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Comparse des Cinq Quadrilles dans l'Amphitheatre.
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 in front of the Tuileries, in a huge area today known as the Place de Carrousel. Groups of costumed noblemen representing "Romans" (lead by the French King), "Persians," "Turks," "Indians" and "Americans" participated in games of skill. This engraving was included as an illustration to a scarce work titled, "Courses de Testes e...
€550

Maker : SYLVESTRE, I.
Place : Paris, Imprimerie royale
Date : 1670
[Collective suicide under Spanish rule.]
The natives of Hispaniola, who saw no end to the fearful oppression of Spanish rule, preferred death. So many, devoid of all hope, went into the woods to kill their children and hang themselves. After taking certain natural poisons, the women followed their husbands to death by means of the noose. Others threw themselves down mountains, jumped into the sea or into rivers, while some died by self-imposed starvation or even stabbed themselves to death with razor sharp stone knives:In 1631 Johann L...
€80

Maker : GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place : Frankfurt, M.Merian
Date : 1633
A Map of the United States and Canada, New-Scotland, New-Brunswick and New-Foundland ... [together with] A Map of the West-Indies and of the Mexican-Gulph...
A Map of the United States and Canada, New-Scotland, New-Brunswick and New-Foundland / Carte des Etats Unis, avec Le Canada, la Nouvelle Ecosse, le Nouveau Brunswick & Terre-Neuve. Dressée par LAPIE, Capitaine-Ingénieur-Géographe. Publiée par P.A.F.TARDIEU, Graveur, Editeur propriétaire a Paris. Déposée à la Bibliothèque Imperiale, le 10 Juin 1806. [together with]A Map of the West-Indies and of the Mexican-Gulph / Carte des Indes Occidentales et du Golfe du Mexique. Dressée par LAPIE, ...
€5.000

Maker : P.A.F. TARDIEU
Place : Paris
Date : 1806
Le Païs Messin, ses dependances, et Terre Adiacentes.
Map of the Messin region, from Nicolas de Fer's "L'Atlas curieux ou le Monde réprésente dans des cartes. "The "Atlas Curieux" is a geographic encyclopedia of images and a celebration of the French Empire under the Sun King, with maps of French possessions in the western hemisphere, maps of France, with detailed views of the grand waterworks at Marly, views of the great palaces and chateaux, views and plans of the Paris Observatory, and samples of military architecture. Issued in six annual par...
€60

Maker : DE FER, N.
Place : Paris
Date : 1705
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Maker : BOHN, F.
Place : Haarlem
Date : 1794