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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 / ≈ €260
Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1596
The bird called 'Eeme' and other creatures of India.
Especially on the island of Java and in India, a strange bird called an 'Eeme' is found. It is almost as large as an ostrich with strong and sturdy legs, but it has no to...
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...
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 / ≈ €173
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
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
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
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 / ≈ €173
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 / ≈ €173
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 / ≈ €173
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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.
Date: Antwerp, 1570 - 1600
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 / ≈ €130
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 / ≈ €130
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 / ≈ €130
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 / ≈ €130
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 ...
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 / ≈ €130
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 / ≈ €130
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 / ≈ €130
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 / ≈ €130
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 / ≈ €130
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 / ≈ €151
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 / ≈ €151
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 / ≈ €151
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 / ≈ €151
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 / ≈ €151
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 / ≈ €151
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 / ≈ €151
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 / ≈ €87
Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
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 ...
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 / ≈ €87
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 / ≈ €130
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 / ≈ €130
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 / ≈ €130
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 / ≈ €108
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 / ≈ €99
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 / ≈ €99
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 / ≈ €130
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 / ≈ €87
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...
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...
Date: The Hague, 1606
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[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...
Date: The Hague, 1606
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[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 / ≈ €65
Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
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[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 / ≈ €65
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. ...
Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
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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 / ≈ €216
Date: Paris 1629
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[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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
Date: Rome, 1660
(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)...
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), ...
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
(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
(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
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 / ≈ €69
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...
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
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
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
Lessive de la Trappe. 15
Print showing the laundry of the abbey of Trappe. From a series of 19 prints, "Les travaux et les jours de la Trappe", illustrates the life of the Trappists, th...
Date: Paris, ca. 1700
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[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...
Date: Augsburg, 1700
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....
Date: Augsburg, 1700
La boulangerie de la Trappe. 9
Print showing the bakery in Trappe. From a series of 19 prints, "Les travaux et les jours de la Trappe", illustrates the life of the Trappists, their manual act...
Date: Paris, ca. 1700
Vendange des religieux. 14
Print showing the vendange by the religious of the abbey of Trappe. From a series of 19 prints, "Les travaux et les jours de la Trappe", illustrates the life of...
Date: Paris, ca. 1700
Cuisine de la Trappe. 12
Print showing the kitchen of the religious of the abbey of Trappe. From a series of 19 prints, "Les travaux et les jours de la Trappe", illustrates the life of ...
Date: Paris, ca. 1700
Travail des mains. 11
Print showing the manual labor of the religious of the abbey of Trappe. From a series of 19 prints, "Les travaux et les jours de la Trappe", illustrates the lif...
Date: Paris, ca. 1700
Menuiserie de la Trappe. 10
Print showing the carpentry of Trappe. From a series of 19 prints, "Les travaux et les jours de la Trappe", illustrates the life of the Trappists, their manual ...
Date: Paris, ca. 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
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 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, 1700 - 1707
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 / ≈ €173
Date: Rome, Francesco Gonzaga, 1714
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 / ≈ €173
Date: Rome, Francesco Gonzaga, 1714