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Carte du ciel et de la terre qui commencent à se former / Figure du ciel fluide & pur & de la terre fixe & ferme.

Recto and verso text page with two illustrations of the grounding of the sky and earth according to a Chinese philosopher. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-178...

$75 / ≈ €65
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Carte de la province de Tche kiang 浙江 [Zhejiang]

D'Anville's highly detailed map of Tche Kiang (Zhejiang) province from du Halde's "Description geographique historique...de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie Ch...

$250 / ≈ €215
Maker: ANVILLE d', J.B.B.
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Plan du Ti-tang ou du temple, où l'empereur sacrifie à Chang-ti sous le titre de souverain seigneur de la terre

A plan of the temple of the soil god (社稷壇, Shèjìtán, "Altar of Soil and Grain")—under the name "Titang" (地堂, dìtáng, "Hall of Di...

$50 / ≈ €43
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Souan pan, ou instrument dont les chinois se servent pour compter.

Text page with a wood block illustration of a souan-pan [suan-p'an] the calculation table used by the Chinese. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French c...

$20 / ≈ €17
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


[World and 4 continents] Carte Geographique Astronomique Chronologique et Historique du Monde.

French wall map of the world in 4 sheets published by Crépy "à l'entrée du Cloistre de St. Benoist du côté des maturins". A decorative wall map of the worl...

$25000 / ≈ €21531
Maker: (INSELIN, Charles / CREPY [Family]
Date: Paris, 1720-1735

 


Province de Koei-Tcheou.

An important map of Koei-tcheou 贵州 [Guizhou]. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation engraved by Guélard, the map ...

$100 / ≈ €86
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Province d'Yun-Nan.

Important map of Yun-nan 云南 [Yunnan] province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Delahaye. Jean B...

$100 / ≈ €86
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Villes de la province de Petche-li.

Five town plans : Peking (with forbidden town), Yung-ping-fou, Long-men-hien, Yuen-keou/Tching-sse-yu/Si-yang-keou/Hoang-tou-in, Tchin-ting-fou. From "Description ge...

$150 / ≈ €129
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendum Regio nutu concessa ...

Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendu...

$1200 / ≈ €1034
Maker: HOMANN HEIRS
Date: Nuremberg, 1735

 


[Title page] Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise . . . Du Thibet, & de la Coree. . .

Title page of the Nouvel Atlas de la Chine. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French cartographer. Compiled over 200 maps. This map is from his most impor...

$40 / ≈ €34
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Theatre de la Guerre en Savoie et en Piémont - Le Dauphiné, La Bresse - Partie du Lionnois et de la Provence./ Theatre de la guerre en Dauphiné et en Provence…

Rare wall map of the Savoie/Piémont and Dauphiné/Provence region. Decorated with 2 title-cartouches, one at upper right part (Savoye/Piémont) and one at lower right pr...

$3000 / ≈ €2584
Maker: COVENS,J./ MORTIER,C.
Date: Amsterdam, c.1735

 


Carte particulière de l'entrée de Canton - Plan de Quang-tcheou-fou vulgo Canton .

Beautiful detailed map of the entrance to the city of Canton, showing also the cities of Macao and Quanghai, as well as the islands of the bay, including the island of Sh...

$450 / ≈ €388
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendum Regio nutu concessa ...

Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendu...

$1500 / ≈ €1292
Maker: HOMANN HEIRS
Date: Nuremberg, 1735

 


Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendum Regio nutu...

Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendu...

$1500 / ≈ €1292
Maker: HOMANN HEIRS
Date: Nuremberg, 1735

 


Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise . . . du Thibet, & de la Coree. . .

Without the separately published atlas. Lacking 2 plates in vol.2 (Obseques at p.149 and Gin seng at p.180), one plate torn without a loss (vol.1, p.230), d4 vol.1 with a...

$5500 / ≈ €4737
Maker: DU HALDE, J.-B.
Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1736

 


Idole que les chinois appellant, le dieu de l´immortalité, et qu´ils disent presider a leur Fortune. . .

Four fascinating engraving on one sheet depicting Chinese gods. "Idole que les chinois appellant, le dieu de l´immortalité, et qu´ils disent presider a leur Fortu...

$150 / ≈ €129
Maker: PICART, B.
Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard c.1736

 


Asia By H.Moll Geographer.

Detailed map of Asia. From his "Atlas minor: or a new and curious set of sixty-two maps. . .", which was first published in 1729 and reprinted in 1732, 1736.The...

$300 / ≈ €258
Maker: MOLL, H.
Date: London, 1736

 


Charlatans qui se mêlent de vendre le vent de la Chine. Dévots mendiants de la Chine et charlatans qui se promènent sur des tigres apprivoisés, . . .

Two fascinating engraving on one sheet depicting Chinese charlatans. Engraved by Bernard Picart. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et cou...

$150 / ≈ €129
Maker: PICART, B.
Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard c.1736

 


Urbium Londini et West-Monasterii nec non Surburbii Southwark Accurata Ichnographia ,., Neuester Grundris der Staedte London und West-Munster, Samt der Vorstadt Southwark ,.,

Detailed plan of London, extending from Grosvenor Square in the west to Mile End to the east, To the right inset views of St, James's Square, and Custom House, elevations...

$3200 / ≈ €2756
Maker: HOMANN, J,B.
Date: Nuremberg, 1736

 


Carte la plus generale et qui comprend la Chine, la Tartarie chinoise et le Thibet. . .

It has a quite elaborate pictorial cartouche engraved by G. Kondet. It is a very detailed map of China, Tibet, and Korea.In the upper left corner is very good details of ...

$2800 / ≈ €2412
Maker: D'ANVILLE, J-B.
Date: The Hague, 1737

 


[Title page] Atlas Novus Terrarum Orbis Imperia. . .

The lovely title page from Homann's Grosser Atlas uber de Gantsa Welt (Grand Atlas of all the World)with striking color and features. It shows Atlas and Hercules / Herakl...

$150 / ≈ €129
Maker: HOMANN, J.B.
Date: Nuremberg, ca 1737

 


Nouvel atlas de la Chine, de la Tartarie chinoise, et du Thibet.

First edition of "the principal cartographic authority on China during the 18th century". It was the second major atlas of China produced in Europe following th...

$19000 / ≈ €16364
Maker: DU HALDE, J.-B.
Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737

 


Ichnographia munitissimae Arcis Otzakoff quae Ao. 1737, die 3 Iulÿ auspicÿs Supremi Campi Mareschalli Comitis de Münnich ab exercitu Russorum vi occupata . . .

A striking image of this fortified Russian outpost on the Black Sea at Otzakoff, northeast of Odessa.

$1100 / ≈ €947
Maker: SEUTTER, M.
Date: Augsburg, 1737

 


Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia et Africa.

Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map of the Turkish Empire, showing from Tunis to Arabia, including Greece, Arabia, Turkey and Palestine. With good detail in the Ara...

$1000 / ≈ €861
Maker: HOMANN, J.B.
Date: Nurnberg, 1737

 


Carte générale de la Chine Dressée sur les Cartes particulières que l'Empereur Cang-hi a fait lever sur les lieux par les RR. PP. Jésuites missionaires dans cet empire / Par le Sr d'Anville.

An essential and very detailed map of the Southern part of China, including a detailed map of Taiwan.Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782) was a French cartogr...

$1000 / ≈ €861
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737

 


Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia et Africa Regiones proprias, tributarias, clientelares sicut et omnes eusdem Beglirbegatus seu Præfecturas Generales exhibens. . .

Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map of the Ottoman Empire centered on Cyprus. With good detail in the Arabian Peninsular. In the lower left, a decorative title cart...

$500 / ≈ €431
Maker: HOMANN, J.B.
Date: Nurnberg, 1737

 


Province de Fo-Kien. [Includes West Coast of Taiwan]

An important map of Fujian Province shows the East Coast of China and the West Coast of Taiwan. It shows that for the Manchu Qing, only the western half of Formosa was co...

$1000 / ≈ €861
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737

 


Picardie Meridionale Le Cambresis et leurs Environs.

Map showing the region of Picardie in Northern France. Including the towns of Abbeville, Amiens, Compiegne, Soisson, Chambray, etc.

$230 / ≈ €198
Maker: CREPY.
Date: Paris, 1737

 


Prospectus Palatÿ Comitis Leopoldi de Windischgräz . . .

Very nice engraving by J.A. Corvinus after a design of Salomon Kleiner showing the house of an Austrian aristocratic family.

$100 / ≈ €86
Maker: CORVINIUS / KLEINER, S.
Date: Augsburg, 1737

 


Hispanus.

Allegorical print of Spain (Hispanus), copper engraving after P. Decker by M. Engelbrecht. Taken from "Laconicum Europae Speculum". Philippe Andrea Kilian (1714...

$275 / ≈ €237
Maker: ENGELBRECHT, M.
Date: Augsburg, 1737

 


A Map of the British Empire in AMERICA with the French, Spanish and Hollandish Settlements Adjacent Thereto. by Henry Popple. / Nouvelle Carte Particuliere de L'Amerique . . .

The four sheet Dutch edition of Popple's monumental map of North America, in mint condition. Encompassing the West Indies, Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Central America.T...

$15000 / ≈ €12919
Maker: POPPLE,H / MORTIER, J. and C.
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1737

 


Kaerte en Afbeeldinge vande Geheele Jurisdictie van Stantdarbuyten Gelegen in de Generaliteit onder Marquisaet van Bergen op den Zoom

With a large title cartouche with signature of the maker Adriaan van der Ende, : Kaerte en Afbeeldinge vande Geheele Jurisdictie van Stantdarbuyten Gelegen in de Generali...

$2500 / ≈ €2153
Maker: VAN DER ENDE, A.
Date: Willemstad, 1737

 


Royaume de Corée.

With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by G.Kondet. One of the earliest separate maps of Korea. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French c...

$4000 / ≈ €3445
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: The Hague, 1737

 


Ein Formosaner. (Inhabitant of Formosa / Taiwan)

Wood cut with letter press, showing an inhabitant of Formosa (Taiwan) by Jacob Martini, published in "Neu-eingerichtete und vermehrte Bilder-Geographie …", pu...

$150 / ≈ €129
Maker: MARTINI, J.
Date: Erfurt, ca. 1738

 


Avantures du Sr. C. Le Beau, avocat en parlement ou Voyage curieux et nouveau parmi les Sauvages de l'Amérique Septentrionale. Dans lequel on trouvera une Description du Canada… Ouvrage enrichi d'une Carte et des figures necessaires.

A description of Huron, Iroquois, and Algonquin customs, written in charming style and based, the Author claims, on observations made on a trip to America in 1729." ...

$2500 / ≈ €2153
Maker: LE BEAU, C.
Date: Amsterdam, 1738

 


Grande Tartarie.

A very nice map of Tartaria extending from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia un...

$150 / ≈ €129
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


Plan de Paris commencé l'année 1734, Dessiné et gravé sous les ordres de Messire Michel Etienne Turgot, prévost des marchands.

FIRST EDITION of Turgot's Monumental Joined View of Paris, stretching to over 10 Feet. This expansive large-scale engraved view of Paris covers the first eleven arrondis...

$21000 / ≈ €18086
Maker: BRETEZ, Louis / TURGOT.
Date: Paris, 1739

 


Arabia agreeable to Modern History.

Detailed map of the Arabian Peninsula from the Mediterranean Sea to the Arabian Sea, and western Iran. with an engaging text block on upper right corner: "Arabia, d...

$550 / ≈ €474
Maker: MOLL, H.
Date: London, 1739

 


Augusti. II. Re di Polonia, Ellettore di Sassonia.

Portrait of Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733) of the Albertine line of the House of Wettin was Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I), Imperia...

$100 / ≈ €86
Maker: ALBRIZZI, G.
Date: Venice, 1739

 


(Chatelain "Atlas Historique" in 7 volumes.]

Henri Abraham Chatelain, whose Atlas Historique was one of the most expansive encyclopedias of the age. First published in 1705, Chatelain's Atlas Historique was part o...

$40000 / ≈ €34450
Maker: CHATELAIN, H.
Date: Amsterdam: Chez Zacharie Châtelain, 1732 - 1739

 


Asiae.

A very nice map of Asia. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historica, i curiosa, segun el estado...

$300 / ≈ €258
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


L'Amerique septentrionale, Dressée sur les memoires les plus recens. . .

A very detailed map extending from Hudsons Bay to Panama, and including the West Indies. The map is a later copy of Guillaume de L'Isle's foundation map of North America,...

$900 / ≈ €775
Maker: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Date: Amsterdam, 1739

 


America.

A very nice map of the American continent with California as an island and an adorned title cartouche.From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compend...

$300 / ≈ €258
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


Presqu'Isle de l'inde deça le Golfe du Gange/Presqu'Isle de l'Inde dela le Golfe du Gange.

Two maps on one sheet, one depicting India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives Islands (13,5 x 8 cm) and the otherone Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia (13,5 x 8 cm). F...

$300 / ≈ €258
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


Perse.

A very nice map of Persia. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historica, i curiosa, segun el esta...

$150 / ≈ €129
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


Mogol.

A very nice map of Northern India and Pakistan. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historica, i c...

$150 / ≈ €129
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


Carte d'Amerique dressée par l'usage du Roy..

Fine map prepared by G.d'Isle depicting North and south America, the west coast taken north to Cap Mendocin and Cap Blanc with a note Entrée decouverte par Martin d'Agui...

$700 / ≈ €603
Maker: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Date: Amsterdam, 1739

 


(Arabian peninsula, Turkey, Irak).

A very nice map of the Arabian peninsula, Turkey and Irak. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, his...

$150 / ≈ €129
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


La Chine.

A very nice map of China, including Korea and Taiwan. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historic...

$300 / ≈ €258
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


'T Eilandje Desima verblyf plaats der Hollanders in Japan.

Bird's-eye view of Dejima copied from a manuscript by Voogt, who was second-in-command on Deshima in 1713. The island is viewed from the landside, depicting the developme...

$300 / ≈ €258
Maker: TIRION, I.
Date: Amsterdam, 1739

 


Carta geografica della america meridionale.

Uncommon map of South America based upon Guillaume De L'Isle's map. Includes the routes of early explorers in the Pacific, including Magellan, Drake, Le Maire, Mendana, V...

$300 / ≈ €258
Maker: ALBRIZZI, G.
Date: Venice, 1740

 


Nova et accuratissima Maris Caspii. . .

Original hand colored copper engraving of Matthaeus Seutter. Showing the Caspian Sea with the large Volga Delta in east orientation. Main towns / countries around the Cas...

$750 / ≈ €646
Maker: SEUTTER, M.
Date: Augsburg, 1740

 


[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .

Stunning full portrait of the Imperial Geographer of the Holy Roman Empire, Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) who was born in the Bavarian town of Kammlach. Educated at a...

$500 / ≈ €431
Maker: HOMANN, J.B.
Date: Nuremberg, c.1740

 


Carte de L'Egypte de la Nubie de L'Abissinie..

Prepared by G.de l'Isle. Uncommon issue by Hendrik de Leth. Very detailed map of northeastern Africa, the Red Sea and the Arabian peninsula shows the political divisions ...

$500 / ≈ €431
Maker: DE LETH, H.
Date: Amsterdam 1740

 


Carte de L\'Egypte de la Nubie de L\'Abissinie. . .

Prepared by G.de l'Isle. Uncommon issue by Hendrik de Leth. Very detailed map of northeastern Africa, the Red Sea and the Arabian peninsula shows the political divisions ...

$500 / ≈ €431
Maker: DE LETH, H.
Date: Amsterdam, 1740

 


Asia Accuratissime Descripta ex omnibus, quae hactenus extiterunt, imprimis…

A rare map prepared by Nicolas Witsen (1640-1717). Witsen was cartographer, diplomat and sometime burgomaster of Amsterdam, he played a unique role in introducing Russian...

$500 / ≈ €431
Maker: SCHENK Jr., P.
Date: Amsterdam, 1740

 


Paraquariae Provinciae Soc. Iesu cum Adjacentibus Novissima...

Between the years of 1609 and 1780, the Jesuits (the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus) established in South America, an autonomous Christian state, on the lands of present...

$400 / ≈ €345
Maker: SEUTTER, M.
Date: Augsburg, 1740

 


Dantiscum F. Gedanum celeberrimum . . .

Dantzig city plan with a bird-eye view of the city and the main monuments.Matthaus Seutter the elder first published his "Atlas Geographicus" in 1720 and added ...

$400 / ≈ €345
Maker: SEUTTER, M.
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740

 


Sphaerarum Artificialium Typica Repraesentatio. . .

Stunning engraving of Homann's terrestrial and celestial globes and armillary sphere, all with highly ornamented stands. Brief explanatory text.Johann Baptist Homann born...

$900 / ≈ €775
Maker: HOMANN, J.B.
Date: Nuremberg, 1740

 


Peloponnesus Hodie Morea Ad Normam Veterum Et Recentiorum Mappa Accuratissime Adornata Aeri Incisa Et Venalis. . .

Decorative regional map of Morea and contiguous islands, with an ornate cartouche showing a lion bearing a sword defeating Turkish and other invaders.

$450 / ≈ €388
Maker: SEUTTER, M.
Date: Augsburg, 1740

 


l'Hemisphere Septentrionale pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres Arctiques. . .

This is a stunning and terrific map of the Northern Hemisphere that was originally drawn by Guillaume de L'Isle in 1714 and updated by Coven's and Mortier in 1741. It cov...

$450 / ≈ €388
Maker: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Date: Amsterdam 1740

 


Pila Vitulina. Tab CXIV.

Natural history aroused the passion of wealthy collectors in the 17th and 18th centuries. These constitute vast "cabinets of curiosities" and sometimes undertak...

$90 / ≈ €78
Maker: SEBA, A.
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740

 


Dominia Anglorum in praecipuis Insulis Americae ut sunt Insula S. Christopheri, Antegoa, Iamaica, Barbados nec non Insula Bermudes vel Sommers . . .

Four maps of the islands of West Indies (St. Christoph "Delineatio Insulae St, Christophori alias I. Kitts", Antigua "Insula Antegoa", Barbados &q...

$500 / ≈ €431
Maker: HOMANN HEIRS.
Date: Nuremberg, 1740

 


Comitatus Stolbergici ad Hercyniam. . .

The County of Stolberg (Grafschaft Stolberg) was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the Harz mountain range in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled ...

$100 / ≈ €86
Maker: HOMANN HEIRS.
Date: Nuremberg, ca 1740

 


Prospectus Sanctae olim.. Hierosolymae.. Jerusalem. . .

Two bird's eye perspectives views of Jerusalem. Each with an extensive numbered key to principal buildings in town. Title in Latin and German. The print is published by M...

$1500 / ≈ €1292
Maker: SEUTTER, M. / PROBST, M.
Date: Augsburg, 1740

 


[Plan of the port and city of Nagasaki]

AN EXTRAORDINARY RARE AND EARLY JAPANESE MANUSCRIPT PLAN OF NAGASAKIA detailed manuscript plan of the navigation into Nagasaki, the town, its layout and surrounding areas...

$65000 / ≈ €55981
Maker: CHOKENEMON
Date: Nagasaki. Japan, c.1740

 


Impero del Gran Mogol.

Attractive copper engraved map of India with Sri Lanka. Showing mountains, towns and the Rama's Bridge (Ponte di Adamo). Included in "Atlante Novissimo che Contiene ...

$450 / ≈ €388
Maker: ALBRIZZI, G.B.
Date: Venice, 1740

 


Isola Ceilon.

Attractive copper engraved map of Sri Lanka showing mountains, Towns and the Rama's Bridge (Ponte di Adamo). Included in "Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Par...

$600 / ≈ €517
Maker: ALBRIZZI, G.B.
Date: Venice, 1740

 


Moscovia o Russia.

Map showing European Russia and is centered on Moscow. In the lower right corner, title cartouche with scale and the town of Astrakhan. From "Atlante Novissimo Che C...

$200 / ≈ €172
Maker: ALBRIZZI, G. B.
Date: Venice, 1740

 


Nieuwe kaart van Arabia.

Here is an attractive map of the Arabian Peninsula, Gelukkig Arabia or Happy Arabia. The map is a great advance on other maps of the time by showing the true extent of...

$1250 / ≈ €1077
Maker: TIRION, I.
Date: Amsterdam, 1740

 


[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .

Stunning full portrait of the Imperial Geographer of the Holy Roman Empire, Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) who was born in the Bavarian town of Kammlach. Educated at a...

$600 / ≈ €517
Maker: HOMANN, J.B.
Date: Nuremberg, c.1740

 


[Lot of 5 maps of the mouth of the Gironde river] Carte des Entrees et Cours de la Gironde

A large sea chart of the mouth and course of the Gironde river as far inland as Bordeaux. Decorated with three cartouches.Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1702-720) was the most i...

$350 / ≈ €301
Maker: BELLIN, J. N.
Date: Paris, c. 1740

 


Marchionatus Moraviae circulus brunnensis. . .

Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map has a large decorative cartouche. Detailed map centered on Bruenn in Moravia. Prepared by Johann Chr. Mueller. Very decorative t...

$300 / ≈ €258
Maker: HOMANN, J.B.
Date: Nuremberg, 1740

 


Praefecturae Principatus Querfurtensis Dahmiana et Iüterboccensis cum vicinia oppidis, vicis, pagis accurate distincta. . .

Showing the region of Ämter Dahme, Jüterbog, Baruth. With in the north Potsdam and in the south Schönwalde, in the west Brück/ Zahna and in the east Buchholz/ Luckau.

$50 / ≈ €43
Maker: SEUTTER, M.
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740

 


Delineatio Geographica Ditionis Martisburgensis hodie regiis et electoralibus auspiciis florentis edita. . .

Map shows the surrounding of the city of Halle. With a very large title cartouche occupying the lower left corner. Engraved by Tobias Conrad Lotter.

$75 / ≈ €65
Maker: SEUTTER, M.
Date: Augsburg, 1740

 


Delineatio geographica praefecturarum Wittebergensis, et Graefenhaynichen. . .

Showing Amt Wittenberge with the river Elbe. Wittenberge is a town of eighteen thousand people on the middle Elbe in the district of Prignitz, Brandenburg.

$75 / ≈ €65
Maker: LOTTER, T.
Date: Augsburg, 1740

 


Delineatio geographica praefecturarum Wittebergensis et Graefenhaynichen; in circulo electorali sitarum. . .

Very decorative map of Mansfeld Land, a region in the southwestern corner of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The region derives its name from the counts of Mansfeld, w...

$75 / ≈ €65
Maker: SEUTTER, M.
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740

 


Ducatus Magdeburgensis Et Halensis cum finitimis Delineatio geographica. . .

Very decorative map centered on Magdeburg with Elbe river. With a key to the left and right of the map.

$75 / ≈ €65
Maker: SEUTTER, M.
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740

 


Carte particuliere des environs de Fauquemont et Aix la Chapelle.

An attractive map of the southern part of Limburg, centered on Valkenburg, Aachen, Rolduc and Dalem.

$100 / ≈ €86
Maker: FRICX, E.F.
Date: Paris, 1740

 


Accurata recens delineata ichnographia celeberrimæ liberæ Imperii civitatis ac Sueviæ metropolis Agustæ Vindelicorum -Neu verfertigt accurater ... Haupt Stadt Augspurg.

Superb plan of the fortified town of Augsburg, brilliantly colored at the time, with title in Latin and German. The plan was designed by Johann Thomas Kraus, engraver, ar...

$1200 / ≈ €1034
Maker: SEUTTER,M.
Date: Nuremberg, ca. 1740