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AN EXCEPTIONAL AND VERY RARE PAIR OF CELESTIAL AND TERRESTIAL GLOBES.

BLAEU, Willem Janszoon (1571-1638)  AN EXCEPTIONAL AND VERY RARE PAIR OF CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL GLOBES, 9inch / 23cm, with an overall height of 38 cm, Amsterdam, dat...

$375000 / ≈ €350894
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, dated 1602, but published after 1621

 


Concerts Ysaye . . .

Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maitres de l'Affiche n°40.The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the best posters of t...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: MEUNIER, H.
Place & Date: Paris, 1896

 


Sic ferus exardet in circo taurus aperto - Cum sua terribili petit iritamina cornu.

This is a plate from a series "Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, pugnae bestiariorum & mutuae bestiarum". Published by Philippe Galle (Haarlem 1537 - 1612...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: STRADANUS, Johannes / GALLE, Ph.
Place & Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1577

 


Latium.

Based on classical authors' sources, specifically Virgilius, Plinius, Varro, Halicarnasseus, Festus and Ausonius.Philip Wingius in his letter to Ortelius from 1592 mentio...

$650 / ≈ €608
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595

 


Waschinga Sahba's Grab.. (Wakonda Creek.)

Original aquatint engraving for Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34 . Engraved by Ch. Vogel. The finest work on American Indian life and the American...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: BODMER, Karl
Place & Date: London/ Paris/ Coblenz, 1839

 


Plan de Constantinople, non compris ses faubourgs. Grave d'apres les documents du ministere de la Guerre par E. Olivier.

A very rare lithographic town-plan of Istanbul, Scale 98 yards to one inch., printed in Pera, Istanbul by E. Olivier. The ornate design on the top of the title is a tugh...

$8000 / ≈ €7486
Maker / Publisher: OLIVIER, E.
Place & Date: Péra, Istanbul, 1851

 


Novus Atlas Absolutissimus... Die Wasser-Welt, oder See-Atlas.

Volume IX (Sea-Atlas) of the "Novus Atlas Absolutissimus". German text, letterpress title on slip within hand-colored engraved architectural border, heightened...

$32500 / ≈ €30411
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Janssonius heirs, 1657 [after 1664

 


Sic inter dumos, pregrandi corpore cerus. - In pecus extrorquent dumeta per auia, acuto.

This is a plate from a series "Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, pugnae bestiariorum & mutuae bestiarum". Published by Philippe Galle (Haarlem 1537 - 1612...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: STRADANUS, Johannes / GALLE, Ph.
Place & Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1596

 


Rare collection of costume plates.

Rare collection of costume plates published in Augsburg by the famous publishers Martin Engelbrecht, Ioh. Georg Hertel and the Jeremias Wolff Heirs.Composition :2 plates ...

$9500 / ≈ €8889
Maker / Publisher: WOLFF, Jeremias (heirs) / ENGELBRECHT, Mart
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1730

 


Bern in der Schweitz.

Very fine panoramic of Bern. With a numbered key (1-25) of principal buildings in town.

$3500 / ≈ €3275
Maker / Publisher: WOLFF HEIRS, J.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1740

 


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

 


Moscovia urbs Metropolis totius Russiae Albae.

Detailed bird's-eye town-plan of Moscow from Janssonius' rare townbook. With a key (1-20) to important spots in town. The verso has French text and originates from Jansso...

$6000 / ≈ €5614
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1657

 


North and South America At-A-Glance.

A clever device for demonstrating the statistics of each country, the Area, Population, Population per Sq. Mile, Highest Elevation, Principal River, Currency, Capital, Fo...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: THE INTERNATIONAL AT-A-GLANCE CHART CO.
Place & Date: New York & London: International At-A-Glance Chart Co. 1931

 


Confiance... Ses Amputations se Poursuivent Methodiquement.

Propaganda map, produced under the NAZI collaborating Vichy French regime and designed to inspire revulsion and hatred of the English among the French, while frequently d...

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: SPK.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1941

 


[Printed on silk] Nieuw Wassende Graaden Paskaart Vertoonende alle de bekende Zeekusten en Landen op den geheelen Aard Boodem of Werelt door Gerard van Keulen. . .

A very scarce and beautiful chart on Mercator's projection printed on silk. The map is printed on silk. With the name of Gerard van Keulen and the privilege. The map show...

$20000 / ≈ €18714
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1728

 


United States At-A-Glance.

A clever device for demonstrating the statistics of each state, the Area, Population, Highest Elevation, Principal River, Capital, railroad Mileage, Date Entered Union, P...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: THE INTERNATIONAL AT-A-GLANCE CHART CO.
Place & Date: New York & London: International At-A-Glance Chart Co. 1931

 


Indian painting on paper.

Fine miniature, presenting a couple in love making position. The miniature has been painted in India in early 20th century. The miniature is 165 x 110 mm, painted in oil ...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: INDIA
Place & Date: India, ca. 1920

 


M.Merian, l'Ancien célébre graveur . . .

Portrait of Matthäus Merian (1593-1650) by Hubert. Matthäus Merian der Ältere was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt for most of his career, where he also ...

$75 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: HUBERT
Place & Date: Paris, 1784

 


Nouvel atlas geographique & historique.. / Nieuwe en geographische en historische Atlas..

This second edition of this charming travel compendium is becoming relatively scarce nowadays.Illustrated with a charming frontispiece, two uncolored plates of a sphere, ...

$2750 / ≈ €2573
Maker / Publisher: DE LET,H./ BAALDE,S.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1778

 


Nice Vue prise audessus de Montalban.

Beautiful view of Nice from the book "l'Italie à vol d'oiseau".

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: GUESDON, A.
Place & Date: Paris, 1850

 


Map of Formosa. My hunting place.

An unusual hand drawn map of Formosa with an inset plan ‘My hunting place’. The map has the major cities marked in red ink and was made during Japanese occupation. Th...

$125 / ≈ €117
Maker / Publisher: YANO, Y.
Place & Date: Chiayi, Formosa, ca. 1940

 


Indian painting on paper.

Fine miniature, presenting a couple in love making position. The miniature has been painted in India in early 20th century. The miniature is 165 x 110 mm, painted in oil ...

$110 / ≈ €103
Maker / Publisher: INDIA
Place & Date: India, ca. 1920

 


Reiß in das Gelobte Land ... Mit nach dreyen andern Reißbeschreibungen vermehret, und schönen Kupfern gezieret.

Very rare first illustrated edition of collected travel accounts by citizens of Zürich, containing : Hans Jacob Amman, "Narrative of a trip to Palestine". The ...

$6000 / ≈ €5614
Maker / Publisher: AMMANN, Hans Jacob
Place & Date: Zürich, M. Schauffelberger Erbin, 1678

 


Vue du sperbe Temple de St.Sophie .. a Constantinople.

A fanciful depiction of the Aya Sofya in Istanbul. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and Lon...

$280 / ≈ €262
Maker / Publisher: MONDHARE
Place & Date: Paris, 1800

 


Océanie.

A very decorative 19th century map of the Pacific Ocean, with hand colored lines indicating the extent of Polynesia, Mirconesia, Melanesia, and Malaysia (or Southeast Asi...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: LEVASSEUR, V.
Place & Date: Paris, 1850

 


Nostre Dame de Lorette.

A very RARE panoramic of Lorette and the church, including a numbered legend in both lower corners.The plate is numbered in black pencil in upper right corner.Published ...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: CHÉREAU, F. & J.
Place & Date: Paris c.1720

 


Bocche del Fiume Negro et Isole di Capo Verde.

Double-page engraved map of the Cape Verde Islands and part of the coast of Senegal, with large decorative cartouche. One with inset of the island Goree. During three cen...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1690

 


Nieuwe Kaart van het Eyland Sumatra..

Fine chart depicting the Island of Sumatra and the southern coasts of Malaysia from Quedo to Johore. North is orientated to the left of the page. Singapore is probably id...

$1750 / ≈ €1638
Maker / Publisher: VALENTIJN, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1726

 


Americae Nova Descriptio.

Final state. According to Philip Burden, "this scarce map is America's first single-sheet map with decorative borders." A re-issue of the 1614 plate by Pieter v...

$16000 / ≈ €14971
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1652

 


Leaf on vellum from a Missal.

A very fine Missal leaf, written in Latin. RECTO: A wonderful initial O decorated with pen work in red, purple and blue. The initial is 6x6cm. VERSO: one initial "I&...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: MISSAL.
Place & Date: France, c. 1410

 


Carte de l'Arabie d'après les différents morceaux qu'a donnés M. Niebuh...

Detailed map of the Arabian peninsular, after Niebuhr, with scales in lower left corner. Engraved by Pierre-Paul Dubuisson.More about Mapping of Arabia [+]

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: TARDIEU, P. F.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1820

 


Constantinopolis.

A spectacular woodcut panorama of the ancient city of Constantinople, proporting to show the pre-Turk city (for example naming St Sophia). (235x522mm).One of the earliest...

$3500 / ≈ €3275
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


AFFAIRES D'ORIENT Départ des Grenadiers de la Garde Anglaise, à bord du Steamer transatlantique l'Orenoco. . .

Beautiful lithography of the British steamboat "l'Orenoco" departure from Southampton in May 1854, with soldiers leaving for the Crimean War. After a design Lou...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: LEBRETON, L.
Place & Date: Paris, Lemercier, c.1860

 


Leaf on vellum from a Missal.

A very fine Missal leaf, written in Latin. RECTO: A wonderful initial P decorated with pen work in red, purple and blue. The initial is 6x6cm. VERSO: 18 lines written in ...

$2250 / ≈ €2105
Maker / Publisher: MISSAL.
Place & Date: France, c. 1410

 


L'Enfance de Paul et Virginie.

Fine engraving of Paul and Virginie.Paul et Virginie (or Paul and Virginia) is a novel by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, first published in 1787. The novel's ti...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: LE GRAND, A.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1790

 


Paris.

A spectacular panoramic view of Paris, with legends numbered from 1-70 in French. With the title in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690-1776) who...

$6000 / ≈ €5614
Maker / Publisher: WOLFF, J.
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740

 


Spiegel der Reden Voor de Wanhopende Actionisten. [Mirror for the reason of the despairing stockbrokers. ]

Text page with copper engraving (150 x 100mm.) taken from Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnego...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: [ANONYMOUS].
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Waere Affbeeldinge Wegens het Casteel ende Stadt BATAVIA Gelegen opt Groot Eylant Java.

A good impression of this finely engraved and detailed plan of Batavia, present-day Jakarta, the Dutch center of trading activities in the East Indies. Copied after Cleme...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1721

 


A newe mape of Tartary.

Early edition of one of the most decorative "carte à figures"- map of Tartary, known for its figured borders with costume figures, while above are vignettes of...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: SPEED, J. / HUMBLE, J.
Place & Date: London, 1627

 


Daniae Regni Typum..

A first state. Very decorative "carte à figures"- map of Denmark with the signature of the engraver Abraham Goos. Printed on heavy paper, in spite of its repai...

$2750 / ≈ €2573
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, C. J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1629

 


Quantung, e Fokien, Provincie della China...

A beautifully engraved decorative map of Southern China extending from Hainan in the West to Formosa in the East and centered on the Pearl River Delta with Macao and the ...

$3500 / ≈ €3275
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1691

 


[The dogs of Vasco Nunez de Balboa attacking native Indians]

A brutal scene in which the dogs of the Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa, ferociously attack native Indians, while the Spanish look on.In 1631 Johann Ludwig Gottfri...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

 


Au quartier Latin.

This image also appears on the Christmas cover of the magazine in 1900. This is the version before the magazine boilerplate was added, but "this black-and-white vers...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: MUCHA, A.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1899

 


Asia.

Uncommon map of Asia. Engraved by Marco di Pietro.The map is of interest for the use of G. di Corea, for the sea between Korea and Japan.Published by Carlo Antonio Barbie...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: BARBIELLINI, Carlo Antonio
Place & Date: Milan, 1807

 


Nova Africa descriptio.

A beautifully engraved and most attractive "carte à figures"- map of the African continent. Bordered, above, by panels showing panorama's of Cairo, Alexandria,...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1660

 


Illustriss et excellentiss D.Paulus Quirini divi Marci procurator.

Fine text page from Isolario Dell'Atlante Vento. with two copper engraved portraits printed within letter press. In top portrait of "Hieronymus Quirinus" (60x55...

$140 / ≈ €131
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1691

 


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

 


A plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia. . .

The Lotter edition of Scull & Heap's seminal Philadelphia map, which map was first issued in 1752.Holmes' grid plan for the city is shown, situated between the rivers...

$4500 / ≈ €4211
Maker / Publisher: LOTTER, M.A.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1777

 


La pericolante ostinata. Papagallo No. 20 Anno II.

Design by Augusto Grossi. Taken from the Italian satirical newspaper Il Papagallo, a satirical magazine founded in January 1873 by Augusto Grossi (1835-1919), which speci...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: GROSSI, A.
Place & Date: Bologne, 1874

 


De golf van Bengalen.

Rare chart of the Indian Ocean, with nice detail on Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with compass roses and a system of rhumb lines, soundings and anchorage's. Many place names. The pl...

$2300 / ≈ €2152
Maker / Publisher: DONCKER, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1669-1712

 


Tabula Russiae ex autographo, quod delineandum curavit Foedor filius Tzaris Boris desums... - Domino regionum Iueriae Kartalinie et Groefiniae Tzari etc: dedicata ab Heselo Gerardo M.DC.XIIII

A re-issue, by Willem Blaeu, of Hessel Gerritsz' rare and influential map of Russia. Dutch text on verso, extending west to east from Emden to Aspachan and north to south...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1635

 


Mufle de veau. Antirrhinum majus L.

Bouquet of Common Snapdragons, engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessiné...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800

 


A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours. (Calendar month of August)

RECTO : Calendar month of August with a 2-line initial in liquid gold on colored ground. colorful panel border in the left margin of acanthus leaves and flowers, with bla...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1450

 


Helmond.

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

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

 


Un Reclutatore in India. Papagallo No. 42. Anno VI.

British in India. Design by Augusto Grossi. Taken from the Italian satirical newspaper Il Papagallo, a satirical magazine founded in January 1873 by Augusto Grossi (1835-...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: GROSSI, A.
Place & Date: Bologne, 1878

 


Carte du Katay, ou Empire de Kin : pour servir a l'Histoire de Jenghiz Khan, raportée dans l'Histoire generale des voyages, tirée de l'Angloise.

The map is of interest for the use of East Sea, the sea between Korea and Japan, here called "Mer de Corée".Fine map of Korea and China's Yellow Sea. Complete ...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: BELLIN, J.N.
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2023

 


Carte Réduite Du Golphe Du Mexique Et Des Isles De L' Amérique..

A well engraved and highly detailed chart prepared by Bellin of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. In addition to a magnificent title cartouche and a color key to the ...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: DÉPÔT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE / BELLIN, J.N.
Place & Date: Paris dated year 17, or 1808

 


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

 


Carte du Mexique et des Etats Unis d'Amérique...

A later edition of De l'Isle's foundation map of 1703, is widely regarded as one of the most influential maps in the history of American Cartography. This updated version...

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: L'ISLE, G. de. / DEZAUCHE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1783

 


Insulae de Cabo Verde olim Hesperides sive .. Zoute Eylanden.

Original copper engraving, hand colored in outline, when published. Double page chart covering detailed the Cap Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean (Isla de San Antonia, ...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1655

 


Le comte d'Artois dresse sur les memoires les plus nouveaux. . .

Map showing the north of France, showing St Omer, and Arras, etc. The map notes Nicolas Sanson as the mapmaker and claims that the map was published by Alexis-Hubert Jail...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: SANSON, N. / JAILLOT, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1693

 


Carte des Possessions Françoises et Angloises dans le Canada et partie de la Lousiane. . .

Proof state. Here without the decorations around the title cartouche in the what is called in the reference books the first state the cartouche in upper left . No double ...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: LONGCHAMPS, le Sieur.
Place & Date: Paris, 1756

 


Strasborcs In der Vocker Marckt.

Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Völckermarckt in Kärten.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounte...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: BEEK, A. / MERIAN, C.
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642

 


Tweevoudigh onderwiis van de Hemelsche en Aerdsche Globen; Het een Na de meyning van Ptolemeus met een vasten Aerdkloot...

Tweevoudigh onderwiis van de Hemelsche en Aerdsche Globen; Het een Na de meyning van Ptolemeus met een vasten Aerdkloot; Het ander Na de Natuerlijcke stelling van N. Cope...

$2250 / ≈ €2105
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1655

 


[ Text / title page Charts of the coasts and harbours of New England . . .]

Letter press text page, taken from the "Atlantic Neptune".The Atlantic Neptune is universally recognised as one of the most magnificent atlases ever made.Exampl...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: DES BARRES, J.F.W.
Place & Date: London, 1777

 


Nous vaincrons parce que nous sommes les plus forts. Souscrivez aux bons d'armement.

We win because we are the strongest. Support good armaments". Quote by the French Prime Minister Paul Reynaud. French wartime propaganda poster. colored world map - ...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: DECHAUX, M.
Place & Date: Pars, ca. 1939

 


Maldivae Insulae.

Very fine early miniature map of Maldives Islands. East is at the top. Title cartouche on the lower right corner. A dolphin and two ships are depicted.First published in ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B.
Place & Date: Amsterdam / Frankfurt, 1609

 


Episcop. Ultraiectinus.

A very detailed map based on Utrecht. Scale cartouche held by a surveyor. Based on the map by B.F.van Berckenrode (1620-21) and engraved by the master engraver Evert Sijm...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630-1632

 


Group of 21 watercolors of scenes in Iceland, included are vulcanos like Eyjafjallajokull, Öræfajökull, etc.

A group of water colors made during visits of the artist F. de Boungne to Iceland, among them are contemporary artistic impressions of the now world-famous volcano Eyjafj...

$3500 / ≈ €3275
Maker / Publisher: DE BOUNGNE, F.
Place & Date: Iceland, 1933-1944

 


Statt Talbe an der Saal.

Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Calbe a.d. Saale, Bez Magdeburg .The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and...

$1800 / ≈ €1684
Maker / Publisher: BEEK, A. / MERIAN, C.
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642

 


Digitale pourprée. Digitalis purpurea L.

The foxglove, engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'après natur...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800

 


Koreische Fischerfamilie. Famille de pecheurs de Corea.

A Korean family of fishermen playing a board game. No.9' above image. From "Schinz Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen des Menschen der verschiedenen Rassen und Stämme&...

$125 / ≈ €117
Maker / Publisher: HONEGGER, V.
Place & Date: Zürich, 1845

 


La Basilica Vaticana consacrata al Principe de gli Apostoli . . .

Monumental engraving showing the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican, in its setting, with below a coat of arms with dedication to Cardinal Sigismondo Chigi. Obili...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: DE ROSSI, G.
Place & Date: Rome, 1693

 


Siberie ou Russie Asiatique, Tartarie Chinoise, Pays des Eluts et Isles du Japon.

Map of the Kamchatka peninsula, Russian Far East., Korea, Japan, with Hokkaido labeled "Terre del Jeso".By C. F. Delamarche, successor of Robert de Vaugondy, Ge...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: VAUGONDY, R. de / DELAMARCHE
Place & Date: Paris, 1794 - 1806

 


Prospetto dell'anfiteatro Flavio . . . / Prospetto di Tutto l'Anfiteatro intiero . . . / Pianta dell' divisa nelli suoi / Spaccato, e veduta interiore dell' Anfiteatro.

Monumental engraving showing the Colloseum in Rome, in its setting, with below a ground-plan and elevation. Engraved and drawn by Alessandro Specchi (1668-1729), an engra...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: DE ROSSI, G. / SPECCHI, A.
Place & Date: Rome, 1703

 


Atlas Universel de Géographie. Sixième partie - Océanique.

Volume 6 including detailed maps of Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Pacific islands, Indonesia and 3 maps of the Philippines. With title page and one general map.Supporte...

$5500 / ≈ €5146
Maker / Publisher: VANDERMAELEN, Ph.
Place & Date: Brussels 1827

 


Temperance (Temperantia) from The Virtues.

Very decorative engraving by Philip Galle (Haarlem 1537–1612 Antwerp) after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels). The print was published by Hi...

$10000 / ≈ €9357
Maker / Publisher: BREUGHEL, P.
Place & Date: Antwerp, Hieronymus Cock, 1580

 


Sanitati et Voluptati inservientes herbae thee et caffe.

Copper-plate engraving showing a group of fashionably dressed men and women, drinking tea or coffee. "Paulus Decker inv. et del.; Ioh. Christoph Steudner sculp.; Mar...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: DECKER, P. (after)
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1700

 


La Piovra Russa. Carta Serio-Comica Pel 1878.

Very rare political caricature map by Grossi of the nations of Europe, published in Bologna in the supplement of the newspaper "Le Perroquet / Al papagallo, N° 15, ...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: GROSSI, A.
Place & Date: Bologne, 14 avril 1878

 


Carte nouvelle des Terres de Cucan..

Prepared by H.Reland (1676-1718) a professor active in Utrecht and specialized in Asian languages, geography and religions. His first map was a map of Japan copied after ...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: The Hague, 1728