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The Ideal City

An interesting and humorous depiction of an "Ideal City," designed by the British illustrator Ronald Lampitt to accompany a piece by John Pudney which appeared in the 17 February 1951 issue of Illustrated Magazine. This imagined city borrows features from several metropolises while leaving out their negative parts. What results is a hodgepodge of architectural styles The Acropolis sits on a hill outside of the city, and other prominent landmarks include King's College Cambridge, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Piazza Della Signoria in Florence. Closer to the coast, at least three different downtowns are visible, modeled after New York City, the old town of Antibes, and colonial towns in the Carolinas.

Price: $175.00

Secuda etas mundi

Rare miniature example of the Latin edition of Harmann Schedel's map of the World, published by Hans Schönsperger in Augsburg. This miniature edition is much rarer than the original edition.

Price: $3,800.00

[Site of A Presidential Assassination] Plan of the Pan American Exposition to be held at Buffalo, New York (May 1 - Nov. 1, 1901)

The Site of William McKinley's Assassination in September 1901

Price: $275.00

Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant.--Photographed by F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia.

Nice wood engraving after a famous photograph of Ulysses S. Grant by the Philadelphia photographer F. Gutekunst.

Price: $45.00

[Facsimile - 15th Century Portolan Sea Chart] Portolan des Iehuda ben Zara

Impressive modern facsimile of the Iehuda Ben Zara portolan of the Mediterranean from 1497.

Price: $495.00

[Rivers of the World] Carte Des Principales Rivieres Du Globe

Scarce map illustrating the lengths of the principal rivers of the world.

Price: $125.00