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Emir Fechrredin prince des Drus.
Engraving published by Nicolas Bonnart (c.1637 - 1718), engraver in Augsburg since 1719. Before the nineteenth century, portraits of rulers in the Middle East were a rari...
Date: Paris, 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
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 / ≈ €1273
Date: Augsburg, 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
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 / ≈ €1019
Date: Nuremberg, ca. 1740
Estats de L'Empire du Grand Seigneur dit Sultan et Ottomans Empereur des Turcs. . .
The map shows the extent of the Ottoman Empire from the Balkans to Persia, including all of Arabia and North Africa (an inset map at lower left shows the continuation of ...
- $150 / ≈ €127
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
![[Title page] Atlante Novissimo . . .](/uploads/cache/48001-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlante Novissimo . . .
Uncommon frontispiece, From Girolamo Albizzi, Italian version of Guillaume Delisle atlas"Atlante novissimo . . ."The architectural columns are flanked by both ...
- $225 / ≈ €191
Date: Venice, 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 / ≈ €637
Date: Nuremberg 1740
Lapides Porcini. Tab CXIII.
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
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
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
Virginia Marylandia et Carolina..
An attractive and detailed map, covering the coastline from Long Island in the north to just south of Cape Feare in Carolina, with the large fictitious Apalache Lacus in ...
- $1500 / ≈ €1273
Date: Augsburg, 1740
l'Hemisphere Septentrionale pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres Arctiques. . .
This is a stunning and terrific map of the Northern Hemisphere that was originally drawn by Guillaume de L'Isle in 1714 and updated by Coven's and Mortier in 1741. It cov...
Date: Amsterdam 1740
Comitatus Stolbergici ad Hercyniam. . .
The County of Stolberg (Grafschaft Stolberg) was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the Harz mountain range in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled ...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Nuremberg, ca 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
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 ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Sphaerarum Artificialium Typica Repraesentatio. . .
Johann Baptist Homann born in Kammlach (1663). He was engraver, map-seller and geographer to the Kaiser of the Holy Roman Empire (1715). He also was member of the Prussia...
- $1300 / ≈ €1103
Date: Nuremberg 1740
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
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
Les Provinces confederées du Pais-Bas
The first wall map of the Seven Provinces of 1651, re-issued as 'Stoel des Oorlogs' by Covens & Mortier. The first issue of the present wall-map is known to be includ...
Date: Amsterdam, c. 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
![[Plan of the port and city of Nagasaki]](/uploads/cache/23106-250x250.jpg)
[Plan of the port and city of Nagasaki]
AN EXTRAORDINARY RARE AND EARLY JAPANESE MANUSCRIPT PLAN OF NAGASAKIA detailed manuscript plan of the navigation into Nagasaki, the town, its layout and surrounding areas...
Date: Nagasaki. Japan, c.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
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
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
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
Plan de Luxembourg.
Beautiful engraved plan of the city of Luxembourg, accompanied by a table of references.
- $500 / ≈ €424
Date: Paris, 1741
Carte particulière des environs de St Peters-bourg. . . / Plan de la ville faubourg et environs de St Petersbourg. . . / Carte pour l'intelligence de la guerre de Moscovie et de Suede. . .
A scarce and unusual plan of Saint Petersburg shown at a large scale and also, in a separate compartment, shown in its geographical context between the Gulf of Finland an...
Date: Paris, c.1741
Globe Terrestre Didié et Présénté a Monseigneur le Comté Maubec de Brancas...
A rare terrestrial globe dated 1741. Complete title "Globe Terrestre Didié et Présénté a Monseigneur le Comté Maubec de Brancas Par Jacque Hardy. Dres...
Date: Paris, dated 1741
Die Europaeische oder kleine Tartarey, nebst den angraentzenden Laendern. . .
Showing the Black Sea region. Uncommon map from the "Atlas Selectus" by the German cartographer Johann Georg Schreiber (1676-1750). Schreiber followed in the fo...
- $450 / ≈ €382
Date: Leipzig, 1741
Kaartje van Asia. . .
Attractive and rare map of Asia. From Atlas Portatif . With a curious and oversized Hokkaido. The map is of interest for the use of Corease Zee for the sea between Korea ...
Date: Deventer, 1742
'T Noorderdeel van Moscovie Na de stelling van G. de L'Isle. . .
Attractive and rare map of part of Russia, including St. Persburg, Archangel, Finland, Lapland and Moscow. From Atlas Portatif .
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Deventer, 1742
Plan de Prague.
Rare and separately published plan of Prague published by Joan Baptista Nolin with the address à l'enseigne de la Place des Victoires et chez le Sr. Humblot rue St. Jacq...
- $550 / ≈ €467
Date: Paris, ca. 1742
Amerique Septentrionale suivant la carte de Pople faite à Londres en 20 feuilles.
The key sheet to Henry Le Rouge/Popple wall map of the British Colonies in North America. Appears in the author's Atlas Général [1741-62].Key map of the French editio...
Date: Paris, Le Rouge, 1742
Kaartje van Asia. . .
Attractive and rare map of Asia. From Atlas Portatif . With a curious and oversized Hokkaido. The map is of interest for the use of Coreanse Zee for the sea between Korea...
Date: Deventer 1742
Novissima totius Terrae Sanctae sive promissionis. . .
Engraved by J.B.Homann and published by David Funck. One of the very few maps engraved by Johan Baptist Homann, signed lower right.A rare map of the Holy Land, orientated...
- $950 / ≈ €806
Date: Nuremberg, 1742
![[Title page] Atlas Coelestis in mundus spectabilis, et in eodem Stellarum](/uploads/cache/47437-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas Coelestis in mundus spectabilis, et in eodem Stellarum
Title page from the first edition of this celestial atlas.
Date: Nuremberg 1742
Rom: Keyserl. Majest. Königl Hoher Allierten Kriegs Theatrum von Schlesien, Böhmen, Maehren u: Oestereich. . .
A rare map centred on Austria, eastern Germany, Poland and Tsjechië. In upper right corner an inset plan of Prague. Showing the situation of the first Silesian War of 17...
- $900 / ≈ €764
Date: Nuremberg, 1742
(Title page) Recueil Contenant des Cartes Nouvelles Dressées Sur des Morceaux.
Rare title page. Le Rouge was a military Ingenieur for fortifications. He was a map-maker for the army and Marine Royale. He was active between 1740 and 1780, in Paris at...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, 1742
Carte des Pais Bas contenant la Flandre, le Brabant, Pais de Liege. . .
Map sheet from a multi-sheet map of the Low Countries, showing a large title cartouche and part of the Northern French coast line around Calais, Duinkerken and Furnes. Th...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Paris, 1742
A view of Cassel, a very strong city in Italy, taken by the Duke of Savoy in Decem.r 1706
An interesting copper engraved plan of the Fortification of Cassel in Italy, with an attractive rococo cartouche, showing an overview of the battlefield and surrounding a...
Date: London, 1743
Carte de l'Asie Minevre ou de la Natolie et du Pont Euxin...
A map centered on the Black Sea and the geographical regions surrounding it. The map shows Asia Minor, Crete, Cyprus, northern Syria, Iraq, Georgia, Crimea, Bulgaria, Rom...
Date: Nuremberg, 1743
ANNA IWANOVNA - Anna Ioannovna imperatricea i camoderschiza wserossinskaja (rossice). Anna Joannowna imperatrix totius Russiae
Extremely rare half portrait print of Anna Ivanovna (7 February [O.S. 28 January] 1693, Moscow – 28 October [O.S. 17 October] 1740) reigned as Duchess of Courland from ...
Date: St. Petersburg, 1743
ELISABETH I. - Elisabet imperatriza wseros sinskaja petra welikago dscherj (rossice). Elisabetha imperatrix. Omnium Russiarum Petri. Magni. Filia.
Extremely rare half portrait print of Elizaveta Petrovna (29 December [O.S. 18 December] 1709 – 5 January 1762 [O.S. 25 December 1761] ), also known as Yelisavet and El...
Date: St. Petersburg, 1743
FJODOR JOANNOWITSCH - Feodor Ioannowitsch zar i camoderschez wserossinskij (rossice). Feodor Ioannowicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae Joann Alexiewicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae.
Extremely rare half portrait print of Czar Fyodor I Ivanovich (31 May 1557 – 16/17 January 1598) was the last Rurikid Tsar of Russia (1584 - 1598), son of Ivan the Terr...
Date: St. Petersburg 1743
La procession de Ganga/ La fête de Huly.
Two scenes on one page showing religious scenes, in Japan. Fine copper engraving by Bernard Picart and taken from Bernard Picart's famous Céréonies et costumes religieu...
- $30 / ≈ €25
Date: Amsterdam, 1743
ALEXEI I. - Alexei Michailowitsch zar i camoderschez wserossinskij (rossice). Alexei Michailowicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae.
Extremely rare half portrait print of Czar Alexei Michailowicz..Aleksey Mikhailovich Romanov ( 9 March 1629 (O.S.) – 29 January 1676 was the Tsar of Russia during some ...
Date: St. Petersburg, 1743
IWAN ALEXEJEWITSCH - Ioann Alexejewitsch zar i camoderschez wserossinskij (rossice).Joann Alexiewicz tzaar et autocrator totius Russiae.
Extremely rare print of Czar Ivan Alexejewitsch, who was the brother of Peter the Great.Johann Stenglin was a well known engraver, born at Augsburg in 1715, he studied un...
Date: St. Petersburg 1743
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[Manuscript chart on vellum of the Java Sea]
One of the few manuscript charts on vellum in private hands, signed by Isaac de Graaf. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MAP IN RED, GREEN AND BLACK INK showing the Java Sea centered o...
Date: Amsterdam, 1743
Plan of the Investiture of Ostend Surrenderd, 6 July, 1706
An interesting copper engraved plan of the Fortification of Doway in Flanders, with an attractive rococo cartouche, showing an overview of the battlefield and surrounding...
Date: London, 1743
Plan of the Attack of Camaret Bay, on the coast of Bretagne, thro which lies the Harbour of Brest.
An interesting copper engraved plan of the Fortification of Camaret in Bretagne (France), with an attractive rococo cartouche, showing an overview of the battlefield and ...
Date: London, 1743
Plan of ye Battle of Wynendale between ye Troops of ye Allies commanded by Major Gen. Webb & those of France under Count de La Motte Sept. 28 1708.
An interesting copper engraved battle plan of Pinedale during the War of the Spanish Succession, showing the position of General Webb's troops in order to protect an alli...
Date: London, 1743
Mons the Capital City of Hainault in y Low Countries, taken by y French in 1691, Restor'd to y Spaniards by y Peace of Ryswick in 1697, retaken by y Allies in 1709, and left to y Emperor by y Treaty of Utrecht. .
An interesting copper engraved view of the walled city engraved by I. Basire, with pictographs of buildings. Many buildings and places are named on the map. Nicholas Tind...
Date: London, 1743
Imperii Russici et Tartariae Universae tabula novissima.
Decorative and rare map covering Russia, Tibet, China, Tartary, Korea, Taiwan and Japan prepared by J. M. Hasius. The sea between Japan and Korea is mentioned Mare Orient...
Date: Utrecht, 1743
Sr Walter Ralegh.
Copper engraved portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh (ca. 1554 – 1618) by Jacob Houbraken (1698 – 1780), from Thomas Birch's "The Heads of Ilustrious Persons of Great ...
- $350 / ≈ €297
Date: London, John and Paul Knapton, 1743
Allerneuester geographisch- und topographischer Schau-Platz von Africa und Ost-Indien. . .
An early issue of this important book by Johann Wolfgang Heydt's describing the Dutch factories, settlements and stations at the hands of the Dutch East India Company in ...
Date: Wilhermsdorf, Tetscher u. Nürnberg, Homanns Erben, 1744
Tabula Generalis Marchionatus Moraviae..
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map has a large decorative cartouche. Detailed map of the historic Moravia region of the Czech Republic, in the present-day Jihormor...
- $275 / ≈ €233
Date: Nuremberg 1744
Anfiteatro detto l'Arena di Verona.
Large two sheet copper engraving of the Amphitheater of Verona after a design of Adriano Cristofali. On three sides it is surrounded by architectural details interspersed...
- $2200 / ≈ €1867
Date: Verona, 1744
Cours du Danube, Feuille 1 contenant LA SUABE . . .
Fine map of part of the River Danube, including the southern German province of Swaben.From his rare atlas "Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne, contenant toutes les O...
Date: Paris, 1744
![[Title page Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna Et Provincias. . .]](/uploads/cache/47735-250x250.jpg)
[Title page Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna Et Provincias. . .]
Title page of Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna Et Provincias, drawn by Georg Matheus Seutter and his son Albrecht Carl. Georg Matheus was one of the mo...
Date: Augsburg, 1744
![[2 maps and one text sheet] Theatrum Belli A° MDCCXXXVII. . . / Verus Chersonesi Tauricae Seu Crimea Conspectus adjacentium item Regionem itinerisq ab Exercitu Ruthemo...](/uploads/cache/27975-250x250.jpg)
[2 maps and one text sheet] Theatrum Belli A° MDCCXXXVII. . . / Verus Chersonesi Tauricae Seu Crimea Conspectus adjacentium item Regionem itinerisq ab Exercitu Ruthemo...
[2 maps and one text sheet] Theatrum Belli A° MDCCXXXVII. . . / Verus Chersonesi Tauricae Seu Crimea Conspectus adjacentium item Regionem itinerisq ab Exercitu Ruthemo A...
- $1100 / ≈ €934
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1744
Regni Angliae et Wallae principatus Tabula, divisa in LII Regiones. . .
A detailed and decorative map of England, with an attractive uncolored title cartouche. The map is a re-issue of Carolus Allard's map. The elaborate title cartouche in th...
- $400 / ≈ €340
Date: Amsterdam c. 1744
Chaerte vande Wieringer waert, de welcke inden jaere XVI… (Wieringerwaard)
Rare wall map of the Wieringerwaard polder, as raffled on 12 July 1611. The polder was laid dry in 1610. It border, and the municipality's border, were the Zuiderzee, the...
Date: 1741-1744
Neu Engeland Neu York, Neu Jersey und Pensilvanien & c. . .
The scarce German edition of Moll's popular and rather significant map which appeared in Oldmixon's 1708 book, Das Britische Reich in America. and then in other editions ...
Date: Lemgo, 1744
An exact chart of the countries through wich Capt. Behring travelled from Tobolsky capital of Siberia ti the country of Kamtschatka.
The earliest English language map to show Vitus Behring's Route.After retiring from a tour as Captain in the Czar's Navy, Behring, originally from Denmark, settled in Vyb...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: London, 1744
A new & accurate map of Louisiana, with part of Florida. . .
An English view of North America compiled from available French maps, especially those of Bellin used in Charlevoix's History of New France. English cartographers had lit...
Date: London, 1744
Asia secundum legitimas projectionis stereographicae.
Highlighted area covers part of Spain, eastern coast of Ireland to western part of Papua New Guinea and the Asian continent from the Northern Polar Sea to the Indian Ocea...
Date: Nurenberg, 1744
![[Title page] Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna et Provincias , Germaniae Potissimum. . .](/uploads/cache/48479-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna et Provincias , Germaniae Potissimum. . .
An attractive and highly decorative title page to Seutter's Atlas Minor. Engraved by Martin Crophius after Jacob Weyerman. The engraving is packed with lively figures fro...
Date: Augsburg, 1744
Judaea seu Palaestina .. Terra Sancta. . .
Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map has two large decorative cartouches. Upper left Moses receiving the Tables. Lower right Moses and Aaron pointing at a map showin...
Date: Nuremberg, 1744
Hic Jacent Puteolorum Bajarum, Miseni Cumarium. . .
A bird's-eye view of Puzzoli and environs, depicting fascinating topographical and architectural features of interest. Title cartouche describes the map and area in Latin...
- $80 / ≈ €68
Date: London, 1725-1744
Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de L'Abissinie &c..
Detailed copper-engraved map of North-East Africa showing Guinea in the southwest through Ethiopia , the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf.In the northwest, Tunis through Egypt...
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1745
![[Lot of 3 maps] Carte de la Souveraineté de NEUCHATEL et VALLANGIN. Plus Mercator's and Blaeu's maps of the Wiflispurgergou]](/uploads/cache/18600-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 3 maps] Carte de la Souveraineté de NEUCHATEL et VALLANGIN. Plus Mercator's and Blaeu's maps of the Wiflispurgergou]
Map of the lake of Neuchatel by Covens & Mortier. After the death of the widow of Pieter Mortier in 1719, the firm continued till 1778 as Covens & Mortier. They...
- $350 / ≈ €297
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1745
Carte du Paraguay, du Chili, du Detroit de Magellan &c.
Large handsome map of the southern part of the continent with good interior detail for the period. The route of 18th century explorations are shown along with notations c...
Date: Amsterdam c. 1745
L'Amerique Meridionale Dressée sur les Observations . . .
Detailed map of South America prepared by De L'Isle, with fine title cartouche.
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1745
Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff.
Decorative portrait of Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff, who was Governor for the V.O.C. (Dutch East Indian Company) in Indonesia.
Date: Amsterdam, 1745
Carte des Côtes de Malabar et de Coromandel Presentée au Roy. . .
Large and attractive map of the Indian coasts of Malabar and Coromandel, embellished with title cartouche and 2 compass roses. It shows the most northern part of Ceylon.T...
- $500 / ≈ €424
Date: Amsterdam c. 1745
![{Title page] Introduction a la geographie, Contenant.. (2 sheets)](/uploads/cache/21495-250x250.jpg)
{Title page] Introduction a la geographie, Contenant.. (2 sheets)
In lower part title page an interesting world map in double hemisphere. The map is printed north up and is mirror imaged. Showing California as an island. French text on ...
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1745
Atlas van Zeevaert en Koophandel door de Geheele Weereldt.
Engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved dedication to the Dutch East India Company, 32 double-page engraved charts with con...
- $65000 / ≈ €55172
Date: Amsterdam, 1745
Carte du Comté de Flandre, Dressée sur differens. . .
Large, detailed map of the Flanders including the French Flemish-speaking area. Shows illustrated topography with notations about towns, roads, fortresses, abbeys, monast...
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1745
Carte Des Pays Bas Catholiques Dressée. . .
Topographically detailed map that extends from Paris to Metz and north into Holland. Details include roads and scores of villages. Two decorative cartouches: one with fig...
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1745