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Le Sacre Hagard [Haggard-falcon]

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

A beautiful elephant folio sized colored lithograph of a Hagard Falcon, taken from the famous book on Falconry Traite de Fauconnerie by Schlegel and A.H. Verster van Wulverhorst. This very beautiful plate is by Joseph Wolf. The plates from this book "are by far the finest ever produced in any book on falconry. It is impossible to describe the mellowness and beauty of the colorings" (Schwerdt). Wolf is described by Jackson as an "artist who ranks among the world's finest animal pai...

GEOGRAPHISCHE UNIVERSAL - ZEIG UND SCHLAG - UHR.

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400

A decorative copper engraved map with a geographical clock by Zacharias Landteck, who manufactured it in the early 1700s in Nuremberg. The engraving was created by J. B. Homann, and shows the clock with a detailed description of the functions. The curious clock enables the mid-day sun height, the day length, and the sunrise and sunset on the northern hemisphere. It refers also to seasons and the dateline when ships sail around the world. A sun lights two-thirds of the surface. German text surrou...

Japan (poster signed by Georges Mathieu)

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500

Dedicated "Pour Benijs Boulanger" and signed "Georges Mathieu", in black marker. Decorative poster advertising flights to Japan made by Georges Mathieu. The poster is one of a series of 15 composed of posters of Greece, Israel, Germany, Great Britain, Canada, Egypt, India, Japan, France, Italy, Mexico, South America, USA, and Spain.The set was accompanied by an informative brochure with a short explication by the artist for each poster.Mathieu wrote about the Japan poster: &q...

Comitatus Flandria.

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Second state of this scarce Carte-a-Figures of Flanders, published by Peter Verbiest in Antwerp decorated with 3 side panels without bottom border (variant of the second state, lacking bottom border). Verbiest used the geographical content of the 1621 map of Claes Jansz Visscher, but on the latter, more geographical information was added to Brabant. The map includes City Views of Ghent, Brugge, Dunkirk, Ostend, Sluis, the lower panel is missing. On both sides borders costumed figures depict men ...

[ First Separate Map of Michigan Territory ] Geographical, statistical, and historical map of Michigan territory.

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0400

The map illustrates Michigan Territory and the so-called "Indian Line" shortly after the Treaty of Chicago (1821), the third of three treaties with the Native Americans in the region, which would shape the settlement of Michigan Territory for the coming decades.The "Indian Line," also known as the Treaty Boundary Line, holds significant historical importance in the context of the Michigan Territory during the 1820s. This demarcation arose from various treaties between the Uni...

(Untitled view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople)

Tue, 19 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Panoramic view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople in the distance, after a design by Johann Schranz. Published by J. Missiriè.

Les Gens de Justice. - Mr. l'avocat a rendu pleine justice au rare talent déployé par le ministère public . . .

Tue, 10 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400

Second state (of 2), with text. From "Les Gens de Justice". Text below image : - Mr. l'avocat a rendu pleine justice au rare talent déployé par le ministère public dans son réquisitoire, Mr le procureur général s'empresse de rendre un hommage mérité à l'admirable éloquence du défenseur, Mr le président applaudit aux deux orateurs, bref tout le monde est execivement satisfait, excepté l'accusé. Around the mid-1840s Daumier started publishing his famous caricatures depictin...

Destruccio Iherosolime.

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500

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 on a mountain top. One figure appears to be Christ: the other figure appears to be the Devil with horns drawn by a contemporary hand and also with a Latin inscription. Above the view are some twenty lines of Latin text. A dramatic woodcut that synopsizes the six destruction's of Jerusalem (255x528mm) and on verso an illus...

Paris.

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

A spectacular large-scale panoramic view of Paris, with legends numbered from 1-70 in French. With the title in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690-1776) who was born in Silesia. During his youth he led a life of adventure, working as a military engineer and cartographer, traveling about as a quack doctor, working as an operator with a theatre in Prague and translating librettos for a group of wandering comedians. But after his marriage in 1718 he began a new life and c...

Recueil de costumes. Imagini degl'abiti con cui Va uestita la Nobiltà della Serenis.ma Republica di Venezia. Suivi de: [Augsburger Kleidertrachten].

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Imagini degl'abiti con cui Va uestita la Nobiltà della Serenis.ma Republica di Venezia. Dedicate all'Illmo et Ecc.mo Sig.r Andrea da Leze Degnis.mo Proc.tor di S: Marco. Venezia, Ragheno, 1702. Suivi de: [Augsburger Kleidertrachten].1 - Rarissime suite de costumes vénitiens de hauts dignitaires.Cette suite bien complète de son titre et de ses 12 planches figure des costumes vénitiens des hauts dignitaires avec en arrière-plan des monuments de Venise. Les planches sont signées du monogramme...

Peregrinatie Jesu Christu Een ordentliche beschrijvinge des Heijligen landts....

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Very rare separately map of the Holy Land engraved by Joannes van Doetecum Jr. Oriented to the east. The shoreline runs from "Antaradus" in Syria to "Rhinocorura".In the lower right corner inset of Jesus entering Jerusalem sitting on a donkey. In the Sea of Galilee we see Peter walking on water and some fishing boats. Poortman mentions an edition with text on the verso, this example has a blank verso. Very dark impression.The Van Doetecum brothers had developed a special tech...

Optique de St.Cloud.

Tue, 19 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0500

This perspective view of St. Cloud comprises 6 hand colored images of the grand Bassin d'Apollon viewed through an square and two round holes cut out from the front card cover and pasted on the next sheet. Complete with its slip case with an applied label with the title 'OPTIQUE DE St.CLOUD Deposé'.A number of perspective views were produced in England and France as souvenirs for this major visitor attraction, the quality and price varying to suit different audiences.

Karte von den Kusten von Arabien . . .

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0400

Manuscript map of Arabia. A close copy of Bellin's map of the Arabian Peninsula. In the lower right margin "Tom A, vol V."A title cartouche in the lower left corner and a lettered key in the lower right. More about Mapping of Arabia [+]

(Lübeck) Lvbeca vrbs. imperialis libera. civitatvm. Wandalicarvm. . . .

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Impressive, more than 3 meters wide panoramic town view after a woodblock engraving from Elias Diebel, initially made in 1552. Of this original woodblock, Bachmann mentions that only one copy was known.Impressive lithography in stunning original colors of this important German city, seen from the east. The title in a large banner in top. An example of the original woodblock print was in the possession of Johannes Geffcken, who published in 1855, in lithography a copy of the print. This lithogr...

Tableau des guerres de Frédéric le Grand: ou plans figurés de vingt-six batailles rangées, ou combats essentiels donnés dans les trois guerres de Silésie. . .

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The book includes a large folded map "Tableaux des Guerres de Frédéric le Grand", showing a map of Prussia, with present-day Poland and Eastern Germany surrounded by 25 maps showing the battle fields of Frederic II. (i.e.: Starting with the Battle of Mollwitz, which his first battle, further more battles fields around Prague, Breslau, etc. The positions of the Prussian, Austrian, Russian and French troupes colored in a contemporary hand according to the key.In the center a lovely map...

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

Tue, 10 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0400

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 early maps, was an important post for trade between the east and the west, and was drawn too large on many maps because of its importance. But Marco Polo states: It has a circumference of some 2400 miles. And I assure you that it used to be bigger than this. For it was once as much as 3500 miles, as appears in the mariners' charts...

Région arctique.

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Decorative map of the North Pole, prepared by Louis Vivien de Saint-Martin (* 22. Mai 1802 in Saint-Martin de Fontenay, died 3 January 1897 in Paris). He was one of the most important French geographers of the end of the 19th century. Engraved by C.E.Collin and printed by Chardon. Published by Hachette and company. Practically every major French geographer in the second half of the 19th century published with Hachette. The publishing house may well be considered the main agency for the productio...

Reis-kaart van het Britsche gezantschap van Hang-choe-foe naar Quang-choe-foe of Kanton in China.

Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Uncommon map of eastern part of China, showing a journey of the English Embassy from Hangzhou (south of Shanghai) to Guangzhou (Canton). The maps is giving a wealth of information gathered during the mission.

Colossus Monarchic. Statua Danielis

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0400

Fantastic double page allegorical map of a colossus figure representing the great world empires as Daniel interpreted in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. The warrior stands stolidly on the coast in martial gear with a scepter in his right hand. The monarchical successions of the world's major civilizations are listed on his armor and legs. He is surrounded by three mythical creatures and a bear who represent the greatest empires: Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome. A scroll cartouche in the upper left list...

Deliciae Batavicae.

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500

It is a charming book illustrated with portraits of Willem of Orange and Prince Maurits and eight engraved armorial plates. Followed by 30 engraved views or scenes of Dutch cities, most with Latin text at the foot.The plates include views of Amsterdam, Leiden, a skating scene, and Prince Maurits' sailing wagon. The Anatomy Theatre of the University of Leiden with a finely attired man looking at the dissected body of a man lying on the central table, surrounded by concentric benches with human...