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Cope's Tobacco Factory Liverpool.
The company was started in 1848 in Old Post Office Street Liverpool by Thomas Cope and George Cope. By the 1880s the company was employing nearly 2000 staff and producing...
- $750 / ≈ €639
Date: Paris, 1880
Marine parallel rulers in brass.
Very fine marine parallel rulers in brass. The parallel ruler is the oldest and most traditional way to measure and trace routes and bearings. The principle is simple: t...
Date: Paris, ca. 1880
Transom of a ship in gilded carved wood bearing the inscription "DUMONT- DURVILLE"
Decorative transom sign in gilded carved wood bearing the inscription "DUMONT- DURVILLE" in a foliage environment. The transom usually kept the name of the ship...
Date: France, ca. 1880
New Zealand.
Very detailed map of New Zealand, with inserts of Tasmania and Fiji Islands. The map was printed from lithographic stones taken from a hand-engraved steel plate. The cart...
Date: Edinburg, ca 1881
Borneo, shewing the lands ceded by the sultans of Brunei & Sulu to the British North Borneo Company.
Chromo lithographed folded map showing Borneo with Brunei, Sarawak, British North Borneo Company or Sabah. One of the first maps showing the British North Borneo Company ...
- $1750 / ≈ €1492
Date: London, Stanford, 1881
William Tecuseh Sherman The Great General of our small army.
Illustration of General William T. Sherman, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding binoculars, his sword resting on a campstool behind him. Published in Ne...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: New York, 1881
Fenètre et siège empire.
Very decorative and colorful lithography of an elegant French interior. From La Tenture Française, published by G.Mathière, 32/34 Rue de Charonne, Paris.
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Paris, 1882
Baie Louis XVI. . .
Very decorative and colorful lithography of an elegant French interior. From La Tenture Française published by G.Mathière, 32/34 Rue de Charonne, Paris.
Date: Paris, 1882
![Hong Kong. [Queen's Road]](/uploads/cache/24362-250x250.jpg)
Hong Kong. [Queen's Road]
Finely executed watercolor made by Henri Dieth of a charming atmospheric street scene at Queen's Road in Hong Kong. The watercolor is made after Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-...
Date: Germany, 1882
![Hongkong Piratenstrasse. [Pirate Street]](/uploads/cache/24363-250x250.jpg)
Hongkong Piratenstrasse. [Pirate Street]
Finely executed watercolor made by Henri Dieth of a charming street scene at "Pirate Street" in Hong Kong. The watercolor is made after Eduard Hildebrandt (1818...
Date: Germany, 1882
Runde Strasse in Peking.
Finely executed watercolor made by Henri Dieth of a charming street scene in Peking. The watercolor is made after Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-1869). Hildebrandt, was born in...
Date: Germany, 1882
New Zealand (with Environs of Auckland)
Striking map of New Zealand, with a large inset map of the environs of Auckland. Made by J. Bartholomew. NO. 66 in lower right corner.
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Glasgow, London, 1882
Papers relating to the affairs of Sulu and Borneo, and to the grant of a charter of incorporation of the British North Borneo Company. . . (with two folding maps of Indonesia)
58 pages Government recordings relating to the affairs of Sulu and Borneo, and to the grant of a charter of incorporation of the British North Borneo Company. . . (includ...
- $500 / ≈ €426
Date: London, Harrison and son, 1882
Enquête sur l'état de la civilisation en Europe. (Front page of la Caricature n°140).
The newspaper contains eight pages with different illustration. The artist is A. Robida, who was the chief editor and the engraver is Yves BarretThe artist is A. Robida, ...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Paris, La Caricature, September 2, 1882
Voyage extraodinaire d'un reporter dans l'Amérique du Sud par Clérice (Front page of la Caricature n°137).
Frontispiece showing a globe with south America and the title "Voyage extraodinaire d'un reporter dans l'Amérique du Sud par Clérice". The newspaper contains ...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Date: Paris, La Caricature, August 12, 1882
Dutton Map of the Grand Canyon, Arizona (in 4 joined sheets)
An important 1882 map of the Grand Canyon, Arizona, published in "Atlas To Accompany The Monograph On The Tertiary History Of The Grand Canon District By Capt. Clare...
Date: Julius Bien and Co., 1882
Hypsometrisch Overzicht der Aarde.
One of the earliest thematic world maps published in the Netherlands from "Atlas der natuurkundige aardrijkskunde. . .". prepared by Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumu...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Amsterdam, C.L. Brinkman, 1883
Oro-Hydrographische Kaart van Europa.
One of the earliest thematic maps of Europe published in the Netherlands from "Atlas der natuurkundige aardrijkskunde. . .". prepared by Nicolaas Wilhelmus Post...
- $35 / ≈ €30
Date: Amsterdam, C.L. Brinkman, 1883
Oro-Hydrographische Kaart van Azië.
One of the earliest thematic maps of Asia published in the Netherlands from "Atlas der natuurkundige aardrijkskunde. . .". prepared by Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthu...
- $35 / ≈ €30
Date: Amsterdam, C.L. Brinkman, 1883
Geologische Kaart van Middel- en Zuid-Europa.
One of the earliest thematic maps published in the Netherlands from "Atlas der natuurkundige aardrijkskunde. . .". prepared by Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus. Wit...
- $35 / ≈ €30
Date: Amsterdam, C.L. Brinkman, 1883
Kaart, voorstellende de Seculaire Rijzingen en Dalingen van den Bodem, alsmede de Vulkamen.
One of the earliest thematic world maps published in the Netherlands from "Atlas der natuurkundige aardrijkskunde. . .". prepared by Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumu...
- $35 / ≈ €30
Date: Amsterdam, C.L. Brinkman, 1883
Kaart der Isorachiën of Lijnen van Gelijke Vloedbeweging.
One of the earliest thematic world maps published in the Netherlands from "Atlas der natuurkundige aardrijkskunde. . .". prepared by Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumu...
- $35 / ≈ €30
Date: Amsterdam, C.L. Brinkman, 1883
Kaart van de Hoofdgodsdiensten.
One of the earliest thematic world maps published in the Netherlands from "Atlas der natuurkundige aardrijkskunde. . .". prepared by Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumu...
- $35 / ≈ €30
Date: Amsterdam, C.L. Brinkman, 1883
Kaart der Oceanische Stroomgebieden.
One of the earliest thematic maps published in the Netherlands from "Atlas der natuurkundige aardrijkskunde. . .". prepared by Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus. The...
- $35 / ≈ €30
Date: Amsterdam, C.L. Brinkman, 1883
Kaart der Oceanische Stroomgebieden.
One of the earliest thematic maps published in the Netherlands from "Atlas der natuurkundige aardrijkskunde. . .". prepared by Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus. The...
- $35 / ≈ €30
Date: Amsterdam, C.L. Brinkman, 1883
Kaart der Isodynamen.
One of the earliest thematic maps published in the Netherlands from "Atlas der natuurkundige aardrijkskunde. . .". prepared by Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus. The...
- $35 / ≈ €30
Date: Amsterdam, C.L. Brinkman, 1883
A rare suite of 12 original etchings by Martin van Maele to the famous work by Edmond Haracourt.
A rare suite of 12 original etchings by Martin van Maele to the famous work by Edmond Haracourt. The series was published anonymously in a small edition. These etchings a...
Date: Nevers, Brussels, 1882,1883
Kaart der Isogonen en Isoklinen.
One of the earliest thematic maps published in the Netherlands from "Atlas der natuurkundige aardrijkskunde. . .". prepared by Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus. The...
Date: Amsterdam, C.L. Brinkman, 1883
![[2 Sheets] Carte Générale de l'Océan Pacifique Dressée Par Mr. C. A. Vincendon-Dumoulin. . . Pl. 1. N° 1092. / Ocean Pacifique Feuille 2. . . Pl. 2. N° 1093.](/uploads/cache/26731-250x250.jpg)
[2 Sheets] Carte Générale de l'Océan Pacifique Dressée Par Mr. C. A. Vincendon-Dumoulin. . . Pl. 1. N° 1092. / Ocean Pacifique Feuille 2. . . Pl. 2. N° 1093.
Two sea charts depicting the Pacific Ocean, with nice detail of Hawaii. Sheet 1 shows the south east Asian region. The second North America and part of South America. Pre...
- $900 / ≈ €767
Date: Paris, 1845, updated for 1884
Japan.
A detailed lithographed map of Japan including Hokkaido and including a small inset of the environs of Tokyo & Yokohama. Lower part map a numbered key to divisions an...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Edinburg, 1884
De kleine Soenda-Eilanden. Schaal van 1:800000.
Very detailed two sheet map of Soenda Islands, taken from "Atlas van Nederlandsch Oost- en West-Indie", prepared by doctor I. Dornseiffen, and published by publ...
- $30 / ≈ €26
Date: Amsterdam, Seyffardt, 1884
Driving chart of Hartford and vicinity : 15 miles around.
Road map by Albert A. Hyde & Co. of Hartford and vicinity, with the Connecticut River in the center. Published by Albert A. Hyde & Co., in New York and lithograph...
Date: New York / Philadelphia, 1884
Globe terrestre d'après les découvertes..
Attractive and large (height 112cm) library globe by a prominent Paris globe maker, with a brass meridian circle, horizon ring, and hour ring, supported by four brass qua...
Date: Paris, ca. 1885
Océan Pacifique. Archipel de la Société. Iles Raiatea et Tahaa. 1ère Feuille. Ile Tahaa..
Large scale chart focused on the island Tahaa, in French Polynesia.Showing a few details of the village of Tahaa, banks, isles and soundings made in meters. Relief is sho...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Paris, 1885
Wandkarte von Europa von H.Berghaus. . .
Large wall map of Europe printed in chromo-lithography. Prepared by Heinrich Berghaus and published by Justus Perthes in Gotha.Heinrich Berghaus, with support of Alexande...
Date: Gotha, Perthes, ca.1885
Kaart van Celebes / Kaart van Zuid-West-Celebes : bevattende de Gouvernem.ts, de leenroerige en een gedeelte der bondgenootschappelijke landen behoorende tot het Gouvernement van Celebes en onderh.
Very detailed map taken from "Atlas der Nederlandsche bezittingen in Oost-Indië", who was published by Departement van Koloniën".First edition of one of ...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: The Hague, 1883-1885
Kaart van't noordwestelijke gedeelte der Residentie Amboina . . . / Kaart der Molukken.
Two very detailed maps on one sheet, taken from "Atlas der Nederlandsche bezittingen in Oost-Indië", who was published by Departement van Koloniën".The m...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: The Hague, 1883-1885
![[Title page] Der Nederlandsche Bezittingen in Oost-Indië . . .](/uploads/cache/37336-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Der Nederlandsche Bezittingen in Oost-Indië . . .
Decorative title page with, in the lower part, a schematic map of Indonesia, and two hemispheres. Taken from "Atlas der Nederlandsche bezittingen in Oost-Indië"...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: The Hague, 1883-1885
Kaart van Het Noordelijk Gedeelte Van Het Eiland Borneo.
A very detailed map of Northern Borneo including Brunei, taken from the "Atlas der Nederlandsche bezittingen in Oost-Indië", which was published by Departement...
Date: The Hague, 1883-1885
De luciferfabriek van de Heeren Mennen en Krunen te Eindhoven.
Wood engraving published in "Katholieke Illustratie", showing the match factories of Mennnen en Krunen in Eindhoven. Founded in 1870 by banker Christiaan Mennen...
- $40 / ≈ €34
Date: s-Hertogenbosch, H.Bogaerts, ca. 1885
Atlas des Missions Catholiques.
Vingt cartes teintées, avec texte explicatif par R. P. O. Werner de la Compagnie de Jésus. Traduit de l’Allemand, revu et augmenté par M. Valérien Groffier, auteur ...
- $1000 / ≈ €852
Date: Lyon, 1886
ILE UVEA CROQUIS DES BAIES DE MUA ET DE MATA UTU.
Mata-Utu is the capital of Wallis and Futuna, an overseas collectivity of France. It is located on the island of Uvéa, in the district of Hahake, of which it is also the...
- $80 / ≈ €68
Date: Paris, 1887
Carte générale de la République Argentine dressée d'après les données les plus récentes.
An UpToDate map of the Argentinian Republic published in Basel by "le Bureau Officiel d'Information de la République Argentine". Detailed map of Argentina show...
- $350 / ≈ €298
Date: Basel, 1887
Carte de la Mer comprise entre l'Australie, la Nelle. Zélande et la Nelle.
Sea chart of the Pacific Ocean between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. Including the towns of Sydney, Brisbane. The northern tip of New Zealand in lower right c...
- $350 / ≈ €298
Date: Paris, 1872 updated for 1888
Cronstadt et St. Petersbourg.
Detailed plan of the port and city of St. Petersburg including Kotlin Island and the fortified town of Kronstadt.
- $35 / ≈ €30
Date: Paris, 1888
Tjilatjap (1888)
Detailed plan of the port and city of Tjilatjap on Java. Taken from "Atlas des Ports Etrangers". Lithographed by A. Simon.
Date: Paris, 1888
(Complete map of ancient and modern geography of China)
The second earliest edition of China’s first commercial map, Gujin di yu quan tu 《古今地輿全圖》(Complete map of ancient and modern geography of China) made du...
Date: Jingdu dashuntang, 1888
Etats Unis (Etats de l' Ouest).
Large format highly detailed map of the states and territories of the West, with Central America, included in a large inset titled "Etats de l'Amerique Centrale"...
Date: Paris, 1889
St. Pétersbourg (1888).
Map of St. Petersburg from a French multi volume atlas published by the Ministere des Travaux Publics (Ministry of Civil Engineering), called "Atlas des ports étran...
- $120 / ≈ €102
Date: ?Paris, Imprimerie Nationale 1884-1889
Paris fashion plate. (3910)
Uncommon Paris fashion plate from Le Guide des Couturières et la France elégante Réunis, under direction of Abel Goubaud.In the later quarter of the 19th century, ther...
- $30 / ≈ €26
Date: Paris, 1890
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Parthie aus dem Binnensee [Japan]
Anonymous drawing made by a German during his visit to Japan. The drawing shows a lake with two Japanese vessels and a building with a Japanese flag in an mountainous lan...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Date: Japan, c. 1890
Mission de Mandchourie.
Important missionary map showing Manchuria in Russia and China, prepared by Adrien Launay, who was a French Missionary and later chronicler of the history of the French M...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: Lille, 1890
Hayter Basilisk, and Moresby Islands. (manuscript map)
An unusual small, and basic manuscript map of the Hayter Basilisk and Moresby Islands near Papua New Guinea, off the northern coast of Australia.
- $100 / ≈ €85
Date: London, ca. 1890
New Guinea. Map illustrating Sir. w. Macgregor's route to the Owen Stanley Range 1889.
Map illustrating Sir. w. Macgregor's route to the Owen Stanley Range 1889. With inset map of South-East New Guinea.Fine colored lithograph map lithographed by Turner &...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: London, Edward Stanford, 1890
Boer-en Rooinekspel.
Design by E.G.Schlette. This is a board game similar to the famous "snakes and lessons". The game takes the players through various historical battles. Success ...
- $600 / ≈ €511
Date: Amsterdam, Koster, ca. 1890
The Karun River and branches.
Karun River and branches map compiled from the charts of Colonel Chesney, Lieut. Selby and Captain Clements.The Karun continues toward the Persian Gulf, forking into two ...
Date: London, 1890
Across Luristan to Ispahan.
Map showing the route from Shushter to Ispahan by Henry Blosse Lynch. When Lynch was based in Baghdad he was in charge of the postal service across Syria between Baghdad ...
Date: London, 1890
Palais du Trocadéro Samedi 14 juin à 2h.
This Palais du Trocadéro poster by Jules Charet was issued in two versions. This example is without the full lettering which would later appear at the bottom: “FETE DE...
- $650 / ≈ €554
Date: Paris, 1890
Atlas des Missions de la Société des Missions-Étrangères. . .
This scarce atlas contains maps showing the locations of the Catholic missions belonging to the Société des Missions Étrangères in Asia. It covers India, Burma, Siam,...
Date: Lille, 1890
Mission du Kouang-Ton.
Important map of Pondichery in India, prepared by Adrien Launay, who was a French Missionary and later chronicler of the history of the French Missions in Indo-China at e...
Date: Lille, 1890
Mission du Kouang-Si.
Important missionary map showing part of China, prepared by Adrien Launay, who was a French Missionary and later chronicler of the history of the French Missions in Indo-...
Date: Lille, 1890
Mission du Kouy-Tcheou.
Important missionary map showing part of China, prepared by Adrien Launay, who was a French Missionary and later chronicler of the history of the French Missions in Indo-...
Date: Lille, 1890
Mission du Sin-Tchuen occidental.
Important missionary map showing part of China, prepared by Adrien Launay, who was a French Missionary and later chronicler of the history of the French Missions in Indo-...
Date: Lille, 1890
![[Voyage en Suisse / Reise die Schweiz.]](/uploads/cache/48396-250x250.jpg)
[Voyage en Suisse / Reise die Schweiz.]
A first edition children's folding board game of Switzerland and its many places and sights to visit. Although it is missing most of its original components (dice, cards,...
Date: Switzerland, 1891
Mexico.
Decorative territorial map showing the Southwest of the United States with Mexico, Baja California and the neighboring states Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The map exten...
Date: Glogau, 1892
Politica Maramea Inglese - Rugantino - n°419 - Roma 17 Gennaio 1892.
Satirical print relating to the British Conquest of Egypt (1882), also known as Anglo–Egyptian War, between Egyptian and Sudanese forces under Ahmed ‘Urabi and the Un...
Date: Rome, January 17, 1892
![[Views of Korea, Thailand, Cambodia and its inhabitants and princes. Including one or more phographes by Hippolyte Frandin.]](/uploads/cache/48426-250x250.jpg)
[Views of Korea, Thailand, Cambodia and its inhabitants and princes. Including one or more phographes by Hippolyte Frandin.]
A collection of 95 photographs, of which about 60 photos feature Korea or its people, printed on albumen paper. Captions in French. The others from Thailand, China, India...
- $25000 / ≈ €21308
Date: C. 1892
Map showing the cotton growing belt in the United States Prepared for and copyrighted by Geo. H.Mc.Fadden & Bro., cotton merchands based in Phiiladelphia, USA 1892.
A rare map showing the cotton-growing Belts in the Southern States for 1892. Prepared for and copyrighted by Geo. H. Mc.Fadden & Bro., cotton merchants based in Phila...
Date: Philadelphia, 1892
Petit solfège illustré. Illustrations de Pierre Bonnard. Deuxième mille.
30 compositions by Bonnard, mostly printed in colors, integrated with and surrounding the texts and musical passages. Publisher’s dec. boards, with full-cover illustrat...
Date: Paris, 1893
Map of Russia and Poland.
Charming, folding map of Russia, Poland and Baltic States, still in its original publisher's blind stamped linen wrapper with yellow label. With yellow advertisements at ...
Date: London, ca. 1894
Chosen Danpan - Korean negotiation.
A scene of a Japanese legation under the command of Hanabusa Yoshitada who is forcing the Korean King Kojong (1852-1919) to agree to Japanese demands during the Chemulpo ...
Date: August 8, MEIJI 27th year or 1894
KOUSHI NYUJO no Zu - HANABUSA Legation enters in Palace, Seoul.
A scene of Japanese legation HANABUSA who are entering the Royal Palace, Seoul.
Date: August 8, MEIJI 27th year or 1894
Chosen Danpan (Discussing the clauses of the ultimatum between the Japanese, Chinese and Korean forces).
Japanese woodcut showing the Japanese, Chinese and Koreans discussing the clauses of the ultimatum between Japan, China and Korea, . Yôsai Nobukazu (1872-1944).A scene...
- $1200 / ≈ €1023
Date: August 8, MEIJI 27th year or 1894
The Chap Book.
Chromo lithographed poster, "The Chap Book.", by BRADLEY, W. Plate 136, published in Maître 17, on April 1895. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contai...
Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, April 1895
Quinquina Dubonnet, apéritif dans tous les cafés.
Original chromo lithographed medium size poster, "Quinquina Dubonnet, apéritif dans tous les cafés", by CHERET, signed in the plate. Supplement to "Courr...
Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1895
![[Title in Ottoman Turkish: SOUTHERN AFRICA].](/uploads/cache/44732-250x250.jpg)
[Title in Ottoman Turkish: SOUTHERN AFRICA].
A fine Ottoman map of Southern Africa from Ali Şeref Paşa’s rare "Yeñi coġrafya aṭlası", published by the press of Matbaa-i Amire, the successor of İb...
- $350 / ≈ €298
Date: Beyazit, Istanbul: Matbaa-i Amire 1311 or 1895
Papier a cigarette JOB
Large publicity poster for the cigarette paper by the poster artist Firmin Bouisset (1859-1925).
- $900 / ≈ €767
Date: Paris, Affiches Camis, 1895
![Joan of Arc [...] April Harper's.](/uploads/cache/46522-250x250.jpg)
Joan of Arc [...] April Harper's.
Poster for the magazine Harper's. It was used to be a gift of the American Friends of the V&A.The poster is depicting Joan of Arc holding a flag in one hand and point...
- $750 / ≈ €639
Date: Paris, 1895
Exposition Salon des Cent, 31, rue Bonaparte, du douze novembre au cinq décembre1895, réservée à l'œuvre de l'imagier Andhré des Gachons.
Chromolithograph advertising poster for Harper's magazine. The poster shows a woman near a fountain.Signed in the plate on the lower left corner. Published by A. Davy, in...
- $1500 / ≈ €1278
Date: Paris, 1895
Imprimerie lithographique G. BATAILLE 18&20 rue de Chabrol - Etiquettes affiches tableaux annonces calendriers Paris.
Chromolithograph poster for a French printing company named Bataille, and printed by the company itself. The poster depicts a woman with a green dress, sticking a poster ...
- $1500 / ≈ €1278
Date: Paris, 1895