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AMERICA. - SOUTH AMERICA. (No pl., ca. 1770).Hand-coloured map of South America, engraved by J. Gibson. ca. 27,5 x 32 cm. - A nice map. [Boeknr.: 9529 ]

€ 195,00

THE AMERICAN CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION IN PHILADELPHIA. London, 1876.32 woodengravings on 11 leaves (1 double-page). Each leaf ca. 30 x 39 cm (including margins). Odd illustrations from: The Graphic. an illustrated weekly newspaper. 1876. - The American centennial exhibition of 1876, the first official world's fair in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. It was official the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine. It was held in Fairmount Park, along the Schuykill River. About ten million visitors attended. The fine engravings, 'sketched by our special artist' depict: The band platform in the central transept, The great cataract in the machinery hall, Elevated railway in the exhibition grounds, Refreshment bar in a Philadelphia market, A ferry boat crossing the Delaware, Ice-cream soda fountain at the Philadelphia exhibition, New England farmer's log-house in the exhibition grounds, 'The Graphic' section, etc. [Boeknr.: 30981 ]

€ 295,00

ARABS. DROMEDARUS. ARABISCH POST. - Il dromedario. Il corriere in Arabie. - Dromedar. Arabische Post. - Le dromedare. Post en Arabie. Dromadary. Arabian-post. Mainz, Joseph Scholtz, (ca. 1880).Lithographed plate. c. 34,5 x 43 cm. A fine popular print depicting a dromedary running at high speed through the desert, mounted by an Arab smoking a pipe. [Boeknr.: 26800 ]

€ 235,00

BANCKERT, Adriaen. E. manhafte zee-held Adriaan Bankert, L. Admiraal van Zeeland. (No pl., ca. 1650). Engraved halflength portrait with sea-battle in the background after H. Berckman by Jean du Bois (Johannes van Houten) with 12 line poem by W. Brest. Ca. 44 x 34 cm. Adriaen (ca. 1620-1684) was the oldest son of the famous Joost Banckert (ca. 1597-1647; 'Gesel der Spanjaarden, schrik der Portugezen'). Adriaen played an import role in the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch Wars, but did not receive the recognition he deserved because he was from Zeeland.Cf. Muller, Portretten, 203 a; Hollstein 3; Van Someren 241. [Boeknr.: 30879 ]

€ 295,00

BARENTSZ, Willem & Jacob van HEEMSKERCK. Heemskerk en Barends, hun tweeden togt naar het Noorden beramend. Amsterdam, J.F. Brugman, (ca. 1865).Engraving after C. Bisschop by C.Ed. Taurel. Ca. 32,5 x 40,5 cm A fine print depicting Heemskerck sitting at the table and Barentsz standing, looking at a globe, preparing the second Dutch Arctic voyage of 1595 after the painting by Christoffel Bisschop, ca. 1863. - Fine.Muller 1039A. [Boeknr.: 31089 ]

€ 395,00

BATAVIA. Die innere Aussicht des Castells in Batavia nebst der Schloss Kirche. - Vuë interieure du pallais de Batavie avec l'eglise du chateau. Augsburg, François Xavier Habermann, (ca. 1780).Contemporary handcoloured perspective view (vue d'optique or Guckkastenbild), with descriptive text in German and French. ca 29 x 40 cm. Collection des prospects. - Handsome view, after J.W. Heijdt, inside the castle depicting the parade-ground with on the left side the houses of the Raad van Indië and on the right side the castle-chucrh, the house of the governor-general and the buildings of the government, in the background the sea with ships. - Fine.Feith 78c; Cat. 300-jarig bestaan van Batavia 208,3. [Boeknr.: 3942 ]

€ 350,00

BATAVIA. Die innere Aussicht des Castells in Batavia nebst der Schloss Kirche. - Vuë interieure du pallais de Batavie avec l'eglise du chateau. Augsburg, François Xavier Habermann, (ca. 1780).Contemporary handcoloured perspective view (vue d'optique or Guckkastenbild). ca 29 x 40 cm. Collection des prospects. - Handsome view, after J.W. Heijdt, inside the castle depicting the parade-ground with on the left side the houses of the Raad van Indië and on the right side the castle-chucrh, the house of the governor-general and the buildings of the government, in the background the sea with ships. - (Without printed text at lower side, just printed title on top).Feith 78c; Cat. 300-jarig bestaan van Batavia 208,3. [Boeknr.: 32263 ]

€ 275,00

BATAVIA. BATAVIA EN OMSTREKEN. (No pl., ca. 1850). Engraving. Ca. 6 x 6 cm. [Boeknr.: 31982 ]

€ 30,00

BATAVIA. BATAVIA. (London, 1704). Engraving. Ca. 12,5 x 16 cm. From: Nieuhof. The voyages and travels. - Panoramic view with on the left the Old Dutch Church and the old townhall and on the right the castle. With title on scroll and coat of arms of Batavia. [Boeknr.: 5842 ]

€ 95,00

BATAVIA. CARTE DES ENVIRONS DE BATAVIA avec la vuë de cette ville. Pour servir a l'histoire generale des voyages. 1750. Tirée des Hollandois. (Amsterdam, 1750).Engraved plan by Dheulland, with cartouche and fine view of Batavia from the sea. Ca. 21 x 28 cm. From: A.F. Prévost. Histoire generale des voyages. - Fine plan and profile of Batavia.Cf. Brommer BAT K35; Feith 30; Cf. Cat. 300-jarig bestaan Batavia 36. [Boeknr.: 15531 ]

€ 175,00

BATAVIA. GESIGHT VAN'T SUYKER PAKHUYS, GESIEN OP DE BRUGH VAN'T CASTEEL BATAVIA. (Amsterdam, 1726).Engraving. Ca. 29 x 37 cm. From: François Valentijn. Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën. - Fine view of the sugar warehouse seen from the castle-moat, with on the right bastion Diamant. The popular name of Kota Inten (Diamond City), still carries the memory of the Diamond Bastion of the old castle. - (Some wormholes restored).Feith 67e; Cat. 300-jarig bestaan van Batavia 154,5. [Boeknr.: 1310 ]

€ 150,00

BATAVIA. THE GOVERNOR OF BATAVIA'S PALACE, IN THE EAST INDIES. (London, 1780). Engraving by J. Lodge. Ca. 15,5 x 27 cm. - Fine view of the palace with people in the foreground. - Feith 101. [Boeknr.: 5846 ]

€ 125,00

BATAVIA. DE NEDERLANDERS VOOR JACATRA. 1618. (Leyden, 1855).Tinted lithographed plate. Ca. 26 x 36 cm. From: J.H. Eichman & H. Altmann. Vaderlandsche historieplaten. - Historical print depicting the taking by the Dutch of Jacatra in 1602.Catalogus 300-jarig bestaan Batavia, 215. [Boeknr.: 30841 ]

€ 65,00

BATAVIA. PLAN DE BATAVIA. (Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, 1729).Engraved plan of Batavia. Ca. 21 x 28 cm. From: Pieter van der Aa. Galérie agréable du monde. - Plan of the town with legend in the lower right corner, numbered 1 - 41, referring to all important buildings. Bastin, Batavia, BAT K40; Feith 24. [Boeknr.: 3587 ]

€ 125,00

BATAVIA. PLAN DE LA VILLE ET DU CHATEAU DE BATAVIA EN L'ISLE DE JAVA. Ware afbeeldinge wegens het casteel ende stadt Batavia gelegen opt groot eylant Java. Leide, Pierre van der Aa, (1729).Engraved plan of Batavia with ships lying in the road, with coat of arms, legend and scroll, in the righthand corner a panoramic view of the city. Ca. 26,5 x 35,5 cm. From: Pieter van der Aa. Galérie agréable du monde. - Fine decorative plan of Batavia after Clemendt de Jonghe.Brommer, Batavia, BAT K25; Feith 14; Cat. 300-jarig bestaan Batavia 20. [Boeknr.: 14110 ]

€ 450,00

BATAVIA. PLAN ODER GRUNDRISS DER STADT UND DERER VORSTÄTTE, wie auch des Castels Batavia. (Wilhermsdorff, 1744).Engraving after J.W. Heijdt by A. Hoffer. Ca. 22,5 x 26,5 cm. From: J.W. Heydt. Allerneuester .. Schau-Platz. - Fine plan of Batavia and surroundings. With street-index on scroll.Feith 70a XXII; Cat. 300-jarig bestaan van Batavia 55; Brommer BAT K44. [Boeknr.: 14537 ]

€ 175,00

BATAVIA. Prospect von der Bastion Gelderland ausserhalb der Stadt Batavia, wie solche nach der Natur gege die aussern portugiesischen Kirche und dem blauen Berg zu gezeichnet worden von Johan Wolffgang Heyd. - Vuë de la Bastion de Gelderland .. Augsburg, François Xavier Habermann, (ca. 1780).Contemporary handcoloured perspective view (vue d'optique or Guckkastenbild), with descriptive text in German and French. ca. 29 x 40 cm. Collection des prospects. - Handsome view, after J.W. Heijdt, depicting the Portuguese Church outside the city walls, the present Gereja Sion on Jl. Jaykarta, with the old belltower and the Jassenbridge. It is the oldest remaining VOC-church in Jakarta. - Fine.Feith 78f; Cat. 300-jarig bestaan van Batavia 208,6. [Boeknr.: 32265 ]

€ 350,00

BATAVIA. Prospect von der Bastion Perl längst der Courtine des Castells Batavia gezeichnet. - Vuë de la Bastion Perl, desine pres de Courtine du Chateau de Batavia. Augsburg, François Xavier Habermann, (ca. 1780).Contemporary handcoloured perspective view (vue d'optique or Guckkastenbild), with descriptive text in German and French. ca. 29 x 40 cm. Collection des prospects. - Handsome view, after J.W. Heijdt, depicting the north-west bastion of the castle of Batavia called Parel or Pearl. - Fine.Feith 78e; Cat. 300-jarig bestaan van Batavia 208,5. [Boeknr.: 32264 ]

€ 350,00

BATAVIA. TABLEAU DE LA PARTIE BATAVIA, où s'est fait proprement le terrible massacre des Chinois, le 9 Octob. 1740. - Afbelding van dat gedeelte van Batavia, alwaar eigentlyk de schrikkelyke slagting der Chinezen geschied is, den 9 Octob. 1740. (Amsterdam, 1755).Engraving by J. van Schley. Ca. 19 x 28 cm. From: A.F. Prevost. Historische beschrijving der reizen. - Striking bird's eye view of Batavia depicting the massacre of the Chinese by the Dutch in Batavia, October 9, 1749.Feith 74; Cat. 300-jarig bestaan van Batavia 159,1. [Boeknr.: 14562 ]

€ 325,00

BATAVIA. VUE DU CHATEAU DE BATAVIA du côté du magasin au sucre. Perspectief van het kasteel Batavia, gezien van het suiker pakhuis. ('s Gravenhage, 1753).Engraving by J. van Schley. Ca. 20,5 x 27,5 cm. From: A.F. Prevost. Historische beschrijving der reizen. - View of the castle from sea with the bastions Pearl, Diamond and Ruby, with many ships in the foreground.Feith 71b; Cat. 300-jarig bestaan Batavia 161. [Boeknr.: 14883 ]

€ 95,00

BATAVIA. VUE DU CHATEAU DE BATAVIA, du còté du magasin au sucre. (No pl., ca. 1755).Engraving after J. van Schley. Ca. 11 x 13 cm. Identical to the engraving in: A.F. Prevost. Historische beschrijving der reizen. - View of the castle from sea with the bastions Pearl, Diamond and Ruby, with ships in the foreground.Cf. Feith 71b and Cat. 300-jarig bestaan Batavia 161. [Boeknr.: 15530 ]

€ 95,00

BATAVIA. VUE DU FORT NOORTWYCK, en venant de Ryswyck. - Gezicht van't Fort Noortwyck, als men van Ryswyck komt. (Amsterdam, 1763).Engraving by J. v. Schley. Ca. 20,5 x 29 cm. From: A.F. Prevost. Historishe beschrijving der reizen. - View of Noordwijk, one of Batavia's outer forts, situated now oppostite the Istiqlal mosque.Feith 71 E; Cat. 300-jarig bestaan van Batavia 159,4. [Boeknr.: 4604 ]

€ 95,00

BATAVIA. VUE DU FORT NOORTWYCK, en venant de Jacatra. - Gezicht van't Fort Noortwyck, als men van Jacatra komt. (Amsterdam, 1763).Engraving by J. v. Schley, coloured by hand. Ca. 18 x 28 cm. From: A.F. Prevost. Historishe beschrijving der reizen. - View of Noordwijk, one of Batavia's outer forts, situated now oppostite the Istiqlal mosque.Feith 71 G; Cat. 300-jarig bestaan van Batavia 159,6. [Boeknr.: 14930 ]

€ 125,00

BATAVIA. VUE DU POSTE RYSWICK - Gezigt des posts Ryswick. (Amsterdam, 1763).Engraving by J. v. Schley. Ca. 18 x 28 cm. From: A.F. Prevost. Historische beschrijving der reizen. - Fort Rijswijk seen from Jl. Veteran, nearly from a place in front of the present Sekretariat Negara, with on the left the place were the Harmonie was erected in 1810. - (Small hole repaired).Feith 71 F; Cat. 300-jarig bestaan van Batavia 159,5. [Boeknr.: 7686 ]

€ 95,00

BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas. CARTE RÉDUITE DE LA MOSCOVIE, SIBERIE, TARTARIE ET PAIS VOISINS. Paris, 1750.Fine engraved map of Russia.Ca. 22 x 33 cm [Boeknr.: 31787 ]

€ 150,00

BENTINCK, Wolter Jan Gerrit. Wolter Jan Gerrit Baron Bentinck, Schout bij Nacht van Holland en Westvriesland .. overleden aan zyne wonden, bekomen in den roemrugtigen zeeslag, op Doggersbank, den 5den augustus 1781. Amsterdam, Allart, (ca. 1785).Engraved portrait of Jan Gerrit Baron Bentinck (1745-1781), a Dutch sea-officer, after P. Oets by Reinz. Vinkeles. Ca. 33 x 24,5 cm. (not including the wide blank margins). - Muller, Portretten, 337A. [Boeknr.: 25788 ]

€ 185,00

BEZEM, N.D. Het korvet Niptun. Signed and dated N.D. Bezem 1869. Original black ink drawing with brush and gray washes depicting the corvette Niptun in rough weather with on both sides another ship. Ca. 35 x 47 cm. [Boeknr.: 30880 ]

€ 1750,00

BLAKE, William. FAMILLE D'ESCLAVES NèGRES DE LOANGO. (Paris, 1798). Engraving by Tardieu l'ainé after William Blake. c. 18,5 x 13,5 cm. From: J.G. Stedman. Voyage a Surinam. - Plate depicting a family of negroe slaves from Loango.Kolfin, Van de slavenzweep, 24. [Boeknr.: 22719 ]

€ 125,00

Boushouanas, homme et femme. - Village des Boushouanas. (No pl., c. 1800). 2 engravings of African natives after Tardieu l'ainé by Perdoux. Each c. 14 x 21 cm. [Boeknr.: 20390 ]

€ 45,00

CARTE DE L'îLE DE CéLEBES. (La Haye, Frères Belinfante, 1848).Lithographed map of Celebes after P. Melvill de Carnbee by D. Heyse. Ca. 58,5 x 44 cm. - (From: Le moniteur des Indes-Orientales et Occidentales). - Fine. [Boeknr.: 2757 ]

€ 150,00

CAYENNE. Le débarquement des François, pour l'etablissement de la nouvelle colonie, dans le port de la nouvelle Cayenne ou la France Equinoxialle. Gravé d'après le dessein fait sur les lieux par un officier Espagnol en 1762. Paris, Basset, (ca. 1780).Contemporary handcoloured perspective view (vue d'optique or Guckkastenbild). ca. 28 x 41 cm. - Fine optical scene depicting people on shore and ships in Cayenne. - Last line of text cut off, otherwise fine. [Boeknr.: 32280 ]

€ 195,00

CAYENNE. Le débarquement des François, pour l'etablissement de la nouvelle colonie, dans le port de la nouvelle Cayenne ou la France Equinoxialle. Gravé d'après le dessein fait sur les lieux par un officier Espagnol en 1762. Paris, Basset, (ca. 1780).Contemporary handcoloured perspective view (vue d'optique or Guckkastenbild). ca. 29 x 41 cm. - Fine optical scene depicting people on shore and ships in Cayenne. - (One blank margin stained). [Boeknr.: 32279 ]

€ 225,00

CEYLON - SRI LANKA. - KORTE BESCHRYVING VAN ADAMS, EN EVAAS GRAF, EN GRAF-ZARK. (Middelburg, Michiel Schrijver, first half 18th century).Large broadside with half-page engraving depicting Adam's mountain at Mulgirigala with temple and inscriptions below and explanatory text by Christiaan Hansz. C. 63 x 46 cm. Impression of the famous Adam's mountain. The German author of the explanatory text is Christiaan Hansz whose real name probably is Christoph Langhansz. He served the VOC as a soldier for two years and nine months and stayed on the island of Ceylon in 1695. In 1705 he published in similar fashion as this account, his impressions of Ceylon: Neue Ost-indische Reise (Landwehr, VOC, 327). The printer is Michiel Schrijver, active in Middelburg 1720-1735, whose shop was located at the Beurs and was signposted Cicero. - (Lacking portions of paper at the bottom, with some loss of text (including part of the name of the printer), skilfully restored. - Extremely rare broadside, only one copy known (Library Middelburg). Not in Landwehr, VOC or Muller, Historieplaten or Atlas van Stolk; see De Silva and Beumer, Dutch Ceylon, pp. 189-201 for information on Mulgirigala. [Boeknr.: 21281 ]

€ 2950,00

CHATTERTON, E. Keble. Old ship prints. (2nd edition). London, Spring Books, (1965). Boards, with dust-jacket. With 110 plates (several in colours). XII,182 pp. - Standard work. [Boeknr.: 32005 ]

€ 45,00

CHINA. HONG KONG RACES, 1876 - A SKETCH IN THE CROWD. London, 1876.Large woodengraving. Ca. 39 x 58,5 cm (incl. margins). From: The Graphic. [Boeknr.: 31044 ]

€ 150,00

CHINA. STARTING THE FIRST RAILWAY TRAIN IN CHINA AT SHANGHAI - OPENING OF THE WOOSUNG LINE TO KUNGWANG. London, 1876.Large woodengraving. Ca. 29,5 X 39,5 cm (incl. margins). From: The Graphic. [Boeknr.: 31045 ]

€ 75,00

CHINESE JUNKS. Three original watercolours, signed by SCHLIEN. One is dated 1886. Seize ca. 24 x 19 cm and 2 others ca. 31 x 23,5 cm. - Fine views of Chinese junks. [Boeknr.: 31661 ]

€ 425,00

COMPAGNIE TUNISIENNE FONCIèRE, AGRICOLE & INDUSTRIELLE. Paris, Jacques Bélon, (ca. 1890).Folding share with decorated border and nice view of a plantation, with coupons. [Boeknr.: 31067 ]

€ 55,00

COPENHAGEN. Copenhague, ville capitale du Dannemark sur la Côte Orientale de l'Isle de Zeland avec un bon Port très fréquenté. On compte dans cette Ville 60000 Habitants sans compter la Garnison et les Matelots qui peuvent aller a 20000. (No pl., ca. 1780).Contemporary handcoloured perspective view (vue d'optique or Guckkastenbild) of the harbour of Kopenhagen. ca. 32 x 46 cm. [Boeknr.: 11070 ]

€ 175,00

COPENHAGEN. La galerie de Copenhague. Vue perspective de la Galerie Royale de Copenhague conduisant au jardin. Paris, (ca. 1780).Contemporary handcoloured perspective view (vue d'optique or Guckkastenbild) depicting the royal arcade in Kopenhagen. Ca. 29,5 x 46,5 cm. - Nice garden and costume print. [Boeknr.: 11056 ]

€ 45,00

COPENHAGEN. Vue perspective des cascades du roy de Danemark a Copenhague. Paris, Basset, (c. 1780).Contemporary handcoloured perspective view (vue d'optique or Guckkastenbild) after Rostin by C. Bresse depicting the royal fountains and garden in Copenhagen. ca 30 x 44,5 cm. [Boeknr.: 10777 ]

€ 85,00

COPENHAGEN. Vue perspective du chateau et du jardin du roy de Danemark a Copenhague. Paris, Basset, 1764.Contemporary handcoloured perspective view (vue d'optique or Guckkastenbild) after Rostin by C. Bresse depicting the royal castle and the gardens in Kopenhagen. ca 29 x 41 cm. - Nice French garden print. [Boeknr.: 11060 ]

€ 175,00

THE DAHOMEY BLOCKADE - SKETCHES AT WHYDAY. London, 1876.3 woodengravings on one leaf. Ca. 24 x 30 cm. From: The Graphic. An illustrated weekly Newspaper. - Depicting a fine large view of the procession of Dahomey chiefs with their slaves and native bands and two smaller views: Atin li-hun, the 'big tree of Whydah and A hotel in Whydah. [Boeknr.: 30980 ]

€ 95,00

DIXCOVE. - VÜE DU FORT DE DICKSCOVE, TIRÉE DE SMITH. Zuid-gezigt van't Engelsse Fort te Dixkove, getrokken uit Smith. ('s Gravenhage, 1748). Engraving by J. van Schley. c. 18,5 x 28 cm. From: Historische beschrijving der reizen. - Fort Dixcove in Ghana: 'No other European station resisted as many sieges as the English fort at Dixcove. Its architectural transformations are remarkable, and exceptionally wel documented, while a thorough restoration, undertaken in 1954, has given opportunity to examine almost every portion of the structure' (Lawrence, Trade castles & forts of West Africa, p.292). [Boeknr.: 27637 ]

€ 75,00

EAST INDIA COMPANY. (VOC). HET TE WATER LOOPEN, DER DRIE SCHEEPEN, VAN DE WERFF DER OOSTINDISCHE COMPAGNIE TE AMSTERDAM, OP DEN 2DE JULY 1783, 'S NAMIDDAGS TUSCHEN 2 EN 3 UUREN; TEWEETEN DE MEERMIN, DE BATAVIER, EN DOGGERSBANK. Onder het bestier van Dirk van Haarst, scheeps bouwmeester der gemelde Compagnie; van welke scheepen de spanten zyn opgericht, den 2de January, 5 February en 20 dito van''t zelfde jaar. - LES TROIS NAVIRES DE LA COMPAGNIE DES INDES ORIENTALES, LA SIRENNE, LE BATAVE, & LE DOGGERSBANK .. (etc.). Amsterdam, P. Yver, F.W. Greebe en J.W. Smit, (1783).Engraving of the shipyard of the Dutch East India Company after J. Andriessen by C. Brouwer. Ca. 36,5 x 49 cm (including margins). The fine engraving depicts the launching of three VOC-vessels on July 1783 (they were built within half a year !) from the East Indies warehouse and shipyard complex belonging to the VOC in Amsterdam, below printed text in Dutch and French, with in the middle an engraved vignette with VOC monogram. - In excellent condition. Muller, Nederlandsche historieplaten, 4512. [Boeknr.: 30832 ]

€ 1450,00

EAST INDIA COMPANY. (VOC). 't Oost Indische magazyn, en scheeps-timmer-werf. (No pl., ca. 1700).Copperengraving by F. Mulder. ca. 42,5 x 55,5 cm (including wide margins). Fine view of Amsterdam as the administrative and economic centre of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) depicting the warehouse and the shipyard on Oostenburg Island. - Rare. [Boeknr.: 32285 ]

€ 495,00

ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY. TIPPOO SAIBS TWO SONS DELIVERED UP TO LORD CORNWALLIS, AS HOSTAGES AFTER HE HAD SO GLORIOUSLY CONQUERED THAT PROUD SULTAN AT SERINGAPATAM, THE CAPITAL OF THE MYSORE COUNTY IN THE EAST INDIES IN 1792. London, Robert Sayer & Co, 1792.Mezzotint, coloured by hand. Ca. 36,5 x 26 cm. Ex collection Christopher Lennox-Boyd. - Tipu Sultan of Mysore 's humiliating defeats of the English East India Company and his harsh treatment of prisoners caused widespread hysteria in Britain. Lord Cornwallis's capture of Tipu's capital, Seringapatam, was greeted with acclaim. Tipu was forced to pay the Company an indemnity of more than 33 million rupees and hand over half his territories along with all his prisoners. He was also forced to give his sons, the princes Abdul Khaliq and Muiz-ud-din into Cornwallis's hands as hostages by the Treaty of Seringapatam (1792). The two boys were held for over two years in Madras. - Fine historical scene. - (Stain in lower margin not affecting the image).Cf. The Raj, India and the British 1600-1947, 157. [Boeknr.: 30975 ]

€ 875,00

EVERTSEN, Gelein, Jan & Kornelis. Gelein, Jan & Kornelis Evertsen. Three portraits of sea-officers. (Amsterdam), Is. Tirion, (ca. 1750).Three engraved oval portraits after A. Schouman by J. Houbraken. Each ca. 17 x 10,5 cm. (not including the wide blank margins). Three members of an important 17/18th century Zealand seafaring family, all three were 'Luitenant-Admiraal van Zeeland'. - Muller, Portretten, 1589A, 1595E, 1587B. [Boeknr.: 25843 ]

€ 225,00

FORT DE LAMSAR, sur le Marigot de Lamsar, à 6 lieues de St. Louis du Sénégal. Paris, 1878. Engraving. c. 9,5 x 17 cm. - (From L'Univers). - View of a fort in Senegal, West Africa. [Boeknr.: 22395 ]

€ 35,00

GEZICHT VAN HET Y EN PAMPUS. (No pl., ca. 1790).Engraving, coloured by hand, depicting Dutch shipping on the IJ near the island of Pampus. Ca. 27 x 36 cm (not including wide margins). - Fine. [Boeknr.: 32521 ]

€ 695,00

GORDON, O.D. Collonel van het Genootschap Pro Patria et Libertate te Utrecht. (No pl.), 1784. Engraved portrait after C. van Cuylenburgh by R. Vinkeles & C. Bogerts. Ca. 30 x 19,5 cm. [Boeknr.: 31980 ]

€ 95,00

GOREE. - ILE-DE-GORÉ. (Paris, c. 1833). Aquatint bird's-eye view after Lauvergne by Himely, made under direction of De Sainson. c. 22 x 31,5 cm. From: LAPLACE. Voyage autour du monde. - Fine view of the island Goree from the sea, with fort Orange (Saint Michael) and ships in the foreground. The island of Goree, one of the Cape Verde Islands off the coast in West Africa, was in Dutch possession from 1617. The name is of Dutch origin - equivalent to Goeree. The Dutch built two forts called Nassau on the Hill and Fort Orange. In 1663 the island was conquered by the English but the Dutch admiral De Ruyter retook it the next year. The Dutch stayed there till 1677 when they capitulated to the French. The French surrendered to the English again in 1758. To-day it is French again. - Fine. [Boeknr.: 12656 ]

€ 225,00

HEEMSKERCK, Jacob van. Jacob van Heemskerck admirael van Hollandt etc. (No pl., ca. 1680).Engraved portrait of Jacob van Heemskerck (1607-1640), Dutch sea-officer, after J. Lux with sea-battle in the background. Ca. 16,5 x 13,5 cm. - Muller, Portretten, 2224A. [Boeknr.: 25872 ]

€ 95,00

HOMME ET FEMME DE L'ISLE DE JAVA. - Man en vrouw van't eiland Java. (Amst., 1755).Engraving by J. van Schley. c. 18,5 x 13,5 cm. From: A.F. Prevost. Historishe beschrijving der reizen. - Fine costume plate. [Boeknr.: 15201 ]

€ 40,00

IMHOFF, Gustaaf Willem van. GUSTAAF WILLEM BARON VAN IMHOFF. GOUVERNEUR GENERAAL VAN NEERL. INDIË. (No pl.), 1745. Engraved full-length portrait in front, with slave in the background, after P. van Dijk by P. Tanjé. Ca. 51,5 x 34,5 cm. 'Best known among the 18th century Governors-General is Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff (1743-1750), a German Junker with family connections in the Amsterdam patriciate, who did his best to fight the many abuses rampant in the Company, but who made many enemies because of his lack of tact' (Coolhaas, A critical survey, p.42). - A beatiful large portrait, showing a richly clad Baron van Imhoff in a palatial setting, with a view on the statue of Mercury and in the distance several trading ships, and with to the right a black servant carrying a parakeet on his hand. - Few small tears in blank margin, otherwise fine.Muller, Portretten, 2691a. [Boeknr.: 26676 ]

€ 450,00

INDIA. - Hoegly - Aanwysing der voornaamste wooningen, poorten, thuynen, tanken, enz. op Hoegly A� 1721. (Dordrecht, 1724).From: François Valentijn. Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën. - Engraved plan of the VOC factory at Hughly in Bengal, with ships in the foreground and legend with names of the buildings, gardens, etc. Ca. 28 x 36,5 cm. [Boeknr.: 13950 ]

€ 150,00

INDIA. Alt und neu Dehly. Eine königliche Haupt u(nd) Residenz-Stadt des gros Mogols in Indien. Neu Dehly ist erst von Chan-Jean zu Anfang des letzten Jahr Hunderts gebauet, u(nd) nebst andern prächtigen Gebäeden auch eine lange Strasse nach Lahor in einer geraden Linie, mehr als eine ganze Meile lang darinnen angelegt worden. - Le vieux et nouveau Dehly, ville capitale et residence du Grand Mogol aux Indes .. Augsburg, François Xavier Habermann, (ca. 1780).Contemporary handcoloured perspective view (vue d'optique or Guckkastenbild) depicting the city of New Delhi, with descriptive text in German and French. ca. 30,5 x 40 cm. - Collection des prospects. - Last line of French text cut off, otherwise fine. [Boeknr.: 32262 ]

€ 295,00

INDIA. Die Stadt Suratte in Ost-Indien. Am Fluss im Mogolischen Reich. Sie ist ein grosser Handels-Plaz, wo so viele Ausländer ihre Niederlagen u(nd) eigne Kirchen haben, dass Sie fast eben so viel an der Zahl als die Mohrische Inwohner, austragen. La ville de Suratte en Ost-Indes. Sur le fleuve d'Indes au Roïaume de Mogole. C'est une grande place marchande où plusieurs etrangere ont leur demeure et leurs eglises, qu'ils sont presque egales en nombre aux habitans des Maures mêmes. (Augsburg, François Xavier Habermann, ca. 1780).Contemporary handcoloured perspective view (vue d'optique or Guckkastenbild) depicting the city and city-wall of Suratte. ca. 27 x39 cm. - Collection des prospects. - (Mounted on boards, black margins, without printed text, just printed title on top). [Boeknr.: 32261 ]

€ 175,00

INDIA. FORT St. GEORGE ON THE COROMANDEL COAST. Belonging to the East India Company of England. - LE FORT ST. GEORGE SUR LA COTE DE COROMANDEL. Appartemante a la Compagnie Angloise des Indes Orientales. London, Laurie & Whittle, 1794.Engraved optical view after I. van Ryne, coloured by hand. Ca. 26 x 40 cm. Fine bird's-eye view from offshore of the fort in Madras with many ships in the foreground. 'Madras was the Company's first fortified settlement in India; the construction of Fort St George began in 1640 and continued on and off for another 150 years. It houses all the administrative and military necessities, as well as St Mary's church (the oldest Anglican church in India), finished in 1680. The Old College, the equivalent of the Writers' Building in Calcutta, was one of the Company's few eighteenth-century buildings in the gothic style, and still stands' (Wild, The East India Company, p.52). - Some foxing otherwise fine. [Boeknr.: 26413 ]

€ 950,00

INSULARUM MOLUCCARUM. Nova descriptio. Amsterdam, J. Janssonius, (1651). Engraved map of the Moluccas with 2 cartouches. Ca. 38 x 49,5 cm. - Fine. [Boeknr.: 16628 ]

€ 295,00

INSULARUM MOLUCCARUM. Nova descriptio. No pl., (ca. 1650). Engraved map of the Moluccas with 2 cartouches. Ca. 14,5 x 20 cm. [Boeknr.: 22779 ]

€ 95,00

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