A beautiful example of this fascinating and desirable 16th century woodcut--Munster’s visual compendium of sea and land monsters. Many of the former were inspired by whale sightings, as is suggested by the several creatures in the image spouting water. Other beasts seem quite familiar, though..... More about Monstra marina & terrestria, quae passim in partibus aquilonis inveniuntur

A portrait of the great map publisher and cartographer at about the age of 50, when his atlas was becoming established as the definitive work of its kind.  This engraving is very likely after a painted portrait by Adriaen Thomaszoon Key, which is similar but reversed.  The present work served..... More about

Extremely rare, unrecorded proof (or first) state, by an American participant, of the September 1814 Battle of North Point, at which Maryland militia stoutly defended Baltimore against a large force of British regulars. The early land campaigns of the War of 1812 took place along the Canadian border, but in... More about FIRST VIEW of the BATTLE of PATAPSCO NECK [:] DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR FRIENDS IN...