20th Century

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    Spectacular promotional travel poster of Madagascar by Maurice Tranchant published in 1952

    • Author: Maurice Tranchant
    • Dimension: 120 x 80 cm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1952
  • Color pictorial map of Maine-et-Loire covered with vignettes drawings of people and products of the province with explanation, representing region’s historical figures and events, resources, sights, churches, important buildings, people, activities, crops, etc. Includes decorative title cartouche and compass rose. Relief shown pictorially. Published by Ode Paris in 1951 from a drawn by Jaques Liozu.

    • Author: Jacques Liozu
    • Dimension: 490 x 320 mm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1951
  • 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
  • Germany Vintage Pictorial map
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    Color pictorial map, with decorative border and title cartouche over compass rose. Shows vignettes of landmarks and buildings, vessels and steam boats, rivers and mountains. Includes inset 8 vignettes showing allegories of science, transport, aeronautics, technics, art, architecture, sport and music. Published by Reichsbahnzentrale fur den Deutschen Reisenverkher in Berlin at Erasmusdruck, 1930.

    • Author: Reichsbahnzentrale fur den Deutschen Reisenverkher
    • Dimension: 58 x 42 cm
    • Place of publication: Berlin
    • Year: 1930
  • Very decorative lithographic poster map designed by Kempster and Evans issued by Chromoworks in London in 1956. The map shows historical figures in costume and is bordered by the coat of arms or shields of various counties.

    • Author: Kempster & Evans
    • Dimension: 610 x 970 mm
    • Year: 1956
    • Place of publication: London
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    Pictorial map of the United States featuring portraits of iconic American Jazz musicians like: Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Jimmy Giuffre, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Gerry Mulligan, Bessie Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Kenton, Lester Young, Woody Herman, John Coltrane, Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, Bennv Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Billie Holidav, Lennie Tristano, Stan Getz, Ornette Coleman, Jerry Roll Morton, Eric Dolphy, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Mingus, Gil Evans.…

    • Author: Vladimiro Lupi
    • Dimension: 100 x 69 cm
    • Place of publication: Ferrara
    • Year: 1984
  • Rare pictorial map of the world by Gianni Ciferri published in Brescia in 1963 exclusively for school’s teachers. There are several and lovely vignettes throughout the map to illustrate the main features of the various areas of the world. At right eight views showing London, Niagara Falls, New York etc…

    • Author: Gianni Ciferri
    • Dimension: 52 x 75 cm
    • Place of publication: Brescia
    • Year: 1963
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    Rare pictorial map of Mauritius signed A.M.L. lithographed in color and published in Johannesburg in 1957. It is decorated with a title cartouche, a compass rose and the coat of arms of the island with its Latin motto Stella Clavisque Maris Indici (Star and Key of the Indian Ocean). This tourist map is richly illustrated with portraits of famous figures linked to the history of the island (La Bourdonnais, Surcouf, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Robert Edward…

    • Author: General Litho Johannesburg
    • Dimension: 60 x 47 cm
    • Place of publication: Johannesburg
    • Year: 1957
  • Lovely postcard showing the meeting at Panama between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans as a kiss. Published by Curt Otto Teich in 1935 for Sucesion de Maduro a hats and parfumes shop in Panama. Curt Teich who immigrated to the United States from Lobenstein, Germany, in 1896, founded the Curt Teich Company of Chicago, which operated from 1898 to 1978 as the world’s largest printer of view and advertising postcards.

    • Author: Curt Teich
    • Dimension: 90 x 140 mm
    • Place of publication: Chicago
    • Year: 1935
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    Large pictorial map of Asia designed by Herve Baille to promote the Messageries Maritime’s new ships “Cambodge”, “Laos”, and “Viet-Nam” for the month-long travel to the Far East from Colombo to Yokohama via Singapore, Saigon, Hong Kong and Kobe. The map is richly embellished with vignettes in Herve Baille’s distinctive graphic style, showcasing flora, fauna, and notable locations such as Angkor Wat in Cambodia and the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. Messageries Maritimes (1852-1977) è…

    • Author: Jacques Branger
    • Dimension: 75 x 55 cm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1954
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    Stupenda carta geografica pittorica disegnata da Herve Baille per promuovere le rotte nell’Oceano Indiano dei nuovi transatlantici delle Messageries Maritime “Ferdinand de Lesseps”, “Jean Laborde”, La Bourdonnais” e “Pierre Loti”. La grande scena, centrata su Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius, Comoros e il Canale del Mozambico, è dominata dai quattro transatlantici in navigazione  mentre altre raffinate vignette evidenziano flora, fauna e luoghi di interesse. Frédéric Marie Joseph Hervé Baille (21 gennaio 1896 – 3 giugno 1974) è…

    • Author: Frédéric Marie Joseph Hervé Baille
    • Dimension: 58 x 90 cm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1950
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    Large pictorial map of Asia designed by Herve Baille to promote the Messageries Maritime’s new ships “Cambodge”, “Laos”, and “Viet-Nam” for the month-long travel to the Far East from Colombo to Yokohama via Singapore, Saigon, Hong Kong and Kobe. The map is richly embellished with vignettes in Herve Baille’s distinctive graphic style, showcasing flora, fauna, and notable locations such as Angkor Wat in Cambodia and the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. Frédéric Marie Joseph Hervé…

    • Author: Frédéric Marie Joseph Hervé Baille
    • Dimension: 58 x 90 cm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1950