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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 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1596
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 / ≈ €175
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 / ≈ €175
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 / ≈ €175
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 / ≈ €175
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 / ≈ €175
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 / ≈ €329
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 / ≈ €241
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1598
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 / ≈ €131
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 / ≈ €110
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 / ≈ €88
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 / ≈ €153
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 / ≈ €153
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 / ≈ €153
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 / ≈ €153
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 / ≈ €153
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 / ≈ €153
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 / ≈ €153
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 / ≈ €88
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 / ≈ €131
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 / ≈ €131
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 / ≈ €131
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 / ≈ €131
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 / ≈ €131
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 / ≈ €131
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 / ≈ €131
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 / ≈ €131
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 / ≈ €131
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. 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 / ≈ €131
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 / ≈ €88
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 / ≈ €131
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 / ≈ €131
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 / ≈ €101
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 / ≈ €101
Place & Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
[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 / ≈ €66
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 / ≈ €66
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. ...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
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. ...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
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. ...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
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. ...
- $100 / ≈ €88
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 / ≈ €219
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...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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
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 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
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 / ≈ €175
Place & Date: Paris, 1700 - 1707
Anatomical print. TAB. XXXII.
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, t...
Place & Date: Rome, Francesco Gonzaga, 1714
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2013
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 / ≈ €175
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 / ≈ €175
Place & Date: Rome, Francesco Gonzaga, 1714
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 / ≈ €1051
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
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 / ≈ €66
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 / ≈ €569
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 / ≈ €22
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720-1732
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 / ≈ €79
Place & 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 / ≈ €79
Place & 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 / ≈ €79
Place & 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 / ≈ €79
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1740
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...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1750
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...
Place & 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 ...
Place & Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
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...
Place & 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...
Place & 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...
Place & 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...
Place & Date: Florence, Bouchard, 1754
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 / ≈ €219
Place & Date: Paris 1760
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...
Place & Date: Paris, 1760
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020
[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 / ≈ €53
Place & 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...
- $200 / ≈ €175
Place & Date: Paris, 1767
[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
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1774
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...
Place & Date: Rome, 1772-1777
Chirurgie, plate XIV.
Showing medical bondage from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier. Very important work as it is giving an invento...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Paris, 1779
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 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Paris 1779
Chirurgie, plate II.
Showing medical instruments and bondage from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier. Very important work as it is ...
- $80 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris 1779
Chirurgie, plate XXXII
Showing medical 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 invent...
- $80 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris 1779
108e. Vaisseaux en pleine Mer.
Optical print of ships in the open sea, by Daumont, who was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the...
- $200 / ≈ €175
Place & Date: Paris, 1780
La Mer Agitée et Naufrage de plusietrs Vassseaux.
So-called optical print illustrating a dramatic rough sea with the wrecking of 3 ships.A so-called optical print by Daumont. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, m...
- $200 / ≈ €175
Place & Date: Paris, 1780
Navigatio Piscatorum in glacie quaerentium Balaenam / La navigation dans la glace, et chercher du Baleine.
A so called optical print of the Greenland Whale Fishery with polar bears in foreground. Bilingual title in Latin and French.
- $400 / ≈ €350
Place & Date: Italy, c. 1780