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A View of S. James's Palace Pall Mall. - Vues du Palais royal de S.Jacques Pall Mall.

So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of St James's Palace, Pall Mall. The gatehouse of St James's Palace is on the left.In the eighteenth and nineteent...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Paris, 1753

 


Russie Européenne . . .

Detailed map of European part of Russia, including Finland and Lapland.Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766), also known as Le Sieur or Monsieur Robert, and his son, Di...

$75 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, G.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1753

 


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 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE, J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1753

 


A Map and Chart of Arabia, the Red Sea, & Persian Gulf, drawn from the Chart of the Eastern Ocean, Publish'd in 1740, by Order of ye Count de Maruepas,...

A small but unusual map of the Arabian Peninsular, engraved by G. Child for 'The universal traveller: or, A compleat description of the several nations of the world', by ...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: CHILD, G.
Place & Date: London, Th. Salmon, 1752-1753

 


Veduta della Piazza della SS. Nunziata, Statua Equestre di Ferdinando Primo, Fonti, e Loggie Laterali.

Lively view of Nunziata square with the statue of Ferdinand I in Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (1711or 1717 - 1767) and engraved by B.Sgrilli. From "Scelta di XXIV ...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: ZOCCHI, G.
Place & Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754

 


Partie de L'Amerique Septentrionale, qui comprend Le Cours De L'Ohio, La N[ouve]lle Angleterre, La N[ouve]lle York, Le New Jersey, La Pensylvanie, Le Maryland, La Virginie, La Caroline.

Double page map of the East coast of America, showing the area from Maine to South Carolina. Inset map titled ""Supplement Pour La Caroline"" showing ...

$980 / ≈ €917
Maker / Publisher: ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Gilles & Didier
Place & Date: Paris. 1755

 


Carolinae Floridae nec non Insularum Bahamensium cum partibus adjacentibus delinatio ad Exemplar Londinense in lucem edita . . . Ao. 1755.

The German edition of this map of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands in full original colors. Published in Seligmann's "Sammlung verschiedener auslaendischer ...

$4000 / ≈ €3743
Maker / Publisher: SELIGMANN, Ioh. Michael.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1755

 


A fine bronze cannon.

Cannon built up of two truncated conusses, differing in size, the steps marked by mouldings shaped as flat bands preceded by ogees: base ring similar; breech with ogee-sh...

$6000 / ≈ €5614
Maker / Publisher: V.O.C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1755

 


Vorstellung Einiger Gegenden und Plaetze in Nord-America unter Franzoesisch und Englische Jurisdiction Gehoerig zu Finden bey den Homaennischen Erben in Nurnberg Ao. 1756.

Three town plans on one sheet of eastern Canada, including Quebec, Louisbourg and Halifax towns which the English and French fought to conquer on the American continent f...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN HEIRS.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1756

 


Carte des Possessions Françoises et Angloises dans le Canada et partie de la Lousiane. . .

Proof state. Here without the decorations around the title cartouche in the what is called in the reference books the first state the cartouche in upper left . No double ...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: LONGCHAMPS, le Sieur.
Place & Date: Paris, 1756

 


La Saxe Contenant le Routes et les postes. . .

Fine post-route map of Saxony in Germany with a splendidly engraved title cartouche. The map is centered on Leipzig. George Louis Le Rouge was active between 1740 and 178...

$75 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: LE ROUGE, G.L.
Place & Date: Paris, 1756

 


Vorstellung einiger Gegende und Plaetze in Nord America.

The title of the map in English: Picture of some surroundings and towns under French and English jurisdiction. With town plans of Louisburg on Isle Royal, Quebec and Hali...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN HEIRS.
Place & Date: Nurmberg 1756

 


Carte de la province de Quan-tong, ou Lyau-tong et du Royaume de Kau-li. . .

Map of Korea. The map is of interest for the use of East Sea, the sea between Korea and Japan, here called "Mer de Corée" and "Meer von Korea".From a...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: BELLIN, J.N.
Place & Date: Paris, 1757
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2023

 


Kort begrip der oude en nieuwe staatkundige Geographie: behelzende eene beschryving der heerschappyen, in welken de aarde verdeeld is, haare gelegenheid. . .

Sixth edition- Interesting geographical compendium, prepared by Johann Hubner en W.A. Bachiene. Of particular interest is the section starting with pages 589 with "O...

$650 / ≈ €608
Maker / Publisher: HUBNER, J. / BACHIENE, W. A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Covens / Mortier, Utrecht, Poolsum, 1758

 


A new & accurate map of the Empire of China from the Sieur Robert's Atlas. With improvements.

An excellent early engraving of China and Korea that appeared in Sieur Robert de Vaugondy's Geographical Dictionary (London: 1759). Decorative title cartouche on the uppe...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: VAUGONDY, R. DE / GIBSON, J.
Place & Date: London, 1759

 


Vue Interieure de la Bourse Royale à Londres.

So-called optical print of the London stock exchange. Daumont was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuri...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: DAUMONT
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


Tabula comitatus Hollandiae. . .

Fine map of the provinces of North and South Holland. In upper left hand corner an inset with the islands of Texel and Vlieland.

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: SEUTTER, M.
Place & Date: Augsburg 1760

 


Vuë de l'ancien Palais d'hiver de sa Majesté Imperiale et du Canal qui Joint la Moika avec la Neva, a St. Petersburg.

So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of St. Petersburg, namely the ancient Winter Palace and the canal which joins the Moika to the Neva.In the eightee...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: ANONYME
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


Vue d'un Feu d'Artifice tiré devant l'Hotel de Ville en réjouissance de la Paix.

Optical view, illustrating a fireworks display in front of the Paris city hall.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishment...

$230 / ≈ €215
Maker / Publisher: BASSET
Place & Date: Paris 1760

 


Belgica Foederata. . .

Decorated with a cartouche showing the coats of arms of Zeeland, Holland, Utrecht, Friesland, Groningen and Overijssel. T.C. Lotter married M. Seutter's daughter in 1740 ...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: LOTTER, T. C.
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca.1760

 


Vüe de la Place de Grosvenor a Londres.

So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London. The centrepiece of the 100 acre Grosvenor Estate, it was built between 1725-...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: HUQUIER
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


6e Vüe d'Optique Représentant Le Chœur de la Cathedrale de St. Paul de Londres.

So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the interior of the Saint Paul Cathedral in London.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many p...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: DAUMONT
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


5e Vue d'Optique Representant La Vue interieure de la Cathedralle de St. Paul de Londres.

So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the interior of the Saint Paul cathedral in London. Engraved by la Marcade.In the eighteenth and nineteenth cen...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: DAUMONT
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


39e Vüe d'Optique Representant L'Hotel du Lord Maire de Londre.

So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of Somerset House on the Strand in London.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speci...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: DAUMONT
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


26e Vüe d'Optique Representant L'Abbaye de Westminster et de l'Eglise Ste. Marguerite à Londres.

So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the Westminster Abbey, in London.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality ...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: DAUMONT
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


Vuë du dedans de l'Eglise de St. MARTIN à Londre.

So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the central aisle of St. Martin's church, in London.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many ...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: ANONYME
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


Vüe Perspective du Pont neuf construit sur la tamise a Hampton-Court.

So-called optical print illustrating a bridge on the river Thames at Hampton-Court.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establish...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: HUQUIER
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


Le cours entier du grand et Fameux Nil. . .

Scarce. A splendid map of ancient Egypt. West is at the top and the Nile bisects Egypt. A inset shows modern Egypt to good detail. With the Red Sea and part of the Arabia...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: LOTTER, C.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1760

 


Vüe Perspective de l'Hospital de Greenwich prise de la Thamise.

So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of Greenwich Hospital, illustrating its close proximity to the River Thames.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centu...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: HUQUIER
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


77e Vüe d'Optique Représentant Les Cascades du Jardin de Vauxhall a Londres.

So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the fountains and artificial cascades in Vauxhall Gardens, London.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries th...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: DAUMONT
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


A view of the Gerzay near Iside part. / Vue du port et rade de Gerzay.

A fanciful depiction of the port of Jersey. Engraved by the French engraver Paul Angier after a design by P.Brookes and published by Robert Sayer of London, a well-known ...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: SAYER, R.
Place & Date: London, ca. 1760

 


A view of Amsterdam taken from the Old Rampart.

So-called optical print of Amsterdam, published by Jean Mondhare after a print by Laurie and Wtitle. With captions in English and French above and belowIn the eighteenth ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: MONDHARE, J.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1760

 


Karte von den Kusten von Arabien . . .

Manuscript map of Arabia. A close copy of Bellin's map of the Arabian Peninsula. In the lower right margin "Tom A, vol V."A title cartouche in the lower left co...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Germany, ca. 1760

 


A folding fan showing Cleopatra at the Gates of Alexandria, circa 1750-1760.

The fan shows Cleopatra at the Gates of Alexandria, where she welcomes Julius Caesar who came to visit her in 48BC. Her suite is made up of soldiers and maids. The arriva...

$1250 / ≈ €1170
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: English, ca. 1750-1760

 


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

A late 18th century Ch'onha chido atlas with 13 woodblock maps showing the World, China, Korea, Japan, Okinawa, and the 8 provinces. The seas are in black.

$5500 / ≈ €5146
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Korea, ca. 1760

 


A cordiform - heart-shaped - horary quadrant marked with Gunter scales.

A small and charming but very fine heart-shaped horary quadrant marked with Gunter scales. The scales are very finely engraved on both sides.The quadrant was a very pract...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: ca. 1720-1760

 


Steel compass with a gilded radiating pattern.

Steel compass with a gilded radiating pattern.Provenance : Collection Henri-Claude Randier.

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: ca. 1760

 


Matching set of four wallmaps of America, Asia, America, Europe.

Rare and decorative set of four wall maps published by Louis Charles DESNOS ( fl.1750-1770), including a border with vignettes describing native scenes. Each panel is acc...

$55000 / ≈ €51464
Maker / Publisher: DESNOS, L.C.
Place & Date: Paris, 1760-1761

 


Pianta Geografia delle Isole di Malta, e Gozo della Sagra Religione Gerosolimitana di S. Giovanni delineata, ed incisa in quest anno 1761.

A rare map of Malta and Gozo printed by the priest Antonio Bova (1688 - 1775), who was active as engraver in Palermo ca. 1727-1773. He produced cartographic engravings, s...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: BOVA, A.
Place & Date: Bova Ant., Palermo, 1761

 


Vue perspective de la grande Ceremonie du Couronnement de l'Empereur de la Chine.

So-called optical print illustrating the crowning of the Chinese emperor. It shows the throne at the center.Mondhare was a well-known publisher of optical prints, establi...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: MONDHARE
Place & Date: Paris, 1761

 


Nader prolongatie van het Octroy voor de Westindische Compagnie voor den tyd van nog dertig jaaren. . .

A proclamation by the Dutch States General, dated 1761, extending the charter of the Dutch West India Company for another thirty years. Like the 1730 proclamation, it has...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: SCHELTUS, I.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1761

 


Vue de Boston vers le Cale du Port.

A view of the port of Boston, the center of New England shipping in the colonial period. The closing of the port after the Boston Tea Party led to the calling of the Firs...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: HABERMANN, F.
Place & Date: Augsburg 1762

 


Nieuwe gemeten kaart van de colonie de Berbice met der zelver plantagiën en de namen der Bezitters. . .

Re-issue of his map from 1740, without the printed list of owners, with a large added contemp. hand-colored cartouche Relaas van de rebellie, ontstaan op de plantagien in...

$1250 / ≈ €1170
Maker / Publisher: OTTENS, R. / J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca.1763

 


Plan du Port de St Augustin dans la Floride.

This chart shows a plan of the Port of St. Augustine in Florida.The only issue of this version of Bellin's map, slightly larger than the common version. Depths shown by s...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: BELLIN, J.N.
Place & Date: Paris, 1764

 


[MANUSCRIPT] Carte nouvelle de la Crimée et des pays circonvoisins.

A beautiful manuscript map on paper. Showing the northern part of the Black Sea region with Crimea.Interesting are the border lines of "New Serbia", shown in th...

$5000 / ≈ €4679
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: ca. 1752-1764

 


Het stadhuis, van vooren.

The former Amsterdam Town Hall, now the Royal Palace. Copper engraving by Frans de Bakker after Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816).From the well-known description of Amsterdam ...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: De BAKKER, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1765

 


L'Asie, dressée pour l'étude de la Géographie . . .

Highly decorative map of Asia embellished with a landscape style title cartouche and several sailing ships.The map is of interest for the use of Mer de Corée, the sea be...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: DESNOS / BRION
Place & Date: Paris, 1765
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2023

 


Carta Topografica dell' Isola Del Maritaggio di Monsieur le Boble per la prima volta. Tradotta dal francese in italiano.

Second Italian printing of Eustache Le Noble’s "Carte de l’isle de marriage." The book’s text offers instructions on how to reach this matrimonial island ...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: LE NOBLE, E.
Place & Date: Cosmopoli, 1766

 


Carte Réduite De La Partie Septentrionale De L'' Isle De Terre Neuve..

A well engraved and highly detailed chart, corrected to 1767. Elaborate hand-colored cartouche, rhumb lines.Shows northern part of Newfoundland and southern coast of Labr...

$850 / ≈ €795
Maker / Publisher: BELLIN, J.N.
Place & Date: Paris, 1767

 


The Coast of New Found Land From Salmon Cove to Cape Bonavista. . . [together with] The Coast of New Found Land from Cape-Raze to Cape St-Francis.

Two charts showing the coast of New Found Land from Salmon Cove to Cape Bonavista and from Cape-Raze to Cape St-Francis. With inset chart of Trinity HarborGrierson publis...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: MOUNT & PAGE / BOULTER GRIERSON
Place & Date: Dublin, 1767

 


The Harbour of Casco Bay and Islands Adjacent Bt Capt. Cyprian Southicke.

The earliest printed chart of Casco Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Maine on the southern coast of Maine, New England. First issued in 1720 by Mount and Page, it remained in...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: MOUNT & PAGE / BOULTER GRIERSON
Place & Date: Dublin, 1767

 


s'Lands en Oost-Indische Lynbanen.

A decorative print of the Lynbanen a place were V.O.C. ship riggings and ropes were produced and kept.

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: WAGENAAR, L.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1760-1767

 


t'Oost-Indisch-Huys.

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...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: WAGENAAR, L.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1760-1767

 


s'Lands en Oost-Indische Lynbanen. & t'Oost-Indisch-Huys.

A decorative print of the Lynbanen a place were V.O.C. ship riggings and ropes were produced and kept.

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: WAGENAAR, L.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1760-1767

 


Vermakelykheden van Brabant, en deszelfs onderhoorige Landen... (2 volumes)

Topographical and iconographical work on Brabant illustrated with 1 engr. title-vignette and 190 engraved views, plans & armorial plates by J. Harrewijn, G. Bouttats ...

$1250 / ≈ €1170
Maker / Publisher: CANTILLON, Heer de.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, P.J. Entrop, 1768

 


Plan der Stadt Quebec Haupstadt in Neu Franckreich oder Canada.

Town-plan of Quebec, with an inset view of the town in the lower right corner. In the upper right a recapitulation of the main military actions prior to the surrender of ...

$475 / ≈ €444
Maker / Publisher: RASPISCHEN HANDLUNG
Place & Date: Nurnberg, 1770

 


Asia Concinnata Secundum Observationes Academiae Regalis . . .

A version of De L'Isle's map. T.C. Lotter married M. Seutter's daughter in 1740 and succeeded him in 1756. Lotter used the copperplate of Seutter, he only changed the nam...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: LOTTER, T.C.
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1770

 


Réjouissances du Peuple près de la Pyramide d'Illumination, élévée sur l'Esplanade de la Porte de Mars et Distribution de Vivres, fontaines de Vin , sous les Ordres de Mrs. Du Conseil de la Ville, à Reims le 27 Aoust 1765.

Engraved by Varin after Moreau Jr. The print shows a lightning spectacle held in Reims on 27 August 1765.

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: MOREAU LE JEUNE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1771

 


(upper sheets only) Asia According to the Sieur D'Anville Divided into its Empires, Kingdoms and States Showing the European Settlements in the East Indies and all the New Discoveries made by the Russians, the Dutch and the English . . . 1772

Highly detailed map of Russia, including Turkey, China and Korea. Based on the cartography of the famous French cartographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville. Only th...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: SAYER, R.
Place & Date: London, 1772

 


Carte de L'Isle de Caiene et de ses environs.

Uncommon edition of this accurate map of Cayenne. In lower right engraved "31."From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philosophique et P...

$75 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: HARREVELT,E.van/ CHANGUION,D.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1773

 


Vue de la Rivière d'Endeavour sur la Côte de la Nouvelle Hollande ou le Vaisseau fut mis à la bande. [Tome IV Pl. 1ère.]

The first known landscape drawing of the east coast of Australia. A View of the Endeavour River, on the coast of New Holland, where the ship was laid on shore, in order t...

$280 / ≈ €262
Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1773

 


Carte de la Coste d'Arabie.

Uncommon issue of this very nice map of the Arabian peninsula. Depicted is Saudi Arabia, Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.With French text in title cartouche and an additiona...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: HARREVELT,E.van / CHANGUION, D.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1773

 


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 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: HARREVELT, E. van / CHANGUION, D. J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1773

 


Terrae Yemen Maxima Pars, seu Imperii Imami, Principatus Kaukeban nec non ditionum Haschid u Bekil, Nehhm, Chaulan, Abu Arisch et Aden Tabula ...

South-west Arabia, with the Saudi Arabian city of Jizan south to Aden. With a fine title, cartouche. Based on a map by Carsten Niebuhr. With the name Sinus Arabicus Mare ...

$700 / ≈ €655
Maker / Publisher: LOTTER, T. C.
Place & Date: Augsbourg, 1774

 


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

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 British A...

$1250 / ≈ €1170
Maker / Publisher: D'APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE / DALRYMPLE, A.
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. . ....

$3000 / ≈ €2807
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 / ≈ €3743
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...

$4500 / ≈ €4211
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 / ≈ €328
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...

$600 / ≈ €561
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 / ≈ €515
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 / ≈ €1871
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 / ≈ €2573
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...

$450 / ≈ €421
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...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: BOWEN, Th.
Place & Date: London, J.Cooke, 1777-1778
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2023

 


La Nuova Zelanda tracorsa nel 1769 e 1770 dal Cook commandante dell' Endeavour Vascello di S.M.Britannica.

Antonio Zatta’s map of New Zealand is not only one of the first to show the results of Cook’s voyages, but is also one of the most attractive of the islands. Consider...

$1100 / ≈ €1029
Maker / Publisher: ZATTA, A.
Place & Date: Venise, 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 / ≈ €187
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...

$300 / ≈ €281
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 / ≈ €234
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 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: FOUQUET jr., P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1780