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[Text page with Saint Appolonia, the patron saint of dentistry, Kings, Queens, Saints and Popes. Sexta Etas Mundi. Folium. CXX ].

Text page with woodcuts of Abdon & Senen, Agatha, Appolonia, Serapion, Meniacus, Victoria. With a wood cut of Apolonia (7x5cm.), the patron saint of dentistry. Becaus...

$75 / ≈ €69
Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 

Diversarum nationum habitus, item ordines duo processionum unus summi Pontificis.

Rare costume book of the nations of the world, depicting customs and professions from Russia, England, Poland, Italy, Spain, Germany, Finland, Austria, France, Greece, Tu...

$3000 / ≈ €2759
Publisher: BERTELLI, P.
Date: Padua, A. Alciati & P. Bertelli, 1594

 

Virulus marinus. Cete (Whale and whaling scene)

Whale and whaling scene, set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 1. The engraving is copied after Adrian Collaert pla...

$300 / ≈ €276
Publisher: COLLAERT, Adriaen (after)
Date: Antwerp, after 1598

 

Glaucus, Cantharus, Salpa, Rarus. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)

Depiction of Glaucus, Cantharus, Salpa, Rarus. Fish set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 12. The engraving is copi...

$200 / ≈ €184
Publisher: COLLAERT, Adriaen (after)
Date: Antwerp, after 1598

 

Faber piscis, Asellus minor, Conger, Alburinus. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)

Depiction of Faber piscis, Asellus minor, Conger, Alburinus. Fish set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 14. The eng...

$200 / ≈ €184
Publisher: COLLAERT, Adriaen (after)
Date: Antwerp, after 1598

 

Gladius piscis, Galeus piscis, Araneus, Mugil. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)

Depiction of Gladius piscis, Galeus piscis, Araneus, Mugil. Fish set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 15. The engr...

$200 / ≈ €184
Publisher: COLLAERT, Adriaen (after)
Date: Antwerp, after 1598

 

Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 5

Engraving from Perspective, c'est a dire, le tresrenomme art du poinct oculaire d'une veue dedans ou travers regardante, estant sur une muraille unie, sur un tableau, ou ...

$175 / ≈ €161
Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, J. / HONDIUS, H.
Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605

 

Eadem Aurantia Dimidiata.

Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...

$275 / ≈ €253
Publisher: FERRARI, G. B.
Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646

 

Tabula IV sequitur Farnesiana Posticus.

Ornamental representation of Temple St. Mariae in Rome by Petrus Aquila (1650-1692), after Annibale Carracci. Inscribed in the plate. "Petrus Aquila delin at sculp. ...

$500 / ≈ €460
Publisher: AQUILA, P.
Date: Rome, 1660

 

(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...

$125 / ≈ €115
Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Date: Paris, 1683

 

(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...

$100 / ≈ €92
Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Date: Paris, 1683

 

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...

$100 / ≈ €92
Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Date: Paris, 1683

 

Saique batiment dont les turcs se servent. . .

A very decorative engraving of a Turkish vessel. From Mortier's famous maritime Atlas "Neptune François". Engraved by Jan van Vianen after a design by Henri S...

$2000 / ≈ €1839
Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Date: Amsterdam, 1690

 

Piazza e tempio di Santa Maria della Rotonda gia l'Antico Pantheon.

Monumental engraving showing the Pantheon in Rome, in its setting, with below a ground-plan and elevation. Fountain in front, adjacent buildings and carriages and people ...

$2750 / ≈ €2529
Publisher: DE ROSSI, G.
Date: Rome, 1693

 

La Basilica Vaticana consacrata al Principe de gli Apostoli . . .

Monumental engraving showing the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican, in its setting, with below a coat of arms with dedication to Cardinal Sigismondo Chigi. Obili...

$2500 / ≈ €2299
Publisher: DE ROSSI, G.
Date: Rome, 1693

 

Coupe d'une galère avec ses proportions - Quille d'une Galere sur le chantier.

Fine double-page engraved plate of a cutaway of a standard late 17th century French galley with a detailed legend of parts (in French). Below is a representation of the k...

$1500 / ≈ €1379
Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Date: Amsterdam, 1695

 

Echelle pour trouver les jours de la semaine. . . / Scale om de Dagen van de Week te vinden. . . / Scale to find the Days of the Week. . .

Fine engraved plate showing eight different scales with explications in French, Dutch and English.Scale om de dagen van de week, de verschietende feest-dagen, de maan-tyd...

$250 / ≈ €230
Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Date: Amsterdam, 1695

 

Vaisseau du premier rang portant pavillon d'amiral.

Fine double-page engraved plate of a naval vessel, with the various parts of the ship numbered and identified. From Mortier's "Neptune François". From Mortier'...

$2000 / ≈ €1839
Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Date: Amsterdam, 1695

 

Sanitati et Voluptati inservientes herbae thee et caffe.

Copper-plate engraving showing a group of fashionably dressed men and women, drinking tea or coffee. "Paulus Decker inv. et del.; Ioh. Christoph Steudner sculp.; Mar...

$500 / ≈ €460
Publisher: DECKER, P. (after)
Date: Augsburg, 1700

 

Lusus Lucrum Temporis Iactura.

Copper-plate engraving showing a group of fashionably dressed men and women playing cards. "Paulus Decker inv. et del.; Ioh. Christoph Steudner sculp.; Mart. Engelbr...

$500 / ≈ €460
Publisher: DECKER, P. (after)
Date: Augsburg, 1700

 

Prospetto dell'anfiteatro Flavio . . . / Prospetto di Tutto l'Anfiteatro intiero . . . / Pianta dell' divisa nelli suoi / Spaccato, e veduta interiore dell' Anfiteatro.

Monumental engraving showing the Colloseum in Rome, in its setting, with below a ground-plan and elevation. Engraved and drawn by Alessandro Specchi (1668-1729), an engra...

$3000 / ≈ €2759
Publisher: DE ROSSI, G. / SPECCHI, A.
Date: Rome, 1703

 

Per telecopium exhibitio partis inferioris armamentarii. / Representation en perspective de la partie inferieure d'un arsenal. . .

RARE. Engraved optical print by Georg Balthasar Probst of a arsenal.

$300 / ≈ €276
Publisher: PROBST, G.B.
Date: Augsburg, 1750

 

Réjouissances du Peuple près de la Pyramide d'Illumination, élévée sur l'Esplanade de la Porte de Mars et Distribution de Vivres, fontaines de Vin , sous les Ordres de Mrs. Du Conseil de la Ville, à Reims le 27 Aoust 1765.

Engraved by Varin after Moreau Jr. The print shows a lightning spectacle held in Reims on 27 August 1765.

$750 / ≈ €690
Publisher: MOREAU LE JEUNE.
Date: Paris, 1771

 

Chirurgie, plate XII

Showing medical chair and physician at work from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier. Very important work as it...

$200 / ≈ €184
Publisher: DIDEROT,D.
Date: Paris 1779

 

Grande Capucine. Tropaeolum majus. L.

Indian cress or monks cress, engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées...

$500 / ≈ €460
Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Date: Paris, c.1800

 

Mufle de veau. Antirrhinum majus L.

Bouquet of Common Snapdragons, engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessiné...

$500 / ≈ €460
Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Date: Paris, c.1800

 

[Butterflies]

Plate CXXIV from Carl Gustav Jablonsky and J.F.W. Herbst: "Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten", engraved by Bodenehr. Carl Gustav Jablo...

$300 / ≈ €276
Publisher: JABLONSKY, C.G.
Date: Berlin, J. Pauli, 1785-1806

 

Oursins.

Decorative plate of a sea urchin, engraved by Boquet. Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (April 5, 1777 - October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. In 1798 he traveled...

$600 / ≈ €552
Publisher: LELORGNE DE SAVIGNY, M.J.C.
Date: Paris, 1822

 

Oursins.

Showing sand dollars, sea urchin, etc. engraved by Macret. Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (April 5, 1777 - October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. In 1798 he tra...

$300 / ≈ €276
Publisher: LELORGNE DE SAVIGNY, M.J.C.
Date: Paris, 1822

 

Astéries.

Decorative engraving of a star fish, engraved by Boquet. Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (April 5, 1777 - October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. In 1798 he trave...

$450 / ≈ €414
Publisher: LELORGNE DE SAVIGNY, M.J.C.
Date: Paris, 1822

 

Hommards.

Decorative engraving of a lobster, by Tresca. Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (April 5, 1777 - October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. In 1798 he traveled to Egyp...

$750 / ≈ €690
Publisher: LELORGNE DE SAVIGNY, M,J.C.
Date: Paris, 1822

 

Astéries.

Decorative engraving of star fishes, by Macret and Leleu. Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (April 5, 1777 - October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. In 1798 he trav...

$400 / ≈ €368
Publisher: LELORGNE DE SAVIGNY, M,J.C.
Date: Paris, 1822

 

Secours à donner aux noyés.

Broad sheet etchings with two vignettes and extensive descriptive text about how to rescue a flooded person.Composed by François Chaussier and etched by L. Baltard. Fra...

$100 / ≈ €92
Publisher: BALTARD, LP.
Date: Paris, ca. 1825

 

Notice sur la Rage.

Broad sheet etchings each with two vignettes and extensive descriptive text about rabies. Composed by François Chaussier and etched by L. Baltard. Francois Chaussier (17...

$100 / ≈ €92
Publisher: BALTARD, LP.
Date: Paris, ca. 1825

 

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...

$100 / ≈ €92
Publisher: AUBERT, B.
Date: Paris, ca. 1830

 

Nobiolo Canavesano, o uva Spanal.

Highly decorative stipple engraving with hand-colored details from a scarce work 'Pomona Italiana ossia Trattato Degli Alberi Fruttiferi' by Giorgio Gallesio. The series ...

$400 / ≈ €368
Publisher: PERA, G.
Date: Turin, 1832

 

Caricature anti-cholérique.

Lithography with underneath the illustration "Moi je traite le choléra par le champagne, c’est le système Mayeux, nom de D... ! "In 1832, there was a devast...

$300 / ≈ €276
Publisher: AUBERT, B.
Date: Paris, ca. 1832

 

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...

$100 / ≈ €92
Publisher: AUBERT, B.
Date: Paris, c. 1832

 

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 ...

$120 / ≈ €110
Publisher: BUFFON, C.
Date: Paris, 1838 - 1839

 

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...

$100 / ≈ €92
Publisher: VERMIER
Date: Paris, ca 1840

 

Les Gens de Justice. - Comme je vous ai bien dit vertement votre fait !

Second state (of 2), with text. From "Les Gens de Justice". Text below image : - Comme je vous ai bien dit vertement votre fait !. . . - Mais aussi, que je vous...

$1200 / ≈ €1104
Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, 1845-1848

 

Les Gens de Justice. - Mr. le juge de paix a rendu sa décision, le sparties sont censées conciliées.

Second state (of 2), with text. From "Les Gens de Justice". Text below image : - Mr. le juge de paix a rendu sa décision, le sparties sont censées conciliées...

$800 / ≈ €736
Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, 1845-1848

 

Les Gens de Justice. - Mr. l'avocat a rendu pleine justice au rare talent déployé par le ministère public . . .

Second state (of 2), with text. From "Les Gens de Justice". Text below image : - Mr. l'avocat a rendu pleine justice au rare talent déployé par le ministère ...

$1200 / ≈ €1104
Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, 1845-1848

 

Les Gens de Justice. - Au café d'Aguesseau.

Second state (of 2), with text. From "Les Gens de Justice". Text below image : - Au café d'Aguesseau. En attendant l'audience, Démosthéne déjeune aux frais ...

$800 / ≈ €736
Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, 1845-1848

 

Les Gens de Justice. - Comme je vous ai bien dit vertement votre fait! . . .

Second state (of 2), with text. From "Les Gens de Justice". Text below image : - Comme je vous ai bien dit vertement votre fait! . . . - Mais aussi, je vous ai...

$1200 / ≈ €1104
Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, 1845-1848

 

Les Gens de Justice. - Plaidez, plaidez . . . ça sera un bon tour à jouer à votre voisin. . .

Second state (of 2), with text. From "Les Gens de Justice". Text below image : - Plaidez, plaidez . . . ça sera un bon tour à jouer à votre voisin . . . vous...

$800 / ≈ €736
Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, 1845-1848

 

Les Gens de Justice. - L'avocat qui se trouve mal - dernière ressource quand la cause est bien malade.

Second state (of 2), with text. From "Les Gens de Justice". Text below image : - L'avocat qui se trouve mal - dernière ressource quand la cause est bien malade...

$800 / ≈ €736
Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, 1845-1848

 

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...

$80 / ≈ €74
Publisher: VON SIEBOLD, P.Fr.B.
Date: Leiden, 1852

 

Le Sacre Hagard [Haggard-falcon]

A beautiful elephant folio sized colored lithograph of a Hagard Falcon, taken from the famous book on Falconry Traite de Fauconnerie by Schlegel and A.H. Verster van Wulv...

$2500 / ≈ €2299
Publisher: SCHLEGEL, ARNZ, A & COMP
Date: Leiden, 1844-1853

 

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...

$75 / ≈ €69
Publisher: PRISSE D'AVENNES, E.
Date: Paris, 1877

 

'Art déco' illstration.

A beautiful art déco illustration depicting a nice landscape with a woman playing with a hind. A striking example of commercial artworks produced by the artist and graph...

$75 / ≈ €69
Publisher: PICHON, Robert (Workshop).
Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930