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Plan de la Rade de Gedda situee de la Cote d'Arabie sur la Mer Rouge.
Chart of the area around city of Gedda in the Red Sea. D'Après De Mannevillette (1707-1780) was one of Franc's first hydrographers. When the first edition of his Atlas L...
- $600 / ≈ €561
Place & Date: Paris, 1745
Carte de L'entrée du Golfe de la Mer Rouge.
Chart of the Gulf of Aden with the coast line of Yemen, the Island Socotra and the entrance of the Red Sea. With 2 inset charts off-shore of the town Mocha.D'Après De Ma...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Paris, 1753
L'Isle Formose et parties des Costes de la Chine. . .
This well-known map of Taiwan is prepared by Jacques Nicolas Bellin and was based on Jesuit information. The text along the island's east-coast claims: Of this coast litt...
- $600 / ≈ €561
Place & Date: Paris, 1763
De Maria kerk te Leiden.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London that produced optical viewing devices and spec...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Carte L'Amérique Septentrionale..
Detailed map of North America, prepared by J.G.Barbié du Bocage.Engraved by Ch.Smith, published by Basset who was established in Paris, rue de Seine 33.
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, 1848
États-Unis et Nouvelle Bretagne.
Detailed map of the United States. All different States are divided by an orange border line.
- $120 / ≈ €112
Place & Date: Paris, 1880
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Brevier.
RECTO: One 3-line illuminated initial in burnished gold on colored grounds. Panel border of acanthus leaves, flowers and birds on a partly liquid gold and dark red ground...
Place & Date: Tours, c.1485
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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...
Place & Date: Canton?, c.1750
Cochin (today: Ernakulam)
Small but charming 18th water color on paper depicting Cochin (today : Ernakulam) was from 1500, when the first Portuguese fleet called on its port, a firm ally of the Po...
Place & Date: India? c.1750
Kancheu.
Charming 18th water color on paper depicting Kancheu. Probably made by a western artist visiting China.
Place & Date: c.1750
Carte de L'Amérique du Nord. . .
Detailed map of Nord America and Central America giving good detail along the east coast and the Lakes. Including San Francisco, Monterey, etc.With inset map of Dominican...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Paris, 1870
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...
Place & Date: London : Printed by the Author at his house in White-Friers, 1669
Factorij der Nederlanders op Firato.. 1609-1641.
Bird's-eye view of Hirado, a trading post of the V.O.C. from 1609 until 1641.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor...
- $1500 / ≈ €1404
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852
Natoliae.. Aegypti recentior.. Carthaginis (3 maps on 1 sheet)
Map to the left east to the top. Detailed map Turkey, including Cyprus and Crete. Also map of the Nile delta and another map of Tunis. From "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum&...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1609-1641
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. ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1609
Natoliae.. Aegypti recentior.. Carthaginis ( 3 maps on 1 sheet)
Three maps on one sheet. Map to the left east to the top. Detailed map Turkey, including Cyprus and Crete. Also map of the Nile delta and another map of Tunis. From "...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Le cours entier du grand et Fameux Nil. . .
Scarce. A splendid map of ancient Egypt. West is at the top and the Nile bisects Egypt. A inset shows modern Egypt to good detail. With the Red Sea and part of the Arabia...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1760
Japonia.
Jodocus Hondius' fine map early 17th-century map of the islands of Japan, was first issued as one of the new maps in the expended Mercator Hondius Atlas of 1606.The map i...
- $1500 / ≈ €1404
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606-1620
Hollandia Comitatus.
Orientated west to the top of the sheet, this presents the County of Holland in the classical orientation for seventeenth-century maps, with Amsterdam at the center. The ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Cyprus Insulae.
Janssonius' beautiful map of Cyprus embellished with a very decorative title cartouche.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1640
Selling price: $1800
Sold in 2008
Sardinia / Sicilia.. / Corfu / Zerbi.. / Elba / Malta. . .
Six very fine and early maps on one sheet. Including the islands of Sicily, Corfu, Sardinia, Zerbi (Djerba), Elba and Malta.The map of Malta has a sinking ship at Cala di...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570-1612
La Florida/ Peruviae Auriferae regionis Typus/ Guastecan.
The Chaves map of Florida is a prime example of an explorer's map since it records the recent discoveries of Cabeza de Vaca, De Soto, and Moscoso. The map revealed little...
- $1400 / ≈ €1310
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
Valletta ou Valete ville Forte, de l'Isle de Malta.
A beautifully engraved and richly detailed birds-eye plan of the harbour and city of Valletta seen from the northwest. In lower part extensive key, identifying 57 feautur...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1705
Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas.
This magnificent map is based on the famous survey by John Norwood of the Bermuda Company in 1618. The map shows the division into the original Tribes and shows the vario...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord Amerika..
Uncommon map of the east coast of North America, including the Great Lakes area. To the right inset map of New Foundland. After the map by William Faden of 1783. With col...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Germany, 1790
Océanie dresée par C.V.Monin.
Fine and uncommon map including Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, with inset maps of New Zealand, Victoria/New South Wales and Western Australia including Albany and Per...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, 1875
Das Hertzogthum Braband. . .
Charming map of the Dutch and Belgium province of Brabant. With a fine cartouche.
Place & Date: Leipzig, 1749
Die Republic Holland oder die Verenigte Niederlande..
Charming map of the Netherlands, with inset maps of Novi Belgium area in America and Indonesia. With a fine cartouche.
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Leipzig 1749
Gemeente Roermond.
From: J.Kuyper Gemeente-Atlas van Nederland naar officieele bronnen bewerkt. He was one of the most important of the Dutch atlas editors of the second half of the 19th ce...
- $90 / ≈ €84
Place & Date: Leeuwarden 1867
De Stadt Jerusalem.
Plan of ancient Jerusalem from a Dutch bible after Villalpando. The print is in contemporary colors, which is extremely rare for a plate like this. Lower left the Temple ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1710
Constantinopolitanae urbis effigies ad vivum expressa.
Extremely rare panoramic view of Istanbul published by Rombout van den Hoeye. With a numbered key (1-29) to principal places in town and a Latin, Dutch, and French poem. ...
- $3500 / ≈ €3275
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1650
(Title page) Principum Christianorum Stemmata.
Uncommon title page. From Antonio Albizzi, "Principum Christianorum Stemmata ab Antonio Albizio Nobili Florentino collecta: et Cum brevibus ejusdem notationibus ex A...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Strasbourg, 1610
Horizon ring for globe.
Printed horizon ring for a 28cm diameter German globe. The ring is divided in quarters and engraved two by two on one copper plate. The size of the paper is 44 x 33cm. Th...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1704/1705
Baie Louis XVI. . .
Very decorative and colorful lithography of an elegant French interior. From La Tenture Française published by G.Mathière, 32/34 Rue de Charonne, Paris.
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, 1882
Fenètre et siège empire.
Very decorative and colorful lithography of an elegant French interior. From La Tenture Française, published by G.Mathière, 32/34 Rue de Charonne, Paris.
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1882
Vue perspective de la Grande Place de St.Francois a Seville.
So-called optical print. Daumont was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular sp...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vue interieur de l'Eglise de S.Pierre de Rome.
So-called optical print of St. Pieter church of Rome. A well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there wer...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vue de l'Entree de la Cour.. de la rue de l'Arno a Florence
So-called optical print of Arno Street in Florence, in Tuscany region. Probst was the best-known publishers of optical prints, established in Augsburg.In the eighteenth ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Augsburg 1750
L'Euphrate et Le Tigre.
A detailed map prepared by D'Anville. Covering the Syrian Desert, Lebanon, and the mouth of the Tigris in the Persian Gulf. Including Babylon, Tripoli, etc.
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1783
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...
Place & Date: Venice, 1778
Gezicht op het Meer Tokaitç / Biwa-ko.
View of Lake Biwa near Kyoto.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 i...
- $1500 / ≈ €1404
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852
Muzijkinstrumenten.
Showing Japanese drums.Von Siebold was born in Würzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold arrived in 1823...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852
Muzijkinstrumenten.
Showing several Japanese string musical instruments, a.o.: Samisen and Kokiu.Von Siebold was born in Wurtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a docto...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852
Erpach.
The town of Heidelberg is in most southern point on the map, including the rivers Rhine, Necker and Main.Rare issue published in Oxford. In 1680 the copper plates of Jans...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Oxford, 1680
Nieuwe kaart van Tartarie.
A map of Tartary, Korea and part of Japan. The map is most notable for the confusion between Kamchatka and Iesso. Hokaido labelled Compagnie LandFrom: Nieuwe en Beknopte ...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1750
Vue des trois Gallerie, du Palais des Arts..Science a Rome.
So-called optical print. Daumont was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular sp...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
No title: training a horse.
After a design by Silva.
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Italy, c. 1800
Nuova Pianta Iconografica.. Venezia.
Precise bird's-eye town-plan of Venice, clearly depicting the city's architectural landmark, being a reduction of Ughi's 8-sheet map of 1725. There is a grid engraved ove...
Place & Date: Venice, 1818
Provincie Noord-Braband.
Decorative and uncommon costume plate lithographed by Desguerrois & Co. and published by Frans Buffa & Zonen in Amsterdam. 12 illustrations of Brabant costumes: 1...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1857
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1857
Prospectus Castelli Boxtel.
One of the earliest views of the Castle of Boxtel. Engraved by Henricus Cause. With a description in Latin, French and Dutch.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1695
Prospectus veteris castelli Graviae.
One of the earliest views of the ancient Castle of Grave. Engraved by Casper Bouttats. With a description in Latin, French and Dutch.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1695
't dorp Aalst.
Rare print of the old church of Aalst (near Eindhoven), from Vaderlandsche gezichten of afbeeldingen.. by J.Bulthuis, printed by H.Gartman in Amsterdam.
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1786-1792
Kapel van Vlierden.
Etching of the old chapel of Vlierden (near Deurne), from Het Verheerlijkt Nederland of Kabinet van hedendaagsche gezichten.. published by Isaac Tirion in Amsterdam. Etch...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1745-1774
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Brevier.
RECTO: One 4-line illuminated initial depicting Maria and child and two 1-line initials in burnished gold on colored grounds. Panel border of acanthus leaves, flowers and...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: Tours, c.1485
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...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1740
Insulae Americanae in oceano septentrionali..
Showing the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indian Islands, and the adjacent North and South American coastlines.The cartography is based on the rare Gerritz chart of 1631. T...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Globe terrestre d'après les découvertes..
Attractive and large (height 112cm) library globe by a prominent Paris globe maker, with a brass meridian circle, horizon ring and hour ring, supported by four brass quad...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1885
Belgium Foederatum auctius et emendatius edit..
Map of the northern part of the Netherlands. With a decorative title cartouche, with an inset map of South East Asia.
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1760
Dutch windmill with sheeps.
Attractive lithography showing a typical Dutch windmill with sheep's on foreground, lithographed by F.H.Weissenbruch after a painting by Jan van Lokhorst. Published in Ku...
- $60 / ≈ €56
Place & Date: The Hague 1866
Dutch landscape.
Attractive lithography showing a typical Dutch landscape, lithographed by F.H.Weissenbruch after a painting by W.Roelofs. Published in Kunst Kroniek.
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: The Hague, 1865
Dutch ice-scene.
Attractive lithography showing a typical Dutch ice-scene, lithographed by C.W. Mieling after a painting by J.B. Jongkind. Published in Kunst Kroniek.
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: The Hague, 1850
Den Briel.
Attractive lithography showing a typical Dutch street scene of Den Briel in the middle of the 19th century, lithographed by A.C.Cramer after a painting by Cornelis Spring...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: The Hague, 1869
Nova Persiae Armeniae Natoliae et Arabiae.
East from Cyprus to Iran with numerous place names and ornamental cartouches below. There are vignettes of sailing ships in sea areas and the land divisions of the time a...
- $1500 / ≈ €1404
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1690
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[Titlepage] Nomenclator Ptolemaicus..
Title page from a Ortelius Atlas part called: Nomenclator , containing a register of place names in antiquity. Letterpress with copper engraved print (60x60mm) of the eas...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1609
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[Title page] Recueil de tous les Costumes.
Uncommon and decorative title page of a man holding a curtain with title and a woman reading a book. With a dedication to Mr. Bignon, who was librarian of the King of Fra...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1779
Muitery op het O:I: Comp. schip Barbestein in Duins.
Anonymous engraving of a mutiny of the VOC ship Barbestein .
Place & Date: Amsterdam c.1790
Nova Franconiae Descriptio.
In 1626 Abraham Goos engraved a single-sheet "carte à figures"- map of Franconia with decorative borders for Joannes Janssonius. In the center part of the top ...
- $3000 / ≈ €2807
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1626
Chorographie des Pays Bas Hollandois et Autrichiens. . .
Fine detailed and uncommon map of the modern Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Prepared by Etienne André Philippe de Pretot (1708-1787) after sources according to the...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1772
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[Drawing of a Tulip]
Very detailed and well executed tulip drawing by an unknown artist belonging to the School of Anthony Claesz (1607/8-1649)This drawing was made for a 'Tulip book' painted...
- $1200 / ≈ €1123
Place & Date: The Netherlands c.1700
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 ...
Place & Date: Leeuwarden, F.Halma, 1718
Over deese grietenije.. Eerste van Wester Goo..
Very decorative map centered on Menaam, Marsum and Boxum from the Uitbeelding der Heerlijkheit Friesland prepared by Schotanus. With decorative title cartouche lower righ...
Place & Date: Leeuwarden, F.Halma, 1718
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[Drawing of a Tulip]
Very detailed and well-executed tulip drawing by an unknown artist attributed to the School of Anthony Claesz (1607/8-1649)This drawing was made for a 'Tulip book' painte...
- $1500 / ≈ €1404
Place & Date: The Netherlands c.1700
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[Drawing of a Tulip]
Very detailed and well executed tulip drawing by an unknown artist belonging to the School of Anthony Claesz (1607/8-1649)This drawing was made for a 'Tulip book' painted...
- $1500 / ≈ €1404
Place & Date: The Netherlands c.1700
Almanach Géograhique ou petit atlas..
Uncommon miniature atlas with extensive geographical descriptions of mainly European countries.Including a map of the eastern hemisphere, with a curious outline for Austr...
- $1500 / ≈ €1404
Place & Date: Paris, 1770
Russie
Attractive map of Russia with decorative borders depicting typical artefacts and produce of the continent. Published in Les jeunes voyageurs en Europe.. . Engraved by J.G...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Brussels, 1824
Silesiae Ducatus..
Centered on Breslaw. Including the towns of Dresden, Crakaw, Pragu, Olmitz, etc.Decorative map prepared by Jonas Scultetus, a Silesian cartographer (1603-1664).
- $600 / ≈ €561
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1660
Silesia Inferior..
Decorative map prepared by Jonas Scultetus, a Silesian cartographer (1603-1664).
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1650
Die Vereinigten Staten von Nordamerika (Ostlicher theil).
Detailed map of eastern part of the United states. In lower right hand corner inset map of New York Bay, including, NY, Newark, Staten Island.The map is prepared by C.GrÃ...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: Weimar, 1874
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[Title page from] Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas.
Architectural frontage without the usual title and imprint printed on paste-on slips.More about title pages [+]
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1640