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[Compass Rose]
[Basel, c.1588]
Woodcut with letterpress, sheet 310 x 200mm (12¼ x 8").
Sheet from a Latin edition of Sebastian Munster's important sixteenth century geographical work 'Cosmography'.
[Ref: 42479] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
La Geographie.
Culembourg sculp.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, 220 x 260mm. 8¾ x 10¼". Slightly soiled.
Allegorical scene of geography as a woman holding a compass over a globe, with putti either side.
[Ref: 9518] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Geography, or the Use of the Globes _ A Practical Lesson. Shewing the Face of the Earth.
W. Heath Del et Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 165 x 220mm (6½ x 8¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A red-faced teacher hurls a desk globe into the face of a mischievious pupil. One from a series of satires on educational subjects.
[Ref: 54312] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Geography. 45.
Cipriani, Inv.t. F. Bartolozzi, sculp.t.
Publish'd Mar. 25th 1789, by John & Josiah Boydell No. 90, Cheapside London.
Crayon-manner stipple, printed in brown. 265 x 225mm (10½ x 8¾"), with large margins. Small tears in edges of margins.
A female allegorical figure, leaning on a globe. De Vesme 621, state V.
[Ref: 54807] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
Geysir. (Island)
Emmanuel Larsen del. E. Vesterberg lith. Em Baerentzen & C.o lith Inst.
Em Baerentzen & C.os Forlag eneberettiget.
Lithograph, sheet 380 x 295mm (15 x 11½") very large margins.
A view of Geysir, the Icelandic geyser, erupting with people watching the spectacle.
[Ref: 57091] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Globe Terrestre.
[Paris? n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5"), large margins.
An illustration of a terrestrial globe, showing Europe and Asia, with a classical architectural background.
[Ref: 56829] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
New Geyser.
Sketched by Sir G.M. Engr.d by E. Mitchell.
Published by A. Constable & C.o Edinburgh. [n.d., c1811]
Engraving with etching, plate 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾") Tiny bit of creasing and very small tear in margin. Trimmed bottom centre.
A view of a geyser erupting in Iceland. Travel in aquatint and lithography Abbey 160.9.
[Ref: 57069] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Mountains.
Drawn & Engraved by John Emslie.
London- J. Reynolds, 174, Strand; Reeves & Sons; Rock & Co; Peacock & Mansfield. [n.d., c.1850]
Hand coloured engraving, sheet 230 x 285mm (9 x 11¼").
Data visulisation of mountain and volcanoe heights with key; from Reynolds series 'Introduction to Natural Philosophy', a companion to Reynolds's series of Popular diagrams of natural philosophy comprising of two hundred and fifty illustrations.
[Ref: 56834] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Physical Map Of The World. From The Discoveries Of The Most Eminent Modern Geographers.
Drawn & Engraved by John Emslie.
Published by James Reynolds 174 Strand London, Dec.r 10th 1849.
Hand coloured engraving, sheet 230 x 285mm (9 x 11¼"). Small ink splatter and abrasion top left corner. Ink stamp on the back 'St Thomas's Schools Mount Vernon.'
Map with explanatory text from Reynolds series 'Introduction to Natural Philosophy', a companion to Reynolds's series of Popular diagrams of natural philosophy comprising of two hundred and fifty illustrations. Shows the distribution of mountain ranges, deserts, the seasonal range of the Earth's icecaps and global ocean currents are shown along with air and sea temperatures around the world.
[Ref: 56832] £180.00
Panoramic Plan of the Principal Rivers and Lakes.
Drawn & Engraved by John Emslie.
London, Published by James Reynolds, 174, Strand. [n.d., c.1850]
Hand coloured engraving, sheet 230 x 285mm (9 x 11¼").
Data visulisation of river and lake sizes with key; from Reynolds series 'Introduction to Natural Philosophy', a companion to Reynolds's series of Popular diagrams of natural philosophy comprising of two hundred and fifty illustrations.
[Ref: 56877] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
De Algemeene en Byzondere Natuurlyke Historie. De Giraffe.
[Amsterdam, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 75 x 140mm (3 x 5½"), set in letterpress. Creasing.
An engraved caprice chapter heading from a Dutch edition of the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with depictions of mapping instruments including a globe, protractor and cross-staff.
[Ref: 45303] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Waterfalls
Drawn & Engraved by John Emslie 1846.
London: J. Reynolds, 174, Strand; Reeves & Sons; Rock & Co; Peacock & Mansfield. [n.d., c.1850]
Hand coloured engraving, sheet 230 x 285mm (9 x 11¼"). Ink stamps on the back 'St Thomas's Schools Mount Vernon' and 'Broughton Hall West Derby.'
Data visulisation of waterfall heights with key; from Reynolds series 'Introduction to Natural Philosophy', a companion to Reynolds's series of Popular diagrams of natural philosophy comprising of two hundred and fifty illustrations.
[Ref: 56879] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
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