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108e. Vaisseaux en pleine Mer.
Optical print of ships in the open sea, by Daumont, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Paris, 1780
La Mer Agitée et Naufrage de plusietrs Vassseaux.
So-called optical print illustrating a dramatic rough sea with the wrecking of 3 ships.A so-called optical print by Daumont. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, m...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Paris, 1780
Madrid.
Extremely rare town-view of Madrid. Engraved by Francesco Ambrosi.With a second title in lower part "Madrid Ciudad Capital Del Reyno D'Espana y real corte de los rey...
Date: Bassano del Grappa, c.1780
Gezicht van het Oost-Indisch-Huys, op de binnen plaats te zien, tot Amsterdam.
Taken from the "Atlas of Amsterdam". Showing the inner square of the East Indian House of the V.O.C. in Amsterdam.A place for meeting, trading and storage of sp...
Date: Amsterdam, 1780
Ingermanlandiae seu Ingriae novissima tabula luci tradita. . .
Detailed map centered on Saint Petersburg. With imposing title cartouche and panoramic view of Saint Petersburg. The map was drawn shortly after the conclusion of the Gre...
Date: Nurenberg, 1780
Ceremonie de la grande Feste que les Chinois celebre le 24 de la Lune d'Aoust dans la principale Place de Pekin.
So-called optical print illustrating the festivities on the 24th of August in Beijing.Mondhare was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris, at rue ...
Date: Paris, c.1780
Vue perspective de la grande Rue de Nanquin ancienne Ville de la Chine.
So-called optical print of a street in Nanking. The wide boulevard is lined with merchants displaying their wares with colorful flags and signs. The street is filled with...
Date: Paris, c.1780
La Pologne Dressée sur ce qu'en ot donné Starovolsk, Beauplan, Hartnoch. . .
Large map of Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and part of Ukraine. The map is filled with detail and decorated with a title cartouche flanked by mythological figures.According ...
Date: Paris, 1773 - 1780
Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Nouvelle York, Nouvelle Jersey, et Pensilvanie.
Highly detailed regional map of the Northeastern US, featuring numerous place names, Forts, Native American tribes, rivers,coastal banks, and other details. This is a Fre...
- $250 / ≈ €212
Date: Paris, 1780
Partie Septentrionale de la Russie Européenne . . .
Detailed map of European part of Russia, including Finland and Lapland.
Date: Paris, 1780
Carte géographique contenant le Royaume de Siberie . . .
Very rare and highly detailed map of Siberia subdivided in three provinces, namely Tobolsk, Jenissejesk, Irkutsk, and outer parts of the Tartary. In upper right corner in...
- $800 / ≈ €680
Date: Augsburg, 1770- 1780
Vue perspective de l'interieur de la Salle du spectacle de Veronne en Italie.
Showing the Opera of Verona. Optical print published Mondhare, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques in Paris. In the eighteent...
Date: Paris, ca. 1780
![Fille Jakoute par derrière [together with] Fille Jakoute par devant.](/uploads/cache/32984-250x250.jpg)
Fille Jakoute par derrière [together with] Fille Jakoute par devant.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
![Fille Jakoute par derrière [together with] Fille Jakoute par devant.](/uploads/cache/32985-250x250.jpg)
Fille Jakoute par derrière [together with] Fille Jakoute par devant.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
![Un Jacout en habit de chasse par devant [together with] Un Jakout en habit de chasse par derriére.](/uploads/cache/32986-250x250.jpg)
Un Jacout en habit de chasse par devant [together with] Un Jakout en habit de chasse par derriére.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
![Fille tatare à Kousnetsk par devant. [together with] Fille tatare Kousnetsk par derriere.](/uploads/cache/32988-250x250.jpg)
Fille tatare à Kousnetsk par devant. [together with] Fille tatare Kousnetsk par derriere.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
![Femme tatare à Kousnetsk par devant. [together with] Femme tatare à Kousnetsk par derriere.](/uploads/cache/32990-250x250.jpg)
Femme tatare à Kousnetsk par devant. [together with] Femme tatare à Kousnetsk par derriere.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
![Une Kirguisiene par devant. [together with] Une Kirguisienne par derriere.](/uploads/cache/32991-250x250.jpg)
Une Kirguisiene par devant. [together with] Une Kirguisienne par derriere.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate showing two natives of Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian country along the Silk Road, the ancient trade route between China and the Medit...
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
Ingermanlandiae seu Ingriae. . .
Detailed map centered on St.Petersburg. With imposing title cartouche and panoramic town-view of St.Petersburg. The map was drawn shortly after the conclusion of the Grea...
- $750 / ≈ €637
Date: Nurenberg, 1780
Vue perspective de la grande Rue de Nanquin ancienne Ville de la Chine.
So-called optical print of a street in Nanking. The wide boulevard is lined with merchants displaying their wares with colorful flags and signs. The street is filled with...
Date: Paris, c.1780
Kirgise à cheval.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $50 / ≈ €42
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
Femme tatare de Katchin.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $50 / ≈ €42
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
![Une Chamane ou devineresse de Krasnojarsk par derrière.[together with] Une Chamane ou devineresse de Krasnojarsk.](/uploads/cache/33007-250x250.jpg)
Une Chamane ou devineresse de Krasnojarsk par derrière.[together with] Une Chamane ou devineresse de Krasnojarsk.
Uncommon copper engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
Le globe terrestre representé en deux plans-hemispheres, Dressé sur la Projection de Mr. De la Hyre...
“This splendid GlobeTerrestre originally published by J.B. Nolin is one of the finest large-scale world maps to be produced and is a fitting bridge between the geograph...
Date: Paris, c. 1780
Tempum S.Joannis in Laterano Romae. . .
A so-called optical print. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular specialty establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optica...
- $150 / ≈ €127
Date: Italy, ca.1780
Prospect der Strasse gegen der Kirche der Recolecten in der obern Stadt zu Quebec. Vuë de la Rue des Recolets dans la haute Ville de Quebec.
A so-called optical print showing a decorative imaginary town view of Québec, with a street view with soldiers marching and pedestrians, an idealized view depicting Qué...
- $450 / ≈ €382
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1780
Prospect des Haupt Plazes der Untern Stadt zu Quebec.
A so-called optical print showing a decorative imaginary town view of Québec, with a street view with soldiers marching and pedestrians, an idealized view depicting Qué...
- $500 / ≈ €425
Date: Augsburg, ca.1780
Ingermanlandiae seu Ingriae novissima tabula luci tradita. . .
Detailed map centered on St. Petersburg. With imposing title cartouche and panoramic view of St. Petersburg. The map was drawn shortly after the conclusion of the Great N...
Date: Nurenberg, 1780
Carte pour servir a L'Histoire Philosophique et Politique..
Showing the eastern hemisphere, including Australia. With inset map of India and Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean.The focus of the chart is European trade and commerce with ...
- $150 / ≈ €127
Date: Paris, 1780
Double page manuscript page with Islamic prayers with beautiful headings throughout.
Fine double page brilliantly illuminated gilt leaves written by the scribe Abu Bakr Jami in Isfahan. The Arabic text contains Islamic prayers with beautiful headings thro...
Date: Isfahan, ca. 1780
T Zuider-Deel van Moscovie.
Map details the regions South from Moscow to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azof.
- $150 / ≈ €127
Date: Deventer, ca 1780
Double page manuscript page from a Shahnameh, The Book of Kings, written by Ferdowsi.
Fine double page brilliantly illuminated gilt leaves written by the scribe Abu Bakr Jami in Isfahan. The Arabic text contains Islamic prayers with beautiful headings thro...
Date: Isfahan, ca. 1780
Double page manuscript page from a Shahnameh, The Book of Kings, written by Ferdowsi.
Fine double page brilliantly illuminated gilt leaves written by the scribe Abu Bakr Jami in Isfahan. The Arabic text contains Islamic prayers with beautiful headings thro...
Date: Isfahan, ca. 1780
Navigatio Piscatorum in glacie quaerentium Balaenam / La navigation dans la glace, et chercher du Baleine.
A so called optical print of the Greenland Whale Fishery with polar bears in foreground. Bilingual title in Latin and French.
- $400 / ≈ €340
Date: Italy, c. 1780
Balaena ramis adigitur ad Navim / La baleine est rame en Navire.
A so called optical print of the Greenland Whale Fishery with polar bears in foreground. Bilingual title in Latin and French.
- $400 / ≈ €340
Date: Italy, c. 1780
Navigacio super Glaciem / La navigation sur la glace.
A so called optical print of the Greenland Whale Fishery with polar bears in foreground. Bilingual title in Latin and French.
- $400 / ≈ €340
Date: Italy, c. 1780
Carte topographique d'Allemagne contenant une partie du royaume de Boheme. . .
Detailed map cantered on Prague, Caaden, Laim, Melnik… Map 43 of the multi sheet map "Carte topographique d'Allemagne" of German Empire. Published by Johann W...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Frankfurt, ca.1780
Italia divisa né suoi differenti stati.
Rare map of Italy, Sardinia and Corsica from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca...
- $50 / ≈ €42
Date: Rome, 1780
L'Italia Settentrionale presa da quella del Sig. Zannoni.
Rare map of Italy with inset map with Corsica and Sardinia, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovann...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Rome, 1780
Parte Occidentale del Regno Italico, Il Piemonte e Genovestato.
Rare map of Piemonte region in Italy, centered on Piemonte region, Genova and Milan, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.&qu...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Rome, 1780
Francia divisa in provincie.
Rare map of France, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca. 1780.The map is ba...
- $50 / ≈ €42
Date: Rome, 1780
La Francia divisa in dipartimenti.
Rare map of South western France and inset with map of Corsica, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Gio...
- $40 / ≈ €34
Date: Rome, 1780
La Germania divisa ne' suoi differenti stati
Rare map of Germany, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca. 1780.The map is b...
- $25 / ≈ €21
Date: Rome, 1780
Moscovia.
Rare map of western Russia centered on Moscow, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in R...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Rome, 1780
La Gran Bretagna ed isole Britanniche.
Rare map of Great Britain with Ireland, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Rome, 1780
Turchia Nell' Asia antica, e moderna.
Rare map of Armenia, Palestine, Turkey and northern Arabia, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovann...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Rome, 1780
La China e Giapone.
Rare map of China, Korea and Japan, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca. 17...
- $300 / ≈ €255
Date: Rome, 1780
L'America meridionale divisa nei suoi principali stati.
Rare map of south America, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca. 1780.The ma...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Rome, 1780
Temple de la Mecque fidelement copiée sur un dessein de la bibliothèque Bodléienne, à Oxford.
View of the Mecca Temple.
Date: Pqris, ca. 1780
Le Kaire (Cairo). Vue de la place Ezbekyeh, côté du sud
A very fine view of Cairo.
- $500 / ≈ €425
Date: Paris, ca 1780
Vue perpective de l'Isle de St.Helene appartenant a la Compagnie Angloise pour les Indes Orientales.
Decorative optical view of St. Helena. The island is well-known as after the Royal Navy captured Napoleon Bonaparte, he was held hostage on the island until he died in 18...
- $300 / ≈ €255
Date: Paris, 1780
![Ch'onha chido. [Atlas of all under Heaven]](/uploads/cache/44640-250x250.jpg)
Ch'onha chido. [Atlas of all under Heaven]
A late 18th-century Ch'onha chido atlas with 10 woodblock maps showing the World, China, and the 8 province maps of Korea (Hamgyeong, Gangwon, Jeolla, Gyeongsang, Pyeonga...
Date: Korea, ca. 1780
Vue Perspective de la Place des Victoires
So-called optical print of la Place des Victoires in Paris. Therefore the image is reversed or mirror-image. One of the well-known publishers of optical prints, establish...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, 1780
Carte Generale des Cotes de la Cochinchine et du Camboge.
A large, double-page French sea chart of part of the southern Cambodian coastline, and from Vietnamese Saigon up to Vung-Tau, Cap Varella, Cam Ranh Bay and Nha Trang. Wit...
Date: Paris, 1780
Carte Particuliere de la Cote de Cochinchine Depuis la baie Camraigne jusqu'a le baie de Tamquam.
A basic coastal sea chart of a part of French Indochina (Vietnam) from Cap Varella and Cam Ranh Bay in the south, northward past Nha Trang, Hen Kohe Bay, on to Phu-yen Ba...
Date: Paris ca 1780
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A small copperplate engraving showing an elderly lady sitting in her bed chamber, astride a camode , using a cylster, probably to administer an enema to herself. A not un...
Date: France, ca. 1780
![[No title.] Sixteen small engravings.](/uploads/cache/46799-250x250.jpg)
[No title.] Sixteen small engravings.
A nice set of sixteen French professions, or trades, or stage characters. The print is faint on some titles. Some of the characters are a soldier, a doctor, a nun, a lawy...
Date: Paris, ca. 1780
Plan du Typa, ou de Macao.
A pleasant copper engraving of Typa, Macao. By Rigobert Bonne from his ATLAS ENCYCLOPEDIQUE published in 1780. Engraved by Andre.Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was one of the...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, 1780
Vue de la Côte du Japon lorsque nous la vimespour la 1ere fois La Coline A restant dans l'O à 3 Millerc.
A pleasant copper engraving of Japan coasts. By Rigobert Bonne from his ATLAS ENCYCLOPEDIQUE published in 1780. Engraved by Andre.Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was one of th...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, 1780
Par permission sur l'aprobation des médecins du roi...la véritable Boule de Mars...
Printed broadsheet promoting the "Boule de Mars" (March Ball) produced and sold by Renault in Nancy and Paris. Ornated with the royal coat of arms of France. Pr...
Date: Paris, ca.. 1780
![[Title page] Atlas Géographique des quatre parties du monde . . .](/uploads/cache/47734-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas Géographique des quatre parties du monde . . .
Title page of Atlas Géographique des quatre parties du monde by Guillaume De L'Isle and Philippe Buache, published by Jean-Claude Dezauche ca. 1820. With two catalog pag...
- $350 / ≈ €297
Date: Paris, ca. 1780
Connecticut and Parts adjacent at Amsterdam. .
A nice example of this early map of the state of Connecticut with part of Rhode Island to the east, Long Island to the south, and New York to the east. Rivers, roads, t...
Date: Amsterdam, 1780
![[Lot of 4 charts] Plan de la Baie et du Port de Camraigne / Plan de la Baie de Niatrang et du Golfe de Binkang / Plan de la Cote de Cochinchine. . . / Plan des Ports de Xuandai, Vung-Lam. . .](/uploads/cache/44795A-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 4 charts] Plan de la Baie et du Port de Camraigne / Plan de la Baie de Niatrang et du Golfe de Binkang / Plan de la Cote de Cochinchine. . . / Plan des Ports de Xuandai, Vung-Lam. . .
[A set of four French sea charts numbered consecutively]. A set of 4 basic coastal sea charts of parts of southern French Indochina (Vietnam).Chart 295 centers on the reg...
Date: Paris ca 1780
Inverted nautical Compass, called "mouchard" (~ "spy")
Inverted maritime compass called "mouchard" (spy) in wood and brass, signed "A Van Vastenhoud In Amsterdam". This type of compass was found in the cap...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1780
![["Kijkkast"]. Viewing box for optical prints](/uploads/cache/49106-250x250.jpg)
["Kijkkast"]. Viewing box for optical prints
A very rare custom made collapsible peepshow in a bookshaped box, late 18th century, folded out 66(h.)x56(w.)x40(d.) cm., 7 hinging cardboard parts painted blue or w. bla...
- $12000 / ≈ €10199
Date: The Netherlands, ca. 1780
Carta Dell' Indostan che comprende il Malabar, Coromandel, e tutta la penisola Dell' India.
This is from a scarce Italian edition of French cartographer Jacques-Nicholas Bellin’s map of southern India and the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The map extent is fro...
Date: Paris, ca 1780
L'Ancien et le nouveau Mexique avec la Floride..
Covering Florida, Texas, western part of Cuba and central America. Showing dozens (100+) of place names, extensive river systems, mountain ranges and featuring the Gulf o...
Date: Paris, 1781
Golfe du Mexique Assujetti aux Observations Astronomiques Par J.B.Nolin.
Rare map of the Caribbean prepared by J.B.Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mondha...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Paris, 1781
Carte du Bresil le Perou. . .
Scarce map of Northern part of South America with Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil and Peru, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage...
- $125 / ≈ €106
Date: Paris, 1781
Alexandri magni imperium et expeditio per Africam. . .
Scarce map of the Imperium of Alexander the Great, centered on Turkey, Armenia, Uzbekistan, etc., prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Généra...
Date: Paris, 1781
Carte de la retraite des dix mille. . .
Ancient map of Near and Middle East, including Cyprus, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'educat...
- $50 / ≈ €42
Date: Paris, 1781
Graeciae pars septentrionalis. . .
Rare map of northern part of Greece and part of Turkey, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'educa...
- $80 / ≈ €68
Date: Paris, 1781
Gallia antiqua ex Aevi Romani monumentis eruta. . .
Historical map of France depicted in Roman times showing ancient divisions, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des college...
- $40 / ≈ €34
Date: Paris, 1781
Vue du Bourg de St Denis dans l'Isle Bourbon. (together wit) Vue du Bourg de St.Paul dans l'Ile de Bourbon.
Two views from L'île de la Réunion on one plate. The upper part showing the town and harbour of St. Denis. From "Lettres Édifiantes et Curieuses. . Missionaires d...
- $45 / ≈ €38
Date: Lyon, J. Vernarel and Et. Cabin et C., 1780/1781
The world, including the discoveries made by Capt. Cook.
Uncommon double-hemisphere world map depicting the voyages and discoveries of Captain James Cook. There are numerous notations throughout and the tracks of Cook's three v...
- $1000 / ≈ €850
Date: London, 1781
Plan de la ville de Maestricht avec ses attaques commandées par M. le maréchal de Saxe, depuis le 15 avril jusqu'au 3 may 1748 . . .
A plan of Maastricht rising after the capture of the city by the French troops led by the Marshal of Saxony. The city was besieged between 15 April and 3 May 1748, during...
Date: Paris, 1781
Jacques Cook, Né à Marton dans la province d'York. . .
Steel engraved portrait of James Cook (1728-1779), navigator, born on 27 October 1728 at Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England, the son of a Scottish labourer and his Y...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: 1781
L'Isola d'Islanda divisa Ne Suoi Distretti Di nuova Projezione.
A finely engraved map of Iceland, with a decorative title cartouche to the bottom right hand corner illustrating a rural scene. Published in Zatta's "Atlante Novissi...
- $500 / ≈ €425
Date: Venise, 1781
Karte welche die Russischen Entdeckungen gegen Amerika nach den Tagebüchern Krenizins, Lewaschefs, Synds und anderer vorstellt. 1781
Rare map of Siberia with Kamchatka. In outer right tip of America, published by the Weygandsche Buchhandlung in 1781.
- $300 / ≈ €255
Date: Leipzig, 1781
ACTION N°1160. Société du Commerce d'Asie & d'Afrique.
Share of 1 000 Florins d'Allemagne (1 000 Guilder) of the "Triester Handelsgesellschaft" (Société du Commerce d'Asie & d'Afrique) signed by duke Charles d...
Date: Antwerpen, 1 October 1781