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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): 32 x 42 / 12½ x 16½
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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): 34.5 x 41.5 / 13½ x 16½
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FULLER, Thomas
Decorative map of Palestine from the time of Abraham. Text on Latin at right above decorated scale. Compass point at sea. Arms of ‘Eduardo Benlossio’ at top left. Biblical scenes represented on map. “From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 28 / 12½ x 11
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BEKEN, Frank
From the Beken archive, printed digitally in Sepia-brown. Frank Beken was born in Canterbury, England in 1880. His father Alfred was a chemist and photographer. In 1888 the family moved to the Isle of Wight. The company "Beken & Son Ltd." was born and Frank was soon seen afloat in a dinghy, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 59.5 / 19½ x 23½
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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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SELLER, John
A chart of part of the northern South American coast. Compass point at sea, rhumblines. Two inset maps - one of ‘The River Oronoque from the Entrance thereof to St Thomas,’ the other of ‘The River of Surinam and places adjacent’. Both insets have depth soundings. Cartouche at lower right with title ...
Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 44.5 / 22 x 17½
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Map of Africa with inset map of ‘...the rivers Sierra Leone and Sherbro.’ Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the eighteenth century and the more accurate ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
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Map of Asia, with Tasmania attached to mainland Australia. Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the eighteenth century and the more accurate maps of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 34 / 11½ x 13½
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 34 / 11½ x 13½
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Map of Egypt, with routes of pilgrims to Mecca, the line bewteeen Africa and Arabia, and numerous anotations. Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 35 / 11 x 14
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 35 / 11 x 14
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Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the eighteenth century and the more accurate maps of the nineteenth century
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 35 / 11 x 14
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 35 / 11 x 14
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Clear map of India, divided into regions. Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the eighteenth century and the more accurate maps of the nineteenth century
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 35 / 11 x 14
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 35 / 11 x 14
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Map of Hungary, which at the time included Croatia , and stretched to the Dalmatian coast. Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the eighteenth century and the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
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A clear map of Italy, its islands, and the Dalmatian coast. Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the eighteenth century and the more accurate maps of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
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Map of Jamaica with two inset views, of Bluefields and Kingston Harbour. Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the eighteenth century and the more accurate maps ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
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Map of Poland, which at the time, included, Lithuania and parts of ther Ukraine. Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the eighteenth century and the more ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
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Map of European Russia, divided into its regions. Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the eighteenth century and the more accurate maps of the nineteenth ...
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 35 / 11 x 14
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 35 / 11 x 14
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Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the eighteenth century and the more accurate maps of the nineteenth century
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
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Map of Scandinavia, with inset of Iceland.Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the eighteenth century and the more accurate maps of the nineteenth century
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
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Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the eighteenth century and the more accurate maps of the nineteenth century
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
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Map of Turkey, and lands around the eastern Black Sea, Syria and the valley of the Euphrates to the Persian Gulf. Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
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Map of Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania. Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the eighteenth century and the more accurate maps of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11
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VERTUE, George
A handsome view of the interior and exterior of St. Thomas Chapel on the old London Bridge. At centre of the engraving is a view of ‘London bridge as it was first built in 1209’. The lower third of the plate contains a history of the bridge set in an emblematic architectural frame. In the days ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 54 / 19½ x 21½
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BEKEN, Frank
From the Beken archive, carefully printed by hand using the original glass plate wherever possible. It is then Sepia-brown toned, retouched and titled. Frank Beken was born in Canterbury, England in 1880. His father Alfred was a chemist and photographer. In 1888 the family moved to the Isle of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64.5 x 54 / 25½ x 21½
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FULLER, Thomas
Egypt fairly fancifully represented. Decorative cartouche. Various biblical scenes on map. Arms of Henrico Nevile at lower left. “From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very popular. Perhaps the one with the most quaint ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 28 / 13 x 11
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FULLER, Thomas
Map of the coast and hinterland of Sidon and Tyre. Coat of Arms and dedication to ‘Leonardo Gleane’, scale cartouche, with Neptune riding a satyr. Sheild of the Tribe of Assher at top left. Dramatic biblical scenes represented on map. “ From the seventeenth century onwards various works were ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 28 / 13 x 11
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BEKEN, Frank
From the Beken archive, carefully printed by hand using the original glass plate wherever possible. It is then Sepia-brown toned, retouched and titled. Frank Beken was born in Canterbury, England in 1880. His father Alfred was a chemist and photographer. In 1888 the family moved to the Isle of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 64.5 / 21½ x 25½
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HOGARTH, William
Thomas Bambridge was a warder at the Fleet prison who was tried for cruelty to prisoners. In this print, a pitiable prisoner kneels in front of a committee of bewigged gentlemen. Bambridge is to the left of the print. Hogarth’s father was imprisoned in the Fleet prison for debt, which made him ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½
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HOGARTH, William
Thomas Bambridge was a warder at the Fleet prison who was tried for cruelty to prisoners. In this print, a pitiable prisoner kneels in front of a committee of bewigged gentlemen. Bambridge is to the left of the print. Hogarth’s father was imprisoned in the Fleet prison for debt, which made him ...
Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 42 / 22 x 16½
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Beautiful street map of part of the city of London, from London Wall south to Cornhill. Three vignettes of churches- St Bartholomew ‘behind ye Royal Exchange,’ St Bennet Finch and St Christopher’s in Threadneedle Street. Coats of arms of Thomas Rawlinson and Francis Cockayne, to whom there is an ...
Dimensions (W x H): 47.5 x 35.5 / 18½ x 14
Dimensions (W x H): 47.5 x 35.5 / 18½ x 14
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SPEED, John
A beautiful map of Buckinghamshire from Speed’s Theatre. Inset plans of the market towns of Buckingham and Redding, the latter being a strange choice given that it lies in the county of Berkshire - an indication that the other market towns in Buckinghamshire were not large or prosperous. ...
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38 / 19½ x 15
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BLAEU, Joan
An attractive map of Kent by the famous Dutch cartographer Blaeu. This English county map is highly decorative with figurative cartouches and heraldic family coats of arms as well as ships on the sea. The map is very detailed and gives many placenames, smaller villages or settlements. Rivers, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 38 / 21 x 15
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BEKEN, Frank
From the Beken archive, carefully printed by hand using the original glass plate wherever possible. It is then Sepia-brown toned, retouched and titled. Frank Beken was born in Canterbury, England in 1880. His father Alfred was a chemist and photographer. In 1888 the family moved to the Isle of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 64.5 / 21½ x 25½
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
The map is in two parts, north and south, they are both of equal size. The northern map has a decorated cartouche, and shows the north of white Russia, and part of the arctic coast, reaches as far south as ‘Petersbourg’. The southern map stretches to the northern tip of the Black Sea, the Volga ...
Dimensions (W x H): 66 x 50 / 26 x 19½
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DELISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
The map is in two parts, north and south, they are both of equal size. The northern map has a decorated cartouche, and shows the north of white Russia, and part of the arctic coast, reaches as far south as the Principality of Galicz. The southern map stretches to the northern tip of the Black Sea, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 66 x 50 / 26 x 19½
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
An interesting map of north east Africa, with plenty of information, mostly very speculative about the interior of Africa- its people, regions and kingdoms.The plates were originally made by De l’Isle around 1700. Covens and Mortimer reissued them in the Atlas Novissimo (1730-40). Phillipe Buache, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 61 x 49 / 24 x 19½
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
Fine elaborate cartouche, although the title suggest a map of Denmark, this handsome map shows the northern halves of Sweden, Norway and Finland. The plates were originally made by De l’Isle around 1700. Covens and Mortimer reissued them in the Atlas Novissimo (1730-40). Phillipe Buache, de ...
Dimensions (W x H): 62 x 45 / 24½ x 17½
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
Ornamental cartouche, seven different national scales, a good clear map showing the regions of Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. The plates were originally made by De l’Isle around 1700. Covens and Mortimer reissued them in the Atlas Novissimo (1730-40). Phillipe Buache, de l’Isle’s successor, and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 62 x 47.5 / 24½ x 18½
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
Elaborate cartouche of strapwork surrounded by marine and mythical figures, secondary simpler cartouche contains three scales. A large clear map of present day Holland. The plates were originally made by De l’Isle around 1700. Covens and Mortimer reissued them in the Atlas Novissimo (1730-40). ...
Dimensions (W x H): 61 x 47 / 24 x 18½
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Handsome sea chart from the German cartographer Johann Baptiste Homann, who was the Imperial Geographer of the Holy Roman Empire and a dominant map publisher in Germany in the eighteenth century. After Homann's death the business was carried on by his son until his death in 1730 whereupon the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 58.5 x 49 / 23 x 19½
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ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Didier
A detailed map of the British Isles with roads taken from Thomas Kitchin’s map. There is an inset showing the Orkney and Shetland Isles
Dimensions (W x H): 71.8 x 53.6 / 28½ x 21
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BURGESS, Walter. W.
Beautiful etching signed by the artist of this famous London address. Limited to 110 only. Now number 24, this was originally Thomas Carlyle’s house, who was a Scottish essayist, satirist and historian who was very influential in the Victorian era. Framed size 41.2 x 30.8 cm.
Dimensions (W x H): 25.5 x 13.5 / 10 x 5½
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FULLER, Thomas
Map of area between the Dead Sea and the Arabian Desert Sea. Various battle scenes represented on map, burning clouds, the tent of Job, armies on foot, burniong towns and herds of camels. Arms of ‘Henrico Barnard’ at top right. “From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 28 / 13 x 11
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the pigeon, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29 / 8½ x 11½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the pigeon, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the pigeon, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Print of a duck’s head (Fig.1) and 2 bones (Fig.2), the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29 / 8½ x 11½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the goose, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29 / 8½ x 11½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the duck, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the duck, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29 / 8½ x 11½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the duck, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the duck, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the duck, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the ducks, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29 / 8½ x 11½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the diver, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the diver, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29 / 8½ x 11½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the duck, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29 / 8½ x 11½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the diver, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the duck, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FULLER, Thomas
Map of the Sinai with the route taken out of Egypt, across the Red Sea and the Sinai by the Israelites. Coat of arms at top right with dedication to ‘Johanni Tailero. “ From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 28 / 13 x 11
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HOUBRAKEN, Jacobus
Edward Montagu, the son of the Earl of Manchester, was born in 1602. A member of the royal court, Montagu was given the title, Baron Montagu of Kimbolton in 1626.Portrait within an oval frame, below which lies two cherubs over a coat of arms.
Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 35.5 / 8.7 x 14
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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): 17.5 x 26.5 / 7 x 10½
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FULLER, Thomas
Very decorative map of the land of the Tribe of Ephraim, from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean. Coat of arms of Epraim at top right. Dedication to, and arms of ‘Guilelmo Crane’ at lower left, decorated scale at lower centre. Biblical scenes represented on map. “ From the seventeenth century ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 28 / 13 x 11
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BEKEN, Frank
From the Beken archive, carefully printed by hand using the original glass plate wherever possible. It is then Sepia-brown toned, retouched and titled. Frank Beken was born in Canterbury, England in 1880. His father Alfred was a chemist and photographer. In 1888 the family moved to the Isle of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64.5 x 54 / 25½ x 21½
£195
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BEKEN, Frank
From the Beken archive, carefully printed by hand using the original glass plate wherever possible. It is then Sepia-brown toned, retouched and titled. Frank Beken was born in Canterbury, England in 1880. His father Alfred was a chemist and photographer. In 1888 the family moved to the Isle of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64.5 x 54 / 25½ x 21½
£195
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FULLER, Thomas
Map of Galilee, with Mount Carmel at left and the Sea of Galilee to the right. Scale at lower right. Arms of ‘Rogero Vivion’at top left. Biblical scenes represented on map. “From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 28 / 13 x 11
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FULLER, Thomas
Various biblical and battle scenes are shown on the map. Shield of Gad at lower left. Arms of ‘Hugoni Windham’ on top border. “ From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very popular. Perhaps the one with the most quaint and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 28 / 13 x 11
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FULLER, Thomas
Map of Gilead to the northeast of the Sea of Galilee. Scale at lower right. Shield of Manasseh and arms of ‘ Richardo Pigot’ at top left. Biblical scenes represented on map “From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 28 / 13 x 11
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FULLER, Thomas
Map of the land of the tribes of Zebulon, Issachar and Manasses, from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean. Dramatic biblical scenes represented on map. Shield of the Tribe of Issachar left of centre lower edge. “ From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 28 / 13 x 11
£400
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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 50.5 / 11 x 20
£400
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
Attractive ornamental cartouche, Two secondary cartouches, one containing nine scales, the other is an ‘ Avertissement’ explaining the depiction of the German provinces and enclaves. The map not only shows Germany, but also the Low Countries, Switzerland, Austria parts of Poland and Hungary. The ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½
£120
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SANSON HEIRS
Highly decorative map of Israel - The kingdom of Herod, and how its regions were divided up between Herod’s 3 sons. There are two cartouches, both with deorated with vegetation and baroque ornamentation, Inset view of a figure (presumably Herod,) giving orders to builders
Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 33.5 / 15½ x 13
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BLAEU, Joan
A fine and highly decorative map of Lancastershire by the famous Dutch cartographer Blaeu. This English county map with figurative title cartouche is ornated with heraldic family coats of arms and a cherub. The map is very detailed and gives many placenames, smaller villages or settlements. Rivers, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 40 / 20 x 15½
£330
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KIP, Johannes
This print of Thomas Norwood’s seat at Leckhampton is a wonderful example of Johannes Kip's work. Architectural elements are rendered with great care and detail; and the surrounding formal gardens and distant nature are illustrated with luxurious fullness. It was originally produced for the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 35 / 16½ x 14
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VERTUE, George
Beautiful engraving of Henry Stuart Darnley’s parents and son, in front of his tomb, praying. The son, James, became James the Ist of England, James VIth of Scotland. At lower left is an inset picture of the Battle of Carberry Hill. Title and text in Latin along lower edge. Engraved from a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 58 x 44 / 23 x 17½
£195
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FULLER, Thomas
Land of the Tribe of Manesseh, from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean. Coat of arms of Manasseh at lower right. Dedication to and arms of ‘Guilelmo Parker’ at lower left, decorated scale at lower centre. Biblical scenes represented on map. “ From the seventeenth century onwards various works ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 28 / 13 x 11
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FULLER, Thomas
Elegant map of the land to the north west of the Sea of Galilee. The shield of ‘Napthali’ at top right. Dedication to and coat of arms of ‘Thomae Bowyer,’ at top left. “ From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 28 / 13 x 11
£145
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BEKEN, Frank
From the Beken archive, printed digitally in Sepia-brown. Frank Beken was born in Canterbury, England in 1880. His father Alfred was a chemist and photographer. In 1888 the family moved to the Isle of Wight. The company "Beken & Son Ltd." was born and Frank was soon seen afloat in a dinghy, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 64.5 / 21½ x 25½
£900
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BLAEU, Johannes
An extremely handsome map of Oxfordshire by the famous Dutch cartographer Blaeu. Dutch text to verso. This English county map is highly decorative with figurative title cartouche of two scholars. Royal arms and nineteen other coats of arms of the colleges down the two sides of the map. The map is ...
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38 / 19½ x 15
£475
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
This detailed and beautifully engraved map of the French/Italian Mediterranean coast from Nice to Montferrat, has no cartouche- the title is written in the top border, 3 scales, inset map at lower right of Nice.The plates were originally made by De l’Isle around 1700. Covens and Mortimer reissued ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½
£110
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.
A striking scene showing the author’s own reception in the palatial home of Hassan Tchaousch-Oglou. The host and his son sit imposingly beside their two guests, in a raised part of the room. They are attended by servants offering them refreshments, and a large host of onlookers. In 1776 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 25.5 / 14½ x 10
£195
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FULLER, Thomas
Map of the Land of the Tribe of Reuben, where the River Jordan meets the Dead Sea. Dramatic biblical scenes represented on map. Shield of the Tribe of Reuben at centre left. “ From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 28 / 13 x 11
£295
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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): 25 x 30.5 / 10 x 12
£50
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HOUBRAKEN, Jacobus
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, statesman, spymaster and minister to Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. He played the major role in arranging James I to become king in 1603. Portrait within an oval frame, below with an anchor and a scale over a drape.
Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 36 / 9 x 14
£750
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BLAEU, Joan and Cornelius
From the Atlas of Joan and Cornelius Blaeu. Fine map based on the travel notes by Isaac Massa (1586-1643), a Dutch merchant who repeatedly travelled to Russia. The data collected by Massa was widely used by many Dutch printers and cartographers of that period. It covers the southern part of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 39 / 21 x 15½
£120
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BLAEU, Johannes
Decorative map of the northern portion of Russia, between Lake Ladoga and the Ural mountain range, with Nova Zemlya still incomplete. The scale cartouche depicts hunters and their prey, including a bear, deer and arctic fox. Joan (John) Bleau (1596-1673) was a son of a famous Dutch cartographer, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 42 / 21½ x 16½
£375
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BLAEU, Johannes
An attractive map of the Savoie region in the Alps. Savoie is bounded by Geneva, Grenoble, the Piemont and southern Switzerland, including Mont Blanc, St. Anton, Val D'Isre and a number of other famous ski resorts near the French, Swiss and Italian borders. Notes cities, towns, mountains, valleys, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38 / 19½ x 15
£195
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BEKEN, Frank
From the Beken archive, carefully printed by hand using the original glass plate wherever possible. It is then Sepia-brown toned, retouched and titled. Frank Beken was born in Canterbury, England in 1880. His father Alfred was a chemist and photographer. In 1888 the family moved to the Isle of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64.5 x 54 / 25½ x 21½
£195
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FULLER, Thomas
Map of the land of Simeon, present day Gaza. Biblical scenes represented on map. Arms of ‘Wilhelmo Honywood’ at lower right, decorated scale with two babies holding dividers. “From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 28 / 13 x 11
£195
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HOUBRAKEN, Jacobus
A fine engraving of Thomas More, chiefly remembered for his principled refusal to accept King Henry VIII's claim to be supreme head of the Church of England. Portrait within an oval frame
Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 36 / 9 x 14
£45
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HOUBRAKEN, Jacobus
Edward Montagu, the son of the Earl of Manchester, was born in 1602. A member of the royal court, Montagu was given the title, Baron Montagu of Kimbolton in 1626.Portrait within an oval frame, below which lies two cherubs over a coat of arms.
Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 36 / 9 x 14
£120
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.
A lovely pair of engravings showing natives in their traditional costume. Obtaining the top one of Albanian soldiers, presented a challenge for Choiseul-Gouffier because of the Islamic prohibition of images. Indeed one of the soldiers told him that “for all the gold in the world, he would not ...
Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
£600
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BLAEU, Joan
A fine and attractive map of Somersetshire by the famous Dutch cartographer Blaeu. This English county map is highly decorative with figurative cartouches and heraldic family coats of arms as well as ships on the sea. The map is very detailed and gives many placenames, smaller villages or ...
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38 / 19½ x 15
£575
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe
A handsome map of southern Scandinavia, showing the south of Finland, Sweden and Norway, and the whole of Denmark.The plates were originally made by De l’Isle around 1700. Covens and Mortimer reissued them in the Atlas Novissimo (1730-40). Phillipe Buache, de l’Isle’s successor, and son in law ...
Dimensions (W x H): 62 x 49 / 24½ x 19½
£260
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Anon
Beautiful engraving of St. Thomas’s Hospital, Southwark, looking west across three courtyards, with the tower of St. Thomas Church at right. Doctors in deep discussion stroll through the courtyards. St. Thomas Hospitalwas moved to its present site in Lambeth in 1859. The Old Operating Theatre and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 32.5 / 8 x 13
£620
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JANSSON, Jan
Johannes Janssonius (1588 - 1664), more familiarly known as Jan Jansson, was a Dutch cartographer who produced his first maps of France and Italy in 1616 and continued from then onwards publishing a large number of maps which were almost comparable to Blaeu in quality. During the 1630s he went into ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 38 / 19½ x 15
£250
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VERTUE, George
Two views of the Under Chapell of St. Thomas on London Bridge. The upper view, is from the east to the west, the lower view shows the south side. A banner along the lower edge says ‘Represents the Manner and form of this rare Piece of Ancient Architecture, thus drawn and transmitted to Posterity ...
Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 53 / 19 x 21
£250
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Anon.
A small and detailed map of the island of Minorca, with inset plan of ‘The Harbour of Mahon and St. Philips Castle’ at lower left. Almost identical to Cumberledge’s map of the same title, and stylistically very close to the work of English mapmaker Thomas Kitchin.
Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 17.5 / 8½ x 7
£195
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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): 26 x 37.5 / 10 x 15
£395
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CAMPBELL, COLEN
From Colen Campbell's "Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect" Vitruvius Britannicus is one of the great eighteenth-century English architectural works. It illustrates, in a way, the social revolution that occured in the first half of the 18th century under the governance of Robert ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 25 / 19½ x 10
£175
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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): 19.5 x 27 / 7½ x 10½
£95
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HOUBRAKEN, Jacobus
A fine engraving of Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to King Henry VIII whom he advised on his divorce from Catherine of Aragon. Portrait within an oval frame with a scene of Cromwell presenting a picture of Anne Boleyn to the King.
Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 36 / 9 x 14
£50
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HOUBRAKEN, Jacobus
A fine engraving of Thomas Fairfax. 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron was a general and parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War.
Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 36 / 9 x 14
£155
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Thomas Maurice
A view of Richmond from across the Thames, still showing the Tudor palace where Elizabeth I died. Thomas Maurice was Assistant Librarian at the British Museum, and an orientalist scholar.
Dimensions (W x H): 44.3 x 29.7 / 17½ x 11½
£800
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THRUPP, Theodore E.
Spectacular view of mid-nineteenth century Istanbul, from Galata looking across to the Seraglio Point and the centre of the city, with Scutari beyond, and the Bridge of Boats in the lower right. Sailing ships and paddle steamers are shown in the Golden Horn. A rare and splendid lithograph engraved ...
Dimensions (W x H): 68.5 x 41 / 27 x 16
£1200
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BLAEU, Joan
An elaborately decorated map of Wales, with coloured cartouches with cherubs and seven coloured armorial and royal shields, three sailing ships in the Irish Sea. From Vol. V of the Dutch language edition of Blaeu's Atlas Major, with Dutch text on verso. Hand-coloured in outline and wash. Joan ...
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38.5 / 19½ x 15
£550
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BEKEN, Frank
From the Beken archive, carefully printed by hand using the original glass plate wherever possible. It is then Sepia-brown toned, retouched and titled. Frank Beken was born in Canterbury, England in 1880. His father Alfred was a chemist and photographer. In 1888 the family moved to the Isle of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 52.5 x 63.5 / 20½ x 25
£550
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BEKEN, Frank
From the Beken archive, carefully printed by hand using the original glass plate wherever possible. It is then Sepia-brown toned, retouched and titled. Frank Beken was born in Canterbury, England in 1880. His father Alfred was a chemist and photographer. In 1888 the family moved to the Isle of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 64.5 / 21½ x 25½
£195
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BEKEN, Frank
From the Beken archive, carefully printed by hand using the original glass plate wherever possible. It is then Sepia-brown toned, retouched and titled. Frank Beken was born in Canterbury, England in 1880. His father Alfred was a chemist and photographer. In 1888 the family moved to the Isle of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64.5 x 54 / 25½ x 21½
£175
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BEKEN, Frank
From the Beken archive, carefully printed by hand using the original glass plate wherever possible. It is then Sepia-brown toned, retouched and titled. Frank Beken was born in Canterbury, England in 1880. His father Alfred was a chemist and photographer. In 1888 the family moved to the Isle of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64.5 x 54 / 25½ x 21½
£195
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BEKEN, Frank
From the Beken archive, carefully printed by hand using the original glass plate wherever possible. It is then Sepia-brown toned, retouched and titled. Frank Beken was born in Canterbury, England in 1880. His father Alfred was a chemist and photographer. In 1888 the family moved to the Isle of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 64.5 / 21½ x 25½
£350
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FILDES, Sir Luke
Proof Before Title of magnificent standing portrait of Queen Alexandra in full regalia by Luke Fildes, one of the most respected portrait painters of the late nineteenth century.The plate was engraved by Platt. Earlier in his career Fildes was an artist of social concern, and chosen by Charles ...
Dimensions (W x H): 85 x 58 / 33½ x 23
£95
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MOULE, Thomas
Borders in black and white. Right margin cropped
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 25 / 8 x 10
£120
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£265
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KITCHIN, Thomas
A detailed map of the eastern part of the Roman Empire from Italy south to the Red Sea. Title in simple cartouche at bottom right, scales on the left.
Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 33 / 18 x 13
£120
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KITCHIN, Thomas
A detailed map of the eastern part of the Roman Empire from Italy south to the Red Sea. Title in simple cartouche at bottom right, scales on the left.
Dimensions (W x H): 43.5 x 41 / 17 x 16
£450
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BLAIR, Rev John
A clear, detailed map of the Caribbean islands and Central