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Volna.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town-view of Volna. We have more Anna Beek prints available.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarg...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Lusus Lucrum Temporis Iactura.
Copper-plate engraving showing a group of fashionably dressed men and women playing cards. "Paulus Decker inv. et del.; Ioh. Christoph Steudner sculp.; Mart. Engelbr...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1700
Nocturnal in boxwood and brass.
Nocturlabe in boxwood and brass, the wheels maintained by a central nut presenting an annual calendar divided into months and days, an hour disc and a mobile alidade, the...
Place & Date: England, Thomas Cooper, dated 1701
L'Amerique Septentrionale.
Very rare map, from "Metaphaste Barbao, Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis et America Nova" published by Henrico Verdussen.The map is a copy of Guillaume de L'Isle'...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1702
La Place de Saint Marc a Venise.
A very attractive Town plan of the place St Marc in Venice.Joan Blaeu published during his life three town books of Italy: Citta del Vaticano, Rome, and Napoli. By the ye...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1705
Le vieux Mexique ou nouvelle Espagne. . .
Attractive map covering the Gulf of Mexico through Central America also including parts of Cuba and Jamaica. It extends through Mexico to show the southern tip of Baja Ca...
Place & Date: Paris, 1705
Les Vrays Indes dits Grands Indes ou Indes Orientales Par N. de Fer. Geographe de Sa Majeste Catoliques et de Monseigneur le Dauphin.
Detailed map on India, Thailand, the Malay Peninsular and the south coast of China up to Macao. The map was engraved by C. Inselin.
Place & Date: Paris, 1705
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 ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1705
Valletta ou Valete ville Forte, de l'Isle de Malta.
A beautifully engraved and richly detailed birds-eye plan of the harbour and city of Valletta seen from the northwest. In lower part extensive key, identifying 57 feautur...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1705
Horizon ring for globe.
Printed horizon ring for a 28cm diameter German globe. The ring is divided in quarters and engraved two by two on one copper plate. The size of the paper is 44 x 33cm. Th...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1704/1705
Carte particuliere d'une grande partie des estats situez sur le haut rhein et sur les rivieres qui si déchargent comme sont L'Alsace, la Souabe et la Lorraine,&c. . .
Detailed map of Alsace, Lorraine and Souabe, centered on the River Rhine.
Place & Date: Paris, 1705
Het Friessche Doolhoff, het beruchte dorp Molk-Worren
Uncommon map made in 1718 by Johannes Hilarides, principal at the Latin School in Bolsward.. Probably the only printed plan of a Frisian village of that time. The map was...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1705
LA RUSSIE ROUGE ou POLONOISE qui Comprend les PROVINCES DE LA RUSSIE ROUGE de VOLHYNIE et de PODOLIE divisées en leurs Palatinats Vulgairement Connües sous le Nom D'VKRAINE ou PAYS DES COSAQUES.
A very rare Sanson map of Ukraine and so-called Russie Rouge, stretching from Lublin in the west to Kherson Oblast in the east (here called "Confin de La Petite Tart...
Place & Date: Paris, 1706
Carro, che uà à vela Su le Piagge di Schevelingue.
Italian version of Prince Maurits' sailing carriage designed by Simon Stevin. The big sailing-carriage could seat 28 persons and could reach a speed of seven miles per ho...
Place & Date: Venice, 1707
Plan De l'Action.. Auprès de Wynendale le 28 Sept. 1708.
A rare broadside sheet represents a conventional battle plan near the town of Torhout with the Castle Wynendale. The plan depicts the situation of 28 September 1708. Incl...
Place & Date: Bruxelles, c.1708
.Paskaart van de Mont van de Witte Zee,. Beginnende van Tiepena tot Pelitza, als mede van C. Cindenoes tot Catsnoes.
Fine sea chart of the southern part of the Barents Sea, oriented to the West. With five inset maps: - Swetenoes, de Kust van Laplandt, Lombascho, 'T Vaste Landt van Lapla...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1710
Landgraviatus Alsatiae tam superioris..
Alsace, in the far north-eastern corner of France, stands out from other French wine regions thanks to its strong Franco-Germanic influences. Alsace is the only French wi...
Place & Date: Nurenberg, 1710
![Le Royaume de Siam avec Les Royaumes Qui Luy sont Tributaries & c. / La Royaume de Siam avec les royaumes qui luy sont Tributaires, et les Isles de Sumatra, Andemaon, etc. . . [two sheet map]](/uploads/cache/40698-250x250.jpg)
Le Royaume de Siam avec Les Royaumes Qui Luy sont Tributaries & c. / La Royaume de Siam avec les royaumes qui luy sont Tributaires, et les Isles de Sumatra, Andemaon, etc. . . [two sheet map]
Influential map of Southeast Asia and the East Indies including modern day Thailand, southern Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra and Java. Ottens inc...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1710
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 ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1710
Nieuwe en Nette Afteekening van het Eyland Corsica en het Eyland Elba vertoonende alle desselfs Havenen, Steeden en Rivieren . . .
Highly decorative large sea chart of Corsica, Sardinia and Elba, including multiple sailing ships, compass roses, cartouche, coat of arms, rhumb lines, topographical deta...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1710
Nansenbushu bankoku shoka no zu.
This wall-map is a great example of Japanese world maps representing Buddhist cosmology with real-world cartography. It is the earliest one and - therefore - the prototyp...
Place & Date: Kyoto, (Hoei 7 = Year of the Tiger) 1710
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1710
![[A magnificent 18 inch. (46 cm.) diameter celestial globe] URANOGRAPHIA / SYDERUM ET STELLARUM / in Singulis Syderibus conspicuarum / exhibens Delineationem accuratissimam, / qua / ex Observationibus Astronomi plane Singularis / IOHANIS HEVELII...](/uploads/cache/48959-250x250.jpg)
[A magnificent 18 inch. (46 cm.) diameter celestial globe] URANOGRAPHIA / SYDERUM ET STELLARUM / in Singulis Syderibus conspicuarum / exhibens Delineationem accuratissimam, / qua / ex Observationibus Astronomi plane Singularis / IOHANIS HEVELII...
RARE FIRST STATE OF THIS CELESTIAL TABLE GLOBE, 46 cm in diameter, produced by Gerard and Leonard Valk at the beginning of the 18th century. The globe comprises of t...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1711
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1669-1712
Le détroit de Malacca . . .
Map of Malacca. The map details the Strait of Malacca from P. Peru and Tanjong Goeree to Lingen and Pulu Panjang. Malacca and Ihor (Johore), along with numerous other coa...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1712
![[Title page] Le Nouveau Theatre du Monde.](/uploads/cache/47951-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Le Nouveau Theatre du Monde.
The fine engraved frontispiece by F. Bleiswyk entitled "Le Nouveau Theatre du Monde" for Pieter van der AA. Shows Atlas carrying the world on his shoulders acco...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1713
A new and correct map of the world.
The early eighteenth century was one of the most important periods for English cartography. One of the period's most intriguing world maps is this large-scale map, which ...
Place & Date: London 1714
![Recueil de costumes. Imagini degl'abiti con cui Va uestita la Nobiltà della Serenis.ma Republica di Venezia. Suivi de: [Augsburger Kleidertrachten].](/uploads/cache/48425-250x250.jpg)
Recueil de costumes. Imagini degl'abiti con cui Va uestita la Nobiltà della Serenis.ma Republica di Venezia. Suivi de: [Augsburger Kleidertrachten].
Imagini degl'abiti con cui Va uestita la Nobiltà della Serenis.ma Republica di Venezia. Dedicate all'Illmo et Ecc.mo Sig.r Andrea da Leze Degnis.mo Proc.tor di S: Marco....
Place & Date: Venezia, Ragheno, 1702 / Augsbourg, J. Wolff, ca. 1715
Plan de Palma ville capitalle de l'Isle de Majorque.
Bird's eye-view of Palma de Majorca. Wind rose in the lower left corner. Nicolas de Fer [1646-1720] was one of the most prolific and influential French geographers and ca...
Place & Date: Paris, 1715
![[Title page] La Sphere Royale.](/uploads/cache/48022-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] La Sphere Royale.
Title page from Nicolas de Fers "La Sphere Royale", published in 1717. Showing a sphere, surrounded by Neptune, Europe, the elements and scholars.
Place & Date: Paris, 1717
Paldobundo Province.
Woodblock printed map of Jeolla Province which was one of the historical Eight Provinces of Korea during the Kingdom of The map is drawn in "Paldo Bundo," styl...
Place & Date: 1710-1718
Kollumer land En het Nieuw Kruys land de vijfde gritenije van Oostergoo . . .
Very detailed map of "Kollumer land En het Nieuw Kruys land de vijfde gritenije van Oostergoo" in Friesland prepared by Bernardus Schotanus Steringa. Centered o...
Place & Date: Leeuwarden, F. Halma, 1718
Over deese grietenije.. Eerste van Wester Goo..
Very decorative map centered on Menaam, Marsum and Boxum from the Uitbeelding der Heerlijkheit Friesland prepared by Schotanus. With ornamental title cartouche lower righ...
Place & Date: Leeuwarden, F.Halma, 1718
Donger deel.. derde grietenije van Ooster Goo. . .
This is a very decorative map of the area north of Dokkum from the Uitbeelding der Heerlijkheit Friesland prepared by Schotanus. With decorative title cartouche lower rig...
Place & Date: Leeuwarden, F.Halma, 1718
Henna ardera deel. De vijfde Grietenije van de Wester goo. . .
Very detailed map of "Henna ardera deel. De vijfde Grietenije van de Wester goo" in Friesland prepared by Bernardus Schotanus Steringa. With decorative title ca...
Place & Date: Leeuwarden, 1718
Dongerdeel.. De vierde grietenij van Ooster Goo.
Very decorative map centered on Dokkum, Metzerwier, and Pasens from the Uitbeelding der Heerlijkheit Friesland prepared by Schotanus. With decorative title cartouche lowe...
Place & Date: Leeuwarden, F.Halma, 1718
Division du Globe Terrestre par zones.. - Correspondance du Globe Terrestre avec la situation des habitants du monde.
A charming representation of various planetary models and systems according to the latest mathematical and scientific schemes of the day.From Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
Carte du Golfe de Bengale, Mer de Indes, et Riviere du Gange, Avec les Pais et Iles d'alentour, Savoir les Cotes de Malabar, Cormandel, Ile de Ceylon, Les Maldives . . .
Detailed map of the Southern part of India with Ceylon. Good detail along the coasts of Malabar, Coromandel, the Maldives islands and the Kingdoms of Visipour, Golconda, ...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
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...
Place & Date: Leiden, c. 1719
Saba, ville en Perse.
Decorative view of Sabā / Dakān Sorkh) which is a village in Vahdatiyeh Rural District in present-day Iran.In the foreground are camels and horses. This well-executed e...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et historique, ou Le Divertissement des Empereurs, Roys, et Princes. Tant dans la Guerre que dans la Paix. Dédié A Son A.R. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans Regent du Roîaume de France.
Charming world atlas with double hemisphere world and the North American map feature the Island of California. In Asia and the Pacific, Australia is incompletely mapped a...
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
Carte du Golfe de Bengale, mer des Indes et rivieres du Gange . . .
Detailed scare map of the Southern part of India with Ceylon. Good detail along the coasts of Malabar, Coromandel, the Maldives islands and the Kingdoms of Visipour, Golc...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Riga.
Decorative view of Riga. This well executed engraving was published in 1729 and 1727 by Pieter van der AA, in Leiden in "Les Voyages tres-curieux et tres-renommez fa...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
A new map of the English Empire in America. . .
This fine English map of eastern North America including Canada engraved by John Harris and first published by Robert Morden. John Senex acquired and made minor alteratio...
Place & Date: London, 1720
Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid.
AN EARLY ISSUE of this biting and vulgar satire on the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles and an extraordinary visual record with 78 plates of the first banking crash, sho...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Nouvelle Carte des dix-sept Provinces des Pays-Bas.
Map of the 17 provinces of the Netherlands. In an inset upper left corner 17 coats of arms of each province and vignettes. The Channel is filled with Naval battles fought...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Nostre Dame de Lorette.
A very RARE panoramic of Lorette and the church, including a numbered legend in both lower corners.The plate is numbered in black pencil in upper right corner.Published ...
Place & Date: Paris c.1720
Imperii Sinarum nova descriptio.
Schenk and Valk's rare early 18th century issue of Janssonius milestone map of China, Korea and Japan after Martino Martini. Engraved by Johannes van Loon. The overall ba...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Beschrijving Gezicht van den Ykant af bezyden den Schreiers hoex Toren langs de Keulsche en Geldersche Kaei naer de Nieuwe Markt
This large engraving (560x920mm.) comes from a are series of 25 beautiful large views of Amsterdam and gives a colorful picture of the life and business of the city at th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
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
Carte des pavillons accompagnée d'observations pour en faire comprendre le blazon et les différentes devises aussy bien que d'une table alphabétique pour les trouver facilement.?
Map of 88 marine flags, including Malta, Turkey, Middelburg, Amsterdam, Portugal, Monaco, Tuscany, China, Nanking, the French Royal flag, French admiralty flag and mercha...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Uitlegginge der tytelplaat voor Arlequyn actionist.
Decorative print. Harlequin stockholder. The engraving (230x180mm.) depicts a kneeling conjuror with cups, balls and cards, Harlequin and Scaramouche drawing back curtain...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
De kornet van vuil gewin of wortel en besse postiljon op zyn mager, doch niewlyks gemest varken uitschreewende de kompany is vol.
Page taken from "Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Ne...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte nouvelle de Moscovie represente la partie Septentrionale dressée par G.De L'Isle. . .
Uncommon map covering the area north of Moscow, including Lapland. Prepared by G. de L'Isle.Joachim Ottens (1663 - 1719) and his sons Renier and Joshua were prominent Dut...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gespleegt in den Jaare MDCCXX...
AN EARLY ISSUE of this biting and vulgar satire on the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles and an extraordinary visual record with 78 plates of the first banking crash, sho...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Stoel des Oorlogs in America Waar in Vertoont Werden Alle Desself Voornaamste Eylande . . .
Large impressive map of the West Indies with the Gulf of Mexico and Florida. The map shows prominently in the center Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas and Florida, which is here m...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1720
Japonia Regnum.
It is the first map to correctly show Korea as a peninsula. The rare Covens and Mortier issue of this important map of Japan and Korea, originally published by Blaeu. Thi...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1655 - 1720
Carte de l'Ile de Java.
An inset plan of Batavia and clearly indicated rice fields, mountains, forests, towns in profile and even elephants suggest the wealth of detail found on this map. Modele...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
![Spiegel der Reden Voor de Wanhopende Actionisten. [Mirror for the reason of the despairing stockbrokers. ]](/uploads/cache/28094-250x250.jpg)
Spiegel der Reden Voor de Wanhopende Actionisten. [Mirror for the reason of the despairing stockbrokers. ]
Text page with copper engraving (150 x 100mm.) taken from Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnego...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte de la Nouvelle France, ou se voit le cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi..
Derived from de Fer's 1718 map, from west of the Mississippi it contains a mass of inland detail with notes and vignettes of the indigenous peoples and fauna of North Ame...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Vue et Description de Quelques-Uns des Principaux Forts des Hollandois dans les Indes .
Interesting sheet with seven detailed views illustrating the most important Dutch V.O.C. trading outposts and fortified colonial possessions in the East Indies, including...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Amsterdam Capitale de la Hollande.
A panoramic of Amsterdam seen from 't IJ. Set within a decorative border, printed from a separate plate. Rare.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1720
Arabiae Felicis, petrae et desertae.
A very striking map with a finely decorated title cartouche, published by Valk & Schenk, utilizing Jansson's original plate. Interestingly, this map uses the names th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
![Waare afbeelding van den vermaarden Heer Quinquenpoix. [True portrait of the renowed Mr. Quinquenpoix]](/uploads/cache/27965-250x250.jpg)
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
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
Vue et description des principales villes de l'Armenie et de la Georgie avec les habillements des femmes du pays, et ceux des prêtres et religieux armeniens. . .Tom: V N° 11 Pag: 28
View and description of the principal Armenian and Georgian cities with illustrations of Armenian women's garments as well as priests' and monks' clothing. The views are ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1720
Norimberga.
A spectacular panoramic town-view of Nuremberg, with legends numbered from 1-39 in German. With the title in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690...
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1720
Riga metropolis Livoniae.
A spectacular panoramic view of Riga, with legends numbered from a-z and 1-16 in German. With the title in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690-1...
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1720
Bronwater of geneesmiddel voor de zieke actionisten.
Springwater or potion for the sick shareholder, taken from Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windneg...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Harlekin en Bombario en den rouw.
Harlequin and Bombario in mourning, taken from Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnegotie, in Vra...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Genehoa Jaloffi et Sierraliones regna.
Decorative and detailed map of the West African Coast, from Senegal to Sierra Leone. In the center the river Gambia to the mouth in the Atlantic. Upper left a dedication ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1670 / 1720
Carte historique de la France, et l'Angleterre depuis la naissance de Jésus-Christ jusqu'à l'an 1700, qui contient en abrégé les événements ...
A rare wall map showing a chronological tree of French and English historical events from the year of the birth of Christ until 1700. The map is prepared by Jérôme Andr...
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1721
Waere Affbeeldinge Wegens het Casteel ende Stadt BATAVIA Gelegen opt Groot Eylant Java.
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1721
A New Map of Asia from the latest Observations Most Humbly Inscrib'd to the Right Honbl. George Earl of Warrington &c.
Fine map of Asia, with decorative title cartouche flanked by two figures in Asian dress, along with flora and fauna of the continent., based on the work of Guillaume De L...
Place & Date: London, 1721
Very rare share in the Ostend Company. (299)
Upper left hand corner share number "299" in manuscript. In top emblem of the Company in copper engraving. Text: " De Directeurs van de generale Keijserlij...
Place & Date: Antwerp / Ostend, 1723
Very rare share in the Ostend Company. (4527)
Upper left hand corner share number 4527 in manuscript. In top emblem of the Ostend Company in copper engraving. Text: De Directeurs van de generale Keijserlijche- Indisc...
Place & Date: Antwerp / Ostend 1723
Plan de la ville de Malthe ses Forts, ses Nouvelles Fortiffications. . .
Detailed plan of Valletta. In upper right corner a key (A-Z & 1-32) to the principal places in town. Prepared by N.de Fer and re-issued by Danet.
Place & Date: Paris, 1723