Art & Illustrations from Borg Antiquarian

1861. Near Fine. Folio (double-spread), contains two panoramic panels: 1) "The Great Expedition . . . on the way to Port Royal Inlet..."; 2) "The Bombardment of Forts Walker & Beauregard, Port Royal Inlet, South Carolina, November 7, 1861. 5 UPLOADED Need Harper's date of pub.

1693. Leaf. Very Good +. Folio, 26.5 x 19.2cm, handcolored engraving, from Evangelicae Historiae Imagines {"Illustrations of the Gospel Stories"). Ignatius Loyola suggested to his friend Jerome Nadal the need of commissioning a series of engraings that used perspective and annotations to draw the reader into the biblical stories, so they could become more real and of use… Read more about this item

1842. Very Good. 8vo, 13.5x9.2cm, handcolored copper plate engraving from Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indian. Though some plates were colored in early editions of Catlin's famous study of North American Indians in 1842, the fresh color and later date of this example suggests that it was colored at a later date.… Read more about this item