Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu. Map. Copper plate engraving with original hand coloring with highlights in gold. Image measures 15.25" x 21". This beautiful circa 1650 map by Johannes Blaeu depicts southern Russia in detail. Covering the southwest part of Russia and Eastern Ukraine, the map extends from Vologda south to the Sea of Azov and from Mykolaiv east to the Volga River, where it discharges into the Caspian Sea. Throughout, the map notes rivers, towns, cities, lakes, and a host of..... More

Amsterdam: 1634. Map. Engraving with hand outline. Image measures 15.25" x 20.75". Fine antique map of Russia, centered on Moscow. Beautifully colored and detailed cartouches and coat of arms. Latin text on verso. Willem Blaeu (1571-1638) was a prolific Dutch mapmaker who started one of the most famous map publishing firms of the 17th century. It was at this time that the Dutch controlled the map trade, and their ornate and beautiful maps had immense popularity. Blaeu was instrumental in..... More

Paris: Bonne, Rigobert, 1780. Map. Engraving with hand color. Image measures 8.5" x 12.75". Map of northern Europe with Scandinavia, the Baltics and part of Russia, with centerfold. Minor aging, very small hole to lower left corner. More

Frankfurt: Theodore De Bry, 1609. Map. Uncolored copperplate engraving. Sheet measures 12" x 8". This interesting map of Novaya Zemlya or Nova Zembla in Dutch, an archipelago in the Arctic Sea located just north of Russia. The map, centered on the Kara Strait (here noted as Fretum Nassau or Nassau Straits), covers the southern tip of the Novaya Zemlya and the northern tip of Vaygach Island. The map beautifully renders the topography and the sea, with seven Dutch ships making..... More

Nuremburg: Homann Heirs, 1789. Map. Engraving with original coloring. Image measures 18.75" x 22". Nicely detailed map of the area surrounding the eastern side of the Gulf of Finland with St. Petersburg. Includes beautiful view of St. Petersburg. Overall toning. Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) was a renowned German mapmaker of the late 17th and early 18th century, including being geographer to the Holy Roman Emperor. His business was carried on through the 18th century by the Homann Heirs, also prolific..... More

INTOURIST. Pocket map. Colored lithograph. Sheet measures 16 1/2" x 22 3/4". This wonderful city plan of Leningrad or modern day St. Petersburg is a tourist map with text in Finnish, issued circa 1960. Printed on both sides, the front includes a street map of the city along with important tourist information regarding hotels, transportation details, etc. The verso of the map features a photo brochure with Finnish text describing places of interest. Publishers logo - NHTYPNCT (with backward 'N's)..... More

London: Laurie & Whittle, 1794. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Together measure 42" x 48". This informative late 18th-century wall map of Asia is based on the cartography of the famous French cartographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D'Anville. He was particularly interested in the Far East, making exact studies from many sources, and including the excellent contributions made by Jesuit missionaries to China and Indonesia. It is interesting to note the Asiatic royal leader in the cartouche with an opium pipe..... More

Amsterdam: Jocus Hondius. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 12.25" x 15.75". Beautiful impression of Ukraine showing the area north of the Black Sea including Moscow, circa 1620. Nicely detailed geographic features. Latin text on verso. Overall toning. Full original margins. Small tear to bottom left edge. Mercator (1512-1594) was an accomplished mathematician, cartographer, globe maker and engraver but is best known for the Mercator Projection. Incorporating the newly accepted fact that the world is round, Mercator was able to render..... More

Antwerp: Ortelius, Abraham, 1608. Map. Engraving with beautiful hand coloring. Image measures 14" x 17.5". Gold frame with empire matting 22 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches. Exquisite circa 1608 map of western Russia from the Baltic States, shows the Gulf of Finland, to just beyond the Ob' River in Western Siberia. Includes the Caspian Sea. Richly decorated with folkloric vignettes with descriptions of obscure religious rites to match. Compilation map based on travel accounts. From "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". Not examined..... 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 on two sheets. Copper plate engraving with original outline hand coloring. Each image measures 20.25 x 47". Each sheet measures 22 x 50.5". This large-scale map on two sheets shows the conteint of Asia on a polar projection. Beginning at the "Icy Sea" of the Arctic Circle, the map extends southward all the way to Papua New Guinea. Within this range, the map includes all of South East Asia, many islands in the Pacific, and..... More

London: George Humble, 1626. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 15.25" x 19.75". This beautiful carte a figures map of Tartary by John Speed presents the many geography speculations found at a time when parts of Asia were largely unexplored by Europeans. Extends from Armenia eastward to include part of North America and includes the Arctic Sea and Nova Zembla. Korea is presented as an Island while the Kamchatka Peninsula is entirely absent. The Straits of Anian, believed to..... More

Edinburgh: John Thomson, 1814. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 19.5" x 23". This wonderful 1814 map by John Thomson covers Tartary or Central Asia and extends from the Caspian Sea east to Japan and Kamchatka. Centered on Chinese Tartary, includes the regions of India, China, Tibet, Manchuria, Korea, Japan, Independent Tartary and Mongolia. The map notes important towns and cities, including the supposed location of Kara Kum, the capital of the Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan, in..... More