Andrews, Eliphalet F. James A. Garfield.
The Gravure Company of America 1901. Black and white engraving of Andrew's portrait of James A. Garfield, the twentieth president of the United States (March 1881-September 1881). Prior to his presidency, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio. He was assassinated six months into his presidency. Plate is 8 x 13...
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Besler, Basilius. Botanical prints of Roses.
Nuremberg: 1613. (I. Rosa flore albo pleno; II. Rosa alba flore simplici; III. Rosa Milesia flore rubro plens; IV. Rosa provincialis flore albo ) A beautifully handcolored copperplate engraving of different kinds of Roses (15 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches to the platemark, 17 1/4 x 21 3/4 full page). It is...
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Besler, Basilius. Conyzamedia, Aster Atticus minorflore coeruleo, Aster Atticus maiorflore coeruleo.
Eichstatt: 1640. Originally published in Besler's "Hortus Eystettensis" in 1613. His work was the first to document and thoroughly illustrate a private garden. The garden was that of his patron Bishop Johann Conrad von Gemmingen. Besler spent 16 years meticulously copying the numerous species that had been collected for the garden from...
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Besler, Basilius. Linum sylvestre flore coeruleo, Tragopogon flore luteo, Tragopogon purpureum.
Eichstatt: 1640. Originally published in Besler's "Hortus Eystettensis" in 1613. His work was the first to document and thoroughly illustrate a private garden. The garden was that of his patron Bishop Johann Conrad von Gemmingen. Besler spent 16 years meticulously copying the numerous species that had been collected for the garden from...
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Carpenter, Francis. Abraham Lincoln.
The Gravure Company of America 1901. Black and white engraving of Carpenter's portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States (1861-1865). Prior to his presidency, Lincoln served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 7th district of Illinois. He led the Union Army to victory during the Civil War...
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Edwards, Syndham T. Smooth Bears Breech / Orange Apocynum.
London: R. Taylor for George Kearsley 1806. (1. Acanthus Mollis, Smooth Bears Breech 2. Asclepias Tuberosa, Orange Apocynum) A beautifully hand colored botanical plate of the Smooth Bears Breech and the Orange Apocynum by F. Sansom after a drawing by Syndham Edwards (8 x 10 3/4 inches). The plate appoints the artist as well as the engaver...
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Elliot, Daniel Giraud. The Pinnated Grouse (Adults and Young).
New York: D.G. Elliot 1865. (The Pinnated Grouse. Cupidonia Cupido (Adults and Young)) A fine hand colored lithograph of the Pinnated Grouse (Cupidonia Cupido) Adults and Young by D.G. Elliot (23 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches). A beautiful image from one of the most splendid of his great monographs, A Monograph of the Tetraoninae, or...
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Elliot, Daniel Giraud. White-Tail Ptarmigan.
New York: D.G. Elliot 1865. (White-Tail Ptarmigan. Lagopus Leucurus. Adults in summer) A fine hand colored lithograph of the White-Tail Ptarmigan (Lagopus Leucurus), Adults in Summer by D.G. Elliot (23 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches). A beautiful image from one of the most splendid of his great monographs, A Monograph of the Tetraoninae, or Family...
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Government Printing Office,. Rebel Lines surrounding Atlanta, GA.
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office 1891-1895. Plate 128 in the collected Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, the most detailed atlas of the Civil War published. Twelve engraved images of Confederate fortifications and troop positions around Atlanta, GA. Total 27 1/4" x 17" within plate, 29 1/4" x 18 1/4" at margins. Fine condition. fn/--.
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(Harper's Pictorial History of t,. Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the Batteries of the Confederate States, April 13, 1861.
Chicago: The Puritan Press Co. 1894. A black and white engraving of a scene of the bombardment of Fort Sumter from the batteries was the first open engagment of the Civil War. 22 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches, originally published in "Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War," the text to the top reads "Harper's History...
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(Harper's Pictorial History of t,. Destruction of the United Stastes Navy Yard at Norfolk, Virginia, By Fire, By the United States Troops, On April 20, 1861 (and) Destruction of the United States Shiips at the Norfolk Navy Yard, By Order of the Government.
Chicago: The Puritan Press Co. 1894. Black and white engravings of scenes of the Naval yard at Norfolk Virginia. When Virginia joined the Confederate States of American on April 17, 1861 the Union lost the advantage of the Navy Yard at Norfolk, Virginia. Therefore, in order to prevent takeover by the Confederacy, the Union ordered that...
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(Harper's Pictorial History of t,. Fortifications Thrown Up to Protect the United States Arsenal at St. Louis, Missouri.
Chicago: The Puritan Press Co. 1894. A black and white engraving of the fortifications built in order to protect the United States Arsenal at St. Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis Arsenal provided an abundance of amunition that could supply both the Union and the Confederacy making it very important for both sides. The St. Louis Arsenal...
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