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Original engraving of San Marino by Blaeu & Mortier from c. 1700
BLAEU, Willem Jansz; MORTIER - "Santus Marinus". Rare original engraving by Blaeu / Mortier from c. 1700. Size of sheet: ca. 63 x 53 cm (circa 24.8 x 20.9 inches).
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Extremely rare set of engravings after Wenceslaus Hollar
Franz Ertinger (1640-1710); after Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) - Diversité d'Animaux de Fleurs de Fruits et d'Insectes deßinez d'apres Nature par W. Hollar. / Animalium Florum Fructuum et Insectorum icones variae omnes ad vivum delineatae per W. Hollar. Paris, Langlois, c.1700. Oblong 4to. 11 (of 12) numbered engravings.
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A newly discovered drawing by Austria’s greatest baroque architect
FISCHER VON ERLACH, Johann Bernhard - Design for the gateway of Schloss Klessheim near Salzburg. c. 1700.
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Heraldic playing cards
Carte Methodique pour apprendre aisement le Blason... / Lehrende Carten die Wappen-Kunst spielend zu fassen... Augsburg, Philipp Ernst Kieni, n.d. (c.1700).
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Heracles Revived
BEGER, Lorenz - Hercules Ethnicorum Ex Variis Antiquitatum Reliquiis Delineatus Additis in fine Modernis Qibusdam Eiusdem argumenti Picturis. [Berlin], 1705. Folio [402 x 260 mm]. 38 numbered, engraved plates (including title). Contemporary calf.
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Jeu des metamorphoses d’Ovide
[LUYKEN, Caspar] - Jeu des metamorphoses d'Ovide. Amsterdam, Covens et Mortier, n.d. (1705).
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Reference book of an 18th century heraldist
Wappen Buch 1706. Germany, 1706-1782. Folio [32,7 x 20,6 cm]. 64 (of 74) leaves. With 645 mounted coat of arms (including 112 drawings) and 94 seals. Various sizes: from 25 x 20mm to 380 x 580mm. Contemporary vellum.
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Newly discovered design for the Kaisersaal in Bamberg
Melchior Steidl (1657 - 1727) - Large design for the illusionistic ceiling painting of the Kaisersaal of the Neue Residenz in Bamberg. Pen, brown ink and watercolor on paper; 430 x 620 mm.
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Newly discovered design for the Kaisersaal in Bamberg
Melchior Steidl (1657 - 1727) - Design for the ceiling decoration of the Kaisersaal at the Neue Residenz in Bamberg. Pencil, pen, brown ink and watercolor on paper; 297 x 187 mm.
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Rare old colored world map by Johann Homann from c. 1710
HOMANN, Johann - "Planiglobii Terrestris cum utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti Generalis Exhibitio" (c. 1710)
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Very rare illustrated history of Poland
SANDRART, Jacob - Des Koenigsreichs Pohlen Grundrichtige Land- Staats- und Zeit Beschreibung... zum andern mal continuirt heraus gegeben. Nuremberg, 1711. Folded title, and 11 folded maps and 12 partly folded plates including plans and views. 12mo. Contemp. vellum with clasps.
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Entwurfszeichnung für das Liechtenstein-Schloß Wilfersdorf
Anton Johann Ospel (Klösterle am Arlberg 1677-1756 Wien) - Entwurfszeichnung einer Innenfassade mit zwei Türen, einem Wandbrunnen und verschiedenen Figuren. (vermutlich für das Liechtenstein-Schloss Wilfersdorf). Lavierte Federzeichnung, teilweise mit Bleistift überzeichnet. Links unter der Darstellung signiert. Um 1713.
Sehr seltene handsignierte Zeichnung von Anton Johann Ospel.
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Rare handcolored map of St. Petersburg from c. 1720
HOMANN, Johann Baptist - Topographische Vorstellung der Neuen Russischen Haupt-Residenz und See-Stadt St. Petersburg samt ihrer erst aufgerichteten Vestung. Rare original old-colored engraved map printed by Homann at Nuremberg in ca. 1720. size: ca. 62,5 x 54 cm.
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18th century design of a columned church facade by Filippo Vasconi
VASCONI, Filippo (1688 - 1730) - Design of a columned church facade with a large window. 18th century.Sheet: 345 x 200 mm; the sheet consists of three joined seperate sheets; prepatory stencil, pen, brown ink and grey wash.
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Heraldic board game
Le Jeu du Blason. Par N. de Fer. Paris, Danet, n.d. (after 1720).
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Original engraving of Valletta by Blaeu & Mortier from 1724
BLAEU, Willem Jansz; MORTIER - "Valletta de Malta". Rare original engraving by Blaeu / Mortier from 1724. Size of sheet: ca. 63 x 53 cm (circa 24.8 x 20.9 inches).
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Äusserst seltene illustrierte Bibel-Ausgabe
"Biblia, Das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrift..." 4to (ca. 22 x 20 cm) Nürnberg, zu finden bey Johann Wilhelm Rönnagel (gedruckt bey Lorentz Bielieng). Gest. Frontisp., 15 nn. Bl., 2296 Spalten; 4 nn. Bl., 682 Spalten, (3) Seiten.
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18th century map of North America
Delisle, Guillaume, Jean Covens und Corneille Mortier - Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississipi. Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, c. 1730. Original handcolored engraved map. Size of sheet: circa 25.6 x 21.3 inches
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A German mathematical professor defends alchemy
(CREILING, Johann Conrad) - Die edelgeborne Jungfer Alchymia. Tübingen, Cotta, 1730. Contemporary vellum binding.
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Rare composite atlas with panoramical town views
WERNER, Friedrich Bernhard - Rare Sammelband with 59 engraved, panoramic town views. Folio. Augsburg, Leopold, circa 1730. Contemporary half vellum.
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St. Paul was on the Croatian island Mljet
DURDEVIC, Ignjat (Ignazio Giorgio) - D. Paulus Apostolus in mari, quod nunc venetus sinus dicitur naufragus, et Melitae Dalmatensis insulae post naufragium hospes. Venice, Christopher Zane, 1730. Large 8vo [232 x 170 mm] (52), CCCXII pp. With engraved frontispiz, 1 text engraving, 5 folded engraved maps and 1 folded engraved plate. Contemporary vellum.
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