An unusually handsome, wide-margined copy of this marvelous collection of views of early eighteenth-century Vienna. The series begins with a beautifully designed allegorical plate consisting of a panoramic view of the city in the form of a relief panel on a monument surmounted by an eagle, with two figures.....
A scarce pocket map of Kansas City accompanied by an inserted guide-book, providing much information on the development and potential of this important midwestern commercial hub in the 1880s. The map provides a comprehensive view of the city, situated at the confluence of the Missouri River and the Kansas River.....
One of the largest and most spectacular bird’s eye views of Boston ever published, with the built environment of the city rendered in meticulous detail. This magnificent view shows the city from an elevated imaginary vantage point in the east, looking toward the Charles River and Cambridge in the.....
A striking 1920s watercolor elevation for a music and arts building to be located at the intersection of Cahuenga Ave. and Highland Ave. in Hollywood, evidently designed to welcome visitors to the Hollywood Bowl. Situated in the plaza in front of this handsome Beaux-Arts edifice is a column surmounted.....
A scarce, handsome view of New Bedford and its harbor by celebrated lithographic artist and marine painter Fitz Henry Lane, after a sketch by A. Conant, with original contributions by Lane. This view depicts the harbor and city as seen from Fairhaven, Mass. on the eastern shore of the Acushnet.....
A scarce plan of the former Confederate capital, created and published there shortly after Union forces took the city in April of 1865, depicting in black the parts of the city that were burned to the ground by the fleeing Confederates. On Sunday morning April 2nd 1865, news reached.....
A scarce large folio view of Yale College, as the university was then known, featuring a central view of the College Square, including Old Brick Row, as seen from the corner of New Haven’s College and Chapel Streets. Surrounding the central view are vignettes of additional buildings, the insignia of.....
The original illustration for the cover of the November 1907 Arizona Number of The West Coast Magazine. Smith’s captivating composition juxtaposes the romantic figure of a cowboy astride his horse on a ridge with a gritty smelting plant in the background belching a large plume of smoke into the sky.....