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Carte des Isles du Japon Esquelles est remarque la Route..

This uncommon map of Japan, which is on a fairly large scale, contains comments about the nature of the country. For instance, Ocsaqui (Okazaki, near Nagoya) is said to h...

$5000 / ≈ €4816
Maker / Publisher: TAVENIER, J.B.
Place & Date: Paris 1679

 


Peregrinationis Divi Pauli Typus corographicus. . .

A splendid map depicting the travels of Paulus. With two fine scenes in top. Showing the countries along the Mediterranean, including Cyprus and Italy. A first edition wi...

$1800 / ≈ €1734
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595

 


Terra Sancta.

This is the most modern of Ortelius' maps of the Holy Land. It focuses specifically on the Holy Land and is oriented with east of the top. Ortelius used as a model the wa...

$2400 / ≈ €2312
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1603

 


Het Beloofde Landt Canaan door wandelt . . .

A beautifully engraved map of the ancient land of Canaan which roughly corresponds to present-day Israel. Cherubs hold up a draped cloth of key symbols, also a scale pane...

$1400 / ≈ €1348
Maker / Publisher: STOOPENDAAL, B.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1682

 


Corea and Japan.

A fine large-scale map of Japan and Korea showing an increasingly refined outline to the Japanese islands but still oversized Korean peninsula. The strait south of Korea,...

$450 / ≈ €433
Maker / Publisher: THOMSON, J.
Place & Date: Edinburgh, 1816

 


Histoire Naturelle, Civile, Et Ecclésiastique..'

First French edition, published by P. Gosse, J. Neaulme and B. Lakeman. The basic work on Japan from the second half of the 17th century when it was still forbidden for f...

$7000 / ≈ €6742
Maker / Publisher: KAEMPFER, E.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1729

 


Huquang, Kiangsi, Chekiang ac Fokien.

A reissue of Janssonius' map of south east China, with wash color and uncolored cartouches.The map is based on the maps of Martin Martini, themselves based on Chinese sou...

$900 / ≈ €867
Maker / Publisher: VALK, G. / SCHENK, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Noordoost Cust van Asia van Japan tot Nova Zembla.

Important for its early depiction of Hokkaido and the Islands to the North of Japan. Ships navigate the seas around the Siberian, Chinese and Japanese coast extending as ...

$2000 / ≈ €1926
Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666

 


Shinkan Nagasaki no Dzu.

The oldest of these so-called Nagasaki pictures (Nagasaki-zu) were two panoramic prints by the artist Chikujuken that served as guides to the city of Nagasaki for visitor...

$3500 / ≈ €3371
Maker / Publisher: BAIKO-DO.
Place & Date: Nagasaki, 1801

 


'T Eilandje Desima verblyf plaats der Hollanders in Japan.

Bird's-eye view of Dejima copied from a manuscript by Voogt, who was second-in-command on Deshima in 1713. The island is viewed from the landside, depicting the developme...

$300 / ≈ €289
Maker / Publisher: TIRION, I.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1739

 


Hern Johann Baptisten Taveniers..Vierzig Jaehrige Reize..

This German edition includes Tavernier's map of Japan in a reduced form (210x315mm) and contains legends about the country's nature, e.g., where gold is mined and plottin...

$7500 / ≈ €7223
Maker / Publisher: TAVERNIER, J.B.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1681

 


Ambassades mémorables de la Compagnie des Indes orientales des Provinces Unies vers les empereurs du Japon.

First edition in French of this important work on Japan, a work whose illustrations "represent a high-water mark in book illustrations of the 17th century" (Lac...

$5500 / ≈ €5297
Maker / Publisher: MONTANUS, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea.

BRITAIN'S FIRST ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF KOREA & OKINAWANS. With an appendix containing charts and various hydrographical and scientific notices by captain Basil Hall and ...

$5000 / ≈ €4816
Maker / Publisher: HALL,B.
Place & Date: London, 1818

 


Manuscript map of the Bay of Nagasaki.

An extremely rare manuscript chart in brown ink and wash color on a printed sheet of paper with a system of rhumblines and latitude scales. This chart shows the Bay of Na...

$50000 / ≈ €48156
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750

 


Vue de L'Hotel de Batavie. . .

A so-called optical print of Fatahillah Square in Jakarta, Indonesia, prepared for use in a light-box or an amusing light-show. This richly hand colored print is much per...

$600 / ≈ €578
Maker / Publisher: PROBST, G.B.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750

 


Hedendaegsche Historie of tegenwoordige staet van alle volkeren 1 deel. (Volume 1 - China, Japan, Phillippines, Moluccas)

This provides an interesting illustrated description of China, Japan, the Phillippines, Moluccas. Including a map of China, Korea, and Japan, with the Sea between Korea a...

$1500 / ≈ €1445
Maker / Publisher: TIRION, I.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1734

 


Carte des Principales Ports de Mer Bancs de sable &c: qui sont dans la Mer Rouge..

Some cities existed along the western coast of the Arabian peninsula, where they served as entrepots for transcontinental trade between Europe and Asia. Mecca, founded by...

$1500 / ≈ €1445
Maker / Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Simori.

Portrait of Simori.Von Siebold was born in Wurtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold arrived in 1823 at ...

$200 / ≈ €193
Maker / Publisher: VON SIEBOLD, P.Fr.B.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852

 


L'Isle Formose et parties des Costes de la Chine. . .

This well-known map of Taiwan is prepared by Jacques Nicolas Bellin and was based on Jesuit information. The text along the island's east-coast claims: Of this coast litt...

$700 / ≈ €674
Maker / Publisher: BELLIN, J.N.
Place & Date: Paris, 1763

 


Kantong [The Dutch Folly Fort off Canton]

Charming 18th water color on paper depicting The Dutch "Folly Fort" off Canton. Probably made by a western artist visiting China.Forts were built in several pla...

$1000 / ≈ €963
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Canton?, c.1750

 


Cochin (today: Ernakulam)

Small but charming 18th water color on paper depicting Cochin (today : Ernakulam) was from 1500, when the first Portuguese fleet called on its port, a firm ally of the Po...

$900 / ≈ €867
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: India? c.1750

 


Kancheu.

Charming 18th water color on paper depicting Kancheu. Probably made by a western artist visiting China.

$1200 / ≈ €1156
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: c.1750

 


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. . .

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...

$9000 / ≈ €8668
Maker / Publisher: NIEUHOF, J.
Place & Date: London : Printed by the Author at his house in White-Friers, 1669

 


De Stadt Jerusalem.

Plan of ancient Jerusalem from a Dutch bible after Villalpando. The print is in contemporary colors, which is extremely rare for a plate like this. Lower left the Temple ...

$1500 / ≈ €1445
Maker / Publisher: LUCHTMANS, S.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1710

 


Nieuwe kaart van 't Koninckryk Bengale. . .

Rare map Bangladesh with the Ganges delta, including Calcutta. Giving great detail with trade routes, European trade settlements, etc. Prepared by Joh. Van Leenen who was...

$900 / ≈ €867
Maker / Publisher: VALENTIJN, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1726

 


Isola del Giapone e penisola di Corea.

A most attractive and decorative map by Vincenzo Coronelli. An elaborate central title cartouche garlanded with intertwined flowers and dedicated to the Rev.de Fontaine o...

$2500 / ≈ €2408
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1692

 


Carte du Katay ou Empire de Kin. . .

The map is of interest for the use of Mer de Corée, for the sea between Korea and Japan .Fine map of Korea and China's Yellow Sea. Complete title in top: Carte du Katay ...

$500 / ≈ €482
Maker / Publisher: BELLIN, J.N.
Place & Date: Paris, 1750

 


Il regno della China detto presentente Catay e Magnin. . .

A rare and decorative Italian map of China and Japan, with Japan closely modelled on the indented Cardim outline and Hokkaido, called Yuppi , shown as an Asian peninsula....

$4500 / ≈ €4334
Maker / Publisher: ROSSI, G.
Place & Date: Rome, 1682

 


Gezigt op de haven en de baai van Nagasaki.

A very rare birds-eye view showing Deshima and Nagasaki bay. Von Siebold was born in Würtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In J...

$2000 / ≈ €1926
Maker / Publisher: VON SIEBOLD, P.Fr.B.
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852

 


Vue du sperbe Temple de St.Sophie .. a Constantinople.

A fanciful depiction of the Aya Sofya in Istanbul. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and Lon...

$280 / ≈ €270
Maker / Publisher: MONDHARE
Place & Date: Paris, 1800

 


Paradigma XV Provinciarum et CLV Urbium Capitalium Sinensis Imperij Cum Templis quae Cruce X Signatur Et Domiciliis S.I.

First edition of this rare Jesuit map of China, published by Jean Baptiste Nolin in Paris and based on Philippe Couplet's map of 1686. The map shows China's 15 provinces ...

$2400 / ≈ €2312
Maker / Publisher: NOLIN, J.-B.
Place & Date: Paris, 1686

 


De gelegenheyt van t'paradys ende t'landt van Canaan..

Very attractive map, showing the location of Paradise. Two vignettes depict the Temptation of Adam and Eve, and their Expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Nicolaes Visscher...

$550 / ≈ €530
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1664

 


Constantinopolis.

A spectacular woodcut panorama of the ancient city of Constantinople, proporting to show the pre-Turk city (for example naming St Sophia). (235x522mm).One of the earliest...

$3500 / ≈ €3371
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Arabie.

Uncommon miniature map of the Arabian peninsula, from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de géographie in 1657, Pierre Duval publ...

$550 / ≈ €530
Maker / Publisher: DU VAL, P.
Place & Date: Paris, 1676

 


Bunken Edo oezu. [Tokyo]

Based on map by Ochikochi Doin. Oriented with north to the right. An extraordinary wood block-printed town-plan now-a-day Tokyo, and a fine example of Edo cartography. Th...

$5000 / ≈ €4816
Maker / Publisher: SUHARAYA MOHE
Place & Date: Edo, ca. 1803

 


Maldivae Insulae.

Very fine early miniature map of Maldives Islands. East is at the top. Title cartouche on the lower right corner. A dolphin and two ships are depicted.First published in ...

$150 / ≈ €144
Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B.
Place & Date: Amsterdam / Frankfurt, 1609

 


Nouvelle carte de l'Isle de Java.

A very nice map centred on the island of Java.With French text in title cartouche and an additional title in Dutch underneath the map.Read more Early maps of South East A...

$200 / ≈ €193
Maker / Publisher: HARREVELT, E. van / CHANGUION, D. J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1773

 


Carte nouvelle des Terres de Cucan..

Prepared by H.Reland (1676-1718) a professor active in Utrecht and specialized in Asian languages, geography and religions. His first map was a map of Japan copied after ...

$600 / ≈ €578
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: The Hague, 1728

 


Karte von Asien.

An attractive map of Asia. With a decorative title cartouche in the upper left-hand corner. Engraved by Aarons.Franz Johann Josef von Reilly (Vienna 18 august 1766 - 6 ju...

$900 / ≈ €867
Maker / Publisher: VON REILLY, F.J.J.
Place & Date: Vienna 1795

 


La Reine de la chine.

Very rare and decorative costume plate. In the background : Palais Royal Peking. Beneath the plate a descriptive text about the Queen of China.Bears the address : Se vend...

$400 / ≈ €385
Maker / Publisher: JOLLAIN, F.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1685

 


Terki, ville de la Circassie, dans l'Asie.

A very detailed panoramic view of Terki in the Caucasus, the capital of one of the most powerful Dagestani potentates of southeast Asia.Showing the Volga River. Foregrou...

$150 / ≈ €144
Maker / Publisher: AA, P. van der
Place & Date: Leiden, c. 1719

 


Carte géologique détaillée. Beyrouth.

Geological or soil map showing part of Lebanon with Beyrouth, including in top a colored legend with signs of the different geological ages. Provenance : Fondation P. Fal...

$300 / ≈ €289
Maker / Publisher: DUBERTRET, Louis.
Place & Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.

 


Carte géologique détaillée. Jezzîne.

Geological or soil map showing part of Lebanon with Jezzîne, including a legend with signs of the different geological ages and giving many information of greatest inter...

$300 / ≈ €289
Maker / Publisher: DUBERTRET, Louis. / HEYBROCK, Friso.
Place & Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.

 


Carte géologique détaillée. Râchaïya Nord.

Geological or soil map showing part of Lebanon with Râchaïya , including a legend with signs of the different geological ages and giving many informations of greatest i...

$300 / ≈ €289
Maker / Publisher: DUBERTRET, Louis.
Place & Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.

 


Carte géologique détaillée. Zahle.

Geological map showing part of Lebanon with Zahle. , including a legend with signs of the different geological ages. Provenance : Fondation P. Fallot

$300 / ≈ €289
Maker / Publisher: DUBERTRET, Louis.
Place & Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.

 


Carte geologique detaillee. Jbail.

Geological or soil map showing part of Lebanon with Jbail antique Byblos Ancien Port phenicien / scale 1 : 50 000., including a legend with signs of the different geologi...

$300 / ≈ €289
Maker / Publisher: DUBERTRET, Louis.
Place & Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.

 


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 / ≈ €1204
Maker / Publisher: D'APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE / DALRYMPLE, A.
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1775

 


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...

$400 / ≈ €385
Maker / Publisher: MONDHARE / NOLIN, J.B.
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2023

 


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

Large map of the Near East, based upon earlier maps by De L'Isle. Shows also most part of the Mediterranean basin as well as north-eastern Africa. Relief shown pictoriall...

$550 / ≈ €530
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam c. 1745

 


Impery sino Tartarici Supremus Monarcha.

Decorative costume plate showing Kam Hi son of the Shunzhi Emperor of China [1638 - 1661?], the second emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty, who apparently supported the fo...

$250 / ≈ €241
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS VAN WAESBERGHE, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1668

 


Kaart van een gedeelte van de Noord Kust van Java en Straat Sunda van Tanjong Kaik tot den vierden hoek bij Anjer..

Very large and rare chart depicting Java's northern seacoast.Coastal profiles are present at the bottom of the map.The chart is prepared by B.H.Staring, J.A.G.Rietveld an...

$1500 / ≈ €1445
Maker / Publisher: HULST VAN KEULEN, Wed.G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1843-1844

 


Straat Sunda en Westkust van Java.

Very large and rare chart depicting Java's western seacoast close to the Sunda Strait.Showing part of Sumatra on top and the West Java tip, today hosting the Ujung Kulon ...

$1500 / ≈ €1445
Maker / Publisher: HULST VAN KEULEN, Wed.G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam (1841)1846

 


Kaart van de Gaspar Straaten volgens opnemingen van J.Stolze, D.Ross, enz.

Very large and rare chart centered on the strait between Bangka's southeastern seacoast and Belitung's western shores.Short front views of the coastal relief are shown in...

$600 / ≈ €578
Maker / Publisher: HULST VAN KEULEN, Wed.G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1843

 


Kaart van de Reede van Batavia met de verschillende vaarwaters naar dezelve trigometrisch opgenomen op last van deb schout bijnacht E.Lucas.

Very large and rare so-called blue-black chart centered on Jakarta's harbor.The chart is prepared by B.G.Escher, I.A.C. Eschauzier, B.H.Staring and E.H.Boom during an exp...

$1800 / ≈ €1734
Maker / Publisher: HULST VAN KEULEN, Wed. G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam (1841) 1847

 


Straat Riouw onder opzicht van de commissie tot verbetering der Indische Zeekaarten..

Very large and rare so-called Blue Back centered on the strait passing between the Riau Islands. It contains an inset map with enlarged details of Riouw Harbor on Bintang...

$1200 / ≈ €1156
Maker / Publisher: HULST VAN KEULEN, Wed.G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1843

 


Sincapour.

Early view of Singapore after Paris and engraved in aquatint technique by Sigismond Himely (1801-1872). Published as plate 28 in Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'...

$1500 / ≈ €1445
Maker / Publisher: HIMELY, S.
Place & Date: Paris, Finot, 1835

 


La Feste du Poids au Mogol qui se célebre chez ses Peuples avec grande vénération.

So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of a square in Mongolia.Mondhare, active at rue St.Jacques a l'Hotel Saumur, was a well-known publisher of optical...

$175 / ≈ €169
Maker / Publisher: MONDHARE
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


Hong Kong. [Queen's Road]

Finely executed watercolor made by Henri Dieth of a charming atmospheric street scene at Queen's Road in Hong Kong. The watercolor is made after Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-...

$2500 / ≈ €2408
Maker / Publisher: DIETH, H.
Place & Date: Germany, 1882

 


Hongkong Piratenstrasse. [Pirate Street]

Finely executed watercolor made by Henri Dieth of a charming street scene at "Pirate Street" in Hong Kong. The watercolor is made after Eduard Hildebrandt (1818...

$2000 / ≈ €1926
Maker / Publisher: DIETH, H.
Place & Date: Germany, 1882

 


Runde Strasse in Peking.

Finely executed water color made by Henri Dieth of a charming street scene in Peking. The water color is made after Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-1869). Hildebrandt, was born ...

$3500 / ≈ €3371
Maker / Publisher: DIETH, H.
Place & Date: Germany, 1882

 


[ Hong Kong / Canton ] Nieuwe Pas=Caart strekkende van Pta Cataon tot Pta. Lamtoan, langs de kusten van Cochinchina, Tonquin, Quangsi en Quantung [?] van Macao.

A finely engraved and detailed chart of Vietnam reaching to Macao and present-day Hong Kong..Very rare: only included in the 6th volume (so-called secret atlas) of Van Ke...

$12500 / ≈ €12039
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1753

 


CANTON Kong-Teheou.

Very detailed (1:1.000.000) map centered on Macao and Victoria Island, showing soundings, English, Australian, Danish telegraph lines reaching Hong Kong and extended to M...

$750 / ≈ €722
Maker / Publisher: SERVICE GEOGRAPHIQUE DE L\'ARMEE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1898 updated for june 1904

 


Oriens, Persia, India etc.

Uncommon map of Persia, Armenia, Arabian Peninsular and part of India. Prepared by Christoph Cellarius (1638-1707). From Geographia Antiqua...

$90 / ≈ €87
Maker / Publisher: CELLARIUS, Chr.
Place & Date: Leipzig, Gledisch, 1732

 


Chorographia Terrae Sanctae in Angustiorem. . .

Rare. Large visually rich map decorated with illustrations of the sacred objects and places of Judaism. In the bottom center is a plan of ancient Jerusalem, and the route...

$1200 / ≈ €1156
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1700

 


Sumatrae et insularum Locorumque nonnullorum circumiacentium. . .

Fine depicting the Island of Sumatra and the southern coasts of Malaysia from Quedo to Johore.North is orientated to the left of the page.Singapore is probably identifie...

$1800 / ≈ €1734
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660

 


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...

$300 / ≈ €289
Maker / Publisher: DIDEROT, D.
Place & Date: Paris, 1779

 


Reis-kaart van het Britsche gezantschap van Hang-choe-foe naar Quang-choe-foe of Kanton in China.

Uncommon map of eastern part of China, showing a journey of the English Embassy from Hangzhou (south of Shanghai) to Guangzhou (Canton). The maps is giving a wealth of in...

$600 / ≈ €578
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Netherlands, c.1800

 


Le Grand Mongol. . .

Rare full portrait of the Mongol emperor of Indostan, published by map seller, François Jollain, the Elder (1641-1704), active in Paris, rue St. Jacques à la ville de C...

$300 / ≈ €289
Maker / Publisher: JOLLAIN, F.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1686

 


De golf van Bengalen.

Rare chart of the Indian Ocean, with nice detail on Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with compass roses and a system of rhumb lines, soundings and anchorage's. Many place names. The pl...

$2300 / ≈ €2215
Maker / Publisher: DONCKER, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1669-1712

 


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 / ≈ €193
Maker / Publisher: SANTINI, P.
Place & Date: Venice, 1784

 


Emir Fechrredin prince des Drus.

Engraving published by Nicolas Bonnart (c.1637 - 1718), engraver in Augsburg since 1719. Before the nineteenth century portraits of rulers in the Islamic Middle East were...

$150 / ≈ €144
Maker / Publisher: BONNART, H.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1740

 


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 / ≈ €578
Maker / Publisher: ZATTA, A.
Place & Date: Venice, 1784

 


Terra Promissions.

A beautifully executed and very rare map of the Promised Land, divided into the 12 Tribes. The shore line runs in north-southwesterly direction from Sidon as far as Pelus...

$4000 / ≈ €3853
Maker / Publisher: HONERVOGT, J.
Place & Date: Paris, c.1655

 


Constatinopolis.

Panoramic town-view of Constantinople (Istanbul). Woodcut published in the so-called pirate edition of the "small Schedel" in Augsburg, 1497, Latin edition. Ori...

$600 / ≈ €578
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger. 1497

 


Plan de Constantinople, non compris ses faubourgs. Grave d'apres les documents du ministere de la Guerre par E. Olivier.

A very rare lithographic town-plan of Istanbul, Scale 98 yards to one inch., printed in Pera, Istanbul by E. Olivier. The ornate design on the top of the title is a tugh...

$8000 / ≈ €7705
Maker / Publisher: OLIVIER, E.
Place & Date: Péra, Istanbul, 1851

 


A view of the town and castle of Macao.

A nice engraving that shows the attack of the English ship "Centurion" on Macau, during which she captured a Portuguese ship that had sailed from Manila. In up...

$700 / ≈ €674
Maker / Publisher: HARRIS, J.
Place & Date: London, 1746

 


Carte de la Mer Rouge, depuis Moka jusqu's Gedda. . . .

Chart of the Red Sea. With 3 inset maps of Shake Omare, Goofs and Gedan. D'Après De Mannevillette (1707-1780) was one of France's first hydrographers. When the first edi...

$750 / ≈ €722
Maker / Publisher: APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE, J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1753

 


AFGHAN de CABOULE. Costumes Persans 8.

A beautiful hand colored lithograph of an elegant Afghan from Kabul published in the French work "Galerie Royale de Costumes peints d´après nature par divers artis...

$350 / ≈ €337
Maker / Publisher: GALERIE ROYALE DE COSTUME.
Place & Date: Paris, Chez Aubert & Cie., 1842-1848

 


DANSEUSE. Costumes Persans 9.

A beautiful hand colored lithograph of an elegant dancing girl from Persia published in the French work "Galerie Royale de Costumes peints d´après nature par diver...

$350 / ≈ €337
Maker / Publisher: GALERIE ROYALE DE COSTUME.
Place & Date: Paris, Chez Aubert & Cie., 1842-1848

 


ARMENIEN. Costumes de l'Empire Ottoman 9.

A beautiful hand colored lithograph of an Armenian published in the French work "Galerie Royale de Costumes peints d´après nature par divers artistes et lithograph...

$375 / ≈ €361
Maker / Publisher: GALERIE ROYALE DE COSTUME.
Place & Date: Paris, Chez Aubert & Cie., 1842-1848