Arguably the finest engraved portrait of early mapmakers in a richly colored example. It appeared as the frontispiece in editions of the Mercator-Hondius atlas beginning in 1613, a year after the death of Jodocus Hondius. In the well-executed design, the more ascetic and scholarly Mercator and the ruddy merchant prince.....
BONAR, Thomas [New York, c. 1855] Compo House. The Residence of Richard H. Winslow Esq. at Westport, Conn. 17 ¼ 21 ¼ inches. Color lithograph. Expertly mounted on acid-free paper; well-mended split lower right imperceptibly extending into printed surface, light mat burn, very good overall. .....
PERRY & BISHOP [New Britain: 1935] CONNECTICUT STATE COLLEGE. Image size: 20 x 27 inches. Original printed poster; fine condition; nicely framed. .....
MORSE, Charles L. [Nantucket, 1987] Nantucket, South Beach. 13 ¾ x21 inches. Watercolor. Matted & in original frame. Fine condition. A skillful rendering of South Beach cottages in Nantucket as seen from the water, with the steeple.....
Title Page. CELLARIUS, Andreas [Amsterdam, 1660] Atlas Coelestis, seu Harmonia Macrocosmica… Image sized: 17 x 10 ¼ inches; with frame: 25 x 18 ¼ inches. Superb original color, heightened with gold; a few rubbed areas else excellent. A magnificent example, in full original color heightened with.....
England/ Scotland/ Anglo Saxon History. SPEED, J. [London, 1676] Britain As It Was Devided in the tyme of the Englishe=Saxons especially during their Heptarchy. 15 x 19 ¾ inches. Fine hand color; re-cornered lower left & right, no loss of engraved surface, overall very good. .....
