Search Results: Titles starting with L from Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books

Paris: Nicolas Sanson, c. 1656. Lower right corner of the first eight leaves strengthened, otherwise a very good copy, maps and text are clean and crisp. In protective cloth slipcase.. Edition: First edition., Binding: Full contemporary calf, expertly rebacked with spine in six compartments of raised bands and finely-gilt motifs, morocco label on two, edges speckled red. , Notes: This atlas was dedicated to the Superintendent of Finances at the time, Nicolas Fouquet. Regarding a map of South and Central Africa published the year before (which bears resemblance to this map of South Africa--‘Pays, et Costes des Caffres’--in particular), Norwich writes: “This map, although a fine example of cartography, is based on very little information; for example, the desert-like coast of South West Africa is presented as a land rich in rivers. The fictitious states are given fictitious boundaries and the interior is marked with large cities such as Vigiti Magna and Monomotapa. This information led to… Read More

Amsterdam : Guilj I. Caesium, c. 1628. Very good condition. . Binding: Full contemporary vellum. Flat spine. Text in Latin. , Notes: Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4BC – AD 65) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero. He was forced to commit suicide for alleged complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate Nero. His father was Seneca the Elder and his elder brother was Lucius Junius Gallio Annaenus, called Gallio in the Bible. , Size: 16vo. (126x70mm). , Pages: P. Title, Blank, 1-609. Mispagination: 269 as 26, page number 281 is missing (page is not missing), 290 as 282, which continues, until 329, which is mispaginated as 327, continuing until the end. , Category: Book Classics; Book Philosophy;

Paris: Giguet et Michaud, 1804. A very good set.. Binding: ¼ sheep skin with marbled boards, spine with elaborate gilt design., Size: 12mo, Volume: 2, References: Graesse p.353, Pages: P. half-title, advertisement, title, preface 9-76, 77-428; half-title, title, 7-524., Category: ; Book Europe France

Amsterdam: Pierre Vander Aa, 1719. Small holes, otherwise in Very Good condition;. Notes: The title cartouche depicts a Miter, and a blacksmith working., Size : 260x380 (mm), 10.24x14.96 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Category: Maps Europe Benelux;

Paris, c.1776. Very Good;. Size : 562x542 (mm), 22.13x21.34 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps Canada East Newfoundland;

Paris, 1759. Very Good. Notes: This print is part of the series of large bound albums containing engraved portraits and engravings from the cabinet formed by Louis Philippe, Duke of Orleans and the French King. The constitution of the album has extended for more than twenty-five years and was kept at the Palais-Royal. Of the 114 volumes which keeps track, 75 are now held at Versailles which contain only 65 prints - The albums were then kept in the manor house of Anjou, near Brussels, in the collection of Henri d'Orleans Count of Paris, and then, when in 1948 the Prince and his family left Belgium to settle in Portugal, the volumes went on sale in Brussels. , Image Size : 193x92 (mm), 7.60x3.62 (Inches), Platemark Size : 215x138 (mm), 8.46x5.43 (Inches), Paper Size : 230x155 (mm), 9.06x6.10 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Medium: Copper Engraving, Categories: Portraits Others;

Venice, 1778. Very Good. Notes: This map forms a continuous strip from the upper part of nova Scotia down to Conneticut, Size : 330x440 (mm), 13x17.25 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored in outline, Reference: Portinaro and Franco Knirsch Plate CXLIX, Category: ; Maps Canada East Nova Scotia

Venice: G. Tasso, 1830. Excellent. Size : 370x475 (mm), 14.5x18.75 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Category: ; Maps Africa Continent

Paris, 1700. Very Good. Notes: Large and decorative map of Africa in original hand colouring., Size : 453x586 (mm), 17.83x23.07 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Category: Maps Africa Continent;

Paris, c.1800. Very Good, backed on acid free canvas for long term preservation. With few areas of expert restorations.. Notes: Decorative wall map of Africa, first published in c.1750s and it was updated to 1800 by the great Nollin map makers family., Size : 1160x1482 (mm), 45.67x58.35 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps Africa Continent; Maps Wall Maps;

Venice: Santini, 1777. Very Good;. Size : 480x652 (mm), 18.90x25.67 (Inches), Coloring: Original Outline Coloring, Category: Maps Africa Continent;

Paris, 1719. Excellent. Size : 580x890 (mm), 22.875x35 (Inches), Coloring: Original Outline Coloring, Category: ; Maps Africa Continent

Paris, 1694. Very Good. Size : 461x595 (mm), 18.15x23.43 (Inches), Coloring: Original Outline Coloring, Category: Maps Africa Continent;

Paris, c.1700. Very Good. Notes: French map of Africa as a continent., Size : 462x645 (mm), 18.19x25.39 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps Africa Continent;

Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, c.1696. Very Good. Size : 510x605 (mm), 20.08x23.82 (Inches), Coloring: Original Outline Coloring, Category: Maps Europe Germany;

Leiden: Pierre Vander Aa, c. 1714. some wormholes, otherwise in very good condition.. Notes: Title cartouche is decorated by a German swordsman bearing the German shield, surrounded by army tents and flags., Size : 260x387 (mm), 10.24x15.24 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline, Category: Maps Europe Germany; Maps Europe Czech Republic, Slovakia; Maps Europe Austria;

Nuremberg, 1740. Minor soiling on margins, otherwise very good; laid down on old canvas. Notes: The title cartouche in the top left depicting the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, holding his orb and sceptre, seated on his throne, and wearing his royal robes. Around him are imperial symbols including crowns and eagles, and he is surrounded by winged putti., Size : 470x534 (mm), 18.50x21.02 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Category: Maps Europe Germany;Maps Europe Continent;

Paris, 1701. Very Good. Size : 485x630 (mm), 19.125x24.75 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: ; Maps Europe Germany

Leiden: Pierre Vander Aa, c.1713. Very Good; minor wormholing barely affecting image.. Size : 271x398 (mm), 10.67x15.67 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Category: Maps Europe France;

Milan, 1832. Excellent. Size : 330x482 (mm), 13x19 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Category: ; Maps North America; Maps South America Continent