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

Detroit: Surveyor General's Office, 1849. Very Good;. Size : 596x725 (mm), 23.46x28.54 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps North America Great Lakes;

Detroit: Surveyors General Office of Michigan, 1849. Excellent. Size : 567x580 (mm), 22.25x22.875 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps United States Mid;

US: U.S. Geological Survey, 1893. Very Good.. Size : 240x315 (mm), 9.5x12.375 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps United States West Hawaii;

London: Moon, F.G., 1848. Excellent Condition. Notes: The Prints of David Roberts:Part 1 - The PrinterLouis Haghe (1806-1885) was one of the msot skillful exponents of the tinted lithograph who became a leading reproductive lithographer in England and on the Continent. Haghe's reputation as a lithographer was primarily based upon topographical views, of which Twyman notes "his most important work of this kind, the translation of Roberts' sketches of the Holy Land, represents the culmination of his art".Part 2 - The Publication of Roberts' Holy Land and EgyptRoberts first sketched in his journals "on the spot" the vaious subjects which, on returning to London, he transcribed into finished paintings and watercolors. These then formed the basis of the lithographs drawn and printed by Louis Haghe. It is interesting to note that in some instances Roberts' original drawings were twice or three times the size of the published print, which indicated the skill of Haghe and his assistants in transferring… Read More

London: William Miller, c. 1809. Very Good. Notes: A charming view of the Axum Obelisk in Axum, Ethiopia, during the early 19th century. Henry Salt (1780 – 1827) was an English artist, traveller, collector of antiquities, diplomat, and Egyptologist. His is most famous for his paintings and drawings of his travels in Egypt and eastern Africa. , Image Size : 455x597 (mm), 17.91x23.50 (Inches), Platemark Size : 482x655 (mm), 18.98x25.79 (Inches), Paper Size : 544x707 (mm), 21.42x27.83 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Medium: Aquatint, Categories: Views Africa Others;

London: C. Hitch and L. Hawes. , 1760.. A fine example. Interior is clean and crisp. . Edition: First Edition, Red-Lion., Binding: Full contemporary speckled calf, expertly rebacked in matching style. Spine with 5 raised bands. Decorative gilt rolls and motifs in compartments. Title in gilt on orange label in 2. All edges speckled red., Notes: “This book, which showed Pott's extensive knowledge of surgical literature, systematized the treatment of head injuries. It shows what a variety of injuries of the head could be sustained even before the advent of the motor-car. Includes the first description of "Pott's puffy tumour.” “The book was altered and republished under a different title in 1768.” Pg. 3 (B2) with a cancel: first line crossed out in ink.Percivall Pott (1714 – 1788) was an English surgeon, one of the founders of orthopaedics, and the first scientist to demonstrate that a cancer may be caused by an environmental carcinogen; he succeeded [William] Cheselden as the greatest… Read More

Amsterdam, 1671. Very Good. Notes: Dutch fort at Porto Calvo (Alagoas) in Brazil., Image Size : 270x330 (mm), 10.625x13 (Inches), Platemark Size : 11.625x14.125 (Inches), Paper Size : 305x380 (mm), 12x15 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Medium: Copper Engraving, Categories: ; Views South America

Amsterdam, 1690. Very Good, some minor cracking due to oxidation of the paint. Laid on acid free paper for long term preservation.. Size : 590x500 (mm), 23.23x19.69 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Category: Maps Europe United Kingdom Wales; Maps Europe United Kingdom England;

Paris: Service hydrographique de la Marine, 1890. Very good, Former owner stamp in the left central portion of the map and also in the cartouche of the map. Minor tear in bottom margin, image not affected. Minor staining at the top of the image.. Notes: Map covers the north-west coast of Spain between Corogne and Ferrol. Includes depth soundings of the surrounding bays., Size : 447x582 (mm), 17.60x22.91 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Category: Maps Europe Spain; Maps Sea Chart;

Toronto: The Radisson Society of Canada, c. 1925. The book is in very good condition. The dust jacket is in fair condition. . Edition: Revised Edition. , Binding: Publisher’s green cloth. Gilt text on spine. Dust jacket., Notes: Sir Sandford Fleming (1827 – 1915) was a Scottish-born Canadian engineer and inventor. He proposed worldwide standard time zones, designed Canada's first postage stamp, left a huge body of surveying and map making, and engineered much of the Intercolonial Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1872 Fleming set off with a small party to survey the route that would become the Canadian Pacific Railway, particularly through the Rocky Mountains, finding a practicable route through the Yellowhead Pass. One of his companions, George Monro Grant wrote an account of the trip, which became a best-seller. , Size: 8vo (236x155mm). , Illustration: With 10 illustrations of various scenes from the expedition. , Category: Book Canada; Book Voyages General;

Toronto: Belford Brothers Publishers. , 1877.. A very good copy. . Binding: contemporary full green cloth over boards, title in gilt on the flat spine, title in black ink on the upper board, upper board with horizontal decorative debossed ruling and central decorative gilt illustration, lower board with decorative central debossed device. , Notes: During the summer of 1872, Grant served Sandford Fleming as secretary on an exploratory journey from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean in search of a route for a transcontinental railway. He kept a diary which he polished and published as Ocean to ocean.George Monro Grant (1835–1902) was a Canadian church minister, writer, and political activist. He served as principal of Queen's College, Kingston, Ontario, for 25 years, from 1877 until 1902., Size: 8vo., , Illustration: Engraved and revised edition., Category: Book Canada;

Toronto : James Campbell & Son, c. 1873. Spine is defective, otherwise, very good condition. . Binding: Full contemporary decorative publisher’s boards with blind tooled rulings and floral decorative devices and gilt title. Flat spine with gilt title. , Size: 8vo. (200x140mm). , Illustration: Illustrated with 60 wood engravings. , Pages: P. Half title, Blank, Blank, Frontispiece, Title, Note, Note to the Public, Blank, Contents (ix-xii), List of Illustrations (xiii-xiv), List of Characters, Blank, 1-368., Category: Book Canada; Book Transportation Railway;

Venice: Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43.. Small tear in first volume’s fourth plate, scattered light foxing, otherwise the book is in very good condition.. Edition: First Italian edition., Binding: Contemporary ¼ tree calf with matching brown marble boards, flat spine in five compartments of gilt-tooled bands, gilt red calf labels on two and four, edges speckled blue. , Notes: With Italian text in two columns.This is a very detailed depiction of the geography and ethnography of the South East Asian islands. The three volumes form part of a larger multi-volume work, first published in French called “L’universe pittoresque”. These three volumes form the complete section on Southeast Asia and Oceania. De Rienzy (1759-1844) was a traveler in the Orient and Oceania, and was a scholar, geographer, member of government and of the French, English, and Italian academies. Chadenat writes that the text and profuse illustrations contain important historical and ethnographical details with regards to… Read More

U.S.A.: Woodbridge's Geography, 1843. Very Good. Notes: William Woodbridge was a geographer, educational reformer and author of many geographical textbooks. , Size : 205x269 (mm), 8.07x10.59 (Inches), Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Category: Maps Pacific; Maps Ocean Pacific;

Paris, 1816. Excellent. Size : 310x232 (mm), 12.25x9.125 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored in outline, Category: Maps Pacific; Maps Ocean Pacific;

Herbipolis/Wuertzburg: Sumptibus Quirini Heyl, Bibliopolae Aulico-Academici;, c. 1685. A very good example, binding slightly worn, wide margined example in contemporary full vellum. Plates and text are clean and crisp.. Edition: First Edition., Binding: Contemporary vellum boards, 18th century rebacking with matching vellum. Spine raised with five (5) bands; manuscript red ink title on two; green silk ties. , Notes: Text in Latin. The 17th century German Johann Zahn (1641-1707), canon of the Premonstratensian monastery of Oberzell near Würzburg, authored the first volume of the present work, , “Oculus artificialis teledioptricus sive Telescopium”, in 1685. The following volumes were published a year later. The work overall contains “many descriptions and diagrams, illustrations and sketches of both the camera obscura and magic lantern, along with various other lanterns, slides, projection types, peepshow boxes, microscopes, telescopes, reflectors, and lenses….” “In Oculus Artificialis,… Read More

London, c.1860. Very Good. Image Size : 262x235 (mm), 10.31x9.25 (Inches), Platemark Size : 275x243 (mm), 10.83x9.57 (Inches), Paper Size : 321x235 (mm), 12.64x9.25 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Medium: Steel Engraving, Categories: Pre-Raphaelites & Neoclassic;

Amsterdam, c.1693. Very Good, backed on acid free tissue paper for long term preservation . Notes: Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Draakenstein was a Dutch traveler, the one time Governor of Cochin and a naturalist whom worked for the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century., Image Size : , Platemark Size : 340x444 (mm), 13.39x17.48 (Inches), Paper Size : 366x477 (mm), 14.41x18.78 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Medium: Copper Engraving, Categories: Natural History Botany;

Leipzig, Germany; London, UK: Karl Baedeker; T. Fisher Unwin, 1914. Very Good. Notes: Early 20th century map of Odessa, a port city on the Black Sea in southern Ukraine. It’s known for its beaches and 19th-century architecture, including the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. The monumental Potemkin Stairs, immortalized in "The Battleship Potemkin," lead down to the waterfront with its Vorontsov Lighthouse. Running parallel to the water, the grand Primorsky Boulevard is a popular promenade lined with mansions and monuments., Size : 199x143 (mm), 7.83x5.63 (Inches), Coloring: Printed in Color with Some Hand Coloring, Category: Maps City Maps; Maps 20th Century Maps; Maps Europe Ukraine;

Vienna : F. A. Schraembl, 1779. Very Good. Notes: Beautiful map of Croatia, Montenegro, and Bosnia. Details include elevation, rivers, lakes, and towns. , Size : 457x609 (mm), 17.99x23.98 (Inches), Category: Maps Europe Balkans;