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Vue du serail du grand Mogol, des Indes.
Optical print of a Mogul Palace in India. Probably published by or after Jacques Chereau, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Seville. Ville Archiepiscopale et Capitale du Raume d'Andalousie en Espagne. . .
A very decorative and extremely rare view of Seville, including a numbered (1-37) key in the lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776). Engraved by Aveline...
- $2200 / ≈ €1865
Date: Paris, ca.1750
Naples, Ville de la Province de Labour, Archiépiscopale, et Capitale du Royaume de Naples.
A very decorative and extremely rare view of Naples, including a numbered (1-18) key in the lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776). Engraved by Aveline ...
- $3500 / ≈ €2968
Date: Paris, ca.1750
Constantinople ville de Romanie et capitale de l'Empire des Turcs.
A very decorative and extremely rare of Istanbul, including a numbered legend in lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776). Engraved by Aveline and first ...
Date: Paris, ca.1750
Transisalania vulgo Over-Yssel auct. N. ten Have. . .
Map of the central part of the Netherlands, prepared by N. ten Have with a decorative cartouche lower left.Joachim Ottens (1663 - 1719) and his sons Renier and Joshua wer...
Date: Amsterdam, 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
Die innere Aussicht des Castells in Batavia . . .
Showing the inside-square of the V.O.C. headquarters in Jakarta.The hand colored engraving is much perforated and the windows are cut out, a thin transparent paper is mou...
- $500 / ≈ €424
Date: Augsburg, 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
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
Plan de la ville de Buenos-Ayres.
Early plan of Buenos-Ayres city. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbers.Jacques Nicolaas ...
- $300 / ≈ €254
Date: Paris, 1750
Plan de la ville de Siam.
Early plan of Siam, Thailand. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbers.Jacques Nicolaas Bel...
Date: Paris, 1750
Nouvelle Carte de L'Empire De La Chine et les Pais circonvoisins - Nieuwe Kaart van t Keizerryk China en de aangrensende Landen.
Finely engraved map of China and Korea, with titles in both French and Dutch.The map extends west to the Gobi Desert and Tibet and shows Macao and Canton, among other cit...
Date: Amsterdam, 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
![[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
1. Seigneure Delassa tirés de Grueber. 2. Trophée à l'honneur du Grand Lama. (Tibet).
Fanciful European depiction of people from Tibet and Lhassa. A somewhat larger image appeared in "Abbe A.F. Prévost, Histoire Generale des Voyages".
Date: Paris, 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
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
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
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
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
Nouvelle Carte de L'Empire De La Chine et les Pais circonvoisins - Nieuwe Kaart van t Keizerryk China en de aangrensende Landen.
Finely engraved map of China and Korea, with titles in both French and Dutch.The map extends west to the Gobi Desert and Tibet and shows Macao and Canton, among other cit...
- $500 / ≈ €424
Date: Amsterdam, 1750
Charte der Kriegs Operationen am Donn u: Dnieper Ihro Russisch Kayserl Majestaet Glorieusen Armeen A: 1736.
Very rare 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 givin...
Date: Augsburg, 1750
't Hooge Heemraedschap van Delfland met alle de Steden, Dorpen, Ambachten, Litmaten, Polders, (etc.).
The so-called Kruquius map is a wall-map of the Delfland water board district. The map consists of 25 engraved map sheets. Several maps flanked by fine large armorial car...
Date: Delft, 1712-1750
Discus Chronologicus Regum utriusque Siciliae et Ducum Princ
Chronological volvelle table showing the Sicilian rulers from the year 0 until 1730. COMPLETE with its volvelle. Each circle corresponds to a jurisdiction.
Date: Nuremberg, 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 / ≈ €297
Date: Paris, 1750
Carte de LA LOUISIANE et des PAYS VOISINS Dédiée a M. Rouillé Dediee a M. Rouille Secretairr 'd Etat ayant le Departement de la Marine... 1750
North America from the eastern seaboard to the Rocky Mountains. Based on Delisle's map of 1718 with additions from notes compiled by the Jesuit priest, explorer and histo...
Date: Paris, 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
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
Partie Orientale De L'Empire De Russie En Asie, ou trouvent les Provinces de Jakuckskoy, Kransnojarskoy, Selinginskoy, Ilimskoy, Krasnojarskoy, Narimskoy, Jenisseiskoy, Mangajeiskoy, & c. et les Confins de la Tatarie Chinoise. . . .1750
Map of the Northeastern portion of Asia, including Russia, China, the Gobi Desert, etc..
- $250 / ≈ €212
Date: Paris, 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
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
D. Cassini. Né en 1625. mort en 1712.
Very rare stipple engraved portrait of Jean Dominique Cassini. Dominique Cassini was the son of César-François Cassini de Thury, the grandson of Jacques Cassini and the...
Date: Paris, ca. 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 / ≈ €127
Date: Paris, 1750
La Prusse divisée en Prusse royale, et Prusse Ducale. . .
Finely and crisply engraved map of Prussia including The Bay of Danzig. Ornamental title cartouche in the upper part of the map from his "Atlas Universel".Gille...
- $300 / ≈ €254
Date: Paris, 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.There are very good details of towns and trade routes in ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1750
Marchionatus Moraviae circuli Znoymensis et Iglaviensis. . .
Map of the Znaym region of Moravia, the southern part of the Czech Republic, with figurative cartouche and small table of explanations. After Johann Christoph Müller pub...
- $250 / ≈ €212
Date: Nuremberg, 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
Das Hertzogthum Pommern.
Very rare map of Pomerania engraved by Johann David Schleuen (1711-1771) who was an publisher and engraver active in Berlin. He is known for his "General-Carte des g...
- $750 / ≈ €636
Date: Berlin, 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...
- $120 / ≈ €102
Date: Paris, 1750
Hispania Benedictina, seu Monasteria et alia pia loca Ord. S. Benedicti ..
Map of the Iberian Peninsula and an inset map of South America with all the monasteries and holy places of the Benedictine order, compiled by the Benedictine friar Rupert...
Date: Nuremberg 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 / ≈ €382
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 / ≈ €1060
Date: Amsterdam, c. 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
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
![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 / ≈ €127
Date: Paris, 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
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 / ≈ €254
Date: Paris, 1750
Nangasakij.
Charming 18th watercolor on paper depicting a panoramic view of Nagasaki and the factory Deshima of the V.OC. Probably made by a Western artist visiting Japan.RARE. Due ...
Date: c.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
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 / ≈ €297
Date: Amsterdam, 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
The Philippine Islands and others of the East Indies. . .
Herman Moll's 'busy' map of South East Asia and the Philippines, published in the middle of the eighteenth century in London. The map includes numerous small islands, Sum...
- $280 / ≈ €237
Date: London, 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
![[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 / ≈ €339
Date: Amsterdam, c. 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
Introduction a la géographie carte des diverses positions de la sphere..
A charming and large print showing a terrestrial, celestial and an armillary globe with smaller circular diagrams illustrating the theories of Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe ...
- $1000 / ≈ €848
Date: Paris 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 / ≈ €254
Date: ca. 1750
Imperium Moscoviae.
Map of the empire of Moscovia
- $300 / ≈ €254
Date: Nuremberg, 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 / ≈ €254
Date: Paris, ca. 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
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.The Caspian Sea in t...
Date: Amsterdam, 1731 / 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 / ≈ €254
Date: Paris, 1750
Karte von Katay od. dem Reiche Kin, zur Geschichte von Jenghiz Khan. Aus dem Englischen.
The map is of interest for the use of East Sea, the sea between Korea and Japan, here called "Meer von Corea".Copper engraving, hand colored in outline and wash...
Date: Leipzig, Schwabe, 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 / ≈ €636
Date: Nuremburg, after 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
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 / ≈ €106
Date: London, ca 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
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
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
Kancheu.
Charming 18th water color on paper depicting Kancheu. Probably made by a western artist visiting China.
Date: c.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
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...
Date: Augsburg 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...
Date: Augsburg 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
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 / ≈ €191
Date: Nuremberg, 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
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
Vue de l'Entree de la Cour.. de la rue de l'Arno a Florence
So-called optical print of Arno Street in Florence, in Tuscany region. Probst was the best-known publishers of optical prints, established in Augsburg.In the eighteenth ...
- $150 / ≈ €127
Date: Augsburg 1750
