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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 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: DE ROSSI, G. / SPECCHI, A.
Place & Date: Rome, 1703

 


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 / ≈ €2573
Maker / Publisher: DE ROSSI, G.
Place & 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 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: DE ROSSI, G.
Place & Date: Rome, 1693

 


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 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: SCHLEGEL, ARNZ, A & COMP
Place & Date: Leiden, 1844-1853

 


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 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1695

 


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 Sb...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1690

 


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 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1695

 


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 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Place & 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 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Place & 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, que je vous...

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Place & Date: Paris, 1845-1848

 


Digitale pourprée. Digitalis purpurea L.

The foxglove, engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'après natur...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800

 


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 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Place & 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 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Place & 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 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Place & 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 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Place & Date: Paris, 1845-1848

 


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 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: LELORGNE DE SAVIGNY, M,J.C.
Place & Date: Paris, 1822

 


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 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: MOREAU LE JEUNE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1771

 


Sceau de Salomon. Convallaria multiflora L.

King Solomon's Seal or David's Harp, engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs de...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800

 


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 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: LELORGNE DE SAVIGNY, M.J.C.
Place & Date: Paris, 1822

 


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 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800

 


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 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800

 


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 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: AQUILA, P.
Place & Date: Rome, 1660

 


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 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: DECKER, P. (after)
Place & 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 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: DECKER, P. (after)
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1700

 


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 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: LELORGNE DE SAVIGNY, M.J.C.
Place & Date: Paris, 1822

 


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 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: PERA, G.
Place & Date: Turin, 1832

 


Neflier cultivé. Mespilus germanica. L.

A bouquet of flowers. Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "http://www.swaen.com/Fleu...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1800

 


Chêne commun.

Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'après nature. . . receuil ...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1800

 


Seringat odorant. Philadelphus coronarius. L.

Bouquet of Seringats. A bouquet of flowers. Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fle...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1800

 


Grande Capucine Tropoeolum majus. L.

The true Nasturtium, stipple engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch-born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800

 


Reine-Marguerite. Aster chinensis. L.

A bouquet of flowers. Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch-born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'aprè...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SPAENDONCK, Van. G.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1800

 


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 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: LELORGNE DE SAVIGNY, M,J.C.
Place & Date: Paris, 1822

 


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...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1695

 


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 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: LELORGNE DE SAVIGNY, M.J.C.
Place & Date: Paris, 1822

 


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 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: PROBST, G.B.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1750

 


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 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: AUBERT, B.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1832

 


[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 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: JABLONSKY, C.G.
Place & Date: Berlin, J. Pauli, 1785-1806

 


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 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: COLLAERT, Adriaen (after)
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598

 


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 / ≈ €257
Maker / Publisher: FERRARI, G. B.
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646

 


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 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: COLLAERT, Adriaen (after)
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598

 


Aliae Formae Citrati Limonis Alios Includentis.

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

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: FERRARI, G. B.
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646

 


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 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: DIDEROT,D.
Place & Date: Paris 1779

 


DU GLOBE TERRESTRE - Figure XC. 253

Finely engraved plate of various types of sailing ships.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 1683. By Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706), ...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: MALLET,A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


(Ships on full sea)

A fine engraving of different sailing vessels at full sea.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 1683. By Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706)...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


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 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: COLLAERT, Adriaen (after)
Place & 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 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: COLLAERT, Adriaen (after)
Place & 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 / ≈ €164
Maker / Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, J. / HONDIUS, H.
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605

 


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...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, P.
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...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, P. / HONDIUS, H.
Place & Date: The Hague, 1606

 


[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...

$125 / ≈ €117
Maker / Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, P. / HONDIUS, H.
Place & Date: The Hague, 1606

 


(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 / ≈ €117
Maker / Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
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 ...

$120 / ≈ €112
Maker / Publisher: Broad sheet advertising poster.
Place & Date: France, c.1790

 


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 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Place & 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 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683

 


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 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: AUBERT, B.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1830

 


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 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: AUBERT, B.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1832

 


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...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: LESUEUR, C-A. / PERON, F.
Place & Date: Paris, 1824

 


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 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: VERMIER
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1840

 


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...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: LESUEUR, C-A. / PERON, F.
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...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: VON SIEBOLD, P.Fr.B.
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 ...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: BUFFON, C.
Place & Date: Paris, 1838 - 1839

 


'Art déco' illustration.

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 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: PICHON, Robert (Workshop).
Place & Date: Paris, between 1925 and 1930

 


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...

$60 / ≈ €56
Maker / Publisher: PRISSE D'AVENNES, E.
Place & Date: Paris, 1877