Original antique maps and prints
Centuries of the world, on paper.
22,063 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.
False, Marsana and Aigrette, Three Antique Sonnerat Flower Plates, 1806
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False, Marsana and Aigrette, Three Antique Sonnerat Flower Plates, 1806
1806 · US$479
Cardamom of Malabar and Madagascar, Pair of Antique Spice Plates, 1806
1806 · US$395
Great-Flowered Silk Cotton Tree, Antique Sonnerat Botanical Plate, 1806
1806 · US$234
Mast Tree and Digitate-Leaved Cavalam, Pair of Antique Plates, 1806
1806 · US$301
Clove Flower, Drum Wood and Madablota, Three Antique Plates, 1806
1806 · US$456
Ravensara of Madagascar, Antique Sonnerat Botanical Engraving, 1806
1806 · US$189
Ravenala, the Traveler's Tree, Three Antique Botanical Plates, 1806
1806 · US$523
Litchi, Wampee and Hevi Fruit Trees, Three Antique Botanical Plates, 1806
1806 · US$523
White Openbill Stork of the Indies, Antique Sonnerat Engraving, 1806
1806 · US$212
Grouse, Francolin and Quail of the Indies, Three Antique Plates, 1806
1806 · US$523
Sonnerat's Junglefowl Cock and Hen, Pair of Antique Bird Plates, 1806
1806 · US$512
Little Peacock-Pheasant of Malacca, Antique Sonnerat Bird Plate, 1806
1806 · US$267
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.