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antiquarius-sb.com

antiquarius. specialist dealer in fine antique maps, etching, engraving, prints, old master, maps, views antique

antique-prints.de

fine antique prints, topographical views and antique maps from all over the world. all prints are genuine and over a hundred years old.

panteek.com

Shop antique hand-colored bird prints from Eleazar Albin's Natural History of Birds, 1731. One of only 89 sets, colored by Albin and his daughter Elizabeth.

mostlymaps.com

Copper engraving with original outline hand colouring (sparse)  showing the region of Ancient Egypt divided into four districts: Aegyptus Inferior, Heptanomis, Aegyptus Superior or Thebais, and Arabia Petraea that includes Gaza. A table gives the Nomorum, or administrative districts of Upper and Lower Egypt, which are depicted by Roman numerals on the map. The details include the pyramids, the Natron valley, rivers, cities. Overall sheet size: 34.8cms x 54.3 cms; image size: 312mm x 484mm. Bottom left are six scales of distancerepresenting various measurement systems used at the time.  The text is in Latin and English. The map was drawn by J.B.B. D’Anville in 1765 and published in 1794 by Laurie and Whittle.   Very good condition. Laurie and Whittle (fl. 1794 - 1858) was a London, England based firm active in the late 18th and early 19th century. Generally considered to be the successors of the Robert Sayer firm, Laurie and Whittle was founded by Robert Laurie (c. 1755 - 1836) and James Whittle (1757-1818). Robert Laurie was a skilled mezzotint engraver and is known to have worked with Robert Sayer on numerous projects. James Whittle was a well known London socialite and print seller who's Fleet Street shop was a popular haunt for intellectual luminaries. The partnership began taking over the general management of Sayer's firm around 1787, however, did not alter the Sayer imprint until after Sayer's death in 1794. Apparently Laurie did most of the work in managing the firm and hence his name appeared first in the Laurie and Whittle imprint. Together Laurie and Whittle published numerous maps and atlases, often bringing in other important cartographers of the day, including Kitchin, Faden, Jefferys and others to update and modify their existing Sayer plates. Robert Laurie retired in 1812, leaving the day to day management of the firm to his son, Richard Holmes Laurie (1777 - 1858). Under R. H. Laurie and James Whittle, the

sanderusmaps.com

Old, antique map of Verona, Vincenza, and Padova by Gerard Mercator, published by Jodocus Hondius. - Title: Veronae Vicentiae et Pataviae dit. - 1607.

kittyprint.com

Antique maps of Africa. See Africa Scenes & Views for landscape prints and genre scenes. ~section 2~ About antique maps of Africa Up to the beginning of the 15th Century, the only part of Africa known to Europeans was the North Mediterranean shore. Since then, cartographers gradually pushed forward the frontiers of

antiqueprints.com

antique print dealer offering old and antique prints and maps for sale by mail order. listing many collectable and decorative old maps and engravings in an online catalog, these make ideal unusual and inexpensive art gifts.

sandersofoxford.com

Sanders of Oxford is one of the largest print sellers in Britain, and features a varied and wide-ranging stock of more than 30,000 items. Our shop has long been a landmark on the High Street, continuing a tradition established in the middle of the 19th century of trading in antique prints, antique maps and drawings.