| Id/Pic | Title/Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
Austria 9Kr Mi5 BATTONYA Hungary Line Cancel, Mueller 500P. From right margin. |
US$199 (ca EUR154.58) | |
The Dream City, a photographic view book of the 1893 Columbian Exposition, published in the same year. Oblong folio (13.5x11inches) in 3/4 Calf with morocco panels and marbled endpapers. Contents very clean (last page hand numbered), few small marginal tears, spine very worn as per scan. Original book, interesting viewing. That Exposition would certainly have been something to see. |
US$89 (ca EUR69.13) | |
Dijon , Levée par les Officiers du Corps Royal d'Etat-Major ; et gravée au Dépôt de la Guerre en 1858. Large folding map in 21 sections, laid on linen, prepared by the Ministry of War. Highly detailed map of Dijon and environs. Absolutely guaranteed original antique map ca150 years old. |
US$349 (ca EUR271.09) | |
Map of Venetian islands, with decorative compass rose and cartouche. From an Italian edition of the famous book "L'Isole piu famose del mondo" by Tommaso Porcacchi, 1620. Please see scan for condition. Measurements are of the image plate mark; page size is much larger. Will rolled for safe shipping. Absolutely guaranteed, original copperplate map ca 400 years old. |
US$449 (ca EUR348.76) | |
Metz, Levée par les Officiers du Corps Royal d'Etat-Major ; et gravée au Dépôt de la Guerre en 1854. Large folding map in 21 sections, laid on linen, prepared by the Ministry of War. Highly detailed map of Mezieres and environs. Absolutely guaranteed original antique map ca150 years old. |
US$349 (ca EUR271.09) | |
Map of the Greek island of Milo; with decorative compass rose and cartouche and sea monsters frolicking about. From an Italian edition of the famous book "L'Isole piu famose del mondo" by Tommaso Porcacchi, 1620. Please see scan for condition. Measurements are of the image plate mark; page size is much larger. Will rolled for safe shipping. Absolutely guaranteed, original copperplate map ca 400 years old. |
US$249 (ca EUR193.41) | |
Altkirch, Levée par les Officiers du Corps Royal d'Etat-Major ; et gravée au Dépôt de la Guerre en 1858. Large folding map in 15 sections, laid on linen, prepared by the Ministry of War. Highly detailed map of Altkirch and environs. Absolutely guaranteed original antique map ca150 years old. |
US$149 (ca EUR115.74) | |
Wuerttemberg, Germany. Huge map in four parts, each ca 52x67mm, and each in 12 sections. Laid on linen for traveling use. Highly detailed map in excellent condition, showing all of Wuerttemberg and part of Bavaria, down to the Bodensee, lake Constance / Constanz. Absolutely guaranteed original antique map ca150 years old. |
US$249 (ca EUR193.41) | |
American Notes, by Archibald Sutter. Excelent first person account of his travels across the USA from NYC to Boston to Washington to St Louis. With large fold-out map (intact, ca 20.25x17.5inches) and multiple illustrations. Fascinating reading. Ex-Library, with plates, amrkings, etc from Denver Public. Absolutely guaranteed original antique book ca 128 year sold. A great gift for that historian in the family. |
US$149 (ca EUR115.74) | |
Das grossere biblische Erbaungsbuch. Two volumes of tracts over the Bible, from 1788 (236+190pp) and 1803 (382pp), by Velthusen and Seiler in Erlangen, Germany. 2/4 calf with marbled boards, bookplate of Pennsylvania College, dedication inside cover. Text (linen paper) in both volumes is clean and intact, minor foxing to title pages. Cover heavily worn (as per scan) but plenty tight. In German. |
US$149 (ca EUR115.74) | |
Handbuch der Alten Numismatik by Dr J. G. Th. Graesse. Detailed book on ancient coins, in German. Worn extremities, very minor foxing to first few pages, text generally clean, tight, and bright. Very nice original book on ancients. |
US$199 (ca EUR154.58) | |
Original copy of 1920 biography of German WWI Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz. In original dustjacket(!), a bit worn with repaired tears, but still, an original dustjacket. Small bookplate of the seller (Buecher-Boerse) inside front cover. Contents clean and tight, in German. |
US$99 (ca EUR76.9) | |
Historia Numismatum by Caroli Patini, Amsterdam 1683, [251+1p errata]. Bound with De numismatis et nummis antiquis dissertatio, Josephi Mariae Suaresii, Amsterdam, 1683, [49+2] and Eleytheyriasive de Manumissone Servorum apud Romanos, Libri Quator, Wilhelmo a Loon, Utrecht, 1685, [230+28+1addenda]. Three books bound as one, in beautiful period vellum. Apart from some notes on the title page, a fine and beautiful copy, with numerous illustrations and a key to inscriptions on antique (Greek and Roman) coins, as well as the Suaresi dissertaion on ancient numismatics, and Loon's work on Roman slaves. A fine copy for the finest collection. |
US$599 (ca EUR465.28) | |
1905 limited edition (250 copies) of incunabula in the collection of Library of Exter College, Oxford, England. Bookplate of noted collector Robert Hoe. Partially unopened. Cloth boards with calf spine. Clean and tight. First edition as such. |
US$99 (ca EUR76.9) | |
Metz, Levée par les Officiers du Corps Royal d'Etat-Major ; et gravée au Dépôt de la Guerre en 1856. Large folding map in 21 sections, laid on linen, prepared by the Ministry of War. Highly detailed map of Metz and environs. Absolutely guaranteed original antique map ca150 years old. |
US$349 (ca EUR271.09) | |
Feldpost card sent from the Schuette-Lanz 7 (SL7) crewmember stationed with the airship in Koenigsberg, Preussen / Prussia. Hand-written note mentioning the SL7, and with sender as J.H. (Auemin?), as crew of the airship. Schuette-Lanz airship feldposts are much rarer than their more recognizable Zeppelin counterparts. |
US$399 (ca EUR309.93) | |
Imperial decree from Franz I / Francis I -- by God's grace Roman Caesar (Kaiser), King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia and Lodomerien (now part of Poland and Ukraine) and Jeusalem, Grand Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Lothringen / Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Duke of Milan, etc. Folded. Relating to the tarifs of 1788. |
US$149 (ca EUR115.74) | |
Imperial decree from Franz II / Francis II -- by God's grace Roman Caesar (Kaiser), King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia and Lodomerien (now part of Poland and Ukraine), Grand Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Lothringen / Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, etc. Folded. New rules regarding the recording of the Bohemian nobility in the Landtafel registry. |
US$199 (ca EUR154.58) | |
Imperial decree from Franz II / Francis II -- by God's grace Roman Caesar (Kaiser), King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia and Lodomerien (now part of Poland and Ukraine), Grand Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Lothringen / Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, etc. Regarding the raising of duties on Coffee, Sugar, and Cocoa, with accompanying example forms. Complete in 15 pages, folded. |
US$199 (ca EUR154.58) | |
Imperial decree from Leopold II -- by God's grace Roman Caesar (Kaiser), King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia and Lodomerien (now part of Poland and Ukraine), Grand Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Lothringen / Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, etc. Folded. Regarding the Austrian/german rights of succession following the death of ethnic Czechs, Hungarians, or Illyrians (part of Dalmatian coast and Balkans). |
US$199 (ca EUR154.58) | |
Imperial decree from Joseph II -- by God's grace Roman Caesar (Kaiser), King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia and Lodomerien (now part of Poland and Ukraine), Grand Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Lothringen / Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, etc. Folded, cut in top margin. Realting to the removal of the rights of Roman (Catholic) dispensations regarding legal impediments to marriage. |
US$149 (ca EUR115.74) | |
Imperial decree from Joseph II (literally the Other Joseph) -- by God's grace Roman Caesar (Kaiser), King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia and Lodomerien (now part of Poland and Ukraine), Grand Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Lothringen / Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, etc. Folded. Regarding the laws of punishment of desertion and subsequent confiscations. |
US$149 (ca EUR115.74) | |
The topography and currents of the Indian Ocean. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving for Meyer's Zeitungs-Atlas, by the Schweinfurter Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Institutes zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris, and Philadelphia. circa 1852. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 155 years old. |
US$89 (ca EUR69.13) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the river drainage systems of Europe and Asia. Light original hand-coloring. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving for Meyer's Zeitungs-Atlas, by the Schweinfurter Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Institutes zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris, and Philadelphia. circa 1852. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger at top and bottom and is just in the frames on the sides. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 155 years old. |
US$89 (ca EUR69.13) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the largest mountains the world in order of ascending size, left to right. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving, lightly hand colored as published, by the London engraver Thomas Starling published in his 'Geographical Annual' 1833. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 176 years old. |
US$49 (ca EUR38.06) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the isotherm curves in the Northern Hemisphere, plus at the bottom are illustrations to scale of the hemisphere's tallest peaks (with altidues). Loveley detalied piece. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving for Meyer's Zeitungs-Atlas, by the Schweinfurter Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Institutes zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris, and Philadelphia. circa 1852. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 155 years old. |
US$149 (ca EUR115.74) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the longest rivers the world in order of ascending size, left to right. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving, lightly hand colored as published, by the London engraver Thomas Starling published in his 'Geographical Annual' 1833. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 176 years old. |
US$49 (ca EUR38.06) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the world's prevailign winds, and some other weather stuff I'm not smart enough to figure out. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving for Meyer's Zeitungs-Atlas, by the Schweinfurter Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Institutes zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris, and Philadelphia. circa 1852. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 155 years old. |
US$129 (ca EUR100.2) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the longest rivers the world in order of ascending size, left to right. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving, lightly hand colored as published, by the London engraver Thomas Starling published in his 'Geographical Annual' 1833. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 176 years old. |
US$49 (ca EUR38.06) | |
A charming comparative geography map showing the different envirnments around the world, with illustrations of various mountain ranges and their bands of life at the top. This style of map is characteristic of the mid-19th century and is one of my favorites. Finely designed steel engraving for Meyer's Zeitungs-Atlas, by the Schweinfurter Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Institutes zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris, and Philadelphia. circa 1852. The measurements are of the image, the page size with margins is a little larger. Guaranteed and absolutely original antique map ca 155 years old. |
US$79 (ca EUR61.36) |
