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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
![["Kijkkast"]. Viewing box for optical prints](/uploads/cache/49106-250x250.jpg)
["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
Carta Dell' Indostan che comprende il Malabar, Coromandel, e tutta la penisola Dell' India.
This is from a scarce Italian edition of French cartographer Jacques-Nicholas Bellin’s map of southern India and the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The map extent is fro...
Date: Paris, ca 1780
L'Ancien et le nouveau Mexique avec la Floride..
Covering Florida, Texas, western part of Cuba and central America. Showing dozens (100+) of place names, extensive river systems, mountain ranges and featuring the Gulf o...
Date: Paris, 1781
Golfe du Mexique Assujetti aux Observations Astronomiques Par J.B.Nolin.
Rare map of the Caribbean prepared by J.B.Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mondha...
- $200 / ≈ €169
Date: Paris, 1781
Carte du Bresil le Perou. . .
Scarce map of Northern part of South America with Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil and Peru, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage...
- $125 / ≈ €106
Date: Paris, 1781
Orvis veteribus novi tabula nova. . .
Scarce map of the Ancient world, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mon...
Date: Paris, 1781
Alexandri magni imperium et expeditio per Africam. . .
Scarce map of the Imperium of Alexander the Great, centered on Turkey, Armenia, Uzbekistan, etc., prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Généra...
Date: Paris, 1781
Carte de la retraite des dix mille. . .
Ancient map of Near and Middle East, including Cyprus, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'educat...
- $50 / ≈ €42
Date: Paris, 1781
Graeciae pars septentrionalis. . .
Rare map of northern part of Greece and part of Turkey, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'educa...
- $80 / ≈ €68
Date: Paris, 1781
Gallia antiqua ex Aevi Romani monumentis eruta. . .
Historical map of France depicted in Roman times showing ancient divisions, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des college...
- $40 / ≈ €34
Date: Paris, 1781
Vue du Bourg de St Denis dans l'Isle Bourbon. (together wit) Vue du Bourg de St.Paul dans l'Ile de Bourbon.
Two views from L'île de la Réunion on one plate. The upper part showing the town and harbour of St. Denis. From "Lettres Édifiantes et Curieuses. . Missionaires d...
- $45 / ≈ €38
Date: Lyon, J. Vernarel and Et. Cabin et C., 1780/1781
The world, including the discoveries made by Capt. Cook.
Uncommon double-hemisphere world map depicting the voyages and discoveries of Captain James Cook. There are numerous notations throughout and the tracks of Cook's three v...
- $1000 / ≈ €847
Date: London, 1781
Plan de la ville de Maestricht avec ses attaques commandées par M. le maréchal de Saxe, depuis le 15 avril jusqu'au 3 may 1748 . . .
A plan of Maastricht rising after the capture of the city by the French troops led by the Marshal of Saxony. The city was besieged between 15 April and 3 May 1748, during...
Date: Paris, 1781
Jacques Cook, Né à Marton dans la province d'York. . .
Steel engraved portrait of James Cook (1728-1779), navigator, born on 27 October 1728 at Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England, the son of a Scottish labourer and his Y...
- $200 / ≈ €169
Date: 1781
L'Isola d'Islanda divisa Ne Suoi Distretti Di nuova Projezione.
A finely engraved map of Iceland, with a decorative title cartouche to the bottom right hand corner illustrating a rural scene. Published in Zatta's "Atlante Novissi...
- $500 / ≈ €424
Date: Venise, 1781
Karte welche die Russischen Entdeckungen gegen Amerika nach den Tagebüchern Krenizins, Lewaschefs, Synds und anderer vorstellt. 1781
Rare map of Siberia with Kamchatka. In outer right tip of America, published by the Weygandsche Buchhandlung in 1781.
- $300 / ≈ €254
Date: Leipzig, 1781
ACTION N°1160. Société du Commerce d'Asie & d'Afrique.
Share of 1 000 Florins d'Allemagne (1 000 Guilder) of the "Triester Handelsgesellschaft" (Société du Commerce d'Asie & d'Afrique) signed by duke Charles d...
Date: Antwerpen, 1 October 1781
ACTION N°1527. Société du Commerce d'Asie & d'Afrique.
Share of 1 000 Florins d'Allemagne (1 000 Guilder) of the "Triester Handelsgesellschaft" (Société du Commerce d'Asie & d'Afrique) signed by Duke Charles d...
Date: Antwerpen, 1 October 1781
ACTION N° 1155. Société du Commerce d'Asie & d'Afrique.
Share of 1 000 Florins d'Allemagne (1 000 Guilder) of the "Triester Handelsgesellschaft" (Société du Commerce d'Asie & d'Afrique) signed by duke Charles d...
Date: Triest / Antwerpen, 1 October 1781
Carte de La Barbarie de La Nigritie et de la Guinée.
A detailed engraved map of north west Africa including the Canary and Cape Verde Islands. Engraved by Inselin. Address and date changed, now with the imprint "A Pari...
Date: Paris, 1781
Parte Orientale dell'Elvezia divisa ne'suoi Cantoni di nuova projezione.
Antonio Zatta's detailed map of the eastern part of the Confederation of Switzerland divided into its Cantons. Shows political and administrative boundaries, cities, town...
Date: Venice, 1781
L'Elvezia divisa ne suoi Tredici Cantoni e suoi Alleati di nuova projezione.
Antonio Zatta's detailed map of the Confederation of Switzerland divided into its thirteen Cantons and their allies. Shows political and administrative boundaries, cities...
Date: Venice, 1781
Carte D'Afrique Dressée pour l'usage du Roy. Par Guillaume Delisle, Premier Géographe de Sa Majesté, de l'Académie Royale des Sciences…
Curious late issue of De L'Isle's map of the African continent from 1722 map "Corrigée et Augmentée en 1781". - The decorative map shows the continent Africa ...
- $1250 / ≈ €1059
Date: Paris, 1781
Carte Reduite du globe Terrestre. . .
Fine world map in a Mercator projection. From Voyages autour du monde et vers les deux pôles par terre et par mer.. by Pierre Marie François vicomte de Pages (1748-1793...
Date: Paris, ca 1782
Governo di Arcangelo, e sue Provincie Nella Russia Europea . . .
Map shows the island Nova Zembla and the government of Archangel, Jarensk and Chlynow. Engraved by G. Zuliani and G. Pitteri.Published in Zatta's "Atlante Novissimo&...
- $375 / ≈ €318
Date: Venice, 1782
La Lapponia Russa con Governi di Olonechoi, Carelia, Bielozero, ed Ingria. . .
An attractive and detailed map of Western Russia with Lapland and Finland, including the towns of St. Petersburg, Kola, and Helsinki. Decorative and large pictorial carto...
- $375 / ≈ €318
Date: Venice, 1782
MARS Rejouissances du Papeguay. Les Triomphes d'un conquerant
Etching published by Louis Charles Desnos (1725-1805) with address of rue St.Jacques au Globe. He is also known for his output of wall maps and atlases.
Date: Paris, 1782
Poland Lithuania and Prussia.
Uncommon miniature map of Poland, Lithuania and the Ukraine, engraved by Thomas Kitchin - with his signature in lower right bottom.
Date: London, 1782
Ducati di Livonia e di Estonia, e Governi di Nowogorod...
Shows today's Estonia, and the governorates Nowgorod, Bialgorod and Kiew in today's Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
- $175 / ≈ €148
Date: Venise, 1782
Russian Empire in Europe from the Dr. D'Anville of the Royal Academy. . .
Rare map of Russia, prepared by John Bayly (active 1755-1794) after D'Anville. In the lower-left corner parts of the Caspian and Black Sea. In the upper right corner Nova...
Date: London, ca. 1782
L'Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en Ses Principaux Etats. . .
Engraved by Lattré. This map is most notable for its depiction of Mer de L'Quest or Sea of the West, near modern-day Seattle. A great sea, easily the size of the Mediter...
- $400 / ≈ €339
Date: Paris, 1782
Mandarin accompagne de ses Bourreaux.
A copperplate taken from volume 2 of the work by Sonnerat titled: 'Voyage aux Indies Orientales et a Chine, fait par ordre du Roi, depuis 1774-1781…'.This colored coppe...
- $125 / ≈ €106
Date: Paris, ca. 1782
Paris Superficie 5,280,000 Toises.
FIRST EDITION of this finely engraved plan of Paris by P. F. Tardieu and prepared by DuBuisson. This detailed plan of Paris includes la Place Louis XV, la Bastille, but d...
- $600 / ≈ €508
Date: Paris, 1779-1782
Carte générale pour servir à l'Intelligence de..
Fine map of the Middle East, including the Holy Land, Cyprus, Iran and Irak, etc.Philippe Buache was one of the most active proponents of the so-called, "school of t...
- $300 / ≈ €254
Date: Paris, 1783
L'Euphrate et Le Tigre.
A detailed map prepared by D'Anville. Covering the Syrian Desert, Lebanon, and the mouth of the Tigris in the Persian Gulf. Including Babylon, Tripoli, etc.
- $150 / ≈ €127
Date: Nuremberg, 1783
Carte de l'Empire d'Allemagne Divisé par Cercles..
Rare map of Germany and the Low Countries prepared by J.B.Nolin and published by Monhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.Louis Josep...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, 1783
Les Royaumes d'Espagne et de Portugal ..
Rare map of Spain and Portugal prepared by J.B.Nolin and published by Monhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mondhar...
Date: Paris, 1783
Turquie Asiatique Suivant des derniers Mémoires de J.B.Nolin Géographe du Roi.
Rare map of Turkey, prepared by J.B.Nolin and published by Monhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.Louis Joseph Mondhare published s...
- $125 / ≈ €106
Date: Paris, 1783
Le Royaume de Perse suivant les nouvelles observations Par J.B.Nolin.
This is a rare map of Persia with modern-day Uzbekistan to the north. The region is labeled as "Grande Tartarie" and "Pays des Usbeks." Bocara (Bukhar...
- $300 / ≈ €254
Date: Paris, 1783
L'Egypte Ancienne et Moderne..
Rare map of Egypt, prepared after J.B.Nolin and published by Monhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mondhare publish...
- $300 / ≈ €254
Date: Paris, 1783
Alexandri Magni Imperium et Expeditio per Africam et potissimum per Aslam.
Rare map of the Empire of Alexander the Great, prepared by J.B.Nolin and published by Monhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Cent...
Date: Paris, 1783
Carte Geo-Hydrographique du Golfe du Mexique et de ses Isles..
Map of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico showing the various islands and continental coastlines according to the 18th century Venetian cartography of Rizzi Zannoni.Illustr...
Date: Paris, ca 1783
Le Basset à jambes droites.
A charming plate from "Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière," Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Buffon's magnum opus and "the most celebrate...
- $150 / ≈ €127
Date: Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1749-1783
Le Braque.
A charming plate from "Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière," Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Buffon's magnum opus and "the most celebrate...
- $150 / ≈ €127
Date: Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1749-1783
![Le Palmiste [Pl. 121]](/uploads/cache/21920-250x250.jpg)
Le Palmiste [Pl. 121]
A charming plate from "Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière," Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Buffon's magnum opus and "the most celebrate...
Date: Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1749-1783
Terrae Sanctae Tabula e Scripturae Sacrae, Flavii Josephi, Eusebii et Divi Hieronymi . . . Delineata.
A very fine map centered on Palestine on both sides of the Jordan, divided among the Tribes and according to the division into provinces of the Roman time.Very nice title...
- $600 / ≈ €508
Date: Paris/ Bordeaux, 1771-1783
Carte des Douze Tribus d'Israel. . .
Attractive map centered on Israel, ornated with a large decorative title cartouche. Boundaries outlined in hand color.From theAtlas moderne ou collection de cartes sur to...
- $150 / ≈ €127
Date: Paris, ca 1783
Carte Du Royame D'Angleterre..
Attractive map of England, ornated with a rococo title cartouche. Boundaries outlined in hand color.From theAtlas moderne ou collection de cartes sur toutes les parties d...
- $250 / ≈ €212
Date: Paris, ca 1783
Indes. IIe. Feuille.
Attractive map of the southmost tip of India and Sri Lanka, including the Maldives and part of Sumatra. Boundaries are outlined in hand color.From the "Atlas moderne...
Date: Paris ca 1783
Carte de l'Egypte Ancienne et Moderne..
Attractive map showing part of the course of the river Nile. Boundaries are outlined in hand color.Ornated with a decorative title cartouche representing a crocodile flan...
Date: Paris, ca 1783
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[No title] Northern part of Poland.
Attractive map centered on the northern part of Poland, including northern part of Eastern Germany.Prepared by Giovanni Antonio Bartolomeo Rizzi Zannoni, one of the leadi...
- $275 / ≈ €233
Date: Paris, ca 1783
Carte de L'Empire D'Alemagne avec les Etats de Bohême..
Attractive map centered on the southwestern part of Germany, including Switzerland, Luxembourg and part of Austria.Decorative title cartouche with wine grapes, musical in...
Date: Paris ca 1783
![[No title] Part of Eastern Europe, including Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia.](/uploads/cache/24266-250x250.jpg)
[No title] Part of Eastern Europe, including Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Attractive map showing part of the course of the river Danube, from Germany to Hungary.Including Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. Boundaries outlined in...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, ca 1783
L' Amerique divisée par Grands Etats. . .
Attractive map of America, ornated with a decorative title cartouche. Boundaries outlined in hand color.Prepared by Le Sieur Janvier, Jean denis [Robert], French geograph...
- $450 / ≈ €381
Date: Paris, ca 1783
Carte de l'Empire de Perse. . .
Attractive map of Persia, ornated with a large rococo title cartouche. Boundaries outlined in hand color.From theAtlas moderne ou collection de cartes sur toutes les part...
- $300 / ≈ €254
Date: Paris, ca 1783
Carte Phisique de la Mer Glaciale Arctique. . .
Very unusual thematic map designed to illustrate the watersheds of the world, after Buache and prepared by J.B.Nolin and published by Monhare for his Atlas Général a l'...
- $300 / ≈ €254
Date: Paris, 1783
Carte de la Retraite des Dix Mille Accordée aux Observations de l'académie. . .
Ancient map of Near and Middle East prepared by J.B.Nolin and published by Monhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Centered on Cyp...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, 1783
Carte du Royaume d'Angleterre. . .
Scarce map of England prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.Louis Joseph Mondhare was act...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, 1783
Représentation du Globe céleste En deux Plans Hémisphères Coupés par l'Ecliptique.
Scarce double armillary sphere prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mondh...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Paris, 1783
Les Royaumes De Suede Norwege et Danemark. . .
Scarce map of Scandinavia with inset map of Spitsbergen and northern coast of Lapland. Prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage ...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, 1783
Carte de l'Empire d' Allemagne . . .
Scarce map of Germany prepared by de la Fosse and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mondhare...
- $50 / ≈ €42
Date: Paris, 1783
Les royaumes d'Espagne et de Portugal. . .
Scarce map of Spain and Portugal prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mon...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, 1783
Turquie Asiatique. . .
Scarce map of Turkey prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mondhare was ac...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, 1783
Le royaume de Perse. . .
Scarce map of Persia prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mondhare was ac...
Date: Paris, 1783
L'Egypte. . .
Scarce map of Egypt, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mondhare was ac...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Paris, 1783
Partie septentrionale de l'Afrique contenant l'Egipte. . .
Scarce map of northern part of Africa, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Jose...
- $150 / ≈ €127
Date: Paris, 1783
Partie meridionale de l'Afrique ou se trouvent le Congo. . .
Scarce map of south of Africa with Madagascar, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Lo...
- $200 / ≈ €169
Date: Paris, 1783
L'Amérique suivant les dernier. . .
Scarce map of America, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mondhare was ...
- $200 / ≈ €169
Date: Paris, 1783
Divisions du Globe Terrestre en Cercles, Zônes, Climats, Longitudes et Latitudes.
A scarce print showing 15 globes, each globe showing different zones published by Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Underne...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Paris, 1783
De la Sphère. . .
Scarce print of armillary sphere, surrounded by several diagrams of the sun, moon, and planets after Cassini. In lower part 9 blocks of text with explanations.Published b...
Date: Paris, 1783
Carte du Mexique et des Etats Unis d'Amérique...
A later edition of De l'Isle's foundation map of 1703, is widely regarded as one of the most influential maps in the history of American Cartography. This updated version...
Date: Paris, 1783
Plan et coupe horisontale du labyrinte souterrain de Koungour Renvoi.
Engraved map of the Urals with the town Kungur in Russia. With a lettered key A-P in left corner. From the Atlas Volume of "Histoire physique, morale, civile et poli...
Date: Paris, 1783
Russie d'Europe avec la partie la plus peuple de celle d'Asie...
A detailed map covering what was 'Russia in Europe', toward the end of the eighteenth century. Decorated with a decorative title cartouche, and an 'Advertisement'.Boundar...
- $150 / ≈ €127
Date: Paris, ca 1783
Les Indes Orientales et leur Archipel. . .
General map of Indonesia, extending from India to the Philippines and New Guinea.Ornated with a decorative title cartouche. Boundaries outlined in hand color.From theAtla...
- $250 / ≈ €212
Date: Paris, ca 1783
L'Empire de la Chine d'après l'Atlas Chinois, avec les Isles du Japon..
Attractive map of eastern part of China, including Taiwan, Korea and Japan. With ornamental title cartouche. Boundaries outlined in hand color.From theAtlas moderne ou co...
- $300 / ≈ €254
Date: Paris, ca 1783
Les Navires des anciens, considérés par rapport à leurs voiles et à l'usage qu'on en pourroit faire dans notre marine, ouvrage servant de suite à celui qui a pour titre ela Marine ...
First edition. The book is giving a description of the different ship types of all parts of the world from its early times till present (1780). Illustrated with 3 folding...
- $900 / ≈ €762
Date: Paris, Nyon, 1783
Carte du Mexique et des Etats Unis d'Amérique...
A later edition of De l'Isle's foundation map of 1703 is widely regarded as one of the most influential maps in the history of American Cartography. This updated version ...
Date: Paris, 1783
Plan der Stad en ‘t Kasteel BATAVIA. Aanwyzing der Stad en Kasteels Punten.
Very fine decorative plan of present-day Jakarta, showing the City and its immediate environs, the surrounding rice fields intersected by a network of waterways, canals a...
- $1750 / ≈ €1482
Date: Amsterdam, 1782-1783
Share of 1000 Florins to Michel de Knyff. N° 135.
Share of 1000 Florins, paid in four tranches at 250 Florins of Vienna, from "Compagnie Imperiale & Royale Octroyee d'Assurance de Commerce & d'escompte."...
Date: Trieste, 1782 - 1783