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Chirurgie, plate XIV.
Showing medical bondage from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier. Very important work as it is giving an invento...
- $50 / ≈ €42
Date: Paris, 1779
L'Isle de la Dominique par M.J.M.Anglois. . .
A handsome map of the Caribbean island of Dominica. There are "Observations" at lower left, and "Suite des observations" at lower right, both providin...
Date: Paris, 1779
Analytique des différentes positions de la Sphère, des différens systemes, des révolutions et des distances des Planètes, &c
Containing "Globe Celeste", "Sphere de Copernic", "Globe Terrestre", "Systeme de Ptolomee" ; including diagrams of the solar syste...
Date: Paris, 1780
Carte du Bourdelois du Perigord et des provinces voisines..
Map covering the area from La Rochelle till the surrounding country of Bordeaux to the south and till Limoges and Cahors to the east.
- $120 / ≈ €102
Date: Paris, c. 1780
Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de l'Abissinie..
Map of east Africa showing South Arabia.
- $200 / ≈ €169
Date: Paris, 1780
Vüe de L'Eglise Cathedrale de Tolede.
A so-optical print of a church in Toledo, Spain, prepared for use in a light-box or an amusing light-show. This richly hand colored print is much perforated, windows are ...
Date: Italy ca 1780
Carte géographique contenant le royaume de Sibérie . . .
Scarce and highly detailed map of Siberia subdivided into three provinces, namely Tobolsk, Jenissejesk, Irkutsk, and outer parts of the Tartary.In upper right corner inse...
Date: Augsburg, c. 1770-1780
Gezicht van het Admiraliteits-Magazyn en Scheeps Timmerwerf.
Formerly the V.O.C. warehouse and arsenal for the Admiralty of Amsterdam, now-a-days the Scheepvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum). Taken from the "Atlas of Amsterdam"...
Date: Amsterdam, 1780
A Perspective View of the Admiralty Office, Dock-Yard, Storehouses &c. at Amsterdam.
Decorative engraving giving good detail of the intense activity in the Amsterdam dockyards.Engraved for BANKES's New System of Geography
Date: Amsterdam, 1780
Carte d'une Partie des Cotes de la Floride et de la Louisiane, Contenant le Cours du Mississipi...
A well engraved and highly detailed chart of part of the Gulf Coast, dated 1778 that was issued in Neptune americo-septentrionale. The chart covers the area between St. J...
Date: Paris, 1778-1780
Prospect des Escurials von vornen gegen Madrid / L'entrée de l'Escurial, en perspective.
A so-called optical print of the the entrance to the Escurial at the foot of the Sierra Guadarrama in Spain. Bilingual title in German and French. Engraved by Leizel.
Date: Augsburg, 1780
Carte Particuliere de la Hongrie de la Transilvanie de la Croatie et de la Sclavonie Dressée sur les Onservations de Mr. Le Comte Marsilli. . . Par G. Delisle.
Map of Hungary and Slovakia and adjacent parts of Croatia, Serbia and Romania (Transylvania). Prepared by Marsilli, published by Dezauche.
Date: Paris, ca. 1780
Vue du Magazin de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales. . .
So-called optical print of the formerly the V.O.C. warehouse and arsenal for the Admiralty of Amsterdam, now-a-days the Scheepvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum).In the eightee...
Date: France, 1780
108e. Vaisseaux en pleine Mer.
Optical print of ships in the open sea, by Daumont, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the...
- $200 / ≈ €169
Date: Paris, 1780
La Mer Agitée et Naufrage de plusietrs Vassseaux.
So-called optical print illustrating a dramatic rough sea with the wrecking of 3 ships.A so-called optical print by Daumont. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, m...
- $200 / ≈ €169
Date: Paris, 1780
Madrid.
Extremely rare town-view of Madrid. Engraved by Francesco Ambrosi.With a second title in lower part "Madrid Ciudad Capital Del Reyno D'Espana y real corte de los rey...
Date: Bassano del Grappa, c.1780
Gezicht van het Oost-Indisch-Huys, op de binnen plaats te zien, tot Amsterdam.
Taken from the "Atlas of Amsterdam". Showing the inner square of the East Indian House of the V.O.C. in Amsterdam.A place for meeting, trading and storage of sp...
Date: Amsterdam, 1780
Ingermanlandiae seu Ingriae novissima tabula luci tradita. . .
Detailed map centered on Saint Petersburg. With imposing title cartouche and panoramic view of Saint Petersburg. The map was drawn shortly after the conclusion of the Gre...
Date: Nurenberg, 1780
Ceremonie de la grande Feste que les Chinois celebre le 24 de la Lune d'Aoust dans la principale Place de Pekin.
So-called optical print illustrating the festivities on the 24th of August in Beijing.Mondhare was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris, at rue ...
Date: Paris, c.1780
Vue perspective de la grande Rue de Nanquin ancienne Ville de la Chine.
So-called optical print of a street in Nanking. The wide boulevard is lined with merchants displaying their wares with colorful flags and signs. The street is filled with...
Date: Paris, c.1780
La Pologne Dressée sur ce qu'en ot donné Starovolsk, Beauplan, Hartnoch. . .
Large map of Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and part of Ukraine. The map is filled with detail and decorated with a title cartouche flanked by mythological figures.According ...
Date: Paris, 1773 - 1780
Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Nouvelle York, Nouvelle Jersey, et Pensilvanie.
Highly detailed regional map of the Northeastern US, featuring numerous place names, Forts, Native American tribes, rivers,coastal banks, and other details. This is a Fre...
- $250 / ≈ €212
Date: Paris, 1780
Partie Septentrionale de la Russie Européenne . . .
Detailed map of European part of Russia, including Finland and Lapland.
Date: Paris, 1780
Carte géographique contenant le Royaume de Siberie . . .
Very rare and highly detailed map of Siberia subdivided in three provinces, namely Tobolsk, Jenissejesk, Irkutsk, and outer parts of the Tartary. In upper right corner in...
- $800 / ≈ €678
Date: Augsburg, 1770- 1780
Vue perspective de l'interieur de la Salle du spectacle de Veronne en Italie.
Showing the Opera of Verona. Optical print published Mondhare, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques in Paris. In the eighteent...
Date: Paris, ca. 1780
![Fille Jakoute par derrière [together with] Fille Jakoute par devant.](/uploads/cache/32984-250x250.jpg)
Fille Jakoute par derrière [together with] Fille Jakoute par devant.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
![Fille Jakoute par derrière [together with] Fille Jakoute par devant.](/uploads/cache/32985-250x250.jpg)
Fille Jakoute par derrière [together with] Fille Jakoute par devant.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
![Un Jacout en habit de chasse par devant [together with] Un Jakout en habit de chasse par derriére.](/uploads/cache/32986-250x250.jpg)
Un Jacout en habit de chasse par devant [together with] Un Jakout en habit de chasse par derriére.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
![Fille tatare à Kousnetsk par devant. [together with] Fille tatare Kousnetsk par derriere.](/uploads/cache/32988-250x250.jpg)
Fille tatare à Kousnetsk par devant. [together with] Fille tatare Kousnetsk par derriere.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
![Femme tatare à Kousnetsk par devant. [together with] Femme tatare à Kousnetsk par derriere.](/uploads/cache/32990-250x250.jpg)
Femme tatare à Kousnetsk par devant. [together with] Femme tatare à Kousnetsk par derriere.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
![Une Kirguisiene par devant. [together with] Une Kirguisienne par derriere.](/uploads/cache/32991-250x250.jpg)
Une Kirguisiene par devant. [together with] Une Kirguisienne par derriere.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate showing two natives of Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian country along the Silk Road, the ancient trade route between China and the Medit...
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
Ingermanlandiae seu Ingriae. . .
Detailed map centered on St.Petersburg. With imposing title cartouche and panoramic town-view of St.Petersburg. The map was drawn shortly after the conclusion of the Grea...
- $750 / ≈ €635
Date: Nurenberg, 1780
Vue perspective de la grande Rue de Nanquin ancienne Ville de la Chine.
So-called optical print of a street in Nanking. The wide boulevard is lined with merchants displaying their wares with colorful flags and signs. The street is filled with...
Date: Paris, c.1780
Kirgise à cheval.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $50 / ≈ €42
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
Femme tatare de Katchin.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $50 / ≈ €42
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
![Une Chamane ou devineresse de Krasnojarsk par derrière.[together with] Une Chamane ou devineresse de Krasnojarsk.](/uploads/cache/33007-250x250.jpg)
Une Chamane ou devineresse de Krasnojarsk par derrière.[together with] Une Chamane ou devineresse de Krasnojarsk.
Uncommon copper engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
Le globe terrestre representé en deux plans-hemispheres, Dressé sur la Projection de Mr. De la Hyre...
“This splendid GlobeTerrestre originally published by J.B. Nolin is one of the finest large-scale world maps to be produced and is a fitting bridge between the geograph...
Date: Paris, c. 1780
Tempum S.Joannis in Laterano Romae. . .
A so-called optical print. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular specialty establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optica...
- $150 / ≈ €127
Date: Italy, ca.1780
Prospect der Strasse gegen der Kirche der Recolecten in der obern Stadt zu Quebec. Vuë de la Rue des Recolets dans la haute Ville de Quebec.
A so-called optical print showing a decorative imaginary town view of Québec, with a street view with soldiers marching and pedestrians, an idealized view depicting Qué...
- $450 / ≈ €381
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1780
Prospect des Haupt Plazes der Untern Stadt zu Quebec.
A so-called optical print showing a decorative imaginary town view of Québec, with a street view with soldiers marching and pedestrians, an idealized view depicting Qué...
- $500 / ≈ €424
Date: Augsburg, ca.1780
Ingermanlandiae seu Ingriae novissima tabula luci tradita. . .
Detailed map centered on St. Petersburg. With imposing title cartouche and panoramic view of St. Petersburg. The map was drawn shortly after the conclusion of the Great N...
Date: Nurenberg, 1780
Carte pour servir a L'Histoire Philosophique et Politique..
Showing the eastern hemisphere, including Australia. With inset map of India and Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean.The focus of the chart is European trade and commerce with ...
- $150 / ≈ €127
Date: Paris, 1780
Double page manuscript page with Islamic prayers with beautiful headings throughout.
Fine double page brilliantly illuminated gilt leaves written by the scribe Abu Bakr Jami in Isfahan. The Arabic text contains Islamic prayers with beautiful headings thro...
Date: Isfahan, ca. 1780
T Zuider-Deel van Moscovie.
Map details the regions South from Moscow to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azof.
- $150 / ≈ €127
Date: Deventer, ca 1780
Double page manuscript page from a Shahnameh, The Book of Kings, written by Ferdowsi.
Fine double page brilliantly illuminated gilt leaves written by the scribe Abu Bakr Jami in Isfahan. The Arabic text contains Islamic prayers with beautiful headings thro...
Date: Isfahan, ca. 1780
Double page manuscript page from a Shahnameh, The Book of Kings, written by Ferdowsi.
Fine double page brilliantly illuminated gilt leaves written by the scribe Abu Bakr Jami in Isfahan. The Arabic text contains Islamic prayers with beautiful headings thro...
Date: Isfahan, ca. 1780
Vue de la Pondichery dans les Indes Orientales
Pondicherry is the capital city of Indian union territory of Puducherry. Pondicherry is situated in Puducherry district of the union territory in India. The vue was produ...
Date: Paris, 1780
Navigatio Piscatorum in glacie quaerentium Balaenam / La navigation dans la glace, et chercher du Baleine.
A so called optical print of the Greenland Whale Fishery with polar bears in foreground. Bilingual title in Latin and French.
- $400 / ≈ €339
Date: Italy, c. 1780
Balaena ramis adigitur ad Navim / La baleine est rame en Navire.
A so called optical print of the Greenland Whale Fishery with polar bears in foreground. Bilingual title in Latin and French.
- $400 / ≈ €339
Date: Italy, c. 1780
Navigacio super Glaciem / La navigation sur la glace.
A so called optical print of the Greenland Whale Fishery with polar bears in foreground. Bilingual title in Latin and French.
- $400 / ≈ €339
Date: Italy, c. 1780
Carte topographique d'Allemagne contenant une partie du royaume de Boheme. . .
Detailed map cantered on Prague, Caaden, Laim, Melnik… Map 43 of the multi sheet map "Carte topographique d'Allemagne" of German Empire. Published by Johann W...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Frankfurt, ca.1780
Italia divisa né suoi differenti stati.
Rare map of Italy, Sardinia and Corsica from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca...
- $50 / ≈ €42
Date: Rome, 1780
L'Italia Settentrionale presa da quella del Sig. Zannoni.
Rare map of Italy with inset map with Corsica and Sardinia, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovann...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Rome, 1780
Parte Occidentale del Regno Italico, Il Piemonte e Genovestato.
Rare map of Piemonte region in Italy, centered on Piemonte region, Genova and Milan, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.&qu...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Rome, 1780
Francia divisa in provincie.
Rare map of France, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca. 1780.The map is ba...
- $50 / ≈ €42
Date: Rome, 1780
La Francia divisa in dipartimenti.
Rare map of South western France and inset with map of Corsica, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Gio...
- $40 / ≈ €34
Date: Rome, 1780
La Germania divisa ne' suoi differenti stati
Rare map of Germany, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca. 1780.The map is b...
- $25 / ≈ €21
Date: Rome, 1780
Moscovia.
Rare map of western Russia centered on Moscow, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in R...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Rome, 1780
La Gran Bretagna ed isole Britanniche.
Rare map of Great Britain with Ireland, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Rome, 1780
Turchia Nell' Asia antica, e moderna.
Rare map of Armenia, Palestine, Turkey and northern Arabia, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovann...
- $200 / ≈ €169
Date: Rome, 1780
La China e Giapone.
Rare map of China, Korea and Japan, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca. 17...
- $300 / ≈ €254
Date: Rome, 1780
L'America meridionale divisa nei suoi principali stati.
Rare map of south America, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca. 1780.The ma...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Rome, 1780
Temple de la Mecque fidelement copiée sur un dessein de la bibliothèque Bodléienne, à Oxford.
View of the Mecca Temple.
Date: Pqris, ca. 1780
Le Kaire (Cairo). Vue de la place Ezbekyeh, côté du sud
A very fine view of Cairo.
- $500 / ≈ €424
Date: Paris, ca 1780
Vue perpective de l'Isle de St.Helene appartenant a la Compagnie Angloise pour les Indes Orientales.
Decorative optical view of St. Helena. The island is well-known as after the Royal Navy captured Napoleon Bonaparte, he was held hostage on the island until he died in 18...
- $300 / ≈ €254
Date: Paris, 1780
![Ch'onha chido. [Atlas of all under Heaven]](/uploads/cache/44640-250x250.jpg)
Ch'onha chido. [Atlas of all under Heaven]
A late 18th-century Ch'onha chido atlas with 10 woodblock maps showing the World, China, and the 8 province maps of Korea (Hamgyeong, Gangwon, Jeolla, Gyeongsang, Pyeonga...
Date: Korea, ca. 1780
Vue Perspective de la Place des Victoires
So-called optical print of la Place des Victoires in Paris. Therefore the image is reversed or mirror-image. One of the well-known publishers of optical prints, establish...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, 1780
Madirass. Ville Indienne don't les Maisons sont basses & plates.
A small plan of Fort St. George, Madras/Chennai in India. It highlights both inner and outer fortifications, fences, town entrances and the sea, together with the church,...
Date: Unknown, ca 1780
Carte Generale des Cotes de la Cochinchine et du Camboge.
A large, double-page French sea chart of part of the southern Cambodian coastline, and from Vietnamese Saigon up to Vung-Tau, Cap Varella, Cam Ranh Bay and Nha Trang. Wit...
Date: Paris, 1780
Carte Particuliere de la Cote de Cochinchine Depuis la baie Camraigne jusqu'a le baie de Tamquam.
A basic coastal sea chart of a part of French Indochina (Vietnam) from Cap Varella and Cam Ranh Bay in the south, northward past Nha Trang, Hen Kohe Bay, on to Phu-yen Ba...
Date: Paris ca 1780
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A small copperplate engraving showing an elderly lady sitting in her bed chamber, astride a camode , using a cylster, probably to administer an enema to herself. A not un...
Date: France, ca. 1780
![[No title.] Sixteen small engravings.](/uploads/cache/46799-250x250.jpg)
[No title.] Sixteen small engravings.
A nice set of sixteen French professions, or trades, or stage characters. The print is faint on some titles. Some of the characters are a soldier, a doctor, a nun, a lawy...
Date: Paris, ca. 1780
Plan du Typa, ou de Macao.
A pleasant copper engraving of Typa, Macao. By Rigobert Bonne from his ATLAS ENCYCLOPEDIQUE published in 1780. Engraved by Andre.Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was one of the...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, 1780
Vue de la Côte du Japon lorsque nous la vimespour la 1ere fois La Coline A restant dans l'O à 3 Millerc.
A pleasant copper engraving of Japan coasts. By Rigobert Bonne from his ATLAS ENCYCLOPEDIQUE published in 1780. Engraved by Andre.Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was one of th...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, 1780
Par permission sur l'aprobation des médecins du roi...la véritable Boule de Mars...
Printed broadsheet promoting the "Boule de Mars" (March Ball) produced and sold by Renault in Nancy and Paris. Ornated with the royal coat of arms of France. Pr...
Date: Paris, ca.. 1780
![[Title page] Atlas Géographique des quatre parties du monde . . .](/uploads/cache/47734-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas Géographique des quatre parties du monde . . .
Title page of Atlas Géographique des quatre parties du monde by Guillaume De L'Isle and Philippe Buache, published by Jean-Claude Dezauche ca. 1820. With two catalog pag...
- $350 / ≈ €296
Date: Paris, ca. 1780
Connecticut and Parts adjacent at Amsterdam. .
A nice example of this early map of the state of Connecticut with part of Rhode Island to the east, Long Island to the south, and New York to the east. Rivers, roads, t...
Date: Amsterdam, 1780
![[Lot of 4 charts] Plan de la Baie et du Port de Camraigne / Plan de la Baie de Niatrang et du Golfe de Binkang / Plan de la Cote de Cochinchine. . . / Plan des Ports de Xuandai, Vung-Lam. . .](/uploads/cache/44795A-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 4 charts] Plan de la Baie et du Port de Camraigne / Plan de la Baie de Niatrang et du Golfe de Binkang / Plan de la Cote de Cochinchine. . . / Plan des Ports de Xuandai, Vung-Lam. . .
[A set of four French sea charts numbered consecutively]. A set of 4 basic coastal sea charts of parts of southern French Indochina (Vietnam).Chart 295 centers on the reg...
Date: Paris ca 1780
Inverted nautical Compass, called "mouchard" (~ "spy")
Inverted maritime compass called "mouchard" (spy) in wood and brass, signed "A Van Vastenhoud In Amsterdam". This type of compass was found in the cap...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1780
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["Kijkkast"]. Viewing box for optical prints
A very rare custom made collapsible peepshow in a bookshaped box, late 18th century, folded out 66(h.)x56(w.)x40(d.) cm., 7 hinging cardboard parts painted blue or w. bla...
- $12000 / ≈ €10164
Date: The Netherlands, ca. 1780