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Quidam indiani ducem candisch in itinere adoriuntur.

Heightened in gold and silver
What was delivered to Cavendish on his voyage by a number of Indians. Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Quidam indiani ducem candisch in itinere adoriuntur.
[Item number: 30707]

€850  ($892.5 / £705.5)
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  ($1732.5 / £1369.5)
Atlas Nouveau, contenant toutes les parties du Monde,

Title Page of a Sanson Atlas, published by Hubert Jaillot. 1692
Atlas Nouveau, contenant toutes les parties du Monde,
[Item number: 29712]

€340  ($357 / £282.2)
Gallia, quae est Europae Liber XIV.

Title page for the France section of Blaeu's 1640-43
Gallia, quae est Europae Liber XIV.
[Item number: 28998]

€170  ($178.5 / £141.1)
Toonneel des Aerdrycx, oft Nieuwe Atlas, uytgegeven door Wilhelm en Joan Blaeu. Vierde Deel.

Title page for the Blaeu Atlas of England 1642-43
Toonneel des Aerdrycx, oft Nieuwe Atlas, uytgegeven door Wilhelm ...
[Item number: 16772]

€400  ($420 / £332)
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  ($2100 / £1660)
Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus et Serenissimo Archiduci Leopoldo Guilielmo Austriaco Dedicatus.

Title page for Blaeu's atlas of China as part of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. 1655
Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio Soc. Iesu Descriptus et ...
[Item number: 30153]

€1300  ($1365 / £1079)
Germania Dania Swede Russia et Hongarien 1714. - Diversorum Authorum.

Exceptional nice old colour. Heightened in gold.
Joannes Janssonius, title page 1714
Germania Dania Swede Russia et Hongarien 1714. - Diversorum ...
[Item number: 30095]

€1100  ($1155 / £913)
Claudii Ptolemaei Geographiae Enarrationis libro octo ...

Title page by A. Dürer
Lorenz Fries' Ptolemy Atlas. 1525
Claudii Ptolemaei Geographiae Enarrationis libro octo ...
[Item number: 29251]

€700  ($735 / £581)
Christiani ab indianis nefarie et fraudulenter trucidantur.

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

€2200  ($2310 / £1826)
Electores septem sacri imperii spirituales - Imperator gloriosus - Sexta etas mu(n)di seculares

The Emperors and Electors of the Holy Roman Empire by Hartmann Schedel. 1493
Electores septem sacri imperii spirituales - Imperator gloriosus ...
[Item number: 31205]

€600  ($630 / £498)
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
Le docteur alchimiste

Tardieu, J.N. after David Teniers, Paris, 1750
Le docteur alchimiste
[Item number: 7153]

€600  ($630 / £498)

Portrait of Abraham Ortelius, engraved by Filip Galle. 1579

[Item number: 23891]

€980  ($1029 / £813.4)
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]

€3200  ($3360 / £2656)
Petrus Manchossa tribus furibus iusticiam administrat.

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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  ($2415 / £1909)
Meerwunder und seltzame Thier wie die in den Mitnächtigen Ländern im Meer und auff dem Landt gefunden werden.

Sea Monsters by Münster Sebastian 1592
Meerwunder und seltzame Thier wie die in den Mitnächtigen ...
[Item number: 30969]

€2600  ($2730 / £2158)
Geographia Blaviana.

The design is taken from Peter Paul Rubens
Joan Blaeu, 'Atlas Maior' title page. 1662
Geographia Blaviana.
[Item number: 26570]

€1250  ($1312.5 / £1037.5)
[No title]

California as an island.
Northern Hemisphere by Johann Baptist Homann. 1731
[No title]
[Item number: 28158]

€280  ($294 / £232.4)
Pavillons de France. &c. - Franse Vlaggen. &c.

Nine flags of France, by Pieter (Pierre) Mortier. 1700
Pavillons de France. &c. - Franse Vlaggen. &c.
[Item number: 26707]

€900  ($945 / £747)
Leo Belgicus

Johan van Doetechum's Leo Belgicus 1641, only recorded copy.
Leo Belgicus by Johan van Doetechum, published by C.J. Visscher. 1641
Leo Belgicus
[Item number: 31412]  new

Price on request
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  ($2310 / £1826)
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  ($1680 / £1328)
Quomodo duci Candisch, indiani in quodam loco ligna & aquam dulcem obtulerint.

Heightened in gold and silver
How Thomas Cavendish came to an island where the Indians gave him wood and fresh water. Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Quomodo duci Candisch, indiani in quodam loco ligna & aquam ...
[Item number: 30704]

€700  ($735 / £581)
Quomodo guiani avreas suas imagines fundere soleant.

Heightened in gold and silver
How the Guyanese make their golden statues. Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Quomodo guiani avreas suas imagines fundere soleant.
[Item number: 30677]

€900  ($945 / £747)
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  ($2415 / £1909)
Gualtherus Ralegh amicitiam contrahit cum Rege Arromaia.

Heightened in gold and silver
How Raleigh established friendly relations with the King of Arromaia. Great Voyages, De Bry, 1599
Gualtherus Ralegh amicitiam contrahit cum Rege Arromaia.
[Item number: 30711]

€1300  ($1365 / £1079)
Nobilis Hannoniae Comitatus Descriptio. Pays de Haynault Tenu de Dieu et du Soleil.

Heraldic Garden of the County of Hainaut, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. 1581
Nobilis Hannoniae Comitatus Descriptio. Pays de Haynault Tenu de ...
[Item number: 25340]

€700  ($735 / £581)
Habillement de l'Empereur de la Chine & des Dames de son Palais avec quelques usages & coutumes observées en ce pais.

In rare original colour
Habits of Chinese nobles., by Z. Châtelain. 1719
Habillement de l'Empereur de la Chine & des Dames de son Palais ...
[Item number: 31432]  new

€450  ($472.5 / £373.5)
De Praecipuis, Totius Universi Urbibus Liber Secundus.

Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg, allegorical atlas title page of the second part. 1575-1612
De Praecipuis, Totius Universi Urbibus Liber Secundus.
[Item number: 30096]

€550  ($577.5 / £456.5)
Provence.

Very rare!
France - Provence, four geographical playing cards, designed by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly and printed by Jean-Baptiste Mitoire. c. 1763
Provence.
[Item number: 30328]

€500  ($525 / £415)
Table des Cartes etc: Du Sr. Sanson. Contenues Dans ce Volume.

Engraved title page by Nicolas Sanson, published by Pierre Mortier. 1696-1708
Table des Cartes etc: Du Sr. Sanson. Contenues Dans ce Volume.
[Item number: 29611]

€550  ($577.5 / £456.5)
Pavillons d'Espagne. &c. - Spaanse Vlaggen. &c.

Eight flags of Spain and Portugal, by Pieter (Pierre) Mortier. 1700
Pavillons d'Espagne. &c. - Spaanse Vlaggen. &c.
[Item number: 26708]

€900  ($945 / £747)
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  ($4620 / £3652)
Vue & Description du Palais du Grand Mogol, de sa Mosquée, de ses Divertissemens, de ses Femmes, de sa manière de vivre, & autres choses qui seront expliquée dans la Dissertation suivante.

In rare original colour
Delhi - Grand Mogol's Royal Palace, by Z. Châtelain. 1719
Vue & Description du Palais du Grand Mogol, de sa Mosquée, de ...
[Item number: 31433]  new

€600  ($630 / £498)
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: The first print published by the Blaeu family
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  ($42000 / £33200)