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Colléges impériaux et magasin des marchandises de l'Orient, à St. Pétersbourg.
Showing a busy scene at the international trading grounds of 18th century Saint Petersburg, showing the warehouses of the different international trading companies. J. Ch...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Nouvelle place de St. Pétersbourg.
Showing a square at 18th century Saint Petersburg. J. Chereau was a publisher of optical prints, established in Paris, rue St.Jacques.In the eighteenth and nineteenth ce...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Arc de Triomphe ou se passe la proscription d'Octave et d'Antoine.
J. Chereau was a publisher of optical prints, established in Paris, rue St.Jacques.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there were many popular specialty establish...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Charte der Kriegs Operationen am Donn u: Dnieper Ihro Russisch Kayserl Majestaet Glorieusen Armeen A: 1736
Scarce separately published map of the southern part of Ukraine, with an explanatory key A-N in the lower right. The map is surrounded by letterpress German text giving a...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2011
Partie Orientale De L'Empire De Russie En Asie, ou trouvent les Provinces de Jakuckskoy, Kransnojarskoy, Selinginskoy, Ilimskoy, Krasnojarskoy, Narimskoy, Jenisseiskoy, Mangajeiskoy, & c. et les Confins de la Tatarie Chinoise. . . .1750
Map of the Northeastern portion of Asia, including Russia, China, the Gobi Desert, etc..
- $250 / ≈ €217
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Silesiae Iavoriensis in IV Circulos, Iaver, Hirschberg, Lemberg und Buntzlau divisi ac. . .
Detailed map centered on Jelenia Góra ( Hirschberg), in southwestern Poland. The Sudeten (Sudety) mountains near the Czech border, pictorarily shown.Published in Atlas S...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1750
Selling price: $260
Sold in 2011
Vue de l'Hotel du Lord Maire, qui comprend.. (London)
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and spec...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Augsburg 1750
Vue de la Maison de Northumberland a Charing Cross. . .
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and spec...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Augsburg 1750
Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie.. et les Confins de la Tatarie Chinoise. . .
Large map with mostly topographical detail of mountains, deserts, rivers and forests. Covers the region from Tomsk eastward and includes Sakhalin. Uncolored, decorative t...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Tschanibei Ally Bassa. Türckischer Gross-Böthschafter um Kayserl.
Engraving by Johann Martin Bernigeroth (1713-1767) showing a full portrait of the Turkish ambassador in Vienna Ally Bassa.
Place & Date: Leipzig, c. 1750
Amerique méridionale. . .
Detailled map of South America from his "Atlas Universel".Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766), also known as Le Sieur or Monsieur Robert, and his son, Didie...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
La Prusse divisée en Prusse royale, et Prusse Ducale. . .
Finely and crisply engraved map of Prussia including The Bay of Danzig. Ornamental title cartouche in the upper part of the map from his "Atlas Universel".Gille...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
L'Empire du Japon divisé en sept principales parties. . .
Large map of Japan and Korea with a distinctively French style title cartouche containing two small landscapes.The map draws heavily on the previous work of Bellin, but i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Principatus Halberstadiensis, abbat : Quedlinburgens cum Comitatu Wernigerodano, ad hodiernum verum statum ex acta prodiit ex officina geogr. . .
Detailed map showing principality Halberstadt, Abtei Quedlinburg and the county Wernigerode. Including the towns of Osterwieck, Stollberg, Aschersleben and Oschersleben.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750
Electoratus saxonici praefecturae annaburgensis pretzschens torgaviensis schweinicensis. . .
Highly detailed map showing the regions of Annaburg, Pretzsch, Schweinitz in Sachsen-Anhalt, Torgau in Sachen and Mühlberg an der Elbe in Brandenburg. In the center of t...
- $60 / ≈ €52
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750
Vue perspective du palais episcopal de Westminster.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the old Palace of Westminster where the Lords and Commons met and the square facing it.. Published by Jacques C...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Vue de la Place de St Marc de Venise du côté du port.
Optical print showing the Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale), San Marco Square, and Saint Mark's Basilica (Basilica di San Marco in Venice, as seen from the waterside. The im...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Vue perspective de la prison royale de Madrid en Espagne . . .
So-called optical print of the Royal Prison, now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid. Published by Jacques Chereau, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Charte der Kriegs Operationen am Donn u: Dnieper Ihro Russisch Kayserl Majestaet Glorieusen Armeen A: 1736.
Very rare separately published map of the southern part of Ukraine, with an explanatory key A-N in the lower right. The map is surrounded by letterpress German text givin...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750
Vue de l'Entree de la Cour.. de la rue de l'Arno a Florence
So-called optical print of Arno Street in Florence, in Tuscany region. Probst was the best-known publishers of optical prints, established in Augsburg.In the eighteenth ...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Augsburg 1750
Tabula Geographica qua pars Russiae Magnae. . .
Homann's map is based upon the works of George von Mengden (1628-1702), a Livonian cartographer who worked for Peter the Great and Count Jacob Bruce [Graf Jakov Villimovi...
Place & Date: Nuremburg, after 1750
Tabula Geographica qua pars Russiae Magnae Pontus Euxinus seu Mare Nigrum et Tartaria Minor.
Homann's map is based upon the works of George von Mengden (1628-1702) a Livonian cartographer who worked for Peter the Great and Count Jacob Bruce [Graf Jakov Villimovic...
- $750 / ≈ €651
Place & Date: Nuremburg, after 1750
Le Brabant. Ou la Campagne du Roy de 1746. . .
Uncommon map of Dutch and Belgium Brabant by George Louis Le Rouge, who was active from 1740- till 1780 as a publisher and was appointed engineer for the King of France.D...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Nieuwe kaart van Tartarie.
A map of Tartary, Korea and part of Japan. The map is most notable for the confusion between Kamchatka and Iesso.There are very good details of towns and trade routes in ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750
Das Hertzogthum Pommern.
Very rare map of Pomerania engraved by Johann David Schleuen (1711-1771) who was an publisher and engraver active in Berlin. He is known for his "General-Carte des g...
- $750 / ≈ €651
Place & Date: Berlin, ca. 1750
Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie.. et les Confins de la Tatarie Chinoise. . .
Large map with mostly topographical detail of mountains, deserts, rivers and forests. Covers the region from Tomsk eastward and includes Sakhal from his "Atlas Unive...
- $120 / ≈ €104
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Tabula Geographica qua pars Russiae Magnae Pontus Euxinus seu mare Nigrum et Tartaria Minor cum finitimis Bulgariae, et Romaniae et Natoliae. . .
Homann's map is based upon Beauplan's general map of Ukraine but depicts the political changes of the preceding years. Shows Constantinople. Extends north to Moscow and S...
- $700 / ≈ €608
Place & Date: Nuremburg, 1750
Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie.. et les Confins de la Tatarie Chinoise. . .
Large map with mostly topographical detail of mountains, deserts, rivers and forests. Covers the region from Tomsk eastward and includes Sakhal from his "Atlas Unive...
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Imperium Moscoviae.
Map of the empire of Moscovia
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1750
Tabula Geographica Campaniae. . .
Map of the Champagne region with Rheims, Châlons, Vitry in the center. In upper left corner two inset views with the towns of Reims et Troyes.
- $225 / ≈ €195
Place & Date: Nuremberg, ca. 1750
(Title page) Le Neptune François.
Title page featuring Neptune in a sea-chariot drawn by white horses, mer-people, fleets of ships and allegorical figures of winged gods, all within an ornate border. Engr...
- $550 / ≈ €477
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Vue de l Hotel du Lord Maire, qui comprend la Façade, et le Cot' Occidental de Londres.
Shows the famous Lord Mayor's coach driving through London. The Lord Mayor's coach is famous for its role in the Lord Mayor's Show, which is one of the longest establishe...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750
Nouvelle Carte de L'Empire De La Chine et les Pais circonvoisins - Nieuwe Kaart van t Keizerryk China en de aangrensende Landen.
Finely engraved map of China and Korea, with titles in both French and Dutch.The map extends west to the Gobi Desert and Tibet and shows Macao and Canton, among other cit...
- $500 / ≈ €434
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750
1. Seigneure Delassa tirés de Grueber. 2. Trophée à l'honneur du Grand Lama. (Tibet).
Fanciful European depiction of people from Tibet and Lhassa. A somewhat larger image appeared in "Abbe A.F. Prévost, Histoire Generale des Voyages".
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Nouvelle Carte de L'Empire De La Chine et les Pais circonvoisins - Nieuwe Kaart van t Keizerryk China en de aangrensende Landen.
Finely engraved map of China and Korea, with titles in both French and Dutch.The map extends west to the Gobi Desert and Tibet and shows Macao and Canton, among other cit...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750
Plan de la ville de Buenos-Ayres.
Early plan of Buenos-Ayres city. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbers.Jacques Nicolaas ...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Ghent a large City and Castle in Flanders. . .
A very fine bird's-eye plan of the city and fortifications of Ghent and the surrounding countryside in Belgium. A decorative cartouche encloses a detailed key to the map ...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: London, ca 1750
![Plan de Mons ville capitale du comté de Haynaut. [MONS]](/uploads/cache/39799-250x250.jpg)
Plan de Mons ville capitale du comté de Haynaut. [MONS]
Charming little plan of the city of Mons in Belgium, engraved by Inselin, with a lettered key (A-V) in lower right corner.
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
![La ville et citadelle d'Anvers. [Antwerp]](/uploads/cache/39843-250x250.jpg)
La ville et citadelle d'Anvers. [Antwerp]
A town-plan of the fortified enclosure of Antwerp with its citadel, showing the extensions made between 1201 and 1701, when the fortifications were enlarged by Philippe V...
- $225 / ≈ €195
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
![[OSTENDE] A new and exact Plan of the city and port of Ostend.](/uploads/cache/39849-250x250.jpg)
[OSTENDE] A new and exact Plan of the city and port of Ostend.
Nice plan of the city of Ostend and Fort Philippe, engraved by R. Benning. In upper left corner "A map of part of Flanders shewing the country and sands about Ostend...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Antoine François Prevost . . .
Portrait of Antoine François Prevost (1697 – 1763), engraved by Ficquet after a design of F.Schmidt.Prevost was born at Hesdin, Artois, and first appears with the full...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Totius Templi Beli et partis ubis Babylonicae prospectiva.
Two print on the same sheet, showing The Tower of Babe. The story of the city of Babel is recorded in Genesis 11:1–9. Everyone on earth once spoke the same language. As...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1750
Nieuwe kaart van het Turksche Ryk gelegen in Europa, Asia en Afrika. . .
Attractive map of the Mediterranean and countries bordering, extending eastwards to include all the Arabian Peninsula.
- $700 / ≈ €608
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750
Vue du serail du grand Mogol, des Indes.
Optical print of a Mogul Palace in India. Probably published by or after Jacques Chereau, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
(Rheims)
Finely engraved plan of Rheims.
Place & Date: ca. 1750
Archipel des indes Orientales
A finely engraved map depicting South East Asia with very good detail on the Philippines. Decorative title cartouche. From Atlas Universel of Gilles and Didier Robert de ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Carte de L'Isle de Sumatra Dressee sur les Journaux des Navigateurs . . .
Detailed map of Sumatra and Malacca, centered on Singapore and including the southern portion of the Malaysian peninsula. With "Detroit de Sincapour" and severa...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Imaginary view of a square with Muslims festival.
Imaginary view of a square with Muslims festival. A so called optical print.
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Carte des Royaumes de Siam, du Tunquin, Pegu, Ava, Aracan . . .
Map of Siam, du Tunquin, Pegu, Ava, Aracan. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbers.Jacque...
- $350 / ≈ €304
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Le Pays des Hottentots . . .
Map of Good Hope Cape. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbers.Jacques Nicolas Bellin (170...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Carte de La Riviere de la Plata . . .
Map of La Plata Riviera. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbers.Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1...
- $350 / ≈ €304
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Carte du Cours du Menam . . .
Map of the Menam Riviera. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbers.Jacques Nicolas Bellin (...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Carte du Cours de la riviere de Tunquin . . .
Map of the Tunquin Riviera. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbers.Jacques Nicolas Bellin...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Vuë de la Cour de l'Empereur de Perse avec le diverses Habillements des Dames du premier Rang designe d'apres Nature par Quilielm Baur et fait en Estampe par François Xav. Habermann.
An optical print of the court of the Persian Emperor. Engraved by F.X. Habermann (1721-1796). The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical prints, establi...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750
Vue du Pallais du l'Empereur de Perse avec la Mosquée, ou Eglise a Ispahan.
An optical print of the court of the Persian Emperor. Engraved by F.X. Habermann (1721-1796). The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical prints, establi...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750
Sweden and Norway.
Herman Moll's mid eighteenth century map of Sweden and Norway, extending down to Denmark, across to Finland, and south to the Baltic states of Estonia, Livonia etc. With ...
- $125 / ≈ €108
Place & Date: London, ca 1750
Nieuwe kaart van Tartarie. . .
A map of Tartary, Korea and part of Japan. Map place names in Korea are marked. The map is most notable for the confusion between Kamchatka and Jesso.Engraved by J.Keyser...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1731 / 1750
![[Double celestial and terrestrial hemisphere]](/uploads/cache/44995-250x250.jpg)
[Double celestial and terrestrial hemisphere]
Small but uncommon double celestial and terrestrial hemisphere. The terrestrial map showing the western hemisphere with an oversized an curious Australian continent.
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: ca. 1750
The Philippine Islands and others of the East Indies. . .
Herman Moll's 'busy' map of South East Asia and the Philippines, published in the middle of the eighteenth century in London. The map includes numerous small islands, Sum...
- $280 / ≈ €243
Place & Date: London, ca 1750
Isle de Magagascar . . .
Map of the island of Madagascar. Prepared by Jacques Nicolaas Bellin (1703-1772) who was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the mid-eighteen...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Irak, Arabi, Kurdistan, Diarbek, Turkomania, Syrie en het Heilige Land.
Isaak Tirion's map of the Near East. His 'Nieuwe en beknopte handatlas' saw 6 editions between before 1740 and after 1784. Also the 'Atlas van de Nederlandse Provintien' ...
- $350 / ≈ €304
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1750
![De Tout Cote Peur. [fear on all sides]](/uploads/cache/46782-250x250.jpg)
De Tout Cote Peur. [fear on all sides]
A lovely eighteenth-century print of an old man who has "fear on all sides." He is seen fully dressed holding a chest (of money / personal effects?) whilst clut...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1750
Carte particuliere des costes de Poittou, Aunis et de la Rochelle.
Finely designed and rare map of Isle Ré and the French coast with La Rochelle.
- $1250 / ≈ €1085
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1750
![[Title page Le Neptune Francois I. Volume]](/uploads/cache/47731-250x250.jpg)
[Title page Le Neptune Francois I. Volume]
Title page featuring Neptune in a sea-chariot drawn by white horses, fleets of ships and allegorical figures of winged gods, all within an ornate border. Engraved by le P...
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
![[Lot of 13 prints of the Chinese court] Habillement de l' Empereur dela Chine & des Dames de son Palais aves quel...](/uploads/cache/IMG_0845-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 13 prints of the Chinese court] Habillement de l' Empereur dela Chine & des Dames de son Palais aves quel...
Prints of the Chinese court.[Lot of 13 prints]- Salle Imperiale De L'Audience, tiree de Nieuhof (1760)- Pagodes ou Statues; Miniso ou la Volupté (1749- Pagodes ou sta...
- $400 / ≈ €347
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1750
Carte de la Coste d'Arabie, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse. . .
A pleasant map of the Arabian Peninsular, the Red Sea and the Gulf region, published in Paris during the mid 18th century. Published in the "Histoire generale des V...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1750
Flaggen aller seefahrenden potenzen und nationen…
A highly decorative and beautiful print with 139 flags of the sea-faring nations, factions, and trading companies. Among the more interesting flags are those of the Dutch...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1750
Carte Réduite Des Costes D'Espagne Et De Portugal Depuis le Cap Pinas jusqu'au Détroit de Gibraltar..
Large-scale sea chart covering all of the coast of Portugal, with eight coastal profile insets.The chart was engraved by Herman van Loon. With rhumb lines.Published by th...
- $500 / ≈ €434
Place & Date: Paris, 1751
La Prusse divisée en Prusse Royale et Prusse Ducale. . .
Finely and crisply engraved map of Prussia including The Bay of Danzig. Folio map by Giles Didier Robert De Vaugondy.Ornamental title cartouche in the upper part of the m...
- $350 / ≈ €304
Place & Date: Paris, 1751
Les Indes.
Scarce small map of South East Asia with Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and including New Guinee, based on cartography of Guillaume Delisle. Published in "Nouveau ...
- $125 / ≈ €108
Place & Date: Paris, La veuve Lottin & Butard, P.G. Le Mercier, Rollin, 1751
Carte de la Turquie de L'Arabie et de la Perse.
This is the Amsterdam issue of De L'Isle's map of the Turkish Empire and Arabian Peninsula. It includes the Turkish Empire, the Mediterranean, Central Asia, and parts of ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1751
Polnische Reise Karte uber die vornehmsten Passagen von Dresden nach Warschau auf zweyerley Wegen I) uber Breslau, Peterkau und II) uber Lissa, Kaliez . . . 1751
Scarce strip-style road map showing two roads from Dresden via Glogau or Breslau to Warsaw.A key identifies villages, markets and post offices along the routes. Printed i...
Place & Date: Nurember, 1751
![[2 sheets] Carte particuliere de la Cote Occidentale de l'Afrique...](/uploads/cache/42917-250x250.jpg)
[2 sheets] Carte particuliere de la Cote Occidentale de l'Afrique...
A large 2 sheet map of a part of the west coast of Africa that covers The Gambia and Senegal. (When joined the map would measure approx. 1010 x 1400 mm) D'anville's maps ...
- $400 / ≈ €347
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1751
Vue et perspective de la ville de Marseille et ses environs, prise du côté de la belle vue de la plaine St. Michel. Dediée à S. A. S. Mgr. le duc de Penthievre Grand Amiral de France. Par son très humble et très obéissant Serviteur Aulagnier.
Scarce large and spectacular panorama of the city and harbour of Marseille published in Paris in the middle of the 18th century. Engraved by Pierre Jacques Duret under th...
- $12000 / ≈ €10415
Place & Date: Paris, 1751
Plan général de la ville capitale de Malte dressé sur les memoires des grands officiers de l'Ordre, dédiée et présentée à S.A.S. Mgr le prince de Conty, prince du sang, grand prieur de France. . .
First edition of this attractive large scale plan of Valetta on Malta. To the left and right a numbered key 1 - 269. In lower left, a title cartouche with a dedication to...
Place & Date: Paris, 1751
Nieuwe Wassende Graade Zee Kaart over de Spaanse Zee Vant Kanaal tot 't Eyland Cuba In Westindia.
Rare two-sheet blue-back sea chart of the Atlantic and Eastern part of North America., published by Gerard Van Keulen. The map extends from the latitude of Newfoundland a...
- $2500 / ≈ €2170
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1728-1751
Partie Méridionale de la Russie Européenne. . .
Detailed map of Ukraine, the Crimea and the northern part of the Caspian Sea.
Place & Date: Paris, 1752
Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie.
Detailed map of the north-eastern part of Russia, including Siberia.
Place & Date: Paris 1752
Carte Des Isles de Java, Sumatra, Borneo.. Malaca et Banca..
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur H...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 1752
Perse.
Scarce small map of Persia based on cartography of Guillaume Delisle (. Published in "Nouveau traité de geographie par M ", published by La veuve Lottin & ...
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1752