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CH'ONHA CHIDO [Atlas of all under Heaven]

The Ch’onha chido [Atlas of all under Heaven] is a late 18th century copy of the traditional Korean atlas produced in the early Choson dynasty (1392-1910). One of the m...

$30000 / ≈ €28072
Maker / Publisher: Anonymous
Place & Date: Korea, ca. 1790

 


Dutchman and a Maruyama prostitute.

An explicit scene of a Dutchman and a Maruyama prostitute featuring a gray-bearded westerner coupling with a courtesan. The woman protests that she doesn't understand wha...

$7500 / ≈ €7018
Maker / Publisher: CHOKOSAI EISHO
Place & Date: Late Edo, 1790

 


[ LANDSKROON ]. Oranda Fune no zu [= Depiction of a Dutch Ship].

A very large and extremely detailed Japanese drawing on rice paper of a Dutch ship at the artificial island Deshima, the VOC's outpost in Nagasaki harbour. In the drawing...

$30000 / ≈ €28072
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Japan, Kansei 4, 2nd month, 9th day, 30 March? 1792

 


Mapa De la parte de la Isla Formosa sa perteneciente al Emperadotde la China sacado por Ord. De S.M.

Extremely rare map of the west coast of Taiwan, the Punghu or Pescadore Islands, and the Fokien or Fujian coast of China. Several ancient Taiwanese cities are noted, incl...

$15000 / ≈ €14036
Maker / Publisher: DE LA CONCEPTION, J.
Place & Date: Manilla, Seminario Conciliar, y Real de San Carlos, 1788-1792

 


Imperium Russicum, cum regionibus adiacentibus duabus Tabulis ex optima quae A. 1784 tribus foliis comparavit Mappa geographica, aliisque subsidiis delineatum a C. Mannert, Tabula Ima. . .

A detailed map of the European part of the Russian Empire. Scarce map. Copper etching by C. Mannert and edited by Adam Gottlieb Schneider and Johann Christoph Weigel. Man...

$1600 / ≈ €1497
Maker / Publisher: MANNERT, C.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1794

 


New Jersey entworfen von D.F. Sotzmann. Hamburg bey Carl Ernst Bohn 1796 . . . NO.VIII

Extremely rare map of New Hampshire prepared by Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann for Christopher Ebeling's "Erdbeschreibung von Amerika", a project ended after only te...

$5000 / ≈ €4679
Maker / Publisher: SOTZMANN, D.F.
Place & Date: Hamburg, Carl Ernst Bohn, 1797

 


Rhode Island entworfen von D.F. Sotzmann. Hamburg bey Carl Ernst Bohn 1798 . . . NO.V

Extremely rare map of Rhode Island prepared by Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann for Christopher Ebeling's "Erdbeschreibung von Amerika", a project ended after only ten...

$5000 / ≈ €4679
Maker / Publisher: SOTZMANN, D.F.
Place & Date: Hamburg, Carl Ernst Bohn, 1797

 


L'Arabia delineata sulle ultime osservazioni.

First edition on laid paper. Cassini’s splendid early map of Arabia.

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: CASSINI, G.M.
Place & Date: Rome, 1797

 


SETTSU MEISHO ZUE. Illustrations of famous places in Settsu.

Settsu Meisho Zue was printed in two series of 8 and 4 volumes. The principal illustrator was Takehara Shunchosai, but many illustrations in the 4 volumes supplement are ...

$3500 / ≈ €3275
Maker / Publisher: AKIZATO, Rito - TAKEHARA, Shunchosai
Place & Date: Osaka, Yanagiwara Kibei, Kansei 8-10 or 1796-1798

 


La nuova Zelanda delineate sulle ultima osservazioni del Capitan Cook.

First edition on laid paper Cassini’s splendid early map of New Zealand, being the most decorative version of Captain Cook's map of New Zealand, published in the very s...

$6000 / ≈ €5614
Maker / Publisher: CASSINI, G.M.
Place & Date: Rome, 1798

 


[Set of 6 maps] Charta öfver Storfurstendömet Finland på Friherre S. G. Hermelins Anstalt och Omkostnad. Sammandragen och författad af C. P. Hällström. Philos. Magister och Auscultant i Kongl. BergsColl. 1799.

This is the beautiful set of key map and separate maps of Samuel Gustav Hermelins map of Finland. The maps have been engraved by Fredrik Akrel, a very skilled and product...

$4000 / ≈ €3743
Maker / Publisher: HERMELIN, SAMUEL GUSTAV
Place & Date: Källa: J.Strang & E.- S. Harju: Suomen karttakirja 1799

 


New Yok entworfen von D.F. Sotzmann. Hamburg bey Carl Ernst Bohn 1799 . . . NO.VII

An extremely rare map of New York prepared by Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann for Christopher Ebeling's "Erdbeschreibung von Amerika", a project ended after only ten ...

$6000 / ≈ €5614
Maker / Publisher: SOTZMANN, D.F.
Place & Date: Hamburg, Carl Ernst Bohn, 1799

 


Carte des côtes du Golfe du Mexique compris entre la pointe sud de la presqu'Ile de la Floride et la pointe nord de la presqu'Ile d'Yucatan: Dresée d'après le observations et las plans des espagnols, ...

Detailed and important early chart of the Gulf Coast and Florida and dated 1800. First French edition of "the first printed [map] to show and name Galveston Bay&qu...

$4500 / ≈ €4211
Maker / Publisher: DEPOT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE
Place & Date: Paris, 1800

 


Reis-kaart van het Britsche gezantschap van Hang-choe-foe naar Quang-choe-foe of Kanton in China.

Uncommon map of eastern part of China, showing a journey of the English Embassy from Hangzhou (south of Shanghai) to Guangzhou (Canton). The maps is giving a wealth of in...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Netherlands, c.1800

 


Botanibay, Englischer Verweisungs Ort fur Verbrecher. / Laijene Franzosicher Verweisungs Ort fur Verbrecher.

Copper engraving with four scenes and one portrait of Frederick III of Saxony on one sheet. In the upper part fanciful views of Botany Bay with English and French settlem...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED BAUMANN & CO.
Place & Date: Zittau, 1798-1800

 


Erfolgte Kapitulation zwischen dem General Bonaparte und den Gross Leister von Malta. Vor der Hauptstadt Walette zu Maltha, am 10 Juni 1798.

Copper engraving with three scenes and one portrait on one sheet. In upper a view of Bonaparte arriving at Valletta. Published in "Allgemeine Welt-Chronik oder neue ...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED BAUMANN CO.
Place & Date: Zittau, 1798-1800

 


[ Manuscript map of the Ligurian coast from Pietra to Genova ].

Very detailed French manuscript map of the Ligurian coast from Pietra and Finale, Savone to Genoa with the Maritime Alps in the background. The Liguria coast borders to n...

$5300 / ≈ €4959
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: France, ca. 1790-1800

 


Deutschlands Postkarte begraenzt von Oesterreich, Preussen, Frankreich, Holland, Italien und der Schweiz. . .

Detailed and important post road map prepared by Ignaz Heymann. The map shows, the Low Countries, Germany, Poland, Austria, Hungary, etc.Borders in original out-line colo...

$1100 / ≈ €1029
Maker / Publisher: HEYMANN, I.
Place & Date: Triest, 1800

 


Kaart Van Nieuw Zeeland in de Jaaren 1769 en 1770 bezogt door den Luitenant J. Cook met het Schip De Endeavour.

A uncommon issue of this key map of New Zealand from the Dutch edition of Cook's map of New Zealand, published in 'Reize rondom de Waereld door James Cook', a Dutch editi...

$1900 / ≈ €1778
Maker / Publisher: COOK, J.
Place & Date: Leyden, Amsterdam & The Hague: Honcoop, Allart & van Cleef, 1795-1801

 


Guyana, Surinam, Amapa.

Very rare Ottoman printed map of Guyana, Suriname and Amapa. With Trinidad, an inset map of the mouth of the Rivers Essequibo, Courantyne, Suriname with Paramaribo.From C...

$1750 / ≈ €1638
Maker / Publisher: RAIF EFENDI
Place & Date: Üsküdar (Istanbul), 1803

 


A Map of the Environs of Constantinople Drawn from a great number of accurate astronomical & geographical manuscripts and printed documents, by A. Arrowsmith 1801 and 1804.

Arrowsmith’s large and detailed map of the Ottoman Empire and the Black Sea, with Cyprus, Crete and the Greek Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Albania, Bosnia and Herz...

$4000 / ≈ €3743
Maker / Publisher: ARROWSMITH,A.
Place & Date: London, No.10 Soho Square, 4th September 1804

 


Morokoshi Meisho Zue [Illustrated Description of Famous Sites of China].

Published in Osaka, Kawachiya Genhichiro, et al. [8 book sellers], slightly later issue but apparently in Edo period, using all the same woodblocks of original first edit...

$6000 / ≈ €5614
Maker / Publisher: OKADA GYUKUZAN, OKA YUGAKU, OHARA TOYA MINSEI
Place & Date: Osaka, Edo, slightly later than Bunka 3, year of the tiger - 1806

 


Boats of the Friendly Islands. [together with] A Sailing Canoe of Otaheite.

Early view of Queen charlotte's sound, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early views depicting scenes encountered while employed a...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: WEBBER, J.
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808

 


The narta, or Sledge for burdens in Kamtschatka.

The narta, or Sledge for burdens in Kamtschatka, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early views depicting scenes encountered while ...

$1750 / ≈ €1638
Maker / Publisher: WEBBER, J.
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808

 


Carte von West=Gallizien welche auf allerhöchsten Befehl Seiner Kaiserlich oesterreichischen und Königlich apostolischen Majestät in den Jahren 1801 bis 1804. . .

Important early map of Western Galicia, as given to Austria by the third Partition of Poland (1795). Due to its long development period, a rare map rich in detail shows t...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: VON HELDENSFELD, A. M. / BENEDICTI.
Place & Date: Vienna, (1808) after 1811

 


Carte des routes de poste de la Russie européenne, exécutée par ordre de S.E.M. le duc de Feltre ministre de la Guerre, ...

Post-route map on a scale of 1:2 500 000 made during the French campaign in Russia, which began June 24, 1812. With a table of the conventional signs and a table of conve...

$1250 / ≈ €1170
Maker / Publisher: SANSON (Nicolas Antoine, comte)
Place & Date: Paris, Dépôt Général de la Guerre 1812

 


Generalkarte vom Königreich Preussen u. d. Herz[ogtum] Warschau nach astronomischen Ortsbestim[m]ungen und geodätischen Messungen. . .

Rare seemingly unrecorded map of Poland with its borders after the Congress of Vienna, probably based on a lost first edition of Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann's (1754-1840) m...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: SOTZMANN, D. F.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, Schneider & Weigel 1815

 


Nuova Pianta Iconografica.. Venezia.

Precise bird's-eye town-plan of Venice, clearly depicting the city's architectural landmark, being a reduction of Ughi's 8-sheet map of 1725. There is a grid engraved ove...

$1100 / ≈ €1029
Maker / Publisher: VIERO, T.
Place & Date: Venice, 1818

 


Carte d'Afrique Dressée pour l'instruction par Guillaume DeLisle. . .

The map is a rare re-issue of the Delisle map of 1722. In his first map of the continent in 1700, Delisle re-measured the Mediterranean, being the first to establish its ...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: DELISLE, G . / BUACHE, Ph. / DEZAUCHE, J.
Place & Date: Paris, J.Dezauche, 1819

 


London in Miniature With The Surrounding Villages. An Entire New Plan In which the Improvements both present and intended are actually reduced, by permission, from the surveys of the Several Proprietors. . .

Hand-coloured engraved map, dissected and mounted on linen, orange publishers label on one side, extending west to east from Kensington to East India and Greenwich Dock a...

$800 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: MOGG, E.
Place & Date: London, 1821

 


Oursins.

Decorative plate of a sea urchin, engraved by Boquet. Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (April 5, 1777 - October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. In 1798 he traveled...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: LELORGNE DE SAVIGNY, M.J.C.
Place & Date: Paris, 1822

 


Hommards.

Decorative engraving of a lobster, by Tresca. Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (April 5, 1777 - October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. In 1798 he traveled to Egyp...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: LELORGNE DE SAVIGNY, M,J.C.
Place & Date: Paris, 1822

 


Astéries.

Decorative engraving of star fishes, by Macret and Leleu. Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (April 5, 1777 - October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. In 1798 he trav...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: LELORGNE DE SAVIGNY, M,J.C.
Place & Date: Paris, 1822

 


The Traveller's Guide. A Map Of The Roads, Canals And Steam Boat Routes Of The United States ... Designed for the use of Travellers, By H.S. Tanner.

Rare first edition of Tanner's travel map in pocket map form, in it original red leather covers, with the map and no text, as issued. Ristow says the first edition was 18...

$2750 / ≈ €2573
Maker / Publisher: TANNER, H.S.
Place & Date: Philadelphia, 1825

 


Province de Pologne contenant 22 Col. une M.on Prof 5 Pen. 2 Nov. 6 Rés. 30 Maisons 1050 Jésuites.

Rare map of Poland from "Atlas Universel indiquant les établissemens des Jésuites: avec la manière dont ils divisent la terre, suivi desévénemens remarquables d...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: DENIS, L.
Place & Date: Paris, Ambroise Dupont , 1826

 


Les jeunes voyageurs en Europe, ou description raisonnée des divers pays compris dans cette partie du monde.

The second edition of this fine travel companion is illustrated with 16 very decorative maps, each map surrounded by local products and specialties of the region. Include...

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: (BRIAND, P.-C.).
Place & Date: Paris, Thiériot, 1827

 


Atlas Universel de Géographie. Sixième partie - Océanique.

Volume 6 including detailed maps of Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Pacific islands, Indonesia and 3 maps of the Philippines. With title page and one general map.Supporte...

$5500 / ≈ €5146
Maker / Publisher: VANDERMAELEN, Ph.
Place & Date: Brussels 1827

 


Les honneurs du Panthéon . . . . (Plate 433 from La Caricature.)

On the front wall is written: "To the great men and women, our country is grateful". This lithograph shows people hanging in front of the Panthéon, and may be ...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Place & Date: Paris, October 23, 1834

 


Carte des Iles Hawaii.

A lovely small map of the complete chain of Pacific islands known today as the Hawaiian islands, from Dumont d'Urville's atlas "Voyage pittoresque autour du Monde.&q...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules.
Place & Date: Paris, 1834

 


Sincapour.

Early view of Singapore after Paris and engraved in aquatint technique by Sigismond Himely (1801-1872). Published as plate 28 in Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: HIMELY, S.
Place & Date: Paris, Finot, 1835

 


A-Na-Cam-E-Gish-Ca. A Chippeway Chief.

Half-length portrait of Anacamegishca, bare-chested, wearing a blanket and a peace medal. A-Na-Cam-E-Gish-Ca (1785-1862) - was a Chippeway Indian Chief. The Chippewa is o...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: MCKENNEY, T and HALL, J.
Place & Date: Philadelphia, 1837

 


Optique de St.Cloud.

This perspective view of St. Cloud comprises 6 hand colored images of the grand Bassin d'Apollon viewed through an square and two round holes cut out from the front card ...

$1100 / ≈ €1029
Maker / Publisher: [VUE DEPLIANTE A PERSPECTIVE].
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1845

 


Les Gens de Justice. - Mr. l'avocat a rendu pleine justice au rare talent déployé par le ministère public . . .

Second state (of 2), with text. From "Les Gens de Justice". Text below image : - Mr. l'avocat a rendu pleine justice au rare talent déployé par le ministère ...

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Place & Date: Paris, 1845-1848

 


20 small lithographed views of Washington DC and Georgetown.

20 small lithographed town-views of Washington DC and Georgetown, cut out from a larger sheet. Showing the East Front of the Capitol, Treasury, Smithsonian Institute, Pre...

$800 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: WEBER, E.
Place & Date: Casimir Bohn, Washington, D.C.: 1849

 


Océanie.

A very decorative 19th century map of the Pacific Ocean, with hand colored lines indicating the extent of Polynesia, Mirconesia, Melanesia, and Malaysia (or Southeast Asi...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: LEVASSEUR, V.
Place & Date: Paris, 1850

 


Océanie.

A very decorative 19th century map of the Pacific Ocean, with hand colored lines indicating the extent of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Malaysia (or Southeast Asi...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: LEVASSEUR, V.
Place & Date: Paris, 1850

 


Plan de Constantinople, non compris ses faubourgs. Grave d'apres les documents du ministere de la Guerre par E. Olivier.

A very rare lithographic town-plan of Istanbul, Scale 98 yards to one inch., printed in Pera, Istanbul by E. Olivier. The ornate design on the top of the title is a tugh...

$8000 / ≈ €7486
Maker / Publisher: OLIVIER, E.
Place & Date: Péra, Istanbul, 1851

 


Australia.

Decorative steel engraved map of Australia, surrounded by illustrations of Sydney harbor, birds, kangaroos and local people. Interlocking border design. Taken from "...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: TALLIS, J.
Place & Date: London, ca. 1851

 


(The City And Harbour Of Sydney From Near Vaucluse.)

One of the most sought after views of the city and harbour of Sydney seen from Near Vaucluse, 1852. Magnificent hand-colored tinted lithograph and finished by gum-Arabic....

$3750 / ≈ €3509
Maker / Publisher: ANGAS, G.F.
Place & Date: London, J. Hogarth, 1852

 


Map of the Great Salt Lake And Adjacent Country in the Territory Of Utah. Surveyed in 1849 and 1850, under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert ...

Map of the Great Salt Lake And Adjacent Country in the Territory Of Utah. Surveyed in 1849 and 1850, under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert .. by Capt. Howard Stansbury .. a...

$1350 / ≈ €1263
Maker / Publisher: STANSBURY, H./J. W. GUNNISON/CHAS. PRUESS.
Place & Date: Ackerman, New York, 1852

 


Le Sacre Hagard [Haggard-falcon]

A beautiful elephant folio sized colored lithograph of a Hagard Falcon, taken from the famous book on Falconry Traite de Fauconnerie by Schlegel and A.H. Verster van Wulv...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: SCHLEGEL, ARNZ, A & COMP
Place & Date: Leiden, 1844-1853

 


The town & harbour of Sevastopol with the batteries & approaches. . .

Rare colored linen backed map showing the harbour and town of Sevastopol, with soundings. In upper left corner a inset map (65x150mm) of the Black Sea. In bottom part a l...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: WYLD, J.
Place & Date: London, March 27th, 1854

 


Military map of the countries between Odessa & Perekop with the stations of the Russian forces.

Rare colored linen-backed map showing Russian troop positions and Odessa Batteries. On the inside of the cover a list of "Wyld's list of recent publications : seat o...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: WYLD, J.
Place & Date: London, ca. 1855

 


Carte d'unne partie de l'Arabie Septentrionale Pour suivre les Voyages de Mr. G.A. Vallin. . .

This is the original hand-drawn map by Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun of "Carte d'unne partie de l'Arabie Septentrionale Pour suivre les Voyages de Mr. G.A. Wallin",...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: MALTE-BRUN, V.A.
Place & Date: Paris, November 1855

 


Malte Vue prise de la Mer. - Malta Vista lomada del mar.

Very decorative view of the Grand Harbour of Malta by Louis Lebreton, published in "Ports de Mer d’Europe" in 1859 by L. Turgis in Paris.This lithography show...

$1750 / ≈ €1638
Maker / Publisher: LEBRETON, L.
Place & Date: Paris, Turgis, 1859

 


(Untitled view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople)

Panoramic view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople in the distance, after a design by Johann Schranz. Published by J. Missiriè.

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: JACOMME et CIE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1860

 


A fan combines views of Hong Kong (right), Canton (left), China, ca 1850-1860.

The fan shows nice images of Hong Kong and Canton on onside and on verso a garden with 39 characters welcoming a rider on his white horse. Their clothes are heightened in...

$4500 / ≈ €4211
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: China, ca. 1850-1860

 


Carte générale de L'Empire Ottoman en Europe et en Asie dressée par Henri Kiepert . . .

Large School wall map of Turkish Empire printed in chromo-lithography. Published by Dieter Reimer and printed by Ferdind Barth in Berlin. This rare map has two insets in ...

$1750 / ≈ €1638
Maker / Publisher: KIEPERT, H.
Place & Date: Berlin, Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, 1867

 


North Pacific.

Huge three sheet so-called Blue-back sailing chart of the Northern Pacific including China, Korea (with Matu Is. and Liancourt), Japan, Philippines, Kamchatka, Hawaii, Al...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: IMRAY AND SON, J.
Place & Date: London, 1868

 


CARTE de la Côte Occidentale de COREE, Plan Croquis de la Rivière HAN-KANG ou de SEOUL, depuis son Embouchure jusqu'à Séoul, dressée en 1866 ...

Uncommon chart of the Han-Kang River from its mouth to Seoul, prepared in 1866 by order of C.A. ROZE, Commander-in-Chief of the French " la Station des Mers de Chine...

$1750 / ≈ €1638
Maker / Publisher: DEPOT DES CARTES ET PLANS DE LA MARINE
Place & Date: Paris, 1868

 


L'Homme A La Boule.

Satirical print in which Count Otto von Bismarck balances on the world with one spurred foot entering France, and wearing only his underpants which are marked with the Ge...

$225 / ≈ €211
Maker / Publisher: DRANER.
Place & Date: Paris, 1870-1871

 


Mer de Chine - Detroit De Singapour Partie Comprise Entre Singaour et Le Dett. De Malacca d'apres les travaux du Commr. J.W. Reed de la Marine Royale d'Angleterr, ...

A detailed chart of Singapore Strait, drawn from an English Chart by J.W. Reed, who surveyed Singapore and environs between 1865 and 1869, aboard the H.M.S. Rifleman.The ...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: DEPOT DE LA MARINE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1873

 


The Family Atlas Containing Eighty maps Constructed by Eminent Geographers. . .

Un unrecorded later edition of the S.D.U.K. Family atlas, with 80 plus one extra map. Most maps are single sheet but several are double page maps. Printed on heavy paper ...

$1600 / ≈ €1497
Maker / Publisher: S.D.U.K.
Place & Date: London Edward Stanford, 1874

 


La Pieuvre Germanique.

Scarce lithographed plate not dated, by Eugène Danzanvilliers, printed by Grandremy in Paris. The plate listed by Adhemar is dated 1874. Eugène Danzanvilliers was a dra...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: DANZANVILLIERS, Eugène.
Place & Date: Paris, 28 Quai de la Rapée, c.1874

 


Histoire de la Guerre Civile en Amerique par M. Le Comte de Paris, Ancien Aide de Camp du General Mac Clellan (McClellan). ...

These 30 maps were made by Vorzet to accompany Louis Phillipe d'Orleans' (Comte de Paris) multi volume "Histoire de la Guerre Civile en Amérique". The set incl...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: VORZET, Ed. Dumas
Place & Date: Paris. Michel Levy Freres, 1875

 


Trop d'Appetit par A. Le Petit.

Dated in lower right dated "Le 9 juin 1875". The drawing is representing an alligator's jaw wearing a Prussian helmet, and about to chew a globe. Alfred Le Peti...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: LE PETIT, A.
Place & Date: Paris, 1875

 


Mapa geogra´fico de la mayor parte de la Ame´rica Meridional que contiene los paises por donde debe trazarse la li´nia divisoria que divida los dominios de Espan~a y Portugal. . .

Rare first edition of the map drawn by Francisco Requena (1743-1824) after his expedition to the Amazon in order to delineate the boundary between the Spanish and Portugu...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: REQUENA, F.
Place & Date: Bourquin, F. Philadelphia, ca. 1876

 


L'Art arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire depuis le VIIe siècle jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIe.

Prisse d’Avennes was one of the foremost scholars of Arabic art and architecture of the 19th century; this work represents the summation of his studies. From the aspect...

$10000 / ≈ €9357
Maker / Publisher: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant.
Place & Date: Paris, Morel, 1877

 


La Piovra Russa. Carta Serio-Comica Pel 1878.

Very rare political caricature map by Grossi of the nations of Europe, published in Bologna in the supplement of the newspaper "Le Perroquet / Al papagallo, N° 15, ...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: GROSSI, A.
Place & Date: Bologne, 14 avril 1878

 


Asie.

Manuscript map made by miss Marie Demeule, dated Elbeuf 1879. Elbeuf is a town within the Upper Normandy region in France.In the 19th century many students, and quite oft...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: DEMEULE, M.
Place & Date: France, Elbeuf, 1879

 


Café des gourmands E. Guittard - Excellent.

Original chromo lithographed coffee advertising poster by Gonthier-Dreyfus & Co., for E. Guittard & Co. The company was started by Eddy Guittard, who emigrated fr...

$380 / ≈ €356
Maker / Publisher: GONTHIER-DREYFUS et CO
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1880
Selling price: $380
Sold in 2023

 


Jules Verne Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours. [Goose game board inspired by Jules Verne's novel Tour du Monde en 80 jours.]

Goose game board inspired by Jules Verne's novel, whose boxes are illustrated with color lithographs and the center occupied by a world map. Vignette illustrations number...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: GUERIN-MULLER and CIE. / CAPENDU, A.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1880

 


Hong Kong. [Queen's Road]

Finely executed watercolor made by Henri Dieth of a charming atmospheric street scene at Queen's Road in Hong Kong. The watercolor is made after Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: DIETH, H.
Place & Date: Germany, 1882

 


Hongkong Piratenstrasse. [Pirate Street]

Finely executed watercolor made by Henri Dieth of a charming street scene at "Pirate Street" in Hong Kong. The watercolor is made after Eduard Hildebrandt (1818...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: DIETH, H.
Place & Date: Germany, 1882

 


Runde Strasse in Peking.

Finely executed water color made by Henri Dieth of a charming street scene in Peking. The water color is made after Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-1869). Hildebrandt, was born ...

$3500 / ≈ €3275
Maker / Publisher: DIETH, H.
Place & Date: Germany, 1882

 


A rare suite of 12 original etchings by Martin van Maele to the famous work by Edmond Haracourt.

A rare suite of 12 original etchings by Martin van Maele to the famous work by Edmond Haracourt. The series was published anonymously in a small edition. These etchings a...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: VAN MAELE, M.
Place & Date: Nevers, Brussels, 1882,1883

 


Driving chart of Hartford and vicinity : 15 miles around.

Road map by Albert A. Hyde & Co. of Hartford and vicinity, with the Connecticut River in the center. Published by Albert A. Hyde & Co., in New York and lithograph...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: HYDE and Co, A. A.
Place & Date: New York / Philadelphia, 1884

 


[Voyage en Suisse / Reise die Schweiz.]

A first edition children's folding board game of Switzerland and its many places and sights to visit. Although it is missing most of its original components (dice, cards,...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS.
Place & Date: Switzerland, 1891

 


Au quartier Latin.

This image also appears on the Christmas cover of the magazine in 1900. This is the version before the magazine boilerplate was added, but "this black-and-white vers...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: MUCHA, A.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1899

 


[West Central London from Booth's Poverty Map of London]

A map of West Central London, one section (of twenty) of an extended version of the incredibly influential Poverty Map, originally published in Charles Booth's 'Life and ...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: BOOTH, Charles.
Place & Date: London, 1900