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Amstelodamum, Celebre Emporium Forma Plana.

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

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 Exchange, House of the Dutch East India Company and House of the West India Company. This state figures the fourth extension with the projected growth of the city added to the left half of the sheet; on the west side, the "Realeneiland" has been extended, above the image of the west India House, the imprint of Visscher has b...

Geometria, from The Seven Liberal Arts.

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400

A female figure with a castle on her head measures a globe with a compass; representing geometry. Engraving by Johann Sadeler I after M. de Vos.

[Columbus is standing in the bow of his ship]

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Columbus is standing in the bow of his ship, which is near the shore. He is clad in a long mantle and undercoat, while his armor lies at his feet, and his standard is floating from the foremast. Behind him is Minerva, carrying a spear and a shield with the head of Medusa in the center, presenting a laurel branch to Columbus.Behind the goddess is Mars in full armor, standing on the back of a turtle for a chariot, and drawn by three lions. Near him, are two Sirens, whilst at the head of the vessel...

Hommards.

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0500

Decorative engraving of a lobster, by Tresca. Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (April 5, 1777 - October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. In 1798 he traveled to Egypt with the Emperor Napoleon as part of the French scientific expedition to that country, and contributed to the publication of the findings of the expedition in 1809 (Description de l'Égypte published more fully in 1822). He wrote about the fauna in the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea and discovered that mouth parts of arthro...

Xantung, sinarum imperii provincia quatra.

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

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 Liaoning Provinces.Ornamental figured cartouche and mile scale. In the centre of the map we find the bay of Xang with the neighboring peninsula of Korea. The inland is not filled in but it is one of the earliest representing of showing and naming Korea as an peninsular. Many larger cities are engraved: Tungchang, Cinan, Yencheu. Laiche...

Art déco label Paul Tranoy, Paris.

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Lithographed perfume label " Lilia Savon extra fin soap - Œillet (carnation) Paul Tranoy Paris N°725 " laid on original cardboard sheet. A striking example of commercial artworks produced by the artist and graphic designer Robert Pichon and his Parisian studio Ateliers de Dessin & Lithographie R. Pichon.His works include a variety of the hallmark themes of the Art Deco period, with designs influenced by Fauvist color and Cubist composition. Subject matter ranges from the figurati...

Nouveau théâtre de la guerre entre les Russes les turcs et les polonois confédérés.

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0400

A very rare separately published map of Crime region. With a large title cartouche lower left "Nouveau theâtre de la guerre entre les russes, les turcs et les polonois confédérés, dressé pour la partie de la Russie méridionale suivant l'Atlas russe, on a fait usage pour la partie de la Pologne, la Moldavie, la Bessarabie, la Crimée et la Petite Tartarie de plusieurs cartes manuscrites levées depuis la dernière guerre, où se trouvent les nouvelles villes et forts construits par les...

Lo Stati Presente di Tutti i Paesi e Popoli del Mondo..

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0400

This most uncommon work provides an interesting focus on the dissemination of the outline of Japan provided by Kaempfer. Beside the description of Japan, the book includes a description of the Philippines, Moluccas, Kochinchina and Canton. Cordier indicates that the first edition of this work in Italian was in 1738 and the date 1734 on the title page throws the sequence of Tirion's maps into some confusion. Campbell dates the first Dutch edition of Tirion's maps c.1735. The bird's-eye view of De...

The Coast of New Found Land From Salmon Cove to Cape Bonavista. . . [together with] The Coast of New Found Land from Cape-Raze to Cape St-Francis.

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500

Two charts showing the coast of New Found Land from Salmon Cove to Cape Bonavista and from Cape-Raze to Cape St-Francis. With inset chart of Trinity HarborGrierson published only one edition of the pirated "The Fourth book of the English Pilot" in 1749. This is the second issue of the chart by Boulter Grierson published in 1767 and has no watermark, an edition almost as rare as the first. The charts are from the same plates without change, even to the imprints.After his death in 1753 h...

Art déco label for Parfum Mary France.

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Lithographed perfume label "Parfum Mary France" laid on original cardboard sheet. A striking example of commercial artworks produced by the artist and graphic designer Robert Pichon and his Parisian studio Ateliers de Dessin & Lithographie R. Pichon.His works include a variety of the hallmark themes of the Art Deco period, with designs influenced by Fauvist color and Cubist composition. Subject matter ranges from the figurative, including flora, fauna, and Classical mythology, to a...

[ The repositioning of the Vatican obelisk ]

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Joan Blaeu published The Repositioning of the Vatican Obelisk. This large engraving on multiple sheets and in beautiful original colors is based on Domenico Fontana’s drawings, showing his plans for moving the 300-tonne obelisk to a new position directly in front of St. Peter’s in Rome.In 1586 Domenico Fontana completed the extraordinary task of moving the Vatican obelisk, commissioned by Pope Sixtus V. The structure was said to have a ‘mysterious magic of an unknown civilization’, accep...

(Art-déco gouache)

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Outstanding "art deco" gouache (unsigned) from the workshop of "Robert Pichon. Ateliers de Dessin et Lithographie – 10, rue Rochechouart – Paris. The gouache depicts a scene of two elegant women and a man in a garden with a bottle of Champagne. colors are bright and fresh.The workshop was specialized in graphic design for advertising and R. Pichon, active in the years 1910-1940, was working for the Lorilleux printing house for which he realized many models in 1920/1930.Picho...

Latium.

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Based on classical authors' sources, specifically Virgilius, Plinius, Varro, Halicarnasseus, Festus and Ausonius.Philip Wingius in his letter to Ortelius from 1592 mentions Egnazio Dante as the source of a map of Latium which he copied surreptitiously in Rome and sent to Ortelius subsequently.Inset: Mount Circeo (Southeast of Rome), is the supposed dwelling place of the mythical goddess witch Circe, who enchanted Odysseus and turned his companions into swine.

Incliti Cantonis Friburgensis Tabula, autore Francisco Petro VON DER WEID. Senatore et Commissario generale Friburgi. anno Domini 1668.

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Very rare 2-sheet map and the first map of the canton Fribourg (Freiburg) in a scale of Scale 1:120.000. South to the top.The area shown on the map encompasses the whole of today's canton, including Bern and Freiburg. Illustrated with mountains, forests, castles, cities, the striking water network dominates the middle part, with the Neuenburger and the Murtensee as a contrast to the pre-alpine hills and mountain ranges.The west sheet shows a heraldic composition in the top right: two Freiburg He...

A chart of the China Sea inscribed to Monsr. D'APRES de MANNEVILLETTE .. To A.Dalrymple.

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0400

This most important milestone chart is based upon the surveys made from navigational surveys by Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808]. He was the first hydrographer of the British Admiralty and the first English writer to use the word Australia". He used the term to refer to the South Pacific region, not specifically to the Australian continent.It shows in great detail the China Sea from Taiwan to the northern half of Borneo, the eastern part of the Philippines, and the southeast coast of Asia fr...

Recueil de costumes. Imagini degl'abiti con cui Va uestita la Nobiltà della Serenis.ma Republica di Venezia. Suivi de: [Augsburger Kleidertrachten].

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Imagini degl'abiti con cui Va uestita la Nobiltà della Serenis.ma Republica di Venezia. Dedicate all'Illmo et Ecc.mo Sig.r Andrea da Leze Degnis.mo Proc.tor di S: Marco. Venezia, Ragheno, 1702. Suivi de: [Augsburger Kleidertrachten].1 - Rarissime suite de costumes vénitiens de hauts dignitaires.Cette suite bien complète de son titre et de ses 12 planches figure des costumes vénitiens des hauts dignitaires avec en arrière-plan des monuments de Venise. Les planches sont signées du monogramme...

SETTSU MEISHO ZUE. Illustrations of famous places in Settsu.

Tue, 12 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400

Settsu Meisho Zue was printed in two series of 8 and 4 volumes. The principal illustrator was Takehara Shunchosai, but many illustrations in the 4 volumes supplement are by minor artists. He himself was a well-known ukiyo-e artist and book illustrator. The text was written by Akizato Rito who did numerous guides similar to this one. The work in 12 volumes has about 280 double-and 50 single-page woodblock illustrations, in some cases one scene may cover up to 8 single pages.Besides panoramic view...

Par permission sur l'aprobation des médecins du roi...la véritable Boule de Mars...

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0400

Printed broadsheet promoting the "Boule de Mars" (March Ball) produced and sold by Renault in Nancy and Paris. Ornated with the royal coat of arms of France. Prices are mentioned at bottom : "Le prix est de six Livres, Trois Livres, Quarante-huit Sols, vingt quatre Sols, & Douze Sols."The "Boules de Mars" or "Boules d'acier vulnéraires" (steel balls) were a medicine usually prepared with potassium tartrate (mentioned as tartar in the recipes) and iron...

Belgii sive Germaniae Inferioris accuratissima tabula.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0400

Very rare and very decorative map with in the right and left borders costumed figures and town plans alternately. In top and bottom border town plans and views.Separate publication. State (a) with blank verso. Title in a shield, surrounded by the coat-of-arms of the XVII Provinces, in upper corner. In lower right corner imprint and bar scales. Along the left border a cartouche with legend of symbols and number of towns and villages per province.Decorative borders on top and bottom with city plan...

Virginiae Partis Australis, et Floridae Partis Orientalis.

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Blaeu based this map on the Mercator-Hondius of 1606. A number of geographical improvements, however were incorporated, although two large fictions lakes accompanied by explanatory legends in Latin, still appear on the map. The British and French royal coats of arms indicate the territorial interests of the two nations at the time. A settlement by Irish planters in 1621 at Newport News in the north, near Chesapeake Bay is shown, and also Jamestown, further in stream. The Carolina coast is improv...