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![Mortuary scene. Tahiti Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26380-250x250.jpg)
Mortuary scene. Tahiti Islands ].
This aquatint depicts a mortuary scene in front of a tapapow, a shed under which the dead bodies remains are exposed until they dry. Engraved by Roffi. Plate N° 83. From...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[Queen Obera welcoming Captain Wallis. Tahiti ].](/uploads/cache/26381-250x250.jpg)
[Queen Obera welcoming Captain Wallis. Tahiti ].
Aquatint depicting Queen Obera welcoming Captain Wallis upon his arrival in Tahiti. Engraved by Gallina. Plate N° 82. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Mo...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[The Friendly Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26384-250x250.jpg)
[The Friendly Islands ].
Aquatint depicting seashore scene of the Friendly Islands. These islands are also known as the Friendly Islands because of the friendly reception accorded to Captain Cook...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[Portraits. Friendly Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26385-250x250.jpg)
[Portraits. Friendly Islands ].
Aquatint depicting inhabitants of the Friendly Islands. Plate N°79. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, d...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[Scene of a meeting. The Friendly Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26386-250x250.jpg)
[Scene of a meeting. The Friendly Islands ].
Aquatint depicting an indoor meeting in the Friendly Islands. Plate N°79. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la mil...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[Birds from Brazil ].](/uploads/cache/27307-250x250.jpg)
[Birds from Brazil ].
Aquatint depicting 6 different species of birds from Brazil. Engraved by Raineri.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de ...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Milan, 1827
Prostranthera lasianthos.
Copperplate finished by hand, from "Herbier général de l'amateur, contenant la description, l'histoire, les propriétés et la culture des végétaux utiles et agr...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Paris, 1814-1827
Portrait de Benjamin Franklin.
Portrait de Benjamin Franklin. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume ancien et moderne ou histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, etc. publishe...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[ Chief Regolo ].](/uploads/cache/27568-250x250.jpg)
[ Chief Regolo ].
Aquatint depicting chief warriors engraved by G. G. Plate N°58.Cacique from the taÃno word for the pre-Columbian tribal chiefs or leaders of the Taino tribes in the Bah...
Date: Milan, 1827
![[ Local musical instruments ].](/uploads/cache/27586-250x250.jpg)
[ Local musical instruments ].
Aquatint depicting local musical instruments being played engraved by Bonatti Plate N°76.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouverne...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Milan, 1827
![[ Road and Bridge over the Mohawk ].](/uploads/cache/26088-250x250.jpg)
[ Road and Bridge over the Mohawk ].
Uncommon proof state without the text of Road and Bridge over the Mohawk after Jacques Milbert, and lithographed by Sabartier.From Amérique Septentrionale. Printed by He...
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: Paris, 1829
Rudbeckia. N° 60.
Lithograph by Godefroy Engelmann" after a drawing by A. Brienne. Godefroy Engelmann was born in 1788 in Mühlhausen, a small town near the France/Switzerland/Germany...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Paris, after 1829
Saxifiage de Sibérie. N° 68.
Fine lithograph by Godefroy Engelmann" after a drawing by Auguste Piquet de Brienne (1789-c.1860) . Published in Paris at rue Montmartre 6, after 1829 Godefroy Engel...
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: Paris after 1829
![[Lot of 7 Flower prints] Talauma mutabilis. flower Talauma mutabilis from 'FLORA MALESIANA' Arckenhausen del. / Hutz Lith.](/uploads/cache/IMG_0779-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 7 Flower prints] Talauma mutabilis. flower Talauma mutabilis from 'FLORA MALESIANA' Arckenhausen del. / Hutz Lith.
The flower Talauma mutabilis from 'FLORA MALESIANA'. Talauma mutabilis by Karl Ludwig von Blume (9 June 1796, Braunschweig – 3 February 1862, Leiden) was a German-Dutch...
Date: Germany, 1829
A Chinese ship.
A rare Nagasaki-e print of a Chinese Ship.
- $3000 / ≈ €2590
Date: Nagasaki, 1818-1829
Apple (Plate 84)
Copper etching by J. Watts after Withers and published by Ridgway in London. Dated 1829.
Date: London, 1829
A Chinese official with a ceremonial hat, holding a fan and a silk purse.
A colored wood block print of a Chinese official with a ceremonial hat, holding a fan and a silk purse.
Date: Nagasaki, c. 1830
Séneçon des Indes. N° 65.
Flowers from India. Fine lithograph of roses by Godefroy Engelmann" after a drawing by Auguste Piquet de Brienne (1789-c.1860) . Published in Paris at rue Montmartre...
- $110 / ≈ €95
Date: Paris, 1830
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
"On n'entre pas."
A beautiful mezzotint engraving of a lady issuing a stern instruction to a male at her bedroom door - "We do not enter." She has a syringe/clyster on the chair ...
Date: Paris, ca 1830
Contes de la Fontaine. 'Le Remede'.
[The Cure]. An uncolored lithograph produced in Paris highlighting the woes of a young maiden, lying distraught in bed as a maid or servant comes to her bedside with a pi...
Date: Paris ca 1830
Amateurs executant une courante.
A group of amateur musicians are seen performing/practicing inside a public restroom, using clysters and chamber pots as their musical instruments. A delightful 'toilet h...
Date: Paris, ca 1830
Tout Beau! lo-lo Beau!
[All beautiful! lo-lo! beautiful!] A French satirical lithograph from the workshop of Victor Hippolyte Delaporte in Paris, depicting a stern looking man, whip in hand, tr...
Date: Paris, 1831
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
Présentation solennelle d'une seringue d'honneur au 9e lancelot pour le Ier de l'an 1832.
Uncommon plate showing a solemn presentation of a syringe of honor at the 9th Lancelot for the 1st of the year 1832]. Hand colored lithographed plate by Delaporte after C...
Date: Paris, c. 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
Caricature anti-cholérique. Oui Mr Patochard c'est la Révolution de Juyet qui nous a produit ce fleyeau!. (pl 9)
Lithographed caricature on hypochondria and protective measures against cholera: An overweight man seated in a chair surrounded by pitchers and bowls. In 1832, there was ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Paris, c. 1832
Caricature anti-cholérique. Je sens les gargouillemens. (pl 2)
Original hand-colored lithographed caricature of a young woman dabs her eye as her mother looks askance as she suspects the onset of cholera. In 1832, there was a devas...
Date: Paris, c. 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
![Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie.. [Planche 26].](/uploads/cache/14135-250x250.jpg)
Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie.. [Planche 26].
An attractive collection of shells. Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes L'Astrolabe et la Zélé...
- $230 / ≈ €199
Date: Paris, 1833
![Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie. . . [Planche 20].](/uploads/cache/14136-250x250.jpg)
Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie. . . [Planche 20].
"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'...
Date: Paris, 1833
![Voyage de la Fregate la Venus. . . [Planche 16].](/uploads/cache/14133-250x250.jpg)
Voyage de la Fregate la Venus. . . [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...
Date: Paris, 1833
![Voyage de la Fregate la Venus. . . [Planche 7].](/uploads/cache/14138-250x250.jpg)
Voyage de la Fregate la Venus. . . [Planche 7].
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...
Date: Paris, 1833
![Voy. de la Coquille.. [Planche 10].](/uploads/cache/14139-250x250.jpg)
Voy. de la Coquille.. [Planche 10].
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...
Date: Paris, 1833
![Voyage de la Fregate la Venus.. [Planche 6].](/uploads/cache/14141-250x250.jpg)
Voyage de la Fregate la Venus.. [Planche 6].
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...
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: Paris, 1833
Primo saignare, deinde purgare, postea clysterium donare.
"Primo saignare, deinde purgare, postea clysterium donare. D'abord saigner, ensuite purger, postérieurement seringuer." (Louis-Philippe et le Postillon blessé...
- $1750 / ≈ €1511
Date: Paris, 1833
Primo saignare, deinde purgare, postea clysterium donare.
"Primo saignare, deinde purgare, postea clysterium donare. D'abord saigner, ensuite purger, postérieurement seringuer." (Louis-Philippe et le Postillon blessé...
Date: Paris, 1833
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...
- $1000 / ≈ €863
Date: Paris, August 1, 1833
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...
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: Paris, La Caricature, November 20, 1833
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...
- $1200 / ≈ €1036
Date: Paris, August 1, 1833
Ce jeu n'a duré que trois jours. (Plate 440 in la Caricature).
Two people are holding models representing the republic. The caption says: "Political dummies. This game only lasted three days".After the July Revolution and t...
Date: Paris, La Caricature, November 20, 1834
Yeux noirs, front haut, teint brun, barbe, favoris...c'est bon! ...on te reconnaîtra, mon gaillard. (from La Caricature, Plate 391)
A man is sick and lying down on a bed while a doctor is examining him. This print most likely refers to the uprising in Lyon and Paris of April 9 to 14, 1834 and shows a ...
Date: Paris, 1834
Les honneurs du Panthéon . . . . (Plate 433 from La Caricature.)
On the front wall is written: "To the great men and women, our country is grateful". This lithograph shows people hanging in front of the Panthéon, and may be ...
Date: Paris, October 23, 1834
Le Triomphateur. (Plate 449 in La Caricature)
Thiers is being appointed Minister of the Interior and was elected in 1834 to the French Academy (therefore the oversize goose feather). This represents the victory of Th...
Date: Paris, December 18, 1834
Le beau commandant general des cannonniers hydrauliques.
[The beautiful general commander of the hydraulic gunners] A political lithograph showing a French officer ready to 'load' a cannon mounted clyster from a castle top. A b...
Date: Paris, 1834
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...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, La Caricature, November 20, 1834
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...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Paris, Le Charivari, January 26, 1834
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...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Paris, La Caricature, November 20, 1834
Paris fashion plate. (1213)
From Mode de Paris. Petit Courrier des Dames.. Underneath the print are the names of the shops where the clothing's, perfumes, porcelains, flowers, etc., depicted in the ...
Date: Paris 1835
Athéniens prenez garde à Philippe ! (Démosthènes aux Athéniens). (Plate 454 in La Caricature)
A comedian dressed in a toga is warning the audience to beware of King Louis-Philip. The allusion is to Demosthenes (384-322 B.C.) warning the Athenians of the upcoming d...
Date: Paris, January 8, 1835
Avant poste.
Early lithography after François Grenier (1793–1867) and printed at lithographic printing shop of Charles Etienne Pierre Motte (1785-1836), active at rue des Marais, P...
Date: Paris, ca. 1835
Lolo - Phiphi. . .
An uncolored, satirical lithograph by Charles Tilt of Louis-Philippe, depicted as a disreputable travelling salesman carrying his wares. Louis-Philippe was King of the Fr...
Date: Paris, ca 1835
![Portatori d'acqua. Porteurs d'eau. [Water Carriers of Venice]](/uploads/cache/49432-250x250.jpg)
Portatori d'acqua. Porteurs d'eau. [Water Carriers of Venice]
Water Carriers. From a series of lithographs depicting various Venetian trades, published in Venice by Galvani. Subjects include genre figures such as fishmongers, chimne...
Date: Venice, c. 1835
![Venditori du zucca. Vendeurs de courge. [Pumpkin Sellers of Venice]](/uploads/cache/49433-250x250.jpg)
Venditori du zucca. Vendeurs de courge. [Pumpkin Sellers of Venice]
Pumpkin Sellers. From a series of lithographs depicting various Venetian trades, published in Venice by Galvani. Subjects include genre figures such as fishmongers, chimn...
Date: Venice, c. 1835
![Venditrici di latte. Laitières. [Milkmaids of Venice]](/uploads/cache/49429-250x250.jpg)
Venditrici di latte. Laitières. [Milkmaids of Venice]
Milkmaids. From a series of lithographs depicting various Venetian trades, published in Venice by Galvani.Subjects include genre figures such as fishmongers, chimney swee...
Date: Venice, c. 1835
![Venditori di pesci (Anguele). Marchands de petite poissons. [Fish Sellers of Venice]](/uploads/cache/49430-250x250.jpg)
Venditori di pesci (Anguele). Marchands de petite poissons. [Fish Sellers of Venice]
Small Fish Sellers. From a series of lithographs depicting various Venetian trades, published in Venice by Galvani. Subjects include genre figures such as fishmongers, ch...
Date: Venice, c. 1835
![Gondolieri privati. Les Gondoliers particuliers. [Private Gondoliers of Venice]](/uploads/cache/49431-250x250.jpg)
Gondolieri privati. Les Gondoliers particuliers. [Private Gondoliers of Venice]
Private Gondoliers. From a series of lithographs depicting various Venetian trades, published in Venice by Galvani. Subjects include genre figures such as fishmongers, ch...
Date: Venice, c. 1835
![Fruttajuoli. Fruittiers. [Fruit Sellers of Venice]](/uploads/cache/49434-250x250.jpg)
Fruttajuoli. Fruittiers. [Fruit Sellers of Venice]
Fruit Sellers. From a series of lithographs depicting various Venetian trades, published in Venice by Galvani.Subjects include genre figures such as fishmongers, chimney ...
Date: Venice, c. 1835
![Carbonaj. Charbonniers. [Charcoal Sellers of Venice]](/uploads/cache/49435-250x250.jpg)
Carbonaj. Charbonniers. [Charcoal Sellers of Venice]
Charcoal Sellers. From a series of lithographs depicting various Venetian trades, published in Venice by Galvani. Subjects include genre figures such as fishmongers, chim...
Date: Venice, c. 1835
Paris fashion plate. (1223)
From Mode de Paris. Petit Courrier des Dames.. Underneath the print are the names of the shops where the clothing's, perfumes, porcelains, flowers, etc., depicted in the ...
Date: Paris 1836
Robert-Macaire renait de ses cendres. Par ma foi! La compagnie . . . (Published in Caricaturana, plate 21)
Second state. Translation in English of text title: Robert Macaire rising from his ashes. By heavens! The company is unlucky! . . . Yesterday I insured my super-glue plan...
Date: Paris, 1838
Messieurs et Dames! Les mines d'argent . . . (Plate 7 from Caricaturana)
Translation in English of text title: Ladies and gentlemen! Silver mines, gold mines, diamond mines are only thin gruel and stale rolls in comparison with coal . . . But ...
Date: Paris, 1838
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...
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: Paris, 21 october 1838
Société du Clystère. Robert Macaire philantrope. Vois-tu Bertrand . . . Caricaturana (Plate 2)
Translation in English of text title: Robert Macaire, philanthropist. You see, Bertrand... We are moralists in actions (play on words: actions means stocks). .... In acti...
Date: Paris, 1838
Croquis d'expression. La maman - Est il gentil à manger son sucre d'orge . . . (Plate 31)
The mother: - Isn't he cute licking his barley sugar candy… one would think a young man of twenty years… He absolutely must become a lawyer!.Lithography published by ...
Date: Paris, 21 10 1838
Forest scene on the Tobihanna Alleghany Mountains.
Original aquatint engraving for Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34 . Engraved by L.Weber. The finest work on American Indian life and the American F...
Date: London/Paris/Coblenz, 1839
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
1) Le Maïpouri. 2) Le Couroucou à Ventre Rouge. ID - à Ventre Jaune.
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 / ≈ €104
Date: Paris, 1838 - 1839
La Ara Rouge. Le Ara Bleu.
Noteworthy bird print from 1839 Furne edition of the Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.Engraved by Pardinel after ...
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: Paris, 1838 - 1839
Tailleur vous me demandez de l'argent, mais je n'en fais pas et je fais des portraits..... prenez ça c'est Mme votre épouse que j'ai faite de souvenir. (Plate 6 from Le Charivari, Scènes grotesques.)
Translation in English of title text: "Tailor, you ask for money, but I am a painter and I don't make money. Here, take this portrait of your wife. I drew it from me...
Date: Paris, November 29, 1839
Soyez donc poli. i.. impertinent!! (Leçon de Civilité puérile et honnète). (Plate 1 from the Charivari, Scènes grotesques)
Translation in English of title text: Be polite, you uneducated flail…(Lesson in juvenile civility and honest courtesy)..The old gentleman is slapping the young boy who...
Date: Paris, June 19, 1839
Le Vaza ou Perroquet noir/ Le Mascarin.
Decorative lithography from a later edition of ,Histoire naturelle, by Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de BUFFON, this great naturalist (1707-88) spent the greater part of h...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Date: Paris, 1840
(Portrait of Joseph-Marie Jacquard).
A rare woven silk portrait of Joseph-Marie Jacquard after Bonnefonds, completed on the Jacquard punched-card loom. Woven by Carquillat in the silk factory of Didier Petit...
Date: France, ca. 1840
Les Metamorphoses du Jour. No.39
A humorous lithograph from the famous French caricaturist J-J. Grandeville. He drew scenes in which individuals with the bodies of men and faces of animals are made to pl...
Date: Paris, ca 1840
![Actualites. [News]](/uploads/cache/46547-250x250.jpg)
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
Mœurs conjugales. Le trépas du caniche. Oh mon Dieu . . . (Plate 28)
Translation in English of title text: The Demise of the Poodle. - Oh my God, my God, is it possible?.... My poor Zozore, my joy, my consolation, I shall never see him aga...
Date: Paris, 30 september 1840
Farce dramatique. Doucement ! Doucement . . . Ne levez pas le rideau, je ne jous pas. . . - (Le Directeur accourant effrayé). Vous plaisantez, mon cher Macaire, vous plaisantez, n'est-ce pas ?. . . (Plate 8 from Robert Macaire.)
Second state. Translation in English of text title: Dramatic farce. - Gently! Gently!? Do not raise the curtain, I am not playing -(the frightened Director rushing toward...
Date: Paris, 1840 - 1841
Robert Macaire. - Hé bien! mon cher directeur, ton affaire marche-t-elle? . . .
Plate from his famous series "Robert Macaire." This print has no plate number.Caption in English: (Robert): Well, well! My dear director… how's business? - (B...
Date: Paris, 1840-1841
Robert Macaire. Règlement de comptes. Monsieur de Macaire . . . (Plate 5).
Translation in English of text title: SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS. – Monsieur de Macaire, allow me to note that I find your accounts amazing. For a spy, who was charged to k...
Date: Paris, 1840-1841
Robert Macaire. Inventaire chez un veuf. Mon Dieu! Messieurs . . . (Plate 9).
Translation in English of text title: Inventory at a widower's. My God, gentlemen, I must really apologize! Since the death of my poor wife I was so much in pain, so much...
Date: Paris, 1840-1841