Ceremonie de la grande Feste que les Chinois celebre le 24 de la Lune d'Aoust dans la principale Place de Pekin.
So-called optical print illustrating the festivities on the 24th of August in Beijing.Mondhare was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris, at rue ...
- $500 / ≈ €434
Place & Date: Paris, c.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...
- $500 / ≈ €434
Place & Date: Paris, c.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...
Place & Date: Paris, c.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 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Rome, 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 / ≈ €87
Place & 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 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: Paris, 1780
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
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1782
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 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1783
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...
Place & 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...
Place & Date: Paris, Ph.-D. Pierres, Clousier [- Moutard], 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...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Place & Date: Paris, GROSIER Jean-Baptiste, 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
Place & Date: London, 1785
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...
Place & Date: London, 1796
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 / ≈ €651
Place & 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 / ≈ €2342
Place & Date: Paris, Dezauche, 1789–1799
Charte von China nach Murdochischer Projection entworfen. ... Berichtiget, und gezeichnet von H.F.A. Stieler. . .
Uncommon map of China prepared by H.F.A.Stieler, with parts of Taiwan, Tibet, Mongolia and the Korean peninsula, with a great many place names, a key to (and brief explan...
- $600 / ≈ €520
Place & Date: Weimar, 1804
L'Empire de la Chine, avec les Isles du Japon, et la Corée.
Map of south eastern China, including Taiwan, Korea and Japan. From Atlas de la Géographie de toutes les parties du monde .. Ouvrage destiné pour l'education, et néces...
Place & Date: Paris, Prudhomme, Levrault, Debray, 1806
![[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 / ≈ €30
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
Verm Gegenstaende. CXIII. 1 Melandes CCXIII.
A Chinese Mandarin house and below a Chinese village scene with farmers.
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Germany, 1812
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
China.
From the atlas the 'Universal Geography' by Thos. Kelly, and engraved by Finlay. This copper plate maps shows the mainland of China, together with the islands of Formosa ...
Place & Date: London, ca. 1817
Charte von China nach Murdochischer Projection entworfen. ... Berichtiget, und gezeichnet von H.F.A. Stieler. . .
Uncommon map of China prepared by H.F.A.Stieler, with parts of Taiwan, Tibet, Mongolia and the Korean peninsula, with a great many place names, a key to (and brief explan...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1820
Carte de la Chine et du Japon. Dressée pour l'intelligence de l'histoire général des voyages de Laharpe. . .
Engraved by Tardieu for L'Intelligence de l'histoire generale des Voyages de Laharpe .Rare and detailed map of China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan (I.Formose ou Pekan).
- $275 / ≈ €239
Place & Date: Paris, 1821
Carte de la Chine et du Japon..
Engraved by Tardieu for L'Intelligence de l'histoire generale des Voyages de Laharpe .Rare and detailed map of China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan (I.Formose ou Pekan).
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: Paris, 1821
China and Japan drawn and engraved for Dr. Playfairs Atlas.
Detailed map of China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan engraved by H. Cooper and published by Alexander Macredie. Originally engraved for James Playfair's " A New General At...
- $700 / ≈ €607
Place & Date: Edinburgh, 1824
Garde Imperiale. Cavalier et Fantassin.
A decorative, colored lithograph of a Guard in the Chinese Imperial Army, and that of a Cavalier. From the work by Malpiere titled: " La Chine, Moeurs, Usages, Arts ...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1825
Soldato nel suo compito uniforme (Chinese soldier in full battle dress)
Aquatint with original coloring by Antonio Rancati, taken from Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume ancien et moderne ou histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religi...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Tende, Stendardi (Chinese Military Equipment)
Aquatint with original coloring by Antonio Rancati, taken from Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume ancien et moderne ou histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religi...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Macchine idrauliche. (Chinese hydraulic machines)
Aquatint with original coloring by G. Rossi, taken from Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume ancien et moderne ou histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[XXIII Infanteria ].](/uploads/cache/34982-250x250.jpg)
[XXIII Infanteria ].
Aquatint depicting Chinese infantry engraved by G Bigatti, Plate N°23.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice,...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[XXV Cavalleria ].](/uploads/cache/34983-250x250.jpg)
[XXV Cavalleria ].
Aquatint depicting Chinese cavalry engraved by G Bigatti, Plate N°25.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, ...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[LVI. Strada di Nan-King].](/uploads/cache/34984-250x250.jpg)
[LVI. Strada di Nan-King].
Aquatint depicting a street in Nanking (Nanjing) engraved by G Zancon, Plate N°56.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, d...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[LXXXI. Amida e Xaca ].](/uploads/cache/34985-250x250.jpg)
[LXXXI. Amida e Xaca ].
Aquatint depicting Amida (or Amideva who is a celestial Buddha) and the God Xaca, engraved by A.Rancati. Plate N°81.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Mode...
- $40 / ≈ €35
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[XIX. Principali persone componenti la marcia ec..].](/uploads/cache/34986-250x250.jpg)
[XIX. Principali persone componenti la marcia ec..].
Aquatint depicting a Chinese procession, engraved by G. Zacon, Plate N°16.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la mil...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[LXXXIII. Nozze].](/uploads/cache/34987-250x250.jpg)
[LXXXIII. Nozze].
Aquatint depicting a Chinese wedding ceremony engraved by A. Rancati, Plate N°83.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Antico Imperatore nel suo carro].](/uploads/cache/34990-250x250.jpg)
[Antico Imperatore nel suo carro].
Aquatint depicting an Emperor in his chariot engraved by G. Bigatti, Plate N°13.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de ...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[LXVIII. Abiti de' cittadini e de' contadini].](/uploads/cache/34991-250x250.jpg)
[LXVIII. Abiti de' cittadini e de' contadini].
Aquatint costume plate showing Chinese citizens and farmers engraved by G. Bigatti, Plate N°68.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du go...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[XXXII. Dio Quante-Cong].](/uploads/cache/34992-250x250.jpg)
[XXXII. Dio Quante-Cong].
Aquatint depicting Chinese Idol Quantecong, who was the first Emperor, engraved by G Zancon, Plate N°32.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histo...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[XL. Sepolcro di un Grande].](/uploads/cache/34993-250x250.jpg)
[XL. Sepolcro di un Grande].
Aquatint depicting the tomb engraved by L. Rolsi. Plate N°40.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la re...
- $40 / ≈ €35
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
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[8 sheets - Partie du THIBET]
A set of 8 maps covering Tibet region and the Himalayas.From his famous Atlas Universel . This atlas was one of the most remarkable world atlases ever produced, anticipat...
- $1000 / ≈ €867
Place & Date: Brussels, 1825-1827
Partie de L'Empire Chinois - No.47.
One of Vandermaelen's 378 conjoined maps on a uniform scale to made up the total globe. This map features the Eastern Mongolia portion of China with Oloa Baytin. Interest...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Brussels, 1825-1827
Macao.
Early view of Macao after Barthelemy Lauvergne (1805-1875) and engraved in aquatint technique by Sigismond Himely (1801-1872). Published as plate 28 in Voyage autour du m...
- $600 / ≈ €520
Place & Date: Paris, Finot, 1835
China.
Map of China, Taiwan and Korea. This map by the nephew of Aaron Arrowsmith first appeared in 1832 and was reissued several times. The present issue appeared in Arrowsmith...
Place & Date: London, 1838
Macao from the Forts of Heang-shan.
A finely delineated view of the city of Macao as seen from one of its fortification areas. The foreground contains a group of religious worshipers. Engraved by S. Fisher....
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: London, ca. 1840
Geographical and Statistical Map of China. China and the Tributary Kingdom of Corea. For the Elucidation of Lavoisne's Genealogical, Historical, Chronological, & Geographical Atlas, by C. Gros, 1820. No. 64. Revised 1828.
Fine map of China and Korea, with a sub-title in top "Geographical and historical map of China.". The map is apparently a revised edition for 1828.The atlas was...
- $450 / ≈ €390
Place & Date: London, 1842
China.
This detailed map of China includes text giving measurements of "The Great Chinese Wall".The map was published in "Lizars' Edinburgh Geographical General A...
- $250 / ≈ €217
Place & Date: Edinburg, 1842
Chine et Japon.
Detailed map of China, Korea, Taiwan and Japan, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel de Géog...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Paris, 1845
China-Propria oder das eigentliche China.
Map number 48 from Meyer's 'Zeitung's Atlas', a popular German 'pocket atlas', published during the mid nineteenth century. This map of China shows the mainland, and the ...
Place & Date: Hildburghausen / Philadelphia, 1849
Chinese Export watercolor.
Chinese watercolor with in lower margin Chinese text : Chinese watercolor - " A farmer's thief, a book, a big manuscipt, a filial piety, a martial art. " [Googl...
- $1000 / ≈ €867
Place & Date: China, ca. 1850
Chinese Temple, Macao.
A pleasant view of the important Chinese Temple in Macao, taken from the water with a junk in the foreground and many sampans and junks moored in front of it, with visito...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Philadelphia, 1856
La Cina propriamente detta e sue isole.
Uncommon map of China prepared by Francesco Costantino Marmocchi. Above the map "Geografia Commerciale". From "Il Globo Atlante di carte Geografiche compil...
Place & Date: Genova, Paolo Rivara fu Giacomo, 1858
China, Sheet IX, Yang-Tse-Kiang from the sea to Nanking . . .
A fine, large-scale chart. This chart depicts the last stretch of the Yangtse River before it meets the sea. It gives soundings and notes on the tides, and includes an in...
- $750 / ≈ €651
Place & Date: London, 1843-1859
China east coast Yellow Sea and Gulf of Pechili
Very detailed chart of China's east coast with the Yellow Sea and Gulf of Pechili. Scale: circa 1:1m. Inscription: J & C Walker sculpt. One inset: Pekin to the Gulf o...
- $450 / ≈ €390
Place & Date: London, 1840 - 1859
Militairy manuscript map of the end of Yangzi River across Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang areas, with 3 red seals of the Ever-Victorious Army.
In lower left corner an inset plan of Songjiang District with Shanghai with a grid and the area is divided with red doted border lines.The map has three red seals of the ...
Place & Date: China, ca 1862
Plan de Camp de Tché-Fou et de ses environs.
A rare and detailed plan of Chefoo, which was a treaty port in Shantung province, near today's Yantai. Plate IV from "Atlas de l'expédition de Chine en 1860: rédig...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 1862
Occupation de Tien-Tsin par la Flottille Anglo-Française le 26 Mai 1859.
Plate III from "Atlas de l'expédition de Chine en 1860: rédigé au dépôt de la guerre d'après les documents officiels, étant directeur le général Blondel, so...
- $250 / ≈ €217
Place & Date: Paris, 1862
En Chine.
From the series "Caricatures du Prussien - Guerre des Duchés". Lithographed by Julés Pelcoq.
Place & Date: Paris, 1864
Attaque & prise des forts du Pei-Ho Le 21 Août 1860, par les troupes Françaises et Anglaises.
In 1860, an Anglo-French force gathered at Hong Kong and then carried out a landing at Pei Tang on August 1, and a successful assault on the Taku Forts on August 21.This ...
- $500 / ≈ €434
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1865
China Sea Nothern Porton compiled from the latest survey to 1884
A fine Survey chart no. 2680 showing Tong King Gulf, Hanan Island up to Hong Kong, Macao and Canto River up to Canton (Being)
- $800 / ≈ €694
Place & Date: London, 1887, updated to 1897
Stanford's Map of Eastern China, Japan and Korea. 1898.
Charming, folding map of the east coast of China, Korea and Japan. In the lower right corner inset map of Korea (265x512mm.). In the lower left, a key to Treaty Ports, Su...
- $750 / ≈ €651
Place & Date: London, ca. 1898
Peking. ( Pictorial map)
This pictorial map of this Game of the Goose, published at the time of the Boxer War, shows well the situation of Pei-Ho and Tientsin in relation to Peking. There are 42 ...
- $600 / ≈ €520
Place & Date: France, ca.1901
![Wusung River or Hwang Pu. / Wusung River Entrance [With Shanhhai]](/uploads/cache/48595-250x250.jpg)
Wusung River or Hwang Pu. / Wusung River Entrance [With Shanhhai]
A fine Survey chart no. 1601 showing Wusung River or Hwang Pu. / Wusung River Entrance [With Shanghai]
- $800 / ≈ €694
Place & Date: London, 1887 - 190, updated to 1903
Map of the Far East
rare map including, Corea, Japan and China, prepared by Leonid Ivanovich Borodovsky, (1870-1906) and published in 1904. This folding map has several insets, one with Tai...
- $1000 / ≈ €867
Place & Date: St. Petersburg, A.Ilyin, 1904
Manchuria.
Map of Manchuria and Korea. With in lower left corner scales in miles and kilometers, Protestant Mission Stations, railways both opened and in progress, canals and telegr...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: London, 1910
Boucle du Pei-Ho.
Manuscript map of Boucle du Pei-Ho (Taku Forts) showing the river Pei-ho, along with the projected railway lines were to be built, including bridges, installations, villa...
- $750 / ≈ €651
Place & Date: China ?, ca.1910
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 / ≈ €304
Place & Date: China, ca. 1928
Carte du massif montagneux de Kuling (Province de Kiand-Si).
Manuscript map of the Kuling mountain range, showing the YangTze River, Lake Poyang, villages, etc. in French. Signed J.Volaz (?).Guling (or Kuling), is a resort town in ...
- $1500 / ≈ €1301
Place & Date: China ?, ca.1930
New China Map.
Very large and detailed map of China (1:6,000,000) printed in Shanghai, June 27th 1938 by JIN-SHIN GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE.The title and place names in Chinese and Engli...
- $900 / ≈ €781
Place & Date: Shanghai, June 27th 1938
China Southeast Coast.
A very large US Army and Naval map of the south east coast of China, published during the second world war. Map extent is from Kweichow Province in the west, to Kwangsi P...
- $1250 / ≈ €1084
Place & Date: [New York], 1944
Hong Kong and New Territory - Tung Kwu.
A third edition air survey map of this portion of Lantau Island, to the west of Hong Kong, performed by the RAF. Originally published in 1931, then with minor corrections...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: London, 1945
Hong Kong and New Territory - Tai O.
A third edition air survey map of this mainland portion of north west Hong Kong and New Territory, performed by the RAF. Originally published in 1931, then with minor cor...
- $400 / ≈ €347
Place & Date: London, 1945
Chine - Angleterre.
A large, vintage French school poster map from the 1950s, showing China on one side and the United Kingdom on the reverse. As you would expect content and detail and basi...
Place & Date: Nalliers, ca 1955
China sea. Tong King Gulf Compiled from the latest British and Foreign Government surveys to 1886. . .
Detailed Map of Chart of Annam Gulf or Tong King Gulf, in the China Sea. Chart with legend and scale. British Admiralty chart No. 2062, published June 1881, large correct...
- $400 / ≈ €347
Place & Date: London, 1881 updated to 1957