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3/4 One of the most beautiful and decorative Atlas Title Pages.
Second part of world atlas by Jan Janssonius.
On left side a man riding a crocodile. Illustrous page with elements of Astronomy, Geography, Continents.
Original hand coloring. Amsterdam, 1641 https://t.co/ZiCtmiUvJw
@archaeologyart Mystical Beasts in the water. This is a hand-colored zincograph of the famous woodcut published in "Cosmographia" by Sebastian Muenster.
This print was published in a German book "Weltall und Menschheit" by Hans Kraemer, Berlin, 1902. https://t.co/BaLJf79hvn
Kissing the foot of the bronze statue of St. Peter in the St. Peter's church in Rome
Wood engraving after a printing by Hermann Clement published 1879.
https://t.co/edMCh0BU8Y
Does anybody recognise the game???
Traditional games of the indiginous peoples of Chile.
Very fine aquatint print by C. Bramati and Paolo Fumigalli. Published 1821
Exquisite original hand coloring.
From "Il Costume Antico e Moderno" by Giulio Ferrario.
https://t.co/WLmpq7SJ1b
@MuseumofCityNY Similar scene. Here: Roasting Potatoes in London.
"Le marchand de pommes de terre cuites"
Wood engraving showing a vendor selling cooked potatoes.
Royal Haymarket in London, published 1878.
https://t.co/pP5H8kBnYQ
@FairchildGarden is this a "red pineapple"?
"Ananas folio vix Ferrato"
Engraver: Johann Jakob Haid (*1704)
Drawing by Georg Dionysus Ehret (*1708)
Published in: "Plantae Selectae"
Publishers: Christoph Jacob Trew (*1695) and (later) Benedict Christian Vogel (*1745)
Nuremberg, 1750-1773
@john_overholt Longfellow's House, Old Cambridge. ca 1870.
South Church,Methodist church on Tremont St, State-House on Beacon Hill,Faneuil Hall,Franklin's birthplace,Hancock mansion, Boston Common,The Frog Pond,Public Library,Longfellow house...
https://t.co/GT8pBdTzEM
more #TombTuesday
"Das Grab Davids" (Tomb of King David)
"Les Sepulcree tailles dans les rochers d' Ipsambul. Rock Tombs of Istambul"
"Golgatha" - Holy Sepulcher
Hl. Grabeskirche" (Church of the Holy Sepulchre)
https://t.co/CLJq9dvW8s
@RebHarms Hutzuls. - "Aus dem Lande der Huzulen" (The country of the Hutzuls)
Published in a German publication. Dated 1902.
The Hutzuls are an ethnic group of people living in the Carpathian Mountains.
Ukrania, Kolomyja, Hutzuls, Carpathian Mountains
Fencing
Copper engraving from the Encyclopedia by D. Diderot and J. d'Alembert. It was published in Paris ca 1770
"L'Ecole des Armes, avec l'explication générale des princpales attitudes et positions concernant l'Escrime.
Published 1763.
https://t.co/wRTqRjiASO