Norristown: Poster Prints. Poster. Offset lithograph. Measures 24 5/8" x 14 1/2". Norristown, PA: Poster Prints, ca. 1960 Original ski poster printed circa 1960s, depicts two skiers in the Ski Arlberg area of the Austrian Alps. The view features the Arlberg Hospiz Hotel in St. Christoph. This poster is in very good condition. Pinholes to corners, not affecting the image. More
Paris: Abbeville, 1907. 17 black & white plates,201 pages, short slim 4to, brown cloth (lightly rubbed), leather spine label. Paris, 1907. First Edition. Very Scarce. Very good (+). Inscribed by the author on the half-title. More
Leipzig: Hermann Costenoble, 1861. With 16 plates by Emil Rittmeyer. Extra illustrated title page. 441pp., 8vo, finely bound in blue diced calf with gilt pictorial decorations, dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers (contemporary ink inscription on flyleaf; scattered foxing). Leipzig: Hermann Costenoble, 1861. Near Fine. More
New York: Storefer & Kirchner, 1874. Illustrated with 24 photographic plates of oil paintings by G. Closs and O. Froelicher, each mounted on heavy hinged stock within decorative borders; other in-text wood engravings by G. Roux. 148pp. Folio, ornate gilt-stamped pictorial cloth with leather spine (quite worn along backstrip, joints splitting, hinges reinforced; some light foxing). all edges gilt. New York: Storefer & Kirchner and Boston" Lea & Shepard, (no date, circa 1874). A good copy. More
Paris: J. Migeon, 1899. Map. Engraving with original coloring. Image size 11 x 8 3/4. Sheet size 15.75 x 11.5 inches. Beautifully illustrated map of France showing the department of Alpes-Maritimes, located in the southeastern corner bordering Italy. Features cities such as Cannes and Nice, as well as the Principality of Monaco. Inset shows a bird's eye view of Nice, and portraits of Jean-Dominique Cassini, the Italian mathematician and astronomer, and Andre Massena, the French military commander. Prepared by J...... More
Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius, 1603. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 14" x 18 3/4". Staining, toning and chips to margins, but otherwise is good condition. Friuli is the northeast Italian region bordering Austria, Slovenia and the Adriatic Sea. It's home to the sharp-peaked Dolomite Mountains and vineyards producing white wines. Ortelius' 1603 edition extends from Venice north to the Italian Alps and east to Trieste and Istria. Lovely depiction of Venice floating on several islands. Abraham Ortelius (1527--1598), a...... More
Lausanne: Georges Bridel. Numerous black & white photographic illustrations. Small folio, bound in 1/2 brown morocco, marbled boards, t.e.g. with the original pictorial printed wrappers bound in. Lausanne: Georges Bridel, n.d. ca. 1890. Very good (+). More
Cleveland: Burrows BVrothers, 1880. 16 full page and 83 text illustrations. Tall 9vo, 1/2 crimson morocco, ornately gilt spine, red cloth, t.e.g. Cleveland: Burrows Brothers, no date. ca., 1880. Near fine. More
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