Antique maps / Curiosities
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De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerderde Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Werelt. Vertoonende in sigh alle de Zee-Kusten des Aardtryks, ...

Scarce. Heightened in gold
Johannes Van Keulen, sea atlas title page. 1693
De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerderde Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Werelt. ...
[Item number: 26447]

€1600  ($1792 / £1360)
Quomodo dn. Candisch in quadaminsula multos canes marinos varij generis invenerit.

Heightened in gold and silver
How Thomas Cavendish comes to an island where there are many strange seals. Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Quomodo dn. Candisch in quadaminsula multos canes marinos varij ...
[Item number: 30718]

€1600  ($1792 / £1360)
Voyagie, ofte Schip-Vaert, van Ian Huyghen van Linschoten

Title page of the first edition of Linschoten's Arctic voyages in search of the North-East Passage to China.
Linschoten's Voyagie, ofte Schip-Vaert Anno 1594 en[de] 1595. With inset of Yugor Strait. 1601
Voyagie, ofte Schip-Vaert, van Ian Huyghen van Linschoten
[Item number: 30292]

€1650  ($1848 / £1402.5)
Currus Veliferi Illmi Mauritii Nassovii.

Simon Stevin 's sail-cart.
Prince Maurits' big sailing carriage, designed by Simon Stevin. 1649
Currus Veliferi Illmi Mauritii Nassovii.
[Item number: 29662]

€1700  ($1904 / £1445)
Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus et Seren.mo Archiduci Leopoldo Guilielmo Austriaco Dedicatus.

For the China atlas by Martino Martini
Title page by Joan Blaeu. 1655
Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus et ...
[Item number: 29974]

€2000  ($2240 / £1700)
Christiani ab indianis nefarie et fraudulenter trucidantur.

Heightened in gold and silver
The Spanish are treacherously killed by the Indians. Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Christiani ab indianis nefarie et fraudulenter trucidantur.
[Item number: 30709]

€2200  ($2464 / £1870)
Gualtherus Ralegh expugnata vivitate, hispanum Gubernatorem captiuum abducit.

Heightened in gold and silver
How Walter Raleigh conquered a city, and captured the Spanish governor. Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Gualtherus Ralegh expugnata vivitate, hispanum Gubernatorem ...
[Item number: 30715]

€2200  ($2464 / £1870)
Quid Dn. Francisco Draken non procul a rio de Platta acciderit.

Heightened in gold and silver
What happened to Francis Drake not far from the island of Rio de Plata, Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Quid Dn. Francisco Draken non procul a rio de Platta acciderit.
[Item number: 30737]

€2200  ($2464 / £1870)
Petrus Manchossa tribus furibus iusticiam administrat.

Heightened in gold and silver
Pedro de Mendoza administers justice in the case of three thieves. Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Petrus Manchossa tribus furibus iusticiam administrat.
[Item number: 30712]

€2300  ($2576 / £1955)
Populorum qui hyberno tempore in arboribus rupibusque habitant, ceremoniae & ritus cum defunctis.

Heightened in gold and silver
How some peoples live in trees or high cliffs during the winter, with remarks on the ceremonies they hold for their dead. Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Populorum qui hyberno tempore in arboribus rupibusque habitant, ...
[Item number: 30716]

€2300  ($2576 / £1955)
Africa.

Rare
Allegorical title page of Africa by Joan Blaeu, published by Reinier & Josua Ottens. 1725-50.
Africa.
[Item number: 28506]

€3000  ($3360 / £2550)
Europa.

Rare Atlas Major title.
Title Page by Joan Blaeu. 1662
Europa.
[Item number: 29731]

€3200  ($3584 / £2720)
Al Molto Mag.co Sig. Gentile Carbonana da Gubio. Qui rappresento a V.S. brevemente il Successo della mirabile vittoria della armata di la S.ta Lega christiana contra la potentissima et orgogliosa di Sultan Di Vinegia l Anno 1572.

Important and rare print.
Battle of Lepanto (Greece), by Giovanni Francesco Camocio. c. 1575
Al Molto Mag.co Sig. Gentile Carbonana da Gubio. Qui rappresento ...
[Item number: 27633]

€3500  ($3920 / £2975)
Expugnato civitatis S. Augustini in America sitae. / Franciscus Draco Carthagenam civitatem expugnat. / Quomodo Franciscus Draco, civitatem S. Dominico in Insula Hispaniola sitam expugnauerit./ Quomodo Dn. Franciscus Draco civitatem et insulam S. Iacobi expugnatam obtinuerit.

The earliest obtainable view of any city within the United States
Drake's raids against St. Augustine, Cartagena, Santo Domingo and Praia, Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Expugnato civitatis S. Augustini in America sitae. / Franciscus ...
[Item number: 30739]

€4400  ($4928 / £3740)
America.

Rare!
Allegorical title page of America by Joan Blaeu, published by Reinier & Josua Ottens. 1725-50.
America.
[Item number: 28507]

€4500  ($5040 / £3825)
Un Tour dans les Capitales du Monde. Jeu instructif.

Extremely rare
Playing cards of the capitals of the world
Un Tour dans les Capitales du Monde. Jeu instructif.
[Item number: 30802]  new

€8000  ($8960 / £6800)
Typus octo longaru[m] naviu[m]. Anno M.VI.c.II ab Hispaniae rege missaru[m] ad Oceanum Belgicum infestandu[m]. quarum naviu[m] quatuor Angloru[m] atq³ Hollandoru[m] virtute conquassatae sunt et submersae: ceterae naufragio periere.

Very important naval print.
Defeat of Spanish galleys by an Anglo-Dutch naval force off the coast of Flanders, 3-4 Oct. 1602. by Willem Blaeu c. 1602
Typus octo longaru[m] naviu[m]. Anno M.VI.c.II ab Hispaniae rege ...
[Item number: 26804]

€40000  ($44800 / £34000)
Cosmotheore, Caelesti nostro Globo, Par; et plane Novus, Hic Terrestris Ut existeret; . . .

TERRESTRIAL GLOBE by Valk G. 1707
Cosmotheore, Caelesti nostro Globo, Par; et plane Novus, Hic ...
[Item number: 21384]

Price on request