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Nieuwe kaart van Kanada . . .
Nice map of the Bay of Hudson, In Labrador, a small inset of Nova Scotia. The map is dated 1769. All text is in Dutch. The map shows the region shortly after the conclusi...
Date: Amsterdam, 1769
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
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
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
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
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
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
![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
Nieuwe Kaart van de Grootbrittannische Volkplantingen in Noord America waar in Tevens de Fransche Bezittingen en de Landen tuschen die Beide Volken. . .
A map of the east-coast of America from New Foundland till Florida, divided in French and British properties. Reduced size Dutch edition of Mitchell's map of North Americ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1769
Proletarians of all countries, connect.
Uncommon Soviet propaganda poster.Read more about the Soviet propaganda poster. [+]
Date: Moscow, 1989
Great or Asiatick Tartary, Agreable to Modern History.
Map of Tartary to Peking. The eastern coastline of Asia is almost flat, with no attempt to mark Kamchatka. The Caspian Sea in the lower left, with present-day Uzbekistan...
Date: London, 1727
Ducatus Geldriae novissima. . .
Early map of Gelderland, but also including Utrecht, and parts of Brabant. Shows many cities (like Nijmegen, Eindhoven, Zutphen, Zwolle, etc), roads, rivers, woods, regio...
Date: Amsterdam, 1629-1630
![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
![[Improve the work of all lines of the transport Conveyor.]](/uploads/cache/47058-250x250.jpg)
[Improve the work of all lines of the transport Conveyor.]
Uncommon Soviet propaganda poster from Kommunar Publishing, located south of Moscow in Tula at 150 Friedrich Engels Street. The publishing house also issued the Kommunar ...
Date: Moscow, 1984
Zeelandiae Comitatus. . .
Scarce map of Zeeland, this is the state published by Tobias Conrad Lotter, previously published by Matthäus Seutter.Impressive cartouche with coat of arms of Zeeland to...
Date: Augsburg, c.1760
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
![Village fortifié bâti sur un Rocher troué de la Nouvelle Zélande. [Tome III Pl. 10.]](/uploads/cache/26110-250x250.jpg)
Village fortifié bâti sur un Rocher troué de la Nouvelle Zélande. [Tome III Pl. 10.]
A view of a village fortified on a hollow rock in New Zealand. Engraved by François Godefroi. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des ...
Date: Paris, 1774
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
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
![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
Nova Persiae Armeniae Natoliae et Arabiae.
This fine map shows the area East from Cyprus to Iran, including The Saudi Peninsula, Red Sea, Nile River, Cyprus, Asia Minor, the Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Armenia, th...
Date: Amsterdam, 1725
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
D. Cassini. Né en 1625. mort en 1712.
Very rare stipple engraved portrait of Jean Dominique Cassini. Dominique Cassini was the son of César-François Cassini de Thury, the grandson of Jacques Cassini and the...
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
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.RECTO: 17 lines of text, with 2-line capital in red and blue, heighten...
Date: France ca.1470
Cacodemon attacking the savages.
Cacodemon ("evil spirit") attacking the savages. Read more about "Les Grand Voyages" by Theodore De Bry [+]
Date: Frankfurt, 1594
![[Map of the coast of Crete to the east of Chania showing the landing of the Turks and the Venetian defence in June 1645].](/uploads/cache/49076-250x250.jpg)
[Map of the coast of Crete to the east of Chania showing the landing of the Turks and the Venetian defence in June 1645].
Map engraved by Marco Boschini (1613-1678). With a lettered key for the Turkish army « A-L » and a numbered key for the city of Chania and its army « 1-20 ».Fifth ...
Date: Venice, c. 1645
![[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
De kusten van Arabie het Roode Meer en Persize Zee..
Map of the Arabian Peninsula till West Coast of India, southern Persia and the 'Horn of Africa'. Although not renowned for the originality of his work, Pieter van der Aa ...
Date: Leiden, 1707
![[Title page] Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna et Provincias , Germaniae Potissimum. . .](/uploads/cache/48479-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna et Provincias , Germaniae Potissimum. . .
An attractive and highly decorative title page to Seutter's Atlas Minor. Engraved by Martin Crophius after Jacob Weyerman. The engraving is packed with lively figures fro...
Date: Augsburg, 1744
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
Carte Générale de Lombardie.
Fine map of Northern and middle part of Italy, engraved by A Peyrouin. According to the credit in the cartouche the map has been prepared by Pierre Duval.
Date: Paris, ca. 1650
![[No title] Gouache of a class scene with globe, revolting students and a teacher.](/uploads/cache/44404-250x250.jpg)
[No title] Gouache of a class scene with globe, revolting students and a teacher.
Gouache of a class scene with a globe centered on Europe and Africa with revolting students and a teacher. Original design for a pulp publication.
Date: ca. 1950-1960
La dimostratione del luogo dove al presente sitrova l'armat di Barbarossa, et de Christiani detto il golfo dell 'Artha anti ch amente il sino ambracio…
The title cartouche at the top left reads: "La Dimostratione Del Luogo Dove Al Presente Sitrova L'Armat Di Barbarossa, et De Christiani Detto Il Golfo Dell' Artha An...
Date: Rome, c. 1540
De Zuydwest-Kust van Het Eyland Ceylon.
A finely engraved and detailed chart of Nilwella / Kudawella Harbor.Very rare: only included in the 6th volume (so-called secret atlas) of Van Keulen's. A lettered key in...
Date: Amsterdam, 1753
Nova Persiae Armeniae Natoliae et Arabiae.
This fine map shows the area East from Cyprus to Iran, including The Saudi Peninsula, Red Sea, Nile River, Cyprus, Asia Minor, the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean, Armenia...
Date: Amsterdam, 1680
![[Title page] Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas.](/uploads/cache/06812-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas.
Architectural frontage with the title and imprint printed on paste-on slips.Parts of the item are heightened in gold. Read more about maps heightened in gold
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
Carta nuova dell'Arabia.
Detailed map of Arabia and environs. Based on a map published by Isaak Tirion in Amsterdam, but here issued by Albrizzi with a modified title.More about Mapping of Arabia...
Date: Venice, 1740
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
Flandria.
Very decorative, egg-shaped map. This is the last and very rare third state with the signature Theodorus Galle. The fortifications along the Scheldt River are added and t...
Date: Antwerp, after 1612
Impery sino Tartarici Supremus Monarcha.
Decorative costume plate showing Kam Hi son of the Shunzhi Emperor of China [1638 - 1661?], the second emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty, who apparently supported the fo...
Date: Amsterdam, 1668
Otoo, Re di Tahiti Isola nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Otoo, Roi de Tahiti Isle dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of King Otoo from Tahiti. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who acco...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
![Manière dont on expose les morts à Otahiti. [Tome II Pl. 16.]](/uploads/cache/26113-250x250.jpg)
Manière dont on expose les morts à Otahiti. [Tome II Pl. 16.]
A view of a Tahitian funeral home in a beautiful landscape. Engraved by Demouchy. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entre...
Date: Paris, 1773
![[Portraits. Friendly Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26385-250x250.jpg)
[Portraits. Friendly Islands ].
Aquatint depicting inhabitants of the Friendly Islands. Plate N°79. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, d...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[Pirogues in the bay of the voyage of the Resolution. The Marquesas Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26373-250x250.jpg)
[Pirogues in the bay of the voyage of the Resolution. The Marquesas Islands ].
Aquatint depicting men in pirogues in the Bay of the Resolution from the Marquesas Islands engraved by Biasioli. Plate N° 91. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Anci...
Date: Milan, 1827
![Matelot Hollandais [Dutch sailor]](/uploads/cache/28927-250x250.jpg)
Matelot Hollandais [Dutch sailor]
Etching showing a typical Dutch sailor, after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757–1810). Taken from "Costumes Civils actuels de tous les peuples connus, dessinÃ...
Date: Paris, Pavard, 1788
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
Anamorphose.
Perspective anamorphosis is an ingenious perspective technique that gives a distorted image of the subject represented in a picture when seen from the usual viewpoint but...
Date: France, ca. 1900
Malabar.
Small map illustrating the south western seacoast of India. Oriented with East on top, surrounded by text in Dutch.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver an...
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Carta particolare del'mare del Zur che comincia con il capo S. Francesco nel Peru e finisce con il capo S. Lazaro nella nuova Spagnia.
FIRST EDITION Dudley’s magnificent chart of the Pacific Coast of Central and South America, from the coast of Columbia and Ecuador in the north to the Bay of Honduras i...
Date: Florence 1661
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Black, Dutch Red and White Current.
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
Carte de la Floride, de la Louisiane, et Pays Voisins. . .
Jacques Nicolaas Bellin (1703-1772) was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur ...
Date: Paris, 1757
Cornubia, Devonia, Somersetus, . . .
A very nice map showing the south-western part of England. Mercator was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders and studied in Louvain under Gemma Frisius, Dutch writer, astronome...
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
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Esquisse de la Baie de Coupang (cote S.O. Ile de Timor) par M. M. Peron et Lesueur, an 1803.
Map of Kupang Bay on the Indonesian Island Timor, prepared by Louis Freycinet during his voyage under Captain Thomas Baudin in 1800-1803. Plate no. 14 from the atlas part...
Date: Paris, Langois, 1811
Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid.
AN EARLY ISSUE of this biting and vulgar satire on the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles and an extraordinary visual record with 78 plates of the first banking crash, sho...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Le Royaume de Siam avec les Royaumes. . .
Influential map of the Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo, centered on Singapore. Mortier incorporated information provided by the French Jesuits and charts the ro...
Date: Amsterdam, 1700
![Timor. Naba-Leba Roi de L'Ile Solor. [plate XXV]](/uploads/cache/46347-250x250.jpg)
Timor. Naba-Leba Roi de L'Ile Solor. [plate XXV]
A portrait of a male Naba-Leba by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824.The French expedition under Nicolas Baudin, was comm...
Date: Paris, 1824
Ceuta Ville d'Afrique au D'estroit de Gibraltar.
A very RARE panoramic view of the city of Ceuta, including a numbered legend in both lower corners.Published by the brothers Chéreau, active in Paris at rue st.Jacques a...
Date: Paris c.1720
Moscovia Sigismundi Liberi Baronis In Herberstein, Neiperg et Gutehnag Anno M.D XLIX
First Modern Map of Russia. A rare and important cornerstone map for any Russian collection.One of two maps of Russia compiled by Herberstein, who was ambassador from the...
Date: Basle, 1556
Plan De l'Action.. Auprès de Wynendale le 28 Sept. 1708.
A rare broadside sheet represents a conventional battle plan near the town of Torhout with the Castle Wynendale. The plan depicts the situation of 28 September 1708. Incl...
Date: Bruxelles, c.1708
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds and six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers in same...
Date: France, c. 1520
Carte de la province de Quan-tong, ou Lyau-tong et du Royaume de Kau-li ou Corée. . . / Kaart van t' Landschap Quan-Tong . . .
Uncommon issue of this fine 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.Decorative titl...
Date: Paris, 1749-1773
Turcicum Imperium.
A very handsome map featuring a particularly fine cartouche that depicts the Turkish Sultan on his throne, accompanied by allegorical figures on either side, brandishing ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
24 lines of printed text, surrounded by Renaissance borders decorated with scenes and figures.The firm of Thielman Kerver is best known for its lovely printed Books of Ho...
Date: Paris, Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, ca. 1502
The Southern provinces of Hindoostan . . .
An attractive map showing Hindoostan and Ceylon. Shows towns, rivers, mountains, lakes, etc. In pretty original wash colors. Robert Wilkinson was active in London as a ca...
Date: London, 1808
![[Australia and New Zealand map with Ottoman script.]](/uploads/cache/44313-250x250.jpg)
[Australia and New Zealand map with Ottoman script.]
Post card size map in Ottoman script showing Australia and New Zealand prepared by Mehmet EŞREF in a small atlas : عمومولاياةىشهانيىØاوىكوچكاØ...
Date: Istanbul, 1325 or 1909
![Hausse-col militaire des insulaires de la Mer du Sud. [Tome II Pl. 12.]](/uploads/cache/26095-250x250.jpg)
Hausse-col militaire des insulaires de la Mer du Sud. [Tome II Pl. 12.]
Maori warrior rise-collar. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement ...
Date: Paris, 1773
![Timor. Rhinolophe Cruménifére. [plate XXXV]](/uploads/cache/46357-250x250.jpg)
Timor. Rhinolophe Cruménifére. [plate XXXV]
Plate illustrating Horseshoe bats from Timor Island, by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824.The French expedition under Ni...
Date: Paris, 1824
Anatomical print. TAB. XXXXIV.
Decorative and rare full-page anatomical copperplate engraving by Giulio de' Musi after a drawing by Eustachius and Pier Matteo Pini. From Tabulae anatomicae. In 1552 wi...
Date: Rome, Francesco Gonzaga, 1714
Théâtre de l'Opéra.
Chromo lithographed poster, "Théâtre de l'Opéra.", by CHERET, Jules. Plate 57, published in Maître 15, on February 1897. The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche&...
Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, February 1897
![[Pictorial map of Georgia (Caucasus)].](/uploads/cache/47135-250x250.jpg)
[Pictorial map of Georgia (Caucasus)].
A scarce pictorial map of a region in Georgia in the Caucasus. Map is entirely in Russian, complete with legend at base of map, with small thumbnail pictures and symbols ...
Date: Moscow, 1963
![Etats-Unis de L'Amerique Septentrionale. [Two sheets in manuscript ]](/uploads/cache/03972-250x250.jpg)
Etats-Unis de L'Amerique Septentrionale. [Two sheets in manuscript ]
Two sheets giving detailed information in French about the population in 1810, principal cities, products of industry and commerce, the financial situation for 1818, etc....
Date: France, ca. 1819
Bartholomew's Touring Map of New Zealand.
A full color map. 'Reduced Survey Map of New Zealand, colored to Show Height of Land'. With insets of Auckland Harbour, Wellington and Port, Christchurch and Port Lyttelt...
Date: Edinburgh, 1935
Le Pal - Nous ne connaissons ni la discipline des partis ni les complaisances de la camaraderie.
Original cover design in pen and ink by Henri Desbarbieux for the satirical bi-monthly journal Le Pal.Not much information is found about Henri Desbarbieux. In this BNF l...
Date: Paris, 1925
Malacca.
Fine print showing Dutch vessels offshore the city of Malacca, between Singapore to its south and Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia to its north.From the French reiss...
Date: Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard, 1725
IAPONIAE INSULAE DESCRIPTIO.Ludoico Teisera auctore.
 The map was based upon the manuscript draft supplied to Ortelius in about 1592 by the famous official Portuguese chart maker, Luis Teixeira , who was the cartographer t...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Isola Ceilon.
Attractive copper engraved map of Sri Lanka showing mountains, Towns and the Rama's Bridge (Ponte di Adamo). Included in "Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Par...
Date: Venice, 1740
Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
24 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with scenes and figures.The firm of Thielman Kerver is best known for its lovely printed Books of Ho...
Date: Paris, Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, ca. 1502
Tabula chronologica historiae Sinicae connexa cum cyclo qui vulgo Kia Tse dictur.
A set of two sheets of colored copper engravings. First published in 1729 in Rome in three sheets. Timeline of China's history with a chronological overview of the dynast...
Date: Augsburg, 1746
L'Italie distinguée suivant l'estendue de tous les Estats, Royaumes, républiques, Duchés, Principautés, &c.
Decorative map of Italy including Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily engraved by Cordier and published by Desnos. A text at lower right refers to the earthquake of Messine in 1...
Date: Paris, Desnos, 1783
Divisione Militare di Novara. Pallanza / Ossola.
Very finely engraved and detailed map of the region of Novara, including Lago Maggiore to the right. Lower corners, two inset plans of Pallanza and Ossola. Upper right co...
Date: Rome, 1860
