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The attempt on the Czar's life: The Winter Palace, St Petersburg.
A panorama of the Winter Palace with an attempt on the Czar's life published in the Illustrated London News of 28 February, 1880.
- $15 / ≈ €13
Date: London, 28 February, 1880
The attempt on the Czar's life: The Grand Ball-Room . . .
A panorama of the Winter Palace with an attempt on the Czar's life published in the Illustrated London News of 28 February, 1880.
- $15 / ≈ €13
Date: London, 28 February, 1880
Porte Ste Barbe.
View of the gate of St. Barbe. Title in Russian and French.
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Russia, ca. 1880
Bataille de la Moskova.
Etching of a battle in which Napoleon's army fought the Russian army of general Kutuzov on 7 September 1812.Etched by Auguste II. Boulard (1852–1927) after a painting b...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Paris, 1880
Jeu des omnibus et dames blanches.
The name of 'Dames Blanches', or white ladies, was bestowed on the two-compartment public omnibus that plied the Madeleine-Bastille run in Paris. In 1937 the brand Hermè...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Paris, ca 1880
![[ A set of four humorous illustrations 'Le Malade Imaginaire'.]](/uploads/cache/46323-250x250.jpg)
[ A set of four humorous illustrations 'Le Malade Imaginaire'.]
A humorous illustration from the "Le Malade Imaginaire" - numbers 68. Shows a smiling, frothing syringe, with hands-on hips surrounded by dancing witches. Small...
Date: Paris, ca. 1880
A folding fan with a map of Japan, double hemisphere world map and views of Yokohama and Edo.
The folding fan showing a map of Japan on one side, and on the other side a double hemisphere world map, two city views, and a train. Read more about folding fans andcar...
- $750 / ≈ €648
Date: Japan, ca. 1880
![Fantaisie Funebre [ Funeral Fantasy.]](/uploads/cache/46336-250x250.jpg)
Fantaisie Funebre [ Funeral Fantasy.]
With text below the illustration "-Qui, parlons-en: vous faites un malade bien agréable... j'voudrais... qu'vous n'ayez personne à votre enterrement ! Design by Le...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Date: Paris, ca. 1880
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 / ≈ €648
Date: Paris, 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 / ≈ €1511
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 / ≈ €86
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
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 / ≈ €173
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 / ≈ €432
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 / ≈ €86
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 / ≈ €130
Date: Paris, La Caricature, August 12, 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
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 / ≈ €777
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 / ≈ €173
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
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 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, 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 / ≈ €65
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 / ≈ €65
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 / ≈ €35
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 / ≈ €864
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 / ≈ €69
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 / ≈ €302
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 / ≈ €302
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
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 / ≈ €104
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 / ≈ €130
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 / ≈ €86
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 / ≈ €86
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 / ≈ €518
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 / ≈ €561
Date: Paris, 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
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
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[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 / ≈ €21593
Date: C. 1892
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 / ≈ €1036
Date: August 8, MEIJI 27th year or 1894
![[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 / ≈ €302
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 / ≈ €777
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 / ≈ €648
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 / ≈ €1296
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 / ≈ €1296
Date: Paris, 1895
Salon des Cent, exposition de l'œuvre de Gaston Roullet du 8 au 28 février 1895.
Lithograph poster for the exhibition of the painter Gaton Roulet at Le Salon des Cent. The Salon des Cent (also known as “Salon des 100”, “Salon de La Plume”) is ...
- $1500 / ≈ €1296
Date: Paris, 1894-1895
Paris fashion plate. (3249E)
Uncommon Paris fashion plate from Le Moniteur de la Mode, under direction of Abel Goubaud.In the later quarter of the 19th century there was a proliferation of women's ma...
Date: Paris, 1896
Colombo Harbour From Surveys supplied by Sir. John Coode. . .
Sir John Coode's highly detailed map of the Harbour at Colombo (Sri Lanka), with manuscript notations and corrections in pencil. With red pencil "INCORRECT".The...
- $500 / ≈ €432
Date: London, 1885 -1896
Theatre program for : Peer Gynt. Poëme dramatique en 5 actes d'Henrik Ibsen.
Theatre program for "Peer Gynt (poème dramatique en cinq actes d’Henrik Ibsen", 1896. Lower left in stone: E Munch, lower right printed: L'OEUVRE: 22, Rue Tu...
Date: Paris, 1896
Absinthe Parisienne.
Chromolithograph advertising poster for the alcohol Absinthe Parisienne by Pierre-Henri Gelis-Didot (1853-?) & Louis Malteste (1862-1928). Printed by G. de Malherbe, ...
- $1100 / ≈ €950
Date: Paris, 1896
Harper's March.
Decorative advertising poster for Harper's Magazine. The poster shows a woman holding a Harper’s magazine in her left hand, though she does not read it. Dressed as if f...
- $750 / ≈ €648
Date: Paris, 1896
Topographie historique du vieux Paris / Plan de restitution Feuille V.
Copper engraved plan centered on Louvre by Jean-Joseph Sulpis (1826–1911) after a model by Adolphe Berty. Plate 5 from "Topographie historique du vieux Paris"...
Date: Paris, 1866-1897
Topographie historique du vieux Paris / Plan de restitution Feuille V bis.
Copper engraved plan centered on gardens of the Louvre by Jean-Joseph Sulpis (1826–1911) after a model by Adolphe Berty. Plate 5bis from "Topographie historique du...
Date: Paris, 1866-1897
Sommaire du n°16 - Mars 1897
Cover of Les Maitres de l'Affiche n°16 (2nd year of publication). It used to contains the plates 61 - 64. The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small fo...
Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, August 1897
China Sea Nothern Porton compiled from the latest survey to 1884
A fine Survey chart no. 2680 showing Tong King Gulf, Hanan Island up to Hong Kong, Macao and Canto River up to Canton (Being)
- $800 / ≈ €691
Date: London, 1887, updated to 1897
Stanford's Map of Eastern China, Japan and Korea. 1898.
Charming, folding map of the east coast of China, Korea and Japan. In the lower right corner inset map of Korea (265x512mm.). In the lower left, a key to Treaty Ports, Su...
- $750 / ≈ €648
Date: London, ca. 1898
Cigaretten Laferme Dresden.
Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche being plate n°124. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the b...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1898
Wahrheitsgetreue Bilder der neuen Kunststücke und beiname ans wunderbare grenzenden vorstellungen einer unübertrefflichen truppe von geübten Japanische Herren & Damen akrobaten.
Barnum und Bailey grösste Schaustellung der Welt. (The greatest show on earth. This is the German language variant of the image. In this Japan martial arts circus poster...
- $2000 / ≈ €1727
Date: New York, Strobridge litho Co., 1898
Barnum & Bailey grösste Schaustellung der Welt.
The Barnum & Bailey grösste Schaustellung der Welt. Grösstes, bestes, grossartigtes vergnugungs-unternehmen auf der Erde. (The world's largest show).In this horse p...
- $2000 / ≈ €1727
Date: New York, Strobridge litho Co., 1898
Le Petit Journal Illustré N°382 - Attentat contre le roi de Grece - Théatre du Chatelet: Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours.
Double page taken from the famous newspaper Le Petit Journal Illustré N°382, showing the attack against the king Georges of Greece (Size of the illustration: 305mm x 26...
- $30 / ≈ €26
Date: Paris, 1898
Ambassadeurs - La fête des Mitrons.
Advertising poster by Jules Chéret for the restaurant and nightclub "Les Ambassadeurs". Les Ambassadeurs was a restaurant in Paris, situated in the Hôtel de C...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, c. 1886 / 1898
![[South America].](/uploads/cache/46140-250x250.jpg)
[South America].
Alexey Afinogenovich Ilyin was a lieutenant general and cartographer (1832-1889). In 1856, after graduating from the Academy of the General Staff, he was at the military ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: St. Petersburg, 1899