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(American Lithography) [Collection of Early American Lithographs, including the First Known American Lithograph of a Natural History Subject - by Charles Alexandre Lesueur; early lithographs by Abadie and other unnamed experimentalists; and unattributed student artwork, likely by pupils of Marie Duclos Fretageot's girl's school]

Charles Alexandre Lesueur and the Origins of American Lithography.

Price: $ 25,000.00

[Sea of the West] L'Amerique divisee Par Grands Etats . . . 1762

First state of Janvier's map of America, published in Paris in 1762.

Price: $ 375.00

Colossus Monarchicus Statua Danielis

This elaborate allegorical engraving, created in the 1720s by Tobias Conrad Lotter, presents a visual allegory of the "Colossus Monarchicus" as described in the Book of Daniel, blending biblical imagery with historical monarchies. It intricately maps the lineage of kings from Assyrian, Persian, Greek, and Roman civilizations onto the figure of a colossal statue wielding a sword and scepter. Surrounding the figure are mythical beasts symbolizing the major empires, while the statue's legs bear the names of the monarchs from eastern and western empires.

Price: $ 750.00

L'Europe / L'Asie / L'Afrique / L'Americque

Allegorical Image of the Four Continents

Price: $ 1,600.00

[The United States in North America | Russian Empire in Europe] [Kita-Amerika-nai Gasshukoku | Yoroppa-nai teikoku Roshia]

This kawaraban shows the portraits of two officers, an American and a Russian, with explanatory text printed around these figures it reflects the interest in these two powerful countries following their arrival in Japan in 1853. It seems likely that the two men depicted are Commodore Matthew C. Perry and Vice-Admiral (later Count) Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin, although neither are named, as both visited Japan during 1853 in an effort to open trade with Japan. The accompanying texts describe the United States and Russia respectively.

Price: $ 1,200.00

Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio

The enduring legacy of Sebastian Munster's Cosmography was maintained well beyond his death in 1552, initially by Henri Petri and, following Henri's passing in 1579, by his son, Sebastian Petri. In 1588, undertaking the monumental task of modernization, Sebastian Petri initiated a project to revise the outdated woodblocks, one of which depicted the Americas. The result is this striking woodcut map titled Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio, a testament to late 16th-century cartographic understanding, serving as an impressive representation of the Americas at the end of that momentous century.

Price: $ 1,800.00