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Foundational thought behind the mouse, the chorded keyboard, hyperlinks, metatagging...
The ENGELBART HYPOTHESIS: How The Co-Evolution of Human Tools and Systems Raise Collective I.Q. to Solve Urgent and Complex Problems / Timeline 1925-2010.
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An expansive hand-drawn mural drawn in 2008 by Eileen Clegg and Valerie Landau in collaboration with computer science pioneer Douglas Engelbart (signed). The mural illustrates the 'Engelbart Hypothesis', a theory of human-computer co-evolution and how it evolved from roughly 1925 to 2008. It was produced in Palo Alto for the 40th university of the 'Mother of all Demos', a landmark event on December 9, 1968 in which Engelbart and the Stanford Research Institute demonstrated prototypes for the mouse, the chorded keyboard, hyperlinks, meta tagging, and more, forming the bases of modern human-computer interface (worth watching on YouTube). (more details)
Merchandising the French Revolution and making the Bastille an Icon..
Plan de la Bastille.
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This is a rare 1790 Pierre-François Palloy broadside map of the Bastille published as part of Palloy's brilliant contemporaneous merchandising of the French Revolution. Palloy recognized the significance of the Bastille as a symbol of the French Revolution. With the inspired idea that he would sell off the Bastille block by block, Palloy began demolishing the infamous prison on the night of its Storming. His entrepreneurship and promotional efforts not only made him rich, they also effectively cemented the Storming of the Bastille in the global imagination. The printed ephemera Palloy published to promote his demolition of the rebranding of the Bastille is thus of the utmost significance and rarity - this being just one of just 6 confirmed surviving examples. (more details)
Unique historical record.
A collection of 30 manuscript political cartoons, many with cartographic content, drawn by Frank 'Ket' Kettlewell for the Oakland Tribune. As a group, they constitute a unique comic record of world events c. 1916 - 1935. Each hand-drawn cartoon is a visually striking San Francisco-centric commentary on domestic or international affairs. 'Ket' has signed each, with many most featuring his signature tiny bird (which occasionally comments). (more details)
Address book with White Star Lines and Titanic content.
This is a fascinating c. 1910 manuscript address book with significant White Star Lines and Titanic associations. The address book was compiled by someone with deep connections to the U.K. and specifically the Liverpool shipping industry.The book contains 177 neatly written names and addresses, 113 of which are in Liverpool in the vicinity of White Star Lines offices (1864 - 1897). While the owner and compiler of the book is unknown, the author was undoubtedly active in shipping or shipbuilding circles in Liverpool between about 1840 and 1910. (more details)
Opportunity, globalization, regulation, and barriers to entry.
The Stock Exchange London 1933. The Financial News Map of the Stock Exchange.
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This is a 1933 Rex Whistler pictorial map of the London Stock Exchange. Whistler employs allegory to highlight investment opportunities, barriers to entry, and the high-risk nature of investment. It reflects the economic craziness of the early 1930s, a period wracked by global economic downturn of the Great Depression, increased globalization and diversification, the abandonment of the Gold Standard, and the introduction of heightened government oversight, tariffs, and regulation. (more details)
Only known design-phase blueprint of the Space Shuttle in private hands.
This is a September 1975 design-phase Rockwell International blueprint of the Space Shuttle (Orbiter) - measuring some 12 feet in length! It was prepared for Rockwell International, the primary contractor responsible for the Space Shuttle's design and construction. This 1975 blueprint represents the mid-design phase, during which Space Shuttle prototypes underwent atmospheric test flights. It is the only known design-phase Space Shuttle blueprint in private hands. (more details)
The 'Around the World in 80 Days' zeitgeist.
A rare French geographical game designed by J. X. Matenet and published by Bussière in Paris c. 1875. The game captures the French fascination with world travel at the height of the Around the World in Eighty Days era, when advances in infrastructure and technology made casual global voyages achievable. (more details)
'The Handsomest Horse in the World'.
Village Farm, East Aurora, N.Y.
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An impressive 1883 H. H. Cross broadside promoting the stud services of Village Farm, East Aurora, New York - then the premier trotting horse breeder in the United States. The view promotes the fine stud stock available at Village Farm, including Mambrino King, 'the handsomest horse in the world'. (more details)
Socialist Ohio Serbs attack Capitalism.
Diseases and Crimes / The Tree of Evil.
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Called either 'The Tree of Evil' or 'Diseases and Crimes', this is a provocative 1912 pro-labor socialist chromolithograph broadside published in Cleveland, Ohio, by Nedeljkovich, Brashich, and Kuharich in partnership with Kuharich's extreme left-wing International Publishing Company. This is one of 3 socialist broadsides issued by Nedeljkovich, Brashich, and Kuharich, the others being Pyramid of the Capitalist System (1911), The Last Strike (1912). It is a powerful visual critique of capitalism, class inequality, and superficial reform. (more details)
'Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale...' -Melville
Sperm Whaling with Its Varieties.
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This is Benjamin Russell's stunning 1870 chromolithograph view of the American sperm whaling industry, printed by John Henry Bufford. (more details)
Bestiary of fantastical northern monsters - in a rare superior edition.
Les Monstres Marins, et Terrestres, Lesquelles on Trouve en Beaucoup di Lieux es Parties Septentrionales.
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Euphemistically referred to as Munster's Monsters, this is the rare 1575 Belleforest edition of Münster's bestiary of sea serpents and other astonishing monsters. Bellforest editions are highly desirable for their superior presentation and engraving. The image first appeared in the expanded 1550 editions of Munster's Cosmographia, a work which, for more than half a century, provided the European literate layperson their best source of information about the world. This scarce second block was cut in Paris for inclusion in the 1575 Belleforest edition of Cosmographia. (more details)
Locomotive for sale!
M. W. Baldwin and Company Locomotive Builders Philadelphia.
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This is a striking c. 1860 Jonathan Ord chromolithograph of a M.W. Baldwin and Company steam locomotive. The image was used to promote and advertise the locomotive to prospective buyers. (more details)
Bestiary of fantastical northern monsters.
Mostri marini et terrestri, che si trovano in ogni luogo nelle parti d'aquilone.
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An attractive example of Sebastian Münster's bestiary of sea serpents and other astonishing monsters, some fictional, some real. The image first appeared in the expanded 1550 editions of Munster's Cosmographia, a work which for more than half a century provided the European literate layperson their best source of information about the world. Most of the beasts here are derived from a 1539 map of Scandinavia by Olaus Magnus. As fanciful as these creatures may appear, many depict factual creatures that Scandinavian sailors and whalemen occasionally encountered. Among the more recognizable beasts are various forms of whales with obvious blowholes, at least two enormous lobsters, a sea serpent (possibly an oarfish), the whale fish (white fish at center, an Orca), and something that might very well be a walrus. A pelican (letter R) is recognizably depicted, and it is described on the verso including part of its scientific name (Onocrotalus.) Of course, there are fictional sea monsters too, including a pig faced sea beast, apparently seen by sailors in 1537, and the Sea Buffalo, something that looks like a cross between a bull and a fish. (more details)
Challenges of mapmaking during the French Revolution.
Catalogue des Cartes et Ouvrages Géographique de Guillme Delisle et Philpe Buache, Premier Géographes de l'Académie des Science, De ceux des Sieurs Dezauche, Jaillot et Autres Auteurs, Lesquels composent les Fonds Géographique du Sr. Dezauche, Successeur des Sieurs Delisle et Buache, Ainsi Que le Catalogue général des Cartes de la Marine Dont il a seul l'entrepôt général.
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This is a 1793 Jean-Claude Dezauche catalog of maps published at the height of the French Revolution. The 44-page catalog advertises the cartographic work of the Dezauche firm while lamenting the difficulties of producing such work in the midst of that period of intense social and political turmoil. The catalog thus offers a unique insight into the world of cartography during one of Europe's most turbulent periods. (more details)
Satire and Suppression.
Tipe de la religion. Estampe, du tableau trouvé dans l'église, des ci-devant soi-disans-Jésuites de Billom en Auvergne, l’an 1762. voyez le compte-rendu aux chambres assemblées des collèges de Clermont-Ferrand et Billon le 15 juillet 1763.
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This extraordinary 1763 engraving emerged from one of the great religious and political controversies of 18th-century France. It reproduces the notorious Tableau de la Religion, a monumental allegorical painting discovered at the Jesuit college in Billom and subsequently seized upon as evidence during the campaign to suppress the Society of Jesus. At its center, an immense Jesuit galleon sails triumphantly toward salvation while popes, kings, Catholics, heretics, sinners, and demons struggle through the surrounding waters. In a remarkable reversal of meaning, an image apparently created to glorify Jesuit spirituality was transformed by the Society's enemies into propaganda against it - purported visual proof of Jesuit arrogance, ambition, and claims to spiritual supremacy. (more details)
Rare steam locomotive promotion.
Breese, Kneeland and Co. Jersey City N.J.
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This is a c. 1858 Alexander Lyman Holley chromolithograph of a steam locomotive named 'Young America.' This is something of a holy grail for railroad collectors due to its fine coloration, impressive design, and overall rarity. The broadside was issued as a promotional piece for Breese, Kneeland, and Company, locomotive manufacturers in Jersey City, New Jersey. (more details)
French Catholicism and the Secular State.
Carte allégorique du Vice et de ses Résultats.
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This is a rare c. 1880 broadside allegorical map of Vice made by the French Catholic curate Abbé Faure. The image reflects the tensions facing French Catholicism, which was undergoing a transformation and gradual decline, caught between the legacy of tradition and the emergence of a secular Republican state. (more details)
The Spirit of America turns the tides of WWI.
Mais quelle flotte formidable a pu conduire ici une pareille armée? - Le Lusitania. / [But! What tremendous fleet could ever have brought over such an army? - the LUSITANIA.]
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A striking 1918 Jules Abel Faivre French broadside celebrating the United States' entry into World War I (1914 - 1918). The broadside was issued shortly after the American Expeditionary Force landed some 1.2 million soldiers in Europe, marking a turning point toward inevitable Allied victory. The image is centered on Winged Liberty representing the 'Spirit of America'. Her wings take the form of American Flags, and she carries a sword in her right hand, ready to defend liberty. Her eyes are frozen white and distant, underscoring both detachment and purity. Behind her march endless troops of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). In the foreground, the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941), looks on despondently, aware of his impending and inevitable defeat. (more details)
Racing on the Mississippi.
Midnight Race on the Mississippi.
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This is Thomas Kelly's c. 1865 large, folio hand-colored lithographic view of a nighttime steamboat race on the Mississippi River. Such races were a dangerous but popular sport in mid-19th-century America, when steamboat companies on the Mississippi and other major rivers competed for the 'fastest ride'. Some such races became famous and were recorded in many popular paintings and decorative prints by artists like Kelly, as here, and Currier and Ives. (more details)
Lavishly illustrated manuscirpt journal.
Le Souvenir. Voyages, Excursions, Histoire, Anecdotes, Descriptions, Promenades, Etc., Etc...
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This is a 1860 French-language manuscript journal Le Souvenir written by F. G. Ch. Picard, likely of Geneva. Composed in Picard's clean hand and academic French, the work reads like an encyclopedia, covering a rambling range of topics from whaling to the cultures of Africa to the Chinese military, Daniel Boone, and ballooning. The work is rich with 26 masterfully drawn illustrations and 6 maps. (more details)
American - Chinese - Japanese exchange in Yokohama.
橫濱異人商館之圖 / [View of Foreign Merchant House in Yokohama].
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An absorbing 1861 depiction of Japanese-foreign interactions in Yokohama, this ukiyo-e triptych was prepared by Sadahide, the great chronicler of the treaty port in its early years, and published by Sanoya Kihei. It is notable, among other features, for revealing the three-way exchange between Westerners, Chinese, and Japanese in Yokohama. (more details)
Inspiration for the animated series 'Disenchantment'. - Matt Groening
The Land of Make Believe.
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This is a 1930 second edition of the Jaro Hess pictorial map of the Land of Make Believe. It emerged at the height of the Great Depression (1929 - 1933) and offered much-needed escapism during those brutal times. The map incorporates some 60 nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and children's stories with creative, entertaining, and attractive illustrations. (more details)
Striking large anatomical studies.
Angéiologie planche 14, vaisseaux lymphatiques. / Planche 7. Myologie aponévrologie. Plan lateral.
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This is a striking c. 1839 pair of landmark lithographic anatomic studies by anatomist Jean-Marc Bourgery and artist Nicolas-Henri Jacob. The left study (14) represents the lymphatic system, while the right (7) is a profile illustration of the muscular system. Both were issued as part of a landmark collection of 20 large-scale plates issued in a loose-leaf anatomical atlas entitled Anatomie élémentaire en 20 planches. (more details)
Extremely Rare Advert for an Essential Aviation Tool.
This is a very rare and possibly unique 1959 map poster advertising aeronautical charts produced by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (U.S.C.G.S.). As passenger air travel exploded in the postwar period, U.S.C.G.S. charts became an indispensable tool for pilots to ensure as safe and comfortable a ride as possible. This poster, and a similar poster for nautical charts, was issued to advertise U.S.C.G.S. charts. (more details)
Environmental Movement - Earth Day.
This is the c. 1970 original art for Darrel Millsap's unpublished illustration of the global fossil fuel industry. The image is a harsh criticism of global waste and energy consumption, issued at the beginning of the U.S. environmentalism movement, most likely associated with the 1970 launch of Earth Day. (more details)
Golden age of Quackery.
What Makes the Ripple of Dimples Around the World? Scotts Emulsion. / Scott's Emulsion The Standard Body Builder for Men Women and Children.
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A dramatic die-cut 1911 chromolithograph advertisement for Scott's Emulsion Cod Fish Oil - one of the few medications from the Golden Age of Quackery that actually worked. (more details)
Christian Zionism.
Seven Weeks or 49 Years... Christ Reigns Millenium.
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This is a curious 1928 Christian Zionism eschatological broadsheet chart of time prepared by G. A. Griswood. It focuses on the role of the Jews and their connection to the land of Israel, calling for a return of Jews to the Holy Land as a precondition of the Apocalypse. (more details)
The Ultimate Timeline.
A Chart on the Course of Time from Eternity to Eternity.
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This is a stunning c. 1900 evangelical Christian broadside providing an eschatological chart of time according to Scripture from a Dispensationalist perspective. Dividing history and the future into distinct phases, the chart traces time from the eternity before Genesis to the eternity that will follow the Apocalypse and the Second Coming. (more details)
Cowboy Culture, by a cowboy.
Considered Jo Mora's most iconic image, this is the 1933/41 Evolution of the Cowboy. The image celebrates all things cowboy, from the rodeo to saddles, steers, and chuckwagons. Mora himself became a rodeo cowboy, and his depictions of cowboy life and culture reflect realism grounded in experience. (more details)
One of only two known examples of Colby and Roe's map of Camden, Maine.
Map of the Town of Camden Knox Co. Maine.
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A discovery of exceptional rarity, this is Frederick B. Roe and George Nehemiah Colby's 1875 map of Camden, Maine. This is the best and finest map of Camden to appear in the 19th century. It superseded the 1856 E. M. Woodford map of the same region both in terms of size and level of detail. (more details)
Hungarian anti-fascist poster printed soon after the liberation of Budapest.
Die Nazi-Bestie Wird in Ihrer Eigenen Höhle Vernichtet.
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This is a powerful 1945 WWII Era Sándor Ék anti-Nazi pro-soviet propaganda poster published shortly after the liberation of Budapest. (more details)
'The cat in gloves catches no mice...'
- Franklin
Poor Richard Illustrated. Lessons for the Young and Old on Industry, Temperance, Frugality and c. by Benjamin Franklin.
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A rare c. 1859 broadside illustrating the wit and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790). In mid-1800s, Franklin emerged as a near-mythic figure embodying the rags-to-riches dream, as well as the Amercian moral and intellectual values of ingenuity, hard work, thrift, and civic-mindedness. (more details)