Milwaukee: American Publishing Co., 1890. Birds-Eye view. Uncolored lithograph. Image measures 26.5" x 39.25". Great birds-eye view panorama of Helena Montana. The detailed pictogram style street plan is surrounded by an inset panoramic view of the east side of Lenox and Corbin and 16 notable buildings including Ketchum, DeNoielle & Co., Nick Kesslers Brewery, the private residence of W.E. Cox, Hotel Helena, Merchants National Bank, Northern Pacific Repair shops, Round House and surroundings, Wallace-Thornburgh Lumber Co., Helena Daily Journal, Journal..... More

New York: Williams & Stevens, 1852. Lithograph, in antique frame, 26 3/4 x 34 3/4 inches. This dream like bird's eye view depicts New York City and Brooklyn in the mid 19th century. The perspective of Union Square, looking south from Union Square Park is unusual. Ships dot the rivers and the docks burst with activity. Bachmann has prominently featured the oval-shaped Union Square Park in the foreground, which had opened in 1839. Fashionable dwellings eventually circled the perimeter of..... More

Cologne: Braun & Hogenberg, 1617. View. Copper engraving. Image measures 12.25 x 22". This stunning panorama of Krakow, Poland, is a view from the south, looking north across the Vistula River. 14 prominent buildings are noted. The view was published by Braun and Hogenberg in their famous city atlas "Civitates Orbis Terraru," a collection of city views and plans created as a companion to Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" and published between 1572 and 1617. Georg Braun (1541-1622) was a Catholic..... More

Hanover: Arthur Kelly David Healy. View. Original color lithograph. Measures 21" x 27 1/2". This rare and desirable bird's-eye view map of Dartmouth College, in New Hampshire, produced by watercolor artist A. K. D. Healy in the late 1940s or early 1950s, showcases the campus and surrounding town under a fresh snowfall. The map, centered on Dartmouth Green, provides detailed depictions of numerous college buildings, including dorms, libraries, observatories, and fraternities, extending into Hanover. The presence of the Connecticut River..... More

New York: Frank Leslie's Weekly, 1900. View. Uncolored engraving. Sheet measures 15 3/4" x 22" Lovely double-page bird's eye view of South Africa, published in Leslie's Weekly in 1900. The subtitle reads "Panorama of the Bloody Theatre of War Where England's Trained Forces Are Meeting Unexpected Resistance from the Sturdy Boers of the Two South African Republics." This refers to the Second Boer War, when British forces sought to expand the Cape Colony into the neighboring territories of Transvaal and..... More

Basel: Petri, Sebastian. Town plan. Woodcut. Image measures 9.25" x 13.75". Beautiful birds-eye view plan of Colmar in the Alsace region. The Alsace region with its fairytale-like vineyards is known for its elegant Riesling wines, and Gewurztraminer wines. From German edition of Munster's "Cosmographia", circa 1550. German text on back. Some creasing and chipping along edges. Minor discoloration and expert repairs to centerfold. Professor Sebastian Munster (1488-1552) was a German cosmographer, humanist, theologian and scholar. His seminal work "Cosmographia" was..... More