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Location: 1497
Date: Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger. 1497
Format: 300 x 230mm.
Color: Noir et blanc.
Condition: A very good copy of this rare woodcut illustration. [30 x 20,3 (full sheet) cm], he view 10,4x19,5cm. <br>Short left hand margin, shaving the outer border.
Woodcut published in the so-called pirate edition of the "small Schedel" in Augsburg, 1497, Latin edition. Originally the Nur..
500€
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Location: 1513
Date: Strasburg, 1513
Format: 340 x 545mm.
Color: Noir et blanc.
Condition: Good impression. Some minor discolouration and water staining in outer margin. Paper slightly age toned. Some old backing along center fold due to some small splits. Printed on heavy paper.
A woodblock-printed large-format Ptolemaic map showing the region east of the Caspian Sea is labeled SOGDIANA. Sogdia or Sogd..
7 500€
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Location: 1542
Date: Basle, 1542
Format: 270 x 345mm.
Color: Col.
Condition: Wood block print with letter press. Good impression.
Attractive woodblock map, depicting the Caspian Sea, Black Sea and the Persian Gulf, extending to the Imaus Mountains, accor..
600€
New
Location: 1542
Date: Basle, 1542
Format: 270 x 345mm.
Color: Noir et blanc.
Condition: Wood block print with letter press. Good impression.
Attractive woodblock map, depicting the Caspian Sea, Black Sea and the Persian Gulf, extending to the Imaus Mountains, accor..
500€
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Location: 1580
Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Format: 203 x 380mm.
Color: Col.
Condition: Double page woodblock print with German letter press. Paper slightly browned and spotted. Old repair of a tear in lower margin.
Detailed town view of the Golden Horn of Constantinople. The city plan depicts the markets, homes, palaces and churches, incl..
500€
Location: 1590
Date: Antwerp, c. 1590
Format: 382 x 500mm.
Color: Beau col. ancien.
Condition: Paper very slightly age-toned. Dark impression, printed on heavy paper. Some light offsetting due to oxidation of ink and colours. With French text on verso.
This is a very early depiction of the northern Pacific, with the first mapping of the Northwest Coast of America and probably..
1 500€
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Location: 1598
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Format: 355 x 440mm.
Color: Noir et blanc.
Condition: French text on the verso. Wide margins and a strong and dark impression. In fine condition.
The map was engraved by Franz Hogenberg from an original by Anthony Jenkinson of the English Muscovy Company, drawn in 1562. ..
1 600€
Location: 1633
Date: Amsterdam, 1633
Format: 342 x 495mm.
Color: Beau col. ancien.
Condition: Some outer marginal discoloration. Paper is very slightly age-toned in very good condition. French text on verso.
Published in Hondius' editions of the Mercator Atlas from 1606 onwards, showing China, Korea and the northern Pacific coast o..
1 000€
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Location: 1658
Date: Amsterdam, 1658
Format: 382 x 502mm.
Color: Col. ancien.
Condition: Printed on heavy paper. Some light water staining in upper margin, hardly affecting the engraved area. Dutch text on verso. Wide margins, very good impression, near to mint condition.
This is a detailed and decorative map of the Tartary and northern part of China, including the Chinese Great Wall, the Caspia..
600€
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Location: 1660
Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Format: 400 x 510mm.
Color: Noir et blanc.
Condition: A very good and dark impression. Paper slightly browned. Very good throughout.
A rare panoramic town-view of Istanbul with over the whole length of the lower part 3 columns of poems in Latin, Dutch and Fr..
3 500€
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Location: 1700
Date: Oxford, 1700
Format: 360 x 500mm.
Color: Noir et blanc.
Condition: Repair to centrefold, three brown ink marks to top margin. Map has been cleaned. Slight plate wear. Some paper thinning. Good overall condition.
Two insets show the land to the northeast of China, according to Jesuit information. The map stretches from northern Russia a..
800€
Location: 1713
Date: Amsterdam, 1713
Format: 215 x 335mm.
Color: Col.
Condition: Map has two small holes that affect the engraved surface, one is a rust hole light creasing and the margins have very minor nicks and small tears, else in good condition.
This attractive map of Tartary shows the ancient Silk Road region. The map shows the track of William of Rubruck (Willem van ..
500€
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Location: 1723
Date: Paris, 1723
Format: 620 x 419mm.
Color: Limites en col. ancien.
Condition: Printed on heavy paper, slightly age-toned as usual. Good impression. Excellent condition.
The map shows the area east of the Caspian Sea, including parts of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and northern Iran. T..
600€
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Location: 1732
Date: Leipzig, Gledisch, 1732
Format: 200 x 300mm.
Color: Noir et blanc.
Condition: Paper slightly age-toned. Dark impression.
Uncommon map of Persia, Armenia, Arabian Peninsular and part of India. Prepared by Christoph Cellarius (1638-1707). From Geo..
80€
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Location: 1735
Date: Nuremberg, 1735
Format: 489 x 586mm.
Color: Col. d'époque.
Condition: Paper slightly age-toned.
This is the first printed map specifically of the Uzbek region. The map shows the area around the Caspian Sea and northern Ir..
800€
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Location: 1737
Date: The Hague, 1737
Format: 470 x 685mm.
Color: Col. ancien.
Condition: Paper broken on centerfold and other places due to oxidation of green ink. Good and dark impression.
It has a quite elaborate pictorial cartouche engraved by G. Kondet. It is a very detailed map of China, Tibet, and Korea.In t..
2 500€
New
Location: 1750
Date: Amsterdam, 1750
Format: 280 x 343mm.
Color: Col. ancien.
Condition: In very attractive original colours. Wide margins.
A map of Tartary, Korea and part of Japan. The map is most notable for the confusion between Kamchatka and Iesso.There are ve..
300€
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Location: 1752
Date: Paris, ca. 1752
Format: 135 x 170mm.
Color: Noir et blanc.
Condition: A good and dark impression.
Scarce small map of Persia based on cartography of Guillaume Delisle (. Published in "Nouveau traité de geographie par M ", p..
100€
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Location: 1755
Date: London, 1755
Format: 203 x 302mm.
Color: Col.
Condition: In good condition.
Covering the region between the Caspian and the Sea of China, much of which is Terra Incognita in the North and East. With ti..
130€
Location: 1757
Date: Augsburg, 1757
Format: 500 x 570mm.
Color: Beau col. ancien.
Condition: Mint condition. Printed on heavy paper.
This is a decorative map of greater Russia, extending from Livonia in the west to Kamchatka, China, Tibet, Taiwan, Korea, and..
1 200€
Location: 1783
Date: Paris, 1783
Format: 205 x 260mm.
Color: Limites en col. ancien.
Condition: Good and dark impression, printed on strong paper. Very good condition.
This is a rare map of Persia with modern-day Uzbekistan to the north. The region is labeled as "Grande Tartarie" and "Pays de..
250€
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Location: 1784
Date: Venice, 1776 - 1784
Format: 468 x 647mm.
Color: Limites en col. ancien.
Condition: In very good condition.
A finely and crisply engraved map of Asia is decorated with an ornamental title cartouche in the lower-left corner.There are ..
1 000€
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Location: 1785
Date: Paris, Ph.-D. Pierres, Clousier [- Moutard], 1785
Format: 515 x 805mm.
Color: Noir et blanc.
Condition: A very good and dark impression. Folded as issued. Printed on thick paper.
This is a very detailed map of the region from Japan to the Gobi Desert, centered on Mongolia and Korea, from D'Anville's Atl..
1 500€
![SAYER, R. - A New and Correct Map of Asia Laid down from the latest and best Observations Humbly Inscribed to his Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales. . . [2 subtitles:] Several Representations of the Customs Manners etc. of Divers Parts of Asia. . .](https://www.loeb-larocque.com/eshop/image/cache/catalog/image/new_upload/35765-275x210w.jpg "SAYER, R. - A New and Correct Map of Asia Laid down from the latest and best Observations Humbly Inscribed to his Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales. . . [2 subtitles:] Several Representations of the Customs Manners etc. of Divers Parts of Asia. . .")
Location: 1787
Date: London, 1787
Format: 1030 x 1195mm.
Color: Limites en col. ancien.
Condition: Three joined sheets. Repair of 2 marginal tears just runniing into engraved area. Some paper thinness reinforced.
An attractive and rare, separately issued map, of Asia with figured side borders. With large decorative title cartouche. By T..
5 500€