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Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
21 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases and religious scenes.From the press of the leading Parisian publisher and illumi...
Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c.1520-1540
Novissima Flandriae Comitatus tabula. . .
Rare issue of Theodorus Danckert's attractive map of eastern Belgium provinces, Flanders, with Brugge, Oostende, Gent, Mons, Antwerp, Cambray, etc..Decorative title carto...
Date: Amsterdam, 1700
![Terre de Diemen. Ourlaga. [plate IX]](/uploads/cache/46272-250x250.jpg)
Terre de Diemen. Ourlaga. [plate IX]
A portrait of the female Tasmanian Aboriginal Ourlaga, after the original sketches by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824....
Date: Paris, 1824
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Nuova carta dell' Imperio della Chia e dei Paesi circonvicini. / Nueva carta de l'Impario de la Quina.
The map is of interest for the use of Mar di Corea" and "Mar Setentrionale del Giapone" in the sea between Korea and Japan.Rare early edition of Albrizzi's...
Date: Venice, 1740
![[Title page] La Sphere Royale.](/uploads/cache/48022-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] La Sphere Royale.
Title page from Nicolas de Fers "La Sphere Royale", published in 1717. Showing a sphere, surrounded by Neptune, Europe, the elements and scholars.
Date: Paris, 1717
Discus Chronologicus Regum utriusque Siciliae et Ducum Princ
Chronological volvelle table showing the Sicilian rulers from the year 0 until 1730. COMPLETE with its volvelle. Each circle corresponds to a jurisdiction.
Date: Nuremberg, 1750
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...
Date: Paris, 1751
[Lot of 9 leaves with maps and views of Persia and Arabia).
Nineteen text leaves with wood block illustrations relating to Persia and Arabia, from the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and comple...
Date: Basel, 1552
Carte de Suisse ou sont les Cantos de. . .
General map of Switzerland with all the cantons good detail, with the imprint "A Paris Chez l’Auteur sur le Quai de l’Horloge Avec Privilège Aout 1715". In...
Date: Paris, Aout 1715
Persian miniature paintings, Mogul Dynasty.
Indo/Persian, Mogul Dynasty miniature painting in delicate Opaque watercolors on paper, with Islamic scripts on recto and verso. Miniature about 70 x 150mm. Painted in gi...
Date: Northern Indian Mogul dynasty, ca 1800-1850
Air France - Corse.
Corsica poster for Air France, by Raoul Éric Castel (1915 - 1997) and published by Havas. Signed has work with Éric, he was born in Lyon and made many fine travel poste...
Date: Imprimerie Perceval Paris, ca. 1940-1950
![[Title page for ] Atlas de la Terre ou Monde Terrestre - Tome premier]](/uploads/cache/47761-250x250.jpg)
[Title page for ] Atlas de la Terre ou Monde Terrestre - Tome premier]
Title page of " Atlas de la Terre ou Monde Terrestre - Tome premier" by J. Jansonius. This is the updated version of 1:42B. The figures of the king, queen, daup...
Date: Amsterdam, after 1650
Mappa Geographica provinciae Nova Ebboraci ab Anglis NEW-YORK dictae. . .
During the Revolution, this map afforded British commanders an excellent overview of areas that would be crucial in the early years of the war, particularly the Hudson Va...
Date: Nuremberg, 1778
A Hysterical Map Of Death Valley National Monument -- And It's Looking Mighty Low
First edition Humorous map of Death Valley. "Drawn In Broken English by Jolly Lindgren," this comic pictorial map is full of puns and comic vignettes related to...
Date: Spokane, Wash., Lindgren Brothers, 1948
Stati Orientali della Unione Americana.
Uncommon map of Northeastern America prepared by Francesco Costantino Marmocchi. Above the map "Geografia Commerciale". From "Il Globo Atlante di carte Geo...
Date: Genova, Paolo Rivara fu Giacomo, 1858
Henricus Kornmannus I.U. Doc. ex Kyrchayna cat.
Very skillfully engraved half-length portrait of Heinrich Kornmann, in frontal view, underneath an arch and with a view of Kirchhain in background and coats-of-arms in up...
Date: Frankfurt, 1630
![Mortuary scene. Tahiti Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26380-250x250.jpg)
Mortuary scene. Tahiti Islands ].
This aquatint depicts a mortuary scene in front of a tapapow, a shed under which the dead bodies remains are exposed until they dry. Engraved by Roffi. Plate N° 83. From...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu.](/uploads/cache/47924-250x250.jpg)
[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu.
Frontispiece of the second part of this fine atlas. At top, a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and surrounded by two golden chains, the bigger carrying a pendant which ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1644
![[Rain Distribution].](/uploads/cache/46151-250x250.jpg)
[Rain Distribution].
A detailed map from Учебный Географический Атлас published by the very successful St. Petersburg publisher "Cartographic institution A.Ilin...
Date: St. Petersburg, 1899
Compartimento Fiorentino. (Florence)
Very finely engraved and detailed map of the province of Firenze (Florence) Upper and lower part of the map, three inset plans of Namminiato, Modigliani and Volterra, Pis...
Date: Rome, 1860
![[Isothermal Linti].](/uploads/cache/46152-250x250.jpg)
[Isothermal Linti].
A detailed map from Учебный Географический Атлас published by the very successful St. Petersburg publisher "Cartographic institution A.Ilin...
Date: St. Petersburg, 1899
Arabia.
FIRST IMPRINT FROM THE NEWLY ENGRAVED PLATES IN 1616. - A rare miniature map of the Arabian Peninsular. Title cartouche on the lower left corner.First published in 1598 i...
Date: Amsterdam, J. Hondius, 1616
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Dutch Book of Hours.
RECTO: Two 1-line capitals in red, blue or burnished gold with extensive penworkVERSO: One 1-line capitals in red, blue or burnished gold with extensive penwork.
Date: Flanders ca.1450
Town of New Castle. Westchester Co. NY.
Fine lithographed map of the town of New Castle. The map provides the names of specific homeowners, as well as information about the occupations and physical locations of...
Date: New York, 1867
Eugenie Buffet ... La chanteuse populaire.
Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche being plate n°151. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the b...
Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1899
Seville ville Archiepiscopale et capitale du Royaume d'Andalousie en Espagne. . .
A very decorative and extremely rare town-view of Seville, including a numbered key ( 1- 37) in lower part. Engraved by Pierre-Alexandre Aveline. With "fait par Avel...
Date: Paris, ca.1692
Proletarians of all countries, connect.
Uncommon Soviet propaganda poster.Read more about the Soviet propaganda poster. [+]
Date: Moscow, 1989
Map of Pensylvania and New Jersey by H.S. Tanner.
First edition of this rare and important map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey by H.S. Tanner and published in his "New American Atlas" from 1823. Includes roads, ...
Date: Philadelphia, Henry Tanner, 1823
Manuscript leaf on vellum written in a late gothic hand.
VERSO: One 2-line initial P in burnished gold on a red and blue ground and 2 line-fillers on a red and blue ground.RECTO: 17 Lines of text, intils filled in with yellow.
Date: France or Flanders, c.1500
![[Women dancing in a Ulietea house ].](/uploads/cache/26376-250x250.jpg)
[Women dancing in a Ulietea house ].
Aquatint depicting women dancing in front of musicians and local villagers in a Ulietea house. Plate N° 87. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou H...
Date: Milan, 1827
Woman of Brabant.
Very fine view of a woman wearing the traditional dress of Brabant.
Date: London, 1817
![[The Friendly Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26384-250x250.jpg)
[The Friendly Islands ].
Aquatint depicting seashore scene of the Friendly Islands. These islands are also known as the Friendly Islands because of the friendly reception accorded to Captain Cook...
Date: Milan, 1827
Donna dell' Isola di Pasqua, o terra di Davis nel Mar del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle de Pâques ou terre de Davis dans la Mer du Sud.
Full portrait of a woman, a native of Easter Island, a Chilean territory, is a remote volcanic island in PolynesiaFrom "Raccolta di stampe." a series of histori...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Russian Perestroika Ballet Poster.
Wonderful and delicate Russian Perestroika poster depicting a ballerina. On the frills of her skirt, there are several messages written down, which mean « a coupon for s...
Date: Russia, 1990
Il Turkestan il Mar d'Aral ed il Mar Caspio.
Uncommon map of Turkestan with the Northern part of the Caspian Sea, with part of present-day Uzbekistan in the lower right corner. in the prepared by Francesco Costant...
Date: Genova, Paolo Rivara fu Giacomo, 1858
La Piovra Russa. Carta Serio-Comica Pel 1878.
Variant of the very rare political caricature map by Grossi of the nations of Europe, published in Bologna in the supplement of the newspaper "Le Perroquet / Al papa...
Date: Bologne presso il Giornale colorato in Papagallo, 1878
Plan du Cap de Bonne-Esperance et ses environs..
Large and detailed sea chart of the Cape of Good Hope from Saldahna Bay to False Bay.Engraved by Guillaume-Nicolas Delahaye (1727-1802).Latitude and longitude scales, com...
Date: Paris, 1745
Prof. Dr. A. Krause, Neuer Handels- u. Verkehrsglobus, Verlag Paul Räth.
Art-Deco German Table Globe, on a scale of 1:38 600 000, designed by Prof. Arthur Krause with 30 centimeters in diameter, made by the company Paul Räths, Nachf. KG, Leip...
Date: Leipzig, Paul Räth, ca. 1930
L'Impero della preda ossia la Piovra d'Absburgo.
Austro-Hungarian Octopus zinc lithographed map. A propaganda sheet attacking the Austro-Hungarian Empire, showing it as an octopus with its tentacles wrapped around the v...
Date: La Zincografia, Milan, c. 1915
Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
24 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases and religious scenes.From the press of the leading Parisian publisher and illumi...
Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c.1520-1540
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 40.
Engraving from Perspective, c'est a dire, le tresrenomme art du poinct oculaire d'une veue dedans ou travers regardante, estant sur une muraille unie, sur un tableau, ou ...
Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Mer de Chine - Carte des Iles et Détroits entre Singapoure et le Détroit de Banca. Dréssée d'après le stravaux Anglais et Hollandais plus récents, par Mr. L. Manen . . . 1866
A nautical chart of Singapore and neighboring islands. The first edition of the chart was published in 1866 from French and English sources, this is the corrected version...
Date: London, 1866-1871
![[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. Troisieme partie.](/uploads/cache/47942-250x250.jpg)
[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. Troisieme partie.
Frontispiece of " Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. Troisieme partie." Very clear print with nice cartouches a...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
![[Title page] Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes éxécuté par ordre de S.M l'Empereur et Roi.](/uploads/cache/39732-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes éxécuté par ordre de S.M l'Empereur et Roi.
Set of two title pages from the atlas part of "Voyage de decouvertes aux terres australes", Freycinet and Peron's accounts of the French cartographic expedition...
Date: Paris, Langois, 1811
Arabia Felice Nuova Tavola.
Fine early map of Arabian peninsula, being one of the earliest modern maps of the region.Girolamo Ruscelli first published the map in his "La Geographi di Claudio To...
Date: Venice, 1598
Map of China.
Showing China, Taiwan and Korea, divided into provinces with the main cities marked. The map is of interest for the use of Sea of Corea, the sea between Korea and Japan, ...
Date: London, 1804
Afbeeldinghe vande: arck. met. Noe. en. het. vee. daer. bij.
Engraving by Jan van Londerseel (Antwerpen 1570 - Rotterdam 1624) and published by Claes Jansz. Visscher. Large engraving showing the ark of Noah. Noah, his three sons, t...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1650
Rhodopsin Vistana Czechoslovakia 1895 . . .
Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche being plate n°56. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the be...
Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1897
![[ North and South America with telegraph cables, with Ottoman script]](/uploads/cache/44330-250x250.jpg)
[ North and South America with telegraph cables, with Ottoman script]
Postcard size map showing North and South America with telegraph cables. The map is in Ottoman Arabic-script prepared by Mehmet EŞREF in a small atlas : عمومولا...
Date: Istanbul, 1325 or 1909
Opus Praxitelis, Opus Fidiae.
Opus Praxitelis, Opus Fidiae [Work of Praxiteles, Work of Fidias]. With the Lafreri's imprint and date. Published in the "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (The ...
Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1546
Capo della flotta degli Otahiti nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Chef de la flotte des Otahiti dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of the captain of the Otahiti flotilla, from Tahiti. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Great Tartary, with the tract of the Moscovite Ambassador's Travels from Moscow to Pekin in China.
An interesting map illustrating the route taken by the Russian Ambassador on his travels east to Beijing. Shows the Great Wall, "Somer Houses" and "parts u...
Date: London, 1732
![Narsinga. [India]](/uploads/cache/38123-250x250.jpg)
Narsinga. [India]
Small map illustrating the Indian peninsular. Oriented with East on top, surrounded by text in Dutch.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in...
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Curia Hollandiae Interior. (Binnenhof)
The government center of the Netherlands is situated in and around the Binnenhof-Buitenhof in The Hague. In 1248 the Roman king Willem II built a castle here and named it...
Date: Amsterdam, 1649
![[Afghanistan].](/uploads/cache/44611-250x250.jpg)
[Afghanistan].
A scarce Russian relief map (in Russian) of Afghanistan published in Moscow during the Soviet occupation of the country during the early 1980s. Complete with a separate b...
Date: Moscow, 1982
Paldobundo Province.
Woodblock printed map of Jeolla Province which was one of the historical Eight Provinces of Korea during the Kingdom of The map is drawn in "Paldo Bundo," styl...
Date: 1710-1718
Uomo dell' Isola di Pasqua o Terra di Davis nel Mar del Sud. / Homme de l' Isle de Pâquesou Terra de Davis dans la Mer du Sud.
Full portrait of a native from Easter Island. Easter Island, a Chilean territory, is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia.From "Raccolta di stampe," a series o...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Sacerdos cornu olei unxit Salomonem omnisque clamauit. . . . ( Plate 45)
Fine etching by Nicolas Chapron, after Raphaël's (Raffaello Sanzio) frescoes in the Vatican Loggia. Scene illustrating a priest anointing Solomon with oil.From the first...
Date: Paris, Petrus Mariette, 1649
![[Title page] Album delle principali vedute di Venezia disegnate da Marco Moro. . .](/uploads/cache/32269-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Album delle principali vedute di Venezia disegnate da Marco Moro. . .
The title page has a virgin and the lion of Saint Mark sitting on an island with the background of the town of Venice. Learn more about map printing and views of Venice ...
Date: Venice, G. Brizeghel, ca 1860
Souvenir Guide Map of Cairo.
A lovely small colored plan of central Cairo, published by Groppi in Cairo. Plan is housed within the original red and gold printed paper covers, with advertisements for ...
Date: Cairo, 1920-1950
![[New Caledonians ].](/uploads/cache/26367-250x250.jpg)
[New Caledonians ].
Aquatint depicting New Caledonians engraved by Biasioli. Plate N° 71. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice,...
Date: Milan, 1827
![Emouchoir des Otahitiens avec ses manches. [Tome II Pl. 13.]](/uploads/cache/26098-250x250.jpg)
Emouchoir des Otahitiens avec ses manches. [Tome II Pl. 13.]
The print depicts three ceremonial fly-whisks from Tahiti. Each object features ornate carved handles with anthropomorphic figures and long flowing fibers, accompanied by...
Date: Paris, 1773
![[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. La seconde partie de la seconde.](/uploads/cache/47923-250x250.jpg)
[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. La seconde partie de la seconde.
Frontispiece of the second part of the second part of this fine atlas. At top, a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and surrounded by two golden chains, the bigger carryi...
Date: Amsterdam, 1644
![[Lot of 4 charts] Plan de la Baie et du Port de Camraigne / Plan de la Baie de Niatrang et du Golfe de Binkang / Plan de la Cote de Cochinchine. . . / Plan des Ports de Xuandai, Vung-Lam. . .](/uploads/cache/44795A-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 4 charts] Plan de la Baie et du Port de Camraigne / Plan de la Baie de Niatrang et du Golfe de Binkang / Plan de la Cote de Cochinchine. . . / Plan des Ports de Xuandai, Vung-Lam. . .
[A set of four French sea charts numbered consecutively]. A set of 4 basic coastal sea charts of parts of southern French Indochina (Vietnam).Chart 295 centers on the reg...
Date: Paris ca 1780
Sick and wounded embarking at Hong-Kong on Board the Steamer.
Large view of the harbour with numerous ships and people. From the Illustrated London News, October 23, 1858.
Date: London, October 1858
Cherries.
Color aquatint and stipple engraved plate of fruits by George Brookshaw (1751-1823) from his "Pomona Britannica; or, a Collection of the most esteemed fruits at pres...
Date: London, Bensley and son, 1817
Hammond's War Map.
Drawn and published in early 1942 by C. S. Hammond & Co. in direct response to the bombing of Pearl Harbour, this is one of the most detailed USA maps of the Pacific ...
Date: New York, 1943
Isles Philippines.
Fine map of the Philippines. George Louis Le Rouge was active from 1740- till 1780 as a publisher, and was appointed engineer for the King of France. From his Atlas Nouve...
Date: Paris, 1756
![[Two plates on one sheet] Ordinanza Turchesa alla presa di Zigeth in Ongaria l’anno 1566 / Ordinanza Turchesca sotto Viena, contra lo Invictißimo Imperatore Carlo quinto l'anno 1550.](/uploads/cache/49073-250x250.jpg)
[Two plates on one sheet] Ordinanza Turchesa alla presa di Zigeth in Ongaria l’anno 1566 / Ordinanza Turchesca sotto Viena, contra lo Invictißimo Imperatore Carlo quinto l'anno 1550.
Ordinanza Turchesca sotto Viena, contra lo Invictißimo Imperatore Carlo quinto l'anno 1550". C. 1560. This extremely rare plate depicts the order of battle and for...
Date: Venice, 1550/ 1566
![[Title page] Atlas Tot Amsterdam Bij Iustus Danckers in de Calverstraet inde Damcbaerhrijt.](/uploads/cache/47920-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas Tot Amsterdam Bij Iustus Danckers in de Calverstraet inde Damcbaerhrijt.
Decorative title page with the figure of Atlas, standing on a globe of the Old World. The left and bottom right corners have animals and people from different parts of th...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1680
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![Instruments des insulaires de la Mer du Sud. [Tome II Pl. 15.]](/uploads/cache/26097-250x250.jpg)
Instruments des insulaires de la Mer du Sud. [Tome II Pl. 15.]
Divers tools. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement régnante pou...
Date: Paris, 1773
Potatow Capo dei Tahiti Isola nel Mare Pacifico del Sud. / Potatow Chef de Tahiti Isle dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of the Hawaiian chief Potatow. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, w...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Udrone.
Map depicting present-day County Carlow in Leinster Province & Catherlaugh which is now Carlow. From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Sho...
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
The Greyhound Map of This Amazing America. . .
A large colored lithograph map of the USA, published by the Greyhound Corporation during the Second World War. The map demonstrates where all the Greyhound bus routes int...
Date: United States, 1941
Hollandiae Antiquorum Catthorum..
This map shows Holland in great detail, including small towns, walled cities, rivers and lakes (many of which were reclaimed in the 17th century, and no longer exist). A ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Dutton Map of the Grand Canyon, Arizona (in 4 joined sheets)
An important 1882 map of the Grand Canyon, Arizona, published in "Atlas To Accompany The Monograph On The Tertiary History Of The Grand Canon District By Capt. Clare...
Date: Julius Bien and Co., 1882
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...
Date: Augsburg, 1759
Viandox - Produit Liebig.
Lithographed advertising poster for a Viandox brand, printed in a bottle shape, by IMP. MAUSS, DEHALLE & URBAN - PARIS.
Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930
![Madeburga [ Maagdenburg Folio CLXXX ]](/uploads/cache/12338-250x250.jpg)
Madeburga [ Maagdenburg Folio CLXXX ]
Double-page panoramic view of Magdeburg. A imaginary view, however the earliest obtainable view of this period.Two page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
![Coffre Sculpté des Habitants de la nouvelle Zélande. [Tome III Pl. 13.]](/uploads/cache/26092-250x250.jpg)
Coffre Sculpté des Habitants de la nouvelle Zélande. [Tome III Pl. 13.]
A carved chest of New Zealand, as a specimen of the carving of the country. Engraving drawn after John Frederick Miller (1759-1796). John Frederick Miller was an English ...
Date: Paris, 1773
