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Ausriss des Vorigen Palasts, Wie er Nach dem Garten Zu. (The Palace After the Garden)

This magnificent copper engraving is from Paul Decker's work entitled "Furstliche Baumeister, oder Architectura Civilis.... Published in Augsburg, Germany by Peter D...

Starting Bid: $100

Publisher: DECKER, P.
Date: Augsburg, 1711

 

Arabesques. - Ornementation d'un Qoran du tombeau de Soultan El-Ghoury.

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...

Highest Bid:
$40 / ≈ â‚¬38
Publisher: PRISSE D'AVENNES, E.
Date: Paris, 1877

1 bid  

(Two Botanical Copperplates)

"HORTUS FLORIDUS" is deemed to be the most celebrated and influential of the early Florilegia (Blunt). It inspired and predated a wide array of noted botanical ...

Highest Bid:
$100 / ≈ â‚¬94
Publisher: DE PASS, C.
Date: Amsterdam, 1614

1 bid  

[Shells] Planche 16.

An attractive collection of shells, from Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes L'Astrolabe et la ZÃ...

Starting Bid: $64

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$80 - $125

Publisher: DUMONT d'URVILLE, J.
Date: Paris, 1846

 

[Design Art] Italian Chandelier No. 45

A fine copperplate of an Italian Chandelier from the finest 18th-century collection of secular and ecclesiastical designs for silversmiths and goldsmiths by Giovanni Giar...

Starting Bid: $1

Publisher: GIARDINI, G.
Date: Prague, 1714

 

[Design Art] Italian Chandelier No. 44

A fine copperplate of an Italian Chandelier from the finest 18th-century collection of secular and ecclesiastical designs for silversmiths and goldsmiths by Giovanni Giar...

Starting Bid: $120

Publisher: GIARDINI, G.
Date: Prague, 1714

 

[Design Art] Italian Chandelier No. 46

A fine copperplate of an Italian Chandelier from the finest 18th-century collection of secular and ecclesiastical designs for silversmiths and goldsmiths by Giovanni Giar...

Starting Bid: $120

Publisher: GIARDINI, G.
Date: Prague, 1714

 

Veduta della Chiesa di S. Michele Bertelde de' PP. Teatini.

Lively view of a square with the Church of Santi Michele e Gaetano in Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (1711or 1717 - 1767) and engraved by B.Sgrilli. From "Scelta di ...

Starting Bid: $320

Publisher: ZOCCHI, G.
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754

 

[Design Art] Italian Figural Side Table.

A fine copperplate of an Italian Side Table featuring two Bachus, two Lions and an eagle, from the finest 18th-century collection of secular and ecclesiastical designs fo...

Starting Bid: $1

Publisher: GIARDINI, G.
Date: Prague, 1714

 

Les Oeufs Casses.

A fine French copperplate by Moitte. An allegory on the loss of virginity: a sorrowful young woman seated on the ground with, a basket of broken eggs by her side, is bein...

Starting Bid: $199

Publisher: MOITTE, P.
Date: Paris, 1765

 

Plan, Section and Elevation of the Poo-Ta-La or Temple of the Lama at Zhe-Hol in Tartary.

A striking copper engraving from an important eighteenth century series on China by William Alexander. From Sir George Leonard Staunton's An Authentic Account of an Emba...

Starting Bid: $100

Publisher: ALEXANDER, W.
Date: London, 1796

 

Veduta della Piazza, e Chiesa di S. Giovannino de' PP. Gesuiti, e de' Palazzi de' SS.ri Marchese Riccardi, e Panciatichi.

Lively street scene showing all the buildings aligned with Palazzo Medici Riccardi as far as the end of the road. The effect is that of a more imposing theatricality, wit...

Highest Bid:
$240 / ≈ â‚¬226
Publisher: ZOCCHI, G.
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754

1 bid  

Tout ce qu'on voudra. Oui, monsieur Gimblet...

TOUT CE QU'ON VOUDRA. (As you like it). This series consists of 94 lithographs published between March 28,1847 and November 30, 1852 in the Charivari. Some of the plates ...

Starting Bid: $50

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$60 - $125

Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, 1864

 

Tenna, Pars XII, Tab. 79.

A fine, scarce, large, copperplate engraving of South Asia flora. From the very important book on Indian botanicals by Drakenstein. The name of the flower is repeated in ...

Starting Bid: $1

Publisher: DRAKENSTEIN, H.
Date: Amsterdam, 1678

 

Tsjeru-Tsjurel , Pars XII tab. 64.

A fine, scarce, large, copperplate engraving of South Asia flora. From the very important book on Indian botanicals by Drakenstein. The name of the flower is repeated in ...

Starting Bid: $150

Publisher: DRAKENSTEIN, H.
Date: Amsterdam, 1678

 

Scenographia Machinae qua Clemente XI Pont. Max. An. D. MDCCV Columna. . .

A very large and superb engraving on two joined sheets depicting the extraction of the Column of Antoninus Pius, found in 1703 near Montecitorio, and excavated in 1705 by...

Starting Bid: $520

Publisher: WESTERHOUT, Arnold van, after FONTANA, Francesco.
Date: Roma, 1762

 

Wasserfall rechts von einem Felsentor.

Etching by Isaak Major and published by Jeremias Wolff depecting two draughtsmen drawing a waterfall next to a natural arch, the draughtsmen at left, from a series of nin...

Highest Bid:
$175 / ≈ â‚¬165
Publisher: MAIOR, I.
Date: Augsburg, 1600-1630

2 bids  

Landschaft mit Wasserfall rechts eines Felsblocks.

Etching by Isaak Major and published by Jeremias Wolff depecting a landscape with a waterfall to the right of a boulder, from a series of nine landscapes. Isaak Major, bo...

Highest Bid:
$175 / ≈ â‚¬165
Publisher: MAIOR, I.
Date: Augsburg, 1600-1630

3 bids  

Felsenlandschaft mit kleinem Hang und einem Was.

Etching by Isaak Major and published by Jeremias Wolff depecting a rocky landscape with a small slope, from a series of nine landscapes. Isaak Major, born around 1576 in ...

Highest Bid:
$100 / ≈ â‚¬94
Publisher: MAIOR, I.
Date: Augsburg, 1600-1630

1 bid  

Plan, Section and Elevation of the Poo-Ta-La or Temple of the Lama at Zhe-Hol in Tartary.

A striking copper engraving from an important eighteenth century series on China by William Alexander. From Sir George Leonard Staunton's “An Authentic Account of an Em...

Starting Bid: $125

Publisher: ALEXANDER, W.
Date: London, 1796

 

Landschaft mit Wasserfall und Schublade.

Etching by Isaak Major and published by Jeremias Wolff depecting a wide landscape with mountains ,rocks and a waterfall. Several people among withc a drawer at right. Lar...

Starting Bid: $80

Publisher: MAIOR, I.
Date: Augsburg, 1600-1630

 

Naturlandschaft mit Wasserfällen und einem Haus in der Ferne mit vier Männern.

Etching by Isaak Major and published by Jeremias Wolff depecting a nature landscape with waterfalls and a house in the distance, with four men. Large print edited by Jere...

Highest Bid:
$120 / ≈ â‚¬113
Publisher: MAIOR, I.
Date: Augsburg, 1600-1630

3 bids  

Blick auf einen Fluss mit einem natürlichen bogen links.

Etching by Isaak Major and published by Jeremias Wolff depecting a view of a River with a Natural Arch at Left. Large print edited by Jeremius Wolf in Augsburg. Signed in...

Highest Bid:
$100 / ≈ â‚¬94
Publisher: MAIOR, I.
Date: Augsburg, 1600-1630

3 bids  

Blick auf eine Waldlandschaft mit reisenden Männern und einem Dorf in der Ferne.

Etching by Isaak Major and published by Jeremias Wolff depecting a view of a forest landscape with men traveling and a village in the distance. Large print edited by Jere...

Starting Bid: $80

Publisher: MAIOR, I.
Date: Augsburg, 1600-1630

 

Fille Mordwine en habits de nôces [together with] Fille Mordwine.

Set of two originally hand-colored mezzotints of Native Russians engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, dra...

Starting Bid: $10

Publisher: GRASSET DE SAINT SAUVEUR, J.
Date: Paris,1801-1806

 

Femme Baschkir [together with] Homme Baschkir.

Set of two originally hand-colored mezzotints of Native Russians engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, dra...

Starting Bid: $10

Publisher: GRASSET DE SAINT SAUVEUR, J.
Date: Paris,1801-1806

 

Kirguise [together with] Fille Fatar Kastchintz.

Set of two originally hand-colored mezzotints of Native Russians engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, dra...

Starting Bid: $15

Publisher: GRASSET DE SAINT SAUVEUR, J.
Date: Paris,1801-1806

 

Homme de Tobolsk [together with] Femme Fatar Tobolsk.

Set of two originally hand-colored mezzotints of Native Russians engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, dra...

Starting Bid: $10

Publisher: GRASSET DE SAINT SAUVEUR, J.
Date: Paris,1801-1806

 

Painting from a sailor / Matrozen kunst

Matrozen kunst op houtpaneel (Thee kist) aan boord geschilderd door  Hr. W. Welman. Gesigneerd rechtsonder in de golven en op de achterkant.

Starting Bid: $100

Publisher: W, Welman
Date: circa. 1960

 

Croquis d'expression. Emma! ... je vous aime!... (Plate 13)

Emma!... I love you!... By Aubert gal. Vero-dodat. Printed by Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.CROQUIS D'EXPRESSIONS (Sketches of expressions) is a series of 55 lithographs by Da...

Starting Bid: $48

Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, 21 october 1838

 

Mr. De Rich. (Plate 333 in la Caricature).

Mr De Rich is one of the characters of La Caricature .After the July-Revolution and the reinstatement of the Freedom of the Press, CHARLES PHILIPON (1800-1862) recognized...

Starting Bid: $75

Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, La Caricature, November 20, 1834

 

Locataires et Propriétaires. Inconvénient de demander des réparations à son propriétaire. (Pl 24)

Locataires et Propriétaires [Tenants and Landlords], number 24: Inconvénient de demander des réparations à son propriétaire [Inconvenience of asking the landlord to ...

Starting Bid: $80

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$100 - $150

Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, Le Charivari, October 23, 1847

 

Locataires et Propriétaires. La reconduite du propriétaire. (Pl 27)

A couple is saying goodbye to their landlord as he leaves their apartment. From "Locataires et Propriétaires" [Tenants and Landlords], number 27, published in ...

Starting Bid: $80

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$100 - $175

Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, Le Charivari, December 2, 1847

 

Homme nord est de l'Asie.

Originally hand-colored mezzotint of Native Americans engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, drawer and wri...

Starting Bid: $10

Publisher: GRASSET DE SAINT SAUVEUR, J.
Date: Paris,1801-1806

 

Mr. Joliv (Plate 346 in la Caricature).

Depicts a portrait of Mr. Adolphe Jollivet, an influential politician of the time. After the July Revolution and the reinstatement of the Freedom of the Press, CHARLES PH...

Starting Bid: $60

Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, La Caricature, November 20, 1833

 

Vaisseau de Guerre du troisième Rang a la Voile

An interesting engraving showing a French Warship, ca. 1700. Title bottom centre, left and right of title legends A-Z,+ &. Bottom right impressum: 'A Paris, chez Bonn...

Starting Bid: $360

Publisher: H. Bonnart, after C. Randon.
Date: Paris ca 1690

 

Les désabonnemens et la caricature font le cauchemar du pauvre constitutionnel.

Title in lower margin cut "Les désabonnemens et la caricature font le cauchemar du pauvre constitutionnel". [Cancelled subscriptions and La Caricature gives th...

Starting Bid: $40

Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, Le Charivari, January 26, 1834

 

Ordines Sacri Romani Imp: Ab Ottone III Instituti (Electors of the Holy Roman Empire).

A finely engraved pair of two separate but matching sheets with images depicting a group of the Electors of the Holy Roman Empire. The plates were initially engraved by m...

Starting Bid: $320

Publisher: ORTELIUS, Abraham, after WIERINX, Gerard
Date: Antwerp, 1603

 

Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.

Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...

Highest Bid:
$50 / ≈ â‚¬47
Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, J. / HONDIUS, H.
Date: The Hague, 1604

2 bids  

La Caricature. La première blessure. (Pl 455)

From La Caricature "La première blessure" (The first injury), plate 455.After the July-Revolution and the reinstatement of the Freedom of the Press, CHARLES PH...

Starting Bid: $160

Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, La Caricature, November 20, 1834

 

Cagelot of Potwalvis , lang omtrent 60 voeten, even benoorden Egmond op Zee Levend Gestrand op den 15 february (!) 1764. . .

An extremely rare 18th-century broadsheet showing a stranded whale at a Dutch beach near Egmond. Full title on the print: ‘Cagelot of Potwalvis , lang omtrent 60 voeten...

Starting Bid: $760

Publisher: NOORDE, Cornelis van.
Date: Haarlem, 1764

 

Cagelot Vis lang 64 Voet, is Gestrand tussen Zantvoord en Wyk, 1762.

An extremely rare 18th-century broadsheet showing a stranded whales at a Dutch beach near Zandvoort, 1762. Full title on the print: ‘dese Cagelot Vis lang 64 Voet, is G...

Starting Bid: $940

Publisher: NOORDE, Cornelis van.
Date: Haarlem, 1762

 

Homme Kouritien.

Originally hand-colored mezzotint of Siberian man dressed in native garb engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etc...

Starting Bid: $10

Publisher: GRASSET DE SAINT SAUVEUR, J.
Date: Paris,1801-1806

 

Homme Tschoukotske.

Originally hand-colored mezzotint of a man from Tschukotka, Syberia engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, ...

Starting Bid: $10

Publisher: GRASSET DE SAINT SAUVEUR, J.
Date: Paris,1801-1806

 

Typus Religionis.

Full title: 'Typus Religionis. Estampe, du tableau trouvé dans l'eglise, des ci-devant soi-disants- Jésuites de Billom en Auvergne. 2' an. 1763'. Etching by Jean-Michel...

Starting Bid: $520

Publisher: MOREAU, Jean-Michel.
Date: Paris, 1763

 

Femme Kamls chadalle.

Originally hand-colored mezzotint of native woman from Kams, Siberia, Russland engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As ...

Starting Bid: $10

Publisher: GRASSET DE SAINT SAUVEUR, J.
Date: Paris,1801-1806

 

Femme Tschermifse.

Originally hand-colored mezzotint from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus'. Originally hand-colored mezzotint of Native Americans engraved by Félix Mixe...

Starting Bid: $10

Publisher: GRASSET DE SAINT SAUVEUR, J.
Date: Paris,1801-1806

 

Cortège du Commandant Général des Apothicaires, le prince Lancelot de Tricanule, à son entrée dans la Chambre de Pairs.

The print shows the procession of the General Command, the Pharmacist and Prince Lancelot moving into the Pairs Chamber (House of Lords). Chez Aubert, galerie véro dodat...

Highest Bid:
$640 / ≈ â‚¬602
Publisher: DAUMIER, H.
Date: Paris, August 1, 1833

1 bid  

Femme Touralinze.

Originally hand-colored mezzotint from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus'. Originally hand-colored mezzotint of Native Americans engraved by Félix Mixe...

Starting Bid: $10

Publisher: GRASSET DE SAINT SAUVEUR, J.
Date: Paris,1801-1806

 

[Insects]

Decorative plate from Naauwkeurige waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele insekten of gekorvene diertjes. Engraved by Ludwig Schmidt after Jablonsky. Printed by...

Starting Bid: $12

Publisher: L'ADMIRAL, J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1774

 

Alexandria antiqua juxta mentem . . .

Manuscript hand colored map of the ancient city of Alexandria, probably carried out by P.N. Bonamy.  With an inset map. The book "Description of the City of Alexa...

Highest Bid:
$300 / ≈ â‚¬282
Publisher: BONAMY, P. N.
Date: Paris, 1741

2 bids  

Pl. 8. - Robe à la Circassienne.

From Galerie des modes et costumes français dessinés d'après nature 1778-1787. Réimpression accompagnée d'une préface par M. Paul Cornu.Beautiful reissue done by th...

Starting Bid: $20

BidAsk spread:
$25 - $50

Publisher: LEVY, E. / LECLERC P.T.
Date: Paris, 1912-1914

 

Pl. 5. - Marchande de modes.

From Galerie des modes et costumes français dessinés d'après nature 1778-1787. Réimpression accompagnée d'une préface par M. Paul Cornu.Beautiful reissue done by th...

Starting Bid: $20

BidAsk spread:
$25 - $50

Publisher: LEVY, E. / LECLERC P.T.
Date: Paris, 1912-1914

 

Theodorus Iohannis Basilidis Filius Moscoviae Magnus Dux / Atrium Heroicum.

Lettered with title around oval and two lines of Latin in lower margin: 'Mitior hic rexit ... / ... fato, de stirpe suprémus'. Lettered in letterpress above the platemar...

Starting Bid: $20

Publisher: CUSTOS, D.
Date: Augsburg, 1601-1604

 

Johannes Curolus Eckenberg . . .

Rare portrait of Johannes Curolus Eckenberg, engraved by Johann Benjamin Brühl (1691–1763). In the center a half portrait, surrounded by nine small, numbered performan...

Starting Bid: $250

Publisher: BRÜHL, J.B.
Date: Leipzig, ca. 1718

 

De Tout Cote Peur. [fear on all sides]

A lovely eighteenth-century print of an old man who has "fear on all sides." He is seen fully dressed holding a chest (of money / personal effects?) whilst clut...

Starting Bid: $80

Publisher: GUERARD, Nicolas.
Date: Paris, ca 1750

 

Fenètre et siège empire.

Very decorative and colorful lithography of an elegant French interior. From La Tenture Française, published by G.Mathière, 32/34 Rue de Charonne, Paris.

Starting Bid: $12

BidAsk spread:
$15 - $50

Publisher: MATHIÉRE, G.
Date: Paris, 1882

 

Strawberry.

Color aquatint and stipple engraved plate of fruits by George Brookshaw (1751-1823) from his "Pomona Britannica; or, a Collection of the most esteemed fruits at pres...

Highest Bid:
$60 / ≈ â‚¬56
Publisher: BROOKSHAW, George
Date: London, Bensley and son, 1817

1 bid  

Rasperry.

Color aquatint and stipple engraved plate of fruits by George Brookshaw (1751-1823) from his "Pomona Britannica; or, a Collection of the most esteemed fruits at pres...

Highest Bid:
$60 / ≈ â‚¬56
Publisher: BROOKSHAW, George
Date: London, Bensley and son, 1817

1 bid  

Black, Dutch Red and White Current.

Color aquatint and stipple engraved plate of fruits by George Brookshaw (1751-1823) from his "Pomona Britannica; or, a Collection of the most esteemed fruits at pres...

Starting Bid: $48

Publisher: BROOKSHAW, G.
Date: London, Bensley and son, 1817

 

Cherries.

Color aquatint and stipple engraved plate of fruits by George Brookshaw (1751-1823) from his "Pomona Britannica; or, a Collection of the most esteemed fruits at pres...

Starting Bid: $48

Publisher: BROOKSHAW, G.
Date: London, Bensley and son, 1817

 

Cherries.

Color aquatint and stipple engraved plate of fruits by George Brookshaw (1751-1823) from his "Pomona Britannica; or, a Collection of the most esteemed fruits at pres...

Starting Bid: $48

Publisher: BROOKSHAW, G.
Date: London, Bensley and son, 1817

 

Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 33 / 34.

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 ...

Highest Bid:
$10 / ≈ â‚¬9
Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, J. / HONDIUS, H.
Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605

2 bids  

De Maria kerk te Leiden.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London that produced optical viewing devices and spec...

Starting Bid: $50

Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Date: Paris, 1760

 

Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 39.

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 ...

Starting Bid: $50

Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, J. / HONDIUS, H.
Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605

 

Grande baie de salle a manger Louis XVI.

Very decorative and colorful lithography of an elegant French interior. From La Tenture Française, published by G.MathiÞre, 32/34 Rue de Charonne, Paris.

Starting Bid: $12

BidAsk spread:
$15 - $75

Publisher: MATHIÉRE, G.
Date: Paris, 1880

 

Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 40.

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 ...

Starting Bid: $50

Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, J. / HONDIUS, H.
Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605

 

Lapides Bezoar ex Hippototamo, vel Equo marino. Tab CXII.

Natural history aroused the passion of wealthy collectors in the 17th and 18th centuries. These constitute vast "cabinets of curiosities" and sometimes undertak...

Highest Bid:
$55 / ≈ â‚¬52
Publisher: SEBA, A.
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740

2 bids  

Dutch ice-scene.

Attractive lithography showing a typical Dutch ice-scene, lithographed by C.W. Mieling after a painting by J.B. Jongkind. Published in Kunst Kroniek.

Starting Bid: $40

BidAsk spread:
$50 - $75

Publisher: MIELING, C.W.
Date: The Hague, 1850

 

Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 37.

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 ...

Starting Bid: $50

Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, J. / HONDIUS, H.
Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605

 

Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 38.

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 ...

Highest Bid:
$50 / ≈ â‚¬47
Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, J. / HONDIUS, H.
Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605

1 bid  

Pila Vitulina. Tab CXIV.

Natural history aroused the passion of wealthy collectors in the 17th and 18th centuries. These constitute vast "cabinets of curiosities" and sometimes undertak...

Highest Bid:
$50 / ≈ â‚¬47
Publisher: SEBA, A.
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740

1 bid  

Very well . . . mon petite necessaire de voyage . . . very well.

A delightful water color of a portly, jolly looking fellow with braces and a blue checked jacket, settling down to a long journey. He is addressing his remarks to his ess...

Starting Bid: $40

BidAsk spread:
$50 - $100

Publisher: ANONYMOUS.
Date: Paris, 1860

 

Mulhouse La Place

Etching of the town square of Mulhausen in Alsace, France. Collectors stamp in lower left margin, numbered 209/250 copies, signed in pencil in the margin "Rolle"...

Starting Bid: $60

BidAsk spread:
$75 - $100

Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Date: France, ca. 1950

 

Vaisseau.

Miniature view of a vessel, showing its various corposants. With key list on verso.From the French text edition of Description d'Univers.. (5 volumes), 1683. By Allain Ma...

Highest Bid:
$45 / ≈ â‚¬42
Publisher: MANESSON MALLET, Alain.
Date: Paris, 1683

2 bids  

Dutch landscape.

Attractive lithography showing a typical Dutch landscape, lithographed by F.H.Weissenbruch after a painting by W.Roelofs. Published in Kunst Kroniek.

Starting Bid: $16

BidAsk spread:
$20 - $50

Publisher: WEISSENBRUCH, F.H.
Date: The Hague, 1865

 

Dutch windmill with sheeps.

Attractive lithography showing a typical Dutch windmill with sheep's on foreground, lithographed by F.H.Weissenbruch after a painting by Jan van Lokhorst. Published in Ku...

Starting Bid: $20

BidAsk spread:
$25 - $60

Publisher: WEISSENBRUCH, F.H.
Date: The Hague 1866

 

Anamorphose.

Perspective anamorphosis is an ingenious perspective technique that gives a distorted image of the subject represented in a picture when seen from the usual viewpoint but...

Starting Bid: $350

BidAsk spread:
$450 - $750

Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Date: Paris, ca. 1900

 

Fencing from: Gerard Thibault, The Academy of the Sword.

A beautiful and very rare engraving from the famous and most comprehensive handbook for the art of fencing: Gerard Thibault (1574-1629): 'Academie de L'Espée de Girard T...

Starting Bid: $160

Publisher: LASTMAN, Claes Pietersz.
Date: Leyden, ca. 1628

 

Anamorphose.

Perspective anamorphosis are an ingenious perspective technique that gives a distorted image of the subject represented in a picture when seen from the usual viewpoint bu...

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Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Date: Paris, ca. 1900