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Out of stockFine woodblock print showing a map of Japan oriented with north to the upper right designed by Seiken Gengyo and engraved by Takeguchi Takesaburo. The very detailed map covers Ezo to Tsushima and Okinoerabujima, shows cities, districts, castle towns, waterways, and distances from port to port. Includes distance charts, Kuroshio and legend. A very interesting revision of a map by Nagakubo Sekisui (the first Japanese cartographer to employ lines of longitude and latitude), and notable…
- Dimension: 71 x 100 cm
- Year: 1864
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Miniature map from “Neu aussgeffertigter kleiner Atlas” by J. Muller published in Franckfurt in 1702 at Johann Philip Andrea. Engraved with great care by G. Karsch e G. Bodeneher. Rare.
- Year: 1702
- Dimension: 70 x 80 mm
- Place of publication: Frankfurt
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Detailed antique map of Japan, divided into seven principal provinces and depicts numerous towns, mountains, and rivers. Finely engraved by Giuseppe Pitteri the map comes from Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai piu celebri e piu recenti geografi by Antonio Zatta published in Venice in 1785.
- Year: 1779
- Dimension: 310 x 400 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Out of stockA lovely pictorial map of Japan published for social studies by le no Hikari in 1958.
- Dimension: 51 x 72 cm
- Place of publication: Tokyo
- Year: 1958
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A lovely 1925 pictorial map/sugaroku game of Japan
- Dimension: 72 x 105 cm
- Place of publication: Osaka
- Year: 1925
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Out of stockJapanese satirical pictorial map of the world, showing the current world situation at a glance. Published as an editorial section of Hinode monthly magazine. illustrated by Shishido Sako. Map is full of text blocks and interesting comics paintings such as battleship, zeppelin, wildlife, people, industries, agriculture, minerals and various forms of transportation. Shows portraits of Gandhi, Ramsey McDonald, Napoleon, Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler, Chiang Kai-shek, Chang Hsueh-liang, etc. The United States represents…
- Dimension: 107 x 75 cm
- Place of publication: Tokyo
- Year: 1932
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Out of stockInteresting map of Morocco showing metal mines from prehistoric times to the 19th century.
- Dimension: 52 x 72 cm
- Place of publication: Rabat
- Year: 1975
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A finely copper engraved map by G. Pitteri showing the modern-day nations of Uruguay, Paraguay, and parts of adjacent Brazil and Argentina.. Rich detail is offered throughout, naming mountains, rivers, national boundaries, cities, regions, and indigenous tribes. Identifies Asuncion, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and numerous other important South American cities. From Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai più celebri e più recenti cartografi by Antonio Zatta published in Venice in…
- Year: 1779
- Dimension: 400 x 320 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Out of stockDetailed map of Peru, extending from just North of Guayqauil to just South of the Tropic of Capricorn, showing the western Amazon, Andes, Lake Titicaca, and the many regions and Territories. From “Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai piu’ celebri e piu’ recenti cartografi” by Antonio Zatta published in Venice in 1779-85. Antonio Zatta was a prominent Italian editor, cartographer, and publisher. Little is known about his life beyond his…
- Year: 1779
- Dimension: 407 x 310 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Out of stockSeparately issued map of Peru designed by Vsevolod Petrovic Nicouline published in Lima, 1940 at Itituto Peruano del Libro. The pictorial map shows vignettes of structures, nature, activities, products, crops and many towns and cities labeled. Vsevolod Petrovic Nicouline (1890-1962) was a renowned Russian painter, printmaker, ceramicist, designer and illustrator born in the Ukraine in 1890. For a time he was with the Imperial Academy of Petersburg. His teaching career there was interrupted by the…
- Dimension: 59,5 x 40 cm
- Place of publication: Lima
- Year: 1940
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Out of stockA refined and exuberant pictorial map of the world, conceived by the French illustrator Jacques Liozu in 1951 for the renowned Parisian art publisher Odé. The work explores the genre of figurative cartography with a distinctly decorative style that draws on both the aesthetics of the late Art Deco period and the great tradition of 17th-century Baroque cartography, reinterpreting it with the freshness and vibrancy typical of mid-20th-century editorial illustration. Each continent is brought to…
- Dimension: 33 x 50 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1951
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A rare 1945 pictorial world map by Herbert Leupin, one of the most successful poster artists of all time.
- Dimension: 46 x 80 cm
- Place of publication: Bern
- Year: 1945
