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(Complete map of ancient and modern geography of China)
The second earliest edition of China’s first commercial map, Gujin di yu quan tu 《古今地輿全圖》(Complete map of ancient and modern geography of China) made du...
Place & Date: Jingdu dashuntang, 1888
L'Amerique, en plusieurs cartes nouvelles, et exactes, &c. En divers traitez de geographie, et d'histoire. Là où sont descrits succinctement, & avec une belle Methode, & facile.
Third edition, the text and maps of which are identical to the first given in 1657. However, the dedication to Nicolas Fouquet (2 pp.), disgraced in 1661, has been delete...
- $4500 / ≈ €4211
Place & Date: Paris, 1680
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...
Place & Date: Paris, 1770
Etrennes Géographiques.
The leather binding has light wear and slight damage to the spine. The maps have very good impressions. Age-toning, occasional spotting, and soiling throughout. The margi...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: Paris, 1761
Petites tables Geneologiques touchant les droits et les interests des Princes.
Compilation of Duval's Pocket Atlas, with an archbishoprics and dioceses description of the world, here right at the beginning with the rare genealogical tables of variou...
- $3000 / ≈ €2807
Place & Date: Paris, P. Duval, ca. 1667-1672
Introduction a la Geographie..
Second edition of this charming travel compendium illustrated with a fine world map in two hemispheres prepared by de l'Isle. California as an island. The hemispheres are...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: Paris, 1717
La Savoia divisa nelle sue Principali Provincie da Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola . . .
Late 17th century maps of the Savoy region, based on the reports of Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola and published in Roma in Giacomo de Rossi's world atlas Mercurio Geografic...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Rome, 1692
Le Temple de la Mecque.
Striking view of the Temple at Mecca, showing the Kaaba at the center of Islam's most sacred mosque, that is Al-Masjid Al-?aram, in Mecca, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia.The engravi...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: The Hague, Isaac Vaillant, 1721
[Pictorial map of Georgia (Caucasus)].
A scarce pictorial map of a region in Georgia in the Caucasus. Map is entirely in Russian, complete with legend at base of map, with small thumbnail pictures and symbols ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Moscow, 1963
Carte particuliere des costes de Poittou, Aunis et de la Rochelle.
Finely designed and rare map of Isle Ré and the French coast with La Rochelle.
- $1250 / ≈ €1170
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1750
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 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1773
Woman of Brabant.
Very fine view of a woman wearing the traditional dress of Brabant.
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: London, 1817
Strabo de situ orbis.
Rare post-incunable 1502 sixth edition of Strabo’s Geographica, translated from Ancient Greek to Latin as De Situ Orbis by Guarino da Verona and Gregorio Tifernate.The ...
Place & Date: Venice, Bartolomeo de Zanis,14th day of January 1502
Cosmography in Four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the Whole World: and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas,
Extensive description of the world by Peter Heylyn. Here the 6th edition corrected and enlarged by the author. Including 4 maps.The map of America showing California as a...
- $900 / ≈ €842
Place & Date: London, 1682
Oost Zee door Arnold Colom.
Large double-page engraved chart of the Baltic Sea including the coastlines of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Denmark and Sweden with a decorative inset of ...
- $1500 / ≈ €1404
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1654
Americae Nova Tabula.
An inset shows Greenland and Iceland. Decorative elements include ships, sea monsters, and vignettes of native Americans within South America. In addition, the map is bor...
- $7500 / ≈ €7018
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
ÉGLISE SAINT OUEN, A ROUEN. Dessiné d'après nature par Chapuy. Lith. par Deroy.
Original lithograph of Saint Ouen cathedral, situated in Rouen. Lithographed by Deroy after a design by Chapuy and printed in Paris by Lemercier, Bernard Cie.
- $125 / ≈ €117
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
Le Petit atlas maritime. Recueil de cartes et plans des quatre parties du monde, en cinq volumes.
FIRST EDITION. A large paper copy, in attrictive original colors. Jacques Nicolas Bellin held offical status as royal hydrographer and ingéniuer géographe de la marine ...
- $45000 / ≈ €42107
Place & Date: Paris, 1764
FACADE DE LA CATHÉDRALE A CHARTRES. Dessiné d'après nature par Chapuy. Lith. par Deroy.
Original lithograph of Chartres Cathedral's facade. Lithographed by Deroy after a design by Chapuy and printed in Paris by Lemercier, Bernard Cie.
- $125 / ≈ €117
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
Antiguedades Peruanas (Atlas).
Atlas illustrated with 60 chromolithographic and tinted lithograph plates including illustrated title page.This atlas volume was produced to accompany a landmark collabor...
- $1800 / ≈ €1684
Place & Date: Vienna (Austria), 1851
INTERIEUR DE L'EGLISE SAINT OUEN A ROUEN. Dessiné d'après nature par Chapuy. Lith. Par Arnout. Fig par Bayot.
Original lithograph of the inside of Saint Ouen chruch, situated in Rouen. Lithographed by Arnout and Adolphe-Jean-Baptist Bayot (Alessandria 1810 - 1866) after a design ...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
Étrennes intéressantes des quatre parties du monde et des troupes de France Année MDCC LXXXXI Dix-septième Règne de Louis XVI restaurateur de la liberté française.
The almanac consists of an old-style calendar, eclipses, signs of the zodiac, and an abbreviated table of the different parts of the world. It is illustrated with folding...
- $900 / ≈ €842
Place & Date: Paris, 1791
AIR France - Comet De Havilland
Promotional poster attributed to Lucien Boucher showing the Comet de Havilland on a Mercator projection world map. The map depicts a pictorial map of the entire world in ...
- $1600 / ≈ €1497
Place & Date: Perceval, Paris, 1953
ÉGLISE St. VINCENT A ROUEN. Dessiné d'après nature par Chapuy. Lith. par Monthelier. Fig. par Bayot.
Original lithograph of St Vincent cathedral, situated in Rouen. Lithographed by Jules Monthelier (1801-1883) and Adolphe-Jean-Baptist Bayot (Alessandria 1810 - 1866) afte...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
Disegno Idrografico del Canale Reale . . .
A decorative Coronelli map showing the Canal du Midi. It shows the extent of the canal from the Mediterranean sea at Narbonne to Toulouse. Featuring a pair of large coats...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Venice, 1695-1697
Nova Hispania et Nova Galicia.
Map of New Spain and New Galicia shows the city of Mexico situated by a large lake, as well as the location of many silver and gold mines. The map's elaborate cartouche i...
- $1400 / ≈ €1310
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Allain Manesson Mallet Pairisi, Ingeni Des Camps Et Armees du Roy de Protugal.
Portrait of Alain Manesson Mallet, engraved by Pierre Landry, from "Description de l'Univers".
- $110 / ≈ €103
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
World Map of the Major Tropical Diseases.
A gruesome overview of some of the world’s deadliest tropical diseases designed by Boris Artzybasheff.This graphic world map uses hideous imagery and vivid color to hig...
- $270 / ≈ €253
Place & Date: London, 1944
Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova.
Orientated with north to the right. This is one of the earliest maps to concentrate solely on this area of the colonies, excluding Virginia and the extreme north east coa...
- $4500 / ≈ €4211
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Page from La Cosmographie Universelle with map of France. (Page 160)
Text page with woodblock map of ancient France (122 x 163 mm.) In 1575 Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia was translated into French and published in Paris by François d...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1575
Railway map of China.
Railway map of China. Key in the left with keys to capital cities, Ocean cables, etc. Published by The Chinese Government Bureau of Economic Information, which was a nonp...
- $350 / ≈ €328
Place & Date: China, ca. 1928
TOMBEAU DU DUC DE BREZE, DANS LA CATHEDRALE DE ROUEN. Dessiné d'après nature par Chapuy. Lith. par Monthelier. Fig. par Bayot.
Original lithography of the tomb of the duke of Brézé, in the cathedral of Rouen. Lithographed by Jules Monthelier (1801-1883) and Adolphe-Jean-Baptist Bayot (Alessandr...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
Mogol.
A very nice map of Northern India and Pakistan. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia universal, politica, historica, i c...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739
Carte de l'Entrée de Norton, et du Detroit de Bhering ou Von vou le Cap le plus oriental de l'Asie, et la Pointe la plus occidentale de l'Amerique.
Early detailed map of the passage between Asia and the NW Coast of America, including nice topographical details and the day by day tracks of Cook through the region in 1...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Paris, 1785
Veuë et Pers-pective de l'Entrée du Château de Marly en général.
A rare panoramic view of the Château de Marly (Marly-le-Roi) by Aveline. The plate, at the joint address of Esnault et Rapilly and Daumont, is numbered in upper right co...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1760
Insulae Americanae in Oceanus Septentrionali cum Terris..
General map of the West Indies extending from Virginia to the mouth of the Orinoco, and destined to be copied in various shapes by many other publishers.Title cartouche t...
- $2500 / ≈ €2339
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Lindoiae civitas insularis, undique aqua lacunari circunsusa.…
A wood block printed early bird's-eye view of Lindau on Lake Constance (Germany). A lettered key A-O in the plate. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmogra...
- $70 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Black Sea.
Decorative steel engraved map of the Black Sea with inset views of Sebastopol and Odessa. There are also vignettes of Constantinople, Sinope and Varna. Taken from "T...
- $90 / ≈ €84
Place & Date: London, London Printing and publishing Company of London, ca. 1851
Guide de Florence et de ses environs Redige´ sur un plan entierement nouveau par l'Abbé A. Bulgarini et Traduit en français par A. Le Rendu. Deuxième édition.
Second edition. With 1 engr. folding plan (Pianta della Citta di Firenze. I. Balatri inc. e scris.) and 12 copper plates with views in Florence. The folding plan has meas...
- $550 / ≈ €515
Place & Date: Florence, Gaspard Ricci, 1839
Carta nuova dell' Arabia fatta in Amsterdam per Isauc Tirion.
Detailed map of Arabia and environs, prepared by Albrizzi and published in Thomas Salmon in " Lo Stato Presente di Tutti i popoli del mondo naturale, politico e mora...
- $650 / ≈ €608
Place & Date: Napels, Francesco Ricciardo, 1738 -1762
Casablanca (Anfa) - Azemmour (Azamor) - Diu - Old Goa (Velha Goa)
Four fine coastal views of these harbors cities which were important to Portuguese trade. Goa and Diu on the western coast of India, together with Anfa (Casablanc) and Az...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Le Pal - Nous ne connaissons ni la discipline des partis ni les complaisances de la camaraderie.
Original cover design in pen and ink by Henri Desbarbieux for the satirical bi-monthly journal Le Pal.Not much information is found about Henri Desbarbieux. In this BNF l...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Paris, 1925
Carte de France corrigée par ordre du Roy sur les observations de Messieurs de l'Académie des Sciences
Important map published by the Academy of Sciences. The new projection method was based on the necessary to define the exact contours of the country and to develop the me...
- $3000 / ≈ €2807
Place & Date: Paris, 1693
Regionis Biturigum... Per Ioannem Calamaeum. / Limaniae Topographia Gabriele Symeoneo Auct.
Two maps on one sheet. Biturigum. The Loire river is at the right in central France. Neuers (Nevers) is at the middle of the right margin. Bourges is near the center, an...
- $125 / ≈ €117
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca. 1598
[Lot of 25 leaves of Africa and Egypt]
Twenty-five text leaves with wood block illustrations relating to Africa and Egypt illustrated with maps, animals, plants.... From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
[Lot of 7 leaves] Curiensis civitas, Rhetorum…/Valesia/Solothurensis/Clarissimae civitatis/Genevensis/Basiliensis/Ursina…Bernensis/Sedunensis/Designatio …Badensis.
Seven text leaves illustrated with wood block bird's-eye views of Chur, Solothurn, Geneva, Basel, Bern, Sitten, Baden and one single sheet map of the Valais. From the 155...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
[Lot of 8 leaves relating to the Holy Land]
Eight printed text leaves with maps and views relating to the Holy Land. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summar...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
[Lot of 25 leaves of France, Brabant, Netherlands, Luxemburg]
Twenty-five text leaves with wood block illustrations relating to France, Brabant, the Netherlands, Luxemburg. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
[Lot of 2 leaves] Vienna Austriae metropolis, urbs…
A wood block printed early panoramic view of Vienna (Austria). From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renai...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
INTERIEUR DE LA CATHEDRALE A CHARTRES. Dessiné d'après nature par Chapuy. Lith. Par Bachelier.
Original lithograph of the inside of the cathedral situated in Chartres. Lithographed by Bachelier after a design by Chapuy and printed in Paris by Lemercier, Bernard Cie...
- $35 / ≈ €33
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
[Lot of 2 leaves] Rubeaquum cum arce Isenburgo…/ Wyssenburg…
Two wood block printed early bird's-eye views of Rouffach (lies along the Alsatian wine route) and Wissembourg (Alsace). From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Co...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Virginiae Partis Australis, et Floridae Partis Orientalis.
Blaeu based this map on the Mercator-Hondius of 1606. A number of geographical improvements, however were incorporated, although two large fictions lakes accompanied by e...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Mappa Aestivarum Insularum alias Barmudas.
Blaeu based his work on John Speed's remarkably accurate map of 1626-1627. It shows the island divided into tribes and lots, and below the map itself appear the names of ...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
[Lot of 9 leaves with maps and views of Persia and Arabia).
Nineteen text leaves with wood block illustrations relating to Persia and Arabia. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and comple...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Aethiopia Superior vel Interior vulgo Abissinorum.
An attractive map of the Eastern African and the fictitious kingdom of Prester John. The map shows a major section of central and eastern Africa including Mozambique nort...
- $900 / ≈ €842
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Carte des Isles de Maiorque Minorque et Yvice.
Uncommon map of Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza prepared by J.N. Bellin. With an inset plan of the harbor of Mahon "Plan du Port et de la Ville de Mahon", and a seco...
- $700 / ≈ €655
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1756
PALAIS DE JUSTICE A ROUEN. Dessiné d'après nature par Chapuy. Lith. par Rouargue.
Original lithograph of the courthouse of justice in Rouen. Lithographed by Rouargue after a design by Chapuy and printed in Paris by Lemercier, Bernard Cie.
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
Plan de la rivierè de Saigon et de ses affluents dressé par ordre de M. le capitaine de vaisseau d'Ariès, gouverneur de Saigon, d'après les documents fournis par MM. Lespès. . .
A huge folded map the Saigon river prepared after Léo de Lespès, Rieunier Narac. Inset map of "Carte de Banc de Corail, levée d' après les ordres de Mr. le Capta...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: St Joseph, Saigon, after 1860
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 10
Engraving from Perspective, c'est a dire, le tresrenomme art du poinct oculaire d'une veue dedans ou travers regardante, estant sur une muraille unie, sur un tableau, ou ...
- $175 / ≈ €164
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Contado DE Venassino, E prencipato d'Oranges . . .
A most attractive and decorative map centered on Avignon and Orange, by Vincenzo Coronelli. An elaborate title cartouche garlanded with intertwined flowers and dedicated ...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Venise 1690
[7 Indian Patna water colors of crafts.]
Seven Company school, also called Patna painting, style of miniature painting that developed in India in the second half of the 18th century in response to the tastes of ...
- $1500 / ≈ €1404
Place & Date: India, ca.1850
COMMERCY, Vue prise de la Garenne - Chemins de fer de l'Est. Dessiné d'après nat. et Lith. par A.Maugendre.
Original lithograph eye-bird view of Commercy, as seen from La Garenne. Lithographed by Jules Monthelier (1801-1883) and Adolphe-Jean-Baptist Bayot (Alessandria 1810 - 18...
- $125 / ≈ €117
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
PORTAIL SEPTENTRIONAL DE LA CATHÉDRALE A CHARTRES. Dessiné d'après nature par Monthelier. Lith. par Monthelier.fig. par Bayot.
Original lithograph of the northern portal of Chartres cathedral. Lithographed by Jules Monthelier (1801-1883) and Adolphe-Jean-Baptist Bayot (Alessandria 1810 - 1866) af...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
Karta öfver Färentuna härad eller det fordom så kallade Svartsjö län,
Fine and detailed map prepared by Victor Dahlgren (1815-1870).
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Stockholm, 1853
ARC DE TRIOMPHE A ORANGE. Dessiné d'après nature par Guesdon. Lith. par Ad. Cuvellier. Fig. par Bayot.
Original lithograph of the Triumph Arc of Orange. Lithographed by A. Cuvillier and Adolphe-Jean-Baptist Bayot (Alessandria 1810 - 1866) after a design by Chapuy and print...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, 1844
L'America Meridionale . . .
The second edition of Rossi's map of South America, based upon Sanson's map, but with revised Italian nomenclature. From his 'Mercurio Geografico...'. The engraver was G...
- $900 / ≈ €842
Place & Date: Rome, 1687
[Lot of 6] Carte de la Baye d'Hocsieu. Fukin. (3 Maps + 3 Gravure of China)
[Lot of 6 items]. (3 Maps +3 gravure )- Carte de la Baye d'Hocsieu et des Entrees de la Riviere de Chang Situees dans la Province de Fokyen. J.N.Berlin 1748- Carte de l...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1759
[Lot of 5 maps] Kaart van de noord-west kust van Amerika en de noord-oost kust van Asia.
- Kaart van de noord-west kust van Amerika en de noord-oost kust van Asia. Opgenoomen in de Jaaren 1778 en 1779. Captain James Cook (1728-79), explorer, circumnavigato...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1795-1803
Carte d'Orient par Kraminski ingénieur.
Large map of Orient, with an insert of four maps (Constantinople plan - Map of Europe - Map of Russia - Plan of Baltic sea). With flags in the lower left part. color key ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1854
Westphalia Ducatus.
Elegantly engraved map of Westphalia including Hamm and Lippstadt. The mountainous topography is graphically depicted and several small coats of arms dot the map. Strapwo...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Nuovo Mondo parte Meridionale.
Uncommon map of South America prepared by Francesco Costantino Marmocchi. Above the map "Geografia Commerciale". From "Il Globo Atlante di carte Geografich...
Place & Date: Genova, Paolo Rivara fu Giacomo, 1858
Osnabrugensis episcopatus.
A beautiful map of Munster centered on the city of Osnabruck. Prepared by Joannes Michael Gigas (1580-1650+), a doctor, mathematician and geographer. Showing an inset wit...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1638
[ View of Cruzola]
Very rare view of Tremite Islands Island published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terr...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
81e. Vue d'Optique Reprsentant Le Palais et la Grande Place de Vienne.
Optical print of a square in Vienna, by Daumont who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there we...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Des Russischen Reiches Statthalterschaften Neurussland, Asow, und das Oestliche Nogay
Map showing Lake Asow and the Crimea. The river Dnepr until Krementschug, and the river Don until Pawlowsk. Published by Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly.
Place & Date: Vienna, 1789
Vue Perspective du Palais du Roy de Suede a Stokolm.
Perspective view of The Stockholm Palace by Huquier, a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were ...
Place & Date: Paris 1760
Vue perspective de la Galerie Royale de Copenhague conduisant au Jardin.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the Royal Portico in Copenhagen.Mondhare was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris. In...
Place & Date: Paris 1761
Polla Querrner [Pula in southern Istria)
Very rare view of Pula in southern Istria, published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Te...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Eglise et place de Saint Andre dellavalle à Rome.
Perspective view of the church and place Sant'Andrea della Valle church in Rome. Sant'Andrea della Valle later became a model for the construction of other churches like ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Carte de la Côte de Guzerat, Du Golf de Cambaye et des Côtes de Concan et De Canara.
French sea chart of West India from Gujarat to Mangalore. With inset chart Plan de la Rivière de Surate.Prepared by Jacques-François L'Abbé Dicquemare (1733-1789). La...
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1775