18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

An 18th Century Dutch Folio Bible With New & Old Testament. Features a thick leather bound exterior with tooled leather, brass clasps and bracket. Often referred to as a "Keur...

An important and Highly Decorative Blaeu Caribbean Map, West Indies, Antique Atlas Chart, c1642 Description: An exceptional and highly decorative map of the Caribbean, titled Insula...

AUTHOR: BOISSY, Louis de. TITLE: Mercure de France. Dedie au Roi. Par Une Societe de Gens de Lettres, Mars, 1775. PUBLISHER: Paris: Chez Lacombe, [1775]. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITI...

Amazing collection of 5 extremely weathered vellum books, Spain/Italy 18th/ 19th century. Weathered and small losses and old repairs. More photo's available on request, please ask. ...

18th Century German Martin Luther Holy Bible. This is a rare 1733 German massive folio edition translated by Martin Luther and printed with numerous engravings in red and black by t...

Very rare hand carved wooden reliquary shrine with wonderful decoration, Italy, circa 1750 Weathered, small losses and old repairs. H:40cm W:39cm D:27,5cm

Rare Georgian Hand-Engraved Sporting Cow Horn Beaker Depicting "The Death" of the Fox Hunt, England, circa 1790–1810 Rare Georgian Hand-Engraved Cow Horn Fox Hunting Beaker "The Dea...

De Doorluchtige Weereld – S. de Vries, François Halma, Amsterdam, 1700 Magnificent and complete three-volume set of De Doorluchtige Weereld (The Illustrious World), written by S. de...

London: Printed by William Stansby for Walter Burre, 1614. FIRST EDITION Folio; 12 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches (317 x 212 mm). Collation: 40, ode, title page, Preface; 40, Contents of the Cha...

Very nice carved oak fragment of a Christ figure with a strong expression. Beautiful weathered , France circa 1600-1700. Weathered, and losses. Measurement with the base

18th or early 19th century Spanish Colonial steel spurs, two pairs, each with a different etched decoration. These beautifully wrought steel spurs are great collectors items, and are...

Title: Rare 16th Century Map of the Holy Land and Palestine by Matthias Quad Description: This rare late sixteenth-century map titled Palaestina quae et Terra Sancta vel Terra Promi...

Nice collection of six extremely weathered vellum books, Spain 18th/19th century. Weathered and small losses. H:20,5-22cm W:2,5-5cm D:15cm . More photo's are available on request.

Rare 1793 Map of North America: French and Indian War Boundaries and Historical Notes This remarkable engraved map of North America, printed in 1793 by Emanuel Bowen and John Gibs...

A good and large, late 18th century, Greek, Eastern Orthodox hand-painted & gilded icon of three saints, circa 1780. This traditional Greek Orthodox icon is painted in the Byzantine...

Antique Celestial Map – Hemel Globe, Zodiac & Constellations by Halma, 1720 This striking double-hemisphere celestial chart, titled Hemel G...

18th Century Sicilian Painted Cart Panel with Medieval Battle Scenes A rare and visually arresting Italian folk art fragment, this monumental Sicilian painted cart panel dates from ...

Antique 17th century, Spanish baroque polychromed and gilded carved model of the Christ Child, Salvator Mundi, circa 1620. The is large finely carved statue of the Christ child, Sal...

Antique mid-18th-century brass Gregorian refractor telescope, almost certainly made by James Short (1710-1768). Good condition, replaced eyepiece and missing lens, lathe rebuilt the ...

Marine ivory skull sperm whale or killer whale ivory (Physeter Linnaeus, 1758 or Orcinus orca, Linnaeus, 1758) designed to be worn as a pendant. The sculp...

Antique map titled 'Diversa Orbis Terrae. Visu Incedente per Coluros Tropicorum, Ambos Ejus Polos, et Parciularis Sphaerae Zenith, in Planum Orthographica Projectio (..) Plat Ontwerp van verscheyde Aert-klooten (..)'. One of the earliest Dutch World Maps to focus on a more modern cartographic style, based on Carel Allard's map of 1696. This map represented a noteworthy shift from the traditional decorative Dutch 17th century maps where the margins would be full of classical mythological...

Antique Blaeu Map of China, Japan & Korea, Exotic Cartouches & Ships, c.1642 A highly desirable and visually striking map of East Asia, centered on China and extending to Ko...

Carte de la Terre de Canaan ou Terre Promise Cartographer: Le St. Robert Date of Publication: 1750 This exquisite 18th-century map, 'Carte de la Terre de Canaan ou Terre Promise', w...

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 ...

Antique map titled 'Africa Nova Tabula Auct Jud. Hondio'. Beautiful and rare paneled map of Africa, Based Upon Hondius' map. The first derivative of the map was issued separately by ...

This antique map, titled "Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis," represents a significant cartographic piece from 1710 by Johann Baptist Homann. Here's a description of this remarkable map: - Title: Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis (...) - Date: Published in 1710 by Johann Baptist Homann. Description: This map is a first edition of Johann Baptiste Homann's map of America, and it is notable for several cartographic features and historical representations: 1. California as an Island...

This is an antique Plan de l'Historie Universelle World Map. A Dutch, framed atlas engraving by Henri Abraham Chatelain, dating to the 18th century and later, circa 1730. Published...

Rigobert Bonne and G. Raynal's 1780 map of the West Indies, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, and the Caribbean stands as a remarkable cartographic piece, offering a detailed and expansive v...

Author: Robinson, Mary. Title: Hubert de Sevrac, a Romance of the Eighteenth Century. Publisher: London: for the Author by Hookham and Carpenter, 1796. Description: First edition. 3 vols., 6-13/16" x 4-7/16", errata at the end of each vol., advertisement leaf at the end of vol. 3, vol. 2 M6 with early repaired tear at foot, without the half-titles, bound in fine contemporary full speckled calf, floral gilt decorated spines, gilt lettered red and green spine labels, covers ruled in gilt. Condition: Internally clean and bright, armorial bookplate of Sir John Eden to front pastedowns, extremely minor foxing to first and last leaves, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, a handsom set. Additional information: An exceedingly rare gothic novel by Robinson (known as "the English Sappho") set during the French Revolution. In her lifetime Robinson was better known as an actress and lady of fashion as well as for a string of prominent affairs, including with George IV whilst he was still Prince of Wales whose portrait she wore encrusted with diamonds throughout her life but who she did not hesitate to blackmail for £5000 pounds when he cast her off. Her literary output, though derided at the time, has since been reassessed and Robinson herself now seen as a proto-feminist. Mary Robinson was one of those independent 'viragos' who upset so many conventional men at the end of the eighteenth century. She was admired by Mary Wollstonecraft...

Unique tabernacle with its original gilding. Great piece to display a small private collection. Beautiful decorated with a sunbusrt and acanthus leaves, Italy, circa 1650-1750. Weath...

AUTHOR: CAMDEN, William. TITLE: The Historie of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princesse Elizabeth, late Queene of England. Contayning all the Important and Remarkeable Passages ...

18th Century Hand Carved Life Size Corpus Christi Skull A rare Lifesize religious artifact of which we have never seen the like. Carved from pine wood with hand painted detail. This...

Covens and Mortier's attractive double-page engraved map of the British Isles, based on the 1702 De L'Isle map. The map features a large car...

A remarkable early 17th century Upper Rhine hand-carved and Polychrome wooden Corpus Christi statue of Jesus Christ, German or Austrian, circa 1600. A large German Baroque carved li...

AUTHOR: HABINGTON, William. TITLE: The Historie Of Edward The Fourth, King Of England. PUBLISHER: London: by Tho. Cotes, for William Cooke, 1640. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vo...

A rare and visually striking early 18th-century German Baroque devotional work printed in Nuremberg in 1705, richly illustrated with dramatic allegorical engravings depicting the “Vi...

Marine ivory skull in sperm whale or killer whale (Physeter Linnaeus, 1758 or Orcinus orca, Linnaeus, 1758) designed to be worn as a pendant. The sculptur...

Lovely hand carved wooden Madonna with child with traces of old color. Despite of the fact this piece has several losses , she has a wonderful and strong expression and beautiful old...

Extraordinary handwritten Baroque-era exorcistic healing and ritual manuscript originating from the Austrian–Bavarian Alpine sphere, executed entirely in German Kurrent script with s...

Beautiful weathered hand carved stone medieval statue depicting a Saint . Italy 16th century. Weathered, small losses and old repair. H:51cm W:18cm D:13cm

Antique map titled 'A Map of the Empire of Morocco Comprehending the Kingdoms of Fez, Morocco'. Original antique map of the kingdoms of Fez, Algiers, Segelmese, Tafilet and Morocco. ...

An exceptional and completely intact early 18th century Benedictine monastic chant-antiphonal manuscript, handwritten in Upper Austria in 1719 by the nun Johanna Elisabeth Zundorffs ...

Presented is an original John Hancock signature, presented framed with an 1858 engraved portrait of John Hancock. The cut signature reads “John Hancock” with a dramatic flourish, or ...

AUTHOR: CAMDEN, William. TITLE: The Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart Queene of Scotland. PUBLISHER: London: by John Haviland, and are to be sold by William Sheares, 1...

Goldsmith, John An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God M.DCC.LXXXIV. 1784 London: Company of Stationers, 1783, first edition 48mo, 4 x 2 1/2 in. (113 x 53 mm); pp. 48 + blank page...

Antique print, titled: 'Plan de la Loge Hollandoise d'Ougly'. A plan of the Dutch settlement at Chinsura-Hooghly, India. This print originates from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale d...

A fine antique of the colony of Pennsylvania. Noted at the top of the sheet as a 'Map of the province of Pensilvania'. This undated and anonymous map is thought to be from the Gentleman's Magazine, London, circa 1775, although the general appearance could date it to the 1760's. The southern boundary reflects the Mason-Dixon survey (1768), the western boundary is placed just west of Pittsburgh, and the northern boundary is not marked. The map has a number of reference points that likely refer to companion text and appear to be connected to boundaries. The western and southern boundaries are marked Q, R, S, for example. A diagonal line runs from the Susquehanna R to the Lake Erie P. A broken line marked by many letters A, B, N, O, etc., appears in the east. There are no latitude or longitude markings, blank verso. Framed in a shaped contemporary gilt wooden frame and matted under a cream colored matte. Bearing an old Graham Arader Gallery...

Antique print titled 'De Wester-Kerk van binnen, naar 't Oosten, te zien. This print depicts a church interior in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This print originates from ' Amsterdam, ...

Monument of King Edward IV – Antique Engraving of St George’s Chapel, Windsor, 1790 This finely detailed antique engraving shows the monument of King E...

Wonderful small tabernacle that once graced a church altar. Beautiful original silverleaf and faux marble paint. weathered, small losses. Italy circa 1780  

This is an antique apothecary mortar and pestle. An English, bronze kitchen or chemist's instrument with Tudor Rose motif, dating to the mid 17th century, circa 1650. Fascinating an...

A George III Brass, Iron and Mahogany Flintlock Tinder Pistol, late 18th century. The mahogany pistol handle with brass and iron fittings with engraved decoration. Height 4”,Length 5...

A museum tool, made entirely by hand that recalls the peasant culture of the past.

A late 18th century mahogany miniature chest retaining good colour throughout, with rectangular top over four well figured long drawers having...

Stunning oak statue of Saint John the Evangelist. France circa 1550-1650 , Beautiful weathered oak. Christian tradition says that John the Evangelist was John the Apostle. He was on...

A very important 17th-century Turkish Ottoman silver-mounted Karabela sword-saber with a medieval, late 15th-century A.D. (880 AH – 920 AH) Mamluk blade from the Egyptian Mamluk Sult...

17th century Dutch Baroque rosewood and ebony miniature vargueno table top chest of drawers with etched bone inlay. Beautifully decorated with inlay of various designs, including an ...

A rare example of a first edition Candide, published in Geneva by Cramer, 1759. 299pp. Woodcut ornaments and Voltaire's corrected pages (pp. 31...

A very important and rare superb-quality antique 17th-century Persian royal Shamshir sword, attributed to Shah Abbas the Great (1588–1629 A.D.) of the Safavid Dynasty, signed Assadollāh. The curved, single-edged blade is hand-forged from crucible Damascus steel wootz, with a rare Kirk Narduban - Kirknir Daban stepped, Muhammed's Ladder fine pattern. The outer side has two gold-inlaid cartouches enclosing a beautiful, high-quality calligraphy inscription in Nasta'liq script. The upper cartouche is inscribed Bandeye Shah Velayat Abbas, and the lower is inscribed ﺴﺪﺍﷲ ﻋﻣﻞor- Amal-e Assadollāh (The work of Assadollāh), which is the name of the legendary Persian sword...

An extraordinary quality and rare Ancient Roman Carved Carnelian Intaglio, Circa 2nd - 3rd century A.D. Depicting a youthful crowned God Apollo, leaning on a column, holding an...