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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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AA, Pieter van der.
Pieter van der Aa was apprenticed to a bookseller at the age of nine, and set up in business as a publisher at the age of 23. Over the following 50 years he produced a huge amount of Atlases and Ilustrated books. Les Delice de la Grand Bretagne, with text by his fellow Dutchman, James Beeverell, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 15.5 x 12.5 / 6 x 5
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SWANSTON, G.H.
/ PETERMANN, Augustus
Two maps on one sheet: One showing the Aral Sea, and the other showing Kamchatka. There are three vignettes to the left depicting the Kirghiz people from near the Aral Sea, and three vignettes of Kamchatkan life to the right. Below the maps is a view of ‘Petropaulovski’, a port in Kamchatka.
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 23.5 / 11 x 9½
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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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GOOSSEN, A.
The wonderful print is from a Dutch work on hardy bulbous plants, “Florilegium Harlemense”, first edited in the Netherlands in 1901. The book belongs to the finest botanical works of its time, and it is beautifully decorated by a famous Brussels flower painter A. Goossen.
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 34 / 11 x 13½
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MOLL, Herman
A clear map of what is now Ethiopia. Library stamp just visible on right side. Some off-setting.
Dimensions (W x H): 25.8 x 17.9 / 10 x 7
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.
Dimensions (W x H): 29.5 x 25 / 11½ x 10
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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
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JOHNSTON, W. & A. K.
An interesting map of the continent showing the routes of Colonel Mitchell and Mr Cunningham in red and green respectively. Annotations of the discoveries of different areas with dates. Bordered title with scale below and further notes on where and when the major settlements were established.
Dimensions (W x H): 60 x 49.5 / 23½ x 19½
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.
Dimensions (W x H): 29.5 x 25 / 11½ x 10
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SWANSTON, G. H.
A detailed and interesting map of Canada including parts of the United States. From Lake Huron in the west to New Brunswick in the east and Pennsylvania in the south to the ‘Supposed Northern Boundary’ in the north.
Dimensions (W x H): 52.5 x 42 / 20½ x 16½
£120
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 29.5 / 10 x 11½
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BARTHOLOMEW, J.
Three detailed maps on one sheet - “London, Metropolitan Burghs and Southern & Eastern Environs”, “Estuary of the Thames and the Medway”, and “Portland”. Fullarton’s Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography was the last highly decorative atlas published in England, and the maps are much sought ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 41.5 / 11½ x 16½
£175
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.
Dimensions (W x H): 29.5 x 25 / 11½ x 10
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.
Dimensions (W x H): 29.5 x 25 / 11½ x 10
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.
A pair of pretty engravings of scenes from two of the Cyclades islands. The top one shows two women, a toddler and a baby in a domestic scene on Sifnos. The bottom shows a lovely view from the sea of Sikinos. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13
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BARTHOLOMEW, John
A decorative and detailed plate with seven maps. The upper six small maps are all French ports. The large lower map is of Paris and its surrounding fortifications. Title at upper centre. Fullarton’s Royal Illustrated Atlas was one of the finest illustrated atlases of its day, and the maps are now ...
Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 46.5 / 12 x 18½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Map of the ancient world around the Mediterranean. An inset map at lower left of the Nile delta and the Sinai shows the routes of the wanderings of the Israelites after they escaped from Egypt. Illustrated cartouche at top right. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 19.5 / 11 x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Celestial globe on ornamented stand. 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 mathematical and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 12.5 x 18 / 5 x 7
£145
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 29.5 / 10 x 11½
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.
Dimensions (W x H): 29.5 x 25 / 11½ x 10
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Hungary which at the time extended from the Adraiatic to the Black Sea, and included present day Romania, Bulgaria, and most of the former Yugoslavia. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 17.5 / 9½ x 7
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GRAY, Frank A.
Handsome map of Indiana, showing the extent of development in the late nineteenth-century- the counties are shown, the area is well settled and connected with an extensive network of railroads.
Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 65 / 15½ x 25½
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SHAW, Dr. Norton
A highly detailed and informative map with inset of Nagasaki at bottom right. Along the top from left to right, a scene of Japanese Noblemen and Fishermen, a view of the Port of Simoneseke, and a scene of Japanese Women of the Higher and Lower Class.
Dimensions (W x H): 30.5 x 45 / 12 x 17½
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BARTHOLOMEW, John
A decorative and detailed plate. The main map shows the Japanese Islands and adjacent mainland Asia, including Korea, Manchuria and the Island of Sakhalin. There is an inset map of Nagasaki at lower right. Above the map, and below the title, there are three vignettes- The Port of Simoneke, flanked ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 46.4 / 12½ x 18½
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BARTHOLOMEW, John
A decorative and detailed plate. The main map shows the Japanese Islands and adjacent mainland Asia, including Korea, Manchuria and the Island of Sakhalin. There is an inset map of Nagasaki at lower right. Above the map, and below the title, there are three vignettes- The Port of Simoneke, flanked ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 46.4 / 12½ x 18½
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Magnificent panoramic view of the Conference between Spain and France on November 7th 1659. Title on ribbon at top, annotations at top right. This finely detailed engraving shows the French and Spanish delegations meeting on an island in a river in the Pyrenees where Cardinal Mazarin negotiated ...
Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 45 / 21½ x 17½
Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 45 / 21½ x 17½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Handsome map of southern Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. 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 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 19 / 9½ x 7½
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SANSON, Nicolas
Handsome two part map of these South East Asian Islands. Each part with its own cartouche. 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 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 19 / 9½ x 7½
£145
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.
Dimensions (W x H): 29.5 x 25 / 11½ x 10
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DE FER, Nicolas
The lower half of this attractive engraving shows a map of the fortifications of Lisbon. The upper half has two views- To the left, the ‘Palais Royal de Lisbonne’, and to the right, ‘Le Chateau de Belem’.
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 24 / 13 x 9½
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Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 26 / 18 x 10
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WYNGRERDE, A.
Priced as a pair.
Dimensions (W x H): 86 x 40 / 34 x 15½
£145
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 29.5 / 10 x 11½
£110
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 29.5 / 10 x 11½
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£110
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Two plates on one page. Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.
Dimensions (W x H): 29.5 x 25 / 11½ x 10
£165
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after. With pasted on slip reading ‘Old Gate of Magdalen College’, according to Abbey, the first state of this plate.
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 29.5 / 10 x 11½
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SWANSTON, G. H.
A detailed map of Newfoundland and mainland Canada as well as islands just off the mainland. From New Brunswick in the west to the Avalon peninsula in the east and the Strait of Belle-Isle in the north to Sable island in the south.
Dimensions (W x H): 52.5 x 43 / 20½ x 17
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Morocco, the Saharan hinterland, and the Canary Islands. Handsome title cartouche at top left. 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. ...
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 17 / 11 x 6½
£110
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Two plates on one page. Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.
Dimensions (W x H): 29.5 x 25 / 11½ x 10
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BARTHOLOMEW, J
Seven detailed maps on one sheet. The ports and harbours of Holyhead, Fleetwood, Silloth, Liverpool, Whitehaven and Lancaster, and a town plan of Liverpool with Birkenhead. Fullarton’s Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography was the last highly decorative atlas published in England, and the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 46 / 11½ x 18
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BARTHOLOMEW, J, and SWANSTON, G. H.
Seven detailed maps on one sheet. The ports and harbours of Milford Haven (with inset of Pembroke Dock), Bristol Channel, Swansea, Cardiff, Newport Dock, Fishguard Bay, and a town plan of Bristol. Fullarton’s Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography was the last highly decorative atlas ...
Dimensions (W x H): 30.5 x 42.5 / 12 x 16½
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BARTHOLOMEW, J. /SWANSTON, G.H.
This beautiful plate contains two maps - the upper map the islands of the Azores, the lower map shows Madeira. Both maps are surrounded by vignettes and views of the Azores and Madeira. Fullarton’s Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography was the last highly decorative atlas published in ...
Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 46 / 12 x 18
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BARTHOLOMEW, J. /SWANSTON, G.H.
This beautiful plate contains two maps - the upper map shows the islands of the Azores, the lower map Madeira. Both maps are surrounded by vignettes and views of the Azores and Madeira. Fullarton’s Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography was the last highly decorative atlas published in ...
Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 46 / 12 x 18
£165
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.
Dimensions (W x H): 29.5 x 25 / 11½ x 10
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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
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Zaire. 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 founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 19.5 / 10 x 7½
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BARTHOLOMEW, J
Simple and clear map of the Dutch possessions in South East Asia.
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 29 / 16 x 11½
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BARTHOLOMEW, J
Simple and clear map of the Dutch possessions in South East Asia.
Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 29 / 16 x 11½
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SANSON, Nicolas
An armillary sphere perused by three scholars at a table. 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 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 12.5 x 17.5 / 5 x 7
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Fraser, A.
Titled proof of William Greatbach’s engraving of Fraser’s painting of a gentleman buying oyster’s from a poor family.
Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 22 / 12 x 8½
£120
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 29.5 / 10 x 11½
£245
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SANSON, Nicolas
Attractive map of Turkey and surrounding lands, from Greece to the Caspian Sea and south to Arabian border. 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 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 19 / 9½ x 7½
£185
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after. According to Abbey, this is the second state.
Dimensions (W x H): 29.5 x 25 / 11½ x 10
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BESSA, Pancrace
/ Duhamel Du Monceau
Duhamel du Monceau was one of the outstanding botanists and horticulturists of the 18th century. Redouté and his pupil Bessa were to draw all the images for this great work. Both artists studied under Gerald von Spaendonck, the great flower painter of France's Le Jardin du Roi. To produce the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 30.5 / 9 x 12
£175
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A. Pugin
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf
Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.
Dimensions (W x H): 29.5 x 25 / 11½ x 10
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PETERMANN, Augustus Herman
A highly detailed and informative plate. Two maps one showing Peru and Bolivia, the other showing Chile. The whole surrounded with vignettes depicting local views, costumes etc
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 46.4 / 12½ x 18½
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Self portrait of Spare with imagery of satyrs and nude. Inscribed and signed by the artist below the image ‘Nemesis’ A. O. Spare.