Browse Listings in Asia
Une Metcherèke.
Uncommon copper engraved costume plate from the French translation of Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the wor...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1777
Etats du Grand-Seigneur en Asie, empire de Perse, pays des Usbecs, Arabie et Egypte.
Detailed map of the region bounded by the Black Sea, Georgia, the Caspian, Uzbekistan, The Indian Ocean, Saudi Arabia (here called \"Arabie Heureuse\"), Egypt a...
Place & Date: Venise, 1778
Terra Sancta vocata quae olim XII tribus . . .
Miniature map of the Holy Land, among the 12 Tribes and divided into 6 provinces. In the upper left near the title cartouche Pharaoh''s daughter discovers Moses in the Ri...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Augsburg, J.M.Will, 1778
A new & accurate map of Asia, Drawn from the most approved modern maps & charts / by Thos. Bowen.
The map is of interest for the use of Sea of Korea for the sea between Korea and Japan.Detailed map of Asia from Saudi Arabia, Persia, Russia, India, China, Japan to Sout...
- $900 / ≈ €842
Place & Date: London, J.Cooke, 1777-1778
Magni Turcarum dominatoris Imperium . . .
Uncommon version of this small map of the Ottoman Empire extending from the Balkans and the north African coast through Arabia the Black Sea. Decorated with a small compa...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Augsburg, J.M.Will, 1778
Etats du Grand Seigneur en Asie Pays des Usbecs, Arabie et Egypte. . .
Detailed map of the region bounded by the Black Sea, Georgia, the Caspian, Uzbekistan, The Indian Ocean, Saudi Arabia (here called "Arabie Heureuse"), Egypt and...
- $550 / ≈ €515
Place & Date: Venise, 1778
China.
A nice mid-eighteenth-century map of China, extending from the island of Hainan in the south, to the Kobi Desert in the north, from Lake Puka in Tibet in the west to Kore...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Edinburgh, 1778
The country Coromandel from the Coleroon to Cape Comorin. . . [with] The carnatic from the Pennar to the Coleroon. .
Coromandel from the Coleroon to Cape Comorin. Elegant map in two sheets compiled for the East-India Company. In lower right margin : Writing by W. Harrison.
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: London, 1778
Carte des parties Nord et est de l'Asie..
Five maps on one sheet show the Northern Russian territories in Europe and Asia, including the western coastline from Siberia, Japan, and Korea with the island of "Q...
Place & Date: Paris, 1779
Carte géographique contenant le royaume de Sibérie . . .
Scarce and highly detailed map of Siberia subdivided into three provinces, namely Tobolsk, Jenissejesk, Irkutsk, and outer parts of the Tartary.In upper right corner inse...
Place & Date: Augsburg, c. 1770-1780
Ceremonie de la grande Feste que les Chinois celebre le 24 de la Lune d'Aoust dans la principale Place de Pekin.
So-called optical print illustrating the festivities on the 24th of August in Beijing.Mondhare was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris, at rue ...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Paris, c.1780
Vue perspective de la grande Rue de Nanquin ancienne Ville de la Chine.
So-called optical print of a street in Nanking. The wide boulevard is lined with merchants displaying their wares with colorful flags and signs. The street is filled with...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Paris, c.1780
Carte géographique contenant le Royaume de Siberie . . .
Very rare and highly detailed map of Siberia subdivided in three provinces, namely Tobolsk, Jenissejesk, Irkutsk, and outer parts of the Tartary. In upper right corner in...
- $800 / ≈ €749
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1770- 1780
Fille Jakoute par derrière [together with] Fille Jakoute par devant.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
Fille Jakoute par derrière [together with] Fille Jakoute par devant.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
Un Jacout en habit de chasse par devant [together with] Un Jakout en habit de chasse par derriére.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
Fille tatare à Kousnetsk par devant. [together with] Fille tatare Kousnetsk par derriere.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
Femme tatare à Kousnetsk par devant. [together with] Femme tatare à Kousnetsk par derriere.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
Une Kirguisiene par devant. [together with] Une Kirguisienne par derriere.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate showing two natives of Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian country along the Silk Road, the ancient trade route between China and the Medit...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
Vue perspective de la grande Rue de Nanquin ancienne Ville de la Chine.
So-called optical print of a street in Nanking. The wide boulevard is lined with merchants displaying their wares with colorful flags and signs. The street is filled with...
- $600 / ≈ €561
Place & Date: Paris, c.1780
Kirgise à cheval.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
Femme tatare de Katchin.
Uncommon copper-engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
Une Chamane ou devineresse de Krasnojarsk par derrière.[together with] Une Chamane ou devineresse de Krasnojarsk.
Uncommon copper engraved costume plate from Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the work stands out for the hand-...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1780
Turchia Nell' Asia antica, e moderna.
Rare map of Armenia, Palestine, Turkey and northern Arabia, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovann...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Rome, 1780
La China e Giapone.
Rare map of China, Korea and Japan, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca. 17...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Rome, 1780
Temple de la Mecque fidelement copiée sur un dessein de la bibliothèque Bodléienne, à Oxford.
View of the Mecca Temple.
Place & Date: Pqris, ca. 1780
Ch'onha chido. [Atlas of all under Heaven]
A late 18th-century Ch'onha chido atlas with 10 woodblock maps showing the World, China, and the 8 province maps of Korea (Hamgyeong, Gangwon, Jeolla, Gyeongsang, Pyeonga...
Place & Date: Korea, ca. 1780
Carte Generale des Cotes de la Cochinchine et du Camboge.
A large, double-page French sea chart of part of the southern Cambodian coastline, and from Vietnamese Saigon up to Vung-Tau, Cap Varella, Cam Ranh Bay and Nha Trang. Wit...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Paris, 1780
Plan du Typa, ou de Macao.
A pleasant copper engraving of Typa, Macao. By Rigobert Bonne from his ATLAS ENCYCLOPEDIQUE published in 1780. Engraved by Andre.Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was one of the...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, 1780
Vue de la Côte du Japon lorsque nous la vimespour la 1ere fois La Coline A restant dans l'O à 3 Millerc.
A pleasant copper engraving of Japan coasts. By Rigobert Bonne from his ATLAS ENCYCLOPEDIQUE published in 1780. Engraved by Andre.Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was one of th...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, 1780
[Lot of 4 charts] Plan de la Baie et du Port de Camraigne / Plan de la Baie de Niatrang et du Golfe de Binkang / Plan de la Cote de Cochinchine. . . / Plan des Ports de Xuandai, Vung-Lam. . .
[A set of four French sea charts numbered consecutively]. A set of 4 basic coastal sea charts of parts of southern French Indochina (Vietnam).Chart 295 centers on the reg...
Place & Date: Paris ca 1780
Alexandri magni imperium et expeditio per Africam. . .
Scarce map of Imperium of Alexandre the Great, centered on Turkey, Armenia, etc. prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des co...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1781
Carte de la retraite des dix mille. . .
Ancient map of Near and Middle East, including Cyprus, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'educat...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1781
Karte welche die Russischen Entdeckungen gegen Amerika nach den Tagebüchern Krenizins, Lewaschefs, Synds und anderer vorstellt. 1781
Rare map of Siberia with Kamchatka. In outer right tip of America, published by the Weygandsche Buchhandlung in 1781.
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Leipzig, 1781
Mandarin accompagne de ses Bourreaux.
A copperplate taken from volume 2 of the work by Sonnerat titled: 'Voyage aux Indies Orientales et a Chine, fait par ordre du Roi, depuis 1774-1781…'.This colored coppe...
- $125 / ≈ €117
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1782
Carte générale pour servir à l'Intelligence de..
Fine map of the Middle East, including the Holy Land, Cyprus, Iran and Irak, etc.Philippe Buache was one of the most active proponents of the so-called, "school of t...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
L'Euphrate et Le Tigre.
A detailed map prepared by D'Anville. Covering the Syrian Desert, Lebanon, and the mouth of the Tigris in the Persian Gulf. Including Babylon, Tripoli, etc.
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1783
Turquie Asiatique Suivant des derniers Mémoires de J.B.Nolin Géographe du Roi.
Rare map of Turkey, prepared by J.B.Nolin and published by Monhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.Louis Joseph Mondhare published s...
- $125 / ≈ €117
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
Le Royaume de Perse..
Rare map of Persia prepared by J.B.Nolin and published by Monhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mondhare published ...
- $110 / ≈ €103
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
Terrae Sanctae Tabula e Scripturae Sacrae, Flavii Josephi, Eusebii et Divi Hieronymi . . . Delineata.
A very fine map centered on Palestine on both sides of the Jordan, divided among the Tribes and according to the division into provinces of the Roman time.Very nice title...
- $600 / ≈ €561
Place & Date: Paris/ Bordeaux, 1771-1783
Carte des Douze Tribus d'Israel. . .
Attractive map centered on Israel, ornated with a large decorative title cartouche. Boundaries outlined in hand color.From theAtlas moderne ou collection de cartes sur to...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1783
Indes. IIe. Feuille.
Attractive map of the southmost tip of India and Sri Lanka, including the Maldives and part of Sumatra. Boundaries are outlined in hand color.From the "Atlas moderne...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris ca 1783
Carte de l'Empire de Perse. . .
Attractive map of Persia, ornated with a large rococo title cartouche. Boundaries outlined in hand color.From theAtlas moderne ou collection de cartes sur toutes les part...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1783
Carte de la Retraite des Dix Mille Accordée aux Observations de l'académie. . .
Ancient map of Near and Middle East prepared by J.B.Nolin and published by Monhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Centered on Cyp...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
Turquie Asiatique. . .
Scarce map of Turkey 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...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
Le royaume de Perse. . .
Scarce map of Persia 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...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
Les Indes Orientales et leur Archipel. . .
General map of Indonesia, extending from India to the Philippines and New Guinea.Ornated with a decorative title cartouche. Boundaries outlined in hand color.From theAtla...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1783
L'Empire de la Chine d'après l'Atlas Chinois, avec les Isles du Japon..
Attractive map of eastern part of China, including Taiwan, Korea and Japan. With ornamental title cartouche. Boundaries outlined in hand color.From theAtlas moderne ou co...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1783
Les Indes Orientales et leur Archipel. . .
General map of Indonesia, extending from India to the Philippines and New Guinea.Ornated with a decorative title cartouche. Boundaries outlined in hand color.From theAtla...
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1783
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Plan der Stad en ‘t Kasteel BATAVIA. Aanwyzing der Stad en Kasteels Punten.
Very fine decorative plan of present-day Jakarta, showing the City and its immediate environs, the surrounding rice fields intersected by a network of waterways, canals a...
- $1750 / ≈ €1638
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1782-1783
Carte des Iles de Ponghou suivant le point sur lequel ont été faites les cartes de la Chine et de la Tartarie par l'ordre et aux frais de l'empereur. . .
Plan of the West coast of Taiwan and it direct environs. From "Lettres Édifiantes et Curieuses. . Missionaires de la Compagnie de Jesus [Jesuit Letters]". Engr...
- $175 / ≈ €164
Place & Date: Paris, 1780-1783
Les Indes Orientales.. tirées du Neptune Oriental..
Finely and crisply engraved map centered on the Bay of Bengal, encompassing the Indian subcontinent and the Indochinese Peninsula.Venetian edition of Giles Didier Robert ...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: Venice, 1779 - 1784
Carte de l'Empire de Perse..
Finely and crisply engraved map of Persia, ornated with a large rococo title cartouche. Boundaries outlined in hand color.Venetian edition of d'Anville's map, from "...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Venice, 1779 - 1784
Carte de l'Empire de Perse. . .
Map of the Persian empire by the Venetian cartographer and publisher François (Père) Santini and first published in Santini's 'Atlas Universel dressée sur les meuilleu...
Place & Date: Venice, 1784
La Tartaria Chinese.
With decorative title cartouche. Covering north eastern part of China, with good detail in Korea and a curious shape for Hokkaido (here called Jeso-Gasima ).Engraved by G...
Place & Date: Venice, 1784
La Tartaria Chinese.
With decorative title cartouche. Covering north eastern part of China, Korea and Hokkaido (here called Jeso-Gasima, Tartary including the Gobi Desert; also Peking and the...
Place & Date: Venice, 1784
L'Asie divisée en ses principaux Etats..
Finely and crisply engraved map of Asia, decorated with an ornamental title cartouche in the lower-left corner. The map is of interest for the use of Mer de Corée for th...
Place & Date: Venice, 1776 - 1784
L'Impero del Giapon diviso in sette principali parti cive..
The map of the Japanese Empire published by Antonio Zatta (1757-97) continued to show most of the inaccuracies of earlier eighteenth-century maps.
- $550 / ≈ €515
Place & Date: Venice, 1785
Carte Generale de la Chine Dressée sur les Cartes Particulieres Que l' Empereur Chang-Hi a fait lever sur les lieux..
Large map showing the traditional limits of China, including Hainan and Formosa in the South, and Quantong and parts of the Gobi Desert in the North.As the title notes, t...
Place & Date: Paris, Ph.-D. Pierres, Clousier [- Moutard], 1785
Carte Generale De La Tartarie Chinoise Dressee sur les Cartes Particulieres Faits Sur Les Lieux Par Les R.R. P.P. Jesuites . . . .MDCCXXXII
Very detailed map of Northern China, Japan and Korea. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French cartographer. d'Anville used maps prepared by Jesuit missi...
Place & Date: Paris, Ph.-D. Pierres, Clousier [- Moutard], 1785
[Set of 4 maps] Indie Orientali di Quà e di la Dal Gange col Loro Arcipelago.
Fine almost wall sized map of South east Asia, including Formosa, New Guinea, the Maldives and the Indus delta. From his "Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciut...
- $850 / ≈ €795
Place & Date: Venice, ca. 1779 - 1785
A scarce Real Compañia de Filipinas 250 Pesos deed issued in 1785
A scarce Real Compañia de Filipinas 250 Pesos deed issued in 1785. Share nº 23726, hand signed by several company officials.Engraved by Fernando Selma (1752-1810) after...
Place & Date: Spain, 1785
Observatoire de Peking.
The observatory of Mateo Rizzi in Peking, in which there are very large instruments, an Equinoctial Sphere, a Celestial Globe, a Zodiacal Sphere, Azimuthal Horizona, Quad...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, GROSIER Jean-Baptiste, 1785
Indie Orientali di Quà e di la Dal Gange col Loro Arcipelago. [Set of 4 maps]
Fine almost wall sized map of South east Asia, including Formosa, New Guinea, the Maldives and the Indus delta. From his "Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciut...
Place & Date: Venice, ca. 1779 - 1785
Regni D'Aracan Del Pegu Di Siam Di Camboge E Di Laos . . . 1785
Striking regional map centered on Thailand and Vietnam, extending from the Singapore to India, and north to Tibet. Decorative scroll title cartouche.
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Venise, 1785
Sketch of the Typa and Macao.
A map of the environs of the Portuguese settlement of Macao in the Far East. The map shows a small town plan of Macao, nearby rocks, shoals depth soundings, and a few nav...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: London, 1785
A scarce Real Compañia de Filipinas 250 Pesos deed issued in 1785
A scarce Real Compañia de Filipinas 250 Pesos deed issued in 1785. Share nº 27324, hand signed by several company officials.Engraved by Fernando Selma (1752-1810) after...
- $1750 / ≈ €1638
Place & Date: Spain, 1785
Carte d'Asie divisée en ses principaux Etats.
Uncommon and decorative "carte à figures" wall map, prepared by Clouet, with superb decoration including a wonderful rococo border with vignettes describing hi...
Place & Date: Paris, Mondhare, 1787
A New and Correct Map of Asia Laid down from the latest and best Observations Humbly Inscribed to his Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales. . . [2 subtitles:] Several Representations of the Customs Manners etc. of Divers Parts of Asia. . .
A large, attractive and rare, separately issued map of Asia with figured side borders. With large decorative title cartouche ad address "By Thomas Kitchin. London, p...
- $5500 / ≈ €5146
Place & Date: London, 1787
Karte von den N.W. Amerikanischen und N.OE. Asiatischen Kusten nach den Untersuchungen des Kapit. Cook...
A detailed large-scale map showing the Bering Strait, Kamchatka, Alaska and much of North America. While the Russian coastline is shown with reasonable accuracy. Showin...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: Vienna, 1788
Femme Persienne.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of a Persian woman engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, drawer and writ...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: M. Sylvain Maréchal. Paris, 1788
Homme Toungouse.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus'. Engraving of a man dressed in native garb from the Tunguska region of norther...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: M. Sylvain Maréchal. Paris, 1788
L'Asia secondo Le ultime osserviazioni divisa né suoi stati principali.
First edition on laid paper. Cassini’s splendid map depicts Asia at the end of the eighteenth century.More about Giovanni Maria Cassini [+]
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Rome, 1788
Mapa De la parte de la Isla Formosa sa perteneciente al Emperadotde la China sacado por Ord. De S.M.
Very rare map of Taiwan and the neighboring coastline of China, engraved by Cipriano Bagay in Manila, one of the few maps published in the Philippines in the 18th Century...
- $6000 / ≈ €5614
Place & Date: Manilla, 1788
Karte von dem groessten Theil des Landes Jemen Imame, Kaukeban &c.
Large map of Yemen from "Allgemeiner grosser Atlas" published by P. J. Schalbacher - 1786-1800. Based on the observations of the Danish explorer Carsten Niebuhr...
Place & Date: Vienna, 1789
Die Asiatische Turkey begreift in sich Natolien, Georgien, Armenien, Mesopotamien Syrien, und Arabien. . .
Map of Turkey bordered by the Black Sea to the north, Syria and Sinai Peninsula to the south, Turkey in Europe to the west, with a small title cartouche. Explanatory text...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1789
Asia verlegt von Ioh Mich Probst.
Uncommon map of Asia, with an explanatory text and directory on the right and the bottom of the map from the "Atlas Minor ex Tabulis Geographicis ".The map is o...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1789
Grande Tartarie et Isles du Japon Suivant les rélations les plus authentiques. . .
Attractive map of Russia, northern Asia, China, Tibet, Turkistan, and Japan, with decorative rococo-style cartouche.Flanked by two columns of French text containing geogr...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, 1790
[Asia and part of Australia]
Engraved map of Asia, with an oversized Japan and part of Australia, called Neu Holland.. Hokaido is called "Sagalien" and the western outlines of "Compagn...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Tübingen, Heerbrandt, 1790
CH'ONHA CHIDO [Atlas of all under Heaven]
The Ch’onha chido [Atlas of all under Heaven] is a late 18th century copy of the traditional Korean atlas produced in the early Choson dynasty (1392-1910). One of the m...
Place & Date: Korea, ca. 1790