Original antique maps and prints
Centuries of the world, on paper.
22,436 original sheets, most from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: maps, sea charts, botanical and natural history plates, views and costume prints. Every one is the original printed page, cataloged, photographed and shipped from our gallery in Friesland.
Celtic Interlace Manuscript Page, Brussels, Antique Print, 1849
Maps by region
Prints by subject
Natural History5,035Views2,696Figures & Portraits963Fashion & Costume1,739Architecture & Design1,594Religion1,057Military & Political1,027Maritime274Ethnography576Art, Myth & Old Masters316Landscape140Medical & Anatomy250Science & Education155Professions & Trades178Emblems & Satire114Music & Instruments58Sports & Leisure247Travel & Transport117Romance40Frontispieces42Other Prints467
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Chinese Snakehead, Catfish and Blue Carp, Antique Fish Print, 1855
1855 · US$331
Chinese Sharpbelly and Eel, Antique Fish Chromolithograph, 1855
1855 · US$320
Chinese Loach and Nase, Antique Fish Chromolithograph, Peking, 1855
1855 · US$320
Chinese Dace and Bream, Antique Fish Chromolithograph, Moscow, 1855
1855 · US$308
Goldfish Varieties of Peking, Antique Chromolithograph of Carp, 1855
1855 · US$409
Chinese Mullet and Dace, Antique Chromolithograph of Fishes, 1855
1855 · US$320
Chinese Sea Bream, Catfish and Crucian Carp, Antique Print, 1855
1855 · US$331
Chinese Perch and Spotted Eel, Antique Fish Chromolithograph, 1855
1855 · US$320
Chinese Perch, Carp and Croaker, Antique Chromolithograph, 1855
1855 · US$331
Japanese Moray Eel and Conger, Perry Expedition Lithograph, 1856
1856 · US$275
Japanese Smelt and Char, Antique Perry Expedition Lithograph, 1856
1856 · US$269
Japanese Salmon Named for Commodore Perry, Antique Lithograph, 1856
1856 · US$320
Originals only
Every sheet was printed in its own period. We sell no reproductions.
The actual sheet photographed
The photographs show the very sheet you will receive, not a stock image.
Member of the NVvA
Bartele Gallery belongs to the Nederlandsche Vereeniging van Antiquaren and follows its standards for the antiquarian trade.
Certificate of authenticity
Available on request with any sheet you buy.
Worldwide delivery
Packed by hand and shipped from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands.