Title page of the book Habiti delle Donne Venetiane" (Dress of Venetian Women) which consists of twenty numbered plates of ornately dressed women. This very decorative title page shows in to Rialto Bridge and in the center a bird's-eye plan of Venice.Giacomo Franco (1556-1620) was born and grew in Venice, where he used to work. He was the son of painter Giovanni-Battista Franco (1510-1561), with whom he began his artistic training at the age of eleven. He worked as a painter, engraver, woodcutte...

La Sphere Terrestre / La Sphere CelesteA set of two very fine prints of a Terrestrial Sphere and a celestial Sphere. With an description on both sides. All within an elaborate and very decorative border. Claude Buy de Mornas (d. 1783), géographe du roi (1764). Atlas Méthodique et Elémentaire de Géographie et d' Histoire, 1761, Atlas Historique et Géographique, 1762.[Lot of 2 prints]

A chart depicting the astronomical division of the earth. With on both sides a descriptionary text. All within an elaborate and very decorative border. A very fine item.Claude Buy de Mornas (d. 1783), géographe du roi (1764). Atlas Méthodique et Elémentaire de Géographie et d' Histoire, 1761, Atlas Historique et Géographique, 1762. A chart depicting the astronomical division of the earth. With on both sides a descriptionary text. All within an elaborate and very decorative border. A very fi...

The flower Talauma mutabilis from 'FLORA MALESIANA'. Talauma mutabilis by Karl Ludwig von Blume (9 June 1796, Braunschweig – 3 February 1862, Leiden) was a German-Dutch botanist. (3454)Lot of 7 flower prints.- Talauma mutabilis - Sobralia Macrantha- Détails de la liane femelle du Chili- Liane femelle du Chili- Détails de la lianne màle du Chili- Dianthus sinensis heddewigii- Dianthus sinensis laciniatus

A very fine view of Cairo.