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Theatro del Mondo di Abrahamo Ortelio..
Including maps of the world (Shirley, World 214): Europe; Asia; America (Burden, America 126, Marchetti 1598); Africa; England; Scotland; Ireland; Tercera; Spain (4); Por...
Place & Date: Venice, G. Turrini, 1655
Atlas der für den Weinbau Deutschlands und Oesterreichs werthvollsten Traubensorten. Mit genauer Beschreibung der Eigenschaften, Cultur-Methoden und des Schnittes...
Atlas der für den Weinbau Deutschlands und Oesterreichs werthvollsten Traubensorten. Mit genauer Beschreibung der Eigenschaften, Cultur-Methoden und des Schnittes, der A...
Place & Date: Vienne, Wien, Faesy und Frick, 1873-1876
L'Amérique divisée en ses principaux Etats Dressée d'après les Cartes de Mr. Bonne?
Rare, wall map of America in 2 sheets, after R. Bonne. With 3 inset maps of Hispaniola, Martinique and Hudson Bay. Beautiful title cartouche depicting a Native American l...
Place & Date: Paris, 1788
Dis donc, mon vieux tous les hommes qui passent m'ont l'air de tourner . . . C'est donc l'qu'artier des hommes politiques par ici ? . . . ( Tout ce qu'on voudra. - Plate 66).
Translation in English of title: Tell me, my friend, all the people who walk in this area turn around... could it be that this is the politician's district ? TOUT CE QU'...
Place & Date: Paris, 22 August 1850
Militairy manuscript map of the end of Yangzi River across Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang areas, with 3 red seals of the Ever-Victorious Army.
In lower left corner an inset plan of Songjiang District with Shanghai with a grid and the area is divided with red doted border lines.The map has three red seals of the ...
Place & Date: China, ca 1862
Ducatus Limburg.
In 1616 prepared by Aegidio Martini. Includes the towns of Maastricht as well as of Aachen. A very large title cartouche with two putti.
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1639
Quebec.
A charming view of Quebec. Title in curtain draped at top. French text on verso.From the original 1683 text edition of "Description d'Univers. . ." by Allain Ma...
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
Nederlandsche Factory DEZIMA 1828.
Bird's-eye view of the manmade island of Deshima, a trading post of the V.O.C. from 1641 onward.Underneath the map a legend in Dutch and German with names of all the buil...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852
Plattegrond der Nederlandse Faktory op het Eiland Desima..
An uncommon Dutch bird's eye plan of Deshima, the Dutch trading post of the V.O.C., published in Isaac Titsingh's important Book on Japan "Bijzonderheden over Japan&...
Place & Date: 's-Gravenhage, widow of J. Allart, 1824-1825
De Hertochdommen Gulick Cleve Berghe en de Graefschappen...
It is one of Blaeu's early maps: It was only published between 1630 and 1635 in three editions of the "Appendix" and one of the "Theatrum". In the lef...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1635
Le Nouveau Theatre du Monde, ou la Geographie Royale composée de nouvelles cartes tres-exactes..
Pieter van der Aa (1659 1733) was a prolific late seventeenth and early eighteenth-century publisher. His output was not just restricted to atlases: he also produced topo...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
De Cust van Barbaria, Gualata, Arguyn, en Gene..heo, van Capo S.Vincente tot Capo Verde.
An eye-catching chart of the north western coast of Africa. Including Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands and Azores.Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was one of the most import...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666
Calidesquer. (5)
Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Cuisinier Turc. (19)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Religieux Turc. (26)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
A Chinese official with a ceremonial hat, holding a fan and a silk purse.
A colored wood block print of a Chinese official with a ceremonial hat, holding a fan and a silk purse.
Place & Date: Nagasaki, c. 1830
Tang Dynasty Changsha Bowl from the Belitung Wreck.
A beautiful Tang dynasty sancai glazed bowl made in Tongguan county, Changsha city, Hunan province of China mainly for export. Recovered from the Belitung shipwreck. This...
Place & Date: China, Hunan province, 826
Döblen.
Very decorative and rare panoramic of Döblen in Sachsen.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted it on larger p...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Templin
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Templin in Uckermark.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted it ...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Haus trebnits an der saale.
Very decorative and rare panoramic of Trebnitz a.d Saale , Bez. Halle.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted i...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
Statt Garleben.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Gardelegen in Altmark.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted it...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Bützom.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Bützom.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted it on larger pap...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
Das Wiesen oder Hiobs Badt.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Wiensenbad near Annaberg im Erzgebirge.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the pri...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
Werben.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Werben a.d. Elbe, Bez. Magdeburg.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
Calvorde.
Very decorative and rare panoramic of Calvörde, Bez. Magdeburg.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted it on l...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Statt und Ambtt Wantzleben.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Wanzleben, Bez. Magdeburg.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounte...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
Seehaüsen.
Very decorative and rare panoramic of Seehausen, Altmark, Bez. Magdeburg .The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mount...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Schweet.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Schwedt a.d Oder, Bez. Frankfurt a.d. Oder.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
Greüssen.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Greussen (Thür.),Bez. Erfurt .The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and m...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
Stättlein Saltza.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Salzelmen Bad Salzemen, Bez. Magdeburg. The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the pr...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Lutetia, vulgari nomine Paris, urbs Gallia. . .
Beautiful and early town-plan of Paris with title cartouche and figures in the foreground. The Bastille is shown at the upper center of the engraving and the Notre-Dame c...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1572
Weissensee.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Weissensee in Thürigen, Bez. Erfurt.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
Laûn.
Very decorative and rare panoramic of Laun Louny a.d. Eger Böhmen.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted it o...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Hertzberg.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Herzberg a.d. Schwarzen Elster, Bez. Cootbus.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged t...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
Stättlein Frohsa.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Frohse a.d. Elbe, Bez. Magdeburg.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Statt Alten Rüppin.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town-view of Statt Alten Rüppin.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted it o...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Nieuwe Wassende Graade Zee Kaart over de Spaanse Zee Vant Kanaal tot 't Eyland Cuba in Westindia. . .
¤ Engraved by I.van Anse. A very representative example of a Dutch chart of the Atlantic, showing the north-east coast of America, the coasts of Africa and Europe and So...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Stendalia Stendel
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Stendal, Bez. Magdeburg.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted ...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Gloster Brüningen bei Halberstatt.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Halberstatt.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted it on larger...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Stättl Zedenick.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Zedenick a.d. Havel, Bez. potsdam.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print an...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Eilenburg.
Very decorative and rare panoramic view of Eilenburg a.d. Mulde.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted it on la...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Zerbst.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Zerbst in Bez, Magdeburg.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Newenwedel.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Newenwedel i.d. Neumark .The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1700
Newstatt an der Orla.
Very decorative and rare panoramic of Neustadt a.d. Donau, Kr. Kelheim, Ndb.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mou...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
Grond-beginzels der stuurmans-konst. . . [bound with] De tafelen sinuum tangentium en secantium. [Bound with] Tafelen logarithmi der hoekmaaten, raaklynen en snylynen.
An early instruction boek for the sailor prepared by Pybo Steenstra, who the official examinator of the V.O.C.. Published by Joannes van Keulen and sons. It is clear that...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Joannes van Keulen, n.d. 1766
Europa, ad magnae Europae Gerardi Mercatoris. . .
General map of Europe with in the left hand corner, south east of Iceland the mythical island of Frisland, which was purportedly discovered by the Zeno brothers in a 14th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1628
Sexta Etas Mudi. - Data est mihi potestas in celo et in terra: Salvator: CI. (Jesus Christ surrounded by the Twelve Apostles)
A very fine presentation of Jesus Christ surrounded by the Twelve Apostles. Each of the evangelists is represented by his symbol in the corners.Page from the richest illu...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
L'Empire du Japon, tire des cartes des Japonnois.
A good impression of this decorative map of Japan based on Reland's map of `1715, one of the earliest to use both Latin names and Japanese characters. With inset of the b...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1719
Parte Orientale della Spagna. . .
A scarce and very attractive double sheet detailed map of Spain and Portugal. This map appeared in the "Atlante Veneto", Coronelli's best known work. In a typic...
Place & Date: Venice, 1696
Art arabe. - Mosquée d'El-Bordeyny.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire...". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Iris bleu - clair. Iris pallida.
Dalmatian Iris or Sweet Iris, engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinée...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Pavot cultivé. Papaver somniferum L.
Bouquet of poppy flowers, stipple engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessi...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Souci des Jardins. Calendula Officinalis. L.
The Common Marigold, engraving 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...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Mauve alcée. Malva alcea L.
Greater musk-mallow, 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...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
De Cust van Barbaryen van out Mamora tot Capo Blanco..
Six charts on one sheet. The two upper charts covering an area from Cape Blanc to Casablanca. In lower part four insets with detailed charts of islands as Madera, Porto S...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666
Lilas - Syringa vulgaris L.
Bouquet of lilacs, engraving 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 ...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Seringat odorant - Philadelphus coronarius L.
Sweet Mock-Orange, English Dogwood engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dess...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Rose de Provins. Rosa Gallica.
Bouquet of roses, stipple engraving by J.Godefroy after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'apr...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Atlas in elephant folio.
Most of D'Anville's atlases were made up for the individual customer, so no two appear alike. Many of the 59 pages are multi-sheet maps, so the actual map sheet count is ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1771-1786
Rand Mc.Nally indexed pocket map Tourits' and Shipper' Guide of Florida. . .
This fine pocket map has on both side a map of Florida. Folding color map (approximately 640 x 495mm) is titled "Rand McNally standard map of Florida" and one h...
Place & Date: Chicago & New York, ca.1915
.Aphricae Tabula secunda continet.
An important early map of the northern coast of Africa and including parts of the islands of Sicily and Sardine.
Place & Date: Vienne, 1541
.Tabu nova partis Aphri.
Based on Waldseemüller's map. The maps show Northern Africa as it was known to Europeans at the first part of the 16th century. There is great details across north Afric...
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535
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 engraved view of Paris covers the first eleven arrondissements of mod...
Place & Date: Paris, 1739
Monument Sépulcral près de Kymân El-Gyouchy. (XVIIIe. siècle)
Highly decorative lithography by Asselineau, representing a mausoleum. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire?". Emile Prisse d'Avennes,...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Eifersucht.
Engraved by Joseph Stöber, (born in Vienna 13. June 1768, died 12 March 1852) after design of Matthäus Loder (1781-1828). From Castelli, "Zerrbilder menschlicher T...
Place & Date: Wien, 1818
Pferde Liebhaberey.
Engraved by Joseph Stöber, (born in Vienna 13. June 1768, died 12 March 1852) after design of Matthäus Loder (1781-1828). From Castelli, "Zerrbilder menschlicher T...
Place & Date: Wien, 1818
Arabesques. - Pages jumelles d'un qorân mauresque. (XVIIIe siècle)
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Art arabe. - Mosquée cathédrale de qous assemblage & détails des pièces du mimbar. . .
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Quartett.
Engraved by Joseph Stöber, (born in Vienna 13. June 1768, died 12 March 1852) after design of Matthäus Loder (1781-1828). From Castelli, "Zerrbilder menschlicher T...
Place & Date: Wien, 1818
Art arabe. - Séances de Hariry.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Karten Sibylle.
Engraved by Joseph Stöber, (born in Vienna 13. June 1768, died 12 March 1852) after design of Matthäus Loder (1781-1828). From Castelli, "Zerrbilder menschlicher T...
Place & Date: Wien, 1818
Les Gens de Justice. - Et dire que voilà trois de mes prévenus que je n'ai pas pu faire condamner! . . .
Second state (of 2), with text. From "Les Gens de Justice". Text below image : - Et dire que voilà trois de mes prévenus que je n'ai pas pu faire condamner! ....
Place & Date: Paris, 1845-1848
La seigneurie d'ouest-Frise ou Frise Occidentale
Fine map of the Friesland with a decorative title and scale cartouche.Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1632-1712), was a French cartographer. He joined the Sanson heirs and redrew ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1692
A chart of the China Sea inscribed to Monsr. D'APRES de MANNEVILLETTE .. To A.Dalrymple.
Most important milestone sea chart is based upon the surveys made from navigational surveys by Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808]. He was the first Hydrographer of the Briti...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1775
La France divisée en 83 départemens suivant les décréts de l'Assemblée Nationale, sanctionnés per le Roi. . .
An interesting folding map of France divided in 83 departments, to the right the 83 departments added on past-on slips. Another past-on is advertising Desnos' atlas in la...
Place & Date: Paris, 1790
Delphinus.
Uncommon celestial print showing the constellation of Delphinus, published by Corbinianus Thomas in the Manuductio ad Astronomiam, Juxta modum Bayeri, Mathematici celeber...
Place & Date: Frankfurt & Leipzig, c.1730
.Pascaerte Vande Zuyd-Zee tusschen California, en Ilhas de Ladrones. . .
A decorative and most interesting map - being one of the earliest of the Pacific to record the observations of Tasman's voyages. The northern part of the island of Califo...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666
Groeninga MDLXXIII. [Groningen]
RECTO: A panoramic view of the city of Groningen dated 1573.VERSO: a woodcut of a cow, a bull and their calf.Taken from Sebastian Munster's encyclopedic work, the "C...
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1564
Asia.
Map of Asia encompassing the Russian Empire, the Chinese Empire, India Persia, Tartary, Turkey, and Arabia. From Sidney E. Morse''s: System of Geography for the use of sc...
Place & Date: New York, 1855