Artillery Book of JM Brooke (CSS Virginia, Inventor)

Heading: Author: Siemienowicz, Kazimierz Title: Artis Magnae Artillieriae Pars Prima Place Published: Amsterdam Publisher:J. Jansson Date Published: 1650 Description: [xiv]

(Nyack, New York, 1853-1894) The Burning of the [USS Congress], March 8, 1862, depiction of the [USS Congress] being burned by the [CSS Virginia], signed lower left "JO Davidson 92", oil on canvas, 59

Original armor relic from the ironclad CSS Virginia (USS Merrimack). Engraved on one cut side “Made from Armor Plate – Confederate Ram Merrimac.” A significant relic not just of the

1862 Merrimac Civil War Iron Token. 1862 Merrimac Civil War Token, the obverse struck "THE FIRST IRON CLAD/1862" centering a depiction of the CSS "Virginia," "MADE FROM/ THE ARMOUR PLATE/OF/THE MERRIM

(Austrian, 1841-1921) four painted pottery figures: seated black boy whistling and reading a book, impressed "JM II 6483", 10-1/14 in., [surface wear;] bust-form figural tobacco jar depicting a man in

SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA WALNUT BOOK / JACKSON PRESS, two-piece construction, the upper case featuring two six-pane doors, the lower case with two drawers over two paneled doors, raised on turned

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Antique hardcover copy of A Journey In Other World by John Jacob Astor. Published by D. Appleton and Company, 1910. Illustrated. Sixth edition. Signed. Signature and dedication inscribed on front flyl

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Rare Signed Nikola Tesla Book in Serbian. For sale is an extraordinary piece of history, a book authored and signed by the renowned scientist and inventor, Nikola Tesla. The book is published in his n

Reports of Cases Determined in the General Court of Virginia, Thomas JeffersonLeather spine book with marbled cover (detached), published by F. Carr & Co, 1829Reports of cases determined in the Genera

Sketchbook dated Sept 1924 with approx. 46 drawings 5 x 8 inches and a "Colorado Mountain" watercolor 12 x 9 inches dated Sept 1938 watercolor. Together with "Photographs of Paintings Scrap Book" sign

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Depicting Virginia Military Institute cadets led by color bearer Oliver Perry Evans overrunning Federal artillery at the Battle of New Market, Virginia on May 15, 1864, on the verso is a printed descr

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This is a Troy and Greenfield Railroad Hoosac Tunnel cost and plans book dated 1862. The book discusses the costs for construction of the tunnel and also has drawings and elevation plans inside. Rare

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This engraving is from a composite atlas presented by the Homann Heirs. Many of the maps in the collection were completed by J. B. Homann, Homann Erben, M. Seutter, and T. C. Lotter. The maps were ori

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