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Leo Belgicus. Ampliss. ac Prudentiss D.D. Praetori, Consulibus Totique Senatui Reip... 1665
1665
Leo Belgicus. Ampliss. ac Prudentiss D.D. Praetori, Consulibus Totique Senatui Reip... 1665.GERRITSZ, HesselAmsterdam, Hugo Allard, 1665.Engraved map, contemporary outline hand-colour. 430 by 555mm. (17 by 21.75 inches).Sixth state of the first plate, with Allar...
London Underground Advertising Poster - "In the Heat of the Summer you will find me cool.."
1922
The poster is quad royal size and the design is especially striking. Set against a black background is a central pictorial map, similar in decorative style and comic content to the original Wonderground map of 1914, which shows central London from Do...
Geographiae opus novissima traductione a Grecorum archetypis castigatissime pressum
1513
A map from the folio atlas by Martin Waldeseemuller and based on the work of Claudis Ptolemy, two parts in one volume, including the supplement of modern maps, with final blank, three woodcut diagrams in text, 47 woodcut maps, 45 double-page, th...
The San Zeno Astrolabe
c.1455
The San Zeno Astrolabe[Verona, cloister of San Zeno c.1455]Ink and polychromy on wood and vellum.A unique calendar, approx 4 feet in diameter, and the only object of its type to have survived from the Middle Ages.Wall mounted and hanging for over three...
A New Map of the Gold Region in California
1851
FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND RAREST MAPS OF THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. "This map...because of its large scale [about 20 miles to the inch] and clear markings in colors of the different counties, is one of the most satisfactor...
The San Diego Exposition
1915
Fine birds-eye view of San Diego, Balboa Park, Coronado and San Diego Bay, published inconnection with the 1915 California Panama Exposition.While there is a postcard version of the view, which was apparently “Published byEno & Matteson, San D...
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis..."
1683
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Ex officina..."Jacobus Robijn1683, Amsterdam;Old color example of first state of Jacob Robijn’s rare and richly embellished map of the World.The geographical details include California as an Island, incomplet...
Carta Esferica le las Costas y Golfo de California....hasta el Puerto de S. Diego
1825
Direccion de Hydrographia [perhaps Arrowsmith Firm]Mexico [but London?]34 x 21.5 inchesLarge engraved chart of Baja California. A dealers catalog entry for this map relates that this edition of the chart was actually published by the Arrowsmith firm....
