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A view of the palace plaisans of Reyn Hongres...
So-called optical print of Aranjuez Palace near Madrid, and wrongly described as situated near to Vienna. Publishedby Huquier, a well-known publisher of optical prints, e...
- $125 / ≈ €108
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
81e. Vue d'Optique Reprsentant Le Palais et la Grande Place de Vienne.
Optical print of a square in Vienna, by Daumont who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there we...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
13e. Vüe d'Optique Representant L'Interieur de la Cathedralle de Dorth.
Optical view representing the interior of a Cathedral in Dörth, near Wiesbaden. Published by Daumont, a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris.In t...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vue perspective de la Place des Peintres ditte Perlach du cote de la Basse Ville a Prague.
A so-called optical print of a square in Prague by Basset, a well-known publisher of optical prints, was established in rue S.Jacques in Paris. With brief key list.In the...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vue perspective de l'Entrée du Parc du Prince de Manheim en Allemagne.
Perspective view of the Royal Park in Manheim by Basset, a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St.Jacques in Paris. With brief key list.In the eigh...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
15e. Vüe d'Optique Representant Le Profil du Palais de Petersbourg.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the portico of a Palace in Saint Petersburg. Published by Daumont, a well-known publisher of optical prints, es...
- $250 / ≈ €217
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vue perspective de la Ville et Forteresse Electorale de Koningstein, et de la Montagne de Lilienstein avec ses environs du côté du Couchant, dépendant des Etats de Saxe, appartenant à Sa Majesté le Roy de Pologne.
Perspective view of Königstein fortress, situated near to Dresden in Saxony. To the left the Fortress and in the foreground the river Elbe. The castle was inhabited by A...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vüe de Morestburg en Saxe, l'une des Maisons de Chasse du Roy de Pologne. (Castle Moritzburg)
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the Castle Moritzburg, a Baroque Germanic castle in the small town of Moritzburg in the German state of Saxony....
- $250 / ≈ €217
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
A view of BILNITZ in Saxony one of the palaces of the King of Poland. / Vüe de Bilnitz, en Saxe, un des Palais du Roi de Pologne.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of Pillnitz Castle, a restored Baroque castle at the eastern end of the city of Dresden. The castle was once the s...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vuë Perspective de l'interieur du superbe Palais du Prince Eugene.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of Prince Eugene of Savoy's palace. After a design of Kleiner.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there we...
- $195 / ≈ €169
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vue de la Fontaine des Eaux chaudes et de la place d'Aix la Chapelle.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of Aachen, in Nordrhein Westphalia, and namely the Elisa Fountain which contains two fountains with thermal water....
- $250 / ≈ €217
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vue d'un Feu d'Artifice tiré devant l'Hotel de Ville en réjouissance de la Paix.
Optical view, illustrating a fireworks display in front of the Paris city hall.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishment...
Place & Date: Paris 1760
Vuë de la Mer au Soleil couchant.
Optical view of a sunset on the seacoast, by Daumont who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, th...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020
108e. Vaisseaux en pleine Mer.
Optical print of a fleet, by Daumont who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many pop...
- $250 / ≈ €217
Place & Date: Paris 1760
Naufrage sur les côtes d'Afrique.
So called optical print of a shipwrecking in a storm off the African shores.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular specialty establishments in...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vue perspective d'une rencontre des François avec les Anglois dans la Mediterranée.
Perspective view illustrating a battle between the French and the English fleets by Basset, a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue S. Jacques in Par...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
De Maria kerk te Leiden.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London that produced optical viewing devices and spec...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vue d'Ausbourg prise de la Cathedrale regardant vers la Porte de la Sainte Vierge.
Charming view of the Cathedral (Dom St. Maria) in Augsburg. In top of the print the title, in mirror image, in manuscript. Published by André Basset, the younger engrave...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1760
L'Amerique divisée en ses principaux Etats..
Uncommon map published by Lattré. This map is most notable for its depiction of "Mer de L'Ouest" or "Sea of the West". A great sea, easily the size o...
- $900 / ≈ €781
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
America Meridionalis.
This is the more scarce edition with the title cartouche lower left surrounded by Neptune and a native Indian.A rather accurate depiction and descriptions of South Americ...
- $550 / ≈ €477
Place & Date: Augsburg, c. 1760
Vue et perspective d'un Jardin du Roy d'Angleterre aux environs de Londres.
So-called optical print of one of the King's Royal Gardens in the London vicinities.Published by the brothers Chéreau, active in Paris at rue St. Jacques au dessus de la...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Prospectus Purfleet ad Tamesim in Comitatu Essex Representant le Purfleet sur la Tamise dans le Comté d'Essex. 21e VUE d'Optique.
A so-called optical print of the vessel Purfleet navigating on the River Thames in Essex, England. Published by the brothers Chéreau, active in Paris at rue St. Jacques...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vue de la Partie Sud Est du Château de Windsor avec la Famille Royale sur la Terrasse. Et vue du Palais de la Reine.
A so-called optical print view of the Royal family at the terrace of the South East wing of Windsor Castle as well as the Queen's Palace. Published by the brothers Chére...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Universatis ae Reginae Collegiorum prospectus Oxfordiae Représentant le College de l'Université, et celui de la Reine a Oxford. 63 Vue d'optique.
A so-called optical print of Queens College on High Street in Oxford. As most optical prints, due to the fact that they are used to be looked at in a mirror, the subject ...
- $275 / ≈ €239
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vue d'une des Maison de Plaisance et d'une partie du Parc du Comte de Burlington du Coté de la Tamise.
A so-called optical print of Burlington County and the River Thames. Published by the brothers Chéreau, active in Paris at rue St. Jacques au dessus de la Fontaine St. S...
- $225 / ≈ €195
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Entree du parc du Prince à Manheim.
Perspective view of the Royal Park in Manheim by Basset, a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St.Jacques in Paris. With a brief key list.In the ei...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Maison de plaisance de la reine de Hongrie pres de Vienne.
Perspective view of the castle of the queen of Hungary near Vienna. Basset was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St.Jacques in Paris. With brie...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Palais royal de la reine de Hongrie à Vienne.
Perspective view of the royal palace of the queen of Hungry, in Vienna, a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St.Jacques in Paris. With brief key l...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Eglise et place de Saint Andre dellavalle à Rome.
Perspective view of the church and place Sant'Andrea della Valle church in Rome. Sant'Andrea della Valle later became a model for the construction of other churches like ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vue de l'eglise de St Jean de Latran.
So-called optical print of the church Saint Jean de Latran, by Basset a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St.Jacques in Paris. With brief key lis...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Maison de plaisance près de Parme.
So-called optical print of a country house near Parma, by the well-known publisher of optical prints, Basset, established in rue St.Jacques in Paris.In the eighteenth and...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vue d'un château d'Archangel.
So-called optical print of a street and house in Arkhangelsk, by the well-known publisher of optical prints, Basset, established in rue St.Jacques in Paris. In the eighte...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
40e Vue d'Optique Representant Le Parc Royal de St. James a Londres.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of Saint James Park, in London.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality estab...
- $250 / ≈ €217
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
![Partie septentrionale du cercle de Haute Saxe [...] Brandebourg.](/uploads/cache/64110-250x250.jpg)
Partie septentrionale du cercle de Haute Saxe [...] Brandebourg.
Finely and crisply engraved map of north eastern part of Germany, including part of Poland. With inset map of Brandenburg. Map by Giles Didier Robert De Vaugondy with era...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1760
Generale Carte der gesamten Koniglichen Preussischen Lander. . .
Beautiful and rare two-sheet map of Prussia with part of now-a-days Poland. The title cartouche is hold by a crowned eagle. In lower part a large baroque cartouche with a...
- $3000 / ≈ €2604
Place & Date: Berlin, 1760
The North West Prospect of S. Pauls Cathedral in London.
Uncommon optical print illustrating a view of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments ...
- $275 / ≈ €239
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
![Partie septentrionale du cercle de Haute Saxe [...] Brandebourg.](/uploads/cache/33211-250x250.jpg)
Partie septentrionale du cercle de Haute Saxe [...] Brandebourg.
Finely and crisply engraved map of north eastern part of Germany, including part of Poland. With inset map of Brandenburg. Map by Giles Didier Robert De Vaugondy with era...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1760
Carte géographique représentant le théâtre de la guerre entre les Russes, les Turcs et les Polonois confédérés. . .
Interesting and rare map showing the area of the Russo-Turkish Wars. To the right a large title cartouche and extensive text describing the different stages and the Wars ...
- $1500 / ≈ €1302
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1760
Vüe Perspective de la grande Place du Parc St. Jacques à Londres, du nouveau Batiment des Gardes a Cheval, de l'Amirauté..
So-called optical print illustrating a cortege of subjects accompanying the king to the House of Lords along the Horse guards Road in St. James's Park, in London.The Old ...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
China as surveyed by the Jesuit Misionaries between the years 1708 & 1717 with Korea & the adjoining parts of Tartary.
The map is of interest for the use of Eastern Sea or Sea of China, the sea south of Korea. In the sea along the coast line of Korea : "Kau-Li-Qua or King:m of Korea&...
Place & Date: London, c. 1760
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2014
Vue de la Rue des Marchands Chinoises a Nankin.
So-called optical print illustrating a parade of vessels. Engraved by F.X. Habermann (1721-1796). The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical prints, est...
- $450 / ≈ €391
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1760
Prospect des grossen Arno Platzes in Florenz.
Rare so-called optical print illustrating a Street scene in Florence with the Palazzo Vecchio (town hall) and its Duomo (cathedral) in the background. Engraved by Balth F...
- $250 / ≈ €217
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1760
Prospect der Überbleibssel von altem Rome. - Vue du Reste des Antiquites a Rome.
A rare so-called optical print illustrates Roman Forum, ancient Rome's showpiece center, a grandiose district of marble-clad temples, proud basilicas and vibrant public s...
- $250 / ≈ €217
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1760
Prospect der Gebäude beij der Realte in Venedig. - Vuës des Edifices du Realte de Venisi. (Buildings near Rialto Bridge in Venice)
Rare so-called optical print illustrating buildings close to the Ponte di Rialto (Rialto Bridge) in Venice. Engraved by Fredrich Leizelt after Joseph Baudin, who was an i...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1760
Carte des Païs habités par les Samojedes et Ostiacs, pour l'histoire générale des voyages.
Map shows Nova Zembla and the area of northern Russia that was inhabited by the Samoyeds and Ostiacs.Prepared by Jacques Nicolas Bellin after Dutch sources and included i...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Regni Sinae vel Sinae propriae. . .
General map of China extending to the Gobi Desert in the North, including the islands of Taiwan and Hainan. The map is based on the work of du Halde. An appealing title c...
- $750 / ≈ €651
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1760
Etrennes interessantes des quartre parties du monde..
A charming almanac for the year 1778. The maps are engraved by Durand et Le Roy, and each map has the name of the author Giovanni Antonio Battista Rizzi-Zannoni. This cha...
- $2500 / ≈ €2170
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vue et Perspective de la Trinité a Vienne.
Decorative perspective view of a square in Vienna centered on the column which represents the Trinity. Published by Jacques François Chereau [1742 -1794], who was active...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Nova Mappa Maris Nigris et Freti Constantinopolitani...
Map of the Black Sea with the Crimea and adjacent countries, inset map of the Bosporus with Constantinople at upper right.T.C. Lotter married M. Seutter's daughter in 174...
- $600 / ≈ €521
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1760
Dvcatvvm Livoniae et Cvrlandiae cum vicinis insulis nova exhibitio geographica.
A very attractive of Livonia, Estonia, Curlandia and the Baltic coast, which also includes the Gulf of Livonia or Riga.
- $500 / ≈ €434
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1760
Vue d'une Rue Nanking.
A well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Augsburg. After a design by P.van Blankaert.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there were many popular s...
Place & Date: Augsburg 1760
Blenheim House.
An attractive view of the front of Blenheim House (now Palace) home to the present 12th Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. The house was begun in 1705, built by Sir John Va...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: London, ca. 1760
Dvcatvvm Livoniae et Cvrlandiae cum vicinis insulis nova exhibitio geographica.
A very attractive of Livonia, Estonia, Curlandia and the Baltic coast, which also includes the Gulf of Livonia or Riga.
- $450 / ≈ €391
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1760
Karte von den Bengaslishen Meerbussen . . .
Manuscript map including Ceylon, south of India, Bengal gulf with Burma (Myanmar), Thailand and northern tip of Sumatra. Very decorative and colorful compass rose in cent...
Place & Date: Germany, ca. 1760
Borussiae Regnum compectens Circulos Sambiensem, Natangiensem, et Hockerlandiae Nee non Borussia Polonica, exhibens Palatinatus Culmiensem. . .
Decorative map covering northern Poland with Prussia, Pomerania, Hockerlandia, Warmiaermelandia, Natanglensis, Galindia, Nandrovia, Sclavonia, and the Baltic Sea. Include...
- $400 / ≈ €347
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1760
Vue des Magasins de la Compagnie des Indes à Pondichéry, de l'Amirauté et de la maison du Gouverneur.
Optical print of the French East India Company's warehouses, the Admiralty and the Governor's House at Pondicherry in Tamil Nadu. Pondicherry, on the Coromandel Coast sou...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1760
Le dedans du Palais de l'Empereur de Chine à Peking.
This so called optical print shows the imperial palace, the Forbidden City in Peking, China. In the foreground a large courtyard is depicted, surrounded by buildings. Thr...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1760
Prospect des Rossmarcktes zu Statin - Vue du Marché aux Cheveaux a Stettin.
Rare so-called optical print illustrating the Horse market of Stettin in Poland. Engraved by F. Riedel. The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical print...
- $600 / ≈ €521
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1760
L'isle de Corse avec les différents districts, appartenante à la République de gênes . . .
Map published during the uprising of the Corsican people against the Republic of Genoa. It is decorated with a wind rose compass and a beautiful title cartouche decorated...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1760
America Meridionalis.
The title cartouche lower left surrounded by native Indians and an Elephant.A rather accurate depiction and descriptions of South America. Brazil is slightly enlarged and...
Place & Date: Augsburg, c. 1760
Plan de la ville de Madras et de ses attaques.
Manuscript map, in black, brown and red ink, showing the fortifications of the city of Madras, now Chennai, on the east coast of India, north of Pondicherry.Showing the c...
- $2000 / ≈ €1736
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1760
Generale Carte der gesamten Koniglichen Preussischen Lander. . .
Beautiful and rare two sheet map of Prussia. The title cartouche is hold by a crowned eagle. In lower part a large baroque cartouche with allegorical figures and a portra...
- $1200 / ≈ €1041
Place & Date: Berlin, 1760
Nova Mappa Maris Nigri et Freti Constantino Politani. . .
Decorative and uncommon map the Black Sea region. In upper left hand corner an inset map (200 x 280mm) of the Bosporus including Istanbul. Title engraved onto a drape-sty...
- $450 / ≈ €391
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1760
Les Suisses leurs sujets et leurs alliez. . .
Un uncommon map of Switzerland by Nolin.
- $250 / ≈ €217
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1760
Lisbone Ville Capitale du Royaume de Portugal…
A very RARE panoramic view of the city of Lisbon, including a numbered legend in the lower part : 1-28.The plate, at the joint address of Esnault et Rapilly and Daumont,...
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1760
Veuë et Pers-pective de l'Entrée du Château de Marly en général.
A rare panoramic view of the Château de Marly (Marly-le-Roi) by Aveline. The plate, at the joint address of Esnault et Rapilly and Daumont, is numbered in upper right co...
- $250 / ≈ €217
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1760
Nieuwe Paskaart van het Westerlykste Gedeelte van HET KANAAL strekkende aan de ENGELSCHE KUST van Poortland tot de Sorlinges. . .
Nieuwe Paskaart van het Westerlykste Gedeelte van HET KANAAL strekkende aan de ENGELSCHE KUST van Poortland tot de Sorlinges en aan de Fransche kust van het Eylandt Guern...
- $900 / ≈ €781
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1760
Pagus Helvetiae Abbatiscellanus .. Valle Rhenana. . .
Scarce. A splendid map of the Swiss Alps, the area south west of the Boden See and west of the River Rhine, centered on Appenzell, St. Gallen. Engraved by Tobias C. Lotte...
- $800 / ≈ €694
Place & Date: Augsbourg, 1760
Vue perspective de la Galerie Royale de Copenhague conduisant au Jardin.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the Royal Portico in Copenhagen.Mondhare was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris. In...
Place & Date: Paris 1761
Vue de la superbe Gallerie de Petersbourg en Russie.
So-called optical print illustrates a perspective view of the interior of a palace in Saint Petersburg.Mondhare was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established ...
- $200 / ≈ €174
Place & Date: Paris, 1761
![[Three butterflies on one sheet]](/uploads/cache/37419-250x250.jpg)
[Three butterflies on one sheet]
Beautifully hand colored copper engraving of 3 butter flies on one sheet, from "Beyträge zur Natur- oder Insecten-Geschichte". By the engraver and publisher Ch...
- $60 / ≈ €52
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1761
Vue perspective de la grande Ceremonie du Couronnement de l'Empereur de la Chine.
So-called optical print illustrating the crowning of the Chinese emperor. It shows the throne at the center.Mondhare was a well-known publisher of optical prints, establi...
- $450 / ≈ €391
Place & Date: Paris, 1761
Insulae Islandiae delineatio : prout haec Solenni mensurandi negotio sub Auspiciis Potensissimi Regis Daniae facto . . .
Detailed and important map of Iceland, prepared by Th. H. Knoff and O. Ranzow and published by the Homann Heirs. The map is more scientific than many previous similar ver...
- $850 / ≈ €738
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1761
Insula Islandiae delineatio. . .
A nice large map of Iceland published by Homann Heirs. The country is divided up into four differently colored regions, lettered title to top of map, boxed mileage scales...
- $900 / ≈ €781
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1761
![[Lot of 2 prints of Globes] La Sphere Terrestre / La Sphere Celeste.](/uploads/cache/84233-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 2 prints of Globes] La Sphere Terrestre / La Sphere Celeste.
La Sphere Terrestre / La Sphere Celeste A set of two very fine prints of a Terrestrial Sphere and a celestial Sphere. With an description on both sides. All within an ...
- $450 / ≈ €391
Place & Date: Paris, L.C. Desnos, 1761
![[Title page] Atlas Méthodique et Elémentaire . . .](/uploads/cache/48025-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas Méthodique et Elémentaire . . .
Title page from Atlas Méthodique et Elémentaire de Geographie et d'histoire Dedie a Monsieur le President Henault. Very fine, typical French title page engraved by Mart...
Place & Date: Paris, 1761
Etrennes Géographiques.
The leather binding has light wear and slight damage to the spine. The maps have very good impressions. Age-toning, occasional spotting, and soiling throughout. The margi...
- $450 / ≈ €391
Place & Date: Paris, 1761
Le Comté de Tirol, les Evèchés de Trente et de Brixen..
Detailed map of Austria showing territories of Tyrol, Bavaria, Brixen. Engraved by Cordier.
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Paris, 1761
Division Générale et Naturelle de la Terre, Suivant les Anciens.
Decorative chart showing the world as it was known by the ancients.Left and right a box with geographical information about Europe, Asia and Africa.Prepared by Buy de Mor...
Place & Date: Paris, 1762
Suite de la Longitude.
Decorative map showing one hemisphere divided into meridians.Left and right a box with further information's about longitude.Prepared by Buy de Mornas, who was a professo...
Place & Date: Paris, 1762
Selling price: $65
Sold in 2013