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![[Title page for] Recueil de cartes sur la geographie ancienne . . .](/uploads/cache/47729-250x250.jpg)
[Title page for] Recueil de cartes sur la geographie ancienne . . .
Title-frontispiece of "Recueil de cartes sur la geographie ancienne", published by Rigobert Bonne in 1783, engraved by Louis Legrand.More about title pages [+]
Date: Paris, 1783
Governo di Venezia / Provincie di Padova e di Rovigo.
Very finely engraved and detailed map of the government of Venice. Lower left corner, two inset plans of Padova and Rovigo. Upper right corner, a key. Engraved by Vettori...
Date: Rome, 1860
La Galerie Comique.
Lithograph by Gustave Frison showing a man writing a letter "to Monsieur Battaupieu, Manufacturer of trumpets for the Last Judgment…." (which is written in fu...
Date: Paris, ca 1870
La Galerie Comique.
A lithograph by Gustave Frison, showing three town inhabitants discussing a clyster or syringe found in a public place. They think it may be a musical instrument, without...
Date: Paris, ca 1870
![Terre de Diemen. Arra-Maida. [plate XII]](/uploads/cache/46275-250x250.jpg)
Terre de Diemen. Arra-Maida. [plate XII]
A portrait of a female Tasmanian Aboriginal Arra-Maida, after the original sketches by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824...
Date: Paris, 1824
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Carte du pays de Montenegro dressée d'après les opérations géodétiques . . .
Rare map of Montenegro prepared by Mr. le Comte Fedor de Karacsay (1787-1859) and engraved by Pietro Allodi. The title is in Russian, Arabic and French.In lower left corn...
Date: Vienna, ca. 1838
Art Deco gouache with Japanese scene.
Lovely art-deco gouache by Lucien Baubaut of an elaborately robed Japanese woman. The colors are simply stunning jewel-toned emerald, violet, deep purple, saffron and tan...
Date: Paris, ca. 1930
(South America) - Delineatio omnium orarum totius Australis partis Americae, dictae Peruvianae, a R. de la Plata, Brasiliam Pariam, et Castellam auream una cum omnibus…
A particularly lush example of Dutch decorative cartography boasting two intricate strapwork cartouches. Linschoten was one of the prime movers of Dutch and British expan...
Date: Amsterdam, 1593
Carte Routière de la Pologne indiquant les partages de ce Royaume…
Carte Routière de la Pologne indiquant les partages de ce Royaume qui ont été faits depuis 1772, 1795 &a". Map prepared by Hérisson and published by Basset. ...
Date: Paris, Basset, 1831
France - Pompier de la Garde Nationale, Tenue d'Incendie.
'Military Types'. A humorous lithograph of a French firefighter rushing with various containers (Including a clyster) to attempt to put out a fire in a building.
Date: Paris, ca 1870
West Indies.
A fine, detailed steel engraved map comprising Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, the Windward, and the Leeward Islands, the northern Columbian coastline, Panama, Gu...
Date: London, 1839
L'Europe divisée en des Etats, Empires, Royaumes et Républiques.
Large wall map of Europe with inset map of Iceland and cartouche drawn and etched by Arrivet. Revised edition by Charles François Delamarche (1st ed.: 1767), entitled &q...
Date: Paris, (n.d.) c. 1793/1794
Hark ! Hark ! The dogs do bark.
This scarce political caricature map of Europe depicts the continent at the outbreak of World War I, or as it was called at the time, the Great War. Designed by Johnson, ...
Date: London, Johnson Riddle & Co.,1914
Compartimento Pisano.
Very finely engraved and detailed map centered on Pisa, including Livorno. Centered on the lower part, an inset plan of Pisa. Lower left corner, a key. Engraved by Vetto...
Date: Rome, 1860
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[Beatles]
Plate III from Carl Gustav Jablonsky and J.F.W. Herbst: "Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten", engraved by Bodenehr. Carl Gustav Jablons...
Date: Berlin, J. Pauli, 1785-1806
Pianta della citta di Modena.
Very finely engraved and detailed plan of Modena. Coat of arms of the town centred on the upper part. Engraved by V.Angeli and included in: Atlante Geografico dell Italia...
Date: Rome, 1860
The quest of the golden girl . . .
Chromo lithographed poster, " The quest of the golden girl . . .", after Miss Ethel Reed (American, 1876–d. ca. 1925). Plate 128, published in Maître 32, on ...
Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, April 1898
Ducato di Luxembourgo . . .
A beautiful and flamboyantly engraved map of Luxembourg. The map is the product of the late 17th century Venetian cartographer, Vincenzo Coronelli. A decorative title car...
Date: Venice, 1698
Corte ende waerachtige beschrijvinghe van het Fort de Schencken-Schans. . .
Map of the Schencken-Schans fortress printed with text. Text in Dutch and French.
Date: Antwerp, 1635
Carte des Détroits Singapore, Durain..
An exceptionally rare nautical chart of Singapore and direct vicinity issued by Urban Dortet de Tessan, under the patronage of Louis Philippe I of France. When Singapore...
Date: Paris, 1848
![Chambery / Turo / Coucy le Chateau. . . [5 prints]](/uploads/cache/14386-250x250.jpg)
Chambery / Turo / Coucy le Chateau. . . [5 prints]
A set of 5 prints. A nice view of Chambery: in Savoie; a charming view of Coucy le Chateau, engraved by Picquenot; a very fine plan of Tours, including a lettered key on ...
Date: Paris, 1580 -1750
![Terre de Diemen. Grou-Agara. [plate X]](/uploads/cache/46273-250x250.jpg)
Terre de Diemen. Grou-Agara. [plate X]
A portrait of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Grou-Agara, after the original sketches by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824.The ...
Date: Paris, 1824
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Belgium sive Inferior Germania post omnes..
Early map of the Low Countries, engraved by Abraham Goos and published for the first time in 1618. In the top border town-views of Amsterdam, Dordrecht, Antwerp, Brussels...
Date: Amsterdam, 1618/1631
De Landvoogdy der Moluccos met de Aangrenzende Eylanden . . .
Two charts on one sheet depicting the Moluccas islands. Little interior detail is given but the coastlines, settlements and principal coastal features are identified. To ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1726
Chamonix - Mont Blanc - Chamonix N°5 Sud.
Magnificent 1:10,000 scale color printed map of Chamonix - Mont Blanc (Chamonix N°5 Sud) based on stereotopographic ground and aerial surveys carried out in the field in...
Date: Paris, 1953
Gelriae, Cliviae, Finitimorumque Locorum Verissima..
East to the top. Fine map of Geldria and Limburg, prepared by Christian s'Grooten. Very fine title cartouche lower right with painter's utensils around the cartouche. ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Air France transporte tout partout.
Nice poster designed by Guy Georget, promoting the freight service of Air France.Guy Georget (1911-1992), was a French poster designer and illustrator. Georget's first co...
Date: Perceval, Paris, 1958
Carte de L'Egypte de la Nubie de L'Abissinie..
Including the Arabian Peninsula. Giving good detail on Egypt. Engraved by Desrosiers. Address and date changed, now with the imprint "A Paris Chez l’Auteur sur le ...
Date: Paris, November 1707
Conversing by the Scented Pool.
Lovely art deco pochoir by Russo-Italo artist Endré (Andrew de Passano) 1905-93. Exotic and gorgeously colored Art Deco print of an elaborately robed Chinese couple, cle...
Date: Paris, ca. 1930
Utrecht.
A very RARE panoramic view of Utrecht, including a numbered legend in the lower part.Engraved by Jean Crepy (the father) who was active as an engraver and publisher at th...
Date: Paris, 1690-1720
United States.
A lovely large map of the Untied States, as it was at the time of publication. Each state shown in a different outline color. Nothing is shown west of Louisiana, Arkansas...
Date: London, 1839
Carte nouvelle de l'Amérique angloise contenant tout ce que les Anglois possèdent. . . avec la Floride / gravée. . . par Maththias Albert Lotter. . .
As mentioned in the title piece, the map includes the area at that time in the possession of the English, i.e. Canada, New Large, beautiful and detailed map of the Easter...
Date: Augsburg, 1777
Accuratissima totius Asiae tabula..
The map includes a detailed depiction of South East Asia and the Far East. The northern tip of Australia (Hollandia Nova) is shown as are the important discoveries made t...
Date: Amsterdam, 1680
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[Young lady dancing]
Lovely art deco etching with light hand coloring showing a beautiful lady dancing, and a dog. The artwork is signed in black pencil, but not identifiable.
Date: Paris, ca. 1930
Carte du Mexique et de la Floride.
Third state, with "Quai de l'Horloge" imprint. Renard’s imprint has been erased”. It was the first printed map to portray accurately the course and mouth of...
Date: Paris, 1703
![Aux grands maux les grands remedes. [To great ills great remedies]](/uploads/cache/46558-250x250.jpg)
Aux grands maux les grands remedes. [To great ills great remedies]
A humorous French lithograph showing a village scene where a small infant is held face down on his/her mother's lap, with clothing pulled up to reveal its bottom. An enor...
Date: Paris, ca 1850
Carte des Cotes de Malabar et de Coromandel..
Detailed and attractive map of India and the northern tip of Sri Lanka. With decorative title cartouche and two compass roses.Rare edition with address : A Paris chez l...
Date: Paris, 1723
Karte von dem groessten Theil des Landes Jemen Imame, Kaukeban &c.
Large map of Yemen from "Allgemeiner grosser Atlas" published by P. J. Schalbacher - 1786-1800. Based on the observations of the Danish explorer Carsten Niebuhr...
Date: Vienna, 1789
Presqu Isle de L'Inde. deca la Gange.. .
Two maps together on one sheet. General map showing the southern part of India, including the northern part of Shri Lanka. In an inset a detailed map of the most southern...
Date: Amsterdam, 1700
Les Jouissance du Juste Milieu.
[The Joys of the Happy Medium.] A waiter is about to serve a customer with a clyster pump and water jug. It looks as though the man has a 'menu' in one hand. On another t...
Date: Paris, ca 1820
![[Title page] Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes . . . Deuxieme partie.](/uploads/cache/46363-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes . . . Deuxieme partie.
Title page of the atlas Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824. The French expedition under Nicolas Baudin, was commissioned to chart the c...
Date: Paris, 1807-1816
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[Title page] Atlas Novus Terrarum Orbis Imperia. . .
The lovely title page from Homann's Grosser Atlas uber de Gantsa Welt (Grand Atlas of all the World)with striking color and features. It shows Atlas and Hercules / Herakl...
Date: Nuremberg, ca 1737
Aiguille du Midi - Mont Blanc N°1 Nord.
Magnificent 1:10,000 scale color printed map of L'Aiguille du Midi (Mont Blanc N°1 Nord) based on stereotopographic ground and aerial surveys carried out in the field in...
Date: Paris, 1953
The island of Formosa.
A small, but historically important map of Taiwan (the first American lithograph of Taiwan) made by the American Commodore Matthew C. Perry and published by Ackerman. The...
Date: New York, 1856
Guiana sive Amazonum regio.
This very rare map shows northwest Latin America with Surinam and French Guiana and was engraved by Johann Philipp Thelott. The map comes from the work of Johann Joachim ...
Date: Frankfurt, 1669
L'Elvezia divisa ne suoi Tredici Cantoni e suoi Alleati di nuova projezione.
Antonio Zatta's detailed map of the Confederation of Switzerland divided into its thirteen Cantons and their allies. Shows political and administrative boundaries, cities...
Date: Venice, 1781
Vue de la Rade et de la Ville de Paramaribo.
A very decorative panoramic view of the town with a large Dutch vessel in the foreground. Engraved by Noach van der Meer Junior. Included in a Dutch edition of "Hist...
Date: Amsterdam, 1774
Uffensis Provincia Cum adiacentibus Regionibus.
Volga-Ural Region. From the first regional atlas of Russia, published by the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, expanding on the cartographic work done previously by ...
Date: Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 1745
Radio Wereld Kaart om Hollandia.
Poster showing a world map in a double hemisphere projection. Showing distances from New Guinee to other parts of the world. The year 1939 at the outbreak of the Second W...
Date: The Netherlands, 1939
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Royaume de la Chine. . .
Detailed map of China. Engraved by A.Winter. Attractive miniature map, depicting Korea as an island and parts of Japan, i.e. western part of Honshu and Kyushu.
Date: Paris, 1656
Parte Orientale dell'Elvezia divisa ne'suoi Cantoni di nuova projezione.
Antonio Zatta's detailed map of the eastern part of the Confederation of Switzerland divided into its Cantons. Shows political and administrative boundaries, cities, town...
Date: Venice, 1781
Pianta della citta di Napoli.
Published in Atlante Geografico dell' Italia. Uncommon and decorative town-plan of Naples. With a numbered key.Engraved by P.Manzoni.
Date: Florence, 1845
Carte du Paraguay du Chili.
A finely engraved, detailed map of the southern half of South America. Prepared by de l'Isle with the imprint "Chez l’Auteur sur le Quai de l’Horloge avec Privil...
Date: Paris, L. Renard, 1703
America.
A beautiful, large-scale map of the Americas. Alaska is named as 'Russian America', Texas is still a part of Mexico, yet to become a republic (1836), before finally becom...
Date: London, 1839
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Disegno dove al presente si ritrova l'armata della santa legha contro la turchesca, nel promontorio della Morea dirincontro a Modon, dove l'armata nemica si è retirata… VI.Ottobre.1572.
Disegno dove al presente si ritrova l'armata della santa legha contro la Turchesca, nel promontorio della Morea dirincontro a Modon dove l'armata nemica si e retirata, lu...
Date: Rome, 1572
Southern - Concan.. - The falls of Gokank..
Hand colored lithography representing a view of the Gokak Falls, located on the Ghataprabha River. The Ghataprabha river in India is an important right-bank tributary of ...
Date: Paris, 1843
Topografia di Alcune Antiche Citta Etrusche.
Very finely engraved and detailed map of several Etruscan cities. Engraved by Vettorio Angeliand included in: Atlante Geografico dell Italia .
Date: Rome, 1860
Supplément by De Feure Georges.
Supplement Plate N°8, from Maitres de l'Affiche. Chromo lithographed plate, by De Feure Georges (French, 1868-1943), published in 1898. The "Les Maitres de l'Affich...
Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, April 1898
Carte D'Amerique divisée en ses principaux Pays Dressée sur les Mémoires les plus recents, et sur differents Voyages et assujettie aux Observations Astronomiques de Mrs. de l'Academie Royal des Sciences Par Mr. l'Abbe Clouet . . . 1774.
The rare 1774 edition of this fine map of the western hemisphere published by Clouet in Rouen. A later edition with the date 1787 also exists. With inset map "Carte ...
Date: Paris, 1774
Ultraiectum Dominium.
A highly detailed map of Utrecht and its surroundings in the Netherlands.Additional shipping costs apply. The item is located in Schiedam (The Netherlands) and can be s...
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1635
Le Buet - Chamonix N°1 Sud. / Massif des Aiguillles Rouges.
Magnificent 1:10,000 scale color printed map of Le Buet (Chamonix No. 1 South) / "Massif des Aiguilles Rouges" based on stereotopographic ground and aerial surv...
Date: Paris, 1953
Belgium, sive Inferior Germania post omnes…
Third state (only 3 recorded copies) of this scarce map of the 17 Provinces, published by Peter Verbiest in Antwerp. West at top. The maps by Pieter van den Keere in 1607...
Date: Antwerp, 1636
Carte Des Pays Bas Catholiques Dressée. . .
Rare with the address "Chez l’Auteur sur le Quai de l’Horloge a la Cour. ne de Diamans, 1702. Se trouve à Amsterdam chez L. Renard Libraire près de la Bourse.&...
Date: Paris, 1702
Illuminated leaf from a liturgical Psalter.
Rare illuminated leaf from a liturgical Psalter in Latin with the reading from the Vulgate Bible. Lines in a slightly irregular gothic hand, black ink, plummet ruling. Ve...
Date: England, c. 1280
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Indiana del Perù. / Indienne du Perou.
Portrait of a Peruvian Indian woman holding a fruit basket and a lama in the background. From "Raccolta di stampe." a series of historically significant eight...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Comitatus Flandria.
Second state of this scarce Carte-a-Figures of Flanders, published by Peter Verbiest in Antwerp decorated with 3 side panels without bottom border (variant of the second ...
Date: Antwerp, 1637
![[8 sheets - Partie du THIBET]](/uploads/cache/36629-250x250.jpg)
[8 sheets - Partie du THIBET]
A set of 8 maps covering Tibet region and the Himalayas.From his famous Atlas Universel . This atlas was one of the most remarkable world atlases ever produced, anticipat...
Date: Brussels, 1825-1827
Tabula Asiae VII.
Attractive woodblock map, depicting the Caspian Sea, Black Sea and the Persian Gulf, extending to the Imaus Mountains. according to Ptolemy. In the center of the map is...
Date: Basle, 1542
![[Drawing of a Tulip]](/uploads/cache/06622-250x250.jpg)
[Drawing of a Tulip]
Very detailed and well executed tulip drawing by an unknown artist belonging to the School of Anthony Claesz (1607/8-1649)This drawing was made for a 'Tulip book' painted...
Date: The Netherlands c.1700
Wilhem Hoffmann Dresden.
Chromo lithographed poster, "Wilhelm Hoffmann Dresden.", after Otto Fischer. Plate 127, published in Maître 32, on July 1898. The "Les Maitres de l'Affich...
Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, April 1896
Neue Karte von den gegenwärtigen Kriegs-Schauplatze zwischen den Russisch-Kayserl.
Very rare separately published map showing the Russian War seat including Finland, Lithuania, Denmark and parts of Poland, Norway and Sweden. In lower part inset maps of ...
Date: Leipzig, 1788
Habillement des femmes de Smyrnes, des Grecques et des Juifs de cette ville.
Four portraits of Smirne women in typical dress, each with a descriptive engraved text. From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique".Henri Abraham Ch...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
![Manuscript leaf from a very early [around 1300] Breviary.](/uploads/cache/49217-250x250.jpg)
Manuscript leaf from a very early [around 1300] Breviary.
Both sides are illuminated with striking initials extending with elaborate pen work into the margin.RECTO: One two-line initial in blue and red with contrasting penwork, ...
Date: Northern France or Flanders, ca. 1300
Carte de la Suisse . . .
Detailed canvas map of Switzerland.
Date: Paris, 1850
Prospectus, quem Solimanni et Mohameti. . . - Vue aupres de la Mosquee du Sultan Soliman, et de Mohamet . . .
Imaginary view inside Istanbul showing Sultan Soliman in his carriage , a so-called optical print.
Date: Augsburg 1750
Carte generalle d'allemaigne nouvellement misse en françois et Ampliffiée de tous les Royaumes. . .
Attractive and rare map of Germany, the Low Countries, Austria, Moravia, Switzerland and part of Poland.
Date: Paris, 1632-1660
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[A beautifully dressed woman in a garden.]
Lovely art deco pochoir showing a beautifully dressed woman in a garden.
Date: Paris, ca. 1930
RESTORED CROSSTAFF SEGMENT
RESTORED CROSSTAFF SEGMENT, Dutch, 1757, signed “I*v*K” for Johannes van Keulen, dated “1757” and numbered “23.” The staff is made of ebony, 11/16” (18 mm)...
Date: Amsterdam, 1757
Pianta topografica di Roma moderna estratta dalla grande del Nolli an 1829
Town plan of Rome based on map by Giovanni Battista Nolli, ( fl. 1692-1756). Engraved by Pietro Ruga. With a key (I - XIV), scale and text "Nuova pianta di Roma mode...
Date: Rome, 1829
Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar : Insularum descriptio.
A rare and ornate map with inset portraits of James First, Henry Prince of Wales Princess Anne of Denmark.Janssonius acquired the copperplate of van den Keere's 1604 Brit...
Date: Amsterdam, 1621