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Period: Mid-18th Century
Antique Map of Oberlausitz by Homann Erben, '1746'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Geographische Verzeichnung des Budissinischen Creises (..) - Carte du Cercle de Budissin (..)'. Copper engraved map of Oberlausitz, a historical region of Saxony ...
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Antique Bust of a Spanish Knight, Hand Carved with Original Gesso and Paint
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Wooden bust of a knight. A wonderful armored knight carved from lime wood. The knight is well carved with the face (with moustache) looking out of the ...
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Spanish Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Pine

Two Antique Sea Charts of the Thousand Islands between Batavia and Bantam, c1734
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique maps titled 'A large draught of the Coast of Iava from Bantam Point to Batavia'. Two seperate sheets, joined together they depict the island of Java, Indonesia. Condition...
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Antique Map of France by Mortier 'c.1730'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Galliae Antiquae Tabula'. Original antique map of France in ancient times. Published by P. Mortier, circa 1730.
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Antique Map of Juan Fernandez Island by Anson '1749'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'l'Ile de Juan Fernandes dans la Mer du Sud (..) - Het Eiland Juan Fernandes in de Zuid Zee (..)'. This map depicts Juan Fernandez Island in the Southern Sea. This...
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Antique Map of Brabant 'The Netherlands' by N. Visscher, circa 1690
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Brabantiae Batavae pars orientalis, comprehendens Tetrarchiam sive majoratum sylvaeducensem in ejusdem subjacentes ditiones (..)'. Map of the Dutch province 'Brab...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Engraving of an Orang-Utan on Borneo 'Kalimantan' or Sumatra, Indonesia, 1739
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Orang-Oetang of Bosch-mensch'. This print depicts an Orang-Utan on Borneo or Sumatra, Indonesia. Originates from 'Hedendaagsche Historie, of tegenwoordige staat...
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Old Original Copper Engraving Depicting a Viceroy with Entourage in China, 1735
Located in Langweer, NL
Original handtinted copper engraving with title: 'Cortege d'un Viceroy tout les fois qu'il sort de son palais'. Translate in English: 'Procession of a Viceroy whenever he leaves h...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Nicely Colored Original Antique Map of Upper Saxony, Middle Germany, 1756
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Partie Meridionale du cercle de Haute Saxe (..)'. Original antique map of upper Saxony, Germany. It was the name given to the majority of the German lands held by the House of Wettin, in what is now called Central Germany. Artists and Engravers: Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688 - 1766), also known as Le Sieur or Monsieur Robert, and his son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy (c.1723 - 1786), were leading mapmakers in France during the 18th century. In 1757, they published The Atlas Universel, one of the most important atlases of the 18th century. To produce the atlas, the Vaugondys integrated older sources with more modern surveyed maps...
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Map of North and East coast of Asia with Japan & inset maps of Kamchatka, c1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nouvelle representation des Cotes Nord et Est de L'Asie.' Map the north and east coast of Asia, showing an oddly shaped Japan and inset maps of Kamchatka. Thi...
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Detailed Original Antique Map of the Russian Empire in Asia, 1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie en Asie (..)'. Detailed map of the Russian Empire in Asia. Artists and Engravers: Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) was the head of a leading family of geographers in eighteenth century France. Gilles got his start when he jointly inherited the shop of Pierre-Moullart Sanson, grandson of the famous geographer Nicholas Sanson. The inheritance included the business, its stock of plates, and a roller press...
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Antique Map of the Caribbean Island of St Kitts, ca.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Isle St. Christophe pour Servir a l'Histoire Genle. des Voyages.' Detailed map of the Island of St. Kitts, showing the Parishes, towns, ...
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Detailed Antique Map Showing Mansfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, ca.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Die Grafschaft Mansfeld Konigl. Preuss. Churfurstl. Sachsischen Antheils mit allen darinnen befindlichen Stadten Dorfschaften.' Detailed map show...
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Old Copperplate Engraving of Fort St. James on the Gambra River, Africa, c.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plan de l’Isle James sur la Gambra en 1732 (…). Copperplate engraving/etching on Hand laid (Verge) paper. Sheet size: 19,7 x 26,7 cm. Image size: 13,8 x 19,8 cm. From vol. 3 o...
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Antique Map of the Country Inhabited by the Samoyedic and Khanty People '1768'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte des Païs Habités par les Samojedes et Ostiacs'. Original antique map of the country inhabited by the Samoyedic and Khanty (Ostyak) peoples. Engraved by J.N....
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Antique Hand-Colored Map of Northern Portugal, 1756
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map Portugal titled 'Parte Sepentrional del Reyno de Portugal'. Antique map of Northern Portugal. This map originates from 'Atlas Port...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Antique Coaching Road Map Cranborne to Dorchester, Framed Cartography, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique coaching road map of Cranborne to Dorchester. An English, framed lithograph engraving of regional interest with second map to reverse, dating to the mid 18th cent...
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British Other Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Antique Road Map, Bristol to Weymouth, English, Framed Cartography, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique coaching road map of Bristol to Weymouth. An English, framed lithograph engraving of regional interest with second map to reverse, dating to the mid 18th century ...
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British George II Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Antique Map of Denmark by Moll 'circa 1730'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Denmark, agreeable to Modern History'. Uncommon map of Denmark by Herman Moll, published, circa 1730.
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Antique Map of Oostergo, Part of Friesland, the Netherlands. Published in 1744
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Oostergo'. Original antique map of Oostergo, part of the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Published 1744. Artists and Engravers: Isaak Tirion (1705 in U...
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Interesting Antique Map of Tartary and Northeast Asia, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Condition: Good, given age. Original folds, as issued. Some small water stains above image and top-right. Please study scan carefully.
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Old Print of the Governor-General's Residence in Batavia, Indonesia, 1739
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Ein Prospect Sr. Hoch-Edelheit des Herrn Gen: Gouverneurs Hoff und Wohnhausses in dem Castel Batavia wie dasselbe von innen anzusehen'. Old print with a view of the Governor-General's residence in Batavia. This print originates from from 'Allerneuester Geographische- und Topographischer Schau-platz, von Africa und Ost-Indien'. Artists and Engravers: Johann Wolfgang Heydt, a German artist who worked for the Dutch East India...
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Print of Pleasure Gardens of the Governor-General of Batavia, Indonesia, ca.1744
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Ein Prospect aus Sr. Hoch-Edelheit des Herrn General-Gouverneurs Lust oder Spiel-Haus nach der Werff, dem Vier Kand und der Baum Wachters Häusgen in Batavia gez...
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Old Map of the Gulf of Bothnia, the Northernmost Arm of the Baltic Sea, 1759
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte du Golphe de Bothnie'. Original antique map of the Gulf of Bothnia, the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It is situated between Finland's west coast ...
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Antique Map of the Region of Elbogen & Eger, Czech Republic & Hungary, 1742
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Repraesentatio Geographica Circuli Egerani, nec non Elnbogensis : in quo simul viae Egeranae in Thermas Carolinas distincta delineatio conspicitur (..)'. Orig...
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Original Old Copper Engravings of Seals of Lubeck, Stavoren, Amsterdam etc. 1767
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‚Zegel der stad Lubek (..)’. Seals of the city of Lubeck and others: Stavoren, Amsterdam (8x), van Amstel, Persijn (..). This print originates from ‘Amsterda...
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Rare Engraving of Dutch and Danish Forts on the West African Gold Coast, 1744
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'The Dutch Fort Croevecoeur (…).' A four panel plate showing forts on the West African Gold Coast, Ghana; a) The Dutch Fort Croevecoeur at Accra, b) The Danish Fort Christiaenburgh at Accra, c) Cape Ruygehoeck or Duyvelsbergh, d) The Prospect of the Village and Coast of Lay, the mount Redonda being at NNE. Ussher Fort is a fort in Accra, Ghana. It was built by the Dutch in 1649 as Fort Crevecoeur. From: "A Collection of Voyages and Travels" published by John and Awnsham Churchill in London in 1744. Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Johannes Kip' after 'A. Churchill'. Johannes Kip (b Amsterdam, 1653; d London, 1722). Dutch draughtsman, engraver and dealer, active in England. He was a pupil of Bastiaen Stopendaal (1636–1707) from 1668 to 1670. His earliest dated engravings are of 1672 (e.g. the Siege of Groningen , Hollstein, no. 4), and he supplied numerous plates for books published from that date onwards. His work brought him into contact with the court of William of Orange and in 1686 he produced six plates depicting William of Orange, his Wife and Attendants near The Hague (Hollstein, no. 5). Shortly after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 Kip followed the court to England. After settling in Westminster, he worked extensively for London publishers, engraving works after Francis Barlow, Caius Gabriel Cibber (e.g. Interior of the Danish Church in London , 1697; Hollstein, no. 6) and other London-based artists. His engravings were principally destined for book illustrations. The work for which Kip is best remembered is his large corpus...
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Antique Engraving of Tinian, an Island of the Northern Mariana Islands, 1757
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vue de la Rde de Tinian Gezigt van de Rheede van Tinian (..)'. Views of the south-west side of the island of Tinian and a view of the anchorage of Tinian, w...
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Antique Print of East African Island of Quiloa or Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Plan de l'Isle et Ville de Quiloa, Grondtékening van 't Eiland en de Stad Quiloa'. This bird's-eye view show the East African island of Quiloa, now known as...
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Antique Map of Celebes 'Sulawesi, Indonesia' by Bellin, ciarca 1755
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Isle Celebes ou Macassar'. Map of Celebes (Sulawesi, Indonesia), showing Makassar, which was the most important trading city of eastern Indonesia in th...
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European Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Antique Map of Hangzhou, Capital of the Province of Zheijang, China, 1748
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Plan de la ville de Hang-Tcheou-Fou ou Hang-Chew-Fu Capitale de la Province de Che-Kiang’. This original print shows a map of the city of Hangzhou, capital of...
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Antique Map of West Russia, with Title a New Map of Moskovy, 1741
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map Russia titled 'A New Map of Moscovy from the latest observations'. Muscovy is an alternative name for the Grand Duchy of Moscow (126...
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Decorative Original Old Map of Nova Zembla and the Russian Mainland, ca.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte Des Pais Habites par les Samojedes et Ostiacs.' Map of Novaya Zemlya and the Russian mainland. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engraver...
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Attractive Engraved Old Map Showing Spain, Portugal Majorca, Ibiza etc. ca.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart van Spanje en Portugal.' Attractive detailed map showing Spain and Portugal. Including Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza. Title in block-style cartouche...
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Old Print of the Spanish Conquest of Cusco or Cuzco, Capital of the Incas, c1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Grundriss von Cuzco bey der Eroberung von den Spaniern'. Old plan of the city of Cusco, Peru, often spelled Cuzco. It shows Cusco during the conquest by the...
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Antique Map of Western Russia by Covens & Mortier, 1740
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de Moscovie'. Antique map of the western portion of Russia. The map centers on Moscow (shown near the top of the lower sheet) and spans from the Sea of Azov...
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Antique Engraved Map of Saxonia in Northern Germany, ca.1721-1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Duitsland, Sassonia; Johannes Baptist Homann - Circulus Saxoniae Inferioris in omnes suos Status et Principatus accurate divisus ex conatibus - A large map of Lower Saxony, exten...
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Antique Map of Western Asia by Van Dùren '1752'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Neue Geographische Vorstellung von Asien'. Original antique map of Western Asia. This map originates from 'Neue Sammlung der merkwürdigsten Reisegeschichten, inso...
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Antique Map of Batavia by Van Schley 'c.1750'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Batavia'. Original antique map of Batavia, Jakarta, Indonesia. This print originates from the Dutch edition of Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages' (Paris 17...
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Old Original Antique Map of the Islands of East Indonesia, 1756
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Isles Moluques. Old and rare, this decorative map of the Maluku Islands in the period it was still controlled by the Dutch colonial power. It also shows the island of Bali, Lombok, part of Borneo (Kalimantan), Celebes (Sulawesi), Timor, The Lesser Sunda Islands, West Papua...
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Antique Map of the Siege of Batavia by Van Schley 'c.1750'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Batavia assiecé en 1629 - Batavia 1629 belegerd'. Bird's eye view map of the siege of Batavia in 1629, Jakarta, Indonesia. This print originates from the Dutch ed...
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Antique Map of the Region of Boulogne-sur-Mer by Bellin '1764'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Plan de Boulogne et des Environs'. Original antique map of the region of Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. This map originates from 'Le petit atlas maritime: recueil de c...
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Antique Map of Asia by Tirion 'c.1760'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nuova Carta dell Asia'. Decorative map of Asia. Published by I. Tirion, circa 1760.
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Antique Map of the Arabian Peninsula by Bellin 'c.1740'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Coste d'Arabie, Mer Rouge et Golfe de Perse'. Original antique map of the Arabian Peninsula, labes both Mecca and Med...
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Antique Bible Plan of Jerusalem by Covens & Mortier, 1743
Located in Langweer, NL
This plan originates from ‘Biblia Sacra, dat is, de H. Schriftuer van het Oude, en het Nieuwe Testament, naer de laetste Roomsche keure der gemeine Latijnsche overzettinge, in nederd...
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Antique Plan of the Kungur Ice Cave by Bellin, '1768'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Plan de la Grotte de Kungur'. Original plan of the Kungur Ice Cave, a karst cave located in the Urals, near the town Kungur in Perm Krai, Russia, on the right ban...
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Antique Plan of the Fortress of Tobolsk by Bellin '1768'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Plan de la Forteresse de Tobolsk'. Original plan of the Fortress of Tobolsk, a town in Tyumen Oblast, Russia. Engraved by J.N. Bellin ...
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Stunning Antique Map of Northern Italy by J.B. Homann, circa 1745
Located in Langweer, NL
This beautiful hand-colored map covers from Bergamo east as far as Albona (Labin) and from Vipiteno Sterzing south as far as Florence. The map is exceptionally detailed, noting towns, rivers, lakes, cities and a host of additional topographical features. Includes neighboring Parma, Modena, Mantua and Mirandol. The map depicts the Veneto region and its vicinity during the decline of the Republic of Venice. A key in included in the top left quadrant of the map, while a beautifully engraved title cartouche adorns the lower right quadrant. This map was issued in Homann Heirs circa 1745 edition of Atlas Novus Terrarum Orbis.
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Antique Plan of the Residence of the Mayor of Amsterdam by H. de Leth circa 1732
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Plattegrond van de Hofstede en het huis te Spyk. Behorende de Edelen van Grootambacht. Heere en Mr. Ian van de Poll Burgermeester der stad Amsterdam'. Rare plan...
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Antique Map of the Cape of Good Hope by J.N. Bellin, 1748
Located in Langweer, NL
Early plan of the Cape of Good Hope, includng a town plan and illustrations of the fortificatons. This map originates from Tome V of Abbe Prevost's Histoire generale du voyages.
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Antique Map of the Strait Between Nova Zembla and the Mainland of Russia
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte du Detroit de Waeigats ou de Nassau'. Detailed regional map of the Strait of Waeigats in the Arctic Sea. Includes a decorative title cartouche. One of the m...
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Antique Map of the Languedoc Region 'France' by D. Weege, 1753
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Caart van Languedoc'. Map of the Languedoc-Rousillion region in Southern France. Flanked by miniature plans and views of cities of the region like Montpellier, N...
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Antique Map of Leicester and Rutland by Tinney & Sayer, 'circa 1756'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'An Accurate Map of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland (..)'. Large map of Leicester and Rutland with dedications to the Most Noble John Duke of Rutland, and to...
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Antique Map and Views of Batavia by Homann Heirs, '1733'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Der Hollaendisch-Ostindianischen Compagnie weltberuhmte Haupt-Handels und Niederlags-Stadt Batavia, in Asien auf dem grossen Eyland Iava in dem konigreich Iacatra...
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Antique Map of Kamtchatka by Didot, '1759'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte du Kamtchatka'. Antique map of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The map includes the island of Ouiakous Atch ou Anfinogen, Schoumctchou, and Sirinki ou Dilkon. Orig...
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Antique Print of Frederiksborg Castle by Probst, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Prospectus arcis Fridericoburgensis (..)'. View on Frederiksborg Castle, in Hillerød, Denmark. This is an optical print, also called 'vue optique' or 'vue d'opt...
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Antique Map of Si-Ngan-fu and Tchang Lan 'China' by Bellin '1748'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map China titled ‘Villes de la Province de Chensi’. Interesting set of two local town plans of "Si-Ngan-Fu: Capitale, Hoofdstad." and "Tchang...
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Denmark and Baltic Region – Antique Map by Guillaume de l’Isle, c.1730
Located in Langweer, NL
Denmark and Baltic Region – Antique Map by Guillaume de l’Isle, c.1730 This antique map titled Carte du Royaume de Danemark is a detailed 18th-century depiction of Denmark and its surrounding regions. Originally created by renowned French cartographer Guillaume de l’Isle, the map was published around 1730 by the Dutch publishers Covens...
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Antique Print of the Battle of Oudenard by I. Basire, 1751
Located in Langweer, NL
Plan of the Battle of Oudenard, fought during the war of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714), in which the Allies, led by Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy, beat the French under the leadership of Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme, and Louis, duc de Bourgogne (later the Dauphin, but died of measles at 29). The French commanders had quarrelled, resulting in a divided force that was easily beaten. Nicholas Tindal (1687-1774), at one time Chaplain to Greenwich Hospital...
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Antique Print of the Baptism of Christians by Bernaerts, 1736
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Le Baptême de Rhinsbourg'. This print depicts the baptism of Christians in Katwijk-Rijnsburg in The Netherlands. Engraved by B. Bernaerts.
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Dutch Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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