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Inverted nautical Compass, called "mouchard" (~ "spy")

Inverted maritime compass called "mouchard" (spy) in wood and brass, signed "A Van Vastenhoud In Amsterdam". This type of compass was found in the cap...

$8500 / ≈ €7705
Maker / Publisher: VAN VASTENHOUD, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1780

 


Christophorus Columus Ligur Indiarum Prim invet A°1492

Very decorative portrait of Christopher Columbus (c. 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506), engraved by Theodor de Bry (1528-1593) and published in Jean Jacques Boissard, &quo...

$500 / ≈ €453
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt a.M. 1597 - 1599

 


Silesia.

This lovely miniature map of Silesia (Poland) is from an atlas by Barent Langenes, named “Caert-Thresoor”, published by Cornelis Claesz in Middelburg in 1598. This ma...

Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B.
Place & Date: Leiden/Amsterdam, 1603 or 1606
Selling price: $100
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Eine Moscowitische Procession.

An view of a procession in Moscow. From the scarce Hamburg edition "Viel Vermehrte Moscowitische und Persianische Reisebeschreibung" by Adam Olearius.Underneath...

Maker / Publisher: OLEARIUS, A. / KOCH, O.
Place & Date: Hamburg, 1696
Selling price: $240
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Venetia.

Precise, beautiful bird's-eye view of Venice and neighbouring islands (Murano, Burano, Torcello and Mazorbo), clearly depicting the city's architectural landmark. The sur...

Maker / Publisher: MERIAN,M.
Place & Date: Frankfurth 1650

 


Plan commercial de la Région Saïgon-Cholon.

Decorative publicity plan of Ho Chi Minh City, also known by its former name of Saigon and Cholon, prepared by Ngo-Trinh, surrounded by advertisements of local stores. Th...

$2500 / ≈ €2266
Maker / Publisher: NGO - TRINH
Place & Date: Saigon, 1948

 


Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas Geographique et historique, ou Le Divertissement des Empereurs, Roys, et Princes. Tant dans la Guerre que dans la Paix. Dédié A Son A.R. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans Regent du Roîaume de France.

Charming world atlas with double hemisphere world and the North American map feature the Island of California. In Asia and the Pacific, Australia is incompletely mapped a...

$2300 / ≈ €2085
Maker / Publisher: CHIQUET, J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1719

 


Eastern States.

A map of the eastern US seaboard from Long Island north to Lower Canada, comprising the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont ...

Maker / Publisher: ROBINSON, D.F.
Place & Date: Connecticut, 1839

 


Morea.

Early map of Peloponnesus, from the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the big folio-atlases the need was apparent...

Maker / Publisher: MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Selling price: $20
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A New And Accurate Map Of The Empire Of Japan, Laid Down from The Memoirs of the Portuguese and Dutch, and particularly from the Jesuit Missionaries.

A beautiful example of Emmanuel Bowen's map of the Empire of Japan. The map clearly identifies Japanese provinces, towns, islands, lakes, mountains, etc. There are a numb...

Maker / Publisher: BOWEN, E.
Place & Date: London, 1747
Selling price: $200
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Two double sided pages No's 25 & 26 ‘Directions for the coast of Arabia.' 27 & 28 Directions for the Coast of Persia & ‘Directions for the coast of Arabia

Four woodblock chart’s on two double sided sheets by Samuel Thornton showing the approaching coast lines Arabia by John How and Samuel Thornton. Pages numbered 25,26,27...

$500 / ≈ €453
Maker / Publisher: THORNTON, S.
Place & Date: London, 1711

 


Candia.

An attractive miniature map of Crete by Petrus Bertius, published in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century. The sea is hatched, it has a strap-work title ...

Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $40
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Sick and wounded embarking at Hong-Kong on Board the Steamer.

Large view of the harbour with numerous ships and people. From the Illustrated London News, October 23, 1858.

$80 / ≈ €73
Maker / Publisher: ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
Place & Date: London, October 1858

 


T' LANTS MAGESYN.

A decorative print of the 'T Landts Magazyn of the V.O.C. now-a-days the Maritime Museum.

$300 / ≈ €272
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1700
Selling price: $300
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Amérique Méridionale . . .

Detailed map of South America, prepared by A. H. Basset, rue Saint-Jacques, no. 64, Paris and published in Atlas classique et Universel de Géographie . . . .The engraver...

$100 / ≈ €91
Maker / Publisher: DUFOUR, A.H.
Place & Date: Paris, A.H. Basset, 1828

 


Maldivae Insulae.

Very fine early miniature map of Maldives Islands. East is at the top. Title cartouche on the lower right corner. A dolphin and two ships are depicted.First published in ...

$150 / ≈ €136
Maker / Publisher: LANGENES, B.
Place & Date: Amsterdam / Frankfurt, 1609

 


Carte des Isles Britanniques où sont les Royaumes d'Angleterre et d'Ecosse que nous appellons Grande Bretagne et celui d'Irlande avec les isles qui en sont proche . . .

General map of the British isles, with a fine title cartouche upper right with the date 1663 and the complete title reads : "Carte des Îles britanniques où se trou...

$250 / ≈ €227
Maker / Publisher: DU VAL, P.
Place & Date: Paris, 1663

 


Picardie Meridionale Le Cambresis et leurs Environs.

Map showing the region of Picardie in Northern France. Including the towns of Abbeville, Amiens, Compiegne, Soisson, Chambray, etc.

$230 / ≈ €208
Maker / Publisher: CREPY.
Place & Date: Paris, 1737

 


MAGNI PRINCIPATUS, ceu Provinciae REGNI SUECIAE, FINNLANDIAE Mappa generalis geographica : ex HASIANIS aliisque certissimis subsidiis, in suas Provincias minores sive speciales, tanquam statum politicum modernum . . .

A large and rarely seen map of Finland prepared by Haas. Extends from St. Petersburg north to well above the Gulf of Bothnia.

$700 / ≈ €635
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN,J.B.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1789

 


Flandria et Zeelandia Comitatus.

Includes Flanders and Zeeland. The map originally engraved in 1641 for Sanderus 'Flandria Illustrata', was used several times in Blaeu's atlases.More about maps by Willem...

$250 / ≈ €227
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645

 


Le bon Quinquina - Robert Dubonnet Sport.

Advertising lithographed poster for Le bon Quinquina - Robert Dubonnet Sport.

$50 / ≈ €45
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930

 


Nova Persiae Armeniae Natoliae et Arabiae.

This fine map shows the area East from Cyprus to Iran, including The Saudi Peninsula, Red Sea, Nile River, Cyprus, Asia Minor, the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean, Armenia...

$900 / ≈ €816
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


Kaart van de Reede van Batavia met de verschillende vaarwaters naar dezelve trigometrisch opgenomen op last van deb schout bijnacht E.Lucas.

Very large and rare so-called blue-black chart centered on Jakarta's harbor.The chart is prepared by B.G.Escher, I.A.C. Eschauzier, B.H.Staring and E.H.Boom during an exp...

$1800 / ≈ €1632
Maker / Publisher: HULST VAN KEULEN, Wed. G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam (1841) 1847

 


1. Seigneure Delassa tirés de Grueber. 2. Trophée à l'honneur du Grand Lama. (Tibet).

Fanciful European depiction of people from Tibet and Lhassa. A somewhat larger image appeared in "Abbe A.F. Prévost, Histoire Generale des Voyages".

$25 / ≈ €23
Maker / Publisher: BEAUVAIS
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750

 


[Anti capitalism Soviet Union propaganda poster]

Propaganda mini anti-capitalism poster published in Russia during The Cold War. By the 1960’s and 1970’s, outrageous practices in Soviet bureaucracy flourished. Poor ...

$100 / ≈ €91
Maker / Publisher: THE FIGHTING PENCILS
Place & Date: Leningrad, 1979
Selling price: $100
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La Prusse divisée en Prusse Royale et Prusse Ducale. . .

Finely and crisply engraved map of Prussia including The Bay of Danzig. Folio map by Giles Didier Robert De Vaugondy.Ornamental title cartouche in the upper part of the m...

$350 / ≈ €317
Maker / Publisher: VAUGONDY, R.de
Place & Date: Paris, 1751

 


Braunsvicensis et Luneburgensis . . . (together with) Norimberg Agri,..

Two maps on one sheet, showing the regions of Braunschweig and Nuremberg from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]': published in Antwerp.Dare to go in Bla...

$125 / ≈ €113
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598

 


Americque Septentrionale. . .

A general map of North America shows California as an island but with few names and a flat northern coastline. Prepared by N. Sanson and engraved by A.Peyrounin. A first ...

$1000 / ≈ €906
Maker / Publisher: SANSON, N.
Place & Date: Paris, P. Marriete, 1667

 


Asia intra Maeotim Pontum et Mare Caspium. . .

Striking map the Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions, featuring the geographical features known to the ancients and decorated with a vignette and 10 medallions.From "D...

$195 / ≈ €177
Maker / Publisher: WEIGEL, Chr.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1720

 


Regni Angliae et Wallae principatus Tabula, divisa in LII Regiones. . .

A detailed and decorative map of England, with an attractive uncolored title cartouche. The map is a re-issue of Carolus Allard's map. The elaborate title cartouche in th...

$400 / ≈ €363
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam c. 1744

 


Rab. / Leopoldina. / Der Grosse und wunderbare Comet. . .

On recto panoramic view of Raab or Gyor, the Hungarian town on the Danube. On verso a plan of Leopoldina and a view of comet. Published in "Der Donau-Strand Mit alle...

$90 / ≈ €82
Maker / Publisher: VON BIRKEN, S.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, Jacob Sandrart, 1684

 


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...

$800 / ≈ €725
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1720

 


Dominium Venetum. . .

Map of Venice and the surrounding regions, highly detailed noting major cities, rivers, lakes and mountains. A colored compass is illustrated over the Adriatic Sea in whi...

Maker / Publisher: SEUTTER, M
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1725

 


Partie Septentrionale de la Russie Europeenne ou sont distinguees exactement toutes les Provinces, d'apres le detail de l'Atlas Russien, Par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy fils, Geog. Ordin? Du Roi.

Detailed map of northern European Russia, including Finland. The map was first published by the Venetian cartographer and publisher François (Père) Santini and first pu...

$400 / ≈ €363
Maker / Publisher: SANTINI, F. / REMONDINI, M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1784

 


[Lot of 4 map western Spain / Portugal Antique map of Galicia] Gallaecia Regnum, descripta a F. Fer. Ojea.

A map of Galicia after Ferdinand Ajea’s map ‘Reyno de Galizia of 1598. Decorated with two cartouches, ships and wind-roses. Dutch text on verso.Willem Blaeu, fath...

Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1635
Selling price: $250
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Tab. IX Europae, Continens Daciam, Misiam, Thraciam, ac Macedoniae partem.

Map of Dacia, Thrace and Macedonia -- or Byzantium from the Black Sea west to Greece. Including the site of Constantinople / Istanbul, the Dardanelles, Bosphorus, etc. By...

$400 / ≈ €363
Maker / Publisher: MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1600

 


Hassia Landgraviatus.

Detailed map showing the region around Kassel. With major cities of the area named.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the pu...

$50 / ≈ €45
Maker / Publisher: MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608

 


Guiana sive Amazonum Regio.

Nice map extending from the Isla Margarita in the northwest to the coast of northern Brazil near Sao Luis east of the Amazon delta. The map locates at its center a large ...

$500 / ≈ €453
Maker / Publisher: HONDIUS, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1640

 


Veduta della Chiesa e Piazza d'Ognissanti.

Lively view of Piazza Ognissanti in Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (1711or 1717 - 1767) and engraved by Giuseppe Papini. From "Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali...

$500 / ≈ €453
Maker / Publisher: ZOCCHI, G.
Place & Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754

 


Golfo di Lepanto. [Map of the Gulf of Nafpaktos]

Very rare map of Gulf of Nafpaktos, known as Lepanto. It is named for Naupaktos, an important Athenian naval station in the Peloponnesian war. As a strategically crucial ...

Maker / Publisher: ROSACCIO, Giuseppe.
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Selling price: $250
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[XXV Cavalleria ].

Aquatint depicting Chinese cavalry engraved by G Bigatti, Plate N°25.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, ...

$50 / ≈ €45
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


De Texel Stroom .. vant Marsdiep./ Caarte van De Mase...

Two decorative charts on one sheet, one depicting Texel and the entrance of the Zuider Zee with an inset showing the north coast of West-Friesland, the other depicting th...

$600 / ≈ €544
Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660

 


Provincie Noord-Braband. / Breda, de Langstraat. . .

Decorative and uncommon custume plate lithographed by R. de Vries and published by Frans Buffa & Zonen in Amsterdam. A group of 4 women from the area of Baronie van B...

$250 / ≈ €227
Maker / Publisher: BRAET VON UBERFELDT / BING, V.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1857

 


Carte Generalle de la Germanie.

A rare map of the whole Germany. Very decorative title cartouche on the lower left-hand corner.With the mention A Paris chez Nicolas Berey Enlumineur de la Reine, Demeura...

$1000 / ≈ €906
Maker / Publisher: BEREY, N.
Place & Date: Paris, 1638

 


II. Carte du D.é de Luxembourg.. Seign.rie de Lyege &c.

Charming small map representing part of the Walloon Region, south to Liège. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Edited by : "Au dépôt de Géograp...

$40 / ≈ €36
Maker / Publisher: VAUGONDY, R. de
Place & Date: Paris, later than 1749

 


Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France.

A later edition of Guillaume De l'Isle's map. It still includes the fictitious discoveries of Baron de Lahoutan: the legendary River Longue etc. The northwest corner of H...

$1100 / ≈ €997
Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1730

 


Rumiliacum vulgo Rumilix. [Rumilly]

Showing in great detail a bird's-eye view of the city of Rumilly in the Haute-Savoie, decorated with the coat of arms and a lettered key.From "Theatrum Sabaudiæ&quo...

$150 / ≈ €136
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1682

 


China Veteribus Sinarum Regio.

Based on Jesuit surveys, the map represents the next major revision in the cartography of China after Ortelius' 1584 map. Korea, however, is still an island, and Japan co...

$2000 / ≈ €1813
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1640

 


The World, Surrounded with Emblematical Figures of Europe, Asia, Africa, & America.

Fine title page showing a globe surrounded with emblematical figures of Europe, Asia, Africa, & America. From 'Kelly's System of Geography'.

$300 / ≈ €272
Maker / Publisher: KELLY, Th.
Place & Date: London, 1815

 


Valletta ou Valete ville Forte, de l'Isle de Malta.

A beautifully engraved and richly detailed birds-eye plan of the harbour and city of Valletta seen from the northwest. In lower part extensive key, identifying 57 feautur...

$3500 / ≈ €3173
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J. / MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1705

 


Les Isles de la Sonde, Moluques, Philippines, Carolines, et Marlannes.

Nice detailed map of southeast Asia, showing the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and the island of Borneo. Engraved by E. Dussy and the title cartouche by Arrivet. From hi...

$275 / ≈ €249
Maker / Publisher: VAUGONDY, R. de
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1762

 


Cercle de Westphalie.

Fine map of North Rhine-Westphalia. George Louis Le Rouge was active from 1740 till 1780 as a publisher, and was appointed engineer for the King of France. From his Atlas...

$30 / ≈ €27
Maker / Publisher: LE ROUGE, G.L.
Place & Date: Paris 1756

 


Anverpia, nobile in Barbantia oppidum, parrim maritimum . . . [Antwerp]

The bird's-eye plan provides an excellent view of the citadel, city, docks and fortifications. The city was defended by a line of fortification and a moat constructed und...

$950 / ≈ €861
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1585

 


Amérique septentrionale.

A fine map of North America published by the well-known Paris publisher of maps, globes and atlases C.F. Delamarche.

$110 / ≈ €100
Maker / Publisher: DELAMARCHE, F.
Place & Date: Paris, 1824

 


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...

$600 / ≈ €544
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, 1542

 


Nieuwe kaart van het Eyland Ceylon. . .

Fine map depicting the Island of Ceylon/Sri Lanka, oriented with north to the left.. Good interior detail is given with settlements, roads, etc. An attractive early map, ...

$850 / ≈ €771
Maker / Publisher: VALENTIJN, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1726

 


A New Map of the Kingdom of Prussia with its Divisions Into Provinces and Governments. . .

A fine map by John Cary of Prussia, in what is now northern Poland and Lithuania. John Cary was considered "the most representative, able and prolific of English car...

$250 / ≈ €227
Maker / Publisher: CARY, John.
Place & Date: London, 1811

 


Madeburga [ Maagdenburg Folio CLXXX ]

Double-page panoramic view of Magdeburg. A imaginary view, however the earliest obtainable view of this period.Two page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous...

$1000 / ≈ €906
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Le Indie Orientali E Il Loro Arcipelago . . .

Striking map of the region from the Gulf of Bengal to Hainan, centered on the Malay Peninsula, Straits of Malacca, Sumatra, Java and Philippines.This is the uncommon edit...

$500 / ≈ €453
Maker / Publisher: ZATTA, A
Place & Date: Venise, 1794-1796

 


[Botocudos tribe of the Rio Grande, Paraguay ].

Aquatint depicting Botocudos tribe of the Rio Grande in Paraguay.Botocudo (from Portuguese for botoque, a plug, in allusion, to the wooden disks or plugs worn in their li...

$120 / ≈ €109
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


Opus Praxitelis, Opus Fidiae.

Opus Praxitelis, Opus Fidiae [Work of Praxiteles, Work of Fidias]. With the Lafreri's imprint and date. Published in the "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (The ...

$1200 / ≈ €1088
Maker / Publisher: LAFRERI, Antonio.
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1546

 


Carte pour introduire à la chronologie et à trouver les années devant et après Jésus Christ par le moyen des périodes Iulienne, Dionysienne et par les trois cycles comme aussi pour trouver la fête de Pasque. . .

An engraved table showing the years before and after Jesus Christ through the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 – 1743) was a Huguenot pasto...

$25 / ≈ €23
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720-1732

 


DESCRIPTION DE TOUT LE PAIS BAS Autrement dict La Germanie Inferieure, ou Basse-Allemaigne…

First French edition. Illustrated with a coat of arms and portrait of Philips II, with a folding map of The Netherlands and maps and views of Brabant, Louvain, Brussel, A...

$4500 / ≈ €4079
Maker / Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, L.
Place & Date: Anvers. Guillaume Silvius, 1567

 


Saba Aethiopum Regina venit ad Salomonem, cum magnis Opibus aromatum, Auri, ac Gemmarum. ( Plate 47)

Fine etching by Nicolas Chapron, after Raphaël's (Raffaello Sanzio) frescoes in the Vatican Loggia. Scene illustrating the visit of the Queen of Sheba.From the first Par...

$50 / ≈ €45
Maker / Publisher: CHAPERON, N.
Place & Date: Paris, Petrus Mariette, 1649

 


(A set of fourteen plates with a gold spinner) Tireur et Fileur D'Or'

A set of fourteen plates ‘Tireur et Fileur D'Or’ (Gold Spinner), from, Diderot's ‘Encyclopede du Duictionarnaire Raisonn des Sciences’. Edited by Denis Diderot.Co...

Maker / Publisher: DIDEROT, D.
Place & Date: Paris, 1751

 


[ Ippah village New Zealand ].

Aquatint depicting a view of Ippah, a village built on a rock. Engraved by G.Castellini. Plate N° 66. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoir...

$100 / ≈ €91
Maker / Publisher: FERRARIO, G.
Place & Date: Milan, 1827

 


Mappa Geographica provinciae Nova.. NEW-YORK..

This map afforded British commanders during the Revolution an excellent overview of areas that would be crucial in the early years of the war, in particular the Hudson Va...

$1500 / ≈ €1360
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN HEIRS.
Place & Date: Nuremburg, 1778

 


Château de Calmar (Suède).

Uncommon and decorative lithography published by Carl Johan Billmark and printed by Lemercier in Paris, 55 rue de Seine, the leading firm in Europe at that time. From: It...

$125 / ≈ €113
Maker / Publisher: BILLMARK, C.J.
Place & Date: Paris, c.1859

 


Vaisseau.

Miniature view of a vessel, showing its various corposants. With key list on verso.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 1683. By Allain Ma...

$80 / ≈ €73
Maker / Publisher: MANESSON MALLET, Alain.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


Magnae Britanniae Tabula; Comprehendens Angliae, Scotiae ac Hiberniae Regna

Very decorative map of Great Britain by Nicolaes Visscher II, dedicated to William III, King of England, Scotland and Ireland.Map comes from the atlas “Atlas Minor, siv...

Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER II, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1690
Selling price: $475
Sold in 2023

 


Empire du Mogol.

Uncommon miniature map of the Mongol empire from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie in 1657, Pierre Duval published ...

$150 / ≈ €136
Maker / Publisher: DU VAL, P.
Place & Date: Paris, 1676

 


La Souabe meridionale, suivant les nouvelles observations..

Uncommon edition of this map of Southern Germany. With decorative title cartouche lower right corner.This example is unusual in having the additional separately engraved ...

$90 / ≈ €82
Maker / Publisher: AA, P. van der
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1728

 


S. Victor in Franckr. [The Abbey of St. Victor near Paris.].

A very nice view of the Abbey of St. Victor near Paris. On the foreground, a night watchman is depicted. With a verse in two languages underneath the picture.The poet Dan...

$60 / ≈ €54
Maker / Publisher: MEISNER, D.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678

 


[Frontispiece] Atlas Général et Elémentaire Pour l'Etude de la Géographie et de l'Histoire moderne..

Allegoric frontispiece, from Atlas Général et Élémentaire pour l'Etude de la Géographie et de l'Histoire moderne. Engraved by K.Audran.

$230 / ≈ €208
Maker / Publisher: DESNOS / BRION
Place & Date: Paris, 1786

 


Charte der Kriegs Operationen am Donn und Dnieper. Ihro Russisch Key Serl: Maiesty: gloriousen Armeen A° 1736. . .

Very rare map of the southern part of Ukraine, with an explanatory key A-N in lower right. One of five maps (see also Atlas Ukrainae et Ponti Euxini, 41 - 44) published b...

Maker / Publisher: ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Place & Date: St. Petersburg, c. 1736-1737

 


Flood Map of Louisville, KY.

A scarce poster of the great flood of Louisville, KY in 1937. The blue coloring highlights the flooded areas of the city, while the red numbers show the depth of the floo...

$500 / ≈ €453
Maker / Publisher: THE STANDARD PRINTING COMPANY INC.
Place & Date: Louisville, 1938

 


To Count Cyrillus de Rasumowsky...

Very rare copper-engraved celestial chart on hand-laid paper! We could not trace any other example or reference to it. Shows many prominent star constellations. Below wit...

Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: ca. 1770
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2022

 


[A magnificent 18 inch. (46 cm.) diameter celestial globe] URANOGRAPHIA / SYDERUM ET STELLARUM / in Singulis Syderibus conspicuarum / exhibens Delineationem accuratissimam, / qua / ex Observationibus Astronomi plane Singularis / IOHANIS HEVELII...

RARE FIRST STATE OF THIS CELESTIAL TABLE GLOBE, 46 cm in diameter, produced by Gerard and Leonard Valk at the beginning of the 18th century. The globe comprises of t...

$105000 / ≈ €95180
Maker / Publisher: VALK, G. / L.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1711

 


Gaikoku jinbutsu - Amerika, Furansu. [People from foreign lands - Americans, French ]

Yokohama wood block print showing two women talking with each other. To the right two men in military uniforms. Utagawa, Yoshitora, was a Japanese wood cut engraver activ...

$1500 / ≈ €1360
Maker / Publisher: UTAGAWA YOSHITORA
Place & Date: Yokohama, 1861

 


West India Islands.

Map of the West Indies, published by "The London Printing and Publishing Company". Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin.

$75 / ≈ €68
Maker / Publisher: RAPKIN, J.
Place & Date: London, 1854