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Nova Africa descriptio.

A beautifully engraved and most attractive "carte à figures"- map of the African continent. Bordered, above, by panels showing panorama's of Cairo, Alexandria,...

$2500 / ≈ €2137
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1660

 


Figure 38 troisieme partie. [Hors riding]

This fabulous illustration depicts formal movements of equitation for horse riding school movements. The print shows both A.de Pluvinel and the future King at the age of ...

$200 / ≈ €171
Maker / Publisher: PLUVINEL, A.de
Place & Date: Paris, 1629

 


.Taprobana Ins. Tabula XII Asiae. [Sri Lanka.]

Ptolemy's mythical island of Taprobana originally became associated with Sri Lanka although it was sometimes confused with Sumatra. Taprobana, as it was called on most ea...

$2200 / ≈ €1881
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C.
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535

 


Reine-Marguerite. Aster chinensis. L.

A bouquet of flowers. Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch-born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'aprè...

$400 / ≈ €342
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1800