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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
VERSO: one 2-line illuminated initial showing a bird in fine detail in liquid gold on colored ground, seven 1-line initials and line-fillers in same.RECTO: Seven 1-line i...
Place & Date: France, c. 1520
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
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-flourish...
Place & Date: Besançon, 1370
Hemisphaerium Orbis Antiqui cumzonis circulis. . .
A chart showing the eastern hemisphere, including north eastern coast of Australia with, superimposed, climatic zones and planetary details. Surround by most decorative s...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1708
Veue de la Ville, et du Port de Calais, di côte de la terre.
Showing the town of Calais; landscape with, in the left foreground, group of cavalrymen led by an officer and going to right, at right two soldiers walking alongside a ca...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1680
Secunda etas mundi. Folium XIII.
Schedel's world map was based on the cartographic system of Claudius Ptolemy, the great second-century AD geographer whose scholarship formed the foundation for map produ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
s'Lants Zee-Magazyn en Scheeps Timmer-werf.
Decorative view of the back yard of the formerly the V.O.C. warehouse and arsenal for the Admiralty of Amsterdam, now-a-days the Scheepvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum).The p...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1694
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"...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1780
Carte d'Europe . . .
Rare. Uncommon and decorative wall map of Europe, prepared by Clouet. With superb decoration including a wonderful rococo border with vignettes describing historical scen...
Place & Date: Paris, 1785-1788
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
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1780
D' Admiralyteyts Huys - La maison de l'Amirauté.
Decorative print of the Admiralty House of the V.O.C., now-a-days Maritime Museum in Amsterdam.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1720
Oostindische Zeemagazijn. & De Werf van Het Oostind. Zeemagazijn.
Two decorative lithographies on one sheet, illustrating the V.O.C. East Indian Arsenal and the naval shipyard.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1840
'S Lands Magazijn en Werf. [&] Het Oostindischehuis.
Two decorative lithographies on one sheet. View of the 'T Landts Magazyn , or 'Scheepvaartsmuseum' (Maritime Museum) on top. On the bottom the East Indian House , the hea...
Place & Date: The Hague, 1840
Een ander gesicht van 'T LANDTS MAGAZYN.
A decorative print of the 'T Landts Magazyn, formerly the V.O.C. warehouse and arsenal for the Admiralty of Amsterdam, now-a-days the Scheepvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum) ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1663
Het Oost Indisch Huys op de Suyd hock..
A decorative print of the East Indian House , the headquarters of the V.O.C., a place for meeting, trading and storage of spices and ship equipment.The maps and charts we...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
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...
Place & Date: France, 1780
Portrait of Jan Maatzuiker.
Portrait of Jan Maatzuiker, Governor-General of the East Indies from 1653 till 1678. From Kok's Woordenboek . Engraved by Reinier Vinkees in 1790.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1790
Muitery op het O:I: Comp. schip Barbestein in Duins.
Anonymous engraving of a mutiny of the VOC ship Barbestein .
Place & Date: Amsterdam c.1790
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1726
Lyste vande prysen der goederen ingekoft by de Kamer. . .
Rare price list of meat, bacon, wheat, rye, butter, cheese, olive oil, Spanish wines, Bordeaux, brandy etc.On front page in letter press Lyste Van de Pryfen der Goederen,...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1685
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...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750
Miniature of The Crucifixion of Christ.
Page fragment from a Book of Hours with a miniature of the Cruxifiction with Saint Mary and Mary Magdalene in prayer in front of Jesus hung on the cross. This miniature c...
Place & Date: Paris, 1492 - 1494
Venecie. [Venice] Foliu XLIIII
A very fine of Venice (192x525mm.) Verso a view of Padua. Schedel's view of Venice is one of the earliest obtainable views of the city. The view is based on the view of ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
LA RUSSIE NOIRE ou POLONOISE qui Comprend les PROVINCES DE LA RUSSIE NOIRE de VOLHYNIE et de PODOLIE divisées en leurs Palatinats Vulgairement Connües sous le Nom D'VKRAINE ou PAYS DES COSAQUES.
Very rare map of the Ukraine and Poland, prepared by Sanson in 1675 in a third state, published by the heirs of Sanson, in Paris in 1706. The imprint changed to: Par les ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1706
La marca d'Ancona. Marchia Anconitana Picaenum olim dicta. . . Romae apud Joannem Orlandini formis Rome 1604.
A re-issue of the plate by Vicentium Luchinù of 1564 now with the address of Orlandini and the dates 1602 / 1604.Collector's item. A unique opportunity to acquire a fine...
Place & Date: Rome, 1604
Plan de la Baye de Ville Franche et de celle de St. Souspir.
An attractive chart centered on the Mediterranean. With scale and large compass-rose. Dated 1727, with the privilege of the King. From : Recueil des Plusieurs plans des p...
Place & Date: Marseille, 1730
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...
Place & Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.
Nova Orbis Tabula in Lucem edita A.F.de Wit.
According to Shirley, De Wit's map is one of the most attractive of its time. The brilliant scenes in the corners combine images of the four seasons, the elements, and th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680
Tabula Russiae ex autographo, quod delineandum curavit Foedor filius Tzaris Boris desums... - Domino regionum Iueriae Kartalinie et Groefiniae Tzari etc: dedicata ab Heselo Gerardo M.DC.XIIII
A re-issue, by Willem Blaeu, of Hessel Gerritsz' rare and influential map of Russia. Dutch text on verso, extending west to east from Emden to Aspachan and north to south...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1635
Il Governo di Guascogna con porzione del Governo di Guienna.
Rare regional map of France of the Périgord, Guienne, Gascogne and the Béarn published by Carli Pazzini in Siena.
Place & Date: Siena, 1792
Gouvernement general de Champagne. . .
Fine map of Champagne with a decorative title and scale cartouche.Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1632-1712), was a French cartographer. He joined the Sanson heirs and redrew Nico...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1692
Le comte d'Artois dresse sur les memoires les plus nouveaux. . .
Map showing the north of France, showing St Omer, and Arras, etc. The map notes Nicolas Sanson as the mapmaker and claims that the map was published by Alexis-Hubert Jail...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1693
Bressia vulgo Bresse. [colored by Van Santen]
Title cartouche with putti and surveyor with surveying instruments. Upper right-hand corner Geneva, lower left Lyon and in the center Bourg-en Bresse. Upper right-hand co...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1650
ANNA IWANOVNA - Anna Ioannovna imperatricea i camoderschiza wserossinskaja (rossice). Anna Joannowna imperatrix totius Russiae
Extremely rare half portrait print of Anna Ivanovna (7 February [O.S. 28 January] 1693, Moscow – 28 October [O.S. 17 October] 1740) reigned as Duchess of Courland from ...
Place & Date: St. Petersburg, 1743
ELISABETH I. - Elisabet imperatriza wseros sinskaja petra welikago dscherj (rossice). Elisabetha imperatrix. Omnium Russiarum Petri. Magni. Filia.
Extremely rare half portrait print of Elizaveta Petrovna (29 December [O.S. 18 December] 1709 – 5 January 1762 [O.S. 25 December 1761] ), also known as Yelisavet and El...
Place & Date: St. Petersburg, 1743
FJODOR JOANNOWITSCH - Feodor Ioannowitsch zar i camoderschez wserossinskij (rossice). Feodor Ioannowicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae Joann Alexiewicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae.
Extremely rare half portrait print of Czar Fyodor I Ivanovich (31 May 1557 – 16/17 January 1598) was the last Rurikid Tsar of Russia (1584 - 1598), son of Ivan the Terr...
Place & Date: St. Petersburg 1743
ALEXEI I. - Alexei Michailowitsch zar i camoderschez wserossinskij (rossice). Alexei Michailowicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae.
Extremely rare half portrait print of Czar Alexei Michailowicz..Aleksey Mikhailovich Romanov ( 9 March 1629 (O.S.) – 29 January 1676 was the Tsar of Russia during some ...
Place & Date: St. Petersburg, 1743
IWAN ALEXEJEWITSCH - Ioann Alexejewitsch zar i camoderschez wserossinskij (rossice).Joann Alexiewicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae.
Extremely rare print of Czar Ivan Alexejewitsch, who was the brother of Peter the Great.Johann Stenglin was a well known engraver, born at Augsburg in 1715, he studied un...
Place & Date: St. Petersburg 1743
Punishment of a criminal in China.
Punishment of a criminal in China from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Paris, Lutetia, Parisii, Ville Capitale du Royaume de France.
View of Paris seen from the hill "Belleville based on that of Merian (1616) but updated with the new gates Saint-Denis and Saint-Martin. With a key 1-78 and A-Z. Sur...
Place & Date: Paris, after 1676
Nice Vue prise audessus de Montalban.
Beautiful view of Nice from the book "l'Italie à vol d'oiseau".
Place & Date: Paris, 1850