Four (4) 19th century Tennessee and Kentucky maps. 1st item: "Tennessee & Kentucky" Map by Thomas G. Bradford, engraved by George W. Boynton, published by William D. Ticknor, Boston, 1835. From "A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial" by Thomas G. Bradford. Copper plate engraving with hand-colored outlines of Tennessee and Kentucky depicting towns and […]

Cyrus Harris, "A Map of the State of Kentucky and the Tennessee Government Compiled from the Best Authorities," from Jedidiah Morse's The American Universal Geography. Boston: Thomas and Andrews, 1796. Engraving by Amos Doolittle. Indian boundaries and the Southern boundary of the military reservation set aside for veterans of the North Carolina troops are shown. […]

CHATTANOOGA. COUNTY SEAT OF HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE 1886 Map, drawn by Henry Wellge, lithographed by Adam Beck and Clemens J. Pauli, published by Norris, Wellge and Company, Milwaukee. Published as a supplement to the CHATTANOOGA DAILY TIMES, Wednesday, March 23rd, 1887. Depicts a bird's-eye-view map of the City of Chattanooga, with significant buildings, streets, rivers, […]

Four (4) English maps and engravings, including Ogibly, Speed, Chavane. 1st item: "98. The Road from Shrewsbury to Chester to Holywell Co. Flint.", by John Ogilby (United Kingdom, 1600-1676), from his "Britannica", 1675. Copper plate engraving with later hand coloring featuring five "strip maps" that depict the roads and landmarks between the towns in the […]

Bartolomeo Pinelli: MITOLOGIA ILLUSTRATA, CON INTRODUZIONE E TESTO DESCRITTIVO DEL PROF. ANGELO DE GUBERNATIS, published Rome, 1896, Vol. I and II, approximately 120 lithograph foilio illustrations of mythological subjects, with Italian text. Sheet sizes 19" x 13 1/4". CONDITION: Cardboard covers chipped and worn; interior illustrations in overall good condition with some light even toning, […]

Large archive of drawings and notes by the noted Civil War illustration artist Alfred Waud (1828-1891). Includes several sketches of people in period dress ranging from the 1600s-late 1800s, architectural drawings, Native American people and objects, Mexican places and artifacts, etc. There are 4 pen and ink drawings but the majority are rendered in pencil. […]

Five (5) Sir William Hamilton (United Kingdom, 1751-1801) aquatint engravings on laid paper from a reprint of A COLLECTION OF ETRUSCAN, GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES FROM THE CABINET OF THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM HAMILTON, including Volume II, Plates 50 and 60, and Volume IV, Plates 59, 68, and 71. Partial fleur-de-lis on a shield watermark, left […]

WINCKELMANN, Johann Joachim (1717-1768). Monumenti antichi inediti [with supplement by Stefano Raffei]. Rome: Carlo Mordacchini, 1821. I – VI (missing IV). Originally consisting of 208 numbered plates on about 120 pages (plates 12-13, 23-26, 65-68, 76-78, 128-129, 160, 172, 180, and 185-190 are missing from this folio). Engraved numbered plates include images of Greek and […]

Dr. Robert John Thorton (United Kingdom, 1768-1837) hand-colored aquatint, mezzotint, and stipple engraving titled The American Aloe, painted by Philip Reinagle (1749-1833), engraved by Thomas Medland (c.1765-1833). From TEMPLE OF FLORA : OR GARDEN OF THE BOTANIST POET PAINTER AND PHILOSOPHER, published by Thornton, London, 1807 folio edition. Partial watermark reading H. Smith 18…, lower […]

Four (4) Dr. Robert John Thorton (United Kingdom, 1768-1837) hand-colored aquatint, mezzotint, and stipple engravings depicting botanical subjects. From TEMPLE OF FLORA : OR GARDEN OF THE BOTANIST POET PAINTER AND PHILOSOPHER, published by Thornton, London, 1812 quarto edition. Engravings include Group of Auriculas, painted by Philip Reinagle (1749-1833), engraved by Joseph Constantine Stadler (active […]