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Course de Baque et Disposition des Quadrilles, dans l'Amphiteatre seconde journée.
An early and intriguing engraving recording one of the most celebrated and spectacular festivals held at Paris by the young Louis XIV. The multi-day tournament took place...
Place & Date: Paris, imprimerie royale, 1670
Een ander gesicht van de Oost Indische Werf: uyt het Ye.
Decorative engraving giving good detail of the entrance of the IJ with in the background the ship building wharf of the V.O.C. and its ware house, presently the Maritime ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1670
La Chine d'Athanase Kirchere de la compagnie de Jesus, illustrée de plusieurs monuments tant sacrés que profanes et de quantité de recherches de la nature. . .
Athanasius Kircher, S.J., (1601 or 1602-1680) was a 17th-century German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geol...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1670
L’Atlas de la Mer ou Monde aquaticque.
Original blind-stamped vellum binding ; attractive ORIGINAL HAND-COLOR in outline with cartouches, windroses and decoration in full orginal color ; internally some usual ...
- $75000 / ≈ €70179
Place & Date: Amsterdam, sur le Cay de Teexel, prez du Rams-Koy, au miroir de la Mer, 1670
Peking.
Fine panoramic view of Peking. From Olfert Dapper mission to China, 1662-1663. Printed by Jacob van Meurs, title of the book: Gedenckwaerdig bedrijf der Nederlandsche Oos...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1670
Nova Virginia Tabula.
A beautifully engraved map, derived from the highly influential map by Captain John Smith in 1612, showing Chesapeake Bay and the surrounding area. The decoration of this...
- $1250 / ≈ €1170
Place & Date: Amsterdam, J.Meurs, 1671
Serinhaim.
Fine view of a fort in Serinhaim, Brazil, with numbered key at the base. A procession of Portuguese or Dutch soldiers advance along the road carrying a litter. To the lef...
Place & Date: London, 1671
Portus Acapulco.
Attractive view of the city and harbor of Acapulco, showing fortifications, outlying buildings, ships in the harbor, costumed locals, etc.This map is taken from Ogilby's ...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: London, 1671
![Nova & exacta Chorographia Latii sive Territorii Romani iuxta veterem et novum situm parallela nomimu[m] comparatione elaborata.](/uploads/cache/44863-250x250.jpg)
Nova & exacta Chorographia Latii sive Territorii Romani iuxta veterem et novum situm parallela nomimu[m] comparatione elaborata.
Map of central Italy, centered on Rome from "Latium" by A. Kircher and designed by Innocenzo Mattei. The title cartouche in the lower right, small legend with 1...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1671
![[Title page to] Atlas mayor, o geographia Blaviana : Que contiene las cartas, y descripciones de Partes Orientales de Europa.](/uploads/cache/29952-250x250.jpg)
[Title page to] Atlas mayor, o geographia Blaviana : Que contiene las cartas, y descripciones de Partes Orientales de Europa.
Title page from a Spanish text edition of the Atlas Major. Ionic portico with celestial and terrestrial globes. To the left is Ptolemy with sphere and pair of compasses. ...
- $800 / ≈ €749
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1672
Negapatam.
Bird's-eye view of Nagapattinam or Negapatam, India, printed for the first Dutch edition of Baldaeus' work "A true and exact description of the most celebrated East-...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1672
Petites tables Geneologiques touchant les droits et les interests des Princes.
Compilation of Duval's Pocket Atlas, with an archbishoprics and dioceses description of the world, here right at the beginning with the rare genealogical tables of variou...
- $3000 / ≈ €2807
Place & Date: Paris, P. Duval, ca. 1667-1672
![Via Bethleem. [The route from Jerusalem to Bethlehem ]](/uploads/cache/30800-250x250.jpg)
Via Bethleem. [The route from Jerusalem to Bethlehem ]
The route from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. Below a lettered key. Taken from a very rare travel book by Anthonius Gonsales, "Hierusalemsche Reyse". The book describe...
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673
Guiana sive Amazonum Regio.
Map of Guiana and Amazon extending westwards to Trinidad and Margarita Island, dominated by a huge inland sea north of the Amazon.Embellished with decorative title and sc...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673
Yucatan . . . Et Guatimala Conventus Iuridicus.
Very attractive map encompassing the Mexican heartland, the Yucatan peninsula, and the old Spanish Audiencia of Guatemala including Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and pa...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673
Venezuela cum parte Australi Novae Andalusiae.
Most decorative map with two large cartouches and compass-rose, large group of islands at the mouth of the Orinoco, other islands off Venezuela coast: Margarita, Aruba, C...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673
Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan.
Detailed map of Panama and northwestern South America derived from the Blaeu/Jansson map of the regionFeaturing ships at sea, two compass roses, and two cartouches depict...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673
Brasila.
Map of Brazil extending from C. Nasou and Parime Lago to the Mouth of the Rio de la Plata. Oriented with West on top.The cartography of the region is quite primitive. The...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673
Novi Belgii, quod nunc Novi Jorck vocatur, Novaeque Anglia et partis Virginiae. . .
A beautifully engraved map, derived from the highly influential map by Visscher. The decoration of this finely engraved map has in the lower right corner not longer a vie...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673
Selling price: $1000
Sold in 2016
Turckschemoniken die onder den goddelycken. . .
Decorative picture of three dervishes dancers. Their whirling dance, also known as the sema, is a serious religious ritual performed by Muslim priests in a prayer trance ...
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673
Livonia.
Finely engraved map of the Baltic states Estonia and Latvia filled with forests, rivers and lakes. French text on verso. Engraved by Petrus Kaerius for Janssonius' pocket...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Jan Cloppenburgh, 1673
![[Illustration from Hierusalemsche Reyse.] Interieur of Church of the Holy Sepulchre.](/uploads/cache/30796-250x250.jpg)
[Illustration from Hierusalemsche Reyse.] Interieur of Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Interior of a Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Below a decorative cartouche with lettered key and surrounded by 2 cherubins.Taken from a very rare travel book by Anthonius G...
- $30 / ≈ €28
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673
.Paskaarte om Achter Yrlandt om te Zeylen van Hitlant tot. . .
An eye-catching chart of Ireland, including the north of England and Scotland, with the West to the top.Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was one of the most important cartogra...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673
![[Title page from ] Ierusalemsche Reyse.](/uploads/cache/30784-250x250.jpg)
[Title page from ] Ierusalemsche Reyse.
Decorative title page with 2 views of Jerusalem flanked by S. Franciscus and S. Helena. From a very rare travel book by Anthonius Gonsales, "Hierusalemsche Reyse&quo...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673
Nazareth.
Decorative view of Nazareth, below a decorative cartouche with numbered key and surrounded by 2 cherubins. Taken from a very rare travel book by Anthonius Gonsales, "...
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673
![Rama. [Ramah]](/uploads/cache/30789-250x250.jpg)
Rama. [Ramah]
Town plan of Ramah, about 5 miles (8 km) from Jerusalem and near to Gibeah. Below a decorative cartouche with numbered key and surrounded by 2 cherubins.Taken from a very...
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673
Recueil de divers voyages faits en Afrique et en l'Amerique, qui n'ont point esté encore publiez.
First edition of this collection of significant and interesting voyages, edited by a scholar and book collector who served in the employ of Louis XIV before being appoint...
Place & Date: Paris, Louis Billaine, 1674
La Souabe.
Fine map of Swabia.This edition carries the date 1674 and the publishers address A PARIS chez l'Autheur aux Galleries du Louvre. Nicolas Sanson was to bring about the ris...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1674
La Ville et le Château de Zélandia dans l' île de Tayovan.
This important copperplate engraving is one of the earliest European views of Taiwan, depicting the Dutch fortifications and trading settlement on the West coast of the i...
- $1800 / ≈ €1684
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1675
The citie and Castle Zelandia in the Island of Taywan. / Stadt en casteel Zelandia op 't Eilant Taywan.
This important copperplate engraving is one of the earliest European views of Taiwan, depicting the Dutch fortifications and trading settlements on the West coast of the ...
- $1600 / ≈ €1497
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1675
Tractus Littorales Guineae a Promontorio Verde usque ad sinum Catenbelae.
Chart of the West coast of Africa from Mauritania up to Angola. In top centre a very decorative title cartouche.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1675
Cimbebas et Caffariae Littora a Catenbela ad Promontorium. . .
The coast of Angola, South-West Africa and South Africa up to Port Elizabeth. Classic sea chart of Dutch school with excellent baroque embellishment. North oriented to th...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1675
Orientalior districtus Maris Mediterranei.
Beautiful chart of the eastern part of the Mediterranean. Including Italy, the north coast of Africa and part of the Black Sea.The entire sheet is covered with rhumb line...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1675
French composite atlas made up of rare maps published by Parisian editors from the 17th century , mainly by G. Jollain including scarce maps of America.
A rare French composite atlas including 90 maps, published by Parisian publishers from the 17th century, mainly by Gérard I Jollain, or by maps bought from Dutch publish...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1675
Les Estats De L'Empire Du Grand Seigneur Des Turcs En Europe. . .
Prepared by N.Sanson. The map represents the Ottoman Empire based on Sanson's 1654 map. The Arabian Peninsula is shown with much detail including towns, villages, mountai...
- $1500 / ≈ €1404
Place & Date: Paris, 1675
The siege of Lagny.
Very rare etching of the siege of Lagny-sur-Marne by the Duc of Parma. Etched by Johann Azelt (1654-1692). A similar print but with the number in the upper right corner i...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Nuremberg, ca 1675
La Turquie en Asie.
Uncommon miniature map of Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Iran, Iraq. From Pierre Duval's "La Geographie Universeille" dated 1676. Following his "Cartes de geog...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris,1676
La Turquie en Asie.
Uncommon miniature map of Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Iran, and Iraq. From Pierre Duval's "La Geographie Universeille" dated 1676. Following his "Cartes de ...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Le jeu des Princes de l'empire d'Allemagne par P. du Val. . .
One of Du Val's magnificent sets of game cards, included in his atlas "Cartes de Geographie".Dated 1674. By the Peace of Westphalia (1648) sovereignty was grant...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: Paris, 1675-1676
A new mape of Ye XVII Provinces of Low Germanie.
Showing all 17 Provinces of the Netherlands before the split between Spain and the Protestant Provinces under the House of Orange.The map was first published. At the same...
Place & Date: London, 1676
Empire du Mogol.
Uncommon miniature map of the Mongol empire from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie in 1657, Pierre Duval published ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
La mer mediterrannée, vers l'Occident. . .
Uncommon map of the western Mediterranean Sea, including France, Spain, Italy, Corsica Sardinia and North Africa. In upper left corner a large sailing vessel.
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Mexique ou le N.Espagne.
Uncommon miniature map of Mexico, central America and the Gulf of Mexico. From Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie in...
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Géorgie.
Uncommon miniature map of Ukraine, from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie in 1657, Pierre Duval published this smal...
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
EUROP, and the cheife Cities contayned therin described. . .
A good impression from an early edition of this famous and decorative "carte à figures"- map from the first world atlas produced by an Englishman - John Speed'...
Place & Date: London, 1627 - 1676
Magellani Que.
Uncommon miniature map of Argentina and Strait of Magellan from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie in 1657, Pierre D...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Perse.
Uncommon miniature map of Persia, from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de Géographie in 1657, Pierre Duval published this smal...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris 1676
Cafrerie et Monomotapa.
Uncommon miniature map of South Africa, from Pierre Duval's "La Geographie Universeille" dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie in 1657, Pierre Duval pu...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Presqu''isle de LINDE de là le Gange.
Scarce miniature map of Southeast Asia extends from Burma and China in the north to a portion of Sumatra in the south. From Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille date...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Arabie.
Scarce miniature map of the Arabian peninsular, from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de géographie in 1657, Pierre Duval publi...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Presqu''isle de L'Inde de ça le Gange.
Uncommon miniature map of India from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie in 1657, Pierre Duval published this smaller...
- $120 / ≈ €112
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Cafrerie et Monomotapa.
Uncommon miniature map of South Africa from Pierre Duval's "La Geographie Universeille" dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie in 1657, Pierre Duval pub...
- $175 / ≈ €164
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Carte de L'Empire d'Alemagne par P. Duval. . .
Uncommon map of Germany and the eastern part of Poland. In upper right corner a dedicational cartouche with coat of arms and dedication to Saint-Laurens.
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Pas-Caart van Hispangien vertoonde de Custen van Granade…
An eye-catching chart of Spain and Portugal, including a large part of Brittany and the southwestern coast of France, including Isle de Reé , Isle Saint Martin ...Pieter...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1669-1676
Paskaerte Vande Bocht van Vranckrijk Biscajen en Galissen
An eye-catching chart of Spain and France, including a large part of Brittany, including Isle de Reé , Isle Saint Martin ...Shows the gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocea...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1669-1676
Cafrerie et Monomotapa.
Uncommon miniature map of South Africa from Pierre Duval's "La Geographie Universeille" dated 1676. Following his Cartes de géographie in 1657, Pierre Duval pu...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
La Turquie en Asie.
Uncommon miniature map of Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Armenia, Iran and Iraq. From Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie...
- $90 / ≈ €84
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Paris, Lutetia, Parisii, Ville Capitale du Royaume de France.
View of Paris seen from the hill "Belleville based on that of Merian (1616) but updated with the new gates Saint-Denis and Saint-Martin. With a key 1-78 and A-Z. Sur...
Place & Date: Paris, after 1676
Presqu''isle de L'Inde de ça le Gange.
Uncommon miniature map of India from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie in 1657, Pierre Duval published this smaller...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Introductio in universam geographiam tam veterem, quám novam... et tabulis geographicis aucta studio & operâ Johannis Bunonis. . .
Engraved title with minor ink dash, title with former owner's signatures Joannes Steuchig, (could be the Swedish archbishop Johannes Steuchius (1676-1742). D. Hildebrand ...
- $3000 / ≈ €2807
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1676
Arabie.
Uncommon miniature map of the Arabian peninsula, from Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de géographie in 1657, Pierre Duval publ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
Carte de la Hongarie a l'Autriche. .
A detailed and scarce map showing Hungary and Austria engraved by de François Lapointe (Lépine). Dated 1664.With a dedication to Ferdinand-Ernest Comte d'Abensperg-Trau...
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
A newe mape of Tartary.
An 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, ...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: London, 1676
Les Isles Terceres. . .
Uncommon map of the Azores. Engraved by Sommer. Du Val is mentioned as the cartographer and the publisher was Pierre Mariette.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1650 - 1676
Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio.
Second state of Visscher's map of the Americas, this decorative map greatly influenced the cartography of the Americas both geographically and artistically.Although it di...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1677
Grande Tartarie vers l'orient où sont le Turquestan, la Tartarie septentrionale, et la Tartarie du Kin. . .
Early edition of this rare map of Tartary which incorporates Turkestan (including East Turkestan), Greater Mongolia, Giacathai.The Great Wall is shown in the lower center...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Paris, 1677
![S. Victor in Franckr. [France].](/uploads/cache/13770-250x250.jpg)
S. Victor in Franckr. [France].
A very nice view of the church. On the foreground, a night watchman is depicted. With a verse in two languages underneath the picture.The poet and topographer from Comoth...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
Vincennes - Viel hund Feind.des Hasen Todt.
A very nice picture representing Vincennes. With a verse in German and Latin. The German text reads : "Viel Hundt feind ja des Hasen Todr, Ihr viel bringn einen bald...
- $70 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
![Cordelirs in Franckr. [France].](/uploads/cache/13799-250x250.jpg)
Cordelirs in Franckr. [France].
A very nice view of the town of Cordeliers. On the foreground, a man hunting a wolf is depicted. With a verse in German and Latin underneath the picture.The poet and topo...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
Villec.
A very nice view of Villec in Hungary (Fülek, Filakovo). In background a castle and in the foreground, a man examining a painting. With a verse in two languages undernea...
- $90 / ≈ €84
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
S. Laurens in Escurial.
A very nice picture representing the monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial. On the foreground the god Jano, with two faces. With a verse in two languages underneath the p...
- $90 / ≈ €84
Place & Date: Frankfurt 1623-1678
![Merla in Ob. Hessen. [Merlau]](/uploads/cache/13826-250x250.jpg)
Merla in Ob. Hessen. [Merlau]
A panoramic view of the castle and town of Merlau in Hessen. In the foreground, two men fighting each other are depicted. With a verse in two languages underneath the pic...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
Croneburg.
A very nice picture representing the castle of Croneburg, of the German town of Kronenburg (now part of Dahlem). On the foreground, a man entertaining a fire is depicted....
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
![Cordelirs in Franckr. [France].](/uploads/cache/13811-250x250.jpg)
Cordelirs in Franckr. [France].
A panoramic view of the town of Cordelirs (probably imaginary) with in center the church. On the foreground a man hunting a wolve. With a verse in two languages underneat...
- $35 / ≈ €33
Place & Date: Frankfurt 1623-1678
Villec.
A very nice view the town of Villeck in Czechoslovakia. On the foreground, a man examining a painting is depicted. With a verse in two languages underneath the picture.Th...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
Candie.
A panoramic view, showing the Turkish siege of Candia, with a numbered key (1-33) at the bottom locating 33 points of interest. of Crete coast and the Turkish vessels (33...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1678
![Cordelirs in Franckr. [France].](/uploads/cache/13736-250x250.jpg)
Cordelirs in Franckr. [France].
A very nice view of a monastery. With a verse in two languages underneath the picture.The poet and topographer from Comothau, Daniel Meisner (1585-1625), started his firs...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
![S. Laurens in Franckr. [France].](/uploads/cache/13810-250x250.jpg)
S. Laurens in Franckr. [France].
A very nice view of the town of Saint Laurens in Alsace, with a church. On the foreground, an elephant and a rhinoceros are depicted. With a verse in two languages undern...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
S. Iulius.
A very nice view of the castle. On the foreground, several frogs are depicted with a verse in two languages underneath the picture.The poet and topographer from Comothau,...
- $60 / ≈ €56
Place & Date: Frankfurt 1623-1678
S. Iohann. Plus vini abutitur quam temperanter.
A very nice view of S.Johann Kloster with in the foreground, a wolf eating grapes. The Abbey of Saint John is an ancient Benedictine monastery in the Swiss municipality o...
- $70 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678