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FIORENZA [FLORENCE].
State 2 of this bird's-eye view of Florence. In the center, under the upper border, the engraved title "Fiorenza". At the top left, a compass rose is represente...
- $2000 / ≈ €1761
Place & Date: Siena, Pietro Petrucci, ca. 1600
Abrahami Patriarchae Peregrinatio et Vita.
The Holy Land map itself occupies the center and is surrounded by vignettes of the life of the Patriarch Abraham. Extremely decorative map made by Ortelius, based on Ptol...
- $2800 / ≈ €2465
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1624
Iconografica Rappresentatione della Inclita Città di Venezia Consacrata al Reggio Serenissimo Domino Veneto.
The extremely rare first state of Ughi's Wall Map of Venice published by Giuseppe Baroni in 1729. - Ughi's map of Venice is one of the largest maps of Venice ever publish...
- $75000 / ≈ €66037
Place & Date: Venice, Giuseppe Baroni á S. Giuliano, 1729
Architecturae Militaris Synopsis, ... / Vollstaendiger Entwurff der Ingenieur Kunst . . .
Decorative large sheet with elements of different types of fortress architecture and the name of the engineers or military architects: Blondel, Bourdin, Doegen, Borgsdorf...
- $650 / ≈ €572
Place & Date: Augsburg, circa 1730
["Kijkkast"]. Viewing box for optical prints
A very rare custom made collapsible peepshow in a bookshaped box, late 18th century, folded out 66(h.)x56(w.)x40(d.) cm., 7 hinging cardboard parts painted blue or w. bla...
- $12000 / ≈ €10566
Place & Date: The Netherlands, ca. 1780
Nouveau jeu des théatres de Melpomene, Momus et Thalie.
Game board with 63 numbered pictorial compartments, each showing an actor or actress in role, lettered with his or her name, the name of the character, the play and the t...
- $1100 / ≈ €969
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1810
Le pétrole dans le monde.
Poster published by the Union of Union Chambers of the Petroleum Industry. Large world map showing the oil fields in the world: United States, U.R.S.S., Venezuela, Mexico...
- $1500 / ≈ €1321
Place & Date: Paris, Imp. Lafayette. 1956