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Le Royaume de France..
Lovely small map of France with decorative title cartouche and a panel in the upper right corner listing local rulers.From Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et His...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
L'Empire D'Allemagne Divisé en ses dix Cercles et Autres Estats. . .
Map centered on Germany, including Poland, Switzerland, Austria, part of France, Northern Italy and Eastern Europe. With title cartouche and a panel in the lower left cor...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
Estats du Grand Duc de Moscovie ou de L'Empereur de la Russie Blanche. . .
Lovely small map of central Russia with decorative title cartouche and a panel in the lower left corner listing local rulers.From Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
Estats de L'empire du Grand Seigneur dit Sultan et Ottomans Empereur des Turcs. . .
The map shows the extent of the Ottoman Empire from the Balkans to Persia, including all of Arabia and North Africa (an inset map at the lower left shows the continuation...
- $250 / ≈ €217
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
Les Estats de la Couronne de Pologne.
Lovely small map of Poland with title cartouche and a panel in the upper right corner listing local rulers.From Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et Historique.. b...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
L' Europe Dressée sur les Observations de Mrs. de l' Academie Royale des Sciences..
Charming small map of Europe, including Iceland and the Mediterranean. Based on the geography of Guillaume Delisle.From Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et Histor...
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
Le Royaume de Norwege Divisé en ses cinq Principaux Gouvernements. . .
Lovely small map of Norway, with much of Sweden to the East, vessel and sea monsters in the Norwegian Sea.It shows a text table in the upper left corner containing the na...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
L' Asie Dressée Selon les Observations de Mrs. De l' Academie Royale des Sciences..
Delightful little map of Asia that conforms to the standard French model of the period. Hokkaido is attached to the mainland and Terre de Iesso is off the coast partially...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
Les Royaumes de Portugal et d'Algarve..
Lovely small map of Portugal showing a panel in the upper right corner with a list of local rulers.From Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et Historique.. by Jacque...
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
L'Espagne nominée Par les Anciens Grecs Iberia ou Hesperia..
Lovely small map of Spain with decorative title cartouche, vessels and a sea monster in the Atlantic Ocean.Presenting a panel in the upper right corner listing local rule...
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
L'Empire D'Allemagne Divisé en ses dix Cercles et Autres Estats..
Map centered on Germany, including Switzerland, Austria, part of France, Northern Italy and Eastern Europe. With title cartouche and a panel in the lower left corner list...
- $60 / ≈ €52
Place & Date: Paris 1719
Nouvelle carte du royaume de Pologne, divisée selon..
Chatelain's map of Poland. The title is in two lines across the map. On bottom border appears an index to the map's contents. At the top of the map appear historical rema...
- $750 / ≈ €651
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1719
Carte De L'Europe Suivant Les Plus Nouvelles Observations De Messieurs De L'Academie Des Sciences . . .
Includes Iceland, and Russia in the north as well as the Black Sea and the northern tip of Africa in the south. Two tables, listing more than 175 countries along with the...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1719
Estats du Grand Duc de Moscovie ou de L'Empereur de la Russie Blanche. . .
Lovely small map of central Russia with decorative title cartouche and a panel in the lower left corner listing local rulers.From Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Paris, 1719
L'Amerique ou le Nouvelle Continent.. Dedieé et presenteé a monseigneur Law.
State one. The map has been prepared by Jean Baptiste Nolin (the elder) has a dedication to Monseigneur LAW controlleur general des finances .Rare general map of the Amer...
- $2200 / ≈ €1909
Place & Date: Paris, 1720
Prospect, Grundriss und Gegend der Polnischen vesten Reichs und Handels-Stadt Dantzig und ihrem Werder. . .
Striking example of Homann's map of Danzig (Gdansk) and neighboring regions and striking birds eye view, major port to the Baltic Ocean, which for centuries was an import...
- $550 / ≈ €477
Place & Date: Nuremberg, ca. 1720
Le Royaume de Siam avec Les Royaumes Qui Luy sont Tributaries & c.
Influential map of Southeast Asia, including modern day Thailand, southern Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra and Java. Chatelain incorporated inform...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1720
Carte qui contient la manière.. Niagara..
A series of 12 engravings together with descriptive text, derived from the works of Lahontan and Hennepin, illustrating the methods of the Indians hunting buffalo and sim...
Place & Date: The Hague 1720
Vue et description de la Ville de Lovango dans le Royaume du Congo. . .
On top a large view of the fabled city of Lovango, text surrounded by ten vignettes of the people and ceremonies of the Kingdom of Congo.Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was t...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte du gouvernement militaire de la République de Venise . . .
Very decorative folio sheet with five engraved views in Venice: "Vue de la Palace de St. Marc" (Piazza San Marco), a birds-eye map of "L'Arcenal", &qu...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Bosphore de Thrace.
This handsome folio sheet present three views of the strategically important Bosporus. At top is a large decorative bird's-eye view of Istanbul as viewed from across the ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Description des piramides d'Egypte tant au départ qu'au dehors . . .
Engraved text page with 5 views of the pyramids and an image of the Sphinx. From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique".Henri Abraham Chatelain (168...
- $36 / ≈ €31
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Vue & description de l'Eglise du Saint Sepulchre tant par dehors que dedans . . .
Shows various interiors and exterior views of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique".Henri Abrah...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte generale des Etats du Czar. Empereur de Moscovie, ou L'on voit ce que ce prince possede en Europe ..
Impressive map of Russia Tartary and part of China with key tables to the towns. Depicting the different states belonging to the Czar in Asia and Europe, showing the path...
- $900 / ≈ €781
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Succession Des Empereurs De la Chine divisée en XXII. Familles.
Showing successions of the Emperors of China divided into 22 families, copper engraved plate from "Atlas Historique". Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was the father...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte pour servir à l'intelligence de l'histoire de la chronologie et de la géographie des empires des Assiriens, des Perses, des Egyptiens et des Chinois.
Interesting sheet with a map of the classical world showing the empires of the Assyrians, Persians, Egyptians and Chinese, with descriptive French text, from Chatelain's ...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte du Gouvernement de la Cour d'Espagne. . .
Engraved text sheet, providing a detailed description of the infrastructure of Spain's ecclesiastical and military government as well as information listed in a lengthy t...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Carte du Gouvernement Ecclesiastique de France Divise en ses Archeveschez, Eveschez, Archidiaconnez, Archipretrez, Doyennez, et Parroisses.
This impressive plate provides a comprehensive list of the ecclesiastical divisions in the country with their corresponding coats of arms. A small inset map depicts the l...
- $55 / ≈ €48
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte genealogique de la famille Royale de Brunswick . .
A very detailed composite sheet with a genealogical table of the German royal families of Brunswick, Luneburg and Hanover, with descriptive French textZacharie Chatelain ...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Carte du gouvernement ecclesiastique d'Angleterre . . .
Elegant engraving of the ecclesiastical government of England, with an engraving showing three images: in the centre, an ecclesiastical assembly (Convocation of the Clerg...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Représentation du parlement d'Angleterre, les chambres assemblées . . .
Engraving showing the British Parliament and an assembly before the King of England. From Chatelain's Atlas Historique, 1732-1739. In upper right margin: 'Tom. 7. No 26.H...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte des Grisons et des Communautez qui Composent leurs Ligues, les Etats de St. Gal, Neuchastel, Geneve et Quelques Autres Etats Alliez des Suisse.
This finely engraved sheet provides the history of various cities and regions allied with Switzerland at the beginning of the eighteenth century. The top section of the s...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Description, figure et qualité de l'arbre, du café, avec la manière de le cultiver et d'en cueillir le fruit.
Decorative copperplate engraving showing a coffee tree, plant and fruit, with an lengthy description about its growing process.From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte geographique de l'Asie mineure avec un etat des premiers rois. . .
Map of the Mediterranean. This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates from his "Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A Lâ€...
- $120 / ≈ €104
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Viandes & breuvages des Turcs . . . / La manière dont les Turcs mangent . . .
Interesting sheet with a detailed views illustrating the lunch time in turkey, with descriptive French text, from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume Atlas Historique. In upp...
- $55 / ≈ €48
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Carte genealogique de la maison des Valois. . .
This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates from his "Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L’Histoire …", Tom 7...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Description des habits des Persans..
This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates.Ornamented with numerous vignettes showing the costumes of the ancient Persians.General i...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Plan de la ville de Treves.
Very rare town-plan of Trier by Didier Bugnon (1676-1736), geographer of the Duke of Lorraine. With numbered key (1-57) of the main buildings and buildings of the city. T...
Place & Date: Paris?, 1720
Ticho-Braché . . .
Uncommon portrait of Tycho Brahe, (1546 - 1601) engraved and published by Étienne Jehandier Desrochers ( Lyon 1668 - Paris 1741). Brahe was a Danish astronomer whose wor...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Paris, 1720
Christophe Colomb . . .
Fine portrait of Christopher Columbus (c.?1451 – 1506) engraved and published by Étienne Jehandier Desrochers ( Lyon 1668 - Paris 1741).Christopher Columbus was an Ita...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Paris, 1720
Das Caspische Meer / Das Land Kamtzadalie ...
Two maps on one sheet with the Caspian Sea on one side and northeastern Russia and Kamchatka on the other. The map of the Caspian Sea reflects the survey work of Russiaâ€...
- $450 / ≈ €391
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1720
Carte De L'Asie Inferieure Selon Les Auteurs Anciens, Enrichie de Remarques Historiques sur les Changemens qui y sont arrivez.
Text page with inset map (220x269.mm.) of Turkey, including Cyprus from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique". Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 – 17...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Antiquez curieuses qui se trouvent aux environs de Smyrne, et sur le chemin d'Ephese.
Folio sheet describing and depicting ancient Greek monuments and ruins in Smyrna (Izmir). From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique". Henri Abraham...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte de la barbarie, Nigritie et de la Guinée avec les pays voisins . . .
This great map of western Africa is based on Guillaume Delisle's map. It covers from the Barbary coast to below the equator. There is a mass of geographic detail and nota...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Monument consacré a la posterité en memoire de la folie incroyable de la XX. année du XVIII. siecle. Ter eeuwiger gedagtenisse der dwaasheid van het XX. jaar der XVIII. eeuw.
Monument consecrated to posterity in memory of the unbelievable folly of the 20th year of the 18th century.A caricature in prose and verse satirizing the first truly inte...
- $250 / ≈ €217
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Russiae vulgo Moscovia dictae, Partes Septentrionalis. . .
In the north the Murmansk Sea. Including the western coast of Nova Zembla. Title cartouche and two cartouches, the bottom right one showing two hunters, bears, stags etc....
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte Particuliere d'une Partie d'Asie ou sont Les Isles D'Andemaon, Ceylan, Les Madives . . .
An impressive large sheet chart including the Red Sea, the coasts of Somali, Yemen, east coast of the Arabian peninsula. One of the early maps to focus on this area. Nume...
- $1500 / ≈ €1302
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Ducatuum Livoniae et Curlandiae cum vicinis Insulis Nova Exhibitio Geographica. . .
Detailed map of the northern Baltic coast by Homann, pre-dating the privilege.
- $450 / ≈ €391
Place & Date: Nüremberg, 1720
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[Title page] Gli Argonauti.
Decorative title page illustrating allegorical and mythological figures. Engraved by Alessandro Dalla Via after a drawing by Lodovico Lanberti.At the top some cherubs car...
Place & Date: Venice, ca. 1720
Tabula Geographica qua pars Russiae Magnae. . .
Homann's map is based upon Beauplan's general map of Ukraine but depicts the political changes of the preceding years. With decorative cartouches. Giving good detail alon...
- $680 / ≈ €590
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1720
Regnum Borussiae gloriosis auspicijs Seerenissimi et Potentissimi Princip Friderici III Primi . . .
Map covering the region along the Baltic Sea from Prussia, Memel, to northern Poland, extending south to Poland, centered on Danzig, Konigsberg, Heilsperg, etc. Beautiful...
- $350 / ≈ €304
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1720
Description d'un des plus fameux temples des Chinois..
This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates.Divided in 3 panels, respectively showing the most important gods in the Chinese deities ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Description de la Celebre Mosquee de Com, Des Tombeaux Des Deux Derniers Rois de Perse qu'elle Renferme & du Grand Caravan-Serai De La Ville De Cachan Le Puls Magnifique de Tout L'Orient ...
Four views on one page with descriptive text showing the interior of the Mosquek, including the Sepulchre of Abas the Second and Sefy the First, along with the Tomb of th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Particularitez Curieuses de l'Ile de St. Christophle et de la Province de Bemarin . . .
Six meticulously detailed and engraved scenes of the island of St. Kitts, also known as Saint Christopher, and the province of Bemarin, indigenous plants, animals, reptil...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte de l'Ile de Java: partie Occidentale, partie Orientale, Dressée tout nouvellement sur les Mémoirs les plus exacts, Avec une Table des principales villes de cette Ile. . .
One of the finest large-scale maps of Java, giving good information regarding the VOC settlements An inset plan of Batavia and clearly indicated rice fields, mountains, f...
- $1500 / ≈ €1302
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Partie Meridionale de Moscovie. . .
Centered on Moscow including Azow and part of present-day Ukraine in the bottom part of the map. The map is based on Delisle's important map of the region with revisions ...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte de Moscovie. . .
Centred on Moscow, including Lapland. With fine uncolored title cartouche.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Succession Des Empereurs Du Japon Avec Une Description Du Meurtre De L'Empereur Cubo Et La Reception Des Ambassadeurs Hollandais. . .
The plate is showing the murder of the Emperor Cubo at Kyoto, the arrival of one of the early Dutch embassies.A small map of Honshu in a central panel. Plate from his &qu...
- $400 / ≈ €347
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Seconde partie de la Crimee la Mer Noire. . .
The lower part of a set of two maps from the observations of Guillaume Delisle focuses on the Black Sea with wonderful detail of the surrounding regions. Includes Constan...
- $500 / ≈ €434
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Nova ac verissima Maris Caspii ante hac maximam fere partem nobis incogniti, ac Regionum adiacentium : Delineatio Iussu Invictissimi Principis Petri Alexii Fil. Magni Russorum Imperatoris / immenso labore et maximis sumptibus facta, atque ex ...
Covers portions of Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Azerbaijan. Relief is shown pictorially. Depth is shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the left. Rare.
- $750 / ≈ €651
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Partie Meridionale de Moscovie..
Centered on Moscow, including Azow in the bottom part of the map.The Amsterdam publishing firm of Covens and Mortier (1721 - c. 1862) was the successor to the extensive p...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1720
Tytel-print der actie-kraam of yoor-hof yan Quinquenpoix. . .
Page taken from "Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Ne...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Accurate Vorstellung der Orientalisch Kayserlichen Haupt- und Residenz-Stadt Constantinopel samt ihrer Gegend und Zweyen . . .
The upper part shows Constantinople with adjoining regions. The view shows the former Christian church Hagia-Sophia, the Blue Mosque, three Egyptian obelisks, Sultan Sule...
Place & Date: Nuremberg 1720
Carte de l'Ile de Java. . .
An inset plan of Batavia and clearly indicated rice fields, mountains, forests, towns in profile, and even elephants, suggesting the wealth of detail found on this map. M...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Imperium Japonicum.
The map is based on Engelbert Kaempfer's map of 1727. It shows a much-distorted outline for the Island of Japan and a wonderful decorative cartouche top left.Tobias Conra...
Place & Date: Augsburg 1720
Illyricum Orientis In quo Partes II. Moesia et Thracia. Provinciae XI.
Attractive historical map of the area west of the Black Sea, today's Bulgaria, Rumania, etc. Based on the cartography of Nicolas Sanson and published by Covens and Mortie...
- $400 / ≈ €347
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1720
Rue Quinquempoix en l'année 1720. De regte afbeelding der wind negotie gehouden in de straat van Quinquempoix tot Parys.
A true picture of the wind trade of the rue Quinquempoix, Paris, in 1720, taken from "Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en onderg...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Nova tabula geographica complectens borealiorem..
A finely engraved pair of maps designed to be cut and joined together to provide a continuous coastline of North America from the Carolinas to Newfoundland and along the ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1720
Graeciae Pars Septentrionalis..
Very decorative map illustrating the northern part of Greece and a small part of Turkey. Istanbul is represented on the right margin with its former names Byzantium and C...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Maris Assoviensis vel de Zabache et Paludis Maeotidis. . .
A very detailed map showing the Black Sea, Azow and Rostow area.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1720
Costes de L'Afrique .. ..Cap de Bone Esperance..
In the upper right-hand corner inset map of Saldanha Bay. Numerous place names, soundings and sand banks are shown round the island and the regions are defined by origina...
- $500 / ≈ €434
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte De Pologne Avec La Chronologie Des Rois Et Des Ducs De Lithuanie, Ainsi Que Des Grands M. De L'Ordre Teutonique Les Evechez et Archeveches, et Les Armes Des Provinces . . .
Map of Poland with a key table to the towns, and 30 coats of arms on both sides, extending south the Black Sea. From Chatelain's monumental 7-volume "Atlas Historiqu...
- $1000 / ≈ €868
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte du gouvernement militaire d'Angleterre où l'on représente l'état des officiers de guerre et celui des forces de terre et de mer.
Interesting sheet with a decorative map on the British Isles, with idyllic scenes showing councils of the various military officers of the British Isles, with descriptive...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte pour servir à l'intelligence de l'histoire de la chronologie et de la géographie des empires des Assiriens, des Perses, des Egyptiens et des Chinois.
Interesting sheet with a map of the classical world showing the empires of the Assyrians, Persians, Egyptians and Chinese, with descriptive French text, from Chatelain's ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Vue et description de la Ville de Meaco Capitale du Japon. . .
Top part of the print shows the town of Meaco (Kyoto) at that time the capital of Japan, with a coach and horses in the foreground. Other parts show among other things th...
- $450 / ≈ €391
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Carte ancienne et moderne de l'Irlande, avec quelques remarques sur son gouvernement . . .
Map of Ireland, based upon the ancient and modern cartographic information as of the beginning of the 18th Century. From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Histo...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas..
The map is the rare re-issue of the Blaeu's copperplate of 1630. The map includes the arms of Bermuda and England, and lists proprietors of the various tribes into which ...
- $1600 / ≈ €1389
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Wegweiser duch das Chiurfurstenthumb Sachen.
Showing distances in-between towns in Saxen, Germany. In upper right hand corner inset map of Saxen, showing Leipzig, Dresden, Prague.More about cartographical curiositie...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1720
Carta Hydrographica oder Algemeine Welt. . .
World map in Mercator projection. Showing California as an island. In the upper left and right-hand corner two ships. The map is showing the important trade routes.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1720
Carte Geographique du Royaume de France, avec des remarques curieuses sur l'ancienne, et la nouvelle geographie.
Map of France with a key table to the towns on both sides.Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was the father of Henri Abraham (1684-1743) and Zacharie Junior (1690-1754).They wor...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720