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c. 1957. Tempera on paper. 10 1/4 x 25 1/2 inches visible. Framed. 17 3/4 x 32 3/4 inches. Ed Valigursky (b. 1926) has done speculative, futuristic designs for Popular Science since the early 1950's. He has also been a highly prolific Science Fiction artist for book covers and magazines . This "Atomic Car" was probably an illustration for Argosy, but more substantive information is welcome. Though more science fiction oriented in its origins, this car exemplifies the collective American dr... more information

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Amsterdam: Gerard Valk & Petrus Schenk, circa 1700. Engraving with lovely early colour. Printed on laid paper. In excellent condition, with the exception of a printers crease in bottom left section of map. Center fold as usual where it was bound into an atlas. 18 3/16 x 20 5/8 inches. 20 7/8 x 24 9/16 inches. A stunning map showing the southwest provinces of China, by the celebrated Dutch publishers Schenk and Valk. Following the decline of the Blaeu and Jansson publishing houses, Schenk and Valk beca... more information

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Amsterdam: Valk, c. 1703. Engraved with period outline colour. Browned at the edges, minor offset. Slight losses due to oxidation. 23 x 19 3/8 inches. 24 5/8 x 20 3/4 inches. Attractive Dutch map of Franche Comté Franche Comté or the Free County of Burgundy paid historically for its freedom in being frequently invaded by France, Burgundy, Germany and Switzerland before being permanently bound to France by Louis XIV. This example of the map appears to be a very early impression as the grid o... more information

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London: John Boydell, 2 November 1765. Copper engraving, coloured by hand, by Isaac Taylor, from Richard Earlom's design after van Herp. 19 3/8 x 25 1/4 inches. A very fine genre picture, expertly interpreted by Earlom and Walker. The artist of the original work is probably Willem van Herp (not Harp as in the title): the most likely candidate from amongst a prolific family of 16th-century Flemish painters. This good-humored scene shows the interior of a Flemish tavern. A number of guests sit around a ... more information

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London: John Boydell, 1 December 1764. Copper engraving, coloured by hand, by William Walker, from Richard Earlom's design after van Herp. 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches. A very fine genre picture, expertly interpreted by Earlom and Walker. The artist of the original work is probably Willem van Herp (not Harp as in the title): the most likely candidate from amongst a prolific family of 16th-century Flemish painters. A riotous scene, full of movement, set in an anteroom in a Flemish tavern. In the foreground a... more information

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[London?: 1781 or later]. Mezzotints, on laid paper. Proof before letters, the second signed in the plate `Jan Van Huisium fec.' (margins skillfully strengthened on verso). 19 7/8 x 15 1/8 inches approx. 24 3/8 x 18 inches, and smaller. A very rare, apparently unrecorded, pair of proof mezzotints after the work of Jan van Huysum: the 'last of the great Dutch masters' (Mitchell), the `Phoenix of Flower Painters' (Weyerman) "It is the fate of some painters to be celebrated in their life... more information

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London: John Boydell, 1781; 1778. Mezzotints, by Richard Earlom, proofs before titles. 20 x 18 5/8 inches approx. 23 x 17 3/8 inches approx. A very rare pair of fine proof mezzotints after the work of Jan van Huysum: the "last of the great Dutch masters'' (Mitchell), the "Phoenix of Flower Painters." (Weyerman) "It is the fate of some painters to be celebrated in their lifetime only and to be disregarded by later generations...Other painters pass their lives in obscurity only t... more information

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Signed 'J Van Huysum' (lower right). Pencil and watercolour, crowned shield with fleur-de-lys watermark. 19 1/2 x 12 5/8 inches. A captivating image of a triple-stemmed spray of spurge laurel with small green flowers with red centres. Jacob van Huysum was born in Amsterdam in about 1687, a member of a renowned family of professional flower painters who enjoyed considerable success in Holland. His father was Justus van Huysum (1659-1716), and his brother Jan van Huysum (1682-1749). Jacob painted in... more information

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Signed `J Van Huysum' (lower right). Pencil and watercolour, crowned shield with fleur-de-lys watermark. 19 5/8 x 12 5/8 inches. A fine image of two stems, the longer topped by a mass of small white flowers, the second much shorter showing the black berries. Jacob van Huysum was born in Amsterdam in about 1687, a member of a renowned family of professional flower painters who enjoyed considerable success in Holland. His father was Justus van Huysum (1659-1716), and his brother Jan van Huysum (1682-174... more information

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Signed 'J Van H' (lower right). Pencil and watercolour, `IV' watermark. 19 1/2 x 13 1/16 inches. A beautiful image of a single Mallow stem with pink flowers. Jacob van Huysum was born in Amsterdam in about 1687, a member of a renowned family of professional flower painters who enjoyed considerable success in Holland. His father was Justus van Huysum (1659-1716), and his brother Jan van Huysum (1682-1749). Jacob painted in much the same manner as his brother, and as with his brother's work,... more information

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Signed `J Van Huysum' (lower right). Pencil and watercolour, `IV' watermark. 20 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches. A fine image of a single stem of elder with two bunches of small green flower buds and five main leaves. Jacob van Huysum was born in Amsterdam in about 1687, a member of a renowned family of professional flower painters who enjoyed considerable success in Holland. His father was Justus van Huysum (1659-1716), and his brother Jan van Huysum (1682-1749). Jacob painted in much the same manner as his ... more information

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Signed `J Van Huysum' (lower right). Pencil and watercolour, crowned shield with fleur-de-lys watermark. 20 1/2 x 13 7/8 inches. A beautiful image of a single branch of the European lime tree with two small bunches of small green flower buds, flecked with red and yellow, attached to the lower part of the stem. Jacob van Huysum was born in Amsterdam in about 1687, a member of a renowned family of professional flower painters who enjoyed considerable success in Holland. His father was Justus van Huysum ... more information

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New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, 1862. Folio. (18 x 13 ½ inches). Tinted lithographic additional title by Charles Parsons, printed by Endicott & Co., 20 chromolithographic plates by Parsons after van Lennep, all printed by Endicott & Co. of New York. (Text somewhat browned as usual). Original maroon pebble-grain cloth, upper cover blocked in gilt with the title above and below a vignette of a veiled lady seated on a camel being led by an arab, beneath a crescent moon, beside some palm trees (n... more information

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Boston: B.W.Thayer & Co., [1841]. Quarto. (11 3/8 x 8 5/8 inches). Without text, 14 lithographs (1 folding), printed by Thayer & Co, after drawings by Van Lennep (4), Mrs. Hitchcock (4), Joseph Peckham (1) and others. An important selection of early lithographic views of Massachusetts. This charming series are all printed by the important early Boston lithographers B.W.Thayer & Co. and come from Edward Hitchcock's Final report on the geology of Massachusetts (Amherst & Northampton, 184... more information

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[Amsterdam: Jansson, circa 1658]. Hand-coloured copper engraved map. Good condition. 19 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches. A good copy of this rare early map of China. This attractive and important map was first published in Jansson's Atlas Novus in 1658, but remains relatively rare as it appeared in only a few editions of the atlas. It was re-issued from the 1690s onwards by Valk & Schenk who added their imprint to the plate just under the sea-battle between the two western ships off the coast of Hainan. The... more information

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London: Robert Sayer, circa 1740. Hand-coloured copper engraving, laid down on early board mount. Good condition apart from some light soiling, minor foxing, and a few small bits of adhesive residue in the margins. Trimmed to plate mark on all sides. 10 15/16 x 15 3/4 inches. 11 1/8 x 16 inches. A panoramic view of the thriving port city of Jakarta, the Indonesian headquarters of the Dutch East India Company. Originally a village known as Javakarta, Jakarta was renamed Batavia in 1619, when it was capture... more information

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Haarlem: Published by Pieter Soutman, circa 1644. Mixed method, engraving and etching. Printed on fine laid paper, with a watermark of a sun. In excellent condition. Image size: 15 11/16 x 10 ¾ inches. 16 x 11 1/8 inches. 20 7/16 x 15 inches. A magnificent portrait of , from a series of portraits of the Hapsburg royals published by Pieter Soutman. This stunning portrait is from a suite of engravings published by Pieter Claesz Soutman. Executed by some of the most noted seventeenth century engravers... more information

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Haarlem: Published by Pieter Soutman, circa 1644. Mixed method, engraving and etching. Printed on fine laid paper with a watermark of a sun. In excellent condition. Image size: 15 ¾ x 10 5/8 inches. 16 3/16 x 11 1/8 inches. 20 1/2 x 15 inches. A stunning portrait of Eleanora comes from a series of portraits of the Hapsburg royals published by Pieter Soutman. This finely engraved portrait is from a suite of engravings published by Pieter Claesz. Soutman. Executed by some of the most noted seventeent... more information

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Haarlem: Published by Pieter Soutman, circa 1644. Mixed method, engraving and etching. Printed on fine watermarked laid paper. In excellent condition. Image size: 15 ½ x 10 ½ inches. 16 x 11 inches. 20 1/2 x 15 inches. A lavish engraving from a series of portraits of the Hapsburg royals published by Pieter Soutman. This stunning portrait is from a suite of engravings published by Pieter Claesz Soutman. Executed by some of the most noted seventeenth century engravers, the suite is a lavish se... more information

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Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, 1829. Copper-engraved wall map, with full original colour, expertly repaired, backed on modern linen, trimmed in burgundy cloth, and on contemporary rollers. Very good condition. 51 x 61 inches. A monumental wall map of the United States, depicting the nation during a fascinating point in its development An exceptionally scarce and important map for early Jacksonian America. Originally published in 1825, this revised third edition appeared in 1829. Rumsey describes Vance'... more information

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