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Carte de la Babylonie nommée aujourd'hui Hierac-Arab avec les noms, tant anciens que modernes et les routes des expéditions de Cyrus et de Julien l'Apostat, aussi bien que celles de Teixera, Benjamin. . .
A very fine map centered on Arabia and in top Iraq with Baghdad. With a very attractive title cartouche on the lower left-hand corner. Published by Joseph-Nicolas De l' I...
- $550 / ≈ €476
Date: Paris/ Bordeaux, 1766
Nouvelle carte géographique des postes et autres routes d'Allemagne. . .
Map showing the northern provinces in Germany and part of the Netherlands. Decorative title cartouche in the upper left corner. A so-called post road maps.
- $80 / ≈ €69
Date: Paris, 1766
Bataille du Johansberg Gagnée par son Altesse Sérénissime Monseigneur le Prince de Condé . . . Le 30 Aoust 1762 . . .
Five detailed military battle-plans showing the four stages in the siege of Johansburg and the battle plan around Grüningen published by Jean de Beaurain (1696–1771) ....
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Paris, 1766
![Grond-beginzels der stuurmans-konst. . . [bound with] De tafelen sinuum tangentium en secantium. [Bound with] Tafelen logarithmi der hoekmaaten, raaklynen en snylynen.](/uploads/cache/33119-250x250.jpg)
Grond-beginzels der stuurmans-konst. . . [bound with] De tafelen sinuum tangentium en secantium. [Bound with] Tafelen logarithmi der hoekmaaten, raaklynen en snylynen.
An early instruction boek for the sailor prepared by Pybo Steenstra, who the official examinator of the V.O.C.. Published by Joannes van Keulen and sons. It is clear that...
Date: Amsterdam, Joannes van Keulen, n.d. 1766
Carta Topografica dell' Isola Del Maritaggio di Monsieur le Boble per la prima volta. Tradotta dal francese in italiano.
Second Italian printing of Eustache Le Noble’s "Carte de l’isle de marriage." The book’s text offers instructions on how to reach this matrimonial island ...
Date: Cosmopoli, 1766
America settentrionale. . .
Rare map of North America drawn directly from the work of Nicholas De Fer and N. Sanson's famous map of 1650. The map is engraved by Antonius Donzel Gallus.With open Grea...
Date: Napels, 1766
Canton Solothurn sive pagus Helvetiae Solodurensis cum confinibus recenter delineatus per Gabrielem Walserum.
A nice map of Swiss canton centered on Solothurn. Engraved by Tobias C. Lotter.
Date: Augsbourg, 1766
![[Title page] Recueil des côtes maritimes de France. . .]](/uploads/cache/47737-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Recueil des côtes maritimes de France. . .]
Title page of Recueil des côtes maritimes de France by Louis Brion De La Tour in 1766, and published by Desnos in Paris. With a decorative shipping scene in the lower pa...
- $175 / ≈ €151
Date: Paris, 1766
![[Title page] Atlas général, civil, ecclesiastique et militaire. . .](/uploads/cache/47738-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas général, civil, ecclesiastique et militaire. . .
Title page of Recueil des côtes maritimes de France by Louis Brion De La Tour in 1766, and published by Desnos in Paris.
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, 1766
![[Title page] Recueil des côtes maritimes de France. . .](/uploads/cache/48140-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Recueil des côtes maritimes de France. . .
Title page of Recueil des côtes maritimes de France by Louis Brion De La Tour in 1766, and published by Desnos in Paris. With a decorative shipping scene in the lower pa...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Paris, 1766
L'Empire des Turcs.
With decorative title cartouche upper right. Good detail in the Arabian peninsula.More about Mapping of Arabia [+]
Date: Paris, 1767
La Chine.
With decorative title cartouche lower right. Good detail of China's mainland with Taiwan and Hainan Province.
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Paris, 1767
Carte Réduite De La Partie Septentrionale De L'' Isle De Terre Neuve..
A well engraved and highly detailed chart, corrected to 1767. Elaborate hand-colored cartouche, rhumb lines.Shows northern part of Newfoundland and southern coast of Labr...
Date: Paris, 1767
De l'Asie. . .
On the left and on the right two explication cartouche. The text is in French, interesting for its documentation of contemporary European attitudes and preconceptions reg...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Paris, ca. 1767
![Plans de Quelques Villes de la Province de Hou-Quang. / Grondtekening [floor plan] van eenige Steden van't Landschap Hu-Quang.](/uploads/cache/34078-250x250.jpg)
Plans de Quelques Villes de la Province de Hou-Quang. / Grondtekening [floor plan] van eenige Steden van't Landschap Hu-Quang.
Interesting set of three local town plans each with extensive titles :"Yong Chew Fu, ou Yong Tcheou Fou." Centre: "Vu Chang Fu, ou Vou-Tchang-Fou Capitale:...
Date: The Hague, Pieter de Hondt, 1747-1767
Cité de Nang Hyong Fu, tiree the Nieuhof. De Stad van Nan-Hyong-Fu, uit Nieuhof.
Interesting view of Nan-Hyong-Fu with harbour and fort.Prepared by Jacques Nicolas Bellin and included in a Dutch edition of Prévost d' Exile's "Histoire des Voyage...
Date: The Hague, Pieter de Hondt, 1747-1767
t'Oost-Indisch-Huys.
A decorative print of the East Indian House, the headquarters of the V.O.C., a place for meeting, trading and storage of spices and ship equipment. The maps and charts we...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1760-1767
s'Lands en Oost-Indische Lynbanen.
A decorative print of the Lynbanen a place were V.O.C. ship riggings and ropes were produced and kept.From J.Wagenaar: Amsterdam in zijne opkomst, aanwas, geschiedenisse....
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Amsterdam, 1760-1767
The Harbour of Casco Bay and Islands Adjacent Bt Capt. Cyprian Southicke.
The earliest printed chart of Casco Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Maine on the southern coast of Maine, New England. First issued in 1720 by Mount and Page, it remained in...
Date: Dublin, 1767
Royaume de Pologne.
Fine map of Lithuania, Prussia and Poland with an explicatif text to both sides. From Jean Baptiste Louis Clouet (1730-1790) influential "Géographie Moderne" f...
Date: Paris, ca. 1767
Canton Schweiz sive pagus Helvetiae Suitensis... / per Gabrielem Walserum.
A wonderful map of the Schwyz canton by Gabriel Walser (1695-1776). The map is gloriously detailed, showing towns, rivers, lakes, mountains, political boundaries and many...
Date: Nuremberg, 1767
![[Title page Geographie moderne avec une introduction. . .]](/uploads/cache/47739-250x250.jpg)
[Title page Geographie moderne avec une introduction. . .]
Engraved title page and a text sheet from Jean Baptiste Louis Clouet (1730-1790) influential "Géographie Moderne" first published in 1767 and reissued in sever...
Date: Paris, 1767
![[Title page] Atlas nouveau portatif à l'usage des militaires college et du voyageur. . .](/uploads/cache/47746-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas nouveau portatif à l'usage des militaires college et du voyageur. . .
Title page of Atlas nouveau portatif à l'usage des militaires college et du voyageur by Étienne Louis Crepy in 1767.More about title pages [+]
- $175 / ≈ €151
Date: Paris, 1767
Expulsion et Embarquement des Jesuites des Etats d’Espagne, Par Ordre de S.M.C. le 31 Mars 1767
A large and rare print on the subject of the Expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain and its colonies by Charles III.In the wake of France, the Bourbons of Spain and Italy in...
- $400 / ≈ €346
Date: Paris, 1767
s'Lands en Oost-Indische Lynbanen.
A decorative print of the Lynbanen a place were V.O.C. ship riggings and ropes were produced and kept.
Date: Amsterdam, 1760-1767
t'Oost-Indisch-Huys.
A decorative print of the East Indian House, the headquarters of the V.O.C., a place for meeting, trading and storage of spices and ship equipment. The maps and charts we...
Date: Amsterdam, 1760-1767
s'Lands en Oost-Indische Lynbanen. & t'Oost-Indisch-Huys.
A decorative print of the Lynbanen a place were V.O.C. ship riggings and ropes were produced and kept.
Date: Amsterdam, 1760-1767
Carte réduite du Golphe de Genes. Conenant partie des cotes de Provence, celles de Piemont, de Genes et de Toscane . . .
Superb sea chart covering the coasts of the French and Italian Riviera's, Tuscany and northern tip of Corsica, prepared by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) the Royal Hy...
Date: Paris, 1768
Partie De L'Amerique Septentrionale... Le Cours De L'Ohio, La N.lle Angleterre, a Nlle York, le New Jersey , La Pensyvanie, Le Maryland, Le Virginie, La Carolina...1755
From the Atlas Universel , a detailed map extending the length of the east coast from Penobscot Bay to Cape Fear and, in an inset, from Cape Fear to Fort St.Georges.This ...
- $800 / ≈ €692
Date: Paris, 1768
Vermakelykheden van Brabant, en deszelfs onderhoorige Landen... (2 volumes)
Topographical and iconographical work on Brabant illustrated with 1 engr. title-vignette and 190 engraved views, plans & armorial plates by J. Harrewijn, G. Bouttats ...
Date: Amsterdam, P.J. Entrop, 1768
![[Title page] Atlas général, civil et ecclésiatique . . .](/uploads/cache/41595-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas général, civil et ecclésiatique . . .
Title page of the third edition of the world atlas by Brion De La Tour.
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Paris, 1768
Charta exhibens Situm antiquum Carthaginis, Uticae. . . / A Bird's View of the Situation of Antient Carthage.
A pair of engravings of ancient Carthage in North Africa, from Charles Rollins' "The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, medes &...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: London, ca 1768
Les Isles de la Sonde.
Small detailed map of southeast Asia, showing the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and the island of Borneo. Dated 1769.From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, later than 1769
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[manuscript plan] Siège de Schweidnitz en Silésie fait par les trouppes Imperial es commandées par Mr. le de Nadasti ...
This fine manuscript shows the layout of the city of Swidnica with its surrounding defence wall, its advanced bastions and suburbs, roads and two nearby villages. In lowe...
- $2750 / ≈ €2379
Date: France, 1769
Nouveau théâtre de la guerre entre les Russes les turcs et les polonois confédérés.
A very rare separately published map of Crime region. With a large title cartouche lower left "Nouveau theâtre de la guerre entre les russes, les turcs et les polon...
Date: Paris, 1769
Nieuwe Kaart van de Grootbrittannische Volkplantingen in Noord America waar in Tevens de Fransche Bezittingen en de Landen tuschen die Beide Volken. . .
A map of the east-coast of America from New Foundland till Florida, divided in French and British properties. Reduced size Dutch edition of Mitchell's map of North Americ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1769
Nieuwe kaart van Kanada . . .
Nice map of the Bay of Hudson, In Labrador, a small inset of Nova Scotia. The map is dated 1769. All text is in Dutch. The map shows the region shortly after the conclusi...
Date: Amsterdam, 1769
Plan général de Reims et de ses Environs Dédié au Roi.
Rare wall map of a plan of Reims engraved by Jean Lattré. Central cartouche included in the lower border, composed of the coat of arms of France and Navarre, surmounted ...
- $2500 / ≈ €2163
Date: Paris, Lattré, 1769
Plan de Thiagar, prise par l'arméé française en 1759.
An early manuscript map of Thiagar. With an extensive unfinished key to the left. The map was drawn shortly after the end of the Seven Years War, when the French took pos...
- $750 / ≈ €649
Date: Paris, 1769
Terra Sancta sive Palaestina. . .
Map of Palestine divided among the Tribes on both sides of Jordan and into Kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Cartouche at bottom right features a small map of the Exodus.T.C....
- $750 / ≈ €649
Date: Augsbourg, 1770
Vue des Promenades et les Fontaines d'Ispahan.
Carmine was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Augsburg.Isfahan was once one of Central Asia's largest and most important cities, at the crossroads ...
Date: Augsburg 1770
Plan der Stadt Quebec Haupstadt in Neu Franckreich oder Canada.
Town-plan of Quebec, with an inset view of the town in the lower right corner. In the upper right a recapitulation of the main military actions prior to the surrender of ...
Date: Nurnberg, 1770
Tabula Geographica qua pars Russiae Magnae. . .
An unrecorded state 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 [...
Date: Nuremberg, c. 1770
(Berlin) Prospectus Armamentarii regnii versus arcem principis regis haereditarii Berolini.
A square in Berlin. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical view...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Italy, 1770
America Septentrionalis, Concinnata juxta Observationes..
This exemplar represents Lotter's version of Delisle's foundation map of North America, published in 1700. The Great Lakes show the French strong holds at Quebec, Montrea...
- $875 / ≈ €757
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1770
Vue d'optique representant La Douane de Londres sur la Tamise. . .
Showing the Customs office in London seen from the River Thames. Published by Daumont, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques in...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, ca. 1770
Elevation perspective de la nouvelle place de Petersbourg suivant le projet . . .
Showing a perspective view of the new Palace Square in St. Petersburg. In the 1760s, the Baroque architecture was succeeded by neoclassical architecture.This so-called op...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, ca. 1770
Cercles de Haute-Saxe et de Basse-Saxe.
Early edition of this fine map of the duchies of Saxony (upper & lower), including part of present-day Poland. Published in "Atlas Portatif de Vaugondy".Cha...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Paris, ca.1770
(Hof, Voraths-Magazin, am Fontanka Flus, Zu Petersburg.)
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the river Fontanka in Saint Petersburg. The Fontanka is a branch of the Neva river. At the right of the print w...
- $225 / ≈ €195
Date: Augsburg, c.1770
(Title page) Atlas de la Province de Normandie dédié à Mr Thiroux de Crosne . . .
Title page to a rare atlas of the province of Normandy "Atlas de la Province de Normandie dédié à Mr Thiroux de Crosne . . ." dedicated to Mr. Thiroux Crosne...
Date: Paris, ca. 1770
Almanach géographique ou petit atlas élémentaire composé de Cartes générales et particulières des différens Empires, Royaumes et Républiques de l'Europe. . .
Charming almanac with two engraved dedication and title page, portrait of Christian VII. Roy de Dannemarck et de Norvège.The map of Asia is of interest for the use of Ko...
- $3000 / ≈ €2596
Date: Paris, 1770
Vue et Perspective de la Trinité a Vienne.
Decorative perspective view of a square in Vienna centered on the column which represents the Trinity. Published by Jacques François Chereau [1742 -1794], who was active...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Paris, 1770
Danton Fridrich Büsching.
Copper engraved portrait of the geographer Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724–1793), engraved by Johann David Schleuen ( (active 1740-1774). Büsching was a celebrated Ger...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Hamburg, ca. 1770
A folding fan showing a nautical festival, ca. 1770.
Folded fan, painted in gouache a ship pulled by two horses. On board, a large company, among others joins them while fishermen watch the scene.Reverse painted with an exo...
- $1500 / ≈ €1298
Date: France, ca. 1770
La France Divisée en ses quarante gouvernemens . . .
Map of France surrounded by a decorative frame.
Date: Paris, 1770
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Almanach Géograhique ou petit atlas.. [Seconde partie]
The second part of this uncommon miniature atlas with extensive geographical descriptions of mainly European countries.Including map of France; Netherlands; Belgium; Spai...
Date: Paris, 1770
Réjouissances du Peuple près de la Pyramide d'Illumination, élévée sur l'Esplanade de la Porte de Mars et Distribution de Vivres, fontaines de Vin , sous les Ordres de Mrs. Du Conseil de la Ville, à Reims le 27 Aoust 1765.
Engraved by Varin after Moreau Jr. The print shows a lightning spectacle held in Reims on 27 August 1765.
Date: Paris, 1771
Partie Occidentale de l'Empire de Russie. . . / Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie. .
Attractive map of Russia, ornated with a rococo title cartouche. Boundaries outlined in hand color.The detailed map covers from the Baltic Sea to Siberia and the Bering S...
- $400 / ≈ €346
Date: Paris, ca 1771
A view of the earth : being a short but comprehensive system of modern geography graphy ...
The Third Edition. First work with seven engraved maps (including a twin-hemisphere world map, continents), plate of a globe, engraved illustrations in the text including...
- $1750 / ≈ €1514
Date: London, S. Crowder and S. Gamidge, 1771
Partie Occidentale de l'Empire de Russie. . . / Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie. .
Attractive map of Russia, ornated with a rococo title cartouche. Boundaries outlined in hand color.The detailed map covers from the Baltic Sea to Siberia and the Bering S...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, ca 1771
Etat de l'Eglise et Duché de Toscane.
Map of central Italy with Tuscany region by Rigobert Bonne.
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Paris, 1771
Royaume de hongrie et Pays Adjacents.
Map of the Northern part of the Kingdom of Naples, by Rigobert Bonne.
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Paris, 1771
![[Title page] Atlas moderne ou collection de cartes. . .](/uploads/cache/47740-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas moderne ou collection de cartes. . .
Title page of Atlas moderne ou collection de cartes by Bonne Rigobert in 1771, published by Lattré, frontispiece drawn by Mounet and engraved by Prevost.
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Paris, 1771
Turquie d'Europe et partie de celle d'Asie…
An attractive map of Turkey, Greece, Cyprus. Prepared by Janvier.
Date: Paris, 1771
Carte des parties Nord et est de l'Asie.. (5 maps on one sheet)
Five maps on one sheet, showing California, Alaska and Syberia, Korea and Japan. South to Korea the island "Quelpaerts".The map is from Diderot's "Encyclop...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, 1772
Chorographie des Pays Bas Hollandois et Autrichiens. . .
Fine detailed and uncommon map of the modern Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Prepared by Etienne André Philippe de Pretot (1708-1787) after sources according to the...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, 1772
(upper sheets only) Asia According to the Sieur D'Anville Divided into its Empires, Kingdoms and States Showing the European Settlements in the East Indies and all the New Discoveries . . . 1772
Highly detailed map of Russia, including Turkey, China and Korea. Based on the cartography of the famous French cartographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville. Only th...
Date: London, 1772
Asia secundum novas celeberrimi de l'Isle Projectiones aliorumque. . .
A pleasant map of the continent of Asia, with each country displayed in a different color. Plain oval title cartouche. A set of 5 different mileage scales lower left corn...
Date: Augsburg, 1772
Carte des parties nord et ouest de L' Amerique. . .
An interesting map of North America, based upon an earlier map by Thomas Engel. His map of North America was issued in his 'Memoires Observations Geographique' in 1765, a...
Date: Paris, 1772
Nouvelle Representation des Cotes Nord et Est de L'Asie. . .
Three overlaid maps on one sheet. This interesting map shows northern coast of Europe and Asia, focusing on the idea of a North East Passage. Japan and Korea are shown on...
Date: Paris, 1772
Carte de la Californie et des Pays Nord-Ouest..
From Diderot's Encyclopedia. Fascinating study of the comparative cartography of the West Coast of North America, from the Straits of Anian to Cabo San Lucas and the sout...
Date: Paris, 1772
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...
Date: Paris, 1772
Carte de L'Indoustan. . .
Uncommon edition of this fine map of the northern part of India.From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des etablissemen...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1773
Carte du Bresil Prem.Partie...
Uncommon edition of this accurate map of the eastern part of Brazil.From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des etabliss...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Amsterdam, 1773
Carte Particuliere des Isles Moluques.
A very nice map centered on the island of the Moluccas.From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des etablissements et du ...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Amsterdam, 1773
Carte des Isles du Japon.. Coree, Avec .. De la Chine..
Uncommon map of Japan, with Hokkaido, Ryukhu, Korea, Taiwan and the southeast coast of China from Peking till Macao.A mysterious "Corree" shows only a scant few...
Date: Amsterdam, 1773
Nouvelle carte de l'Isle de Java.
A very nice map centered on the island of Java. With French text in title cartouche and an additional title in Dutch underneath the map.Read more Early maps of South East...
Date: Amsterdam, 1773
Carte de La Tartarie Orientale..
Uncommon edition of this fine map of Tartary with the Island of Sakhalin. In lower right engraved 21b.From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philo...
Date: Amsterdam, 1773
Carte du Mexique.
Uncommon edition of this fine map of Mexico. In lower right engraved 24.From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des etab...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Amsterdam, 1773
Carte du Bresil Prem. Partie..
Uncommon edition of this accurate map of eastern part of Brazil. In lower right engraved 29a.From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l''''intelligence de l''''Histoire Philosop...
Date: Amsterdam, 1773