EditorialMurder of Julius Caesar Fatum Romanorum (title on object) The fall of world empires in classical antiquity (series title), Round show. The murder of Julius Caesar by Brutus and other senators, In the background the statue of Pompey. The print is after ...
EditorialDeath of Alexander the Great Fatum Graecorum The fall of world empires in classical antiquity (series title), Round show. Alexander the Great on his deathbed, surrounded by his soldiers mourning his death. The print is based on a lost bas-relief by Ger...
EditorialCartouche with allegory on Jewish history Title page for: Kornelis Westerbaen, General histori, 1743, The Jewish virgin is besieged by three soldiers. In the background the destruction of Rome. On the left in the foreground two putti, one with the Turk...
EditorialThe beginning, continvance, and decay of estates: vvherein are handled many notable questions concerning the establishment of empires and monarchies : Lucinge, Ren? de, sieur des Alymes, 1553-ca. 1615.
EditorialGermany, Berlin. Conference between the chancellors of the three northern empires about the Eastern Question. From left to right: Russian prince Alexander Gorchakov (1798-1883), Hungarian count Gyula Andrassy (1823-1890) and German prince Otto von Bism...
EditorialTurkey. Side. The city of Side was founded in the 7th- 6th century BC. It was part of Greek, Ptolomaean and Seleucid empires. Side was incorporated in Roman Empire, province of Lycia et Pamphylia. Time of greatest prosperity under the Empire in the 1st...
EditorialGold masks, Parthian, from Nineveh, northern Iraq, 2nd century. These gold masks come from graves on the site of the former Late Assyrian citadel at Nineveh. They were discovered in 1852. The graves date to a period when Nineveh was an an important tow...
EditorialA map of America and Canada. A New General Atlas, containing a Geographical and and Historical Account of all the Empires, Kingdoms and other Dominions of the World ... London: D. Brown, 1721. Source: Maps.1.Tab.7. Language: English.
EditorialA map of Europe, divided into its Empires and Kingdoms. A Map of Europe, divided into its Empires, Kingdoms, etc... Source: Maps K.Top.4.85. Language: English.
EditorialPug in Paris and Madrid. Pug's Tour through Europe ; or, the travell'd monkey : containing his wonderful adventures in the principal capitals of the greatest empires, kingdoms and states. Written by himself. London : J. Harris and Son, 1824 Printed by ...
EditorialA historical map of the world, or a chronological, geographical and genealogical map of the States and Empires of the world. Mappe-Monde Historique, ou Carte Chronologique, geographique et ge?ne?alogique des E?tats et Empires du Monde [by Jean Darto...
EditorialPug watching Greeks fighting. Pug among Turkish people. Pug's Tour through Europe ; or, the travell'd monkey : containing his wonderful adventures in the principal capitals of the greatest empires, kingdoms and states. Written by himself. London : J. H...
EditorialPug in Norway, and with the Dutch. Pug's Tour through Europe ; or, the travell'd monkey : containing his wonderful adventures in the principal capitals of the greatest empires, kingdoms and states. Written by himself. London : J. Harris and Son, 1824 P...
EditorialA shark fish.' A man being eaten by a shark. Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts duri...
EditorialPug at London Zoo and at a tailors. Pug's Tour through Europe ; or, the travell'd monkey : containing his wonderful adventures in the principal capitals of the greatest empires, kingdoms and states. Written by himself. London : J. Harris and Son, 1824 ...
EditorialA map of Africa divided into its empires, kingdoms and republics. L'Afrique, divise?e en ses Empires, Royaumes, et Republiques. 1767. Source: Maps K.Top.117.20.2 TAB. Language: French.
EditorialA map of the Russian and Turkish Empires. Le The?a?tre de la Guerre entre les Empires de Russie et de Turquie, tant en Europe qu'en Asie. 1770. Source: Maps K.Top.113.17.1.11.TAB. Language: French.
EditorialPug leaving for and arriving in Calais. Pug's Tour through Europe ; or, the travell'd monkey : containing his wonderful adventures in the principal capitals of the greatest empires, kingdoms and states. Written by himself. London : J. Harris and Son, 1...
EditorialPug in Russia and Germany. Pug's Tour through Europe ; or, the travell'd monkey : containing his wonderful adventures in the principal capitals of the greatest empires, kingdoms and states. Written by himself. London : J. Harris and Son, 1824 Printed b...
EditorialA map of the East Indies. Les Indes Orientales, ou? sont distingue?s les Empires et Royaumes qu'elles contiennent. 1751. Source: Maps K.Top.115.11. Language: French.
EditorialBedstead, ca. 1805?8, Made in New York, New York, United States, Mahogany, ebony and rosewood (secondary woods: ash and yellow poplar), gilded gesso, die-cut and stamped brass, and iron, 42 1/2 x 58 x 92 1/2 in. (108 x 147.3 x 235 cm), Furniture, Charl...
EditorialString of 10 Beads, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 400?200 BC, From Egypt, Glass, L. 14 cm (5 1/2 in.), Mosaic glass beads had long been popular in Egypt. The period of large intercontinental empires beginning about 500 BC initiated a period of widespre...
EditorialString of 10 Eye Beads, Late Period: Persian, 5th?4th Century B.C., From Egypt, Glass, L. 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.), Mosaic glass beads had long been popular in Egypt. The period of large intercontinental empires beginning about 500 BC initiated a period of w...
EditorialMap of the world showing the boundaries of the Roman, Macedonian, Persian and Assyrian Empires. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
EditorialL'Arbre des Batailles, written by Honore Bonnet or Bouvet describes heresies in the Catholic Church " since the beginning", the destruction of great empires and specific battles. French, parchment,27,5 x 22 cm, 109 pages. Around 1410. A battl...
EditorialGold masks, Parthian, from Nineveh, northern Iraq, 2nd century. These gold masks come from graves on the site of the former Late Assyrian citadel at Nineveh. They were discovered in 1852. The graves date to a period when Nineveh was an an important tow...