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Lot #19: Allegorical images of European superiority and colonialism - Bernard Picart + 6 additional - 18th century prints

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Location:

Herchmer Crescent, Kingston, ON, K7M 2W1

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Sat, July 11 2026 Category A: 12:00 PM - 02:15 PM

A small collection of frontispieces from 18th century books, most depicting allegorical images of Europe and other continents as people. From an age in which the superiority and manifest destiny of Europe was unquestioned (by certain people). 1 Magna Britannia, et Hibernia Antiqua et Nova London: Nutt, 1720 trimmed to plate line 2 Tapisseries du roy, ou sont representez les quatre elemens et les quatre saisons Augstburg : gedruckt daselbst durch Jacob Kopfmayer, 1690 very battered around edges 3 "L'Europe est ici representee sous la figure de Minerve..." from Atlas Universelle Paris: Pretot, 1787 4 "Europe by Commerce, Arts and Arms obtains the Gold of Afric..." from A New and Complete System of Geography London: Cooke, 1777 5 "La Republique de Hollande sur son Trone" from Histories of the United Netherlands Bernard Picart, 1722 6 “The Genius of the Work instructing Youth in the Conduct of those illustrious Circumnavigators &c. whose medallions are here exhibited...” c. 1770 7 “Commodore (afterwards Lord) Anson, attending King George the Second, with an Account of his Voyage Round the World” London, c. 1785 Pickup category timeslot {A}

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Only Available Pickup Date/Time: Sat, July 11 2026 Category A: 12:00 PM - 02:15 PM

Pickup Location:  Herchmer Crescent, Kingston, ON, K7M 2W1 View Map (opens in new window)


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Friday, July 10, 2026 between 12:00 AM and 1:15 AM

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