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Quinta Asie Tabvla.

Woodblock map of Persia from Martin Waldseemüller's 1513 edition of Ptolemy,  a landmark work that contributed to major advances in both Renaissance geography and map p...

$5000 / ≈ €4413
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C. / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M.
Place & Date: Strasbourg, J. Schott, 1513

 


Septima Asie Tabvla. |Walsseemüller's map of Central Asia and the Silk Road]

Trapezoidal woodcut map showing the area east of the Sarygamysh Lake, about midway between the Caspian Sea and the (former) Aral Sea. It is one of the earliest obtainabl...

$7000 / ≈ €6179
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C. / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M.
Place & Date: Strasburg, J. Schott, 1513

 


Moscovia Sigismundi Liberi Baronis In Herberstein, Neiperg et Gutehnag Anno M.D XLIX

First Modern Map of Russia. A rare and important cornerstone map for Russia collections.Sigismund von Herberstein made two visits to Russia. In 1517-18 he travelled as a ...

$3000 / ≈ €2648
Maker / Publisher: HALBERSTEIN, S.
Place & Date: Vienna, 1549

 


Benedict. Arias Montanus Sacrae Geographiae Tabulam Ex Antiq

THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST STATE landmark world map, famed for its depiction of the Australian landmass.One of the earliest printed maps to depict the “terra incognita...

$21500 / ≈ €18978
Maker / Publisher: ARIAS (MONTANO), Benito:
Place & Date: Anvers 1571 /1572

 


Temperance (Temperantia) from The Virtues.

Very decorative engraving by Philip Galle (Haarlem 1537–1612 Antwerp) after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels). The print was published by Hi...

$10000 / ≈ €8827
Maker / Publisher: BREUGHEL, P.
Place & Date: Antwerp, Hieronymus Cock, 1580

 


Descrittione di M. Lodovico Guicciardini patritio Fiorentino, di tutti i Paesi Bassi,...

Second Italian edition (variant B) and first Plantin edition (1st Silvius 1567) and the most sought-after edition of the famous description of the Low Countries, updated ...

$10000 / ≈ €8827
Maker / Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, L.
Place & Date: Antwerp, Plantin, 1581

 


Universe Europae Maritime Eiusque Navigationis Descriptio. Generale Pascaerte van Europa . . .

This general chart of north-western Europe and the surrounding coastal waters is from the rare pilot-guide De Spiegel der Zeevaerdt , printed by Christopher Plantin in Le...

$25000 / ≈ €22067
Maker / Publisher: WAGHENAER, L.J.
Place & Date: Leyden, 1584

 


Imposita saxo Jacob cervice quiescens Aligeros scalas vidit imre choros. Gene[sis] 28

A superb example of this illustration showing a blind Isaac blessing Jacob. Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegan...

$300 / ≈ €265
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


Mercurius.

Mercury holding a caduceus and riding in a chariot drawn by two birds on the clouds in the sky, an extensive landscape with a harbor with goods being loaded and unloaded ...

$750 / ≈ €662
Maker / Publisher: DE VOS, M. after
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae. Das ist: Ein Reisebuch...

Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae. Das ist: Ein Reisebuch, Uber die gantze heilige Schrifft, in zwey Bücher geteilet... Zuvor gemehret mit einem Büchlein De monetis et mens...

$30000 / ≈ €26481
Maker / Publisher: BÜNTING, H.
Place & Date: Magdenburg, 1587

 


Lutetia Furens. Das ist : Die wütende Statt PARIS.

Rarissime placard dirigé contre la Ligue et le duc de Mayenne. La gravure est signée I.S. (marque inconnue). Ce placard en latin et en allemand est une reprise de l’e...

$4000 / ≈ €3531
Maker / Publisher: /. S.
Place & Date: France ca.. 1594

 


Peregrinatie Jesu Christu Een ordentliche beschrijvinge des Heijligen landts....

Very rare separately map of the Holy Land engraved by Joannes van Doetecum Jr. Oriented to the east. The shoreline runs from "Antaradus" in Syria to "Rhino...

$4000 / ≈ €3531
Maker / Publisher: VAN DOECTECUM Jr. , J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1595

 


Calecuty Regnum

A rare and unusual depiction of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar, Ethiopia, southern Arabia, and south India and Ceylon.The calligraphy is florid and decorative. The e...

$2000 / ≈ €1765
Maker / Publisher: BOTERO, G.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1596

 


Il vero ritratto di Nettvno al presente oaupato da gl'imperiali.

Rare and early town-plan of Nettuno, in the province of Rome, which is nowadays a touristic harbor.Issued by Joannes Orlandi who acquired many Lafreri plates, which he re...

$1200 / ≈ €1059
Maker / Publisher: ORLANDINI, J.
Place & Date: Rome, 1557 / 1602

 


Germania.

Second state of this rare "carte à figures"- map of Germany, The Netherlands, Poland and central Europe. Bordered on three sides with portraits and views. In t...

$4000 / ≈ €3531
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1607

 


Pascaarte van een deel der Oost Zee, tusschen Bornholm ende der Memel, vertonende de ware gelegentheijt der Zeecusten van Pruijssen. . .

This very rare chart of the Northern Coast of Poland with Gdansk, appeared in the rare English edition of Willem Blaeu's 'Het Licht der Zeevaert', an atlas of sea charts ...

$4000 / ≈ €3531
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608

 


Hydrograhica descriptio

This very rare chart is important as the first printed sea chart of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, Gibraltar, also depicting the northern coast of Marocco.Willem Bar...

$4000 / ≈ €3531
Maker / Publisher: BARENDTSZ, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, W.Blaeu, 1612

 


Coloniensis Archiepisscopatus.

Extremely rare first edition of this beautiful map of Cologne and Dusseldorff.Jodocus Hondius Jr. planned to produce a new modern atlas less dependent on the Mercator pla...

$500 / ≈ €441
Maker / Publisher: HONDIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1629

 


Composite atlas of the Low Countries.

A unique, made-to-order atlas comprising 18 double-page engraved maps by or after Hessel Gerritsz, Theodoor Galle, Jacob van Deventer, Gerard Mercator, Peter Verbiest, Je...

$100000 / ≈ €88268
Maker / Publisher: GALLE, Theodoor.
Place & Date: [Antwerp, c. 1633

 


Tractus Danubii, Fluminis in Europa Maximi, A Fontibus, Per Germaniam. . .

This is Blaeu’s first map of the Danube and surrounding regions. The Danube River runs through the map from the top left with its headwaters in the German Black Forest ...

$2000 / ≈ €1765
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1634

 


Tractus Danubii, Fluminis in Europa Maximi, A Fontibus, Per Germaniam. . .

This is Blaeu’s first map of the Danube and surrounding regions. The Danube River runs through the map from the top left with its headwaters in the German Black Forest ...

$2000 / ≈ €1765
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1634

 


Amstelodamum, Celebre Emporium Forma Plana.

Second state of this rare and decorative plan of Amsterdam with Visscher's imprint. With a panoramic view seen from the IJ and further insets of Council House, The Exchan...

$5000 / ≈ €4413
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, Claes Jansz.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1636

 


Wittstocs.

Very decorative and rare panoramic of Wittstock, Bez. Potsdam.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted it on larg...

$1750 / ≈ €1545
Maker / Publisher: BEEK, A. / MERIAN, C.
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642

 


Nouvelle et exacte description du globe terrestre reveue corrigée et augmente´e suivant les derniéres relations des Anglais et Hollandois. Par Guillaume Blaeu 1645.

Extremely rare and decorative "carte a figures" world map published by Anthoine de Fer. The double hemisphere world map is surrounded by constellations of the A...

$25000 / ≈ €22067
Maker / Publisher: DE FER, A.
Place & Date: Paris, 1645

 


Desciption de lopulente et manifique ville de Venise.

Extremely rare panoramic view of Venice and neighboring islands (Murano, Burano, Torcello and Mazorbo), clearly depicting the city's architectural landmark. The surroundi...

$5500 / ≈ €4855
Maker / Publisher: BOISSEAU, J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1646

 


Carta prima Generale dell' Asia.

FIRST STATE of Robert Dudley's general chart of the Persian Gulf, going east through India to the southeastern coast of China showing Macau and the area of present-day Ho...

$17500 / ≈ €15447
Maker / Publisher: DUDLEY, R.
Place & Date: Florence, 1646

 


Pascaerte vande Caribische Eylanden, vande Barbados tot aende Bocht van Mexico ‘t Amsterdam By Hendrick Doncker. . .

First state. Rare. “This chart appeared in the first edition of Hendrick Doncker’s Zee-Atlas, of which no surviving example is known” -- Burden. This is an example ...

$4500 / ≈ €3972
Maker / Publisher: DONCKER, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1659

 


[Printed on silk] Nova Totius Americae Sive Novi Orbis Tabula, Auct. Hugo Allardt.

Hugo Allard’s ca. 1661 map of the Americas, showing California as an island printed on silk. This separately issued map printed on paper is quite rare on the market. T...

$4750 / ≈ €4193
Maker / Publisher: ALLARD, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1661

 


Nova XVII Provinciarum Inferioris Germaniae descriptio .

Extremely rare map of the Benelux by Frederick de Widt. Originally engraved and published by P.Kaerius in 1607. In 1662 the plate came in the possession of Frederick de W...

$9000 / ≈ €7944
Maker / Publisher: JACOBSZ.,Th. / DE WIDT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1662

 


Pascaerte Van't Westelyckste der Middelandsche Zee. . .

An eye-catching chart of the western part of the Mediterranean Sea.Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was one of the most important cartographer, engraver, publisher and print s...

$2500 / ≈ €2207
Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666

 


Pas-Caart van de Oost Zee verthooende alle de ghelegenheydt tusschen t Eylandt Rugen ende Wyborg. . .

An eye-catching chart of the Baltic Sea. Engraved by Gerard Coeck.Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was one of the most important cartographers, engravers, publishers and print...

$1500 / ≈ €1324
Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666

 


Incliti Cantonis Friburgensis Tabula, autore Francisco Petro VON DER WEID. Senatore et Commissario generale Friburgi. anno Domini 1668.

Very rare 2-sheet map and the first map of the canton Fribourg (Freiburg) in a scale of Scale 1:120.000. South to the top.The area shown on the map encompasses the whole ...

$7500 / ≈ €6620
Maker / Publisher: Von der WEID, François Pierre
Place & Date: Fribourg, 1668

 


Paskaerte Vande Bocht van Vranckrijk Biscajen en Galissen

An eye-catching chart of Spain and France, including a large part of Brittany, including Isle de Reé , Isle Saint Martin ...Shows the gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocea...

$1000 / ≈ €883
Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1669-1676

 


Pas-kaart vande Zee kusten van Venecuela met de Byleggende Eylanden. . .

Rare chart of the coast of Venezuela, including the islands of Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, etc.The chart has two insets, one (15x22cm) with a map of Curaçao, one smaller w...

$2200 / ≈ €1942
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Mare Balticum. . . / Nieuwe Pascaert van de Oost Zee. . .

Decorative chart showing the Baltic sea, with a splendid cartouche of royal figures. A re-issue of the De Wit copper plates, now with many improvements.

$2500 / ≈ €2207
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam ca.1680

 


Pascaerte van Carybes, Nieu Neder landt, Brazil. . .

This progenitor chart covers the American shores of the Atlantic Ocean. This chart by Theunis Jacobsz. was most probably engraved close to his death in 1650 or shortly af...

$2200 / ≈ €1942
Maker / Publisher: JACOBSZ,Th.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1653-1681

 


Magnae Prussiae Ducatus Tabula denuo correcta et in lucem edita per Nicolaum Visscher.

Striking old color example of Visscher's map of Prussia and part of the Baltic region. Includes a gorgeous cartouche and banner key held aloft by 2 cherubs, plus 4 sailin...

$1500 / ≈ €1324
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1690

 


[Il mondo a pezzi - Europa].

Satirical representation of the division of the world by the main European powers. At the center of the scene a globe on which is written "MONDO Maledeto Interesse ...

$3000 / ≈ €2648
Maker / Publisher: MITELLI, G.
Place & Date: Bologna, 1690

 


Belgii novi, angliae novae, et partis Virginiae . . .

This example is state 3 of the original Janssonius plate, printed after Schenk acquired the plates at public auction in 1694 from the heirs of Jansson van Waesberge. The ...

$5000 / ≈ €4413
Maker / Publisher: SCHENK, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1694

 


Praghe. [ Prague ]

A rare panoramic of Prague with over the whole length of the lower part 3 columns of poems in Dutch, French, German and English.Frederick de Wit published after 1694 a t...

$2100 / ≈ €1854
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1694

 


Nieuwe gelyk Graadige Paskaart van de Kust van Guiana in West-Indien.

Detailed chart of Guiana in South America. Two scales are given in both maps: Dutch, French and English nautical miles.The inset chart provide detailed view of the Camopi...

$650 / ≈ €574
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1684 - 1704

 


Nieuwe en Nette Afteekening van het Eyland Corsica en het Eyland Elba vertoonende alle desselfs Havenen, Steeden en Rivieren . . .

Highly decorative large sea chart of Corsica, Sardinia and Elba, including multiple sailing ships, compass roses, cartouche, coat of arms, rhumb lines, topographical deta...

$4000 / ≈ €3531
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1710

 


[12 volumes] Recueil des voyages qui ont servi à l'établissement et aux progrez de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, forméedans les Provinces-Unies des Païs-Bas...

An important richly illustrated compendium of the first Dutch voyages to East India, of great interest for the history and establisment of the Dutch global trade, particu...

$5000 / ≈ €4413
Maker / Publisher: DE RENNEVILLE, R.A.C.
Place & Date: Rouen, Pierre Le Boucher, 1725

 


Cygnus.

Uncommon celestial print of Cygnus, published by Corbinianus Thomas in the Manuductio ad Astronomiam, Juxta modum Bayeri, Mathematici celeberrimi, concinnata, multis,…e...

$350 / ≈ €309
Maker / Publisher: THOMAS, C.
Place & Date: Frankfurt & Leipzig, c.1730

 


Vorstellung der Evangelisch-Ostindischen Kirche Augsburger Protestanten.

It is a very decorative and rare print to commemorate the 200-year Confession of the Augsburg Protestant Confession. Engraved by J. Kleinschmidt after a design of E. Ridi...

$2000 / ≈ €1765
Maker / Publisher: RIDINGER, J.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1732

 


[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 / ≈ €22067
Maker / Publisher: (INSELIN, Charles / CREPY [Family]
Place & Date: Paris, 1720-1735

 


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 / ≈ €13240
Maker / Publisher: POPPLE,H / MORTIER, J. and C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1737

 


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...

$2500 / ≈ €2207
Maker / Publisher: WERNER, F.B. / PINZ, J.G.
Place & Date: Augsburg, M.Engelbrecht, ca.1730-1740

 


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...

$15000 / ≈ €13240
Maker / Publisher: COVENS / MORTIER
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1740

 


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 / ≈ €1942
Maker / Publisher: VALESI, D.
Place & Date: Verona, 1744

 


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,...

$40000 / ≈ €35307
Maker / Publisher: Akademie von Wissenschaften
Place & Date: St Peterburg, Akademie von Wissenschaften. 1745

 


Le Théâtre du monde dédié au roi contenant les cartes générales et particulières des royaumes et états qui le composent.

The present example of the Théâtre du monde is the reissue of 1746 by Jean-Baptiste Nolin II. This scarce atlas is illustrated with 123 maps mostly double-page, in orig...

$135000 / ≈ €119162
Maker / Publisher: NOLIN, J.-B.
Place & Date: Paris, 1746

 


Madrid Villa Capital Del Reyno D'Espana.. / Madrid ville capitale du Royaume d'Espagne . . .

A very decorative and scarce town view of Madrid, including a numbered key ( 1-17 ) in Spanish and French in the lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776)....

$3300 / ≈ €2913
Maker / Publisher: CHEREAU, J. / AVELINE, P.A.
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1750

 


Seville. Ville Archiepiscopale et Capitale du Raume d'Andalousie en Espagne. . .

A very decorative and extremely rare view of Seville, including a numbered (1-37) key in the lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776). Engraved by Aveline...

$2200 / ≈ €1942
Maker / Publisher: CHEREAU, J. / AVELINE, P.A.
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1750

 


Barcelone, Ville Capitale de la principauté Catalogne. . .

A very decorative and scarce view of Barcelona, including a numbered key ( 1-29 ) in the lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776). Engraved by Aveline and...

$4000 / ≈ €3531
Maker / Publisher: CHEREAU, J. / AVELINE, P.A.
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1750

 


Manuscript map of the Bay of Nagasaki.

An extremely rare manuscript chart in brown ink and wash color on a printed sheet of paper with a system of rhumblines and latitude scales. This chart shows the Bay of Na...

$50000 / ≈ €44134
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750

 


Nieuwe en zeer accuraate Zee-Caart van de Hollandse Wal strekkende van de Maas tot Texel opgenomen door Jan Rokusz Douw, , ,

A very fine and rare chart of the coast of Holland, Prepared by Jan Rokusz, Douw and Agge Roskam Kool.Embellished with a very decorative cartouche with a dedicational tex...

$4500 / ≈ €3972
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, J,
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750

 


[Complete set of maps of Japan] Imperium Japonicum Per Regiones Digestum Sex et Sexaginta Atque Ipsorum Japonensium Mappis Descriptum Ab Hadriano Relando.

Complete set of 11 maps Reland's map of Japan, the first map to use Sino-Japanese characters on a European printed map and represents a radical departure from prior Europ...

$6000 / ≈ €5296
Maker / Publisher: OTTENS, R. / J. / KAEMPFER, E.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1751

 


Veduta de' Palazzi de' Sig. March. Corsi e Viviani.

Lively street scene with several palaces in Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (1711or 1717 - 1767) and engraved by Mich. Mariesschi and Vincenzo Francesschini. From "Sc...

$500 / ≈ €441
Maker / Publisher: ZOCCHI, G.
Place & Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754

 


Carolinae Floridae nec non Insularum Bahamensium cum partibus adjacentibus delinatio ad Exemplar Londinense in lucem edita . . . Ao. 1755.

The German edition of this map of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands in full original colors. Published in Seligmann's "Sammlung verschiedener auslaendischer ...

$4000 / ≈ €3531
Maker / Publisher: SELIGMANN, Ioh. Michael.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1755

 


Karte von den Kusten von Arabien . . .

Manuscript map of Arabia. A close copy of Bellin's map of the Arabian Peninsula. In the lower right margin "Tom A, vol V."A title cartouche in the lower left co...

$2500 / ≈ €2207
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Germany, ca. 1760

 


Neue und vollständige Topographie der Eidgnossschaft, in welcher die in den dreyzehen und zugewandten auch verbündeten Orten und Landen dermal befindliche Städte, Bischthümer, Stifte, Klöster, Schlösser, Amts-Häuser, Edelsitze und Burgställe...

The first edition of Herrliberger's work on the topography of Switzerland. - The rarest book on Switzerland rarely found complete.Illustrated with an engraved allegorical...

$5500 / ≈ €4855
Maker / Publisher: HERRLIBERGER, David.
Place & Date: Zurich, Johann Kaspar Ziegler, 1754-1773

 


Plan de St. Jean de Luz avec les différents projets d'agrandissem.t du port.

Very rare and beautiful plan of the city and bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, detailing the projects of expansion of the port undertaken in 1780.The plan indicates the Artha Roc...

$2200 / ≈ €1942
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Paris, 1784

 


Carte de la Petite Tartarie Dresee par ordre de l'Imperatries de toutes las Russies.

The very rare first edition of De Leth's map of the southern part of Ukraine, with detailed annotations regarding the Cossacks and an explanatory key. Based on a Russian ...

$1750 / ≈ €1545
Maker / Publisher: SCHENK, P. / DE LETH, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1785

 


[Crimea]. Carte de la Cromée.

Mapmaker, Captain Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen (1735-1819). Published by H. Friesman in 1787. This map first appeared in 1776 and was the first Russian map of the newly ann...

$4250 / ≈ €3751
Maker / Publisher: KINSBERGEN, J.H. van
Place & Date: Amsterdam, H. Frieseman, 1787

 


CH'ONHA CHIDO [Atlas of all under Heaven]

The Ch’onha chido [Atlas of all under Heaven] is a late 18th century copy of the traditional Korean atlas produced in the early Choson dynasty (1392-1910). One of the m...

$30000 / ≈ €26481
Maker / Publisher: Anonymous
Place & Date: Korea, ca. 1790

 


[ LANDSKROON ]. Oranda Fune no zu [= Depiction of a Dutch Ship].

A very large and extremely detailed Japanese drawing on rice paper of a Dutch ship at the artificial island Deshima, the VOC's outpost in Nagasaki harbour. In the drawing...

$30000 / ≈ €26481
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Japan, Kansei 4, 2nd month, 9th day, 30 March? 1792

 


Mapa De la parte de la Isla Formosa sa perteneciente al Emperadotde la China sacado por Ord. De S.M.

Extremely rare map of the west coast of Taiwan, the Punghu or Pescadore Islands, and the Fokien or Fujian coast of China. Several ancient Taiwanese cities are noted, incl...

$15000 / ≈ €13240
Maker / Publisher: DE LA CONCEPTION, J.
Place & Date: Manilla, Seminario Conciliar, y Real de San Carlos, 1788-1792

 


[Set of five maps] Carte Générale de la Terre ou Mappe Monde

Rare and decorative set of five wall maps of the world and the four continents, prepared by Clouet, in very fine bright contemporary coloring. Each map ca. 965 x 1230 mm ...

$80000 / ≈ €70615
Maker / Publisher: CLOUET, Jean Baptiste Louis (abbé).
Place & Date: Paris and Cadiz, Mondhare, 1785-1793

 


A plat of the East Sea. By William Fisher and Richard Mount...

An important sea chart of the East Sea with coast lines of Poland, Russia, Sweden, published by William Fisher and Richard Mount in London.Richard Mount (1654-1722) was a...

$1800 / ≈ €1589
Maker / Publisher: FISHER, W./ MOUNT, R.
Place & Date: London, 1795

 


Le Isole di Sandwich delineate sulle osservazioni del Cap Cook.

FIRST EDITION on laid paper. Cassini’s splendid map depicts Sandwich islands, old name for Hawaii islands, at the end of the eighteenth century. The splendid cartouche ...

$7000 / ≈ €6179
Maker / Publisher: CASSINI, G.M.
Place & Date: Rome, 1798

 


New Yok entworfen von D.F. Sotzmann. Hamburg bey Carl Ernst Bohn 1799 . . . NO.VII

An extremely rare map of New York prepared by Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann for Christopher Ebeling's "Erdbeschreibung von Amerika", a project ended after only ten ...

$6000 / ≈ €5296
Maker / Publisher: SOTZMANN, D.F.
Place & Date: Hamburg, Carl Ernst Bohn, 1799

 


Erfolgte Kapitulation zwischen dem General Bonaparte und den Gross Leister von Malta. Vor der Hauptstadt Walette zu Maltha, am 10 Juni 1798.

Copper engraving with three scenes and one portrait on one sheet. In upper a view of Bonaparte arriving at Valletta. Published in "Allgemeine Welt-Chronik oder neue ...

$2500 / ≈ €2207
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED BAUMANN CO.
Place & Date: Zittau, 1798-1800

 


Plan de la ville de Rome, d'après celui publié par J.B. Nolli . . .

Beautiful town-plan of Rome, drawn up after the famous plan of Rome, executed by Giambattista Nolli in 1748. Decorated with a beautiful title cartouche topped by the coat...

$1000 / ≈ €883
Maker / Publisher: LATTRÉ, J.
Place & Date: Paris, Jean, 1801

 


Carte de la Georgie et du Pays des Ossetes, Tcherkesses et Mitzdcheghi, Par Jules Klaproth (1823).

Detailed manuscript map of Georgia, based upon an 1823 map by Jules Klaproth. The map depicts the rugged terrain of Georgia and southern Russia in impressive detail from ...

$4000 / ≈ €3531
Maker / Publisher: KLAPROTH, Jules.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1823

 


Eastern passage to China. sheet 1.

James Horsburgh early chart of the coasts of Java, Bali, Lombok, with part of Sulawesi, and Borneo. Insets of "Sketch of Bally Strait", Sketch of Lombock Strait...

$2500 / ≈ €2207
Maker / Publisher: HORSBURGH, JAMES, F.R.S
Place & Date: London, 1824

 


Carte des Iles Hawaii.

A lovely small map of the complete chain of Pacific islands known today as the Hawaiian islands, from Dumont d'Urville's atlas "Voyage pittoresque autour du Monde.&q...

$500 / ≈ €441
Maker / Publisher: DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules.
Place & Date: Paris, 1834

 


A-Na-Cam-E-Gish-Ca. A Chippeway Chief.

Half-length portrait of Anacamegishca, bare-chested, wearing a blanket and a peace medal. A-Na-Cam-E-Gish-Ca (1785-1862) - was a Chippeway Indian Chief. The Chippewa is o...

$350 / ≈ €309
Maker / Publisher: MCKENNEY, T and HALL, J.
Place & Date: Philadelphia, 1837

 


Straat Riouw onder opzicht van de commissie tot verbetering der Indische Zeekaarten..

Very large and rare so-called Blue Back centered on the strait passing between the Riau Islands. It contains an inset map with enlarged details of Riouw Harbor on Bintang...

$1200 / ≈ €1059
Maker / Publisher: HULST VAN KEULEN, Wed.G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1843

 


Kaart van de Gaspar Straaten volgens opnemingen van J.Stolze, D.Ross, enz.

Very large and rare chart centered on the strait between Bangka's southeastern seacoast and Belitung's western shores.Short front views of the coastal relief are shown in...

$600 / ≈ €530
Maker / Publisher: HULST VAN KEULEN, Wed.G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1843