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The Kingdome of China.
A most sought-after map of China. Decorative border vignettes including views of the cities of Quinzay and Macao along the top border with the wheeled wind machines and p...
Place & Date: London, G. Humble, 1626
The Kingdom of Persia with the cheef Citties and Habites described by John Speede.
One of the most decorative "carte à figures"- maps of the old Kingdom of Persia, including modern day Iran and Iraq, as well as portions of the Turkish Empire,...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: London, G.Humble, 1626
A newe mape of Tartary.
Early edition of one of the most decorative "carte à figures"- map of Tartary, known for its figured borders with costume figures, while above are vignettes of...
Place & Date: London, 1627
The Kingdome of China.
A most sought-after map of China. Decorative border vignettes including views of the cities of Quinzay and Macao along the top border with the wheeled wind machines and p...
Place & Date: London, G. Humble, 1627
A newe mape of Tartary.
Early edition of one of the most decorative maps of Tartary, known for its figured borders with costume figures, while above are vignettes of the cities of Astrakhan, Sam...
- $2500 / ≈ €2339
Place & Date: London, 1627
Turcici Imperii Imago.
The map shows the Ottoman Empire with Turkey, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Arabia and North Eastern Africa. The map is decorated with a title cartouche and a portrait of...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1629
India Orientalis.
Map covering India, Thailand, Philippines, Northern Borneo and the coast of Southern China. From the rare Cloppenburg edition "Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes...
- $550 / ≈ €515
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Asia.
Asia map from the rare Cloppenburg edition slightly larger format and more scarce edition of the Mercator/Hondius "Atlas Minor". Engraved by Pieter Van Den Keer...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Insulae Indiae Orientalis.
Map of South East Asia with good detail on the Philippines from the rare Cloppenburg edition slightly larger format and more scarce edition of the Mercator/Hondius "...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Terra Sancta que in Sacris Terra Promissionis ol: Palestina.
This map of Palestine extending from the Lebanon mountains to the Dead Sea is based on the large map by P.Laicksteen and Chr.'s-Grooten in the latter part of the sixteent...
- $675 / ≈ €632
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630
India Orientalis.
Published in Hondius' editions of the Mercator Atlas from 1606 onwards, showing the Indian subcontinent, the Malay Peninsula, Siam and Cambodia, China and the Philippines...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630
India Orientalis.
Published in Hondius' editions of the Mercator Atlas from 1606 onwards, showing the Indian subcontinent, the Malay Peninsula, Siam and Cambodia, China and the Philippines...
- $2200 / ≈ €2059
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Terra Sancta que in Sacris Terra Promissionis ol: Palestina
This map of Palestine extending from the Lebanon mountains to the Dead Sea is based on the large map by P.Laicksteen and Chr.'s-Grooten in the latter part of the sixteent...
- $900 / ≈ €842
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Pere Grinatie. De Reijse der Kinderen Israels so zij wt Egip . . . Africa - SW coast Table Bay surveyed by Mr F Skead Master RN assisted by Mr Charles Watermeyer 1858-60
Very rare separately map of the Holy Land engraved by Joannes van Doetecum Jr.In lower right corner inset with title cartouche surrounded by Aaron, the encampment of the ...
- $3500 / ≈ €3275
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1598, The Hague, 1632
Asia recens summa cura delineata.
This is the rare early issue with decorative paneled borders. In upper border views and plans of Famagusta, Rhodos, Damascus, Jerusalem, Aden and Ormus. Originally engrav...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1632
Tartaria.
Published in Hondius' editions of the Mercator Atlas from 1606 onwards, showing China, Korea as an island, and the northern Pacific coast of America showing the two conti...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1633
Turcici Imperii Imago.
A very decorative map. On top of title cartouche the portrait of Sultan Mahumet Turcorum Imperat .More about Mapping of Arabia [+]
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1633
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Les Petit Voyages [Solor].
This work by de Bry comprises probably the greatest single collection of material on early voyages to the East Indies, and are unique in their extraordinary wealth of car...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1601 - 1633
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[Borneo Insula.]
Important map of Bornea based on a map by Olivier van Noort (1558-1627), who on his turn mostly adapted information from earlier maps such as those by Langenes and van Li...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[The Dutch reach Annabon.]
Eight days after leaving the mainland, the Dutch arrived at one of the Annabon islands (Pagalu), where they asked the Portuguese and Moors, who were occupying the island,...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Solor.
Scarce print on German text sheet showing the Island of Solor. From "Petits Voyages". The island Solar, to the north of Timor, has a high mountain and has a ver...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Asia secunda pars in forma Pegasi.
UNRECORDED PLATE or STATE. Asia depicted as the flying horse Pegasus. Below the depiction 3 lines of engraved Latin text. Double page copper engraved map from Heinrich BÃ...
Place & Date: Brunswick, ca. 1635
Turcicum Imperium.
Early map of Turkey, the Arabian peninsula and eastern part of the Mediterranean.From the English edition of Mercator's Atlas Minor. This edition 1635. English text on ve...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1635
Natolia, quae olim Asia minor.
A finely designed map of Turkey and Cyprus from the great Blaeu family of Amsterdam. The decoration consist of a colored title cartouche, sea monsters, a naval engagement...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1635
Constantinopolitanae urbis effigies ad vivum expressa, quam Turcae Stampoldam vocant. A° MDCXXXV.
Large, decorative view of the city of Constantinople, with legend across the bottom. It is beautifully engraved with quaint scenes of everyday life, including hunters wit...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1635
Asiae Nova Descriptio.
Final State of Pieter Van Den Keere's Rare Map of Asia--The first map of Asia to include decorative panels. Published by H.J.Visscher and engraved by Abraham Goos, embell...
- $3000 / ≈ €2807
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1636
Asiae Nova Descriptio.
Final State of Pieter Van Den Keere's Rare Map of Asia -- The first map of Asia to include decorative panels. Published by N.J.Visscher and engraved by Abraham Goos, embe...
- $3500 / ≈ €3275
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1636
Description de la Terre Ste a laquelle A esté adjouté Diverses Observations 1637.
Very rare map of the Holy Land published by Jean Boisseau and engraved by H. Picart in Paris. "A Paris Chez Iean Boisseau en lisle du Palais sur le quay qui regarde ...
- $2500 / ≈ €2339
Place & Date: Paris, 1637
Romani Imperii Oriens est Descriptio Geographica. . .
A fine map of the Near East. The map was first published by Tavernier and later by Mariette. This edition is dated 1637 with the address of Pierre Mariette at rue S. Jacq...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, after 1637
Tartaria sive Magni Chami imperium.
Detailed and decorative map of Tartary and Northern part of China. Northern tip of Korea included. The Chinese Great Wall is depicted, with Central Asia, extending from M...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1638
China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame dicta.
Fine map of China, based on the first of Blaeu's maps of China. In the west by the Great Wall is shown, among Taiwan is named Pakan al I. Formosa, although Tayoan is name...
- $950 / ≈ €889
Place & Date: Frankfurt am Main, 1638
India quae Orientalis dicitur, et Insulae Adiacentes.
Map of South East Asia, noteworthy for being one of the first maps to include, albeit incompletely, the discoveries made by the Dutch vessel Duyfken in 1605-1606 in the G...
- $1750 / ≈ €1638
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Magni Mogolis Imperium.
An attractive map of northern part of India, Tibet, Iran to Burma. The travel route from Kabul to Surat is the most prominent feature of the map. Richly decorated with st...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1638
Pecheli sive Peking imperii sinarum provincia prima.
The map of the province of Peking from Joan Blaeu's Novus Atlas Sinensis , the first atlas of China with maps by the hand of the Italian Jesuit Martino Martini. A beautif...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1640
Asia secunda pars terrae in forma Pegasi.
Asia depicted as the flying horse Pegasus. Thiscartographical curiosity, double page copper engraved map, was published in Heinrich Bünting's “Itinerarium Sacrae Scrip...
Place & Date: Brunswick, 1640
Peregrinations divi Pauli Tyrus Corographicus. . .
A beautifully executed and very rare map showing the peregrinations of St. Paul in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Mediterranean is ornated with two ships and two sea mons...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1640
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1640
India quae Orientalis dicitur, et Insulae adiacentes.
A fine map of South East Asia, extending from India to Tibet to Japan to New Guinea. Formosa appears on this map, and even parts of Japan and Australia are seen. A handso...
- $1850 / ≈ €1731
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1640
Cyprus Insulae.
Janssonius' beautiful map of Cyprus embellished with a very decorative title cartouche.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1640
Selling price: $1800
Sold in 2008
Insularum Moluccarum Nova descriptio.
Exquisite map of the famous Spice Islands based on the islands described by Jan Huyghen van Linschoten.This map was the first large scale map of the region and depicts th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1640
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2018
Natoliae.. Aegypti recentior.. Carthaginis (3 maps on 1 sheet)
Map to the left east to the top. Detailed map Turkey, including Cyprus and Crete. Also map of the Nile delta and another map of Tunis. From "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum&...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1609-1641
Asiae Minoris nova descriptio. Geographische Beschryvinge aller Landen... ende sendbrieuen der Apostele...
Extremely rare map from a Dutch bible, published by Dancker Danckerts. This map was included in a Dutch bible including several maps signed by C.Danckerts and one dated 1...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1643
Asia noviter delineata. . .
From 1633 the members of the Blaeu family were official cartographers to the United East India Company and, as such, had access to the most up-to-date cartographic inform...
- $3500 / ≈ €3275
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
India quae Orientalis dicitur, et insulae adiacentes.
Extending from India to Japan and showing parts of Australia. It is indeed one of the first printed maps to show identifiable parts of Australia. It was not revised until...
- $2500 / ≈ €2339
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Moluccae Insulae Celeberrimae.
Showing the geographical features of the islands, and decorated with ships, sea monsters and a handsome cartouche. With an inset of Bachian island. From early on Willem ...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Magni Mogolis Imperium.
An attractive map of the region from Iran through Afghanistan, Tibet, and northern India across to Burma. The travel route from Kabul to Surat is the most prominent featu...
- $350 / ≈ €328
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
China Veteribus Sinarum Regio.
This was the first of Blaeu's maps of China. In 1655 he was to publish the famous map of Father Martini, with many of the earlier inaccuracies present on this map correct...
- $2200 / ≈ €2059
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperium.
A detailed and decorative map of Tartary and the northern part of China. The very northern tip of Korea included. The Chinese Great Wall is depicted, with Central Asia, e...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Turcicum Imperium.
A very handsome map with a particularly fine cartouche showing the Turkish Sultan on his throne and allegorical figures at either side brandishing weapons. At the right i...
- $1500 / ≈ €1404
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
TERRA SANCTA quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis...
The Holy Land, Promised Land or Palestine. Oriented to the west. Shows the entire Palestine on both sides of the Jordan, the shore line running from Tripoli as far as the...
- $900 / ≈ €842
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Cyprus Insula.
Blaeu's beautiful map of Cyprus is embellished with a very decorative title cartouche, a scale cartouche, two coats of arms, two wind roses and three sailing ships. From...
- $1800 / ≈ €1684
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Tartaria sive Magni Chami Imperium.
Detailed and decorative map of Tartary and Northern part of China. Northern tip of Korea included. The Chinese Great Wall is depicted, with Central Asia, extending from M...
- $550 / ≈ €515
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Moluccae Insulae Celeberrimae.
Showing the geographical features of the islands and decorated with ships, sea monsters and a handsome cartouche. With an inset of Bachian island. From early on Willem J...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca.1645
Tartariae sive Magni Chami Imperium.
Fine map of Tartary, including northern part of China, and tip of Korea.
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Carta prima Generale dell' Asia.
FIRST STATE of Robert Dudley's general chart of the Persian Gulf, going east through India to the southeastern coast of China showing Macau and the area of present-day Ho...
Place & Date: Florence, 1646
Asia.
This lovely rare miniature map of the continent of Asia is a single page with text on verso taken from John Speed's folio atlas, and is signed with Van den Keere's Latini...
- $275 / ≈ €257
Place & Date: London, 1646
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Ins. de Cerno a. Nostatibus Mauritius Nominata [on sheet with] Gunnanappi Labetacq [and] Civitas Gammelamme [and] Rex Tubatus.
Three views and one map on one page: Shows natives on Mauritius fishing and building a boat, with a dodo and two turtles at right; The Banda islands; A procession for th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1646
Carta terza Generale del' Asia.
Rare first state of this important chart showing part of the north coast of New Guinea and islands of the Pacific Ocean. To the north of Japan the landmass of Isola di Ie...
Place & Date: Florence, 1646
Asia carta di ciasete piu moderna. (Japan)
Rare FIRST STATE of this important map for Korea and Japan map of the Blancus/Moreira type, but adds a huge 'Jesso' filling the top of this old map. The map is of interes...
Place & Date: Florence, 1646-1647
Isfahan.
An early of Isfahan in central Iran,. From the rare first edition "Offt begehrte Beschreibung der newen orientalischen Rejse, so durch Gelegenheit einer Holsteinisc...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Schleßwig, Zur Glocken, 1647
Geographische Beschryvinge van de wandeling der Apostelen. . .
Finely engraved detailed map covering the whole of the eastern Mediterranean. Showing the travels of the apostles after the death of Christ, with episodes from the life o...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1648
Les Yurongnes. (18)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Quatriesme figure / Epigramme de la Quatriesme figure. (85)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Delli de nation Parthique qui signifie Sol Harfy ou Enfant Perdu. (17)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Douziesme figure / Epigramme de la Douziesme figure. (101)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Dixiesme figure / Epigramme de la Dixiesmie figure. (97)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Neufiesme figure / Epigramme de la Neufiesmie figure. (95)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Cuisinier Turc. (19)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Deruis Religieux Turc. (24)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Huictiesme figure / Epigramme de la Huictiesme figure. (93)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Sixiesme figure / Epigramme de la Sixiesme figure. (89)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Gentille Femme Perotte Franque. (48)
Sought-after copper engraved plate of a woman from Pera, taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de cel...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Seconde figure / Epigramme de la Seconde figure. (81)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Première figure / Epigramme de la première figure. (79)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Femme Persienne. (59)
Sought-after copper engraved plate of a woman from Persia. Plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de c...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Femme de la Caramanie. (57)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Solachi ou Solacler, Archer Ordinaire de la Garde du Grand Seigneur. (7)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Religieux Turc. (26)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
(Grand dame Turque. 45)
Sought-after copper engraved plate of a woman from Turkey. Plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de c...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Torlaqui Religieux Turc. ( 25 )
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650