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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
Le bon Quinquina - Robert Dubonnet Sport.
Advertising lithographed poster for Le bon Quinquina - Robert Dubonnet Sport.
Place & Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930
Limonades sodas - Fontenoy.
Advertising lithographed poster for Fontenoy.
Place & Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930
Viandox - Produit Liebig.
Lithographed advertising poster for a Viandox brand, printed in a bottle shape, by IMP. MAUSS, DEHALLE & URBAN - PARIS.
Place & Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930
Loriot.
Lithographed poster for Loriot, a chocolate and confiserie French brand. A striking example of commercial artworks produced by the artist and graphic designer Robert Pich...
Place & Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930
Prof. Dr. A. Krause, Neuer Handels- u. Verkehrsglobus, Verlag Paul Räth.
Art-Deco German Table Globe, on a scale of 1:38 600 000, designed by Prof. Arthur Krause with 30 centimeters in diameter, made by the company Paul Räths, Nachf. KG, Leip...
Place & Date: Leipzig, Paul Räth, ca. 1930
North and South America At-A-Glance.
A clever device for demonstrating the statistics of each country, the Area, Population, Population per Sq. Mile, Highest Elevation, Principal River, Currency, Capital, Fo...
Place & Date: New York & London: International At-A-Glance Chart Co. 1931
United States At-A-Glance.
A clever device for demonstrating the statistics of each state, the Area, Population, Highest Elevation, Principal River, Capital, railroad Mileage, Date Entered Union, P...
Place & Date: New York & London: International At-A-Glance Chart Co. 1931
Histoire Socialiste.
Text includes “Imp. Centre de Propagande, des Républicains Nationaux, 102, rue Amelot, Paris (XIe), ou l’on peut se procurer cette affiche. Cette affiche ne peut êt...
Place & Date: Paris, 1931
McCormick's Map of the World.
Colorful promotional map of the 20th century spice trade.What better way to showcase the global composition of a multi-national company than with a world map? This lovely...
Place & Date: United-States, 1931
Japanese Stereotype Map of the World from 1932 Share Hitome de wakaru Manga sekai genjō chizu. At a glance: Cartoon Map of the Current World Situation. 目でわかる 漫画世界現状地圖
An extraordinary satirical map of the world was seen through Japanese eyes in the early 1930s as Japanese imperial ambitions strengthened. The map was published as an edi...
Place & Date: Tokyo, Showa 7, or 1932
(Publicity poster) Amer Besset Sans Rival.
Original chromo lithographed in-store display for alcoholic drink Amer Besset. Printed by Joseph-Charles in Paris.
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1933
Carte routière de l'Indochine. Des kilomètres en sécurité sur Goodrich.
Advertising poster for the brand Goodrich, showing a map of Indochina.Goodrich Corporation is a former American company specializing in civil and military aeronautical eq...
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1934
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[ Original Chinese advertising poster for ] Hataman cigarette brand.
This poster, an advertisement for Hataman Cigarettes from the 1930s, melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. It d...
Place & Date: Shanghai, 1934
![[ Original Chinese advertising poster for a cigarette brand.] Red Lion cigarette brand.](/uploads/cache/45068-250x250.jpg)
[ Original Chinese advertising poster for a cigarette brand.] Red Lion cigarette brand.
This poster, an advertisement for Red Lion Cigarettes brand from the 1930s, melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithograph...
Place & Date: Shanghai, 1934
![[ Original Chinese advertising poster for a cigarette brand.] Jintan cigarette brand.](/uploads/cache/45070-250x250.jpg)
[ Original Chinese advertising poster for a cigarette brand.] Jintan cigarette brand.
This poster, an advertisement for Jintan Cigarettes brand from the 1930s, melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography....
Place & Date: Shanghai, 1934
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[ Original Chinese advertising poster for ] Coat Clark British company.
This poster, an advertisement for Coat Clark British company from the 1930s, melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithograp...
Place & Date: Shanghai, 1934
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[ Original Chinese advertising poster for ] [ Google translate: Liae divison public specialized into the middle age of China.]
This poster, an advertisement from the 1930s, melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. It depicts a beautiful woma...
Place & Date: Shanghai, 1934
(Publicity.) Thé Lyons. Renommé pur son Arome.
Original chromo lithography in-store display for Lyon's tea in Belgium and France. In 1902 the Lyons family started their little tea business on High Street in Dublin, ne...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1935
Philippines Islands.
Pictorial map of Philippines Islands, from the famous illustrator, Ruth Taylor White and published in "Our USA: A Gay Geography".Ruth Taylor White was among the...
Place & Date: Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1935
Mexico.
Unusual poster for Mexican tourism, published by Asociacion Mexicana de Turismo, The artist is unknown and the design is surreal and modern at the same time.The popularit...
Place & Date: Mexico, ca. 1935
Quinquina Bourin Force l'apetit donne de la force.
Advertising poster for the French liquor brand Quinquina Bourin. Printed by De la Vasselais, Paris. Jacques Bellenger designed this original vintage poster in 1936. This ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1936
Air France dans tous les ciels.
Rare travel mini-poster made by Roger de Valerio in 1935. This example is one of the first advertising poster made by Air France. Roger de Valerio (1886 - 1951) is a Fren...
Place & Date: Imprimerie Perceval, Paris, 1936
French Line CGT Poster.
French Line CGT Poster showing the Normandie cruise ship travelling from Southampton to New York, advertising an express luxury service on both the Ile de France and the ...
Place & Date: England, ca. 1936
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...
Place & Date: The Peiyang Press, Ltd. Tientsin-Peiping, 1936
Outposts of Empire. Central Australia.
A large colored lithograph by John Vickery (1906-1983), he was an Australian artist. He worked in the fields of painting, illustration and advertising. He is the only Aus...
Place & Date: London, ca 1937
Outposts of Empire. Ceylon.
A large colored lithograph by John Vickery (1906-1983), he was an Australian artist. He worked in the fields of painting, illustration and advertising. He is the only Aus...
Place & Date: London, ca 1937