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Een ander gesicht van de Oost Indische Werf: uyt het Ye.

Decorative engraving giving good detail of the entrance of the IJ with in the background the ship building wharf of the V.O.C. and its ware house, presently the Maritime ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: SCHENK, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1670

 


Brasila.

Map of Brazil extending from C. Nasou and Parime Lago to the Mouth of the Rio de la Plata. Oriented with West on top.The cartography of the region is quite primitive. The...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: MONTANUS, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673

 


Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan.

Detailed map of Panama and northwestern South America derived from the Blaeu/Jansson map of the regionFeaturing ships at sea, two compass roses, and two cartouches depict...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: MONTANUS, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673

 


Venezuela cum parte Australi Novae Andalusiae.

Most decorative map with two large cartouches and compass-rose, large group of islands at the mouth of the Orinoco, other islands off Venezuela coast: Margarita, Aruba, C...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: MONTANUS, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673

 


Yucatan . . . Et Guatimala Conventus Iuridicus.

Very attractive map encompassing the Mexican heartland, the Yucatan peninsula, and the old Spanish Audiencia of Guatemala including Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and pa...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: MONTANUS, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673

 


Guiana sive Amazonum Regio.

Map of Guiana and Amazon extending westwards to Trinidad and Margarita Island, dominated by a huge inland sea north of the Amazon.Embellished with decorative title and sc...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: MONTANUS, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673

 


.Paskaarte om Achter Yrlandt om te Zeylen van Hitlant tot. . .

An eye-catching chart of Ireland, including the north of England and Scotland, with the West to the top.Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was one of the most important cartogra...

$1900 / ≈ €1778
Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673

 


Nazareth.

Decorative view of Nazareth, below a decorative cartouche with numbered key and surrounded by 2 cherubins. Taken from a very rare travel book by Anthonius Gonsales, "...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


Rama. [Ramah]

Town plan of Ramah, about 5 miles (8 km) from Jerusalem and near to Gibeah. Below a decorative cartouche with numbered key and surrounded by 2 cherubins.Taken from a very...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


Turckschemoniken die onder den goddelycken. . .

Decorative picture of three dervishes dancers. Their whirling dance, also known as the sema, is a serious religious ritual performed by Muslim priests in a prayer trance ...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


Via Bethleem. [The route from Jerusalem to Bethlehem ]

The route from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. Below a lettered key. Taken from a very rare travel book by Anthonius Gonsales, "Hierusalemsche Reyse". The book describe...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


Recueil de divers voyages faits en Afrique et en l'Amerique, qui n'ont point esté encore publiez.

First edition of this collection of significant and interesting voyages, edited by a scholar and book collector who served in the employ of Louis XIV before being appoint...

$5000 / ≈ €4679
Maker / Publisher: JUSTEL, H.
Place & Date: Paris, Louis Billaine, 1674

 


Tractus Littorales Guineae a Promontorio Verde usque ad sinum Catenbelae.

Chart of the West coast of Africa from Mauritania up to Angola. In top centre a very decorative title cartouche.

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1675

 


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 / ≈ €515
Maker / Publisher: DU VAL, P.
Place & Date: Paris, 1676

 


EUROP, and the cheife Cities contayned therin described. . .

A good impression from an early edition of this famous and decorative "carte à figures"- map from the first world atlas produced by an Englishman - John Speed'...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: SPEED, J. / BASSET, T. / CHISWELL, R.
Place & Date: London, 1627 - 1676

 


Carte de L'Empire d'Alemagne par P. Duval. . .

Uncommon map of Germany and the eastern part of Poland. In upper right corner a dedicational cartouche with coat of arms and dedication to Saint-Laurens.

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: DU VAL, P.
Place & Date: Paris, 1676

 


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...

$4200 / ≈ €3930
Maker / Publisher: AVELINE, P.
Place & Date: Paris, after 1676

 


Carte de la Hongarie a l'Autriche. .

A detailed and scarce map showing Hungary and Austria engraved by de François Lapointe (Lépine). Dated 1664.With a dedication to Ferdinand-Ernest Comte d'Abensperg-Trau...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: P. DU VAL
Place & Date: Paris, 1676

 


Les Isles Terceres. . .

Uncommon map of the Azores. Engraved by Sommer. Du Val is mentioned as the cartographer and the publisher was Pierre Mariette.

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: DU VAL, P.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1650 - 1676

 


Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio.

Second state of Visscher's map of the Americas, this decorative map greatly influenced the cartography of the Americas both geographically and artistically.Although it di...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1677

 


Reiß in das Gelobte Land ... Mit nach dreyen andern Reißbeschreibungen vermehret, und schönen Kupfern gezieret.

Very rare first illustrated edition of collected travel accounts by citizens of Zürich, containing : Hans Jacob Amman, "Narrative of a trip to Palestine". The ...

$6000 / ≈ €5614
Maker / Publisher: AMMANN, Hans Jacob
Place & Date: Zürich, M. Schauffelberger Erbin, 1678

 


Candie.

A panoramic view, showing the Turkish siege of Candia, with a numbered key (1-33) at the bottom locating 33 points of interest. of Crete coast and the Turkish vessels (33...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1678

 


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 / ≈ €4679
Maker / Publisher: TAVENIER, J.B.
Place & Date: Paris 1679

 


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

This uncommon map of Japan, a reduced version of his larger map, contains comments about the nature of the country. For instance, Ocsaqui (Okazaki, near Nagoya) is said t...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: TAVERNIER, J.B.
Place & Date: Paris / Amsterdam, 1679

 


(Totius Americae nova et exacta tabula ex) optimis tum geographorum tum aliorum scriptis collecta et ad hodiernam regnorum principatuum et maiorum partium distinctionem accomodata.

Eastern part of a two-sheet map of America, with attribution to Willem Blaeu. According to Philip Burden, the map was derived from Cornelius Danckert's 1647 map of the sa...

$5000 / ≈ €4679
Maker / Publisher: ROSSI, G. / BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Rome, 1679

 


Ducatus Lutzenburgi Novissima et Accuratissima Delineatio.

West to the top. Very detailed and fine map of Luxembourg, including the towns of Namur, Liege, Trier and Metz.

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Foederatae Belgicae Tabulae.

Fine, detailed map of the area of the modern Netherlands less the southern part of Limburg, of which the small area around the town of Maastricht is shown in the inset bo...

$1250 / ≈ €1170
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


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 / ≈ €5146
Maker / Publisher: MONTANUS, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Pas-kaart vande Zee kusten van Venecuela met de Byleggende Eylanden. . .

Rare chart of the coast of Venezuela, including the islands of Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, etc.The chart has two insets, one (15x22cm) with a map of Curaçao, one smaller w...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


[Title page] Atlas Tot Amsterdam Bij Iustus Danckers in de Calverstraet inde Damcbaerhrijt.

Decorative title page with the figure of Atlas, standing on a globe of the Old World. The left and bottom right corners have animals and people from different parts of th...

$550 / ≈ €515
Maker / Publisher: DANCKERTS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1680
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2024

 


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...

$5000 / ≈ €4679
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


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...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: MEULEN, Adam Frans Van der.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1680

 


Ignographia candiae tertia a turcis obsessae in lucem edita a F. de Wit.

A scarce broadsheet plan and view of Heraklion on one sheet: prospect 180 x 495mm, map 395 x 495mm., in the lower part a printed description "Abbildung der starken S...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Walachia Servia, Bulgaria, Romania.

The cartographer of this map was Gerard Mercator. This attractive map of the Eastern Balkans is centered on Bulgaria and includes the Bosphorus and Constantinople. The Da...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS VAN WAESBERGH, J.
Place & Date: Oxford, 1680

 


Nova et Accurata totius EUROPAE Descriptio Authore Frederico de Wit Amstelodami.

General map of Europe richly ornamented with small compass rose and Europa shown riding Zeus in the form of a bull, and several putti holding the title banner aloft.

$800 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: Frederik de Wit
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula.

A beautifully decorative world map taken from the 'English Atlas' by Moses Pitt and Steven Swart, based on an earlier engraved world map by Pieter van den Keere ca. 1630,...

$6000 / ≈ €5614
Maker / Publisher: PITT, M. / SWART, S. / JANSSONIUS VAN WAESBERGHE,
Place & Date: Oxford, 1680

 


Tabula Ducatus Brabantiae.

Detailed map orientated west to the top.

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


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...

$3250 / ≈ €3041
Maker / Publisher: LETI, G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1681

 


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 / ≈ €7018
Maker / Publisher: TAVERNIER, J.B.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1681

 


Amstelodami Veteris et Novissimi Delineatio per Joannem de Ram

Johannes de Ram’s very rare and beautiful map of Amsterdam, which is made after a map of Frederik de Wit. The river Amstel is still an open water flowing through the h...

$4000 / ≈ €3743
Maker / Publisher: DE RAM, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1682

 


Asia.

Detailed map the Asian continent. The map is of interest for the use of Sea of Corea, the sea between Korea and Japan.

$225 / ≈ €211
Maker / Publisher: BELL, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1682
Selling price: $225
Sold in 2023

 


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 / ≈ €1310
Maker / Publisher: STOOPENDAAL, B.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1682

 


Jerusalem.

Engraved by Bastiaan Stoopendaal from Juan Bautista Villapando's imaginary town-plan of Jerusalem. This bird's-eye view is surrounded by 12 scenes, views and portraits of...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: STOOPENDAAL, B.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1682

 


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 / ≈ €4211
Maker / Publisher: ROSSI, G.
Place & Date: Rome, 1682

 


Floride.

A charming map of Florida, also showing Cuba, Golf of Mexico & St Augustine.Title in curtain draped at top. French text on verso.From the original 1683 text edition o...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: MANESSON MALLET, A.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


Indiae extra Gangem Pars Septentrionalis. Indiae extra Gangem Pars Meridionalis.

The map on the left depicts the northern portion of the India Ganges region, representing Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. The right one depicts th...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SANSON, N.
Place & Date: Utrecht / Amsterdam, J.Halma, 1683

 


(Ships on full sea)

A fine engraving of different sailing vessels at full sea.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 1683. By Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706)...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


DU GLOBE TERRESTRE - Figure XC. 253

Finely engraved plate of various types of sailing ships.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 1683. By Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706), ...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: MALLET,A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


GALERE

Miniature view of a galley. From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 1683. By Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706), a well travelled military en...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


(Des Galeres - Shipping scene)

Miniature view of a vessel, showing the various types of sails. With key list in upper left corner.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 16...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


(Shipping)

Finely etched depiction of a vessel, with a lettered key. With explanatory text on verso.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 1683. By All...

$125 / ≈ €117
Maker / Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


Novi Belgii novae que Angliae nec non partis Virginiae..

The third state with Fort Kassimier and Philadelphia and nearby placenames added. To the south the Dutch colony of Nieu Amstel. New nomenclature and a key appear around t...

$5750 / ≈ €5380
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1684

 


Le Cours de l'Elbe et de l'Oder où sont les Electorats de Saxe et de Brandebourg, les Duchés de Mekelbourg et de Pomeranie. . .

A detailed and scarce map showing the rivers Elbe and Oder in Germany and Poland. Dark engraving.This is one sheet of the four sheet wall map by Pierre Du Val entitled: &...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: DU VAL, P.
Place & Date: Paris, 1684

 


Sigeth.

Panoramic view of Sigeth. Published in "Der Donau-Strand Mit allen seinen Ein- und Zuflüssen. . .". Published by Jacob Sandrart.

$90 / ≈ €84
Maker / Publisher: VON BIRKEN, S.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, Jacob Sandrart, 1684

 


Canischa. (Nagykanizsa / Kanizsa)

Panoramic view of Nagykanizsa / Kanizsa. Published in "Der Donau-Strand Mit allen seinen Ein- und Zuflüssen. . .". Published by Jacob Sandrart.

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: VON BIRKEN, S.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, Jacob Sandrart, 1684

 


Amerique Septentrionale divisée en ses principales parties. . .1685. [California as an Island]

Engraved by Cordier. Spectacular example of Jaillot's map of North America, showing California as an Island, based upon Sanson's landmark map of 1656. This map shows the ...

$4000 / ≈ €3743
Maker / Publisher: JAILLOT, A.H.
Place & Date: Paris, 1685

 


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,...

$1750 / ≈ €1638
Maker / Publisher: V.O.C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1685

 


A unique composite atlas with updated Porro maps.

Unique composite atlas containing in total 84 maps - 82 maps engraved by Girolamo Porro and heavenly reworked around 1686 and 2 newly engraved maps; Piccola Tartaria (Cr...

$35000 / ≈ €32750
Maker / Publisher: PORRO, G./ MAGINI
Place & Date: Venice, 1686

 


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 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: JOLLAIN, F.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1686

 


Les Provinces des Pays Bas.

RARE. From his first edition of his only folio atlas, the map is relied upon the map of his uncle, Nicolas Sanson. Engraved by I.Somer.A nice map of Netherlands.

$850 / ≈ €795
Maker / Publisher: DU VAL, P.
Place & Date: Paris 1687

 


Archipelague du Mexique ou sont les Isles de Cuba..

Scarce map of Caribbean. A visually stunning map with a large title cartouche. This large one-sheet map was produced by the Venetian cosmographer Vincenzo Coronelli when ...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: NOLIN, J.B. / CORONELLI, P.
Place & Date: Paris, 1688

 


Carte du Palatinat du Rhin.

Decorative "carte à figures"- map centered on Koblenz, Metz, Strasburg, Manheim and Heidelberg, with the river Rhine by François Jollain (ca. 1641 – 18 Apri...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: JOLLAIN, F.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1688

 


Penisola Dell India di la dal Gange Diusa ne i Regni, che in essasi contengono et accresciuta di varie notizie. Da Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola e conforme le Relationi di alcuni Padri della Compa di Giesu di Monsu Tavernier . . . 1683

Giacomo Rossi's fine late 17th century map of Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and part of Sumatra.. Engraved by Franciscus Donia. Issued in Il Mercurio geografico In lower r...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: DE ROSSI, G.
Place & Date: Rome, 1683-1688

 


Penisola dell India di là dal Gange et Isole intorno ad essa adiacenti..

Giacomo Rossi's fine late 17th century map of India with Ceylon and Maldives. Issued in Il Mercurio geografico In lower right hand corner a large title cartouche with ded...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: DE ROSSI, G.
Place & Date: Rome, 1683-1688

 


[Title page] Le Nouveau & Grand Illuminant Flambeau de la Mer. La troisième partie. …Par Nicolas Jans Vooght.

Allegoric frontispiece of the third edition of the "Zee-Fakkel" with French text. The "4" from the date 16"89" is in manuscript.

$1250 / ≈ €1170
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1689

 


Il regno della Bossima diviso nelle sue provincie principali. . .

Rossi's map of Bosnia, based upon Sanson's map, but with revised Italian nomenclature. From a second edition of his 'Mercurio Geografico...'. The engraver was Cl. Botzot....

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: DE ROSSI, G.
Place & Date: Rome, 1689

 


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

 


Iunan, Queichev, e Quangsi Provincie della Cina. . .

A beautiful map depicting the area of Beijing with decorative title cartouche and scale cartouche. Information about the area at the top of the map.The remarkable Vincenz...

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

 


Isola d'Oleron, nella piaggie occidentali della Francia.

A beautiful and rare map showing île d'Oleron.The remarkable Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718), encyclopaedist, geographer, inventor and Doctor of Theology, was citizen of ...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V. M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1690

 


Mocha, in Arabien. (View of Mocha, Yemen.)

Magnificent bird's eye-town-view of Mocha in Yemen.. Etched by Gaspar Bouttats (1640-1695).The Antwerp based publisher Jacques Peeters published ca. 1690 a series of prin...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: PEETERS, J. / BOUTTATS, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1690

 


Les vallées du Piemont. Habitees par les Vaudois ou Berbets. . .

Detailed map of Piedmont region covering French and Italian territories. Surrounded by a French text description "Description des vallées du Piemont qu'habitent par...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: NOLIN, J-B.
Place & Date: Paris, 1690

 


Isola di Madagascar o di S. Lorenzo Scoperta dà Portoghesi nell anno 1506. . .

Decorative and highly detailed map of Madagascar, including 2 decorative cartouches and other embellishments.The remarkable Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718), was a Francisc...

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

 


L'Africa divisa nelle sue Parti secondo le pui moderne . . .

A beautiful and rare two-sheet map of Africa. The title cartouche is depicted on a drape surrounded by native animals.A most noticeable feature of the decoration on the m...

$4500 / ≈ €4211
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V. M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1690

 


Very fine brass astronomical equinoctial ring with two brass circles.

Very fine brass astronomical equinoctial ring with two brass circles with engraved foliage decoration, signed "Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas Delure A Paris", on the han...

$8000 / ≈ €7486
Maker / Publisher: JEAN-BAPTISTE NICOLAS DELURE À PARIS
Place & Date: Paris, undated, ca. 1690

 


[Il mondo a pezzi - Europa].

Satirical representation of the division of the world by the main European powers. At the center of the scene a globe on which is written "MONDO Maledeto Interesse ...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: MITELLI, G.
Place & Date: Bologna, 1690

 


Saique batiment dont les turcs se servent. . .

A very decorative engraving of a Turkish vessel. From Mortier's famous maritime Atlas "Neptune François". Engraved by Jan van Vianen after a design by Henri Sb...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1690

 


Loandas St.Paulo [Luanda]

Engraved by Thomas Doesburgh (active between 1683 and 1714) for Carolus Allard's for his Orbis habitabilis oppida et vestitus the print shows a distance view of the Angol...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: ALLARD, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1685-1690

 


Bocche del Fiume Negro et Isole di Capo Verde.

Double-page engraved map of the Cape Verde Islands and part of the coast of Senegal, with large decorative cartouche. One with inset of the island Goree. During three cen...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1690

 


Quantung, e Fokien, Provincie della China...

A beautifully engraved decorative map of Southern China extending from Hainan in the West to Formosa in the East and centered on the Pearl River Delta with Macao and the ...

$3750 / ≈ €3509
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1691

 


Illustriss et excellentiss D.Paulus Quirini divi Marci procurator.

Fine text page from Isolario Dell'Atlante Vento. with two copper engraved portraits printed within letter press. In top portrait of "Hieronymus Quirinus" (60x55...

$140 / ≈ €131
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1691