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La Californie ou Nouvelle Caroline.
This fine rare map is a reissue of de Fer's map of 1705 but on a larger scale, and with some notable additions. A boldly engraved and handsome item, the largest scale map...
Place & Date: Paris, 1720
Selling price: $5600
Sold in 2022
Nouvelle Carte de l' Amerique Septentrionale Dressee sur les plus Nouvelles Observations de Messieurs de l' Academie. . .
Great map of North America with well developed cartography in the Great Lakes and Mississippi River.It includes all of Central America and the West Indies. The English se...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $275
Sold in 2022
Novus Planiglobii Terrestris per Utrumque polum conspectus.
In the last years of his life, Joan Blaeu commissioned a double hemisphere world map, based on the unusual polar projection. Probably, the terrible fire of February 22, 1...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $3900
Sold in 2023
Accurater Grundriß und Prospect Der Kön. Schwed. Reichs. u. Hauptstadt Stockholm
This superb early eighteenth century map of Stockholm in full original hand colour is from Homann’s Maior Atlas Superiore. The map depicts Stockholm as it was at the ...
Place & Date: Nuremburg, 1720
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2023
Copenhagen
This map by Johann Homann depicts the city of Copenhagen and its environs from differing perspectives, as the city appeared in the early 18th century.There is evidence of...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1720
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2023
Turin
A fine example of George Balthasar Probst's panoramic bird's-eye-view of Turin, the capital city of Piedmont in northwest Italy. The river Poo, fortified walls, building...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1720
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2023
Urbis Romae Veteris ac Modernae Accurata Delineatio. . .
A wonderful 'bird's eye' view of the 'Eternal City' of Rome by Homann, although published in the first quarter of the eighteen century, the map portrays the city at the e...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, ca 1720
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2023
De Werelt Caart.
This is Cornelis Danckerts' second world map; his first being a re-engraved version of his father's map, published by Wetstein & Smith in Amsterdam and Luchtmans in L...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2023
Marchionatus Moraviae Circuli Znoymensis et Iglaviensis
Marchionatus Moraviae Circuli Znoymensis et Iglaviensis quos mandato caesareo accuratè emensus hac Mappa delineatos exhibit. (1720)cartographer: Johann Christoph Mülle...
Place & Date: Nürnberg, 1720
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2023
Terra Sancta.
Prepared by M.Seutter. With decorative title cartouches. Engraved by Andreas Silbereisen.
Place & Date: Augsburg 1720
Selling price: $240
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L'ÃŽle de Formosa, ou sont exactement marquez les bancs de sables, rochers et brasses d'eau, le tout fait . . .
A decorative map of the west coast of Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands (Penghu), showing little detail of the Taiwanese inland, apart from the immense mountain range.For...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1720
Selling price: $2500
Sold in 2014
Habillemens d'hommes & de femmes de diverses provinces de la Chine. . .
An attractive view of the flying bridge in the province of Xensi, surrounded by 11 costume prints.The ethnographic studies show various types of people including physicia...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2012
Le Royaume de Siam avec Les Royaumes Qui Luy sont Tributaries & c.
Influential map of Southeast Asia, including modern day Thailand, southern Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra and Java. Chatelain incorporated inform...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1720
Selling price: $1100
Sold in 2014
Regnum Persicum Imperium Turcicum in In Asia Russorum Provinciae ad Mare Caspium . . .
Striking map of the region bounded by Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean, the Nile, Medina, the Persian Gulf and the Indus River in the south and the Black Sea, Circass...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2012
Stoel des Oorlogs in America Waar in Vertoont Werden Alle Desself Voornaamste Eylande . . .
Large impressive map of the West Indies with the Gulf of Mexico and Florida. The map shows prominently in the center Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas and Florida, which is here m...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1720
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2014
Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi Dressée sur un grand nombre de Memoires.
Anonymous map copied from the important de L'Isle map. The map shows "Natichitoches, éstablissemt. François fait en 1717 par Mr. De Bienville" and routes of e...
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1720
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2012
Hartfordshire.
This is an attractive and rare map of Hertfordshire.Copper engraving. Very attractive, uncommon map in good condition . Robert Morden's miniature maps are among the earli...
Place & Date: London, 1720
Selling price: $120
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Nouvelle carte héraldique des rois d'Espagne accompagnée des armes . . .
Decorative sheet with coats of arms of Spanish and Portuguese Kings and noble families. This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates f...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2012
Atlas historique. . . [Title page]
This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates from his "Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L’Histoire …", Tom 1...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2012
Germania antiqua. / Carte de l'ancienne Germanie . . .
This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates from his "Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L’Histoire …", Tom 2...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2012
Carte de etats de la dependance de sa maieste imperiale et des anciens comtes d'Habsbourg.
This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates from his "Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L’Histoire …" Showin...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Selling price: $61
Sold in 2012
Carte genealogique de Pologne et les princiales. . .
A genealogical tree of the Polish rules from 9th - 17th century. This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates from his "Atlas His...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Selling price: $260
Sold in 2012
Carte geographique de l'Asie mineure avec un etat des premiers rois. . .
Map of the Mediterranean. This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates from his "Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A Lâ€...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2012
Gouvernement des etats des sept provinces Unies. . .
Print showing the infrastructure of the Dutch government, including the government of the separate provinces and the government of the state. The plate is adorned with a ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Selling price: $31
Sold in 2012
Carte historique & chronologique pour servir à l'histoire des Provinces-Unies des Pais-Bas. . .
Showing the genealogy of the ruling families of Europe who were allied with Holland at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Highly decorative, this impressive genealo...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2012
Gouvernement de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales tant en ces Provinces que dans les Indes.
This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates from his "Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L’Histoire …", Tom 4...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2012
Parte Alpestre dello Stato di Milano, con il Lago Maggiore di Lugano, e di Como.
Highly detailed copper engraved map of the Lago Maggiore, Lago di Lugano, and Lago di Como area. Includes the cities of Bergamo, Milano, Como, Arona, Bellinzona, Locarno,...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c1720
Selling price: $480
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Colchis, Iberia, Albania..
Uncommon map covering the area in-between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. With decorative cartouche lower left.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $290
Sold in 2012
Nieuw-jaars geschenk, met narren paarde muskus geparfumeerd opgedraagen aan de geld-godin Pecunia door de actie-prins of viceroy van Plutus, in zyn niewe schuilhoek zyn wanhebbelyke liefde koesterende.
Page taken from "Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Ne...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2012
Veue de la Ville de Cadix en Espagne. . .
A very RARE panoramic of the city of Cadiz.Engraved by Pierre Aveline (Paris, c.1656 - 23 May 1722). He was also a print-publisher and print-seller. He probably trained ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1690-1720
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2012
Rozes, Ville de Catalogne par l'Armée du Roy Louis le Grand sur les Espagnols.
A very RARE panoramic of the city of Rozes.Engraved by Pierre Aveline (Paris, c.1656 - 23 May 1722). He was also a print-publisher and print-seller. He probably trained ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1690-1720
Selling price: $175
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Les trois isles appellées. . . Dantzic Marienbourg et Elbing dans la Prusse Royale. . .
Fine and uncommon map including the town of Danzig and the region south of it. East to the top.From van der Aa's very rare work La galerie agréable du Monde. Very attrac...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1720
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2015
La Lavonie Avec les frontieres de Courlande et de Finlande . . .
Fine and uncommon map showing already quite accurate Livonia, Eastland and Curland. Many villages and towns are named.In the upper part the coast line of Finland.From van...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1720
Selling price: $375
Sold in 2012
Law, als een tweede Don Quichot, op Sanches Graauwtje..
This engraving is from the important account of one the most infamous financial meltdowns in history, known as the Mississippi Bubble incident. This engraved view is titl...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2012
Wind-Negotie, op zijn Zeegekar.
This engraving is from the important account of one the most infamous financial meltdowns in history, known as the Mississippi Bubble incident. This engraved view is titl...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2012
De Actiewereld op haar einde.
This engraving is from the important account of one the most infamous financial meltdowns in history, known as the Mississippi Bubble incident. This engraved view is titl...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $125
Sold in 2012
De windverkopers of Windvangers, die door wind, verliezen Geld. . .
Decorative print satirizing the stock exchange business after it collapse in the beginning of the 18th century, that led to the complete ruin of many of over-eager French...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2017
A new map of the English Empire in America. . .
This fine English map of eastern North America including Canada engraved by John Harris and first published by Robert Morden. John Senex acquired and made minor alteratio...
Place & Date: London, 1720
Selling price: $1400
Sold in 2013
Carte Heraldique representant les armes de l'emperereur. . .du Saint Empire Romain.
This impressive engraving of heraldic arms of the Holy Roman Empire is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates from his "Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle In...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2012
Carte généalogique des branches naturelles ou du coté gauche de la maison des Bourbons. . .
Interesting sheet with an impressive engraving ornamented with numerous vignettes representing French castles of Meudon, Versailles, St. Germain en Laye and Fontaine Blea...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Selling price: $145
Sold in 2012
Carte générale des états du Czar Empereur de Moscovie ou l'on voit . . .
General map of Russia of the states of the Czar Emperor of Muscovy showing his possessions in Europe and Asia. To the left and right explanatory panels with coats of arms...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2012
Carte pour servir d'introduction à l'histoire romaine . . .
Map of the ancient Roman Empire. This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates from his "Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introductio...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Selling price: $137
Sold in 2012
Nouvelle carte généalogique des branches du coté gauche de la maison de valois . . .
This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates from his "Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L’Histoire …", Tom 7...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720
Selling price: $45
Sold in 2012
Ukrania quae et Terra Cosaccorum cum vicinis Walachiae, Moldaviae, Minorisq., Tartariae Provinciis exhibita.
Very decorative copper engraved map of the Ukraine with the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and Crimea. Extending from Moscow to Konstantinopel (Istanbul). Highly detailed with a...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1720
Selling price: $1500
Sold in 2012
Partie septentrionale du duche de Brabant. . .
Detailed map prepared by Alex-Hubert Jaillot of the Dutch province of Brabant with the towns of 's-Hertogenbosch, Eindhoven, Helmond, Tilburg, Breda, etc. Also including ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1720
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2015
Nova Delineatio Totius Orbis Terrarum Per Petrum Vander Aa.
Originally engraved by Jacob van Meurs in 1660, and reissued here by Vander Aa, this map is based on Arnold Colom's wonderfully graphic map from the first world maritime ...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1720
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2013
A new map of New France containing Canada, Louisiana &c. in N.th America. . .
A fine map of Canada, Great Lakes and most of South east New Foundland. For this edition the London meridian is used with Deg.West from London and Deg.East from London en...
Place & Date: London, c. 1720
Selling price: $255
Sold in 2013
Generalis Totius Imperii Russorum Novissima Tabula.
Highly detailed map of Imperial Russia, at the beginning of the period when Russia was exploring the Pacific Ocean and Arctic Seas. Depicts Russian Empire and northern Ch...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1720
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2013
Ukrania quae et Terra Cosaccorum cum vicinis Walachiae, Moldaviae, Minorisq., Tartariae Provinciis exhibita.
Rare and very decorative copper engraved map of the Ukraine with the Black Sea.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1720
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2013
GALLIA VETUS EX IULII CAESARIS...
Interesting map of ancient France. Includes Switzerland and Benelux. With a decorative title cartouche and contemporary hand coloring.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, c1720
Selling price: $65
Sold in 2013
Vue et Description de quelques-uns des principaux forts des Hollandois dans les Indes.
This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates.Ornamented with numerous vignettes representing some of the Dutch settlements in the East...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1720
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2013
The Dutch Netherlands or the seven United Provinces. . .
Fine map of The Netherlands with decorative title cartouche. Engraved by S.Parker. Revised by John Senex.John Senex's A New General Atlas of the World was, strangely the ...
Place & Date: London, 1720
Selling price: $65
Sold in 2013
Ducatus Brabantiae, complrctens dominia Lovanii, Bruxellarum, Antverpia. . . / Carte du Brabant. . .
Covens & Mortier's map of Brabant, based upon De L'Isle's map of 1700. The North is orientated to the top side of the map. On the lower right a cartouche decorated wi...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $85
Sold in 2013
Four Town Plans of Dutch Monastaries.
Unique, detailed, hand-colored plans of Monasteries in Holland. Jan Goeree produced these in about 1720.Jan Goeree (1670-1730) was a painter, draughtsman, engraver, and e...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $37
Sold in 2015
Partie Occidentale du Temporel de L'Archevesche et Eslectorat de Treves
Detailed map of Germany and part of Luxemburg. Figurative title cartouche with two putti as well as a ribboned scale cartouche. Nicolas Sanson (1600–1667) was a French...
Place & Date: Paris, 1696 - 1720
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2013
Le Duche de Westphalie.
An Interesting map featuring the Duchy of Westfalen. With two, large, super decorative cartouches with two putti and an exraordinary compass rose. Nicolas Sanson (1600–...
Place & Date: Paris, 1696 - 1720
Selling price: $22
Sold in 2015
Ducatus Luxemburgi tam in Maiores quam Minores . . .
Fine map of Luxembourg by J. B. Homann. With one decorative cartouche in lower left corner.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, ca. 1720
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2014
Insulae Americanae Nempe: Cuba, Hispaniola, Iamaica, Pto Rico, Lucania, Antillae vulgo Caribe, Barlo-et Sotto-Vento Etc. . . .
A rare re-issue of the plate by Danckerts. The West Indies with the gulf of Mexico and Florida. The map shows prominently in the center Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas and Flori...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $700
Sold in 2013
Dracht en Wapening der Hottentots.
Large format view of "Hottentots" in traditional clothing and armed with spear and bow. Located at the Cape of Good Hope. Title below the view: "Les Armes ...
Place & Date: Leiden, c1720
Selling price: $42
Sold in 2013
Marseille oder Marsilien.
Very detailed German plan of Marseille and environs, with the harbor and fortifications. With extensive information to the left, and a 26 letter key locating important bu...
Place & Date: Augsburg, c1720
Selling price: $85
Sold in 2013
Regni Sueciae in Omnes Suas Subjacentes.
Large, detailed, hand-colored map featuring Sweden, Finland, Eastern Russia and Northern Poland, Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia. Fine allegorical title cartouche with fo...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1720
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2017
La Perse, La Georgie, La Natolie, Les Arabies, L'Egipte et le Cours du Nile. .
A scarce regional map showing the Asian territories of Ottoman Empire with emphasis on the course of river Nile. The map has an elaborate cartouche showing the ethnic pop...
Place & Date: Paris, c 1720
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2013
Hispania ex Archetypo Roderici Mendez Sylvae.
Striking copperplate map of Spain & Portugal. Decorative allegorical cartouche with an older man's head and two white horses. The Lotter family were engravers and pub...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1720
Selling price: $171
Sold in 2014
The Elevation of Althrop in Northampton Shire.
Fine copper engraving of Althrop, the seat of the Right Honorable Earl of Sunderland. Included in the famous architectural publication, "Vitruvious Britannicus"...
Place & Date: London, 1720
Selling price: $13
Sold in 2016
Plan of London in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Plan of London in the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1st 1546. This delicately hand colored early map of London is highly detailed. This map dated 1720 by James Stratford of Ho...
Place & Date: London, 1720
Selling price: $280
Sold in 2014
Southwick in the County of Southampton Seat of Richard Norton Esq.
Engraved by Joannes Kip after the drawing by Leonard Knyff. Plate 74 from "Britannia Illustrata or Views of Several of the Queens Palaces and also of the Principal S...
Place & Date: London, 1720
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2017
Brightwel in the County of Suffolk the seat of the Honourable Sir Barnardiston Barr.
Brightwel in the County of Suffolk the seat of the Honourable Sir Barnardiston Barr. Plate 52 from "Britannia Illustrata or Views of Several of the Queens Palaces...
Place & Date: London, 1720
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2017
Nova delineatio Orbis Terrarum..
Very decorative with double hemispheres surrounded by six figures representing earth, fire, water, day, and night. It Shows California as an island. Based on Colom's rare...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1720
Selling price: $875
Sold in 2013
Carte du Paraguay, du Chili, du Detroit de Magellan &c.
A finely engraved, detailed map of the southern half of South America. Prepared by de l'Isle.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2014
A MAPP OF LIME STREET WARD. TAKEN FROM YE LAST SURVEYS & CORRECTED.
An eighteenth-century plan of Lime Street Ward in the heart of the City of London. The area covered extends north from Fenchurch Street across Leadenhall Street and via S...
Place & Date: London, 1720
Selling price: $90
Sold in 2014
William and Margaret - A Ballad.
Very unusual musical sheet with text, by David Mallet. Famous ballad from around 1720. Only few examples are known! We could only locate holdings in the British Museum.
Place & Date: unknown, ca. 1720
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2014
Ephemerides Motuum Coelestium Geometricae.
A fine and decorative celestial chart, describing the orbit of the planets in the Copernican Solar system. The central diagram represents the solar system, with the Sun a...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1720
Selling price: $275
Sold in 2014
Tamberlan, mort en 1405. - Miracha ou Miraschae, mort en 1451. - Mohamed ou Miramont mort en 1451. - Abuchaid ou Abuzaid mort en 1469.
Striking and highly detailed copper engraved plate including 4 Indian princes or kings. From Chatelain's Atlas Historique, 1732-1739. In upper right margin: 'Tom. V. Nro ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $47
Sold in 2014
Sek ou Seich Omar, mort en 1493. Babar ou Baber ou Babour, mort en 1530. Amayum ou Houmayon, mort en 1552. Akebar ou Xa Aguebar, mort en 1605.
Striking and highly detailed copper engraved plate including 4 Indian princes or kings. From Chatelain's Atlas Historique, 1732-1739. In upper right margin: 'Tom. V. No 3...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $42
Sold in 2014
Antiquités curieuses de qui se trouvent aux environs de Smyrne, et sur le chemin d´Ephese.
Striking and highly detailed copper engraved plate showing monuments in Ephesus which was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, three kilometers southwest of prese...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2014
Description de la Ville d'Alexandrie et des Antiquites Remarquables qu'on y voit.
Panoramic view of the ancient Egyptian port city of Alexandria accompanied by insets of "Palais de Cleopatre" (the ruins of Cleopatra's palace), Obelisque d'Ale...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2016
[. . .] rte Ancienne et Moderne des Differents Etats et Pais situez au Long du Danube, pour servir a L'Intelligence De L'His [. . .]
A striking and highly detailed copper engraved plate with a map of region north of the Adriatic Sea and centered on the Danube River, from Croatia to the Black Sea. Inclu...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2014
[. . .] ur servir d'introduction à l'histoire Romaine et à celle de l'Empire, ou l'on fait observer la genealogie de cr [. . .]
A striking and highly detailed copper engraved plate with a map of the ancient Roman Empire, including Europe as far east as the Black Sea. Including descriptive text pan...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $35
Sold in 2014
Carte pour conduire a l'inteligence de l'Histoire Sacree qui renferme en abree la genealogie, la geographie, et la chronologie de l'Histoire Sainte.
Four maps of the Holy Land on the same sheet. The main map in the middle of the sheet: "Carte de l’introduction du peuple d’Israel dans le Pais de Canaan..."...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $35
Sold in 2014
Carte des pavillons accompagnée d'observations pour en faire comprendre le blazon et les différentes devises aussy bien que d'une table alphabétique pour les trouver facilement.?
Map of 88 marine flags.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2014