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Pianta della citta di Palermo e dei suoi contorni.
Published in Atlante Geografico dell' Italia . Uncommon and decorative town-plan of Palermo. With a numbered key.Engraved by P. Manzoni.
Date: Florence, 1845
Carte de la souveraineté de Neuchatel et Vallangin.
Map of the canton of Neuchatel in Switzerland engraved by Liébaux fils. No address. Decorated with a title cartouche composed of 2 eagles and a crown, and with a wind ro...
Date: Paris, c. 1710
Audience de Mexico.
General map of Mexico after N.Sanson.From the book Nouvelle Relation, Contenant LES VOYAGES DE THOMAS GAGE dans la nouvelle Espagne [..] jusqu'à la Havane, published by ...
Date: Paris, 1756
Magni Mogolis Imperium.
Important map of India, based upon William Baffin's map of India, first published in about 1619. The map is bounded by Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh and extends in...
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
Visiting The Sick. (319).
Caricature by J. Gillray. Charles James Fox, dangerously ill, visited by an entourage of interesting factions: representing the social and ministerial conflict surroundin...
Date: Henry G. Bohn, London, 1840
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La parte orientale dell' antico.. messico con la Florida..
A splendid two-sheet map of Mexico, including California, Arizona, New Mexico, part of Texas, Baja California and Mexico (west part) and of the Southeast Part of the US, ...
Date: Rome, Calcography, 1797-before 1839
Canton Schweiz sive pagus Helvetiae Suitensis... / per Gabrielem Walserum.
A wonderful map of the Schwyz canton by Gabriel Walser (1695-1776). The map is gloriously detailed, showing towns, rivers, lakes, mountains, political boundaries and many...
Date: Nuremberg, 1767
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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
Mappae Imperii Moscovitici pars Septentrionalis..
Detailed map of northern Russia embellished with an uncolored pictorial cartouche showing hunting scenes.Prepared by de l'Isle.
Date: Augsburg, 1740
Delfi Batavorum vernacule Delft.
Detailed plan of the city Delft from Frederick de Wit's town book of the Netherlands. The plates are first published by Joan Blaeu one year after the peace of Münster an...
Date: Amsterdam, 1698
Le grand combat ov Monsieur de Montmorancy admiral de Fance . . .
Attractive view of the naval Battle of Saint-Martin de Ré, fought on 15 September 1625 between the Huguenot fleet of La Rochelle, commanded by Admiral Jean Guiton- Admir...
Date: Paris, 1625
Imperii Russici tabula generalis quo ad fieri potuit / accuratissime descripta opera et studio Ioannis Kyrilow, …
General 1734 large-format map of the Russian Empire compiled by Ivan Kirilov (1689/1695]-1737), the Chief Secretary of the Governing Senate in St. Petersburg in 1734. ...
Date: Saint Petersburg : [Academy of Sciences], 1734
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Carte de la Turquie de l'Arabie et de la Perse.
Very rare state with the address : Chez l’Auteur, Rue des Canettes prez St. Sulpice. Avec Privilège, 1701". This early state with "rue des Canettes" imp...
Date: Paris, 1701
Carte de la partie septentrionale des Etats Unis..
An attractive 1801 map of North America's east coast north of Long Island. Including St.Laurence River as far south as Lake Ontario. Engraved by André and P.F.Tardieu. A...
Date: Paris, 1801
Département de la Drome decreté le 3 février 1790. . .
Map of the region of southeast France. The region of Drome is divided into four districts. On the left, the title with underneath a large explicative text with the divisi...
Date: Paris, 1790-1818
Carte Géographique .. Kentucky.
Detailed map of Kentucky. From J.A. Buchon, "Atlas Gégraphique Statistique, historique et chronologique des deux Ameriques et des isles adjacentes; traduit de l'atl...
Date: Paris, 1825
Hinterindien und Malayischer Archipel.
Map of South East Asia with four insets. Shows settlements, roads, railways, telegraph cables, etc. A color key to Dutch, French, British, and Portuguese occupations. Inc...
Date: Leipzig, 1905
Le Indie Orientali.
A nice map of the East Indies, published in Rome at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Shows from the Persian Gulf across Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh, then sout...
Date: Rome, ca 1803
Caes. Flavius Anicius Iustinianus Semp. August.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of "Caes. Flavius Anicius Iustinianus".Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in D...
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
![[2 sheets] Partie de la Chine. N°.88, 99.](/uploads/cache/33735-250x250.jpg)
[2 sheets] Partie de la Chine. N°.88, 99.
A set of 2 maps covering Taiwan, Ryukyo Islands, Okinawa and southern part of coast of province of Quangdong and part of Fujian. Two columns of text with a historical des...
Date: Brussels, 1825-1827
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Venice.
A lovely steel engraved plan, on 2 sheets, of Venice by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK). This English philanthropic enterprise was entirely devot...
Date: London, 1855
Canton Solothurn sive pagus Helvetiae Solodurensis cum confinibus recenter delineatus per Gabrielem Walserum.
A nice map of Swiss canton centered on Solothurn. Engraved by Tobias C. Lotter.
Date: Augsbourg, 1766
![Manuscript leaf from a very early [around 1300] Breviary.](/uploads/cache/49216-250x250.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
Hippodrome au pont de l'Alma . . .
Chromo lithographed poster, "Hippodrome au pont de l'Alma . . .", by Jules Chéret (1836–1932). Plate 125, published in Maître 32, on July 1898. The "Le...
Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, April 1897
Asie.
This rare map of Asia was published by Jollain in 1667. Published in "Trésor Des Cartes Geographiques Des Principaux Estats de Lunivers".This atlas is based up...
Date: Paris, 1667
Servoz - Cluses N°8 Sud.
Magnificent 1:10,000 scale color printed map of Servoz (Cluses N°8 Sud) based on stereotopographic ground and aerial surveys carried out in the field in 1950 and render...
Date: Paris, 1953
![[Title page] Atlas Nouveau contenant toutes les parties du monde . . .](/uploads/cache/49114-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Atlas Nouveau contenant toutes les parties du monde . . .
Fine title page of classical architectural design incorporating portraits of royalty and battle scenes.
Date: Paris, 1696
Carte du Diocese de Narbonne.
Topographically detailed map of the Narbonne diocese in southwestern France. Includes major roads and is supplemented with an extensive index. Inset map plan of the forti...
Date: Paris, 1704
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-line and eight 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers. colorful panel border in he right margin of acanthus leaves and flowe...
Date: Italy, ca. 1490
Province de Sardaigne.
Province de Sardaigne Contenant 9 Col. 1 Sem. 1 Noviciat, 2 Résidences 300 Jésuites". Publiée dans "Atlas Universel indiquant les établissemens des Jésuite...
Date: Paris, Ambroise Dupont , 1826
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[Untitled cartoon in pencil.]
A pharmacy cartoon in French, drawn probably in the first half of the last century. It depicts a pharmacist giving some advice to another, seen crushing a powder with a p...
Date: French, ca. 1950
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[Africa].
A detailed map from Учебный Географический Атлас published by the very successful St. Petersburg publisher "Cartographic institution A.Ilin...
Date: St. Petersburg, 1899
Europa recens descripta à Guilielmo Blaeuw.
On either side columns depicting the manner of dress in the major countries of Europe, surmounted by nine city views and plans.For European mapmakers their own continent ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1644
A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia. / 滑稽欧亜外交地図 / Kokkei Ō-A Gaikō Chizu.
A wonderful example of the rare 1904 Kisaburo Ohara satirical 'Octopus Map' of Europe being swallowed by an octopus (Russia). Composed at the outbreak of the Russo-Japane...
Date: Tokyo, April, 1904
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[Chinese propaganda poster]. We Shall Liberate Taiwan !
Chinese propaganda poster : "We Shall Liberate Taiwan!", by the Hongyingbi (Red Eagle Brush) unit of the Air Force Unit of Nanjing Military Region.The Chinese d...
Date: China, 1971
Amerique Septentrionale suivant la carte de Pople faite à Londres en 20 feuilles.
The key sheet to Henry Le Rouge/Popple wall map of the British Colonies in North America. Appears in the author's Atlas Général [1741-62].Key map of the French editio...
Date: Paris, Le Rouge, 1742
Dell Germania Egrana.
Early woodcut view of the city of Egra (Cheb) in the Czech Republic. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of...
Date: Basel, 1552
![[Lot of 205 leaves of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Alsace and Brabant].](/uploads/cache/48263-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 205 leaves of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Alsace and Brabant].
205 text leaves illustrated with views and maps relating to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Alsace and Brabant from the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia...
Date: Basel, 1552
Carte Generale des Etats-Unis De L'Amerique Septentionale . . .
One of the earliest obtainable maps to show the United States From Coast to Coast, published in Paris by A.H. Brue.The map is especially interesting west of the Mississip...
Date: Paris, 1820
Fossa Sanctae Mariae.
Detailed map of part of the country between rivers Rhine and Meuse showing a canal to be dug between 1626 and 1628 between Rheinberg in Germany and Venlo. A deficiency of...
Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Carte des parties nord et ouest de L' Amerique. . .
An interesting map of North America, based upon an earlier map by Thomas Engel. His map of North America was issued in his 'Memoires Observations Geographique' in 1765, a...
Date: Paris, 1772
Croquis d'expression. La maman - Est il gentil à manger son sucre d'orge . . . (Plate 31)
The mother: - Isn't he cute licking his barley sugar candy… one would think a young man of twenty years… He absolutely must become a lawyer!.Lithography published by ...
Date: Paris, 21 10 1838
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[Haida Gwaii,] Baye Swallow . . . / Havre Byron /Côté septentrional de la plus grande des Isles de la Reine Charlotte. . . .
Map of Swallow's Bay and a coastline profile of the Queen Charlotte Islands and Captain Byron's Heaven.Queen Charlotte Islands, with their modern name Haida Gwaii, is an ...
Date: Paris, 1774
Carte generale des treze cantons de Suisses. Valley Ligues Grise, Maison Dieu et Valteline. 1654
Rare figured border map of Switzerland. In lower corners views of Basel and Zurich. In the top views of Luzern, St. Gallen, Bern, Solothurn and Schaffhausen. In the left ...
Date: Paris, ca. 1654
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[The Philippines]
Fine chart depicting the Islands of the Philippines. Little interior detail is given but the coastlines, settlements and principal coastal features are identified. An att...
Date: Amsterdam, 1724
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[Europe].
A detailed map from Учебный Географический Атлас published by the very successful St. Petersburg publisher "Cartographic institution A.Ilin...
Date: St. Petersburg, 1899
Portulano de la Ameririca Setentrional construido en la direccion de tabajos.
The Portulano de la America Setentrional, is an exceedingly rare Spanish sea atlas featuring charts of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. It was developed by the astr...
Date: Madrid, 1818
Map showing the cotton growing belt in the United States Prepared for and copyrighted by Geo. H.Mc.Fadden & Bro., cotton merchands based in Phiiladelphia, USA 1892.
A rare map showing the cotton-growing Belts in the Southern States for 1892. Prepared for and copyrighted by Geo. H. Mc.Fadden & Bro., cotton merchants based in Phila...
Date: Philadelphia, 1892
Belgium Foederatum auctius et emendatius edit..
Map of the northern part of the Netherlands. With a decorative title cartouche, with an inset map of South East Asia.
Date: Augsburg 1760
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[Lot of 8 leaves of Great Britain, Edinburgh]
Eight text leaves with woodblock illustrations relating to Great Britain and Edinburgh, featuring small maps and views, from the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cos...
Date: Basel, 1552
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[Lot of 5 leaves] Noerdlinga civitas imperialis…/ Nemetum civitatis…Spiram appellant / Situs & figura… Trevirensis / Situs civitatis Confluentinae… / Civitas Lunaeburgensis…
Five text leaves with woodblock-printed early bird's-eye views of Nördlingen, Speyer, Trier, Koblenz, and Lüneburg, from the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmo...
Date: Basel, 1552
Nouveau Plan Géométral de la Ville de Lyon, Avec ses projets d'agrandissement & d'embellissement, Divisé par Arrondissements;
Large map of Lyon with, at the bottom left, a large inset depicting "The surroundings of Lyon, according to Cassini" and at the bottom right, a double table of ...
Date: Lyon, Chez Vegezzy, M.d d'Estampes,1826
Nova Helvetiae Tabula.
A most decorative "carte à figures" map with panoramic views of Lucern, S.Gal, Bern, Solothurn, Schafhausen in upper border and Basel and Zurich in lower left ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Vienne.
Charming view of Vienna. Title in curtain draped at top. French text on verso.From the original 1683 text edition of "Description d'Univers. . ." by Allain Man...
Date: Paris, 1683
Overzichtskaart van Java en Madoera schaal 1:500.000. Met aanduiding van de politieke indeeling, de organisatie van het bestuur, de bestaande en nog aan te leggen verkeerswegen en van de groote cultuur- en industrieele centra…
If assembled a very large color-printed map (60x 218cm.) of Java and Madoera (Madura Island) on four sheets, each measuring 60 x 54.5 cm, dissected into 12 sections and l...
Date: Atelier Kurkdjian-Soerabaia, 1912
Plan du Tien-tang ou du temple, où l'empereur sacrifie à Chang-ti sous le titre de souverain seigneur de la terre.
Nice example of d'Anville's plan of Tien-tang temple, from "Atlas général de la Chine..."" prepared by Jesuit missionaries and commissioned by Emperor Ka...
Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1735
Citta di Varsavia.
Fine city view engraving of Warsaw, Poland by Thomas Salmon. Published in Rome by Giambattista Albrizzi in 1740. Giambattita Albrizzi was a famous Venetian publisher and ...
Date: Venice, 1740-1756
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[6 Post cards of young woman seated on a globe ]
Complete set of 6 pictorial post cards showing young women seated on a globe. Signed "Morin". Unsent.More aboutcartographical curiosities [+]
Date: Italy, ca. 1920
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Hindostan [India]
A fine copper engraved map of Hindoostan (now India) drawn and engraved by Alexander Findlay and published by Thomas Kelly, London in 1814
Date: London, 1814
Theatre de la guerre sur la coste de Coromandel.
Map of Coromandel coast prepared by J.N.Bellin.
Date: Amsterdam, Leipzig, 1763
Nouvelle carte du royaume de Bengale.
Map of Bengal Kingdom prepared by J.N.Bellin.
Date: Amsterdam, Leipzig, 1763
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[Asia].
A detailed map from Учебный Географический Атлас published by the very successful St. Petersburg publisher "Cartographic institution A.Ilin...
Date: St. Petersburg, 1899
Tabula nova Poloniae et Silesiae.
Second state, dated 1630 underneath the title. A finely engraved carte á figures with cartouche representing in the four corners of the map : Kings ( on the left side Si...
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Carta terza Generale del' Asia.
Rare first state of this important chart showing part of the north coast of New Guinea and islands of the Pacific Ocean. To the north of Japan the landmass of Isola di Ie...
Date: Florence, 1646
Serenissimae Reipublicae Genuensis Ducatus et Dominii.
Includes the coast of the Riviera from Nice to La Spezia. A most decorative and rare map because it was only included in the Vrients' editions of the Ortelius Theatrum . ...
Date: Antwerp, 1609-1641
Tabulae Italiae, Corsicae, Sardiniae, et adjacentium..
A decorative map by this famous Dutch mapmaker. The border contains views of the main cities, largely inspired by the Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Braun & Hogenberg: R...
Date: Amsterdam, 1628,1640
Leaf from a French (Paris) book of hours.
Leaf from a French (Paris) book of hours, written in black ink, 16 lines of text. Recto: Text starts at Matins,the beginning of the hours to the holy Virgin "Ïncip...
Date: Paris ca. 1420