Emrik and Binger (sold)
Emrik & Binger (fl. 1857 - 1927) was a Dutch lithography firm based in Haarlem. The firm was founded by Charles Binger (February 25, 1830 - February 14, 1916) and David Ozer Emrik (May 23, 1809 - December 27, 1883) in 1857. The older Emrik handled the administrative and financial aspects of the firm while Binger focues on the technical side and production. Binger married Emrik's daughter, Jeanette, further binding the two partners. Their earliest known work is a business card dating to 1858. In the early 1860s they began to embrace the new science of photography and won several awards for their work at various expositions and were highly successful. Emrik died in December of 1883. Charles Binger continued to manage the firm on his own, but passed the firm's management on to his son Maurice, and the sons of David Emrik, Orest David Herman and David, in 1896. The firm continued to operate until about 1927.
Very rare example of one of the earliest Satirical Maps.
Kaart van Europa 1859.
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This extremely rare Dutch satirical map by Emrik and Binger illustrates the European situation in 1859 during the Franco-Austrian War. This is one of the earliest known maps to use cartoon imagery to express political satire. Unlike later satirical maps in the spirit of Fred Rose, where the map itself takes the form people and caricatures, here the power figures themselves loom large, standing on the map as if on a great continental game board. (more details)