A very fine view of Cairo.

Rare map of France, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca. 1780.The map is based on Claude Buffier (1661-1737) geography.

A so-called optical print showing a decorative imaginary town view of Québec, with a street view with soldiers marching and pedestrians, an idealized view depicting Québec as a typical European city.By Franz Xavier Habermann (1721-1796).This print is a fine example of this illusionary printmaking, but also as a testament to the strong interest by Europeans in America at the time and also as a fine example of the perspective view.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there were many popul...

A rare map of St. Dominica, with insets of Charlotteville with its attack by the French on 7 September 1778 on the British. Also small inset map of the Caribbean islands from Antigua till Grenada. With dedication to de Sartine, a French official.

A plan of Maastricht rising after the capture of the city by the French troops led by the Marshal of Saxony. The city was besieged between 15 April and 3 May 1748, during the War of Succession of Austria.With numbered key (1-53).

FIRST EDITION of this finely engraved plan of Paris by P. F. Tardieu and prepared by DuBuisson. This detailed plan of Paris includes la Place Louis XV, la Bastille, but does not have the city walls. The first edition was included in " l'Atlas nouveau" of E. Mentelle. The second state (after 1792) has the text "Plan routier de la ville de Paris…", in the righthand lettered key, added.

Share of 1000 Florins, paid in four tranches at 250 Florins of Vienna, from "Compagnie Imperiale & Royale Octroyee d'Assurance de Commerce & d'escompte." dated in manuscript, Trieste, May 1, 1783. Share made out to Michel de Knyff of Antwerp.In their high-flying plans, the proud Habsburg monarchy very often relied on the money of the wealthy Antwerp bankers and wholesalers, who at that time belonged to the Austrian Netherlands. Among the financiers was the famous bank of Ertborn & Fils among man...

Scarce map of France prepared after J.B.Nolin and published by Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Lower right inset map of Corsica. In left and right margins key references to Départements and Provinces. Louis Joseph Mondhare was active in Paris and published several smaller atlases and re-published the wall maps of Nolin.

Map of the eastern part of the United States and Canada. With inset map of Hudson and Baffin bays. in the lower right corner.Venetian edition of d'Anville's map, from "Atlas Universel" printed in 1776-84.Noteworthy topographical detail is shown, with particular focus on the Great Lakes. Lake Superior is shown attached to a convoluted river system reaching across the continent reminiscent of the Riviere Longue of Baron Lahontan's memoirs.On the Gulf Coast the region of Tecas (Texas) is named with...

Detailed map encompassing Berri, Nivernois, Limousin and Auvergne.Venetian edition of the map by Bonne, to whom Santini gives credit in the cartouche.From "Atlas Universel" published by Santini in 1776-84. The atlas is effectively an Italian copy of the Robert de Vaugondy 'Atlas Universel'.In 1784 Santini sold the plates to M. Remondini, whose name appears on this particular example.

Finely and crisply engraved map of Netherlands.Venetian edition of Giles Didier Robert De Vaugondy's map from Atlas Universel printed in 1776-84.Ornamental title cartouche in the upper right corner, including a large vessel in the North Sea.

Detailed map encompassing Champagne and Brie.Venetian edition of the map by Bonne, to whom Santini gives credit in the cartouche.From "Atlas Universel" published by Santini in 1776-84. The atlas is effectively an Italian copy of the Robert de Vaugondy 'Atlas Universel'.In 1784 Santini sold the plates to M. Remondini, whose name appears on this particular example.

Inverted compass called "snitch" in wood painted in imitation of tortoiseshell and brass, signed "Ing MANN Maker Water Street Liverpool".

A personal gift, only made for the trustees of the V.O.C. The silver plate was probably made by Drick van Hengel and Company because an entry in the diary of mintmaster Johann Georg Holtzhey for the years 1777-1784 reveals that silver work for book clasps for the Delft and Rotterdam chambers was to be supplied by Dirck van Hengel and Company on a yearly basis.The almanac contains a list of the daily sun rise and sun set, the phases of the moon, etc. Jacques Collombat (Grenoble, circa 1668 - idem...

Very detailed map of Strait of Magellan, with in top inset map of Southern tip of South America with the Falklands. Prepared by Don Juan de La Cruz of Spain.Engraved by Jos. Gestner.

Rare, wall map of America in 2 sheets, after R. Bonne. With 3 inset maps of Hispaniola, Martinique and Hudson Bay. Beautiful title cartouche depicting a Native American leaning on a shell, under a palm tree, the figure is surrounded by typical elements of the flora and fauna of the continent as a beaver and 2 pelicans.

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. Showing tracks of Captain Cook. Prepared by Heinrich Roberts.A German language variant of Cook’s map of his explorations along the northwest coast of America and the northeast coast of Asia. Based upon original work by Cook’s cartographer Henry Roberts. Vancouver Island is missing. Shows several lakes west of Hudson Bay in what is...

A map of Dusky Bay, visited by James Cook in 1773. From a Dutch edition of ‘Cook's voyages'. Schets van de Donkere Baai in Nieuw Zeeland 1773. Nicolas Bellin's map of the Marianas islands with an inset map of Guam. A view of Easter Island, of men of Hapahee in a fighting contest  and a plan of a Tahitian war proha.  Together 6 maps / views of the Pacific Ocean.Captain James Cook (1728-79), explorer, circumnavigator and hydrographer. Three voyages, 1768-71, 1772-75 and 1776-79. From 1778 on p...

Uncommon map of the east coast of North America, including the Great Lakes area. To the right inset map of New Foundland. After the map by William Faden of 1783. With color-key.

Etching of a bison by Leendert Brasser (1727 - 1793) after a painting of the Dutch artist Gerrit van den Heuvel.An early portrait of a bison, etched by Leendert Brasser (1727-93) after Gerrit van den Heuvel.Gerrit van den Heuvel portraited this bison in 1766 in the menagerie of Arnout Vosmaer (1720 - 1799). Vosmaer was a Dutch naturalist and collection curator. In 1756 Vosmaer became the director of a natural history collection started by Princess Anna, the wife of William IV, Prince of Orange a...