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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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'...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
Date: Paris, c.1800
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[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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
Date: Paris, 1838 - 1839
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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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: Leiden, 1852
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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...
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...
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...
Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930