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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...

$30 / ≈ €28
Maker / Publisher: DE CLERCK, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621

 


Kamchatka according to A.Erman . . .

FIRST EDITION Map of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Siberia, from Gazetteer of the World. Drawn by Augustus Petermann, engraved by G. H. Swanston.

$40 / ≈ €37
Maker / Publisher: PETERMANN, A. / FULLERTON, A.
Place & Date: London / Edinburgh, 1850

 


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...

$50 / ≈ €47
Maker / Publisher: DORNSEIFFEN, I.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Seyffardt, 1884

 


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 ...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


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...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


Plants, including the canior, diringuo, pucho and chiabe.

In the Indies there are many delightful plants, which include the ‘costus indicus’ (named by the Malays 'pucho') that has a wonderful aroma. Then there is the ‘cala...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598

 


[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...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: LODEWYCKSZ, Willem
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609

 


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, "...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


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...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


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...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650