Small detailed map of the Arabian Peninsula. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 162 outside border top right.
Publisher: VAUGONDY, R. de Date: Paris, later than 1749
Charming 18th water color on paper depicting The Dutch "Folly Fort" off Canton. Probably made by a western artist visiting China.Forts were built in several pla...
Publisher: ANONYMOUS Date: Canton?, c.1750
The map is of interest for the use of East Sea, the sea between Korea and Japan, here called "Mer de Corée".Fine map of Korea and China's Yellow Sea. Complete ...
Publisher: BELLIN, J.N. Date: Paris, 1750
Small but charming 18th water color on paper depicting Cochin (today : Ernakulam) was from 1500, when the first Portuguese fleet called on its port, a firm ally of the Po...
Publisher: ANONYMOUS Date: India? c.1750
Charming 18th water color on paper depicting Kancheu. Probably made by a western artist visiting China.
Publisher: ANONYMOUS Date: c.1750
Detailed map of China, Korea and Taiwan. The large title cartouche is resplendent in the French style with musicians, a dancer, and various accouterments representative o...
Publisher: VAUGONDY, R. de Date: Paris, dated 1750
A so-called optical print of Fatahillah Square in Jakarta, Indonesia, prepared for use in a light-box or an amusing light-show. This richly hand colored print is much per...
Publisher: PROBST, G.B. Date: Augsburg, 1750
A very decorative and extremely rare of Istanbul, including a numbered legend in lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776). Engraved by Aveline and first ...
Publisher: CHEREAU, J. / AVELINE, P.A. Date: Paris, ca.1750
Manuscript map of Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Inland filled with a good number of place names, mountains.
Publisher: ANONYMOUS Date: Italy, ca. 1750
This map covers the eastern part of Tartary with part of present-day Manchuria and Sakhalin Island. The map was based primarily on Jesuit and English sources and is parti...
Complete set of 11 maps Reland's map of Japan, the first map to use Sino-Japanese characters on a European printed map and represents a radical departure from prior Europ...
Publisher: OTTENS, R. / J. / KAEMPFER, E. Date: Amsterdam, 1751
A finely engraved and detailed chart of Vietnam reaching till Macao and present-day Hong Kong..Very rare: only included in 6th volume (so-called secret atlas) of Van Keul...
Publisher: VAN KEULEN, J. Date: Amsterdam, 1753
A small but unusual map of the Arabian Peninsular, engraved by G. Child for 'The universal traveller: or, A compleat description of the several nations of the world', by ...
Publisher: CHILD, G. Date: London, Th. Salmon, 1752-1753
Manuscript map of Arabia. A close copy of Bellin's map of the Arabian Peninsular. In the lower right margin "Tom A, vol V."A title cartouche in lower left corne...
Publisher: ANONYMOUS Date: Germany, ca. 1760
A well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Augsburg. After a design by P.van Blankaert.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular sp...
Publisher: PROBST,G.B. Date: Augsburg 1760
Charming little charts of the harbour of the town of Tripoli, Syria in modern Lebanon. Showing town and harbour plan, with soundings, anchorages, rocks, shoals, fortifica...
Publisher: ROUX, J. Date: Marseille, 1764
Highly decorative map of Asia embellished with a landscape style title cartouche and several sailing ships.The map is of interest for the use of Mer de Corée, the sea be...
Publisher: DESNOS / BRION Date: Paris, 1765
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...
Publisher: HARREVELT,E.van / CHANGUION, D.J. Date: Amsterdam, 1773
A very nice map centred on the island of Java.With French text in title cartouche and an additional title in Dutch underneath the map.Read more Early maps of South East A...
Publisher: HARREVELT, E. van / CHANGUION, D. J. Date: Amsterdam, 1773
Detailed map of the region bounded by the Black Sea, Georgia, the Caspian, Uzbekistan, The Indian Ocean, Saudi Arabia (here called \"Arabie Heureuse\"), Egypt a...
Publisher: SANTINI, P. Date: Venise, 1778
The map is of interest for the use of Sea of Korea, the sea between Korea and Japan.Detailed map of Asia from Saudi Arabia, Persia, Russia, India, China, Japan to Southea...
Publisher: BOWEN, Th. Date: London, J.Cooke, 1777-1778
Five maps on one sheet show the Northern Russian territories in Europe and Asia, including the western coastline from Siberia, Japan, and Korea with the island of "Q...
Publisher: DIDEROT, D. Date: Paris, 1779
Optical print of the triumphal arch at Canton ( Guangzhou). Beauvais was a publisher of optical prints, established in Paris, rue St.Jacques.In the eighteenth and ninetee...
Publisher: BEAUVAIS Date: Paris, ca. 1780
Rare map of Tartary and Russia, including Korea and Japan prepared after J.B.Nolin and published by Monhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'ed...
Publisher: MONDHARE / NOLIN, J.B. Date: Paris, 1783
With decorative title cartouche. Covering north eastern part of China, with good detail in Korea and a curious shape for Hokkaido (here called Jeso-Gasima ).Engraved by G...
Publisher: ZATTA, A. Date: Venice, 1784
With decorative title cartouche. Covering north eastern part of China, Korea and Hokkaido (here called Jeso-Gasima, Tartary including the Gobi Desert; also Peking and the...
A large chart that is essentially six inset maps printed on one sheet by the Jesuit Joseph Tiefentaller in the latter half of the eighteenth century. The map is in French...
Publisher: TIEFENTALLER, Joseph. Date: Paris ca 1784
Uncommon and decorative "carte à figures" wall map, prepared by Clouet, with superb decoration including a wonderful rococo border with vignettes describing hi...
Publisher: CLOUET / MONDHARE. Date: Paris, Mondhare, 1787
Large map of Yemen from "Allgemeiner grosser Atlas" published by P. J. Schalbacher - 1786-1800. Based on the observations of the Danish explorer Carsten Niebuhr...
Publisher: SCHRAEMBL, F.A. Date: Vienna, 1789
A collection of 11 engraved plates (3 folding) from "Tableau Général de l'Empire Ottoman", Paris, Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1790, comprising the famous panorami...
Publisher: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, Ignace. Date: Paris, 1790
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...
Publisher: ANONYMOUS Date: Japan, Kansei 4, 2nd month, 9th day, 30 March? 1792
Extremely rare map of the west coast of Taiwan, the Punghu or Pescadore Islands, and the Fokien or Fujian coast of China. Several ancient Taiwanese cities are noted, incl...
Publisher: DE LA CONCEPTION, J. Date: Manilla, Seminario Conciliar, y Real de San Carlos, 1788-1792
An attractive map of Asia. With a decorative title cartouche in the upper left-hand corner. Engraved by Aarons.Franz Johann Josef von Reilly (Vienna 18 august 1766 - 6 ju...
Publisher: VON REILLY, F.J.J. Date: Vienna 1795
A large chart of Macao engraved by Benjamin Baker (fl. 1766-1824) and published by George Nicol. The town is shown in detail, with a 37-point key in English listing Forts...
Publisher: NICOL, G. Date: London, 1796
There are in this volume as many as 89 color plates, all done by the author himself. Containing dresses of people of China, Persia, Armenia, Philippines, Java, India, Tar...
Publisher: GRASSET DE SAINT SAUVEUR,J. Date: Paris, 1796
La Pérouse's important large-scale of Northern Japan, Hokkaido, the Kuriles, the tip of Kamschatka, and the northern part of Korea.Showing the track of Perouse from 27 ...
Publisher: LA PÉROUSE, J.F.G Date: Paris, 1797
This is a representing the visit of the French Admiral and explorer, le Comte de La Pérouse to Korea in 1786. The tracks of La Perouse are shown.From 'Atlas du Voyage d...
Publisher: LA PEROUSE, J.F.G. Date: London, 1798
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...
Publisher: LA PEROUSE, J. F. G. Date: Paris, 1798
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 ...
Settsu Meisho Zue was printed in two series of 8 and 4 volumes. The principal illustrator was Takehara Shunchosai, but many illustrations in the 4 volumes supplement are ...
Publisher: AKIZATO, Rito - TAKEHARA, Shunchosai Date: Osaka, Yanagiwara Kibei, Kansei 8-10 or 1796-1798