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"L'Africa Divisa nelle sue principali Regioni"
By Francesco Costatino Marmocchi
Florence, 1842
"Totius Africae Nova ..."
Copper etching published by Johann Baptist Homann
engraved 1707, published 1715
https://t.co/bn0X9V3Ehy

In reminiscence of Lord #Byron, who was born on this day in 1788 a few Byron related antique prints.
1. Portrait (source Wikipedia)
2. His wonderful estate in #Newstead in Nottinghamshire
3. The #Mazeppa horse (read more here: https://t.co/x88kl4n4Kf)

#Freising. - "Frisingensis Episcopalis civitatis icon."
Wunderschön handkolorierte Ansicht der Stadt Freising
Kupferradierung aus: "Civitates Orbis Terrarium" von GHeorg #Braun und Frans #Hogenberg
Köln, 1572
#Freising in #Bavaria, #Germany
https://t.co/I0bmG5CxeE

Richard #Wagner
Heliogravur after a drawing by Franz von Lenbach
München, 1896 https://t.co/elo3giA0QW

#Leipzig, Germany.
Victory celebration after the Battle of Leipzig (#Napoleon's troops loosing against allies: Prussia, Russia, Austria, Sweden and others).
The army commanders, lead by Field Marshal Karl Philipp Prince #Schwarzenberg.
London, dated 1816 https://t.co/sbzvGBKqZ7

Beatles all over the place. Chromolithograph published ca 1900 https://t.co/EZ1erH0UB4

Look at these wonderful and splendid antique copperplate prints of #Wuerzburg, a beautiful university town in Germany.
1. Homan, Nuremberg, 1723.
2. Matthaeus Merian, Frankfurt on the Main, 1656 https://t.co/BIopnhORue

Map of antique #Spain and #Portugal (Iberia). This map shows the division of the Iberian Peninsula during Roman times. All place names are in Latin.
Author: Samuel Faber (1657-1716)
Publisher: Weigel (1654-1725)
Published: Nuremberg, 1720 https://t.co/3mTiLXmWeT

#CHINA, #Cottonplant
"Sinesische Baeuerin. Villagoise de Chine"
Interesting how Europeans in the early 19th century imagined Chinese women to look...
There is so much tenderness in the expression
Ca. 1830 https://t.co/FkqtQyrPqB

#Malta. Stunning view.
"View of the City of Malta, on the side of the Lazaretto or Pest-House, where Ships perform Quarantine"
Impressive general view of #LaValletta. Hand-colored copper etching. By Antoine Benoist (1632-1717) https://t.co/wVO9OYUi9f