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Vüe de la Place de Grosvenor a Londres.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London. The centrepiece of the 100 acre Grosvenor Estate, it was built between 1725-...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Waere affbeeldinge wegens het casteel ende stadt Batavia.
A good impression of this finely engraved and detailed plan of Batavia, present-day Jakarta, the Dutch center of trading activities in the East Indies. Copied after Cleme...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1681
[Original Chinese advertising poster for Gande, Price & Co., Ltd. Hong Kong]
Original vintage Chinese poster for "GANDE, PRICE & CO. LTD., based in Hong Kong, promoting Haig Whisky (from Scotland), Moet & Chandon, Taylor’s London Dr...
Place & Date: Shanghai, 1934
Guaranty Trust Company of New York. Emprunt national 6%.n Souscrivez.
Very decorative propaganda poster with design by Mark All of Paris for "Guaranty Trust Company of New York", a JPMorgan Chase predecessor in order to promote th...
Place & Date: Paris, 1918
[ Original Chinese advertising poster for ] Hataman cigarette brand.
This poster, an advertisement for Hataman Cigarettes from the 1930s, melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. It d...
Place & Date: Shanghai, 1934
Lusus Lucrum Temporis Iactura.
Copper-plate engraving showing a group of fashionably dressed men and women playing cards. "Paulus Decker inv. et del.; Ioh. Christoph Steudner sculp.; Mart. Engelbr...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1700
Carte Réduite Des Côtes Orientales De L' Amérique Septentrionale Contenant Partie du Nouveau Jersey.. Virginie.. Georgie..
Uncommon chart that extends from Delaware Bay and Philadelphia south through much of Georgia to Island Amelia and St. Johns River. Fleur-de-lis and rhumb lines fill the s...
Place & Date: Paris, 1778
Jerusalem.
Engraved by Bastiaan Stoopendaal from Juan Bautista Villapando's imaginary town-plan of Jerusalem. This bird's-eye view is surrounded by 12 scenes, views and portraits of...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1682
't dorp Aalst.
Rare print of the old church of Aalst (near Eindhoven), from Vaderlandsche gezichten of afbeeldingen.. by J.Bulthuis, printed by H.Gartman in Amsterdam.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1786 / 1792
6e Vüe d'Optique Représentant Le Chœur de la Cathedrale de St. Paul de Londres.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the interior of the Saint Paul Cathedral in London.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many p...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Czaslaw.
Very decorative and rare panoramic of Czaslaw, Caslav, Tschslau in Böhmen.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and moun...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
Tabula Asiae XII (Sri Lanka, with Elephant)
The FIRST edition of Munster's first modern map of Sri Lanka, which appeared in his "Geographia Universalis", first published in 1540. The Geographia was a new ...
Place & Date: Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1545
Sceau de Salomon. Convallaria multiflora L.
King Solomon's Seal or David's Harp, engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs de...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Carte des Trois Arabies. Tiree en Partie de l'Arabe de Nubie, en Partie de Divers autres Autheurs. . .
Rare map of the Arabian Peninsula, first published in 1654 and one of the first large maps focused specifically on the Arabian Peninsula. Sanson's map of the Arabian Peni...
Place & Date: Paris, 1654
[West Africa]
Second block. West Africa, from the Tropic of Cancer south to St Thomas. The interior is filled with lions, elephants, monkeys and camels, with a fenced native village. O...
Place & Date: Venice, 1563
Chaerte vande Wieringer waert, de welcke inden jaere XVI… (Wieringerwaard)
Rare wall map of the Wieringerwaard polder, as raffled on 12 July 1611. The polder was laid dry in 1610. It border, and also the border of the municipality, were the Zuid...
Place & Date: 1741-1744
Dominio Veneto nell' Italia.
With the Gulf of Venice. Including the towns of Cremona, Brescia, Venice, etc.As Willem Blaeu died in 1638 most of his maps are actually published by his son Joan. This m...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1638
5e Vue d'Optique Representant La Vue interieure de la Cathedralle de St. Paul de Londres.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the interior of the Saint Paul cathedral in London. Engraved by la Marcade.In the eighteenth and nineteenth cen...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Lo Stati Presente di Tutti i Paesi e Popoli del Mondo..
This most uncommon work provides an interesting focus on the dissemination of the outline of Japan provided by Kaempfer. Beside the description of Japan, the book include...
Place & Date: Venice, 1734
Grande Capucine. Tropaeolum majus. L.
Indian cress or monks cress, engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Ducatus Prussiae tam Polono Regiae. . .
This is a rare issue of Frederick de Wit's attractive map of the northern part of Poland, Prussia and the Baltic regions.Very decorative title cartouche, including three ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1698
FN HJAELP (Help).
Danish poster depicting a child sitting on a globe, threatened by a black snake. Designed by Aage Sikker Hansen and printed Andreasen & Lachmann in Copenhagen, Denmar...
Place & Date: Copenhagen, ca. 1950
Planiglobii Terrestris - Mappe-Monde...
Word map in double hemisphere. In center two smaller hemispheres of the north and south pole are shown. Two interesting diagrams depict the earth as it would be seen from...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1746
Malta.
Attractive birds-eye town-view of Valetta on Malta. With coat of arms lower right. With page number 398 in top. Latin text on verso.
Place & Date: The Netherlands ? 1650
Hedendaegsche Historie of tegenwoordige staet van alle volkeren 1 deel. (Volume 1 - China, Japan, Phillippines, Moluccas)
This provides an interesting illustrated description of China, Japan, the Phillippines, Moluccas. Including a map of China, Korea, and Japan, with the Sea between Korea a...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1734
Wittstocs.
Very decorative and rare panoramic of Wittstock, Bez. Potsdam.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted it on larg...
Place & Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A large vellum antiphonary leaf, written in Latin, probably Rome. RECTO: A wonderful initial ,Q, decorated with pen work in red, white and blue, in rich burnished gold.VE...
Place & Date: Italy, 1480
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 ...
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Five Art déco labels.
5 Lithographed perfume labels laid on original cardboard sheet. A striking example of commercial artworks produced by the artist and graphic designer Robert Pichon and hi...
Place & Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930
Tafel der Lender darin der Apostel Paulus geprediget hat.
Rare wood block map depicting the Mediterranean, with an over-sized Cyprus from the final Dutch edition of Heinrich Bünting's famous Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, a boo...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, 1581
Mexico.
Unusual poster for Mexican tourism, published by Asociacion Mexicana de Turismo, The artist is unknown and the design is surreal and modern at the same time.The popularit...
Place & Date: Mexico, ca. 1935
Renault Savane 1951 L. La nouvelle voiture mixte 6 / 7 places 800 kg moteur
Original advertising poster for the French car brand Renault, printed by Barreau.Read more about Poster History [+]
Place & Date: Paris, 1951
Kort begrip der oude en nieuwe staatkundige Geographie: behelzende eene beschryving der heerschappyen, in welken de aarde verdeeld is, haare gelegenheid. . .
Sixth edition- Interesting geographical compendium, prepared by Johann Hubner en W.A. Bachiene. Of particular interest is the section starting with pages 589 with "O...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Covens / Mortier, Utrecht, Poolsum, 1758
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...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1800
Nova Maris Caspii et Regions Usbeck..
A detailed map of part of Russia, Central Asia centered on the Caspian, Uzbek territory to the east of the Caspian and northern Persia. A finely engraved, uncolored title...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1735
39e Vüe d'Optique Representant L'Hotel du Lord Maire de Londre.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of Somerset House on the Strand in London.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speci...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Art déco label for Georges Salomon Paris.
Lithographed perfume label "Savon Cold cream N°1531 - Georges Salomon Paris" laid on original cardboard sheet. A striking example of commercial artworks produc...
Place & Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930
Der Hollaendisch-Ostindianischen Compagnie Weltberühmte Haupt - Handels und Niederlags stadt BATAVIA..
Very fine decorative plan of Batavia showing the City and its immediate environs, the surrounding rice fields intersected by a network of waterways, canals and outlying f...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1733
Carte de l'Indochine au 1 : 2.000.000. Carte ethnolinguistique.
Map showing Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, prepared under the direction of "l'Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient". Relief shown by spot heights. With a colored ke...
Place & Date: Hanoï, 1949