1850 HUGE FOLIO 1ed Voyages 663 Engravings EGYPT Pyramids Russia China India

1850 HUGE FOLIO 1ed Voyages 663 Engravings EGYPT Pyramids Russia China India Adolphe Joanne was a 19th-century French travel book writer whose “Illustrated Voyages” is one of the most impr

MAP CARTE DE LA TARTARIE ORIENTALE Paris: c. 1749. A map detailing the Asian part of Russia (Eastern Tartary) and China (Manchuria) From "l'Histoire Generale des Voyages" By Jacques Bellin Overall siz

1747 1ed Bible History Creation Noah Flood EGYPT Cosmogony MAPS Pyramids The “Universal History” is a mid-18th-century history of the world. Written by numerous authors and contributors, this enor

HILL, John (1770-1850), After William G. WALL (1792-1864). New York, from Governors Island / No. 20 of the Hudson River Port Folio. Aquatint engraving with original hand color. New York: Henry I. Mega

O/C CHINA TRADE PAINTING LIFE SIZE PORTRAIT CHINESE ROYALTY FIGURE SIGNED WITH CHINESE CHARACTERS IN THE UPPER LEFT IN RED, HOUSED IN IT'S LATER ORIG. FRAME, THIS PAINTING HAS BEEN IN STORAGE SINCE 19

Visitors' book kept by the Wilson family of Sheffield, 1890s-1940s 4to, red cloth binding, containing approx. 100 varicoloured leaves, filled with autograph entries mainly from missionaries (British a

John James Audubon (1785 - 1851), 19th C. aquatint Elephant folio engraving with original hand coloring, ‘Virginian Partridge’ Plate # 76 Page no. 16. Engraved, printed and colored by Robe

Blackwell, Elizabeth. A Curious Herbal, 1782, 2 vol., folio, contemporary russia (spines crudely repaired). Hand coloured engraved plates /Provenance: Ombersley Court

Group of six etchings or engravings of India including:"The Taje Mah'l [The Taj Mahal] at Agra" From the book "The Oriental annual, or, Scenes in India" by the Rev. Hobart Caunter.

Original antique early 19thC Aquatint engraving with original hand coloring. Plate CCI Canada Goose from Birds of America. Engraved by Robert Havell (1793-1878). Published: London, 1827-1838. Sheet si

A RARE RUBY-RED GROUND FAMILLE ROSE BUDDHIST STUPA, MID-QING China, 1750-1850. The shrine is superbly modeled and enameled with gilt highlights against a brilliant ruby-red ground with stylized lotus

AN EXTREMELY RARE ‘CELESTIAL EYE’ REVERSE INTAGLIO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE, 1750-1850 Attributed to the Cameo Ink-play Master, possibly Imperial, Official School China, 1750-1850 This bottle is the onl

ARROWSMITH, AARON. Chart of the Pacific Ocean. Large engraved navigational chart of the coastlines of Russia, Japan, Korea, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Australia. 73¼x31½ inches o

Andre Dutertre (French, 1753-1842) Views of Egypt (eight works)engravings, with Egyptian Revival framesLargest: 20 x 40 inches (sight); 27 7/8 x 51 1/4 inches (frame). This lot is located in Chicago.

A two part bronze, Horus, in the form of a falcon, wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt with detailed engravings throughout. The body of the falcon is removable from the birds legs and th

Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989). Folio of eleven original engravings in color on Arches paper titled "Our Historical Heritage," 1975. Numbered 355 of a limited edition of 400 copies.Publi

Bowl with lid, China, Daoguang-(1820-1850) or Xianfeng-period(1850-1861), porcelain with copper-red glaze and a decoration of a delicate flowering plum tree and orchis set into the negative of the por

H:38cm,W:26cm

AN EMBELLISHED WHITE JADE ‘PEACH PICKING’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY White nephrite jade of even color with fine and smooth hand polish. China, The bottle: 1750-1850. The embellishment: TSUDA FAMI

Birds of Asia. John Gould (1804-1881). London: Taylor and Francis for the Author, 1850-83. Physical Description: 7 volumes. Folio (21 5/8 x 14 1/2 inches). 530 hand-colored lithographs after John Goul

EDEN, EMILY. 1797-1869. Portraits of the Princes & People of India. London: J. Dickinson & Son, 1844. Folio (610 x 355 mm). Tinted lithographic title with vignette and 24 tinted lithographic plates by

Albrecht Durer Virgin and Child Crowed by On Engraving,W 6 in.H 7 in., frame: W 27 in.H 28.5 in.

Chinese Trade painting, Fonggua School of Macao,circa 1860."Hong Kong Harbor". Oil on canvas. Painting: 17 inches by 31 inches.Exhibition: Chinnery and the China Trade, Martyn Gregory Gallery, London.

Ancient Egypt, Predynastic period, late Naqada II to Naqada III, ca. 3200 to 3000 BCE. An enormous hand-built marl clay jar with a russet-hued surface made with a thin iron-oxide slip. The burnished v