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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 / ≈ €177
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 / ≈ €88
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 / ≈ €794
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 / ≈ €485
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 / ≈ €132
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 / ≈ €265
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 / ≈ €177
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 / ≈ €243
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 / ≈ €199
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 / ≈ €66
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 / ≈ €132
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 / ≈ €132
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 / ≈ €265
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 / ≈ €221
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 / ≈ €132
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 / ≈ €2648
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 / ≈ €243
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 / ≈ €132
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 / ≈ €1324
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 / ≈ €177
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 / ≈ €397
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 / ≈ €221
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 / ≈ €221
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 / ≈ €265
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 / ≈ €66
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 / ≈ €662
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 / ≈ €2207
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 / ≈ €177
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 / ≈ €530
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 / ≈ €441
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 / ≈ €44
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 / ≈ €397
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...
- $1750 / ≈ €1545
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 / ≈ €353
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 / ≈ €265
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 / ≈ €530
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 / ≈ €1765
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 / ≈ €1059
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 / ≈ €397
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1760
Les Suisses leurs sujets et leurs alliez. . .
Un uncommon map of Switzerland by Nolin.
- $250 / ≈ €221
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,...
- $1000 / ≈ €883
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 / ≈ €221
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 / ≈ €794
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 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 / ≈ €177
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 / ≈ €53
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 / ≈ €397
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 / ≈ €750
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 / ≈ €794
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 / ≈ €397
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
![[The Americas] AMERIQUE](/uploads/cache/20599-(2)-250x250.jpg)
[The Americas] AMERIQUE
A map depicting both the Americas. With on both sides a descriptionary text. All within an elaborate and very decorative border. Claude Buy de Mornas (d. 1783), géogra...
- $350 / ≈ €309
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 / ≈ €397
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
Carte Hydrographique de la Baye de la Havane.. N° 69.
A well-engraved and highly detailed chart of the walled city of Havana and its harbor features inset plans of three forts (La Punta, El Morro, and La Real Fuerza) as well...
- $2000 / ≈ €1765
Place & Date: Paris, 1762
Les Isles Britanniques..
A first state (of 2) dated 1762. Fine map of the British Isles, engraved by E.Dussy. Fine title cartouche upper left engraved by Arrivet. From his Nouvel Atlas Portatif .
Place & Date: Paris, 1762
Carte Hydrographique De La Baye De Cadix. . .
Beautiful chart of the Bay of Cadiz, from Rota to Cadiz, with dramatic coastal topography, soundings, anchorages, forts, loxodromic lines, compass rose and large decorati...
- $500 / ≈ €441
Place & Date: Paris, 1762
Les Isles de la Sonde, Moluques, Philippines, Carolines, et Marlannes.
Nice detailed map of southeast Asia, showing the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and the island of Borneo. Engraved by E. Dussy and the title cartouche by Arrivet. From hi...
- $275 / ≈ €243
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1762
Nuova et Accurata Carta dell' Isole Filippine, Ladrones, a Moluccos o Isole della Speziarie come anco Celebes &c.
The map has been prepared by Isaac Tirion for his Nieuwe en beknopte Handatlas (New and concise hand-atlas) of which Albrizzi made an imitation and used in the Italian ed...
- $400 / ≈ €353
Place & Date: Venice, 1740-1762
![[Titlepage] Atlas Homannianus Mathematico Historice delineatus.](/uploads/cache/36600-250x250.jpg)
[Titlepage] Atlas Homannianus Mathematico Historice delineatus.
Title page with In the foreground the female figures of Geography, History and Astronomy stand before a large globe, showing the Eastern Hemisphere. Above them the atlas ...
- $350 / ≈ €309
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1762
![[Mer Baltique]](/uploads/cache/37796-250x250.jpg)
[Mer Baltique]
Detailed map of Northern part of Poland with Danzig, from his "Atlas moderne ou collection de cartes...".map N° 15.
- $300 / ≈ €265
Place & Date: Paris, 1762
Carta nuova dell' Arabia fatta in Amsterdam per Isauc Tirion.
Detailed map of Arabia and environs, prepared by Albrizzi and published in Thomas Salmon in " Lo Stato Presente di Tutti i popoli del mondo naturale, politico e mora...
- $650 / ≈ €574
Place & Date: Napels, Francesco Ricciardo, 1738 -1762
Suite de l'Histoire de Perse. Depuis l'An 3519, jusqu'à l'An 3525.
Showing eastern Europe centered on Greece, Macedonia, Persia and western Turkey. Textural information in French flanking the map. De Mornas was Geographer to Louis XVI, a...
- $60 / ≈ €53
Place & Date: Paris, 1762
Atlas Geographicus portatilis XXIX mappis orbis habitabilis
Fine pocket atlas containing a world and celestial map, further maps of the four continents and of European countries. The map of America has a blank coastline north to C...
- $2750 / ≈ €2427
Place & Date: Augsburg 1762
Vue de la Rue du Roi, vers la Porte de la Campagne a Boston.
A vue d'optique of the city of Boston. A view of a typical Bostonian street, with buildings opening directly onto the throughway, groups of people, gentlemen, workers and...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1762
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[A Lot of 2 maps Europe]
Claude Buy de Mornas (d. 1783), géographe du roi (1764). Atlas Méthodique et Elémentaire de Géographie et d' Histoire, 1761, Atlas Historique et Géographique, 1762. ...
- $300 / ≈ €265
Place & Date: Paris, 1762
Carte de la Guyane Françoise et l'Isle de Cayenne..
A well engraved and highly detailed chart of French Guiana and the island of Cayenne. Made in 1763 by Jacques Bellin (1703-72), a prolific cartographer assigned the Minis...
- $500 / ≈ €441
Place & Date: Paris, 1763
Histoire universelle depuis le commmencement du monde jusqu'a present. Tome Vingt-unieme. Portugais, Espagnols, Hollanois etc
Volume 21 of this informative publication with a description of the discoveries, conquests, and settlements by the Portuguese, Spaniards, English, and Dutch in Southeast ...
- $1200 / ≈ €1059
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Leipzig, 1763
Map of Senegal with part of the coast of Africa.
Uncommon miniature map of Senegal with part of the coast of Africa, engraved by Thomas Kitching for "A New General and Universal Atlas Containing Forty five Maps by ...
- $40 / ≈ €35
Place & Date: London, 1761-1763
Asia.
Uncommon miniature map of Asia. The map is of interest for the use of Sea of Corea, for the sea between Korea and Japan.Engraved by J.Ellis for "A New General and Un...
- $150 / ≈ €132
Place & Date: London, 1761-1763
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East Indies. {India]
Uncommon miniature map of India, engraved by Thomas Kitching for "A New General and Universal Atlas Containing Forty five Maps by Andrew Dury".This miniature at...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: London, 1761-1763