Eugene FLANDIN (1809-1889)

Paris, 1853

30 x 17 cm., Framed

from L’Orient…

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Eugene FLANDIN (1809-1889)

Paris, 1853

30 x 17 cm., Framed.

from L’Orient…

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Eugene FLANDIN (1809-1889)

Paris, 1853

30 x 17 cm., Framed

from L’Orient…

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Eugene FLANDIN (1809-1889)

Paris, 1853

30 x 17 cm., Framed

from L’ORIENT

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Eugene FLANDIN (1809-1889)

Paris, 1853

30 x 17 cm., Framed

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Henri DE BEAUVAU

1615

22,5 x 18 cm.

Beautiful and unusual bird’s eye view of Constantinople.

Title French in the upper left of the mise-en-scène.

From: Relation Journalière du Voyage du Levant, by Henri de Beauvau, 1615

Scarce information about the Author: Henri baron de Beauvau, active between the mid-sixteenth century and the middle of the following century. he was an engraver, traveler and fighter against the Turks in Hungary.

VERY RARE

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BARBAROS HAYREDDİN PAŞA (d. y. 1478, Midilli – ö. 5 Temmuz 1546, İstanbul),

c. 1580

19 x 30 cm.

Antique exquisite woodcut originates from the French edition of “Cosmographia” by Sebastian Münster, dating back to the 1580s. The Cosmographia is a breathtaking work of art and scholarship that continues to captivate readers today. It is a comprehensive guide to the world as it was known in the 16th century, filled with fascinating details and insights about different cultures and regions. The Cosmographia was translated into multiple languages, such as Latin, French (translated by François de Belleforest), Italian, English, and Czech, and went through 24 editions over a century, the last German edition being published in 1628, long after the death of its author. Its widespread success can be attributed to the striking woodcuts, which were created by renowned artists such as Hans Holbein the Younger, Urs Graf, Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch, and David Kandel. Sebastian Münster, the author of the Cosmographia, was a German cartographer, cosmographer, and Hebrew scholar who lived from 1488 to 1552.

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Photo from the First World War photo collection. Published by Bild- und Film Amt, 1917-1918, with pasted text strips in Swedish. The Bild- und Film Amt (Bufa) was formed in January 1917 and consisted of seven groups of mobile operators, each consisting of an officer, a cameraman, a photographer and two assistants, whose mission was to produce propaganda material which, apart from internal use, then it was sent to European newspaper editorial offices with pasted text strips in each language.

29 cm x 23 cm.

This photo is taken on the deck of Yavuz Sultan Selim (Goeben)

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Engraving by LEMAITRE, LALAISSE and MORET

c.1840

from “Historia de Turquia” by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules VAN GAVER..

SELIM III (1761-1808), Ottoman Sultan from 1789 to 1807…

Selim III (1761-1808). Ottoman sultan from 1789 to 1807. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Moret. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840.

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Francois BOUCHER

c. 1730-50

Simon Francis Ravenet, 
After François Boucher French
Publisher Gabriel Huquier French

ca. 1730–50

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