Search Results: Graphics and Art from Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

1750. Paris, Mondhare, [c.1750-1780]. Original hand-coloured copper engraved vue d'optique. Plate Size: 38.7 cm x 23.2 cm. Sheet Size: 44.7 cm x 28. 6 cm Original print. In very good, actually remarkable, condition. Clean and crisp and radiant impression, with only the faintest trace of browning. Some very minor traces of light staining to outer margin corner. A wonderful vue d'optique from 18th Century France. A beautiful, original hand-coloured copperplate engraving that shows a view the Porte Saint-Antoine which was one of the gates of Paris. The Porte of Sainte Antoine was located, and protected, by the Bastille. This engraving captures a more peaceable atmosphere of Parisian life around that notorious landmark: finely-dressed people and family groups are shown out strolling along the tree-lined broad boulevard and, off to the side, along the more sheltered promenade. It is a busy scene: In the foreground, under the shade of a tree a religious beggar seeks alms; nearby an unbusy street… Read More

1759. London, Sold by W. & I. Mount, T. & T. Page on Tower Hill, [c. 1759]. Original, hand-coloured copper engraving on extra thick paper / Better paper - edition [differing from all other versions of this map we ever handled, this is only the second version of this high-quality version of this Map we encountered], possibly an admiralty issue since it was dedicated to the Office of the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain. Beautifully mounted and framed. Size of the actual map: c. 62 cm wide x 52 cm high. Spectacular, unusually excellent condition of this rare, hand-coloured seachart of Cork Harbour with the Old Head and clear geography of Little Island, Poor Head, Ringaskiddy, Cork's Natural Harbour, Crosshaven, Haulbowline, Spike Island, Cloyne, etc. / Price includes worldwide free shipping per UPS Courier ! The inset Map "A Continuation of Corke Harbour from a smaller Scale" shows the region in greater detail. This inset Map even shows details of Cork City with Ballintemple and its Spring Garden,… Read More

2023. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the original Engraving which was printed in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Image Size: 21,1 cm wide x 13,8 cm high. Sheet Size: 27,3 cm wide x 19,8 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd. [Price includes 23% VAT (27,11 €) / Net: (117,89 €)] The Abbey of Saint John is also called St John's Priory and is a medieval Augustinian priory and National Monument located in Kilkenny. The Lady Chapel of the priory is now used as a parish church of the Church of Ireland. (Wikipedia)

1851. London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrated and Engraved by H. Winkles. Plate Size: 33 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.5 cm. In very good condition. Very faint traces of light browning to outer margin and paper imperfections to top edge. Published in the Illustrated Atlas, And Modern History Of The World Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical, Edited By R. Montgomery Martin. Handsome town-plan of Aberdeen in the North of Scotland, at the mouth of the River Dee and the 'German Sea'. Railway, street and district areas of the city are also included. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the image. The project of 'The Illustrated Atlas' was designed to be finished just in time for the anxiously awaited "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" or The Great Exhibition, sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in… Read More

2022. California, 2022. Original Artwork: Oil, Acrylic and Graphite - mounted on wooden panel. 89 cm wide x 89 cm high. Signed and dated. [Includes 13,5% VAT (416.30€) Net 3083,70€ ]

2022. California, 2022. Original Artwork: Oil, Acrylic and Graphite - mounted on wooden panel. 73 cm wide x 89 cm high. Signed and dated. [Includes 13,5% VAT (416.30€) Net 3083,70€ ]

2022. California, 2022. Original Artwork: Oil, Acrylic and Graphite - mounted on wooden panel. 73 cm wide x 85 cm high. Signed and dated. [Includes 13,5% VAT (416.30€) Net 3083,70€ ]

2022. California, 2022. Original Artwork: Oil, Acrylic and Graphite - mounted on wooden panel. 80 cm wide x 96 cm high. Signed and dated. [Includes 13,5% VAT (416.30€) Net 3083,70€ ]

1780. [Paris], c. 1780. Original copper engraving. 27.6 cm x 23 cm. Mounted on paper. Very good condition with only a faint dampstain to the lower left side. With an additional diagram mounted verso: "Equinoxe d'Automne dans ce Siecle" / "Equinoxe d'Automne du temps d'Hipparque" / "Equinoxe du Printems du Temps d'Hipparque" etc.

1590. Antwerp, Ortelius, 1590. Original hand-coloured engraving. Plate Size: 44 cm x 31 cm. Sheet Size: 53.7 cm x 38.5 cm. Original map. Very good, actually stunning, condition. Really clean and crisp. Generous margins. Reverse recto carries Latin text. [Shirley 176; Broecke 186.1; Koeman III, 0800H:31]. Beautifully unusual and richly decorated map of the Ancient World based upon the work of Claudius Ptolemy, from Ortelius' Parergon ('Supplement'). The depicted land masses of Europe, Africa and western Asia are largely in their modern configurations, although the place names on the map are based upon Ptolemy. The southern portion of Africa is missing and China is not included on the map. A small number of cities, including Hispalis (Seville), Lutetia (Paris), Rome, Byzantium (Istanbul), Hierusalem (Jerusalem), Alexandria, and Memphis are identified. Relief shown pictorially. The mythical Luna Montes (Mountains of the Moon) - the fabled source of the Nile - can be seen in the southern half of… Read More

2015. Ireland, 2015. Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Framed: 74 cm wide x 63,5 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 60 cm wide x 50 cm high. Signed. [Includes 13,5% VAT (285,46€) Net 2114,54€ ]

2013. Ireland, 2013. Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Framed: 74 cm wide x 63,5 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 60 cm wide x 50 cm high. Signed. [Includes 13,5% VAT (285,46€) Net 2114,54€ ]

1746. Nürnberg, Homann, 1746. Original hand-coloured engraving. Plate Size: 53 cm x 46 cm. Sheet Size: 56.3 cm x 50 cm. Original map. Very good+ condition. Expertly restored map with reinforced edges. Faintest traces of the professional repairs barely evident such is the quality of the restoration. [Lowery 383]. Border with longitudinal and latitudinal information. Decorative title cartouche with allegorical scene includes four indigenous figures in native dress. One male figure with extended arm holds a figurine of a human head. Two hold hunting materials and food while two volcanoes erupt in the background. Flora and fauna point to the riches and fecundity of the continent. Title bears Latin inscription: "Americae mappa generalis: secundum legitimas projectionis stereographicae regulas relationesque recentissimas et observationes socioru Acad. reg. sc quoe Parisiis est aliorumque auctorum nec non secundum mentern D.I.M. Hasii MPP. in partes suas methodicas divisa nunc concinnata et… Read More

1795. Germany, [no year / c. 1795]. Original hand engraving. Plate Size: 19 cm x 15 cm. Sheet Size: 23 cm x 20 cm. Original engraving. In good+ condition with only some browning to outter margins. A beautiful engraving of the world-famous Westminster Abbey in London. The building's monumental scale is stunningly illustrated by the engraver's inclusion of strollers in the foreground.

1851. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition. John Tallis (7 November 1817 – 3 June 1876) was an English cartographic publisher. His company, John Tallis and Company, published views, maps and atlases in London from roughly 1838 to 1851. Tallis set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842; the business moved to Smithfield in 1846, and was dissolved in 1849. From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis and Company. He started The illustrated news of the world and national portrait gallery of eminent personages in 1858, selling it for £1,370 in 1861; it folded in 1863. (Wikipedia) The most important project John Tallis undertook, was the 'Illustrated Atlas' from 1851. The original map we offer here, was part of this exceptional Atlas and all the maps it contained are still… Read More

1975. Russia (USSR), c.1975. Eight (8) original, vintage Vinyl in original slipcase. 8 Records. Excellent condition of Box and Records with only minor signs of wear to the sleeve / Sleeve VG + / Record Near Mint. Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin (Russian: Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin; February 13 [O.S. February 1] 1873 – April 12, 1938) was a Russian opera singer. Possessing a deep and expressive bass voice, he enjoyed an important international career at major opera houses and is often credited with establishing the tradition of naturalistic acting in his chosen art form. During the first phase of his career, Chaliapin endured direct competition from three other great basses: the powerful Lev Sibiriakov [ru; uk; pl; ca] (1869–1942), the more lyrical Vladimir Kastorsky (1871–1948), and Dmitri Buchtoyarov (1866–1918), whose voice was intermediate between those of Sibiriakov and Kastorsky. The fact that Chaliapin is far and away the best remembered of this magnificent quartet of rival basses is a… Read More

1851. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by J. Marchant and Engraved by J.B. Allen. Plate Size: 31.8 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.2 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition. Beautiful map of Asia from the famous Victorian publisher. Coloured delineation illustrate the political landscape. In the West Turkey and Arabia and Persia are shown. Beloochistan, Cabool, Punjaub and Independent Tartary link the vast Russian Empire, spanning Siberia Iakoutsk, to Hindoostan in the Indian subcontinent. Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet are shown in and around the Chinese Empire, which also includes Mongolia. To the south Burma, Siam, Laos, Cochin China and Malaya can all be seen. Off the landmass are the archipelagos of Japan, Formosa, the Philippines, and Indonesia (Isles of Sunda) and Ceylon. Large and small islands Borneo, Celebes, Java, Papua or Guinea and Mundanao and New… Read More

1851. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Beautifully Framed. Size of Frame with map: 49 cm x 39 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition. John Tallis (7 November 1817 – 3 June 1876) was an English cartographic publisher. His company, John Tallis and Company, published views, maps and atlases in London from roughly 1838 to 1851. Tallis set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842; the business moved to Smithfield in 1846, and was dissolved in 1849. From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis and Company. He started The illustrated news of the world and national portrait gallery of eminent personages in 1858, selling it for £1,370 in 1861; it folded in 1863. (Wikipedia) The most important project John Tallis undertook, was the 'Illustrated Atlas' from 1851. The original map we offer here, was part of this exceptional Atlas and all the maps it… Read More

2006. Ireland, 2006. Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Framed: 71 cm wide x 90 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 60 cm wide x 80 cm high. Signed. [Includes 13,5% VAT (416,30€) Net 3083,70€ ]

1900. [Bavaria], c. 1900. Vintage, photographical Postcard. 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm. Excellent condition with only a minor abrasion. The Oval, known for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth, in south London. The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since it was opened in 1845. It was the first ground in England to host international Test cricket in September 1880. The final Test match of the English season is traditionally played there. In addition to cricket, The Oval has hosted a number of other historically significant sporting events. In 1870, it staged England's first international football match, versus Scotland. It hosted the first FA Cup final in 1872, as well as those between 1874 and 1892. In 1876, it held both the England v. Wales and England v. Scotland rugby international matches and, in 1877, rugby's first varsity match. It also hosted the final of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. (Wikipedia)