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Mahomet V. Türkischer Kayser.
Portrait of Mahomet V. son of Mustapha II. succeeded in 1730, on the deposition of his uncle, Achmet III.Mahomet was more respectable for his pacific disposition, than hi...
Date: Germany, c. 1720
Osmann der altiste sohn Achmats der Ersten.
Portrait of Osmann (1605-1622) by Franz Christoph Khevenhiller, from Annales Ferdinandei, oder warhaffte Beschreibung Käysers Ferdinandi des anderen, mildesten Gedächtn...
Date: Leipzig, Weidmann 1721-1726
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[Two dogs]
Print representing two dogs. Number 12 in the lower right corner. From a series of prints showing various dogs.Disciple of Georg Philipp Rugendas I in Augsburg, Johann El...
Date: Augsbourg 1728
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 / ≈ €563
Date: Augsburg, circa 1730
Anna Iwanowna Imperadrice di Russia.
Portrait of Anna Iwanowna (1693 – 1740), was regent of the duchy of Courland from 1711 until 1730 and then ruled as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740.
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: France, ca. 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 / ≈ €22
Date: Amsterdam, 1720-1732
Changer à droite - Changieren rechts - Variatio ad dextram.
Copper engraving from "Neue Reit Schul vorstellend einen vollkommenen Reuter in allen Lectionen". Disciple of Georg Philipp Rugendas I in Augsburg, Johann Elias...
Date: Augsburg, 1734
Augusti. II. Re di Polonia, Ellettore di Sassonia.
Portrait of Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733) of the Albertine line of the House of Wettin was Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I), Imperia...
Date: Venice, 1739
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...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740
Lapides Porcini. Tab CXIII.
Natural history aroused the passion of wealthy collectors in the 17th and 18th centuries. These constitute vast "cabinets of curiosities" and sometimes undertak...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740
Lapides Bezoardici Orientales. Tab CXI.
Natural history aroused the passion of wealthy collectors in the 17th and 18th centuries. These constitute vast "cabinets of curiosities" and sometimes undertak...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740
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...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740
![[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .](/uploads/cache/44363-250x250.jpg)
[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .
Stunning full portrait of the Imperial Geographer of the Holy Roman Empire, Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) who was born in the Bavarian town of Kammlach. Educated at a...
Date: Nuremberg, c.1740
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[Portrait] - Me De Cet Corona se X+I. - Contantia et Fortudine
Portrait of German Emperor Charles VI with his motto "Contantia et Fortudine". Holy Roman Emperor, 1711-1740, and King of Hungary as Charles III (1712-1740). Wi...
Date: Germany, 1740
Vuë de la Cour de l'Empereur de Perse avec le diverses Habillements des Dames du premier Rang designe d'apres Nature par Quilielm Baur et fait en Estampe par François Xav. Habermann.
An optical print of the court of the Persian Emperor. Engraved by F.X. Habermann (1721-1796). The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical prints, establi...
Date: Augsburg, 1750
Vue du Pallais du l'Empereur de Perse avec la Mosquée, ou Eglise a Ispahan.
An optical print of the court of the Persian Emperor. Engraved by F.X. Habermann (1721-1796). The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical prints, establi...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Augsburg, 1750
Vue du serail du grand Mogol, des Indes.
Optical print of a Mogul Palace in India. Probably published by or after Jacques Chereau, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Flaggen aller seefahrenden potenzen und nationen…
A highly decorative and beautiful print with 139 flags of the sea-faring nations, factions, and trading companies. Among the more interesting flags are those of the Dutch...
Date: Nuremberg, 1750
Vue de l Hotel du Lord Maire, qui comprend la Façade, et le Cot' Occidental de Londres.
Shows the famous Lord Mayor's coach driving through London. The Lord Mayor's coach is famous for its role in the Lord Mayor's Show, which is one of the longest establishe...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Augsburg, 1750
Colléges impériaux et magasin des marchandises de l'Orient, à St. Pétersbourg.
Showing a busy scene at the international trading grounds of 18th century Saint Petersburg, showing the warehouses of the different international trading companies. J. Ch...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Nouvelle place de St. Pétersbourg.
Showing a square at 18th century Saint Petersburg. J. Chereau was a publisher of optical prints, established in Paris, rue St.Jacques.In the eighteenth and nineteenth ce...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Arc de Triomphe ou se passe la proscription d'Octave et d'Antoine.
J. Chereau was a publisher of optical prints, established in Paris, rue St.Jacques.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there were many popular specialty establish...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Vue de l'Hotel du Lord Maire, qui comprend.. (London)
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and spec...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Augsburg 1750
Vue de la Maison de Northumberland a Charing Cross. . .
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and spec...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Augsburg 1750
![De Tout Cote Peur. [fear on all sides]](/uploads/cache/46782-250x250.jpg)
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...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Paris, ca 1750
Vue perspective de la prison royale de Madrid en Espagne . . .
So-called optical print of the Royal Prison, now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid. Published by Jacques Chereau, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Vue de la Place de St Marc de Venise du côté du port.
Optical print showing the Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale), San Marco Square, and Saint Mark's Basilica (Basilica di San Marco in Venice, as seen from the waterside. The im...
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Vue perspective du palais episcopal de Westminster.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the old Palace of Westminster where the Lords and Commons met and the square facing it.. Published by Jacques C...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Tschanibei Ally Bassa. Türckischer Gross-Böthschafter um Kayserl.
Engraving by Johann Martin Bernigeroth (1713-1767) showing a full portrait of the Turkish ambassador in Vienna Ally Bassa.
Date: Leipzig, c. 1750
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...
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
Veduta dello Spedale, e della Piazza di S. Maria Nuova.
Lively view of a square in Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (1711or 1717 - 1767) and engraved by B.Sgrilli. From "Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali contrade, piaz...
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
Veduta de' Palazzi de' Sig. March. Corsi e Viviani.
Lively street scene with several palaces in Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (1711or 1717 - 1767) and engraved by Mich. Mariesschi and Vincenzo Francesschini. From "Sc...
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
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 ...
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
Veduta del Palazzo del Sig.re Marchese Strozzi, del Centauro e della Strada che conduce a S. Maria Novella.
Lively view of a square with the Palace of the Marquis Strozzi of Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (1711or 1717 - 1767) and engraved by B.Sgrilli. From "Scelta di XXIV...
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
Veduta della Chiesa e Piazza d'Ognissanti.
Lively view of Piazza Ognissanti in Florence after Giuseppe Zocchi (1711or 1717 - 1767) and engraved by Giuseppe Papini. From "Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali...
Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
A View of the Grand Walk &c in Vauxhall gardens taken from the Entrance. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament..
So-called optical print illustrating Vauxhall gardens.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there were many popular specialty establishments in Paris, Augsburg and ...
Date: London, 1759
Vuë de la Mer au Soleil couchant.
Optical view of a sunset on the seacoast, by Daumont who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, th...
Date: Paris, 1760
Prospect des Rossmarcktes zu Statin - Vue du Marché aux Cheveaux a Stettin.
Rare so-called optical print illustrating the Horse market of Stettin in Poland. Engraved by F. Riedel. The Academie Imperiale was a well-known publisher of optical print...
- $600 / ≈ €519
Date: Augsburg, 1760
Vue des Magasins de la Compagnie des Indes à Pondichéry, de l'Amirauté et de la maison du Gouverneur.
Optical print of the French East India Company's warehouses, the Admiralty and the Governor's House at Pondicherry in Tamil Nadu. Pondicherry, on the Coromandel Coast sou...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Paris, ca 1760
Le Grand Marché de Vienne.
Optical view of the Large Market Square in Vienna by Huquier, a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, t...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris 1760
Vue du Palais du Prince de Liechtenstein à Vienne.
Optical print of the palace of the Price of Liechtenstein in Vienna by Huquier, a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris.In the eighteenth and ninet...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, 1760
A view of the palace plaisans of Reyn Hongres...
So-called optical print of Aranjuez Palace near Madrid, and wrongly described as situated near to Vienna. Publishedby Huquier, a well-known publisher of optical prints, e...
- $125 / ≈ €108
Date: Paris, 1760
Vue perspective de la Place des Peintres ditte Perlach du cote de la Basse Ville a Prague.
A so-called optical print of a square in Prague by Basset, a well-known publisher of optical prints, was established in rue S.Jacques in Paris. With brief key list.In the...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Paris, 1760
15e. Vüe d'Optique Representant Le Profil du Palais de Petersbourg.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of the portico of a Palace in Saint Petersburg. Published by Daumont, a well-known publisher of optical prints, es...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Paris, 1760
Vuë Perspective de l'interieur du superbe Palais du Prince Eugene.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of Prince Eugene of Savoy's palace. After a design of Kleiner.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there we...
- $195 / ≈ €169
Date: Paris, 1760
Vue d'un Feu d'Artifice tiré devant l'Hotel de Ville en réjouissance de la Paix.
Optical view, illustrating a fireworks display in front of the Paris city hall.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishment...
Date: Paris 1760
108e. Vaisseaux en pleine Mer.
Optical print of a fleet, by Daumont who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many pop...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Paris 1760
Naufrage sur les côtes d'Afrique.
So called optical print of a shipwrecking in a storm off the African shores.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular specialty establishments in...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Paris, 1760
Vue perspective d'une rencontre des François avec les Anglois dans la Mediterranée.
Perspective view illustrating a battle between the French and the English fleets by Basset, a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue S. Jacques in Par...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Paris, 1760
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...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, 1760
Vue d'Ausbourg prise de la Cathedrale regardant vers la Porte de la Sainte Vierge.
Charming view of the Cathedral (Dom St. Maria) in Augsburg. In top of the print the title, in mirror image, in manuscript. Published by André Basset, the younger engrave...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Paris, ca 1760
Vue et perspective d'un Jardin du Roy d'Angleterre aux environs de Londres.
So-called optical print of one of the King's Royal Gardens in the London vicinities.Published by the brothers Chéreau, active in Paris at rue St. Jacques au dessus de la...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Paris, 1760
Prospectus Purfleet ad Tamesim in Comitatu Essex Representant le Purfleet sur la Tamise dans le Comté d'Essex. 21e VUE d'Optique.
A so-called optical print of the vessel Purfleet navigating on the River Thames in Essex, England. Published by the brothers Chéreau, active in Paris at rue St. Jacques...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Date: Paris, 1760
Vue de la Partie Sud Est du Château de Windsor avec la Famille Royale sur la Terrasse. Et vue du Palais de la Reine.
A so-called optical print view of the Royal family at the terrace of the South East wing of Windsor Castle as well as the Queen's Palace. Published by the brothers Chére...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, 1760
Universatis ae Reginae Collegiorum prospectus Oxfordiae Représentant le College de l'Université, et celui de la Reine a Oxford. 63 Vue d'optique.
A so-called optical print of Queens College on High Street in Oxford. As most optical prints, due to the fact that they are used to be looked at in a mirror, the subject ...
- $275 / ≈ €238
Date: Paris, 1760
Vue d'une des Maison de Plaisance et d'une partie du Parc du Comte de Burlington du Coté de la Tamise.
A so-called optical print of Burlington County and the River Thames. Published by the brothers Chéreau, active in Paris at rue St. Jacques au dessus de la Fontaine St. S...
- $225 / ≈ €195
Date: Paris, 1760
Prospect der Überbleibssel von altem Rome. - Vue du Reste des Antiquites a Rome.
A rare so-called optical print illustrates Roman Forum, ancient Rome's showpiece center, a grandiose district of marble-clad temples, proud basilicas and vibrant public s...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Augsburg, 1760
Entree du parc du Prince à Manheim.
Perspective view of the Royal Park in Manheim by Basset, a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St.Jacques in Paris. With a brief key list.In the ei...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Paris, 1760
Prospect des grossen Arno Platzes in Florenz.
Rare so-called optical print illustrating a Street scene in Florence with the Palazzo Vecchio (town hall) and its Duomo (cathedral) in the background. Engraved by Balth F...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Augsburg, 1760
Vüe Perspective de la grande Place du Parc St. Jacques à Londres, du nouveau Batiment des Gardes a Cheval, de l'Amirauté..
So-called optical print illustrating a cortege of subjects accompanying the king to the House of Lords along the Horse guards Road in St. James's Park, in London.The Old ...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, 1760
40e Vue d'Optique Representant Le Parc Royal de St. James a Londres.
So-called optical print illustrating a perspective view of Saint James Park, in London.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality estab...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Paris, 1760
The North West Prospect of S. Pauls Cathedral in London.
Uncommon optical print illustrating a view of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments ...
- $275 / ≈ €238
Date: Paris, 1760
Vue de la superbe Gallerie de Petersbourg en Russie.
So-called optical print illustrates a perspective view of the interior of a palace in Saint Petersburg.Mondhare was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established ...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, 1761
Vue perspective de la grande Ceremonie du Couronnement de l'Empereur de la Chine.
So-called optical print illustrating the crowning of the Chinese emperor. It shows the throne at the center.Mondhare was a well-known publisher of optical prints, establi...
- $450 / ≈ €389
Date: Paris, 1761
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[Three butterflies on one sheet]
Beautifully hand colored copper engraving of 3 butter flies on one sheet, from "Beyträge zur Natur- oder Insecten-Geschichte". By the engraver and publisher Ch...
- $60 / ≈ €52
Date: Nuremberg, 1761
Expulsion et Embarquement des Jesuites des Etats d’Espagne, Par Ordre de S.M.C. le 31 Mars 1767
A large and rare print on the subject of the Expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain and its colonies by Charles III.In the wake of France, the Bourbons of Spain and Italy in...
- $400 / ≈ €346
Date: Paris, 1767
![[manuscript plan] Siège de Schweidnitz en Silésie fait par les trouppes Imperial es commandées par Mr. le de Nadasti ...](/uploads/cache/39893-250x250.jpg)
[manuscript plan] Siège de Schweidnitz en Silésie fait par les trouppes Imperial es commandées par Mr. le de Nadasti ...
This fine manuscript shows the layout of the city of Swidnica with its surrounding defence wall, its advanced bastions and suburbs, roads and two nearby villages. In lowe...
- $2750 / ≈ €2380
Date: France, 1769
Vue des Promenades et les Fontaines d'Ispahan.
Carmine was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Augsburg.Isfahan was once one of Central Asia's largest and most important cities, at the crossroads ...
Date: Augsburg 1770
Elevation perspective de la nouvelle place de Petersbourg suivant le projet . . .
Showing a perspective view of the new Palace Square in St. Petersburg. In the 1760s, the Baroque architecture was succeeded by neoclassical architecture.This so-called op...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, ca. 1770
Vue d'optique representant La Douane de Londres sur la Tamise. . .
Showing the Customs office in London seen from the River Thames. Published by Daumont, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in rue St. Jacques in...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Paris, ca. 1770
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[Insects]
Decorative plate from Naauwkeurige waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele insekten of gekorvene diertjes. Engraved by Ludwig Schmidt after Jablonsky. Printed by...
- $40 / ≈ €35
Date: Amsterdam, 1774
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Prospect des Plazes vor dem Rath Haus zu Boston. Vuë de la Rue et de la Maison de Ville a Boston. [together with] Prospect der König[lichen] ...
Two so-called optical prints show a decorative imaginary view of the old state house, built in 1657, which was the center of government for the colony of Massachusetts an...
- $1500 / ≈ €1298
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1776
Une Kabardinienne.
Uncommon copper engraved costume plate from the French translation of Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des Russischen Reichs" (1776), the wor...
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1777
Femme Barabinzoise.
Uncommon copper engraved costume plate from the French translation of Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des Russischen Reichs" (1776), the wor...
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1777
Fille Barabinzoise.
Uncommon copper engraved costume plate from the French translation of Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des Russischen Reichs" (1776), the wor...
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1777
Une Baskirienne.
Uncommon copper engraved costume plate from the French translation of Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des Russischen Reichs" (1776), the wor...
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1777
Une Metcherèke.
Uncommon copper engraved costume plate from the French translation of Johann Gottlieb Georgi "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reichs" (1776), the wor...
Date: St. Petersbourg, C.G. Müller, 1776-1777
Pio Septimo Pont Max. Bonarum artium restitutori ac vindici D.D.D.
Engraving with etching reproducing the upper half of the north wall of the Stanza dell'Incendio in the Vatican. Lettered with artists' names and dedication to Pope Pius V...
Date: Rome, 1772-1777
Ecclesae R.R.M.M. Ord. Servorum (vulgo Cappuccine) super ripam dictam Fondamente Nuove Prospectus litora versus.
Ecclesae [sic] R.R.M.M. Ord. Servorum (vulgo Cappuccine) super ripam dictam Fondamente Nuove Prospectus litora versus". Apud Ludovicum Furlanetto supra Pontem vulgo ...
Date: Venice, c. 1778
Chirurgie, plate XVIII
Showing bondage from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier. Very important work as it is giving an inventory of t...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Date: Paris 1779