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(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

 


Pecheli, Xansi, Xantung, Honan, Nanking, In plaga Regni Sinensis. . .

A map of the northern provinces of China after the Jesuit Martino Martini, depicting of Hebei (Pecheli), Shanxi (Xansi), Shandong (Xantung), Henan (Honan), and Jangsu (Na...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1660

 


Karte von Asien.

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...

$1400 / ≈ €1310
Maker / Publisher: VON REILLY, F.J.J.
Place & Date: Vienna 1795

 


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

 


Carte des découvertes fautes en 1787 dans les Mers de Chine et de Tartarie par les Frégates Françaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe. . . ée. Feille.

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 ...

$1400 / ≈ €1310
Maker / Publisher: LA PÉROUSE, J.F.G
Place & Date: Paris, 1797

 


Singapore.

Chart of Southern part of Malaysian peninsular showing good detail on of Singapore. Map with legend and scale.

$1250 / ≈ €1170
Maker / Publisher: War Office.
Place & Date: London, 1944

 


A chart of the China Sea inscribed to Monsr. D'APRES de MANNEVILLETTE .. To A.Dalrymple.

Most important milestone chart is based upon the surveys made from navigational surveys by Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808]. He was the first hydrographer of the British A...

$1250 / ≈ €1170
Maker / Publisher: D'APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE / DALRYMPLE, A.
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1775

 


Straat Riouw onder opzicht van de commissie tot verbetering der Indische Zeekaarten..

Very large and rare so-called Blue Back centered on the strait passing between the Riau Islands. It contains an inset map with enlarged details of Riouw Harbor on Bintang...

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: HULST VAN KEULEN, Wed.G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1843

 


Chorographia Terrae Sanctae in Angustiorem. . .

Rare. Large visually rich map decorated with illustrations of the sacred objects and places of Judaism. In the bottom center is a plan of ancient Jerusalem, and the route...

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1700

 


Die Insel Formosa neu abgemessen auf Befehl Kaysers Kamhi.

One of the earliest obtainable printed map of Taiwan or Formosa Island. It was issued around 1726 to illustrate Joseph Stöcklein's [Stoecklein] compellation of Jesuit mi...

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: STOCKLEIN, J.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1726

 


Kancheu.

Charming 18th water color on paper depicting Kancheu. Probably made by a western artist visiting China.

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: c.1750

 


.[Pakistan, Afghanistan]

Wood block printed Ptolemaic map of the region of present-day Pakistan and part of Afghanistan. Convoluted mountain ranges and river systems dominate the trapezoidal map....

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY,C ./ WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Place & Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

 


Encyclopedie des Voyages. Tom 3 ASIE.

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...

$1100 / ≈ €1029
Maker / Publisher: GRASSET DE SAINT SAUVEUR,J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1796

 


Fokien Imperii Sinarum Provincia undecima.

The province of Fokien lies opposite Taiwan and south of the region described in the above map. The coast is shown from Wen-zhou in the north to Fu-zhou and as far south ...

$1100 / ≈ €1029
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660

 


L'Empire de la Chine. . .

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...

$1100 / ≈ €1029
Maker / Publisher: VAUGONDY, R. de
Place & Date: Paris, dated 1750

 


Kantong [The Dutch Folly Fort off Canton]

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...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Canton?, c.1750

 


Quella Tavola E l'Antica Siria ch'Era destinta in dodici . . .

Very rare view of Holy Land published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da G...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: ROSACCIO, Giuseppe.
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598

 


View in the island of Cracatoa.

Early view of the volcano Krakatoa (Indonesian name: Krakatau), on the Indonesian island of Rakata in the Sunda Strait, taken from "Views in the South Seas" bei...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: WEBBER, J.
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808

 


Le temple de la Mecque avec une description de tout ce qu'on y voit . . .

Fascinating engraving depicting the Muslim Kaaba at Mecca. Below the main image are two smaller vignette images of people praying. In between the two vignettes is a key (...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1728

 


Recueil de cartes géographiques pour la description de l'Indostan . . .

First French edition, the maps revised by Jean Nicholas Buache.  The English original edition was published in London in 1783 by Brown under the title "Memoir of a ...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: RENNELL, J.
Place & Date: Paris, Poignée, an VIII = 1800

 


Voyage of his majesty’s ship Alceste, along the Coast of Corea, to the island of Lewchew, with an account of her subsequent shipwreck, by John M’LEOD. Surgeon of the Alceste.

Second and best edition, with frontispiece portrait of Captain Maxwell and five fine hand-colored aquatint plates, including a plate not present in the first edition of t...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: MAC-LEOD, John.
Place & Date: London, John Murray, 1818.

 


Province de Fo-Kien. [Includes West Coast of Taiwan]

Important map of Fujian Province, showing the east coast of China and the west coast of Taiwan. It shows that for the Manchu Qing, only the western half of Formosa was co...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737

 


Tartaria.

Published in Hondius' editions of the Mercator Atlas from 1606 onwards, showing China, Korea as an island, and the northern Pacific coast of America showing the two conti...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: MERCATOR, G / HONDIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1633

 


Hong Kong.

Decorative poster advertising flights to Hong Kong made by Georges Mathieu. The poster is one of a series of 15 composed of posters of Greece, Israel, Germany, Great Bri...

$950 / ≈ €889
Maker / Publisher: MATHIEU, G. / AIR France
Place & Date: Paris, 1967

 


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...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: VALK, G. / SCHENK, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Nieuwe kaart van 't Koninckryk Bengale. . .

Rare map Bangladesh with the Ganges delta, including Calcutta. Giving great detail with trade routes, European trade settlements, etc. Prepared by Joh. Van Leenen who was...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: VALENTIJN, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1726

 


L'Asie divisée en ses principaux Etats..

Finely and crisply engraved map of Asia, decorated with an ornamental title cartouche in the lower-left corner. The map is of interest for the use of Mer de Corée for th...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: SANTINI, P. / REMONDINI, M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1776 - 1784

 


Cochin (today: Ernakulam)

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...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: India? c.1750

 


KOUSHI NYUJO no Zu - HANABUSA Legation enters in Palace, Seoul.

A scene of Japanese legation HANABUSA who are entering the Royal Palace, Seoul.

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: August 8, MEIJI 27th year or 1894

 


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

 


Arabia Felice Nuova Tavola.

Fine early map of Arabian peninsula, being one of the earliest modern maps of the region.Girolamo Ruscelli first published the map in his "La Geographi di Claudio To...

$850 / ≈ €795
Maker / Publisher: RUSCELLI, G.
Place & Date: Venice, 1561

 


Standford's map of the empires of China and Japan with the adjacent parts of the Russian Empire, India, Burma &c.

Charming, folding map of China and Japan with the adjacent parts of the Russian Empire, India, and Burma. A key identifies railway lines in red, projected railway lines i...

$850 / ≈ €795
Maker / Publisher: STANFORD, E.
Place & Date: London, ca. 1911

 


Arabia Felice Nuova Tavola.

Fine early map of Arabian peninsula, being one of the earliest modern maps of the region.Girolamo Ruscelli first published the map in his "La Geographi di Claudio To...

$850 / ≈ €795
Maker / Publisher: RUSCELLI, G.
Place & Date: Venice, 1598

 


The Fan palm, in the island of Cracatoa.

The Fan palm, on the island of Krakatoa (Indonesian name: Krakatau), in the Sunda Strait, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early ...

$800 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: WEBBER, J.
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808

 


Tafel der Lender darin der Apostel Paulus geprediget hat.

Rare wood block map depicting the Mediterranean, with an over-sized Cyprus from the final Dutch edition of Heinrich Bünting's famous Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, a boo...

$800 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: BÜNTING,H.
Place & Date: Magdeburg, 1581

 


Insularum Moluccarum Nova description.

Exquisite map of the famous Spice Islands based on the islands described by Jan Huyghen van Linschoten. This map was the first large-scale map of the region and depicts t...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: SCHENK, P. / VALK, G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1730

 


CANTON Kong-Teheou.

Very detailed (1:1.000.000) map centered on Macao and Victoria Island, showing soundings, English, Australian, Danish telegraph lines reaching Hong Kong and extended to M...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: SERVICE GEOGRAPHIQUE DE L\'ARMEE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1898 updated for june 1904

 


Carte de la Mer Rouge, depuis Moka jusqu's Gedda. . . .

Chart of the Red Sea. With 3 inset maps of Shake Omare, Goofs and Gedan. D'Après De Mannevillette (1707-1780) was one of France's first hydrographers. When the first edi...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE, J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1753

 


Asia Concinnata Secundum Observationes Academiae Regalis . . .

A version of De L'Isle's map. T.C. Lotter married M. Seutter's daughter in 1740 and succeeded him in 1756. Lotter used the copperplate of Seutter, he only changed the nam...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: LOTTER, T.C.
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1770

 


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