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[69] Barbarie.
Charming chart of the harbour of the province of Barbarie in Syria. Showing town and harbour plan, with soundings, anchorages, rocks, shoals, fortifications and lighthous...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Marseille 1764
[71] Barbarie.
Charming chart of the harbour of the province of Barbarie in Syria. Showing town and harbour plan, with soundings, anchorages, rocks, shoals, fortifications and lighthous...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Marseille 1764
L'Afrique divisée en ses principaux etats par le Sr. Janvier Geographe.
A neatly engraved example of Jean Janvier's 1762 map of Africa. Covers the entire continent as well as the Island of Madagascar and adjacent parts of Persia and Arabia. D...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1765
Charta exhibens Situm antiquum Carthaginis, Uticae. . . / A Bird's View of the Situation of Antient Carthage.
A pair of engravings of ancient Carthage in North Africa, from Charles Rollins' "The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, medes &...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: London, ca 1768
Carte des Iles du Cap-Verd Dressée sur les remarques et les observations les plus exactes des Navigateurs.
French sea chart of the Cap Verde Islands, situated 570 kilometers off the coast of Western Africa.Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, ...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, Brest, chez Demonville, 1775
Côte de l'Isle de Madagascar depuis la Baye de Vohemare jusqu'à la pointe de l'Est. Plan du Port et de la Baye du Cap de l'Est.
French chart of the east coast of Madagascar.Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, soundings near coast and in bay areas.D' Après de Man...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, Brest, chez Demonville, 1775
Carte réduite de l'Archipel du Nord-Est de l'Ile Madagascar.
French sea chart of an archipelago off the coast of Madagascar. The northeastern coast of Madagascar is included.Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, Brest, chez Demonville, 1775
Plan des Isles Querimbo, Oybo, et Matemo / Plan de l'Ile de Patte et de son Port.
French sea chart of Isles Patte, Querimbo, Oybo, Matemo on East coast of Madagascar. Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, soundings near...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, Brest, chez Demonville, 1775
Carte Orientale de Madacascar Depuis la Rivière Ivondrou jusqu'à Mananzari.
Large sea sea chart of the southeast coastline of Madagascar and four inset maps of the harbors and anchorage of Tamatave, Foulpointe, Teintingue und Veninguebe. Inset ma...
- $125 / ≈ €117
Place & Date: Paris, Brest, chez Demonville, 1775
Africa juxta navigationes et observat recentissimas. . .
Miniature map of Africa, a reduction of the Seutter folio map based on Homann''s cartography of 1715. Very detailed - much of it fictitious. The Nile is shown not only or...
Place & Date: Augsburg, J.M.Will, 1778
Carte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de l'Abissinie..
Map of east Africa showing South Arabia.
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1780
Le Kaire (Cairo). Vue de la place Ezbekyeh, côté du sud
A very fine view of Cairo.
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1780
Vue perpective de l'Isle de St.Helene appartenant a la Compagnie Angloise pour les Indes Orientales.
Decorative optical view of St. Helena. The island is well-known as after the Royal Navy captured Napoleon Bonaparte, he was held hostage on the island until he died in 18...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Paris, 1780
Vue du Bourg de St Denis dans l'Isle Bourbon. (together wit) Vue du Bourg de St.Paul dans l'Ile de Bourbon.
Two views from L'île de la Réunion on one plate. The upper part showing the town and harbour of St. Denis. From "Lettres Édifiantes et Curieuses. . Missionaires d...
- $45 / ≈ €42
Place & Date: Lyon, J. Vernarel and Et. Cabin et C., 1780/1781
Carte de La Barbarie de La Nigritie et de la Guinée.
A detailed engraved map of north west Africa including the Canary and Cape Verde Islands. Engraved by Inselin. Address and date changed, now with the imprint "A Pari...
Place & Date: Paris, 1781
Carte D'Afrique Dressée pour l'usage du Roy. Par Guillaume Delisle, Premier Géographe de Sa Majesté, de l'Académie Royale des Sciences…
Curious late issue of De L'Isle's map of the African continent from 1722 map "Corrigée et Augmentée en 1781". - The decorative map shows the continent Africa ...
- $1250 / ≈ €1170
Place & Date: Paris, 1781
L'Egypte Ancienne et Moderne..
Rare map of Egypt, prepared after J.B.Nolin and published by Monhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mondhare publish...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
Carte de l'Egypte Ancienne et Moderne..
Attractive map showing part of the course of the river Nile. Boundaries are outlined in hand color.Ornated with a decorative title cartouche representing a crocodile flan...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1783
L'Egypte. . .
Scarce map of Egypt, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mondhare was ac...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
Partie septentrionale de l'Afrique contenant l'Egipte. . .
Scarce map of northern part of Africa, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Jose...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
Partie meridionale de l'Afrique ou se trouvent le Congo. . .
Scarce map of south of Africa with Madagascar, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Lo...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
L'Afrique divisée en ses principaux Etats assujettie..
Excellent copper engraved map of the continent showing the extent of knowledge in the mid-18th century.While mostly accurate, it does have remnants of fantasy such as the...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Venice, 1776 - 1784
[Map of Madagascar, Mauricius island and Réunion island, in Cyrillic ].
A map of the south eastern coast of Africa and the island of Madagascar, comprehending 2 insets of the island of Bourbon (today Reunion) and Mauritius.The title appears i...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Paris / St.Petersburg, ca. 1790
L'Africa divisa nelle sue principali parti…
Rare map of Africa. Published by Pazzini, Carli (1707-1769) and prepared by Bartolomeo Borghi (1750-1821). Features decorative title cartouche. Included in "Atlante ...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Siena, 1796
[Lot of 3 maps] Le Coste Dell' Alta Guinea… [with] Carta del Basso Egitto [with] Le Coste di Barbaria.
A lot of three maps of nort and eastern Africa. Published by Pazzini, Carli (1707-1769) and prepared by Bartolomeo Borghi (1750-1821). Features decorative title cartouche...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Siena, 1796
Camp à Duywen Hock Riviere. (Tom.1er. Pag.131.)
Camp Duywen Hock River engraved view, from Francois Levaillant’s Voyage dans l’interieur de l’Afrique. Text in French reads “Tom. 1er. Pag. 131. Atlas pl. 5. 1er ...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Paris, 1798
L'Afrique . . .
Map of the African continent, from Atlas moderne portatif composé de vingt-huit cartes sur toutes les parties du globe terrestre .. A l'usage des Colléges, des Pensions...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, Prudhomme, Levrault, Debray, 1806
Carte de l'Egypte Ancienne et Moderne..
Map of Egypt illustrating part of the course of the river Nile. From Atlas de la Géographie de toutes les parties du monde .. Ouvrage destiné pour l'education, et néce...
Place & Date: Paris, Prudhomme, Levrault, Debray, 1806
L'Afrique Divisée en ses Principaux Etats.
Map of Africa, from Atlas de la Géographie de toutes les parties du monde.. Ouvrage destiné pour l'education, et nécessaire aux négocians, aux voyageurs, aux fonction...
Place & Date: Paris, Prudhomme, Levrault, Debray, 1806
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 ...
Place & Date: Paris, J.Dezauche, 1819
Carte générale de L'Afrique divisée en ses principaux états par Fx Delamarche. . .
Uncommon map of Africa prepared by Felix Delamarche, after R.de Vaugondy. The "Zahara ou Grand désert" and Congo and Zambia "Contrée tout-a-fait Inconnue...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Paris, 1820
Alger Vue générale prise du port.
Decorative lithography taken from "Voyage pittoresque dans la régence d'Alger" printed in 1835 by Charles Motte. Prepared by WYLD William Wyld (1806-1889) and ...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: Paris, 1835
Alger, Mosquée à Bone.
Decorative lithography taken from "Voyage pittoresque dans la régence d'Alger" printed in 1835 by Charles Motte. Prepared by WYLD William Wyld (1806-1889) and ...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1835
Alger, moulin arabe.
Decorative lithography taken from "Voyage pittoresque dans la régence d'Alger" printed in 1835 by Charles Motte. Prepared by WYLD William Wyld (1806-1889) and ...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1835
Alger, Baib-El-Oued.
Decorative lithography taken from "Voyage pittoresque dans la régence d'Alger" printed in 1835 by Charles Motte. Prepared by WYLD William Wyld (1806-1889) and ...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1835
Alger, Marchand de la rue de Chartres.
Decorative lithography taken from "Voyage pittoresque dans la régence d'Alger" printed in 1835 by Charles Motte. Prepared by WYLD William Wyld (1806-1889) and ...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1835
Alger, Mosquée rue de la percherie.
Decorative lithography taken from "Voyage pittoresque dans la régence d'Alger" printed in 1835 by Charles Motte. Prepared by WYLD William Wyld (1806-1889) and ...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1835
Alger.
Decorative lithography taken from "Voyage pittoresque dans la régence d'Alger" printed in 1835 by Charles Motte. Prepared by WYLD William Wyld (1806-1889) and...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1835
Alger, rue Bab-Azoun.
Decorative lithography taken from "Voyage pittoresque dans la régence d'Alger" printed in 1835 by Charles Motte. Prepared by WYLD William Wyld (1806-1889) and ...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1835
Nubia & Abyssinia.
A lovely looking steel engraved map of the portion of Africa that lies to the west of the Red sea. Mostly great deserts and the territories of nomadic African tribes are ...
Place & Date: London, 1839
Egypt.
Quite a striking, large steel engraved map of Egypt. Following the course of the River Nile from Lower Egypt southwards to Upper Egypt, then crossing the border with Nubi...
Place & Date: London, 1839
Marok Alger et Tunis. / Etat de Tripoli.
Two maps on one sheet. Finely engraved map of North Africa and Libya, prepared by A.H.Dufour and engraved by Giraldon-Bovinet. Published by Jules Renouard in his uncommon...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: Paris, Jules Renouard, ca.1840
Afrique Septentrionale.
Detailed map of the Northern part of Africa, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel de Géograp...
- $45 / ≈ €42
Place & Date: Paris, 1845
Sénégambie et Guinée.
Detailed map of the western part of Africa, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel de Géograph...
- $45 / ≈ €42
Place & Date: Paris, 1845
Colonies Françaises (en Afrique.)
A very decorative 19th century map of western coast of Africa and includes a map of the coast of Madagascar. The map is surrounded by portraits, animals, vegetation, etc....
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, 1850
Afrique.
A decorative 19th century map of the continent colored to show the colonial possessions and major tribal kingdoms. The interior is mostly void of detail. The map is surro...
Place & Date: Paris, 1850
Cape Colony.
A decorative steel engraved map from the famous Victorian publisher John Tallis and Company, published ca.1851. Drawn and engraved by J Rapkin, while the four corner vign...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: London, Edinburgh, Dublin, 1851
Algérie, Colonie Française. N°87.
Map of Algeria.Lovely map from one of the last decorative atlases of the nineteenth century.The rather simple map is framed by medallion portraits and coats of arms, and ...
Place & Date: Paris, A. Combette, 1852
Colonies Françaises (en Afrique). N°91.
Handsome map divided into two sections shows a section of the coast of French West Africa titled 'Senegambie' (Senegal & Gambia) with a drawing of the Senegal River a...
Place & Date: Paris, A. Combette, 1852
Red Sea - Strait of Jubal.. [2838]
Large chart focused on the Strait of Jubal in the Gulf of Suez. With the Juzur Tawilah Islands at the center and an inset plan of the Tur Harbour (At Tur, South Sinai) o...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: London (1853) corrected for 1862
Tombeau de Soultan Qalaoûn.
Lithograph by Bernard Schmidt representing the tomb of sultan Ibn Qalaoun, founder of the mamluk dynasty during the 13th century. The tomb has some rich stained glass and...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Beyt El-Emyr.
Lithograph by Mouilleron representing a young woman looking over a beautiful moucharabieh. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire?". Emi...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Mosquée de Mohammed Ben Qalaoûn. Details du Minaret Partie Inférieure. (XIVe. siècle)
Highly decorative lithography by Asselineau, showing architectural details of the minaret of Qalaoûn's mosque in Cairo. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Porte du Palais du Soultan Beybars. (XIIIe. siècle)
Highly decorative lithography by Ch. Fichot, showing the walled-up entrance of Sultan Beybars' palace. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Tombeau d'un Emir. (XIIIe. siècle)
Highly decorative lithography by Ch. Fichot, representing the mausoleum of an emir. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire". Emile Priss...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Tombeau du Soultan Tarabey. (XVIe. siècle)
Highly decorative lithography by Ch. Fichot, representing Sultan Tarabey's mausoleum. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire?". Emile Pr...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Monument Sépulcral près de Kymân El-Gyouchy. (XVIIIe. siècle)
Highly decorative lithography by Asselineau, representing a mausoleum. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire?". Emile Prisse d'Avennes,...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Sibyl d'Ahmed Hoceyn Margouch.
Lithograph by Fichou. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire...". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist & Muslim convert, obsessive in...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Arabesques. - Ornementation d'un Qoran Mauresque (XVIIIe siècle)
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Arabesques. - Pages jumelles d'un qorân mauresque. (XVIIIe siècle)
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Art arabe. - [No tittle]
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire...". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Art arabe. - Séances de Hariry.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Art arabe. - Mosquée d'El-Bordeyny.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire...". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Art arabe. - Mosquée de Qaytbay.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Art arabe. - Mosquée cathédrale de qous assemblage & détails des pièces du mimbar. . .
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Art arabe. - Mosquée d'el-Bordeyny. . .
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Art arabe. - Mobilier de soultan Mohammed Ben Qalaoûn coffret et plat damasquinés. . .
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Arabesques. - Couronnement de la porte du Minbar de Gama Sysaryeh.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Arabesques. - Incrustations en stuc sur pierre.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $30 / ≈ €28
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
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...
Place & Date: Paris, Morel, 1877
Art arabe. - Ecritoire du soultan Bahrite Schâban. . .
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Art arabe. - Tombeau du soultan qansou el-Ghoury.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Art arabe. - Mosquée cathédrale de qous Détails du Mimbar. . .
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Arabesques. - Miroirs a main en métail. . .
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Arabesques. - Ornementation d'un Qorân mauresque. . .
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Arabesques. - Lambris du tombeau de Barsabay. Détails des mosaïques.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Arabesques. - Reliure a recouvrement.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Arabesques. - Vase en Bronze damasquiné orné de martichores.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Arabesques. - Application de découpures en papier.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Arabesques. - Mosaïques Murales.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877