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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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...Babar va chez le photographe
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean


Scene showing Babar having his photograph taken.

Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 31 / 10 x 12

£95
‘Behold Celestville...'
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DE BRUNHOFF, Laurent


Scene showing Celestville.

Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 35 / 20 x 14

£145
‘Here they are back at Celestville...'
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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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‘Real war is dangerous…'
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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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‘The Pilot of the Aeroplane soon felt the weight…'
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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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‘Viola le camp des rhinoceros…'
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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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‘When he had got over his fright...’
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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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1. Globe Terrestre & Globe Celeste. 2. Le Nom de Systeme. Sphere.
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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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ANNE, DUC DE MONTMORENCI
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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

£500
LA POLOGNE Dressée sur ce qu’en ont donné Starovolsk, Beauplan, Hartnoch, et autres Auteur Ractifiee par les Observations d’Hevelius etc.
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume and BUACHE, Philippe


A handsome and detailed map of Poland, that covers modern day Poland, Lithuania and parts of the Ukraine and Belarus. Ornamental cartouche at lower left.

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½

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La Sphere Artificielle
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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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MONS. DE PIENNE L’AINE
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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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Patisserie
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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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THE ESCURIAL.
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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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Untitled Babar scene. ‘A peine installee, toute la famille...’
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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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Untitled Babar scene. ‘Ah! Malheureux que je suis!...’
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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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Untitled Babar scene. ‘Arthur est alle se promener...’
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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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Untitled Babar scene. ‘En longeant le bord de la riviere...’
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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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Untitled Babar scene. ‘Et voici le pont d’hippopotames...’
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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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Untitled Babar scene. ‘Hourra! Bravo! Qu’on le porte en triomphe!...’
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean


Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½

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Untitled Babar scene. ‘Ils rencontrent le proffeseur Marabout...’
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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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Untitled Babar scene. ‘La course a commence...’
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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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Untitled Babar scene. ‘Le soir, on mange le vilain poisson...’
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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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Untitled Babar scene. ‘Les dromadaires lui ont repondu de faire leur provision d’eau...’
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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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Untitled Babar scene. ‘Mais il faut tout de meme partir...’
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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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Untitled Babar scene. ‘Pendant que son ami leve l’ancre...’
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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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Untitled Babar scene. ‘Roi des oiseaux, dit Babar, bravo pour votre installation!...’
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean


Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½

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Untitled Babar scene. ‘Voici la gare de Celesteville...’
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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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Untitled Babar scene. “La baleine n’est pas revenue.”
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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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Untitled Babar scene. “Laissant le ballon abime sur la plage”.
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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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Untitled Babar scene. “The whale never came back.”
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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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Untitled Babar scene. Babar in bed.
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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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Untitled Babar scene. Making fire and drying clothes.
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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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Untitled Babar scene. Skiing Babar
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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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Untitled Babar scene. The old lady helping Babar to pack.
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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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Untitled Babar scene. Watching a whale from the shore.
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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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Untitled Circus Scene
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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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Untitled scene of Babar in the gardens of the Palace of Pleasure
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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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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A very pretty pair of black and white engravings. On the left is a domestic scene depicting the island’s Bourgeoisie - a woman sits knitting with her older daughter on one side and her baby asleep in a cradle on the other. On the right two servants from the island are shown on a hill overlooking ...

Dimensions (W x H): 33.5 x 21 / 13 x 8½

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A beautifully detailed view of an encampment around a watering hole in the desert. The scene throngs with men, camels and horses. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 25 / 14½ x 10

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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A pair of attractive maps, one above the other, showing this area around the Attica mountains near to Athens. The top map of the pair is a contemporary map with landmarks labelled in French. The bottom map shows the same area in classical times, with key historical sites picked out, labelled in ...

Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 37.5 / 10 x 15

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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


Intrepid cavers gather with their torches and ropes ready to go into the grotto in this lovely scene. Stock number 6841 shows the interior of the same grotto. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 24.5 / 14½ x 9½

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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A pair of pretty engravings of scenes from Santorini. The top one shows two women in a house sitting talking. The bottom is a view of a village looking out to sea. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

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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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A charming rural scene showing a cottage and a group of women with their children, surrounded by birds and three pigs. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the Greek ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 24.5 / 14½ x 9½

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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A lovely pair of engravings of islanders. The top showing two men, a woman and child by the sea in Naxos, the bottom showing two women inside a house in Tine. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 33.5 / 9 x 13

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HABITANS DE LA CARIE.
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


Four engravings on one plate showing citizens of ‘Carie’ on the Turkish mainland - three of armed men and the last of a woman. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 31 / 8 x 12

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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A very pretty view in which a group of travellers relax in the shade of a tree, some smoking hookahs. Their weapons are laid on the ground in front of them, and their horses graze behind them. In the background is the the town they are heading towards. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 25.5 / 14½ x 10

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JARDIN DE L’ILE DE SCIO.
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A beautiful scene of this verdant, luscious garden. A group of men chat and smoke hookahs in front of a mill driven by a horse. To the left of the picture two women and two children stand with three dogs playing in front of them. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 24.5 / 14½ x 9½

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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


An attractive map of the Ephesus plain in modern-day Turkey. The classical sites are shown in some detail and carefully labelled. Scale in top right corner and compass on right side. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I ...

Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 34.5 / 9 x 13½

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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


Map of the South Eastern part of Lesbos, around the port of Mytilene. Inset close up of port at top right. Scale and compass at bottom. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

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PLAN de l’ile de DELOS
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


Lovely map of the sacred Greek island of Delos. The mythical birthplace of Apollo and Artemis, this island is a vast archaeological site as Choiseul-Gouffier’s map shows: at the heart of the island are the ‘RUINES DE LA VILLE DE DELOS’ with all the various temples and buildings marked. Decorative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 34 / 8½ x 13½

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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


An attractive map of the Santorini Gulf and volcanic islands. Principal landmarks and features marked. Compass in bottom left corner and scale in bottom right. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 34 / 8½ x 13½

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Lovely map of the port. Decorative title cartouche in top left corner showing a cannon, sword, spears and banner. Compass in bottom right corner and scale in bottom left. Important buildings marked, hills shown in relief, and depths marked at sea. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 34 / 8½ x 13½

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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A pretty map of the port of St. Antoine on the island of Lemnos. Vineyards and agricultural land marked, depths at sea shown. Decorative title cartouche in bottom left showing an anchor. Scale and compass in bottom right. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 34 / 8½ x 13½

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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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A pair of attractive engravings, both show a group of travellers resting on their way to Bodrum. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the Greek islands, the coast of Asia ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 33.5 / 9 x 13

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Ruines d’un Temple à Euromus.
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A pretty scene in which locals gather around the ruined temple of Zeus at Euromus in modern-day Turkey. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the Greek islands, the coast ...

Dimensions (W x H): 34.5 x 21 / 13½ x 8½

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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


Charming view of Turkish villagers relaxing and playing music in front of the ruins of a Roman Temple. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the Greek islands, the coast ...

Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 25 / 15 x 10

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SOLDATS ALBANOIS. FEMMES DE L’ISLE DE L’ARGENTIERE.
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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

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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A lovely pair of black and white engravings. The top is a view of this temple near Bodrum in modern-day Turkey. The bottom, with accompanying scales, shows a plan of the temple’s layout and a detail of the top and a detail of the bottom of the columns. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21.5 x 34.5 / 8½ x 13½

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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A stunning picture of the country near Bodrum in modern-day Turkey. Locals sit around the ruined colonnaded tomb, smoking hookahs, whilst two men lead three camels up a hill to the right of the picture. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 21.5 / 14 x 8½

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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A fabulously intricate and lively scene, full of riders on horseback brandishing javelins. Fascinated onlookers gaze at the chaotic scene from a balcony to the right, whilst in the background a group of musicians play, their music surely drowned out by the din of the tournament! In 1776 ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37.5 x 25.5 / 15 x 10

£120
VESTIGES D’UN TEMPLE DE CYBELE vulgairement appellé  l’ecole d’HOMERE. FEMMES DE L’ILE DE SCIO.
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


The top engraving in this pair is a pretty view taken from the sea of a shore busy with fishermen - a mosque stands imposingly right by the sea, but little of the ruined temple to Cybele, the Goddess of fertility, remains despite the picture’s title. The bottom engraving shows three women from Scio ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 34 / 8½ x 13½

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Pretty view of a ruined aqueduct in mountainous scenery near Ephesus. Two camels and three men relax on the banks of the river in the foreground. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 24.5 / 14½ x 9½

£150
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A beautiful scene amidst the ruins of an ancient theatre, at Fethiye, Turkey, where four camels and their three owners rest. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37.5 x 25.5 / 15 x 10

£120
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A pair of beautiful engravings. The top one shows a group of cavers with their flaming torches in a cave serving as the entrance to a network underground on the Greek island of Milo. The bottom engraving shows an imposing white marble tomb by the sea on the neighbouring island of Sifnos, by the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 33 / 9 x 13

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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


View from Ephesus of an imposing ruined stone gateway, carved along the top with classical figures. Two men and their goats rest in front of it. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of ...

Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 21 / 14 x 8½

£175
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A lovely view from the sea, looking towards the beautiful Dodecanese island of Patmos. With a sailing ship and two rowing boats in the foreground. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of ...

Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 21 / 14 x 8½

£150
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A beautiful picture of the spectacular grotto at Antiparos. Impressive stalactite and stalagmite formations dominate the scene, whilst groups of men explore the cave holding flaming torches. Stock number 6855 shows the entrance to the same grotto. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 21 / 14 x 8½

£150
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A beautiful view with four sailing ships in the foreground, and the rugged, craggy shore of Santorini behind. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the Greek islands, the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 24.5 / 14½ x 9½

£175
VUE DE LA FONTAINE DE SCIO.
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A lovely view of locals gathering in groups around the fountain at Scio in Khios, Greece, with the town in the background. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the Greek ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 24.5 / 14½ x 9½

£95
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A pair of engravings - the top showing a group of travellers with their horses resting by the imposing mountain at St. Etienne. The bottom engraving shows details of two classical statues, a colonnade and part of a tomb. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 33.5 / 9 x 13

£175
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A beautiful view of this mountain above the Turkish town of Fethiye. The craggy mountain is interspersed with impressive, colonnaded tombs carved into the rock. In the foreground to the left three camels rest whilst two men near them converse and smoke hookahs, to the right another man leads two ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37.5 x 25 / 15 x 10

£175
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A handsome engraving of the townspeople of Kos gathered round an old stone fountain, in the shade of an enormous tree, maybe a figtree. A mosque is in the background. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage ...

Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 25 / 15 x 10

£150
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


Lovely view from the sea looking towards the town of Mytilene. The port is busy with sailing and rowing boats, while naked bathers take a dip to the right of the scene. Lighthouse in the centre right. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37.5 x 25 / 15 x 10

£175
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A beautiful view in which the town of Naxos stands to the right of the picture, sloping down to the shores of the sea, where there are three rowing boats and five naked women bathing. A group of men chat together on the shore to the right of the scene. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37.5 x 25 / 15 x 10

£120
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A lovely pair of engravings. The top shows a view of this island from the sea. The bottom shows inhabitants of the island - a woman with a spinning wheel with her daughters beside her and a cat at her feet. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

£150
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A very pretty view from the sea, looking towards the impressively mountainous island of Sifnos. Fishermen lay a net in the foreground, various sailing ships and smaller boats join them at sea. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 21.5 / 14 x 8½

£175
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A beautiful view of the Greek island of Syros. The picturesque town covers the slopes and summit of a hill in the background at the centre of the scene. The foreground shows the harbour with two sailing ships and smaller boats at anchor - their crews variously busy with tasks or relaxing and ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 25 / 14½ x 10

£175
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A spectacular view of Russian battleships laying siege to the Greek fortress town of Coron. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the Greek islands, the coast of Asia ...

Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 21.5 / 14 x 8½

£120
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A lovely pair of views from the sea. The top of the volcanic islands of Santorini, and the bottom of San-Nicolo. Sailing and rowing boats in both. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

£150
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A beautiful view of the ruins at Milet, once an important Ionian port, in Western Turkey. In the foreground, a group of men sit on the banks of the Meandre gazing across at the ruins in the distance. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 25 / 15 x 10

£175
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A view from across the water to this pretty town in the northwest of Crete. Fishermen work on the shore and in their boats in the foreground. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their ...

Dimensions (W x H): 36.5 x 24 / 14½ x 9½

£150
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A charming view of this picturesque town in the northwest of Crete. The town nestles on the shore across the bay, with hills towering behind it. In the foreground, a group of men push a boat out to sea. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 34 x 21 / 13½ x 8½

£150
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


The monastery stands on a hill in the background of this pretty view. In the central foreground a traveller encounters a priest, whilst to the left his companions sit, one of them sketching the monastery that towers before them. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 26 / 15½ x 10

£175
VUE DU PORT DE SCIO
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


In the foreground the port is busy with sailing and fishing boats in this beautifully detailed scene. On the shore in the background stands the town with its many turrets, and behind that mountains stretch away. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37.5 x 25 / 15 x 10

£120
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.


A pair of contrasting scenes from Patmos, in the Dodecanese. The top shows the imposing interior of the Church of the Apocalypse, which enshrines the sacred grotto where St John received and accounted his ‘Revelations’. The bottom engraving shows two women holding water urns, in conversation at a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 34 / 9 x 13½

£250
[3 coastal Views of Ascunsion].
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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
[East Coast of England].
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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

£750
2me CARTE PARTICULIERE des Costes de NORMANDIE.
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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

£165
3e. Ve.
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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

£190
3e. Ve. No25.
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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

£195
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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

£320
A correct CHART of ST. GEORGE’S CHANNEL and the IRISH SEA, Including all the Coast of IRELAND and ye. West Coast of GREAT BRITAIN from Cantire to Portland Isle: From the latest and best Observations. For Mr. Tindal’s Continuation of Mr.Rapin’s History.
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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

£350
A correct CHART of the BALTICK or EAST SEA from ye Sound to Petersburg From the latest and best Observations for Mr. Tindal’s Continuation of Mr.Rapin’s History.
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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

£250
A correct CHART of the ENGLISH CHANNEL From the No. Foreland to the Lands End on the Coast of ENGLAND, and from Calais to Brest on the Coast of FRANCE: From the latest and best Observations. For Mr. Tindal’s Continuation of Mr.Rapin’s History.
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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

£195
A correct CHART of the GERMAN OCEAN From the North of SCOTLAND to the Start Point, on the Coast of GREAT BRITAIN; and from So.Bygden on ye. Coast of NORWAY, to C.de la Hogue on ye. Coast of NORMANDY in FRANCE. From the latest and best Observations. For Mr
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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

£320
A MAP OF ENGLAND and WALES from the latest and best Observations; For Mr. Tindal’s Continuation of Mr.Rapin’s History.
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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

£250
A MAP OF ITALY with its KINGDOMS, STATES &c. from the latest and best Observations, For Mr. Tindal’s Continuation of Mr. Rapin’s History.
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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

£1500
A MAP OF NORTH AMERICA With the European Settlements & whatever else is remarkable in ye. WEST INDIES from the latest and best Observations.
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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

£320
A MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA With all European Settlements and whatever else is remarkable from the latest and best Observations.
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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

£375
A MAP OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND from ye latest and best Observations. For Mr. Tindal’s Continuation of Mr.Rapin’s History.
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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

£375
A MAP OF THE KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND from the latest and best Observations, For Mr. Tindal’s Continuation of Mr.Rapin’s History.
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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

£6500
A PROSPECT of the CITY of LONDON.
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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

£245
A. The Emperiall palace where the presents were received.
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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

£195
Aethiopum e Mocambyque et conterminis regionibus ico quarum alij Christian alij Gentiles verum major pars Maurituii vocant ...
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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
Afgod SEKIA. The Idoll Sekia.
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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

£195
Agricola Indus Canaryn dictus.
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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
Album de Sem
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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

£1000
ALEXANDRE LE GRAND
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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

£175
ALGIER.
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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

£600
Aloe Affricana milvaeformis. Dill. Aloes d’affrique epineux
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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

£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

£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

£600
Aloe disticha. Linn. l’aloes en arbre, de montagne
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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

£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

£600
Aloe variegata. Linn. Aloes Perroquet
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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

£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
AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE divisa ne soui principali STATI
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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
Anacardium Occidentale. Linn. Pomme acajou.
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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