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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 / ≈ €1282
Place & Date: The Netherlands c.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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Nova Maris Caspii et Regionis Usbeck cum Provincijs adjacentibus vera Delineatio
This is the first printed map specifically of the Uzbek region. It shows the area around the Caspian Sea and northern Iran. The area eastward from the Caspian is marked '...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1735
L'Asie divisée dan ses principaux états, empires, et royaumes dréssée et augmentée des plus exactes nouvelles découvertes qui ont fait en plusieurs fois les plus celebres capitaines.
A very rare map of Asia, in the style of Antonio Zatta with a scenic title cartouche, but folio-sized. It comes from a never-finished atlas by the ‘Società Calcografia...
Place & Date: Venise, 1799