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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
A rare 18th century VOC notebook with silver fittings VOC Chamber Rotterdam
Located in UTRECHT, UT
The black leather binding in faux shark skin, with silver fittings, unmarked, front and back centrally with a VOC ship within a symmetrical rococo cartouche, the two clasps with VOC ...
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Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

2 Large 17th century forged iron keys
Located in Bilzen, BE
2 Forged iron keys from the 17th century Uncleaned condition, old patina Length 13 and 15.5 cm, width 3.8 and 4 cm
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Industrial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

Italian Rare Edition of Historia Dell Armi Imperiali from Venice 1687
Located in Sofia, BG
Rare antique Italian edition of HISTORIA DEGL'AVENIMENTI DELL'ARMI IMPERIALI CONTRO A'RIBELLI, ET OTTOMANI published in Venice at 1687. Italy
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of Tartary, Showing the Great Wall of China, 1718
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de Tartarie'. Detailed map of Tartary, consisting of the Eastern part of Russia, Central Asia, China and Korea, first published by Guillaume De L'Isle in 1706. The map extends from the Peninsula of Korea in the east to the Caspian and Black Seas. The Great Wall of China...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Large 17th Century French Slate Octagonal Sundial
Located in Madrid, ES
A Large 17th century French Slate Octagonal Sundial With wrought iron gnomon and profusely engraved with latin letters.Size:39x39 cm.With latter hanging ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Slate

18th Century Gold French Gilded Wood Barometer, Antique Parisian Thermometer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare antique finely worked French barometer with lyre shaped crest thermometer above a large hexagonal framed barometer. The Parisian décor piece is m...
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French Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Giltwood

18th C. Giltwood Pelican Feeding Chicks Eucharist Allegory Religious Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
A striking 18th century Spanish giltwood religious sculptural panel, possibly part of an altarpiece, its central decorative motif of a stylized pelican bird and chicks a symbol of th...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold Leaf

Early 18th Century English Framed Indenture Document, Framed
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Large Early 18th Century Framed Indenture Document. The document (deed) is written in lengthy hand-written detail. Issued in three parts, indentures were legal documents cut with w...
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English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood

French 18th Century Gold Mounted Walking Stick
Located in London, GB
French 18th century gold mounted walking stick French, 1769 Height 116cm, diameter 3cm Dating back to 1789, this walking stick exemplifies the remarkable craftsmanship of 18th cent...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal, Gold

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...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Rococo South German Miniature Marquetry and Parquetry Commode, Mid-18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The three drawers lined with jacquard silk pattern.
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German Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Carved Walnut Dome-Top Box
Located in Troy, NY
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Carved Walnut Dome-Top Box. Unusual carved box with a dome top cover and one-drawer. Nice dried out light color.
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Walnut

17th Century Spanish Pair of Painted Hand Carved Wooden Cherubs
Located in Marbella, ES
17th century Spanish pair of painted hand carved wooden cherubs.
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Antique French Map of Java, Indonesia by Chatelain, 1719
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Ile de Java: Partie Occidentale, Partie Orientale, Dressee tout Nouvellement Sur Les Memoires Les Plus Exacts (..)'. This beautiful map of Java (Indone...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

French 18th Century Religious Statue of the Virgin Mary on a cloud
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 18th century / Statue of the Virgin Mary kneeling on a cloud / Polychrome, oak / Antique / Religious An 18th century oak statue with its original polychromy depicting Mary...
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French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Oak

18th C, Southern France, Madonna and Child, Carved and Polychrome Wood
Located in Leuven , BE
Although the 18th century, the period of the Enlightenment in France, spawned thinkers who criticised the privileges of the clergy and the truthfulness of certain dogmas, the Roman Catholic faith was very much present in everyday life. Since king Louis XIV had issued the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685, Protestantism was banned. This Madonna with child illustrates the daily practice of faith. Like many 18th-century Madonna statues...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Sundial with Compass and Case, Bronze, Bion, Nicholas, Paris, 18th Century
By Nicholas Bion
Located in Madrid, ES
Sundial with compass and case. Bronze. BION, Nicholas. Paris, 18th century. Polygonal sundial with a bird-shaped gnomon and engraved triangular piece, which presents, on one side, ...
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French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze, Other

Ancient Bronze Buddhist Ghanta Hand Bell with Vajra / Dorje Handle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine ancient bronze ghanta bell. In a Buddhist style. With engraved and embossed geometric decoration to the bell body. The handle with a 3 point vajra device with each point em...
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Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

Antique Engraving of Kirby Hall Near Gretton, Northamptonshire, England c.1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Principal Front of Kirby Hall'. Kirby Hall is an Elizabethan country house, located near Gretton, Northamptonshire, England. The nearest main town is Corby. One of the great Elizabethan houses of England, Kirby Hall was built for Sir Humphrey Stafford of Blatherwick, beginning in 1570. In 1575 the property was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton of Holdenby,[1] Lord Chancellor to Queen Elizabeth I. It is a leading and early example of the Elizabethan prodigy house. Construction on the building began in 1570, based on the designs in French architectural pattern books and expanded in the Classical style over the course of the following decades. The house is now in a semi-ruined state with many parts roof-less although the Great Hall and state rooms remain intact. The gardens, with their elaborate "cutwork" design, complete with statues and urns, have been recently restored. Anne of Denmark stayed at Kirby on 9 August 1605 while King James stayed at Rockingham Castle. King James stayed for three days in August 1616. During a royal progress Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox died at Kirby of the "spotted ague" on 30 July 1624. The building and gardens are owned by the Earl of Winchilsea and are managed by English Heritage. Kirby Hall has been used as a filming location in many productions. These include the following; an episode (6. Protest and Communication) of Kenneth Clark...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Seventeenth-Century Sermon Pulpit
Located in Cesena, FC
Portable sermon pulpit. Seventeenth-century sermon pulpit Constructed of poplar wood and lacquered in imitation wood. Period: 1600s. Measures: L. cm 91 - D. cm 76 - H. cm 134...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Poplar

Colossal Terrestrian Globe Hand Painted, French, First Half of the 18th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Colossal Terrestrian globe hand painted, French, first half of the 18th century. Mounted in a 19th century pedestal wood.   
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Beech

Antique Map of the Peloponnese – Peloponnesus, Morea, by Cluver, ca.1697
Located in Langweer, NL
Hellas seu Graecia Universa is a finely detailed late-17th-century map of Greece and the Aegean world, issued by Philipp Cluver around 1697 (possibly 1694). The map was published in ...
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German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

16th Century Prie-Dieu Praying Kneeler Made of Walnut and Burl
Located in North Miami, FL
16th Century Italian Prie-dieu (Praying Kneeler) made of Italian walnut and burl wood.
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Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Walnut, Burl

Exploring Ancient Persia: Ptolemaic Map of Iran and Iraq by Ptolemy and Mercator
Located in Langweer, NL
Claudius Ptolemy was a mathematician, astronomer and geographer who worked in Alexandria, then a part of the Roman Empire, in the 2nd century AD. One of the most learned and influent...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

VOC Atlas of Africa and East Indies by J.W. Heydt, Homann Heirs, 1744
Located in Langweer, NL
VOC Atlas of Africa and East Indies by J.W. Heydt, Homann Heirs, 1744 An important and richly illustrated 18th-century work documenting the Dutch East India Company’s global reach, ...
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German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

17th-Century Italian Processional Cross in Bronze
Located in Madrid, ES
This magnificent 17th-century Italian processional cross is crafted from bronze, showcasing the religious and artistic heritage of the period. The cross features intricate detailing,...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Antique Map of the World on Mercator Projection by Anson, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Wereld Kaart waar in de Reizen van den Hr. Anson rondsom de Wereld'. Original antique map of the world on Mercator'...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

18th Century Gold Sewing Box with Wax Case, Scissors, Seal
Located in Paris, FR
A 18th century set presented in trapezoidal case made of light wood and inlaid with marquetry. The vanity case includes a gold wax case decorated with fl...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold

Antique St Christopher Nevis Map, English, Caribbean Cartography, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a superb antique map of St Christopher and Nevis. An English, framed Caribbean island cartography engraving, dating to the Georgian period and later, circa 1780. A fascinatin...
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British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Paper

Two round enamel plaques Nero and Caligula, in the manner of Jacques I Laudin
Located in Gorssel, GE
Two round enamel plaques with Roman emperor's portraits en profil of Nero and Caligula, from a series of twelve, in the manner of Jacques I Laudin. France, 17th century. Provenance...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Copper, Enamel

18th Century French Statue in Terracotta
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century French terracotta statue with Madonna and child.
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French Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Terracotta

18th Century Dutch Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah, The Netherlands, circa 1730. The backplate is pierced and embossed with floral motifs around the vessel in the center...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Pair of Eagles 16th Century from North Italy Church Lectern
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Exceptional pair of aigles of the 16th century of Italy Superbe pair of wooden sculpted aigles from the Italian Renaissance. Very Fine and delicate sculpture The pair of eagles se...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Giltwood

JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED OUR LADY OF Sorrows 17th Cent. Indo-Portuguese Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED OUR LADY OF Sorrows 17th Century Indo-Portuguese Sculptures in ivor... Cross in rosewood wood with gilding. Plaque "INRI", and "...
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Portuguese Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

13th Century Period Wood Carved Polychrome Sculpture of Corpus Christi
Located in Vero Beach, FL
13th Century Period Wood Carved Polychrome Sculpture of Corpus Christi Rare and beautiful sculpture of Corpus Christi. The artwork, probably German, is carved from hardwood. This f...
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Unknown Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Hardwood, Paint

1773 John Blair Map of the Ancient Holy Land: Tribes, Journeys, and Empires
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 1773 John Blair Map of the Ancient Holy Land: Tribes, Journeys, and Empires This exceptional map by John Blair, published in London in 1773, offers a richly detailed view o...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED Indo-Portuguese sculpture from the 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED Indo-Portuguese sculpture, 17th Century on Ivor.... Wooden cross with ivory plaque. Defects and faults. Height: (christ) 26 cm.; Height: (total) 63 cm good con...
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Portuguese Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Roman Bronze Ring – 1st Century AD
Located in Madrid, ES
An interesting Roman ring from the 1st century AD, cast in bronze and decorated with an engraved motif of two fish facing each other, a common symbol in the ancient world, associated...
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Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

17th century apothecary s ivory mortar and pestle - Germany
Located in Bruxelles, BE
large 17th century turned apothecary's ivory mortar and pestle Germany 17th century Cites certificate number IT/CE/2023/MI/01110 18,6 x 7 cm ; pestl...
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German Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Ivory

Antique Map of Carta Soura, Headquarter of the Javanese Nobility, 1706
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carta Soera de Nigrita'. Early map of the town of Carta Soura, also known as Kartosuro and Karta Soera de Nigrat, located in the interior of central Java, headqua...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of Paraguay and Jesuit Missions by D’Anville, 1733
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of Paraguay and Jesuit Missions by D’Anville, 1733 Antique map titled Le Paraguay. This finely detailed copperplate engraving depicts the region of Paraguay along with ...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

The Brazen Sea in Solomon s Temple and a Cross Section of the Brazen Sea, 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Two religious images on one sheet titled 'Kopere Zee in den Tempel van Salomon' and 'Doorsnede van de Kopere Zee des Tempels van Salomon'. The 'Brazen Sea' in Solomon's Temple an...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

18th Century German Gilt Brass Portable Sundial Signed “J. Vogler”
Located in Madrid, ES
Exceptional German portable sundial, finely engraved and gilt brass, signed “J. Vogler”, and preserved in its original fitted case. Made in the 18th century, this exquisite instrumen...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Calvary XVIIth Century, Religious
Located in Madrid, ES
Calvary XVIIth century, religious 17th Century Calvary, religious Ancient Calvary from the 17th century carved in boxwood Boxwood is characterized by its hardness and difficult pruning. It has traces of polychromy and gold. Measure: 65x45...
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European Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fruitwood

Antique Map of the Adriatic Sea and the Balkan by J. Janssonius, circa 1650
Located in Langweer, NL
Striking large-scale map of the Greater Balkans. Decorated with two large-scale cartouches, one showing two swordsman at odds with one another and the other ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Rare 18th C. Newport Map
Located in Sandwich, MA
Rare 18th C, Map titled "A plan of the town of Newport in the province of Rhode Island". Earliest printed plan of Newport, published for the use of the British just prior to their o...
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American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Lignum Vitae Treen Vices Pair of Minature Tree of Life
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Collector's specimens - Lignum vitae is sought after for the beauty of its grain, coloring, patina, density and toughness Translated from Latin, vignum vitae means “wood of lif...
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English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Rare Original Antique Ptolemy Map of Ceylon, Present Day Sri Lanka
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique map titled 'Tab XII Asiae Taprobanam (..)'. For this map of Toprobana (Sri Lanka), Ptolemy drew on the accounts of travelers and sailors and though the information was secondhand and often inaccurate, it represented the most advanced account of the world's geography at that time. This map depicts the island with the typical misconceptions of the period with the enlarged island straddling the Equator and nearly divided by a ridge of mountains. A small part of India is incorrectly shown in the northeast corner of the map and a spurious coastline labeled Gangem fills the upper right corner. The stipple engraved sea contains an oriental ship...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Virgin with Child, Devotional Medal or Pendant. Spain, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Medal. Spain, 18th century. Devotional medal made of gilded metal that shows an image of the Virgin Mary, placed on a pedestal and surrounded by a r...
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Spanish Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Rare Original 16th Century Antique Map of Greece, 1598
Located in Langweer, NL
Beautiful and rare antique map of Greece with Albania, Mecedonia, Romania, Dalmatia and the peninsula of Salento to the Golf of Taranto. Also clearly shown the islands of the Aegaian...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

16th-Century Map of the Ottoman Empire and Near East: Turcici Imperii Descriptio
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Original 16th-Century Map of the Ottoman Empire and Near East: *Turcici Imperii Descriptio* by Ortelius, 1571 This rare copperplate engraving, Turcici Imperii Descriptio, i...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

17th Century Map of Denmark by French Cartographer Sanson, Dated 1658
Located in Copenhagen, K
17th century map of Denmark by French cartographer Sanson. Nicolas Sanson (20 December 1600-7 July 1667) was a French cartographer, termed by some the creator of French geography an...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Ancient Egypt – Nile Valley Map by d’Anville, Classical Antiquity, c.1765
Located in Langweer, NL
Ancient Egypt – Nile Valley Map by d’Anville, Classical Antiquity, c.1765 This finely engraved map depicts Ancient Egypt as understood through classical sources, extending along the...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Relieve Virgen Maria. Carved and Gilded Frame in the Baroque Style
Located in Mexico City, MX
Polychromed and Gilded Plaster Carved and Gilded Frame in the Baroque Style Hispanic World 18th-19th Century This beautiful bust figure of the Virgin Mary is carved in relief on liv...
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Mexican Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Mediterranean Barbary Coast – Elegant 18th Century Map by Bowen, c.1747
Located in Langweer, NL
Mediterranean & Barbary Coast – Elegant 18th Century Map by Bowen, c.1747 This elegant mid-18th-century engraved map presents the Mediterranean world with a strong focus on the Barb...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

River Sanaga, West Africa – Elegant French Exploration Map, c.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Nubia and Abyssinia – Venetian Map of Northeast Africa, Zatta, 1784 This detailed late-18th-century map depicts Nubia and Abyssinia, covering large parts of present-day Sudan, Ethio...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Nubia and Abyssinia – Venetian Map of Northeast Africa, Zatta, 1784
Located in Langweer, NL
Nubia and Abyssinia – Venetian Map of Northeast Africa, Zatta, 1784 This detailed late-18th-century map depicts Nubia and Abyssinia, covering large parts of present-day Sudan, Ethio...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Monomotapa Empire Map – East Africa, French Cartography, c.1740
Located in Langweer, NL
Monomotapa Empire Map – East Africa, French Cartography, c.1740 This important French map depicts the legendary Empire of Monomotapa and the surrounding regions of southeastern Afri...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

East African Coast – French Map by Bellin, Zanzibar to Arabia, 1740
Located in Langweer, NL
East African Coast – French Map by Bellin, Zanzibar to Arabia, 1740 This important French map depicts the eastern coast of Africa from Mozambique and Zanzibar northward to the Horn ...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Mozambique Bay – French Naval Sea Chart by Bellin, c.1765
Located in Langweer, NL
Mozambique Bay – French Naval Sea Chart by Bellin, c.1765 This detailed French sea chart depicts the Bay of Mozambique and the strategically vital island settlement of Mozambique, s...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

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