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Figure 38 troisieme partie. [Hors riding]
This fabulous illustration depicts formal movements of equitation for horse riding school movements. The print shows both A.de Pluvinel and the future King at the age of ...
Date: Paris, 1629
Simori.
Portrait of Simori.Von Siebold was born in Wurtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold arrived in 1823 at ...
Date: Leiden, 1832-1852
Globe Terrestre Didié et Présénté a Monseigneur le Comté Maubec de Brancas...
A rare terrestrial globe dated 1741. Complete title "Globe Terrestre Didié et Présénté a Monseigneur le Comté Maubec de Brancas Par Jacque Hardy. Dres...
Date: Paris, dated 1741
Forest scene on the Tobihanna Alleghany Mountains.
Original aquatint engraving for Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34 . Engraved by L.Weber. The finest work on American Indian life and the American F...
Date: London/Paris/Coblenz, 1839
Contado di Zelanda..
A most attractive and decorative map by Vincenzo Coronelli. An elaborate title cartouche garlanded with intertwined flowers and dedicated to Vincenzo Caualli. The remarka...
Date: Venice 1692
Carte de L'Isle de Caiene et de ses environs.
Uncommon edition of this accurate map of Cayenne. In lower right engraved "31."From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philosophique et P...
Date: Amsterdam, 1773
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[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...
Date: The Hague, 1606
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruction fondamentale. by Paul Vredeman de Vries...
Date: The Hague, 1606
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruction fondamentale. by Paul Vredeman de Vries...
Date: The Hague, 1606
Kasteel Heeswijk.
Very fine etching of the Castle of Heeswijk, by the well-known etcher Ludwig Willem Reymert Wenckebach. He was born in The Hague on 12 January 1860 and died in 1937. The ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1901
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...
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Vue générale d'Amsterdam.
A so-called optical prints, showing Amsterdam seen from the IJ. A lively scene with extensive shipping. To the left the headquarters of the V.O.C., nowadays the Maritime ...
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Vue du village de Maarsen en Hollande.
Showing the river Vecht at the town of Maarsen. Published by Jacques Chereau, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques in Paris. I...
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Part of South Australia.
Decorative steel engraved map of part of South Australia, surrounded by illustrations of Adelaide, natives on a catamaran, an Australian dog and a nymphicus bird illustra...
Date: London, ca. 1851
Victoria or Port Phillip.
Decorative steel engraved map of Victoria or Port Phillip, surrounded by illustrations of Melbourne, indigenous people and the Glenelg River. Interlocking border design. ...
Date: London, ca. 1851
Australia.
Decorative steel engraved map of Australia, surrounded by illustrations of Sydney harbor, birds, kangaroos and local people. Interlocking border design. Taken from "...
Date: London, ca. 1851
Das Hertzogthum Braband. . .
Charming map of the Dutch and Belgium province of Brabant. With a fine cartouche.
Date: Leipzig, 1749
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A very fine antiphonary leaf, written in Latin , probably Rome. RECTO: The staves are in red and the notes in black. VERSO: The staves are in red and the notes in black. ...
Date: Italy, 1480
Harlekin en Bombario en den rouw.
Harlequin and Bombario in mourning, taken from Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnegotie, in Vra...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Bronwater of geneesmiddel voor de zieke actionisten.
Springwater or potion for the sick shareholder, taken from Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid : vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windneg...
Date: Amsterdam, 1720
ADSEC in Action from Thames to Rhine.
A pictorial map showing the allied movement from London on 14 March 1944 thru the conquest of Germany. Showing the track from London along Bristol, crossing the British C...
Date: London, 1945
Leaf on vellum from a Missal.
A very fine large size Missal leaf, written in Latin. VERSO: Two wonderful 2-lines initials and in liquid gold decorated with pen work in purple and blue. One 1-line init...
Date: France, c. 1410
A fan combines views of Hong Kong (right), Canton (left), China, ca 1850-1860.
The fan shows nice images of Hong Kong and Canton on onside and on verso a garden with 39 characters welcoming a rider on his white horse. Their clothes are heightened in...
Date: China, ca. 1850-1860
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[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas . . .
A very decorative frontispiece by Willem Blaeu from the second part of this fine atlas. At top, a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and surrounded by two golden chains, ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1644
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...
Date: Paris, 1948
Guaranty Trust Company of New York. Emprunt national 6%.n Souscrivez.
Very decorative propaganda poster with design by Mark All of Paris for "Guaranty Trust Company of New York", a JPMorgan Chase predecessor in order to promote th...
Date: Paris, 1918
Plan commercial de la Région Saïgon-Cholon.
Decorative publicity plan of Ho Chi Minh City, also known by its former name of Saigon and Cholon, prepared by Ngo-Trinh, surrounded by advertisements of local stores. Th...
Date: Saigon, 1948
Air France dans tous les ciels.
Original lithograph advertising poster for Air France, by Badia Vilato Xavier. Signed in the upper right corner. The poster has always occupied a special place in Air Fra...
Date: Imprimerie Perceval, Paris, 1951
Our land is our life...
Uncommon Soviet propaganda poster. "Our land is our life. Lost one means lose other."Read more about the Soviet propaganda poster. [+]
Date: Moscow, 1989
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[A collection of 100 Soviet propaganda poster published in the 1980's]
A collection of 100 Soviet propaganda posters published during the early years of the Perestroika & Glasnost period. Most posters are made by Plakat (All-Union Poster...
Date: Moscow, ca. 1980-1989
![Dum flaus in agro gaudet colligere spicas Ruth, forte affinis, venit in arua Booz. [ûRuth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.]](/uploads/cache/47694-250x250.jpg)
Dum flaus in agro gaudet colligere spicas Ruth, forte affinis, venit in arua Booz. [ûRuth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.]
A superb example of this illustration showing Ruth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sac...
Date: Antwerp, 1585
Cigarettes Saphir.
Beautiful late Art Nouveau style poster for the tobacco brand Cigarettes Saphir. Printed by Imprimerie Moullot, in Paris and designed by Stephano. The poster shows a very...
Date: Marseille, ca. 1920
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[Title page for] Atlas Minor de Guerard Mercator. . .
Title page from a 1608 French edition of the Atlas Minor (351:11). The title page is similar to that in the Latin edition of 1607, but a slip of paper with the engraved t...
Date: Amsterdam, 1608
D. Cassini. Né en 1625. mort en 1712.
Very rare stipple engraved portrait of Jean Dominique Cassini. Dominique Cassini was the son of César-François Cassini de Thury, the grandson of Jacques Cassini and the...
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
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[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.
Date: Paris, 1717
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[Title page] Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France . . .
Title page of the first part of the atlas "Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France", by Nicolas Tassin.Nicolas Ta...
Date: Paris, 1634
Marchionatus Sacri Romani Imperii.
Plan of the city of Antwerp in Belgium, by Claes Janszoon Visscher and first published by his son. The map is surrounded by 3 city views and 10 building vignettes and inc...
Date: Amsterdam 1624
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(Chatelain "Atlas Historique" in 7 volumes.]
Henri Abraham Chatelain, whose Atlas Historique was one of the most expansive encyclopedias of the age. First published in 1705, Chatelain's Atlas Historique was part o...
Date: Amsterdam: Chez Zacharie Châtelain, 1732 - 1739
s'Lands en Oost-Indische Lynbanen.
A decorative print of the Lynbanen a place were V.O.C. ship riggings and ropes were produced and kept.
Date: Amsterdam, 1760-1767
t'Oost-Indisch-Huys.
A decorative print of the East Indian House, the headquarters of the V.O.C., a place for meeting, trading and storage of spices and ship equipment. The maps and charts we...
Date: Amsterdam, 1760-1767
s'Lands en Oost-Indische Lynbanen. & t'Oost-Indisch-Huys.
A decorative print of the Lynbanen a place were V.O.C. ship riggings and ropes were produced and kept.
Date: Amsterdam, 1760-1767
Oost-Indis Zee Magazyn - Arçenal des Indes Orientalis.
Decorative view of the East Indian Arsenal, now-a-says the Maritime Museum.
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1700
Arcenal de l'Amirauté.
A decorative print of the 'T Landts Magazyn , or 'Scheepvaart Museum' (Naval Museum).
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1700
D' Admiralyteyts Huys - La maison de l'Amirauté.
Decorative print of the "D'Admiralyteits Huys", Het Prinsenhof, of the Dutch East India Company VOC. Located at the Oudezijds Voorburgwal 195-199, Amsterdam.
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1700
A Map and History of Peiping; formerly known as Peking; capital of provinces, princedoms and kingdoms since 1121 B.C. . .
The uncommon second edition of this very decorative and informative pictorial map of Beijing and surrounding areas whimsically illustrates the Forbidden City, essential e...
Date: The Peiyang Press, Ltd. Tientsin-Peiping, 1936
Het West Indisch Huys.
A decorative print of the West Indian House , the headquarters of the WIC, a place for meeting, trading and storage of spices and ship equipment. The maps and charts were...
Date: Amsterdam, J. van Meurs, 1663
Korte geographische oefeningen voor het eerste onderwijs in de kennis der geheele aarde
Ilustrated with World Map, map of Europe, the Netherlands, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Australia.Provenance : J.de Veth, October 1845.
Date: Zaltbommel, 1843
Islandia.
Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south side of the island a collection of all possible sea monsters is depicted. Polar bears on ice flows and volcanoes in t...
Date: Antwerp, 1603
Foederatae Belgicae Tabulae.
Fine, detailed map of the area of the modern Netherlands less the southern part of Limburg, of which the small area around the town of Maastricht is shown in the inset bo...
Date: Amsterdam, 1680
L'Europe divisée en des Etats, Empires, Royaumes et Républiques.
Large wall map of Europe with inset map of Iceland and cartouche drawn and etched by Arrivet. Revised edition by Charles François Delamarche (1st ed.: 1767), entitled &q...
Date: Paris, (n.d.) c. 1793/1794
Servoz - Cluses N°8 Sud.
Magnificent 1:10,000 scale color printed map of Servoz (Cluses N°8 Sud) based on stereotopographic ground and aerial surveys carried out in the field in 1950 and render...
Date: Paris, 1953
Le Buet - Chamonix N°1 Sud. / Massif des Aiguillles Rouges.
Magnificent 1:10,000 scale color printed map of Le Buet (Chamonix No. 1 South) / "Massif des Aiguilles Rouges" based on stereotopographic ground and aerial surv...
Date: Paris, 1953
Province de Sardaigne.
Province de Sardaigne Contenant 9 Col. 1 Sem. 1 Noviciat, 2 Résidences 300 Jésuites". Publiée dans "Atlas Universel indiquant les établissemens des Jésuite...
Date: Paris, Ambroise Dupont , 1826
Volume III of the monumental atlas, ‘L’Orbe Cattolico ossia Atlante Geografico Storico Ecclesiastico’.
PETRI Girolamo's extremely rare Atlas volume III of the monumental atlas, ‘L’Orbe Cattolico ossia Atlante Geografico Storico Ecclesiastico’, respectively depictin...
Date: Rome, 1858
Nieuwe kaart van het oostelykste deel van Holland. . .
Detailed map covering the area of Gouda, IJsselstein, s'Hertogenbosch, Zevenbergen, Dordrecht.
Date: Amsterdam, 1749
Art arabe. - Mosquée d'el-Bordeyny. . .
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Date: Paris, 1877
Tabula Asiae XII (Sri Lanka, with Elephant)
The FIRST edition of Munster's first modern map of Sri Lanka, which appeared in his "Geographia Universalis", first published in 1540. The Geographia was a new ...
Date: Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1545
Siberie ou Russie Asiatique, Tartarie Chinoise, Pays des Eluts et Isles du Japon.
Map of the Kamchatka peninsula, Russian Far East., Korea, Japan, with Hokkaido labeled "Terre del Jeso".By C. F. Delamarche, successor of Robert de Vaugondy, Ge...
Date: Paris, 1794 - 1806
Le Cours de l'Elbe et de l'Oder où sont les Electorats de Saxe et de Brandebourg, les Duchés de Mekelbourg et de Pomeranie. . .
A detailed and scarce map showing the rivers Elbe and Oder in Germany and Poland. Dark engraving.This is one sheet of the four sheet wall map by Pierre Du Val entitled: &...
Date: Paris, 1684
Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas - (Certificate) Accion ordinarias de 500 Pesetas, Barcelona, 27.10.1969.
Beautifully engraved certificate from the Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas issued in 1985. This historic document has an ornate border around it with a vignette o...
Date: Barcelona, 1969
L'Asie suivant les nouvelles observations...
Uncommon edition of this map of Asia. From Le Nouveau Theatre du Monde, ou la Geographie Royale.The map is of interest for the use of Mer Orientale, the sea between Kor...
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
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...
Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c. 1520-1540
Hyderabad Dn - See Indias, premier state (Taj Mahal).
Beautiful color lithographed travel poster promoting India, more precisely the Taj Mahal.Published by Azam Steam Press Hyd. Dn.active in India.
Date: India, 1930
Nova Germaniae Descriptio..
A finely engraved carte à figures, with the side borders depicting emperors, while the upper and lower panels contain finely engraved miniature town prospects, among the...
Date: Amsterdam, 1632
Café des gourmands E. Guittard - Excellent.
Original chromo lithographed coffee advertising poster by Gonthier-Dreyfus & Co., for E. Guittard & Co. The company was started by Eddy Guittard, who emigrated fr...
Date: Paris, ca. 1880
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AIR France - Gastronomie
An atypical Air France poster designed by Roger Bezombes in 1980 that turns traditional Air France poster art on its head: if the goal of an advertising poster is to crea...
Date: Murlot, Paris, 1981
Le Pal - Nous ne connaissons ni la discipline des partis ni les complaisances de la camaraderie.
Original cover design in pen and ink by Henri Desbarbieux for the satirical bi-monthly journal Le Pal.Not much information is found about Henri Desbarbieux. In this BNF l...
Date: Paris, 1925
Sic per secta repens venator consista dumis - Torquet et undosos anates, Fusicasp palustres
This is a plate from a series "Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, pugnae bestiariorum & mutuae bestiarum". Published by Philippe Galle (Haarlem 1537 - 1612...
Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1596
Inde.
Decorative poster advertising flights to India made by Georges Mathieu. The poster is one of a series of 15 composed of posters of Greece, Israel, Germany, Great Britain,...
Date: Paris, 1967
Spoorweg Museum Thans in Het Rijksmuseum.
Interesting Art Deco style poster for the Railway Museum, now in the Rijksmuseum. Carolus Adrianus Maria Thole (20 April 1914 – 26 March 2000) was a Dutch-Italian paint...
Date: Amsterdam, 1942
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 ...
Date: France, c.1790
![[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
Key Map of Hong Kong Relative to Canton and Macao.
A nice folded map of Hong Kong and the surrounding areas. Produced by the British Crown Lands Survey Office just after WWII. Physical features are shown by contour. Railw...
Date: Hong Kong, 1948
Mappa Humoristico da Europa.
A really unusual and lovely map, published in Portugal at the outbreak of The Great War in 1914. This outbreak of war in Europe was the result of a complex sequence of ev...
Date: Lisbon, 1914
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[Printed on silk] Nova Totius Americae Sive Novi Orbis Tabula, Auct. Hugo Allardt.
Hugo Allard’s ca. 1661 map of the Americas, showing California as an island printed on silk. This separately issued map printed on paper is quite rare on the market. T...
Date: Amsterdam, 1661
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[Collection of six maps of Australia and New Zealand.]
Collection of maps including 6 engraved maps by 19th century German, French and English cartographers depicting Australia and New Zealand.This made to order atlas contain...
Date: Germany, 1832-1852
A fine bronze cannon.
Cannon built up of two truncated conuses, differing in size, the steps marked by mouldings shaped as flat bands preceded by ogees: base ring similar; breech with ogee-sha...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1755
Gesigt van den Vermaakelyken Overtoom ... der stad Amsterdam....
A view of the Overtoom in the eighteenth century. Etching on two joined sheets of paper, after A.Rademaker. By the eighteenth century, numerous country villas had been bu...
Date: Amsterdam, 1760
Situs Terrae Circulis Coelestibus circundatae..
A celestial chart depicting a large globe centered on Australia and the Pacific, with California depicted as an island, and South East Asia encircled by the zodiacal band...
Date: Amsterdam, Janssonius, 1660
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[Title page for] Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.
A decorative title page of the first atlas ever made shows five female figures as allegorical representatives of the continents, grouped around the title. According to P...
Date: Antwerp, after 1570