Map of the Dauphiné 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 ...

Nine small chromolithography's trade cards for Ville de Saint Denis, each with French regions and places, with description in French on each verso.Cards of the regions : Bearn, Berry, Le Bourbonnais, Roussillon, Comté de Foix, Nivernais, Corse, Marche and L'Aunis.

Nine small chromolithography trade cards for Ville de Saint-Denis, each with French regions and places, with description in French on each verso.Cards of the regions: Lorraine, Bourgogne, Flandre, Lyonnais, Alsace, Champagne, Artois, Orléanais, Dauphiné.

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, ...

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...

Map of Bermuda from the rare Cloppenburg edition slightly larger format and more scarce edition of the Mercator/Hondius "Atlas Minor". Engraved by Pieter Van Den Keere.The Cloppenburg edition "Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes De Fabrica Mundi Et Fabricati Figura", was continued for a couple of years but seems to have been suppressed after 1636 ... (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici).Based on the 1595 Abraham Ortelius map, but with added decoration.

Map of Virginia from the rare Cloppenburg edition slightly larger format and more scarce edition of the Mercator/Hondius "Atlas Minor". Engraved by Pieter Van Den Keere.The Cloppenburg edition "Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes De Fabrica Mundi Et Fabricati Figura", was continued for a couple of years but seems to have been suppressed after 1636 ... (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici).Based on the 1595 Abraham Ortelius map, but with added decoration.

Lantor is a kind of coconut palm (or Indian nut) with fronds as long as a human body. These fronds are used as paper. Pimenta del Rabo (or cubebe) grows grape-like on trees and is held in such esteem by the Indians that they cook and preserve them, rather than sell them to other countries. Also shown is the Tamarind tree or Assa, the plant Talasse grows in Java, and the Mangostan fruit and the black pepper is called ‘Sahang’ in Java.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a...

Plan of the city of Saint Cloud, 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 ann...

Scarce print with German text sheet showing the Dutch attack on Praia.On 27th June 1589, Simon de Cordes left Holland with five ships, bound for the Magellan Straits. On reaching Santiago - one of the Cape Verde Islands, they decided to loot the fortress at Praia. This stood on top of a high rock whose only approach was by a narrow stairway with 175 steps. At the time the fortress was occupied by the Portuguese, under a Spanish commander. On landing, however, the Dutch were entertained by some o...

Scarce print with a German text sheet.On certain feast-days the Indian cacique, while beating a drum, led a procession of his people to the worship of their idol, which was a strange hybrid-like creature with several heads. The men were painted black, red and yellow and came first, dressed in parrot feathers and necklaces of seashells. The women, decorated with jewellery, followed with their naked daughters. When all were assembled, the cacique inserted a stake into his throat, which made him vo...

Scarce print with a German text sheet. Captain Weert and the chief ate modestly on roast plantain, smoked fish and wine fermented from palm, bought by a local woman. However, when Weert ordered Spanish wine to be brought from his ship, the chief forgot his temperance and drank so much he had to be carried to rest. Weert had to stay the night but returned to his ship in the morning.On the way back he was confronted by an ugly, naked woman carrying ashes in a box. After circling him three times an...

Scarce print with a German text sheet showing the French torching and looting Chiorera. From de Bry's "Great American Voyages". Johann Theodor de Bry (1561-1623) was born in Liège in 1561, the eldest son of the engraver and publisher Theodor de Bry. It was from his father that Johann learned his craft, producing both engravings and etchings. In 1588, the Lutheran De Bry family settled in Frankfurt am Main, a safe haven for Lutherans at this time of religious discord. Together with his father an...

Scarce print with a German text sheet showing Cavendish’s fleet anchor at a place called Morro Moreno, on the coast of Chile. The Indians came down from the high cliffs to greet the voyagers and brought with them firewood and fresh water as a sign of friendship. Later the English were taken to their homes, which were made from two sticks in the ground, with others laid across and covered with straw. The whole family, including children, lay underneath on animal skins. They were skilled fisherm...

Copper engraved plan centered on gardens of the Louvre by Jean-Joseph Sulpis (1826–1911) after a model by Adolphe Berty. Plate 5bis from "Topographie historique du vieux Paris". The publication was started by Adolphe Berty and continued by H. Legrand and L.-M. Tisserand, Th. Vacquer and Camille Platon.

Murder of Dominican monks in Cumana or Cubagua Island in what is now Venezuela. Scarce print (150x177mm.) on a German text sheet taken from a first edition of Johann Ludwig Gottfried's "Newe Welt Vnd Americanische Historien/ Jnhaltende Warhafftige vnd volkommene Beschreibungen Aller West-Indianischen Landschafften…" published by M.Merian in 1631.

Map of South America.Lovely map from one of the last decorative atlases of the nineteenth century.The rather simple map is framed by horses, Indians, jaguars, tapirs, and mining, as well as personifications of the rivers Amazon and La Plata at the top of the map. Victor Levasseur's "Atlas National Illustré" and "Atlas Universel Illustré" are among the last great decorative atlases published. This map comes from the Atlas National Illustré.

Detailed chart of Guiana in South America. Two scales are given in both maps: Dutch, French and English nautical miles.The inset chart provide detailed view of the Camopi and Maroni or Marowijne Rivers that forms the border between French Guiana and Suriname. The charts are prepared by Johannes Loots and H.Mooy.

A 2-sheet chart of the South Atlantic Ocean, showing the coast of South America from the mouth of the Amazon to Quito in Peru. The right hand part showing Africa's coast at Angola. Scale: circa 1:8,000,000. Chart of the South Atlantic, in two sheets. Two insets, Port of Ascension and Anchorage off N.W. side of St. Helena.The chart is published for the first time in 1833, according to a date lower part map. This is A Revised & corrected edition by J.W. Norie in 1854

Plan of the city of Chantilly, 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 annua...