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Sic capiunt Ibices iaculo, sic cuspide ferri, / Vel canibus, duro aut flammantis turbinis ictu.
A fine early illustration of capturing a mountain goat hunt. In the left foreground, a group of hunters rest, three dead mountain goats lying beside them; to the right, a...
- $300 / ≈ €256
Place & Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1596
The bird called 'Eeme' and other creatures of India.
Especially on the island of Java and in India, is found a strange bird, called an 'Eeme'. It is almost as large as an ostrich with strong and sturdy legs but it has no to...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Some of the animals that are found in India.
Although most elephants are found in Ethiopia, there are also many in India too. They are called 'Caffres' by the inhabitants and are slaughtered for their tusks, which t...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Perca, Tinca piscis. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Depiction of Perca, Tinca piscis. Fish types set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 16. The engraving is copied afte...
- $200 / ≈ €171
Place & 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...
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...
Place & 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...
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Pusser, Percainus, Salino. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Salmon and other fish set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 11. The engraving is copied after Adrian Collaert plate...
- $200 / ≈ €171
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Carpio. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Different types of carp, widespread freshwater fish, are set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 9. The engraving is ...
- $200 / ≈ €171
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Anguilla, Congrus, Orbis, Tesludo marina, Tesludo. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Blowfish, turtle, eel, etc. set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 7. The engraving is copied after Adrian Collaert ...
- $200 / ≈ €171
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Cepola, Rosmarus, Adonis, Hirunda. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Depiction of Cepola, Rosmarus, Adonis, Hirunda, set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 5. The engraving is copied af...
- $200 / ≈ €171
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Lampreta, Rayu, Erica, Lira. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Depiction of Lampreta, Rayu, Erica, Lira, set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 4. The engraving is copied after Ad...
- $375 / ≈ €321
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Canis marinus. Cuculus. Silurc (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Two seals and fishes, set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 3. The engraving is copied after Adrian Collaert plate ...
- $275 / ≈ €235
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598
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...
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Geometria, from The Seven Liberal Arts.
A female figure with a castle on her head measures a globe with a compass; representing geometry. Engraving by Johann Sadeler I after M. de Vos.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570 - 1600
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 42.
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 ...
Place & 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 ...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
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 ...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
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 ...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 27.
Engraving from Perspective, c'est a dire, le tres renomme art du poinct oculaire d'une veue dedans ou travers regardante, estant sur une muraille unie, sur un tableau, ou...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 21.
Engraving from Perspective, c'est a dire, le tres renomme art du poinct oculaire d'une veue dedans ou travers regardante, estant sur une muraille unie, sur un tableau, ou...
- $125 / ≈ €107
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 22.
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 ...
- $115 / ≈ €98
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 23.
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 ...
- $115 / ≈ €98
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 32.
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 ...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 26.
Engraving from Perspective, c'est a dire, le tres renomme art du poinct oculaire d'une veue dedans ou travers regardante, estant sur une muraille unie, sur un tableau, ou...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 2
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 / ≈ €150
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 3
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 / ≈ €150
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 4
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 / ≈ €150
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 6
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 / ≈ €150
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 8
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 / ≈ €150
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. (9)
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 / ≈ €150
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 10
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 / ≈ €150
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 43.
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 ...
- $100 / ≈ €85
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 11
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 ...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 12
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 ...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 13.
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 ...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 19.
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 ...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 19.
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 ...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 18.
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 ...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 17.
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 ...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 14.
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 ...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 15.
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 ...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 16.
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Place & Date: The Hague, 1606
[Tropical fruits of Java].
Two text engravings of fruits on Java from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . ....
- $75 / ≈ €64
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Java Fruits].
Text engraving of fruits on Java from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . &qu...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein.. .
Finely executed engraving by Matthäus Merian, taken from "Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein. ...
Place & Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
Figure 40 deuxieme partie. [Hors riding]
This fabulous illustration depict formal movements of equitation for horse riding school movements. The print shows both A.de Pluvinel and the future King at an age of 16...
- $250 / ≈ €214
Place & Date: Paris 1629
[Moose].
Scarce print (150x177mm.) of a Moose on a German text sheet taken from a first edition of Johann Ludwig Gottfried's "Newe Welt Vnd Americanische Historien/ Jnhaltend...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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...
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
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...
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Femme Turque de moyen estat En chambre. (42)
Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Dromedary.
Decorative and early copper engraving showing three dromedaries : Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus libri.The re-edition of the edition of Frankfurt of 1650-53 illustr...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1657
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. ...
Place & Date: Rome, 1660
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...
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...
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
(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...
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
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...
- $80 / ≈ €68
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)...
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
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), ...
Place & 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 Sb...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1690
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...
Place & Date: Rome, 1693
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 ...
Place & 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...
Place & 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'...
Place & 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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1695
Moris Beneficio Comendatus Tabaci usus. Der durch die Mode beliebt gemachteTaback
Copper-plate engraving showing a group of fashionably dressed men and women smoking long-stemmed pipes around a table in front of a garden hedge. "Paulus Decker inv....
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1700
[Concert at time of Handel] Dulcissimum Melos Bona Fama.
Copper-plate engraving of the rehearsal of a chamber cantata by Johann Christoph Steudner, after Paul Decker the elder, in the Handel-Haus, Halle. (Musikgeschichte in Bil...
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...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1700
Le Parterre du Palais Royal.
View of the Palais Royal published by I. Mariette. Etched by Gabriel Pérelle (1603-1677) and included in "Veues des plus beaux bastimens de France". Plates for...
- $200 / ≈ €171
Place & Date: Paris, 1700 - 1707
Anatomical print. TAB. XXXIX.
Decorative and rare full-page anatomical copperplate engraving by Giulio de' Musi after a drawing by Eustachius and Pier Matteo Pini. From Tabulae anatomicae. In 1552 wi...
- $200 / ≈ €171
Place & Date: Rome, Francesco Gonzaga, 1714
Anatomical print. TAB. XXXXIV.
Decorative and rare full-page anatomical copperplate engraving by Giulio de' Musi after a drawing by Eustachius and Pier Matteo Pini. From Tabulae anatomicae. In 1552 wi...
- $200 / ≈ €171
Place & Date: Rome, Francesco Gonzaga, 1714
Recueil de costumes. Imagini degl'abiti con cui Va uestita la Nobiltà della Serenis.ma Republica di Venezia. Suivi de: [Augsburger Kleidertrachten].
Imagini degl'abiti con cui Va uestita la Nobiltà della Serenis.ma Republica di Venezia. Dedicate all'Illmo et Ecc.mo Sig.r Andrea da Leze Degnis.mo Proc.tor di S: Marco....
Place & Date: Venezia, Ragheno, 1702 / Augsbourg, J. Wolff, ca. 1715
Carte des pavillons accompagnée d'observations pour en faire comprendre le blazon et les différentes devises aussy bien que d'une table alphabétique pour les trouver facilement.
A plate of 88 marine flags, including Malta, Turkey, Middelburg, Amsterdam, Portugal, Monaco, Tuscany, China, Nanking, the French Royal flag, the French admiralty flag an...
- $1200 / ≈ €1026
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Description, figure et qualité de l'arbre, du café, avec la manière de le cultiver et d'en cueillir le fruit.
Decorative copperplate engraving showing a coffee tree, plant and fruit, with an lengthy description about its growing process.From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Vue & description de l'Eglise du Saint Sepulchre tant par dehors que dedans . . .
Shows various interiors and exterior views of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique".Henri Abrah...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Architecturae Militaris Synopsis, ... / Vollstaendiger Entwurff der Ingenieur Kunst . . .
Decorative large sheet with elements of different types of fortress architecture and the name of the engineers or military architects: Blondel, Bourdin, Doegen, Borgsdorf...
- $650 / ≈ €556
Place & Date: Augsburg, circa 1730
Carte pour introduire à la chronologie et à trouver les années devant et après Jésus Christ par le moyen des périodes Iulienne, Dionysienne et par les trois cycles comme aussi pour trouver la fête de Pasque. . .
An engraved table showing the years before and after Jesus Christ through the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 – 1743) was a Huguenot pasto...
- $25 / ≈ €21
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720-1732