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Sacerdos cornu olei unxit Salomonem omnisque clamauit. . . . ( Plate 45)

Fine etching by Nicolas Chapron, after Raphaël's (Raffaello Sanzio) frescoes in the Vatican Loggia. Scene illustrating a priest anointing Solomon with oil.From the first...

$50 / ≈ €43
Maker / Publisher: CHAPERON, N.
Place & Date: Paris, Petrus Mariette, 1649

 


L'Afrique divisée en ses principaux Etats, assujettie aux observations astronomique.

Rare and attractive map of Africa, ornated with a decorative title cartouche showing luxuriant nature and a lion. With two inset maps : "Carte particulière du Cap ...

$350 / ≈ €299
Maker / Publisher: JANVIER, Sr.
Place & Date: Paris, Lattré, 1788

 


Capo della flotta degli Otahiti nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Chef de la flotte des Otahiti dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.

Full portrait of the captain of the Otahiti flotilla, from Tahiti.  A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing...

$250 / ≈ €214
Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

 


Destruccio Iherosolime.

The view shows the destruction of Jerusalem. Major points in the city are identified with Latin notations. Of interest, in the upper left of the image are two figures...

$2000 / ≈ €1710
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493