Divertente carta dell’Italia divisa in regioni rappresentate come figure antropomorfe vincitrice nel 1908 del concorso geografico del Giornalino della Domenica, deliziosa pubblicazione per fanciulli, di Luigi Bertelli.
Il giornalino della Domenica fu un settimanale creato il 24 giugno 1906 da Luigi Bertelli, alias Vamba, nome tratto da Ivanhoe.
Scrissero per il giornalino, oltre allo stesso Vamba, scrittori e scrittrici celebri quali: Edmondo de Amicis, Luigi Capuana, Grazia Deledda, Ada Negri, Emilio Salgari, Antonio Beltramelli, Luisa Macina Gervasio (nota come Luigi di San Giusto). Nel 1925, confluì nel Giornalino della Domenica, comparendovi come un inserto autonomo, la rivista Giro Giro Tondo, fondata nel 1921 da Antonio Beltramelli.
Le illustrazioni erano eseguite dai migliori disegnatori dell’epoca quali: Antonio Rubino, Giuseppe Biasi, Mario Mossa De Murtas, Filiberto Scarpelli, Umberto Brunelleschi, Marcello Dudovich, Sergio Tofano.
Dopo alterne vicende ed interruzioni cessa definitivamente le pubblicazioni nel 1927.
- Author: Luigi Bertelli
- Dimension: 36 x 27,5 cm
- Place of publication: Florence
- Year: 1908
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[sold] Interesting folded pocket map of Tehran drawn by Abbsas Sahab one of the leading Iranian cartographer, published in Tehran in 1958 by A. Sahab Cartographical Drafting. The detailed plan, printed in decorative blue, shows city blocks, major roads, streets, railways, industry, historical, public and educational buildings, parks and agriculture. Includes distance chart, Compass rose, index to places of interest outside Tehran and alpha numeric key to map to hotels, travel agencies, embassies, museums, banks, bookshops etc. At top vignettes with the most interesting buildings. Pictorial cover.
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- Dimension: 67 x 48 cm
- Place of publication: Tehran
- Year: 1958
An exceptional 1932 bird’s eye view map of the city of Quebec, Canada by Samuel Herbert Maw. The densely filled map displays parks, buildings, named streets and historic notations embellished by numerous coats of arms and a large compass rose. Born in England, Maw was an architect, delineator, etcher, cartographer and designer. After winning the Sloane Medallion from the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1905 and showing at the Royal Academy in London in…
- Author: Samuel Herbert Maw
- Year: 1932
- Dimension: 850 x 650 mm
- Place of publication: Toronto
A lovely 1914-18 Great War satirical postcard dated on verso 29 May 1915.
- Dimension: 90 x 140 mm
- Place of publication: London
- Year: 1915
