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Plan du Ti-tang ou du temple, où l'empereur sacrifie à Chang-ti sous le titre de souverain seigneur de la terre

A plan of the temple of the soil god (社稷壇, Shèjìtán, "Altar of Soil and Grain")—under the name "Titang" (地堂, dìtáng, "Hall of Di...

$50 / ≈ €43
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendum Regio nutu concessa ...

Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendu...

$1200 / ≈ €1027
Maker: HOMANN HEIRS
Date: Nuremberg, 1735

 


Souan pan, ou instrument dont les chinois se servent pour compter.

Text page with a wood block illustration of a souan-pan [suan-p'an] the calculation table used by the Chinese. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French c...

$20 / ≈ €17
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


[Title page] Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise . . . Du Thibet, & de la Coree. . .

Title page of the Nouvel Atlas de la Chine. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French cartographer. Compiled over 200 maps. This map is from his most impor...

$40 / ≈ €34
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Carte de la province de Tche kiang 浙江 [Zhejiang]

D'Anville's highly detailed map of Tche Kiang (Zhejiang) province from du Halde's "Description geographique historique...de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie Ch...

$250 / ≈ €214
Maker: ANVILLE d', J.B.B.
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Poloniae Regnum ut et Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae . . .

Detailed map of Poland and the Baltic regions, extending in the south to Ukraine and northern Hungary.Here in its second state, now with added letters to the border scale...

$750 / ≈ €642
Maker: SEUTTER, M.
Date: Augsburg, 1735

 


Province de Tche Kiang. [Tche kiang 浙江 [Zhejiang] province]

D'Anville's highly detailed map of Tche kiang 浙江 [Zhejiang] province from du Halde's "Description geographique historique...de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tart...

$400 / ≈ €342
Maker: ANVILLE d', J-b-b.
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise.

Cornerstone of any collection of books on China, which is also among the rarest and most desirable of important Americana.This, "the first definitive European work o...

$12000 / ≈ €10265
Maker: DU HALDE, Jean Baptiste.
Date: Paris, P. G. Le Mercier, (vol. 1-3) 1770 / (vol.4),1735

 


Nieuwe kaart van Muskovien door M. de l'Isle.

This lovely little map of the area surrounding Moscow is based on Delisle's map of the region. The map is bounded by Lake Ilmen in the north, the Volga River to the east,...

$100 / ≈ €86
Maker: RATELBAND, J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1735

 


Nouvelle carte du royaume de Pologne, divisée selon..

Chatelain's map of Poland. The title is in two lines across the map. At the bottom border, an index to the map's contents appears. At the top of the map, historical remar...

$750 / ≈ €642
Maker: CHATELAIN, H.
Date: Amsterdam, 1735

 


Province d'Yun-Nan.

Important map of Yun-nan 云南 [Yunnan] province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Delahaye. Jean B...

$100 / ≈ €86
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Province de Koei-Tcheou. [Koei-tcheou 贵州 [Guizhou] province.]

Important map of Koei-tcheou 贵州 [Guizhou]. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Guélard, the map by...

$300 / ≈ €257
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Carte du ciel et de la terre qui commencent à se former / Figure du ciel fluide & pur & de la terre fixe & ferme.

Recto and verso text page with two illustrations of the grounding of the sky and earth according to a Chinese philosopher. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-178...

$75 / ≈ €64
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Province de Koei-Tcheou.

An important map of Koei-tcheou 贵州 [Guizhou]. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation engraved by Guélard, the map ...

$100 / ≈ €86
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Plan du Tien-tang ou du temple, où l'empereur sacrifie à Chang-ti sous le titre de souverain seigneur de la terre.

Nice example of d'Anville's plan of Tien-tang temple, from "Atlas général de la Chine..."" prepared by Jesuit missionaries and commissioned by Emperor Ka...

$50 / ≈ €43
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Province de Se-Tchuen. [ Se-tchuen 四川 [Sichuan] province.]

Important map of Se-tchuen 四川 [Sichuan] province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by Guélard, the map by Delahaye, features animals, birds, a ...

$450 / ≈ €385
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


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 '...

$1000 / ≈ €855
Maker: HOMANN HEIRS.
Date: Nuremberg, 1735

 


Province de Ho-nan. [Honan 河南 (Hénán) province]

An important map of Honan 河南 (Hénán) province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by F.Baillieul Lainé. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1...

$200 / ≈ €171
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendum Regio nutu...

Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendu...

$1500 / ≈ €1283
Maker: HOMANN HEIRS
Date: Nuremberg, 1735

 


Villes de la province de Petche-li.

Five town plans : Peking (with forbidden town), Yung-ping-fou, Long-men-hien, Yuen-keou/Tching-sse-yu/Si-yang-keou/Hoang-tou-in, Tchin-ting-fou. From "Description ge...

$150 / ≈ €128
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


[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 / ≈ €21386
Maker: (INSELIN, Charles / CREPY [Family]
Date: Paris, 1720-1735

 


Carte particulière de l'entrée de Canton - Plan de Quang-tcheou-fou vulgo Canton .

Beautiful detailed map of the entrance to the city of Canton, showing also the cities of Macao and Quanghai, as well as the islands of the bay, including the island of Sh...

$450 / ≈ €385
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Province de Kiang-Si. Jiangxi 江西 province.

An important map of Jiangxi 江西 province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Guélard. The map itse...

$200 / ≈ €171
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Province de Pe-Tche-Li. Pe-tche-li [Beizhili] 北直隶 [= 河北]. province.]

Important map of Pe-tche-li [Beizhili] 北直隶 [= 河北]. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Guéla...

$300 / ≈ €257
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendum Regio nutu concessa ...

Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendu...

$1500 / ≈ €1283
Maker: HOMANN HEIRS
Date: Nuremberg, 1735

 


Charlatans qui se mêlent de vendre le vent de la Chine. Dévots mendiants de la Chine et charlatans qui se promènent sur des tigres apprivoisés, . . .

Two fascinating engraving on one sheet depicting Chinese charlatans. Engraved by Bernard Picart. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et cou...

$150 / ≈ €128
Maker: PICART, B.
Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard c.1736

 


Idole que les chinois appellant, le dieu de l´immortalité, et qu´ils disent presider a leur Fortune. . .

Four fascinating engraving on one sheet depicting Chinese gods. "Idole que les chinois appellant, le dieu de l´immortalité, et qu´ils disent presider a leur Fortu...

$150 / ≈ €128
Maker: PICART, B.
Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard c.1736

 


Urbium Londini et West-Monasterii nec non Surburbii Southwark Accurata Ichnographia ,., Neuester Grundris der Staedte London und West-Munster, Samt der Vorstadt Southwark ,.,

Detailed plan of London, extending from Grosvenor Square in the west to Mile End to the east, To the right inset views of St, James's Square, and Custom House, elevations...

$3200 / ≈ €2737
Maker: HOMANN, J,B.
Date: Nuremberg, 1736

 


Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise . . . du Thibet, & de la Coree. . .

Without the separately published atlas. Lacking 2 plates in vol.2 (Obseques at p.149 and Gin seng at p.180), one plate torn without a loss (vol.1, p.230), d4 vol.1 with a...

$5500 / ≈ €4705
Maker: DU HALDE, J.-B.
Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1736

 


Asia By H.Moll Geographer.

Detailed map of Asia. From his "Atlas minor: or a new and curious set of sixty-two maps. . .", which was first published in 1729 and reprinted in 1732, 1736.The...

$300 / ≈ €257
Maker: MOLL, H.
Date: London, 1736

 


Carte générale de la Chine Dressée sur les Cartes particulières que l'Empereur Cang-hi a fait lever sur les lieux par les RR. PP. Jésuites missionaires dans cet empire / Par le Sr d'Anville.

An essential and very detailed map of the Southern part of China, including a detailed map of Taiwan.Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782) was a French cartogr...

$1000 / ≈ €855
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737

 


Carte la plus generale et qui comprend la Chine, la Tartarie chinoise et le Thibet. . .

It has a quite elaborate pictorial cartouche engraved by G. Kondet. It is a very detailed map of China, Tibet, and Korea.In the upper left corner is very good details of ...

$2800 / ≈ €2395
Maker: D'ANVILLE, J-B.
Date: The Hague, 1737

 


Province de Fo-Kien. [Includes West Coast of Taiwan]

An important map of Fujian Province shows the East Coast of China and the West Coast of Taiwan. It shows that for the Manchu Qing, only the western half of Formosa was co...

$1000 / ≈ €855
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737

 


Nouvel atlas de la Chine, de la Tartarie chinoise, et du Thibet.

First edition of "the principal cartographic authority on China during the 18th century". It was the second major atlas of China produced in Europe following th...

$19000 / ≈ €16253
Maker: DU HALDE, J.-B.
Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737

 


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 / ≈ €12832
Maker: POPPLE,H / MORTIER, J. and C.
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1737

 


Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia et Africa Regiones proprias, tributarias, clientelares sicut et omnes eusdem Beglirbegatus seu Præfecturas Generales exhibens. . .

Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map of the Ottoman Empire centered on Cyprus. With good detail in the Arabian Peninsular. In the lower left, a decorative title cart...

$500 / ≈ €428
Maker: HOMANN, J.B.
Date: Nurnberg, 1737

 


Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia et Africa.

Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map of the Turkish Empire, showing from Tunis to Arabia, including Greece, Arabia, Turkey and Palestine. With good detail in the Ara...

$1000 / ≈ €855
Maker: HOMANN, J.B.
Date: Nurnberg, 1737

 


Royaume de Corée.

With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by G.Kondet. One of the earliest separate maps of Korea. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French c...

$4000 / ≈ €3422
Maker: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Date: The Hague, 1737

 


Picardie Meridionale Le Cambresis et leurs Environs.

Map showing the region of Picardie in Northern France. Including the towns of Abbeville, Amiens, Compiegne, Soisson, Chambray, etc.

$230 / ≈ €197
Maker: CREPY.
Date: Paris, 1737

 


[Title page] Atlas Novus Terrarum Orbis Imperia. . .

The lovely title page from Homann's Grosser Atlas uber de Gantsa Welt (Grand Atlas of all the World)with striking color and features. It shows Atlas and Hercules / Herakl...

$150 / ≈ €128
Maker: HOMANN, J.B.
Date: Nuremberg, ca 1737

 


Ichnographia munitissimae Arcis Otzakoff quae Ao. 1737, die 3 Iulÿ auspicÿs Supremi Campi Mareschalli Comitis de Münnich ab exercitu Russorum vi occupata . . .

A striking image of this fortified Russian outpost on the Black Sea at Otzakoff, northeast of Odessa.

$1100 / ≈ €941
Maker: SEUTTER, M.
Date: Augsburg, 1737

 


Kaerte en Afbeeldinge vande Geheele Jurisdictie van Stantdarbuyten Gelegen in de Generaliteit onder Marquisaet van Bergen op den Zoom

With a large title cartouche with signature of the maker Adriaan van der Ende, : Kaerte en Afbeeldinge vande Geheele Jurisdictie van Stantdarbuyten Gelegen in de Generali...

$2500 / ≈ €2139
Maker: VAN DER ENDE, A.
Date: Willemstad, 1737

 


Hispanus.

Allegorical print of Spain (Hispanus), copper engraving after P. Decker by M. Engelbrecht. Taken from "Laconicum Europae Speculum". Philippe Andrea Kilian (1714...

$275 / ≈ €235
Maker: ENGELBRECHT, M.
Date: Augsburg, 1737

 


Prospectus Palatÿ Comitis Leopoldi de Windischgräz . . .

Very nice engraving by J.A. Corvinus after a design of Salomon Kleiner showing the house of an Austrian aristocratic family.

$100 / ≈ €86
Maker: CORVINIUS / KLEINER, S.
Date: Augsburg, 1737

 


Ein Formosaner. (Inhabitant of Formosa / Taiwan)

Wood cut with letter press, showing an inhabitant of Formosa (Taiwan) by Jacob Martini, published in "Neu-eingerichtete und vermehrte Bilder-Geographie …", pu...

$150 / ≈ €128
Maker: MARTINI, J.
Date: Erfurt, ca. 1738

 


Avantures du Sr. C. Le Beau, avocat en parlement ou Voyage curieux et nouveau parmi les Sauvages de l'Amérique Septentrionale. Dans lequel on trouvera une Description du Canada… Ouvrage enrichi d'une Carte et des figures necessaires.

A description of Huron, Iroquois, and Algonquin customs, written in charming style and based, the Author claims, on observations made on a trip to America in 1729." ...

$2500 / ≈ €2139
Maker: LE BEAU, C.
Date: Amsterdam, 1738

 


Presqu'Isle de l'inde deça le Golfe du Gange/Presqu'Isle de l'Inde dela le Golfe du Gange.

Two maps on one sheet, one depicting India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives Islands (13,5 x 8 cm) and the otherone Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia (13,5 x 8 cm). F...

$300 / ≈ €257
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


Grande Tartarie.

A very nice map of Tartaria extending from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia un...

$150 / ≈ €128
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


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 large-scale engraved view of Paris covers the first eleven arrondis...

$21000 / ≈ €17964
Maker: BRETEZ, Louis / TURGOT.
Date: Paris, 1739

 


Mogol.

A very nice map of Northern India and Pakistan. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historica, i c...

$150 / ≈ €128
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


Perse.

A very nice map of Persia. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historica, i curiosa, segun el esta...

$150 / ≈ €128
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


Carte d'Amerique dressée par l'usage du Roy..

Fine map prepared by G.d'Isle depicting North and south America, the west coast taken north to Cap Mendocin and Cap Blanc with a note Entrée decouverte par Martin d'Agui...

$700 / ≈ €599
Maker: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Date: Amsterdam, 1739

 


(Chatelain "Atlas Historique" in 7 volumes.]

Henri Abraham Chatelain, whose Atlas Historique was one of the most expansive encyclopedias of the age. First published in 1705, Chatelain's Atlas Historique was part o...

$40000 / ≈ €34218
Maker: CHATELAIN, H.
Date: Amsterdam: Chez Zacharie Châtelain, 1732 - 1739

 


L'Amerique septentrionale, Dressée sur les memoires les plus recens. . .

A very detailed map extending from Hudsons Bay to Panama, and including the West Indies. The map is a later copy of Guillaume de L'Isle's foundation map of North America,...

$900 / ≈ €770
Maker: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Date: Amsterdam, 1739

 


Augusti. II. Re di Polonia, Ellettore di Sassonia.

Portrait of Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733) of the Albertine line of the House of Wettin was Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I), Imperia...

$100 / ≈ €86
Maker: ALBRIZZI, G.
Date: Venice, 1739

 


Arabia agreeable to Modern History.

Detailed map of the Arabian Peninsula from the Mediterranean Sea to the Arabian Sea, and western Iran. with an engaging text block on upper right corner: "Arabia, d...

$550 / ≈ €470
Maker: MOLL, H.
Date: London, 1739

 


Asiae.

A very nice map of Asia. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historica, i curiosa, segun el estado...

$300 / ≈ €257
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


La Chine.

A very nice map of China, including Korea and Taiwan. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historic...

$300 / ≈ €257
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


'T Eilandje Desima verblyf plaats der Hollanders in Japan.

Bird's-eye view of Dejima copied from a manuscript by Voogt, who was second-in-command on Deshima in 1713. The island is viewed from the landside, depicting the developme...

$300 / ≈ €257
Maker: TIRION, I.
Date: Amsterdam, 1739

 


America.

A very nice map of the American continent with California as an island and an adorned title cartouche.From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compend...

$300 / ≈ €257
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


(Arabian peninsula, Turkey, Irak).

A very nice map of the Arabian peninsula, Turkey and Irak. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, his...

$150 / ≈ €128
Maker: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


Gemete Kaerte van de Stede Beverwyk, zoo als die tegenwoordigh zich vertoont.

Uncommon plan of Beverwijk made in the year 1739. Published in Hollandsche Arcadia. Title in Dutch and French.

$30 / ≈ €26
Maker: DE LETH, H.
Date: Amsterdam, ca.1740

 


Carte de L'Egypte de la Nubie de L'Abissinie..

Prepared by G.de l'Isle. Uncommon issue by Hendrik de Leth. Very detailed map of northeastern Africa, the Red Sea and the Arabian peninsula shows the political divisions ...

$500 / ≈ €428
Maker: DE LETH, H.
Date: Amsterdam 1740

 


Carte des Isles de Maiorque Minorque et Yvice dediée A.M. le Comte de Maurepas Ministre et secretaire d'Etat. . .

Fine map of the Baleares with much detail, in lower part inset "Plan du Port de Mahon du Fort St. Philippe et ses Fortifications". The map is dedicated to Jean ...

$1350 / ≈ €1155
Maker: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Date: Amsterdam, after 1740

 


Paris.

This is a spectacular panoramic view of Paris, with legends numbered from 1 to 70 in French. The title is in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690-...

$4500 / ≈ €3850
Maker: WOLFF, J.
Date: Augsbourg, ca. 1740

 


[Lot of 5 maps of the mouth of the Gironde river] Carte des Entrees et Cours de la Gironde

A large sea chart of the mouth and course of the Gironde river as far inland as Bordeaux. Decorated with three cartouches.Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1702-720) was the most i...

$350 / ≈ €299
Maker: BELLIN, J. N.
Date: Paris, c. 1740

 


[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .

Stunning full portrait of the Imperial Geographer of the Holy Roman Empire, Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) who was born in the Bavarian town of Kammlach. Educated at a...

$600 / ≈ €513
Maker: HOMANN, J.B.
Date: Nuremberg, c.1740

 


Carte particuliere des environs de Fauquemont et Aix la Chapelle.

An attractive map of the southern part of Limburg, centered on Valkenburg, Aachen, Rolduc and Dalem.

$100 / ≈ €86
Maker: FRICX, E.F.
Date: Paris, 1740

 


Ducatus Magdeburgensis Et Halensis cum finitimis Delineatio geographica. . .

Very decorative map centered on Magdeburg with Elbe river. With a key to the left and right of the map.

$75 / ≈ €64
Maker: SEUTTER, M.
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740

 


Virginia Marylandia et Carolina..

An attractive and detailed map, covering the coastline from Long Island in the north to just south of Cape Feare in Carolina, with the large fictitious Apalache Lacus in ...

$1500 / ≈ €1283
Maker: HOMANN, J.B.
Date: Augsburg, 1740

 


Nova et accuratissima Maris Caspii. . .

Original hand colored copper engraving of Matthaeus Seutter. Showing the Caspian Sea with the large Volga Delta in east orientation. Main towns / countries around the Cas...

$750 / ≈ €642
Maker: SEUTTER, M.
Date: Augsburg, 1740

 


Paris.

A spectacular large-scale panoramic view of Paris, with legends numbered from 1-70 in French. With the title in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (16...

$4000 / ≈ €3422
Maker: WOLFF, J.
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740

 


Ierusalem, cum suburbiis, prout tempore Christi floruit, accurate notatis omnibus insignibus et praecipue us locis, in quibus Passus...

Bird's eye perspectives town-plan of Jerusalem. Lower part of print an extensive numbered key (1-254) to principal buildings in town. Title in Latin and German. The print...

$2250 / ≈ €1925
Maker: SEUTTER, M.
Date: Augsburg, 1740

 


Platte Gront van de Hofstede Waterlant toebehorende den Ed. Achtb. Heer Dirk Trip Schepen te Amsterdam.

Uncommon plan of Hofstede Waterlant. Published in Hollandsche Arcadia. Title in Dutch and French "Plan de la Maison et Jardins appartenant a l'Illustre Dirk Trip Ech...

$30 / ≈ €26
Maker: DE LETH, H.
Date: Amsterdam, 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 / ≈ €12832
Maker: COVENS / MORTIER
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1740

 


Nuova carta dell Asia . . .

Attractive and detailed map of Asia showing good detail in China, Mongolia, Tibet, Kamchatka, Japan, Kuriles, Korea, Manchuria, Formosa, Philippines, Indonesia Borneo, Ne...

$600 / ≈ €513
Maker: ALBRIZZI, G.B.
Date: Venice, 1740

 


[Portrait] - Me De Cet Corona se X+I. - Contantia et Fortudine

Portrait of German Emperor Charles VI with his motto "Contantia et Fortudine". Holy Roman Emperor, 1711-1740, and King of Hungary as Charles III (1712-1740). Wi...

$400 / ≈ €342
Maker: ANONYMOUS
Date: Germany, 1740

 


Dominia Anglorum in praecipuis Insulis Americae ut sunt Insula S. Christopheri, Antegoa, Iamaica, Barbados nec non Insula Bermudes vel Sommers . . .

Four maps of the islands of West Indies (St. Christoph "Delineatio Insulae St, Christophori alias I. Kitts", Antigua "Insula Antegoa", Barbados &q...

$500 / ≈ €428
Maker: HOMANN HEIRS.
Date: Nuremberg, 1740

 


Isola Ceilon.

Attractive copper engraved map of Sri Lanka showing mountains, Towns and the Rama's Bridge (Ponte di Adamo). Included in "Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Par...

$600 / ≈ €513
Maker: ALBRIZZI, G.B.
Date: Venice, 1740

 


Impero del Gran Mogol.

Attractive copper engraved map of India with Sri Lanka. Showing mountains, towns and the Rama's Bridge (Ponte di Adamo). Included in "Atlante Novissimo che Contiene ...

$450 / ≈ €385
Maker: ALBRIZZI, G.B.
Date: Venice, 1740