Africa
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Out of stockDecorative pictorial map of North-Western Africa by Lucien Boucher published by the French bank Crédit Lyonnais. Includes color coded list of agencies and coat of Arms on upper right corner. The lovely vignettes show major buildings and landmarks, parks, roads, cities and towns, etc. Credit Lyonnais, founded in 1863, can be regarded as the archetype of the banking modernization desired by Napoleon III. Title framed with decorative cartouche.
Design by Lucien Boucher who is a famous commercial poster artist and illustrator born in Chartres in 1889 and died in 1971. Graduated from the Ecole de céramiques de Sèvres, he began his career as cartoonist for the satiric newspaper Le Rire. In the 1920s he worked actively as poster designer for the movies and the advertising industry. He designed a significant number of lithography’s inspired by the surrealism style. He’s very well known of a series of posters (advertising & world map) designed for Air France- Dimension: 95 x 69 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1950
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Out of stockBeautiful map of East Africa showing Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar designed by Hameed Moghul for East African Wildlife Society. The map is richly embellished by lovely vignettes of people, birds and safari animals including a giraffe, zebra, elephants and a crocodile.
- Dimension: 48 x 67 cm
- Place of publication: Nairobi
- Year: 1973
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Out of stockBellissima e rara mappa pittorica disegnata nel 1947 dall’artista Neozelandese Leo Vernon Bensemann (firma in basso a destra) che mostra l’Africa orientale con gli attuali territori di Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar e Uganda. Arricchita da una decorativa cornice con animali, nativi, scorci tipici e completata in alto, sotto il grande titolo, da una breve descrizione geografica e dalla piccola rappresentazione del globo terrestre centrato sul continente africano. La carta che si estende dal lago Tanganica all’Oceano…
- Dimension: 48 x 72 cm
- Place of publication: London
- Year: 1948
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Out of stockRaro manifesto di propaganda disegnato da Robert Louis che mostra il percorso della 1ª Divisione France Libre attraverso Africa, Europa e Medio Oriente arricchito in alto dallo stemma dell’organizzazione, l’emblema ufficiale (croce di Lorena) e una grande rosa dei venti. La grande rappresentazione è circondata dagli stemmi delle varie unità che componevano il movimento creato da Charles de Gaulle. Pubblicato dalla tipografia Draeger nel 1945 in 2975 esemplari numerati (questo è il numero 2685). cfr.…
- Dimension: 85 x 62,5 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1945
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Out of stockReduced version of Mercator?s superb map of western Africa covering from Senegal, Rio Senega, to Cape Lopez on the Gulf of Guinea just below the equator. The map reflects the Portuguese
- Year: 1648
- Dimension: 185 x 135 mm
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
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Out of stockRare propaganda broadside illustrating the Italian East Africa.
- Dimension: 42 x 66 cm
- Place of publication: Milan
- Year: 1936
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Finely executed pictorial map of Algeria and Tunisia published in 1940 by the Banque National Pour Le Commerce et L’Industrie. The map illustrates a number of coastal towns, rivers, mountains and wildlife. Cities with bank branches display the B.N.C.I. logo. Decorated with sailing galleons and waves in stunning translucent silver.
- Dimension: 44 x 54 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1940
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Fine map engraved map by Giuseppe Pitteri showing East Africa, Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia, covers also the Red Sea and the coast of Arabia, naming Jiddah and Aden. The title cartouche appears on a stone monolith. From Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai più celebri e più recenti cartografi by Antonio Zatta published in Venice 1779-1785. Very good condition with nice and decorative original colours.
- Year: 1779
- Dimension: 310 x 400 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Out of stockPictorial map of Tunisia designed by J. Vanney and J. Moretton in Art Deco style showing numerous cities and towns (including Tunis, Kairouan, Sousse, Sfax, and Gabes) and several interesting sites illustrated in profile such as Roman ruins at El Djem and Dougga, the Great Mosque at Kairouan, and the Selja Gorges, along with others.
- Dimension: 30 x 21 cm
- Place of publication: Asnières-sur-Seine
- Year: 1931
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Uncommon map of Northern and Western Africa (and Canaries) highlighting the main roads and tracks in the Sahara. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Out of stockSpectacular promotional travel poster of Madagascar by Maurice Tranchant published in 1952
- Dimension: 120 x 80 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1952
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Out of stockDesigned in 1953 by artist D.J. Allonsius, this pictorial map of Madagascar is a perfect example of how post-war graphic design was intertwined with tourism and colonial promotion. Published by Éditions Maritimes et Coloniales in Paris and printed at the Dufrenoy studio, the map was created with the aim of promoting the exotic and fascinating image of the Malagasy island to the European public, presenting it as a land of natural, cultural, and marine wonders.…
- Dimension: 60 x 91 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1953
