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Veue du Pont de Rialto de Venise.
Spectaculair view of Rialto bridge in Venice. Joan Blaeu published during his life three town-books of Italy: Citta del Vaticano, Roma and Napoli. By the year 1672 a fire...
Date: Amsterdam, 1705
Qua late patet S. Marci area major novum Regim Palatium versus.
Qua late patet S. Marci area major novum Regim Palatium versus". View of piazza San Marco, the church of San Geminiano at the far end, figures and market stalls in t...
Date: Venice, 1763
Prospectus Plateae ad Divum Iacobum de Rivoalto ubi Mercatores conveniunt.
Prospectus Plateae ad Divum Iacobum de Rivoalto ubi Mercatores conveniunt. From the series "Prospectum Urbis Venetiarum" (Views of Venice). Published by Lodovic...
Date: Venice, c. 1763
Qua late patet S. Marci area major novum Regim Palatium versus.
Qua late patet S. Marci area major novum Regim Palatium versus". View of piazza San Marco, the church of San Geminiano at the far end, figures and market stalls in t...
Date: Venice, 1763
Canalis majoris caput qua Venetias ingreditur.
Canalis majoris caput qua Venetias ingreditur". A view of the Grand Canal with Santa Maria della Salute to the left after Canaletto.From the series of 12 views entit...
Date: Venice, c. 1766
Prise de la ville de Venise le 3 floréal an 5.
Capture of the City of Venice on 3 Floréal, Year V", engraved by Pierre-Adrien Le Beau after Thomas-Charles Naudet. Deposited at the Bibliothèque nationale.During ...
Date: Paris, chez Jean, c. 1798
Aedis Divi Rocchi facies rudis…
The Campo San Rocco. Title centred in the lower margin; “Mich. Marieschi del.t et inci.t” at the right corner of the cartouche. From the series "Magnificentiores...
Date: Venice, c. 1742
Orvis veteribus novi tabula nova. . .
Scarce map of the Ancient world, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mon...
Date: Paris, 1781
Veduta della Magnifica REGATA seguita in Venezia li 2. Aprile 1791 alla quale intervennero li Augusti Viaggiator.
Decorative engraving of a Venice regatta on the Grand Canal, by Teodoro Viero (1740-1819) after a paining by Canaletto.The tradition of Venetian origin of the race is lin...
Date: Venice, c. 1791
Plan of the City of Barcelona.
From Rapin's History of England , a nicely detailed plan of Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia. The plate contains a 19 point legend and the presentation is enhanced wit...
Date: London, c.1745
Basilique S. Marc.
St Mark’s Basilica, lithographed in Venice by G. Brizeghel, published here with French captions in "Album delle principali vedute di Venezia". In original co...
Date: Venice, c.1855
Pars Canalis Magni De Extendens A Laeva…
The Cannaregio on the Grand Canal, with the Ghetto in the background, seen from the Riva di Biasio. From the series "Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum...
Date: Venice, after 1757
Carte du theatre de la guerre L'Empire Ottoman ..
Very detailed and decorative map of the Ottoman Empire. Lower left a fine panoramic inset (185x80mm) with a view of Istanbul. Next to it a inset map of the Baltic Sea and...
Date: Rouen/ Paris, 1854
Leaf on vellum from a Missal.
A very fine Missal leaf, written in Latin. RECTO: A wonderful initial P decorated with pen work in red, purple and blue. The initial is 6x6cm. VERSO: 18 lines written in ...
Date: France, c. 1410
Estat De La Seigneurie De Venize en Italie.
Map of The Venetian Dominion inspired by the map of Jodocus Hondius. Published "A Paris Chez Pierre Marietti (sic), Rue Sainct Jacques A l'esperance". Decorated...
Date: Paris, ca. 1670
Silesiae typus..
Fine and early map of Silesia after Martin Helwig (1516-1574) and used by A.Ortelius in his atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World].Only included in the...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
![[12 volumes] Recueil des voyages qui ont servi à l'établissement et aux progrez de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, forméedans les Provinces-Unies des Païs-Bas...](/uploads/cache/43700-250x250.jpg)
[12 volumes] Recueil des voyages qui ont servi à l'établissement et aux progrez de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, forméedans les Provinces-Unies des Païs-Bas...
An important, richly illustrated compendium of the first Dutch voyages to East India, of great interest for the history and establishment of the Dutch global trade, parti...
Date: Rouen, Pierre Le Boucher, 1725
A publica Bibliotheca ad majoris Canalis initium prospectus.
A publica Bibliotheca ad majoris Canalis initium prospectus". View of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, the column of San Teodoro at right, at left the Grand Canal,...
Date: Venice, 1763
Schlavoniae, Croatiae, Carniale.. Bosniae. . .
First state. Fine and early map of former Yugoslavia after a map of Hirschvogel (1552-1565) and used by A.Ortelius in his atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Who...
Date: Antwerp, 1579
A minore D: Marci Area Dalmatarum ripam.
A minore D: Marci Area Dalmatarum ripam". View of the Riva degli Schiavoni from the east including the Palazzo Ducale in the foreground. Apud Ludovicum Furlanetto su...
Date: Venice, c. 1763
Accuratissima Dominii Veneti in Italia..
Detailed and decorative map centered on Venice, Vicenze, Mantova, Parma and Bologna, extending from Stato di Milano and Genoa to Istria. Decorative title cartouche in upp...
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1690
Pons Rivoalti, utriumqque Ripae, et Aedes ad Orientem.
Pons Rivoalti, utriumqque Ripae, et Aedes ad Orientem." From the series "Prospectum Urbis Venetiarum" (Views of Venice). 1st state. Published by Lodovico F...
Date: Venice, 1763
Habita a Serenissimo Duce in Basilica D.Marci ad populum allocutione…
Habita a Serenissimo Duce in Basilica D.Marci ad populum allocutione, ab eoque Dux salutatus, Armamentariorum humeris in sella gestatoria cum duobus proxime consanguineis...
Date: Venice, c. 1766-1770
Canalis majoris caput qua Venetias ingreditur.
Bucentaurus et Nundinae Venetae in die Ascensionis". The Doge leaving for the Lido on the Bucintoro on Ascension Day.From the series of 12 views entitled Feste Ducal...
Date: Venice, c. 1766
Prospectus Plateae et Ecclesiae Sancti Jacobi prope Pontem Rivi alti.
Prospectus Plateae et Ecclesiae Sancti Jacobi prope Pontem Rivi alti". The Church of San Giacomo di Rialto, at right Palazzo dei Dieci and the bridge of Rialto.From ...
Date: Venice, c. 1763
Pons Rivoalti ad Occidentem, cum Aedibus Publicis utrique Lateri adjectis.
Pons Rivoalti ad Occidentem, cum Aedibus Publicis utrique Lateri adjectis."From the series "Prospectum Urbis Venetiarum" (Views of Venice). 1st state. Publ...
Date: Venice, 1763
(Set of 4 maps) Itinéraire de Pékin à Sartchy
Set of 4 geological maps from the "Nouvelle Archives du Museum" printed by Becquet.1) Route de Pekin a Suen-Hoa-Fou2) Route de Thae-Seu-Tchouang aux tentes mong...
Date: Paris, ca. 1880
Nova Europae descriptio.
Four panels in columns on each side show portraits of Kings and Queens of European countries. The top border contains panoramas of Rome, Amsterdam, Paris, London, Seville...
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1660
S. Georgii Majoris Ecclesiae prospectus.
S. Georgii Majoris Ecclesiae prospectus". S. Giorgio with the church and quay in sharp perspective.From the series "Prospectum Urbis Venetiarum" (Views of ...
Date: Venice, ca. 1791
Christophorus Clavius Bambergensis e societate iesu aetatis suae anno LXIX.
Rare portrait of Christopher Clavius or Clau (March 25, 1538 – February 12, 1612) was a German Jesuit mathematician and astronomer who was the main architect of the mod...
Date: Rome, 1606
A New and Accurate Map of the Kingdoms of Spain, Portugal and Part of France, The Islands of Majorca, Minorca &c.
Produced for “Universal Magazine” by J. Hinton. It was engraved by Richard William Seale (1703-1762). The map features an attractive rococo cartouche and compass ros...
Date: London, ca. 1760
Russia & Poland.
Charming, folding map of Russia and Poland, giving a detailed overview of Europe from Baltic to Caspian Sea. Railways and rivers prominently delineated.In lower left a ke...
Date: London, ca. 1890
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Venditori di pesci (Anguele). Marchands de petite poissons. [Fish Sellers of Venice]
Small Fish Sellers. From a series of lithographs depicting various Venetian trades, published in Venice by Galvani. Subjects include genre figures such as fishmongers, ch...
Date: Venice, c. 1835
Carte des Isles Nicobar... (with) Plan particulier du Port compris entre les Isles Nacaveri, Souri, et Tricutte.
French chart of Isles of Nicobar in Gulf of Bengal near Birmanie and Sumatra. Prepared by Jacques-François L'Abbé Dicquemare (1733-1789). Latitude and longitude scales,...
Date: Paris, Brest, chez Demonville, 1775
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Carte de L'Amerique… / Carte Nouvelle de L'Europe Asie & Afrique… [Two sheets]
Rare. Two hemispheres printed on two sheets. A single decorative cartouche on each carries the title concluding with the imprint recorded above, and around each hemispher...
Date: Paris, 1661
Logement des troupes de la garnison. . .
Seven coupons "Logement des troupes de la garnison ce billet servira pour trente nuits" giving a soldier the right for housing at 738 Rue de Venus in Antwerp in...
Date: Antwerp, 1813
(China Atlas) Atlas Nuevo de la Extrema Asia o descripcion geographica del Imperio de los Chinas. Por el R.P. MARTINO MARTIONIO de la Compania de Iesu.
RARE SPANISH text edition of the First European Atlas of China. 15 of 17 engraved maps in original hand-color, and engraved title pages in original hand-color, heightened...
Date: Amsterdam, 1658-1659
Pacific Arena
A brightly colored second world war map covering the Pacific regions. Printed as Supplements to 'Fortune' in March 1942. This informative Pacific map comes with a good de...
Date: New York, 1942
A cidade de Angra na ilha de Iesuxpo da Tercera..
Spectacular perspective view of the harbour and town of Angra on the island of Terceira in the Azores. It was at the time an important port and administrative centre of t...
Date: Amsterdam, 1598
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[Lot of 10 leaves] Catalogus doctorum…in Cosmographia Sebastiani…/ Index Cosmographicus.
Ten leaves with several wood blocks with index taken from the "Cosmographia". From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and ...
Date: Basel, 1552
Il theatro del mondo di Abraamo Ortelio…
Very rare first Italian edition issued in Brescia in 1598 by Pietro Marchetti. ; l theatro del mondo... Nel quale distinamenti si dimostrano in tavole tutte le provincie...
Date: Brescia (appresso la Compagnia Bresciana), 1598
Walachia Servia, Bulgaria, Romania.
The cartographer of this map was Gerard Mercator. This attractive map of the Eastern Balkans is centered on Bulgaria and includes the Bosphorus and Constantinople. The Da...
Date: Oxford, 1680
Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
21 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases, religious scenes and a figure symbolizing the Danse Macabre consists of the dea...
Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c.1520-1540
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...
Date: France ca.1470
Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo...
Large and sought-after 2-sheet map of an area of Lithuania and Eastern Prussia (Russian province of Kaliningrad) stretching from Klaipeda (Memel) in the north to Goldap i...
Date: Nuremberg, 1735
Carte Reduite, des Cotes De L'Acadie, de L'Isle Royale, et de la Partie Meridionale de L'Isle de Terre Neuve.
An important chart of Nova Scotia, southern Newfoundland and the Grand Banks, prepared after Chabert's voyage to Canada to update the French charts of Eastern Canada. It ...
Date: Paris, 1753
![Ornithon sive Aviarum M. Varronis Pyrro.Ligorio.Neap.inv. [The reconstruction by Pirro Ligorio of the aviary of Marcus Varro].](/uploads/cache/49261-250x250.jpg)
Ornithon sive Aviarum M. Varronis Pyrro.Ligorio.Neap.inv. [The reconstruction by Pirro Ligorio of the aviary of Marcus Varro].
The print, depicting the reconstruction by Pirro Ligorio of the aviary of Marcus Varro in Rome, was printed by Giovanni Orlandi in 1602 from a copperplate originally eng...
Date: Rome, 1581-1602
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...
Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Tabula Secunda Europe (Spain & Portugal)
Wood block printed large-format Ptolemaic map of the Iberian Peninsula from the 1513 edition of Waldseemüller's Geographia.This Ptolemaic map comes from the first so cal...
Date: Strasburg, 1513
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
The Situation in the Far East. (時局圖)
An unusual rendering of Tse's "Situation in the Far East". Tse Tsan-tai (1872-1939), a Chinese patriot, drew the original political cartoon in Hong Kong in 1899...
Date: China, n.d. but ca. 1980/1990
A New Map of the World according to the New Observations.
Double hemisphere world map showing Australia and New Zealand with the discoveries made by Tasman on his tow voyages 1642-1644. California shown as an island. Depicts the...
Date: London, ca. 1720-1730
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...
Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Cygnus.
Uncommon celestial print of Cygnus, published by Corbinianus Thomas in the Manuductio ad Astronomiam, Juxta modum Bayeri, Mathematici celeberrimi, concinnata, multis,…e...
Date: Frankfurt / Leipzig, c.1730
L'Italia Settentrionale presa da quella del Sig. Zannoni.
Rare map of Italy with inset map with Corsica and Sardinia, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovann...
Date: Rome, 1780
Ceylan, et les Maldives.
Exquisite map of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, with the southern tip of India shown at the top. Sri Lanka is shown in an inset named Ceylan Isle, qui est la Taprobane des A...
Date: Amsterdam 1700
Mappamondo.
Rare world map from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca. 1780.The map is based o...
Date: Rome, 1780
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[Rare double hemisphere celestial chart]
Rare double hemisphere celestial chart, published by Jollain in 1667. Published in "Trésor Des Cartes Geographiques Des Principaux Estats de Lunivers".This atl...
Date: Paris, 1667
Magnae Britaniae Tabula; Comprehendens Angliae, Scotiae, Ac Hiberniae Regna . . .
Rare Dutch map of the British Isles in very attractive full original color. In this state the wording "Scilly Isles" is added. A decorative title cartouche in t...
Date: Amsterdam, after 1694
La Ville et le Château de Zélandia dans l' île de Tayovan.
This important copperplate engraving is one of the earliest European views of Taiwan, depicting the Dutch fortifications and trading settlement on the West coast of the i...
Date: Amsterdam, 1675
Latvia/ Estonia. Livonia.
A beautifully engraved map of Livonia – modern Latvia and Estonia – produced by two of the great fathers of modern cartography. Included are parts of the Baltic coast...
Date: Amsterdam, 1595-1609
Astronomy. Figures 26 & 29. Plates LXV & LXV.
A lovely pair of copperplate astronomical plates displaying "The Principal fixed Stars in the North Hemisphere [and the South Hemisphere] Delineated on the Plane of ...
Date: London, 1792
Neoburgum Fioniae oppidum. . .
Decorative plan and panoramic view of the town of Nyborg in Denmark at the coast of Baltic Sea in Fyn. Prepared by Count Erik Jönsson Dahlberg[h] (1625-1703). Military e...
Date: Stockholm, 1697
Partie de l'Amerique septent? Qui comprend la nouvelle France. . .
A fine copy of this map of New Foundland, Nova Scotia and the course of the St.Lawrence to Lake Ontario in a forth state.An inset shows Bellini's famous and important map...
Date: Paris, 1755-1778
Nader prolongatie van het Octroy voor de Westindische Compagnie voor den tyd van nog dertig jaaren. . .
A proclamation by the Dutch States General, dated 1761, extending the charter of the Dutch West India Company for another thirty years. Like the 1730 proclamation, it has...
Date: Amsterdam, 1761
The Road from London to Barnstable, in Devonshire, commencing at Andover, in the road to the Lands End, also from Barnstable to Truro.
A highly detailed late eighteenth century road map, running left to right, commencing at Andover in Hampshire and continuing on to Barnstable in north Devonshire. The map...
Date: London, 1775
Carte des Isles Maldives.
A small detailed map of the Maldives, with rhumb lines and a large compass rose. Includes a decorative title cartouche. One of the maps produced by Nichlas Bellin for Pre...
Date: Paris, 1757
A chart of the northern part of the Indian Ocean..
Complete title in upper right "A Chart of the Northern Part of the Indian Ocean, Containing a Part of the Coast of Africa from Magadasho River to the Straits of Bab-...
Date: London 1794
A Chart, on Mercator's Projection, Containing the Track and Soundings of the Lion, the Hindostan and Tenders, from Turon-Bay in Cochin-China. . .
A chart engraved by Baker and published by Nichol, this large chart traces the routes of the Lion, Hindostan, and Tenders with considerable detail. The chart was part of ...
Date: London, 1796
A Map of the City of Philadelphia, showing the Location of the Volunteer Fire Companies. . .
A fine, large pictorial plan of the City of Philadelphia, based on the drawing by Jacob Riegel in 1937, which itself was based on an earlier work dating back to 1794. The...
Date: Philadelphia, 1938
The Dole Map of the Hawaiian Islands.
A terrific, colorful poster of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Feher, commissioned for the Hawaiian Pineaple Co. The poster displays all eight of the major islands in the ...
Date: USA, 1950
