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Quarta Etas Mndi. Carvilium / Aquileya. [Carovilli and Aquileia]
A lovely presentation of Carovilli, in the province of Cremona. Recto, a view of the town of Aquileya in Italy, centered on the castle and the high walls. Aquileia is an ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
![Quarta etas mudi Folio LVIII [Rome]](/uploads/cache/48488-250x250.jpg)
Quarta etas mudi Folio LVIII [Rome]
Double text page in German with a woodblock Rome (23x53cm.)On verso a view of Genua (193x222mm). Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg Chro...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
![Venecie. [Venice] Foliu XLIIII](/uploads/cache/29716-250x250.jpg)
Venecie. [Venice] Foliu XLIIII
A very fine of Venice (192x525mm.) Verso a view of Padua. Schedel's view of Venice is one of the earliest obtainable views of the city. The view is based on the view of ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Opus Praxitelis, Opus Fidiae.
Opus Praxitelis, Opus Fidiae [Work of Praxiteles, Work of Fidias]. With the Lafreri's imprint and date. Published in the "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (The ...
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1546
Panthei Fidelissime Dimensi Exterior et Interior…
The print features the Pantheon in Rome, broken away to show the interior. Complete title : " Panthei Fidelissime Dimensi Exterior et Interior pars ex antiquo romano...
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1553
Veterum Monumentorum Studiose Lector.../...Ant Lafreri aenea tabula nunc profert ex antiquo simulachro quod in vaticano adhuc conspicitur exacte effigiata.
The print feaures the Personification of the Nile, reclining, with an Egyptian sphinx and a cornucopia, after a Roman group in the 16th century installed as a fountain in...
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, ca. 1573
Castello Sancto Angelo di Roma.
The print features the Castello Sant' Angelo in Rome, bound in an album, perhaps from the "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae." Copper engraving and published by A...
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, ca. 1573
![Naumaohiae [sic] id est navalis pugnae ex vetusteis lapidum et nummorum monumenteis graphica deformatio.](/uploads/cache/49142-250x250.jpg)
Naumaohiae [sic] id est navalis pugnae ex vetusteis lapidum et nummorum monumenteis graphica deformatio.
Naval engagement set inside an arena, spectators in the stands attending the event; reclining river god and nymphs in the lower part. From "Speculum Romanae Magnific...
Place & Date: Rome, ca. 1575
Venetia. (Venice)
Precise, beautiful bird's-eye town-view of Venice, clearly depicting the city's architectural landmark. The surrounding lagoon is animated with a great variety of sailing...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Habiti delle Donne Venetiane . . .
Title page of the book Habiti delle Donne Venetiane" (Dress of Venetian Women) which consists of twenty numbered plates of ornately dressed women. This very decorati...
Place & Date: Venice, ca. 1591
Il vero ritratto di Nettvno al presente oaupato da gl'imperiali.
Rare and early town-plan of Nettuno, in the province of Rome, which is nowadays a touristic harbor.Issued by Joannes Orlandi who acquired many Lafreri plates, which he re...
Place & Date: Rome, 1557 / 1602
Maria De Medices D. G Galliae et Navarrae Reg. Uxor Henr. IIII.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Marie de' Medici, queen consort of France .Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delf...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Venise (Venetia).
Scarce and detailed bird's-eye view of the town of Venice by Giacomo Lauro (active about 1584-1637), taken from "Heroico Splendore delle Città del Mondo", a ra...
Place & Date: Rome, ca. 1642
Desciption de lopulente et manifique ville de Venise.
Extremely rare panoramic view of Venice and neighboring islands (Murano, Burano, Torcello and Mazorbo), clearly depicting the city's architectural landmark. The surroundi...
Place & Date: Paris, 1646
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[ The repositioning of the Vatican obelisk ]
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 d...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1649
Neapolis.
A rare panoramic of Naples with over the whole length of the lower part 3 columns of poems in Latin, Dutch and French.Published by Dancker Danckerts (1634-1666).
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Turin ville capitale du Piémont, et Résidence du Duc de Savoye. . .
A very decorative and rareof Turin, including a numbered key (A-M) in lower part. Engraved by Pierre-Alexandre Aveline. With "fait par Aveline avec privilege du Roy ...
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1692
La Basilica Vaticana consacrata al Principe de gli Apostoli . . .
Monumental engraving showing the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican, in its setting, with below a coat of arms with dedication to Cardinal Sigismondo Chigi. Obili...
Place & Date: Rome, 1693
Piazza e tempio di Santa Maria della Rotonda gia l'Antico Pantheon.
Monumental engraving showing the Pantheon in Rome, in its setting, with below a ground-plan and elevation. Fountain in front, adjacent buildings and carriages and people ...
Place & Date: Rome, 1693
Prospetto dell'anfiteatro Flavio . . . / Prospetto di Tutto l'Anfiteatro intiero . . . / Pianta dell' divisa nelli suoi / Spaccato, e veduta interiore dell' Anfiteatro.
Monumental engraving showing the Colloseum in Rome, in its setting, with below a ground-plan and elevation. Engraved and drawn by Alessandro Specchi (1668-1729), an engra...
Place & Date: Rome, 1703
La Place de Saint Marc a Venise.
A very attractive Town plan of the place St Marc in Venice.Joan Blaeu published during his life three town books of Italy: Citta del Vaticano, Rome, and Napoli. By the ye...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1705
Nostre Dame de Lorette.
A very RARE panoramic of Lorette and the church, including a numbered legend in both lower corners.The plate is numbered in black pencil in upper right corner.Published ...
Place & Date: Paris c.1720
Florentia Pulcherrima et Ruriae Civitas.
Detailed bird's-eye view of the town of Florence in Tuscany region, first published in Frederick de Wit's rare town book. With two keys 1-17 and 1-228 to important spots ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Leiden, 1697 / 1729
![[St Peter's Square].](/uploads/cache/44864-250x250.jpg)
[St Peter's Square].
View of St Peter's Square and Vatican probably featuring a solemn blessing. The square is crowdy, the Pontifical Swiss Guard is present. A beautifully colored lithography...
Place & Date: Italy ?, 1732
Fiorenza.
A spectacular panoramic view of Florence taken from Montoliveto, with legends numbered from 1- 63 in Italian. With the title in a banderol. After a design by Friedrich Be...
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca 1740
Veduta della Piazza della SS. Nunziata, Statua Equestre di Ferdinando Primo, Fonti, e Loggie Laterali.
Lively view of Nunziata square with the statue of Ferdinand I in Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (1711or 1717 - 1767) and engraved by B.Sgrilli. From "Scelta di XXIV ...
Place & Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
Place de l'Eglise de St.Marc et la grande Place terminee. . .
So-called optical print of St.Marco church in Venice.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and L...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Vue perspective de l'interieur de la Salle du spectacle de Veronne en Italie.
Showing the Opera of Verona. Optical print published Mondhare, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques in Paris. In the eighteent...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1780
(Title page) Campi phlegraei ou observations sur les volcans des deux Siciles, . . .
Etched and mezzotint title with in the center an eruption of volcano in Sicily.William Hamilton, an English diplomat in Naples to the Kingdom of The Two Sicily's, was a g...
Place & Date: Paris, Lamy, 1799
Nuova Pianta Iconografica.. Venezia.
Venice's precise bird' s-eye town plan clearly depicts the city's architectural landmark. A reduction of Ughi's 8-sheet map of 1725. A grid is engraved over the plan, ref...
Place & Date: Venice, 1818
Pianta Della Citta di Roma con la Indicazione di tutte le Antichita e Nuovi Abbelliment.
Beautiful engraved town-plan of Rome with side borders depicting the 16 most important monuments and with a legend locating the major places and buildings.The views are o...
Place & Date: Venanzio Monaldini, Rome, 1829
Pianta della citta di Palermo e dei suoi contorni.
Published in Atlante Geografico dell' Italia . Uncommon and decorative town-plan of Palermo. With a numbered key.Engraved by P. Manzoni.
Place & Date: Florence, 1845
Pianta della citta di Roma.
Published in "Atlante Geografico dell' Italia". Uncommon and decorative town-plan of Rome. With a numbered key. Engraved by P.Manzoni.
Place & Date: Florence, 1845
Pianta della citta di Napoli.
Published in Atlante Geografico dell' Italia. Uncommon and decorative town-plan of Naples. With a numbered key.Engraved by P.Manzoni.
Place & Date: Florence, 1845
Venice.
A lovely steel engraved plan, on 2 sheets, of Venice by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK). This English philanthropic enterprise was entirely devot...
Place & Date: London, 1855
![[Title page] Album delle principali vedute di Venezia disegnate da Marco Moro. . .](/uploads/cache/32269-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Album delle principali vedute di Venezia disegnate da Marco Moro. . .
The title page has a virgin and the lion of Saint Mark sitting on an island with the background of the town of Venice. Learn more about map printing and views of Venice ...
Place & Date: Venice, G. Brizeghel, ca 1860
(Title page) Vedute dei principali monumenti di Venezia.
Decorative title page with in the lower part small inset view of Doge Palace, St. Marco and a gondola.
Place & Date: Venice, 1860
Pianta della citta di Livorno.
Very finely engraved and detailed plan of Livorno. Engraved by V.Angeli and included in: Atlante Geografico dell Italia . To the left, a key to the principal buildings a...
Place & Date: Rome, 1860
Pianta della citta di Ravenna.
Very finely engraved and detailed plan of Ravenna. Engraved by V.Angeli and included in: Atlante Geografico dell Italia. To the lower left a key to the principal building...
Place & Date: Rome, 1860
Pianta della citta di Lucca.
Very finely engraved and detailed plan of Lucca. Coat of arms of the town on the upper part. Engraved by V.Angeli and included in: Atlante Geografico dell Italia .To the ...
Place & Date: Rome, 1860
Pianta della citta di Modena.
Very finely engraved and detailed plan of Modena. Coat of arms of the town centred on the upper part. Engraved by V.Angeli and included in: Atlante Geografico dell Italia...
Place & Date: Rome, 1860
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[Venice]
Lovely art deco pochoir showing Venice at night, with gondolas, the moon and the city in the back.Pochoir is a technique that was often used in French Fashion Journals to...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1930