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La Rade de Batavia . . .
Beautifully engraved map with elaborate cartouche of present-day Jakarta. From van der Aa's very rare work "La galerie agreable du Monde".
- $300 / ≈ €256
Date: Leiden, 1719
Globe Terrestre. / Globe Celeste.
A very decorative depiction of a terrestrial and celestial globe on a decorative base. The page is filled with seven diagrams.
- $175 / ≈ €149
Date: Paris, 1719
Le Royaume de Norwege Divisé en ses cinq Principaux Gouvernements. . .
Lovely small map of Norway, with much of Sweden to the East, vessel and sea monsters in the Norwegian Sea.It shows a text table in the upper left corner containing the na...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, 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.The town o...
Date: Leiden, c. 1719
Carte du Golfe de Bengale, mer des Indes et rivieres du Gange . . .
Detailed scare 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, Golc...
Date: Leiden, 1719
Nouvelle carte de geographie de .. Meridionale de l'Amerique
Chatelain's map of South America. The title is in two lines across the map. The tracks of Magellan, de la Maire, de Mendana, etc. are shown.On each side, borders appear a...
- $250 / ≈ €213
Date: Amsterdam, 1719
Les trois Iles, appellées en Allemand Werders, ou sont les Territoires de Dantzic, Marienbourg et Elbing dans la Prusse Royale avec les Côtes de la Mer Baltique, suivant la description de Olaus Jean Gotho...
Decorative regional map including the town of Danzig and the region south of it. East to the top. This well-executed engraving was published in 1729 and 1727 by Pieter va...
- $450 / ≈ €384
Date: Leiden, 1719
Elbing. (Elblag in Northern Poland)
Decorative view of the town of Elblag in Northern Poland. This well executed engraving was published in 1729 and 1727 by Pieter van der AA, in Leiden in "Les Voyages...
- $400 / ≈ €341
Date: Leiden, 1719
La ville de Dantzic dans la Prusse Royale.
Decorative view of Danzig. This well executed engraving was published in 1719 by Pieter van der AA, in Leiden in "Les Voyages tres-curieux et tres-renommez faits en ...
- $400 / ≈ €341
Date: Leiden, 1719
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 / ≈ €213
Date: Leiden, 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 / ≈ €256
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 / ≈ €256
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 / ≈ €256
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 / ≈ €341
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...
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 / ≈ €256
Date: Leiden, 1719
Nouvelle carte du royaume de Pologne, divisée selon..
Chatelain's map of Poland. The title is in two lines across the map. On bottom border appears an index to the map's contents. At the top of the map appear historical rema...
- $750 / ≈ €639
Date: Amsterdam, 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...
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 / ≈ €64
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...
Date: Amsterdam, 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, ...
Date: Leiden, 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 / ≈ €128
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 / ≈ €213
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 / ≈ €128
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 / ≈ €68
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 / ≈ €64
Date: Paris, 1719
Maris Assoviensis vel de Zabache et Paludis Maeotidis. . .
A very detailed map showing the Black Sea, Azow and Rostow area.
Date: Augsburg, 1720
La Chine.
A charming small map of China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Korea, and Kyushu (Japan). By Allain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706), a well-traveled military engineer and geographer...
- $300 / ≈ €256
Date: Paris, 1720
Monument consacré a la posterité en memoire de la folie incroyable de la XX. année du XVIII. siecle. Ter eeuwiger gedagtenisse der dwaasheid van het XX. jaar der XVIII. eeuw.
Monument consecrated to posterity in memory of the unbelievable folly of the 20th year of the 18th century.A caricature in prose and verse satirizing the first truly inte...
- $250 / ≈ €213
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Riga metropolis Livoniae.
A spectacular panoramic view 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 (1690-1...
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1720
Norimberga.
A spectacular panoramic town-view of Nuremberg, with legends numbered from 1-39 in German. With the title in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690...
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1720
Regnum Borussiae gloriosis auspicijs Seerenissimi et Potentissimi Princip Friderici III Primi . . .
Map covering the region along the Baltic Sea from Prussia, Memel, to northern Poland, extending south to Poland, centered on Danzig, Konigsberg, Heilsperg, etc. Beautiful...
Date: Nuremberg, 1720
Urbis Romae Veteris ac Modernae Accurata Delineatio. . .
A wonderful 'bird's eye' view of the 'Eternal City' of Rome by Homann, although published in the first quarter of the eighteen century, the map portrays the city at the e...
Date: Nuremberg, ca 1720
Circuli Austriaci in quo sunt. . .
Fine map of Austria, with in upper left corner a inset map of Tirol.Joachim Ottens (1663 - 1719) and his sons Renier and Joshua were prominent Dutch booksellers and map p...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Tabula Geographica qua pars Russiae Magnae. . .
Homann's map is based upon Beauplan's general map of Ukraine but depicts the political changes of the preceding years. With decorative cartouches. Giving good detail alon...
Date: Nuremberg, 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 / ≈ €1023
Date: Amsterdam, 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...
Date: Venice, ca. 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...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Wegweiser duch das Chiurfurstenthumb Sachen.
Showing distances in-between towns in Saxen, Germany. In upper right hand corner inset map of Saxen, showing Leipzig, Dresden, Prague.More about cartographical curiositie...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Amsterdam 1720
Nostre Dame de Lorette.
A very RARE panoramic of Lorette and the church, including a numbered legend in both lower corners.The plate is numbered in black pencil in upper right corner.Published ...
Date: Paris c.1720
Huquang, Kiangsi, Chekiang ac Fokien.
A reissue of Janssonius' map of south east China, with wash color and uncolored cartouches.The map is based on the maps of Martin Martini, themselves based on Chinese sou...
Date: Amsterdam, 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...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 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 / ≈ €166
Date: Nuremberg, 1720
Carte de la barbarie, Nigritie et de la Guinée avec les pays voisins . . .
This great map of western Africa is based on Guillaume Delisle's map. It covers from the Barbary coast to below the equator. There is a mass of geographic detail and nota...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Antiquez curieuses qui se trouvent aux environs de Smyrne, et sur le chemin d'Ephese.
Folio sheet describing and depicting ancient Greek monuments and ruins in Smyrna (Izmir). From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique". Henri Abraham...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte De L'Asie Inferieure Selon Les Auteurs Anciens, Enrichie de Remarques Historiques sur les Changemens qui y sont arrivez.
Text page with inset map (220x269.mm.) of Turkey, including Cyprus from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique". Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 – 17...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Imperii Sinarum nova descriptio.
Schenk and Valk's rare early 18th century issue of Janssonius milestone map of China, Korea and Japan after Martino Martini. Engraved by Johannes van Loon. The overall ba...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Carte du gouvernement civil ecclésiastique de moscovie, l'état des revenus et l'ordre de la justice et des officiers de la cour.
Interesting sheet with a detailed plan of Moscow, plus two large coats-of-arms, with descriptive French text, from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume Atlas Historique. In up...
- $950 / ≈ €810
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Partie Meridionale de Moscovie. . .
Centered on Moscow including Azow and part of present-day Ukraine in the bottom part of the map. The map is based on Delisle's important map of the region with revisions ...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Russiae vulgo Moscovia dictae, Partes Septentrionalis. . .
In the north the Murmansk Sea. Including the western coast of Nova Zembla. Title cartouche and two cartouches, the bottom right one showing two hunters, bears, stags etc....
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 suggest the wealth of detail found on this map. Modele...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Vue et description de la Ville de Meaco Capitale du Japon. . .
The top part of the print shows a panoramic view of Meaco (Kyoto) at that time the capital of Japan, with a coach and horses in the foreground. Other parts show among oth...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Christophe Colomb . . .
Fine portrait of Christopher Columbus (c.?1451 – 1506) engraved and published by Étienne Jehandier Desrochers ( Lyon 1668 - Paris 1741).Christopher Columbus was an Ita...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Paris, 1720
Ticho-Braché . . .
Uncommon portrait of Tycho Brahe, (1546 - 1601) engraved and published by Étienne Jehandier Desrochers ( Lyon 1668 - Paris 1741). Brahe was a Danish astronomer whose wor...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Date: Paris, 1720
Plan de la ville de Treves.
Very rare town-plan of Trier by Didier Bugnon (1676-1736), geographer of the Duke of Lorraine. With numbered key (1-57) of the main buildings and buildings of the city. T...
Date: Paris?, 1720
Ducatuum Livoniae et Curlandiae cum vicinis Insulis Nova Exhibitio Geographica. . .
Detailed map of the northern Baltic coast by Homann, pre-dating the privilege.
Date: Nüremberg, 1720
Graeciae Pars Septentrionalis..
Very decorative map illustrating the northern part of Greece and a small part of Turkey. Istanbul is represented on the right margin with its former names Byzantium and C...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte generale des Etats du Czar. Empereur de Moscovie, ou L'on voit ce que ce prince possede en Europe ..
Impressive map of Russia Tartary and part of China with key tables to the towns. Depicting the different states belonging to the Czar in Asia and Europe, showing the path...
- $900 / ≈ €767
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Vue & description de l'Eglise du Saint Sepulchre tant par dehors que dedans . . .
Shows various interiors and exterior views of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique".Henri Abrah...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Description des piramides d'Egypte tant au départ qu'au dehors . . .
Engraved text page with 5 views of the pyramids and an image of the Sphinx. From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique".Henri Abraham Chatelain (168...
- $36 / ≈ €31
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Bosphore de Thrace.
This handsome folio sheet present three views of the strategically important Bosporus. At top is a large decorative bird's-eye view of Istanbul as viewed from across the ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte du gouvernement militaire de la République de Venise . . .
Very decorative folio sheet with five engraved views in Venice: "Vue de la Palace de St. Marc" (Piazza San Marco), a birds-eye map of "L'Arcenal", &qu...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Vue et description de la Ville de Lovango dans le Royaume du Congo. . .
On top a large view of the fabled city of Lovango, text surrounded by ten vignettes of the people and ceremonies of the Kingdom of Congo.Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was t...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
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...
Date: The Hague 1720
Le Royaume de Siam avec Les Royaumes Qui Luy sont Tributaries & c.
Influential map of Southeast Asia, including modern day Thailand, southern Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra and Java. Chatelain incorporated inform...
Date: Amsterdam, c.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...
Date: Amsterdam, c. 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...
Date: Augsburg 1720
Nova tabula geographica complectens borealiorem..
A finely engraved pair of maps designed to be cut and joined together to provide a continuous coastline of North America from the Carolinas to Newfoundland and along the ...
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...
Date: Amsterdam, 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...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Accurate Vorstellung der Orientalisch Kayserlichen Haupt- und Residenz-Stadt Constantinopel samt ihrer Gegend und Zweyen . . .
The upper part shows Constantinople with adjoining regions. The view shows the former Christian church Hagia-Sophia, the Blue Mosque, three Egyptian obelisks, Sultan Sule...
Date: Nuremberg 1720
Carte Particuliere d'une Partie d'Asie ou sont Les Isles D'Andemaon, Ceylan, Les Madives . . .
An impressive large sheet chart including the Red Sea, the coasts of Somali, Yemen, east coast of the Arabian peninsula. One of the early maps to focus on this area. Nume...
- $1500 / ≈ €1278
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte nouvelle de Moscovie represente la partie Septentrionale dressée par G.De L'Isle. . .
Uncommon map covering the area north of Moscow, including Lapland. Prepared by G. de L'Isle.Joachim Ottens (1663 - 1719) and his sons Renier and Joshua were prominent Dut...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
De kornet van vuil gewin of wortel en besse postiljon op zyn mager, doch niewlyks gemest varken uitschreewende de kompany is vol.
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...
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 / ≈ €85
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...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Stoel des Oorlogs in America Waar in Vertoont Werden Alle Desself Voornaamste Eylande . . .
Large impressive map of the West Indies with the Gulf of Mexico and Florida. The map shows prominently in the center Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas and Florida, which is here m...
Date: Amsterdam, c. 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...
Date: Amsterdam, 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 / ≈ €341
Date: Amsterdam, 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 / ≈ €85
Date: Amsterdam, 1720