Finely engraved portrait of Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726), a cartographic prodigy who drew his first map aged nine. De L'Isle was elected to the French Academie Royale des Sciences at 27 and at 38 he became the first "Premier Geographe du Roi",...
Fine engraved portrait of General Washington, based upon a painting by Gilbert Stuart in 1796, engraved by S. Topham and published in Leeds by Davies & Booth. The view is #453 in Charle's Henry Hart's catalog of portraits of Washington presented...
Rare portrait of George Washington, published by William Smith in Philadelphia. While we have locate examples of other Smith portraits of Washington, this one seems to be unrecorded. The address for Smith is also unusual -- 702 South Third Street,...
Impressive hand-colored engraving of the marriage of Pocahontas and the Englishman John Rolfe. The stylized historical scene is summarized by the Library of Congress in their entry for the print: Painter Henry Brueckner imagined the 1616 wedding...
![[General George Washington]](/map/small/62386.jpg)
Striking full length portrait of a uniformed General George Washington, standing atop a hillside, with a battle scene from the American Revolutionary War raging on either side. Drawn from an unknown source. Handwriting on the verso suggests that it...
Scarce mezzotint engraving of George Washington created and signed in pencil by S. Arlent Edwards. The portrait shows George Washington, with the monogrammed with "SAE" and the date 1900 in the lower-right corner of the engraving. A rosette lies just...
Scarce mezzotint engraving of General Nathanael Green, created and signed in pencil by S. Arlent Edwards. ]The full-length portrait of General Greene shows him prepared for battle with his troops in the background, and was made from an original...
![[ Pisces ]](/map/small/68533.jpg)
Striking full color example of Bayer's celestial chart of Pisces, with the stars heightened in gold. Bayer's Uranometria, is one of the most important celestial atlases of the 17th Century and the forerunner of all star atlases which contained 51 star...
![[ Canis Major ] (Stars Heightened in Gold)](/map/small/68771.jpg)
Striking full color example of Bayer's celestial chart of the constellation Canis Major, with the stars heightened in gold. The present example has no text on the verso. Bayer's Uranometria, is one of the most important celestial atlases of the 17th...
![[Piscis Austrinus] (Stars Heightened in Gold)](/map/small/68435.jpg)
A magnificent full-color example of Bayer's celestial chart of Piscis Austrinus, with the stars heightened in gold. Piscis Austrinus is the being that swallows the water poured by Aquarius and is an important constellation in several ancient...
![[ Aries ] (Stars Heightened in Gold)](/map/small/68475.jpg)
Striking full color example of Bayer's celestial chart of the constellation Aries, with the stars heightened in gold. The present example has no text on the verso. Bayer's Uranometria, is one of the most important celestial atlases of the 17th Century...
![[ Corvus ]](/map/small/68933.jpg)
Striking full color example of Bayer's celestial chart of Corvus, with the stars heightened in gold. The present example has no text on the verso. An early owner has added the names of the neighboring constellations, etc. Delphinus is a constellation...
![[ Lyra ] (Stars Heightened in Gold)](/map/small/70504.jpg)
Striking full color example of Bayer's celestial chart of Lyra. The present example also has the names of the neighboring constellations added in an early hand in the blank margins. Lyra is a constellation in the northern hemisphere and is one of the...
![[Cepheus]](/map/small/70581.jpg)
Striking full color example of Bayer's celestial chart of Cepheus. Bayer's Uranometria, is one of the most important celestial atlases of the 17th Century and the forerunner of all star atlases which contained 51 star charts, of which 48 were...
![[Delphinus]](/map/small/70623.jpg)
Striking richly-hand-colored example of Bayer's celestial chart of Delphinus, with the stars heightened in gold. Delphinus is a constellation in the northern sky, close to the celestial equator. Its name is Latin for dolphin. Delphinus was one of the...
