Europe
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Out of stockAn uncommon map of Europe in the shape of a Queen after the same image published by Munster in 1588. Europa as Queen is the map-like depiction of the European continent as a Queen. Made popular in the 1500s, the map shows Europe standing upright, with the Iberian Peninsula forming her crowned head, and Bohemia her heart. During the late 16th Century, a few map makers created these really interesting map images, wherein countries and continents were given human or animal forms. This example was published in Cosmorama Pittorico, Milan 1850. The description on verso explain, curiously, that the Singolar Carta d’Europa (strange map of Europe) shows surely King Charles V.
- Dimension: 10,5 x 17 cm
- Place of publication: Milan
- Year: 1850
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Out of stockA beautiful serio-comic map drawn by Augusto Grossi (signature at lower left on the Spanish coast) published in Bologna in 1875 in the satirical magazine “Il Pappagallo”. It shows Europe with Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in the centre who, like a Saint Anthony the Abbot, “blesses” and appeases the various nations each represented by an animal. In 1875, German diplomats and semi-official newspapers hinted that Germany might launch a war against France, which was rapidly…
- Dimension: 35 x 53 cm
- Place of publication: Bologna
- Year: 1875
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[Prussian Octopus] En 1788 Mirabeau disait deja: La Guerre est l’industrie Nationale de la Prusse
€ 900,00Striking French propaganda poster map showing Germany as a monstrous octopus threatening Europe with tentacles extending not only west to France, England, Spain and Italy, but to the Balkans and Greece, Turkey and Asia Minor, Romania and Russia. Germany is shown in different shadings of red, indicating its numerous annexations of surrounding territory since 1740, the most recent being the 1871 seizure of Alsace-Lorraine during the Franco-Prussian War making a comparison between the territorial conquest…
- Dimension: 60 x 78 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1917
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A rare satirical caricature showing the British Empire as a mighty colossus standing astride the Dardanelles facing the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. The fine lithograph refers to an episode in the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) when the Ottomans defeated by the Russians were aided by the British Empire. A warning to the world against Russia’s duplicity, but also against Great Britain itself, which, although a saviour here, nevertheless expresses a sinister…
- Dimension: 40 x 56 cm
- Place of publication: Bologna
- Year: 1877
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Decorative large pictorial system map of Europe and Northern Africa signed Hawes, showing BEA and affiliate routes (Aer Lingus, Alitalia, Cyprus Airways, Gibraltar Airways, and The Malta Airlines). Illustrated with figures representing regional dress; animals and fish; landmarks; mountain ranges; roads; railways; and major cities. The map is embellished by BEA airliner depicted over the Mediterranean Sea and compass rose with the Coat of Arms. Published in London, 1953 by George Philip & Son, Ltd. British…
- Dimension: 85 x 109 cm
- Place of publication: London
- Year: 1953
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Miniature map covering area of Chalons, Avalon and Dijon. From “Theatro del Mondo” the famous plagiarised version of Ortelius’ pocket atlas published specifically for the Italian market by Pietro Marchetti. First printed in Brescia this is the really rare Venetian edition of 1667. [cod.1212/15]
- Year: 1667
- Dimension: 75 x 105 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Fascinating map, showing the routes of the Barbarians throughout Europe and the Mediterranean finely engraved by Pietro Allodi after a drawn by Filippo Naymiller. From Atlante di geografia universale: cronologico, storico, statistico e letterario. Milan, 1860 at Tipografia Pagnoni.
- Year: 1860
- Place of publication: Milan
- Dimension: 43 x 33 cm
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Out of stockRare 1950 pictorial map of Europe produced for educational purposes showing the continent at the beginning of 20th century. There are lovely vignettes throughout the map to illustrate the main features of the various area.
- Dimension: 60 x 80 mm
- Year: 1950
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A rare propaganda map designed by Maurice Neumont on behalf of “La Conference au Village contre la Propagande ennemie en France” (an institution founded with the aim of advancing the patriotic cause in rural and provincial France) and published in Paris by the publisher P.J. Gallais. The work is fully in keeping with the ideological and psychological climate of the First World War and echoes a famous phrase attributed to Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de…
- Dimension: 24 x 30 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1917
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Fascinating map of Europe Asia based on Ortelius’ engraved by Girolamo Porro for “Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo” by Giovanni Antonio Magini published in Padua, 1621.
- Year: 1621
- Dimension: 14 x 18 cm
- Place of publication: Padova
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Very decorative pictorial map of Europe by Joop Geesink for KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines.
- Dimension: 40 x 54,5 cm
- Place of publication: Haarlem
- Year: 1957
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Wall map of Europe engraved by Filippo Naymiller, reflecting the “cartographic fever” of the mid-19th century, when the desire for scientific precision was combined with an aesthetic that was still deeply romantic. The continent is depicted a few years after the tumultuous uprisings of 1848 and on the eve of the Crimean War (1853-1856), in a fragile geopolitical balance that the map captures with meticulous attention. Published in Milan in 1853 by the publisher Francesco…
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- Place of publication: Milan
- Year: 1853
