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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 39 / 9 x 15½
£350
![1. Heart leav’d Borbobia. Double starry Senecio. 2. Purple starry Senecio. 3. Canary Shrub Saint John’s Wort [and three other flowers].](itemImages/th_3747.jpg)
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 39 / 9 x 15½
£350
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 38 / 9 x 15
£350
![1. The Persian Iris 2. Trifoliate Arum 3. Dotted Acadian Lilly [and three other flowering plants]](itemImages/th_3757.jpg)
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 38 / 9 x 15
£350
![1. The Persian Iris 2. Trifoliate Arum 3. Dotted Acadian Lilly [and three other flowering plants]](itemImages/th_3753.jpg)
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 39 / 9 x 15½
£350
![1. Three rib’d Ceanothus 2. Corymbous great Selago 3.Yellow Indian Sida [and three other flowers].](itemImages/th_3746.jpg)
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 39 / 9 x 15½
£350
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 39 / 9 x 15½
£350
![1.Indian Exacum 2. Three colour’d Protea 3. Crimson Ixora [and five other plants].](itemImages/th_3755.jpg)
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 39 / 9 x 15½
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VIVIAN, George
George Vivian (1798-1873), draughtsman and painter from London, travelled through Spain and Portugal making sketches of many old buildings and towns. On his return Vivian made the drawings famous publishing a collection of lithographs under the title "Scenery of Portugal & Spain". The work consists ...
Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 13.5 / 15 x 5½
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UZELAC, Milivoy
Limited to 750 copies. Original print from the collection of 44 sporting prints was assembled by Maurice & Jacques Goddet. The illustrations were all done by the Bosnian born Milivoy Uzelac. After studying at the Académie of Beaux-Arts in Prague he moved to Paris where his work was widely ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 30 / 9 x 12
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OTTENS, Reiner & Joshua
A fine engraved map of English Channel with the Strait of Dover - Calais. The map is showing the south east corner of England as far north as Colchester and as far west as Lulworth in Dorset and Gloucester. Part of the continental coast is shown with the island of Alderney. The title, scales and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 59 x 49 / 23 x 19½
£165
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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 / 11 x 15½
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LYDON, Alexander Francis
/ GREENE, William Thomas
Stunning chromolithograph from one of the most comprehensive colourplate studies of parrots ever made, encompassing macaws, cockatoos, lories, parrots, parakeets, and lovebirds. Greene’s study was published in three volumes and the series was intended largely as a guide for those interested in ...
Dimensions (W x H): 15.5 x 21.5 / 6 x 8½
£350
![Tree Mint, White American Purslain [and four other flowering plants].](itemImages/th_3752.jpg)
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 39 / 9 x 15½
£395
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WELLER, Edward.
Handsome map of mid-Victorian central London. The map shows the area from Charing Cross to the Tower, and from the South Bank to Pentonville. One of a series of nine maps that were originally issued in weekly parts in the Weekly Dispatch newspaper. Due to their accuracy and clarity, they were a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 48 / 25 x 19
£400
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WELLER, Edward.
Handsome map of mid-Victorian East London. The map stretches from the Tower to West India Dock, and from Hackney to Surrey Docks. One of a series of nine maps that were originally issued in weekly parts in the Weekly Dispatch newspaper. Due to their accuracy and clarity, they were a great ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 48 / 25 x 19
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WELLER, Edward.
Handsome map of mid-Victorian North-east London, showing Hackney, Victoria Park, Clapton, Homerton and Hackney Marshes. One of a series of nine maps that were originally issued in weekly parts in the Weekly Dispatch newspaper. Due to their accuracy and clarity, they were a great commercial ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 48 / 25 x 19
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WELLER, Edward.
Handsome map of mid-Victorian North London, from Camden to Kingsland Road, and Holloway to Islington. One of a series of nine maps that were originally issued in weekly parts in the Weekly Dispatch newspaper. Due to their accuracy and clarity, they were a great commercial success, running into ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 48 / 25 x 19
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WELLER, Edward.
Handsome map of mid-Victorian South East London, including Southwark, Bermonsey, Surrey Docks, Deptford and part of the Isle of Dogs. One of a series of nine maps that were originally issued in weekly parts in the Weekly Dispatch newspaper. Due to their accuracy and clarity, they were a great ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 48 / 25 x 19
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WELLER, Edward.
Handsome map of part of Victorian London, from Millbank to Bricklayers’ Arms, including Kennington, Lambeth and Walworth. One of a series of nine maps that were originally issued in weekly parts in the Weekly Dispatch newspaper. Due to their accuracy and clarity, they were a great commercial ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 48 / 25 x 19
£1000
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WELLER, Edward.
Handsome map of part of mid-Victorian London, showing Paddington, Bayswater, Mayfair, Hyde Park and Regent’s Park. One of a series of nine maps that were originally issued in weekly parts in the Weekly Dispatch newspaper. Due to their accuracy and clarity, they were a great commercial success, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 48 / 25 x 19
£250
![[3 coastal Views of Ascunsion].](itemImages/th_6070.jpg)
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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
£650
![[Chelsea, South Kensington, Knightsbridge & Belgravia]](itemImages/th_7332.jpg)
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WELLER, Edward, and DOWER, John
South western sheet of the new edition of Cassell’s large nine sheet Map of London. Scale: 9 inches to 1 mile. Extent Battersea Park, Chelsea, Victoria Station, Green Park and Hyde Park (south), Earls Court. London Chatham and Dover Railway and underground lines indicated. ‘Revised and ...
Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 46.5 / 25 x 18½
£500
![[East Coast of England].](itemImages/th_3420.jpg)
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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
£375
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His ‘Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening’, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 38 / 9 x 15
£375
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 38 / 9 x 15
£375
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 38 / 9 x 15
£375
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His ‘Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening’, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 38 / 9 x 15
£375
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 38 / 9 x 15
£375
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. ‘His Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening’, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 38 / 9 x 15
£375
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 38 / 9 x 15
£300
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His ‘Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening’, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 38 / 9 x 15
£375
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HILL, John
Dr. John Hill, actor, dramatist, botanist doctor and prolific author was one of the more colourful figures of eighteenth century London. His Eden, or a Complete Body of Gardening, was one of the most beautiful illustrated botanical books of its time.
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 38 / 9 x 15
£750
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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
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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
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
This beautiful engraving shows an exploration at the entrance to an unexcavated building. Three men with a flaming torch descend into the dark interior while five guards, with guns and a flute idly stand guard outside. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 27 / 15 x 10½
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HARRIS, John
A delightful map showing the beacons of Kent, above which there is a view of a church called the ‘Reculvers in Kent’. Shield with dedication to Mr Richard Mount, ‘Citizen and Stationer of London Native of Kent’. Before accurate maps were available, people used to navigate by prominent landmarks ...
Dimensions (W x H): 27 x 34 / 10½ x 13½
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CARY, John.
Clear and accurate map of the early nineteenth-century world, coloured by continent. Showing the routes of Cook, La Perouse, Gore and Vancouver. Title at lower centre. Short notes on map. e.g. (north of Siberia): ‘At this place was found a kettle and cleft pieces of wood.’ John Cary was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 45.5 / 20 x 18
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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
£65
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Anson, George
Plate divided into two views. The first showing the hill of Petaplan and the White Friars rocks, the second showing the isles of Quibo and Quicara.
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 20 / 19½ x 8
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LE BRUN, Cornelius
View of the extraordinary ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria with the columns, pediments and other masonry strewn over a wide area, with various people in western dress strolling through. ‘Temples’, ‘porticos’ and ‘the sepuchres’ are labelled on the hills surrounding the site. Ornamental ...
Dimensions (W x H): 69 x 27 / 27 x 10½
£9750
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LOWRY L.S.
No. 71 of 75. Signed lower left in red felt tip by L. S. Lowry. 'A Village on a Hill' together with 'A Street full of People' are Lowry’s first and largest works in lithography.
Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 97.5 / 25 x 38½
£195
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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
£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
£195
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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
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£1200
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These beautiful copper engravings come from the Collection coloriee des plus belles varieetes de Tulipes in Pierre Buchoz's supplement to the work Collection des Fleurs de la Chine & de l'Europe, & de tout l'Ouvrage. Published 1781 Buchoz was born in Metz and initially recieved instruction as a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£235
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HOEFNAGEL, George.
Alhama is a pretty, ancient spa town near Granada. This dramatic engraving, as seen from a nearby hilltop, shows the town perched above the Rio Alham in rolling countryside, while in the foreground, travellers wend their way on the hilly road from Granada. At the bottom of the hill is a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 45 x 34 / 17½ x 13½
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£650
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GOULD, John
Gould’s A Monograph of the Trochilidae, Or Family of Humming Birds probably represent the peak of his art. ‘The iridescent splendor and sense of motion captured in the plates is overwhelming.’ (The Hill Collection, Cornell University)
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 46 / 12½ x 18
£600
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GOULD, John
Gould’s A Monograph of the Trochilidae, Or Family of Humming Birds probably represent the peak of his art. ‘The iridescent splendor and sense of motion captured in the plates is overwhelming.’ (The Hill Collection, Cornell University).
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 55 / 14 x 21½
£600
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GOULD, John
Gould’s A Monograph of the Trochilidae, Or Family of Humming Birds probably represent the peak of his art. ‘The iridescent splendor and sense of motion captured in the plates is overwhelming.’ (The Hill Collection, Cornell University).
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 54.5 / 14 x 21½
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£175
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MARÉCHAL, Nicolas
Fabulous engraving of a Egyptian goose from one of the finest examples of eighteenth century french natural history illustration.The prominent french naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède 1756-1825 compiled ‘La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire ...
Dimensions (W x H): 27 x 40 / 10½ x 15½
£350
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JANSSON, Jan
A very pretty, detailed map of England and Wales, showing counties and rivers, with hills, forests and towns shown pictorially. With elegant sailing ships at sea. Royal coat of arms at top right, Irish and Scots arms on map. Decorative title cartouche on right side crowned with a coat of arms with ...
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38.5 / 19½ x 15
£600
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MARÉCHAL, Nicolas
Fabulous engraving of a gazelle from one of the finest examples of eighteenth century french natural history illustration.The prominent french naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède 1756-1825 compiled ‘La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle’, a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 40 / 11 x 15½
£230
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of one of Antioch’s ruined gates, with a procession of merchants and their heavily laden camels. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte ...
Dimensions (W x H): 46.5 x 29 / 18½ x 11½
£170
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of the ruined gate of Antioch in the mountains. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century ...
Dimensions (W x H): 43.5 x 30 / 17 x 12
£400
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£500
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£255
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of a hill in Galilee near the Nazareth road. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century illustrated ...
Dimensions (W x H): 43 x 30 / 17 x 12
£185
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BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis
An attractive engraving of two celestial globes: Sphere de Copernic and Sphere de Ptolemée. Brion de la Tour was one of the most prolific French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century, and this beautiful print, elegantly surrounded by an ornate border, is a fine example of his work.
Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 28 / 12 x 11
£420
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Beautiful print of a caravan leaving the Gates of Aleaxandria. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century, His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century illustrated ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 26 / 14 x 10
£435
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Spectacular exterior view of one of the gates of Cairo, with camels and traders in the foreground. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century, His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 45 / 10 x 17½
£6000
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BACON, George Washington
Bacon’s magnificent 16 sheet map of London joined as one. Extent: Upper Holloway-Canning Town-Brixton-Hammersmith. Title and key to symbols at top left. Scale bar in ornamental border bottom centre. Shows railways (including Metropolitan railway to Aldgate), tramways, and omnibus routes as well ...
Dimensions (W x H): 253 x 172 / 99½ x 67½
£195
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Index on the left and right. Scale one inch to a mile. Extends north to south from Winchmore Hill to Addiscombe and West to East from Southall to
Dimensions (W x H): 64.5 x 47 / 25½ x 18½
Dimensions (W x H): 64.5 x 47 / 25½ x 18½
£450
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£230
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CASSAS, Louis Francois
Magnificent engraving of a bas relief cut into the rock near the pyramids Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century ...
£75
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Blondela
/ 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. Thirty-eight years later the scattered remains of La Boussole and L’Astrolabe was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 18 / 10 x 7
£350
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COLE, Benjamin
An impressive plan of this part of London, with key buildings drawn in miniature onto the map, and a view of St Paul’s Cathedral on a larger scale at the centre. Dedicated by an inscription running along the bottom to S.r Robert Ladbrook Kn.t and to William Bridgen Esq.r, the coats of arms of these ...
Dimensions (W x H): 46.3 x 35 / 18 x 14
£450
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A lovely bird’s eye view of Bern and the river Aare running around the city. Title cartouche in top centre with two cherubs on a cloud holding aloft the city’s coat of arms which depicts a bear. German text about the city in top right corner, compass in top left and scale in bottom right. Principle ...
Dimensions (W x H): 34.5 x 21 / 13½ x 8½
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£300
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A beautiful view from overlooking hills of this Swiss city, known in French as Bienne and in German as Biel. The town of Nydauw is labelled in the background, whilst in the foreground two men gesture towards the city spread out before them. Principle buildings in the city are numbered, and along ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 20 / 12½ x 8
£600
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£120
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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
£150
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van
Fabulous print of a Brahman cremation ceremony. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le Grande Route de ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10
£345
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SWANSTON, G.H.
A very decorative sheet containing two maps: The upper map shows Bermuda, the lower map, Jamaica. There is beautiful view of ‘Government Dock Yard, Bermuda’ below the Bermuda map. It is flanked by smaller vignettes of a ‘Bermudian boat’ and ‘Sperm whale fishing’. The Jamaica map is surrounded by ...
Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 46 / 12 x 18
£85
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A handsome view of Buda from the hills with the Danube and Pest beyond. Along the lower edge there is a list of the principal buildings in the city. The list includes ‘Warme Bäder’, the famous thermal baths which still exist in Budapest today.
Dimensions (W x H): 34 x 21 / 13½ x 8½
£450
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These beautiful copper engravings come from LE JARDIN D’EDEN, LE PARADIS TERRESTRE renouvelle dans le Jardin de la Reine a Trianon OU COLLECTION DES PLANTES LES PLUS RARES, qui se trouvent dans le deux Hemispheres. The plants are from the queens garden in the Tuileries.
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13
£750
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MARÉCHAL, Nicolas
Fabulous engraving of a bactrian Camel from one of the finest examples of eighteenth century french natural history illustration.. The prominent french naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède 1756-1825 compiled ‘La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire ...
Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 30 / 15½ x 12
£750
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MARÉCHAL, Nicolas
Fabulous engraving of a dromedary camel from one of the finest examples of eighteenth century french natural history illustratrion.. The prominent french naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède 1756-1825 compiled ‘La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire ...
Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 29 / 15½ x 11½
£95
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MARÉCHAL, Nicolas
Engraving of a hyena from one of the finest examples of eighteenth century french natural history illustration.The prominent french naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède 1756-1825 compiled ‘La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle’, a catalogue of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 29 / 15½ x 11½
£200
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MARÉCHAL, Nicolas
Fabulous engraving of a wild goat from one of the finest examples of eighteenth century french natural history illustration.The prominent french naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède 1756-1825 compiled ‘La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle’, a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 27 / 15½ x 10½
£475
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TOFINO DE SAN MIGUEL, Don Vincente.
Splendid chart of the southern coast of Spain, the Balearic islands and North Africa. Title cartouche with decorated frame at upper left. Stamp of ‘Deposito de la Marina’ at top left. Tofino(1732-1795) is the best known Spanish Marine cartographer. His Atlas Maritimo established the prime meridian ...
Dimensions (W x H): 81 x 55.5 / 32 x 22
£195
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£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
£300
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume
The region of north-central France extending over portions of the départements of Loiret, Loir-et-Cher and Cher. Wine region of the Lorie valley. Highly detailed map showing hills, forests, rivers, cities, fortifications, villages, Abbeys and roads. Scale on lower left corner.
Dimensions (W x H): 62.5 x 50 / 24½ x 19½
£795
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BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas (1703-1772)
Sea chart of the western Mediterranean from Cadiz in Spain to the mouth of the Tiber, showing the coasts of Spain, France, Italy and north Africa. Rhumb lines criss-cross the map, title cartouche at top left with three scales. Bellin was appointed hydrographer (chief cartographer) to the French ...
Dimensions (W x H): 79 x 55 / 31 x 21½
£375
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BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Large and detailed chart of the southern part of the Red Sea, with detailed depth soundings, rhumb lines and, along the coasts, profiles of the hills as seen from the sea. Three inset maps, of Goofs, Omare and Gedan
Dimensions (W x H): 66 x 48 / 26 x 19
£1200
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CHÂTELAIN, Henri
A very attractive map of eastern North America with galleons in the sea and native Americans hunting various animals on land. The Mississippi Basin is shown in detail, though a little conjectured. One inset showing the coastline of Louisiana from Ascension Bay to St. Joseph's Bay, and another, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 42 / 19 x 16½
£895
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BONNE, Rigobert
An early map of New Zealand showing the coast in some detail with numerous depth soundings to North Island and the route taken by Captain Cooke.The charting of the coast is complete apart from a small sections, mainly in South Island.Four inset maps of Riviere se la Tamise, Baye de Tolaga, Baye des ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23.5 x 34 / 9½ x 13½
£295
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LISLE, Guilleaume de
This is a clear and crisp impression that clearly shows the islands of the Antilles and their major landmarks and coastlines. The map is laid on card. The note in lower right corner is in French but reads: The French Antilles are Martinique, Gaudeloupe or Grande Terre, part of St Martin, St ...
Dimensions (W x H): 45 x 59.2 / 17½ x 23½
£250
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DE L’ISLE, Guillaume
Detailed map of southern Belgium and northeast France from Douai in the west to the area east of Namur, including Brussels, Mons and Cambrai. forests, hills, rivers, cities, fortifications, villages, and roads are shown. Three elaborate cartouches: title, distance scale, and advertisement.
Dimensions (W x H): 65.5 x 47 / 26 x 18½
£550
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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.
Dimensions (W x H): 68.5 x 49.5 / 27 x 19½
£475
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Hérault
/ 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 map of the regions North of Japan withs two inset maps: Extrait de la carte ...
Dimensions (W x H): 67.5 x 49 / 26½ x 19½
£420
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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.
Dimensions (W x H): 68 x 49.5 / 27 x 19½
£600
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HÉRAULT
/ 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. Fine large chart shows the southern coast of China, Japan, Korea, Formosa & the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 67.5 x 49 / 26½ x 19½
£700
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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. Thirty-eight years later the scattered remains of La Boussole and L’Astrolabe was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 68 / 19½ x 27
£120
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BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis
In the mid-eighteenth century, French mapmaking was at its peak. Brion de la Tour was one of its most prolific cartographers. This beautiful decorated little map, elegantly surrounded by an ornate engraved uncoloured frame, is a fine example of the period.
Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 28 / 12 x 11
£120
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Le Roy, Julien David
Julien-David Le Roy's Les Ruines des plus beaux Monuments de la Grece, first issued in 1758, was the first book to show the wonders of Greek civilization. Overnight, Greece became the rage, much to the chagrin of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and other defenders of the genius of Rome.
Dimensions (W x H): 44 x 29.5 / 17½ x 11½
£275
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£275
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£695
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BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas (1703-1772)
Interesting chart of the strait of Gibraltar by the famed French cartographer and hydrographer Jacques-Nicholas Bellin. The map shows the Spanish coast and African land on the other side of the strait. Map orientation shows north to the left, large detailed annotated inset plan of the fortress of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 91 x 60 / 36 x 23½
£195
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£750
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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.
Dimensions (W x H): 68.5 x 49.5 / 27 x 19½
£420
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DELISLE, Guillaume
Delisle was an important French cartographer of the early 18th century. He held the position of First Royal Geographer to the King. An interesting map of the lower section of South America including Paraguay and Chili and from Peru in the north to the Diego Ramírez islands in the south. In the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 65.2 x 50 / 25½ x 19½
