Rare 1797 manuscript map of Nice, with the French navy attacking from the sea. Unknown author, Italian, but map attributed to an original, probably broadsheet map by Mollieras (?). Good plan of the layout of Nice and the port and coast as was in 1797. Ships are perhaps a trifle naive. This attack is not covered by any other antique maps or prints.The sheet is watermarked with the initials JH & Z, for Jan Honig and Zoonen, a firm of papermakers operating in Zaandijk, north of Amsterdam operating ...

Very decorative view of Katwijk. Signed lower right, Louis Bleuler au chateau de Laufen . Original design by Louis Bleuer. This gouache was the model for his aquatint in his famous book 80 Rheingegenden published in 1826.

A fine example of a so-called 'captain's portrait' of a clipper-ship under full sail. The name of the ship at the bow reads "Cape Horn" Signed in the lower right corner: R.Takes.