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Est. 1964 · A Curated Archive

Rare Prints, Discovered & Preserved

Antique maps, botanical illustrations, and historical engravings — each one a window into its era, each carefully kept for its next chapter.

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A framed antique botanical illustration resting against a wall
Plate XXII · 1743

Custodians of History

Each print arrives with a story worth telling.

For more than two decades, The Tin Fish has sought out printed matter from the 16th through early 20th centuries — cartography from Amsterdam's golden age, botanical plates from royal expeditions, engravings pulled from long-forgotten folios.

We believe a print is never merely ornamental. It is a document, a testament, and a small act of witness. Our job is to find them, to authenticate them, and to place them in homes where they will be read as well as admired.

A rare antique world map from 1689

New Acquisition · Catalogue No. 0847

A 1689 Chart of the North Atlantic

“One of perhaps fourteen surviving copies — engraved in Amsterdam by Gerard van Keulen, marking the trade winds that would shape two centuries of Atlantic commerce.”

Medium
Copper engraving, hand-coloured
Dimensions
58 × 49 cm
Condition
Exceptional
Price
$4,850
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