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[Javanese gamelan orchestra]
Two text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
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".
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Seconde figure / Epigramme de la Seconde figure. (81)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Première figure / Epigramme de la première figure. (79)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Uzbek Tartars [ together with] Eastern Tartars, from Nieuhof.
Two engravings on one sheet, taken from "A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels", printed for Thomas Astley. Engraved by Thomas Kitchin and N.Parr afte...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: London, 1746
Tartars of Koko Nor [ together with] Nothern Tartary Woman at Lafsa.
Two engravings on one sheet, taken from "A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels", printed for Thomas Astley. Engraved by Thomas Kitchin and N.Parr afte...
- $45 / ≈ €42
Place & Date: London, 1746
Calmuk Tartars from Isbrant Ides [ together with] Tartars from Isbr. Ides.
Two engravings on one sheet, taken from "A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels", printed for Thomas Astley. Engraved by Thomas Kitchin and N.Parr afte...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: London, 1746
Femme Persienne.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of a Persian woman engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, drawer and writ...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: M. Sylvain Maréchal. Paris, 1788
Homme-nord-est de l'Asie.
Originally hand-colored costume mezzotint of a man of Nord East Russia engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etche...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Carte de la Terre Sainte.
Detailed map of Israel, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel de Géographie Ancienne &c M...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, 1845
Egypte, Palestine, Syrie et Phoenicie.
Detailed map of Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Phoenicia, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel d...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, 1845
Karte des Türkischen Reiches in Europa und Asien . . .
Map of Turkish Empire.
- $35 / ≈ €33
Place & Date: Breslau, 1878
Souan pan, ou instrument dont les chinois se servent pour compter.
Text page with a wood block illustration of a souan-pan [suan-p'an] the calculation table used by the Chinese. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French c...
- $20 / ≈ €19
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
[Java].
Wood block engraved coastal profiles set in text from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux adv...
- $20 / ≈ €19
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
Carte de la sibérie et des Pays voisins.
An interesting detailed map of Siberia, extending from the White Sea and the Caspian Sea in the west to Irkuckoi Province .Prepared by Jacques Nicolas Bellin after Dutch ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1738-1775
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Onziesme figure / Epigramme de la Onziesme figure. (99)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Quinziesme figure / Epigramme de la Quinziesme figure. (107)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Quatorziesme figure / Epigramme de la Quatorziesme figure. (105)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Une Kabardinienne.
Uncommon copper engraved costume plate from the French translation of Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des Russischen Reichs" (1776), the wor...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1777
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Douziesme figure / Epigramme de la Douziesme figure. (101)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Dixiesme figure / Epigramme de la Dixiesmie figure. (97)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Neufiesme figure / Epigramme de la Neufiesmie figure. (95)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Femme Barabinzoise.
Uncommon copper engraved costume plate from the French translation of Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des Russischen Reichs" (1776), the wor...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1777
Homme nord est de l'Asie.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of Native Americans engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, drawer and wri...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Femme Tattare de Kazan.
Originally hand-colored costume mezzotint of a Kazakhstan women engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, draw...
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Gentille Femme Perotte Franque. (48)
Sought-after copper engraved plate of a woman from Pera, taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de cel...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Deruis Religieux Turc. (24)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Fille Barabinzoise.
Uncommon copper engraved costume plate from the French translation of Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des Russischen Reichs" (1776), the wor...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1777
Une Baskirienne.
Uncommon copper engraved costume plate from the French translation of Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des Russischen Reichs" (1776), the wor...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1777
Une Metcherèke.
Uncommon copper engraved costume plate from the French translation of Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the wor...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1777
Bagnan de Moka.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of a Banyan costume in Mocha, Yemen engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher...
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Bagnan de Moka.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of a man in Banyan costume in Mocha, Yemen engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Turquie d'Asie.
Detailed map of Asian Turkey with Cyprus, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel de Géographie...
- $45 / ≈ €42
Place & Date: Paris, 1845
Batsjan. (Bacan)
Decorative panoramic view of Bay with the Dutch fortress Barneveld at the island of Bacan in today's Indonesia. Dutch (V.O.C.) sailing ships are illustrated.François Val...
- $45 / ≈ €42
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1726
[Illustration from Hierusalemsche Reyse.] Interieur of Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Interior of a Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Below a decorative cartouche with lettered key and surrounded by 2 cherubins.Taken from a very rare travel book by Anthonius G...
- $30 / ≈ €28
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673
Homme Toungouse.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus'. Engraving of a man dressed in native garb from the Tunguska region of norther...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: M. Sylvain Maréchal. Paris, 1788
Kirguisienne.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus', showing a native of Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian country along the Silk Road, ...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Asie.
Detailed map of Asia, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel de Géographie Ancienne &c Mod...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1845
Femme Kourilienne.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of a native Kourilles lady engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur. From 'Costumes civil...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Femme Kamls chadalle.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of native woman from Kams, Siberia, Russland engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As ...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806