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This web site showcases a selection from our inventory of original antique maps and prints. It includes works by famous natural history artists such as Audubon and Gould, renowned botanical artists including Catesby, Ehret, Redoute, and Thornton, well known prints of America and American themes including those by McKenney and Hall and Currier and Ives, maps and charts by Blaeu, Danckerts, DeWitt, Janson, Mercator, Visscher, and others, city views by Bartlett, Kollner, and Wild, sporting and marine art, and works by famous artists on many other subjects. Please visit our Gifts category for a few suggestions (including framed pieces) to start you thinking about subjects and categories that might thrill your friends and family. |
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We are pleased to announce the publication of our new book The Art of the Garden, Collecting Antique Botanical Prints. Lavishly illustrated with over 300 beautifully printed full color illustrations, this work is an invaluable reference source for experienced collectors and new enthusiasts alike. The lively text documents the magnificent botanical prints produced by notable artists of the 17th century through the turn of the twentieth. Very few good books are available on this subject. The Art of the Garden... fills that void. Click here for ordering information ... |
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A beautifully decorative large scale map of Anatolia and Asia Minor including Turkey, Rhodes, and Cyprus by Jansson, one of the foremost Dutch cartographic dynasties of the 17th century. As on most Jansson maps, there is enormous detail clearly and accurately described so that those familiar with the “Turquoise” coast can easily find the historically significant cities of Galipoli, Troy, Smyrna, Izmir, Marmaris, Perge, Assos, Myrna, etc. as well as the nearby Aegean Islands. Sailing ships and sea monsters ply the seas and turbaned figures adorn the title. Latin text on reverse.
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This unusually large and fabulously detailed rendering of the Battle off of Cape St. Vincent was skillfully engraved by John and Josiah Boydell in London in 1798. The print commemorates the amazing and daring victory of the British under Admiral Sir John Jervis’ over a much larger Spanish fleet under Don Jose de Cordova. The engagement took place off of the cost of Portugal. The scene is filled with ships, including the British Namur, Victory, Diadem, and the aptly named, Excellent. Sails are tattered, smoke billows and crews raise their swords on the decks. Jervis used his 9 ships to divide the 35 ship Spanish fleet and assure success. |
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Curtis, William. No. 786 (Iris) The Botanical Magazine. London, 1804. $350
Curtis, William. No. 187 (Iris) The Botanical Magazine. London, 1804. $350
Curtis, William No. 703 (Iris) The Botanical Magazine. London, 1804. $350
Curtis, William. No. 986 (Iris) The Botanical Magazine. London, 1804. $350