Very fine brass astronomical equinoctial ring with two brass circles with engraved foliage decoration, signed "Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas Delure A Paris", on the hanger ring. The meridian ring is engraved with a latitude scale 90-0-90 degrees, reverse with a scale for determining solar altitude and zennith distance, an equinoctial ring with obverse engraved with hour scale in Roman numerals, the central bridge with pin-hole sliding over calendar and zodiac scales, 100 mm diam.Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas De...

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

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 Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was one of the most important cartographers, engraver, publisher and print seller of Amsterdam. His widow continued business at her husband's death. She re-issued 'Nieuwe Groote Zee-Spiegel in 1676.The chart is in a strictly contemporary coloring and of the highest level.

An eye-catching chart of the Baltic Sea. Engraved by Gerard Coeck.Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was one of the most important cartographers, engravers, publishers and print sellers of Amsterdam. His widow continued business at her husband's death. She re-issued 'Nieuwe Groote Zee-Spiegel in 1676.The map is in a strictly contemporary coloring and of the highest level. 

A proclamation by the Dutch States General, dated 1761, extending the charter of the Dutch West India Company for another thirty years. Like the 1730 proclamation, it has detailed information about the import of slaves from West Africa to Surinam, Essequibo and Berbice, where the WIC was granted a monopoly in the slave trade, while others could import slaves to Curaçao and other parts of America, as the proclamation notes.

Dutch translation of the Latin edition, published in 1723. Westerveen was the secretary of the Dutch East India Company and writes on the right of the VOC to trade as well as on VOC maritime trade with the East Indies. Westerveen also addresses these matters with regard to the Dutch West India Company and deals with Dutch trade in the light of the interests of both Spain and Portugal in the Americas and in Asia.Also contains an interesting Extract uyt de Resolutien door den Gouverneur Generaal e...

Decorative portrait of Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff, who was Governor for the V.O.C. (Dutch East Indian Company) in Indonesia.

Text engraving showing a bay on the Island of Ternate, an island in the Maluku Islands (Moluccas) of eastern Indonesia. Above the map a lettered key (A-E). Text engraving from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the classic account of the first Dutch voyage to the East Indies under the command of Cornelis de Houtman. the expedition left in 1595, after Holland had achieved independence from Spain and c...

Rare two-sheet blue-back sea chart of the Atlantic and Eastern part of North America., published by Gerard Van Keulen. The map extends from the latitude of Newfoundland and the English Channel in the north to the Equator in the south.In North America, most of the Great Lakes are shown and a large lake (Apalache Lac) in South Carolina. Florida is presented in a triangular shape.Florida is shown in a triangular model, with large islands forming the tip and numerous soundings along the coast. The ...

Fluviorum Rheni Mosae Mosellae Moeni Neccaris aliorumque minorum in eosdem se exonerantium et regionum circumjacentium descriptio Decorative map with 18 vignettes on three sides showing fortifications along the Rhine.

Map of the lake of Neuchatel by  Covens & Mortier. After the death of the widow of Pieter Mortier in 1719, the firm continued till 1778 as Covens & Mortier. They published numerous atlases and pocket atlases, using maps after de l' Isle and Map of the lake of Neuchatel.Plus Mercator's and Blaeu's maps of the Wiflispurgergou.   [Lot of 3 maps]- Carte de la Souveraineté de NEUCHATEL et VALLANGIN- das WIFLISPUR-Gergow-  Das WIFLISPUR-Gergow Blaeu 1610

A very fine sea chart of the west coast of Morocco between C.Cantin tot C.Bajador and the Canary Islands, Lanzerote and Fuerteventura. With a very large decorative title-cartouche and an inset depicting Porto de Nao en Po. de Cavallos on Lanzerote. Rhumb lines.  Johannes van Keulen is the founder of the successful van Keulen firm that published charts, pilot guides and sea-atlases for over 2 centuries. In 1680, he published his immensely popular 'Zee Atlas of te Water Werelt'.

A chart depicting the astronomical division of the earth. With on both sides a descriptionary text. All within an elaborate and very decorative border. A very fine item.Claude Buy de Mornas (d. 1783), géographe du roi (1764). Atlas Méthodique et Elémentaire de Géographie et d' Histoire, 1761, Atlas Historique et Géographique, 1762. A chart depicting the astronomical division of the earth. With on both sides a descriptionary text. All within an elaborate and very decorative border. A very fi...

La Sphere Terrestre / La Sphere CelesteA set of two very fine prints of a Terrestrial Sphere and a celestial Sphere. With an description on both sides. All within an elaborate and very decorative border. Claude Buy de Mornas (d. 1783), géographe du roi (1764). Atlas Méthodique et Elémentaire de Géographie et d' Histoire, 1761, Atlas Historique et Géographique, 1762.[Lot of 2 prints]

It is a charming book illustrated with portraits of Willem of Orange and Prince Maurits and eight engraved armorial plates. Followed by thirthy engraved views or scenes of Dutch cities, most with Latin text at the foot.The plates include views of Amsterdam, Leiden, a skating scene, and Prince Maurits sailing wagon. The Anatomy Theatre of the University of Leiden with a finely attired man looking at the dissected body of a man lying on the central table, surrounded by concentric benches with hum...

Included in Famiani Stradae Romani è Societate Jesu de Bello Belgico Decas duae... .Published by Johann Godfried Martin Schönwetter. The book was first published in 1651 and re-published in 1699. The binding is a fine German blind-tooled pigskin, clamps wanting. Fair amount of pages has the usual browning. Copy is somewhat used but altogether very fine. Specially the folding historical engravings are of a high standard.The Bello Belgico , written by Famianus Strada (1572-1649), Jesuit and teac...

Very decorative view of Katwijk. Signed lower right, Louis Bleuler au chateau de Laufen . Original design by Louis Bleuer. This gouache was the model for his aquatint in his famous book 80 Rheingegenden published in 1826.