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Plate III from Carl Gustav Jablonsky and J.F.W. Herbst: "Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten", engraved by Bodenehr. Carl Gustav Jablons...
Place & Date: Berlin, J. Pauli, 1785-1806
The hanging of the head of police Jean Grauwels in Brussels, 11 february 1569.
Print relating to Brussels during the first decades of the eighty year war between Spain and the Low Countries: (plate 18). This plate shows the hanging of the head of po...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1590
Sommaire du n°32 - Juillet 1898.
Cover binder of Les Maitres de l'Affiche n°32 (3rd year of publication). It used to contains the plates 125, 126, 127 and 128. The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" c...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, July 1898
Le Roy de Navarra venant à Paris recheut le coup de cousteau au visaige par ung Pierre Chastel, lequel par quatre chevaulx fut tiré en pièces, faict le 27 de Decemb[re] l'an 1594.
Engraved news-sheet with text in German and French. Pictorial reportage on the failed assassination attempt on King Henri IV of France by Jean Châtel (here identified as...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1600
Daar is niet aan aftedingen: het is de gezette prijs.
Fine color plate from "Afbeeldingen van de Kleeding, Zeden en Gewoonten in de BataafscheRepubliek..". A young woman in local dress buying jewellery.Plate number...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1804
Art arabe. - Mosquée d'el-Bordeyny. . .
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
MARS Rejouissances du Papeguay. Les Triomphes d'un conquerant
Etching published by Louis Charles Desnos (1725-1805) with address of rue St.Jacques au Globe. He is also known for his output of wall maps and atlases.
Place & Date: Paris, 1782
Mr. Punch on the Links.
Golfing cartoon taken from the famed English humor magazine Mr. Punch on the Links. Size of the frame : 23x25cm.THE WOMAN-HATER.After Frank Reynolds (1876 - 1953 ). He wa...
Place & Date: London, Methuen: 1929
Timor. Rhinolophe Cruménifére. [plate XXXV]
Plate illustrating Horseshoe bats from Timor Island, by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824.The French expedition under Ni...
Place & Date: Paris, 1824
ABIETUM phyllulae et pulvini.s. Tab. 137.
From his famous work 'Flora Japonica'. Von Siebold was born in Wurtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold...
Place & Date: Leiden, 1852
1) Le Kakatoës à Huppe Jaune. 2) Le Lori Tricolor. Le Perroquet Vert.
Noteworthy bird print from 1839 Furne edition of the Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.Engraved by Fournier after ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1838 - 1839
Grès Emile Muller . . .
Chromo lithographed poster, "Grès Emile Muller . . .", by CHARPENTIER, A. Plate 131, published in Maître 17, on April 1898. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affich...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, April 1898
(Des Galeres - Shipping scene)
Miniature view of a vessel, showing the various types of sails. With key list in upper left corner.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 16...
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
Woman of Brabant.
Very fine view of a woman wearing the traditional dress of Brabant.
Place & Date: London, 1817
Toujours des sangsues!
Lithograph depicting a corpulent physician diagnoses more leeches for a young woman, who lies drained. In 1832, there was a devastating cholera epidemic in Paris.Publishe...
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1832
Indian painting on paper.
Fine miniature, presenting a couple in love making position. The miniature has been painted in India in early 20th century. The miniature is 165 x 110 mm, painted in oil ...
Place & Date: India, ca. 1920
Exposition Internationale des produits du commerce . . .
Chromo lithographed poster, "Exposition Internationale des produits du commerce . . .", by WILETTE, A. Plate 142, published in Maître 17, on April 1896. The &q...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, April 1896
GALERE
Miniature view of a galley. From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 1683. By Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706), a well travelled military en...
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
Actualites. [News]
A lithographic cartoon showing two tradesmen conversing. One says to the other: "Eh! Well jocker you're not working anymore!" "I have colic!" says the...
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1840
Portrait de George Washington.
Portrait of the first president of the united states of America.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume ancien et moderne ou histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la ...
Place & Date: Milan 1827
Caricature anti-cholérique La peur du mal donne le mal de la peur. (pl 1)
Caricature on hypochondria and protective measures against cholera. An overweight man seated in a chair surrounded by pitchers and bowls. In 1832, there was a devastating...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1830
Casino d'Enghien.
Chromo lithographed poster, "Casino d'Enghien.", by CHERET, Jules. Plate 129, published in Maître 33, on August 1898. The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" ...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, April 1890
Nouvelle-Hollande: Ile King. - L'Eléphant -marin ou Phoque à trompe. [plate XXXII]
Plate illustrating seals by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824.The French expedition under Nicolas Baudin, was commission...
Place & Date: Paris, 1824
Indian painting on paper.
Fine miniature, presenting a couple in love making position. The miniature has been painted in India in early 20th century. The miniature is 165 x 110 mm, painted in oil ...
Place & Date: India, ca. 1920
Concours international de chant . . .
Chromo lithographed poster, "Concours international de chant . . . .", by DONNAY, A. Plate 59, published in Maître 15, on Fébruary 1897. The "Les Maitres...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, April 1897
P.les de Virginie.
Attractive copper engraving, depicting a couple of native people of Florida.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers, 1683. by Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1...
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
Huile de Calamite.
Oil to heal all ailments, only distributed by François Giramo, who alone owns the secret. Surrounded by a decorative border and the Royal coat-of-arms.With privilege of ...
Place & Date: France, c.1790
Aux buttes Chaumont.
Chromo lithographed poster, "Aux buttes Chaumont.", by CHERET, J. Plate 141, published in Maître 17, on April 1898. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" c...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, April 1898
(Shipping)
Finely etched depiction of a vessel, with a lettered key. With explanatory text on verso.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 1683. By All...
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
Porte de Harlem (Heemstede/Haarlem)
Showing the Haarlemmer Poort (gate) in Heemstede near Haarlem. Likely published by Mondhard, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St.Marti...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
[Perspective print after J. Vredeman de Vries. ]
Engraving depicting the use of the vanishing point. From Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instructi...
Place & Date: The Hague, 1606
Le Curieux.
A risqué but delightful French engraving produced in the late eighteenth century. It is simply titled The Curious, and shows a young lady lying on her side on a divan, w...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1790
[Macaire] Abus de l'article 214 du code civil. Madame mon épouse... (Plate 50)
Macaire personified the clever business man, who was willing at any time to throw moral and ethical principles overboard for a quick buck. His personality fitted exactly ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1864
A view of Amsterdam taken from the Old Rampart.
So-called optical print of Amsterdam, published by Jean Mondhare after a print by Laurie and Wtitle. With captions in English and French above and belowIn the eighteenth ...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1760
Indian painting on paper.
Fine miniature, presenting a couple in love making position, set on a balcony with in a landscape in the background. The miniature has been painted in India in late 19th ...
Place & Date: India, ca. 1900
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruction fondamentale. by Paul Vredeman de Vries...
Place & Date: The Hague, 1606
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruction fondamentale. by Paul Vredeman de Vries...
Place & Date: The Hague, 1606
La Dépêche Grand Format.
Chromo lithographed poster of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche being plate n°140. The "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" contained 256 small for lithographic prints of the b...
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1898
Vue du village de Maarsen en Hollande.
Showing the river Vecht at the town of Maarsen. Published by Jacques Chereau, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques in Paris. I...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1750
La Curiosite punie, aventure hydrauli-comique et vraie.
A charming and delightful hand colored etching in the grand French style of the early nineteenth century from "Musee Grotesque No. 20" : La Curiosite punie, ave...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1816-1820