Original antique maps and prints
Centuries of the world, on paper.
21,384 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.
Antique Print of a Chinese Junk and a Dragon Prowed Ceremonial Barge, 1815
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Prints by subject
Natural History4,623Views2,560Figures & Portraits960Fashion & Costume1,688Architecture & Design1,379Religion1,039Military & Political1,022Maritime274Ethnography553Art, Myth & Old Masters266Landscape140Medical & Anatomy257Science & Education148Professions & Trades173Emblems & Satire111Music & Instruments57Sports & Leisure245Travel & Transport117Romance40Frontispieces42Other Prints467
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Antique Print of a Chinese Junk and a Dragon Prowed Ceremonial Barge, 1815
1815 · € 235
Antique Map of the Environs of Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth, 1885
1885 · € 340
Antique Map of Monmouthshire, the River Wye and Bristol Channel, 1885
1885 · € 290
Land Molluscs, Antique Chromolithograph of Snails and Slugs by H. Morin, 1896
1896 · € 155
Orthoptera, Antique Chromolithograph of Winged Insects by F. W. Frohawk, 1896
1896 · € 165
Beetles in a Flood, Antique Entomological Chromolithograph, 1896
1896 · € 155
Giant Swift Moth, Antique Chromolithograph by F. W. Frohawk, 1896
1896 · € 165
Mimicry in Insects, Antique Chromolithograph of Natural Camouflage, 1896
1896 · € 155
Typical Butterflies, Antique Chromolithograph by West, Newman, 1896
1896 · € 175
Ascidians, Solitary Salpa and Chain Salpa, Antique Wood Engraving, 1896
1896 · € 145
Blue Shark, Antique Chromolithograph after P. J. Smit, 1896
1896 · € 185
A Salmon Leap, Antique Chromolithograph of a Leaping Salmon, Smit, 1896
1896 · € 165
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.