Muy Escaso - Extremely Rare

[43 x 61 cm] Rare et beau plan du port d'Alger, publié dans la même ville en 1931 par P. & G. Soubiron Éditeurs, "dressé spécialement pour 'la Maison des Livres'". Il couvre une zone allant du quartier Hussein Dey et El Annasser (Ruisseau) au sud jusqu'à Bab El Oued et Bologhine (Saint-Eugène) au nord, en passant par le Plateau Saulière et la Casbah. Le port avec ses différents môles y est également...

Place: Alger
Date: 1931
Size: 43 x 61 cm
Item Number: 8528

Unusual map of Catholic missions in Japan, a chromolithography published in Paris in the "Journal des missions catholiques". It includes three inset maps of the Kuril Islands, the Empire of Japan, and the Ryukyu Islands. A legend at the top details the division of this territory into dioceses and archdioceses, identifying the island of Formosa (Taiwan) as a vicariate. Adrien-Charles Launay (1853-1927)...

Place: Paris (106 x 75 cm)
Date: 1898
Item Number: 7101

Very uncommon map of the Henan province, published in Shanghai in 1917. Its capital was then Kaifeng, and Zhengzhou is referred to as Chengchow Fu. This map was featured in John Edwin Dingles New Atlas of China, a rare publication from the Far Eastern Geographical Establishment, offering a remarkable testament to the Western presence in Shanghai after the First Opium War. Although bilingual (English-Mandarin),...

Place: Shanghai
Date: 1917
Item Number: 6917

Very uncommon map of the Shandong province, published in Shanghai in 1917. Jinan ), its capital, is referred as Tsinan. It shows with great details two foreign concession: Jiaozhou Bay ("Kiaochow Bay"), the former German concession (and hometown of the famed Tsingtao beer), described as a "Neutral Territory"; and British Weihaiwei, in and around today Weihai city. This was a leased territory of the...

Place: Shanghai
Date: 1917
Item Number: 6918

Very uncommon map of the Jiangsu province, published in Shanghai in 1917. Nanjing, its capital, is referred as Nankin. It shows with great details both the Tongji Canal, ("Old Course") and the Huai-Yang Canal followed by the Jiangnan Canal ("Grand Canal"). On the top left of the map appears the Jiaozhou Bay ("Kiaochow Bay"), the former German concession (and hometown of the famed Tsingtao beer). It...

Place: Shanghai
Date: 1917
Item Number: 6919

Beautiful colored British Admiralty nautical map of the approaches to the Yangtze River, including part of the city of Shanghai, China. It depicts Shanghai to the sea and the island and bank of Chongming North to the Shengsi and Saddle Islands South. The map captures Shanghai during and after the Second Sino-Japanese War 1937 -1945, during which the city was heavily destroyed. The chart has different...

Place: London
Date: 1947
Item Number: 7239

Rare admiralty chart of the South Sea East Coast of China, from Hong Kong to Jieyang and its port Shantu. It has many dates of publication and improvement: a copyright in Nov. 1890, new editions in 1909 and 1912, small corrections in 1920, etc; up to its last update in 1948, reflecting the important shipping activity in the region and therefor the need of constantly updated and improved charts. The...

Place: London
Date: 1947
Item Number: 7240

Beautiful engraving of a different Asiatic and West Indian vessels, by Romeyn de Hooghe, one of the greatest Dutch etchers of the late 17th century. The plate was later bought by Pieter van der Aa, who reprinted it in 1728 (our copy), adding French title and legends to the original Dutch one, to appeal to a broader audience. He translated "Speeljachten" to "Jachts de plaisir", or leisure yachts. It...

Date: 1887
Item Number: 6864