Sartoni Antique Prints

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Sartoni Prints was established by Jader Sartoni in Paris in 2004, continuing his family's history as book and print dealers in both Paris and Italy, from early 1920s. Situated near Hôtel Drouot auction house, Jader specialised in old master and decorative prints, maps, drawings - extending to Japanese prints and tribal art . Now based in Brisbane, Sartoni Antique Prints also continues to maintain a presence in Europe.

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Phone: +0411 735 773
Website: https://sartoniantiqueprints.com/

Highlights
1824 “CARTE DE LA NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE”; LOUIS CLAUDE DE SAULCES DE FREYCINET.
$2750
This is the rare updated version of Freycinet’s seminal map of Australia which was first issued in 1807 in a larger format in the accounts of the French expedition under the command of Nicholas Baudin. Freycinet was the cartographer for the expedition and his map of Australia was the first to show a complete coastline of the Continent before Matthew Flinders’s chart which was issued in 1814 due to his imprisonment on Mauritius Island by the French. In this version, Freycinet removes the Imperialist ambitious naming of “Terre de Napoléon” and Imperial French names for many parts of the coast...
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"ASIA"; ANDRÉ THEVET, 1575; Rare First Edition [First state of 3].
$4800
Rare and exquisitely designed 16th Century map of Asia, by the fantastically entertaining cosmographer André de Thevet. This important and beautifully composed woodcut map embraces all of Asia during the great early period of European exploration in South and East Asia. The depiction of these regions is ultimately based on Portuguese sources, who since Vasco da Gama's first voyage to India in 1498, had a virtual monopoly on the maritime knowledge of the Indian Ocean and East Asia. Showing "Partie de la Terre Australle", long before its recorded discovery.
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“UESUGI KENSHIN NYUDO TERUTORA”; TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI, Woodblock.
$1750
"UESUGI NO TERUTORA RIDING INTO BATTLE" 1883 Woodblock printed in colours From the series “Yoshitoshi Musha Burui” (Yoshitoshi’s Courageous Warriors). Fantastic portrait of Kenshin, seen riding nobly into battle on horseback, surrounded by billowing plumes of smoke. Kenshin (1530-78) is best known as the opponent of Takeda Shingen... NOTE: Signature: Taiso Yoshitoshi ga./ Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujiro. First edition; Three-colour cartouche; Two red seals and publisher address in blue at bottom left.
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“NOËL 1893" [Christmas 1893], EUGÈNE GRASSET.
$450
EUGÈNE GRASSET (1845- 1917) “NOËL 1893" [Christmas 1893] Technique: Lithography DESCRIPTION: Cover image for the French journal “L’ILLUSTRATION” of December 1893 by Art Nouveau’s master Eugène Grasset. The scene depicts female angels working in a cozy kitchen, peeling potatoes, stirring pots, preparing food while the Holy Mary is breastfeeding baby Jesus at bottom left. Perfect example of Eugène Grasset design. Original lithograph. Advertising text at verso. Signed on the stone at bottom left of the image. In perfect condition. Excellent impression & colour.
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REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN (1606-1669) “THE FLUTE-PLAYER” (het Uylenspiegeltje), Etching & Drypoint, 1642.
$22000
REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN (Leyden 1606-Amsterdam1669) Dutch school “THE FLUTE-PLAYER” (het Uylenspiegeltje) 1642 TECHNIQUE: Etching and drypoint DESCRIPTION: A young couple resting beside a stream, the man playing flute with an owl perched on his shoulder, the girl making a flower garland at left. Shepherds do more than their fair share of walking, but their lives also provide ample opportunity for relaxation. It represents an amorous situation and Rembrandt... NOTE: Fourth state of four, without the face among the branches. Barstch 188, Hollstein Dutch 144, New Hollstein 211.
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HENRI PRIVAT-LIVEMONT; c.1898 “ALLEGORISCHE...", 2 Lithographic Allegory Cards.
$850
HENRI PRIVAT-LIVEMONT (Schaerbeek 1861- 1936) Belgian school “ALLEGORISCHE FRAUENGESTALTEN. DARSTELLUNG WEIBLICHER HANDARBEITEN” (Two Allegory Cards) [Allegorical Female Figures Representation of Female Handicraft] 1898 Technique: LITHOGRAPHY Two allegorical cards by Art Nouveau master Henri Privat-Livemont depicting two female figures, in a floral environment, in handicraft occupations. A good example of Privat-Livemont design. Original colour lithographs, blank at verso. From a series of 4 printed on one sheet published in Stuttgart by Hoffmann, c.1898. In excellent condition.
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"SPECIALKARTE VON AUSTRALIEN" [Special Map of Australia] In 8 Blättern von A. Petermann, 1871.
$1200
AUGUSTUS HEINRICH PETERMANN Technique: LITHOGRAPHY Scarce 8 sheets map of Australia by Augustus Petermann. Large map of Australia showing towns, river system, railways and telegraph lines and county boundaries. The map features the routes taken by a number of important overland explorers, during a time period when the interior parts of Australia were still largely unknown. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights with annotations on vegetation. Height loose joinable sheets. Published by Justus Perthes., Gotha, 1871; Tooley, R.V. (Australia) 1531. In perfect condition.
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AARON ARROWSMITH; UNTITLED 1811 [Two Sheets composing Oceania], Very Rare.
$3800
AARON ARROWSMITH (Winston 1750- London 1823) UNTITLED [Chart of the World on Mercator Projections] 1811 Technique:COPPER ENGRAVING, contemporary hand-colour. Two portions/sections of the scarce 1811 edition of the “Monumental World Map” by Aaron Arrowsmith showing updated discoveries. The two joinable sheets shows very detailed geographical informations including the south part of the Indian Subcontinent, South-East Asia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Islands. South Australia is left untracked and blank waiting for the updating informations...
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