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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Four scenes showing Flora, a baby in her pram.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 30 / 20 x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar having his photograph taken.
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 31 / 10 x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Laurent
Scene showing Celestville.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 35 / 20 x 14
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DE BRUNHOFF, Laurent
Scene showing elephants in boats on floaded Celestville.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 35 / 20 x 14
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing elephants being bandaged by nurse elephants
Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 30 / 8½ x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Laurent
Scene Arthur being pulled back into the plane.
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 32 / 10 x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing 2 rhinos.
Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 30 / 8½ x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Laurent
Scene of Arthur and elephants on plane.
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 32 / 20 x 12
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DE FER, Nicolas
An unusual and very attractive pair of engravings. One showing a terrestrial globe and a celestial globe. The other one of an armillary sphere showing four systems (the Copernican, Ptolemaic, Tycho-Brahe and composed systems). Nicolas de Fer (1646-1720) was the youngest son of Parisian print and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 21 / 11 x 8½
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HOLBEIN, Hans
Bartolozzi developed his style to imitate the subtleties of renaissance and baroque chalk drawings and became deservedly famous for his stipple engraving. The portraits in this collection show how effective this technique was in reproducing with such incredible fidelity Holbein's original designs. ...
Dimensions (W x H): 27.5 x 39.5 / 11 x 15½
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BUACHE, Philippe
An interesting geo-hydrographic map of the Atlantic Ocean and it’s islands. It is divided into two with one side showing the Atlantic Ocean and the coasts of Africa and Brazil and the other side a detailed examination of the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha. A note top left explains the purpose ...
Dimensions (W x H): 65 x 49.5 / 25½ x 19½
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DE FER, Nicolas
An unusual engraving of three globes on a table. At centre is an armillary sphere, the ‘Sphere Artificielle’ flanked by two smaller globes - a terrestrial globe, and a celestial globe. Text at the top below title describes the Sphere Artificielle ‘It is an instrument that represents the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 22.5 / 12½ x 9
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HOLBEIN, Hans
Bartolozzi developed his style to imitate the subtleties of renaissance and baroque chalk drawings and became deservedly famous for his stipple engraving. The portraits in this collection show how effective this technique was in reproducing with such incredible fidelity Holbein's original designs.
Dimensions (W x H): 27.5 x 39.5 / 11 x 15½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar entering a patisserie and then seated eating cakes
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 31 / 10 x 12
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ROBERTS, David
A beautiful rustic scene looking across to The Escorial in the distance. This palatial complex, 45 kilometres northwest of Madrid, lies at the foot of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range which is depicted here in Roberts’s stunning view. In the foreground of the picture to the left is a wooden ...
Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 28 / 15½ x 11
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing elephant family on the beach.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Laurent
Scene of Babar in the jungle with naughty monkeys.
Dimensions (W x H): 50.5 x 33 / 20 x 13
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing three elephants and a monkey going fishing for fish and shrimps. Another scene underneath the text showing an elephant and the monkey meeting a crab.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A scene showing three young elephants watching birds sailing.
Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 34 / 20½ x 13½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A scene showing Babar and camels crossing a bridge of hippos.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 33 / 20 x 13
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A beautiful scene showing elephants dressed up as birds among lilies.
Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 35 / 20½ x 14
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A beautiful scene showing elephants and birds watching a bird race.
Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 34 / 20½ x 13½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A fabulous scene showing elephants and birds dining in the garden with lantern light.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Laurent
Scene of Babar travelling with camels.
Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 33 / 20½ x 13
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A lovely scene showing Babar and kangaroos at the train station.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
An attractive scene showing an elephant flying on the back of a bird from a light house toward a sailing boat.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
An interesting picture showing elephants, monkeys and birds at a train station.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 33 / 20 x 13
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar and Celeste on a tiny island surrounded by the sea full of fish.
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 30 / 9½ x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar and Celeste making fire and drying clothes after they left their wrecked balloon on the beach.
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 30 / 9½ x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar and Celeste on a tiny island surrounded by the sea full of fish.
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 30 / 9½ x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar in his bed.
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 31.5 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar and Celeste making fire and drying clothes after they left their wrecked balloon on the beach.
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 30 / 9½ x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Wonderful scene of skiing Babar.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 34 / 20 x 13½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar and the old lady who is helping him to pack.
Dimensions (W x H): 25.5 x 33 / 10 x 13
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar and Celeste watching a whale from the shore.
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 30 / 9½ x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Wonderful scene of Babar at Fernando’s Circus.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 30 / 20 x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Babar and friends enjoy a picnic in the gardens of the Palace of Pleasure.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 30 / 20 x 12
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Interesting map in two parts. The Western Australia map shows from Perth, south to Albany, with county borders and sketchy geographical detail, supplemented by text on map - ‘Abundance of Kangaroos’ or ‘rich red loam.’The Tasmanian map shows the northern coast and the strip down to Hobart in ...
Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 31.5 / 15½ x 12½
Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 31.5 / 15½ x 12½
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A beautiful print, with an elaborate architectural border, from Antoine de Pluvinel’s important work on equestrianism, engraved by the Dutch engraver Crispijn de Pass. Pluvinel’s innovative method of horse training was regarded as much more humane than earlier methods.
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 31 / 16 x 12
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 31 / 16 x 12
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A beautiful print, with an elaborate architectural border, from Antoine de Pluvinel’s important work on equestrianism, engraved by the Dutch engraver Crispijn de Pass. Pluvinel’s innovative method of horse training was regarded as much more humane than earlier methods.
Dimensions (W x H): 40.5 x 32.5 / 16 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 40.5 x 32.5 / 16 x 13
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A beautiful print, with an elaborate architectural border, from Antoine de Pluvinel’s important work on equestrianism, engraved by the Dutch engraver Crispijn de Pass. Pluvinel’s innovative method of horse training was regarded as much more humane than earlier methods.
Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 31.5 / 15½ x 12½
Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 31.5 / 15½ x 12½
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A beautiful print, with an elaborate architectural border, from Antoine de Pluvinel’s important work on equestrianism, engraved by the Dutch engraver Crispijn de Pass. Pluvinel’s innovative method of horse training was regarded as much more humane than earlier methods.
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 31 / 16 x 12
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 31 / 16 x 12
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A beautiful print, with an elaborate architectural border, from Antoine de Pluvinel’s important work on equestrianism, engraved by the Dutch engraver Crispijn de Pass. Pluvinel’s innovative method of horse training was regarded as much more humane than earlier methods.
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 31 / 16 x 12
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 31 / 16 x 12
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A beautiful print, with an elaborate architectural border, from Antoine de Pluvinel’s important work on equestrianism, engraved by the Dutch engraver Crispijn de Pass. Pluvinel’s innovative method of horse training was regarded as much more humane than earlier methods.
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 31 / 16 x 12
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 31 / 16 x 12
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A beautiful print, with an elaborate architectural border, from Antoine de Pluvinel’s important work on equestrianism, engraved by the Dutch engraver Crispijn de Pass. Pluvinel’s innovative method of horse training was regarded as much more humane than earlier methods.
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 31 / 16 x 12
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 31 / 16 x 12
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A beautiful print, with an elaborate architectural border, from Antoine de Pluvinel’s important work on equestrianism, engraved by the Dutch engraver Crispijn de Pass. Pluvinel’s innovative method of horse training was regarded as much more humane than earlier methods.
Dimensions (W x H): 40.5 x 32.5 / 16 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 40.5 x 32.5 / 16 x 13
£450
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A beautiful print, with an elaborate architectural border, from Antoine de Pluvinel’s important work on equestrianism, engraved by the Dutch engraver Crispijn de Pass. Pluvinel’s innovative method of horse training was regarded as much more humane than earlier methods.
Dimensions (W x H): 40.5 x 31.5 / 16 x 12½
Dimensions (W x H): 40.5 x 31.5 / 16 x 12½
£250
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van
Decorative print showing three coastal views of Ascunsion island in the Atlantic, numerous birds, flying fish and ships at sea, compass rose at sea, strapwork cartouche at top right, two secondary cartouches at left centre and lower right. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10
£500
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile
Sea chart of east coast of England. The map is very busy with rhumblines and soundings, compass point with north to right, decorated dedicatory cartoushe at lower right to ‘SR Ralph de la Valk, Vice Admiral of the Red... .Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became ...
Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 44 / 22 x 17½
£175
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SANSON, Nicolas
Large compass rose showing the 32 wind directions. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. This map was published in Bion’s treatise on globes. Nicolas Bion was a famous French ...
Dimensions (W x H): 12.5 x 17.5 / 5 x 7
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BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Handsome map of Normandy and the Channel Islands, showing the French coast from Granville to Pointe de la Percée. Title at lower right, rhumb lines, compass point, soundings at sea. Three scales of longitude marked - Tenerife, l’Isle de Fer and Paris.
Dimensions (W x H): 82 x 59.5 / 32½ x 23½
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving showing four figures looking into an unexcavated ruin. The ruin is almost submerged in the ground and covered with vegetation. Louis-François Cassas’ Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth ...
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 29 / 16 x 11½
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
This beautiful engraving shows an exploration at the entrance to an unexcavated building. Three men with a flaming torch descend into the dark interior while five guards, with guns and a flute idly stand guard outside. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 27 / 15 x 10½
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Seale, R.W.
A chart of the Pacific Ocean, showing the route of Commodore Anson from California and Mexico to the Philippines in 1743, during one of the last great buccaneering voyages. He was sent to the South Seas to harass the Spanish bases and plunder their shipping. Anson intercepted the treasure ship, the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 88 x 27 / 34½ x 10½
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RAPIN - THOYRAS, Paul
Very attractive sea chart of the region with detail along coastlines. Large decorative title cartouche, compass rose, and rhumb lines embellish the chart. The map was drawn & engraved by Richard Wilson Seale (fl.1732-1773) for “The History of England” Written in French by Mr. Rapin de Thoyras. ...
Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 49 / 15½ x 19½
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RAPIN - THOYRAS, Paul
Very attractive map with decorative title cartouche embellishing upper left and an inset map of the harbour of Petersburg in lower right. The map covers the Baltic Sea region with parts of present Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany. The map was drawn ...
Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 39 / 19 x 15½
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RAPIN - THOYRAS, Paul
Very attractive sea chart with four insets including Isle of Wight and Plymouth Sound. The map was drawn & engraved by Richard Wilson Seale (fl.1732-1773) for “The History of England” Written in French by Mr. Rapin de Thoyras. Translated into English with Additional Notes by N. Tindal. M.A. the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 39 / 19½ x 15½
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RAPIN - THOYRAS, Paul
Very attractive sea chart showing the North Sea, formerly called The German Ocean with England's east coast, the English Channel and the coasts of France, Holland, Denmark, Germany, the Baltic Sea and the coasts of Norway and Sweden. A very decorative compass rose with radiating rhumb lines is ...
Dimensions (W x H): 38.5 x 48 / 15 x 19
£400
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RAPIN - THOYRAS, Paul
A large and attractive sea chart of the entire Mediterranean region. Drawn in considerable detail with most ports clearly labeled. Large title cartouche in the lower left. Rumb lines throughout with a decorative compass rose at center. An inset depicts “The Road to Leghorn” or Livorno harbor. The ...
Dimensions (W x H): 71.5 x 35 / 28 x 14
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RAPIN - THOYRAS, Paul
Very attractive map with decorative title cartouche embellishing upper right. The map was drawn & engraved by Richard Wilson Seale (fl.1732-1773) for “The History of England” Written in French by Mr. Rapin de Thoyras. Translated into English with Additional Notes by N. Tindal. M.A. the Vicar of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 47.5 / 15½ x 18½
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RAPIN - THOYRAS, Paul
Very colorful map of Italy, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia includes the Gulf of Venice & the coast of Dalmatia down to Albania & the Ionian Sea. The map is covered with place names & depicts Mt. Etna in Sicily and all the major cities & towns including Naples, Rome, Pisa and Florence & the Island of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 47.5 x 39 / 18½ x 15½
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RAPIN - THOYRAS, Paul
Very attractive eighteenth century map of North America produced at a transitional point in terms of European understanding of the geography of the New World - the Mississippi Valley, Mexico, the Great Lakes, and the Atlantic Coast are portrayed in detail with great accuracy, while the northwestern ...
Dimensions (W x H): 48.5 x 38.5 / 19 x 15
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RAPIN - THOYRAS, Paul
Very attractive map of South America with decorative title cartouche embellishing lower right. The map was drawn & engraved by Richard Wilson Seale (fl.1732-1773) for “The History of England” Written in French by Mr. Rapin de Thoyras. Translated into English with Additional Notes by N. Tindal. ...
Dimensions (W x H): 38.5 x 48 / 15 x 19
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RAPIN - THOYRAS, Paul
Very attractive map with large decorative title cartouche embellishing upper left. The map was drawn & engraved by Richard Wilson Seale (fl.1732-1773) for “The History of England” Written in French by Mr. Rapin de Thoyras. Translated into English with Additional Notes by N. Tindal. M.A. the Vicar ...
Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 50 / 15½ x 19½
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RAPIN - THOYRAS, Paul
An attractive mid eighteenth century map of Scotland, decorated with a beflagged title cartouche. Interspersed among the place names are some interesting notes and comments - “Aggat & Chrystal Marble found here”, “Abundance of Herrings taken here”, “Here is St.Ouran’s Church, famous for the Burial ...
Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 50 / 15½ x 19½
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BOWEN, Emannuel
Map of Denmark, the Skaggerak and western Baltic. Compass point, illustrated cartouche, showing a pair of horses in front of pine trees. Text below the cartouche states that ‘the sea coast is laid down.....according to....... van Keulen. The inland parts are chiefly taken from DeLisle’
Dimensions (W x H): 22.3 x 31.5 / 9 x 12½
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BOWEN, Emanuel
Plan of the port of Vera Cruz. One inset giving the history of the port of Vera Cruz and the shipping traffic that passed through.
Dimensions (W x H): 17 x 14 / 6½ x 5½
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KIP, Johannes
This wonderful panorama is from the Nouveau théâtre de la Grand Bretagne, by Johannes Kip. The set of five volumes is celebrated for its survey of the country house during the Augustinian age, as recorded in the series of plates engraved by Kip himself. This ‘flourishing period of restoration, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 134 x 62 / 53 x 24½
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This fascinating copperplate engraving comes from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff, but translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby. The images provide a document of early western contact with China and come from the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 29.5 / 14 x 11½
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 29.5 / 14 x 11½
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van
Attractive print of four Africans. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le Grande Route de Mer’ and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10
£240
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This fascinating copperplate engraving comes from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff, but translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby. The images provide a document of early western contact with China and come from the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 29 / 14 x 11½
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 29 / 14 x 11½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of northwest Africa, from Morocco to the Congo, and east as far as Nubia. Much of the charm of early maps of Africa lies in how they show the interior of the continent, which was not explored until the 19th century. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 17 / 11½ x 6½
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van
Attractive print of four people and two children in India. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10
£150
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van
Attractive print of four people and two children in India. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10
£450
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SEM (Georges Goursat)
Georges Goursat SEM (1863-1934) attained a high level of success with his wonderful portrayals of Paris at the turn of the century. This outstanding caricaturist was a member of the Salon des Humoristes and an officer of the Legion of Honor. His works offer us glimpses into Parisian high society ...
Dimensions (W x H): 55.5 x 51.5 / 22 x 20½
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£1000
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These beautiful copper engravings come from the Collection coloriee des plus belles varieetes de Tulipes in Pierre Buchoz's supplement to the work Collection des Fleurs de la Chine & de l'Europe, & de tout l'Ouvrage. Published 1781 Buchoz was born in Metz and initially recieved instruction as a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£175
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MERIAN, Matthaus
An attractive map/bird’s eye view of Algiers showing the city walls, the moat, outlying forts and settlements, by Matthew Merian. Merian was not only a publisher, but an accomplished engraver in his own right. Born in Basel, Switzerland, he spent most of his life in Frankfurt where he met and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 22 / 14 x 8½
£220
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SANSON, Nicolas
Map of Germany divided into regions, which at the time extended over much of the Low Countries. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23.5 x 18.5 / 9½ x 7½
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£1100
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
This map is a reduced version of the one Merian engraved for Johann Ludwig Gottfried in 1631. It is one of many derivative maps of the Jodocus Hondius, 1618. One noticeable difference is the altered perspective of the inset map of Greenland. Matthew Merian was not only a publisher, but an ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 27.5 / 14 x 11
£495
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ZATTA, Antonio
Map of north America, fairly accurately depicted apart from the north-west Canadian coast and Alaska, which were still unexplored. With pictorial cartouche at lower left with trees, nuts and vegetation, and a fence surrounding title. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 33 / 16½ x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£175
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MARÉCHAL, Nicolas
Fabulous engraving of a Egyptian goose from one of the finest examples of eighteenth century french natural history illustration.The prominent french naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède 1756-1825 compiled ‘La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire ...
Dimensions (W x H): 27 x 40 / 10½ x 15½
£220
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Turkey, title cartouche at top right. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. This map was published in Bion’s treatise ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 18 / 9 x 7
£195
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Bertius, Petrus
Attractive little map of England and Wales, with title at top right. Petrus Bertius was a professor of mathematics and librarian at Leyden University. As well as being a prolific writer on mathematical, historical and theological subjects he is known as a cartographer for his editions of Ptolemy's ...
Dimensions (W x H): 13 x 9.5 / 5 x 3½
£1650
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ORTELIUS Abraham
A beautiful Ortelius map of England and Wales, based on earlier maps by Humphrey Lluyd and Mercator, with ornate strapwork title cartouche, flanked by two figures. Secondary cartouche with scales at top right. Stippled sea with ships and fishes. This is state two with corrected scale. Ref:Van den ...
Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 37.5 / 18½ x 15
£1800
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ORTELIUS Abraham
A beautiful map of the British Isles. North is to the right. Title in strapwork cartouche at top right, text in Latin, in its own cartouche at lower left, scale and royal arms. Ships at sea. It is difficult to put an exact date on the map, because of the complex publishing history of Ortelius’ ...
Dimensions (W x H): 34.5 x 50.5 / 13½ x 20
£600
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MARÉCHAL, Nicolas
Fabulous engraving of a gazelle from one of the finest examples of eighteenth century french natural history illustration.The prominent french naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède 1756-1825 compiled ‘La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle’, a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 40 / 11 x 15½
£230
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of one of Antioch’s ruined gates, with a procession of merchants and their heavily laden camels. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte ...
Dimensions (W x H): 46.5 x 29 / 18½ x 11½
£170
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of the ruined gate of Antioch in the mountains. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century ...
Dimensions (W x H): 43.5 x 30 / 17 x 12
£400
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£500
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£250
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ZATTA, Antonio
An attractive map of Asia Minor with title cartouche in the upper left-hand side. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo was one of the most beautifully produced of 18th century atlases. He drew on the work of other cartographers - ...
Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 31.1 / 15½ x 12
£255
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of a hill in Galilee near the Nazareth road. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century illustrated ...
Dimensions (W x H): 43 x 30 / 17 x 12
£185
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BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis
An attractive engraving of two celestial globes: Sphere de Copernic and Sphere de Ptolemée. Brion de la Tour was one of the most prolific French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century, and this beautiful print, elegantly surrounded by an ornate border, is a fine example of his work.
Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 28 / 12 x 11
£350
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ORTELIUS, Abraham
Splendid map of the Artois region of north eastern France, from Calais to Cambrai. Magnificent strapwork title cartouche at upper right, scale with strapwork decorations at lower left. The dedicatory cartouche at left, identifies this plate as van den Broecke 74.
Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 36.5 / 19 x 14½
£220
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SANSON, Nicolas
Atractive map of Central America, from the Yucatan to Panama. Title cartouche at lower left. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. This ...
Dimensions (W x H): 27 x 18 / 10½ x 7
£275
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Mexico and Yucatan. Title cartouche at top right. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. This map was published in ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26.5 x 17 / 10½ x 6½
£420
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Beautiful print of a caravan leaving the Gates of Aleaxandria. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century, His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century illustrated ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 26 / 14 x 10
£435
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Spectacular exterior view of one of the gates of Cairo, with camels and traders in the foreground. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century, His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 45 / 10 x 17½
£450
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£230
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of a bas relief cut into the rock near the pyramids Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century ...
£75
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VAN DEN KERRE, P.( Petrus Kaerius)
George Humble published this Atlas in 1627, known as the Speed Miniature Map. Of the 63 maps in the Atlas, 40 were from the original Van den Kerri plates, reworked, 16 were reduced from Speed and 7 were additional. The publication was very popular and there were further reissues up to 1676.
Dimensions (W x H): 12.2 x 8.6 / 5 x 3½
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£150
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van
Fabulous print of a Brahman cremation ceremony. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le Grande Route de ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10
£220
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BERTIUS, Petrus
Attractive map of Brittany in France. Petrus Bertius was a professor of mathematics and librarian at Leyden University. As well as being a prolific writer on mathematical, historical and theological subjects he is known as a cartographer for his editions of Ptolemy's Geographia. In 1618 he moved ...
Dimensions (W x H): 13 x 9.5 / 5 x 3½
£450
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£750
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MARÉCHAL, Nicolas
Fabulous engraving of a bactrian Camel from one of the finest examples of eighteenth century french natural history illustration.. The prominent french naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède 1756-1825 compiled ‘La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire ...
Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 30 / 15½ x 12
£750
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MARÉCHAL, Nicolas
Fabulous engraving of a dromedary camel from one of the finest examples of eighteenth century french natural history illustratrion.. The prominent french naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède 1756-1825 compiled ‘La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire ...
Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 29 / 15½ x 11½
£95
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MARÉCHAL, Nicolas
Engraving of a hyena from one of the finest examples of eighteenth century french natural history illustration.The prominent french naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède 1756-1825 compiled ‘La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle’, a catalogue of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 29 / 15½ x 11½
£200
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MARÉCHAL, Nicolas
Fabulous engraving of a wild goat from one of the finest examples of eighteenth century french natural history illustration.The prominent french naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède 1756-1825 compiled ‘La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle’, a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 27 / 15½ x 10½
£475
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TOFINO DE SAN MIGUEL, Don Vincente.
Splendid chart of the southern coast of Spain, the Balearic islands and North Africa. Title cartouche with decorated frame at upper left. Stamp of ‘Deposito de la Marina’ at top left. Tofino(1732-1795) is the best known Spanish Marine cartographer. His Atlas Maritimo established the prime meridian ...
Dimensions (W x H): 81 x 55.5 / 32 x 22
£475
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LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
Interesting chart of part of the south-western Pacific, showing the routes taken by the Spanish explorer Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle in 1781 along the northern coast of New Guinea and across the Pacific to Fiji and Tonga. Maurelle was credited with the discovery of the Hermit Islands on this ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 34 / 19½ x 13½