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![Chambery / Turo / Coucy le Chateau. . . [5 prints]](/uploads/cache/14386-250x250.jpg)
Chambery / Turo / Coucy le Chateau. . . [5 prints]
A set of 5 prints. A nice view of Chambery: in Savoie; a charming view of Coucy le Chateau, engraved by Picquenot; a very fine plan of Tours, including a lettered key on ...
Date: Paris, 1580 -1750
(Lübeck) Lvbeca vrbs. imperialis libera. civitatvm. Wandalicarvm. . . .
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 mentio...
Date: Germany, c. 1855
Planisferio Celeste contenente le stelle dalla 1 alla 5 grandezza. . .
Decorative large double hemisphere celestial chart, centred on the north and south poles with descriptive key to zodiac signs in German, French and Italian. Showing stars...
Date: Milan, c.1822
Leaf from a French (Paris) book of hours.
Leaf from a French (Paris) book of hours, written in black ink, 16 lines of text. Recto: Text starts at Matins,the beginning of the hours to the holy Virgin "Ïncip...
Date: Paris ca. 1420
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...
Date: Paris, 1778
Kaart van de Gaspar Straaten volgens opnemingen van J.Stolze, D.Ross, enz.
Very large and rare chart centered on the strait between Bangka's southeastern seacoast and Belitung's western shores.Short front views of the coastal relief are shown in...
Date: Amsterdam 1843
'T Eilandje Desima verblyf plaats der Hollanders in Japan.
Bird's-eye view of Dejima copied from a manuscript by Voogt, who was second-in-command on Deshima in 1713. The island is viewed from the landside, depicting the developme...
Date: Amsterdam, 1739
Sexta Etas Mudi. Symon Apostolus.. Folio CVII.
A very nice presentation of the martyr of Simon, sawn in half at Suanir, and Mathias stoned to death at Colchis in 80 AD. Overleaf, it shows the martyr of Matthew and Jud...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds and seven 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and six line-fillers in sam...
Date: France, ca.1530
The Crimea by James Wyld Geographer to the Queen & H.R.H. Prince Albert.
Fourth edition of this folding map of the Crimea. In upper right corner an inset map of the areas around the Black Sea; "The Town & Harbor of Sevastopol with the...
Date: London, 1855
Quinta Asie Tabvla.
A woodblock map of ancient Median and Persian lands in modern-day Iran is from Martin Waldseemüller's 1513 edition of Ptolemy, a landmark work that contributed to major ...
Date: Strasbourg, J. Schott, 1513
Nouvelle Mappa Monde.
State 2 of this fine double hemisphere world map, from an unusual perspective, with a "Mer de L'Ouest" or "Sea of the West". Paris is located at the c...
Date: Venice, 1776 - 1784
![Posesiones de America : Isla de Cuba. [together with] Isla de Cuba. . .](/uploads/cache/23458-250x250.jpg)
Posesiones de America : Isla de Cuba. [together with] Isla de Cuba. . .
Wall size sea chart and map of land areas showing all of Cuba, part of Florida Keys plus San Adios and Salvador Grande in the Bahamas.Minute topographical, political, and...
Date: Madrid, 1853 / 1851
Southern - Concan.. - The falls of Gokank..
Hand colored lithography representing a view of the Gokak Falls, located on the Ghataprabha River. The Ghataprabha river in India is an important right-bank tributary of ...
Date: Paris, 1843
![[The creation of the world - First day]](/uploads/cache/24509-250x250.jpg)
[The creation of the world - First day]
Attractive page from the Nuremberg Chronicle, showing the creation of the world: the First Day, showing the celestial choir (God\'s creation of the angels) surrounding th...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Les jeunes voyageurs en Europe, ou description raisonnée des divers pays compris dans cette partie du monde.
The second edition of this fine travel companion is illustrated with 16 very decorative maps, each map surrounded by local products and specialties of the region. Include...
Date: Paris, Thiériot, 1827
Oriens, Persia, India etc.
Uncommon map of Persia, Armenia, Arabian Peninsular and part of India. Prepared by Christoph Cellarius (1638-1707). From Geographia Antiqua...
Date: Leipzig, Gledisch, 1732
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A more than 600 years old antiphonary leaf, written in Besançon, in 1370. Musical notation on 4 bars, the staves are in red and the notes in black: numerous pen-flourish...
Date: France, 1370
![[2 maps] Partie Septentrionale.. Partie Meridionale du Royaume de Portugal..](/uploads/cache/25084-250x250.jpg)
[2 maps] Partie Septentrionale.. Partie Meridionale du Royaume de Portugal..
A detailed two sheet map of Portugal showing the roads, prepared by N.Bellin. Venetian edition of the map by Bellin, to whom Santini gives credit in the cartouche.From ...
Date: Venice, 1776 - 1784
Rotterdamse Diergaarde. . .
Decorative view of the Zoo of Rotterdam. To the right is the house of the zoo's manager. Decorated with personages in typical dress watching lions.
Date: Amsterdam, 1860
Secunda etas mundi. Folium XIII.
Schedel's world map was based on the cartographic system of Claudius Ptolemy, the great second-century AD geographer whose scholarship formed the foundation for map produ...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
(Fragment of a text leaf from Universal Chronicle)
Fragment of a text leaf, showing a miniature depicting two Kings who are greeting each other surrounded by their knights. The metal cut has contemporary hand coloring and...
Date: Paris, c.1490-1500
Caerte der Noordt cufte van Engelandt, beginnende van Robinhodes baij tot Coket Eijlandt. . . .
A very early Dutch text edition of this detailed chart of the northern coast of England. The mileage cartouche has no Latin captures. West to the top.Decorated by a color...
Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585
Ultonia Oriental.
Map depicting part of Ulster, with the south-western tip of Scotland in the upper right. From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Northumbr. Cumberladia Dunelm. Episcop.
A map of the most northern part of England, from the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the big folio-atlases the ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
![Morokoshi Meisho Zue [Illustrated Description of Famous Sites of China].](/uploads/cache/34118-250x250.jpg)
Morokoshi Meisho Zue [Illustrated Description of Famous Sites of China].
Published in Osaka, Kawachiya Genhichiro, et al. [8 book sellers], slightly later issue but apparently in Edo period, using all the same woodblocks of original first edit...
Date: Osaka, Edo, slightly later than Bunka 3, year of the tiger - 1806
![Sexta Etas Mundi. Foliu CXXXV [Text page with S. Hieronymus, the patron of theological learning].](/uploads/cache/25763-250x250.jpg)
Sexta Etas Mundi. Foliu CXXXV [Text page with S. Hieronymus, the patron of theological learning].
Text page with woodcuts of the following saints: S. Hieronymus, the patron of theological learning (100x80mm.)VERSO is printed with text and images of Popes and Kings.Pag...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
P.les de Virginie.
Attractive copper engraving, depicting a couple of native people of Florida.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers, 1683. by Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1...
Date: Paris, 1683
![[ First Separate Map of Michigan Territory ] Geographical, statistical, and historical map of Michigan territory.](/uploads/cache/25931-250x250.jpg)
[ First Separate Map of Michigan Territory ] Geographical, statistical, and historical map of Michigan territory.
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 A...
Date: Philadelphia, 1822
![[Crimea]. Carte de la Cromée.](/uploads/cache/25719-250x250.jpg)
[Crimea]. Carte de la Cromée.
Mapmaker, Captain Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen (1735-1819). Published by H. Friesman in 1787. This map first appeared in 1776 and was the first Russian map of the newly ann...
Date: Amsterdam, H. Frieseman, 1787
![Otago Capo dell'Isola d'Amsterdam nel Mare Pacifico del Sud. / Otago Chef de l'Isle d'Amsterdam dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud. .. [Tongatapu, Tonga]](/uploads/cache/26090-250x250.jpg)
Otago Capo dell'Isola d'Amsterdam nel Mare Pacifico del Sud. / Otago Chef de l'Isle d'Amsterdam dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud. .. [Tongatapu, Tonga]
Otago was a native of the island of Tongatapu, Tonga. The island was first sighted by Europeans in 1643 by Abel Tasman, commanding two ships. “Tasman named the island &...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
![Coffre Sculpté des Habitants de la nouvelle Zélande. [Tome III Pl. 13.]](/uploads/cache/26092-250x250.jpg)
Coffre Sculpté des Habitants de la nouvelle Zélande. [Tome III Pl. 13.]
A carved chest of New Zealand, as a specimen of the carving of the country. Engraving drawn after John Frederick Miller (1759-1796). John Frederick Miller was an English ...
Date: Paris, 1773
![Hausse-col militaire des insulaires de la Mer du Sud. [Tome II Pl. 12.]](/uploads/cache/26095-250x250.jpg)
Hausse-col militaire des insulaires de la Mer du Sud. [Tome II Pl. 12.]
Maori warrior rise-collar. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement ...
Date: Paris, 1773
![Instruments des insulaires de la Mer du Sud. [Tome II Pl. 15.]](/uploads/cache/26097-250x250.jpg)
Instruments des insulaires de la Mer du Sud. [Tome II Pl. 15.]
Divers tools. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement régnante pou...
Date: Paris, 1773
![Emouchoir des Otahitiens avec ses manches. [Tome II Pl. 13.]](/uploads/cache/26098-250x250.jpg)
Emouchoir des Otahitiens avec ses manches. [Tome II Pl. 13.]
The print depicts three ceremonial fly-whisks from Tahiti. Each object features ornate carved handles with anthropomorphic figures and long flowing fibers, accompanied by...
Date: Paris, 1773
![Vue de l'Isle d'Otahiti et de plusieurs Pirogues. [Tome II Pl. 11.]](/uploads/cache/26102-250x250.jpg)
Vue de l'Isle d'Otahiti et de plusieurs Pirogues. [Tome II Pl. 11.]
View of the Island of Tahiti and dugouts. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britanniqu...
Date: Paris, 1773
![Vue de l'Isle d'Ulietéa avec une double Pirogue et un hangar où les Insulaires retirent leurs bâtiments de mer. [Tome III Pl. 5.]](/uploads/cache/26106-250x250.jpg)
Vue de l'Isle d'Ulietéa avec une double Pirogue et un hangar où les Insulaires retirent leurs bâtiments de mer. [Tome III Pl. 5.]
A view on the Island of Ulietea, French Polynesia, of a dugout boat house and a beautifully engraved pirogue at sea. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage ...
Date: Paris, 1773
![Vue de l'Isle d'Huaheine avec La Maison de Dieu, et un petit Autel couvert d'offrandes. [Tome III Pl. 4.]](/uploads/cache/26108-250x250.jpg)
Vue de l'Isle d'Huaheine avec La Maison de Dieu, et un petit Autel couvert d'offrandes. [Tome III Pl. 4.]
A view of the Island of Huaheine, Tahiti, a beautiful tropical Owharra tree in the foreground and a depiction of the House of God with its offertory. From the French edit...
Date: Paris, 1773
![Village fortifié bâti sur un Rocher troué de la Nouvelle Zélande. [Tome III Pl. 10.]](/uploads/cache/26110-250x250.jpg)
Village fortifié bâti sur un Rocher troué de la Nouvelle Zélande. [Tome III Pl. 10.]
A view of a village fortified on a hollow rock in New Zealand. Engraved by François Godefroi. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des ...
Date: Paris, 1774
![Cession de l'Isle d'Ohahiti au Capitaine Wallis par la Reine Obéréa. [Tome II Pl. 2.]](/uploads/cache/26111-250x250.jpg)
Cession de l'Isle d'Ohahiti au Capitaine Wallis par la Reine Obéréa. [Tome II Pl. 2.]
Queen Oberea's transfer ceremony to Captain Wallis on Tahiti.Engraved by François Godefroi. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des vo...
Date: Paris, 1774
![Vue d'un Rocher troué de la Nouvelle Zélande. [Tome III Pl. 8.]](/uploads/cache/26112-250x250.jpg)
Vue d'un Rocher troué de la Nouvelle Zélande. [Tome III Pl. 8.]
A view of a New Zealand landscape and seascape through a hollow rock. Engraved by Demouchy. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voy...
Date: Paris, 1773
![Manière dont on expose les morts à Otahiti. [Tome II Pl. 16.]](/uploads/cache/26113-250x250.jpg)
Manière dont on expose les morts à Otahiti. [Tome II Pl. 16.]
A view of a Tahitian funeral home in a beautiful landscape. Engraved by Demouchy. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entre...
Date: Paris, 1773
![[Papua New Guinea Inhabitants ].](/uploads/cache/26364-250x250.jpg)
[Papua New Guinea Inhabitants ].
Aquatint depicts three men in a pirogue engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N° 75. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la m...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[The Admiralty Islands and New Britain inhabitants fishing. Papua New Guinea ].](/uploads/cache/26365-250x250.jpg)
[The Admiralty Islands and New Britain inhabitants fishing. Papua New Guinea ].
Aquatint depicting fishermen in dugouts engraved by A. Biasioli. Plate N° 14. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[New Caledonians ].](/uploads/cache/26367-250x250.jpg)
[New Caledonians ].
Aquatint depicting New Caledonians engraved by Biasioli. Plate N° 71. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice,...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[Pirogues in the bay of the voyage of the Resolution. The Marquesas Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26373-250x250.jpg)
[Pirogues in the bay of the voyage of the Resolution. The Marquesas Islands ].
Aquatint depicting men in pirogues in the Bay of the Resolution from the Marquesas Islands engraved by Biasioli. Plate N° 91. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Anci...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[Marquesas Islands headdresses and head ornaments ].](/uploads/cache/26374-250x250.jpg)
[Marquesas Islands headdresses and head ornaments ].
Aquatint depicting Marquesas Islanders in traditional headdresses and a variety of head ornaments engraved by Bonatti. Plate N° 90. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costum...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[Easter Island inhabitants ].](/uploads/cache/26375-250x250.jpg)
[Easter Island inhabitants ].
Aquatint depicting 2 portraits of Easter Island inhabitants and 2 men rowing in a pirogue. Engraved by Carlo Bottigella. Plate N° 88. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Cost...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[Women dancing in a Ulietea house ].](/uploads/cache/26376-250x250.jpg)
[Women dancing in a Ulietea house ].
Aquatint depicting women dancing in front of musicians and local villagers in a Ulietea house. Plate N° 87. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou H...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[Tahitian warrior dugouts ].](/uploads/cache/26377-250x250.jpg)
[Tahitian warrior dugouts ].
Aquatint depicting a view of Tahitian warrior dugouts engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N° 86. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouve...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[Tahitian tools ].](/uploads/cache/26378-250x250.jpg)
[Tahitian tools ].
Aquatint depicting a variety of Tahitian tools engraved by Rivelanti. Plate N° 85. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement...
Date: Milan, 1827
![Mortuary scene. Tahiti Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26380-250x250.jpg)
Mortuary scene. Tahiti Islands ].
This aquatint depicts a mortuary scene in front of a tapapow, a shed under which the dead bodies remains are exposed until they dry. Engraved by Roffi. Plate N° 83. From...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[Queen Obera welcoming Captain Wallis. Tahiti ].](/uploads/cache/26381-250x250.jpg)
[Queen Obera welcoming Captain Wallis. Tahiti ].
Aquatint depicting Queen Obera welcoming Captain Wallis upon his arrival in Tahiti. Engraved by Gallina. Plate N° 82. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Mo...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[The Friendly Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26384-250x250.jpg)
[The Friendly Islands ].
Aquatint depicting seashore scene of the Friendly Islands. These islands are also known as the Friendly Islands because of the friendly reception accorded to Captain Cook...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[Portraits. Friendly Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26385-250x250.jpg)
[Portraits. Friendly Islands ].
Aquatint depicting inhabitants of the Friendly Islands. Plate N°79. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, d...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[Scene of a meeting. The Friendly Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26386-250x250.jpg)
[Scene of a meeting. The Friendly Islands ].
Aquatint depicting an indoor meeting in the Friendly Islands. Plate N°79. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la mil...
Date: Milan, 1827
Uomo del Paraguai nell' America Meridionalle. / Homme du Paraguai dans l'Amerique Meridionalle.
Full portrait of a person from Paraguay. From "Raccolta di stampe." a series of historically significant eighteenth-century copper plate engravings by Venetia...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Indiana del Perù. / Indienne du Perou.
Portrait of a Peruvian Indian woman holding a fruit basket and a lama in the background. From "Raccolta di stampe." a series of historically significant eight...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Dona del Regno di Granata. / Femme du Roy.me de Granade.
A full portrait of a woman from Granada, situated at Lake Nicaragua or Cocibolca. From "Raccolta di stampe", a series of historically significant eighteenth...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
![Donna dell' Isola d' Erramanga una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Femme de l'Isle d'Erramanga une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique. [Vanuatu]](/uploads/cache/26396-250x250.jpg)
Donna dell' Isola d' Erramanga una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Femme de l'Isle d'Erramanga une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique. [Vanuatu]
Full portrait of a woman, native of the island of Erramanga in the New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium, the colonial name for the island group in the So...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
![Donna dell' Isola di Mallicolo una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle d'Erramanga... [Vanuatu]](/uploads/cache/26397-250x250.jpg)
Donna dell' Isola di Mallicolo una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle d'Erramanga... [Vanuatu]
Full portrait of a woman, a native of the island of Mallico in the New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium, the colonial name for the island group in the So...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
![Donna dell' Isola di Tanna, una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Femme de l' Isle de Tanna, une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique. [Vanuatu]](/uploads/cache/26398-250x250.jpg)
Donna dell' Isola di Tanna, una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Femme de l' Isle de Tanna, une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique. [Vanuatu]
Full portrait of a woman, a native from the island of Mallico in the New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium, the colonial name for the island group in the ...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
![Uomo dell' Isola di Tanna, una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Homme de l' Isle de Tanna, une des nouvelles Hébrides dans la Mer du Pacifique. [Vanuatu]](/uploads/cache/26399-250x250.jpg)
Uomo dell' Isola di Tanna, una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Homme de l' Isle de Tanna, une des nouvelles Hébrides dans la Mer du Pacifique. [Vanuatu]
Full portrait of a man from the island of Tanna in the Pacific. New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium was the colonial name for the island group in the So...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
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...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Potatow Capo dei Tahiti Isola nel Mare Pacifico del Sud. / Potatow Chef de Tahiti Isle dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of the Hawaiian chief Potatow. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, w...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Otoo, Re di Tahiti Isola nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Otoo, Roi de Tahiti Isle dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of King Otoo from Tahiti. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who acco...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna dell' Isola di Pasqua, o terra di Davis nel Mar del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle de Pâques ou terre de Davis dans la Mer du Sud.
Full portrait of a woman, a native of Easter Island, a Chilean territory, is a remote volcanic island in PolynesiaFrom "Raccolta di stampe." a series of histori...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Uomo dell' Isola di Pasqua o Terra di Davis nel Mar del Sud. / Homme de l' Isle de Pâquesou Terra de Davis dans la Mer du Sud.
Full portrait of a native from Easter Island. Easter Island, a Chilean territory, is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia.From "Raccolta di stampe," a series o...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna dell' Isola di S.a Cristina una delle Marchesi nel Mar del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle de S.e Christine une des Marquises dans la Mer du Sud.
Full portrait of a woman from the Saint Christina Island. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by Willia...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Capo dell' Isola di S.a Cristina una delle Marchesi nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Chef de l'Isle de Ste. Christine une des Marquises dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of the Chief of the Saint Christina Island. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Uomo della nuova Caledonia Isola del Mar Pacifico. / Homme de la nouvelle Calédonie Isle dans la Mer Pacifique.
Full portrait of a native from New Caledonia. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who...
Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Vorstellung Einiger Gegenden und Plaetze in Nord-America unter Franzoesisch und Englische Jurisdiction Gehoerig zu Finden bey den Homaennischen Erben in Nurnberg Ao. 1756.
Three town plans on one sheet of eastern Canada, including Quebec, Louisbourg and Halifax towns which the English and French fought to conquer on the American continent f...
Date: Nuremberg, 1756
Il vero ritratto di Nettvno al presente oaupato da gl'imperiali.
Rare and early town-plan of Nettuno, in the province of Rome, which is nowadays a touristic harbor.Issued by Joannes Orlandi who acquired many Lafreri plates, which he re...
Date: Rome, 1557 / 1602
![[Text page with Saint Appolonia, the patron saint of dentistry. - Sexta Etas Mundi. Folium. CXX ].](/uploads/cache/26526-250x250.jpg)
[Text page with Saint Appolonia, the patron saint of dentistry. - Sexta Etas Mundi. Folium. CXX ].
Text page with woodcuts of Abdon & Senen, Agatha, Appolonia, Serapion, Meniacus, Victoria. With a woodcut of Appolonia, the patron saint of dentistry. Because of the ...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Pascaerte Van't Westelyckste der Middelandsche Zee. . .
An eye-catching chart of the western part of the Mediterranean Sea.Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was one of the most important cartographer, engraver, publisher and print s...
Date: Amsterdam, 1666
![[Page with imaginary towns in Hungary. ] CCLXVIII](/uploads/cache/26932-250x250.jpg)
[Page with imaginary towns in Hungary. ] CCLXVIII
Page with imaginary towns in Hungary (230x225mm.) This leaf is from an edition of Hartmann Schedel's Liber chronicarum or Nuremberg Chronicle. The Chronicle was published...
Date: Nuremberg, 1493
Plan de Constantinople, non compris ses faubourgs. Grave d'apres les documents du ministere de la Guerre par E. Olivier.
A very rare lithographic large-scale town-plan of Istanbul, Scale 98 yards to one inch., printed in Pera, Istanbul by E. Olivier. The ornate design on the top of the...
Date: Péra, Istanbul, 1851
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: 370x250 mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (...
Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
![[ Secunda etas mundi. Foliu XVIII ].](/uploads/cache/26866-250x250.jpg)
[ Secunda etas mundi. Foliu XVIII ].
Text in Latin, each paragraph separated by the triumphant cross with orb representing Christ's reign over the world (it is often shown atop Christ's scepter in Christian ...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
![[Text page with Kings and historical personalities.] Quita etas mundi. Foliu. LXXXIII](/uploads/cache/26874-250x250.jpg)
[Text page with Kings and historical personalities.] Quita etas mundi. Foliu. LXXXIII
Text page with woodcuts of Kings and historical personalities.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg Chronicle, published the year that Columb...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
