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![[OSTENDE] A new and exact Plan of the city and port of Ostend.](/uploads/cache/39849-250x250.jpg)
[OSTENDE] A new and exact Plan of the city and port of Ostend.
Nice plan of the city of Ostend and Fort Philippe, engraved by R. Benning. In upper left corner "A map of part of Flanders shewing the country and sands about Ostend...
- $300 / ≈ €256
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
L'Empire du Japon divisé en sept principales parties. . .
Large map of Japan and Korea with a distinctively French style title cartouche containing two small landscapes.The map draws heavily on the previous work of Bellin, but i...
Date: Paris, 1750
Amerique méridionale. . .
Detailled map of South America from his "Atlas Universel".Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766), also known as Le Sieur or Monsieur Robert, and his son, Didie...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Date: Paris, 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
![La ville et citadelle d'Anvers. [Antwerp]](/uploads/cache/39843-250x250.jpg)
La ville et citadelle d'Anvers. [Antwerp]
A town-plan of the fortified enclosure of Antwerp with its citadel, showing the extensions made between 1201 and 1701, when the fortifications were enlarged by Philippe V...
- $225 / ≈ €192
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Amsterdam Ville du Comté de Hollande et la plus considerable des Provinces Unies. . .
A very decorative and extremely rare town-view of Amsterdam, including a numbered (1-18) key in lower part. Extensive shipping on the IJ. To the left the headquarters of ...
Date: Paris, ca.1750
A view of Westminster bridge. Vue du pont Westminster.
A very decorative and extremely rare of river Themes and Westminster bridge in London, including a six-line description in French and English. Published by Jacques Chér...
Date: Paris, ca.1750
Rome. Profil de la Ville de Rome.
A very decorative and extremely rare town view of Rome, including a numbered key ( 1-47 ), in lower part. The Vatican with St.Pierre in the left, with great detail. Publ...
- $3300 / ≈ €2813
Date: Paris, ca.1750
Milan. Ville forte, Capitale du Duché de même nom, l'une des plus grandes des des plus considérables de l'Italie.
A very decorative and extremely rare of Milan, including a numbered key ( 1-35 ) in lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776). Engraved by Aveline and fir...
- $3500 / ≈ €2983
Date: Paris, ca.1750
Carte du Katay ou Empire de Kin. . .
The map is of interest for the use of Mer de Corée for the sea between Korea and Japan. Fine map of Korea and China's Yellow Sea. Complete title in top: Carte du Katay o...
Date: Paris, 1750
Tabula Geographica qua pars Russiae Magnae. . .
Homann's map is based upon the works of George von Mengden (1628-1702), a Livonian cartographer who worked for Peter the Great and Count Jacob Bruce [Graf Jakov Villimovi...
Date: Nuremburg, after 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 des Royaumes de Siam, du Tunquin, Pegu, Ava, Aracan . . .
Map of Siam, du Tunquin, Pegu, Ava, Aracan. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbers.Jacque...
- $350 / ≈ €298
Date: Paris, 1750
Vue de l'Hotel du Lord Maire, qui comprend.. (London)
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and spec...
- $300 / ≈ €256
Date: Augsburg 1750
Nieuwe kaart van Tartarie.
A map of Tartary, Korea and part of Japan. The map is most notable for the confusion between Kamchatka and Iesso. Hokaido labelled Compagnie LandFrom: Nieuwe en Beknopte ...
- $450 / ≈ €384
Date: Amsterdam 1750
Turin. Ville Capitale du Piemont et Residence du Duc de Savoye Roy de Sardigne.
A very decorative and extremely rare town-view of Turin, including a numbered key ( 1- 28 ) in lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776). Engraved by Pierr...
- $2500 / ≈ €2131
Date: Paris, ca.1750
![Chambery / Turo / Coucy le Chateau. . . [5 prints]](/uploads/cache/14386-250x250.jpg)
Chambery / Turo / Coucy le Chateau. . . [5 prints]
A set of 5 prints. A nice view of Chambery: in Savoie; a charming view of Coucy le Chateau, engraved by Picquenot; a very fine plan of Tours, including a lettered key on ...
Date: Paris, 1580 -1750
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 / ≈ €256
Date: Augsburg, 1750
Madrid Villa Capital Del Reyno D'Espana.. / Madrid ville capitale du Royaume d'Espagne . . .
A very decorative and scarce town view of Madrid, including a numbered key ( 1-17 ) in Spanish and French in the lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776)....
- $3300 / ≈ €2813
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 / ≈ €341
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
Vue de la Maison de Northumberland a Charing Cross. . .
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and spec...
- $300 / ≈ €256
Date: Augsburg 1750
![Plan de Mons ville capitale du comté de Haynaut. [MONS]](/uploads/cache/39799-250x250.jpg)
Plan de Mons ville capitale du comté de Haynaut. [MONS]
Charming little plan of the city of Mons in Belgium, engraved by Inselin, with a lettered key (A-V) in lower right corner.
Date: Paris, 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
Principatus Halberstadiensis, abbat : Quedlinburgens cum Comitatu Wernigerodano, ad hodiernum verum statum ex acta prodiit ex officina geogr. . .
Detailed map showing principality Halberstadt, Abtei Quedlinburg and the county Wernigerode. Including the towns of Osterwieck, Stollberg, Aschersleben and Oschersleben.
Date: Augsburg, 1750
Dynastiae Comitat. Schoenburgici Penig, Remissa, Rochsburg, Wechselburg In Clientela Elect: Saxon Glaucha, Hartenstein, Lichtenststein, Walkenburg. . .
A very uncommon and superbly decorative map of Lower Saxony, the region southwest of Dresden. Including the towns of Rochlitz, Geringswalde, Mittweida, Frankenberg, Chemn...
Date: Augsburg, 1750
Electoratus saxonici praefecturae annaburgensis pretzschens torgaviensis schweinicensis. . .
Highly detailed map showing the regions of Annaburg, Pretzsch, Schweinitz in Sachsen-Anhalt, Torgau in Sachen and Mühlberg an der Elbe in Brandenburg. In the center of t...
Date: Augsburg, 1750
Porte de Harlem (Heemstede/Haarlem)
Showing the Haarlemmer Poort (gate) in Heemstede near Haarlem. Likely published by Mondhard, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St.Marti...
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Tabula Geographica qua pars Russiae Magnae Pontus Euxinus seu mare Nigrum et Tartaria Minor cum finitimis Bulgariae, et Romaniae et Natoliae. . .
Homann's map is based upon Beauplan's general map of Ukraine but depicts the political changes of the preceding years. Shows Constantinople. Extends north to Moscow and S...
Date: Nuremburg, 1750
Typus Geographicus Chili Paraguay Freti Magellanici &c.
Detailed map covering the southern part of the continent based on the cartography of Delisle and the information gleaned from the voyages of Brouwer, Narbouroug and Beauc...
Date: Nuremberg, 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
Vue de l Hotel du Lord Maire, qui comprend la Façade, et le Cot' Occidental de Londres.
Shows the famous Lord Mayor's coach driving through London. The Lord Mayor's coach is famous for its role in the Lord Mayor's Show, which is one of the longest establishe...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Augsburg, 1750
Vue générale d'Amsterdam.
A so-called optical prints, showing Amsterdam seen from the IJ. A lively scene with extensive shipping. To the left the headquarters of the V.O.C., nowadays the Maritime ...
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Vue perspective de la prison royale de Madrid en Espagne . . .
So-called optical print of the Royal Prison, now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid. Published by Jacques Chereau, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Paris, 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 / ≈ €170
Date: Amsterdam, 1731 / 1750
Ghent a large City and Castle in Flanders. . .
A very fine bird's-eye plan of the city and fortifications of Ghent and the surrounding countryside in Belgium. A decorative cartouche encloses a detailed key to the map ...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: London, ca 1750
Nieuwe en zeer accuraate Zee-Caart van de Hollandse Wal strekkende van de Maas tot Texel opgenomen door Jan Rokusz Douw, , ,
A very fine and rare chart of the coast of Holland, Prepared by Jan Rokusz, Douw and Agge Roskam Kool.Embellished with a very decorative cartouche with a dedicational tex...
Date: Amsterdam, 1750
Prospectus septem turrium in urbe Constantinopolitana / Vüe des sept Tours ou Prisons d'etat à Constantinople. . .
Imaginary view inside Istanbul showing the State prison, the seven towers to Constantinople, a so-called optical print.
Date: Augsburg 1750
Imaginary view of a square with Muslims festival.
Imaginary view of a square with Muslims festival. A so called optical print.
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie.. et les Confins de la Tatarie Chinoise. . .
Large map with mostly topographical detail of mountains, deserts, rivers and forests. Covers the region from Tomsk eastward and includes Sakhal from his "Atlas Unive...
Date: Paris, 1750
Prospectus, quem Solimanni et Mohameti. . . - Vue aupres de la Mosquee du Sultan Soliman, et de Mohamet . . .
Imaginary view inside Istanbul showing Sultan Soliman in his carriage , a so-called optical print.
Date: Augsburg 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
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 / ≈ €170
Date: Paris, ca 1750
Cochin (today: Ernakulam)
Small but charming 18th water color on paper depicting Cochin (today : Ernakulam) was from 1500, when the first Portuguese fleet called on its port, a firm ally of the Po...
Date: India? c.1750
Kancheu.
Charming 18th water color on paper depicting Kancheu. Probably made by a western artist visiting China.
Date: c.1750
Archipel des indes Orientales
A finely engraved map depicting South East Asia with very good detail on the Philippines. Decorative title cartouche. From Atlas Universel of Gilles and Didier Robert de ...
Date: Paris, 1750
Les Villes forts et châteaux de Malte capitale de l'isle de ce nom. Dessignée sur le lieu par un Ingr du roy.
A very decorative and extremely rare town-view of Valetta, including a numbered legend in lower part. Published by Jacques Chereau, (1688 - 1776). Engraved by Aveline and...
Date: Paris, ca.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 / ≈ €256
Date: ca. 1750
Totius Templi Beli et partis ubis Babylonicae prospectiva.
Two print on the same sheet, showing The Tower of Babe. The story of the city of Babel is recorded in Genesis 11:1–9. Everyone on earth once spoke the same language. As...
Date: Nuremberg, 1750
Vue du village de Maarsen en Hollande.
Showing the river Vecht at the town of Maarsen. Published by Jacques Chereau, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques in Paris. I...
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Tabula Geographica Campaniae. . .
Map of the Champagne region with Rheims, Châlons, Vitry in the center. In upper left corner two inset views with the towns of Reims et Troyes.
- $225 / ≈ €192
Date: Nuremberg, ca. 1750
Vue perspective du palais episcopal de Westminster.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the old Palace of Westminster where the Lords and Commons met and the square facing it.. Published by Jacques C...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Vue de la Place de St Marc de Venise du côté du port.
Optical print showing the Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale), San Marco Square, and Saint Mark's Basilica (Basilica di San Marco in Venice, as seen from the waterside. The im...
- $300 / ≈ €256
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Vue perspective edu fauxbourg et du port de Scheveningue a une lieue de la Haye, en Hollande.
Optical print showing the village and harbor of Scheveningen with the church at the right, in the background the North Sea. In the background, the summer residence Nieuw ...
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Manuscript map of the Bay of Nagasaki.
An extremely rare manuscript chart in brown ink and wash color on a printed sheet of paper with a system of rhumblines and latitude scales. This chart shows the Bay of Na...
Date: Amsterdam, 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 / ≈ €1065
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1750
Carte des Isles Kouriles.
A good impression of a detailed, finely engraved map of the north of Honshu. Derived from Russian maps resulting from the expeditions of Bering, Cherikov and others, one ...
- $300 / ≈ €256
Date: Paris, 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
Arc de Triomphe ou se passe la proscription d'Octave et d'Antoine.
J. Chereau was a publisher of optical prints, established in Paris, rue St.Jacques.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there were many popular specialty establish...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Le Brabant. Ou la Campagne du Roy de 1746. . .
Uncommon map of Dutch and Belgium Brabant by George Louis Le Rouge, who was active from 1740- till 1780 as a publisher and was appointed engineer for the King of France.D...
- $300 / ≈ €256
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
La Judée ou Palestine, sous le roi Herodes surnommé le grand, où sont la Judée, la Samarie, la Galilée, la Thrachonitide ou Iturée, la Perée et l'Idumée pour le nouveau testament et pour les livres des Machabées. . .
Scarce map of Palestine. Published by Pierre Moullart-Sanson, who was the grandson of Nicolas the elder.This is the uncommon third state. For the second state a large tit...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Paris, ca.1750
![Kantong [The Dutch Folly Fort off Canton]](/uploads/cache/05714-250x250.jpg)
Kantong [The Dutch Folly Fort off Canton]
Charming 18th water color on paper depicting The Dutch "Folly Fort" off Canton. Probably made by a western artist visiting China.Forts were built in several pla...
Date: Canton?, c.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
(Title page) Le Neptune François.
Title page featuring Neptune in a sea-chariot drawn by white horses, mer-people, fleets of ships and allegorical figures of winged gods, all within an ornate border. Engr...
- $550 / ≈ €469
Date: Paris, 1750
Vue du village de Maarsen en Hollande.
Showing the river Vecht at the town of Maarsen. Published by Jacques Chereau, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques in Paris. I...
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Carte de L'Isle de Sumatra Dressee sur les Journaux des Navigateurs . . .
Detailed map of Sumatra and Malacca, centered on Singapore and including the southern portion of the Malaysian peninsula. With "Detroit de Sincapour" and severa...
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Tabula Geographica qua pars Russiae Magnae Pontus Euxinus seu Mare Nigrum et Tartaria Minor.
Homann's map is based upon the works of George von Mengden (1628-1702) a Livonian cartographer who worked for Peter the Great and Count Jacob Bruce [Graf Jakov Villimovic...
- $750 / ≈ €639
Date: Nuremburg, after 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
Vue de L'Hotel de Batavie. . .
A so-called optical print of Fatahillah Square in Jakarta, Indonesia, prepared for use in a light-box or an amusing light-show. This richly hand colored print is much per...
Date: Augsburg, 1750
Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie.. et les Confins de la Tatarie Chinoise. . .
Large map with mostly topographical detail of mountains, deserts, rivers and forests. Covers the region from Tomsk eastward and includes Sakhalin. Uncolored, decorative t...
- $300 / ≈ €256
Date: Paris, 1750
Perspective du Voorhout, promenade publique de La Haye.
Showing the Voorhout in The Hague. Likely published by Mondhard, a well-known publisher of optical prints, established on rue St. Martin in Paris. In the eighteenth and n...
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
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 / ≈ €298
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
Per telecopium exhibitio partis inferioris armamentarii. / Representation en perspective de la partie inferieure d'un arsenal. . .
RARE. Engraved optical print by Georg Balthasar Probst of a arsenal.
Date: Augsburg, 1750
Colléges impériaux et magasin des marchandises de l'Orient, à St. Pétersbourg.
Showing a busy scene at the international trading grounds of 18th century Saint Petersburg, showing the warehouses of the different international trading companies. J. Ch...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Paris, 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
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