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Voyage of his majesty’s ship Alceste, along the Coast of Corea, to the island of Lewchew, with an account of her subsequent shipwreck, by John M’LEOD. Surgeon of the Alceste.

The second and best edition, with a frontispiece portrait of Captain Maxwell and five fine hand-colored aquatint plates, including a plate not present in the first editio...

$1000 / ≈ €848
Maker: MAC-LEOD, John.
Date: London, John Murray, 1818

 


Otago Capo dell'Isola d'Amsterdam nel Mare Pacifico del Sud. / Otago Chef de l'Isle d'Amsterdam dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud. .. [Tongatapu, Tonga]

Otago was a native of the island of Tongatapu, Tonga. The island was first sighted by Europeans in 1643 by Abel Tasman, commanding two ships. “Tasman named the island &...

$150 / ≈ €127
Maker: VIERO, Th.
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

 


Recklame Plankater . . .

Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche being plate n°84. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the be...

$250 / ≈ €212
Maker: LES MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE
Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1897

 


Nouvelle-Hollande: Terre dEndracht - Cabane des naturels de la Presqu'Ile de Péron. [plate XXIV]

An aboriginal camp fire, after the original sketches by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824.The French expedition under Ni...

$300 / ≈ €254
Maker: LESUEUR, C-A. / PERON, F.
Date: Paris, 1824

 


Wine bottle

The Onion-shaped wine bottle is of green glass and is sealed with cork and wax that the cork holds in place. The many years that the bottles spent under the water have l...

$2500 / ≈ €2120
Maker: V.O.C.
Date: Dutch East India Company, Netherlands, ca. 1735-1750

 


L'Inde de la le Gange, suivant les nouvelles observations...

Uncommon edition of this map of Malaysia, Thailand, Indo China and the Northern parts of the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Singapore marked as Sincapour. With decorative...

$600 / ≈ €509
Maker: AA, P. van der
Date: Amsterdam, 1728

 


Nouvelle-Hollande. Gnoung-A-Gnougn-A, Mour-Re-Mour-Ga ( Dit Collins). [plate XVII]

A portrait of a male Tasmanian Aboriginal Gnoung-A-Gnougn-A, Mour-Re-Mour-Ga ( Dit Collins) by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Pér...

$100 / ≈ €85
Maker: LESUEUR, C-A. / PERON, F.
Date: Paris, 1824

 


Manila the perl of the Orient. Guide book to the intending visitor [with several photos and 3 plans of Manila]

Charming 1908 Guide book to with several photos and 3 folding plans of Manilla. Published by the "Manila merchants' association", directed by O'Connell, Daniel....

$450 / ≈ €382
Maker: O'CONNELL, D. / BUREAU OF PRINTING
Date: Manilla, 1908

 


[Tahitian tools ].

Aquatint depicting a variety of Tahitian tools engraved by Rivelanti. Plate N° 85.  From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement...

$50 / ≈ €42
Maker: FERRARIO, G.
Date: Milan, 1827

 


A plat of the East Sea. By William Fisher and Richard Mount...

An important sea chart of the East Sea with coast lines of Poland, Russia, Sweden, published by William Fisher and Richard Mount in London.Richard Mount (1654-1722) was a...

$1800 / ≈ €1526
Maker: FISHER, W./ MOUNT, R.
Date: London, 1695

 


Asia.

Detailed map the Asian continent. The map is of interest for the use of Sea of Corea, the sea between Korea and Japan.

Maker: BELL, A.
Date: Amsterdam, 1682
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Zelandia Comitatus.

Based on the map by Van Deventer. For the first time a road connection between Flushing, Middelburg and Arnemuiden is shown. Mercator pays much attention to the area of s...

$400 / ≈ €339
Maker: MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1630

 


Lenin October.

Uncommon Soviet propaganda poster.Read more about the Soviet propaganda poster. [+]

$200 / ≈ €170
Maker: PLAKAT PUBLISHING HOUSE.
Date: Moscow, 1987

 


Portrait de George Washington.

Portrait of the first president of the United States of America.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume ancien et moderne ou histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la ...

$100 / ≈ €85
Maker: FERRARIO, G.
Date: Milan 1827

 


Nouvelle-Hollande: Ile King. - L'Eléphant -marin ou Phoque à trompe. [plate XXXII]

Plate illustrating seals by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824.The French expedition under Nicolas Baudin, was commission...

$100 / ≈ €85
Maker: LESUEUR, C-A. / PERON, F.
Date: Paris, 1824

 


[Tartary - Russia]

Postcard size map in Ottoman script showing Siberia prepared by Mehmet EŞREF in a small atlas : عمومولاياةىشهانيىحاوىكوچكاطلاس [Umum-i vil...

$75 / ≈ €64
Maker: ESREF, Mehmet
Date: Istanbul, 1325 or 1909

 


Ambassades mémorables de la Compagnie des Indes orientales des Provinces Unies vers les empereurs du Japon.

First edition in French of this important work on Japan, a work whose illustrations "represent a high-water mark in book illustrations of the 17th century" (Lac...

$5500 / ≈ €4664
Maker: MONTANUS, A.
Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Russian Empire in Europe from the Dr. D'Anville of the Royal Academy. . .

Rare map of Russia, prepared by John Bayly (active 1755-1794) after D'Anville. In the lower-left corner parts of the Caspian and Black Sea. In the upper right corner Nova...

$750 / ≈ €636
Maker: BOWLES, T.
Date: London, ca. 1782

 


[Title page from Theatrum orbis Terrarum, with past-on]

The frontispiece of the third part of the 'Theatrum', by Johan Blaeu. Heightened with goldDecorated with terrestrial and celestial globes and to the left Ptolemy (with sp...

$450 / ≈ €382
Maker: BLAEU, J.
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1650

 


Division du Globe Terrestre par zones.. - Correspondance du Globe Terrestre avec la situation des habitants du monde.

A charming representation of various planetary models and systems according to the latest mathematical and scientific schemes of the day.From Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas ...

$60 / ≈ €51
Maker: CHIQUET, J.
Date: Paris, 1719

 


Het Klooster ten Hage (Marienhage Eindhoven)

Very rare lithography of the ruin of the monastery of Ten Haghe in Eindhoven. Lithographed by M.Mouret, published in "oud-Nederland en de uit vroegere dagen overgebl...

$100 / ≈ €85
Maker: VAN DER AA, P.
Date: Nijmegen, 1837-1846

 


Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.

A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...

$250 / ≈ €212
Maker: ANTIPHONARIUM.
Date: Sevilla, ca.1520

 


Florentia Pulcherrima et Ruriae Civitas.

Detailed bird's-eye view of the town of Florence in Tuscany region, first published in Frederick de Wit's rare town book. With two keys 1-17 and 1-228 to important spots ...

$2800 / ≈ €2374
Maker: DE WIT, F / VAN DER AA, P.
Date: Amsterdam, Leiden, 1697 / 1729

 


[Easter Island inhabitants ].

Aquatint depicting 2 portraits of Easter Island inhabitants and 2 men rowing in a pirogue. Engraved by Carlo Bottigella. Plate N° 88. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Cost...

$50 / ≈ €42
Maker: FERRARIO, G.
Date: Milan, 1827

 


Oost Zee door Arnold Colom.

Large double-page engraved chart of the Baltic Sea, including the coastlines of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Denmark, and Sweden, with a decorative inset ...

$1500 / ≈ €1272
Maker: COLOM, A.
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1654

 


Kaart van de Reede van Batavia met de verschillende vaarwaters naar dezelve trigometrisch opgenomen op last van deb schout bijnacht E.Lucas.

Very large and rare so-called blue-black chart centered on Jakarta's harbor.The chart is prepared by B.G.Escher, I.A.C. Eschauzier, B.H.Staring and E.H.Boom during an exp...

$1800 / ≈ €1526
Maker: HULST VAN KEULEN, Wed. G.
Date: Amsterdam (1841) 1847

 


First German text edition of the Spieghel der Zeevaerdt…

First German edition including 47 charts in very fine contemporary colors and bound in a contemp. brown calf binding. The boards are richly blind stamped, with a design ...

$175000 / ≈ €148385
Maker: WAGHENAER, L.J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1593

 


Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas - (Certificate) Accion ordinarias de 500 Pesetas, Barcelona, 27.10.1969.

Beautifully engraved certificate from the Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas issued in 1985. This historic document has an ornate border around it with a vignette o...

$175 / ≈ €148
Maker: Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas.
Date: Barcelona, 1969

 


Vue de l'Isle d'Ulietéa avec une double Pirogue et un hangar où les Insulaires retirent leurs bâtiments de mer. [Tome III Pl. 5.]

A view on the Island of Ulietea, French Polynesia, of a dugout boat house and a beautifully engraved pirogue at sea. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage ...

$50 / ≈ €42
Maker: COOK, Captain James.
Date: Paris, 1773

 


Donna dell' Isola di Tanna, una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Femme de l' Isle de Tanna, une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique. [Vanuatu]

Full portrait of a woman, a native from the island of Mallico in the New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium, the colonial name for the island group in the ...

$100 / ≈ €85
Maker: VIERO, Theodorum.
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

 


Géographie des Plantes Equinoxiales - Tableau physique des Andes et pays voisins. . .

Physical Portrait of the Andes and adjacent lands", organized around the Chimborazo and Cotopaxi volcanoes in Ecuador.With local vegetation is illustrated pictoriall...

$1000 / ≈ €848
Maker: VON HUMBOLD, A.
Date: Paris, 1805

 


Planisphaerum coeleste.

A very decorative double hemisphere celestial chart. The 10 smaller circular diagram showing the rotation of the Planets, according to Tycho Brahe, Ptolemy and Copernicus...

$1500 / ≈ €1272
Maker: LOTTER, T.
Date: Nurenberg, 1750

 


[Sea monsters] De regni Settentrionali Monstri marini & terrestri…

Münster's plate of monsters of both land and sea, taken from an Italian text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renaissance kno...

$3600 / ≈ €3052
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, 1558

 


Recueil de costumes. Imagini degl'abiti con cui Va uestita la Nobiltà della Serenis.ma Republica di Venezia. Suivi de: [Augsburger Kleidertrachten].

Imagini degl'abiti con cui Va uestita la Nobiltà della Serenis.ma Republica di Venezia. Dedicate all'Illmo et Ecc.mo Sig.r Andrea da Leze Degnis.mo Proc.tor di S: Marco....

$8500 / ≈ €7207
Maker: [BALDUINO (Giacomo)], ZUCHI (Andrea) / WOLFF (Jeremias).
Date: Venezia, Ragheno, 1702 / Augsbourg, J. Wolff, ca. 1715

 


Imaginary view of a square with Muslims festival.

Imaginary view of a square with Muslims festival. A so called optical print.

$100 / ≈ €85
Maker: PROBST, G.B.
Date: Paris, ca. 1750

 


Niger.

Very decorative, informative map of Nigeria. The map is filled with buildings, animals, figures and two locals. With a large compass rose in upper right corner.In lower l...

$90 / ≈ €76
Maker: JYLBERT
Date: France, 1943

 


Carte de la province de Quan-tong, ou Lyau-tong et du Royaume de Kau-li. . .

Map of Korea. The map is of interest for the use of East Sea, the sea between Korea and Japan, here called "Mer de Corée" and "Meer von Korea".From a...

Maker: BELLIN, J.N.
Date: Paris, 1757
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Carte générale de l' Amérique divisée en ses principaux états . . .

Map of North and South America. By C. F. Delamarche, successor of Robert de Vaugondy, Geographer. Descriptive text to the left.

$300 / ≈ €254
Maker: VAUGONDY, R. de / DELAMARCHE / DIEM, C.
Date: Paris, 1820

 


[Tahitian warrior dugouts ].

Aquatint depicting a view of Tahitian warrior dugouts engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N° 86.  From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouve...

$50 / ≈ €42
Maker: FERRARIO, G.
Date: Milan, 1827

 


De Kust van Nova Guinea tot aan deze bogt . . .

De kust van Nova Guinea tot aan deze bogt.De Kust van Nova Guinea ofte Salomon Sweers hoek. Het Landt van Nova Guinea in de Groote Bocht daar wy vergeefs hoopten een doo...

$225 / ≈ €191
Maker: VALENTIJN, F.
Date: Amsterdam, 1726

 


Illuminated leaf from a liturgical Psalter.

Very fine illuminated leaf from a liturgical Psalter in Latin with the reading from the Vulgate Bible. Lines in a slightly irregular Gothic hand, written in black ink, wi...

Maker: PSALTER
Date: England, c. 1280
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Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.

A very fine antiphonary leaf, written in Latin , probably Rome. RECTO: The staves are in red and the notes in black.VERSO: Tw wonderful initial ,A and O, decorated with p...

$800 / ≈ €678
Maker: ANTIPHONARIUM
Date: Italy, 1480

 


Carte des Possessions Françoises et Angloises dans le Canada, et partie de la Louisiane.

First state of this separately published map of the European Colonies in the New World east of the Mississippi River. This map was published in 1756 to provide informatio...

$2500 / ≈ €2120
Maker: LONGCHAMPS, le Sieur.
Date: Paris, 1756

 


Karte der Ukraina.

A large political, economical and transportation map of Ukraine, printed three months after the beginning of the WW II in Ukraine. Shows the newest borders, streets and r...

$400 / ≈ €339
Maker: ANONYMOUS
Date: Vienna: Freytag u. Bernd u. Artaria August 1941

 


KOUSHI NYUJO no Zu - HANABUSA Legation enters in Palace, Seoul.

A scene of Japanese legation HANABUSA who are entering the Royal Palace, Seoul.

$900 / ≈ €763
Maker: ANONYMOUS
Date: August 8, MEIJI 27th year or 1894

 


(View of the Moscow Kremlin, seen from the Moskva River in the south).

Anonymous, likely Russian School gouache drawing of Moscow Kremlin. The Kremlin is depicted in a typical 19th century romantic style and is seen from the Moskva river in ...

$3000 / ≈ €2544
Maker: RUSSIAN SCHOOL
Date: Russia, ca. 1850

 


Miniature of Suffrages to the Saints.

A fantastic miniature (70 x 50 mm.) in an arched compartment showing the Suffrages to the Saints. Depiction of the (50) martyrs being burnt before the King's orders. The ...

Maker: BOOK OF HOURS.
Date: France, Bretagne or Normandy, c. 1480
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Governo di Venezia / Provincia di Udine.

Very finely engraved and detailed map of the area of Udine, with Trieste in lower right corner. Lower left corner an inset plan of Trieste : upper right corner, an inset ...

$250 / ≈ €212
Maker: STANGHI, V.
Date: Rome, 1860

 


[Title page] Geographiae libri octo Graeco-Latini . . .

Fine decorative titlepage from the 1605 edition of Ptolemy. The plate is adorned with allegorical figures, fruits and architectural motifs. This 1605 edition was based on...

$400 / ≈ €339
Maker: MERCATOR, G./ HONDIUS, J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1605

 


America settentrionale. . .

Rare map of North America drawn directly from the work of Nicholas De Fer and N. Sanson's famous map of 1650. The map is engraved by Antonius Donzel Gallus.With open Grea...

$1800 / ≈ €1526
Maker: PETRINI, P.
Date: Napels, 1766

 


Donna dell' Isola di S.a Cristina una delle Marchesi nel Mar del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle de S.e Christine une des Marquises dans la Mer du Sud.

Full portrait of a woman from the Saint Christina Island. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by Willia...

$250 / ≈ €212
Maker: VIERO, Theodorum.
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

 


Pan.

Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maitres de l'Affiche n°67. The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the best posters of ...

$100 / ≈ €85
Maker: LES MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE
Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1896

 


India Orientalis.

Published in Hondius' editions of the Mercator Atlas from 1606 onwards, showing the Indian subcontinent, the Malay Peninsula, Siam and Cambodia, China and the Philippines...

$2200 / ≈ €1865
Maker: MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1630

 


Grote Atlas van de Verenigde Oost-Indische [Complete set of 7 volumes] Compagnie/Comprehensive Atlas of the Dutch United East India Company

This seven volume atlas was published in a limited edition. It covers all territories and possessions under the Charter of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) from 1602-17...

$3250 / ≈ €2756
Maker: BROMMER, R. / ORMELING, F. / SCHILDER, G., etc
Date: Voorburg, Asia Maior/Atlas Maior, 2006-2010

 


Vue de l'Isle d'Huaheine avec La Maison de Dieu, et un petit Autel couvert d'offrandes. [Tome III Pl. 4.]

A view of the Island of Huaheine, Tahiti, a beautiful tropical Owharra tree in the foreground and a depiction of the House of God with its offertory. From the French edit...

$50 / ≈ €42
Maker: COOK, Captain James.
Date: Paris, 1773

 


Gemete Kaerte van de Stede Beverwyk, zoo als die tegenwoordigh zich vertoont.

Uncommon plan of Beverwijk made in the year 1739. Published in Hollandsche Arcadia. Title in Dutch and French.

$30 / ≈ €25
Maker: DE LETH, H.
Date: Amsterdam, ca.1740

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

Charming small manuscript leaf from an French Book of Hours written around 1470 in or near Rouen.VERSO: 14 Lines of text in Latin five 1-lines initial in liquid gold on b...

$150 / ≈ €127
Maker: BOOK OF HOURS
Date: France, ca.1470

 


[Tableau Général de l'Empire Ottoman]. 11 plates with the panoramic view of Mecca.

A collection of 11 engraved plates (3 folding) from "Tableau Général de l'Empire Ottoman", Paris, Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1790, comprising the famous panorami...

$4000 / ≈ €3392
Maker: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, Ignace.
Date: Paris, 1790

 


Hemisphaerii Borealis Coeli et Terrae Sphaeri Cascenographia.

A finely executed celestial chart of the Northern Sky, illustrating the constellations of the Northern Hemisphere superimposed over the Pacific Ocean, first published by ...

Maker: CELLARIUS, A.
Date: Amsterdam, 1661
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Carte des Isles du Japon Sequels est remarque la Route..

This uncommon map of Japan, a reduced version of his larger map, contains comments about the nature of the country. For instance, Ocsaqui (Okazaki, near Nagoya) is said t...

$750 / ≈ €636
Maker: TAVERNIER, J.B.
Date: Paris / Amsterdam, 1679

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours In Latin and French.

24 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases and figures. Gothic type, text in Latin, numerous one and two-line initials in g...

Maker: PRINTED BOOK OF HOURS (Use of Rome).
Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c. 1520-1540

 


Het Friessche Doolhoff, het beruchte dorp Molk-Worren

Uncommon map made in 1718 by Johannes Hilarides, principal at the Latin School in Bolsward.. Probably the only printed plan of a Frisian village of that time. The map was...

$350 / ≈ €297
Maker: SCHENK, P.
Date: Amsterdam, 1705

 


Rerum per octennium in Brasilia Et alibi nuper gestarum, Sub Praefectura Illustrissimi Comitis I. Mauritii, Nassoviae, (...) Historia.

First edition. Commissioned by Johan Maurits van Nassau (governor of Brazil between 1636-1644 and founder of "Mauritsstad" (present-day Recife)) and illustrated...

$32500 / ≈ €27557
Maker: BARLAEUS, C.
Date: Amsterdam, J. Blaeu, 1647

 


Pascaarte, van de Zuijderzee, Vliestroom, Vlie, en Amelandergat…

Very rare chart of the Dutch Zuiderzee, here in its rare 5th state (o f6). Showing the coastlines along the Dutch inner sea. Two compass roses indicate north to the left ...

$1500 / ≈ €1272
Maker: COLOM, A.
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1660

 


Moscow.

Fantastic pictorial map of Moscow designed to draw tourists to the new Soviet Union.The cultural vitality of Moscow in the early years of the Soviet Union is the focal po...

$400 / ≈ €339
Maker: GETMANSKI, M.
Date: Moscow, c. 1938

 


Vidit David de Solario Domus regiae Bethsabeam . . . ( Plate 44)

Fine etching by Nicolas Chapron, after Raphaël's (Raffaello Sanzio) frescoes in the Vatican Loggia. Scene illustrating King David looking at Bathsheba bathing.From the f...

$50 / ≈ €42
Maker: CHAPERON, N.
Date: Paris, Petrus Mariette, 1649

 


La Reine de la chine.

Very rare and decorative costume plate. In the background : Palais Royal Peking. Beneath the plate a descriptive text about the Queen of China.Bears the address : Se vend...

$400 / ≈ €339
Maker: JOLLAIN, F.
Date: Paris, ca. 1685

 


Harper's, March.

Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche being plate n°20. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the be...

$300 / ≈ €254
Maker: LES MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE
Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1896

 


Le vieux Mexique ou nouvelle Espagne. . .

Attractive map covering the Gulf of Mexico through Central America also including parts of Cuba and Jamaica. It extends through Mexico to show the southern tip of Baja Ca...

$450 / ≈ €382
Maker: De FER, N.
Date: Paris, 1705

 


Mer de Chine - Detroit De Singapour Partie Comprise Entre Singaour et Le Dett. De Malacca d'apres les travaux du Commr. J.W. Reed de la Marine Royale d'Angleterr...

Mer de Chine - Detroit De Singapour Partie Comprise Entre Singaour et Le Dett. De Malacca d'apres les travaux du Commr. J.W. Reed de la Marine Royale d'Angleterr, execute...

$2500 / ≈ €2120
Maker: HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE OF THE ADMIRALTY.
Date: London, 1871

 


Zeelandiae Comitatus.

Rare map of Zeeland, with inset view of the town of Middelburg topped with costumed figures. This is the second edition published by Claes Jansz. Visscher. The first edit...

$500 / ≈ €424
Maker: KAERIUS, P. / VISSCHER, C.J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1617-1631

 


Mappemonde ou carte générale du globe terrestre dessinée suivant les règles de la projection des cartes réduites…

Large world map showing the sea tracks of Captain Cook in his three Pacific voyages published by C. F. Delamarche.Rare state 4, dated 1786, of this large world map, featu...

$3750 / ≈ €3180
Maker: ROBERT DE VAUGONDY-DELAMARCHE, C. F.
Date: Paris, Robert de Vaugondy/Delamarche, 1786

 


Tierra Nueva.

Uncommon first edition of this early map of the east coast is an enlarged version of Giacomo Gastaldi map published in 1548. Nomenclature and cartography are unchanged, w...

$1000 / ≈ €848
Maker: RUSCELLI, G.
Date: Venice, 1561

 


[Marquesas Islands headdresses and head ornaments ].

Aquatint depicting Marquesas Islanders in traditional headdresses and a variety of head ornaments engraved by Bonatti. Plate N° 90. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costum...

$50 / ≈ €42
Maker: FERRARIO, G.
Date: Milan, 1827

 


Capo dell' Isola di S.a Cristina una delle Marchesi nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Chef de l'Isle de Ste. Christine une des Marquises dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.

Full portrait of the Chief of the Saint Christina Island. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William...

$300 / ≈ €254
Maker: VIERO, Theodorum.
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

 


[HAWAII] - Plan de la baye de Karakakooa.

Beautiful map showing the islands forming the Hawaiian archipelago, drawn up during Cook's third voyage: Oneeheow or Ni'ihau, Atooi or Kauai, Woahoo or O'ahu, Morotoi or ...

$550 / ≈ €466
Maker: BERNARD, J.F.
Date: Paris, 1774

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

Leaf from a mid 15 th. century manuscript Book of Hours. Written on vellum in neat Gothic book hand.VERSO: 17 lines of text, with 2-line capital in red and blue, heighten...

$200 / ≈ €170
Maker: BOOK OF HOURS
Date: France ca.1470

 


[Toscana / Tuscany] En, candidi lectores, elegantioris Italiae partis, Tusciae scilicet, topographiam. aenis nris formis excussam in hac Tabella vobis denuo damus. . .

A rare map of Tuscany, including the islands of Elba, Giglio, Giannutri and part of Corsica, and covering the whole of Tuscany, part of Liguria, Lombardy, Emilia, Umbria,...

$5000 / ≈ €4240
Maker: BELLARMATO, G. / SALAMANCA, A.
Date: Rome, ca 1557

 


First annual exhibition in the United States . . .

Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche being plate n°112. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the b...

$150 / ≈ €127
Maker: LES MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE
Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1898

 


India quae Orientalis dicitur, et insulae adiacentes.

Extending from India to Japan and showing parts of Australia. It is indeed one of the first printed maps to show identifiable parts of Australia. It was not revised until...

$1900 / ≈ €1611
Maker: BLAEU, W.
Date: Amsterdam, 1644