J Langlois (United Kingdom, 1855 – 1904) oil on canvas painting depicting a white terrier watching a hole in the ground in a coastal landscape setting. Signed “J Langloir,” lower right. Housed in a partial painted and giltwood frame. Sight: 9 1/2″ H x 13 3/8″ W. Framed: 13 1/4″ H x 17 1/4″ W. […]
Lot 582: Three Nathaniel Currier Equestrian Lithographs, Hunting Casualties
Three (3) Nathaniel Currier (American, 1813-1888) hand-colored comedic equestrian lithographs with hunters falling from horses in rural landscapes. From the artist’s Hunting Casualties series, 1846-56. Includes A Turn of Speed Over the Flat, A Rare Sort for the Downs, and A Mutual Determination. Sheets: 12 1/4″ H x 17 1/2″ W. CONDITION: With marginal soiling, […]
Lot 581: Audubon House Wren from Birds of America, Bien Edition
After John James Audubon (Haiti/New York, 1785-1851) chromolithograph depicting two mature house wrens, one of whom feeds an insect to one of the three young wrens who nest inside an old hat that hangs on a mossy branch, 1860. Marginal text reads “No. 14-8.” and Plate 120.,” upper margin, and “Chromolithy by J. Bien, New […]
Lot 579: Early Kentucky & Tennessee Map, Cyrus Harris, 1796
A Map of the State of Kentucky and the Tennessee Government Compiled from the Best Authorities by Cyrus Harris, engraved by Amos Doolittle, published by Thomas and Andrews, Boston, 1796. From THE AMERICAN UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHY by Jedidiah Morse. Copper plate engraving of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting early towns and roads, including Nashville and Clarksville, rivers, […]
Lot 578: 4 Framed Maps of Southeastern US, Antonio Zatta 1778
Four (4) framed 18th-century maps of America. 4 plates (out of 12) from “Le Colonie Unite dell’ America Settentr’le” by Antonio Zatta, published Venice, 1778, hand-colored engravings on laid paper. Includes plates VII, X, and XI depicting parts of Florida, Georgia, Virginia, and the Carolinas, plus VIII depicting parts of Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. […]
Lot 577: 1863 Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas with Descriptions
JOHNSON’S NEW ILLUSTRATED FAMILY ATLAS, WITH PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, AND WITH DESCRIPTIONS GEOGRAPHICAL, STATISTICAL, AND HISTORICAL, INCLUDING THE LATEST FEDERAL CENSUS, A GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX, AND A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, Deluxe full red leather folio issue, maps by Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827 – 1884) and Benjamin P. Ward, published by Johnson & […]
Lot 576: 2 John Tallis 1851 Maps: United States and North America
1st item: Map of the United States, steel engraving by John Rapkin, published by John Tallis, London, 1851. Hand colored. With three decorative vignette views labeled: “Washington’s Monument” (includes the statue at the top which was never installed), “Penn’s Treaty with the Indians,” and “Buffalo Hunt.” Shows the eastern states and some interestingly shaped western […]
Lot 575: 2 Johnson 1860s maps incl. Double Hemisphere
1st item: Double Hemisphere World Map, published by A. J. Johnson and Benjamin P. Ward as plates nos. 4-5 in the 1863 edition of “Johnson’s Family Atlas”. Detailed large double hemisphere map of the world, with the hemispheres meeting in the Atlantic Ocean. The Antarctic continent is only partially illustrated due to limited Antarctic exploration […]
Lot 574: A General Chart Exhibiting the Discoveries Made by Captain James Cook, 1784, Strahan and Cadell of London
Henry Roberts (1756-1796), A General Chart Exhibiting the Discoveries Made by Captain James Cook, 1784. Original copperplate engraving from Cook’s Last Voyage published in 1784 by Strahan and Cadell of London. In 1766 Captain James Cook (1728-1789) of the Royal Navy was commissioned to undertake three historic voyages of exploration in the Pacific, resulting in […]
Lot 573: Moll 1714 Map of Italy, with Erupting Volcanos
Moll, Herman: A NEW MAP OF ITALY, 1714, large hand colored copper plate engraved map on laid paper, depicting the entirety of Italy, with images at left of erupting volcanos Mt. Vesuvius and Mt. Aetna and a stable Mt. Aeolius. Matted and framed under glass in a woodgrain frame. Sight- 25″H x 40″W. Frame – […]
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