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Vuë de la Cour de l'Empereur de Perse avec le diverses Habillements des Dames du premier Rang designe d'apres Nature par Quilielm Baur et fait en Estampe par François Xav. Habermann.
An optical print of the court of the Persian Emperor. Engraved by F.X. Habermann (1721-1796). The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical prints, establi...
Date: Augsburg, 1750
Vue du Pallais du l'Empereur de Perse avec la Mosquée, ou Eglise a Ispahan.
An optical print of the court of the Persian Emperor. Engraved by F.X. Habermann (1721-1796). The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical prints, establi...
- $300 / ≈ €257
Date: Augsburg, 1750
Sweden and Norway.
Herman Moll's mid eighteenth century map of Sweden and Norway, extending down to Denmark, across to Finland, and south to the Baltic states of Estonia, Livonia etc. With ...
- $125 / ≈ €107
Date: London, ca 1750
Nieuwe kaart van Tartarie. . .
A map of Tartary, Korea and part of Japan. Map place names in Korea are marked. The map is most notable for the confusion between Kamchatka and Jesso.Engraved by J.Keyser...
- $200 / ≈ €171
Date: Amsterdam, 1731 / 1750
![[Double celestial and terrestrial hemisphere]](/uploads/cache/44995-250x250.jpg)
[Double celestial and terrestrial hemisphere]
Small but uncommon double celestial and terrestrial hemisphere. The terrestrial map showing the western hemisphere with an oversized an curious Australian continent.
- $300 / ≈ €257
Date: ca. 1750
The Philippine Islands and others of the East Indies. . .
Herman Moll's 'busy' map of South East Asia and the Philippines, published in the middle of the eighteenth century in London. The map includes numerous small islands, Sum...
- $280 / ≈ €240
Date: London, ca 1750
Isle de Magagascar . . .
Map of the island of Madagascar. Prepared by Jacques Nicolaas Bellin (1703-1772) who was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the mid-eighteen...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Paris, 1750
Irak, Arabi, Kurdistan, Diarbek, Turkomania, Syrie en het Heilige Land.
Isaak Tirion's map of the Near East. His 'Nieuwe en beknopte handatlas' saw 6 editions between before 1740 and after 1784. Also the 'Atlas van de Nederlandse Provintien' ...
- $350 / ≈ €299
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1750
The East Part of India, or India beyond the R. Ganges.
Herman Moll's map of those Asian countries to be found east of the River Ganges, including Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, southern most China, Malaysia, Sumatr...
Date: London, ca 1750
![De Tout Cote Peur. [fear on all sides]](/uploads/cache/46782-250x250.jpg)
De Tout Cote Peur. [fear on all sides]
A lovely eighteenth-century print of an old man who has "fear on all sides." He is seen fully dressed holding a chest (of money / personal effects?) whilst clut...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Date: Paris, ca 1750
Carte particuliere des costes de Poittou, Aunis et de la Rochelle.
Finely designed and rare map of Isle Ré and the French coast with La Rochelle.
- $1250 / ≈ €1069
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1750
![[Title page Le Neptune Francois I. Volume]](/uploads/cache/47731-250x250.jpg)
[Title page Le Neptune Francois I. Volume]
Title page featuring Neptune in a sea-chariot drawn by white horses, fleets of ships and allegorical figures of winged gods, all within an ornate border. Engraved by le P...
Date: Paris, 1750
D. Cassini. Né en 1625. mort en 1712.
Very rare stipple engraved portrait of Jean Dominique Cassini. Dominique Cassini was the son of César-François Cassini de Thury, the grandson of Jacques Cassini and the...
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
![[Lot of 13 prints of the Chinese court] Habillement de l' Empereur dela Chine & des Dames de son Palais aves quel...](/uploads/cache/IMG_0845-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 13 prints of the Chinese court] Habillement de l' Empereur dela Chine & des Dames de son Palais aves quel...
Prints of the Chinese court.[Lot of 13 prints]- Salle Imperiale De L'Audience, tiree de Nieuhof (1760)- Pagodes ou Statues; Miniso ou la Volupté (1749- Pagodes ou sta...
- $400 / ≈ €342
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1750
Planisphaerum coeleste.
A very decorative double hemisphere celestial chart. The 10 smaller circular diagram showing the rotation of the Planets, according to Tycho Brahe, Ptolemy and Copernicus...
Date: Nurenberg, 1750
Carte de la Coste d'Arabie, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse. . .
A pleasant map of the Arabian Peninsular, the Red Sea and the Gulf region, published in Paris during the mid 18th century. Published in the "Histoire generale des V...
- $200 / ≈ €171
Date: Paris, ca 1750
Flaggen aller seefahrenden potenzen und nationen…
A highly decorative and beautiful print with 139 flags of the sea-faring nations, factions, and trading companies. Among the more interesting flags are those of the Dutch...
Date: Nuremberg, 1750
A ship's hour glass.
Maritime hourglass with blown glass bulbs, orange sand, junction ring covered with cord, the circular ebony frame with six turned baluster columns. The invention of the ...
Date: Germany, ca. 1750
A ship's hour glass.
Maritime hourglass with blown glass bulbs, orange sand, junction ring covered with cord, the circular ebony frame with six turned baluster columns.The invention of the ho...
Date: The Netherlands, Germany, ca. 1750
Wine bottle
The Onion-shaped wine bottle is of green glass and is sealed with cork and wax that the cork holds in place. The many years that the bottles spent under the water have l...
Date: Dutch East India Company, Netherlands, ca. 1735-1750
![[3 prints] Veduta della Piazza di S. Marco dall' Orologgio. / Veduta della Piazzetta. / Veduto della Piazza di S. Marco in Venezia.](/uploads/cache/63336-250x250.jpg)
[3 prints] Veduta della Piazza di S. Marco dall' Orologgio. / Veduta della Piazzetta. / Veduto della Piazza di S. Marco in Venezia.
Set of 3 Mezzotint-engravings of Venice engraved and published in Augsburg by Christoph Gustav Kilian.Christoph Gustav Kilian (Augsburg 1724-1776). Member of the extended...
Date: Augsbourg, ca. 1750
![[Set of 3 optical prints] Vue du Pallais du l'Empereur de Perse avec la Mosquée, ou Eglise a Ispahan.](/uploads/cache/49123-250x250.jpg)
[Set of 3 optical prints] Vue du Pallais du l'Empereur de Perse avec la Mosquée, ou Eglise a Ispahan.
An optical print of the court of the Persian Emperor. Engraved by F.X. Habermann (1721-1796). The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical prints establis...
Date: Augsburg, 1750
Charte der Kriegs Operationen am Donn u: Dnieper Ihro Russisch Kayserl Majestaet Glorieusen Armeen A: 1736
Scarce separately published map of the southern part of Ukraine, with an explanatory key A-N in the lower right. The map is surrounded by letterpress German text giving a...
Date: Augsburg, 1750
Carte Réduite Des Costes D'Espagne Et De Portugal Depuis le Cap Pinas jusqu'au Détroit de Gibraltar..
Large-scale sea chart covering all of the coast of Portugal, with eight coastal profile insets.The chart was engraved by Herman van Loon. With rhumb lines.Published by th...
- $500 / ≈ €428
Date: Paris, 1751
La Prusse divisée en Prusse Royale et Prusse Ducale. . .
Finely and crisply engraved map of Prussia including The Bay of Danzig. Folio map by Giles Didier Robert De Vaugondy.Ornamental title cartouche in the upper part of the m...
- $350 / ≈ €299
Date: Paris, 1751
Extract uit de Resolutien door Heeren Bewindhebberen der Oost-Indische Compagnie gecommitteerd ter Vergadering van 17e binnen Amsterdam genomen op Donderdag
Contains a list of resolutions dated from 27th November 1783 and reports about the dumping of oil, tar etc. into the sea.
Date: Amsterdam, 1751
Extract uyt de Resolutien, door de Vergadering der Heeren Zeventienen, van de Generale Nederlandsche O. I. Compagnie binnen Amsterdam, genomen op Woensdag den 2 April 1774.
Contains a list of resolutions dated from 2nd April 1774 and concerning health care. Boarding crew had to be examined by the ship's surgeon. People with illnesses were to...
Date: Amsterdam, 1751
Nieuwe Wassende Graadige Pas-kaart van de Kust van Guinea en Brasilia.
Rare two-sheet sea chart of the coasts of Brazil, West Africa and South Africa, published by Johannes Van Keulen (the younger), circa 1720.The chart shows the western coa...
Date: Amsterdam, 1751
Les Indes.
Scarce small map of South East Asia with Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and including New Guinee, based on cartography of Guillaume Delisle. Published in "Nouveau ...
- $125 / ≈ €107
Date: Paris, La veuve Lottin & Butard, P.G. Le Mercier, Rollin, 1751
Carte de la Turquie de L'Arabie et de la Perse.
This is the Amsterdam issue of De L'Isle's map of the Turkish Empire and Arabian Peninsula. It includes the Turkish Empire, the Mediterranean, Central Asia, and parts of ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1751
Polnische Reise Karte uber die vornehmsten Passagen von Dresden nach Warschau auf zweyerley Wegen I) uber Breslau, Peterkau und II) uber Lissa, Kaliez . . . 1751
Scarce strip-style road map showing two roads from Dresden via Glogau or Breslau to Warsaw.A key identifies villages, markets and post offices along the routes. Printed i...
Date: Nurember, 1751
![[Complete set of maps of Japan] Imperium Japonicum Per Regiones Digestum Sex et Sexaginta Atque Ipsorum Japonensium Mappis Descriptum Ab Hadriano Relando.](/uploads/cache/41590-250x250.jpg)
[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...
Date: Amsterdam, 1751
Plan de la Baye de Manille. / Plan van de Baay van Manilla.
Detailed plan of Manila Bay after George Anson's key plan of the Bay of Manila. With a compass rose and soundings in the Bay. East to the top.This is the rare Dutch editi...
Date: Amsterdam, Arkstee and Merkus, 1751
![[2 sheets] Carte particuliere de la Cote Occidentale de l'Afrique...](/uploads/cache/42917-250x250.jpg)
[2 sheets] Carte particuliere de la Cote Occidentale de l'Afrique...
A large 2 sheet map of a part of the west coast of Africa that covers The Gambia and Senegal. (When joined the map would measure approx. 1010 x 1400 mm) D'anville's maps ...
- $400 / ≈ €342
Date: Paris, ca. 1751
Vue et perspective de la ville de Marseille et ses environs, prise du côté de la belle vue de la plaine St. Michel. Dediée à S. A. S. Mgr. le duc de Penthievre Grand Amiral de France. Par son très humble et très obéissant Serviteur Aulagnier.
Scarce large and spectacular panorama of the city and harbour of Marseille published in Paris in the middle of the 18th century. Engraved by Pierre Jacques Duret under th...
Date: Paris, 1751
Plan général de la ville capitale de Malte dressé sur les memoires des grands officiers de l'Ordre, dédiée et présentée à S.A.S. Mgr le prince de Conty, prince du sang, grand prieur de France. . .
First edition of this attractive large scale plan of Valetta on Malta. To the left and right a numbered key 1 - 269. In lower left, a title cartouche with a dedication to...
Date: Paris, 1751
Nieuwe Wassende Graade Zee Kaart over de Spaanse Zee Vant Kanaal tot 't Eyland Cuba In Westindia.
Rare two-sheet blue-back sea chart of the Atlantic and Eastern part of North America., published by Gerard Van Keulen. The map extends from the latitude of Newfoundland a...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1728-1751
Partie Méridionale de la Russie Européenne. . .
Detailed map of Ukraine, the Crimea and the northern part of the Caspian Sea.
Date: Paris, 1752
Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie.
Detailed map of the north-eastern part of Russia, including Siberia.
Date: Paris 1752
Carte Des Isles de Java, Sumatra, Borneo.. Malaca et Banca..
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur H...
- $300 / ≈ €257
Date: Paris, 1752
Perse.
Scarce small map of Persia based on cartography of Guillaume Delisle (. Published in "Nouveau traité de geographie par M ", published by La veuve Lottin & ...
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1752
Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie.
Detailed map of the north-eastern part of Russia, including Siberia, Kamchatka, the island of Sakhalin.
- $200 / ≈ €171
Date: Paris, 1752
L'Allemagne.
Scarce small map of Germany, Poland and Low Countries based on cartography of Guillaume Delisle (. Published in "Nouveau traité de geographie par M**** ", publ...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Paris, 1752
Moscovie.
Scarce small map centered on Muscovy and based on cartography of Guillaume Delisle (. Published in "Nouveau traité de geographie par M**** ", published by La v...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Paris, 1752
Mappe monde ou description generale du globe terrestre suivant Mr.de Lisle de l'academie Royale des sciences.
Scarce small map of Europe based on cartography of Guillaume Delisle (. Published in "Nouveau traité de geographie par M**** ", published by La veuve Lottin &a...
- $200 / ≈ €171
Date: Paris, 1752
La Sphere Artificielle.
A diagram of an armillary sphere, with three illustrations of the Earth underneath. Published in "Nouveau traité de geographie par M**** ", published by La veu...
- $70 / ≈ €60
Date: Paris, 1752
Partie méridionale de la Russie Européenne. . .
Detailed map of Ukraine and the Crimea. In lower right corner inset map of Cosaques. From his "Atlas Universel".Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766), also kn...
Date: Paris, 1752
Grundriss von Goa.
A beautifully detailed and engraved town-plan of the Portuguese colony of Goa in India, with a number key (1-29) to the city's major monuments and sites, enclosed in a de...
- $450 / ≈ €385
Date: Amsterdam, 1752
Les Indes.
A scarce small map of South East Asia with Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and including New Guinee, based on cartography of Guillaume Delisle. Published in "Nouvea...
- $200 / ≈ €171
Date: Paris, ca. 1752
Plan de la Ville et du port de Nangasaki. Grond tékening van de stad en de haven van Nangasaki.
The map shows a plan of the port and the town of Nagasaki. Deshima, the place where the Dutch traders were allowed to settle, is included. From Prévost's important Colle...
- $300 / ≈ €257
Date: Amsterdam, 1752
Cercle de Franconie . . .
Finely and crisply engraved map of part of Germany. Map by Giles Didier Robert De Vaugondy with erased title cartouche. Ornamental title cartouche in the upper part of ma...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Paris, 1752
Pas-Kaat vaneen gedeelte van de Aethiopische Zee behelsende de Kusten Zanguebar, Ajan en Abex, en een gedeelte van de Arabische Kust. . .
A finely engraved and detailed chart of the most eastern tip of Africa, including Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, Mauritius, and many other islands in the Indian Ocean.Very rar...
Date: Amsterdam, 1753
Partie Septentrionale de la Russie Européenne . . .
Detailed map of European part of Russia, including Finland, Lapland.
Date: Paris, 1753
A View of S. James's Palace Pall Mall. - Vues du Palais royal de S.Jacques Pall Mall.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of St James's Palace, Pall Mall. The gatehouse of St James's Palace is on the left.In the eighteenth and nineteent...
Date: Paris, 1753
Carte de L'entrée du Golfe de la Mer Rouge.
Chart of the Gulf of Aden with the coast line of Yemen, the Island Socotra and the entrance of the Red Sea. With 2 inset charts off-shore of the town Mocha.D'Après De Ma...
- $400 / ≈ €342
Date: Paris, 1753
Paskaart Vande Noord Cust van Schotland als mede de Eylanden van Hitland en Fero. . .
Decorative chart, with south to the top. Latitude scale, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, soundings, anchorage's, etc. In the lower right corner, with added number...
- $500 / ≈ €428
Date: Amsterdam, 1753
Russie Européenne . . .
Detailed map of European part of Russia, including Finland and Lapland.Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766), also known as Le Sieur or Monsieur Robert, and his son, Di...
Date: Paris, ca. 1753
Britannia And Persia.
A finely engraved and unusual depiction of Britannia and Persia, two women with spears and shields holding a map between them. This map depicts a route through the Baltic...
- $800 / ≈ €684
Date: London, 1753
Partie Septentrionale de la Russie Européenne . . .
Detailed map of European part of Russia, including Finland, Lapland.
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Paris, 1753
Carte de la Mer Rouge, depuis Moka jusqu's Gedda. . . .
Chart of the Red Sea. With 3 inset maps of Shake Omare, Goofs and Gedan. D'Après De Mannevillette (1707-1780) was one of France's first hydrographers. When the first edi...
Date: Paris, 1753
Carte de l'Isle de Sumatra. . . / Kaart van het Eiland Sumatra. . .
Map of Sumatra, also showing the tip of the Malay Peninsula and the Straits of Singapore. An unusually detailed map of the area, showing many coastal features, shoals, ba...
Date: The Hague, Pierre d'Hondt, 1753
A Map and Chart of Arabia, the Red Sea, & Persian Gulf, drawn from the Chart of the Eastern Ocean, Publish'd in 1740, by Order of ye Count de Maruepas,...
A small but unusual map of the Arabian Peninsular, engraved by G. Child for 'The universal traveller: or, A compleat description of the several nations of the world', by ...
Date: London, Th. Salmon, 1752-1753
De Zuydwest-Kust van Het Eyland Ceylon.
A finely engraved and detailed chart of Nilwella / Kudawella Harbor.Very rare: only included in the 6th volume (so-called secret atlas) of Van Keulen's. A lettered key in...
Date: Amsterdam, 1753
Troisième partie de la carte d'Asie, contenant la Sibérie, et quelques autres parties de la Tartarie. . .
Engraved map of Tartary on two sheets, with country boundaries in outline color. Includes geographic notes and ornamental cartouche by "H. Gravelot, invenit., DeLafo...
Date: Paris, 1753
![[Title page] Le Neptune Francois I.](/uploads/cache/47952-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Le Neptune Francois I.
Very decorative frontispiece featuring Neptune in a sea-chariot drawn by white horses, fleets of ships and allegorical figures of winged gods, all within an ornate border...
- $650 / ≈ €556
Date: Paris, (1693) 1753
Tabula Geographica Hemisphaerii Borealis…
Polar map with a diameter of 30cm which shows the fictitious Mer de L’Ouest prominently with an extensive river system connecting it with the Great Lakes and thus formi...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Date: Berlin c.1753
Carte de L'Empire du Mexico.
A good engraved map of Mexico, with rococo title cartouche lower left. From l'Histoire générale des voyages .
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Paris, 1754
Veduta della Chiesa e Piazza d'Ognissanti.
Lively view of Piazza Ognissanti in Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (1711or 1717 - 1767) and engraved by Giuseppe Papini. From "Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali...
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
Veduta del Palazzo del Sig.re Marchese Strozzi, del Centauro e della Strada che conduce a S. Maria Novella.
Lively view of a square with the Palace of the Marquis Strozzi of Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (1711or 1717 - 1767) and engraved by B.Sgrilli. From "Scelta di XXIV...
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
Veduta della Chiesa di S. Michele Bertelde de' PP. Teatini.
Lively view of a square with the Church of Santi Michele e Gaetano in Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (1711or 1717 - 1767) and engraved by B.Sgrilli. From "Scelta di ...
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
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...
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
Veduta del Palazzo del Sig.re Principe Strozzi, e della strada che conduce al Ponte a S. Trinita.
Lively street scene with the palace of Mr. Strozzi in Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (1711or 1717 - 1767) and engraved by Bal. Gabbuggiami from Rome. From "Scelta di...
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
Veduta della Piazza della SS. Nunziata, Statua Equestre di Ferdinando Primo, Fonti, e Loggie Laterali.
Lively view of Nunziata square with the statue of Ferdinand I in Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (1711or 1717 - 1767) and engraved by B.Sgrilli. From "Scelta di XXIV ...
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
Veduta dello Spedale, e della Piazza di S. Maria Nuova.
Lively view of a square in Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (1711or 1717 - 1767) and engraved by B.Sgrilli. From "Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali contrade, piaz...
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
Veduta della Piazza, e Chiesa di S. Giovannino de' PP. Gesuiti, e de' Palazzi de' SS.ri Marchese Riccardi, e Panciatichi.
Lively street scene showing all the buildings aligned with Palazzo Medici Riccardi as far as the end of the road. The effect is that of a more imposing theatricality, wit...
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
Troisième partie de la carte d'Asie, contenant la Sibérie, et quelques autres parties de la Tartarie. . .
Engraved map of Tartary on two sheets, with country boundaries in out line color. Includes geographic notes and ornamental cartouche by "H. Gravelot, invenit., DeLaf...
- $750 / ≈ €642
Date: Paris, 1754
Carte du Golphe du Mexique et des Isles de l'Amerique.
Attractive map of the islands of the Caribbean that includes those parts of the United States & Mexico that border the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, and the northe...
Date: Paris, 1754
Turquie Asiatique. Par le Sr. Robert Geog. Ord du Roi avec Privilege 1748.
Small detailed map of Turkey. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 161 outside border top right. First and only state.
Date: Paris, 1754
Carte de L'Isle Celebes ou Macassar.
A fine little copper engraved map of Celebes Island, Makassar.It is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is the largest city on Sulawesi Island in term...
- $60 / ≈ €51
Date: Paris, 1754
Mappemonde contenant les parties connues du globe terrestre dressée suivant de nouvelles observations
Wall map of the world in two hemispheres printed on two sheets, depicting the Eastern and Western hemispheres supported by two male figures, decorated at the bottom right...
Date: Paris, Longchamps et Janvier, 1754