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La Piovra Russa. Carta Serio-Comica Pel 1878.
Very rare political caricature map by Grossi of the nations of Europe, published in Bologna in the supplement of the newspaper "Le Perroquet / Al papagallo, N° 15, Anno VI.Known as the Octopus Map ; the brooding presence of the Russian Empire depicted as a massive octopus, whose tentacles stretch out towards Europe. In this map, the Octopus has Turkey, Persia and Poland but has been wounded by Crimea and is being fought off by Germany.This map, by Grossi, followed the style created by Frederick...
€1.850
Maker : GROSSI, A.
Place : Bologne
Date : 14 avril 1878
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[Map of the Monterey Peninsula.]
A lovely example of Jo Mora's Del Monte Properties Company' California's Fun' playground tourist map of the Monterey Peninsular, published in San Francisco in 1927. The rare first state and among the rarest maps by Jo Mora.A lively map full of interesting, fun illustrations of the region. The map borders are surrounded by many small illustrations of modern and historical Monterey. These include animals, historical figures, native Indians, missionaries, cowboys, singing & dancing, the 'gold rush'...
€900
Maker : ROBERTSON, A.M.
Place : San Francisco
Date : 1927
L'Europe en Sept 1939. Ille terrarum mihi angulus ridet.
A rare oversized serio-comic map of Europe at the start of the Second World War depicting stereotypes of 31 countries, as listed in the key lower right, including Britain as a woman with battleships on leads; France as Marianne, leading her troops into battle; Germany, with a swastika sash, stabbing a female Poland; and Russia as a Cossack holding a hammer and sickle, his arm around a large brown bear. Very scarce, although as mentioned on the map 150 were printed, only three, nos. 8, 9, 10, 13...
€9.000
Maker : VLAANDEREN, Cornelis André
Place : Bruges, Leon Burghgraeve
Date : 1939