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Solimannus Turcarum Imperator X. Ex Stirpe Ottomannicae.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of "Solimannus Turcarum Imperator X", signed lower right corner N. de Cleck". Nicolaes de Clerck (de kler...
Publisher: DE CLERCK, N.
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Overzichtskaart van den Nederlandsch oost Indischen Archipel.
Very detailed map of Indonesia, taken from "Atlas van Nederlandsch Oost- en West-Indie," prepared by a doctor I. Dornseiffen, and published by Seyffardt's Boekh...
Publisher: DORNSEIFFEN, I.
Date: Amsterdam, Seyffardt, 1884
![[64] Syrie/ Tripoli](/uploads/cache/12836-500x500.jpg)
[64] Syrie/ Tripoli
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
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, "...
Publisher: GONSALES, A
Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673
![Rama. [Ramah]](/uploads/cache/30789-500x500.jpg)
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...
Publisher: GONSALES, A
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 ...
Publisher: GONSALES, A
Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673
![Via Bethleem. [The route from Jerusalem to Bethlehem ]](/uploads/cache/30800-500x500.jpg)
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...
Publisher: GONSALES, A
Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673
Carte de la Tartarie Orientale pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages, Tiree des Cartes Levees par les P.P. Jesuites...
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...
Publisher: BELLIN, J.N.
Date: Paris, 1750
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[Bantam].
Text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the cla...
Publisher: LODEWYCKSZ, Willem
Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
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...
Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Boluch Bassi Capitaine de Cent Janissaires. (6)
Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...
Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Solachi ou Solacler, Archer Ordinaire de la Garde du Grand Seigneur. (7)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Iannissaire ou Ianissarler Soudart a Pied de la Garde Ordinaire du Grand Seigneur. (8)
Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...
Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Iannissaire Allant à la Guerre. (9)
Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...
Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Azamoglan Rustique .(12)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Peich ou Peider de Nation Persienne Laquais du Grand Seigneur. (13 )
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Habit et Manière ancienne des Peiches ou Laquais du Grand Seigneur. (14)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Les Yurongnes. (18)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Torlaqui Religieux Turc. ( 25 )
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
(Grand dame Turque. 45)
Sought-after copper engraved plate of a woman from Turkey. Plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de c...
Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Femme Persienne. (59)
Sought-after copper engraved plate of a woman from Persia. Plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de c...
Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Rex Balius Preciosissimo Curru.
How the people of Bali transport their King. According to deBry: there are many horses on the island of Bali but they are small and only the simple folk ride them. Those ...
Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Koreische Fischerfamilie. Famille de pecheurs de Corea.
A Korean family of fishermen playing a board game. No.9' above image. From "Schinz Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen des Menschen der verschiedenen Rassen und Stämme&...
Publisher: HONEGGER, V.
Date: Zürich, 1845
Map of Formosa. My hunting place.
An unusual hand drawn map of Formosa with an inset plan ‘My hunting place’. The map has the major cities marked in red ink and was made during Japanese occupation. Th...
Publisher: YANO, Y.
Date: Chiayi, Formosa, ca. 1940
![XIX. Venatio Elephantum in Pegu. [How elephants are caught in Pegu]](/uploads/cache/29795-500x500.jpg)
XIX. Venatio Elephantum in Pegu. [How elephants are caught in Pegu]
How elephants are caught in Pegu. The king of Pegu had a particular method of transporting elephants. He had a great enclosure built of strong wooden posts, with a trap-d...
Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Maldivae Insulae.
Very fine early miniature map of Maldives Islands. East is at the top. Title cartouche on the lower right corner. A dolphin and two ships are depicted.First published in ...
Publisher: LANGENES, B.
Date: Amsterdam / Frankfurt, 1609
Emir Fechrredin prince des Drus.
Engraving published by Nicolas Bonnart (c.1637 - 1718), engraver in Augsburg since 1719. Before the nineteenth century portraits of rulers in the Islamic Middle East were...
Publisher: BONNART, H.
Date: Paris, ca. 1740
Carte du Kouy-Tchéou.
Detailed map of Guizhou Province prepared by Mgr. Faurie and other sources supplied by missionaries. Published in "Les Missions Catholique". Engraved by P. Méa...
Publisher: FAURIE, Mgr.
Date: Lyon, c.1874
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...
Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
Punishment of a criminal in China.
Punishment of a criminal 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. ...
Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
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. ...
Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Date: Frankfurt, 1599
![Carte du Tche-Kiang. [ Zhejiang province ]](/uploads/cache/30921-500x500.jpg)
Carte du Tche-Kiang. [ Zhejiang province ]
Map of Tche Kiang, prepared by Bishop Edmond-François Guierry, C.M. (Vicar Apostolic of Zhejiang, China) after sources supplied by missionaries. Published in "Les M...
Publisher: GUIERRY, Mgr.
Date: Paris, 1874
Philippines - The famous volcanic peak Mt. Mayon. . .
Mt Mayon Volcano Peak near Legaspi on the Philippines. Fine Pan American Airline mini poster.Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and co...
Publisher: PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRLINES
Date: 1956
Nouvelle carte de l'Isle de Java.
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
Meine Hochzeitsreise durch Korea während des Russisch-japanischen Krieges.
Illustrated with ca. 200 illustrations. All photographs are taken by the author.
Publisher: ZABEL, Rudolf.
Date: Altenburg, S.-A., Stephan Geibel Verlag, 1906
![[Map of the Holy Land, including Cyprus]](/uploads/cache/33436-500x500.jpg)
[Map of the Holy Land, including Cyprus]
Attractive full page longitudinal map of Palestine, Syria and Cyprus, cut by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch. The shore line running from Southern Anatolia to the Nile Delta. ...
Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basle, 1550-1580
A new & accurate map of Asia, drawn from the most approved Modern Maps & Charts.
An excellent engraving of Asia. The map renders the entire continent in excellent detail with mountains, rivers, lake and forests. The map is of interest for the use of S...
Publisher: BOWEN, Thomas.
Date: London, ca 1771
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...
Publisher: LA PEROUSE, J. F. G.
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 ...
Publisher: LA PEROUSE, J. F. G.
Date: Paris, 1798
L'Arabie.
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