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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 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Religieux Turc. (26)
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...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Femme de la Caramanie. (57)
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 / ≈ €44
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 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Quatriesme figure / Epigramme de la Quatriesme figure. (85)
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 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Cinquiesme figure / Epigramme de la Cinquiesme figure. (87)
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 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Sixiesme figure / Epigramme de la Sixiesme figure. (89)
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 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Huictiesme figure / Epigramme de la Huictiesme figure. (93)
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 / ≈ €44
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 / ≈ €22
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 / ≈ €22
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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 / ≈ €22
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 / ≈ €22
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 / ≈ €22
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
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 / ≈ €22
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Tartaria sive Magnichami Imperiorum.
Stretching from the Caspian Sea in the west to the top of the island Korea . Decorated with finely engraved mountains and the Chinese wall.
- $175 / ≈ €153
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1650
Insulae Iavae Cum parte insularum Borneo Sumatrae..
An elegant sea chart of the island of Java with parts of Sumatra, Borneo and Bali. The map includes only coastal detail and shows the Dutch capital in the East Indies at ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1652
La grande Tartarie.
Map of Central Asia showing major cities, places and water bodies. Relief shown pictorially. Engraved by Anthony de Winter.
- $150 / ≈ €131
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Utrecht, ca. 1653
L'Inde deca et dela le Gange, ou est L'Empire du Grand Mogol. . .
An excellent mid 17th century map showing the area from Afghanistan and Pakistan in the west, and western China on the east, with most of India and extending north to the...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Paris, 1654
Partie Meridionale De L'Inde En deux Presqu'Isles l'une deca et l'autre Gange . . . 1654
Sanson's important mid-seventeenth-century map of India and Southeast Asia. At a scale of about 1:9,000,000, it covers most of modern India, Bangladesh and Burma, the who...
- $600 / ≈ €526
Place & Date: Paris, 1654
Carte des Trois Arabies. Tiree en Partie de l'Arabe de Nubie, en Partie de Divers autres Autheurs. . .
Rare map of the Arabian Peninsula, first published in 1654 and one of the first large maps focused specifically on the Arabian Peninsula. Sanson's map of the Arabian Peni...
Place & Date: Paris, 1654
Japonia Regnum.
The first map to correctly show Korea as a peninsula. This was to remain the standard form of Japan until the eighteenth century and although replaced by the maps of Rela...
- $2000 / ≈ €1752
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1655
Japonia Regnum.
It is the first map to correctly show Korea as a peninsula.This was to remain the standard form of Japan until the eighteenth century and although replaced by the maps of...
- $2000 / ≈ €1752
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1655
View of Derbendt an der Persischen Grentze.
An early view of Derbent, in the Republic of Dagestan. From "Voyages en Moscovie, Tartarie et Perse, par Adam Olearius".Adam Olearius was a seventeenth-century ...
Place & Date: Paris, Abraham de Wicquefort , 1656
Tarku Urbs Tartaroum in Dagestan ad mare Caspium.
An early view of Tarku, in the Republic of Dagestan. From "Voyages en Moscovie, Tartarie et Perse, par Adam Olearius".Adam Olearius was a seventeenth-century G...
Place & Date: Paris, Abraham de Wicquefort , 1656
La Chine Royaume. . .
An important and attractive French map of the whole of China, northern tip of the Philippines, with a strangely curved Korea and an under-sized Taiwan here called "Y...
Place & Date: Paris, 1656
La Chine Royaume. . .
An important and attractive French map of the whole of China, the northern tip of the Philippines, with a strangely curved Korea and an under-sized Taiwan here called &qu...
- $2600 / ≈ €2278
Place & Date: Paris, 1656
Turcicum Imperium.
A very handsome map with a particularly fine cartouche showing the Turkish Sultan on his throne and allegorical figures at either side brandishing weapons. At right is a ...
- $1500 / ≈ €1314
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1658
Magni Mogolis Imperium.
An attractive map of the northern part of India, Tibet, Iran to Burma. The travel route from Kabul to Surat is the most prominent feature of the map. Richly decorated wit...
- $650 / ≈ €569
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1658
Tartaria sive Magni Chami imperium.
This is a detailed and decorative map of the Tartary and northern part of China, including the Chinese Great Wall, the Caspian Sea, and the Volga River east as far as the...
- $700 / ≈ €613
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1658
Natolia, quae olim Asia minor.
A finely designed map of Turkey and Cyprus from the great Blaeu family of Amsterdam. The decoration consist of a colored title cartouche, sea monsters, a naval engagement...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1658
India Orientalis Nova.
Charming uncommon miniature map showing the northern two-thirds of Australia pre-discoveries by Captain Cook, but showing discoveries by Abel Tasman in 1642. The map show...
- $750 / ≈ €657
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1659
Asia recens Summa cura delineata.
Rare map of Asia published in Pierre d'Avity's "Les Estats Empires, Royaumes, Et Principautez Du Monde". Derivative map of Hondius' rare separately issued map o...
- $3000 / ≈ €2628
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1659
Constantinopolitanae urbis effigies ad vivum expressa.
A rare panoramic town-view of Istanbul with over the whole length of the lower part 3 columns of poems in Latin, Dutch and French and a numbered key 1-29 to the principal...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Geographische Beschryvinghe van de wandeling der apostelen ende De Reysen Pauli. . .
In upper and lower part 9 vignettes showing scenes from Paul's wanderings.
- $500 / ≈ €438
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Imperii Sinarum nova descriptio.
Schenk and Valk's rare early 18th century issue of Janssonius milestone map of China, Korea and Japan after Martino Martini. Engraved by Johannes van Loon. The overall ba...
- $1600 / ≈ €1402
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1660
Quantung Imperii Sinarum Provincia duodecima.
A beautifully engraved map of Southern China covers Hainan, the Pearl River Delta, and Greater Hong Kong.A legend at left identifies cities and towns of various sizes, fo...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Nova Persiae, Armeniae, Natoliae et Arabiae.
East from Cyprus to Iran with numerous place names and ornamental cartouches below. There are vignettes of sailing ships in sea areas and the land divisions of the time a...
- $850 / ≈ €745
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Asie. (8).
Scarce map of Asia published by Antoine de Fer in 1661 or 1662 in "Cartes de géographie revues et augmentées". With number 8 in lower right bottom of the map....
- $200 / ≈ €175
Place & Date: Paris, Antoine de Fer, 1657 but 1661 or 1662
Tartarie. (20).
Scarce map of Tartary published by Antoine de Fer in 1661 or 1662 in "Cartes de géographie revues et augmentées". With number 20 in lower right bottom of the ...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Paris, Antoine de Fer, 1657 but 1661 or 1662
Inde Orientale. (22).
Scarce map of India, the East Indies, Philippines and Malaysia published by Antoine de Fer in 1661 or 1662 in "Cartes de géographie revues et augmentées". Wit...
- $250 / ≈ €219
Place & Date: Paris, Antoine de Fer, 1657 but 1661 or 1662
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[Map of the Holy Land, Israel, and Palestine.]
A fine example of the six sheet map by Georgius Hornius map of the Holy Land. Each of the maps is embellished with countless vignettes and other images drawn from Biblica...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Janssonius, 1662
Le Païs de Canaan traversé par notre seigneur Iesus Christ et les apostres.
Fine map of Israel with north oriented to right. Large decorative title cartouche at bottom surrounded by vignettes depicting the life of Christ. At top, putti hold banne...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1663
Situs Terrae Promissionis.
Superb map with north oriented to the left. It is finely engraved with numerous biblical scenes including the Exodus, the wandering of the Children of Israel, and several...
- $700 / ≈ €613
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1665
Tabula Geographica Hydrophylacium Asiae Majoris exhibens, quo Omnia Flumina sive proxime sive remote per occultos maeandros Originem suam Sortiuntur.
Rare and Interesting map showing Asia from Arabia in the west until China, Japan, Korea and Philippines with Indonesia. From Kircher's "Mundus Subterranaeus". ...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1665
Noordoost Cust van Asia van Japan tot Nova Zemla.
An eye-catching chart of Japan, Hokkaido and the Islands to the North of Japan. In the lower left Korea and part of northern China. Korea has three names mentioned: "...
- $2000 / ≈ €1752
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666
Noordoost Cust van Asia van Japan tot Nova Zemla.
An eye-catching chart of Hokkaido and the Islands to the North of Japan. Ships navigate the seas around the Siberian, Chinese and Japanese coasts extending as far west as...
- $2500 / ≈ €2190
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666
Tartarie.
Rare map of Tartary published by Jollain in 1667. In lower right corner Korea as a peninsular and part of America in upper right corner. Published in "Trésor Des Ca...
- $150 / ≈ €131
Place & Date: Paris, 1667
L'Empire des Turcs.
Rare map of the Turkish empire, published by Jollain in 1667. Published in "Trésor Des Cartes Geographiques Des Principaux Estats de Lunivers".Showing "&q...
Place & Date: Paris, 1667
Asie.
Rare map of Asia, published by Jollain in 1667. The name of Korea placed in the sea in between Korea and Japan. In top right part of North America. Published in "TrÃ...
- $400 / ≈ €350
Place & Date: Paris, 1667
Le grand Royaume du Sophi de Perse.
Rare map of Persia with present-day Iran and Iraq published by Jollain in 1667. Published in "Trésor Des Cartes Geographiques Des Principaux Estats de Lunivers"...
- $250 / ≈ €219
Place & Date: Paris, 1667
Terre Sainte jadis Terre Promise ou Palestine.
Rare map of the Holy Land published by Jollain in 1667. Published in "Trésor Des Cartes Geographiques Des Principaux Estats de Lunivers".This atlas is based up...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Paris, 1667
Natolie ou Asie mineur, Lieües d'Alemag.
Rare map of Turkey and Cyprus published by Jollain in 1667. Published in "Trésor Des Cartes Geographiques Des Principaux Estats de Lunivers".This atlas is base...
- $250 / ≈ €219
Place & Date: Paris, 1667
La Chine.
Rare map of China, Korea (as an island) and Japan, published by Jollain in 1667. In upper right corner part of North America. Published in "Trésor Des Cartes Geogra...
- $350 / ≈ €307
Place & Date: Paris, 1667
Turcicum Imperium. Concordia res parvæ crescunt discordia maximæ dilabuntur.
An impressive and attractive map with a particularly fine cartouche showing the Turkish Sultan on his throne and allegorical figures at either side brandishing weapons.Sa...
- $1100 / ≈ €964
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1667
Les Iles Molvcques, Celebes, Gilolo. . .
Map of the Indian Ocean Islands of the Moluccas Islands prepared by N.Sanson and published by Pierre Mariette.Published in an early edition of the small Sanson atlas L'Eu...
Place & Date: Paris, P. Mariette, 1667
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2009
Peking.
Fine panoramic view of Peking. From Olfert Dapper mission to China, 1662-1663. Printed by Jacob van Meurs, title of the book: Gedenckwaerdig bedrijf der Nederlandsche Oos...
- $200 / ≈ €175
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1670
Jerusalem comme elle estoit du temps que nostre Sauveur Jesus-Christ souffrit mort et passion pour nous.
Rare and decorative view imaginary plan of ancient Jerusalem and its suburbs published by Gérard Jollain after Christian van Adrichom (1533-1595) plan.The plan itself is...
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1670
Ibraim Pascia Visiragha di Giannizzari. (Portrait of Ibrahim Pasha)
Fine, decorative and very scarce copper engraved portrait of Ibrahim Pasha, Pargali Ibrahim Pasha (1493 or 1494–1536), also known as Frenk Ibrahim Pasha (the "West...
Place & Date: Vienna, Gio. Battista Hacque, 1670
Selling price: $95
Sold in 2010
Negapatam.
Bird's-eye view of Nagapattinam or Negapatam, India, printed for the first Dutch edition of Baldaeus' work "A true and exact description of the most celebrated East-...
- $200 / ≈ €175
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1672
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[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 / ≈ €26
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673
La Ville et le Château de Zélandia dans l' île de Tayovan.
This important copperplate engraving is one of the earliest European views of Taiwan, depicting the Dutch fortifications and trading settlement on the West coast of the i...
- $1800 / ≈ €1577
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1675
Les Estats De L'Empire Du Grand Seigneur Des Turcs En Europe. . .
Prepared by N.Sanson. The map represents the Ottoman Empire based on Sanson's 1654 map. The Arabian Peninsula is shown with much detail including towns, villages, mountai...
Place & Date: Paris, 1675
The citie and Castle Zelandia in the Island of Taywan. / Stadt en casteel Zelandia op 't Eilant Taywan.
This important copperplate engraving is one of the earliest European views of Taiwan, depicting the Dutch fortifications and trading settlements on the island's West coas...
- $1600 / ≈ €1402
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1675
Presqu''isle de L'Inde de ça le Gange.
Uncommon miniature map of India from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie in 1657, Pierre Duval published this smaller...
- $120 / ≈ €105
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
La Turquie en Asie.
Uncommon miniature map of Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Armenia, Iran and Iraq. From Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie...
- $90 / ≈ €79
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
A newe mape of Tartary.
An early edition of one of the most decorative maps of Tartary, known for its figured borders with costume figures, while above are vignettes of the cities of Astrakhan, ...
- $2000 / ≈ €1752
Place & Date: London, 1676
Arabie.
Scarce miniature map of the Arabian peninsular, from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de géographie in 1657, Pierre Duval publi...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Presqu''isle de LINDE de là le Gange.
Scarce miniature map of Southeast Asia extends from Burma and China in the north to a portion of Sumatra in the south. From Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille date...
- $250 / ≈ €219
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Presqu''isle de L'Inde de ça le Gange.
Uncommon miniature map of India from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie in 1657, Pierre Duval published this smaller...
- $150 / ≈ €131
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Perse.
Uncommon miniature map of Persia, from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de Géographie in 1657, Pierre Duval published this smal...
- $150 / ≈ €131
Place & Date: Paris 1676
La Turquie en Asie.
Uncommon miniature map of Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Iran, Iraq. From Pierre Duval's "La Geographie Universeille" dated 1676. Following his "Cartes de geog...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Paris,1676
Empire du Mogol.
Uncommon miniature map of the Mongol empire from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie in 1657, Pierre Duval published ...
- $150 / ≈ €131
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
La Turquie en Asie.
Uncommon miniature map of Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Iran, and Iraq. From Pierre Duval's "La Geographie Universeille" dated 1676. Following his "Cartes de ...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Grande Tartarie vers l'orient où sont le Turquestan, la Tartarie septentrionale, et la Tartarie du Kin. . .
Early edition of this rare map of Tartary which incorporates Turkestan (including East Turkestan), Greater Mongolia, Giacathai.The Great Wall is shown in the lower center...
- $750 / ≈ €657
Place & Date: Paris, 1677
Description de la Tartarie. . .
Detailed map of Tartary, northern China and Korea as an island. The Caspian Sea in the utmost left. Numerous place-names of counties, cities, towns, physical features.Ala...
- $250 / ≈ €219
Place & Date: Paris, 1679
Lesser Tartaria.
A late seventeenth-century English map of Siberia / Tartary.A scarce little map with accompanying engraved text (94x55mm) from "Atlas Minimus, or, A book of geograph...
- $200 / ≈ €175
Place & Date: London, 1679
Indiae Orientalis nec non Insularum adiacentium.
Fine map of South East Asia from India to New Guinea with Japan and the southern tip of Korea in the upper right. The map leaves the question of Torres Straits unanswered...
- $1800 / ≈ €1577
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680
Goa.
A finely engraved, detailed town-plan of Goa, the main Portuguese trading post in India. It also appeared in Gottfried’s Archontologia (1649). There is a cartouche iden...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1680