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Carte de la Manche. . .

Decorative chart showing the Chanel, with the coastline of France from La Baie de Douarnenez to Dunkerque, and the coastline of England from Stroble head to Manning Tree....

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: JAILLOT, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1692

 


Les Provinces confederées du Pais-Bas

The first wall map of the Seven Provinces of 1651, re-issued as 'Stoel des Oorlogs' by Covens & Mortier. The first issue of the present wall-map is known to be includ...

$15000 / ≈ €14036
Maker / Publisher: COVENS / MORTIER
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1740

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

VERSO: one 2-line illuminated initial showing a bird in fine detail in liquid gold on colored ground, seven 1-line initials and line-fillers in same.RECTO: Seven 1-line i...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS.
Place & Date: France, c. 1520

 


Lion and Bull made of terracotta.

Very fine terracotta figure of a lion symbolizing the continent of Africa. The Bull symbolizing Europe.The items will be dispatched in 4 wooden crates from Belgium. Pleas...

$27500 / ≈ €25732
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Netherlandisch , 1780~1800

 


Vue de L'Hotel de Batavie. . .

A so-called optical print of Fatahillah Square in Jakarta, Indonesia, prepared for use in a light-box or an amusing light-show. This richly hand colored print is much per...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: PROBST, G.B.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750

 


Launa vulgo Laun Bohemiae civitas.

Bird's-eye views of Louny in Bohemia by G. Hoefnagel. The copperplate was made for Braun and Hogenberg's town book. However there the print has been transformed by the en...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: BEEK, A. / BRAUN,G / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: The Hague, 1700

 


Schlanium vulgo Schlani Bohemiae oppidum.

Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Schlan, Schlanium s. Slany.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged this print, origina...

$1800 / ≈ €1684
Maker / Publisher: BEEK, A./ BRAUN andHOGENBERG
Place & Date: The Hague, 1700

 


Slusa, Teutonicae Flandriae opp. . . (Sluis)

Bird'eye view of the town of Sluis.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580

 


Vue du Magazin de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales. . .

So-called optical print of the formerly the V.O.C. warehouse and arsenal for the Admiralty of Amsterdam, now-a-days the Scheepvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum).In the eightee...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: France, 1780

 


Nieuwe Kaart van de Westfaalse Kreits..

Isaac Tirion was born in Utrecht ca. 1705. He came to Amsterdam ca. 1725. Tirion published a number of important books, many of which are still in demand for their intere...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: TIRION, I.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1745

 


Helmond.

A panoramic view of the Helmond, seen from the Kromme Steenweg .

$125 / ≈ €117
Maker / Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, L.
Place & Date: Arnhem, 1613

 


Hedendaegsche Historie of tegenwoordige staet van alle volkeren 1 deel. (Volume 1 - China, Japan, Phillippines, Moluccas)

This provides an interesting illustrated description of China, Japan, the Phillippines, Moluccas. Including a map of China, Korea, and Japan, with the Sea between Korea a...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: TIRION, I.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1734

 


Kaart van Zeeland.

Fine map of the province of Zeeland, with the fortified cities are highlighted in red. Isaac Tirion was born in Utrecht ca. 1705. He came to Amsterdam ca. 1725. Tirion pu...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: TIRION, I.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1747

 


Nader prolongatie van het Octroy voor de Westindische Compagnie voor den tyd van nog dertig jaaren. . .

A proclamation by the Dutch States General, dated 1761, extending the charter of the Dutch West India Company for another thirty years. Like the 1730 proclamation, it has...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: SCHELTUS, I.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1761

 


Poloniae, Lituaniaeq descriptio.

Fine general map of Poland. Rare; the second plate appearing in the post-1595 edition of the Theatrum. Only used until 1612.Based on the now-lost map of Waclaw Grodecki. ...

$1750 / ≈ €1638
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1612

 


Nieuwe kaart van het oostelykste deel van Holland. . .

Detailed map covering the area of Gouda, Iisselstein, s'Hertogenbosch, Zevenbergen, Dordrecht.

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: TIRION, I.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1749

 


Portrait of Jan Maatzuiker.

Portrait of Jan Maatzuiker, Governor-General of the East Indies from 1653 till 1678. From Kok's Woordenboek . Engraved by Reinier Vinkees in 1790.

$90 / ≈ €84
Maker / Publisher: VINKELES, R.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1790

 


Nova Orbis Tabula in Lucem edita A.F.de Wit.

According to Shirley, De Wit's map is one of the most attractive of its time. The brilliant scenes in the corners combine images of the four seasons, the elements, and th...

$5000 / ≈ €4679
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Carte des Principales Ports de Mer Bancs de sable &c: qui sont dans la Mer Rouge..

Some cities existed along the western coast of the Arabian peninsula, where they served as entrepots for transcontinental trade between Europe and Asia. Mecca, founded by...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Pascaerte van Brazil en Nieu Nederlandt van Cuorvo en Flores.

A rare chart of the Atlantic Ocean from the first edition of Hendrick Doncker's Zee-Atlas, of which no surviving example is known.Although the idea of its unusual coverag...

$2750 / ≈ €2573
Maker / Publisher: DONCKER, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1658

 


Simori.

Portrait of Simori.Von Siebold was born in Wurtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold arrived in 1823 at ...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: VON SIEBOLD, P.Fr.B.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852

 


Nuevo plano de la ciudad de Buenos Aires y parte del partido de avellaneda . . .

A rare detailed city plan of Buenos Aires prepared in 1912 by Ernesto Escalante. The plan depicts the city from the Partido de Avellaneda and the Villa Riachuelo to the R...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: ESCALANTE, E.
Place & Date: Buenos Aires, 1912

 


Alssleben.

The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted it on larger paper: she colored it in pastel colors, adding extensive cl...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: BEEK, A. / MERIAN, C.
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700

 


Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff.

Decorative portrait of Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff, who was Governor for the V.O.C. (Dutch East Indian Company) in Indonesia.

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: TANJÉ, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1745

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Brevier.

RECTO: One 3-line illuminated initial in burnished gold on colored grounds. Panel border of acanthus leaves, flowers and birds on a partly liquid gold and dark red ground...

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: BREVIER
Place & Date: Tours, c.1485

 


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

 


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

 


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

 


An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China deliver'd by their excellencies, Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking. . .

Very rare first English text edition of this most important and early resource on China and the Chinese. Three parts in one folio by John Macock for the author.Part I: An...

$9000 / ≈ €8421
Maker / Publisher: NIEUHOF, J.
Place & Date: London : Printed by the Author at his house in White-Friers, 1669

 


Lutzenburgensis Ducatus veriss descript.

Prepared by Jacob Surhon who made a manuscript map of Luxembourg for which he received 500 Livres from Charles V in 1551. For security reasons the map was not published. ...

$800 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1609

 


Le cours entier du grand et Fameux Nil. . .

Scarce. A splendid map of ancient Egypt. West is at the top and the Nile bisects Egypt. A inset shows modern Egypt to good detail. With the Red Sea and part of the Arabia...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: LOTTER, C.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1760

 


Hollandia Comitatus.

Orientated west to the top of the sheet, this presents the County of Holland in the classical orientation for seventeenth-century maps, with Amsterdam at the center. The ...

$1900 / ≈ €1778
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660

 


Sardinia / Sicilia.. / Corfu / Zerbi.. / Elba / Malta. . .

Six very fine and early maps on one sheet. Including the islands of Sicily, Corfu, Sardinia, Zerbi (Djerba), Elba and Malta.The map of Malta has a sinking ship at Cala di...

$1800 / ≈ €1684
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570-1612

 


Valletta ou Valete ville Forte, de l'Isle de Malta.

A beautifully engraved and richly detailed birds-eye plan of the harbour and city of Valletta seen from the northwest. In lower part extensive key, identifying 57 feautur...

$3500 / ≈ €3275
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J. / MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1705

 


Das Hertzogthum Braband. . .

Charming map of the Dutch and Belgium province of Brabant. With a fine cartouche.

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: SCHREIBER, J.G.
Place & Date: Leipzig, 1749

 


De Stadt Jerusalem.

Plan of ancient Jerusalem from a Dutch bible after Villalpando. The print is in contemporary colors, which is extremely rare for a plate like this. Lower left the Temple ...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: LUCHTMANS, S.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1710

 


Horizon ring for globe.

Printed horizon ring for a 28cm diameter German globe. The ring is divided in quarters and engraved two by two on one copper plate. The size of the paper is 44 x 33cm. Th...

$950 / ≈ €889
Maker / Publisher: EIMMART, G.C.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1704/1705

 


Ilse Paese de' Selvaggi.. Lago Superiore. (Florida and the Bahamas)

Antonio Zatta published an Italian version of the John Mitchell map in twelve sheet. This sheet depicts Lake Superior in the Bellin version, as it appeared on the Mitchel...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: ZATTA, A.
Place & Date: Venice, 1778

 


Nuova Pianta Iconografica.. Venezia.

Precise bird's-eye town-plan of Venice, clearly depicting the city's architectural landmark, being a reduction of Ughi's 8-sheet map of 1725. There is a grid engraved ove...

$1100 / ≈ €1029
Maker / Publisher: VIERO, T.
Place & Date: Venice, 1818

 


Provincie Noord-Braband.

Decorative and uncommon costume plate lithographed by Desguerrois & Co. and published by Frans Buffa & Zonen in Amsterdam. 12 illustrations of Brabant costumes: 1...

$275 / ≈ €257
Maker / Publisher: BRAET VON UBERFELDT / BING,V.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1857