Berne [Bern]: Bureau international des Administrations télégraphiques, 1882. Designed and engraved by Georg Christian von Hoven. Printed by Jakob Friedrich Ferdinand Lips. Vintage lithographic map. In four pieces, each mounted on cardboard. In four pieces. Item dimensions: 786 × 502 mm each. Map dimensions: 779 × 490 mm each. Scarce..... More

Graz: Leykam, [ca. 1870]. Original vintage lithograph poster. ca. 75 × 105 cm. Original advertisement poster for Ferdinand Keibl coachbuilder, showing 50 different coaches. Keibl opened his workshop in 1856 as saddler and manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles, later automobile bodies. More

Around 1904–1905. 11 original, vintage sepia photographs. Sizes: (6) 180 × 130 mm; (4) 140 × 90 mm; (1) 165 × 115 mm. Collection of 11 photographs taken during the building of Zakarpattia Oblast Railway Network between Nagyberezna and Uzsok (today: Великий Березний [Velikij Bereznij] – Ужок [Uzhok]). This 40..... More

(Budapest): Erdélyi foto, (ca. 1930). 14 × 19,5 cm. Photo by Mór Erdélyi (1866–1936). Singed by him at lower right corner. Sir Marc Aurél Stein (1862–1943) was a Hungarian born British archaeologist, mainly concerned with exploring ancient Central Asia. Member of “The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire”..... More

Sevilla: Andrea Pescioni, 1582. First edition. With 35 woodcut illustrations, some recurring. Decorated with heraldic woodcut on the title page, numerous woodcut initials and a tailpiece, and woodcut printer's devices on 4¶4 and on the last leaf. Text printed in two columns. In 19th century, empire style, red morocco binding..... More

Paris: Auguste Picard, 1939. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front cover in black ink. Text in French. In publisher’s printed wrappers. (2), 263–268 p. Inscribed copy of Stein’s report about his aerial archaeological survey of ancient Roman limes in Transjordan and Iraq which he carried out in 1938..... More

London: Thomas and George Underwood (Thomas Davidson, Whitefriars). 1822. First edition. In hard paper binding. (8°); (4), 64 p. Saxe Bannister (1790–1877) barrister and attorney-general of New South Wales, founder of the first infant’s school in Sydney, author of numerous pamphlets on behalf of natives in the colonies. [Sabin..... More

Verona: Gabinetto Lettario, Aristide Testori, 1832. First edition. Oblong. Text in Italian and French. In original paper wrappers. 16 p., and 12 aquatint plates. Twelve elaborate aquatints of antique and medieval monuments and views of Verona: Arena, Porta Borsari, Castelvecchio Bridge, Basilica of San Zeno, Portoni della Bra, San Fermo..... More

Budapest: Magyar Királyi Természettudományi Társulat, 1932. First edition. With 49 text illustrations, mostly full page photographic reproductions. Text in Hungarian. In publisher’s printed wrappers. (8), 260 p., and two plates. Richly illustrated travel memoir of the Hungarian zoologist and ethnologist, Lajos Bíró who travelled to Papua New Guinea at the..... More

Budapest: Dante, (1931). First Hungarian edition. In publisher’s red cloth. With the scarce, illustrated dust jacket, designed by Sándor Bortnyik. 248 p., and 8 plates with photographic reproductions. The book was published in the series of travelogues by the Dante publisher, and some of the dust jackets were designed by..... More

Napoli: Dalla Stamperia de’ Fratelli Fernandes, 1818. First edition. In contemporary half leather. Spine lettered gilt. XX, 213, (3) p., and 4 engraved plates. The first overview of Kurdish region and about their customs. With four engraved plates, three show the Kurdish costumes and the fourth a wild goat which..... More

Paris: Alliance Graphique; L. Danel [printer], 1935. Original, vintage poster. Colour lithograph. Size: ca. 100 cm × 62,5 cm. Cassandre’s iconic Art Deco poster. Normandie, Cassandre’s striking poster design of the Art Deco era, became of the most well-known posters of all time. Designed in 1935 as an..... More

[S. l. but: London]: [s. n. but: John Murray], [n. d. but: 1841]. First separate edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 15, (1) p. Early scientific paper on the ethnography and languages of the Canary Islands. In his paper, Costa de Macedo examines and confutes James Cowles Prichard’s..... More