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[ Acrobatic games ].
Aquatint depicting acrobatic games engraved by Gallina. Plate N°78.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
[ Mexican traditional garments ].
Aquatint depicting Mexican traditional garments engraved by Gallina. Plate N°83.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de ...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
[ Hieroglyph Christian calendar written in an Aztec style ].
Aquatint depicting Hieroglyph Christian calendar written in an Aztec style engraved by BonattiB. Plate N°84.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou H...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
[ Mechoacan Indians traditional garments ].
Aquatint depicting Mechoacan Indians traditional garments engraved by Gallina. Plate N°85.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvern...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Habillement de l'Empereur de la Chine & des Dames de son Palais..
This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates.Divided in 3 panels, showing examples of costumes of Chinese ladies and those of the king...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1728
Völker Europas wie schön sind eure Geschichter. (World War I post card)
During the Great War, when the only means of communicating news to the masses was by newspapers and weekly illustrated magazines, the ‘war’ or 'military' picture post...
Place & Date: Germany, 1915
An Artist's Model.
Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche being plate n°3. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the bes...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1896
La Dépêche Grand Format.
Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche being plate n°140. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the b...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1898
Rowntree's Elect Cocoa.
Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche being plate n°168. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the b...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1899
Philippines - The famous volcanic peak Mt. Mayon. . .
Mt Mayon Volcano Peak near Legaspi on the Philippines. Fine Pan American Airline mini poster.Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and co...
Place & Date: 1956
Selling price: $150
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Indian painting on paper.
Fine miniature, presenting a couple in love making position, set on a balcony with in a landscape in the background. The miniature has been painted in India in late 19th ...
Place & Date: India, ca. 1900
Quita Etas Mundi. Folium. CII
Text page with wood block cuts on recto MARY AND THE APOSTLES. The Virgin Mary is seated on a throne surrounded by the apostles, among whom we are able to identify Pe...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Terre de Diemen. Tombeaux des naturels. [plate XVI]
An aboriginal campfire, near the ruins of an old wooden fence, and a dead tree, after the original sketches by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes b...
Place & Date: Paris, 1824
La Curiosite punie, aventure hydrauli-comique et vraie.
A charming and delightful hand colored etching in the grand French style of the early nineteenth century from "Musee Grotesque No. 20" : La Curiosite punie, ave...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1816-1820
Illustriss et excellentiss D.Paulus Quirini divi Marci procurator.
Fine text page from Isolario Dell'Atlante Vento. with two copper engraved portraits printed within letter press. In top portrait of "Hieronymus Quirinus" (60x55...
Place & Date: Venice, 1691
Du sang à l'aube.
Original lithographed poster for the Spanish movie "Blood at dawn" (1948) directed by Rafael Gil, based on the novel by Blasco Ibanez. Poster designed by Duccio...
Place & Date: Paris, 1948
[Perspective print after J. Vredeman de Vries. ]
Engraving depicting the use of the vanishing point. From Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instructi...
Place & Date: The Hague, 1606
Porte de Harlem (Heemstede/Haarlem)
Showing the Haarlemmer Poort (gate) in Heemstede near Haarlem. Likely published by Mondhard, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St.Marti...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Partie Orientale de la Carte des Anciennes Monarchies. . .
This map depicts the eastern part of the Ancient World, Partie Occidentale de la Carte des Anciennes Monarchies including the Near East, Cyprus, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, I...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1800
Cazal. (Casale Monferrato)
A rare panoramic of Casale Monferrato in the Piedmont region. Engraved by Pierre Aveline (Paris, c.1656 - 23 May 1722). He was also a print-publisher and print-seller. H...
Place & Date: Paris, 1690-1730
[Title page] La Sphere Royale.
Title page from Nicolas de Fers "La Sphere Royale", published in 1717. Showing a sphere, surrounded by Neptune, Europe, the elements and scholars.
Place & Date: Paris, 1717
(Shipping)
Finely etched depiction of a vessel, with a lettered key. With explanatory text on verso.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 1683. By All...
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
Koreische Fischerfamilie. Famille de pecheurs de Corea.
A Korean family of fishermen playing a board game. No.9' above image. From "Schinz Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen des Menschen der verschiedenen Rassen und Stämme&...
Place & Date: Zürich, 1845
Plan of the Borough of New Rochelle, Westchester Co. N.Y.
Fine lithographed map of the plan of the Borough of New Rochelle. The map provides the names of specific homeowners, as well as information about the occupations and phys...
Place & Date: New York, 1867
[Incas lay siege to Cusco.]
Atahualpa’s brother, Manco, organized a long and bloody siege to reoccupy the Inca capital, which eventually spread to open rebellion throughout the land. Pizarro, who ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
[The Dutch covalesce on the Isle Santa Clara.]
Many of the Dutch were in poor health after their Atlantic crossing and when they found an island to the north of Rio de Janeiro, called Santa Clara, (I. do Francez) they...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Aux buttes Chaumont.
Chromo lithographed poster, "Aux buttes Chaumont.", by CHERET, J. Plate 141, published in Maître 17, on April 1898. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" c...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, April 1898
Helmond.
A panoramic view of the Helmond, seen from the Kromme Steenweg .
Place & Date: Arnhem, 1613
Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
21 lines of printed text, surrounded by Renaissance borders decorated with flowers and little miniatures with figures on both sides.From the press of the leading Parisian...
Place & Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c. 1520-1540
Map of Formosa. My hunting place.
An unusual hand drawn map of Formosa with an inset plan ‘My hunting place’. The map has the major cities marked in red ink and was made during Japanese occupation. Th...
Place & Date: Chiayi, Formosa, ca. 1940
Le Curieux.
A risqué but delightful French engraving produced in the late eighteenth century. It is simply titled The Curious, and shows a young lady lying on her side on a divan, w...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1790
VI. Partie du Duche de Gueldre où se trouve la Veluwe.
Attractive small map covering the northwestern part of Gelderland. In the center "'t Loo". From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Unrecorded state...
Place & Date: Paris, later than 1748
[Title page] Perspective die hooch-gheroemde conste..
Title page from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vri...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1604
Royaume de Bohéme, Marquisat de Moravie, et Silésie Autrichenne.
Small detailed map of today Czech Republic. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Unrecorded state with erased date. Page 32 outside border top right. Mary...
Place & Date: Paris, later than 1749
Oostindische Zeemagazijn. & De Werf van Het Oostind. Zeemagazijn.
Two decorative lithographies on one sheet, illustrating the V.O.C. East Indian Arsenal and the naval shipyard.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1840
'S Lands Magazijn en Werf. [&] Het Oostindischehuis.
Two decorative lithographies on one sheet. View of the 'T Landts Magazyn , or 'Scheepvaartsmuseum' (Maritime Museum) on top. On the bottom the East Indian House , the hea...
Place & Date: The Hague, 1840
ANTIBES, Ville et Port de Mer de Provence, sur la Mer Mediterranée.
Early plan of Antibes. From his "Introduction à la fortification".
Place & Date: Paris, 1693
[ Indian accessories ].
Aquatint depicting Indian accessories engraved by Gallina. Plate N°49.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice,...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
[ Portraits of Motezuma II and Cortes ].
Aquatint depicting two portraits of Motezuma II and Cortes engraved by Gallina. Plate N°63.Montezuma II was trained as a priest and rose to become leader of the Aztecs i...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Huile de Calamite.
Oil to heal all ailments, only distributed by François Giramo, who alone owns the secret. Surrounded by a decorative border and the Royal coat-of-arms.With privilege of ...
Place & Date: France, c.1790