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[Macaire] Abus de l'article 214 du code civil. Madame mon épouse... (Plate 50)

Macaire personified the clever business man, who was willing at any time to throw moral and ethical principles overboard for a quick buck. His personality fitted exactly ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Place & Date: Paris, 1864

 


[Macaire] Pensionnat Robert-Macaire. Mr le professeur. . . (Plate 4)

Macaire personified the clever businessman, who was willing at any time to throw moral and ethical principles overboard for a quick buck. His personality fitted exactly t...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Place & Date: Paris, 1864

 


De Haven en Straat von Gibraltar, Niewlyks getekend, en in`t licht gebracht door Johannes Covens en Cornelis Mortier tot Amsterdam.

Decorative map showing the siege of Gibraltar during the Spanish war of succession. This highly interesting map is richly ornated with three additional inset maps and vie...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J./ MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1710

 


.Taprobana Ins. Tabula XII Asiae. [Sri Lanka.]

Ptolemy's mythical island of Taprobana originally became associated with Sri Lanka although it was sometimes confused with Sumatra. Taprobana, as it was called on most ea...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C.
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535

 


La mer Mediterranee divisee en ses principales parties ou mers. . .

Very large map centered on the Mediterranean. With a sub title along upper margin "La Mer Mediterranée divisée en Mer de Levant et de Ponant Subdivisées en Leurs ...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: SANSON, N. / JAILLOT, A.H. / MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1705

 


Europa, ad magnae Europae Gerardi Mercatoris. . .

General map of Europe, as well as Americae Pars, Greenland, Iceland, a Polar landmass, along with the mythical islands of Frisland, Drogeo, and Bradain. A large strapwor...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1628

 


Portugalliae que olim Lusitania..

The best-known map of Portugal, after Alvares Secco (1560), orientated west to the top of the sheet. Secco's map was copied by many mapmakers and publishers for upwards o...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1628

 


Nouvelle carte du Roiaume D'Alger divisée en toutes ses provinces, avec une partie due cotes D'Espagne . . .

Rare and detailed map of the coast of Algeria. Large inset map of the Bay of Alger (El-Jazir). Shows a coastline of Spain around Alicante. Two compass roses in the Medite...

$700 / ≈ €655
Maker / Publisher: OTTENS, R. / J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Mappemonde ou globe terestre dressée sur les Nouvelles Observations . . .

Scarce world map with all the major early explorers. Jean Baptiste Louis Clouet (born 1730) was a member of the Academie Royale des Sciences de Rouen and the author of Ge...

$2400 / ≈ €2246
Maker / Publisher: CLOUET, J.B.L.L'Abbe
Place & Date: Paris, Mondhare, 1787

 


Carte des Isles de Maiorque Minorque et Yvice dediée A.M. le Comte de Maurepas Ministre et secretaire d'Etat. . .

Fine map of the Baleares with much detail, in lower part inset "Plan du Port de Mahon du Fort St. Philippe et ses Fortifications". The map is dedicated to Jean ...

$1750 / ≈ €1638
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1740