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Das bombadirte Dantzig. Das belagerte Danzig eine Weltberühmte Haupt und Handelstatt des Polnischen Preussens, mit ihren Vorstaedten und der Weichselmünder Schanz,
Large original copper engraving with decorative set edge, top left Diarium of the Russian attack and Russian battleships in Gdansk Bay, above list of the most important b...
- $850 / ≈ €735
Date: Nuremberg, 1734
Lo Stati Presente di Tutti i Paesi e Popoli del Mondo..
This most uncommon work provides an interesting focus on the dissemination of the outline of Japan provided by Kaempfer. Beside the description of Japan, the book include...
Date: Venice, 1734
Changer à droite - Changieren rechts - Variatio ad dextram.
Copper engraving from "Neue Reit Schul vorstellend einen vollkommenen Reuter in allen Lectionen". Disciple of Georg Philipp Rugendas I in Augsburg, Johann Elias...
Date: Augsburg, 1734
Hedendaegsche Historie of tegenwoordige staet van alle volkeren 1 deel. (Volume 1 - China, Japan, Phillippines, Moluccas)
This provides an interesting illustrated description of China, Japan, the Phillippines, Moluccas. Including a map of China, Korea, and Japan, with the Sea between Korea a...
Date: Amsterdam, 1734
Nouvelle carte du royaume de Pologne, divisée selon..
Chatelain's map of Poland. The title is in two lines across the map. At the bottom border, an index to the map's contents appears. At the top of the map, historical remar...
Date: Amsterdam, 1735
Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise.
Cornerstone of any collection of books on China, which is also among the rarest and most desirable of important Americana.This, "the first definitive European work o...
Date: Paris, P. G. Le Mercier, (vol. 1-3) 1770 / (vol.4),1735
Theatre de la Guerre en Savoie et en Piémont - Le Dauphiné, La Bresse - Partie du Lionnois et de la Provence./ Theatre de la guerre en Dauphiné et en Provence…
Rare wall map of the Savoie/Piémont and Dauphiné/Provence region. Decorated with 2 title-cartouches, one at upper right part (Savoye/Piémont) and one at lower right pr...
- $3000 / ≈ €2596
Date: Amsterdam, c.1735
Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise.
First edition of this cornerstone of any collection of books on China, which is also among the rarest and most desirable of important Americana, included in Rare American...
Date: Paris, P. G. Le Mercier, 1735
Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendum Regio nutu...
Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendu...
Date: Nuremberg, 1735
Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendum Regio nutu concessa ...
Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendu...
- $1500 / ≈ €1298
Date: Nuremberg, 1735
Carte particulière de l'entrée de Canton - Plan de Quang-tcheou-fou vulgo Canton .
Beautiful detailed map of the entrance to the city of Canton, showing also the cities of Macao and Quanghai, as well as the islands of the bay, including the island of Sh...
- $450 / ≈ €389
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Plan du Tien-tang ou du temple, où l'empereur sacrifie à Chang-ti sous le titre de souverain seigneur de la terre.
Nice example of d'Anville's plan of Tien-tang temple, from "Atlas général de la Chine..."" prepared by Jesuit missionaries and commissioned by Emperor Ka...
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Nova Maris Caspii et Regionis Usbeck cum Provincijs adjacentibus vera Delineatio
This is the first printed map specifically of the Uzbek region. It shows the area around the Caspian Sea and northern Iran. The area eastward from the Caspian is marked '...
Date: Nuremberg, 1735
Poloniae Regnum ut et Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae . . .
Detailed map of Poland and the Baltic regions, extending in the south to Ukraine and northern Hungary.Here in its second state, now with added letters to the border scale...
- $750 / ≈ €649
Date: Augsburg, 1735
![Province de Koei-Tcheou. [Koei-tcheou 贵州 [Guizhou] province.]](/uploads/cache/39688-250x250.jpg)
Province de Koei-Tcheou. [Koei-tcheou 贵州 [Guizhou] province.]
Important map of Koei-tcheou 贵州 [Guizhou]. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Guélard, the map by...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
![[Title page] Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise . . . Du Thibet, & de la Coree. . .](/uploads/cache/39731-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise . . . Du Thibet, & de la Coree. . .
Title page of the Nouvel Atlas de la Chine. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French cartographer. Compiled over 200 maps. This map is from his most impor...
- $40 / ≈ €35
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Plan du Ti-tang ou du temple, où l'empereur sacrifie à Chang-ti sous le titre de souverain seigneur de la terre
A plan of the temple of the soil god (社稷壇, Shèjìtán, "Altar of Soil and Grain")—under the name "Titang" (地堂, dìtáng, "Hall of Di...
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
![Province de Pe-Tche-Li. Pe-tche-li [Beizhili] 北直隶 [= 河北]. province.]](/uploads/cache/39689-250x250.jpg)
Province de Pe-Tche-Li. Pe-tche-li [Beizhili] 北直隶 [= 河北]. province.]
Important map of Pe-tche-li [Beizhili] 北直隶 [= 河北]. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Guéla...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Province de Kiang-Si. Jiangxi 江西 province.
An important map of Jiangxi 江西 province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Guélard. The map itse...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
![[World and 4 continents] Carte Geographique Astronomique Chronologique et Historique du Monde.](/uploads/cache/63024-250x250.jpg)
[World and 4 continents] Carte Geographique Astronomique Chronologique et Historique du Monde.
French wall map of the world in 4 sheets published by Crépy "à l'entrée du Cloistre de St. Benoist du côté des maturins". A decorative wall map of the worl...
Date: Paris, 1720-1735
Souan pan, ou instrument dont les chinois se servent pour compter.
Text page with a wood block illustration of a souan-pan [suan-p'an] the calculation table used by the Chinese. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French c...
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
![Province de Tche Kiang. [Tche kiang 浙江 [Zhejiang] province]](/uploads/cache/39693-250x250.jpg)
Province de Tche Kiang. [Tche kiang 浙江 [Zhejiang] province]
D'Anville's highly detailed map of Tche kiang 浙江 [Zhejiang] province from du Halde's "Description geographique historique...de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tart...
- $400 / ≈ €346
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
![Province de Hou-Quang. [Hou-quang 湖广 [Huguang] province.]](/uploads/cache/39694-250x250.jpg)
Province de Hou-Quang. [Hou-quang 湖广 [Huguang] province.]
Important map of Hou-quang 湖广 [Huguang] province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by Guélard, the map engraved by F.Baillieul Lainé, featurin...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Province de Chan-Tong.
Detailed map of Shandong Province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by Guélard, the map by Delahaye, featuring a rabbit and rococo chinoiserie orna...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendum Regio nutu concessa ...
Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendu...
- $1200 / ≈ €1038
Date: Nuremberg, 1735
Province d'Yun-Nan.
Important map of Yun-nan 云南 [Yunnan] province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Delahaye. Jean B...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
![Province de Chan-Si. [Chan-s 山西i [Shanxi] province. ]](/uploads/cache/39697-250x250.jpg)
Province de Chan-Si. [Chan-s 山西i [Shanxi] province. ]
An important map of Chan-s 山西i [Shanxi] province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by Guélard, the map by Delahaye. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Province de Koei-Tcheou.
An important map of Koei-tcheou 贵州 [Guizhou]. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation engraved by Guélard, the map ...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
![Province de Se-Tchuen. [ Se-tchuen 四川 [Sichuan] province.]](/uploads/cache/39699-250x250.jpg)
Province de Se-Tchuen. [ Se-tchuen 四川 [Sichuan] province.]
Important map of Se-tchuen 四川 [Sichuan] province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by Guélard, the map by Delahaye, features animals, birds, a ...
- $450 / ≈ €389
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Nieuwe kaart van Muskovien door M. de l'Isle.
This lovely little map of the area surrounding Moscow is based on Delisle's map of the region. The map is bounded by Lake Ilmen in the north, the Volga River to the east,...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Amsterdam, 1735
Villes de la province de Petche-li.
Five town plans : Peking (with forbidden town), Yung-ping-fou, Long-men-hien, Yuen-keou/Tching-sse-yu/Si-yang-keou/Hoang-tou-in, Tchin-ting-fou. From "Description ge...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
![Province de Ho-nan. [Honan 河南 (Hénán) province]](/uploads/cache/39696-250x250.jpg)
Province de Ho-nan. [Honan 河南 (Hénán) province]
An important map of Honan 河南 (Hénán) province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by F.Baillieul Lainé. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Carte du ciel et de la terre qui commencent à se former / Figure du ciel fluide & pur & de la terre fixe & ferme.
Recto and verso text page with two illustrations of the grounding of the sky and earth according to a Chinese philosopher. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-178...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
![Carte de la province de Tche kiang 浙江 [Zhejiang]](/uploads/cache/30923-250x250.jpg)
Carte de la province de Tche kiang 浙江 [Zhejiang]
D'Anville's highly detailed map of Tche Kiang (Zhejiang) province from du Halde's "Description geographique historique...de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie Ch...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Charlatans qui se mêlent de vendre le vent de la Chine. Dévots mendiants de la Chine et charlatans qui se promènent sur des tigres apprivoisés, . . .
Two fascinating engraving on one sheet depicting Chinese charlatans. Engraved by Bernard Picart. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et cou...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard c.1736
Asia By H.Moll Geographer.
Detailed map of Asia. From his "Atlas minor: or a new and curious set of sixty-two maps. . .", which was first published in 1729 and reprinted in 1732, 1736.The...
Date: London, 1736
Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise . . . du Thibet, & de la Coree. . .
Without the separately published atlas. Lacking 2 plates in vol.2 (Obseques at p.149 and Gin seng at p.180), one plate torn without a loss (vol.1, p.230), d4 vol.1 with a...
Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1736
Urbium Londini et West-Monasterii nec non Surburbii Southwark Accurata Ichnographia ,., Neuester Grundris der Staedte London und West-Munster, Samt der Vorstadt Southwark ,.,
Detailed plan of London, extending from Grosvenor Square in the west to Mile End to the east, To the right inset views of St, James's Square, and Custom House, elevations...
Date: Nuremberg, 1736
Idole que les chinois appellant, le dieu de l´immortalité, et qu´ils disent presider a leur Fortune. . .
Four fascinating engraving on one sheet depicting Chinese gods. "Idole que les chinois appellant, le dieu de l´immortalité, et qu´ils disent presider a leur Fortu...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard c.1736
Carte générale de la Chine Dressée sur les Cartes particulières que l'Empereur Cang-hi a fait lever sur les lieux par les RR. PP. Jésuites missionaires dans cet empire / Par le Sr d'Anville.
An essential and very detailed map of the Southern part of China, including a detailed map of Taiwan.Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782) was a French cartogr...
Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737
Kaerte en Afbeeldinge vande Geheele Jurisdictie van Stantdarbuyten Gelegen in de Generaliteit onder Marquisaet van Bergen op den Zoom
With a large title cartouche with signature of the maker Adriaan van der Ende, : Kaerte en Afbeeldinge vande Geheele Jurisdictie van Stantdarbuyten Gelegen in de Generali...
Date: Willemstad, 1737
Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia et Africa Regiones proprias, tributarias, clientelares sicut et omnes eusdem Beglirbegatus seu Præfecturas Generales exhibens. . .
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map of the Ottoman Empire centered on Cyprus. With good detail in the Arabian Peninsular. In the lower left, a decorative title cart...
- $500 / ≈ €433
Date: Nurnberg, 1737
Carte la plus generale et qui comprend la Chine, la Tartarie chinoise et le Thibet. . .
It has a quite elaborate pictorial cartouche engraved by G. Kondet. It is a very detailed map of China, Tibet, and Korea.In the upper left corner is very good details of ...
Date: The Hague, 1737
A Map of the British Empire in AMERICA with the French, Spanish and Hollandish Settlements Adjacent Thereto. by Henry Popple. / Nouvelle Carte Particuliere de L'Amerique . . .
The four sheet Dutch edition of Popple's monumental map of North America, in mint condition. Encompassing the West Indies, Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Central America.T...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1737
Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia et Africa.
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map of the Turkish Empire, showing from Tunis to Arabia, including Greece, Arabia, Turkey and Palestine. With good detail in the Ara...
- $1000 / ≈ €865
Date: Nurnberg, 1737
Hispanus.
Allegorical print of Spain (Hispanus), copper engraving after P. Decker by M. Engelbrecht. Taken from "Laconicum Europae Speculum". Philippe Andrea Kilian (1714...
Date: Augsburg, 1737
![Province de Fo-Kien. [Includes West Coast of Taiwan]](/uploads/cache/43503-250x250.jpg)
Province de Fo-Kien. [Includes West Coast of Taiwan]
An important map of Fujian Province shows the East Coast of China and the West Coast of Taiwan. It shows that for the Manchu Qing, only the western half of Formosa was co...
Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737
Royaume de Corée.
With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by G.Kondet. One of the earliest separate maps of Korea. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French c...
Date: The Hague, 1737
Ichnographia munitissimae Arcis Otzakoff quae Ao. 1737, die 3 Iulÿ auspicÿs Supremi Campi Mareschalli Comitis de Münnich ab exercitu Russorum vi occupata . . .
A striking image of this fortified Russian outpost on the Black Sea at Otzakoff, northeast of Odessa.
- $1100 / ≈ €952
Date: Augsburg, 1737
Nouvel atlas de la Chine, de la Tartarie chinoise, et du Thibet.
First edition of "the principal cartographic authority on China during the 18th century". It was the second major atlas of China produced in Europe following th...
Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737
Prospectus Palatÿ Comitis Leopoldi de Windischgräz . . .
Very nice engraving by J.A. Corvinus after a design of Salomon Kleiner showing the house of an Austrian aristocratic family.
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Augsburg, 1737
Picardie Meridionale Le Cambresis et leurs Environs.
Map showing the region of Picardie in Northern France. Including the towns of Abbeville, Amiens, Compiegne, Soisson, Chambray, etc.
Date: Paris, 1737
![[Title page] Atlas Novus Terrarum Orbis Imperia. . .](/uploads/cache/49113-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas Novus Terrarum Orbis Imperia. . .
The lovely title page from Homann's Grosser Atlas uber de Gantsa Welt (Grand Atlas of all the World)with striking color and features. It shows Atlas and Hercules / Herakl...
Date: Nuremberg, ca 1737
Ein Formosaner. (Inhabitant of Formosa / Taiwan)
Wood cut with letter press, showing an inhabitant of Formosa (Taiwan) by Jacob Martini, published in "Neu-eingerichtete und vermehrte Bilder-Geographie …", pu...
Date: Erfurt, ca. 1738
Avantures du Sr. C. Le Beau, avocat en parlement ou Voyage curieux et nouveau parmi les Sauvages de l'Amérique Septentrionale. Dans lequel on trouvera une Description du Canada… Ouvrage enrichi d'une Carte et des figures necessaires.
A description of Huron, Iroquois, and Algonquin customs, written in charming style and based, the Author claims, on observations made on a trip to America in 1729." ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1738
Mogol.
A very nice map of Northern India and Pakistan. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historica, i c...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
Augusti. II. Re di Polonia, Ellettore di Sassonia.
Portrait of Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733) of the Albertine line of the House of Wettin was Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I), Imperia...
Date: Venice, 1739
'T Eilandje Desima verblyf plaats der Hollanders in Japan.
Bird's-eye view of Dejima copied from a manuscript by Voogt, who was second-in-command on Deshima in 1713. The island is viewed from the landside, depicting the developme...
Date: Amsterdam, 1739
![(Chatelain "Atlas Historique" in 7 volumes.]](/uploads/cache/47053X-250x250.jpg)
(Chatelain "Atlas Historique" in 7 volumes.]
Henri Abraham Chatelain, whose Atlas Historique was one of the most expansive encyclopedias of the age. First published in 1705, Chatelain's Atlas Historique was part o...
Date: Amsterdam: Chez Zacharie Châtelain, 1732 - 1739
Carte d'Amerique dressée par l'usage du Roy..
Fine map prepared by G.d'Isle depicting North and south America, the west coast taken north to Cap Mendocin and Cap Blanc with a note Entrée decouverte par Martin d'Agui...
Date: Amsterdam, 1739
L'Amerique septentrionale, Dressée sur les memoires les plus recens. . .
A very detailed map extending from Hudsons Bay to Panama, and including the West Indies. The map is a later copy of Guillaume de L'Isle's foundation map of North America,...
Date: Amsterdam, 1739
La Chine.
A very nice map of China, including Korea and Taiwan. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historic...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
Plan de Paris commencé l'année 1734, Dessiné et gravé sous les ordres de Messire Michel Etienne Turgot, prévost des marchands.
FIRST EDITION of Turgot's Monumental Joined View of Paris, stretching to over 10 Feet. This expansive large-scale engraved view of Paris covers the first eleven arrondis...
Date: Paris, 1739
Arabia agreeable to Modern History.
Detailed map of the Arabian Peninsula from the Mediterranean Sea to the Arabian Sea, and western Iran. with an engaging text block on upper right corner: "Arabia, d...
- $550 / ≈ €476
Date: London, 1739
Perse.
A very nice map of Persia. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historica, i curiosa, segun el esta...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
Grande Tartarie.
A very nice map of Tartaria extending from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia un...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
Presqu'Isle de l'inde deça le Golfe du Gange/Presqu'Isle de l'Inde dela le Golfe du Gange.
Two maps on one sheet, one depicting India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives Islands (13,5 x 8 cm) and the otherone Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia (13,5 x 8 cm). F...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
America.
A very nice map of the American continent with California as an island and an adorned title cartouche.From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compend...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
Asiae.
A very nice map of Asia. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historica, i curiosa, segun el estado...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
(Arabian peninsula, Turkey, Irak).
A very nice map of the Arabian peninsula, Turkey and Irak. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, his...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
Impero del Gran Mogol.
Attractive copper engraved map of India with Sri Lanka. Showing mountains, towns and the Rama's Bridge (Ponte di Adamo). Included in "Atlante Novissimo che Contiene ...
Date: Venice, 1740
Nova Territorii Erfordien in suas praefecturas..
"Showing the area of Erfurt. In the lower part, there is a panoramic view of the town. Lower left and right splendid cartouches.The cartouches are painted in a stron...
Date: Nurenberg, 1740
![[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .](/uploads/cache/44363-250x250.jpg)
[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .
Stunning full portrait of the Imperial Geographer of the Holy Roman Empire, Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) who was born in the Bavarian town of Kammlach. Educated at a...
Date: Nuremberg, c.1740
Nova et accuratissima Maris Caspii. . .
Original hand colored copper engraving of Matthaeus Seutter. Showing the Caspian Sea with the large Volga Delta in east orientation. Main towns / countries around the Cas...
- $750 / ≈ €649
Date: Augsburg, 1740
Dominia Anglorum in America Septentrionali.
Four maps on one sheet (New Found land/ New England/ Virginia and Carolina/Florida) based on J.B.Homann's map, showing British possessions in North America. The upper lef...
- $750 / ≈ €649
Date: Nuremberg 1740
Fiorenza.
A spectacular largescale panoramic view of Florence taken from Montoliveto, with legends numbered from 1- 63 in Italian. With the title in a banderol. After a design by F...
Date: Augsburg, ca 1740
Ducatus Magdeburgensis Et Halensis cum finitimis Delineatio geographica. . .
Very decorative map centered on Magdeburg with Elbe river. With a key to the left and right of the map.
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740
Moscovia o Russia.
Map showing European Russia and is centered on Moscow. In the lower right corner, title cartouche with scale and the town of Astrakhan. From "Atlante Novissimo Che C...
Date: Venice, 1740
Pila Vitulina. Tab CXIV.
Natural history aroused the passion of wealthy collectors in the 17th and 18th centuries. These constitute vast "cabinets of curiosities" and sometimes undertak...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740
Carta geografica della america meridionale.
Uncommon map of South America based upon Guillaume De L'Isle's map. Includes the routes of early explorers in the Pacific, including Magellan, Drake, Le Maire, Mendana, V...
Date: Venice, 1740