Paris: Boudet, 1752. Map. Engraving with hand outline color, uncolored cartouche. Image measures 17 x 19". This very detailed map depicts Poland as part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and includes Lithuania, Ukraine, and East Prussia. All regions are labeled with cities, rivers, lakes, and forests. At the upper left is an elaborate title cartouche featuring the Polish cost of arms and a copy of the "Pacta conventa," a contractual agreement between the nobility of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and a newly-elected..... More

Paris: Robert de Vaugondy, 1757. Map. Engraving with hand outline, uncolored cartouche. Image measures 19" x 20". Some aging along edges, small tear to lower right. Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) was an important French mapmaker during the 18th century. His "Atlas Universel" was one of the most significant atlases of the period, integrating older sources with more modern surveyed maps in order to convey correct geographical and political information. More

Paris: Gilles Robert de Vaugondy, 1750. Map. Engraving with hand outline color. Image measures 18.75 x 23.25". This beautiful map of European Russia or the western part of the Russian Empire covers from Poland and the Baltic eastward to Ilimskoy, Siberia. Includes an early mapping of Nouvelle Zemble or Novaya Zemlya. Labels provinces, towns, and topography rendered in profile. An elegantly engraved title cartouche features polar bears and three wind heads. The map is in very good condition with minor..... More

London: Robert Sayer, 1773. Map (in two panels). Engraving with original hand outline. Map in top panel measures 23.5" x 38.25, and panel measures 25.25" x 39". Map in bottom panel measures 24.75" x 38.5", and panel measures 26.5" x 39". Beautiful large scale wall map of Ireland in two panels. Detailed and animated cartouche. Includes black and white inset of "Sea Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland" and a table of a description of Ireland. Some toning and stains..... More

London: H.D. Symonds, 1794. Map. Uncolored copper plate engraving. Image measures 14 7/8" x 17 5/8". Beautiful early map of the Eastern Great Lakes published in 1794. Shows geographical and topographical features, forts, towns and major routes. Includes a nice inset map of Long Island. Published in William Winterbotham's "An historical, geographical, commercial and philosophical view of the American United States", which was among the first atlases to recognize the United States after the end of the American Revolutionary War..... More

Amsterdam: Mortier, Pieter, 1723. Map. Engraving with hand outline. Image measures 14" x 18.75". Beautifully detailed map showing the area between the the Black and Caspian Seas including modern day Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey. Full original margins have minor stains. Based on the plates by Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667) who is considered the founder of the French school of cartography. In reaction to the prevailing trend of Dutch lavishness, Sanson favored minimal details, focusing rather on accurate cartography than..... More

Amsterdam: Mortier, Pieter, 1713. Map. Engraving with original hand outline. Image measures 14.5" x 18.75". Rare map of Paphlagonia, an ancient region of northern Anatolia (present-day Turkey), along the southern coast of the Black Sea. Highlighting the capital city of Sinope, this map depicts the region as defined by Strabo: bound by the Parthenius River in the west extending to the Hays river in the east. Sanson depicts the region comprising the Kingdom of Pontus during the rule of Mithridates..... More

London: Sayer, 1788. Map. Copper plate engraving with original outline hand color. Sheet measures 28 5/8" x 21 1/4" This large-scale wall map of the British Isles, based on the work of Thomas Kitchin, depicts England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland in intricate detail. Hand-colored lines divide and subdivide counties and shires, with various keys included for reference. The map is extensively labeled, showing roads, markets, boroughs, presbyteries, and cities - all distinguishable by symbol as explained in a legend in..... More

Amsterdam: Petrus Schenk. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 18.5" x 23". Exquisite and rare map of the Netherlands, in high detail. Includes an array of unusual features: two inset maps of areas with Dutch VOC influence, the East Indies and a view of Batavia; and New England and Long Island, with a view of New Amsterdam. Also included is a table showing the coats of arms from the seven provinces part of the Republic of the Seven..... More

Vienna: F.A. Schraembl, 1787. Map, on 4 sheets. Copper plate engraving with subtle outline hand coloring. Each panel measures 25" x 21 1/4". This detailed, 4-part map depicts England and Wales. Towns, roads, political boundaries, and topography, including fields and mountain ranges, are all labeled in German in accordance with a textual key. A stunning cartouche in the upper right corner depicts a rocky shoreline adorned with a monument, engraved with the map's title and topped by Britain's Royal Coat..... More

London: John Senex, 1719. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. 20.25" x 24". Shows some wear at original fold line, and some small tears at bottom edge, image unaffected. In very good condition. A beautiful map of Sicily. Cities, castles, churches, harbors, and ruins are shown pictographically with a corresponding legend with notes on Aqueducts. An inset at lower left shows a map of Malta ("A Particular Map of the Island of Malta & the Neighbouring Islands"). John Senex (1678-1740) was..... More

Augsburg. Map. Hand colored engraving. 19 3/4" x 22 3/4". Fine antique map of Hungary and surrounding areas shown in just one configuration of the many possible snapshots of the 18th century border changes in the region. Depicted around 20 years following the second Battle of Mohacs which, through the end of the 17th century led to Transylvania becoming a part of Hungary again. By 1718, only a few years prior to this map, the entire Kingdom of Hungary had..... More

Nuremberg: Homann, 1739. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 19.5" x 22.75". In this decorative plan of Amsterdam, Seutter surrounds an aerial view of the city with a wealth of views and images. The plan at the center has streets and medieval walls clearly marked, such that the city looks like a many-pointed star with a windmill at each point. An enormous number of ships are huddled in the city's harbor, demonstrating its status as an economic world..... More