London: G. Nicol, 1796. View. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 11.25" x 17.25". From Sir George Staunton's "An authentic account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China" More

Dusseldorf: c. 1830. Lithograph with hand coloring. Measures 19 1/2" x 24 3/8". Image of a Golden jackal, a common canid that is native to Eurasia. The "Natural Atlas" was a serial publication released during the mid 19th century featuring large, hand-colored lithographs of various animals, including birds, mammals, reptiles and more. Includes watermark that reads J WHATMAN. Minimal foxing and toning. Rare. Georg August Goldfuss (1782-1848) was a German paleontologist, botanist, and zoologist. In 1820, he coined the term..... More

London: 1704. Copper plate engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 11.5" x 13.75". Johan Nieuhoff was a Dutch traveler with the Dutch East Indies and Dutch West Indies Companies, best known for his extensive trips through in Brazil, India and China. This piece is from the English posthumous edition of "Voyages and Travels into Brasil and the East Indies...". The National Library of Australia attributes this edition to A&J Churchill, publishers in London. View shows a busy day at..... More

London: 1704. Copper plate engraving. Image measures 10.5" x 7". Johan Nieuhoff was a Dutch traveler with the Dutch East Indies and Dutch West Indies Companies, best known for his extensive trips through in Brazil, India and China. This piece is from the English posthumous edition of "Voyages and Travels into Brasil and the East Indies...". The National Library of Australia attributes this edition to A&J Churchill, publishers in London. An energetic depiction of snake charmers in Malabar, a region..... More

Hurter, Franz, 1829. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 6" x 8.75". From "Skizzen von der Insel Java und derselben verschiedenen Bewohnern" ("Sketches from the Island of Java and its different inhabitants"). Landscape of the Tangerang River near Jakarta. More

Amsterdam: Cornelius Claesz (Cornille Nicolas), 1609. Engraving. Uncolored. Sheet measures 12.75" x 9.25" Side view of two of the ships used by Willem Barentsz in his third voyage during his Arctic explorations in search of the Northeast Passage. The text above the view describes the curious phenomenon illustrated in the top center, "For the sake of a marvelous Meteor, seen on the 4th day, in the year 1596, for each side of the Sun was another shining Sun, and two..... More