Geographic Allegorical Figures. W.B. WALKER (publisher) [London: 4 Fox & Knot Court, Cow Lane: 1805] EUROPE. ASIA. 10 ½ x 14 3/8 inches. Mezzotint, transferred to glass, finished with oil color. Sightly age-toned, small area of lower right corner chipped off, two areas of bubbling; color rich & vibrant, overall.....
World Map/ Buddhism. Zuda RŌKASHI (Priest Hōtan) [Kyōto, c. 1710-1815] Nansen Bushu Bankoku Shōka No Zu. (“Outline Map of all the Countries of the Universe”) 45 x 57 ½ inches. Period wash color; nine woodblock sheets joined; folds reinforced, slight losses at some fold intersections, overall very good. .....
United States/ Cartographic Curiosity. BOYNTON, George W. (engraver)/ TUTTLE, Joseph Willard (publisher) [Boston: Tremont Print Company: dated 1841] A MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE LATEST SURVEYS. WITH THE HEIGHT OF MOUNTAINS And length of the PRINCIPAL RIVERS. PATENT. 25 3/4 x 25 inches (image not including margins). Lithographed map.....
Cuba/ Opera History. CARDENA, Mariano/ BECHERINIE, F. [Havana, 1848] Arribo de Albina Steffanoni a la Isla de CUBA. 1848. 8 x 11 inches (sheet size). Manuscript in pen & ink & watercolors on heavy, watermarked wove paper, bit of soiling & toning, else excellent. [With:] A ms. sonnet titled Omaggio.....
Battle of Gettysburg. DITTERLINE, T. [New York, 1864] Sketch of the Battles of Gettysburg…Compiled From The Personal Observation Of Eye-Witnesses Of The Several Battles… [Map:] Field Of Gettysburg …Prepared By T. Ditterline. Octavo in original, blue, whorled, silked paper wrappers, 24pp; now separate; chromolithographed, folding map with troop position in.....
New York City. CHASE, Ernest Dudley [Winchester, MA: dated 1939] A Pictorial Map of that portion of New York City known as Manhattan also showing parts of the Bronx . . . 20 ½ x 27 ½ inches. Artist's signature in pencil lower left below copyright. Some chipping & mended splits.....
Cape Cod. MILLER, F. J. [Westwood, MA, c. 1945-1950] A Map of Interesting Cape Cod Plublished (sic) by F. J. Miller 1045 High Street Westwood, Mass. Copywright (sic) F. J. Miller Three-stone lithograph. 21 ¾ x 33 inches; with frame: 25 x 36 inches. Some fading of red border, else.....
Japanese History/ Humor. February 5, 1906 Issue of the Japanese Magazine Nippon Chi (The Land of Japan). 10 x 7 inches; wood-engraved; 67 pp. not including cover; very slight edge wear & toning, four intentional puncture holes for binding?, excellent. .....
