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Royaume de Perse Par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy fils de Mr. Robert Geog. Ord du Roi avec Privilege 1749.
Small detailed map of Persia. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 163 outside border top right. First and only state.
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, 1749
Empire de la Chine Par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy fils de Mr. Robert Geog. Ord du Roi avec Privilege 1749.
Small detailed map of China, and Corea, including Taiwan. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 165 outside border top right. First and only state.The...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, 1749
Le Japon Par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy fils de Mr. Robert Geog. Ord du Roi avec Privilege 1749.
Small detailed map of Japan and Korea. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 168 outside border top right. First state. The map is of interest for the...
- $220 / ≈ €206
Place & Date: Paris, 1749
Les Isles de la Sonde Par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy fils de Mr. Robert Geog. Ord du Roi avec Privilege 1749.
Small detailed map of of South East Asia, including Malaysian Peninsular with Singapore. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 170 outside border top...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1749
Carte de l'Isle de Sumatra. . .
Map of Sumatra, also showing the tip of the Malay Peninsula and the Straits of Singapore. An unusually detailed map of the area, showing many coastal features, shoals, ba...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: Paris, 1749
Afbeeldinge der Oude Waereld; Benevens Derzelver Verdeling Onder de Nakomelingen Noachs.
An interesting and uncommon map of the 'Old World' showing the continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa divided among Noah's sons. Engraved by Jan van Jagen and published i...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1749
Die innere Aussicht des Castells in Batavia . . .
Showing the inside-square of the V.O.C. headquarters in Jakarta.The hand colored engraving is much perforated and the windows are cut out, a thin transparent paper is mou...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750
![Kantong [The Dutch Folly Fort off Canton]](/uploads/cache/05714-250x250.jpg)
Kantong [The Dutch Folly Fort off Canton]
Charming 18th water color on paper depicting The Dutch "Folly Fort" off Canton. Probably made by a western artist visiting China.Forts were built in several pla...
Place & Date: Canton?, c.1750
La Judée ou Palestine, sous le roi Herodes surnommé le grand, où sont la Judée, la Samarie, la Galilée, la Thrachonitide ou Iturée, la Perée et l'Idumée pour le nouveau testament et pour les livres des Machabées. . .
Scarce map of Palestine. Published by Pierre Moullart-Sanson, who was the grandson of Nicolas the elder.This is the uncommon third state. For the second state a large tit...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1750
Nieuwe kaart van Tartarie.
A map of Tartary, Korea and part of Japan. The map is most notable for the confusion between Kamchatka and Iesso. Hokaido labelled Compagnie LandFrom: Nieuwe en Beknopte ...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1750
Carte des Isles Kouriles.
A good impression of a detailed, finely engraved map of the north of Honshu. Derived from Russian maps resulting from the expeditions of Bering, Cherikov and others, one ...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Carte du Katay ou Empire de Kin. . .
The map is of interest for the use of Mer de Corée, for the sea between Korea and Japan .Fine map of Korea and China's Yellow Sea. Complete title in top: Carte du Katay ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Manuscript map of the Bay of Nagasaki.
An extremely rare manuscript chart in brown ink and wash color on a printed sheet of paper with a system of rhumblines and latitude scales. This chart shows the Bay of Na...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750
Vue de L'Hotel de Batavie. . .
A so-called optical print of Fatahillah Square in Jakarta, Indonesia, prepared for use in a light-box or an amusing light-show. This richly hand colored print is much per...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750
Constantinople ville de Romanie et capitale de l'Empire des Turcs.
A very decorative and extremely rare of Istanbul, including a numbered legend in lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776). Engraved by Aveline and first ...
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1750
Nieuwe kaart van Tartarie.
A map of Tartary, Korea and part of Japan. The map is most notable for the confusion between Kamchatka and Iesso.Engraved by J.Keyser in 1731.
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1731 / 1750
Partie Orientale De L'Empire De Russie En Asie, ou trouvent les Provinces de Jakuckskoy, Kransnojarskoy, Selinginskoy, Ilimskoy, Krasnojarskoy, Narimskoy, Jenisseiskoy, Mangajeiskoy, & c. et les Confins de la Tatarie Chinoise. . . .1750
Map of the Northeastern portion of Asia, including Russia, China, the Gobi Desert, etc..
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Cochin (today: Ernakulam)
Small but charming 18th water color on paper depicting Cochin (today : Ernakulam) was from 1500, when the first Portuguese fleet called on its port, a firm ally of the Po...
Place & Date: India? c.1750
Kancheu.
Charming 18th water color on paper depicting Kancheu. Probably made by a western artist visiting China.
Place & Date: c.1750
Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie.. et les Confins de la Tatarie Chinoise. . .
Large map with mostly topographical detail of mountains, deserts, rivers and forests. Covers the region from Tomsk eastward and includes Sakhalin. Uncolored, decorative t...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Tschanibei Ally Bassa. Türckischer Gross-Böthschafter um Kayserl.
Engraving by Johann Martin Bernigeroth (1713-1767) showing a full portrait of the Turkish ambassador in Vienna Ally Bassa.
Place & Date: Leipzig, c. 1750
L'Empire du Japon divisé en sept principales parties. . .
Large map of Japan and Korea with a distinctively French style title cartouche containing two small landscapes.The map draws heavily on the previous work of Bellin, but i...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
L'Empire de la Chine. . .
Detailed map of China, Korea and Taiwan. The large title cartouche is resplendent in the French style with musicians, a dancer, and various accouterments representative o...
Place & Date: Paris, dated 1750
Carte du Katay ou Empire de Kin. . .
The map is of interest for the use of Mer de Corée for the sea between Korea and Japan .Fine map of Korea and China's Yellow Sea. Complete title in top: Carte du Katay o...
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Karte von Katay od. dem Reiche Kin, zur Geschichte von Jenghiz Khan. Aus dem Englischen.
The map is of interest for the use of East Sea, the sea between Korea and Japan, here called "Meer von Corea".Copper engraving, hand colored in outline and wash...
Place & Date: Leipzig, Schwabe, ca. 1750
Nieuwe kaart van Tartarie.
A map of Tartary, Korea and part of Japan. The map is most notable for the confusion between Kamchatka and Iesso. Hokkaido labelled Compagnie LandReflecting the recent di...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750
Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie.. et les Confins de la Tatarie Chinoise. . .
Large map with mostly topographical detail of mountains, deserts, rivers and forests. Covers the region from Tomsk eastward and includes Sakhal from his "Atlas Unive...
- $120 / ≈ €112
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie.. et les Confins de la Tatarie Chinoise. . .
Large map with mostly topographical detail of mountains, deserts, rivers and forests. Covers the region from Tomsk eastward and includes Sakhal from his "Atlas Unive...
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Isola Di Ceylan. (Manuscript map of Sri Lanka)
Manuscript map of Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Inland filled with a good number of place names, mountains.
Place & Date: Italy, ca. 1750
Nouvelle Carte de L'Empire De La Chine et les Pais circonvoisins - Nieuwe Kaart van t Keizerryk China en de aangrensende Landen.
Finely engraved map of China and Korea, with titles in both French and Dutch.The map extends west to the Gobi Desert and Tibet and shows Macao and Canton, among other cit...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750
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".
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Nouvelle Carte de L'Empire De La Chine et les Pais circonvoisins - Nieuwe Kaart van t Keizerryk China en de aangrensende Landen.
Finely engraved map of China and Korea, with titles in both French and Dutch.The map extends west to the Gobi Desert and Tibet and shows Macao and Canton, among other cit...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750
Plan de la ville de Siam.
Early plan of Siam, Thailand. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbers.Jacques Nicolaas Bel...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Totius Templi Beli et partis ubis Babylonicae prospectiva.
Two print on the same sheet, showing The Tower of Babe. The story of the city of Babel is recorded in Genesis 11:1–9. Everyone on earth once spoke the same language. As...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1750
Nieuwe kaart van het Turksche Ryk gelegen in Europa, Asia en Afrika. . .
Attractive map of the Mediterranean and countries bordering, extending eastwards to include all the Arabian Peninsula.
- $700 / ≈ €655
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750
Vue du serail du grand Mogol, des Indes.
Optical print of a Mogul Palace in India. Probably published by or after Jacques Chereau, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Archipel des indes Orientales
A finely engraved map depicting South East Asia with very good detail on the Philippines. Decorative title cartouche. From Atlas Universel of Gilles and Didier Robert de ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Carte de L'Isle de Sumatra Dressee sur les Journaux des Navigateurs . . .
Detailed map of Sumatra and Malacca, centered on Singapore and including the southern portion of the Malaysian peninsula. With "Detroit de Sincapour" and severa...
- $350 / ≈ €328
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Imaginary view of a square with Muslims festival.
Imaginary view of a square with Muslims festival. A so called optical print.
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Carte des Royaumes de Siam, du Tunquin, Pegu, Ava, Aracan . . .
Map of Siam, du Tunquin, Pegu, Ava, Aracan. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbers.Jacque...
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Plan de la ville de Louvo . . .
Early plan of Louvo city. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbers.Jacques Nicolas Bellin (...
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Carte du Cours du Menam . . .
Map of the Menam Riviera. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbers.Jacques Nicolas Bellin (...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Carte du Cours de la riviere de Tunquin . . .
Map of the Tunquin Riviera. Across the top is an extensive list of 22 important sites and locations keyed to the plan with tiny letters and numbers.Jacques Nicolas Bellin...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Carte de L'Isle de Sumatra Dressee sur les Journaux des Navigateurs . . .
Detailed map of Sumatra and Malacca, centered on Singapore and including the southern portion of the Malaysian peninsula. With "Detroit de Sincapour" and severa...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Vuë de la Cour de l'Empereur de Perse avec le diverses Habillements des Dames du premier Rang designe d'apres Nature par Quilielm Baur et fait en Estampe par François Xav. Habermann.
An optical print of the court of the Persian Emperor. Engraved by F.X. Habermann (1721-1796). The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical prints, establi...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750
Vue du Pallais du l'Empereur de Perse avec la Mosquée, ou Eglise a Ispahan.
An optical print of the court of the Persian Emperor. Engraved by F.X. Habermann (1721-1796). The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical prints, establi...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750
Nieuwe kaart van Tartarie. . .
A map of Tartary, Korea and part of Japan. Map place names in Korea are marked. The map is most notable for the confusion between Kamchatka and Jesso.Engraved by J.Keyser...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1731 / 1750
The Philippine Islands and others of the East Indies. . .
Herman Moll's 'busy' map of South East Asia and the Philippines, published in the middle of the eighteenth century in London. The map includes numerous small islands, Sum...
- $280 / ≈ €262
Place & Date: London, ca 1750
The East Part of India, or India beyond the R. Ganges.
Herman Moll's map of those Asian countries to be found east of the River Ganges, including Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, southern most China, Malaysia, Sumatr...
Place & Date: London, ca 1750
Carte de la Coste d'Arabie, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse. . .
A pleasant map of the Arabian Peninsular, the Red Sea and the Gulf region, published in Paris during the mid 18th century. Published in the "Histoire generale des V...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1750
Les Indes.
Scarce small map of South East Asia with Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and including New Guinee, based on cartography of Guillaume Delisle. Published in "Nouveau ...
- $125 / ≈ €117
Place & Date: Paris, La veuve Lottin & Butard, P.G. Le Mercier, Rollin, 1751
Carte de la Turquie de L'Arabie et de la Perse.
Rare early state of De L'Isle's map of the Turkish Empire and Arabian Peninsula. Includes the Turkish Empire, Mediterranean, Central Asia and parts of the Ukraine, Egypt,...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1751
![[Complete set of maps of Japan] Imperium Japonicum Per Regiones Digestum Sex et Sexaginta Atque Ipsorum Japonensium Mappis Descriptum Ab Hadriano Relando.](/uploads/cache/41590-250x250.jpg)
[Complete set of maps of Japan] Imperium Japonicum Per Regiones Digestum Sex et Sexaginta Atque Ipsorum Japonensium Mappis Descriptum Ab Hadriano Relando.
Complete set of 11 maps Reland's map of Japan, the first map to use Sino-Japanese characters on a European printed map and represents a radical departure from prior Europ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1751
Plan de la Baye de Manille. / Plan van de Baay van Manilla.
Detailed plan of Manila Bay after George Anson's key plan of the Bay of Manila. With a compass rose and soundings in the Bay. East to the top.This is the rare Dutch editi...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Arkstee and Merkus, 1751
Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie.
Detailed map of the north-eastern part of Russia, including Siberia.
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Paris 1752
Carte Des Isles de Java, Sumatra, Borneo.. Malaca et Banca..
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur H...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Paris, 1752
Perse.
Scarce small map of Persia based on cartography of Guillaume Delisle (. Published in "Nouveau traité de geographie par M ", published by La veuve Lottin & ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1752
Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie.
Detailed map of the north-eastern part of Russia, including Siberia, Kamchatka, the island of Sakhalin.
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1752
Grundriss von Goa.
A beautifully detailed and engraved town-plan of the Portuguese colony of Goa in India, with a number key (1-29) to the city's major monuments and sites, enclosed in a de...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1752
Les Indes.
A scarce small map of South East Asia with Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and including New Guinee, based on cartography of Guillaume Delisle. Published in "Nouvea...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1752
Plan de la Ville et du port de Nangasaki. Grond tékening van de stad en de haven van Nangasaki.
The map shows a plan of the port and the town of Nagasaki. Deshima, the place where the Dutch traders were allowed to settle, is included. From Prévost's important Colle...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1752
![[ Hong Kong / Canton ] Nieuwe Pas=Caart strekkende van Pta Cataon tot Pta. Lamtoan, langs de kusten van Cochinchina, Tonquin, Quangsi en Quantung [?] van Macao.](/uploads/cache/24951-250x250.jpg)
[ Hong Kong / Canton ] Nieuwe Pas=Caart strekkende van Pta Cataon tot Pta. Lamtoan, langs de kusten van Cochinchina, Tonquin, Quangsi en Quantung [?] van Macao.
A finely engraved and detailed chart of Vietnam reaching to Macao and present-day Hong Kong..Very rare: only included in the 6th volume (so-called secret atlas) of Van Ke...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1753
Carte de L'entrée du Golfe de la Mer Rouge.
Chart of the Gulf of Aden with the coast line of Yemen, the Island Socotra and the entrance of the Red Sea. With 2 inset charts off-shore of the town Mocha.D'Après De Ma...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Paris, 1753
Carte de la Mer Rouge, depuis Moka jusqu's Gedda. . . .
Chart of the Red Sea. With 3 inset maps of Shake Omare, Goofs and Gedan. D'Après De Mannevillette (1707-1780) was one of France's first hydrographers. When the first edi...
Place & Date: Paris, 1753
Carte de l'Isle de Sumatra. . . / Kaart van het Eiland Sumatra. . .
Map of Sumatra, also showing the tip of the Malay Peninsula and the Straits of Singapore. An unusually detailed map of the area, showing many coastal features, shoals, ba...
Place & Date: The Hague, Pierre d'Hondt, 1753
A Map and Chart of Arabia, the Red Sea, & Persian Gulf, drawn from the Chart of the Eastern Ocean, Publish'd in 1740, by Order of ye Count de Maruepas,...
A small but unusual map of the Arabian Peninsular, engraved by G. Child for 'The universal traveller: or, A compleat description of the several nations of the world', by ...
Place & Date: London, Th. Salmon, 1752-1753
De Zuydwest-Kust van Het Eyland Ceylon.
A finely engraved and detailed chart of Punta Gala harbour.Very rare: only included in 6th volume (so-called secret atlas) of Van Keulen's. A lettered key in upper left c...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1753
Troisième partie de la carte d'Asie, contenant la Sibérie, et quelques autres parties de la Tartarie. . .
Engraved map of Tartary on two sheets, with country boundaries in out line color. Includes geographic notes and ornamental cartouche by "H. Gravelot, invenit., DeLaf...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: Paris, 1753
Troisième partie de la carte d'Asie, contenant la Sibérie, et quelques autres parties de la Tartarie. . .
Engraved map of Tartary on two sheets, with country boundaries in out line color. Includes geographic notes and ornamental cartouche by "H. Gravelot, invenit., DeLaf...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Paris, 1754
Turquie Asiatique. Par le Sr. Robert Geog. Ord du Roi avec Privilege 1748.
Small detailed map of Turkey. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 161 outside border top right. First and only state.
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Paris, 1754
Carte de L'Isle Celebes ou Macassar.
A fine little copper engraved map of Celebes Island, Makassar.It is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is the largest city on Sulawesi Island in term...
- $60 / ≈ €56
Place & Date: Paris, 1754
Scythia et Serica.
Covering the region between the Caspian and the Sea of China, much of which is Terra Incognita in the North and East. With title in upper right corner.Engraved by W.H.Tom...
Place & Date: London, 1755
Isles de la Sonde.
Fine map of the islands of Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Bali and part of the Malay peninsular. George Louis Le Rouge was active from 1740- till 1780 as a publisher, and was app...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1756
Isles Moluques.
A scarce little map depicting European knowledge of Sulawesi, part of Borneo and the Spice Islands at the time of publication.George Louis Le Rouge was active from 1740- ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1756
Selling price: $90
Sold in 2009
L'Empire du Japon..
Very similar to Joan Blaeu's map of 100 years previously: Europeans by then had been expelled, except the Dutch, whose movements were so curtailed that they were not able...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Paris, 1756
Isles Philippines.
Fine map of the Philippines. 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 Nouve...
Place & Date: Paris, 1756
Isles Philippines.
Fine map of the Philippines. 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 Nouve...
Place & Date: Paris, 1756
Insula Ceilon et Madura / Exactissime delineata et nuperrime edita per R. & J. Ottens.
Map of Ceylon shown in remarkable detail, along with the contiguous coast of India. Two large allegorical cartouches. The map was originally issued by Johannes De Ram.Joa...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1756
![[Lot of 6] Carte de la Baye d'Hocsieu. Fukin. (3 Maps + 3 Gravure of China)](/uploads/cache/IMG_2524-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 6] Carte de la Baye d'Hocsieu. Fukin. (3 Maps + 3 Gravure of China)
[Lot of 6 items]. (3 Maps +3Â gravure )- Carte de la Baye d'Hocsieu et des Entrees de la Riviere de Chang Situees dans la Province de Fokyen. J.N.Berlin 1748- Carte de lâ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1759
A new & accurate map of the Empire of China from the Sieur Robert's Atlas. With improvements.
An excellent early engraving of China and Korea that appeared in Sieur Robert de Vaugondy's Geographical Dictionary (London: 1759). Decorative title cartouche on the uppe...
Place & Date: London, 1759