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Chine et Japon.
Detailed map of China, Korea, Taiwan and Japan, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel de Géog...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1845
Carte de la Terre Sainte.
Detailed map of Israel, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel de Géographie Ancienne &c M...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, 1845
Egypte, Palestine, Syrie et Phoenicie.
Detailed map of Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Phoenicia, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel d...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, 1845
Straat Sunda en Westkust van Java.
Very large and rare chart depicting Java's western seacoast close to the Sunda Strait.Showing part of Sumatra on top and the West Java tip, today hosting the Ujung Kulon ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam (1841)1846
Der Hafen von Nangasaki auf Kiusiu.
A panoramic view of the harbour and city of Nagasaki with extensive shipping.
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Germany, 1847
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam (1841) 1847
Infanterie Turque (chasseurs). 7 novembre 1837.
Beautiful lithography by Auguste Raffet (1804 -1860 ) and printed by Auguste Bry.
Place & Date: Paris, Gihaut frères, 1848
ARMENIEN. Costumes de l'Empire Ottoman 9.
A beautiful hand colored lithograph of an Armenian published in the French work "Galerie Royale de Costumes peints d´après nature par divers artistes et lithograph...
Place & Date: Paris, Chez Aubert & Cie., 1842-1848
AFGHAN de CABOULE. Costumes Persans 8.
A beautiful hand colored lithograph of an elegant Afghan from Kabul published in the French work "Galerie Royale de Costumes peints d´après nature par divers artis...
Place & Date: Paris, Chez Aubert & Cie., 1842-1848
DANSEUSE. Costumes Persans 9.
A beautiful hand colored lithograph of an elegant dancing girl from Persia published in the French work "Galerie Royale de Costumes peints d´après nature par diver...
Place & Date: Paris, Chez Aubert & Cie., 1842-1848
FEMME DE NAZARETH (Palestine). Costumes Syriens 10.
A beautiful hand colored lithograph of a woman from Nazareth (Palestine) published in the French work "Galerie Royale de Costumes peints d´après nature par divers ...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Paris, Chez Aubert & Cie., 1842-1848
Malesia ossia Arcipelago Indiano, ed India-Transgangetica.
Attractive map of the Southeast Asia by a cartographer from Naples, listing his cartographic sources and giving political and statistical information on the areas covered...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Naples, 1848
Malesia ossia Arcipelago Indiano, ed India-Transgangetica . . .
Attractive map of the Southeast Asia by a cartographer from Naples, listing his cartographic sources and giving political and statistical information on the areas covered...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: Naples, 1848
Western siberia, independent tartary, khiva, bokhara.....
This map was originally published by The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in 1838, this date is printed on the map. This edition of the map was printed and p...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: London, 1848
China-Propria oder das eigentliche China.
Map number 48 from Meyer's 'Zeitung's Atlas', a popular German 'pocket atlas', published during the mid nineteenth century. This map of China shows the mainland, and the ...
Place & Date: Hildburghausen / Philadelphia, 1849
A Map of Arabia and Syria Laid Down Chiefly From Original Surveys Under the Superintendence of Lieut. Colonel Chesney, R.A.F.R.S. and drawn by W. H. Plate. L.L. D
This is one of the most significant and detailed maps of Arabia and the Persian Gulf. It is drawn by Plate using various sources. As stated below the cartouche the source...
Place & Date: London, 1849
Der Hafen und die Bai von Nagasaki.
A bird's-eye view showing Deshima and Nagasaki Bay with Dutch ships and two Dutch flags on Deshima.
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Germany, 1850
Kamchatka according to A.Erman . . .
FIRST EDITION Map of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Siberia, from Gazetteer of the World. Drawn by Augustus Petermann, engraved by G. H. Swanston.
Place & Date: London / Edinburgh, 1850
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[7 Indian Patna water colors of crafts.]
Seven Company school, also called Patna painting, style of miniature painting that developed in India in the second half of the 18th century in response to the tastes of ...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: India, ca.1850
Chinese Export watercolor.
Chinese watercolor with in lower margin Chinese text : Chinese watercolor - " A farmer's thief, a book, a big manuscipt, a filial piety, a martial art. " [Googl...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: China, ca. 1850
Plan de Constantinople, non compris ses faubourgs. Grave d'apres les documents du ministere de la Guerre par E. Olivier.
A very rare lithographic town-plan of Istanbul, Scale 98 yards to one inch., printed in Pera, Istanbul by E. Olivier. The ornate design on the top of the title is a tugh...
Place & Date: Péra, Istanbul, 1851
Arabia.
A highly decorative and detailed map of Arabia, drawn and engraved by J.Rapkin and the Illustrations by H. Warren after J. Rogers.Taken from "The illustrated atlas a...
- $275 / ≈ €257
Place & Date: London / New York: John Tallis & co, c.1851
Gezicht op het Meer Tokaitç / Biwa-ko.
View of Lake Biwa near Kyoto.Von Siebold was born in Wurtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold arrived i...
- $1500 / ≈ €1404
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852
Nederlandsche Factory DEZIMA 1828.
Bird's-eye view of the manmade island of Deshima, a trading post of the V.O.C. from 1641 onward.Underneath the map a legend in Dutch and German with names of all the buil...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852
Simori.
Portrait of Simori.Von Siebold was born in Wurtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold arrived in 1823 at ...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852
Japan ten tyde van Zin-mu-ten-won 660 v.c.
Showing Japan 660 B.C. Japan was known as "Jama-to v. Aki-Tsu-Sima". The southern tip of Korea is shown and labeled "Kan", the island of Tsushima is l...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852
Factorij der Nederlanders op Firato.. 1609-1641.
Bird's-eye view of Hirado, a trading post of the V.O.C. from 1609 until 1641.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor...
- $1500 / ≈ €1404
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852
Gezigt op de haven en de baai van Nagasaki.
A very rare birds-eye view showing Deshima and Nagasaki bay. Von Siebold was born in Würtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In J...
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Simonoseki.
Bird's-eye view of Simonoseki, an important trading post in earlier times. Von Siebold was born in Wurtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor ...
- $1500 / ≈ €1404
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852
Insularum Japonicarum tabulae geographicae secundum opus NIPPON JO TSI RO TEI SEN TSU Tab. I Kiusui Insularum. . .
Fine map of the island if Kyushu, together with Tsushima Island with the bay of Nagasaki where in 1641 the man-made island of Deshima, trading post of the V.O.C. was est...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852
Muzijkinstrumenten.
Showing Japanese drums.Von Siebold was born in Würzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold arrived in 1823...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852
Muzijkinstrumenten.
Showing several Japanese string musical instruments, a.o.: Samisen and Kokiu.Von Siebold was born in Wurtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a docto...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Leiden, 1832-1852
REISGEREEDSCHAPP. REISEGERAETHSCHAFT. Tab. II.
Japanese travel chests as used in a Dutch tributary embassy to the Tokugawa’s residence.Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) was a physician, researcher and teacher wh...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Leiden, 1852
MUZJIKINSTRUMENTEN. MUSIKINSTRUMENTE. Tab.VI.
Several Japanese instruments.Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) was a physician, researcher, and teacher who joined the Dutch East Indian army and traveled to Japan on...
- $350 / ≈ €328
Place & Date: Leiden, 1852
Volksphysionomien.
Showing farm and city boy and girl in typical dress and haircut.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In ...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
De Vrouw - Die Gemahlin der Sjogun.
Showing the wife of a shogun in typical kimono and hair cut. A Shogun and daimyo often had several wives to ensure the birth of an heir.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, ...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Een Japansch Meisje - Ein japanisches Madchen.
Portrait of a Japanese girl. Lithography made after a drawing made to nature by de Villeneuve., Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch gov...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
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Burgerdragt. [Japanese citzen in typical dress]
Showing a Japanese citizen in a typical dress.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von S...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Staatiekleeding.
Showing a Japanese man's in official dress.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Sieb...
- $175 / ≈ €164
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Eene Voorname Dame.
Showing a wife of a high-ranking person dressed in typical kimono. The tenno, kugyo (court officials), shogun and daimyo often had several wives to ensure the birth of an...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Burgerdragt.
Showing a Japanese citizen woman in kimono.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Sieb...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
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Eene Vorstin. [Japanese Empress]
Showing Japanese Empress in kimono.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold arri...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Wapenoefeningen - Tab XXIV. (Japanese martial art techniques)
Showing Japanese scenes of different martial art techniques.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japa...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Wapenoefeningen - Tab XXIII. (Kendo training)
Showing Japanese scenes of Kendo training.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebo...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Wapenoefeningen - Tab XXII. (Kendo training)
Showing Japanese Kendo training.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold arrived...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Wapenen.
Showing Japanese swords.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold arrived in 1823...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Ruiters.
Showing Japanese types of cavaliers.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold arr...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Harddravers.
Showing a Japanese scene of cavaliers training.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von ...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Een Veldheer.
Showing a Japanese cavalier.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold arrived in ...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Hofdragt.
Showing different Japanese men's clothing at court.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where ...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Reisgereedschapp - Reisegeraethschaft.
Showing Japanese travel chests as used during a Dutch tributary embassy to the Tokugawa’s residence.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dut...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Muzik en dans.
Showing Japanese scenes of music and dance.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Sieb...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
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Wapenrusting. [Samurai armour]
Showing Japanese Samurai armour.Von Siebold was born in Wurzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold arrived...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Leiden 1832-1852
Carte de l'Asie.
Map of Asia framed by vignettes depicting costumes of the various peoples of Asia, Adam and Eve, and several exotic animals. Interesting population chart at right totalin...
Place & Date: Paris, A. Combette, 1852
Cyprus south east coast Cape Kiti to Cape Eloea.
An British Admiralty chart of Cyprus south east coast. A highly corrected version of Admiralty chart 971 originally published 15th February 1866 under the Superintendence...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: London, 1852
Die Asiatische Turkey 1854.
Steel engraved map, hand colored in outline when it was published. The detailed map shows the Asian part of Turkey, most of Syria, Iraq, Cyprus and the southern reaches o...
- $70 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Hildburghausen, Bibliograph Institut,1854
Das Osmanische Reich 1854.
From Meyer's Neuester Zeitungs Atlas. The map is well engraved in the German style with plenty of detail but minimal decoration. Inset map of the Nile Delta.
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: Heidelberg, 1854
Das osmannische Reich und dessen Schutz-Staaten, nach seiner grossten Ausdehnung im XVIIten Jahrhundert.
Karl von Spruner's historical map of the Ottoman empire at the end of the 17th century. Showing Bosnia to Egypt and as far east as Persia. Including northern part of the ...
- $175 / ≈ €164
Place & Date: Gotha, J.Perthes, ca. 1854
Asia.
Map of Asia encompassing the Russian Empire, the Chinese Empire, India Persia, Tartary, Turkey, and Arabia. From Sidney E. Morse''s: System of Geography for the use of sc...
Place & Date: New York, 1855
North Pacific Ocean LOO CHOO and adjacent Islands 1855.
Large scale chart of Okinawa in the Japan Sea. With scale and vignette of Typographical office. Map nr. 2416.An interesting note in lower right "The coast line of al...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: London, 1855
Issidori mansiones parthicae a seleucia ad Alexandropolin archosiae.
Map showing Iran and the southern tip of the Caspian Sea. Published in 1855 by Karl Müller as part of his work "Geographi Graeci Minores".Muller wrote in Latin...
- $35 / ≈ €33
Place & Date: Paris, Ambrosio Firmin Didot, 1855
Carte d'unne partie de l'Arabie Septentrionale Pour suivre les Voyages de Mr. G.A. Vallin. . .
This is the original hand-drawn map by Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun of "Carte d'unne partie de l'Arabie Septentrionale Pour suivre les Voyages de Mr. G.A. Wallin",...
Place & Date: Paris, November 1855
Japanese Sketches.
Two woodcut engravings illustrating a Japanese Gentleman and a Japanese Lady. Included in Ballou's Pictorial.The 1840s~50s saw the rapid growth in popularity of the illus...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Boston, 1856
Chinese Temple, Macao.
A pleasant view of the important Chinese Temple in Macao, taken from the water with a junk in the foreground and many sampans and junks moored in front of it, with visito...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Philadelphia, 1856
Chart showing the track of the Flagships of the US-Japan Expedition to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope 1853 & 1854.
A simple sea chart showing the track of the US Steam Frigate Mississippi as she tracked her way from east of Cape Town across the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal, up t...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: New York, 1857
The Caspian Sea, Khivah, and the surrounding country compiled from the best sources by John Arrowsmith
This is a very detailed map of the Caspian Sea regions to the north and east. It includes the Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, and the khanate of Khiva, including parts of today's ...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: London, 1846-1858
Borneo (together with) The Philippine Islands.
Two maps on one sheet. Both maps are highly detailed, filled with place names. The Philippines are shown from the Bashee Islands in the north to the Sooloo Archipelago in...
Place & Date: London, ca. 1858
Giudea (Tav I)
A large-format map of the Holy Land with its dioceses. The map is finely engraved and beautifully colored and was prepared by Girolamo Petri, a lawyer who served as a sen...
- $600 / ≈ €561
Place & Date: Rome, 1858
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.
Place & Date: London, October 1858
Ceylon.
Decorative steel engraved map of the Ceylon. The Illustrations and engraving by J Rapkin and H.Winckles. The Map was drawn and engraved by John Rapkin.John Tallis a Londo...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: London, 1858
L'Indocina India Transgangetica e le Isole Filippine.
Uncommon map of part of Indo China and the Philippines prepared by Francesco Costantino Marmocchi. Above the map "Geografia Commerciale". From "Il Globo At...
Place & Date: Genova, Paolo Rivara fu Giacomo, 1858
La Cina propriamente detta e sue isole.
Uncommon map of China prepared by Francesco Costantino Marmocchi. Above the map "Geografia Commerciale". From "Il Globo Atlante di carte Geografiche compil...
Place & Date: Genova, Paolo Rivara fu Giacomo, 1858
L'Arabia il Golfo Persico ed il Mar Rosco.
Uncommon map of Arabia prepared by Francesco Costantino Marmocchi. Above the map "Geografia Commerciale". From "Il Globo Atlante di carte Geografiche compi...
Place & Date: Genova, Paolo Rivara fu Giacomo, 1858
Selling price: $55
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China, Sheet IX, Yang-Tse-Kiang from the sea to Nanking . . .
A fine, large-scale chart. This chart depicts the last stretch of the Yangtse River before it meets the sea. It gives soundings and notes on the tides, and includes an in...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: London, 1843-1859
China east coast Yellow Sea and Gulf of Pechili
Very detailed chart of China's east coast with the Yellow Sea and Gulf of Pechili. Scale: circa 1:1m. Inscription: J & C Walker sculpt. One inset: Pekin to the Gulf o...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: London, 1840 - 1859
Vicariati E prefetture apostoliche nelle Indie Orientalis
Map showing the boundaries of Catholic dioceses in South and Southeast Asia in 1850s, with some detail of India, Malacca, Thailand and Hainan. This finely engraved and be...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Rome, 1858-1859
Vicariato aplico di Bataviaa E prefettura di Labuan nella Oceania.
Map showing the boundaries of Catholic dioceses in Southeast Asia in 1850s, with some detail of Java, Borneo, Sumatra. Including the Philippines, but without detail. This...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Rome, 1858-1859
Azie.
Uncommon map of Asia. Lithography by J.H. van Weijer, published in Atlas der geheele Aarde [...] in 24 kaarten.
Place & Date: Groningen, ca. 1860
Nikko oyama no ezu (Pictorial Illustration of the Nikko mountains).
Fine map of the famous and well known pilgrimage site with pictorial temples and shrine labeled, and woods. Woodblock printed map, Edo Period (1615-1868), with publisher ...
Place & Date: Japan, c.1860
Portions of the Russian Empire in eastern & western Asia.
Two maps on one sheet. Components: The Aral Sea according to Khanikoff -- Kamchatka according to A. Erman. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights. No. 8 from Fullar...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: London, 1860