Johnson and Ward. (circa 1865). Hand coloured map, 32.6 x 39.7 cms (including the decorative border); 36.8 x 45.8 cms (sheet), two inset maps, "Yesso and the Japanese Kuriles" and "Bay of Nagasaki", scant spotting, sheet age toned and a few marginal chips and tears (not affecting the map), in..... More

A Paris. Chez Saillant et Nyon, rue Saint-Jean-de-Beauvais, [Chez] Panckoucke, Hotel de Thou, rue des Poitevins. 1774. Engraved map on laid paper, 27.2 x 19.9cm, 26.5 x 22.2cm (sheet size), edge fold, slight marginal toning but in very good condition. Map of the treacherous coastal waters, sandbars, submerged rocks and..... More

The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited. (circa 1860). Engraving 26.7 x 20.6 cm (sheet), edges darkened, a few minor spots, but otherwise in very good condition. "[The itinerant barber]...shaves the head, cleans the ears, arranges the eyebrows; and following a custom, universally established in Asia, to animate the circulation..... More

The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited. (circa 1860). Engraving 26.8 x 21.3 cm (sheet), inner edge a little ragged and a top corner creased, edges darkened, a few minor spots, but otherwise in very good condition. "The men's stockings are made of stuff, stitched and lined with cotton, with..... More

The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited. (Circa 1860). Engraving 27 x 21 cm (sheet), edges darkened, outer edge a little ragged, but otherwise in very good condition. From the Estate of the late scholar and collector Arthur Hacker. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178389... More

The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited. (Circa 1860). Engraving 21.3 x 27.2 cm (sheet), edges darkened, top edge a little ragged, single bloom of discolouration affecting the blank of the image, but otherwise in very good condition. "[The accused] is preceded by a man, who strikes upon a gong..... More

1818. Hand-coloured lithograph 43.3 x 34.3 cm, in very good condition, mounted and preserved in a modern frame. One of the best known and frequently copied works of Horace Vernet's early Orientalist œuvre, almost all reproduced examples, uncoloured. The French painter was one of the earliest adopters of the new..... More

London. Ashley. 1745- 1747. Copperplate engraving, 18.2 x 36.6cms (image including caption); 25.6 x 41.8cms (sheet), original folds, sheet a little age-toned, faint offsetting, the image in very good condition. A striking view of the Dutch Embassy approaching the Great Wall of China near Chogon Koton; the image is after..... More

(London). circa 1890s. Engraving 11.5 x 18cms (image only); 18.2 x 26.5cms (sheet including caption) a little marginal wear but the image with deep tone in very good condition. Atmospheric photogravure of Kolkata after an original photograph by Francis Frith (1822-1898), one of the most successful English commercial photographers in..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. circa 1860s. Three colour woodblock prints, a triptych, panels loose, each approx 38.5 x 25.4cms, Japanese text (artist's signature? publisher's seal and date?) in the outer margin of the centre and right-hand panels and in the inner margin of the left-hand panel, slivers of paper tape strengthening the..... More

[circa 1796]. Engraved map, 18.3 x 22 cm, 21.7 x 27 cm (sheet), original folds, age toning and some offsetting, inner edge darkened and discoloured, but the map in good condition. Finely engraved map showing Ireland divided into counties, lower coast of Scotland and Wales and the Isles of Man..... More

(Washington). (A.O.P. Nicholson). [circa 1856.]. Tinted lithograph, 21.9 x 15.5 cm, 29 x 22.5 cm (sheet), edges a little age-toned and spotted, inner margin stained, but in very good condition. A fine cameo portrait, after a daguerrotype by Eliphalet Brown, and prepared for Commodore Perry's "Narrative of the Expedition of..... More

(Washington). (A.O.P. Nicholson). [circa 1856.]. Tinted lithograph with original hand colour 21.6 x 15 cm, 28.7 x 22.5 cm (sheet), inner edge stained with some marginal paper adhesion, but the image in very good condition. A fine cameo portrait of a Japanese woman in costume from Simoda (Shimoda) on the..... More