Search Results: Titles starting with B from Gallery of Prints

steel engraving. RARE view from 'Album pittoresque d'un voyage autour du monde exécuté par ordre du gouvernement français…', published by Admiral Paris (Imprimerie de Ch. Noblet), Paris. [Picturesque Album of a Voyage Around the World Executed by Order of the French Government.] Gravures dessinées par L'Amiral Paris.[Engravings drawn by Admiral Paris]. The circumnavigation by Admiral Paris in the 'Artémis' took place between 1837 and 1840. The engravings from the original drawings after Laplace and others include a wonderful view of Manila, a picturesque Honolulu, a chillingly grim view of the penal colony at Port Arthur (Van Diemen's Land /Tasmania); and the 'Artémis' run aground at Papeete (Tahiti); The introductory text by Henricy places each engraving in the context of the route taken by the 'Artémis', which visited Sydney as well as Hobart. A luxurious large paper reissue of the finely engraved illustrations originally published in the Laplace edition of 1841. Forbes writes: "This is a… Read More

lithograph map of Manila Bay with many details from " Historia geográfica, geológica y estadístíca de Filipinas". VERY RARE only edition. Reference: Quirino p.115; Phillips # 246; Palau 50512; Pardo de Tavera 581. Condition: foxed, with professionally repaired small tears & tiny holes along folds. Still very good condition for such thin folded paper as published.

original coloured lithograph map from 'Allgemeiner Handatlas' 2nd improved and expanded edition; verso: 1) Völkerkarte der Balkanhalbinsel & Konstantinopel und das Marmarameer (SKU# 9780). 2) Vorderasien und Persien (SKU# 9782).

original-colour lithograph. RARE. Very large wall-size botanical print with typical area where the featured spice/plant would grow, used as a teaching tool in schools, from 'Goering-Schmidt, Ausländische Kulturpflanzen'; [Foreign Crops], pl. 14. Condition: with stains, paper mounted on original cardboard.

aquatint, RARE beautiful view from 'Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de La Corvette de Sa Majesté La Favorite exécuté pendant les années 1830, 1831, 1832, pl. 61, sketched by Barthelemy Lauvergne, engraved by Sigismond Himely and under the direction of Louis Auguste de Sainson with Arthus Bertrand, editeur. "La Favorite" was one of several ships sent out by the France in the 1820/1830s to compete with similar expeditions by other countries. These were voyages with political/territorial objectives via commercial diplomatic, scientific and artistic means, intending to expand French influence particularly in Southeast Asia to counter British interests. Barthelemy Lauvergne (1805-1871) was a French painter, maritime, and landscape artist active in the mid 19th C. He accompanied the French naval officer Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) onboard the L'Astrolabe (1826-1829), Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace (1793-1875) on La Favorite (1830-1832), and… Read More

sepia plate. View from "Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada Europea-Americana" Volume 7.

original hand-colour copper engraving. RARE ornithological print from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' [Natural History of Birds]; pl. 331. Resident (with 6 endemic races) - common. Habitat: forest edge, second growth and wooded cultivation. Reference: Sitwell: Fine Bird Books 1700-1900 pp.83+90; Anker 76; Mengel 411; Nissen IVB 158; Zimmer 104.

wood engraving. View from "La Perse, La Chaldée et la Susiane" by Jane Dieulafoy. Explorer Jane Dieulafoy documented her explorations through what is now Iraq and Iran. While traveling with her husband Marcel, Dieulafoy dressed in men's clothing, a practice she continued even while in her native France. Condition: minor stains and dirt spots along margins, slightly affecting plate, paper creases.

wood engraving (verso: Village de Konah). View from "La Perse, La Chaldée et la Susiane" by Jane Dieulafoy. Explorer Jane Dieulafoy documented her explorations through what is now Iraq and Iran. While traveling with her husband Marcel, Dieulafoy dressed in men's clothing, a practice she continued even while in her native France. Condition: paper creases.

22.4 x 49 cm, copper engraving. Condition: with folds as issued, foxing especially on folds. Map from 'A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III and IV' pl. 29; 4to edition with lesser folds..

aquatint, RARE view from 'Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de La Corvette de Sa Majesté La Favorite exécuté pendant les années 1830, 1831, 1832, pl. 16, sketched by Francois-Edmond Paris, engraved by Sigismond Himely and under the direction of Louis Auguste de Sainson with Arthus Bertrand, editeur. "La Favorite" was one of several ships sent out by the France in the 1820/1830s to compete with similar expeditions by other countries. These were voyages with political/territorial objectives via commercial diplomatic, scientific and artistic means, intending to expand French influence particularly in Southeast Asia to counter British interests. Barthelemy Lauvergne (1805-1871) was a French painter, maritime, and landscape artist active in the mid 19th C. He accompanied the French naval officer Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) onboard the L'Astrolabe (1826-1829), Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace (1793-1875) on La Favorite (1830-1832), and Auguste-Nicolas… Read More

chromolithograph. Flowering plant from 'Lindenia'. Reference: Sitwell: Great Flower Books; p. 160. Condition: paper a bit wavy.

original colour lithograph map from 'Allgemeiner Handatlas' 2nd improved and expanded edition; p.44; verso: Österreich-Ungarn (SKU# 9754).

lithograph. EXTREMELY RARE view from 'Essai sur la Construction Navale des Peuples Extra-Europeens'. Reference: Graesse V., 134; Cat. Nederl. Scheepvart Mus. 758; Polak 7321; Sabin 58593; Taylor 72; not in Kroepelin & Hill Collections. Condition: light spots and heavy stains affecting plate, with paper loss along margins and burn marks along edges.

lithograph. EXTREMELY RARE view from 'Essai sur la Construction Navale des Peuples Extra-Europeens'. Reference: Graesse V., 134; Cat. Nederl. Scheepvart Mus. 758; Polak 7321; Sabin 58593; Taylor 72; not in Kroepelin & Hill Collections. Condition: with light spots and stains, affecting plate, with paper loss along margins, with burn marks along edges.

lithograph. EXTREMELY RARE view from 'Essai sur la Construction Navale des Peuples Extra-Europeens'. Reference: Graesse V., 134; Cat. Nederl. Scheepvart Mus. 758; Polak 7321; Sabin 58593; Taylor 72; not in Kroepelin & Hill Collections. Condition: some spots and stains affecting plate, some paper loss along margins and burn marks along edges.

lithograph. EXTREMELY RARE view from 'Essai sur la Construction Navale des Peuples Extra-Europeens'. Reference: Graesse V., 134; Cat. Nederl. Scheepvart Mus. 758; Polak 7321; Sabin 58593; Taylor 72; not in Kroepelin & Hill Collections. Condition: light spots and stains affecting plate, with paper loss along margins and burn marks along edges.

sepia lithograph. EXTREMELY RARE view from 'Essai sur la Construction Navale des Peuples Extra-Europeens'. Reference: Graesse V., 134; Cat. Nederl. Scheepvart Mus. 758; Polak 7321; Sabin 58593; Taylor 72; not in Kroepelin & Hill Collections. Condition: light spots and stains affecting plate, with paper loss along margins and burn marks along edges.

sepia lithograph. EXTREMELY RARE view from 'Essai sur la Construction Navale des Peuples Extra-Europeens'. Reference: Graesse V., 134; Cat. Nederl. Scheepvart Mus. 758; Polak 7321; Sabin 58593; Taylor 72; not in Kroepelin & Hill Collections. Condition: heavy foxing and stains affecting plate, general paper toning, some paper loss along margins and burn marks along edges.

sepia lithograph. EXTREMELY RARE view from 'Essai sur la Construction Navale des Peuples Extra-Europeens'. Reference: Graesse V., 134; Cat. Nederl. Scheepvart Mus. 758; Polak 7321; Sabin 58593; Taylor 72; not in Kroepelin & Hill Collections. Condition: with light spots and stains, affecting plate, with paper loss along margins, with burn marks along edges.