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Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.

A more than 600 years old antiphonary leaf, written in Besançon, in 1370. Musical notation on 4 bars, the staves are in red and the notes in black: numerous pen-flourish...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM
Place & Date: Besançon, 1370

 


Les Provinces des Pays Bas.

RARE. From his first edition of his only folio atlas, the map is relied upon the map of his uncle, Nicolas Sanson. Engraved by I.Somer.A nice map of Netherlands.

$850 / ≈ €795
Maker / Publisher: DU VAL, P.
Place & Date: Paris 1687

 


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

 


Nova et recens emendata totius Regni Ungariae una cum adiacentibus et finitimis regionisbus delineatio.

Engraved map by Jan van Deutecum, here the very rare first edition published by Cornelis Nicola in Asterdam in 1596. In very attractive original coloring.A re-issued was ...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: DOETECUM, J. van.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornelius Nicol, 1596

 


Sexta Etas Mundi. Ratisbonna. [Ratisbonne]

A very fine presentation of the city of Ratisbon, in Germany, centered on the cathedral (Dim. : 191 mm W : 525 mm).Overleaf a very nice view of Vienna, with two swans on ...

$1700 / ≈ €1591
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Provincie Noord-Braband. / Breda, de Langstraat. . .

Decorative and uncommon custume plate lithographed by R. de Vries and published by Frans Buffa & Zonen in Amsterdam. A group of 4 women from the area of Baronie van B...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: BRAET VON UBERFELDT / BING, V.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1857

 


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

 


Currus Veliferi Illmi. Pr. Mauritii Nassouvii. (Prince Maurits' sailing-carriage, designed by Simon Stevin. )

Prince Maurits' sailing carriages had been designed by Simon Stevin. The Prince, always accessible to new inventions of his old instructor, could not please the foreign a...

$1800 / ≈ €1684
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1649

 


Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France.

A later edition of Guillaume De l'Isle's map. It still includes the fictitious discoveries of Baron de Lahoutan: the legendary River Longue etc. The northwest corner of H...

$1100 / ≈ €1029
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1730

 


Vue de Gattweick et de l'embouchure du Rhin, dans la Mer du Nord.

Very decorative view of Katwijk. Signed lower right, Louis Bleuler au chateau de Laufen . Original design by Louis Bleuer. This gouache was the model for his aquatint in ...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: BLEULER, L.
Place & Date: 1820

 


Figure 27 deuxieme partie a gauche.. [Hors riding].

This fabulous illustration depicts formal movements of equitation for horse riding school movements. The print shows both A.de Pluvinel and the future King at the age of ...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: PLUVINEL, A.de
Place & Date: Paris, 1629

 


Figure 38 troisieme partie. [Hors riding]

This fabulous illustration depicts formal movements of equitation for horse riding school movements. The print shows both A.de Pluvinel and the future King at the age of ...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: PLUVINEL, A.de
Place & Date: Paris, 1629

 


Reine-Marguerite. Aster chinensis. L.

A bouquet of flowers. Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch-born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'aprè...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1800

 


Neflier cultivé. Mespilus germanica. L.

A bouquet of flowers. Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "http://www.swaen.com/Fleu...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1800

 


Ducatus Lutzenburgi Novissima et Accuratissima Delineatio.

West to the top. Very detailed and fine map of Luxembourg, including the towns of Namur, Liege, Trier and Metz.

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Allegory of geography.

Two putty studying a terrestrial globe, one of them holding a pair of dividers. The information on the globe is clearly imaginary but the two cartouches and ships are typ...

$7500 / ≈ €7018
Maker / Publisher: KERKHOVE, Joseph Vanden
Place & Date: Bruges, ca. 1700

 


Het Klooster ten Hage (Marienhage Eindhoven)

Very rare lithography of the ruin of the monastery of Ten Haghe in Eindhoven. Lithographed by M.Mouret, published in "oud-Nederland en de uit vroegere dagen overgebl...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: VAN DER AA, P.
Place & Date: Nijmegen, 1837-1846

 


Chêne commun.

Engraved 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 nature. . . receuil ...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1800

 


Landgraviatus Alsatiae tam superioris..

Alsace, in the far north-eastern corner of France, stands out from other French wine regions thanks to its strong Franco-Germanic influences. Alsace is the only French wi...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN, J.B.
Place & Date: Nurenberg, 1710

 


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

 


Seringat odorant. Philadelphus coronarius. L.

Bouquet of Seringats. A bouquet of flowers. Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fle...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1800

 


1) Natoliae,.. 2) Aegypti recentior.. 3) Carthaginis..

To the left a map of Turkey. Oriented with west at bottom. Right side of sheet contains a map of northern Egypt showing the Nile River delta, and a map the vicinity of Tu...

$700 / ≈ €655
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570-1609

 


Peregrinationis Divi Pauli Typus corographicus. . .

A splendid map depicting the travels of Paulus. With two fine scenes in top. Showing the countries along the Mediterranean, including Cyprus and Italy. A first edition wi...

$1800 / ≈ €1684
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595

 


Chirurgie, plate XII

Showing medical chair and physician at work from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier. Very important work as it...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: DIDEROT,D.
Place & Date: Paris 1779

 


Insulae Americanae in Oceanus Septentrionali cum Terris..

General map of the West Indies extending from Virginia to the mouth of the Orinoco, and destined to be copied in various shapes by many other publishers. Title cartouche ...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

RECTO: Six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers in same.VERSO: Five 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and one 2-lines i...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: France, 1520-1550

 


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

 


La Place de Saint Marc a Venise.

A very attractive Town plan of the place St Marc in Venice.Joan Blaeu published during his life three town-books of Italy: Citta del Vaticano, Rome and Napoli. By the yea...

$4500 / ≈ €4211
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J. / MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1705

 


Grande Capucine Tropoeolum majus. L.

The true Nasturtium, stipple engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch-born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800

 


A unique composite atlas with updated Porro maps.

Unique composite atlas containing in total 84 maps - 82 maps engraved by Girolamo Porro and heavenly reworked around 1686 and 2 newly engraved maps; Piccola Tartaria (Cr...

$35000 / ≈ €32750
Maker / Publisher: PORRO, G./ MAGINI
Place & Date: Venice, 1686

 


Limburgensis Ducatus Tabula Nova.

Map of Limburg, prepared by the Antwerp expert in law and mathematics Aegidius Martini. After 1600 Jan Baptist Vrients acquired the stock and the plates of Ortelius' Thea...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A. / VRIENTS, J.B.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1606-1612

 


Guinea.

Samuel Purchas' edition of the Mercator/Hondius Atlas Minor . Map of Guinea published in his famous collection of voyages His Pilgrimes . With descriptive text in English...

$230 / ≈ €215
Maker / Publisher: HONDIUS, J. / PURCHAS, S.
Place & Date: London, 1645

 


Carte du Gouvernement de Provence, suivant les nouvelles observations...

Fine copper engraved and decorative map of the Provence region in the south of France. It includes the cities of Nimes, Viviers, Avignon, Aix and Nice. The pictorial cart...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: AA, P. van der
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1728

 


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

 


Hemisphaerium Orbis Antiqui cumzonis circulis. . .

A chart showing the eastern hemisphere, including north eastern coast of Australia with, superimposed, climatic zones and planetary details. Surround by most decorative s...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: CELLARIUS, A ./ SCHENK, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1708

 


Carte géologique détaillée. Beyrouth.

Geological or soil map showing part of Lebanon with Beyrouth, including in top a colored legend with signs of the different geological ages. Provenance : Fondation P. Fal...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: DUBERTRET, Louis.
Place & Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.

 


Carte géologique détaillée. Jezzîne.

Geological or soil map showing part of Lebanon with Jezzîne, including a legend with signs of the different geological ages and giving many information of greatest inter...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: DUBERTRET, Louis. / HEYBROCK, Friso.
Place & Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.

 


Carte géologique détaillée. Râchaïya Nord.

Geological or soil map showing part of Lebanon with Râchaïya , including a legend with signs of the different geological ages and giving many informations of greatest i...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: DUBERTRET, Louis.
Place & Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.

 


Carte géologique détaillée. Zahle.

Geological map showing part of Lebanon with Zahle. , including a legend with signs of the different geological ages. Provenance : Fondation P. Fallot

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: DUBERTRET, Louis.
Place & Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.

 


Carte geologique detaillee. Jbail.

Geological or soil map showing part of Lebanon with Jbail antique Byblos Ancien Port phenicien / scale 1 : 50 000., including a legend with signs of the different geologi...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: DUBERTRET, Louis.
Place & Date: Liban, Service geographique des F.F.L., 1945.

 


Hanc Tabulam continens Laetam Pharnambuci.. . [Brazil].

An extremely rare and decorative map of coast-line of Pernambuco. With one inset: In the upper left corner a map of Brazil, with title in five lines Dutch and five lines ...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: PISCATOR,N.J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630

 


Imperii Russici et Tartariae Universae tam majoris Afiaticæ quam minoris et EuropæTabula.

The map is of interest for the use of Mere Orientale Minus Corea for the sea between Korea and Japan.Decorative map covering Russia, Tibet, China, Tartary, Korea, Taiwan ...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN HEIRS.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1739

 


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

 


Vue Interieure de la Bourse Royale à Londres.

So-called optical print of the London stock exchange. Daumont was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuri...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: DAUMONT
Place & Date: Paris, 1760

 


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

 


Pas-kaart vande Zee kusten van Venecuela met de Byleggende Eylanden. . .

Rare chart of the coast of Venezuela, including the islands of Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, etc.The chart has two insets, one (15x22cm) with a map of Curaçao, one smaller w...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Franciae orientalis../ Monasteriensis et osnaburgensis..

From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]' published in Antwerp. French text on verso.The map of Frankenland is prepared by Sebastian Rotenhan (1478-1532) ...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS,A./ GALLE,T.
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1574

 


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

 


Insula Sacra; vulgo Holy Iland; et Farne

Farne and Holy Islands off the coast of Northumberland. The Abbey, the Old Fort and the town are clearly marked. - German text edition.

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1646

 


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

 


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

 


Dongerdeel.. De vierde grietenij van Ooster Goo.

Very decorative map centred on Dokkum, Metzerwier and Pasens from the Uitbeelding der Heerlijkheit Friesland prepared by Schotanus. With decorative title cartouche lower ...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: SCHOTANUS, B.
Place & Date: Leeuwarden, F.Halma, 1718

 


Karte von Asien.

An attractive map of Asia. With a decorative title cartouche in the upper left-hand corner. Engraved by Aarons.Franz Johann Josef von Reilly (Vienna 18 august 1766 - 6 ju...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: VON REILLY, F.J.J.
Place & Date: Vienna 1795

 


(EUROPE).

The map of Europe has been identified as the work of Hieronimus Münzer (1437-1508), a Nuremberg physician who supplied the geographical contents of the chronicle. The Eu...

$7500 / ≈ €7018
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1493

 


[Title page] Isolario.

Fine title page from Isolario Dell''''Atlante Vento..More about Coronelli. [+]

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI,V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1691

 


Carte Générale de l'Empire des Russes et de la Tartarie Universelle.

Rare map of Tartary and Russia, including Korea and Japan prepared after J.B.Nolin and published by Monhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'ed...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: MONDHARE / NOLIN, J.B.
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2023

 


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

 


The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Edward Fitzgerald translation)

Edward FitzGerald, an outstanding writer who has done more than anyone to popularise English poetry. His best-known work, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1859), began by be...

$5000 / ≈ €4679
Maker / Publisher: SMITH, B.
Place & Date: England, ca. 1930

 


Two sheets for constructing an armillary sphere.

Two sheets for constructing an armillary sphere. Cassini was a geographer and cartographer, but also perspective and architecture carver - one of Giovanni Battista Pirane...

$2700 / ≈ €2526
Maker / Publisher: CASSINI, G.M.
Place & Date: Rome, 1795

 


Globe Terrestre Didié et Présénté a Monseigneur le Comté Maubec de Brancas...

Terrestial globe dated 1741.  Complete title "Globe Terrestre  Didié et Présénté a Monseigneur le Comté  Maubec de Brancas Par Jacque  Hardy. Dressé sur ...

$25000 / ≈ €23393
Maker / Publisher: HARDY, Jacques
Place & Date: Paris, dated 1741

 


Corea and Japan.

A fine large-scale map of Japan and Korea showing an increasingly refined outline to the Japanese islands but still oversized Korean peninsula. The strait south of Korea,...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: THOMSON, J.
Place & Date: Edinburgh, 1816

 


Carte Geo-Hydrographique du Golfe du Mexique et de ses Isles..

Map of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico showing the various islands and continental coastlines according to the 18th century Venetian cartography of Rizzi Zannoni.Illustr...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: LATTRÉ / ZANNONI, R.
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1783

 


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

 


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

 


Forest scene on the Tobihanna Alleghany Mountains.

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

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: BODMER, Karl
Place & Date: London/Paris/Coblenz, 1839

 


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

 


Biturigum.

A miniature map of the Berry. Fine cartouche in the upper left corner.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by the most famous engravers...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B.
Place & Date: Amsterdam/Frankfurt 1609

 


Die Zyp / La Zype.

A miniature map showing the polder of De Zype. Title cartouche in the upper side.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by the most famou...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B.
Place & Date: Amsterdam / Frankfurt, 1609

 


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

 


Carte de la Turquie, de l'Arabie et de la Perse..

Large map of the Near East, based upon earlier maps by De L'Isle. Shows also most part of the Mediterranean basin as well as north-eastern Africa. Relief shown pictoriall...

$550 / ≈ €515
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam c. 1745

 


Hydrograhica descriptio

This very rare chart is important as the first printed sea chart of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, Gibraltar, also depicting the northern coast of Marocco.Willem Bar...

$4000 / ≈ €3743
Maker / Publisher: BARENDTSZ, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, W.Blaeu, 1612

 


Beschrijving van Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien. Vervattende een Naukeurige en uitvoerige verhandelinge van Nederlands Mogentheyd [...] met meer dan thien honderd en vyftig Prentverbeeldingen verrykt...

"The most comprehensive work on Asia published in Europe during the early colonial period" (Landwehr). The first book to give a comprehensive account in text an...

$25000 / ≈ €23393
Maker / Publisher: VALENTIJN,
Place & Date: Dordrecht /Amsterdam, 1724-1726

 


Genehoa Jaloffi et Sierraliones regna.

Decorative and detailed map of the West African Coast, from Senegal to Sierra Leone. In the center the river Gambia to the mouth in the Atlantic. Upper left a dedication ...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: SCHENK, P. / VALK, G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1670 / 1720

 


Terra Sancta.

This is the most modern of Ortelius' maps of the Holy Land. It focuses specifically on the Holy Land and is oriented with east of the top. Ortelius used as a model the wa...

$2400 / ≈ €2246
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1603

 


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

 


A new map of the English Empire in America. . .

This fine English map of eastern North America including Canada engraved by John Harris and first published by Robert Morden. John Senex acquired and made minor alteratio...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: SENEX, J.
Place & Date: London, 1720

 


ISLA DE CUBA [with 2 maps] Plano Pintoresco De La Habana con los numeros de las casas B. May y Ca. 1853. (with) Inset map Puerto y Cereanias De La Habana. (with) 14 views of Havana & prominent buildings.

Lithographic town-plan surrounded with views of the city of Havana including the "Fuente De La India En El Paseo De Isabel 2a." and "Vista Gral De La Haban...

$3500 / ≈ €3275
Maker / Publisher: MAY, B. Y CA.
Place & Date: Havana, 1853

 


Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.

The first map of China ever to appear in a Western atlas, west to the top. The first state without "las Philiooinas" somewhere in 1587 added to the plate. When ...

$6000 / ≈ €5614
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1584

 


Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini mathematicor[um] ...Octo libri Geographie. . .

Third edition of "Géographie" by Ptolemy and published in Strasbourg. Illustrated with 50 maps engraved in wood. One of the more important maps is showing the ...

$85000 / ≈ €79536
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMEE, C. / FRIES. L.
Place & Date: Strasbourg, J. Grüninger, 1522

 


Huquang, Kiangsi, Chekiang ac Fokien.

A reissue of Janssonius' map of south east China, with wash color and uncolored cartouches.The map is based on the maps of Martin Martini, themselves based on Chinese sou...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: VALK, G. / SCHENK, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720