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[U.S. Geological Survey, Graham, Joseph, Newman, William, Stacy, John]
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Berann, Heinrich Caesar (1915-1999)
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Berann, Heinrich Caesar (1915-1999)
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Date estimated. Biography of Berann.
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Berann, Heinrich Caesar (1915-1999)
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Date estimated. Major features labeled. Verso has biography of Berann.
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Berann, Heinrich Caesar (1915-1999)
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View without the labels top and bottom.
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[Gifford, C. B. (Charles B.), Nagel, L. (Louis)]
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A five sheet, nine foot, panoramic 360 degree view of early San Francisco from the top of Russian Hill. First edition. Reps calls this "Gifford's finest and most ambitious view" and Peters refers to it as "This important and rare panorama." It was issued in three forms: on thin paper mounted on cloth and folded into an album with covers, on heavy paper as five separate sheets, and on heavy paper backed with linen and attached to wooden rollers (wall map style). This copy is the first form, but without the album. There are 125 numbered references in the lower margin identifying buildings, etc. Printed by L. Nagel. There was a second edition in 1863. This copy originally had the five sheets joined and folded into covers, with the original blue title label on the verso of the first sheet.
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Gugler Lithographic Co .
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A colourful bird's-eye-view map. Shows streets and buildings, the names of principal buildings underneath the image, by The Gugler Lithographic Company. Relief shown pictorially.
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[Peltier, G., Blondel la Rougery]
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Composite of four sheets that when joined make a very large and detailed birds-eye view of Paris. Peltier and Blondel la Rougery published this drawing in many forms and editions, starting around 1930 - see our 8864.000 for a 1963 variation in English, only of the center of Paris. Peltier's name is removed from later editions.
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[Peltier, G., Blondel la Rougery]
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One of four sheets that when joined make a very large and detailed birds-eye view of Paris. Peltier and Blondel la Rougery published this drawing in many forms and editions, starting around 1930 - see our 8864.000 for a 1963 variation in English, only of the center of Paris. Peltier's name is removed from later editions.
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[Peltier, G., Blondel la Rougery]
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One of four sheets that when joined make a very large and detailed birds-eye view of Paris. Peltier and Blondel la Rougery published this drawing in many forms and editions, starting around 1930 - see our 8864.000 for a 1963 variation in English, only of the center of Paris. Peltier's name is removed from later editions.
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[Peltier, G., Blondel la Rougery]
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One of four sheets that when joined make a very large and detailed birds-eye view of Paris. Peltier and Blondel la Rougery published this drawing in many forms and editions, starting around 1930 - see our 8864.000 for a 1963 variation in English, only of the center of Paris. Peltier's name is removed from later editions.
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[Peltier, G., Blondel la Rougery]
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One of four sheets that when joined make a very large and detailed birds-eye view of Paris. Peltier and Blondel la Rougery published this drawing in many forms and editions, starting around 1930 - see our 8864.000 for a 1963 variation in English, only of the center of Paris. Peltier's name is removed from later editions.
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L'Illustration. Journal Universel
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Panorama of 29 cm high and about 5 m long, on 5 attached sheets engraved on wood and colored by hand, wrapped around a cardboard tube, and protected by a black percaline cover with the golden title in a rocaille style frame. Grand panorama scrolling published by the newspaper L'Illustration, showing the boulevards of Paris, the Place de la Concorde instead of the Bastille, taking in the boulevards of the right bank (Madeleine, Capuchins, Italians, Montmartre, Poissonnière, Bonne-Nouvelle, Saint-Denis, Saint-Martin, Temple, Calvary-Girls, and Beaumarchais) and depicting the facades of theaters, monuments, and buildings on both sides of the roadway; the names of the transversal streets are indicated at the bottom of each half-panorama. The panorama is completed by a view of the Place de la Concorde at the beginning, and the Place de la Bastille at the end.
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[Photomap Company, First National Trust and Savings Bank of Pasadena]
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Aerial view of Pasadena, on sheet 80x80, folded to 21x11. Taken from an altitude of 8,000 feet. Shows business and residential sections, orchards, roads, railroads and electric railways. Includes key to Photomap and index to streets. Title from cover. Text and photos on verso.
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Gomez de Trasmonte, Juan
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Pictorial map designed as a bird's-eye view, a 1907 republishing in lithograph of a 1628 engraved view by Juan Gomez de Trasmonte. Shows Mexico city and surroundings, with inset to points of interest. Shows roads, streets, rivers, bridges, landmarks, buildings and parks. Includes key and index to places of interest on the map.
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Snow & Roos
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Color lithograph early view of San Francisco from the southeast looking out towards the Pacific Ocean, showing the continuous rows of business blocks lining the streets west of Yerba Buena Cove, and sailing ships and a few steam vessels, with the wharves, piers in waterfront. Relief shown by shadings. The view immediately pre-dates the development of Golden Gate Park.
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Harembert, Armand
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New educational view of the human skulls, measured by the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental abilities. Printed on one sheet, 68x52.5, dissected into 9 sections folded into 23x18, with label pasted on verso. Includes decorative border, descriptive text and references to each character.
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Reynolds, James
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Hand colored engraving detailed view of locomotive engine. Engraved by John Emslie and published 1848 by James Reynolds. dissected into 8 sections and mounted on linen, folded to 28x22. Includes reference.
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Reynolds, James
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Reynolds' pictorial diagram, engraved by John Emslie, showing the equinoctial angles of the sun's rays and the effects of light and heat on animal and vegetable life in all regions from the Equator to the Arctic circle, it illustrates the astronomical and physical phenomena of the various regions of the globe and the distribution of organic life in an horizontal direction.
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Merian, Caspar
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This view appeared in the Topagraphia Galliae by Martin Zeiller, published in 4 volumes between 1660 and 1663, likely the Amsterdam edition.
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Slovenian Mountaineering Association
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Circular panoramic view from the Urslje mountains, Slovenia, on sheet 45x44.5. Showing the eastern peak of the Karawanks. Published by Slovenian mountaineering Association in Meziska dolina in Pravalje. Relief shown pictorially and by shadings. Includes compass rose at the center, place names and mountain heights around the view. Date estimated.
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Vasi, Giuseppe, 1710-1782
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The panorama is inscribed with an "Indice delle cose notabili diviso in otto giornate," listing 390 monuments and sites, the numbering of which correspond to those in the guidebook that Vasi published in the same year: Indice istorico del gran prospetto di Roma. The dedication to Charles III appears in the lower left corner on an antique slab. To the right of Charles III's coat of arms are printed verses from the 64th epigram by the Roman poet Martial: HINC SEPTEM DOMINOS VIDERE MONTES / ET TOTAM LICET AESTIMARE ROMAN. M. Val. Mart. lib. 4 epig. 64. The view is made of 12 sheets joined and backed on linen.
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Anonymous
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Photochrom decorative bird's eye view of Heligoland after cession of Heligoland to Germany in 1890. Photochrom technic was developed in the 1880s in Zurich by lithographer Hans Jacov Schmid (1856-1924). Date estimated.
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Lowman & Hanford Co.
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Panoramic birds-eye-view of Seattle , Washington. On verso includes mailing address panel with brief descriptions on the Port of Seattle, Public docks, and Export and import business, noting export and import stats for the year 1917. Shows the city, smith Tower is seen at the center of the image. Date estimated.
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Ahrens, Paul
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Lithograph detailed mid-19th. Century round panorama, images of Gross Inselsberg Mountain, Thuringia Germany. Ahrens' view taken in a 360- degree perspective, from the tower at the summit of Gross Inselsberg, a prominent peak in the Thuringia Mountains, near the city of Gotha, making it one of the most scientifically accurate Roundpanorama of its era. Depicting towns, mountains and main landmarks, with corresponding lines with numbers identifying the elevations of each site. the view published by Bibliographisches Institut, a German publisher founded in 1826 in Gotha by Joseph Meyer. Includes test. Relief shown pictorially and by spot heights. Date estimated.
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Verkamp Industries
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Date estimated.
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Bauerkeller, George
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Relief view of Europe, by G. Bauerkeller. Date estimated. Shows place names. Relief shown by shadings.
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Bauerkeller, George
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Relief view of France, by G. Bauerkeller. Date estimated. Shows place names. Relief shown by shadings.
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Klemm, Josef
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Date estimated based on presence of Singer Building of 1908 and absence of MetLife Tower of 1909 (thanks to Piotr Tarczynski for pointing this out to us). Birds-eye view of Manhattan and greater New York. From askArt: "Josef Ferdinand Klemm (Austrian, 1868-1916) was a noted painter, lithographer, designer and image restorer. He is primarily known for his finely detailed designs of cultural and historical mural study-decorations for schools that included landscapes, cityscapes, medieval cities, the Acropolis (Greece), various architectural renderings, memorial and national monuments, interior scenes, historical and cultural human genre/civil activities, as well as educational/industrial cut-away diagrams/wall-charts, geographical scenes, etc. Josef Klemm was born December 25, 1868 in Vienna, Austria to the Austrian bookseller and publisher Joseph Klemm (Austrian, b. Apr. 4, 1821-d. Feb. 27, 1882) and Johanna (née Fessl) Klemm." This copy came from a school in Helsinki, Finland.
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Callot, Jacques (1592-1635)
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These are a set of six prints illustrating the Siege of the Citadel of Saint Martin on the Isle de Re. Callot also engraved the Seige of La Rochelle at the same time, also in six prints with decorative borders (Lieure 655). Both are remarkable, but the Seige of Saint Martin view is extraordinary in its use of engraving line darkness to indicate depth of space, a technique that Callot pioneered. These famous battle scenes were drawn and etched by Callot as bird's-eye views and maps. Callot received commissions to commemorate these two spectacular battle scenes from Louis XIII in 1628. The Siege of La Rochelle and St. Martin on the L'Ile de Re took place between the French Royal forces of Louis XIII and the Huguenots of La Rochelle and the English forces of Charles I at St. Martin in the years 1625-1628. The Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré, occurred in the French isle of Ile de Ré around the fortress of the city of Saint-Martin-de-Ré, when Duke of Buckingham tried to occupy the island in 1627. After three months of combat and sieges however, Governor Toiras and a relief force of French ships and troops managed to repel the Duke of Buckingham, who was forced to withdraw in defeat. This encounter followed another defeat for Buckingham, the 1625 Cádiz Expedition, and is considered as the opening conflict of the Anglo-French War of 1627-1629, itself a part of the Thirty Years' War.
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[Visscher, Claes Jansz, Brewer, H. W.]
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Two bird's-eye views of London in 1616 and 1890. Published as supplement to the 'Graphic' November 1, 1890. Uncolored engraved panorama by Visscher and Brewer, highlights the changes in London. shows major buildings, bridges, Transportation mode, etc. This is a very detailed view of London with two perspectives. The two images are 274 years apart and they give the viewer a unique opportunity to see how much this famous city has grown during those years.
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Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) (Nazi German Supreme Command of the Armed Forces)
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Hayes, H.
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Consists of numerous vignettes of buildings and events.
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Leuschner, K.M.
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Includes index with entries for the homes of movie stars.
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[Ysarti, Antonio, Medina, Baltasar de]
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This is the first state of one of the first copper-engraved maps published in Mexico (the map that appeared in Montemayor y Cuenca's Discurso politico, historico, jurÃdico del derecho, (1658) is earlier (from Ken Ward, JCB). The map is centered on Mexico City and presents a bird's-eye view of central Mexico extending from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. The region is known as the ecclesiastical province of San Diego, and extends from Aguascalientes and Guanajuato in the north to Acapulco and Oaxaca in the south. The title cartouche mentions 12 convents in the region, which are depicted on the map. The map is handsomely embellished with a rising sun, several sailing ships, a compass rose, and even birds flying above in the sky. The map was engraved by the highly skilled Antonio Ysarti for publication in Baltasar de Medina's Chronica de la Santa Provincia de San Diego de Mexico. Little is known about Ysarti, who also engraved a remarkable frontispiece for Medina's book, depicting numerous Franciscan martyrs within a Franciscan temple. Friar Baltasar de Medina was born in Mexico and became a Discalced Franciscan, a separate order of Franciscans that remain barefoot. Medina was named the official chronicler for the Discalceds, and in 1682 he published a history of the order's accomplishments in his masterwork Chronica, which focused on both Franciscan martyrs and colonial life in New Spain. Ysarti's map was the only one to be included in the Chronica. This scarce map is an important milestone in Mexican cartography and the history of the Americas. The Library of Congress holds the revised copperplate of the map, which mentions 14 convents with Valladolid added at center left and has the date removed from the bottom border.
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Steinberg, Saul
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Colored pictorial view of the World from 9th Avenue is a 1976 illustration by Saul Steinberg that served as the cover of the March 29, 1976, edition of The New Yorker. The work presents the view from Manhattan of the rest of the world showing Manhattan as the center of the world. The illustration is split in two parts, with the bottom half of the image showing Manhattan's 9th Avenue, 10th Avenue, and the Hudson River (appropriately labeled), and the top half depicting the rest of the world. It is a westward view over 10th Avenue. The rest of the United States is the size of the three New York City blocks and is drawn as a rectangle bounded by North American neighbors Canada and Mexico, with a thin brown strip along the Hudson representing "Jersey", the names of five cities (Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; Las Vegas; Kansas City; and Chicago) and three states (Texas, Utah, and Nebraska) scattered among a few rocks for the United States beyond New Jersey, which is in bolder font than the rest of the country beyond the Hudson. Washington, D.C. is depicted as a remote location near Mexico. The Pacific Ocean, perhaps half again as wide as the Hudson, separates the United States from three flattened land masses labeled China, Japan and Russia.
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Portland Chamber of Commerce
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Color view of State of Oregon mounted on linen. Relief shown pictorially. Shows railroads in red, main and paved roads in white, major cities, and rivers. Vignette views of natural features, mountain, and monuments on upper and lower borders. Includes legend, text and notes: "This map is not entirely to scale but is designed to give a perspective of the entire state ..." . " Visitors to Oregon ... Advertising and Promotional Department of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. This map is copyrighted by the Portland Chamber of Commerce..."
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C. Smith & Son
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Probably one of the earliest comparative view of the world's waterfalls in color. With waterfalls strategically arranged for comparison from Europe and Africa to Americas. The highest shown is "Cataract of Gavarny (Pyrenees)", and the lowest is the "Last cataract of the Nile". Includes remarks, and notes.
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Moule, Thomas
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Comparative engraved view of the mountains and hills throughout Great Britain, by Thomas Moule, which appeared in Barclays Complete and Universal English Dictionary ( London: G. Virtue, 1841-1848), with Salisbury Spire, St. Paul's Cathedral and Greenwich Observatory are shown in comparison to the hills and mountain toward the center bottom, emphasizing the magnitude of nature over the achievements of mankind. Intriguingly, Ben Macdui, and not Ben Nevis, is shown as being the highest mountain in Great Britain.
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Parsons, Charles R., 1821-1910
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Col. lithograph. David Rumsey Collection copy framed. Unnumbered key in lower margin. "Very high view to west and southwest. Golden Gate, upper right. Various crafts in Bay" -- Baird.
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[San Diego Land and Town Company, W.W. Elliott & Co.]
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Lithograph. View looking west from Old San Diego to Mexican border. Includes 17 small views: Office of J.A. Rice -- St. Matthew's Episcopal Church -- Kimball Block -- G.W. Chase Block -- San Diego Land & Town Co.'s office, National City -- (National City Planing Mill) W.E. Kimball, proprietor -- Olive works of F.A. Kimball, 8th Avenue -- International Hotel, W.H. Porter, prop. -- (Wm. Burgess Real Estate), Conveyancing & insurance -- Residence of J.C. Hussey -- Res. of Mr. & Mrs. O.E.M. Howard -- Residence of W.C. Kimball -- Residence of Frank A. Kimball -- Residence of T. Parsons -- Residence & real estate office of Geo. W. Roberts -- National City Public School -- Record Steam Printing House. Includes key and text. 16 p. text on verso with title: Guide to San Diego Bay Region, California ...
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[Compton, Richard J., Dry, Camille N.]
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Lithographed title page with small view of Eads Bridge. Facing frontispiece is larger bird's-eye view of the bridge by C.N. Dry. "I consider this an excellent and faithful representation of the bridge. Apl. 30th, 1874. Jas. B. Eads."
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[Compton, Richard J., Dry, Camille N.]
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Composite of 110 lithographed views.
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[Compton, Richard J., Dry, Camille N.]
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Two facing lithographed views. Shows wagons, train, farms, Calvary Cemetery, Bellefontaine Cemetery, Jennings Station, etc. No keys.
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