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[Solar Eclipse of July 25, 1748] Die versinsterte Erdkugel d. i. Geographische Vorstellung der Sonnen od Erd-Finsternis den 25ten. Iulii Ao. 1748 . . . | le Monde Eclipse ou Representation Geographique de L'Eclipse de la Terre ou du Soleil qui arrivera le 25 Iuillet 1748 . . .

Fascinating set of maps and projections illustrating the predicted path of a solar eclipse on July 25, 1748, based on calculations by Leonhard Euler, a renowned mathematician and astronomer.

Price: $ 1,200.00

Sarratoga Le 17 Octobre 1777, le General Burgoine avec 6640 Solats bien disciplines met bas les armesdevant le milices Americaines nouvellement tirees de l'Agriculture et conduite par Haratio Gates . . .

Rare view showing the surrender of General John Burgoyne at the Battle of Saratoga on October 7, 1777, one of the first important American victories during the American Revolution.

Price: $ 450.00

Inventio Maris Magallanici

Rare allegorical image celebrating the circumnavigation of the earth by Ferdinand Magellan, from De Bry's Americae pars quarta. Sive, Insignis & admiranda historia de reperta primum occidentali India à Christophoro Columbo anno M. CCCXCII ...

Price: $ 475.00

[Poster on linen] The Art of Divining by Lines in the Hand

Fascinating vintage instructional poster on palmistry, adapted from a late-17th-century text. Visible in the upper left of the poster is a palm, with seven lines shown. These lines, and the joint lines for the fingers, are given a long explanatory treatment in the text below.

Price: $ 495.00

De L'Aërologie

Decorative chart showing various celestial models. Includes remarkable decorative borders found only in the deluxe edition of Buy De Mornas' Atlas Methodique et Elementaire de Goegraphie et l'Histoire.

Price: $ 125.00

Dead Sea, Amman, Jerusalem

Interesting photographic poster of satellite imagery of the Holy Land around the Dead Sea, taken by NASA in September of 1992.

Price: $ 145.00