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Cygnus.

Uncommon celestial print of Cygnus, published by Corbinianus Thomas in the Manuductio ad Astronomiam, Juxta modum Bayeri, Mathematici celeberrimi, concinnata, multis,…e...

$350 / ≈ €309
Maker / Publisher: THOMAS, C.
Place & Date: Frankfurt & Leipzig, c.1730

 


Plan de la Baye de Gibraltar.

An attractive chart centered on Gibraltar. With scale and large compass-rose. Dated 1727, with the privilege of the King. From : Recueil des Plusieurs plans des ports et ...

$375 / ≈ €331
Maker / Publisher: MICHELOT, H. / BREMOND, L.
Place & Date: Marseille, 1730

 


[Title page] A Monsieur Cassini de Thury . . .

Title page by Cassini.

$175 / ≈ €154
Maker / Publisher: CASSINI, D.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1730

 


Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cafres. . .

Detailed copper-engraved map of southern Africa providing numerous particulars and comments concerning European trade, native kingdoms, and mineral wealth. Includes Madag...

$700 / ≈ €618
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1730

 


Atlas Novus ad Usum Serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis.

Title page of the homonymous atlas by Jean Covens and Corneille Mortier. Blank verso. Soldiers, savages and other individuals are shown approaching a queen seated on her ...

$500 / ≈ €441
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1730

 


[Lot of 10 maps] Carte Nouvelle de la Grande Tartary.

Antique map of Asian Russia] Carte Nouvelle de la Grande Tartarie ou de l'Empire du Grand Cham. With 10 maps / views of Asian Russia- Carte Nouvelle de la Grande Tartari...

$700 / ≈ €618
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720 - 1730

 


Nova Mappa Geographica Maris Assoviensis Vel De Zabache Et Paludis Maeotidis accurate aeri incis et in luce edita . . .

Striking map of the Sea of Azov with adjacent countries and the Strait of Kerch, with a decorative allegorical cartouche, showing the costumes of the indigenous people of...

$400 / ≈ €353
Maker / Publisher: SEUTTER, M.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1730

 


Plan de la Ville et du Chateau de Batavia en l'Isle de Iava / Ware affbeeldinge wegens het Casteel ende Stadt Batavia gelegen opt groot Eylant Java.

Detailed East-oriented plan of Jakarta former Batavia on Java / Indonesia. With a bird's eye view from seaside, various ships and a lion. Two inset keys with detailed des...

$750 / ≈ €662
Maker / Publisher: VAN DER AA, P. / OLEARIUS, A.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1730

 


Architecturae Militaris Synopsis, ... / Vollstaendiger Entwurff der Ingenieur Kunst . . .

Decorative large sheet with elements of different types of fortress architecture and the name of the engineers or military architects: Blondel, Bourdin, Doegen, Borgsdorf...

$650 / ≈ €574
Maker / Publisher: SEUTTER, M.
Place & Date: Augsburg, circa 1730

 


Nouveau plan de Dieppe, ville et port de mer de la Normandie.

Beautiful plan showing the fortified town of Dieppe and the suburbs of Barre and Pollet, engraved by Inselin. Beautiful example.

$230 / ≈ €203
Maker / Publisher: DE BEAURAIN, J
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1730

 


Der Nordischen Königreiche Süd=Oost Theil begreiffende Liefland Ingermanland und Finnland zum Theil.

Uncommon map published by Gabriel Bodenehr, who bought the Stridbeck copper plates in 1716, and continued publishing the Stridbeck Atlas: "Atlas Curieux," under...

$400 / ≈ €353
Maker / Publisher: BODENEHR, G.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1730

 


Venetia potentissima e la più magnifica fiorentissimae la più ricca città capitale della Serenissima repubblica . . .

Birds-eye plan view of Venice, depicting the city's architectural landmarks. Below Saint Marco square.Matthaus Seutter the elder first published his "Atlas Geographi...

$3000 / ≈ €2648
Maker / Publisher: SEUTTER, M.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1730

 


Nouvelle Carte de la Petite Tartarie et la Mer Noire, montrant les Frontieres de l'Impératrice de Russie et de l'Empereur des Turcs, tant en Europe qu'en Asie, Dessigné selon la proposition de G. De L'Isle et d'autres Auteurs.

The Ukraine and the Black Sea in a fine impression with original 18th-c. hand-coloring.

$1250 / ≈ €1103
Maker / Publisher: OTTENS, R. & J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1730

 


Plan de la Rade d'Alicant.

An attractive chart centered Alicante in Valencia along the Mediterranean. With scale and large compass-rose. Dated 1730, with the privilege of the King. From : Recueil d...

$350 / ≈ €309
Maker / Publisher: MICHELOT, H. / BREMOND, L.
Place & Date: Marseille, 1730

 


Bude Ville capitale de la Hongrie.

A rare panoramic town-view of the city of Budapest. Engraved by Pierre Aveline (Paris, c.1656 - 23 May 1722). He was also a print-publisher and print-seller. He probably...

$400 / ≈ €353
Maker / Publisher: AVELINE, P. / CREPY
Place & Date: Paris, 1690-1730

 


Plan de la Rade de Mayorque.

An attractive chart centered on Palma de Majorca in the Mediterranean. With scale and large compass-rose. Dated 1727, with the privilege of the King. From : Recueil des P...

$600 / ≈ €530
Maker / Publisher: MICHELOT, H. / BREMOND, L.
Place & Date: Marseille, 1730

 


Plan de la Ville, Port et rades de Palerme. . .

An attractive chart centered on Palermo. With scale and large compass-rose. Dated 1727, with the privilege of the King. From : Recueil des Plusieurs plans des ports et ra...

$250 / ≈ €221
Maker / Publisher: MICHELOT, H. / BREMOND, L.
Place & Date: Marseille, 1730

 


Neapolis Regnum . . .

Map of the region from Naples to Calabria. Cartouche representing Vesuvius erupting.Matthaus Seutter the elder first published his "Atlas Geographicus" in 1720 ...

$200 / ≈ €177
Maker / Publisher: SEUTTER, M.
Place & Date: Ausburg, 1730

 


Nova et accurata Normandiae Ducatus Tabula . . .

This very rare map of Britany made by the Amsterdam publisher and Pieter Persoy (1675-1695). This among fourteen other maps are sometimes found in atlases by Frederik de ...

$800 / ≈ €706
Maker / Publisher: PERSOY, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1730

 


Plan du Golfe de Naples.

An attractive chart centered on the Gulf of Naples. Mount Vesuvius to the right. With scale and large compass-rose. Dated 1727, with the privilege of the King. From : Rec...

$350 / ≈ €309
Maker / Publisher: MICHELOT, H. / BREMOND, L.
Place & Date: Marseille, 1730

 


Plan du Port de Trapano et des isles Favouillane.

An attractive chart centered on Trapani on the west coast of Sicily in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. The right the island of Favignana and Levanzo ...

$300 / ≈ €265
Maker / Publisher: MICHELOT, H. / BREMOND, L.
Place & Date: Marseille, 1730

 


Great Tartary, with the tract of the Moscovite Ambassador's Travels from Moscow to Pekin in China.

An interesting map illustrating the route taken by the Russian Ambassador on his travels east to Beijing. Shows the Great Wall, "Somer Houses" and "parts u...

$125 / ≈ €110
Maker / Publisher: MOLL, Herman.
Place & Date: London, 1732

 


Nouvelle Carte de Moscovie où sont representés les differents etats de sa Maiesté Czarienne. . .

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 of one of ...

$250 / ≈ €221
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN,H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1732

 


Carte Des Trois Ordres Qui Composent L'Etat De La Republique De Pologne...

Decorative views of Cracow, Warsaw and Vilna, from Chatelain's monumental Atlas Historique.Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was the father of Henri Abraham (1684-1743) and Zac...

$600 / ≈ €530
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Paris, 1732

 


Nouvelle Carte de Moscovie où sont representés les differents etats de sa Maiesté Czarienne..

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 of one of ...

$200 / ≈ €177
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1732

 


Nouvelle carte genealogique des souverains et des familles illustres aliez a la maison ou aux decendans de la famille roialle de Piaste roi de Pologne. . .

A two sheet engraving of the genealogical family tree of Poland from 804 AD to the time of publication. The tree extends throughout Europe and is headed by the arms of 30...

$150 / ≈ €132
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1719-1732

 


Carte Des Trois Ordres Qui Composent L'Etat De La Republique De Pologne...

Decorative views of Cracow, Warsaw and Vilna, from Chatelain's monumental Atlas Historique.Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) was the father of Henri Abraham (1684-1743) and Zac...

$800 / ≈ €706
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1732

 


Carte pour introduire à la chronologie et à trouver les années devant et après Jésus Christ par le moyen des périodes Iulienne, Dionysienne et par les trois cycles comme aussi pour trouver la fête de Pasque. . .

An engraved table showing the years before and after Jesus Christ through the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 – 1743) was a Huguenot pasto...

$25 / ≈ €22
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720-1732

 


Mr. Romein De Hooghe.

Portrait of Romein De Hooghe, engraved by Jacobus Houbraken. De Hooghe is known as an engraver, draftsman, painter, sculptor and medalist. He is best known for his politi...

$110 / ≈ €97
Maker / Publisher: HOUBRAKEN, J. / BOS, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1733

 


Les Principales Forteresses Ports &c de L'Amérique Septentrionale. . .

This sheet contains 19 small but detailed maps and plans of harbours, towns, forts and islands from the eastern seaboard and the West Indies, all but one plan with title ...

$2500 / ≈ €2207
Maker / Publisher: POPPLE, H. /COVENS, J. / MORTIER. P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1733

 


Le Roi Henri II blassé a mort representanté dans son lit.

Print showing King Henry II in his death bed. In June 1559 a tournament lasting several days was held in Paris to celebrate a peace treaty between France and Spain. King ...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: DE MONTFAUCON, B.
Place & Date: Paris, 1729-1733

 


Der Hollaendisch-Ostindianischen Compagnie Weltberühmte Haupt - Handels und Niederlags stadt BATAVIA..

A very fine decorative plan of Batavia showing the City and its immediate environs, the surrounding rice fields intersected by a network of waterways, canals and outlying...

$2200 / ≈ €1942
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN HEIRS.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1733

 


[Title page ] Carte Générale de la Monarchie Françoise, contenat l'Histoire Militaire depuis Clovis, premier Roy chrêtien...

[Title page ] Carte Générale de la Monarchie Françoise, contenat l'Histoire Militaire depuis Clovis, premier Roy chrêtien, jusqu'à la quinzième année accomplie du ...

$150 / ≈ €132
Maker / Publisher: LA JAISSE. Pierre Lemau de.
Place & Date: Paris, 1733

 


Derbent.

View of Derbent, the southernmost city in Russia from a scarce series of city views by Daniel de la Feuille (1640-1709). Engraving shows the ancient fortress and ruins of...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: DE LA FEILLE, D.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1734

 


Das bombadirte Dantzig. Das belagerte Danzig eine Weltberühmte Haupt und Handelstatt des Polnischen Preussens, mit ihren Vorstaedten und der Weichselmünder Schanz,

Large original copper engraving with decorative set edge, top left Diarium of the Russian attack and Russian battleships in Gdansk Bay, above list of the most important b...

$850 / ≈ €750
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN, J.B.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1734

 


Nieuwe Kaart van Muskovie of Rusland.

Detailed map of European Russia, far south to the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. Isaac Tirion was born in Utrecht ca. 1705. He came to Amsterdam ca. 1725. Tirion published a ...

$150 / ≈ €132
Maker / Publisher: TIRION, I.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1734

 


Nieuwe Kaart van Muskovie of Rusland..

Detailed map of European Russia, far south to the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. Isaac Tirion was born in Utrecht ca. 1705. He came to Amsterdam ca. 1725. Tirion published a ...

$250 / ≈ €221
Maker / Publisher: TIRION, I.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1734

 


Changer à droite - Changieren rechts - Variatio ad dextram.

Copper engraving from "Neue Reit Schul vorstellend einen vollkommenen Reuter in allen Lectionen". Disciple of Georg Philipp Rugendas I in Augsburg, Johann Elias...

$500 / ≈ €441
Maker / Publisher: RIDINGER, J. E.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1734

 


Regio Canaan seu Terra Promissionis postra Judeae vel Palaestina nominata hodiae Terra Sancta. . .

A striking and beautiful map of The Holy Land and Judea divided up into the twelve tribes. These are easily distinguished by the use of bold, rich period wash colour. Wit...

$600 / ≈ €530
Maker / Publisher: SEUTTER, M.
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca 1734

 


Villes de la province de Petche-li.

Five town plans : Peking (with forbidden town), Yung-ping-fou, Long-men-hien, Yuen-keou/Tching-sse-yu/Si-yang-keou/Hoang-tou-in, Tchin-ting-fou. From "Description ge...

$150 / ≈ €132
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Carte du ciel et de la terre qui commencent à se former / Figure du ciel fluide & pur & de la terre fixe & ferme.

Recto and verso text page with two illustrations of the grounding of the sky and earth according to a Chinese philosopher. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-178...

$75 / ≈ €66
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Province de Ho-nan. [Honan 河南 (Hénán) province]

An important map of Honan 河南 (Hénán) province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by F.Baillieul Lainé. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1...

$200 / ≈ €177
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Nieuwe kaart van de Crim de Zwarte Zee en omleggende. . .

Showing the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea with Istanbul. Published in the rare first edition of Kleyne en Beknopte Atlas, of Tooneel des Oorlogs in Europa...The atlas wa...

Maker / Publisher: RATELBAND, Heirs
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1735
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2013

 


Province de Se-Tchuen. [ Se-tchuen 四川 [Sichuan] province.]

Important map of Se-tchuen 四川 [Sichuan] province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by Guélard, the map by Delahaye, features animals, birds, a ...

$450 / ≈ €397
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendum Regio nutu concessa ...

Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendu...

$1500 / ≈ €1324
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN HEIRS
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1735

 


Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise.

First edition of this cornerstone of any collection of books on China, which is also among the rarest and most desirable of important Americana, included in Rare American...

$30000 / ≈ €26481
Maker / Publisher: DU HALDE, Jean Baptiste.
Place & Date: Paris, P. G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Carte de la province de Tche kiang 浙江 [Zhejiang]

D'Anville's highly detailed map of Tche Kiang (Zhejiang) province from du Halde's "Description geographique historique...de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie Ch...

$250 / ≈ €221
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE d', J.B.B.
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Plan du Ti-tang ou du temple, où l'empereur sacrifie à Chang-ti sous le titre de souverain seigneur de la terre

A plan of the temple of the soil god (社稷壇, Shèjìtán, "Altar of Soil and Grain")—under the name "Titang" (地堂, dìtáng, "Hall of Di...

$50 / ≈ €44
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Souan pan, ou instrument dont les chinois se servent pour compter.

Text page with a wood block illustration of a souan-pan [suan-p'an] the calculation table used by the Chinese. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French c...

$20 / ≈ €18
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Nieuwe kaart van Muskovien door M. de l'Isle.

This lovely little map of the area surrounding Moscow is based on Delisle's map of the region. The map is bounded by Lake Ilmen in the north, the Volga River to the east,...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: RATELBAND, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1735

 


Province de Koei-Tcheou.

An important map of Koei-tcheou 贵州 [Guizhou]. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation engraved by Guélard, the map ...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Carte particulière de l'entrée de Canton - Plan de Quang-tcheou-fou vulgo Canton .

Beautiful detailed map of the entrance to the city of Canton, showing also the cities of Macao and Quanghai, as well as the islands of the bay, including the island of Sh...

$450 / ≈ €397
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Province d'Yun-Nan.

Important map of Yun-nan 云南 [Yunnan] province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Delahaye. Jean B...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Plan du Tien-tang ou du temple, où l'empereur sacrifie à Chang-ti sous le titre de souverain seigneur de la terre.

Nice example of d'Anville's plan of Tien-tang 天堂 [Tiantang] temple, from "Atlas général de la Chine..."" prepared by Jesuit mission...

Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Selling price: $8
Sold in 2017

 


Province de Kiang-Si. Jiangxi 江西 province.

An important map of Jiangxi 江西 province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Guélard. The map itse...

$200 / ≈ €177
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Province de Tche Kiang. [Tche kiang 浙江 [Zhejiang] province]

D'Anville's highly detailed map of Tche kiang 浙江 [Zhejiang] province from du Halde's "Description geographique historique...de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tart...

$400 / ≈ €353
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE d', J-b-b.
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Province de Hou-Quang. [Hou-quang 湖广 [Huguang] province.]

Important map of Hou-quang 湖广 [Huguang] province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by Guélard, the map engraved by F.Baillieul Lainé, featurin...

$250 / ≈ €221
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


[Title page] Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise . . . Du Thibet, & de la Coree. . .

Title page of the Nouvel Atlas de la Chine. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French cartographer. Compiled over 200 maps. This map is from his most impor...

$40 / ≈ €35
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Poloniae Regnum ut et Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae . . .

Detailed map of Poland and the Baltic regions, extending in the south to Ukraine and northern Hungary.Here in its second state, now with added letters to the border scale...

$750 / ≈ €662
Maker / Publisher: SEUTTER, M.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1735

 


Province de Chan-Tong.

Detailed map of Shandong Province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by Guélard, the map by Delahaye, featuring a rabbit and rococo chinoiserie orna...

$300 / ≈ €265
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendum Regio nutu concessa ...

Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam : in qua luca coloniis Salisburg., ad incolendu...

$1200 / ≈ €1059
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN HEIRS
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1735

 


Province de Pe-Tche-Li. Pe-tche-li [Beizhili] 北直隶 [= 河北]. province.]

Important map of Pe-tche-li [Beizhili] 北直隶 [= 河北]. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Guéla...

$300 / ≈ €265
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Province de Koei-Tcheou. [Koei-tcheou 贵州 [Guizhou] province.]

Important map of Koei-tcheou 贵州 [Guizhou]. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche featuring a rococo chinoiserie ornamentation, engraved by Guélard, the map by...

$300 / ≈ €265
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Province de Chan-Si. [Chan-s 山西i [Shanxi] province. ]

An important map of Chan-s 山西i [Shanxi] province. With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by Guélard, the map by Delahaye. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d...

$200 / ≈ €177
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735

 


Theatre de la Guerre en Savoie et en Piémont - Le Dauphiné, La Bresse - Partie du Lionnois et de la Provence./ Theatre de la guerre en Dauphiné et en Provence…

Rare wall map of the Savoie/Piémont and Dauphiné/Provence region. Decorated with 2 title-cartouches, one at upper right part (Savoye/Piémont) and one at lower right pr...

$3000 / ≈ €2648
Maker / Publisher: COVENS,J./ MORTIER,C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1735

 


Idole que les chinois appellant, le dieu de l´immortalité, et qu´ils disent presider a leur Fortune. . .

Four fascinating engraving on one sheet depicting Chinese gods. "Idole que les chinois appellant, le dieu de l´immortalité, et qu´ils disent presider a leur Fortu...

$150 / ≈ €132
Maker / Publisher: PICART, B.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard c.1736

 


Charlatans qui se mêlent de vendre le vent de la Chine. Dévots mendiants de la Chine et charlatans qui se promènent sur des tigres apprivoisés, . . .

Two fascinating engraving on one sheet depicting Chinese charlatans. Engraved by Bernard Picart. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et cou...

$150 / ≈ €132
Maker / Publisher: PICART, B.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard c.1736

 


Ichnographia munitissimae Arcis Otzakoff quae Ao. 1737, die 3 Iulÿ auspicÿs Supremi Campi Mareschalli Comitis de Münnich ab exercitu Russorum vi occupata . . .

A striking image of this fortified Russian outpost on the Black Sea at Otzakoff, northeast of Odessa.

$1100 / ≈ €971
Maker / Publisher: SEUTTER, M.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1737

 


Carte générale de la Chine Dressée sur les Cartes particulières que l'Empereur Cang-hi a fait lever sur les lieux par les RR. PP. Jésuites missionaires dans cet empire / Par le Sr d'Anville.

Important and very detailed map of Southern part of China, including a detailed Taiwan. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782) was a French cartographer and com...

$1000 / ≈ €883
Maker / Publisher: ANVILLE, J.B.D'
Place & Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1737

 


Hispanus.

Allegorical print of Spain (Hispanus), copper engraving after P. Decker by M. Engelbrecht. Taken from "Laconicum Europae Speculum". Philippe Andrea Kilian (1714...

$275 / ≈ €243
Maker / Publisher: ENGELBRECHT, M.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1737

 


Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia et Africa.

Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map of the Turkish Empire, showing from Tunis to Arabia, including Greece, Arabia, Turkey and Palestine. With good detail in the Ara...

$1000 / ≈ €883
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN, J.B.
Place & Date: Nurnberg, 1737

 


Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia et Africa Regiones proprias, tributarias, clientelares sicut et omnes eusdem Beglirbegatus seu Præfecturas Generales exhibens. . .

Johann Baptist Homann's well-engraved map of the Ottoman Empire centered on Cyprus. With good detail in the Arabian Peninsular. In the lower left, a decorative title cart...

$500 / ≈ €441
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN, J.B.
Place & Date: Nurnberg, 1737

 


Prospectus Palatÿ Comitis Leopoldi de Windischgräz . . .

Very nice engraving by J.A. Corvinus after a design of Salomon Kleiner showing the house of an Austrian aristocratic family.

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: CORVINIUS / KLEINER, S.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1737

 


Avantures du Sr. C. Le Beau, avocat en parlement ou Voyage curieux et nouveau parmi les Sauvages de l'Amérique Septentrionale. Dans lequel on trouvera une Description du Canada… Ouvrage enrichi d'une Carte et des figures necessaires.

A description of Huron, Iroquois, and Algonquin customs, written in charming style and based, the Author claims, on observations made on a trip to America in 1729." ...

$2500 / ≈ €2207
Maker / Publisher: LE BEAU, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1738

 


Ein Formosaner. (Inhabitant of Formosa / Taiwan)

Wood cut with letter press, showing an inhabitant of Formosa (Taiwan) by Jacob Martini, published in "Neu-eingerichtete und vermehrte Bilder-Geographie …", pu...

$150 / ≈ €132
Maker / Publisher: MARTINI, J.
Place & Date: Erfurt, ca. 1738

 


Carte d'Amerique dressée par l'usage du Roy..

Fine map prepared by G.d'Isle depicting North and south America, the west coast taken north to Cap Mendocin and Cap Blanc with a note Entrée decouverte par Martin d'Agui...

$700 / ≈ €618
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1739

 


Grande Tartarie.

A very nice map of Tartaria extending from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean. From Francisco Giustiniani for El Atlas abreviado o el nuevo compendio de la Geografia un...

$150 / ≈ €132
Maker / Publisher: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Place & Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


An exact map of the CRIM (Formely Taurica Chersonesus) Part of Lesser Tartary, the Sea of Asoph, and the adjacent Country of the Kuban Tartars. . .

Detailed and handsome wood block printed map centered on the Sea of Azov detailing the ongoing war between the Russians and Turks. The map is filled troop locations and b...

Maker / Publisher: GENTLE MAN'S MAGAZINE.
Place & Date: London, 1739
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2010

 


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 / ≈ €132
Maker / Publisher: GIUSTINIANI, F.
Place & Date: Leon de Francia (Lyon), Jaime Certa, 1739

 


Augusti. II. Re di Polonia, Ellettore di Sassonia.

Portrait of Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733) of the Albertine line of the House of Wettin was Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I), Imperia...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: ALBRIZZI, G.
Place & Date: Venice, 1739