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[Page with imaginary towns in Hungary. ] CCLXVIII

Page with imaginary towns in Hungary (230x225mm.) This leaf is from an edition of Hartmann Schedel's Liber chronicarum or Nuremberg Chronicle. The Chronicle was published...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1493

 


Mappe-Monde ou Description du Glôbe Terrestre Assujettie aux Observs Astronoms.

Double hemisphere map with a curious shape for Australia, from Atlas moderne portatif composé de vingt-huit cartes sur toutes les parties du globe terrestre .. A l'usage...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: DE LAPORTE, L'Abbé.
Place & Date: Paris, Prudhomme, Levrault, Debray, 1806

 


Picardie Meridionale Le Cambresis et leurs Environs.

Map showing the region of Picardie in Northern France. Including the towns of Abbeville, Amiens, Compiegne, Soisson, Chambray, etc.

$230 / ≈ €215
Maker / Publisher: CREPY.
Place & Date: Paris, 1737

 


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 / ≈ €7486
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 / ≈ €655
Maker / Publisher: HARRIS, J.
Place & Date: London, 1746

 


Dépt. De L'Aude. N°10. [ Carcassonne ]

Map of the Aude region, centered on the town of Carcassonne. Reaching to the right till the Mediterranean.Lovely map from one of the last decorative atlases of the ninete...

$40 / ≈ €37
Maker / Publisher: LEVASSEUR, V.
Place & Date: Paris, A. Combette, 1852

 


Algérie, Colonie Française. N°87.

Map of Algeria.Lovely map from one of the last decorative atlases of the nineteenth century.The rather simple map is framed by medallion portraits and coats of arms, and ...

$90 / ≈ €84
Maker / Publisher: LEVASSEUR, V.
Place & Date: Paris, A. Combette, 1852

 


Citta, porto, e rada di Brest, e . . . Nella Bretagna . . .

A beautiful and rare map of Bretagne. In top right an inset with the town of Brest.The remarkable Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718), encyclopaedist, geographer, inventor and...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1690

 


Amérique Centrale.

Decorative map of Central America from Géographie Universelle, Atlas Migeon. With an inset map of the Isthmus of Panama lower left corner and a panoramic view of Mexico ...

$70 / ≈ €66
Maker / Publisher: MIGEON, J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1874

 


France Physique.

A thematic map of France divided in the areas related to the rivers Rhine, La Seine, La Loire, La Garonne, du Rhone and the coasts of the Atlantic and Mediterranean. From...

$30 / ≈ €28
Maker / Publisher: MIGEON, J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1874

 


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

 


[City Of New York and Environs].

A very decorative bird's-eye view of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and part of New Jersey. Manhattan Island from the southwest is surrounded by the Hudson, Harlem, East River, and...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: CURRIER & IVES.
Place & Date: New York, 1875

 


New York Ferry Boat. (Bac à vapeur de New York).

A very decorative print showing the New York Ferry Boat "Fulton," published by Currier & Ives. The Ferry boat "Fulton" sails to the right. A singl...

$550 / ≈ €515
Maker / Publisher: CURRIER / IVES.
Place & Date: New York, ca. 1875

 


[ Spitzbergen ]

Two aquatints depicting the northern coasts of the Spitzbergen engraved by Fumagalli. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Niagara Falls ]

Two aquatints depicting the Horse Shoe Fall (also known as Canadian Falls at the top) and the Fort Schloper Fall (bottom) engraved by Biasolé. From Giulio Ferrario's wor...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[Canadian Indian traditional garments ].

Aquatint depicting Canadian Indian traditional garments engraved by Gallina. Plate N°32.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernem...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[Canadian Indians ].

Aquatint depicting a group of Canadian Indians engraved by Gallina. Plate N° 33 n°1.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[View of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon ].

Aquatint depicting a view of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°46.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire d...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ View of an inn and a horse carriage. ].

Aquatint depicting a view of an inn and a horse carriage engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°44.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouver...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ William Penn's treaty with the Indians in 1681 ].

Aquatint depicting William Penn's treaty with the Indians in 1681, after a painting by Benjamin West.William Penn (October 14, 1644 - July 30, 1718) was founder and "...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ A typical Timucua Indians Village ].

Aquatint depicting a typical Timucua Indians Village engraved by Fumagalli, after Jacques LeMoyne. The Timucua of northeast Florida (the Saturiwa and Agua Dulce tribes) a...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[Florida Indian cooking ].

Aquatint depicting Florida Indian cooking engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°54.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la m...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[Slave labor on an indigo plantation ].

Aquatint depicting slave labor on an indigo plantation engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°51.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouverne...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[Slave labor on a Tobacco plantation ].

Aquatint depicting slave labor on an tobacco plantation engraved by Biasioli. Plate N°50.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouverne...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Indian accessories ].

Aquatint depicting Indian accessories engraved by Gallina. Plate N°49.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice,...

$120 / ≈ €112
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Chief Regolo ].

Aquatint depicting Chief Regolo (also called Cacique) accompanied by his women engraved by Gallina. Plate N°57.Cacique from the taíno word for the pre-Columbian tribal ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Chief Regolo ].

Aquatint depicting chief warriors engraved by G. G. Plate N°58.Cacique from the taíno word for the pre-Columbian tribal chiefs or leaders, of the Taino tribes in the Ba...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Cofre de Perote ].

Aquatint depicting the Cofre de Perote engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°59.Cofre de Perote, mean something like 'Mountain of the Lord of Four Places'. This extinct volcano...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Regla columnar basalt quarry ].

Aquatint depicting columnar basalt quarry engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°60.This common extrusive volcanic rock is used for highway construction, railroad ballast, and t...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Jorullo Volcano ].

Aquatint depicting the Jorullo Volcano engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°61.El Jorullo is a cinder cone volcano in Michoacán, central Mexico in an area known as the Michoa...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Portraits of Motezuma II and Cortes ].

Aquatint depicting two portraits of Motezuma II and Cortes engraved by Gallina. Plate N°63.Montezuma II was trained as a priest and rose to become leader of the Aztecs i...

$120 / ≈ €112
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Montezuma II As Represented in an Anonymous Codex in The Vatican ].

Aquatint depicting Motezuma II represented in the Vatican's anonymous codex engraved by DKB. Plate N°64.The Codex Vaticanus, so called because it is the most famous manu...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Mexican weapons ].

Aquatint depicting Mexican weapons engraved by DKB. Plate N°65.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Mexican weapons ].

Aquatint depicting an Oaxaca monument representing a warrior engraved by Bonatti. Plate N°66.Oaxaca is the historic home of the Zapotec and Mixtec peoples, and contains ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Aztec low relief representing ancient warriors ].

Aquatint depicting an Oaxaca monument representing a warrior engraved by Bonatti. Plate N°67.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouv...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Hieroglyph representing the Cihuacohuat Goddess ].

Aquatint depicting a hieroglyph representing the Cihuacohuat Goddess engraved by DKB. Plate N°68.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Azrec Idols ].

Aquatint depicting Aztec idols engraved by Gallina. Plate N°698.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[Human sacrifice.]

Aquatint depicting a human sacrifice engraved by Gallina. Plate N°72.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Gladiators ].

Aquatint depicting gladiators in combat engraved by Gallina. Plate N°73.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milic...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Local Mexican Indian game, the Voladores de Papantla ].

Aquatint depicting local game engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°77.The Aztecs also had spectacular dances such as the Voladores de Papantla ,the Sun Dance, in which the dan...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Acrobatic games ].

Aquatint depicting acrobatic games engraved by Gallina. Plate N°78.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Bread making ].

Aquatint depicting a family making bread engraved by Gallina. Plate N°82.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la mili...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Mexican traditional garments ].

Aquatint depicting Mexican traditional garments engraved by Gallina. Plate N°83.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Hieroglyph Christian calendar written in an Aztec style ].

Aquatint depicting Hieroglyph Christian calendar written in an Aztec style engraved by BonattiB. Plate N°84.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou H...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


[ Mechoacan Indians traditional garments ].

Aquatint depicting Mechoacan Indians traditional garments engraved by Gallina. Plate N°85.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvern...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


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 / ≈ €328
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 / ≈ €328
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 / ≈ €351
Maker / Publisher: GALERIE ROYALE DE COSTUME.
Place & Date: Paris, Chez Aubert & Cie., 1842-1848

 


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

 


ABIETUM phyllulae et pulvini.s. Tab. 137.

From his famous work 'Flora Japonica'. Von Siebold was born in Wurtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: VON SIEBOLD, P.Fr.B.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1852

 


Mappemonde ou globe terestre dressée sur les Nouvelles Observations . . .

Scarce world map with all the major early explorers. Jean Baptiste Louis Clouet (born 1730) was a member of the Academie Royale des Sciences de Rouen and the author of Ge...

$2400 / ≈ €2246
Maker / Publisher: CLOUET, J.B.L.L'Abbe
Place & Date: Paris, Mondhare, 1787

 


Grande Capucine Tropoeolum majus. L.

The true Nasturtium, stipple engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch-born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800

 


Seringat odorant. Philadelphus coronarius. L.

Bouquet of Seringats. A bouquet of flowers. Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fle...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1800

 


Chêne commun.

Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'après nature. . . receuil ...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1800

 


Neflier cultivé. Mespilus germanica. L.

A bouquet of flowers. Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "http://www.swaen.com/Fleu...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1800

 


Reine-Marguerite. Aster chinensis. L.

A bouquet of flowers. Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch-born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'aprè...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1800

 


Carte des Missions Catholiques du Sud Africain.

Map of the Catholic Missions in South Africa. Inset map of L'Ile St. Hélène.Published as supplement of the Les Missions Catholiques. To the lower right an inset key to ...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: LES MISSIONS CATHOLIQUES
Place & Date: Paris, Monrocq, 1902

 


Oost-Frise, ou Le Comté d'Embden . . .

Fine map of East Friesland with a decorative cartouche and small scale of miles.Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1632-1712), was a French cartographer. He joined the Sanson heirs a...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: JAILLOT, H. / MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1692

 


Hamburgum.

Engraved bird's-eye town-plan of Hamburg, two keys below. Frederick de Wit published after 1694 a town book of European and Asian cities (Theatrum Praecipuarum Totius Eur...

$800 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1694

 


Carte de la Coste de La Rochelle a Brouaige et de l'Isle d'Oleron Observee par le S.r de Chattillon ingenieur du Roy.

Map of the island of Oléron, with an inset in lower left corner showing the route of an English fleet to La Rochelle. At the time of mapping the area was a stronghold of...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: TAVERNIER, M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1627

 


The Traveller's Guide. A Map Of The Roads, Canals And Steam Boat Routes Of The United States ... Designed for the use of Travellers, By H.S. Tanner.

Rare first edition of Tanner's travel map in pocket map form, in it original red leather covers, with the map and no text, as issued. Ristow says the first edition was 18...

$2750 / ≈ €2573
Maker / Publisher: TANNER, H.S.
Place & Date: Philadelphia, 1825

 


Xantung, sinarum imperii provincia quatra.

A map of the northern province ‘Xantung’ of China after the Jesuit Martino Martini.Shows the Great Wall and is centered on the Bohai Sea, and the Shandong and Liaonin...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1660

 


Paris.

A spectacular panoramic view of Paris, with legends numbered from 1-70 in French. With the title in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690-1776) who...

$6000 / ≈ €5614
Maker / Publisher: WOLFF, J.
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740

 


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...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1635

 


Nova Maris Caspii et Regions Usbeck..

A detailed map of part of Russia, Central Asia centered on the Caspian, Uzbek territory to the east of the Caspian and northern Persia. A finely engraved, uncolored title...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN HEIRS.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1735

 


ATLAS RUSSICUS mappa una generali et undeviginti specialibus vastissimum Imperium Russicum cum adiacentibus regionibus [repeated in French].

After an unnumbered general map of Russia there are 13 numbered maps that cover European Russia (scale 1, 1.527.000). The other (last) 6 maps cover Asian Russia (Siberia,...

$40000 / ≈ €37429
Maker / Publisher: Akademie von Wissenschaften
Place & Date: St Peterburg, Akademie von Wissenschaften. 1745

 


Imperii Russici et Tartariae Universae tabula novissima.

Decorative and rare map covering Russia, Tibet, China, Tartary, Korea, Taiwan and Japan prepared by J. M. Hasius. The sea between Japan and Korea is mentioned Mare Orient...

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: BROEDELET, J.
Place & Date: Utrecht, 1743

 


De Haven en Straat von Gibraltar, Niewlyks getekend, en in`t licht gebracht door Johannes Covens en Cornelis Mortier tot Amsterdam.

Decorative map showing the siege of Gibraltar during the Spanish war of succession. This highly interesting map is richly ornated with three additional inset maps and vie...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J./ MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1710

 


.Tabula III Asiae. [Caucass and Armenia.]

Ptolemaic map of the region south of the Caucasus Mountains and between the Caspian Sea as far south as the headwaters of the Tigris River in the south and the Black Sea,...

$1800 / ≈ €1684
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C.
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535

 


Le Duché d'Aiguillon Tracé Par le Sr. Du Vall.

Home of the "Cahors” This AOC is the most famous of the sub-regions and home to the popular variety Malbec. These inky wines have been adored for centuries, especi...

$650 / ≈ €608
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1650

 


.Taprobana Ins. Tabula XII Asiae. [Sri Lanka.]

Ptolemy's mythical island of Taprobana originally became associated with Sri Lanka although it was sometimes confused with Sumatra. Taprobana, as it was called on most ea...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C.
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535

 


La mer Mediterranee divisee en ses principales parties ou mers. . .

Very large map centered on the Mediterranean. With a sub title along upper margin "La Mer Mediterranée divisée en Mer de Levant et de Ponant Subdivisées en Leurs ...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: SANSON, N. / JAILLOT, A.H. / MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1705

 


Amerique Septentrionale divisée en ses principales parties. . .1692. [California as an Island]

A very good impression of Jaillot's large map of North America, showing California as an Island, based upon Sanson's landmark map of 1656. A first state.The map shows the...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: SANSON, N. / JAILLOT, A.H. / MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1692

 


Waare afbeelding van den vermaarden Heer Quinquenpoix. [True portrait of the renowed Mr. Quinquenpoix]

Page taken from Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlan...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Europa, ad magnae Europae Gerardi Mercatoris. . .

General map of Europe, as well as Americae Pars, Greenland, Iceland, a Polar landmass, along with the mythical islands of Frisland, Drogeo, and Bradain. A large strapwor...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1628

 


Portugalliae que olim Lusitania..

The best-known map of Portugal, after Alvares Secco (1560), orientated west to the top of the sheet. Secco's map was copied by many mapmakers and publishers for upwards o...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1628

 


Nouvelle carte du Roiaume D'Alger divisée en toutes ses provinces, avec une partie due cotes D'Espagne . . .

Rare and detailed map of the coast of Algeria. Large inset map of the Bay of Alger (El-Jazir). Shows a coastline of Spain around Alicante. Two compass roses in the Medite...

$700 / ≈ €655
Maker / Publisher: OTTENS, R. / J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


[ LANDSKROON ]. Oranda Fune no zu [= Depiction of a Dutch Ship].

A very large and extremely detailed Japanese drawing on rice paper of a Dutch ship at the artificial island Deshima, the VOC's outpost in Nagasaki harbour. In the drawing...

$30000 / ≈ €28072
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Japan, Kansei 4, 2nd month, 9th day, 30 March? 1792

 


Carte des Isles de Maiorque Minorque et Yvice dediée A.M. le Comte de Maurepas Ministre et secretaire d'Etat. . .

Fine map of the Baleares with much detail, in lower part inset "Plan du Port de Mahon du Fort St. Philippe et ses Fortifications". The map is dedicated to Jean ...

$1750 / ≈ €1638
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1740

 


Chungguk-do

Chungguk-do [Map of China] taken from a Korean printed Ch’onha chido [Atlas of all under Heaven] which is a 19th century version of the traditional Korean atlas produce...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Korea, ca. 1820