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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
Chocolat Menier.
Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche being plate n°47. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the be...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1897
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
![[Title in Russian; translated to : Who the death bears, that's himself in the end I'm sure I'll stretch my legs. (Google translation) ]](/uploads/cache/41506-250x250.jpg)
[Title in Russian; translated to : Who the death bears, that's himself in the end I'm sure I'll stretch my legs. (Google translation) ]
Propaganda mini poster published in Russia during The Cold War (1979–1985). The time refers to the phase of a deterioration in relations between the Soviet Union and th...
Place & Date: Russia, 1982
Concerts Ysaye . . .
Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maitres de l'Affiche n°40.The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the best posters of t...
Place & Date: Paris, 1896
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
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[St Peter's Square].
View of St Peter's Square and Vatican probably featuring a solemn blessing. The square is crowdy, the Pontifical Swiss Guard is present. A beautifully colored lithography...
Place & Date: Italy ?, 1732
Ignographia candiae tertia a turcis obsessae in lucem edita a F. de Wit.
A scarce broadsheet plan and view of Heraklion on one sheet: prospect 180 x 495mm, map 395 x 495mm., in the lower part a printed description "Abbildung der starken S...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680
Venise (Venetia).
Extremely rare and detailed bird's-eye view of the town of Venice by Giacomo Lauro (active about 1584-1637), taken from "Heroico Splendore delle Città del Mondo&quo...
Place & Date: Rome, ca. 1642
Trop d'Appetit par A. Le Petit.
Dated in lower right dated "Le 9 juin 1875". The drawing is representing an alligator's jaw wearing a Prussian helmet, and about to chew a globe. Alfred Le Peti...
Place & Date: Paris, 1875
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[ Text / title page Charts of the coasts and harbours of New England . . .]
Letter press text page, taken from the "Atlantic Neptune".The Atlantic Neptune is universally recognised as one of the most magnificent atlases ever made.Exampl...
Place & Date: London, 1777
Carte du Mexique et des Etats Unis d'Amérique...
A later edition of De l'Isle's foundation map of 1703, is widely regarded as one of the most influential maps in the history of American Cartography. This updated version...
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
Province de Pologne contenant 22 Col. une M.on Prof 5 Pen. 2 Nov. 6 Rés. 30 Maisons 1050 Jésuites.
Rare map of Poland from "Atlas Universel indiquant les établissemens des Jésuites: avec la manière dont ils divisent la terre, suivi desévénemens remarquables d...
Place & Date: Paris, Ambroise Dupont , 1826
Vermakelykheden van Brabant, en deszelfs onderhoorige Landen... (2 volumes)
Topographical and iconographical work on Brabant illustrated with 1 engr. title-vignette and 190 engraved views, plans & armorial plates by J. Harrewijn, G. Bouttats ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, P.J. Entrop, 1768
(Postcard of Europe)
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: Moscow, 1914
Leaf on vellum from an Italian manuscript Book of Hours.
A leaf from an Italian Book of Hours, written on vellum in the neighborhood of Ferrara, around 1480.The decorations of this leaf are extraordinary : the bouquet of flower...
Place & Date: Italy, Ferrara, ca.1480
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
Philippines Islands.
Pictorial map of Philippines Islands, from the famous illustrator, Ruth Taylor White and published in "Our USA: A Gay Geography".Ruth Taylor White was among the...
Place & Date: Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1935
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[Manuscript chart on vellum of the Java Sea]
One of the few manuscript charts on vellum in private hands, signed by Isaac de Graaf. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MAP IN RED, GREEN AND BLACK INK showing the Java Sea centered o...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1743
Frisia occidentalis.
A rare separately published carte-a-figures of Friesland by Geelkercken in its first state. The title and the coats of arms of the eleven Frisian towns appear in the cent...
Place & Date: [Leeuwarden], Dierick Albertsen, 1618
Amstelodamum, Celebre Emporium Forma Plana.
Second state of this rare and decorative plan of Amsterdam with Visscher's imprint. With a panoramic view seen from the IJ and further insets of Council House, The Exchan...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1636
Composite atlas of the Low Countries.
A composite atlas comprising 18 double-page engraved maps by or after Hessel Gerritsz, Theodoor Galle, Jacob van Deventer, Gerard Mercator, Peter Verbiest, Jean Surhon, C...
Place & Date: [Antwerp, c. 1633
Nieuw Nederlandtsch Caertboeck. Waer in volkomentlijcker als oyt te voren vertoont werden de XVII. Nederlanden.
Rare first edition of this atlas of the provinces of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg. Engraved title page, with : "Gedruckt t' Amsterdam by Abraham Goos Plaet...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1616
Descrittione di M. Lodovico Guicciardini patritio Fiorentino, di tutti i Paesi Bassi,...
Second Italian edition (variant B) and first Plantin edition (1st Silvius 1567) and the most sought-after edition of the famous description of the Low Countries, updated ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, Plantin, 1581
Naaukeurige Platte Grond van den Staat en den Loop van Rio de Berbice Met derzelver Plantagien in de Geoctrojeerde Colonie de Berbice Gelegen. . .
Uncommon large-scale map of Berbice with Rio de Berbice and Rio de Canjewith at the bottom left a list of plantation owners. In top 3 x 3 coats of arms in cartouches. The...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1742
Original copperplate.
Showing the coast of southern Morocco, the Sahara with the Canary Islands. Copperplates that had been used in the production of early maps are of the greatest rarity and ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1660
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Ch'onha chido. [Atlas of all under Heaven]
A late 18th century Ch'onha chido atlas with 10 woodblock maps showing the World, China and the 8 province maps of Korea, bound into thicker mulberry paper covers. One ma...
Place & Date: Korea, ca. 1780
The hanging of the head of police Jean Grauwels in Brussels, 11 february 1569.
Print relating to Brussels during the first decades of the eighty year war between Spain and the Low Countries: (plate 18). This plate shows the hanging of the head of po...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1590
Caricature anti-cholérique.
Lithography with underneath the illustration "Moi je traite le choléra par le champagne, c’est le système Mayeux, nom de D... ! "In 1832, there was a devast...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1832
Caricature anti-cholérique La peur du mal donne le mal de la peur. (pl 1)
Caricature on hypochondria and protective measures against cholera. An overweight man seated in a chair surrounded by pitchers and bowls. In 1832, there was a devastating...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1830
Mercurius.
Mercury holding a caduceus and riding in a chariot drawn by two birds on the clouds in the sky, an extensive landscape with a harbor with goods being loaded and unloaded ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
Lapis polaris magnes.
This is a plate from a series of twenty prints illustrating new inventions and discoveries (Nova Reperta) after Jan van der Straet. On image, bottom right: 'Ion. Stradanu...
Place & Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, c. 1590
Ce que les Anglo-Saxons ont perdu en Extrême-Orient.
Illustrated Vichy propaganda War & Propaganda poster showing a map of South East Asia, with Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, etc., among photos and explanations abou...
Place & Date: Paris, 1943
Après l'Algérie et la Corse Demain se sera la France.
Anti-Communist propaganda poster, realised by the French Vichy Government and the Germans in January 1944. Propaganda hostile to the liberators playing on the fears of th...
Place & Date: Paris, 1944
Tabula Bergarum ad Zomam Stenbergae et novorum ibi operum.
The map gives an outline of the Scheldt from Bergen op Zoom to Antwerp, with all the ramparts built between 1622 and 1627.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1647
Amsterdam Ville du comté de Hollande. . .
A very decorative and very rare town-view of Amsterdam, including a numbered key ( A- T) in the lower part. Engraved by Pierre-Alexandre Aveline. With the signature "...
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1692
Sexta Etas Mundi. Folium. CCXVII (dancers of Maastricht).
Latin text page with woodcuts of male Siamese twins, a man headed lion. The large illustration is the only illustration related to the Netherlands : it shows a bridge col...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Xantung, sinarum imperii provincia quatra.
A map of the northern province ‘Xantung’ of China after the Jesuit Martino Martini.Shows the Great Wall and is centered on the Bohai Sea, and the Shandong and Liaonin...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1660
Novus XVII Inferioris Germaniae Provinciarum Typus.
Willem Blaeu published this map in 1608 as a wall map with figured borders. When later, in 1630 he needed a general map of the Netherlands for his first atlas, the Append...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Insula Huaena sive Venusia a Guiljelmo Blaeu cum sub Tychone Astronomiae operam daret, delineata.
Decorative map of the island Hvan in the Danish Sound. In the center Tycho Brahe's famous observatory Uraniborg established in 1576, under the patronage of Frederick II, ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1659
7eme Exposition du Salon des 100.
Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche being plate n°15. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the be...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1896
Grande brasserie . . .
Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche being plate n°12. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the be...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1896
Ultrajectum.
An original early 17th century copper engraved miniature antique map of the Dutch province of Utrecht by Petrus Bertius, that was published in Amsterdam at the beginning ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
L'Homme A La Boule.
Satirical print in which Count Otto von Bismarck balances on the world with one spurred foot entering France, and wearing only his underpants which are marked with the Ge...
Place & Date: Paris, 1870-1871
Marshall Hjälpen.
Marshall Plan poster made by Gusta Aberg, showing barbed wire cut by pliers with slogan on pliers: Marshall Hjälpen This is one of the 25 finalists in the 1950 “Intra-...
Place & Date: Kühn & Zoon Rotterdam, 1950
Nova XVII Provinciarum Inferioris Germaniae descriptio .
Extremely rare map of the Benelux by Frederick de Widt. Originally engraved and published by P.Kaerius in 1607. In 1662 the plate came in the possession of Frederick de W...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1662
Mapa geogra´fico de la mayor parte de la Ame´rica Meridional que contiene los paises por donde debe trazarse la li´nia divisoria que divida los dominios de Espan~a y Portugal. . .
Rare first edition of the map drawn by Francisco Requena (1743-1824) after his expedition to the Amazon in order to delineate the boundary between the Spanish and Portugu...
Place & Date: Bourquin, F. Philadelphia, ca. 1876
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
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Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique de Guatimala.
A nice detailed map of Guatemala from Buchon's Atlas Gégraphique Statistique, historique et chronologique des deux Ameriques et des isles adjacentes traduit de l'atlas e...
Place & Date: Paris, 1825
Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique de l'Amerique Meridionale.
A nice detailed map of South America from Buchon's Atlas Gégraphique Statistique, historique et chronologique des deux Ameriques et des isles adjacentes traduit de l'atl...
Place & Date: Paris, 1825
Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique du Perou.
A nice detailed map of Peru from Buchon's Atlas Gégraphique Statistique, historique et chronologique des deux Ameriques et des isles adjacentes traduit de l'atlas exécu...
Place & Date: Paris, 1825
Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique de Buenos-Ayres.
A nice detailed map of what is today northern Argentina (Rep. of Buenos Ayres or the United Provinces of South America) from Buchon's Atlas Gégraphique Statistique, hist...
Place & Date: Paris, 1825
Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique de la Guyane.
A nice detailed map of Guyana from Buchon's Atlas Gégraphique Statistique, historique et chronologique des deux Ameriques et des isles adjacentes traduit de l'atlas exé...
Place & Date: Paris, 1825
Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique du Paraguay.
A nice detailed map of Paraguay from Buchon's Atlas Gégraphique Statistique, historique et chronologique des deux Ameriques et des isles adjacentes traduit de l'atlas ex...
Place & Date: Paris, 1825
Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique du Bresil.
A nice detailed map of Brazil from Buchon's Atlas Gégraphique Statistique, historique et chronologique des deux Ameriques et des isles adjacentes traduit de l'atlas exé...
Place & Date: Paris, 1825
Carte des Principales Montagnes du Globe.
A nice detailed depiction of the principal mountains of the world from Buchon's Atlas Gégraphique Statistique, historique et chronologique des deux Ameriques et des isle...
Place & Date: Paris, 1825
Carte des Principales Riviers du Globe.
A nice detailed depiction of the principal rivers of the world from Buchon's Atlas Gégraphique Statistique, historique et chronologique des deux Ameriques et des isles a...
Place & Date: Paris, 1825
Outposts of Empire. Central Australia.
A large colored lithograph by John Vickery (1906-1983), he was an Australian artist. He worked in the fields of painting, illustration and advertising. He is the only Aus...
Place & Date: London, ca 1937
Les Messageries Maritimes font le tour du monde.
Original lithographed mini poster (570 x 400mm.) created by the artist Robert Louis Antral for Les Messageries Maritimes, showing a boat and a globe. Les Messageries Mari...
Place & Date: Paris, 1955
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Le Sacre Hagard [Haggard-falcon]
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 Wulv...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1844-1853
Plan de la ville de Maestricht avec ses attaques commandées par M. le maréchal de Saxe, depuis le 15 avril jusqu'au 3 may 1748 . . .
A plan of Maastricht rising after the capture of the city by the French troops led by the Marshal of Saxony. The city was besieged between 15 April and 3 May 1748, during...
Place & Date: Paris, 1781
Nieuwe en zeer accuraate Zee-Caart van de Hollandse Wal strekkende van de Maas tot Texel opgenomen door Jan Rokusz Douw, , ,
A very fine and rare chart of the coast of Holland, Prepared by Jan Rokusz, Douw and Agge Roskam Kool.Embellished with a very decorative cartouche with a dedicational tex...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1750
Daniae regni typum . . .
Second Edition, now for the first time with a date (1630), this rare map which - like that of Janssonius-Kaerius - is based on John Speed's map of 1626. The side borders ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630
1000 Francs ou 200 Belgas (Belgian bank note)
The National Bank of Belgium issued Belgian Franc banknotes in 10 different denominations, including this 1000 Belgian Francs 200 Belgas banknote (Série Nationale). They...
Place & Date: Belgium, after 1928
Cunard to Canada.
Poster by Charles Eddowes Turner for Cunard lines. The poster shows The NEW SYLVANIA, one of the four new 22,000 - ton Cunarders which are the largest ever built for serv...
Place & Date: England, ca. 1930
A fan combining views of Hong Kong (right), Canton (center), and Macau.
The fan shows nice images of Macau, Hong Kong and Canton on onside and on verso a garden with 45 characters welcoming a rider on his white horse. Their clothes are height...
Place & Date: China, ca. 1850-1860
An elegant couple with a caged bird in a landscape.
Folding fan made of skin sheet and mounted in English style, with a painted scene of an elegant couple with a caged bird in a landscape.Painted verso of a man among ancie...
Place & Date: Paris, 1790
Country pleasures.
Folding fan made of a double sheet of lithographed paper, enhanced with gouache and watercolor, with a decoration of three cartouches with gallant scenes of French countr...
Place & Date: France, ca. 1850-1860
Very fine folding fan with painting of Minerva, Juno and 2 peacocks.
Small folding fan made of double skin sheet, mounted in English style, painted with gouache and depicting Minerva and Juno sitting near each other and receiving the visit...
Place & Date: ca. 1820
Carta terza Generale del' Asia.
Rare first state of this important chart showing part of the north coast of New Guinea and islands of the Pacific Ocean. To the north of Japan the landmass of Isola di Ie...
Place & Date: Florence, 1646
Vue perspective de l'interieur de la Salle du spectacle de Veronne en Italie.
Showing the Opera of Verona. Optical print published Mondhare, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques in Paris. In the eighteent...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1780
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[Complete set of maps of Japan] Imperium Japonicum Per Regiones Digestum Sex et Sexaginta Atque Ipsorum Japonensium Mappis Descriptum Ab Hadriano Relando.
Complete set of 11 maps Reland's map of Japan, the first map to use Sino-Japanese characters on a European printed map and represents a radical departure from prior Europ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1751
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
(Art déco gouache)
Outstanding "art deco" gouache (unsigned) from the workshop of "Robert Pichon. Ateliers de Dessin et Lithographie – 10, rue Rochechouart – Paris. The g...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1930
(Art-déco gouache)
Outstanding "art deco" gouache (unsigned) from the workshop of "Robert Pichon. Ateliers de Dessin et Lithographie – 10, rue Rochechouart – Paris. The g...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1930
(Art-déco gouache)
Outstanding "art deco" gouache (unsigned) from the workshop of "Robert Pichon. Ateliers de Dessin et Lithographie – 10, rue Rochechouart – Paris. The g...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1930
(Art déco gouache)
Outstanding "art deco" gouache (unsigned) from the workshop of "Robert Pichon. Ateliers de Dessin et Lithographie – 10, rue Rochechouart – Paris. The g...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1930
(Art déco gouache)
Outstanding "art deco" gouache (unsigned) from the workshop of "Robert Pichon. Ateliers de Dessin et Lithographie – 10, rue Rochechouart – Paris. The g...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1930
(Art-déco gouache)
Outstanding "art deco" gouache (unsigned) from the workshop of "Robert Pichon. Ateliers de Dessin et Lithographie – 10, rue Rochechouart – Paris. The g...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1930
(Art-déco gouache)
Outstanding "art deco" gouache (unsigned) from the workshop of "Robert Pichon. Ateliers de Dessin et Lithographie – 10, rue Rochechouart – Paris. The g...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1930