Panoramic View (22 results)

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 15 x 22 cms. A visual overview of urban fabric and civic monuments, capturing the architectural texture of the Lombard capital. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; Unframed Prints : Old; PRINTS : Buildings & Places. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid original hand coloured engraving. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. Colouring not contemporary but delicately and expertly executed. Plate size 9 x 7 Ins, 24 x 17 cms, Mount size 12 x 10 Ins, 36 x 28 cms. A fine opportunity to purchase this wonderful engraving of the War in Italy. Shows a pleasing engraving of a panoramic view from S. Salvatore, the Head quaters of the King of Sardinia.

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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. First. A panorama of the River and City of Canton shown in 4 sections, engraved from a painting by a Chinese artist in the Library of the East India House, published in the Illustrated Times on January 24th 1857. It has a central fold, and has been reinforced at the edges to preserve it. It is too large to be mounted (matted) and will be sent rolled in a tube. The amount of detail in the panorama, which in total measures 76 inches (196 cms), is amazing, showing buildings, ships and mountains.

StapleBound. Condition: Very Good, Clean. Fold Out Color Panoramic View, Three Fold Out Maps, B & W Hattuuma Festival Illustration, B & W Goshinko Festival Illustration, (illustrator). Copyright Date: 1946 24mo, May 15, 1946 Published, Printed May 10, 1946 By Mr. Naoki Suzuki, Four Pages Of English Text Paginated; PLus Japanese Text And Illustrations, Scarce Post War Piece.

Single Sheet. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. THE PARIS EXHIBITION, GENERAL VIEW OF THE TROCADERO, 1878, - A VERY LARGE PANORAMIC SCENE, 1878, 40 X 12 INCHES,102 X 23 CMS CMS, , VERY REASONABLY PRICED, DISPATCHED , FOLDED AND VERY WELL PACKED, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, IMPRESSIVE DETAILED SCENE.

Engraved allegorical title-page with monumental column, serpent-emblem, and panoramic view of Constantinople; decorative initials and ornaments throughout. (illustrator). Elzevir printing, 1632. A choice Elzevir edition of Pierre Gillesâ pioneering survey of Constantinople, one of the earliest systematic accounts of the cityâs monuments, aqueducts, palaces, and Byzantine antiquities. Gilles, a French scholar dispatched by King François I, was among the first to document the physical fabric of Byzantium under Ottoman rule. This 1632 Elzevir printing, in its desirable duodecimo format, is especially prized by collectors of Elzeviriana. The engraved allegorical title is a highlight, combining monumental imagery with a striking birdâs-eye view of Constantinople. This copy bears a fascinating provenance: the front pastedown is gilt-stamped âMR ROUCHER.â A later pencil note links it to Jean-Antoine Roucher (1745â"1794), the French poet of Les Mois, who was guillotined during the Revolution. Though direct confirmation is still lacking, the connection is plausible and highly suggestive. The use of âMRâ â" a modest civilian title rather than an aristocratic form of address â" may itself reflect Revolutionary-era social currents, when aristocratic titulature was deliberately discarded. Even without confirmed attribution, this provenance adds significant intrigue and research potential, elevating the copy far above standard Elzevir examples. A handsome Elzevir gem with Revolutionary intrigue. Gillesâ De Constantinopoleos in its 1632 Elzevir issue, in contemporary calf with gilt-stamped ownership âMR ROUCHER.â A later hand identifies this as the poet Jean-Antoine Roucher (1745â"1794), guillotined during the Revolution. While unconfirmed, the association is tantalizing, and the understated âMRâ may echo the eraâs civic identity and rejection of aristocratic privilege. A highly collectible Elzevir volume that carries both scholarly and literary resonance â" and the potential for further provenance discovery. Good+. Contemporary binding rubbed but attractive, gilt still visible; marbled endpapers bright; textblock crisp and complete, with engraved title-page sharp and clean. Ownership gilt âMR ROUCHERâ bright and legible. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt-ruled boards, spine with gilt ornaments and morocco title-label (âCONSTANT. DESCRIP.â). Marbled endpapers. Ownership gilt-stamped to pastedown: âMR ROUCHER.â Binding rubbed with light wear to joints and corners, but attractive and sound, with original gilt tooling well preserved.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. A Superb example extending to 7 feet by 7 inches with most attractive contemporary colouring. Very Good condition with a little fraying of edging braid. A Rare Survival !

Average. Wear along original fold lines. Backed on archival tissue for stability. Closed diagonal tear extending through entire view in right quarter. Light foxing. Infill to left edge. Size 8 x 47.25 Inches. This is a c. 1856 Richard Mallory and James Smillie panorama view of Boston. Measuring some 4' long, 160 locations are numerically identified, providing the viewer with an immaculately detailed work. A Closer Look Overlooking Boston from atop the Bunker Hill Monument, churches, markets, bridges, railroads, mills, storehouses, and numerous other sites are numerically labeled and tagged to an index below the bottom border. Three U.S. Navy ships are labeled in the foreground (the Franklin , Ohio , and Jamestown ), along with the Chelsea Ferry Boat. In the middle ground, the harbor is full of ships. In the background, the Boston Harbor Islands are numerically identified, along with a few towns. Publication History and Census This view was drawn by Richard P. Mallory and engraved by James Smillie and published in Drake's History of Boston . We have been unable to find any other digitized examples of the present edition. Mallory and Smillie published a separate issue edition in 1848.

Very good. Light wear along original fold lines. Text promoting New Wilson European Hotel on verso. Size 8.5 x 29 Inches. This is a beautiful 1899 chromolithograph panoramic bird-eye view map of the 1,300-mile Mormon Trail. It is one of the finest illustrations of the Mormon migration published - here in its smaller Wilson Hotel edition. A Closer Look This view, by Millroy and Hayes, covers from the Mississippi River to Great Salt Lake, detailing, day-by-day, the 1846 - 1847 westward migration of the Mormon Pioneers from Nauvoo, Illinois to Great Salt Lake, Utah. Vignettes of wagon trains illustrate the route: circled wagons at night, American Indian tepees, the Mormon Battalion, and other dramatic scenery. The map and events are derived from the journals of Orson and Parley P. Pratt, original members of the 'Quorum of Twelve Apostles'. Before the Mormon Trail From 1838 to 1846, most Mormons settled in Nauvoo, Illinois under the leadership of Brigham Young. Tensions between the newly arrived Mormons and established Nauvoo residents led to the eviction of the Mormons in 1845. The Quincy Convention demanded that all Mormons withdraw from Nauvoo by 1846. Consulting trappers and frontiersmen, Brigham Young settled on Great Salt Lake, then part of Mexico, as their final destination. The Trek West - The Mormon Trail The Mormon Trail extends from Nauvoo, Illinois, which was the principal settlement of the Latter Day Saints from 1839 to 1846, to Salt Lake City, Utah, settled by Brigham Young and his followers from 1847. The trek westward began on February 4, 1846. After crossing the Mississippi River at Nauvoo, the pioneers passed through the Iowa Territory following early explorer's routes and Native American paths. Rain, mud, swollen rivers, and poor preparation slowed the voyage, turning the rolling plains of southern Iowa into a quagmire of axle-deep mud. Furthermore, few people carried adequate provisions. The weather, general unpreparedness, and lack of experience in moving such a large group contributed to the extreme hardship for which the migration is known. The Latter-Day Saints wintered on the Missouri River at a camp called 'Winter Quarters' before pressing on to Fort Laramie. From Laramie, the pioneers began the arduous ascent to South Pass, crossing the Rocky Mountains and descending into the Great Basin. They arrived at Great Salt Lake in July 1847. One year later, in 1848, at the end of the Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848), the Great Basin and the rest of the American West were ceded to the United States in the Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo. Chromolithography Chromolithography, sometimes called oleography, is a color lithographic technique developed in the mid-19th century. The process involved using multiple lithographic stones, one for each color, to yield a rich composite effect. Typically, the process would start with a black basecoat upon which subsequent colors were layered. Some chromolithographs used 30 or more separate lithographic stones to achieve the desired product. Chromolithograph color could also be effectively blended for even more dramatic results. The process became extremely popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when it emerged as the dominant method of color printing. The vivid color chromolithography produced made it exceptionally effective for advertising and propaganda imagery. Publication History and Census There are two known editions of this view map, small and large, both of which have become extremely rare. The present example, published by Millroy and Hayes in 1899, corresponds to the smaller edition. The smaller edition is about 1/3 the size of the large format edition and was prepared by the New Wilson European Hotel and issued later in 1899. This piece is well cataloged in OCLC, although, due to cataloging inconsistencies, it is very difficult to know which edition each institution possesses in its collection. References: OCLC 853077855.

Good. Light wear along original folds. Light foxing. Slight loss on cover page. Several small tears on cover professionally repaired. Text on verso. Size 10 x 65.25 Inches. A stunning, large-format 1922 foldout bird's-eye view of Japan, drawn by Yoshida Hatsusaburo, a master of the genre, for the Japanese Ministry of Railways. It highlights the country's transportation links, particularly railways, which were the primary means of interurban travel, while also celebrating the 1922 Tokyo Peace Exhibition. A Closer Look As the introductory text at right point out, this view adopts the unusual orientation towards the southeast rather than towards the west, as was common for bird's-eye views of Japan, allowing for the inclusion of Korea (then a Japanese colony), along with parts of Manchuria and eastern China, in the foreground and the Pacific Ocean in the background. Major rail lines are traced in red, connecting Japanese cities throughout the home islands, as well as Taiwan and Karafuto (the southern half of Sakhalin), also Japanese colonies. Shipping lines are traced in white, connecting Japan to North America, the Panama Canal, the Chinese coast, and Southeast Asia. The verso contains text that matches the grand scope of the recto. An initial section discusses the popularization of transportation, and takes on specific topics such as the state of Japan's rail network and the fastest possible route between Tokyo and London. A following section covers geographic characteristics of Japan's different regions (including colonies) at length and provides travel times by ship to ports near and far. The National Imaginary As with many of Yoshida's views, the present work reflects Japan's expanding territory, growing ambitions, and changing self-conception in the early part of the 20th century, as it became a major world power and drifted towards militarist nationalism. Since passenger rail was the main means of long-distance transportation and an important driver of the economy, the government, particularly the Railway Ministry, had a clear interest in promoting domestic travel and tourism (Yoshida played an important role in these efforts and had originally made his name in the 1910s for his Railway Tourism Guide ?????? views). Meanwhile, as Japanese politics were becoming increasingly nationalistic in this period, the government was eager to promote a vague yet powerful sense of 'national essence' (??), in which the landscape of Japan played an important symbolic role. Expansion and Nationalization of Japan's Railways Like much of the Western world, Japan saw a boom in railway construction in the late 19th-century, a combination of private ventures, government-operated lines, and lines built through public-private partnerships. Around the turn of the century, the Japanese government aimed for standardization and rationalization of the system and hoped to expand the network to every corner of the Japanese home islands. Troubles encountered during the Russo-Japanese War (1904 - 1905) only strengthened these concerns, and in 1906, major interurban lines were nationalized, a move welcomed by the shareholders of the pre-existing companies, which had become unprofitable. But suburban commuter lines and light rail lines to more remote areas and smaller cities continued to be privately operated, often with considerable government support. In 1920, the Imperial Railway Board (???) was reorganized as the Ministry of Railways (???), which produced this view. During World War II (1939 - 1945), remaining private lines were nationalized, and during the U.S. Occupation, the railways were reorganized as a public corporation, Japanese National Railways. Japan's Great War and the Tokyo Peace Exhibition An introductory block of text at right explains that this map was produced to coincide with Tokyo's 1922 Peace Exhibition (?????). Although it was dedicated to world peace and the memory of the World War I (1914 - 1918), the Tokyo Peace Exhibition was si.

Fine. Minor edge chipping. Size 14.25 x 58.5 Inches. A rare and stunning 1861 panoramic set of six ukiyo-e ( nishiki-e ) Utagawa Sadahide woodblock prints depicting the port of Yokohama. The port opened to foreign trade in 1859, just two years earlier, becoming Japan's primary point of contact with the West. Sadahide was the most prolific among a school of woodblock artists chronicling these momentous changes. A Closer Look Oriented towards the southwest, this view takes in the entirety of contemporary Yokohama, with the areas where foreigners resided and established warehouses in the foreground. Figures in Victorian dress can be seen walking as well as riding on horseback and in carriages through these neighborhoods. At left, a Dutch steamship docks in the Nakamura River. Further to the left is the original village of Yokohama (????), including temples and burying grounds for foreigners. At right are two docks, with one nominally designated for imports (????) and one for exports (????). Adjacent to them is a sort of customs house, buildings for inspecting ships, and a shrine dedicated to the Water God Suijin. Above (northwest of) the foreign-inhabited section are the Japanese neighborhoods of the city. At top-right is a bridge over the ?ta River (later filled in and built over, including, nowadays, the tracks for the Tokyo-Yokohama Shinkansen). Across the bridge is the 'new village' of Yoshida (??, well on its way to becoming a neighborhood?), which hardly existed in Sadahide's earlier views of Yokohama. Though not labelled here, the walled 'village' prominent near center is Miyozaki (???), a red-light district modeled on Edo's infamous Yoshiwara that had been arranged during discussions around the Harris Treaty (1858), which opened Yokohama to foreign trade. Separated by a moat and a large gate, in addition to the wall, the teahouses and brothels in this district took on fanciful and, in some cases, suggestive names, such as the 'House of the Rock Turtle' (???). Yokohama Japan's Gateway to the Outside World Sadahide is most closely associated with Yokohama-e (???), a genre which he largely defined, depicting foreigners and the cultural interactions between Japan and the outside world that took place in Yokohama. Although Japan had reluctantly signed a 'Treaty of Peace and Amity' with the United States in 1854, opening the door for greater foreign presence and influence in Japan, the terms were quite vague until a subsequent treaty, the Treaty of Amity and Commerce (also known as the Harris Treaty), was signed in 1858, opening Japanese ports to foreign trade. Other foreign powers piled into Japan to sign similar treaties stipulating rights for their nationals to trade and reside in certain Japanese ports. The most important of these 'treaty ports' were Nagasaki and Yokohama, the former having been a major port for centuries, the latter much less so. The foreign powers demanded a port near Edo (Tokyo), understanding that the capital itself was not an option. Yokohama was primarily chosen because the most obvious choice, Kanagawa-juku, a nearby coastal station on the T?kaid?, was opposed by the Shogun. Much like Shanghai in China, Yokohama grew rapidly and became the main conduit for the exchange of people, goods, and ideas between Japan and the outside world. Artists, Sadahide chief among them, rushed to depict the new visitors, who were regarded with both curiosity and revulsion, but in either case were an object of keen interest throughout Japan. Aside from Western traders, Chinese merchants and workers also resided in Yokohama, establishing an important Chinese community there, still the largest Chinatown in Japan. As the city itself was a product of the treaty port system, Yokohama was quick to embrace foreign technology, and Japan's first major rail line was opened from Yokohama to Edo (by then renamed Tokyo) in 1872. Eventually, Yokohama would grow to swallow up Kanagawa-juku and other nearby towns, becoming the capit.

Large photograph. Laid on board. Some edge damage. Size 9.75 x 60 Inches. This is an enormous c. 1917 panoramic photo of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, by the Falk Photo Company. A Closer Look The view looks on the Yale Quad from, roughly, Phelps Gate. Connecticut Hall, the oldest campus building, appears at far left. Moving right, we recognize the façade of Linsly Hall, built in 1907. The two towered buildings at center is Henry Austin's (1804 - 1891) Dwight Hall, the old library, currently under renovation. Further right, the many chimneyed building is Russell Sturgis's Durfee Hall (1871), the first dormitory at Yale built of stone. Publication History and Census This image was issued by the Falk Photo Company, out of their annex office in Boston. Unconfirmed word-of-mouth provenance from the seller suggests that it hung in a department store in New Haven since its issue until recently, and was sold once that business closed. This is the only known example.

Very good. Some wear along fold lines. Chips along the edge, especially at bottom. Size 20.5 x 57 Inches. An impressive large-scale 1958 panoramic bird's-eye view of Asahikawa, Hokkaido published by the Hokkaido Bijutsu Shuppansha. Intended for both business travelers and tourists, it highlights the city's industry, culture, and attractions, many of which reflect an embrace of the area's harsh, cold climate. A Closer Look Less well known that Sapporo to its south, Asahikawa is Hokkaido's second largest city and along with Kitami could claim to be the northernmost large city in Japan. This view is oriented towards the east, so that Daisetsuzan National Park (???????), literally meaning 'great snow mountain' (one of the area's major attractions) sits in the background at right. The Ishikari River runs down towards bottom-left, while the Ushishubetsu River, its tributary, flows down from Daisetsuzan at top-right. The map includes an English title 'Bird-View of Asahikawa City,' but the Japanese title (???????) could more literally be translated as 'Asahikawa City Street Guide Map.' The map provides a block-by-block overview of the city, labeling schools, hospitals, parks, government offices, police stations, factories, and other public institutions. Pictures of the same surround the map at top, left, and right. At left towards the top, across the Ishikari River from the main part of the city, is a large military base of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (???). It is accompanied by a Gokoku Shinto shrine (????) to honor war dead. Another Shinto shrine is more conventionally located on a hilltop at right in the foreground, near a sports stadium and a baseball field. Tokiwa Park (????), sitting at center towards left, is often considered the heart of the city. It hosts Asahikawa's famous winter festival, which coincides with a traditional Ainu Bear Festival (Iomante), but in the postwar period has become a major tourist attraction that celebrates the city's icy climate and local products. The verso includes information on the area's natural environment, culture, and history at left, while the right half is dedicated to Daisetsuzan National Park. For much of Japan's history, Hokkaido was exclusively inhabited by indigenous Ainu people. Japanese feudal lords attempted to establish control over Hokkaido beginning in the 15th century, but these efforts were tenuous and localized. In the last decades of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the government in Edo became increasingly concerned about Russian incursions into Hokkaido and encouraged settlement there. But large-scale migration really began in the Meiji era (1868 - 1912), when Asahikawa and its surroundings were designated as a tondenhei (???), a frontier settler colony. The settlers, many of whom were ex-samurai, were given land and a home, and were organized into militia units. As in settler colonial contexts elsewhere, such as the American West, settlers by turns resented and venerated the indigenous inhabitants, and incorporated a simplified version of their culture into their own frontier identity. This attitude is reflected in the discussion and photographs of Ainu handicraft production on the verso. Publication History and Census This map was published by the Hokkaido Bijutsu Shuppansha (????????, Hokkaido Fine Arts Publishing House) in 1958 (unusually, a Japanese imperial reign date is not given), with support from the municipality, Chamber of Commerce, and Tourism Association. On the recto, a signature appears at bottom-left that looks to be the surname Hatakeyama. We are unable to locate any other examples of this view in institutional collections or on the market.

Good. Wear and toning along original fold lines. Verso repairs to fold separations. Size 9 x 37.75 Inches. This is a c. 1878 panoramic view of Sydney Harbor in Sydney, Australia. A Closer Look The view depicts Sydney harbor and its environs from the north shore, with Blue's Point just to the left of center. Beautifully executed, individual buildings, trees, and ships in the harbor are rendered in detail. A smaller sketch used as a key is situated in the upper right, in which geographic landmarks, such as Ball's Head, Goat Island, Waterview Bay, Garden Island, Milson's Point, and Blue's Point, are identified. Other sites, including Fort Macquarie, the Outer Domain Botanical Gardens, and Hunter's Hill are also labeled. Thirty other sites around the city, including wharves, works, hotels, Sydney University, the Government Printing Office, and the Custom House, are numbered and illustrated in profile, with the numbers corresponding to an index below. Publication History and Census This view was created by an unknown artist and published c. 1878. We have dated this view to c. 1878 because of the presence of Sydney Technical College, which was established in 1878. This view is extremely rare as we are aware of only one other example.

[Amoy n.d. early ca 1900-1910 n.p]. A large panoramic photo view 13 x 91 cm., printed on "Agfa Troopex" paper, rolled, with some fold/cracks, otherwise a very good, clear image in glossy black & white, an actual photograph. R A R E ! *** *** *** . . . AN EARLY PANORAMIC VIEW OF AMOY [XIAMEN] . . A lovely and early black and white panoramic photograph of Amoy [Xiamen] island, at the mouth of the Jiulong River. It has an excellent natural harbor. Fishing, shipbuilding, food processing, and tanning were the major industries of the period. . * Because of its key position across the Taiwan Straits from Taiwan this has always been a strategic island and area. Opposite Xiamen proper, across the inner harbor, is the island of Gulangxu, the former foreign settlement and a fine residential section. Amoy was one of the earliest seats of European commerce in China, with Portuguese arriving in the 16th century, and the Dutch in the 17th century. Amoy was captured in 1841 by the British in the Opium War Opium Wars, 1839-1842 and again in 1856-1860, two wars between China and Western countries. The first was between Great Britain and China. Early in the 19th century and became a treaty port opened to foreign trade by treaty. . * "TREATY PORT" is a term usually confined to ports in those countries that formerly strongly objected to foreign trade or attempted altogether to exclude it. Thus it is used especially in reference to China and later in Japan. Amoy was long a Chinese port of emigration, mainly to Southeast Asia. . * Panoramic views are rare, and required the use of a special camera apparatus. This early view shows Amoy when it only had a very few tall buildings, and with many small homes and other structures, including what appears to be a large chimney, probably the early beginnings of the first electrical power plant in that area. A few small sampans are seen anchored, otherwise it was an usually quiet day in one of China's most bustling coastal cities ! . * CONDITION: Early panoramic photographs of Amoy are RARE and seldom found. Most panoramic views were rolled, resulting in the typical folding, bends, and cracks. This copy is in remarkable good condition based on its age and rarity. . The work is in original, rolled condition, with the usual bends, folds, cracks, please see photos posted to our website. . The back could be restored, thus giving it a more stiff, flat body by removing some of the old bends and folds, bringing it back to is old solid glory. . Suitable for framing and museum or library display. . *.