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La Moscovie septentrionale . . .
Decorative view of area north of Moscow. This well-executed engraving was published in 1729 and 1727 by Pieter van der AA, in Leiden in "Les Voyages tres-curieux et ...
- $250 / ≈ €222
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et historique, ou Le Divertissement des Empereurs, Roys, et Princes. Tant dans la Guerre que dans la Paix. Dédié A Son A.R. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans Regent du Roîaume de France.
Charming world atlas with double hemisphere world and the North American map feature the Island of California. In Asia and the Pacific, Australia is incompletely mapped a...
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
La Moscovie meridionale . . .
Decorative map centred on Moscow. This well executed engraving was published in 1729 and 1727 by Pieter van der AA, in Leiden in "Les Voyages tres-curieux et tres-re...
- $300 / ≈ €267
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Astrakan, ville capitale du royaume du meme nom, en Moscovie. (Astrakhan)
Decorative view of Astrakhan. Astrakhan is where Europe ends and Central Asia begins. Its position on the Caspian Sea has ensured a long history as an important trading h...
- $300 / ≈ €267
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
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Nouvelle carte de la province de Kilan en Persie . . . (Iran]
Decorative map of southern part of the Caspian Sea in Northern Iran. This well executed engraving was published in 1729 and 1727 by Pieter van der AA, in Leiden in "...
- $300 / ≈ €267
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Carte la plus nouvelle et plus exacte du royaume de Perse . . .
This is a decorative map of Persia and Central Asia. It has very good details of the region east of the Caspian Sea, showing modern-day Uzbekistan. The region is labeled ...
- $400 / ≈ €356
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Saba, ville en Perse.
Decorative view of Sabā / Dakān Sorkh) which is a village in Vahdatiyeh Rural District in present-day Iran.In the foreground are camels and horses. This well-executed e...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
La grande & belle ville de Kaschan, en Perse. (Kashan in Iran)
Decorative view of Kashan in Iran. A branch of the Silk Road skirts the western and southern edges of Iran's central desert, passing through a string of small cities — ...
- $300 / ≈ €267
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Carte du Golfe de Bengale, Mer de Indes, et Riviere du Gange, Avec les Pais et Iles d'alentour, Savoir les Cotes de Malabar, Cormandel, Ile de Ceylon, Les Maldives . . .
Detailed map of the Southern part of India with Ceylon. Good detail along the coasts of Malabar, Coromandel, the Maldives islands and the Kingdoms of Visipour, Golconda, ...
- $375 / ≈ €333
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Waere affbeeldinge wegens het casteel ende stadt Batavia.
A good impression of Batavia's finely engraved and detailed plan, present-day Jakarta, the Dutch center of trading activities in the East Indies. Copied after Clement de ...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Terki, ville de la Circassie, dans l'Asie.
A very detailed panoramic view of Terki in the Caucasus, the capital of one of the most powerful Dagestani potentates of southeast Asia.Showing the Volga River. Foregrou...
Place & Date: Leiden, c. 1719
Riga.
Decorative view of Riga. This well executed engraving was published in 1729 and 1727 by Pieter van der AA, in Leiden in "Les Voyages tres-curieux et tres-renommez fa...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
Michael Federowits . . .
Portrait of Tsar Michail Feodorovich (1596-1645). Engraving by Jacob Christopher Sartorius (1694-1737) engraver, active in Nuremberg. This well executed engraving was pub...
- $75 / ≈ €67
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719
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
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[Title page] Le nouveau et curieux Atlas Géographique et historique ou Le Divertissement des Empereurs, Roys, et Princes. Tant dans laz Guerre que dans la Paix. . .
Decorative title page. According to its title, this atlas was intended for the entertainment of emperors, kings, and princes!Together with 4 text pages.
- $120 / ≈ €107
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
L' Europe Dressée sur les Observations de Mrs. de l' Academie Royale des Sciences..
Charming small map of Europe, including Iceland and the Mediterranean. Based on the geography of Guillaume Delisle.From Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et Histor...
- $150 / ≈ €133
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
L' Asie Dressée Selon les Observations de Mrs. De l' Academie Royale des Sciences..
Delightful little map of Asia that conforms to the standard French model of the period. Hokkaido is attached to the mainland and Terre de Iesso is off the coast partially...
- $400 / ≈ €356
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
L' Afrique Dressee suivant les Auteurs les plus nouvea. . .
Charming map of the African continent with some interesting cartography and filled with notations.The Nile is correctly shown with its origins in Abyssinia. A large Lac d...
- $300 / ≈ €267
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
L'Espagne nominée Par les Anciens Grecs Iberia ou Hesperia. . .
Lovely small map of Spain with decorative title cartouche, vessels and a sea monster in the Atlantic Ocean.Presenting a panel in the upper right corner listing local rule...
- $150 / ≈ €133
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
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 the lower left shows the continuation...
- $250 / ≈ €222
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
Estats du Grand Duc de Moscovie ou de L'Empereur de la Russie Blanche. . .
Lovely small map of central Russia with decorative title cartouche and a panel in the lower left corner listing local rulers.From Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique...
- $150 / ≈ €133
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
L'Empire D'Allemagne Divisé en ses dix Cercles et Autres Estats. . .
Map centered on Germany, including Poland, Switzerland, Austria, part of France, Northern Italy and Eastern Europe. With title cartouche and a panel in the lower left cor...
- $80 / ≈ €71
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
Le Royaume de France..
Lovely small map of France with decorative title cartouche and a panel in the upper right corner listing local rulers.From Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et His...
- $75 / ≈ €67
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
Carte qui contient la manière.. Niagara..
A series of 12 engravings together with descriptive text, derived from the works of Lahontan and Hennepin, illustrating the methods of the Indians hunting buffalo and sim...
Place & Date: The Hague 1720
Ausbourg Ville Impériale d'Allemagne dans la Suabe.
A very RARE panoramic of the city of Augsburg. The plate is numbered in red pencil in the upper right corner.Engraved by Pierre Aveline (Paris, c.1656 - 23 May 1722). He ...
- $250 / ≈ €222
Place & Date: Paris, 1690-1720
Nuremberg.
A very RARE panoramic view of the city of Nuremberg. The plate is numbered in red pencil in the upper right corner.Engraved by Pierre Aveline (Paris, c.1656 - 23 May 1722...
- $200 / ≈ €178
Place & Date: Paris, 1690-1720
Carte du Gouvernement Ecclesiastique de France Divise en ses Archeveschez, Eveschez, Archidiaconnez, Archipretrez, Doyennez, et Parroisses.
This impressive plate provides a comprehensive list of the ecclesiastical divisions in the country with their corresponding coats of arms. A small inset map depicts the l...
- $55 / ≈ €49
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte genealogique de la famille Royale de Brunswick . .
A very detailed composite sheet with a genealogical table of the German royal families of Brunswick, Luneburg and Hanover, with descriptive French textZacharie Chatelain ...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Carte du gouvernement ecclesiastique d'Angleterre . . .
Elegant engraving of the ecclesiastical government of England, with an engraving showing three images: in the centre, an ecclesiastical assembly (Convocation of the Clerg...
- $100 / ≈ €89
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte pour servir à l'intelligence de l'histoire de la chronologie et de la géographie des empires des Assiriens, des Perses, des Egyptiens et des Chinois.
Interesting sheet with a map of the classical world showing the empires of the Assyrians, Persians, Egyptians and Chinese, with descriptive French text, from Chatelain's ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte du gouvernement militaire d'Angleterre où l'on représente l'état des officiers de guerre et celui des forces de terre et de mer.
Interesting sheet with a decorative map on the British Isles, with idyllic scenes showing councils of the various military officers of the British Isles, with descriptive...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Représentation du parlement d'Angleterre, les chambres assemblées . . .
Engraving showing the British Parliament and an assembly before the King of England. From Chatelain's Atlas Historique, 1732-1739. In upper right margin: 'Tom. 7. No 26.H...
- $80 / ≈ €71
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Fribourg Ville d'Allemagne Capitale du païs de Brisgaw.
A very RARE panoramic of the city of Fribourg. The plate is numbered in red pencil in the upper right corner.Engraved by Pierre Aveline (Paris, c.1656 - 23 May 1722). He ...
- $250 / ≈ €222
Place & Date: Paris, 1690-1720
Prospect, Grundriss und Gegend der Polnischen vesten Reichs und Handels-Stadt Dantzig und ihrem Werder. . .
Striking example of Homann's map of Danzig (Gdansk) and neighboring regions and striking birds eye view, major port to the Baltic Ocean, which for centuries was an import...
- $550 / ≈ €489
Place & Date: Nuremberg, ca. 1720
Carte De Pologne Avec La Chronologie Des Rois Et Des Ducs De Lithuanie, Ainsi Que Des Grands M. De L'Ordre Teutonique Les Evechez et Archeveches, et Les Armes Des Provinces . . .
Map of Poland with a key table to the towns, and 30 coats of arms on both sides, extending south the Black Sea. From Chatelain's monumental 7-volume "Atlas Historiqu...
- $1000 / ≈ €889
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Mahomet V. Türkischer Kayser.
Portrait of Mahomet V. son of Mustapha II. succeeded in 1730, on the deposition of his uncle, Achmet III.Mahomet was more respectable for his pacific disposition, than hi...
- $150 / ≈ €133
Place & Date: Germany, c. 1720
Namur.
A very RARE panoramic of the city of Namur, with a numbered legend in both lower corners.The plate is numbered in red pencil in upper right corner.Engraved by Pierre Avel...
- $150 / ≈ €133
Place & Date: Paris, 1690-1720
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[Title page] Gli Argonauti.
Decorative title page illustrating allegorical and mythological figures. Engraved by Alessandro Dalla Via after a drawing by Lodovico Lanberti.At the top some cherubs car...
Place & Date: Venice, ca. 1720
Succession Des Empereurs Du Japon Avec Une Description Du Meurtre De L'Empereur Cubo Et La Reception Des Ambassadeurs Hollandais. . .
The plate is showing the murder of the Emperor Cubo at Kyoto, the arrival of one of the early Dutch embassies.A small map of Honshu in a central panel. Plate from his &qu...
- $400 / ≈ €356
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte du gouvernement ecclesiastique civil et militaire de l'Empire de l'ordre teutonique et de Malte et des villes anseatiques.
Interesting sheet with a detailed series of views showing the various councils of the Hanseatic League, including the councils of war, finance, state and the college of t...
- $75 / ≈ €67
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Treves en Allemend Trier.
A very RARE panoramic view of the city of Trier. The plate is numbered in red pencil in the upper right corner.Engraved by Pierre Aveline (Paris, c.1656 - 23 May 1722). H...
- $200 / ≈ €178
Place & Date: Paris, 1690-1720
Carte Particuliere de Isthmus ou Darien qui Comprend le Golfe de Panama &c. Cartagena, et les Isles aux Environs.
Finely executed map of a portion of Central America, extending from the East Coast of Nicaragua and Costa Rica in the northwest to Cartagena and Santa Martha in modern Co...
- $1250 / ≈ €1111
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Seconde partie de la Crimee la Mer Noire. . .
The lower part of a set of two maps from the observations of Guillaume Delisle focuses on the Black Sea with wonderful detail of the surrounding regions. Includes Constan...
- $500 / ≈ €444
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Nova ac verissima Maris Caspii ante hac maximam fere partem nobis incogniti, ac Regionum adiacentium : Delineatio Iussu Invictissimi Principis Petri Alexii Fil. Magni Russorum Imperatoris / immenso labore et maximis sumptibus facta, atque ex ...
Covers portions of Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Azerbaijan. Relief is shown pictorially. Depth is shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the left. Rare.
- $750 / ≈ €667
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Vue et description de la Ville de Meaco Capitale du Japon. . .
Top part of the print shows the town of Meaco (Kyoto) at that time the capital of Japan, with a coach and horses in the foreground. Other parts show among other things th...
- $450 / ≈ €400
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Maris Assoviensis vel de Zabache et Paludis Maeotidis. . .
A very detailed map showing the Black Sea, Azow and Rostow area. With a decorative allegorical cartouche, showing the costumes of the indigenous people of the region.
- $900 / ≈ €800
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1720
Carte des Grisons et des Communautez qui Composent leurs Ligues, les Etats de St. Gal, Neuchastel, Geneve et Quelques Autres Etats Alliez des Suisse.
This finely engraved sheet provides the history of various cities and regions allied with Switzerland at the beginning of the eighteenth century. The top section of the s...
- $150 / ≈ €133
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Riga metropolis Livoniae.
A spectacular panoramic of Riga, with legends numbered from a-z and 1-16 in German. With the title in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690-1776) ...
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1720
Norimberga.
A spectacular panoramic town-plan of Nuremberg, with legends numbered from 1-39 in German. With the title in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690...
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1720
Tabula geographica Russiae Magnae pontus euxinus seu mare nigrum et tauriae regnum. . .
Decorative map of the Black Sea Region, with a large decorative cartouche. Shows Constantinople. Extends north to Moscow and Smolensko.
- $750 / ≈ €667
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1720
Carte du gouvernement d'Angleterre où l'on représente l'Etat des officiers de Guerre. . .
Decorative map on the British Isles, with idyllic scenes showing councils of the various military officers of the British Isles. Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 – 1743) w...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Description, figure et qualité de l'arbre, du café, avec la manière de le cultiver et d'en cueillir le fruit.
Decorative copperplate engraving showing a coffee tree, plant and fruit, with an lengthy description about its growing process.From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "...
- $75 / ≈ €67
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte geographique de l'Asie mineure avec un etat des premiers rois. . .
Map of the Mediterranean. This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates from his "Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L...
- $120 / ≈ €107
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Viandes & breuvages des Turcs . . . / La manière dont les Turcs mangent . . .
Interesting sheet with a detailed views illustrating the lunch time in turkey, with descriptive French text, from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume Atlas Historique. In upp...
- $55 / ≈ €49
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Vue et Description de Quelques-Uns des Principaux Forts des Hollandois dans les Indes .
Interesting sheet with seven detailed views illustrating the most important Dutch V.O.C. trading outposts and fortified colonial possessions in the East Indies, including...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Philisbourg.
A very RARE panoramic view of the city of Philipsburg, including a numbered legend in both lower corners. The plate is numbered in black pencil in the upper right corner....
- $150 / ≈ €133
Place & Date: Paris c.1720
Uitlegginge der tytelplaat voor Arlequyn actionist.
Decorative print. Harlequin stockholder. The engraving (230x180mm.) depicts a kneeling conjuror with cups, balls and cards, Harlequin and Scaramouche drawing back curtain...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte des pavillons accompagnée d'observations pour en faire comprendre le blazon et les différentes devises aussy bien que d'une table alphabétique pour les trouver facilement.
A plate of 88 marine flags, including Malta, Turkey, Middelburg, Amsterdam, Portugal, Monaco, Tuscany, China, Nanking, the French Royal flag, the French admiralty flag an...
- $1200 / ≈ €1067
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Tytel-print der actie-kraam of yoor-hof yan Quinquenpoix. . .
Page taken from "Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Ne...
- $100 / ≈ €89
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
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Spiegel der Reden Voor de Wanhopende Actionisten. [Mirror for the reason of the despairing stockbrokers. ]
Text page with copper engraving (150 x 100mm.) taken from Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnego...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Rue Quinquempoix en l'année 1720. De regte afbeelding der wind negotie gehouden in de straat van Quinquempoix tot Parys.
A true picture of the wind trade of the rue Quinquempoix, Paris, in 1720, taken from "Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en onderg...
- $275 / ≈ €244
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte genealogique des comtes de Dreux, des Seigneursde Beaussart . . .
Genealogical chart of the earls of Dreux, from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique". Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 – 1743) was a Huguenot pastor...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Nouvelle Carte des Differents Etats de la Monarchie Françoise Sous Iule Cesar, Sous les Rois de la Premiere, de la Seconde . . .
Four maps of France surrounded by historical and genealogical information to the history, chronology, ancient and modern genealogy of the french monarchy.Henri Abraham Ch...
- $75 / ≈ €67
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte Pour l'Introduction a l'Histoire d'Angleterre, ou l'on Voit son Premier Gouvernement, et l'Etat Abrege de cette Monarchie sous les Empereurs Romains, et sous les Rois Saxons.
The sheet includes a large inset map of Roman Britain including the English Channel and the western coast of France (200 x 255mm.). It also provides a wealth of informati...
- $200 / ≈ €178
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Asia intra Maeotim Pontum et Mare Caspium. . .
Striking map the Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions, featuring the geographical features known to the ancients and decorated with a vignette and 10 medallions.From "D...
- $195 / ≈ €173
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1720
Beschrijving Gezicht van den Ykant af bezyden den Schreiers hoex Toren langs de Keulsche en Geldersche Kaei naer de Nieuwe Markt
This large engraving (560x920mm.) comes from a are series of 25 beautiful large views of Amsterdam and gives a colorful picture of the life and business of the city at th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Das Caspische Meer / Das Land Kamtzadalie ...
Two maps on one sheet with the Caspian Sea on one side and northeastern Russia and Kamchatka on the other. The map of the Caspian Sea reflects the survey work of Russia...
- $450 / ≈ €400
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1720
Amsterdam Capitale de la Hollande.
A panoramic of Amsterdam seen from 't IJ. Set within a decorative border, printed from a separate plate. Rare.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1720
Het Oost Indisch Huys op de Suyd hock..
A decorative print of the East Indian House , the headquarters of the V.O.C., a place for meeting, trading and storage of spices and ship equipment.The maps and charts we...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Arabiae Felicis, petrae et desertae.
A very striking map with a finely decorated title cartouche, published by Valk & Schenk, utilizing Jansson's original plate. Interestingly, this map uses the names th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Illyricum Orientis In quo Partes II. Moesia et Thracia. Provinciae XI.
Attractive historical map of the area west of the Black Sea, today's Bulgaria, Rumania, etc. Based on the cartography of Nicolas Sanson and published by Covens and Mortie...
- $400 / ≈ €356
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1720
Nouvelle Carte des dix-sept Provinces des Pays-Bas.
Map of the 17 provinces of the Netherlands. In an inset upper left corner 17 coats of arms of each province and vignettes. The Channel is filled with Naval battles fought...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Imperium Japonicum.
The map is based on Engelbert Kaempfer's map of 1727. It shows a much-distorted outline for the Island of Japan and a wonderful decorative cartouche top left.Tobias Conra...
- $1900 / ≈ €1689
Place & Date: Augsburg 1720
Carte de la Nouvelle France, ou se voit le cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi..
Derived from de Fer's 1718 map, from west of the Mississippi it contains a mass of inland detail with notes and vignettes of the indigenous peoples and fauna of North Ame...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte de l'Ile de Java. . .
An inset plan of Batavia and clearly indicated rice fields, mountains, forests, towns in profile, and even elephants, suggesting the wealth of detail found on this map. M...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Harlekin en Bombario en den rouw.
Harlequin and Bombario in mourning, taken from Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnegotie, in Vra...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
D' Admiralyteyts Huys - La maison de l'Amirauté.
Decorative print of the Admiralty House of the V.O.C., now-a-days Maritime Museum in Amsterdam.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1720
Succession Des Empereurs De la Chine divisée en XXII. Familles.
Showing successions of the Emperors of China divided into 22 families, copper engraved plate from "Atlas Historique". Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was the father...
- $100 / ≈ €89
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Bronwater of geneesmiddel voor de zieke actionisten.
Springwater or potion for the sick shareholder, taken from Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windneg...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Description des habits des Persans..
This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates.Ornamented with numerous vignettes showing the costumes of the ancient Persians.General i...
- $150 / ≈ €133
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720