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A handsome example of the Braun and Hogenberg s 1572 map and view of Paris, France. With the Seine flowing at center around the Île de la Cité, this view looks on Paris from the northwest, with the top oriented to the southeast. The city is presented from an equidistant bird s-eye perspective wherein all structures are rendered in view form, but from a uniform height and angle relative to all individual points. Fertile fields surround the city, and the river bustles with boats, suggesting richness and prosperity. In the bottom left corner, a man greets two women, all wearing clothing corresponding to the Spanish-influenced fashion norms of 1560 - 1570. The Bastille, a prison infamous even prior to the French Revolution, appears here at top center, surrounded by a moat. The 1550 bastion, appearing to the left of the main structure of the Bastille is also evident. The map s title Lutetia, is the Latin name for Paris which
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This is a beautiful strike of Gerhard Mercator s map of Iceland, included by Jodocus Hondius and his heirs in their
Atlas sive Cosmographicae. It is the second map of Iceland to appear in a modern atlas, and the second map overall of Iceland based on data originating from an Icelander, placing it among the first accurate maps of the island. Mercator s map first appeared in 1595, only five years after Abraham Ortelius famous map; both maps shared the same ultimate source: Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Bishop of Holar.
SourcesIt is not known if Mercator received this map from Ortelius (the two were friends, so this is possible) but since the map is not a copy of the Ortelius either in detail or decor, it seems unlikely. Mercator s source may, as with Ortelius, have been Danish scholar Anders Sørensen Vedel; a third source, Henrik Rantzau, is also possible. Rantzau was both a politician and a considerable scholar, with whom Mercator is known to have c
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A striking c. 1960 John Hardy silk screen promotional poster advertising Delta Airlines service to Florida. The image is dramatically silkscreened in 5 colors (yellow, brown, purple, light blue, red, black). It highlights Delta destinations, including Tampa, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami. The map of Florida is overlaid with images of scuba divers, sunbathing beauties, and a gentleman playing golf.
Delta Screen Print PostersIn the late 1950s and early 1960, Delta Airlines contracted artist John Hardy to produce a series of revolutionary and dramatic multi-color screen print posters highlighting their top destinations. The posters as a series exhibited dramatic design, emphasized by strong, striking color blocks. Due to their fine execution, high quality hand printing, and intense design ethic, these posters are today highly sought after by collectors and heavily reproduced. Originals nonetheless are extremely rare and the Florida poster i