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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...
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.
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Seyffardt, 1884
![Timor. Naba-Leba Roi de L'Ile Solor. [plate XXV]](/uploads/cache/46347-250x250.jpg)
Timor. Naba-Leba Roi de L'Ile Solor. [plate XXV]
A portrait of a male Naba-Leba by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824.The French expedition under Nicolas Baudin, was comm...
Place & Date: Paris, 1824
![Timor. Canda Jeune fille Malaise. [plate XXVI]](/uploads/cache/46348-250x250.jpg)
Timor. Canda Jeune fille Malaise. [plate XXVI]
A portrait of a female Canda by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824.The French expedition under Nicolas Baudin, was commis...
Place & Date: Paris, 1824
![Timor. Rhinolophe Cruménifére. [plate XXXV]](/uploads/cache/46357-250x250.jpg)
Timor. Rhinolophe Cruménifére. [plate XXXV]
Plate illustrating Horseshoe bats from Timor Island, by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824.The French expedition under Ni...
Place & Date: Paris, 1824
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, "...
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...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
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 ...
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673
![Rama. [Ramah]](/uploads/cache/30789-250x250.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...
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673