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Magnificent panoramic view of Paris from the south with the spectacular building of the World Fair in the foreground, The river Seine behind, Notre Dame at upper right and the hill of Montmartre in the distance. The World Fair was situated near the present site of the Eiffel Tower.
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THOMSON, John
Very large and detailed map of Europe in four parts (each part measures 62 x 51cm). Coloured by country and showing ‘British Dominions’ in northern Germany, and Prussia bordering on Russia. Title and key to the colours at lower right. Thomson’s New General Atlas was one of the best produced ...
Dimensions (W x H): 124 x 102 / 49 x 40
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MOLL, Herman
Interesting map of eastern North America, showing the regions named by the French, ‘According to the Patent granted by the King of France to Monsieur Crozat dated the 14th of September 1712.’ The map also shows the fishing banks, and the route of the Spanish Armada. Library stamp slightly ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 18.3 / 10 x 7
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Chauchard, M.
A very impressive map by this French military cartographer showing northern Italy, as well as parts of Switzerland, Austria, Germany, France and Monaco. The Gulf of Genoa and the Mediterranean sea at bottom left. The Gulf of Venice and Adriatic sea on the right. Three scales and key on bottom ...
Dimensions (W x H): 119 x 90.5 / 47 x 35½
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DELISLE, Guillaume
Guilliame Delisle (1675-1726) is important as the first "scientific" cartographer who incorporated the most current information on exploration and topography into his maps. He adopted entirely new principles in cartography and set about making a thorough reform in that subject. Delisle recognized ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 50 / 25 x 19½
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JOB, Charles
Titled and signed on the verso by Charles Job. Charles Job a stockbroker by profession, was a passionate amateur and became a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society in 1895, contributing to the annual exhibitions of the Society and the Linked Ring. (The Linked Ring was a brotherhood consisting ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 25 / 14 x 10
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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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BRAUN, George, and HOGENBERG, Frans
Beautiful plan of Paris with title cartouche and figures in the foreground. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was a monumental work completed over 45 years between 1572 and 1617, and was one of the best-selling works of the late sixteenth-century. It was the first systematic city atlas (containing the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 48.5 x 34.5 / 19 x 13½
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LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797. An attractive sea chart showing a bay at the coast of Eastern Tartary. Relief shown by ...
Dimensions (W x H): 68 x 49 / 27 x 19½
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DELISLE, Guillaume
Guilliame Delisle (1675-1726) is important as the first "scientific" cartographer who incorporated the most current information on exploration and topography into his maps. He adopted entirely new principles in cartography and set about making a thorough reform in that subject. Delisle recognized ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½
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A handsome map of the environs of Paris, extending as far as Versailles and St Germain-en-Laye in the west, Neuilly in the east, Choisy in the south and Gonnesse in the north. The map shows the city walls and the ring of defensive forts nearly surrounding the city, except for the north and east ...
Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 38 / 12 x 15
Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 38 / 12 x 15
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WALKER, J. & C.
A handsome map of the environs of Paris, extending as far as Versailles and St Germain-en-Laye in the west, Neuilly in the east, Choisy in the south and Gonnesse in the north. The map shows the city walls and the ring of defensive forts nearly surrounding the city, except for the north and east ...
Dimensions (W x H): 39.5 x 31.5 / 15½ x 12½
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A spectacular view of the Latona Fountain at Versailles, as it was in the early eighteenth century, surrounded by citizenry strolling, courting and playing. The fountain was built in 1671 and still is still in existence. One of a magnificent set of six engravings of the fountains at Versailles. ...
Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 43 / 21½ x 17
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar having his photograph taken.
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 31 / 10 x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar family going by car and greeting elephants of the jungle.
Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 34 / 20½ x 13½
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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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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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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.
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
Map of eastern Rhodes and the adjacent Turkish coast showing the route taken by Choiseul-Gouffier from the Greek island to the mainland. 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 ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21.5 x 34 / 8½ x 13½
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel
Fascinating cross section of the Antiparos Grotto, with a plan at top right. Decorative title with cherubs and cave torches. This plate is from Volume I of Choiseul-Gouffier’s Voyage Pittoresque, a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean and an account of his tour (with the artist, J.B. Hilaire) ...
Dimensions (W x H): 38.5 x 24 / 15 x 9½
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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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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.
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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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
Four engravings on one plate showing citizens of ‘Carie’ on the Turkish mainland. This plate is from Volume I of Choiseul-Gouffier’s Voyage Pittoresque, a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean and an account of his tour (with the artist, J.B. Hilaire) of Greece, the Greek islands, and the coast ...
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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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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JANVIER, Jean
A beautiful pair of circular maps showing the western and eastern hemispheres. The western hemisphere shows the Americas and the Pacific ocean. The eastern hemisphere shows Africa, Europe and Asia, as well as the outline of Australasia, with New Zealand and Australia as one land mass. With ...
Dimensions (W x H): 44.5 x 30 / 17½ x 12
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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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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
Map of the South Eastern part of Lesbos, around the port of Mytilene. Inset close up of port at top right. 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): 21 x 34 / 8½ 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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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
Interesting large scale map showing the volcanic islands in the gulf of Santorini. 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 Minor, and of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 34.5 / 10 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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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel
Map above, and view below of ‘Assemkalasi’, near Akkoy on the Turkish coast. 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 Minor, and of his ...
Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 33 / 9 x 13
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.
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
Plan of the port of St. Antoine on the island of Lemnos. Depth soundings. Ornamental cartouche. 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): 21 x 34.5 / 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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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.
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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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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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel
View of Turkish villagers relaxing and playing music in front of the ruins of a Roman Temple. This plate is from Volume I of Choiseul-Gouffier’s Voyage Pittoresque, a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean and an account of his tour (with the artist, J.B. Hilaire) of Greece, the Greek islands, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 34 x 21 / 13½ x 8½
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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
Handsome plate of a ruined hilltop tomb with square corinthian columns at Mylas, near Bodrum in Turkey. This plate is from Volume I of Choiseul-Gouffier’s Voyage Pittoresque, a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean and an account of his tour (with the artist, J.B. Hilaire) of Greece, the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 22 / 14 x 8½
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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
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing elephant family on the beach.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing three elephants and a monkey going fishing for fish and shrimps. Another scene underneath the text showing an elephant and the monkey meeting a crab.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing an elephant watching two camels drinking from a river.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A scene showing three young elephants watching birds sailing.
Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 34 / 20½ x 13½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A scene showing Babar and camels crossing a bridge of hippos.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 33 / 20 x 13
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A beautiful scene showing elephants dressed up as birds among lilies.
Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 35 / 20½ x 14
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A beautiful scene showing elephants and birds watching a bird race.
Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 34 / 20½ x 13½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A fabulous scene showing elephants and birds dining in the garden with lantern light.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
A lovely scene showing Babar and kangaroos at the train station.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
An attractive scene showing an elephant flying on the back of a bird from a light house toward a sailing boat.
Dimensions (W x H): 24 x 32 / 9½ x 12½
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
An interesting picture showing elephants, monkeys and birds at a train station.
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 33 / 20 x 13
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar and Celeste on a tiny island surrounded by the sea full of fish.
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 30 / 9½ x 12
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DE BRUNHOFF, Jean
Scene showing Babar and Celeste making fire and drying clothes after they left their wrecked balloon on the beach.
Dimensions (W x H): 24.5 x 30 / 9½ x 12
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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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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Auguste Florens, Comte de.
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
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel
Four camels and their owners relax amidst the ruins of the theatre at Fethiye, Turkey. This plate is from Volume I of Choiseul-Gouffier’s Voyage Pittoresque, a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean and an account of his tour (with the artist, J.B. Hilaire) of Greece, the Greek islands, and the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 34 x 21 / 13½ x 8½
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel
View of the tombs carved into the rock above the Turkish town of Fethiye. This plate is from Volume I of Choiseul-Gouffier’s Voyage Pittoresque, a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean and an account of his tour (with the artist, J.B. Hilaire) of Greece, the Greek islands, and the coast of Asia ...
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 31 / 8 x 12
£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
£175
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel
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. This plate is from Volume I of Choiseul-Gouffier’s Voyage Pittoresque, a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean and an 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.
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
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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
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Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel
View from the sea of the port of the Cycladic island of Sifnos(‘Siphanto’). This plate is from Volume I of Choiseul-Gouffier’s Voyage Pittoresque, a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean and an account of his tour (with the artist, J.B. Hilaire) of Greece, the Greek islands, and the coast of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 21.5 / 14 x 8½
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
£260
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LABORDE, Alexandre
This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of the mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows in detail the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 89 x 57 / 35 x 22½
£295
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LABORDE, Alexandre
This magnificent print is an unusual example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. The print shows a central ...
Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 33.5 / 18½ x 13
£180
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LABORDE, Alexandre
This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville.This print shows fragments of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 44 / 14½ x 17½
£350
![[Part of centre of floor]](itemImages/th_6298.jpg)
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LABORDE, Alexandre
This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows various figures ...
Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15
£350
![[Part of centre of floor].](itemImages/th_6328.jpg)
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LABORDE, Alexandre
This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows part of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 35 / 18½ x 14
£350
![[Part of end section of floor]](itemImages/th_6327.jpg)
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LABORDE, Alexandre
This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows the part of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15
£405
![[Part of the floor]](itemImages/th_6291.jpg)
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LABORDE, Alexandre
This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of the mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows in immaculate ...
Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15
£405
![[Part of the floor].](itemImages/th_6293.jpg)
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LABORDE, Alexandre
This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville.This print shows four of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15
£405
![[Part of the floor].](itemImages/th_6294.jpg)
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LABORDE, Alexandre
This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows two of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 50 / 14 x 19½
£350
![[Part of the floor].](itemImages/th_6297.jpg)
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LABORDE, Alexandre
This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows two roundels, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15
£350
![[Section of the mosaic].](itemImages/th_6295.jpg)
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LABORDE, Alexandre
This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santponce near Seville.This print shows two of the roundels ...
Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 36 / 19 x 14
£195
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£195
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DELISLE, Guillaume
The map represents the theatre of Alexander the Great's conquests between the Black Sea and Indus River, today's Turkey, Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc. Guilliame Delisle (1675-1726) is important as the first "scientific" cartographer who incorporated the most current information on ...
Dimensions (W x H): 84 x 47.5 / 33 x 18½
£275
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IRIBE, Paul
This print is one of a set of significant promotional publications for the wine merchant, Nicolas. This pochoir, black and white Art Deco illustration with red border is a fine example of the work of renowned graphic artist Paul Iribe. Framed size 40.2 x 50 cm
Dimensions (W x H): 25.5 x 31.8 / 16 x 19½
£275
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IRIBE, Paul
This print is one of a set of significant promotional publications for the wine merchant, Nicolas. This pochoir, black and white Art Deco illustration with red border is a fine example of the work of renowned graphic artist Paul Iribe. Framed size 40.2 x 50 cm
Dimensions (W x H): 25.5 x 31.6 / 16 x 19½
£275
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IRIBE, Paul
This print is one of a set of significant promotional publications for the wine merchant, Nicolas. This pochoir, black and white Art Deco illustration with red border is a fine example of the work of renowned graphic artist Paul Iribe. Framed size 40.2 x 50 cm
Dimensions (W x H): 25.6 x 32 / 16 x 19½
£475
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/ LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
Interesting chart of part of the south-western Pacific, showing the routes taken by the Spanish explorer Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle in 1781 along the northern coast of New Guinea and across the Pacific to Fiji and Tonga. Maurelle was credited with the discovery of the Hermit Islands on this ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 34 / 19½ x 13½
£395
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LA PÉROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup
From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797. This is how La Pérouse’s arrival at the archipelago was described in a diary: 'On the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 67 x 48.5 / 26½ x 19
£395
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DELISLE, Guillaume
Guilliame Delisle (1675-1726) is important as the first "scientific" cartographer who incorporated the most current information on exploration and topography into his maps. He adopted entirely new principles in cartography and set about making a thorough reform in that subject. Delisle recognized ...
Dimensions (W x H): 65 x 47.5 / 25½ x 18½
£900
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DU VAL, Pierre
Covers area from Western Sahara to Congo.
Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 39 / 21½ x 15½