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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
18th Century Silver Russian Icon
Located in Pomona, CA
18th-century silver Russian icon.
Category
Russian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Sword with Wrought Iron Blade with Traces of Gold on Hilt with Cover Sheath
Located in Marbella, ES
Sword with Wrought Iron Blade with Traces of Gold on Hilt with Leather Cover Sheath
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Wrought Iron
Large Antique Map of France by De Wit, c.1680
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Accuratissima Galliae Tabula vulgo Royaume de France'. Detailed map of France. Shows provinces, cities, rivers etc.
Artists and Engravers: Frederick de Wit (1...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$605 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Water Gilded Processional Cross with Embroidered IHS
Located in Hastings, GB
Glorious 18th century water gilded baroque processional cross, with embroidered IHS panels inset.
Time worn patina, gesso over wood.
Height 61 cm, Width 37 cm, Depth 13 cm
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Monumental Pair of Medieval Antique Italian Church Armorial Shields
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent pair of large one-of-a-kind medieval Italian armorial shield church architectural elements.
Dating to around the late 15th century, hand-crafted in Italy, most impressive size, standing over 6-feet tall, bow front shaped shield form, polychrome painted Memento Mori - The Wars of the...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paint
Edo Period Samurai Suit Of Armor
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite Tetsusabiji Uchidashi Gomai Dou Gusoku (Five-Plate Russet Iron Embossed Cuirass Armor), crafted in the 18th century, exemplifies the pinnacle of Edo-period samurai arm...
Category
Asian Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper, Iron
$188,500
1500s Elizabethan Sterling Silver Communion Chalice and Paten
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Elizabethan English sterling silver communion chalice and paten; an addition to our diverse religious silverware collection.
This exceptional two piece antique Elizabethan sterling silver communion set consists of a chalice and paten/diskos.
The chalice has a cylindrical tapering shaped form onto a plain knapped pedestal and spreading circular foot.
The body of this sterling silver communion cup...
Category
English Elizabethan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Monstrance (temple type). Silver. Spain, 16th century with restorations.
Located in Madrid, ES
Portable temple custody. Gilded silver, glass. 16th century, possible restorations.
Custody made of gilded silver (the finish has been lost in some points) composed of a base, an ax...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Other
18th Century Wood Carved and Painted Santo
Located in Houston, TX
18th Century Wood Carved and Painted Santo. A polychrome Santo of St. Anthony
Some paint loss, looks to have had a split in the back that was filed in and touched up. Overall, very g...
Category
Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paint
Hand bell or bell, “from Malinas”. Bronze. 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand bell or bell, “from Malinas”. Bronze. 16th century.
Hand bell with clapper made of bronze and decorated on the outside with a slight relief. The base has, between bands, an ins...
Category
European Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Other
17th C. Sheet Music "Feria vi. Paschae" (page 191 and 192)
Located in Soquel, CA
17th C. Sheet Music "Feria vi. Paschae" (page 191 and 192)
Excellent example of Latin sheet music for Catholic church services. Bold red title and notations, with red staff lines. N...
Category
European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$357 Sale Price
35% Off
18th Century French Fire-Gilded Bronze Electried Church Chandelier
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A very fine, large fire-gilded bronze church chandelier in Louis XVI style, France, late 18th century. This wonderful piece is finely elaborate in precise detail decorated with elega...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
$7,732 Sale Price
30% Off
Bronze Pax or Pax Board, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Peacekeeper. Bronze. Century XVI.
Bronze purse with a handle on the back in the shape of an esse in the same material and a decoration in light relief on the front that shows, unde...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Royal circa 1707-1714 Hand Carved Polychrome Painted Armorial Crest Coat of Arms
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare, large for its type, Royal coat of arms / Armorial Crest circa 1707-1714 with original Polychrome paint
This is an exceptionally we...
Category
English Queen Anne Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
$50,717 Sale Price
25% Off
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1783
Located in Middletown, NY
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1783
London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1783.
64mo, 1 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (57 x 33 mm), 24pp. Original cream morocco elaborately gilt...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Set of Three 18th Century Vellum Sunday Sermon Books
By Vivien, R.P. Michael, Alfonso Maria De Liguori
Located in valatie, NY
Set of Three 18th Century Vellum Sunday Sermon Books. 1.) Sermoni Per Tutte Le Domeniche Dell' Anno (Sermons for all the Sundays in a Year) by Monsignore Alfonso Maria De Liguori. Na...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Animal Skin
Pietre Dure and the Art of Florentine Inlay by Annamaria Giusti (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The art of decorative stone work - known as Pietre Dure, or polychrome hardstone inlay resurfaced in Rome in the sixteenth century with the flowering of the Italian Renaissance. Tabl...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Early Edo Period Japanese Kanefusa Wakizashi Sword with Papers, 17th Century
Located in Hampstead, QC
Japanese Wakizashi sword forged and signed by Kanefusa, a blacksmith from one of the great lineages of blacksmiths in the Mino region of Japan.
The...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Antique Mortar and Pestle Duo, English, Brass, Apothecary, Jardiniere, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique mortar and pestle duo. An English, polished brass apothecary dish or decorative jardiniere pot, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800.
Dashing Georgian morta...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique 18th Century Diptych Portable Sundial And Compass by Beringer
Located in Bilzen, BE
Antique 18th Century Diptych Sundial and Compass a portable wooden sundial with compass, of German origin, by David Beringer, Nuremberg, dating back to the 1780 circa, in good age re...
Category
German Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Original Engraving of the West Indies, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Caribbean, 1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Rigobert Bonne and G. Raynal's 1780 map of the West Indies, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, and the Caribbean stands as a remarkable cartographic piece, offering a detailed and expansive v...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$363 Sale Price
20% Off
Old Map of Ancient Spain and Portugal – Hispania Antiqua Featuring Roman Cities
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Hispania Antiqua in Tres Praecipuas Partes Divisa: Tarraconensem, Lusitaniam, et Bæticam" by Robert de Vaugondy, 18th Century
Description:
This beautifully detailed map titl...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$615 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Antique Print of the Ruins of Palmyra in Syria, ca.1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Prospetto generalle di Palmira (..)'.
Beautiful view of the ruins of Palmyra, Syria. This is an optical print, also called 'vue optique' or 'vue d'optique',...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$344 Sale Price
20% Off
Palladian Georgian Architectural Cabinet
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare early 18th century walnut Palladian diminutive cabinet of architectural form having a pedimented top over pair of pilasters flanking a single a...
Category
European Palladian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Giovanni Battista CRESPI, Episode from the life si S. Carlo Borromeo.
By Nicolas-André Monsiau
Located in Milano, IT
The work is a round framed painting made of gilded wood, with an angel above the frame cin center. The frame is all made with very elegant, curv...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
$6,059 Sale Price
20% Off
Incan Sun God Vessel. Terracotta Inti Pre-Columbian Historic Art Sculpture Peru
Located in Peoria, AZ
STUNNING!
PRE-COLUMBIAN
INCAN CEREMONIAL
SUN GOD VESSEL!
CIRCA AD 1300-1500
TWO REPRESENTATIONS OF INCAN SUN GOD INTI
(also known as Apu-punchau)
DIMENSIONS: Approximately 12-1/2 " TALL by 4-1/2" WIDE
This is the Holy Grail of Incan Pre-Columbian vessels.
Here is an incredibly significant Incan Pre-Columbian terracotta ceremonial vessel with two depictions of INTI, the Incan Sun God on each side of the vessel with incredible details and beautifully preserved.
Finding an Incan vessel with the depiction of Inti is quite rare. These were reserved for important ceremonial functions such as Inti Raymi - the festival in honor of the Sun God.
What makes this one even more special is that the depiction of the Sun God nicely matches a 17th century document...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Terracotta
$48,000 Sale Price
36% Off
Ancient World Map of Europe, Asia & Northern Africa with Ancient Names, 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Geografische Kaarte van de Oude Weereld (..).'
Original antique map of the ancient world depicting Europe, Asia, and northern Africa with ancient place names....
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,092 Sale Price
24% Off
Antique Print of An Ancient Roman Tomb and a Floor Plan in Rome, Italy, 1704
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print, untitled. This original old antique print shows an ancient Roman tomb and a floor plan in Rome, Italy.
This original old ant...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$205 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Rare 1699 Map of the Failed Scottish Colony of Caledonia in Panama
Located in Langweer, NL
Rare 1699 Map of the Failed Scottish Colony of Caledonia in Panama
This scarce and historically fascinating map, titled 'The Scots Settlement in America or New Caledonia A.D. 1699',...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Denmark by F. de Wit, 1680
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Dania Regnum'. Large, attractive map of Denmark, Sleschwig-Holstein and southern Sweden. Good detail throughout. Embellished with a title cartouche with the Danis...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$899 Sale Price
20% Off
Celestial Table Globe, Charles-François Delamarche, Paris, 1791
Located in Milano, IT
Celestial table globe
Charles-François Delamarche
Paris, 1791
It measures: 17.13 in in height, Ø max 27.7 in; the sphere Ø 7.09 in
(h 43.5 cm x Ø max 27.7 cm; the sphere Ø 18 cm).
W...
Category
French Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
The Furniture of Versailles, 17th and 18th Centuries '2 Volume Box Set' (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautifully photographed 2 volume box set of books which presents this prestigious collection of furniture in a way that cannot be seen by visitors to the palace. Versailles was th...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Cape Verde and the Mouth of the River Niger by Coronelli, 1691
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Cape Verde and the Mouth of the River Niger by Coronelli, 1691
This finely engraved map, titled "Bocche del Fiume Negro et Isole di Capo Verde," was created in 1691 by Vincen...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Promised Land of Canaan – Antique Map of Israel with Biblical Scenes, van Jagen
Located in Langweer, NL
Promised Land of Canaan – Antique Map of Israel with Biblical Scenes, van Jagen
This remarkable antique map titled Het beloofde landt Canaan doorwandelt...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Copper Engraving with a Panoramic View of Mexico City, 1754
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Nouveau Mexico'.
Copper engraving with a panoramic view of Mexico city. This print originates from 'Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$512 Sale Price
20% Off
Christian Presbyter Arius 'Arrius' Alexandrinus of Alexandria, Egypt, 1701
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Arrius Alexandrinus'. Portrait of Arius. Arius was a Christian presbyter in Alexandria, Egypt of Libyan origins. His teachings about the nature of the Godhea...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$354 Sale Price
20% Off
1667 Melchior Tavernier Map of the Patriarchate of Constantinople – Black Sea, G
Located in Langweer, NL
This 1667 map titled "Patriarchatus Constantinopolitani Geographica Descriptio" was crafted by renowned French cartographer Melchior Tavernier, who was a prominent map engraver during the 17th century. This rare and historically significant map focuses on the territories under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, one of the most important centers of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
It covers regions around the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus), parts of Greece, and adjacent areas in Asia Minor and the Balkans, which were historically vital during the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. The map is filled with ancient place names, making it a valuable resource for both historical and cartographic enthusiasts.
Key Features:
- Antique ecclesiastical map illustrating the influence of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople in the 17th century.
- Features beautifully detailed ancient coastlines, rivers, and terrains, providing a comprehensive geographical view of the region.
- Rich with historic place names - like Byzantium, Nicomedia, Nicaea, Cyzicus, Bithynia, Pontus, Macedonia, and Thrace - that date back to the classical era, offering insights into the ancient geography of the eastern Mediterranean.
- A finely engraved strapwork cartouche in the lower right corner with Baroque-style decoration, featuring two putti (cherubic figures) – a hallmark of 17th-century map art.
- The map extends to include the Mediterranean Sea (Mare Mediterraneum) to the south and the Black Sea to the north, highlighting its ecclesiastical and geopolitical significance.
- Original hand coloring may still be present, enhancing the decorative appeal for collectors of antique maps.
This rare map offers a unique perspective on the religious influence and historical geography of the Eastern Mediterranean during the late 17th century. It would appeal to collectors interested in:
- **Byzantine history**
- **Ottoman Empire**
- **Eastern Orthodox Church**
- **Antique cartography...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$727 Sale Price
20% Off
Niche. Carved and polychrome wood. Possibly Spanish school, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Niche. Carved and polychrome wood. Possibly Spanish school, 18th century.
A table niche made of carved, polychrome, and gilded wood. It features a front door with a key lock and gi...
Category
European Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Other
Antique Print of the Hindu God Vishnu Incarnated as Krishna, 1672
Located in Langweer, NL
This original antique print shows the Hindu god Vishnu incarnated as Krishna. Dutch text on verso. From: 'Naauwkeurige Beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromande...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$223 Sale Price
20% Off
Historical Military Print by the Militarischen Gesellschaft in Zurich, 1773
Located in Langweer, NL
The antique print titled 'Zweyte Vorstellung' is a historical military print published by the 'Militarischen Gesellschaft in Zurich.' This society was known for producing a series of prints focused on infantry warfare and infantry training.
The etchers who contributed to these prints over the years include:
- J. G. Sauter, active during 1748-51 and 1754-87.
- J. R. Holzhalb, also active during 1748-51 and 1754-87.
- J. H. Meyer, who worked on the prints from 1788 to 1795.
- J. B. Bullinger, H. Brupbacher, and several others.
These prints likely served as educational and instructional materials for military training...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$270 Sale Price
20% Off
Stone Buddha Head Chinese Qi Dynasty on Custom Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carved out of a single block of grayish brown stone (likely granite type), this Buddha head represents Northern Qi style in China (550-577AD) and likely of the period. The Northern Q...
Category
Chinese Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Two Volume Set, First (Thus) Edition, 1790
By Daniel Defoe
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Defoe, Daniel. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived eight & twenty years all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver’d by Pyrates. Written by himself. Vol I. [With:] The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; being The Second and Last Part of his Life, And of the Strange Surprizing Account of his Travels Round three parts of the Globe. Written by Himself. Vol II. [With:] George Chalmer's "Life of Daniel Defoe". London: John Stockdale, 1790. First (Thus) Edition. Two Volumes, Octavo. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces, vignette title pages, and full-page illustrations by Thomas Stothard, engraved by Meland. Rebound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, blind embossing to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, and a new archival slipcase.
Presented is the first (thus) edition of John Stockdale’s 1790 edition of Daniel Defoe’s classic tale of adventure. This two volume edition is beautifully illustrated with engraved frontispieces, vignette title pages, and twelve full-page illustrations by Thomas Stothard and engraved by Meland. It is presented here rebound in full brown and tan calf, with intricate blind embossing to the front and back panels, raised bands, gilt tooling and gilt titles to the spine.
Defoe’s first long work of fiction, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe introduced two of the most-enduring characters in English literature, Robinson Crusoe and Friday. Defoe based part of Robinson Crusoe on the real-life experiences of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Continental Renaissance Church Lavabo
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent medieval Renaissance period architectural holy water font lavabo. Born in a Christian church in Continental Europe during the middle ages, likely Italian 16th or 17th century, exquisitely hand-crafted by a highly skilled artisan, with exceptional craftsmanship, ornate and finely detailed, the rare and one of a kind forged bronze and brass upper presenting with gothic shaped palm frond back, domed lid with tall finial decorated in relief, the fountain reservoir is decorated with central mounted Star of Bethlehem four pointed pentagram star embellishment as well as other applied ormolu adornments, a narrow elongated spigot with valve dispenses the holy water below.
A later gilt brass stoop catches the water, the nicely styled, demilune shaped wall mounted antique...
Category
European Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
An ivory dyptich sundial, Germany, 17th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Ivory diptych sundial for latitude 48 degrees with vertical and horizontal dials, pin gnomon for Italian hours and lunar volvelle. Compass needle and glass cover. On the plain back ...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ivory
Bowles's New Collection of English Moths and Butterflies by Benjamin WILKES
Located in Middletown, NY
Bowles's New Collection of English Moths and Butterflies; In Twelve Prints, All Drawn from Life Representing near 300 different Species of those Beautiful Insects. Elegantly and accurately Engraved and disposed in an Ornamental Order To each Print is added:-A Description of their Names, Food, and times of Change, By Benjamin Wilkes.
London: Carington Bowles, 1764.
Second Edition.
Folio, (15 1/2 x 11 3/4 in, 394 x 300mm) Second edition, 1 title page and 12 plates engraved and hand-colored, trimmed to plate-mark at fore-edge, lightly browned, some spotting, later 3/4 red morocco with title and fillets in gilt, rubbed and a little stained, rebacked, corners worn.
The plates were engraved by Henry Roberts as evidenced in the markings of each plate the first edition, but omitted in the second edition.
[Nissen 4411; Linsey 183].
EXTREMELY RARE, COMPLETE BOUND SET of...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Original Antique Miniature Map of Persia, Published, ca.1601
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique miniature map titled 'Persia'. Small map of Persia published in the Epitome, or pocket-edition of the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum".
Artists and e...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$503 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 17th Century Limoge Signed Plaque Of A Madonna Praying
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 17th Century French painted porcelain wall hanging plaque portraying the Madonna in prayer against a radiant sunburst backdrop. Intricately painted with foliate patterns ador...
Category
French Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Original Antique Map of Ancient Greece- Boeotia, Thebes, 1787
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Ancient Greece. Showing the region of Boeotia, including Thebes
Drawn by J.D. Barbie Du Bocage
Copper plate engraving by P.F T...
Category
French Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Kingdoms of Castile, León, Galicia, Asturias, Biscay and Navarre in Spain
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Partie Septentrionale de la Couronne de Castille (..)'. Decorative and highly detailed map of Northwestern Spain, including Gallicia...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$615 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique George III Period Square Piano by Beck
Located in London, GB
Antique George III period square piano by Beck
English, 1788
Height 81cm, width 148cm, depth 52cm
This elegant instrument is a square piano, a type popul...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Circa 1691 Frederick de Wit Map: Middle East with Arabia, Persia & More
Located in Langweer, NL
Circa 1691 Frederick de Wit Map: Middle East with Arabia, Persia & More
This exquisite hand-colored map, circa 1691, by Frederick de Wit, illustrates the Middle East, spanning from Turkey and Egypt to Afghanistan, with a detailed representation of the Arabian Peninsula.
The map's detailing in Arabia is based on Nicolas Sanson's influential 1654 map, which was one of the most accurate and detailed depictions of the region up to the mid-seventeenth century.
The decorative title cartouche is richly adorned with images of exotic figures, animals, and a merchant ship, symbolizing the region's historical trade importance. Additionally, a mapmaker is shown working with traditional tools, adding a touch of authenticity to the cartographic art.
This is the fourth state of the map, published between 1691 and 1696. The map measures 21.8 inches in width by 18.5 inches in height, featuring a sharp impression, with minimal staining and a carefully repaired centerfold separation at the bottom.
Keywords:
- Middle East historical map
- Frederick de Wit map
- 17th century maps
- Arabian Peninsula map
- Persia (Iran) map
- Turkey and Egypt map...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$2,283 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique German Bible 1738 Martin Luther Old and New Testament European Germany
Located in Greer, SC
Collectible antique German Luther Bible, also known as " Lutherbibel " in Germany. The Lutherbibel is a German translation by the Protestant reformer Martin Luther, a New Testament t...
Category
German Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
Pocket Globe by Nathaniel Hill, London 1754
Located in Milano, IT
Nathaniel Hill
Pocket globe
London, 1754
The globe is contained in its original case, which itself is covered in shark skin.
There are slight gaps in the original paint on the sphere. The case no longer closes.
The sphere measures 2.6 in (6.8 cm) in diameter whereas the case measures 2.9 in (7.4 cm) in diameter.
lb 0.24 (kg 0.11)
The globe is made up of twelve printed paper gores aligned and glued to the sphere.
In the North Pacific Ocean there is a scroll with the inscription:
A
New
terrestrial
Globe
by
Nath. Hill,
1754.
The celestial globe is depicted on the inside of the box.
On the terrestrial globe much of central and southern Africa is empty. North America bears only the name of some British colonies. It shows California as a peninsula and the northwest coast of America as "unknown parts" (Alaska is not described and is only partially delineated; it would become part of the United States in 1867). The route of Admiral Anson is traced (1740) and the trade winds are indicated by arrows. Australia, still named New Holland (the new name would be introduced in 1829), is part of the west coast. (See Van der Krogt, P., Old Globes in the Netherlands, Utrecht 1984, p. 146 and Van der Krogt, P. - Dekker, E., Globes from the Western World, London 1993, p. 115.)
Nathaniel Hill (London, news from 1746 to 1768) had impeccable professional credentials: he had done his apprenticeship with Richard Cushee, who at the time was carrying out surveying work for John Senex's Surrey map...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Shagreen, Paper
18th-Century Map of the Eastern Roman Empire by Henri Chatelain, c. 1719
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 18th-Century Map of the Eastern Roman Empire by Henri Chatelain, c. 1719
Description: This intricately detailed map, titled *Nouvelle Carte pour Servir à l'Histoire de l'Empi...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original 17th-Century Antique Map of Nanjing Province, China – by Blaeu
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 17th-Century Antique Map of Nanjing Province, China – "Nanking sive Kiangnan" by Blaeu, with Decorative Details
Description: This captivating 17th-century map of Nanjing Pr...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Old Map of the Spice Islands, Moluccas by Bellin, Published in 1771
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 1771 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Map of the Moluccas, the Spice Islands of Indonesia
Description: This finely engraved eighteenth-century map, titled Carte Particulière des Is...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$186 Sale Price
20% Off
Georgian Yew Wood Miniature Chest Of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Charming 18th Century Miniature Chest, Constructed Extremely Unusually From Yew Wood Timbers, Having Four Long Drawers Retaining Original Turned Brass Knobs, Raised On Elegant Orig...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Yew
$3,313 Sale Price
30% Off
Edo-period Orange-Laced Samurai Suit
Located in New Orleans, LA
For samurai warriors, the functionality of their armor was as vital as its striking beauty—both elements held equal importance. This orange-laced armor is one of the rarest and most stunning complete Edo-period samurai suits ever crafted, designed for a military leader to convey the gravity of his power and warrior spirit at a single glance.
This particularly rare armor...
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Asian Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper, Iron
18th Century Giacomo Guardi Old Master Painting of Venetian Lagoon, Provenance
By Francesco Guardi
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th century Giacomo Guardi old master painting of Venetian Lagoon. Provenance.
Old master painting in oil on canvas by the artist Giacomo Guardi (1764...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
Antique Map of France at the Beginning of the 17th Century by Zannoni, 1765
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map France titled 'Carte pour servir à intelligence de l'Histoire de France (..)'. Beautiful old map of France. This map originates from 'At...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$148 Sale Price
20% Off
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