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![[Title page] Atlas général et élémentaire. . .](/uploads/cache/47732-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas général et élémentaire. . .
Decorative allegorical frontispiece page from "Atlas général et élémentaire", published by Louis Charles Desnos in 1778, with five text pages. Engraved by ...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Paris, 1778
![The country Coromandel from the Coleroon to Cape Comorin. . . [with] The carnatic from the Pennar to the Coleroon. .](/uploads/cache/48363-250x250.jpg)
The country Coromandel from the Coleroon to Cape Comorin. . . [with] The carnatic from the Pennar to the Coleroon. .
Coromandel from the Coleroon to Cape Comorin. Elegant map in two sheets compiled for the East-India Company. In lower right margin : Writing by W. Harrison.
- $300 / ≈ €256
Date: London, 1778
Plan perspective de l'École royale militaire.
A decorative bird's eye view of the complex of the French military school in Paris, 1777, showing all grounds and buildings of the 'Ecole Royale Militaire', drawn 'd'aprÃ...
- $250 / ≈ €213
Date: Paris, 1778
Chirurgie, plate XVIII
Showing bondage from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier. Very important work as it is giving an inventory of t...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris 1779
Chirurgie, plate II.
Showing medical instruments and bondage from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier. Very important work as it is ...
- $80 / ≈ €68
Date: Paris 1779
Chirurgie, plate XXXII
Showing medical bondage from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier. Very important work as it is giving an invent...
- $80 / ≈ €68
Date: Paris 1779
Chirurgie, plate XII
Showing medical chair and physician at work from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier. Very important work as it...
Date: Paris 1779
Carte du Mexique et de la Nouvelle Espagne..
Santini's version of D'Anville's important map shows the south-eastern part of the United States, Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. Tecas is named as Nouv'le Leon. La Salle'...
Date: Venice 1779
Carte des parties Nord et est de l'Asie..
Five maps on one sheet show the Northern Russian territories in Europe and Asia, including the western coastline from Siberia, Japan, and Korea with the island of "Q...
Date: Paris, 1779
Carte de la Californie et des Pays Nord-Ouest. . . 4de Carte.
Diderot's famous 2 on 1 map shows the two early mappings of the west coast of North America, the first after Visscher, the second after Plancius' World map. Both show the...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Paris, 1779
L'Irlande. . .
Map of Ireland, prepared by M. Philippe, embellished with a decorative title cartouche. Engraved by Vallet.
- $300 / ≈ €256
Date: Paris, 1779
Carte particuliere semi-topographique de l'election de Paris. . .
Very decorative maps. Maps of the Parisian region. Map including Luzarches, Orgeval, Arpajon, Bussy saint georges.
- $300 / ≈ €256
Date: Paris 1779
![[Title page] Recueil de tous les Costumes.](/uploads/cache/06437-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Recueil de tous les Costumes.
Uncommon and decorative title page of a man holding a curtain with title and a woman reading a book. With a dedication to Mr. Bignon, who was librarian of the King of Fra...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Paris, 1779
Carte de la Prusse, de la Grande et Petite Pologne, avec le démembrement des Palatinats de Cracovie et Sandomirz, faisant aujour d'hui partie de la Lodomerie.
A map of the Polish territories by Louis Brion de la Tour, from the work "Histoire universelle depuis le commencement du monde jusqu a present" published in Par...
Date: Paris, 1779
Carte des provinces annexées à la petite Pologne, et de la Gallicie, avec la Lodomerie, démembrées de la Pologne.
A map of the southern provinces of Poland by Louis Brion de la Tour, from the work "Histoire universelle depuis le commencement du monde jusqu a present" publis...
Date: Paris, 1779
Carte des parties Nord et Est de L'Asie. . .
Five maps on one sheet, showing the Northern Russian territories in Europe and Asia, including the western coastline from Siberia, with Japan and Korea with the island of...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, 1779
![[Title page] Atlante Novissimo, Tomo I . . .](/uploads/cache/43898-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlante Novissimo, Tomo I . . .
Decorative Venitian frontispiece from Antonio Zatta's "Atlante Novissimo tomo I".
Date: Venice, 1779
Chirurgie, plate XIV.
Showing medical bondage from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier. Very important work as it is giving an invento...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Paris, 1779
L'Isle de la Dominique par M.J.M.Anglois. . .
A handsome map of the Caribbean island of Dominica. There are "Observations" at lower left, and "Suite des observations" at lower right, both providin...
Date: Paris, 1779
Analytique des différentes positions de la Sphère, des différens systemes, des révolutions et des distances des Planètes, &c
Containing "Globe Celeste", "Sphere de Copernic", "Globe Terrestre", "Systeme de Ptolomee" ; including diagrams of the solar syste...
Date: Paris, 1780
Carte du Bourdelois du Perigord et des provinces voisines..
Map covering the area from La Rochelle till the surrounding country of Bordeaux to the south and till Limoges and Cahors to the east.
- $120 / ≈ €102
Date: Paris, c. 1780
Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de l'Abissinie..
Map of east Africa showing South Arabia.
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Paris, 1780
Vüe de L'Eglise Cathedrale de Tolede.
A so-optical print of a church in Toledo, Spain, prepared for use in a light-box or an amusing light-show. This richly hand colored print is much perforated, windows are ...
Date: Italy ca 1780
Carte géographique contenant le royaume de Sibérie . . .
Scarce and highly detailed map of Siberia subdivided into three provinces, namely Tobolsk, Jenissejesk, Irkutsk, and outer parts of the Tartary.In upper right corner inse...
Date: Augsburg, c. 1770-1780
Gezicht van het Admiraliteits-Magazyn en Scheeps Timmerwerf.
Formerly the V.O.C. warehouse and arsenal for the Admiralty of Amsterdam, now-a-days the Scheepvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum). Taken from the "Atlas of Amsterdam"...
Date: Amsterdam, 1780
A Perspective View of the Admiralty Office, Dock-Yard, Storehouses &c. at Amsterdam.
Decorative engraving giving good detail of the intense activity in the Amsterdam dockyards.Engraved for BANKES's New System of Geography
Date: Amsterdam, 1780
Carte d'une Partie des Cotes de la Floride et de la Louisiane, Contenant le Cours du Mississipi...
A well engraved and highly detailed chart of part of the Gulf Coast, dated 1778 that was issued in Neptune americo-septentrionale. The chart covers the area between St. J...
Date: Paris, 1778-1780
Prospect des Escurials von vornen gegen Madrid / L'entrée de l'Escurial, en perspective.
A so-called optical print of the the entrance to the Escurial at the foot of the Sierra Guadarrama in Spain. Bilingual title in German and French. Engraved by Leizel.
Date: Augsburg, 1780
Carte Particuliere de la Hongrie de la Transilvanie de la Croatie et de la Sclavonie Dressée sur les Onservations de Mr. Le Comte Marsilli. . . Par G. Delisle.
Map of Hungary and Slovakia and adjacent parts of Croatia, Serbia and Romania (Transylvania). Prepared by Marsilli, published by Dezauche.
Date: Paris, ca. 1780
Vue du Magazin de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales. . .
So-called optical print of the formerly the V.O.C. warehouse and arsenal for the Admiralty of Amsterdam, now-a-days the Scheepvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum).In the eightee...
Date: France, 1780
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 / ≈ €213
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 / ≈ €682
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 / ≈ €639
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 / ≈ €43
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 / ≈ €43
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 / ≈ €128
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 / ≈ €384
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 / ≈ €426
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 / ≈ €128
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 / ≈ €128
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 / ≈ €341
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 / ≈ €341
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 / ≈ €341
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 / ≈ €43
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 / ≈ €43
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 / ≈ €256
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 / ≈ €426
Date: Paris, ca 1780