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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 / ≈ €691
Date: Augsburg, 1770- 1780
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 / ≈ €65
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
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 / ≈ €65
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.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
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 / ≈ €65
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
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 / ≈ €65
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
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 / ≈ €43
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 / ≈ €43
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
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 / ≈ €86
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
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 / ≈ €173
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 / ≈ €259
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
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
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 / ≈ €86
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 / ≈ €86
Date: Paris, 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
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 / ≈ €43
Date: Paris, 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 / ≈ €259
Date: Leipzig, 1781
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 / ≈ €108
Date: Paris, ca. 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 / ≈ €259
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 / ≈ €130
Date: Nuremberg, 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 / ≈ €108
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 / ≈ €259
Date: Paris, 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 / ≈ €518
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 / ≈ €130
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'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 / ≈ €259
Date: Paris, ca 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 / ≈ €86
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 / ≈ €86
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
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 / ≈ €216
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 / ≈ €259
Date: Paris, ca 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 / ≈ €1511
Date: Amsterdam, 1782-1783
Carte des Iles de Ponghou suivant le point sur lequel ont été faites les cartes de la Chine et de la Tartarie par l'ordre et aux frais de l'empereur. . .
Plan of the West coast of Taiwan and it direct environs. From "Lettres Édifiantes et Curieuses. . Missionaires de la Compagnie de Jesus [Jesuit Letters]". Engr...
- $175 / ≈ €151
Date: Paris, 1780-1783
Les Indes Orientales.. tirées du Neptune Oriental..
Finely and crisply engraved map centered on the Bay of Bengal, encompassing the Indian subcontinent and the Indochinese Peninsula.Venetian edition of Giles Didier Robert ...
- $450 / ≈ €389
Date: Venice, 1779 - 1784
Carte de l'Empire de Perse...
Finely and crisply engraved map of the Persian Empire during the 18th century. It shows the Caspian Sea in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south, and from Armenia in...
Date: Venice, 1779 - 1784
L'Asie divisée en ses principaux Etats..
A finely and crisply engraved map of Asia is decorated with an ornamental title cartouche in the lower-left corner.There are very good details of towns in modern-day Uzbe...
Date: Venice, 1776 - 1784
L'Impero del Giapon diviso in sette principali parti cive..
The map of the Japanese Empire published by Antonio Zatta (1757-97) continued to show most of the inaccuracies of earlier eighteenth-century maps.
Date: Venice, 1785
Carte Generale de la Chine Dressée sur les Cartes Particulieres Que l' Empereur Chang-Hi a fait lever sur les lieux..
Large map showing the traditional limits of China, including Hainan and Formosa in the South, and Quantong and parts of the Gobi Desert in the North.As the title notes, t...
Date: Paris, Ph.-D. Pierres, Clousier [- Moutard], 1785
Carte Generale De La Tartarie Chinoise Dressee sur les Cartes Particulieres Faits Sur Les Lieux Par Les R.R. P.P. Jesuites . . . .MDCCXXXII
This is a very detailed map of the region from Japan to the Gobi Desert, centered on Mongolia and Korea, from D'Anville's Atlas of China. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anv...
Date: Paris, Ph.-D. Pierres, Clousier [- Moutard], 1785
[Set of 4 maps] Indie Orientali di Quà e di la Dal Gange col Loro Arcipelago.
Fine almost wall sized map of South east Asia, including Formosa, New Guinea, the Maldives and the Indus delta. From his "Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciut...
- $850 / ≈ €734
Date: Venice, ca. 1779 - 1785
Observatoire de Peking.
The observatory of Mateo Rizzi in Peking, in which there are very large instruments, an Equinoctial Sphere, a Celestial Globe, a Zodiacal Sphere, Azimuthal Horizona, Quad...
Date: Paris, GROSIER Jean-Baptiste, 1785
Indie Orientali di Quà e di la Dal Gange col Loro Arcipelago. [Set of 4 maps]
Fine almost wall sized map of South east Asia, including Formosa, New Guinea, the Maldives and the Indus delta. From his "Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciut...
Date: Venice, ca. 1779 - 1785
Regni D'Aracan Del Pegu Di Siam Di Camboge E Di Laos . . . 1785
Striking regional map centered on Thailand and Vietnam, extending from the Singapore to India, and north to Tibet. Decorative scroll title cartouche.
- $500 / ≈ €432
Date: Venise, 1785
Sketch of the Typa and Macao.
A map of the environs of the Portuguese settlement of Macao in the Far East. The map shows a small town plan of Macao, nearby rocks, shoals depth soundings, and a few nav...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: London, 1785
A New and Correct Map of Asia Laid down from the latest and best Observations Humbly Inscribed to his Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales. . . [2 subtitles:] Several Representations of the Customs Manners etc. of Divers Parts of Asia. . .
A large, attractive and rare, separately issued map of Asia with figured side borders. With large decorative title cartouche ad address "By Thomas Kitchin. London, p...
Date: London, 1787
Karte von den N.W. Amerikanischen und N.OE. Asiatischen Kusten nach den Untersuchungen des Kapit. Cook...
A detailed large-scale map showing the Bering Strait, Kamchatka, Alaska and much of North America. While the Russian coastline is shown with reasonable accuracy. Showin...
- $450 / ≈ €389
Date: Vienna, 1788
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 / ≈ €35
Date: M. Sylvain Maréchal. Paris, 1788
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 / ≈ €22
Date: M. Sylvain Maréchal. Paris, 1788
L'Asia secondo Le ultime osserviazioni divisa né suoi stati principali.
First edition on laid paper. Cassini’s splendid map depicts Asia at the end of the eighteenth century. There is good details of the region east of the Caspian Sea, sho...
- $750 / ≈ €648
Date: Rome, 1788
Die Asiatische Turkey begreift in sich Natolien, Georgien, Armenien, Mesopotamien Syrien, und Arabien. . .
Map of Turkey bordered by the Black Sea to the north, Syria and Sinai Peninsula to the south, Turkey in Europe to the west, with a small title cartouche. Explanatory text...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Augsburg, 1789
Asia verlegt von Ioh Mich Probst.
Uncommon map of Asia, with an explanatory text and directory on the right and the bottom of the map from the "Atlas Minor ex Tabulis Geographicis ".The map is o...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Augsburg, 1789
[Asia and part of Australia]
An engraved map of Asia shows an oversized Japan and part of Australia, called Neu Holland. To the east of the Caspian Sea, we see the area of present-day Uzbekistan and ...
- $450 / ≈ €389
Date: Tübingen, Heerbrandt, 1790
Perse, Turquie Asiatique et Arabie. . .
Attractive map covering the Arabian Peninsula, Turkey, Palestine, the Caucasus, today's Iraq and Iran.Flanked by two columns of French text containing geographical inform...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Paris, 1790
КАРТА ТАТАРИ КИТАЙСКОЙ [Map of Tartary in Cyrillic ].
A rare map of Tartary, including Korea, China and Tibet.This Cyrillic version of the map appeared in one of the first world atlases published in Russia "Novy Atlas, ...
- $750 / ≈ €648
Date: Paris / St.Petersburg, ca. 1790
Nieuwe Generale Kaart van Asia.
Uncommon map of Asia, with Dutch text. Engraved by A.Krevelt. In the upper right-hand corner, inset the map of Siberia. The region east of the Caspian Sea, showing modern...
- $120 / ≈ €104
Date: Amsterdam, 1792
Partie de la nouvelle grande carte des Indes Orientales. . .
This is the northwest sheet of a four-sheet map of Southern and Southeast Asia, showing the Bay of Bengal and extending from the Pakistani border across India to the Indo...
Date: Amsterdam, 1792
Grundriss von der Stadt und dem Schlosse Batavia.
Uncommon plan of the town and fortress of Batavia. The plan is based on the earlier, much larger map of Batavia published by Clement de Jonghe in 1650. From 'Algemeine We...
- $175 / ≈ €151
Date: Halle, 1763-1792
East India Islands
Good detail on Philippines. Uncommon miniature map from Gibson's "Atlas Minimus, or a New Set of Pocket Maps of the several Empires, Kingdoms and States of the known...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: London, 1792
A chart of the northern part of the Indian Ocean..
Chart of the northern part of the Indian Ocean, including part of Arabia, India and Sri Lanka prepared by D'Apré de Mannevillette and published in London by Laurie and W...
- $750 / ≈ €648
Date: London 1794
The Asiatic Part of the Russian Empire. . .
Large map of Asiatic Russia and some of the Aleutians recently discovered. Many details and speculations. Features the important discoveries of Vitus Behring (or Bering),...
- $500 / ≈ €432
Date: London, 1794
Turkey in Asia.
An attractive map covering Asia Minor, Syria, Armenia, Georgia, Kurdistan, Iraq, Syria, Cyprus and the Black Sea. Shows towns, rivers, mountains, lakes, etc. In pretty or...
- $65 / ≈ €56
Date: London, 1794
The Coast of India, from Point Gordeware to the Ganges Comprehending Part of the Coast of Golconda . . .
Detailed sea chart of the coast of India, from the mouths of the Ganges Rivers in the northeast to Point Gordeware in the south west. Includes numerous sailing channels a...
- $400 / ≈ €345
Date: London, 1794
Le Indie Orientali E Il Loro Arcipelago . . .
Striking map of the region from the Gulf of Bengal to Hainan, centered on the Malay Peninsula, Straits of Malacca, Sumatra, Java and Philippines.This is the uncommon edit...
- $500 / ≈ €432
Date: Venise, 1794-1796
Sketch of A Journey from Hang-Tchoo-Foo To Quang-Tchoo-Foo or Canton in China.
A detailed map taken from, from Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China'.The map shows the second part of Ma...
Date: London, 1796
Plan de la partie des iles, ou archipel de Coree, vue au mois de Mai 1787 par les Fregates Francaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe. . . .
Showing the track of La Pérouse along the southern most tip of Korea, with Quelpaerts Islands (now-a-days called Jeju, with the vulcano Halla-san (Halla Mountain) clearl...
- $400 / ≈ €345
Date: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, An V, 1797
Terre de Chanaan, ou Terre promise à Abraham et à sa Posterité . . . .
Two maps on one sheet. With a map of Palestine and a map of the Near Eas with a title cartouche "Carte des voiages d'Abraham faits par l'ordre de Dieu, en Asie et en...
Date: Paris, ca. 1797
Plan de la partie des iles, ou archipel de Coree, vue au mois de Mai 1787 par les Fregates Francaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe. . . .
Showing the track of La Perouse along the southernmost tip of Korea, with Quelpaerts Islands (nowadays called Jeju, with the volcano Halla-san (Halla Mountain) clearly no...
- $450 / ≈ €389
Date: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, An V, 1797
Plan de la partie des Isles ou Archipel de Corée.
Showing the track of La Perouse along the southern most tip of Korea, with Quelpaerts Islands (now-a-days called Jeju, with the volcano Halla-san (Halla Mountain) clearly...
Date: Paris, 1797
Plan de la partie des Isles ou Archipel de Coree.
Showing the track of La Perouse along the southernmost tip of Korea, with Quelpaerts Islands (nowadays called Jeju, with the vulcano Halla-san (Halla Mountain) is clearly...
Date: Paris, 1797
Plan de la partie de l'ile de quelpaert. . . / Plan de l'ile Hoapinsu. . . / Plan de l'ile Dagelet. . . / Plan de la partie de l'ile de Botol. . . / Plan de l'ile de Kumi. . .
Five plans on a folio sheet. These charts include Cheju Do, Korea (Quelpaert Is.), Kume-Shiwa, Okinawa (Kumi), and Ullung Do (Dagelet).Including one of the earliest maps ...
Date: Paris, 1797
Part of the island of Quelpart seen 21 may 1787. . . [5 maps on one sheet]
Detailed maps of islands south of Korea. Of interest is the inset map of L'ile Dagelet (The Isle of Dagelet), the note in French says "Discovered by the French friga...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: London, G. G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London, 1798
Carte des découvertes au Nord du Japon.
Chart of the discoveries to the north of Japan, in 1643 by the Dutch ships Castricum and Breskens. In two small insets in the top of the chart the province of Osju is dep...
- $400 / ≈ €345
Date: Paris, 1798
L'Asie divisée dan ses principaux états, empires, et royaumes dréssée et augmentée des plus exactes nouvelles découvertes qui ont fait en plusieurs fois les plus celebres capitaines.
A very rare map of Asia, in the style of Antonio Zatta with a scenic title cartouche, but folio-sized. It comes from a never-finished atlas by the ‘Società Calcografia...
Date: Venise, 1799
Carte Generale de la Chine Dressée sur les Cartes Particulieres Que l' Empereur Chang-Hi a fait lever sur les lieux. . . .
With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by the master engraver Guillaume-Nicolas de la Haye (1727 -1802). Large map showing the traditional limits of China...
- $750 / ≈ €648
Date: Paris, Dezauche, 1789–1799
Carte la plus generale et qui comprend la Chine, la Tartarie chinoise et le Thibet. . .
With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by G.Kondet. Very detailed map of China, Tibet and Korea. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French ...
- $2700 / ≈ €2332
Date: Paris, Dezauche, 1789–1799
Plan de la ville de Pondicheri.
The first detailed French plan of Pondicherry. In the lower part, a lettered and numbered key and the coat of arms of Mr. Joseph-François Dupleix.The Compagnie des Indes...
- $120 / ≈ €104
Date: Paris, 1800