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Tableau des guerres de Frédéric le Grand: ou plans figurés de vingt-six batailles rangées, ou combats essentiels donnés dans les trois guerres de Silésie. . .
The book includes a large folded map "Tableaux des Guerres de Frédéric le Grand", showing a map of Prussia, with present-day Poland and Eastern Germany surrou...
Date: Potzdam, Strasbourg, Paris, 1788
Matelot Hollandais [Dutch sailor]
Etching showing a typical Dutch sailor, after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757–1810). Taken from "Costumes Civils actuels de tous les peuples connus, dessin...
Date: Paris, Pavard, 1788
[Manuscript] Plan du siege de la forteresse d'Oczakow avec les détails... aux ordres du Prince Potemkin, le 17 Decemb: 1788.
Very detailed well executed manuscript plan of the Turkish Fortress Ochakov captured by Russian Troops on December 17, 1788 by the Maréchal Prince Potemkin. In lower lef...
- $2000 / ≈ €1722
Date: ca. 1788
Carte du Gouvernement de Tauride, comprenant la Krimée et les pays voisins: dressée principalement d'après la carte faite sur les lieux pour le voyage de S.M. l'impératrice de Russie. . .
Rare map of southern Ukraine and the Crimea during the Second Russo-Turkish War (1787-92). Antique map of the Crimea during the Second Russo-Turkish War (1787-92), fought...
- $2500 / ≈ €2152
Date: Paris, 1788
Map of Louisiana from D'Anville's Atlas.
This map presents a highly detailed treatment of the region from Cabo Del Norte to the Apalachiola River, centered on the mouth of the Mississippi and extending inland to...
Date: London, 1788
Carte d'Europe divisée en ses Empires et Royaumes.
Uncommon and decorative wall map of Europe, prepared by Clouet. Superb decoration including a wonderful rococo border with vignettes describing historical scenes. Below t...
Date: Paris, Mondhare, 1788
Femme Samoyeds.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus', showing a woman and child from Samojedin, Siberia in Russia. Engraved after J...
- $30 / ≈ €26
Date: M. Sylvain Maréchal. Paris, 1788
Fille de Barabinze.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus', showing a girl from Barabinze in Siberia, Russia engraved by Félix Mixelle a...
- $30 / ≈ €26
Date: M. Sylvain Maréchal. Paris, 1788
Femme Tschouwache.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus' engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Sain...
- $30 / ≈ €26
Date: M. Sylvain Maréchal. Paris, 1788
Femme Persienne.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of a Persian woman engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, drawer and writ...
- $40 / ≈ €34
Date: M. Sylvain Maréchal. Paris, 1788
Homme Toungouse.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus'. Engraving of a man dressed in native garb from the Tunguska region of norther...
- $25 / ≈ €22
Date: M. Sylvain Maréchal. Paris, 1788
Homme de Kams Malika.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus'. Showing a man from Russia, by M. Sylvain Maréchal. Paris, 1788.As an etcher,...
- $25 / ≈ €22
Date: M. Sylvain Maréchal. Paris, 1788
L'Asia secondo Le ultime osserviazioni divisa né suoi stati principali.
First edition on laid paper. Cassini’s splendid map depicts Asia at the end of the eighteenth century. There is good details of the region east of the Caspian Sea, show...
- $750 / ≈ €646
Date: Rome, 1788
Neue Karte von den gegenwärtigen Kriegs-Schauplatze zwischen den Russisch-Kayserl.
Very rare separately published map showing the Russian War seat including Finland, Lithuania, Denmark and parts of Poland, Norway and Sweden. In lower part inset maps of ...
Date: Leipzig, 1788
L'Afrique divisée en ses principaux Etats, assujettie aux observations astronomique.
Rare and attractive map of Africa, ornated with a decorative title cartouche showing luxuriant nature and a lion. With two inset maps : "Carte particulière du Cap ...
Date: Paris, Lattré, 1788
Karte der Magellanischen-Strasse. . .
Very detailed map of Strait of Magellan, with in top inset map of Southern tip of South America with the Falklands. Prepared by Don Juan de La Cruz of Spain.Engraved by J...
- $600 / ≈ €517
Date: Vienna, 1789
Carte de l'Espagne Dressée par Guillaume Delisle sur la description de Rodrigo Mendez Sylva . . .. Le tout augmenté et vérifié en 1789. Par Phil. Buache, de l'Académie des Sciences.
Map of Spain published at the outbreak of the French Revolution. Taken from the Atlas Géographique.. published by Dezauche, as successors to De l'Isle & Buache. Publ...
Date: Paris, 1789
Des Russischen Reiches Statthalterschaften Neurussland, Asow, und das Oestliche Nogay
Map showing Lake Asow and the Crimea. The river Dnepr until Krementschug, and the river Don until Pawlowsk. Published by Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly.
Date: Vienna, 1789
Karte von dem groessten Theil des Landes Jemen Imame, Kaukeban &c.
Large map of Yemen from "Allgemeiner grosser Atlas" published by P. J. Schalbacher - 1786-1800. Based on the observations of the Danish explorer Carsten Niebuhr...
Date: Vienna, 1789
Geographische General Karte Der Gränzen zwischen denen dreyen Kaiserthümern und ihren nach und nach geschehenen Veränderungen vom Jahr 1718 bis heutigen Tags. . .
Detailed map of present-day Bulgaria, which is carved into the Ottoman provinces of Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Romania (Rumelia), the Crimea and the Black Sea. Prepared by ...
- $1250 / ≈ €1076
Date: Vienna, 1788-1789
Mappemonde Dressée sur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles et les plus approuvées assujeties aux Obserations de Mrs. De L'Académie Royale des Sciences.
Dated 1761, this state is unknown. "Desnos' includes a fine combination of up to date cartographic information and the routes of important 18th century voyages of ex...
- $4500 / ≈ €3874
Date: Paris, 1789
Des Russischen Reiches Statthalterschaften Pleskow, Polozk, Mohilew, Twer, Moskau, Koluga, Wolodimer, Iaroslaw, Tula, Smo, Lensko und Nischgorod. Nro.64
Map of the European part of Russia, centered on Moscow. Published by Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly, 1766-1820, who was a Viennese art dealer who turned to map publishing...
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: Vienna, 1789
Des Russischen Reiches Statthalterschaft Archangel Nro.66
Map of the North Western part of Russia. Published by Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly, 1766-1820, who was a Viennese art dealer who turned to map publishing in his early t...
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: Vienna, 1789
Karte von dem groessten Theil des Landes Jemen Imame, Kaukeban &c.
Large map of Yemen from "Allgemeiner grosser Atlas" published by P. J. Schalbacher - 1786-1800. Based on the observations of the Danish explorer Carsten Niebuhr...
Date: Vienna, 1789
Des Russischen Reiches Statthalterschaften Pleskow, Polozk, Mohilew, Twer, Moskau, Koluga, Wolodimer, Iaroslaw, Tula, Smo, Lensko und Nischgorod. Nro.64
Map of the European part of Russia, centered on Moscow. Published by Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly, 1766-1820, who was a Viennese art dealer who turned to map publishing...
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: Vienna, 1789
MAGNI PRINCIPATUS, ceu Provinciae REGNI SUECIAE, FINNLANDIAE Mappa generalis geographica : ex HASIANIS aliisque certissimis subsidiis, in suas Provincias minores sive speciales, tanquam statum politicum modernum . . .
A large and rarely seen map of Finland prepared by Haas. Extends from St. Petersburg north to well above the Gulf of Bothnia.
- $700 / ≈ €603
Date: Nuremberg, 1789
Die Asiatische Turkey begreift in sich Natolien, Georgien, Armenien, Mesopotamien Syrien, und Arabien. . .
Map of Turkey bordered by the Black Sea to the north, Syria and Sinai Peninsula to the south, Turkey in Europe to the west, with a small title cartouche. Explanatory text...
- $200 / ≈ €172
Date: Augsburg, 1789
Asia verlegt von Ioh Mich Probst.
Uncommon map of Asia, with an explanatory text and directory on the right and the bottom of the map from the "Atlas Minor ex Tabulis Geographicis ".The map is o...
- $300 / ≈ €258
Date: Augsburg, 1789
Die Insel Island Nro. 76.
An attractive map of Iceland based on the unpublished Knoff survey. The map locates villages and churches and graphically delineates the mountains, rivers, lakes and fore...
- $600 / ≈ €517
Date: Vienna, 1789
[Title cartouche from Carte de la France]
Title cartouche from "Carte de la France", prepared by Captaine and published by Pierre D. Belleyme.
Date: Paris, ca. 1789
Guayane, Terre Ferme Isles Antilles. . .
Map showing Mexico, Cuba, Central America. Left and right a box with geographical information for each part country on the continent.Prepared by Louis Brion de la Tour an...
- $200 / ≈ €172
Date: Paris, 1790
Globe Terrestre. / Globe Celeste.
Showing a terrestrial and celestial spheres. Left and right a box with geographical information for spheres of different types.Prepared by Louis Brion de la Tour and publ...
- $400 / ≈ €344
Date: Paris 1790
Prospectus primarii.. turrim rubram Viennae.
So-called optical print, showing Red tower in Vienna.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and L...
- $175 / ≈ €151
Date: Italy c.1790
Les Pays Bas François, Autrichiens, et Hollandois..
Finely engraved map centered on the Netherlands, extending to include Belgium and Luxembourg.Finely embellished with a large title cartouche surmounted by Mercury's head....
Date: Paris, 1790
Les Isles Britanniques..
An attractive map of the British Isles including an inset of the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Finely embellished with a large title cartouche.The map is flanked by two co...
- $90 / ≈ €77
Date: Paris, 1790
L'Angleterre divisée en 5 grandes Parties. . .
A very attractive map of England and Wales showing its 52 counties and the major cities as well as five large regional divisions.Finely embellished with a large title car...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Paris, 1790
L'Etat de Venise et le Duché de Mantoue..
Attractive map covering the region centered on today region Veneto and its chief town Venice.Extending westwards to include part of Lombardy and eastward to Trieste and I...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Paris, 1790
Partie de l' Italie, comprenant les Etats du Roy de Sardaigne. . .
Decorative map of northwest Italy and the Golfo di Genova. With ornamental title cartouche.Flanked by two columns of French text containing geographical information about...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Paris, 1790
A ship's hour glass
The element common to celestial position-finding, the calculation of speed for dead reckoning and even everyday life at sea is the time: hence ways of determining and kee...
Date: ca. 1790
Planta della citta di Napoli come esifte nel prefeute Anno MDCCXC.
This stunning large-scale plan of Naples was prepared by Rizzi-Zannoni and engraved by Giuseppe Guerra from Naples. To the right and left a key to the important places of...
Date: Naples, 1790
[North America]
Uncommon map of North America. The young United States incorporates the upper Midwest, with the remaining western territories of Louisiana, Nouveau Mexique, Nouveau Albio...
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1790
L'Amerique selon l'Etendue de Ses Principales Parties et don't les Points Principaux. . .
Uncommon map of South America, decorated with an elaborate cartouche referring to the conversion of the natives to Christianity, with natives bowing to a figure holding a...
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1790
Otago Capo dell'Isola d'Amsterdam nel Mare Pacifico del Sud. / Otago Chef de l'Isle d'Amsterdam dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud. .. [Tongatapu, Tonga]
Otago was a native of the island of Tongatapu, Tonga. The island was first sighted by Europeans in 1643 by Abel Tasman, commanding two ships. “Tasman named the island &...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Uomo del Paraguai nell' America Meridionalle. / Homme du Paraguai dans l'Amerique Meridionalle.
Full portrait of a person from Paraguay. From "Raccolta di stampe." a series of historically significant eighteenth-century copper plate engravings by Venetia...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Indiana del Perù. / Indienne du Perou.
Portrait of a Peruvian Indian woman holding a fruit basket and a lama in the background. From "Raccolta di stampe." a series of historically significant eight...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Dona del Regno di Granata. / Femme du Roy.me de Granade.
A full portrait of a woman from Granada, situated at Lake Nicaragua or Cocibolca. From "Raccolta di stampe", a series of historically significant eighteenth...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Uomo del Canale di Noël della terra del Fuoco, nel Mar Australe. / Homme du Canal de Noël de la terre de Feu dans la Mer Australe.
Full portrait of a man from Christmas Sound, in Tierra del Fuego This engraved print on laid paper is from "Raccolta di stampe," a series of historically sign...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna dell' Isola d' Erramanga una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Femme de l'Isle d'Erramanga une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique. [Vanuatu]
Full portrait of a woman, native of the island of Erramanga in the New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium, the colonial name for the island group in the So...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna dell' Isola di Mallicolo una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle d'Erramanga... [Vanuatu]
Full portrait of a woman, a native of the island of Mallico in the New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium, the colonial name for the island group in the So...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna dell' Isola di Tanna, una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Femme de l' Isle de Tanna, une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique. [Vanuatu]
Full portrait of a woman, a native from the island of Mallico in the New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium, the colonial name for the island group in the ...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Uomo dell' Isola di Tanna, una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Homme de l' Isle de Tanna, une des nouvelles Hébrides dans la Mer du Pacifique. [Vanuatu]
Full portrait of a man from the island of Tanna in the Pacific. New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium was the colonial name for the island group in the So...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Capo della flotta degli Otahiti nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Chef de la flotte des Otahiti dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of the captain of the Otahiti flotilla, from Tahiti. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Potatow Capo dei Tahiti Isola nel Mare Pacifico del Sud. / Potatow Chef de Tahiti Isle dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of the Hawaiian chief Potatow. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, w...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Otoo, Re di Tahiti Isola nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Otoo, Roi de Tahiti Isle dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of King Otoo from Tahiti. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who acco...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna dell' Isola di Pasqua, o terra di Davis nel Mar del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle de Pâques ou terre de Davis dans la Mer du Sud.
Full portrait of a woman, a native of Easter Island, a Chilean territory, is a remote volcanic island in PolynesiaFrom "Raccolta di stampe." a series of histori...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Uomo dell' Isola di Pasqua o Terra di Davis nel Mar del Sud. / Homme de l' Isle de Pâquesou Terra de Davis dans la Mer du Sud.
Full portrait of a native from Easter Island. Easter Island, a Chilean territory, is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia.From "Raccolta di stampe," a series o...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna dell' Isola di S.a Cristina una delle Marchesi nel Mar del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle de S.e Christine une des Marquises dans la Mer du Sud.
Full portrait of a woman from the Saint Christina Island. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by Willia...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Capo dell' Isola di S.a Cristina una delle Marchesi nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Chef de l'Isle de Ste. Christine une des Marquises dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of the Chief of the Saint Christina Island. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna della nuova Caledonia Isola del Mar Pacifico. / Femme de la nouvelle Calédonie Isle dans la Mer Pacifique.
Full portrait of a woman from New Caledonia. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who ...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Uomo della nuova Caledonia Isola del Mar Pacifico. / Homme de la nouvelle Calédonie Isle dans la Mer Pacifique.
Full portrait of a native from New Caledonia. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
[Asia and part of Australia]
An engraved map of Asia shows an oversized Japan and part of Australia, called Neu Holland. To the east of the Caspian Sea, we see the area of present-day Uzbekistan and ...
- $450 / ≈ €387
Date: Tübingen, Heerbrandt, 1790
[Title page] Atlas National et Général de la France en 20 Cartes..
Title page, from "Atlas National et Général de la France en 20 Cartes, divisée en ses 83 Départemens et 547 Districts, distingués par différentes couleurs de m...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Date: Paris, 1790
Portrait of Jan Maatzuiker.
Portrait of Jan Maatzuiker, Governor-General of the East Indies from 1653 till 1678. From Kok's Woordenboek . Engraved by Reinier Vinkees in 1790.
Date: Amsterdam, 1790
Muitery op het O:I: Comp. schip Barbestein in Duins.
Anonymous engraving of a mutiny of the VOC ship Barbestein .
Date: Amsterdam c.1790
Le Royaume de Boheme, le Duché de Silesie, et les Marquisats de Moravie et Lusace, dresses d'apres les cartes de Muller . .
Map of Poland, Bohemia, Silesia, Moravia and Lusatia. Large decorative title cartouche in upper right. In upper left corner inset plan of Breslau and in lower right a ins...
Date: Paris, 1790
L' Amerique dressée pour l'étude de la géographie . . .
Map showing the American continent. California with a large inlet. Some major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked. There are illustrations of ship...
- $200 / ≈ €172
Date: Paris, 1790
Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord Amerika..
Uncommon map of the east coast of North America, including the Great Lakes area. To the right inset map of New Foundland. After the map by William Faden of 1783. With col...
- $500 / ≈ €430
Date: Germany, 1790
Uomo del Perù. / Homme du Perou.
Full portrait of a Peruvian warrior. From “Raccolta di … stampe.” a series of historically significant eighteenth-century copper plate engravings by Venetian engrav...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
CH'ONHA CHIDO [Atlas of all under Heaven]
The Ch’onha chido [Atlas of all under Heaven] is a late 18th century copy of the traditional Korean atlas produced in the early Choson dynasty (1392-1910). One of the m...
Date: Korea, ca. 1790
Prospectus primarii telonii caesarei prope turrim rubram Viennae. . .
So-called optical print, showing Red tower in Vienna.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular specialty establishments in Paris, Augsburg and Lo...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Date: Italy c.1790
(Manuscript map of Narva und Ivangorod.)
An early manuscript very finely executed watercolor town-plan of the town of Narva, located at the eastern tip of Estonia, on the Russian border.With a key in lower left ...
- $1000 / ≈ €861
Date: Germany?, c. 1790
Isles de la Reine Charlotte.
Four charts on one page including chart of Nendö Island, largest of the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the Solomon Islands group, as mapped by Captain Cartaret in 1767, the...
- $40 / ≈ €34
Date: Paris, 1790
La France divisée en 83 départemens suivant les décréts de l'Assemblée Nationale, sanctionnés per le Roi. . .
An interesting folding map of France divided in 83 departments, to the right the 83 departments added on past-on slips. Another past-on is advertising Desnos' atlas in la...
Date: Paris, 1790
[Title page] France divisée en 83 departements. [with title in manuscript].
Title page with in panel manuscript title in brown ink "France divisée en 83 departements. . .". On verso a manuscript compass rose. Title page engraved by P. ...
Date: Paris, ca. 1790
The Russian Empire in Europe and Asia . . .
Detailed map of the whole of Russia, extending from Poland to the Pacific and from Nova Zembla to Tartaria.The map is of interest for the use of Corea Gulf for the sea be...
Date: London, 1790
Prospect von Livorn. - Venduta del Palazo del Console D'Olanda in Venezia Nova in Livorne.
So called optical print published by Joseph Carmine showing the home of the Dutch consul in Livorno. Engraved after a design of Antonio Piemontesi. A well-known publisher...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1790
Madrid.
Plan of Madrid, by Tardieu. With numbered key (1-74) of the main buildings and buildings of the city. Table with translations of Spanish words in the right bottom.
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: Paris?, ca. 1790
Perse, Turquie Asiatique et Arabie. . .
Attractive map covering the Arabian Peninsula, Turkey, Palestine, the Caucasus, today's Iraq and Iran.Flanked by two columns of French text containing geographical inform...
- $300 / ≈ €258
Date: Paris, 1790
[Tableau Général de l'Empire Ottoman]. 11 plates with the panoramic view of Mecca.
A collection of 11 engraved plates (3 folding) from "Tableau Général de l'Empire Ottoman", Paris, Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1790, comprising the famous panorami...
Date: Paris, 1790
[Map of Madagascar, Mauricius island and Réunion island, in Cyrillic ].
A map of the south eastern coast of Africa and the island of Madagascar, comprehending 2 insets of the island of Bourbon (today Reunion) and Mauritius.The title appears i...
- $750 / ≈ €646
Date: Paris / St.Petersburg, ca. 1790