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ABIETUM phyllulae et pulvini.s. Tab. 137.

From his famous work 'Flora Japonica'. Von Siebold was born in Wurtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold...

$80 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: VON SIEBOLD, P.Fr.B.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1852

 


Manuscript leaf, on vellum from a book of hours.

The flesh side of the vellum has 4 large 1-line initial illuminated initials in blue and red with white heightening, on a very heavily burnished gold ground. 1 side illum...

$350 / ≈ €308
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, 1450

 


.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 / ≈ €1937
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C.
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535

 


Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 5

Engraving from Perspective, c'est a dire, le tresrenomme art du poinct oculaire d'une veue dedans ou travers regardante, estant sur une muraille unie, sur un tableau, ou ...

$175 / ≈ €154
Maker / Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, J. / HONDIUS, H.
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605