Original Antique Engraving of Algiers in Algeria, 1773

Antique map titled 'Kaart van het Oostelyke Deel van het Ryk van Algiers'. Old map of the eastern region of the Kingdom of Algiers, Algeria. Originates from the first Dutch edito...

Antique map titled 'Kaart van het Westelyk Gedeelte van het Ryk van Algiers'. Old map of the western region of the Kingdom of Algiers, Algeria. Originates from the first Dutch ed...

Antique map titled 'Alger'. This map shows the region of Algiers, Algeria. With a small inset map of the region of Algiers and a decorative vignette with a harbor view. Originates fr...

Antique map titled 'Kaart van het Zuidelyk Gedeelte van het Ryk Algiers'. Old map of the southern region of the Kingdom of Algiers, Algeria. Originates from the first Dutch edito...

Description: Antique print titled 'Cérémonie du Mariage des Incas'. Copper engraving of an Inca marriage ceremony. This print originates from volume 20 of 'Histoire generale ...

Antique print titled 'Steen in de brug van het oude Cirta (..)'. Old print depicting a stone with elephants from the bridge of Cirta/Constantine. Also depicts other architectural...

This 1865 engraving features the Emancipation Proclamation in elaborate calligraphic text, with five patriotic vignettes and a small portrait...

This is the 1889 William H. Overend (1851-1898) and Lionel Smythe (1839-1918) first edition, photogravure of the Calcutta Cup – a Rugby match between Scotland and England, that has been played over 100 times, the first match...

Golf mezzotint of 'Henry Callender Esq' (Captain of the society of Golfers at Blackheath) after Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760-1803). Henry Callend...

Presented is an elaborate engraved broadside presentation of both the preliminary and final Emancipation Proclamations, dated September 22, 1...

Presented is a Proclamation of Emancipation wood engraving by W. Roberts. The engraving was published in 1864, just one year after President Abraham Lincoln signed the original Proclamation. W. Roberts was the artist and engraver and Corydon Alexis Alvord was the printer. The engraving was published by R. A Dimmick, in New York, 1864. The text of the Proclamation is set in a variety of typefaces, which is encased in a pictorial border. The border is decorated with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and seven other vignettes, including the horrors of slavery at left, the bombardment of Fort Sumter at bottom, and scenes from a prosperous and united nation at right. On September 22, 1862, five days after the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued a preliminary decree stating that, unless the rebellious states returned to the Union by January 1, freedom would be granted to slaves within those states. No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1, 1863 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation...

Great map of Italy Drawn under the direction of Arrowsmith Copper-plate engraving Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1820 Unframed.