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(Elephant Hunt) De Eliphants-Jagt gedaan in't Jaar 1717 inde Alutcoer Corle in't Dorp Horregelle

Intriguing engraving of an elephant corral in Sri Lanka. The view shows a series of enclosures containing numerous elephants. In the background stand tall mountains and jungle. A faint hunting party, led by a rider on an elephant, is seen in the center-left of the image. An index at the base of the view an index describes the various enclosures and structures depicted.

Price: $ 295.00

Planisphaerium Caeleste

Planisphaerium Caeleste by Georg Christoph Eimmart is a captivating double-hemisphere celestial map from the early 18th century. Its details drawn from the scientific models of the era's greatest astronomers and its depiction of the heavens offer a striking visual record of Renaissance astronomical thought.

Price: $ 1,800.00

life is so beautiful - stay alive - don't smoke cigarettes

Small version of Peter Max's promotional poster created for The American Cancer Society. 

Price: $ 145.00

(Mississippi Bubble) De inbeelding, heersseres van 't rookverkopers-gild, maald Missisippi hier 't geen vrankryks schat verspild [Imagination, ruler of the tobacco sellers' guild, grinds here what France's wealth wasted: the Mississippi.]

Published in Amsterdam in 1720, the engraving De inbeelding, heersseres van 't rookverkopers-gild, maald Missisippi hier 't geen vrankryks schat verspild originates from the Mirror of Folly, a collection satirizing the financial speculation of the time. Within an oval frame at the top, the engraving features an image of a woman painting a scene of a square-rigged ship sailing off to "Missisippi," accompanied by various allegorical scenes and a Dutch poem that reflects on the Mississippi Bubble and the foolishness of speculative investments.

Price: $ 125.00

Schematismus Geographiae Mathematicae, id est repraesentatio figurarum in quantum ad aliqualem globi terraquei et mapparum intelligentiam . . . 1753

An interesting series of twenty-two figures describing celestial motion and globular projections. These include a celestial globe (Figure 1), a projection of Asia (Figure 7), a rendition of a spherical astrolabe (Figure X) and a climatic model of the earth (Figure 3). The work appears to be targeted at students, with the title discussing "juventutis erudiendae."

Price: $ 295.00

Flags of the British Mercantile Marine [Cover Title]

Flags of the British Mercantile Marine published by The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph in Liverpool represents an unusual and captivating snapshot of maritime identity in the British Isles. Its departure from traditional flag charts, which typically focus on international flags, is immediately apparent as it places significant emphasis on the flags of British merchant companies. The chart includes only a few international flags in the lower right corner, with the Weimar Republic's German merchant flag helping date the chart to between 1919 and 1933.

Price: $ 950.00