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![A Toopapaoo of a Chief, with a priest making his offering to the Morai, in Huoheine. [Huaheine - the Society Islands]](/uploads/cache/30045-250x250.jpg)
A Toopapaoo of a Chief, with a priest making his offering to the Morai, in Huoheine. [Huaheine - the Society Islands]
A view of a chief's raised burial chamber in Huaheine, Society Islands, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early view depicting sce...
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
The Narta, or Sledge for burdens in Kamtschatka.
Webber's view of transport in Kamtchatka, Russia, showing the sledge dogs hooked up to the sledge, and their master on skis, taken from "Views in the South Seas"...
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
Balagans or summer habitations, with the method of drying fish at St. Peter and Paul, Kamtschatka.
Balagans or summer habitations, with the method of drying fish at St. Peter and Paul, Kamtschatka, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important a...
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2017
![View in the island of Cracatoa. [Rakata in the Sunda Strait]](/uploads/cache/30051-250x250.jpg)
View in the island of Cracatoa. [Rakata in the Sunda Strait]
Early view of the volcano Krakatoa (Indonesian name: Krakatau), on the Indonesian island of Rakata in the Sunda Strait, taken from "Views in the South Seas" bei...
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
The Fan palm, in the island of Cracatoa.
The Fan palm, on the island of Krakatoa (Indonesian name: Krakatau), in the Sunda Strait, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early ...
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
A view in Oheitepeha Bay in the Island of Otaheite. (Tahiti)
A view of Vaitepiha Bay (Tahiti), with a mountainous landscape, with a river in the centre, a small canoe, Tahitian houses to the right, and a Tahitian couple in the left...
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
The Southern provinces of Hindoostan . . .
An attractive map showing Hindoostan and Ceylon. Shows towns, rivers, mountains, lakes, etc. In pretty original wash colors. Robert Wilkinson was active in London as a ca...
- $65 / ≈ €57
Place & Date: London, 1808
Cavia Aguti - L'Agouti - Tiers de la grandeur. (Cavia)
Fine illustration of two cavia's, from the book "Illustrations de La Ménagerie du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle" or "The Menagerie of the National...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Paris, 1808
Hannetons. (Beetels)
Fine illustration of 12 beetles, from the book "Illustrations de La Ménagerie du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle" or "The Menagerie of the National ...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Paris, 1808
Capra Aegagrus, Le Paseng ou Bouc sauvage, Septieme de la Grandeur. (Wild goat)
Fine illustration of a Wild goats, from the book "Illustrations de La Ménagerie du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle" or "The Menagerie of the Nationa...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Paris, 1808
Manège, La Galop uni à gauche et le faux à gauche. (PL IV)
Copperplate engraving of horses by Robert Bénard (1734, Paris – 1777) taken from Encyclopédie de Diderot et d'Alembert.
- $60 / ≈ €53
Place & Date: Paris, 1808
Antilope Bubalis - Le Bubale - Sisieme de la grandeur. (Antilope)
Fine illustration of an Antilope, from the book "Illustrations de La Ménagerie du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle" or "The Menagerie of the National...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Paris, 1808
Asia, drawn from the latest Astronomical Observations.
This finely engraved, and detailed, map of Asia shows the extent of knowledge from astronomical observations at the time. It is also of interest for showing Australia her...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: London ca. 1808
Carte d'Asie.
Fine map of Asia, with an interesting representations of Japan, Hokkaido, Sakhalin Island, Kamchatka and Korea. Engraved by Alexandre Blondeau, who also worked for Depot ...
- $150 / ≈ €132
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1810
(Index sheet) General Tableau zur Karte von Alt Ost und West Preussen nebst dem aufgenommenen Trigonometrischen Netz. . .
Index sheet of this important multi sheet map of Prussia, Lithuania and Poland.Section XXIV of the rare first edition of this important 25-sheet map prepared by Friedrich...
Place & Date: Berlin, 1802-1810
(Sheet X with Puk Bay from) General Tableau zur Karte von Alt Ost und West Preussen nebst dem aufgenommenen Trigonometrischen Netz. . .
Sheet IV with Zalew Wislany and the towns of Elblag, Paslek, Braniewo, etc of this important multi sheet map of Prussia, Lithuania and Poland.The rare first edition of th...
Place & Date: Berlin, 1802-1810
Carte d'Asie.
Fine map of Asia, with an interesting representations of Japan, Hokkaido, Sakhalin Island, Kamchatka and Korea. Engraved by Alexandre Blondeau, who also worked for Depôt...
- $150 / ≈ €132
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1810
Indoustan ou Inde.
Map of India. The map is based on the Paris Meridian, only in 1884, at the International Meridian Conference in Washington DC, the Greenwich Meridian was accepted.Engrave...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1810
Carte d'Asie.
Fine map of Asia, with an interesting representation of Japan, Hokkaido, Sakhalin Island, Kamchatka, and Korea. Engraved by Alexandre Blondeau, who also worked for Depôt...
- $175 / ≈ €154
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1810
Carte d'Asie.
Fine map of Asia, with an interesting representations of Japan, Hokkaido, Sakhalin Island, Kamchatka and Korea. Engraved by Alexandre Blondeau, who also worked for Depôt...
- $150 / ≈ €132
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1810
L'Asia...
A small, uncomplicated map of Asia with outline coloring. Map extends down from the Arctic Circle to Java and New Guinea. From Arabia in the west to Japan in the east.Sma...
- $175 / ≈ €154
Place & Date: Venezia, 1810
Karsten Niebuhr.
Stipple engraved portrait of Carsten Niebuhr or Karsten Niebuhr (1733 – 1815), published in F. J. Bertuch "Allgemeine geographische Ephemeriden".Niebuhr was a...
Place & Date: Weimar, 1810
Nouveau jeu des théatres de Melpomene, Momus et Thalie.
Game board with 63 numbered pictorial compartments, each showing an actor or actress in role, lettered with his or her name, the name of the character, the play and the t...
- $1100 / ≈ €971
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1810
Par Brevets. / Eau admirable de Cologne, de A. Farina, ancien Distillateur de Cologne, breveté, Place Juliers, N°11.
Advertising Broadsheet promoting the toilet water "Eau de Cologne". Ornated with the royal coat of arms of France and 2 two-headed eagles. With the printed sign...
Place & Date: After 1810
Accueil Consultation Plan du Siège de Danzig par le 10me. Corps de la Grande Armée, Avec les travaux des Français, tels qu'ils étaient le 25 Avril 1807.
A map of the siege of Danzig, 19 March-24 May 1807, showing the positions of the French siege works as they stood on 23 April. Napoleonic Wars (1803-15). Oriented with so...
Place & Date: Paris, after 1810
![Shintei Bankoku Zenzu [Revised Comprehensive Map of All Countries]](/uploads/cache/48437-250x250.jpg)
Shintei Bankoku Zenzu [Revised Comprehensive Map of All Countries]
Compiled by Kageyasu Takahashi, the finest world map of the Edo period, copper plate print, 1810. Bunka 7 is dated from the preface on this map,This world map, published ...
- $26000 / ≈ €22950
Place & Date: Kyoto, Bunka 7 or 1810
Elegant parlor Zograscope or optical mirror.
Rare so-called zograscope or optical mirror. A zograscope is an optical device for enhancing the sense of depth perception from a flat picture. It consists of a large mag...
- $1500 / ≈ €1324
Place & Date: France or England, c. 1790-1810
Elegant parlor Zograscope or optical mirror.
Rare so-called zograscope or optical mirror. A zograscope is an optical device for enhancing the sense of depth perception from a flat picture. It consists of a large mag...
- $1500 / ≈ €1324
Place & Date: France or England, c. 1790-1810
Les environs d'Ostende. XII.
Beautiful view of Oostende. A somewhat fanciful depiction of the harbor of Oostende, with merchant on the foreground and large vessels in the sea. The item is signed (Dre...
Place & Date: Belgium, c. 1811
Carte von West=Gallizien welche auf allerhöchsten Befehl Seiner Kaiserlich oesterreichischen und Königlich apostolischen Majestät in den Jahren 1801 bis 1804. . .
Important early map of Western Galicia, as given to Austria by the third Partition of Poland (1795). Due to its long development period, a rare map rich in detail shows t...
Place & Date: Vienna, (1808) after 1811
Esquisse de la Baie de Coupang (cote S.O. Ile de Timor) par M. M. Peron et Lesueur, an 1803.
Map of Kupang Bay on the Indonesian Island Timor, prepared by Louis Freycinet during his voyage under Captain Thomas Baudin in 1800-1803. Plate no. 14 from the atlas part...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Paris, Langois, 1811
![[Title page] Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes éxécuté par ordre de S.M l'Empereur et Roi.](/uploads/cache/39732-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes éxécuté par ordre de S.M l'Empereur et Roi.
Set of two title pages from the atlas part of "Voyage de decouvertes aux terres australes", Freycinet and Peron's accounts of the French cartographic expedition...
Place & Date: Paris, Langois, 1811
Carte Generale de la Terre Napoleon (à la Nouvelle Hollande)... par M.L. Freycinet an 1808.
Fine map of part of Australia prepared by Louis Freycinet during his voyage under Captain Thomas Baudin in 1800-1803. The longitude is calculated from Paris.The cartouche...
- $4000 / ≈ €3531
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1811
Esquisse de la Baie de Coupang (cote S.O. Ile de Timor) par M. M. Peron et Lesueur, an 1803.
Map of Kupang Bay on the Indonesian Island Timor, prepared by Louis Freycinet during his voyage under Captain Thomas Baudin in 1800-1803. Plate no. 14 from the atlas part...
- $150 / ≈ €132
Place & Date: Paris, Langois, 1811
Département de Montenotte Divisé en 4 arrondissemens et en 30 cantons.
Published in the "Atlas National de France" at Chanlaire. Engraved by P.A.F. Tardieu. Represents the department of Apennines which was under French administrati...
Place & Date: Paris, 1790-1811
Département des Apennins Divisé en 3 Arrondissemens et en 18 cantons.
Published in the "Atlas National de France" at Chanlaire. Engraved by P.A.F. Tardieu. Represents the department of Apennines which was under French administrati...
Place & Date: Paris, 1790-1811
Esquisse de la Baie de Coupang (cote S.O. Ile de Timor) par M. M. Peron et Lesueur, an 1803.
Map of Kupang Bay on the Indonesian Island Timor, prepared by Louis Freycinet during his voyage under Captain Thomas Baudin in 1800-1803. Plate no. 14 from the atlas part...
Place & Date: Paris, Langois, 1811
A New Map of the Kingdom of Prussia with its Divisions Into Provinces and Governments. . .
A fine map by John Cary of Prussia, in what is now northern Poland and Lithuania. John Cary was considered "the most representative, able and prolific of English car...
- $250 / ≈ €221
Place & Date: London, 1811
Carte Generale de la Nouvelle Hollande.
Fine map of the continent of Australia prepared by Louis Freycinet during his voyage under Captain Thomas Baudin in 1800-1803. Freycinet's map of New Holland was the firs...
- $5000 / ≈ €4413
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1811
Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes. Historique. Atlas Deuxième partie.
First edition of the second part of the atlas by Freycinet, part of his important book "Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes". Illustrated with two foldi...
- $7500 / ≈ €6620
Place & Date: Paris, Langlois, 1811
Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-Amerika.
Nice little German map of the early United States. The only state shown west of the Appalachian Mountains is Kentucky. Above which is a strangely shaped unnamed region (O...
- $250 / ≈ €221
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1812
Ostindien.
Nice small map of South East Asia published by Johannes Walch in his rare Allgemeiner Atlas Nach den bewährsten Hülfsmitteln und astronomischen Ortsbestimungen…, edit...
- $160 / ≈ €141
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1812
Grossbritanien und Irland.
Nice small map of the British isles and Ireland by Johannes Walch in his rare Allgemeiner Atlas Nach den bewährsten Hülfsmitteln und astronomischen Ortsbestimungen…, ...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1812
Deutschland (with Poland)
Nice small map of Germany by Johannes Walch in his rare Allgemeiner Atlas Nach den bewährsten Hülfsmitteln und astronomischen Ortsbestimungen…, edition of 1812.Johann...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1812
Westphalen.
Nice small map of Westphalia in Germany by Johannes Walch in his rare Allgemeiner Atlas Nach den bewährsten Hülfsmitteln und astronomischen Ortsbestimungen…, edition ...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1812
Brandenburg und Pommern.
Nice small map of Brandenburg and Pommeren, centered on Berlin by Johannes Walch in his rare Allgemeiner Atlas Nach den bewährsten Hülfsmitteln und astronomischen Ortsb...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1812
Schweiz.
Nice small map of Switzerland by Johannes Walch in his rare Allgemeiner Atlas Nach den bewährsten Hülfsmitteln und astronomischen Ortsbestimungen…, edition of 1812.Jo...
- $60 / ≈ €53
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1812
West indien.
Nice small map of The West Indies, with Cuba, Jamaica, S.Domingo, etc. Southern tip of Florida is included. Map by Johannes Walch in his rare Allgemeiner Atlas Nach den b...
- $150 / ≈ €132
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1812
![[No Tittle] Map of the Easteren Hemisphere.](/uploads/cache/29385-250x250.jpg)
[No Tittle] Map of the Easteren Hemisphere.
Nice small map of eastern hemisphere by Johannes Walch in his rare Allgemeiner Atlas Nach den bewährsten Hülfsmitteln und astronomischen Ortsbestimungen…, edition of ...
- $120 / ≈ €106
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1812
Océanique Oriente.
Drom the Carolines to New Zealand and east to Pitcairn Island with Australia from Torres Strait to Tasmania. Engraved by J.B.Tardieu and prepared by Giraldon.From Conrad ...
- $300 / ≈ €265
Place & Date: Paris, 1809/1812
Sibérie avec l'Amérique Russe.
Prepared by Pierre Lapie and published by François Buisson and included in "Atlas Complet Du Precis De La Geographie Universelle De M. Malte-Brun". Engraved by...
- $120 / ≈ €106
Place & Date: Paris, 1812
Entrée des Français dans la ville de Moscou . . .
View of the French's army entering Moscow on 14 September 1812 during the Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) in Russia.
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Brussels, ca. 1812
![[assorted Chinese musical instruments].](/uploads/cache/37968-250x250.jpg)
[assorted Chinese musical instruments].
A delightful copperplate print of 15 assorted Chinese musical instruments including gong, bell, drum, cymbals etc.
- $35 / ≈ €31
Place & Date: Germany, ca. 1812
![[assorted Chinese musical instruments].](/uploads/cache/37969-250x250.jpg)
[assorted Chinese musical instruments].
A delightful copperplate print of 15 assorted Chinese musical instruments including violin, flute, trumpet, guitars, cymbals etc.
- $30 / ≈ €26
Place & Date: Germany, ca. 1812
Passage de la Berezinas.
Set of four views of The Battle of Berezina (or Beresina) which took place from 26 to 29 November 1812, between the French army of Napoleon, retreating after his invasion...
Place & Date: ca. 1812
Carte des routes de poste de la Russie européenne, exécutée par ordre de S.E.M. le duc de Feltre ministre de la Guerre, ...
Post-route map on a scale of 1:2 500 000 made during the French campaign in Russia, which began June 24, 1812. With a table of the conventional signs and a table of conve...
Place & Date: Paris, Dépôt Général de la Guerre 1812
General Charte der Preussischen Monarchie in zwey Blattern. . .
Uncommon and detailed map of Kingdom of Prussia with present day Poland and Germany. Uncommon map engraved by Ludwig Hess and published in Weimar by Fr. Wilhelm Streit.
- $1000 / ≈ €883
Place & Date: Weimar, 1812
Verm Gegenstaende. CXIII. 1 Melandes CCXIII.
A Chinese Mandarin house and below a Chinese village scene with farmers.
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Germany, 1812
![Ansicht des Papenbergs. [title also in russian]](/uploads/cache/24828-250x250.jpg)
Ansicht des Papenbergs. [title also in russian]
View at Takahoko at the mouth of Nagasaki Harbour. In center Papenberg known for Christian martyrs. In foreground Japanese junks and a Russian vessel. German title preced...
- $1500 / ≈ €1324
Place & Date: St.Petersberg, 1810-1814
![Ansicht von Megasaky. [Nagasaki - title also in Russian characters]](/uploads/cache/24829-250x250.jpg)
Ansicht von Megasaky. [Nagasaki - title also in Russian characters]
The print shows Nagasaki harbor with n the foreground the Russian delegation with Krusenstern in a boat with 3 Chinese. Japanese junks and the town of Nagasaki in the ba...
- $1500 / ≈ €1324
Place & Date: St.Petersburg, 1810-1814
![Ansicht der stadt Nangasaky. [Nagasaki - title also in Russian characters]](/uploads/cache/24839-250x250.jpg)
Ansicht der stadt Nangasaky. [Nagasaki - title also in Russian characters]
A lively scene in Nagasaki harbor. In the foreground, Japanese junks and the town of Nagasaki in the background, with the warehouses on Deshima, the trading post of the D...
- $3000 / ≈ €2648
Place & Date: St.Petersburg, 1810-1814
Breves tratados de esfera y geografía universal, con algunas noticias históricas, en especial en lo perteneciente a España, para instruccion de la juventud.
Third edition of this popular Spanish Atlas for children, illustrated with 6 folding engraved "blind" maps, all finely colored by hand, in the main part in orig...
- $750 / ≈ €662
Place & Date: Madrid, Impreta de Collado, 1814
Smolensko.
View of this small town in Russia just before the First Battle of Smolensk which took place on August 17, 1812, between 175,000 men of the army under Napoleon Bonaparte a...
- $225 / ≈ €199
Place & Date: London, 1814
Vue de la ville de St. Pétersbourg capitale de la russie prise du côté de la Fontanka . . .
This aquatint print figures the town of St. Peterburg. With address "A Paris chez le Coeur graveur, rue Mouffetard, N° 89 et chez Bance aîné, rue Saint Denis, N°...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Paris, Le Cœur et Bance ainé, ca 1814
Plan nouveau de la ville de Cambrai.
Nice town-plan of Cambrai, with its fortifications and the citadel, decorated with the cathedral in lower right corner. The borders contain a historical description of th...
Place & Date: Cambrai, 1814
Juan II Jvanovitz, il monta sur le trône en 1353, et mourut en 1358.
Portrait of Juan II Jvanovitz., engraved by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Paris, 1814
Demitri III Constantinovitz, regne en 1359, est detrône en 1361.
Portrait of Demitri III Constantinovitz., Grand Duke of Russia, engraved by C.-N. Malapeau.
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Paris, 1814
Fédor Borissovitz il succéda a son père, fut détroné et étouffé en 1505.
Portrait of Fédor Borissovitz. (1589 - 1605), engraved by Louis Pauquet (1759-1824).
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Paris,1814
Vasili Juanovitz Chouiski regne en 1606 est detrône en 1610.
Portrait of Vasili Juanovitz Chouiski or Vasili IV of Russia (1552 – 1612) was Tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610 after the murder of False Dmitriy I. His reign fell ...
- $45 / ≈ €40
Place & Date: Paris, 1814
Demitri IV Juanovitz Donski regne en 1362, et meurt en 1389.
Portrait of Demitri IV Juanovitz or Vasili IV of Russia who was Tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610 after the murder of False Dmitriy I. His reign fell during the Time o...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Paris, 1814
Carte du royaume de France divisé en 87 départemens / dressée par Brion de la Tour..., où sont tracées les nouvelles limites fixées par le traité de paix du 30 mai 1814. . .
Very decorative and uncommon map of France, with Corsica prepared by Brion de la Tour showing the new border set by the Peace Treaty of May 30, 1814. Engraved by Chaumier...
- $750 / ≈ €662
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1814
La Crise salutaire.
In this` fine French caricature we see Napoleon seated in side profile to the left on an ornate chair-commode, clasping his knees, benign forward to vomit into a bowl hel...
Place & Date: Paris, 1814
The World, Surrounded with Emblematical Figures of Europe, Asia, Africa, & America.
Fine title page showing a globe surrounded with emblematical figures of Europe, Asia, Africa, & America. From 'Kelly's System of Geography'.
- $300 / ≈ €265
Place & Date: London, 1815
Amérique, réduite d'après celles d'Arrowsmith en 4 flles Par J.N.Champion, Ingénieur-Geographe et . . . Nouvelles découvertes de Clacke et du Major Pike . . .
A charming folding-map of America, drawn by J.N. Champion. The title explains that the map used the latest information by Alexander Humboldt and Clarck and Pike. Dated 18...
- $500 / ≈ €441
Place & Date: Paris, 1815
![Generalkarte vom Königreich Preussen u. d. Herz[ogtum] Warschau nach astronomischen Ortsbestim[m]ungen und geodätischen Messungen. . .](/uploads/cache/37060-250x250.jpg)
Generalkarte vom Königreich Preussen u. d. Herz[ogtum] Warschau nach astronomischen Ortsbestim[m]ungen und geodätischen Messungen. . .
Rare seemingly unrecorded map of Poland with its borders after the Congress of Vienna, probably based on a lost first edition of Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann's (1754-1840) m...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, Schneider & Weigel 1815
Gefecht bei Daoughelichki, den July 1812.
Rare German print showing the siege of Daoughelichki, July 1812, during the French Russian Campaign, which ended in Napoleon's defeat.
- $150 / ≈ €132
Place & Date: Nuremberg, ca. 1815
China.
Highly detailed map of China including Formosa (Taiwan), Hainan, and part of Luzon in the Philippines. The map show the Tract of the Hindoostan and Lion with the British ...
Place & Date: Edinburgh, 1815
Corea and Japan.
A fine large-scale map of Japan and Korea showing an increasingly refined outline to the Japanese islands but still oversized Korean peninsula. The strait south of Korea,...
Place & Date: Edinburgh, 1816
Carte Statistique, Politique, et Mineralogique de l'Italie o'u sont tracées toutes les routes, relais, et distances de postes. . .(2 Maps)
Folding map, extending west to east from Monaco to Otranto and north to south from The Alps to Malta, inset of Greece,. Cartouche depicting Rome and her classical past. P...
- $1000 / ≈ €883
Place & Date: Paris, 1816
Grand atlas universel ou collection de cartes encyprotypes, générales et détaillées des cinq parties du monde.
Large folio atlas containing 8 general one-sheet maps, and 8 detailed four-sheet maps: Containing2 World maps- "Mappe-monde sur la projection de Mercator. Carte ency...
- $6000 / ≈ €5296
Place & Date: Paris, Desray, 1816