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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 ...
Place & Date: Venice, 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 ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Nieuwe kaart van Arabia.
An attractive map of the Arabian Peninsula here is called Gelukkig Arabia or Happy Arabia . The map has a great advance on other maps of the time by showing the true exte...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Verus Chersonesi Tauricae Seu Crimea Conspectus adjacentium item Regionem itinerisq ab Exercitu Ruthemo Ao MDCCXXXVI et MDCCXXXVII adversus Tattaros Susceptis . . .
Map of the environs of the Crimea, showing the route of the Russian Army in its expedition against the Tartars in 1736 and 1737. Showing detailed movements, including enc...
Place & Date: St Petersburg, Academy of Sciences, 1740
Selling price: $700
Sold in 2015
[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 / ≈ €311
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1740
[Title page] Atlante Novissimo . . .
Uncommon frontispiece, From Girolamo Albizzi, Italian version of Guillaume Delisle atlas"Atlante novissimo . . ."The architectural columns are flanked by both ...
- $225 / ≈ €200
Place & Date: Venice, 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 / ≈ €444
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1740
Comitatus Stolbergici ad Hercyniam. . .
The County of Stolberg (Grafschaft Stolberg) was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the Harz mountain range in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled ...
- $100 / ≈ €89
Place & Date: Nuremberg, ca 1740
Bern in der Schweitz.
Very fine panoramic of Bern. With a numbered key (1-25) of principal buildings in town.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1740
Sphaerarum Artificialium Typica Repraesentatio. . .
Stunning engraving of Homann's terrestrial and celestial globes and armillary sphere, all with highly ornamented stands. Brief explanatory text.Johann Baptist Homann born...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1740
Fiorenza.
A spectacular panoramic view of Florence taken from Montoliveto, with legends numbered from 1- 63 in Italian. With the title in a banderol. After a design by Friedrich Be...
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca 1740
Lapides Bezoar ex Hippototamo, vel Equo marino. Tab CXII.
Natural history aroused the passion of wealthy collectors in the 17th and 18th centuries. These constitute vast "cabinets of curiosities" and sometimes undertak...
- $90 / ≈ €80
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740
Pila Vitulina. Tab CXIV.
Natural history aroused the passion of wealthy collectors in the 17th and 18th centuries. These constitute vast "cabinets of curiosities" and sometimes undertak...
- $90 / ≈ €80
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740
Paris.
A spectacular 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 (1690-1776) who...
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 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...
- $40 / ≈ €36
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Moscovia o Russia.
Map showing European Russia and is centered on Moscow. In the lower right corner, title cartouche with scale and the town of Astrakhan. From "Atlante Novissimo Che C...
Place & Date: Venice, 1740
Nieuwe kaart van Arabia.
An attractive map of the Arabian Peninsula here called Gelukkig Arabia or Happy Arabia . The map has a great advance on other maps of the time by showing the true extent ...
Place & 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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1740
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 lower left shows the continuation of ...
- $150 / ≈ €133
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Carta geografica della america meridionale.
Uncommon map of South America based upon Guillaume De L'Isle's map. Includes the routes of early explorers in the Pacific, including Magellan, Drake, Le Maire, Mendana, V...
- $350 / ≈ €311
Place & Date: Venice, 1740
Accurata recens delineata ichnographia celeberrimæ liberæ Imperii civitatis ac Sueviæ metropolis Agustæ Vindelicorum -Neu verfertigt accurater ... Haupt Stadt Augspurg.
Superb plan of the fortified town of Augsburg, brilliantly colored at the time, with title in Latin and German. The plan was designed by Johann Thomas Kraus, engraver, ar...
- $1200 / ≈ €1067
Place & Date: Nuremberg, ca. 1740
Magnae Britanniae pars meridionalis in qua regnum Angliae. . .
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map has a large decorative cartouche at top right and a large scene at bottom center showing a throned ruler, presumably George I, h...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 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 / ≈ €67
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740
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.
- $75 / ≈ €67
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca.1740
Carta nuova dell'Arabia.
Detailed map of Arabia and environs. Based on a map published by Isaak Tirion in Amsterdam, but here issued by Albrizzi with a modified title.More about Mapping of Arabia...
Place & Date: Venice, 1740
Marchionatus Moraviae circulus brunnensis. . .
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map has a large decorative cartouche. Detailed map centered on Bruenn in Moravia. Prepared by Johann Chr. Mueller. Very decorative t...
- $300 / ≈ €267
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 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...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, c.1740
Delineatio geographica praefecturarum Wittebergensis et Graefenhaynichen; in circulo electorali sitarum. . .
Very decorative map of Mansfeld Land, a region in the southwestern corner of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The region derives its name from the counts of Mansfeld, w...
- $75 / ≈ €67
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740
Nieuwe gemeten kaart van de colonie de Berbice : met der zelver plantagien en de namen der bezitters in het ligt gebragt door Reiner & Iosua Ottens kaartverkopers te Amsterdam 1740.
Rare separately published map of the colony of Berbice in present-day Guyana showing the Berbice River Valley and the plantations along the river. North on map of the col...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Delineatio geographica praefecturarum Wittebergensis, et Graefenhaynichen. . .
Showing Amt Wittenberge with the river Elbe. Wittenberge is a town of eighteen thousand people on the middle Elbe in the district of Prignitz, Brandenburg.
- $75 / ≈ €67
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1740
Paris.
A spectacular 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 (1690-1776) who...
Place & Date: Augsbourg, ca. 1740
Delineatio Geographica Ditionis Martisburgensis hodie regiis et electoralibus auspiciis florentis edita. . .
Map shows the surrounding of the city of Halle. With a very large title cartouche occupying the lower left corner. Engraved by Tobias Conrad Lotter.
- $75 / ≈ €67
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1740
Die Europaeische oder kleine Tartarey, nebst den angraentzenden Laendern. . .
Showing the Black Sea region. Uncommon map from the "Atlas Selectus" by the German cartographer Johann Georg Schreiber (1676-1750). Schreiber followed in the fo...
- $450 / ≈ €400
Place & Date: Leipzig, 1741
Carte particulière des environs de St Peters-bourg. . . / Plan de la ville faubourg et environs de St Petersbourg. . . / Carte pour l'intelligence de la guerre de Moscovie et de Suede. . .
A scarce and unusual plan of Saint Petersburg shown at a large scale and also, in a separate compartment, shown in its geographical context between the Gulf of Finland an...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1741
Globe Terrestre Didié et Présénté a Monseigneur le Comté Maubec de Brancas...
A rare terrestrial globe dated 1741. Complete title "Globe Terrestre Didié et Présénté a Monseigneur le Comté Maubec de Brancas Par Jacque Hardy. Dres...
Place & Date: Paris, dated 1741
Plan de Luxembourg.
Beautiful engraved plan of the city of Luxembourg, accompanied by a table of references.
- $500 / ≈ €444
Place & Date: Paris, 1741
Naaukeurige Platte Grond van den Staat en den Loop van Rio de Berbice Met derzelver Plantagien in de Geoctrojeerde Colonie de Berbice Gelegen. . .
Uncommon large-scale map of Berbice with Rio de Berbice and Rio de Canjewith at the bottom left a list of plantation owners. In top 3 x 3 coats of arms in cartouches. The...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1742
Rom: Keyserl. Majest. Königl Hoher Allierten Kriegs Theatrum von Schlesien, Böhmen, Maehren u: Oestereich. . .
A rare map centred on Austria, eastern Germany, Poland and Tsjechië. In upper right corner an inset plan of Prague. Showing the situation of the first Silesian War of 17...
- $900 / ≈ €800
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1742
Kaartje van Asia. . .
Attractive and rare map of Asia. From Atlas Portatif . With a curious and oversized Hokkaido. The map is of interest for the use of Coreanse Zee for the sea between Korea...
Place & Date: Deventer 1742
(Title page) Recueil Contenant des Cartes Nouvelles Dressées Sur des Morceaux.
Rare title page. Le Rouge was a military Ingenieur for fortifications. He was a map-maker for the army and Marine Royale. He was active between 1740 and 1780, in Paris at...
- $100 / ≈ €89
Place & Date: Paris, 1742
Kaartje van Asia. . .
Attractive and rare map of Asia. From Atlas Portatif . With a curious and oversized Hokkaido. The map is of interest for the use of Corease Zee for the sea between Korea ...
Place & Date: Deventer, 1742
'T Noorderdeel van Moscovie Na de stelling van G. de L'Isle. . .
Attractive and rare map of part of Russia, including St. Persburg, Archangel, Finland, Lapland and Moscow. From Atlas Portatif .
- $100 / ≈ €89
Place & Date: Deventer, 1742
Plan de Prague.
Rare and separately published plan of Prague published by Joan Baptista Nolin with the address à l'enseigne de la Place des Victoires et chez le Sr. Humblot rue St. Jacq...
- $550 / ≈ €489
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1742
Novissima totius Terrae Sanctae sive promissionis. . .
Engraved by J.B.Homann and published by David Funck. One of the very few maps engraved by Johan Baptist Homann, signed lower right.A rare map of the Holy Land, orientated...
- $950 / ≈ €844
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1742
[Title page] Atlas Coelestis in mundus spectabilis, et in eodem Stellarum
Title page from the first edition of this celestial atlas.
Place & Date: Nuremberg 1742
Carte des Pais Bas contenant la Flandre, le Brabant, Pais de Liege. . .
Map sheet from a multi-sheet map of the Low Countries, showing a large title cartouche and part of the Northern French coast line around Calais, Duinkerken and Furnes. Th...
- $75 / ≈ €67
Place & Date: Paris, 1742
Plan of the Investiture of Ostend Surrenderd, 6 July, 1706
An interesting copper engraved plan of the Fortification of Doway in Flanders, with an attractive rococo cartouche, showing an overview of the battlefield and surrounding...
Place & Date: London, 1743
IWAN ALEXEJEWITSCH - Ioann Alexejewitsch zar i camoderschez wserossinskij (rossice).Joann Alexiewicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae.
Extremely rare print of Czar Ivan Alexejewitsch, who was the brother of Peter the Great.Johann Stenglin was a well known engraver, born at Augsburg in 1715, he studied un...
Place & Date: St. Petersburg 1743
Imperii Russici et Tartariae Universae tabula novissima.
Decorative and rare map covering Russia, Tibet, China, Tartary, Korea, Taiwan and Japan prepared by J. M. Hasius. The sea between Japan and Korea is mentioned Mare Orient...
Place & Date: Utrecht, 1743
La procession de Ganga/ La fête de Huly.
Two scenes on one page showing religious scenes, in Japan. Fine copper engraving by Bernard Picart and taken from Bernard Picart's famous Céréonies et costumes religieu...
- $30 / ≈ €27
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1743
Sr Walter Ralegh.
Copper engraved portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh (ca. 1554 – 1618) by Jacob Houbraken (1698 – 1780), from Thomas Birch's "The Heads of Ilustrious Persons of Great ...
- $350 / ≈ €311
Place & Date: London, John and Paul Knapton, 1743
Plan of the Attack of Camaret Bay, on the coast of Bretagne, thro which lies the Harbour of Brest.
An interesting copper engraved plan of the Fortification of Camaret in Bretagne (France), with an attractive rococo cartouche, showing an overview of the battlefield and ...
Place & Date: London, 1743
ANNA IWANOVNA - Anna Ioannovna imperatricea i camoderschiza wserossinskaja (rossice). Anna Joannowna imperatrix totius Russiae
Extremely rare half portrait print of Anna Ivanovna (7 February [O.S. 28 January] 1693, Moscow – 28 October [O.S. 17 October] 1740) reigned as Duchess of Courland from ...
Place & Date: St. Petersburg, 1743
Plan of ye Battle of Wynendale between ye Troops of ye Allies commanded by Major Gen. Webb & those of France under Count de La Motte Sept. 28 1708.
An interesting copper engraved battle plan of Pinedale during the War of the Spanish Succession, showing the position of General Webb's troops in order to protect an alli...
Place & Date: London, 1743
ELISABETH I. - Elisabet imperatriza wseros sinskaja petra welikago dscherj (rossice). Elisabetha imperatrix. Omnium Russiarum Petri. Magni. Filia.
Extremely rare half portrait print of Elizaveta Petrovna (29 December [O.S. 18 December] 1709 – 5 January 1762 [O.S. 25 December 1761] ), also known as Yelisavet and El...
Place & Date: St. Petersburg, 1743
ALEXEI I. - Alexei Michailowitsch zar i camoderschez wserossinskij (rossice). Alexei Michailowicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae.
Extremely rare half portrait print of Czar Alexei Michailowicz..Aleksey Mikhailovich Romanov ( 9 March 1629 (O.S.) – 29 January 1676 was the Tsar of Russia during some ...
Place & Date: St. Petersburg, 1743
A view of Cassel, a very strong city in Italy, taken by the Duke of Savoy in Decem.r 1706
An interesting copper engraved plan of the Fortification of Cassel in Italy, with an attractive rococo cartouche, showing an overview of the battlefield and surrounding a...
Place & Date: London, 1743
FJODOR JOANNOWITSCH - Feodor Ioannowitsch zar i camoderschez wserossinskij (rossice). Feodor Ioannowicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae Joann Alexiewicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae.
Extremely rare half portrait print of Czar Fyodor I Ivanovich (31 May 1557 – 16/17 January 1598) was the last Rurikid Tsar of Russia (1584 - 1598), son of Ivan the Terr...
Place & Date: St. Petersburg 1743
Mons the Capital City of Hainault in y Low Countries, taken by y French in 1691, Restor'd to y Spaniards by y Peace of Ryswick in 1697, retaken by y Allies in 1709, and left to y Emperor by y Treaty of Utrecht. .
An interesting copper engraved view of the walled city engraved by I. Basire, with pictographs of buildings. Many buildings and places are named on the map. Nicholas Tind...
Place & Date: London, 1743
Marchionatus Moraviae circulus brunnensis..
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map has a large decorative cartouche. Detailed map centered on Brunnensis, showing the main cities. Very decorative title cartouche ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1744
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2008
Asia secundum legitimas projectionis stereographicae.
Highlighted area covers part of Spain, eastern coast of Ireland to western part of Papua New Guinea and the Asian continent from the Northern Polar Sea to the Indian Ocea...
Place & Date: Nurenberg, 1744
Neu Engeland Neu York, Neu Jersey und Pensilvanien & c. . .
The scarce German edition of Moll's popular and rather significant map which appeared in Oldmixon's 1708 book, Das Britische Reich in America. and then in other editions ...
- $450 / ≈ €400
Place & Date: Lemgo, 1744
Chaerte vande Wieringer waert, de welcke inden jaere XVI… (Wieringerwaard)
Rare wall map of the Wieringerwaard polder, as raffled on 12 July 1611. The polder was laid dry in 1610. It border, and also the border of the municipality, were the Zuid...
Place & Date: 1741-1744
A new & accurate map of Louisiana, with part of Florida. . .
An English view of North America compiled from available French maps, especially those of Bellin used in Charlevoix's History of New France. English cartographers had lit...
Place & Date: London, 1744
Hic Jacent Puteolorum Bajarum, Miseni Cumarium. . .
A bird's-eye view of Puzzoli and environs, depicting fascinating topographical and architectural features of interest. Title cartouche describes the map and area in Latin...
- $80 / ≈ €71
Place & Date: London, 1725-1744
Judaea seu Palaestina .. Terra Sancta. . .
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map has two large decorative cartouches. Upper left Moses receiving the Tables. Lower right Moses and Aaron pointing at a map showin...
- $1000 / ≈ €889
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1744
Cours du Danube, Feuille 1 contenant LA SUABE . . .
Fine map of part of the River Danube, including the southern German province of Swaben.From his rare atlas "Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne, contenant toutes les O...
Place & Date: Paris, 1744
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 / ≈ €1955
Place & Date: Verona, 1744
Allerneuester geographisch- und topographischer Schau-Platz von Africa und Ost-Indien. . .
An early issue of this important book by Johann Wolfgang Heydt's describing the Dutch factories, settlements and stations at the hands of the Dutch East India Company in ...
Place & Date: Wilhermsdorf, Tetscher u. Nürnberg, Homanns Erben, 1744
Regni Angliae et Wallae principatus Tabula, divisa in LII Regiones. . .
A detailed and decorative map of England, with an attractive uncolored title cartouche. The map is a re-issue of Carolus Allard's map. The elaborate title cartouche in th...
- $400 / ≈ €356
Place & Date: Amsterdam c. 1744
An exact chart of the countries through wich Capt. Behring travelled from Tobolsky capital of Siberia ti the country of Kamtschatka.
The earliest English language map to show Vitus Behring's Route.After retiring from a tour as Captain in the Czar's Navy, Behring, originally from Denmark, settled in Vyb...
- $200 / ≈ €178
Place & Date: London, 1744
Tabula Generalis Marchionatus Moraviae..
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map has a large decorative cartouche. Detailed map of the historic Moravia region of the Czech Republic, in the present-day Jihormor...
- $275 / ≈ €244
Place & Date: Nuremberg 1744
[Title page] Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna et Provincias , Germaniae Potissimum. . .
An attractive and highly decorative title page to Seutter's Atlas Minor. Engraved by Martin Crophius after Jacob Weyerman. The engraving is packed with lively figures fro...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1744
[2 maps and one text sheet] Theatrum Belli A° MDCCXXXVII. . . / Verus Chersonesi Tauricae Seu Crimea Conspectus adjacentium item Regionem itinerisq ab Exercitu Ruthemo...
[2 maps and one text sheet] Theatrum Belli A° MDCCXXXVII. . . / Verus Chersonesi Tauricae Seu Crimea Conspectus adjacentium item Regionem itinerisq ab Exercitu Ruthemo A...
- $1100 / ≈ €978
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1744
[Title page Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna Et Provincias. . .]
Title page of Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna Et Provincias, drawn by Georg Matheus Seutter and his son Albrecht Carl. Georg Matheus was one of the mo...
- $200 / ≈ €178
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1744
Prospect der Statt Basel von Seiten der Schlösser - Vuë et Perspective de la Ville de Bale du coté des Chateaux de Gundeldingue.
Very decorative view looking towards Basel from the castle at Gundeldingen, on a hill to the south. Accompanied at the bottom by a cartouche containing the arms of the ci...
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1745
Atlas Novus ad Usum Serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis.
Soldiers, savages and other individuals are shown approaching a queen seated on her throne. In the upper right corner, Atlas is shown holding up the world. In the sky, a ...
- $800 / ≈ €711
Place & Date: Amsterdam c. 1745
Carte de la Grece dressée sur un grand nombre de memoires. . .
Detailed copper-engraved map of Greece with its neighboring countries, including southern Italy and part of Cyprus. Relief shown pictorially. With large decorative title ...
- $400 / ≈ €356
Place & Date: Amsterdam c. 1745
L'Amerique Meridionale Dressée sur les Observations..
Detailed map of South America prepared by De L'Isle, with fine title cartouche.The map is from a Dutch edition of De L'Isle's work entitled, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Tout...
- $500 / ≈ €444
Place & Date: Amsterdam c. 1745
Prospect der Statt Basel von Seiten der Kleinen Statt - Vüe et Perspective de la Ville de Bâle du côté de la petite Ville.
Very decorative view of Basle, after a design by Emanuel Büchel and engraved by Johann Martin Weiss. The legend inscribed under the engraving, numbered from 1 to 10, des...
Place & Date: Basle, 1745