Asher Rare Books

Much acclaimed work on the Indonesian Archipelago

CRAWFURD, John. De Indische Archipel, in het bijzonder het eiland Java.
Haarlem, widow A. Loosjes (colophon: Amsterdam, printed by H. Bakels), 1823-1825. 3 volumes. 8vo. With 3 line-etched frontispieces, 3 full-page plates (2 line-etched, 1 hand-coloured aquatint with line etching), and a folding map (44 x 55.5 cm), hand-coloured in outline. Contemporary mottled half calf, gold-tooled spine. XXII, 332, [2]; LXXII [= LXXIV], 434, [1], [1 blank]; LX, 538, [2] pp. Full description

€ 2,500

Anthropology & Ethnography Charts & Maps Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Southeast Asia

John Crawfurd's sequel to his History of the Indian Archipelago

CRAWFURD, John. A descriptive dictionary of the Indian Islands & adjacent countries.
London, Bradbury & Evans, 1856. 8vo. With a folding engraved map of parts of the East Indies and Southeast Asia, with title "Asiatic Archipelago". Original publisher's blind-blocked brown cloth, title in gold on spine. [4], 459, [1 blank] pp. Full description

€ 2,750

Charts & Maps Economic History & Trade Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Philippines Southeast Asia

Captivating essays on life in 18th-century North America

CREVECOEUR, Michel-Guillaume. Lettres d'un cultivateur Américain addressées à Wm. S...on Esq. depuis l'année 1770 jusqu'en 1786.
Paris, Cuchet Libraire, 1787. 4 volumes. 8vo. With 3 engraved title-pages, an engraved frontispiece, 5 folding engraved maps and 3 engraved plates (1 folding). 19th-century dark blue half morocco, top edges gilt. XXXII, 478, [2]; 438, [6]; 592, [2] pp. Full description

€ 3,500

Anthropology & Ethnography Charts & Maps New York North America Slavery USA - United States of America

Beautifully coloured composite atlas

[DANCKERTS, ALLARD, VISSCHER, DE WIT, MORTIER and others]. Atlas.
[Amsterdam, Theodorus and Cornelis III Danckerts?, ca. 1706 (dated maps 1694-1706)]. Imperial folio (53.5 x 33.5 cm). Composite atlas, with an engraved title-page, 43 double-page engraved maps and 4 double-page engraved tables, all beautifully coloured in a consistent and balanced manner by a contemporary hand, probably in the workshop of the publisher. With maps by Johannes, Justus, Theodorus and Cornelis III Danckerts, Carel and Abraham Allard, Nicolaas Visscher I & II, Frederik de Wit, Pieter Mortier, Caspar Specht and even Alexis-Hubert Jaillot in Paris. Modern maroon sheepskin. Full description

€ 48,500

Amsterdam Atlases & Globes Charts & Maps City Plans, Topography & Views Netherlands USA - United States of America

Detailed description of Trinidad & Tobago and the coast of Venezuela

DAUXION-LAVAYSSE, Jean-François. Reise nach den Inseln Trinidad, Tabago und Margaretha, so wie in verschiedene Theile von Venezuela. Aus dem Französischen.
Weimar, Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, 1816. 8vo. with a large folding engraved map (23.5 x 41.5 cm). Modern black half sheepskin, marbled sides, with black labels on spine. XXIV, 594 pp. Full description

€ 750

Caribbean Islands Geology Latin America Middle America South America

Beautiful atlas of the Land van Voorne, in full contemporary colour

DIJCK (DYCK), Heyman van. Voorne caart-boeck van alle de dorpen, en polders gelegen inden lande van Oost, ende West Voorne, mitsgaders over Flacquée.
[Netherlands, ca. 1701]. Imperial folio (ca. 55 x 38 cm). Etched double-page title-page by Romeyn de Hooghe, dated "1701", and 32 engraved double-page maps (numbered I- VI, A-F and 1-9) engraved by Jan Stemmers and etched by Jan and Caspar Luyken after drawings by A. Steyaart, all in beautiful contemporary colouring. Contemporary red half sheepskin. Full description

€ 25,000

Atlases & Globes Netherlands Water Management

Highly decorative celestial chart, coloured by a contemporary hand

DOPPELMAYR, Johann Gabriel. Hemisphaerium coeli boreale in quo fixarum loca secundum eclipticae ductum ad an[n]um 1730 completum exhibentur.
[Nürnberg, Heirs of Homann, 1742]. Engraved celestial chart (50 x 59 cm), wholly coloured by a contemporary hand. With title at the head, circular chart in the centre flanked by positional tables and views of the astronomical observatories of Tycho Brahe at Hven, at Paris, of Hevelius at Danzig and of Eimmart at Nürnberg. Framed (69 x 77 cm). Full description

€ 1,750

Astronomy & Cosmography Charts & Maps

Finely engraved wall map of the Rijnland water district, coloured by a contemporary hand

DOU, Jan Jansz. (Johannes Dou I), Steven van BROECKHUYSEN and Melchior BOLSTRA. 'T Hooge Heemraedschap van Rhynland.
[Amsterdam, Isaak Tirion], 1746. Very large engraved wall map of the Rijnland water district in 12 map sheets and 1 title-sheet, the title-sheet divided into 3 strips, the whole mounted on cloth (measuring 185 x 169 cm as assembled). Coloured and shellacked by a contemporary hand, with gold for the lettering of the title and the coat of arms. With the water board's coat of arms, and two decorative cartouches listing the members of the water board in 1687 and 1746. Framed. Full description

€ 7,500

Charts & Maps Netherlands

Beautiful hand-coloured wall map of Rijnland

DOU, Jan Jansz. (Johannes Dou I), Steven van BROECKHUYSEN and Melchior BOLSTRA. 'T Hooge Heemraedschap van Rhynland.
[Amsterdam], Isaak Tirion, 1746. Atlas folio (58.5 x 37.3 cm). With 15 double-page engraved plates, all coloured by hand, including 13 maps. The plate size is mostly ca. 44.5 x 55 cm and ca. 41.5 x 55 cm, the map of the Haarlemmermeer has plate size 55 x 63 cm. An illustration of existing and projected sluices for drainage of the polder and another illustration with title, both after drawings by Melchior bolstra. All plates mounted on stubs so that they open flat. Half red sheepskin and intricately marbled paper sides. Full description

€ 6,000

Charts & Maps Netherlands Water Management

Beautiful wall map of Rijnland

DOU, Jan Jansz. (Johannes Dou I), Steven van BROECKHUYSEN and Melchior BOLSTRA. 'T Hooge Heemraedschap van Rhynland.
[Amsterdam], Isaak Tirion, 1746. Atlas folio (58.5 x 37.5 cm). With 15 double-page engraved plates (plate size mostly ca. 44.5 x 55 cm and ca. 41.5 x 55 cm), including 13 maps (that of the Haarlemmermeer with plate size 55 x 63 cm), an illustration of existing and projected sluices for drainage of the polder and another illustration with title, both after drawings by Melchior Bolstra. All plates mounted on stubs so that they open flat. Half calf. Full description

€ 5,000