Antique Map of Alkmaar, City Know for Its Cheese Market, Netherlands, circa 1740

Antique map titled 'Alcmaer'. Original map of the city of Alkmaar, the Netherlands. This map originates from 'Teatro del Belgio', by G. Gualdo Priorato. Artists and Engravers: Author: Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato (1606-1678) entered military service at a very young age and served in Flanders under the Prince of Orange. After his retirement, he authored several historical accounts including the Teatro del Belgio, which described the Catholic/Protestant wars in Belgium and Netherlands during the seventeenth century. His superb plans do not show the internal layout of the cities, except for showing the locations of the major churches. Instead the emphasis is on the fortification, as well as on the surrounding site, rivers and canals...

Antique map titled 'Alckmaer'. This print depicts the city of Alkmaar (The Netherlands). This print originates from 'Topographia Germaniae Inferioris (..)' by C. Merian. Artists and ...

Antique map titled 'Noord-Nederland in 1740 met de Politieke veranderingen gedurende de 18e eeuw tot in 1795'. Map of the Netherlands in 1740. This map originates from 'Historische A...

Antique map titled 'Germania'. Rare miniature map of Germany and surroundings. This map covers the entirety of those lands traditionally occupied by Germanic peoples, from the Blatic...

Antique 18th century British rare and original Emanuel Bowen (1694-1767) map of the County of York divided into its Ridings and subdivided into wapontakes, mounted in solid wood fram...

The Annals of San Francisco, California Its Great City by Frank Soule, John H. Gihon, M.D. and James Nisbet Published New York: D. Appleton & Company 346 Broadway San Francisco: Mont...

This beautiful huqqa (or hookah), an instrument used for smoking—is a highly collectable antique piece. It created in the late 19th century, most likely in Russia. The huqqa is finely decorated with depictions of Qajar kings, suggesting that it was created for the Persian market. The huqqa features a bell-shaped base with a ribbed cylindrical top. This is covered by a cup-shaped feature on a knopped stem. The huqqa is crafted from porcelain which is white and finely decorated with deep blue stylised vines, leaves and flowers. Half-length portraits of the 19th century Persian kings, Naser al-Din Shah and Mozaffar al-Din Shah, ornament the huqqa’s base...

Mid-18th century hand drawn English farm map on Vellum circa 1740s Henry Maxted & Isaac Terry, Surveyors. A Map of a Farm in the Parish of Blean in the County of KENT: Belonging to Mrs Elizabeth Hodgson circa 1743. A beautiful hand drawn map...