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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 ...
Date: Augsburg, ca. 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...
Date: Augsburg, 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
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 ...
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
Date: Amsterdam 1740
![[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .](/uploads/cache/44363-250x250.jpg)
[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...
Date: Nuremberg, c.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
Date: Augsburg, 1740
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...
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1740
Estats de L'Empire du Grand Seigneur dit Sultan et Ottomans Empereur des Turcs. . .
The map shows the extent of the Ottoman Empire from the Balkans to Persia, including all of Arabia and North Africa (an inset map at lower left shows the continuation of ...
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Circulus Saxoniae inferioris.
Detailed map of Saxen, including Bremen, Berlin, Lübeck, etc. Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) was a German engraver and publisher, who established himself and his fami...
- $200 / ≈ €172
Date: Nuremberg 1740
![[Portrait] - Me De Cet Corona se X+I. - Contantia et Fortudine](/uploads/cache/43510-250x250.jpg)
[Portrait] - Me De Cet Corona se X+I. - Contantia et Fortudine
Portrait of German Emperor Charles VI with his motto "Contantia et Fortudine". Holy Roman Emperor, 1711-1740, and King of Hungary as Charles III (1712-1740). Wi...
Date: Germany, 1740
Constantinopolis Constantinopel.
Very rare and decorative panoramic view of Istanbul prepared by Friedrich Berhard Werner and published by Martin Engelbrecht. The engraving is done by Johann Georg Ringli...
Date: Augsburg, M.Engelbrecht, ca.1730-1740
Lapides Bezoar ex Hippototamo, vel Equo marino. Tab CXII.
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
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740
Platte Gront van de Hofstede Waterlant toebehorende den Ed. Achtb. Heer Dirk Trip Schepen te Amsterdam.
Uncommon plan of Hofstede Waterlant. Published in Hollandsche Arcadia. Title in Dutch and French "Plan de la Maison et Jardins appartenant a l'Illustre Dirk Trip Ech...
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Nova Territorii Erfordien in suas praefecturas..
"Showing the area of Erfurt. In the lower part, there is a panoramic view of the town. Lower left and right splendid cartouches.The cartouches are painted in a stron...
Date: Nurenberg, 1740
Gemete Kaerte van de Stede Beverwyk, zoo als die tegenwoordigh zich vertoont.
Uncommon plan of Beverwijk made in the year 1739. Published in Hollandsche Arcadia. Title in Dutch and French.
Date: Amsterdam, ca.1740
Magnae Britanniae pars meridionalis in qua regnum Angliae. . .
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map has a large decorative cartouche at top right and a large scene at bottom center showing a throned ruler, presumably George I, h...
Date: Nuremberg, 1740
Sphaerarum Artificialium Typica Repraesentatio. . .
Johann Baptist Homann born in Kammlach (1663). He was engraver, map-seller and geographer to the Kaiser of the Holy Roman Empire (1715). He also was member of the Prussia...
- $1300 / ≈ €1120
Date: Nuremberg 1740
Fiorenza.
A spectacular largescale panoramic view of Florence taken from Montoliveto, with legends numbered from 1- 63 in Italian. With the title in a banderol. After a design by F...
Date: Augsburg, ca 1740
Moscoviae seu Russiae Magnae Generalis Tabula. . .
A scarce and attractive, wide-ranging map of incorporating Scandinavia, the Baltic countries, parts of Germany and Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Nor...
- $1500 / ≈ €1292
Date: Augsburg, 1740
Lapides Porcini. Tab CXIII.
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
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740
Carta nuova dell'Arabia.
Detailed map of Arabia and environs. Based on a map published by Isaak Tirion in Amsterdam, but here issued by Albrizzi with a modified title.More about Mapping of Arabia...
Date: Venice, 1740
Plan Geometral de la Ville de Lyon.
A gigantic wall map of Lyon was originally issued in 1735 and revised in 1740. Engraved by Claude Seracourt and published by R.P. Grégoire in Lyon, France in 1740.This i...
Date: Lyon, ca. 1740
Virginia Marylandia et Carolina..
An attractive and detailed map, covering the coastline from Long Island in the north to just south of Cape Feare in Carolina, with the large fictitious Apalache Lacus in ...
- $1500 / ≈ €1292
Date: Augsburg, 1740
![[Title page] Atlante Novissimo . . .](/uploads/cache/48001-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlante Novissimo . . .
Uncommon frontispiece, From Girolamo Albizzi, Italian version of Guillaume Delisle atlas"Atlante novissimo . . ."The architectural columns are flanked by both ...
- $225 / ≈ €194
Date: Venice, 1740
L'Europe Dressée Sur les Nouvelles observations. . .
A rare and monumental wall map of Europe, with original outline color, of four joined sheets, surrounded by text and vignettes printed on separate sheets.Created in 1740 ...
Date: Paris, 1700-1740
Mappae Imperii Moscovitici pars Septentrionalis..
Detailed map of northern Russia embellished with an uncolored pictorial cartouche showing hunting scenes.Prepared by de l'Isle.
Date: Augsburg, 1740
Lapides Bezoardici Orientales. Tab CXI.
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
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740
Ierusalem, cum suburbiis, prout tempore Christi floruit, accurate notatis omnibus insignibus et praecipue us locis, in quibus Passus...
Bird's eye perspectives town-plan of Jerusalem. Lower part of print an extensive numbered key (1-254) to principal buildings in town. Title in Latin and German. The print...
Date: Augsburg, 1740
Emir Fechrredin prince des Drus.
Engraving published by Nicolas Bonnart (c.1637 - 1718), engraver in Augsburg since 1719. Before the nineteenth century, portraits of rulers in the Middle East were a rari...
Date: Paris, ca. 1740
Nieuwe gemeten kaart van de colonie de Berbice : met der zelver plantagien en de namen der bezitters in het ligt gebragt door Reiner & Iosua Ottens kaartverkopers te Amsterdam 1740.
Rare separately published map of the colony of Berbice in present-day Guyana showing the Berbice River Valley and the plantations along the river. North on map of the col...
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Die Europaeische oder kleine Tartarey, nebst den angraentzenden Laendern. . .
Showing the Black Sea region. Uncommon map from the "Atlas Selectus" by the German cartographer Johann Georg Schreiber (1676-1750). Schreiber followed in the fo...
- $450 / ≈ €388
Date: Leipzig, 1741
Plan de Luxembourg.
Beautiful engraved plan of the city of Luxembourg, accompanied by a table of references.
- $500 / ≈ €431
Date: Paris, 1741
Carte particulière des environs de St Peters-bourg. . . / Plan de la ville faubourg et environs de St Petersbourg. . . / Carte pour l'intelligence de la guerre de Moscovie et de Suede. . .
A scarce and unusual plan of Saint Petersburg shown at a large scale and also, in a separate compartment, shown in its geographical context between the Gulf of Finland an...
Date: Paris, c.1741
Globe Terrestre Didié et Présénté a Monseigneur le Comté Maubec de Brancas...
A rare terrestrial globe dated 1741. Complete title "Globe Terrestre Didié et Présénté a Monseigneur le Comté Maubec de Brancas Par Jacque Hardy. Dres...
Date: Paris, dated 1741
Plan de Prague.
Rare and separately published plan of Prague published by Joan Baptista Nolin with the address à l'enseigne de la Place des Victoires et chez le Sr. Humblot rue St. Jacq...
- $550 / ≈ €474
Date: Paris, ca. 1742
Rom: Keyserl. Majest. Königl Hoher Allierten Kriegs Theatrum von Schlesien, Böhmen, Maehren u: Oestereich. . .
A rare map centred on Austria, eastern Germany, Poland and Tsjechië. In upper right corner an inset plan of Prague. Showing the situation of the first Silesian War of 17...
- $900 / ≈ €775
Date: Nuremberg, 1742
Amerique Septentrionale suivant la carte de Pople faite à Londres en 20 feuilles.
The key sheet to Henry Le Rouge/Popple wall map of the British Colonies in North America. Appears in the author's Atlas Général [1741-62].Key map of the French editio...
Date: Paris, Le Rouge, 1742
Carte des Pais Bas contenant la Flandre, le Brabant, Pais de Liege. . .
Map sheet from a multi-sheet map of the Low Countries, showing a large title cartouche and part of the Northern French coast line around Calais, Duinkerken and Furnes. Th...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Paris, 1742
Kaartje van Asia. . .
Attractive and rare map of Asia. From Atlas Portatif . With a curious and oversized Hokkaido. The map is of interest for the use of Corease Zee for the sea between Korea ...
Date: Deventer, 1742
'T Noorderdeel van Moscovie Na de stelling van G. de L'Isle. . .
Attractive and rare map of part of Russia, including St. Persburg, Archangel, Finland, Lapland and Moscow. From Atlas Portatif .
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Deventer, 1742
Kaartje van Asia. . .
Attractive and rare map of Asia. From Atlas Portatif . With a curious and oversized Hokkaido. The map is of interest for the use of Coreanse Zee for the sea between Korea...
Date: Deventer 1742
Novissima totius Terrae Sanctae sive promissionis. . .
Engraved by J.B.Homann and published by David Funck. One of the very few maps engraved by Johan Baptist Homann, signed lower right.A rare map of the Holy Land, orientated...
- $950 / ≈ €818
Date: Nuremberg, 1742
![[Title page] Atlas Coelestis in mundus spectabilis, et in eodem Stellarum](/uploads/cache/47437-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas Coelestis in mundus spectabilis, et in eodem Stellarum
Title page from the first edition of this celestial atlas.
Date: Nuremberg 1742
(Title page) Recueil Contenant des Cartes Nouvelles Dressées Sur des Morceaux.
Rare title page. Le Rouge was a military Ingenieur for fortifications. He was a map-maker for the army and Marine Royale. He was active between 1740 and 1780, in Paris at...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Paris, 1742
Imperii Russici et Tartariae Universae tabula novissima.
Decorative and rare map covering Russia, Tibet, China, Tartary, Korea, Taiwan and Japan prepared by J. M. Hasius. The sea between Japan and Korea is mentioned Mare Orient...
Date: Utrecht, 1743
Plan of the Attack of Camaret Bay, on the coast of Bretagne, thro which lies the Harbour of Brest.
An interesting copper engraved plan of the Fortification of Camaret in Bretagne (France), with an attractive rococo cartouche, showing an overview of the battlefield and ...
Date: London, 1743
Plan of the Investiture of Ostend Surrenderd, 6 July, 1706
An interesting copper engraved plan of the Fortification of Doway in Flanders, with an attractive rococo cartouche, showing an overview of the battlefield and surrounding...
Date: London, 1743
IWAN ALEXEJEWITSCH - Ioann Alexejewitsch zar i camoderschez wserossinskij (rossice).Joann Alexiewicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae.
Extremely rare print of Czar Ivan Alexejewitsch, who was the brother of Peter the Great.Johann Stenglin was a well known engraver, born at Augsburg in 1715, he studied un...
Date: St. Petersburg 1743
ALEXEI I. - Alexei Michailowitsch zar i camoderschez wserossinskij (rossice). Alexei Michailowicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae.
Extremely rare half portrait print of Czar Alexei Michailowicz..Aleksey Mikhailovich Romanov ( 9 March 1629 (O.S.) – 29 January 1676 was the Tsar of Russia during some ...
Date: St. Petersburg, 1743
FJODOR JOANNOWITSCH - Feodor Ioannowitsch zar i camoderschez wserossinskij (rossice). Feodor Ioannowicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae Joann Alexiewicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae.
Extremely rare half portrait print of Czar Fyodor I Ivanovich (31 May 1557 – 16/17 January 1598) was the last Rurikid Tsar of Russia (1584 - 1598), son of Ivan the Terr...
Date: St. Petersburg 1743
ELISABETH I. - Elisabet imperatriza wseros sinskaja petra welikago dscherj (rossice). Elisabetha imperatrix. Omnium Russiarum Petri. Magni. Filia.
Extremely rare half portrait print of Elizaveta Petrovna (29 December [O.S. 18 December] 1709 – 5 January 1762 [O.S. 25 December 1761] ), also known as Yelisavet and El...
Date: St. Petersburg, 1743
ANNA IWANOVNA - Anna Ioannovna imperatricea i camoderschiza wserossinskaja (rossice). Anna Joannowna imperatrix totius Russiae
Extremely rare half portrait print of Anna Ivanovna (7 February [O.S. 28 January] 1693, Moscow – 28 October [O.S. 17 October] 1740) reigned as Duchess of Courland from ...
Date: St. Petersburg, 1743
A view of Cassel, a very strong city in Italy, taken by the Duke of Savoy in Decem.r 1706
An interesting copper engraved plan of the Fortification of Cassel in Italy, with an attractive rococo cartouche, showing an overview of the battlefield and surrounding a...
Date: London, 1743
Plan of ye Battle of Wynendale between ye Troops of ye Allies commanded by Major Gen. Webb & those of France under Count de La Motte Sept. 28 1708.
An interesting copper engraved battle plan of Pinedale during the War of the Spanish Succession, showing the position of General Webb's troops in order to protect an alli...
Date: London, 1743
Mons the Capital City of Hainault in y Low Countries, taken by y French in 1691, Restor'd to y Spaniards by y Peace of Ryswick in 1697, retaken by y Allies in 1709, and left to y Emperor by y Treaty of Utrecht. .
An interesting copper engraved view of the walled city engraved by I. Basire, with pictographs of buildings. Many buildings and places are named on the map. Nicholas Tind...
Date: London, 1743
Carte de l'Asie Minevre ou de la Natolie et du Pont Euxin...
A map centered on the Black Sea and the geographical regions surrounding it. The map shows Asia Minor, Crete, Cyprus, northern Syria, Iraq, Georgia, Crimea, Bulgaria, Rom...
Date: Nuremberg, 1743
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[Manuscript chart on vellum of the Java Sea]
One of the few manuscript charts on vellum in private hands, signed by Isaac de Graaf. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MAP IN RED, GREEN AND BLACK INK showing the Java Sea centered o...
Date: Amsterdam, 1743
La procession de Ganga/ La fête de Huly.
Two scenes on one page showing religious scenes, in Japan. Fine copper engraving by Bernard Picart and taken from Bernard Picart's famous Céréonies et costumes religieu...
- $30 / ≈ €26
Date: Amsterdam, 1743
Sr Walter Ralegh.
Copper engraved portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh (ca. 1554 – 1618) by Jacob Houbraken (1698 – 1780), from Thomas Birch's "The Heads of Ilustrious Persons of Great ...
- $350 / ≈ €301
Date: London, John and Paul Knapton, 1743
Cours du Danube, Feuille 1 contenant LA SUABE . . .
Fine map of part of the River Danube, including the southern German province of Swaben.From his rare atlas "Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne, contenant toutes les O...
Date: Paris, 1744
Hic Jacent Puteolorum Bajarum, Miseni Cumarium. . .
A bird's-eye view of Puzzoli and environs, depicting fascinating topographical and architectural features of interest. Title cartouche describes the map and area in Latin...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Date: London, 1725-1744
An exact chart of the countries through wich Capt. Behring travelled from Tobolsky capital of Siberia ti the country of Kamtschatka.
The earliest English language map to show Vitus Behring's Route.After retiring from a tour as Captain in the Czar's Navy, Behring, originally from Denmark, settled in Vyb...
- $200 / ≈ €172
Date: London, 1744
A new & accurate map of Louisiana, with part of Florida. . .
An English view of North America compiled from available French maps, especially those of Bellin used in Charlevoix's History of New France. English cartographers had lit...
Date: London, 1744
![[2 maps and one text sheet] Theatrum Belli A° MDCCXXXVII. . . / Verus Chersonesi Tauricae Seu Crimea Conspectus adjacentium item Regionem itinerisq ab Exercitu Ruthemo...](/uploads/cache/27975-250x250.jpg)
[2 maps and one text sheet] Theatrum Belli A° MDCCXXXVII. . . / Verus Chersonesi Tauricae Seu Crimea Conspectus adjacentium item Regionem itinerisq ab Exercitu Ruthemo...
[2 maps and one text sheet] Theatrum Belli A° MDCCXXXVII. . . / Verus Chersonesi Tauricae Seu Crimea Conspectus adjacentium item Regionem itinerisq ab Exercitu Ruthemo A...
- $1100 / ≈ €947
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1744
Regni Angliae et Wallae principatus Tabula, divisa in LII Regiones. . .
A detailed and decorative map of England, with an attractive uncolored title cartouche. The map is a re-issue of Carolus Allard's map. The elaborate title cartouche in th...
- $400 / ≈ €345
Date: Amsterdam c. 1744
Chaerte vande Wieringer waert, de welcke inden jaere XVI… (Wieringerwaard)
Rare wall map of the Wieringerwaard polder, as raffled on 12 July 1611. The polder was laid dry in 1610. It border, and the municipality's border, were the Zuiderzee, the...
Date: 1741-1744
Asia secundum legitimas projectionis stereographicae.
Highlighted area covers part of Spain, eastern coast of Ireland to western part of Papua New Guinea and the Asian continent from the Northern Polar Sea to the Indian Ocea...
Date: Nurenberg, 1744
Judaea seu Palaestina .. Terra Sancta. . .
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map has two large decorative cartouches. Upper left Moses receiving the Tables. Lower right Moses and Aaron pointing at a map showin...
Date: Nuremberg, 1744
Tabula Generalis Marchionatus Moraviae..
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map has a large decorative cartouche. Detailed map of the historic Moravia region of the Czech Republic, in the present-day Jihormor...
- $275 / ≈ €237
Date: Nuremberg 1744
![[Title page] Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna et Provincias , Germaniae Potissimum. . .](/uploads/cache/48479-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna et Provincias , Germaniae Potissimum. . .
An attractive and highly decorative title page to Seutter's Atlas Minor. Engraved by Martin Crophius after Jacob Weyerman. The engraving is packed with lively figures fro...
Date: Augsburg, 1744
Neu Engeland Neu York, Neu Jersey und Pensilvanien & c. . .
The scarce German edition of Moll's popular and rather significant map which appeared in Oldmixon's 1708 book, Das Britische Reich in America. and then in other editions ...
Date: Lemgo, 1744
Allerneuester geographisch- und topographischer Schau-Platz von Africa und Ost-Indien. . .
An early issue of this important book by Johann Wolfgang Heydt's describing the Dutch factories, settlements and stations at the hands of the Dutch East India Company in ...
Date: Wilhermsdorf, Tetscher u. Nürnberg, Homanns Erben, 1744
![[Title page Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna Et Provincias. . .]](/uploads/cache/47735-250x250.jpg)
[Title page Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna Et Provincias. . .]
Title page of Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna Et Provincias, drawn by Georg Matheus Seutter and his son Albrecht Carl. Georg Matheus was one of the mo...
Date: Augsburg, 1744
Anfiteatro detto l'Arena di Verona.
Large two sheet copper engraving of the Amphitheater of Verona after a design of Adriano Cristofali. On three sides it is surrounded by architectural details interspersed...
- $2200 / ≈ €1895
Date: Verona, 1744
![{Title page] Introduction a la geographie, Contenant.. (2 sheets)](/uploads/cache/21495-250x250.jpg)
{Title page] Introduction a la geographie, Contenant.. (2 sheets)
In lower part title page an interesting world map in double hemisphere. The map is printed north up and is mirror imaged. Showing California as an island. French text on ...
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1745
Carte particulière de la côte d'Afrique depuis le cap des Courans jusqu'à la baye de Ste Hélène. . .
Large and detailed sea chart of South Africa.Engraved by Guillaume-Nicolas Delahaye (1727-1802).Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, sou...
Date: Paris, 1745
![ATLAS RUSSICUS mappa una generali et undeviginti specialibus vastissimum Imperium Russicum cum adiacentibus regionibus [repeated in French].](/uploads/cache/27877-250x250.jpg)
ATLAS RUSSICUS mappa una generali et undeviginti specialibus vastissimum Imperium Russicum cum adiacentibus regionibus [repeated in French].
After an unnumbered general map of Russia there are 13 numbered maps that cover European Russia (scale 1, 1.527.000). The other (last) 6 maps cover Asian Russia (Siberia,...
Date: St Peterburg, Akademie von Wissenschaften. 1745
Plan du Cap de Bonne-Esperance et ses environs..
Large and detailed sea chart of the Cape of Good Hope from Saldahna Bay to False Bay.Engraved by Guillaume-Nicolas Delahaye (1727-1802).Latitude and longitude scales, com...
Date: Paris, 1745
Carte des Côtes de Malabar et de Coromandel Presentée au Roy. . .
Large and attractive map of the Indian coasts of Malabar and Coromandel, embellished with title cartouche and 2 compass roses. It shows the most northern part of Ceylon.T...
- $500 / ≈ €431
Date: Amsterdam c. 1745