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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 / ≈ €85
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 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
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
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
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[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
Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo...
Large and sought-after 2-sheet map of an area of Lithuania and Eastern Prussia (Russian province of Kaliningrad) stretching from Klaipeda (Memel) in the north to Goldap i...
Date: Nuremberg, 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
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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 / ≈ €212
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
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
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 / ≈ €127
Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard c.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 / ≈ €127
Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard c.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
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
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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
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 / ≈ €933
Date: Augsburg, 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 / ≈ €848
Date: Nurnberg, 1737
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[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
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
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
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
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 / ≈ €85
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
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 / ≈ €424
Date: Nurnberg, 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
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
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
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 / ≈ €466
Date: London, 1739
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(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
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
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
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
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 / ≈ €254
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 / ≈ €127
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 / ≈ €254
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 / ≈ €254
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
Grande Tartarie.
A very nice small map of Central Asia extending from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Ge...
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
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...
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 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 / ≈ €254
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
Imperii Russici et Tartariae Universae tam majoris Afiaticæ quam minoris et EuropæTabula.
The map is of interest for the use of East Sea, the sea between Korea and Japan, here called "Mere Orientale Minus".Decorative map covering Russia, Tibet, China...
Date: Nuremberg, 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
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 / ≈ €127
Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 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
Carte particuliere des environs de Fauquemont et Aix la Chapelle.
An attractive map of the southern part of Limburg, centered on Valkenburg, Aachen, Rolduc and Dalem.
Date: Paris, 1740
Delineatio geographica praefecturarum Wittebergensis, et Graefenhaynichen. . .
Showing Amt Wittenberge with the river Elbe. Wittenberge is a town of eighteen thousand people on the middle Elbe in the district of Prignitz, Brandenburg.
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Augsburg, 1740
Delineatio geographica praefecturarum Wittebergensis et Graefenhaynichen; in circulo electorali sitarum. . .
Very decorative map of Mansfeld Land, a region in the southwestern corner of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The region derives its name from the counts of Mansfeld, w...
- $75 / ≈ €64
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 / ≈ €64
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740
Marchionatus Moraviae circulus brunnensis. . .
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map has a large decorative cartouche. Detailed map centered on Bruenn in Moravia. Prepared by Johann Chr. Mueller. Very decorative t...
- $300 / ≈ €254
Date: Nuremberg, 1740
Delineatio Geographica Ditionis Martisburgensis hodie regiis et electoralibus auspiciis florentis edita. . .
Map shows the surrounding of the city of Halle. With a very large title cartouche occupying the lower left corner. Engraved by Tobias Conrad Lotter.
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Augsburg, 1740
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[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
Accurata recens delineata ichnographia celeberrimæ liberæ Imperii civitatis ac Sueviæ metropolis Agustæ Vindelicorum -Neu verfertigt accurater ... Haupt Stadt Augspurg.
Superb plan of the fortified town of Augsburg, brilliantly colored at the time, with title in Latin and German. The plan was designed by Johann Thomas Kraus, engraver, ar...
- $1200 / ≈ €1017
Date: Nuremberg, ca. 1740
Dominia Anglorum in praecipuis Insulis Americae ut sunt Insula S. Christopheri, Antegoa, Iamaica, Barbados nec non Insula Bermudes vel Sommers . . .
Four maps of the islands of West Indies (St. Christoph "Delineatio Insulae St, Christophori alias I. Kitts", Antigua "Insula Antegoa", Barbados &q...
- $500 / ≈ €424
Date: Nuremberg, 1740
Praefecturae Principatus Querfurtensis Dahmiana et Iüterboccensis cum vicinia oppidis, vicis, pagis accurate distincta. . .
Showing the region of Ämter Dahme, Jüterbog, Baruth. With in the north Potsdam and in the south Schönwalde, in the west Brück/ Zahna and in the east Buchholz/ Luckau.
- $50 / ≈ €42
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740
Prospectus Sanctae olim.. Hierosolymae.. Jerusalem. . .
Two bird's eye perspectives views of Jerusalem. Each with an extensive numbered key to principal buildings in town. Title in Latin and German. The print is published by M...
Date: Augsburg, 1740
Nieuwe kaart van Arabia.
Here is an attractive map of the Arabian Peninsula, Gelukkig Arabia or Happy Arabia. The map is a great advance on other maps of the time by showing the true extent of...
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Isola Ceilon.
Attractive copper engraved map of Sri Lanka showing mountains, Towns and the Rama's Bridge (Ponte di Adamo). Included in "Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Par...
Date: Venice, 1740
Nieuwe kaart van de Filippynsche, Ladrones, Moluccos of Specery Eilanden als mede Celebes etc.
Shows the western islands of the archipelago, Borneo, Java and Sumatra, up to and including New Guinea. With very good detail to Philippines.Read more Early maps of South...
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Asia Accuratissime Descripta ex omnibus, quae hactenus extiterunt, imprimis…
A rare map prepared by Nicolas Witsen (1640-1717). Witsen was cartographer, diplomat and sometime burgomaster of Amsterdam, he played a unique role in introducing Russian...
- $500 / ≈ €424
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Carte de L'Egypte de la Nubie de L'Abissinie..
Prepared by G.de l'Isle. Uncommon issue by Hendrik de Leth. Very detailed map of northeastern Africa, the Red Sea and the Arabian peninsula shows the political divisions ...
- $500 / ≈ €424
Date: Amsterdam 1740
Lapides Bezoar ex Hippototamo, vel Equo marino. Tab CXII.
Natural history aroused the passion of wealthy collectors in the 17th and 18th centuries. These constitute vast "cabinets of curiosities" and sometimes undertak...
- $90 / ≈ €76
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740
L'Europe Dressée Sur les Nouvelles observations. . .
A rare and monumental wall map of Europe, with original outline color, of four joined sheets, surrounded by text and vignettes printed on separate sheets.Created in 1740 ...
Date: Paris, 1700-1740
Paris.
A spectacular large-scale panoramic view of Paris, with legends numbered from 1-70 in French. With the title in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (16...
Date: Augsburg, ca. 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 / ≈ €636
Date: Augsburg, 1740
Plan Geometral de la Ville de Lyon.
A gigantic wall map of Lyon was originally issued in 1735 and revised in 1740. Engraved by Claude Seracourt and published by R.P. Grégoire in Lyon, France in 1740.This i...
Date: Lyon, ca. 1740
Nuova carta dell Asia . . .
Attractive and detailed map of Asia showing good detail in China, Mongolia, Tibet, Kamchatka, Japan, Kuriles, Korea, Manchuria, Formosa, Philippines, Indonesia Borneo, Ne...
Date: Venice, 1740
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
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
Circulus Saxoniae inferioris.
Detailed map of Saxen, including Bremen, Berlin, Lübeck, etc. Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) was a German engraver and publisher, who established himself and his fami...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Nuremberg 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
Carta nuova dell'Arabia.
Detailed map of Arabia and environs. Based on a map published by Isaak Tirion in Amsterdam, but here issued by Albrizzi with a modified title.More about Mapping of Arabia...
Date: Venice, 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
Paris.
This is a spectacular panoramic view of Paris, with legends numbered from 1 to 70 in French. The title is in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690-...
Date: Augsbourg, ca. 1740
Moscoviae seu Russiae Magnae Generalis Tabula. . .
A scarce and attractive, wide-ranging map of incorporating Scandinavia, the Baltic countries, parts of Germany and Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Nor...
- $1500 / ≈ €1272
Date: Augsburg, 1740
![[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .](/uploads/cache/36599-250x250.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
Lapides Bezoardici Orientales. Tab CXI.
Natural history aroused the passion of wealthy collectors in the 17th and 18th centuries. These constitute vast "cabinets of curiosities" and sometimes undertak...
- $90 / ≈ €76
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740
Mappae Imperii Moscovitici pars Septentrionalis..
Detailed map of northern Russia embellished with an uncolored pictorial cartouche showing hunting scenes.Prepared by de l'Isle.
Date: Augsburg, 1740
Sphaerarum Artificialium Typica Repraesentatio. . .
Stunning engraving of Homann's terrestrial and celestial globes and armillary sphere, all with highly ornamented stands. Brief explanatory text.Johann Baptist Homann born...
Date: Nuremberg, 1740
Dantiscum F. Gedanum celeberrimum . . .
Dantzig city plan with a bird-eye view of the city and the main monuments.Matthaus Seutter the elder first published his "Atlas Geographicus" in 1720 and added ...
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740
