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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Four scenes showing Flora, a baby in her pram.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 30 / 20 x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar having his photograph taken.
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 31 / 10 x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar family going by car and greeting elephants of the jungle.
Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 34 / 20½ x 13½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Laurent
Scene showing Celestville.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 35 / 20 x 14
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DE BRUNHOFF, Laurent
Scene showing elephants in boats on floaded Celestville.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 35 / 20 x 14
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing elephants being bandaged by nurse elephants
Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 30 / 8½ x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Laurent
Scene Arthur being pulled back into the plane.
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 32 / 10 x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing 2 rhinos.
Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 30 / 8½ x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Laurent
Scene of Arthur and elephants on plane.
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 32 / 20 x 12
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DE FER, Nicolas
An unusual and very attractive pair of engravings. One showing a terrestrial globe and a celestial globe. The other one of an armillary sphere showing four systems (the Copernican, Ptolemaic, Tycho-Brahe and composed systems). Nicolas de Fer (1646-1720) was the youngest son of Parisian print and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 21 / 11 x 8½
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HOLBEIN, Hans
Bartolozzi developed his style to imitate the subtleties of renaissance and baroque chalk drawings and became deservedly famous for his stipple engraving. The portraits in this collection show how effective this technique was in reproducing with such incredible fidelity Holbein's original designs. ...
Dimensions (W x H): 27.5 x 39.5 / 11 x 15½
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BUACHE, Philippe
An interesting geo-hydrographic map of the Atlantic Ocean and it’s islands. It is divided into two with one side showing the Atlantic Ocean and the coasts of Africa and Brazil and the other side a detailed examination of the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha. A note top left explains the purpose ...
Dimensions (W x H): 65 x 49.5 / 25½ x 19½
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DE FER, Nicolas
An unusual engraving of three globes on a table. At centre is an armillary sphere, the ‘Sphere Artificielle’ flanked by two smaller globes - a terrestrial globe, and a celestial globe. Text at the top below title describes the Sphere Artificielle ‘It is an instrument that represents the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 22.5 / 12½ x 9
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HOLBEIN, Hans
Bartolozzi developed his style to imitate the subtleties of renaissance and baroque chalk drawings and became deservedly famous for his stipple engraving. The portraits in this collection show how effective this technique was in reproducing with such incredible fidelity Holbein's original designs.
Dimensions (W x H): 27.5 x 39.5 / 11 x 15½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar entering a patisserie and then seated eating cakes
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 31 / 10 x 12
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ROBERTS, David
A beautiful rustic scene looking across to The Escorial in the distance. This palatial complex, 45 kilometres northwest of Madrid, lies at the foot of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range which is depicted here in Roberts’s stunning view. In the foreground of the picture to the left is a wooden ...
Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 28 / 15½ x 11
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing elephant family on the beach.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Laurent
Scene of Babar in the jungle with naughty monkeys.
Dimensions (W x H): 50.5 x 33 / 20 x 13
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing three elephants and a monkey going fishing for fish and shrimps. Another scene underneath the text showing an elephant and the monkey meeting a crab.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing an elephant watching two camels drinking from a river.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A scene showing three young elephants watching birds sailing.
Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 34 / 20½ x 13½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A scene showing Babar and camels crossing a bridge of hippos.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 33 / 20 x 13
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A beautiful scene showing elephants dressed up as birds among lilies.
Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 35 / 20½ x 14
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A beautiful scene showing elephants and birds watching a bird race.
Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 34 / 20½ x 13½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A fabulous scene showing elephants and birds dining in the garden with lantern light.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Laurent
Scene of Babar travelling with camels.
Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 33 / 20½ x 13
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A lovely scene showing Babar and kangaroos at the train station.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
An attractive scene showing an elephant flying on the back of a bird from a light house toward a sailing boat.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
An interesting picture showing elephants, monkeys and birds at a train station.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 33 / 20 x 13
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar and Celeste on a tiny island surrounded by the sea full of fish.
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 30 / 9½ x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar and Celeste making fire and drying clothes after they left their wrecked balloon on the beach.
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 30 / 9½ x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar and Celeste on a tiny island surrounded by the sea full of fish.
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 30 / 9½ x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar in his bed.
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 31.5 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar and Celeste making fire and drying clothes after they left their wrecked balloon on the beach.
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 30 / 9½ x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Wonderful scene of skiing Babar.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 34 / 20 x 13½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar and the old lady who is helping him to pack.
Dimensions (W x H): 25.5 x 33 / 10 x 13
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar and Celeste watching a whale from the shore.
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 30 / 9½ x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Wonderful scene of Babar at Fernando’s Circus.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 30 / 20 x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Babar and friends enjoy a picnic in the gardens of the Palace of Pleasure.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 30 / 20 x 12
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LISLE, Guilleaume de
This is a clear and crisp impression that clearly shows the islands of the Antilles and their major landmarks and coastlines. The map is laid on card. The note in lower right corner is in French but reads: The French Antilles are Martinique, Gaudeloupe or Grande Terre, part of St Martin, St ...
Dimensions (W x H): 45 x 59.2 / 17½ x 23½
£250
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van
Decorative print showing three coastal views of Ascunsion island in the Atlantic, numerous birds, flying fish and ships at sea, compass rose at sea, strapwork cartouche at top right, two secondary cartouches at left centre and lower right. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile
Sea chart of east coast of England. The map is very busy with rhumblines and soundings, compass point with north to right, decorated dedicatory cartoushe at lower right to ‘SR Ralph de la Valk, Vice Admiral of the Red... .Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became ...
Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 44 / 22 x 17½
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BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Handsome map of Normandy and the Channel Islands, showing the French coast from Granville to Pointe de la Percée. Title at lower right, rhumb lines, compass point, soundings at sea. Three scales of longitude marked - Tenerife, l’Isle de Fer and Paris.
Dimensions (W x H): 82 x 59.5 / 32½ x 23½
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving showing four figures looking into an unexcavated ruin. The ruin is almost submerged in the ground and covered with vegetation. Louis-François Cassas’ Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth ...
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 29 / 16 x 11½
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
This beautiful engraving shows an exploration at the entrance to an unexcavated building. Three men with a flaming torch descend into the dark interior while five guards, with guns and a flute idly stand guard outside. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 27 / 15 x 10½
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Seale, R.W.
A chart of the Pacific Ocean, showing the route of Commodore Anson from California and Mexico to the Philippines in 1743, during one of the last great buccaneering voyages. He was sent to the South Seas to harass the Spanish bases and plunder their shipping. Anson intercepted the treasure ship, the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 88 x 27 / 34½ x 10½
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KIP, Johannes
This wonderful panorama is from the Nouveau théâtre de la Grand Bretagne, by Johannes Kip. The set of five volumes is celebrated for its survey of the country house during the Augustinian age, as recorded in the series of plates engraved by Kip himself. This ‘flourishing period of restoration, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 134 x 62 / 53 x 24½
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This fascinating copperplate engraving comes from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff, but translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby. The images provide a document of early western contact with China and come from the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 29.5 / 14 x 11½
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 29.5 / 14 x 11½
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van
Attractive print of four Africans. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le Grande Route de Mer’ and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10
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This fascinating copperplate engraving comes from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff, but translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby. The images provide a document of early western contact with China and come from the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 29 / 14 x 11½
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 29 / 14 x 11½
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van
Attractive print of four people and two children in India. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van
Attractive print of four people and two children in India. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10
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SEM (Georges Goursat)
Georges Goursat SEM (1863-1934) attained a high level of success with his wonderful portrayals of Paris at the turn of the century. This outstanding caricaturist was a member of the Salon des Humoristes and an officer of the Legion of Honor. His works offer us glimpses into Parisian high society ...
Dimensions (W x H): 55.5 x 51.5 / 22 x 20½
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MERIAN, Matthaus
An attractive map/bird’s eye view of Algiers showing the city walls, the moat, outlying forts and settlements, by Matthew Merian. Merian was not only a publisher, but an accomplished engraver in his own right. Born in Basel, Switzerland, he spent most of his life in Frankfurt where he met and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 22 / 14 x 8½
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
This map is a reduced version of the one Merian engraved for Johann Ludwig Gottfried in 1631. It is one of many derivative maps of the Jodocus Hondius, 1618. One noticeable difference is the altered perspective of the inset map of Greenland. Matthew Merian was not only a publisher, but an ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 27.5 / 14 x 11
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ZATTA, Antonio
Map of north America, fairly accurately depicted apart from the north-west Canadian coast and Alaska, which were still unexplored. With pictorial cartouche at lower left with trees, nuts and vegetation, and a fence surrounding title. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 33 / 16½ x 13
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of one of Antioch’s ruined gates, with a procession of merchants and their heavily laden camels. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte ...
Dimensions (W x H): 46.5 x 29 / 18½ x 11½
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of the ruined gate of Antioch in the mountains. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century ...
Dimensions (W x H): 43.5 x 30 / 17 x 12
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ZATTA, Antonio
An attractive map of Asia Minor with title cartouche in the upper left-hand side. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo was one of the most beautifully produced of 18th century atlases. He drew on the work of other cartographers - ...
Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 31.1 / 15½ x 12
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of a hill in Galilee near the Nazareth road. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century illustrated ...
Dimensions (W x H): 43 x 30 / 17 x 12
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BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis
An attractive engraving of two celestial globes: Sphere de Copernic and Sphere de Ptolemée. Brion de la Tour was one of the most prolific French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century, and this beautiful print, elegantly surrounded by an ornate border, is a fine example of his work.
Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 28 / 12 x 11
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Beautiful print of a caravan leaving the Gates of Aleaxandria. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century, His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century illustrated ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 26 / 14 x 10
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Spectacular exterior view of one of the gates of Cairo, with camels and traders in the foreground. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century, His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 45 / 10 x 17½
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of a bas relief cut into the rock near the pyramids Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century ...
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van
Fabulous print of a Brahman cremation ceremony. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le Grande Route de ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10
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TOFINO DE SAN MIGUEL, Don Vincente.
Splendid chart of the southern coast of Spain, the Balearic islands and North Africa. Title cartouche with decorated frame at upper left. Stamp of ‘Deposito de la Marina’ at top left. Tofino(1732-1795) is the best known Spanish Marine cartographer. His Atlas Maritimo established the prime meridian ...
Dimensions (W x H): 81 x 55.5 / 32 x 22
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LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
Interesting chart of part of the south-western Pacific, showing the routes taken by the Spanish explorer Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle in 1781 along the northern coast of New Guinea and across the Pacific to Fiji and Tonga. Maurelle was credited with the discovery of the Hermit Islands on this ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 34 / 19½ x 13½
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PREVOST
/ LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
Interesting chart of part of the south-western Pacific, showing the routes taken by the Spanish explorer Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle in 1781 along the northern coast of New Guinea and across the Pacific to Fiji and Tonga. Maurelle was credited with the discovery of the Hermit Islands on this ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 34 / 19½ x 13½
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COOK, Captain James R N
A fine chart of the Cook Straits dividing New Zealand's North and South Islands showing Admiralty Bay, Queen Charlotte's Sound, Cloudy Bay, Cape Palliser and detailed coastal topography. The North and South Islands are named “Partie De Tavai Poe Na Mmoo”, and “Partie D'Eahe I No Mauwe”. With ...
Dimensions (W x H): 27.5 x 27 / 11 x 10½
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DELISLE, Guillaume
Delisle was an important French cartographer of the early 18th century. He held the position of First Royal Geographer to the King. A map of Egypt, Nubia and Abyssinia. From Africa in the west to the Arabian peninsula in the east and the Mediterranean sea in the north to Sudan in the south. ...
Dimensions (W x H): 63 x 50 / 25 x 19½
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SALT, Henry.
Attractive map of Amfile Bay on the Red Sea in Eritrea. Compass point and depth soundings. Inset map of ‘De Rachmah’ at lower right, 3 coastal profiles at lower left. Henry Salt (1785-1827) was an English artist and diplomat who spent several years in Egypt and Abyssinia in the early years of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 31 / 15½ x 12
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BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas (1703-1772)
Sea chart of the western Mediterranean from Cadiz in Spain to the mouth of the Tiber, showing the coasts of Spain, France, Italy and north Africa. Rhumb lines criss-cross the map, title cartouche at top left with three scales. Bellin was appointed hydrographer (chief cartographer) to the French ...
Dimensions (W x H): 79 x 55 / 31 x 21½
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CHÂTELAIN, Henri
A very attractive map of eastern North America with galleons in the sea and native Americans hunting various animals on land. The Mississippi Basin is shown in detail, though a little conjectured. One inset showing the coastline of Louisiana from Ascension Bay to St. Joseph's Bay, and another, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 42 / 19 x 16½
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BONNE, Rigobert
An early map of New Zealand showing the coast in some detail with numerous depth soundings to North Island and the route taken by Captain Cooke.The charting of the coast is complete apart from a small sections, mainly in South Island.Four inset maps of Riviere se la Tamise, Baye de Tolaga, Baye des ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23.5 x 34 / 9½ x 13½
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
The map is in two parts, north and south, they are both of equal size. The northern map has a decorated cartouche, and shows the north of white Russia, and part of the arctic coast, reaches as far south as ‘Petersbourg’. The southern map stretches to the northern tip of the Black Sea, the Volga ...
Dimensions (W x H): 66 x 50 / 26 x 19½
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DELISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
The map is in two parts, north and south, they are both of equal size. The northern map has a decorated cartouche, and shows the north of white Russia, and part of the arctic coast, reaches as far south as the Principality of Galicz. The southern map stretches to the northern tip of the Black Sea, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 66 x 50 / 26 x 19½
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
A splendid and detailed map, if a little fanciful. The map covers most of central Asia, Siberia and China. Lack of knowledge didn’t deter de l’Isle from putting in as much detail on unexplored lands in the north and east as the well explored parts. Decorated cartouche at lower left
Dimensions (W x H): 63 x 48.5 / 25 x 19
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
An interesting map of north east Africa, with plenty of information, mostly very speculative about the interior of Africa- its people, regions and kingdoms.The plates were originally made by De l’Isle around 1700. Covens and Mortimer reissued them in the Atlas Novissimo (1730-40). Phillipe Buache, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 61 x 49 / 24 x 19½
£445
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
Fine elaborate cartouche, although the title suggest a map of Denmark, this handsome map shows the northern halves of Sweden, Norway and Finland. The plates were originally made by De l’Isle around 1700. Covens and Mortimer reissued them in the Atlas Novissimo (1730-40). Phillipe Buache, de ...
Dimensions (W x H): 62 x 45 / 24½ x 17½
£475
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Hérault
/ LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797. An attractive map of the regions North of Japan withs two inset maps: Extrait de la carte ...
Dimensions (W x H): 67.5 x 49 / 26½ x 19½
£350
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
Ornamental cartouche, seven different national scales, a good clear map showing the regions of Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. The plates were originally made by De l’Isle around 1700. Covens and Mortimer reissued them in the Atlas Novissimo (1730-40). Phillipe Buache, de l’Isle’s successor, and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 62 x 47.5 / 24½ x 18½
£120
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BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis
In the mid-eighteenth century, French mapmaking was at its peak. Brion de la Tour was one of its most prolific cartographers. This beautiful decorated little map, elegantly surrounded by an ornate engraved uncoloured frame, is a fine example of the period.
Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 28 / 12 x 11
£120
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Le Roy, Julien David
Julien-David Le Roy's Les Ruines des plus beaux Monuments de la Grece, first issued in 1758, was the first book to show the wonders of Greek civilization. Overnight, Greece became the rage, much to the chagrin of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and other defenders of the genius of Rome.
Dimensions (W x H): 44 x 29.5 / 17½ x 11½
£375
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
Elaborate cartouche of strapwork surrounded by marine and mythical figures, secondary simpler cartouche contains three scales. A large clear map of present day Holland. The plates were originally made by De l’Isle around 1700. Covens and Mortimer reissued them in the Atlas Novissimo (1730-40). ...
Dimensions (W x H): 61 x 47 / 24 x 18½
£695
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BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas (1703-1772)
Interesting chart of the strait of Gibraltar by the famed French cartographer and hydrographer Jacques-Nicholas Bellin. The map shows the Spanish coast and African land on the other side of the strait. Map orientation shows north to the left, large detailed annotated inset plan of the fortress of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 91 x 60 / 36 x 23½
£250
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BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Ornamental cartouche at top right. This attractive map shows the voyages of early explorers - Cortes, Hernandez and Ponce de Leon
Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 28 / 15 x 11
£420
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DELISLE, Guillaume
Delisle was an important French cartographer of the early 18th century. He held the position of First Royal Geographer to the King. An interesting map of the lower section of South America including Paraguay and Chili and from Peru in the north to the Diego Ramírez islands in the south. In the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 65.2 x 50 / 25½ x 19½
£175
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JEFFREYS, Thomas
The map is based on a hoax, possibly by Daniel Defoe, that was launched in a London periodical in 1708, concerning a fictitious Spanish Admiral de Fonte.De Fonte apparently, discovered a passage, the ‘ Strait of Juan de Fuca’ through which he sailed north east until he met a ship from Boston that ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 30 / 14 x 12
£750
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BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas (1703-1772)
Interesting chart of the Bay of Cadiz by the famed French cartographer and hydrographer Jacques-Nicholas Bellin. The map shows the Bay of Cadiz, indicating the city of Cadiz with Fort St.Sebastien as well as smaller towns and villages along the coastline. Bellin was appointed hydrographer (chief ...
Dimensions (W x H): 90 x 58 / 35½ x 23
£375
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HÉRAULT
/ LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797. Chart shows very detailed soundings and all known harbours, straits and island chains. It ...
Dimensions (W x H): 68 x 49.5 / 27 x 19½
£695
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BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas (1703-1772)
A magnificent sea chart of the south part of the Atlantic Ocean, covered in rhumb lines. Showing south parts of African, Portuguese, Spanish and French coast, Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands and Azores on the east and parts of North American coast and West Indies on the west. Extensive lists of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 89 x 58 / 35 x 23
£650
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BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Map of the south Atlantic with the coastines of South America and Africa. Compass point at centre, rhumb lines. Bellin was appointed hydrographer (chief cartographer) to the French Navy upon the creation of France's hydrographic office, the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine.Over a 50 year ...
Dimensions (W x H): 88 x 57 / 34½ x 22½
£350
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GAUTTIER, Pierre
Large chart of the Western Mediterranean, from the Atlantic to the Dalmatian coast, and from the Bay of Biscay to the Sahara. Ports and Capes on the coast are shown in detail, but there is little detail on the land. Rhumb lines at sea. Title at upper centre. Stamp of the ‘ Depot General de la ...
Dimensions (W x H): 91 x 62 / 36 x 24½
£850
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BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Magnificent map of southern India including Ceylon and the Maldives. Has rhumb lines. Cartouche in lower right. Bellin was appointed hydrographer (chief cartographer) to the French Navy upon the creation of France's hydrographic office, the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine.Over a 50 year ...
Dimensions (W x H): 88 x 62 / 34½ x 24½
£350
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BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Magnificent map showing the north east coast of North America. Covering the Gulf of St Lawrence in the north to New Jersey in the south. Bellin was appointed hydrographer (chief cartographer) to the French Navy upon the creation of France's hydrographic office, the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la ...
Dimensions (W x H): 89 x 60 / 35 x 23½
£650
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BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Interesting map showing the northern part of Haiti and the Dominican Republic in the south and extending to the Island of San Salvador in the north. Bellin was appointed hydrographer (chief cartographer) to the French Navy upon the creation of France's hydrographic office, the Dépôt des cartes et ...
Dimensions (W x H): 92 x 60 / 36 x 23½
£195
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DELISLE, Guillaume
Senlis is a town and commune located about 50 km north of central Paris, in the Picardie région, in the Oise département. Detailed to show many villages, towns, roads and even individual trees to indicate forests. With two insets: "Plan de Crespy" and "Plan de la Ville de Senlis". Surrounded by ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64.5 x 47 / 25½ x 18½
£220
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This fascinating copperplate engraving comes from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff, but translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby. The images provide a document of early western contact with China and come from the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 22.5 / 13 x 9
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 22.5 / 13 x 9
£145
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BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis
In the mid-eighteenth century, French mapmaking was at its peak. Brion de la Tour was one of its most prolific cartographers. This beautiful decorated little map, elegantly surrounded by an ornate engraved uncoloured frame, is a fine example of the period.
Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 28 / 12 x 11
£145
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BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis
In the mid-eighteenth century, French mapmaking was at its peak. Brion de la Tour was one of its most prolific cartographers. This beautiful decorated little map, elegantly surrounded by an ornate engraved uncoloured frame, is a fine example of the period.
Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 28 / 12 x 11
£140
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BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis
In the mid-eighteenth century, French mapmaking was at its peak. Brion de la Tour was one of its most prolific cartographers. This beautiful decorated little map, elegantly surrounded by an ornate engraved uncoloured frame, is a fine example of the period.
Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 28 / 12 x 11
£130
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BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis
In the mid-eighteenth century, French mapmaking was at its peak. Brion de la Tour was one of its most prolific cartographers. This beautiful decorated little map, elegantly surrounded by an ornate engraved uncoloured frame, is a fine example of the period.
Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 28 / 12 x 11
£195
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BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis
In the mid-eighteenth century, French mapmaking was at its peak. Brion de la Tour was one of its most prolific cartographers. This beautiful decorated little map, elegantly surrounded by an ornate engraved uncoloured frame, is a fine example of the period.
Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 28 / 12 x 11
£265
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BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis
Attractive map of south-east Asia including India and China. In the mid-eighteenth century, French mapmaking was at its peak. Brion de la Tour was one of its most prolific cartographers. This beautiful decorated little map, elegantly surrounded by an ornate engraved uncoloured frame, is a fine ...
Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 28 / 12 x 11
£130
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ZATTA, Antonio
Attractive map of Westfalia (northern Germany), with illustrated cartouche at top left, showing a rural scene. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo was one of the most beautifully produced of 18th century atlases. He drew on the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 42 / 13 x 16½
£300
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MERIAN, Matthaus
An attractive map/bird’s eye view of the city of Santo Domingo, capital of the Domincan republic by Matthew Merian. Merian was not only a publisher, but an accomplished engraver in his own right. Born in Basel, Switzerland, he spent most of his life in Frankfurt where he met and married Theodore ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 19.5 / 13 x 7½
£195
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van
Handsome print of elephant and spear-bearing Cochin soldiers. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le ...
Dimensions (W x H): 31.5 x 25 / 12½ x 10
£230
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of an Egyptian soldier, in full costume, with axe and sword. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth ...
Dimensions (W x H): 27 x 44 / 10½ x 17½
£545
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JANSSON, Jan
A beautiful map of Cumberland and Westmorland, showing the towns, rivers, hills, lakes, parks and forests of this area (all now part of the present-day county of Cumbria). A decorative title cartouche in the top left shows mermaids and cherubs. In the bottom left corner the map scale is presented ...
Dimensions (W x H): 53.5 x 42 / 21 x 16½
£435
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of the mosque of Hassan in Cairo. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century illustrated book on ...
Dimensions (W x H): 48.5 x 31 / 19 x 12
£435
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Beautiful print of a large city mosque in Cairo with citizens and camels strolling by in the streets. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century, His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 44 / 9½ x 17½
£275
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This fascinating copperplate engraving comes from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff, but translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby. The images provide a document of early western contact with China and come from the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 29 / 14 x 11½
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 29 / 14 x 11½
£275
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This fascinating copperplate engraving comes from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff, but translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby. The images provide a document of early western contact with China and come from the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 29 / 14 x 11½
Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 29 / 14 x 11½
£245
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This fascinating copperplate engraving comes from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff, but translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby. The images provide a document of early western contact with China and come from the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 29 / 14 x 11½
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 29 / 14 x 11½
£220
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ZATTA, Antonio
An attractive map of part of European Russia, from the Baltic to the Ukraine, with an ornamental cartouche at centre left, showing rural riverside scene. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo was one of the most beautifully ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 42 / 13 x 16½
£195
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van
Interesting print of an agricultural compound with trees, cows and the preparation of Betel nut (Arecca) in the foreground. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 31.5 x 25 / 12½ x 10
£120
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SANSON, Nicolas
A detailed map of the island of Madagascar, the Isle de Comorre and the south-east coast of Mozambique, ‘Zanguebar’, as it was known then. Title cartouche at lower left.
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 19.5 / 9½ x 7½
£195
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ZATTA, Antonio
Map of Bavaria, with decorated cartouche, showing rural scene. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo was one of the most beautifully produced of 18th century atlases. He drew on the work of other cartographers- such as Captain ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 42 / 13 x 16½
£275
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DE FER, Nicolas
The lower half of this attractive engraving shows the mouth of the Tagus from the sea to Lisbon, showing the coastline, settlement and fortification in detail. Title at top centre flanked by two views- To the left, the ‘Palais Royal de Lisbonne’, and to the right, ‘Le Chateau de Belem’.
Dimensions (W x H): 40.5 x 17.5 / 16 x 7
£245
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FER, Nicholas de
An unusual and attractive map of the environs of Vienna and the Danube. Ornamental cartouche at top right, scale at lower left. De Fer’s ‘Atlas Curieux’, in the unusual size of oblong folio, was first published in 1705 and reissued in 1717
Dimensions (W x H): 50.5 x 16.5 / 20 x 6½
£250
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