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Mappe-Monde ou carte Universelle. . .

Uncommon world map in Mercator's projection, which first appeared in De Fer's Atlas Curieux.Showing California as an island. Engraved by C.Inselin.Shows the explorer's ro...

$950 / ≈ €889
Maker / Publisher: FER,N. De
Place & Date: Paris, 1705

 


Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise . . . du Thibet, & de la Coree. . .

Without the separately published atlas. Lacking 2 plates in vol.2 (Obseques at p.149 and Gin seng at p.180), one plate torn without a loss (vol.1, p.230), d4 vol.1 with a...

$12000 / ≈ €11229
Maker / Publisher: DU HALDE, J.-B.
Place & Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1736

 


L'escadre alliée bombarde les forts extérieurs de Sébastopol. (18 octobre 1854)

Beautiful Crimean War lithography by Becquet after a painting by Louis Le Breton. The print illustrates the ships "Fort Constantin", "la ville de Paris&quo...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: LANGLUME./ LE BRETON, L.
Place & Date: Paris, 1860

 


A Map of the Environs of Constantinople Drawn from a great number of accurate astronomical & geographical manuscripts and printed documents, by A. Arrowsmith 1801 and 1804.

Arrowsmith’s large and detailed map of the Ottoman Empire and the Black Sea, with Cyprus, Crete and the Greek Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Albania, Bosnia and Herz...

$4000 / ≈ €3743
Maker / Publisher: ARROWSMITH,A.
Place & Date: London, No.10 Soho Square, 4th September 1804

 


1) Natoliae,.. 2) Aegypti recentior.. 3) Carthaginis..

To the left a map of Turkey. Oriented with west at bottom. Right side of sheet contains a map of northern Egypt showing the Nile River delta, and a map the vicinity of Tu...

$700 / ≈ €655
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570-1609

 


Carte particulière de la côte d'Afrique depuis le cap des Courans jusqu'à la baye de Ste Hélène. . .

Large and detailed sea chart of South Africa.Engraved by Guillaume-Nicolas Delahaye (1727-1802).Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, sou...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: D'APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1745

 


AN EXCEPTIONAL AND VERY RARE PAIR OF CELESTIAL AND TERRESTIAL GLOBES.

BLAEU, Willem Janszoon (1571-1638)  AN EXCEPTIONAL AND VERY RARE PAIR OF CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL GLOBES, 9inch / 23cm, with an overall height of 38 cm, Amsterdam, dat...

$375000 / ≈ €350894
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, dated 1602, but published after 1621

 


Bern in der Schweitz.

Very fine panoramic of Bern. With a numbered key (1-25) of principal buildings in town.

$3500 / ≈ €3275
Maker / Publisher: WOLFF HEIRS, J.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1740

 


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

 


Le globe terrestre representé en deux plans-hemispheres, Dressé sur la Projection de Mr. De la Hyre...

“This splendid GlobeTerrestre originally published by J.B. Nolin is one of the finest large-scale world maps to be produced and is a fitting bridge between the geograph...

$17500 / ≈ €16375
Maker / Publisher: NOLIN, J.-B. / CREPY.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1780

 


Praga. [Prague]

A rare panoramic of Prague with over the whole length of the lower part 3 columns of poems in Latin, Dutch and French and a numbered key 1-34 to the principal buildings ...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: DANCKERTS, D.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660

 


Nankin [Nanjing, Jiangsu]

Very detailed (1:1.000.000) map showing the area north of Nanjing, Jiangsu. The French Service géographique des armées was founded in 1887 and provided the French milit...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: SERVICE GEOGRAPHIQUE DE L'ARMEE
Place & Date: Paris, 1900

 


Danzig.

Detailed and rare plan of Danzig with extensive key in German.

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: BODENEHR, G.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1730

 


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

 


Flandra parte occidentale: dedicata all'illustrissimo et eccelententissimo S. Giorgio Cocco, senatore meritissimo. . . [together with] Zelanda e Parte Orientale della Flandra. . . .

Wall sized map of two joined sheets of Flanders, the coastline running from Calais to Zeeland in the Netherlands. Including major cities along the coast such as Dunkerque...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1696

 


Franconiae nova descriptio.

Second state of this early map of Franken, including Regensburg, Heidelberg, Marburg and Hof. In lower part decorative cartouches and upper right a dedication to Franz vo...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1646

 


Sibyl d'Ahmed Hoceyn Margouch.

Lithograph by Fichou. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire...". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist & Muslim convert, obsessive in...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: PRISSE D'AVENNES, E.
Place & Date: Paris, 1877

 


Optique de St.Cloud.

This perspective view of St. Cloud comprises 6 hand colored images of the grand Bassin d'Apollon viewed through an square and two round holes cut out from the front card ...

$1100 / ≈ €1029
Maker / Publisher: [VUE DEPLIANTE A PERSPECTIVE].
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1845

 


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...

$4500 / ≈ €4211
Maker / Publisher: WOLFF, J.
Place & Date: Augsbourg, ca. 1740

 


Tombeau de Soultan Qalaoûn.

Lithograph by Bernard Schmidt representing the tomb of sultan Ibn Qalaoun, founder of the mamluk dynasty during the 13th century. The tomb has some rich stained glass and...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: PRISSE D'AVENNES, E.
Place & Date: Paris, 1877

 


Polonia regnum et Silesia ducatus.

Very decorative map of Poland embellished with two cartouches and two coats of arms surmounted by cherubs and female figures. Showing the region from the Oder east to Pod...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1638

 


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...

$225 / ≈ €211
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


(Title page) Vedute dei principali monumenti di Venezia.

Decorative title page with in the lower part small inset view of Doge Palace, St. Marco and a gondola.

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: CECCHINI, G.B., G.PIVIDOR.
Place & Date: Venice, 1860

 


Art arabe. - [No tittle]

Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire...". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...

$75 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: PRISSE D'AVENNES, E.
Place & Date: Paris, 1877

 


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

 


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

 


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

 


Pascaerte Van't Westelyckste der Middelandsche Zee. . .

An eye-catching chart of the western part of the Mediterranean Sea.Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was one of the most important cartographer, engraver, publisher and print s...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666

 


Norlandiae et quibies Gestricia et Helsingicae regiones Auct: Andrea Buraeo Sueco.

Uncommon map prepared by Anders Bure (1571-1646) with a dedicational cartouche to Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna.The Atlas Maior is the epitome of decades of achievement b...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1662

 


Fessae et Marocchi Regna.

One of the new maps added by Hondius, when he took over publication of the Atlas, a finely engraved and decorative map of north-west Africa, with the Canaries. With an in...

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: MERCATOR, G./ HONDIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630

 


[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

 


Vue de Malthe du cote du Fort.

A so-called optical print of Valletta seen from the castle. This rare optical print shows people in typical French dresses in the foreground and placed in boats.In the ei...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: BASSET.
Place & Date: Paris, 1798

 


[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

 


[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

 


A view of Westminster bridge. Vue du pont Westminster.

A very decorative and extremely rare of river Themes and Westminster bridge in London, including a six-line description in French and English. Published by Jacques Chér...

$2300 / ≈ €2152
Maker / Publisher: CHEREAU, J. / AVELINE, P.A.
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1750

 


[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

 


Cajanie, ou Bothnie Orientale Tirée de celles d'Andr Burae et de Isaac Massa. . .

Map of the Northern part of Gulf of Bothnia, today's border area between Sweden and Finland. The map derive from the work of the Swedish cartographer Andreas Bureus and I...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: SANSON, N.
Place & Date: Paris, P.Mariette, 1666

 


[ 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

 


Carte des côtes du Golfe du Mexique compris entre la pointe sud de la presqu'Ile de la Floride et la pointe nord de la presqu'Ile d'Yucatan: Dresée d'après le observations et las plans des espagnols, ...

Detailed and important early chart of the Gulf Coast and Florida and dated 1800. First French edition of "the first printed [map] to show and name Galveston Bay&qu...

$4500 / ≈ €4211
Maker / Publisher: DEPOT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE
Place & Date: Paris, 1800

 


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

 


[ 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

 


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 decorative title cartouche lower righ...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: SCHOTANUS, B.
Place & Date: Leeuwarden, F.Halma, 1718

 


[ 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

 


Perspective du Voorhout, promenade publique de La Haye.

Showing the Voorhout in The Hague. Likely published by Mondhard, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St.Martin in Paris. In the eighteent...

$220 / ≈ €206
Maker / Publisher: MONDHARD
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750

 


[ 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

 


Punishment of China.

The Chinese way of a punishment from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. Fr...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


Russiae vulgo Moscovia dictae, Partes Septentrionalis et orientalis.

In the north the Murmansk Sea. Including the western coast of Nova Zembla. Title cartouche and two cartouches, the bottom right one showing two hunters, bears, stags etc....

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.& C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647

 


Feast of China.

A scene of a Chinese dinner feast from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


Funeral in China.

A scene of a funeral in China from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. From...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


[ 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

 


Costumes des habitans de Manille.

A very beautiful print, showing four elegant figures relaxing in a shady glade, two women recline and two stand chatting.After a design of Duché de Vancy and engraved by...

$225 / ≈ €211
Maker / Publisher: LA PEROUSE, J. F. G.
Place & Date: Paris, 1798

 


Vue de cavite dans la Baie de Manille.

Two boats and passengers with Cavite Philippines in the background as if was seen from Manila Bay in January 1787. After a design of Gaspard Duchè de Vancy and engraved ...

$225 / ≈ €211
Maker / Publisher: LA PEROUSE, J. F. G.
Place & Date: Paris, 1798

 


[ 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

 


(Untitled view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople)

Panoramic view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople in the distance, after a design by Johann Schranz. Published by J. Missiriè.

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: JACOMME et CIE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1860

 


[ 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

 


Die Stadt Narva. . .

An early of the town of Narva, located at the eastern tip of Estonia, on the Russian border.From the uncommon Hamburg edition "Viel Vermehrte Moscowitische und Pers...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: OLEARIUS, A. / ROTHGIESSER, C.
Place & Date: Hamburg, 1696

 


MAUREEN Shipping model of a fishing boat.

This type of fishing ships were used by the Dutch fisherman to fish for codfish, and even reached with them into the Canadian waters.Overall dimensions: 1400 x 100 x 230m...

$7000 / ≈ €6550
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Netherlands, ca. 1850

 


CH'ONHA CHIDO [Atlas of all under Heaven]

The Ch’onha chido [Atlas of all under Heaven] is a late 18th century copy of the traditional Korean atlas produced in the early Choson dynasty (1392-1910). One of the m...

$30000 / ≈ €28072
Maker / Publisher: Anonymous
Place & Date: Korea, ca. 1790

 


Het gezandtschap der Neerlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, Den tegenwoordigen Keizer van China. . .

Third edition of this beautifully illustrated work on China. The first edition was published in 1665.Jan Nieuhof was a "Dutch traveler and adventurer" (1618-72)...

$5500 / ≈ €5146
Maker / Publisher: NIEUHOF, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, W. Waasberge, 1693

 


.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

 


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

 


Middle-sexia.

Double-page map of the old Middlesex County, including a marvelous depiction of London on the Thames in the lower right corner. Decorative cartouche and coat of arms. Lat...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1662

 


Tabula Prima Africa.

The map apart from depicting Morocco also shows southern Spain and the Balearic Islands. In north Africa the map extends eastwards toward modern day Algeria and to the we...

$4500 / ≈ €4211
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C. / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M.
Place & Date: Strasbourg, 1513

 


Carte von West=Gallizien welche auf allerhöchsten Befehl Seiner Kaiserlich oesterreichischen und Königlich apostolischen Majestät in den Jahren 1801 bis 1804. . .

Important early map of Western Galicia, as given to Austria by the third Partition of Poland (1795). Due to its long development period, a rare map rich in detail shows t...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: VON HELDENSFELD, A. M. / BENEDICTI.
Place & Date: Vienna, (1808) after 1811