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Rowntree's Elect Cocoa.
Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche being plate n°168. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the b...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1899
Iris . . .
Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche being plate n°180. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the b...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1899
Au quartier Latin.
This image also appears on the Christmas cover of the magazine in 1900. This is the version before the magazine boilerplate was added, but "this black-and-white vers...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1899
Compass.
A sloop compass in the original wooden box with lit. The compass with floating rose (Cardan system). Slung in gimbals, the east point is decorated and graduated in half ...
Place & Date: c. 1890-1900
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Nankin [Nanjing, Jiangsu]
Very detailed (1:1.000.000) map showing the area north of Nanjing, Jiangsu. The French Service géographique des armées was founded in 1887 and provided the French milit...
Place & Date: Paris, 1900
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[West Central London from Booth's Poverty Map of London]
A map of West Central London, one section (of twenty) of an extended version of the incredibly influential Poverty Map, originally published in Charles Booth's 'Life and ...
Place & Date: London, 1900
La Lune à un Mètre [Mini poster for Paris Exposition Universelle)
Original lithograph poster for "Paris Exposition Universelle" held between April and November, 1900, which received 50 million visitors. In 1899, director Geor...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1900
Indian painting on ivory
Fine oriental miniature of an amourouse Indian couple. Drawing, brush and gouache on ivory panel, late 19th/ early 20th cent.
Place & Date: India, ca. 1900
Indian painting on ivory
Fine oriental miniature of an Japanese looking couple. Drawing, brush and gouache on ivory panel, late 19th/ early 20th cent.
Place & Date: India, ca. 1900
Indian painting on ivory
Fine oriental miniature of a amorous scene of an Indian couple with a landscape in the back. Drawing, brush and gouache on ivory panel, late 19th/ early 20th cent.
Place & Date: Iran, India, ca. 1900
Eight Indian paintings, accordion mounted.
SUPERB SET of eight remarkable free miniatures, presenting couples in natural decorations. The miniatures are painted in Iran or India in late 19th - early 20th century]....
Place & Date: Iran, India, ca. 1900
Indian painting on paper.
Fine miniature, presenting a couple in love making position, set on a balcony with in a landscape in the background. The miniature has been painted in India in late 19th ...
Place & Date: India, ca. 1900
COGNAC PELISSON.
Original advertising poster for the French cognac brand Pellisson, printed by Imprimerie Vercasson, in Paris, designed by Leonetto Cappiello. Leonetto Cappiello, born in ...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1900
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 ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1901
COLLECTION OF HONG KONG MAPS, BOOKS & FLYERS. Including CHINA - HONGKONG surveyed by Captn. Sir Edward Belcher, in H.M.S. Sulphur 1841. Corrected to 1901.
A collection of 30 maps, prints, and publications relating to Hong Kong. Including : - BELCHER, E. Sir, An updated version of this most important nautical chart of Hong K...
Place & Date: London, 1841 - 1901
Carte des Missions Catholiques du Sud Africain.
Map of the Catholic Missions in South Africa. Inset map of L'Ile St. Hélène.Published as supplement of the Les Missions Catholiques. To the lower right an inset key to ...
Place & Date: Paris, Monrocq, 1902
Plano de los Ferro-Carriles de Republica Argentina 1902.
Folding rail road map of Argentina, with inset of Buenos Aires in upper right corner.
Place & Date: Buenos Aires, ca. 1902
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[Soil map] Virginia-Maryland-West Virginia, Leesburg sheet.
Early color lithographed soil map by Julius Bien & Co. in New York for Department of Agriculture. Legends at side give detail on soil type, etc. They also include int...
Place & Date: New York, 1903
CANTON Kong-Teheou.
Very detailed (1:1.000.000) map centered on Macao and Victoria Island, showing soundings, English, Australian, Danish telegraph lines reaching Hong Kong and extended to M...
Place & Date: Paris, 1898 updated for june 1904
Korea. Das Land des Morgenrots. Nach seinen Reisen geschildert von Angus Hamilton. Autorisierte Übersetzung aus dem Englischen.
With 114 illustrations after photographes and one map.
Place & Date: Leipzig: Spamer, 1904
Excelsiori (Rana N. 28 - Cent. 20).
"After so many wars and so many troubles, young Russia, in a more serene glaze all the beautiful sun of freedom you will enjoy ... ". Fascinating allegorical sa...
Place & Date: Bologna, 1905
Parliamentary Papers - Foreign Office - Annual Series - Diplomatic and Consular Reports on Trade and Finance.
Very scarce - Only for the British Parliament and the British Crown printed - and not for the trade! Accounts about the Korean country during the time span of the last th...
Place & Date: London, Harrison and Sons, 1882-1906
Meine Hochzeitsreise durch Korea während des Russisch-japanischen Krieges.
Illustrated with ca. 200 illustrations. All photographs are taken by the author.
Place & Date: Altenburg, S.-A., Stephan Geibel Verlag, 1906
Carte de la Roumanie et Pays limitrophes. Odessa. GALATZ.
Very detailed (1:750.000) map centered on Constanta, with the river Danube in Romania. Made after an Austrian map. The French Service géographique des armées was founde...
Place & Date: Paris, 1908
L'illustration, journal officiel hebdomadaire.
L'Illustration, the first French illustrated newspaper from 1843, became the first magazine in the world in 1906 and is distributed in more than 150 countries.The mythica...
Place & Date: Paris, 1908
Atlas Geographique. (Puzzle).
Three map puzzles, each measuring 25 x 33 cm., housed in the original color printed card case. Geographical jigsaw puzzle set comprising three maps (world, Europe and Fra...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1910
Le Turban.
Etching in brown ink on cream laid paper by Albert Besnard (1849–1934) of a young naked woman with feathered turban. Inscribed below the borderline: (left) “A. Besnar...
Place & Date: Paris, 1910
Nuevo plano de la ciudad de Buenos Aires y parte del partido de avellaneda . . .
A rare detailed city plan of Buenos Aires prepared in 1912 by Ernesto Escalante. The plan depicts the city from the Partido de Avellaneda and the Villa Riachuelo to the R...
Place & Date: Buenos Aires, 1912
Karte von Europa im Jahre 1870 nach einem französischen Holzschnitte.
Satirical illustration by Paul Hadol showing disposition of power in Europe at the beginning of 1870. Satirical print depicting a map of Europe in which the countries are...
Place & Date: Hamburg, Fuchs, 1914
Hark ! Hark ! The dogs do bark.
This very rare political caricature map of Europe depicts the continent at the outbreak of World War I, or as it was called at the time the Great War. Designed by Johnson...
Place & Date: London, Johnson Riddle & Co., 1914
(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
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...
Place & Date: Lisbon, 1914
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
L'Impero della preda ossia la Piovra d'Absburgo.
Austro-Hungarian Octopus zinc lithographed map. A propaganda sheet attacking the Austro-Hungarian Empire, showing it as an octopus with its tentacles wrapped around the v...
Place & Date: La Zincografia, Milan, c. 1915
3e emprunt de la Défense nationale Crédit Lyonnais. Souscrivez.
Large color lithographed propaganda World War 1 poster. Designed by the illustrator Faivre Abel (1867-1945). A solder placing the French flag on a globe.English translati...
Place & Date: Paris, 1917
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[Lot of Five Pacific Brand crate labels]
Five fruit crate label for Pacific Brand, showing a lemon and a map of the Pacific Ocean, centered on Hawaii and including a part of California and Asia, with also Austra...
Place & Date: Santa Barbara, 1917
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...
Place & Date: Paris, 1918
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[This is Great Brittain to-day - Cambridge]
Chromolithoghraphed plate showing a fancy depiction of the court yard of a British University (Cambridge). A text in Arabic language explaining about the 20 universities ...
Place & Date: Arabia, ca. 1920
Indian painting on paper.
Fine miniature, presenting a couple in love making position. The miniature has been painted in India in early 20th century. The miniature is 165 x 110 mm, painted in oil ...
Place & Date: India, ca. 1920
Indian painting on paper.
Fine miniature, presenting a couple in love making position. The miniature has been painted in India in early 20th century. The miniature is 165 x 110 mm, painted in oil ...
Place & Date: India, ca. 1920
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...
Place & Date: Marseille, ca. 1920
Designs for Porcelains with Chinese design.
In right hand side "Planche d'aquarelle N° 04509". and the numbers 11.103, 11.141, 11.142, 11,077, 11,101, 10,981. Original design created by the Sevres artist...
Place & Date: Desvres, 1905 - 1925
Designs for porcelain plate with Chinese design.
In right hand side "Planche d'aquarelle N° 06502". And the numbers 11.153, 11.154, 11.155. Original design created by the Sevres artist Gabriel Fourmaintraux (...
Place & Date: Desvres, 1905 - 1925
Designs for Porcelain ware with Chinese design.
In left hand side "Planche d'aquarelle N° 05501". Original design created by the Sevres artist Gabriel Fourmaintraux ( 1886 - ) at about 1910 to serve as guide...
Place & Date: Desvres, 1905 - 1925
Designs for two porcelain bowls with Chinese design.
With numbers 4.601, 4.818. In top "Planche N° d'ordre : 03004.Original design created by the Sevres artist Gabriel Fourmaintraux ( 1886 - ) at about 1910 to serve a...
Place & Date: Desvres, 1905 - 1925
Designs for porcelain vase with Chinese motif.
With attractive pattern of a classic Chinese motif. In top "Planche d'aquarelle N° 04510" and the numbers 2,198. Original design created by the Sevres artist G...
Place & Date: Desvres, 1905 - 1925
Designs for porcelain vases with Chinese motif.
Hand colored design of 13 vases with attractive patterns of a classic Chinese motif. In right "Planche d'aquarelle N° 04004" and the numbers 7.404, 2.074, 8.93...
Place & Date: Desvres, 1905 - 1925
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...
Place & Date: Paris, 1925
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
Mr. Punch on the Links.
Golfing cartoon taken from the famed English humor magazine Mr. Punch on the Links. Size of the frame : 23x25cm.THE WOMAN-HATER.After Frank Reynolds (1876 - 1953 ). He wa...
Place & Date: London, Methuen: 1929
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Edward Fitzgerald translation)
Edward FitzGerald, an outstanding writer who has done more than anyone to popularise English poetry. His best-known work, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1859), began by be...
Place & Date: England, ca. 1930
World Flight Routes (all in Japanese).
A large very decorative Japanese world map published as sugoroku (a Japanese game which might be compared to backgammon) published as a supplement to the 1930 New Year’...
Place & Date: Osaka, 1930
Hongarije.
Poster made for Hungarian Tourist association. The uncommon Dutch version of this fine poster to promote Hungary in the 1930's. Arisztid Uher was a graphic designer. He d...
Place & Date: Budapest, KLOSZ / Sohn., 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
(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 ...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1930
Art déco gouache with winter scene.
Outstanding "art deco" gouache (unsigned) from the workshop of "Robert Pichon. Ateliers de Dessin et Lithographie – 10, rue Rochechouart – Paris. The ...
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 ...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1930
(Art déco gouache with winter scene of The Palace of Westminster )
Outstanding "art deco" gouache (unsigned) from the workshop of "Robert Pichon. Ateliers de Dessin et Lithographie – 10, rue Rochechouart – Paris. The ...
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 ...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1930
Five Art déco labels.
5 Lithographed perfume labels laid on original cardboard sheet. A striking example of commercial artworks produced by the artist and graphic designer Robert Pichon and hi...
Place & Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930
Art déco label for Georges Salomon Paris.
Lithographed perfume label "Savon Cold cream N°1531 - Georges Salomon Paris" laid on original cardboard sheet. A striking example of commercial artworks produc...
Place & Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930
Art déco label Biette Savon - Tein de fleur.
Lithographed perfume label " Biette Savon - Tein de fleur" laid on original cardboard sheet. A striking example of commercial artworks produced by the artist an...
Place & Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930
Art déco label for Parfum Mary France.
Lithographed perfume label "Parfum Mary France" laid on original cardboard sheet. A striking example of commercial artworks produced by the artist and graphic d...
Place & Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930
Art déco label for de Neuville, Paris.
Lithographed perfume label " Savon extra fin au jasmin N°1727 " laid on original cardboard sheet. A striking example of commercial artworks produced by the art...
Place & Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930
Art déco label Paul Tranoy, Paris.
Lithographed perfume label " Lilia Savon extra fin soap - Œillet (carnation) Paul Tranoy Paris N°725 " laid on original cardboard sheet. A striking example of...
Place & Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930
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.
Place & Date: India, 1930
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
Cunard Cherbourg-New York.
Original vintage Cunard luxury cruise liner travel poster advertising Cunard Europe to all America fastest ocean service in the world. Stunning design featuring two color...
Place & Date: England, ca. 1930
20 advertising gouaches for tobacco industry.
A stunning collection of 20 original square and rectangular decorative commercial designs for the Tabaco industries in gouache and watercolor by the artist and graphic de...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1930
Rotterdam Lloyd, Royal Mail Line. La Méditerranée - L' Egypte - Ceylan - La Malaysie - Les Indes Néerlandaises - L' Australie - L' Indo-Chine - La Chine - Le Japon.
Johann von Stein made this iconic poster for the Rotterdam Lloyd in 1930. This is the rare French version for the tour from Rotterdam to Australia.Johann von Stein (Dutch...
Place & Date: Rotterdam, 1930
C'est à la France que le monde doit ses ailes. . .
Original poster promoting the French company Montgolfier Renard Charles, manufacture of hot air balloon and dirigibles. Full title Translation: " It is to France tha...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1930
C'est à la France que le monde doit ses ailes, Clement Ader, Premier décollage du premier avion, 9 octobre 1890.
Original poster for the historical first take-off of the first plane. Translation: " It is to France that the world owes its wings, Clement Ader, First takeoff of th...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1930
'Art déco' illustration.
A beautiful art déco illustration depicting a nice landscape with a woman playing with a hind. A striking example of commercial artworks produced by the artist and graph...
Place & Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930