaginary presentation of the city of Damascus, the capital of Syria and one of the most ancient cities in the world. An imaginary view: however the earliest obtainabl...

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Destruccio Iherosolime.

A dramatic woodcut that synopsizes the six destruction's of Jerusalem (255x528mm) and on verso a illustration of a punishment (140x222mm.) One of the earliest obtainable ...

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Sexta Etas Mudi. (With view of Sabatz.) Folio CCLIII

A imaginary view of Sabatz, Turkey: however the earliest obtainable view of this period.Further including presentations of the popes Sixtus IV and Innocentius VIII. Page ...

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Quinta Etas Mundi. Folium. LXVI. (Visionary Temple of Ezekiel.)

The Latin text page is illustrated with on recto and verso depictions of the visionary Temple of Ezekiel. Kings.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: N...

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Das Heilig Jüdisch Landt / Mit Außchtheilung der Zwölff Geschlechter...

Attractive woodblock map of the Holy Land drawn with west to the top of the sheet, the map shows the division of the country between the tribes of Israel according to Jos...

BidAsk spread: $190 - $239

Tabula Asiae III [Black & Caspian Sea Region]

Attractive woodblock Ptolemaic map, depicting Armenia and in the Right part of the Caspian Sea with Noes Arch, believed to have come to rest in a mountain in Armenia acco...

BidAsk spread: $250 - $350

Tabula Indiae X. (part of India and the Indian Ocean)

Double-page woodcut Ptolemaic-style map by Sebastian Münster figuring part of India and the Indian Ocean, published in the edition of Strabo by Henri Petri in 1571."...

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Novae Urbis Hierosolymitanae topographica delineatio . . .

A very rare plan of modern Jerusalem oriented to the east, according to a note on the map the map was drawn after a map by Peter Laicstain. A lettered key to the right.Up...

BidAsk spread: $1750 - $2500

Die Länder Asie nach ihrer gelegenheit biß in India...

One of the earliest maps of the whole continent of Asia, published in Sebastian Münster’s "Cosmographia." The Pacific Ocean shows an archipelago of 7448 is...

BidAsk spread: $999 - $1100

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Damascus, Urbs Nobilissima ad Libanum Montem, Totius Syriae Metropolis.

One of the finest and the earliest printed views of Damascus, Syria. Damascus was settled around 5000 BC and considered as the cradle of civilization.The view comes from ...

BidAsk spread: $600 - $750

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Calechut Celeberrimum Indiae Emporium [on sheet with] Ormus [and] Canonor [and] S. Georgii Oppidum Mina.

Four very desirable and early town-plans of Kozhikode, Hormuz, Kannur and Almina. "KOZHIKODE (CALICUT) : "The city is viewed from the sea, just as it would hav...

BidAsk spread: $600 - $800

Jerusalem.

On verso an early representation of Jerusalem (102x79mm) and underneath a temple and a church.From a German text edition of his Cosmographia , that great compendium of Re...

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Natoliae.. Aegypti recentior.. Carthaginis ( 3 maps on 1 sheet)

Three maps on one sheet. Map to the left east to the top. Detailed map Turkey, including Cyprus and Crete. Also map of the Nile delta and another map of Tunis. From "...

BidAsk spread: $600 - $900

Delineatio Regiae Civitatis Candy. (Plan of the city Kandy in Ceylon.)

Uncommon early view of the city of Kandy, in the center of Ceylon –now Sri Lanka-, shown from above, intricately engraved; it shows a fortification at the center of the...

BidAsk spread: $700 - $700

Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis. . .

The first printed map of China. It is signed by Ludovico Georgio, whose real name was Luis Jorge de Barbuda. He was a Portuguese Jesuit cartographer and besides that a sp...

BidAsk spread: $4500 - $6000

Plan of Banta [together with] and Bantem Bay.

1. Clear view of the city of Banta. The Houtman ships finally arrived at Banten, a northwestern port in Java. Houtman was introduced to the Sultan of Banten, who promptly...

BidAsk spread: $120 - $149

Banten on Banten Bay, and a sea battle with the Portuguese at the Bay (3 leaves).

Plan of Banten and Bantam Bay in Banten province, on the northwest tip of Java, Indonesia. Includes the bay, ships, and boats. Also includes surroundings. The text in the...

BidAsk spread: $120 - $149

Tartariae sive Magni Chami Imperium.

This is a very early depiction of the northern Pacific, with the first mapping of Northwest Coast of America and probably the first map to name California 'C. Califormio...

BidAsk spread: $1800 - $2500

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Turicum imperium.

FIRST IMPRINT FROM THE NEWLY ENGRAVED PLATES IN 1616. - A rare miniature map of the Ottoman empire with Turkey and the Arabian Peninsular. Title cartouche on the lower le...

BidAsk spread: $400 - $500

Arabia.

FIRST IMPRINT FROM THE NEWLY ENGRAVED PLATES IN 1616. - A rare miniature map of the Arabian Peninsular. Title cartouche on the lower left corner.First published in 1598 i...

BidAsk spread: $400 - $600

India Orientalis.

FIRST IMPRINT FROM THE NEWLY ENGRAVED PLATES IN 1616. - A rare miniature map of the East Indies.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by...

BidAsk spread: $300 - $400

Malacca.

FIRST IMPRINT FROM THE NEWLY ENGRAVED PLATES IN 1616. - A rare miniature map of Malacca, Borneo, part of Sumatra . Latin text on verso.First published in 1598 in his Caer...

BidAsk spread: $400 - $500

[The Dutch reach Annabon.]

Eight days after leaving the mainland, the Dutch arrived at one of the Annabon islands (Pagalu), where they asked the Portuguese and Moors, who were occupying the island,...

BidAsk spread: $75 - $100

[Borneo Insula.]

Important map of Bornea based on a map by Olivier van Noort (1558-1627), who on his turn mostly adapted information from earlier maps such as those by Langenes and van Li...

BidAsk spread: $200 - $300

[Islands of Macian and Bacian.]

This shows the features of the islands Macian and Bacian. ‘A’ is the Isle of Macian, with its angle towards noon from the Equator, being 8 minutes from midnight, ‘B...

BidAsk spread: $100 - $150

[Islands of Amboina and Nera.]

On the island of Amboina, the Dutch have a royal castle with a strong fortress. ‘E’ marks some homes of the inhabitants, ‘F’ shows the island itself, along with i...

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Turcicum Imperium.

Early map of Turkey, the Arabian peninsula and eastern part of the Mediterranean.From the English edition of Mercator's Atlas Minor. This edition 1635. English text on ve...

BidAsk spread: $300 - $400

Romani Imperii Oriens est Descriptio Geographica. . .

A fine map of the Near East. The map was first published by Tavernier and later by Mariette. This edition is dated 1637 with the address of Pierre Mariette at rue S. Jacq...

BidAsk spread: $90 - $150

De Heylige en Wytvermaerde Stadt Ierusalem Eerst Genaemt Salem

This detailed bird's-eye plan was one of the most popular plans of Jerusalem during the seventeenth century. A highly detailed view of the city walls and streets, with...

BidAsk spread: $225 - $269

Description de l'Empire du Sophi des Perses tiree en partie de l'Arabe de Nubie, et en partie de plusieurs et diverses Relations.

Map of the empire of Persia is shown to extent from Baghdad, almost to the present-day borders of India. Including part of Saudi Arabia and Oman.

BidAsk spread: $250 - $400

Asia noviter delineata..

From 1633 the members of the Blaeu family were official cartographers to the United East India Company and, as such, had access to the most up-to-date cartographic inform...

BidAsk spread: $2200 - $3000

Insula Borneo et occidentalis pars Celebis cum adjacentibus insulis

Folio format map of the island of Borneo (Kalimantan) in Indonesia (with parts belonging to Malaysia and Brunei). North is on the right.This is the first large format map...

BidAsk spread: $450 - $600

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Sumatrae et insularum locorumque nonnullorum circumiacentium tabula nova.

Very rare early (1659) version of this large folio sized map of Sumatra and the tip of the Malaysian Peninsula by Janssonius. The 1700 Valk/Schenk edition is more availab...

BidAsk spread: $400 - $550

Geographische Beschryvinghe van de wandeling der apostelen ende De Reysen Pauli. . .

In upper and lower part 9 vignettes showing scenes from Paul's wanderings.

BidAsk spread: $350 - $500

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A newe mape of Tartary.

One of the most decorative maps of Tartary, known for its figured borders with costume figures, while above are vignettes of the cities of Astrakhan, Samarkand and Cambal...

BidAsk spread: $1750 - $2000

Ierusalem

Impressive very large panoramic view of the city of Jerusalem, based on the work of Wenceslas Hollar, shows a panorama of ancient Jerusalem as viewed from the east. The m...

BidAsk spread: $550 - $750

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Turcicum Imperium.

Detailed map of the Turkish Empire by Holland's leading mapmaker at the end of the seventeenth century. The cartouche shows an Ottoman administrator or possibly the Sulta...

BidAsk spread: $500 - $900

Constantinopolitanae urbis effigies ad vivum expressa.

Extremely rare panoramic view of Istanbul published by Jacob Koppmayr. With a numbered key (1-29) to principal places in town. Jacob Koppmayr was a printer and publisher ...

BidAsk spread: $600 - $900

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Die Grosse Tartari.

Rare map showing Siberia, Korea with part of the Caspian Sea to the West, as well as India and North Russia. The title in an oval cartouche in upper right cornerThe map r...

BidAsk spread: $800 - $1000

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Fanar nel Arcipelago. (Phanar)

Magnificent bird's eye-town-view of Fanar or Phanar, a neighborhood midway up the Golden Horn, within the district of Fatih in Istanbul. Engraved by Lucas Vostermans II, ...

BidAsk spread: $100 - $150

Ladimistri nel arcipelago. (Edremit)

Magnificent bird's eye-town-view of Edremit on the west coast of Turkey, not far from the Greek island Lesbos. It is situated at the tip of the gulf with the same name (G...

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Satalia nel arcipelago. (Antalya)

Magnificent bird's eye-town-view of Antalya. Engraved by Lucas Vostermans II, who was born in 1624, in the same year when the family moved to England for six years. He wa...

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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...

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A. De Verualle Kerck Van Abakuck. . . .

Magnificent bird's eye- of Abakuck. Etched by Gaspar Bouttats (1640-1695).The Antwerp based publisher Jacques Peeters published ca. 1690 a series of prints related to the...

BidAsk spread: $100 - $150

Exactissima Asiae Delineatio in Praecipuas Regiones Caerterasque Partes divisa et denuo in lucem edita . . .

Attractive and very detailed map of the Asian continent and East Indies, derived from Frederick de Wit’s map. The extent of European knowledge of the region is depicted...

BidAsk spread: $700 - $850

Isola del Giapone e penisola di Corea.

A most attractive and decorative map of Japan and its near neighbour Korea by Vincenzo Coronelli. An elaborate central title cartouche garlanded with intertwined flowers ...

BidAsk spread: $1500 - $2000

Aleppo

Very large 17th century copper engraving with a panoramic view of the city of Aleppo in Syria. The image is one of the largest of the former capital of Syria,showing th...

BidAsk spread: $500 - $650

Accuratissima et maxima totius Turcici Imperii..

Rare issue of T. Danckert's attractive map showing the Arabian Peninsular, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt and eastern part of the Mediterranean.Decorative title cartouche lower le...

BidAsk spread: $750 - $1100

Le Royaume de Siam avec les Royaumes. . .

Influential map of the Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo, centered on Singapore. Mortier incorporated information provided by the French Jesuits and charts the ro...

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Carte de l'Asie dresse´e sur les observations de l'Academie Royale des Sciences . . .

Scarce state of the map of Asia with the imprint "à la Courone de Diamans" published by Delisle c. 1707 : "L’ Asie. Chez l’Auteur sur le Quai de l’H...

BidAsk spread: $600 - $900

Carte de la Turquie de l'Arabie et de la Perse.

Very rare state with the address : Chez l’Auteur, Rue des Canettes prez St. Sulpice. Avec Privilège, 1701". This early state with "rue des Canettes" imp...

BidAsk spread: $1000 - $1500

A Mapp of Batavia with all itts Forts.

Wonderful, scarce, and decorative plan of present-day Jakarta, showing the City and its immediate environs, the surrounding rice fields intersected by a network of waterw...

BidAsk spread: $300 - $450

Turcicum Imperium ..

Uncommon issue. A very handsome map with a particularly fine cartouche showing the Turkish Sultan on his throne. The geography is reasonably accurate for the time with ma...

BidAsk spread: $800 - $1250

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Veue de Constantinople [ Istanbul ]

A beautiful and scarce view of the city of Istanbul, Turkey. This bird's-eye view is based on Guillaume-Joseph Grelot's travels in the late seventeen century. It shows ...

BidAsk spread: $250 - $289

Asia La Feuille exc.

 A first state of the very scarce map of Asia issued by Daniel de La Feuille. Extends from the Mediterranean to Alaska and as far south as Java. It depicts the Mogol Emp...

BidAsk spread: $200 - $290

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Carte de L'Egypte de la Nubie de L'Abissinie..

Including the Arabian Peninsula. Giving good detail on Egypt. Engraved by Desrosiers. Address and date changed, now with the imprint "A Paris Chez l’Auteur sur le ...

BidAsk spread: $100 - $150

Two double sided pages No's 25 & 26 ‘Directions for the coast of Arabia.' 27 & 28 Directions for the Coast of Persia & ‘Directions for the coast of Arabia

Four woodblock chart’s on two double sided sheets by Samuel Thornton showing the approaching coast lines Arabia by John How and Samuel Thornton. Pages numbered 25,26,27...

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Two double sided pages No’s 71, 72, 73, 74 (Instructions from Amoye to Chusan, on the Coast of China, between the Islands, in small vessels.).

Two text page with woodblock profiles by Samuel Thornton showing the approaching coast lines around Zhoushan, also known as Chusan, archipelago-city in Zhejiang, publishe...

BidAsk spread: $50 - $90

Le détroit de Malacca . . .

Map of Malacca. The map details the Strait of Malacca from P. Peru and Tanjong Goeree to Lingen and Pulu Panjang. Malacca and Ihor (Johore), along with numerous other coa...

BidAsk spread: $350 - $500

Carte du Golfe de Bengale, mer des Indes et rivieres du Gange . . .

Detailed scare map of the Southern part of India with Ceylon. Good detail along the coasts of Malabar, Coromandel, the Maldives islands and the Kingdoms of Visipour, Golc...

BidAsk spread: $350 - $500

Goa Indiae orientalis metropolis.

A fine example of a rare plan of this important Indian city and port, the focal point for Portuguese trading activity in southern Asia. Pictorial map by Pieter Boudewyn v...

BidAsk spread: $400 - $600

Waere affbeeldinge wegens het casteel ende stadt Batavia.

A good impression of this finely engraved and detailed plan of Batavia, present-day Jakarta, the Dutch center of trading activities in the East Indies. Copied after Cleme...

BidAsk spread: $900 - $1100

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Carte De L'Asie Inferieure Selon Les Auteurs Anciens, Enrichie de Remarques Historiques sur les Changemens qui y sont arrivez.

Text page with inset map (220x269.mm.) of Turkey, including Cyprus from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique". Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 – 17...

BidAsk spread: $100 - $200

Antiquez curieuses qui se trouvent aux environs de Smyrne, et sur le chemin d'Ephese.

Folio sheet describing and depicting ancient Greek monuments and ruins in Smyrna (Izmir). From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique". Henri Abraham...

BidAsk spread: $25 - $75

A Map of Turky, Arabia And Persia. Corrected from the latest Travels. . .

FIRST EDITION  Fine map of the Turkish Empire, centered on Saudi Arabia, Cyprus and the Mediterranean Sea. Dated 1711, "Sold by John Senex at the Globe aga inst St....

BidAsk spread: $1000 - $1500

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Carte des Cotes de Malabar et de Coromandel..

Detailed and attractive map of India and the northern tip of Sri Lanka. With decorative title cartouche and two compass-roses.Rare edition with address : A Paris chez lâ€...

BidAsk spread: $400 - $600

Insulae Palaos seu Novae Philippinae 87 Alias Archipelagus S. Lazari ven Carolinae . . .

Map of Philippine archipelago. Stöcklein's work is a compound of letters of the Jesuit missionaries from all over the world and here particularly the ones stationed at t...

BidAsk spread: $900 - $1200

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[No title] Mongol.

Interesting sheet with four detailed engravings illustrating Mongol's life scenes. In upper right margin: 'Tom. V. No 43. Pag: 116.Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 – 1743)...

BidAsk spread: $75 - $150

[No title] Hindou

Interesting sheet with four detailed engravings illustrating Hindou's life scenes. In upper right margin: 'Tom. V. No 42. Pag: 116.Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 – 1743)...

BidAsk spread: $80 - $100

Carte du ciel et de la terre qui commencent à se former / Figure du ciel fluide & pur & de la terre fixe & ferme.

Recto and verso text page with two illustrations of the grounding of the sky and earth according to a Chinese philosopher. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-178...

BidAsk spread: $50 - $75

Plan du Ti-tang ou du temple, où l'empereur sacrifie à Chang-ti sous le titre de souverain seigneur de la terre

Nice example of d'Anville's plan of Tien-tang 天堂 [Tiantang] temple, from "Atlas général de la Chine..." prepared by Jesuit missionaries ...

BidAsk spread: $15 - $50

Plan du Tien-tang ou du temple, où l'empereur sacrifie à Chang-ti sous le titre de souverain seigneur de la terre.

Nice example of d'Anville's plan of Tien-tang 天堂 [Tiantang] temple, from "Atlas général de la Chine..."" prepared by Jesuit mission...

BidAsk spread: $15 - $50

Souan pan, ou instrument dont les chinois se servent pour compter.

Text page with a wood block illustration of a souan-pan [suan-p'an] the calculation table used by the Chinese. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French c...

BidAsk spread: $10 - $20

Arabia agreeable to Modern History.

Detailed map of Arabia with an interesting text block on upper right corner : "Arabia, divided into Rocky Desert, & Happy, makes the largest Peninsula in the Wor...

BidAsk spread: $400 - $550

Tabula chronologica historiae Sinicae connexa cum cyclo qui vulgo Kia Tse dictur.

A set of two sheets of colored copper engravings. First published in 1729 in Rome in three sheets. Timeline of China's history with a chronological overview of the dynast...

BidAsk spread: $750 - $1200

Royaume de Perse Par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy fils de Mr. Robert Geog. Ord du Roi avec Privilege 1749.

Small detailed map of Persia. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 163 outside border top right. First and only state.

BidAsk spread: $80 - $100

Indoustan ou Etats du Mogol Par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy fils de Mr. Robert Geog. Ord du Roi avec Privilege 1749.

Small detailed map of India with Ceylon. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 188 outside border top right. First and only state.

BidAsk spread: $80 - $100

Empire de la Chine Par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy fils de Mr. Robert Geog. Ord du Roi avec Privilege 1749.

Small detailed map of China, and Corea, including Taiwan. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 165 outside border top right. First and only state.The...

BidAsk spread: $100 - $150

Carte générale de l'empire des Russes et de la Tatarie Universelle Par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy fils de Mr. Robert Geog. Ord du Roi avec Privilege 1749.

Small detailed map of Tartary, including China, Corea, Japan and Taiwan. Caspian Sea to the west. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 167 outside bo...

BidAsk spread: $80 - $100

Le Japon Par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy fils de Mr. Robert Geog. Ord du Roi avec Privilege 1749.

Small detailed map of Japan and Korea. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 168 outside border top right. First state. The map is of interest for the...

BidAsk spread: $150 - $220