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Balaena ramis adigitur ad Navim / La baleine est rame en Navire.
A so called optical print of the Greenland Whale Fishery with polar bears in foreground. Bilingual title in Latin and French.
- $400 / ≈ €347
Place & Date: Italy, c. 1780
Navigacio super Glaciem / La navigation sur la glace.
A so called optical print of the Greenland Whale Fishery with polar bears in foreground. Bilingual title in Latin and French.
- $400 / ≈ €347
Place & Date: Italy, c. 1780
Le Basset à jambes droites.
A charming plate from "Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière," Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Buffon's magnum opus and "the most celebrate...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1749-1783
Le Braque.
A charming plate from "Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière," Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Buffon's magnum opus and "the most celebrate...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1749-1783
![Le Palmiste [Pl. 121]](/uploads/cache/21920-250x250.jpg)
Le Palmiste [Pl. 121]
A charming plate from "Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière," Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Buffon's magnum opus and "the most celebrate...
Place & Date: Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1749-1783
Les Navires des anciens, considérés par rapport à leurs voiles et à l'usage qu'on en pourroit faire dans notre marine, ouvrage servant de suite à celui qui a pour titre ela Marine ...
First edition. The book is giving a description of the different ship types of all parts of the world from its early times till present (1780). Illustrated with 3 folding...
- $900 / ≈ €781
Place & Date: Paris, Nyon, 1783
Red Flamingo.
Original hand-colored copper engraving representing a Red Flamingo from General Synopsis of Birds by John A. Latham (1740-1837) who was the prominent ornithologist of his...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: London 1781-1785
Bengal. Vulture, N.° 16.
Original hand-colored copper engraving representing a Bengal Vulture from General Synopsis of Birds by John A. Latham (1740-1837) who was the prominent ornithologist of h...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Place & Date: London, 1781-1785
Green Partridge.
Original hand-colored copper engraving representing a Green Partridge from General Synopsis of Birds by John A. Latham (1740-1837) who was the prominent ornithologist of ...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: London 1781-1785
Hackled Partridge.
Original hand-colored copper engraving representing a Hackled Partridge from General Synopsis of Birds by John A. Latham (1740-1837) who was the pre?eminent ornithologist...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: London, 1781-1785
Le Rachat de l'Esclave.
With a dedication to Monseigneur Anne Robert Jacques Turgot Ministre d'Etat, Controlleur Général des Finances. Engraved by J. Aliamet (1726-1788) after Nicolaes Pieters...
- $300 / ≈ €260
Place & Date: Paris, Aliamet, ca. 1785
Embarquement de vivres.
With a dedication to Monseigneur le Comte de Saint Florentin Commandeur des Ordres du Roy. Engraved by Jac. Philippe Le Bas, who was also engraver for "Cabinet du Ro...
- $500 / ≈ €434
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1785
Loi relative à l'exercice de la pharmacie, et à la vente et distribution des drogues et médicamens. Donnée à Paris, le 17 avril 1791.
Decree of the National Assembly of April 17, 1791 concerning the practice of pharmacy. Published in Saintes (Fait à Saintes le 13 mai 1791) by P. Toussaint, printer of t...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Saintes, P. Toussaint, 1791
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[Lot of 8 broad sheets] Campaign indemnities granted to pharmacy students in ambulant hospitals.
Eight campaign indemnities granted to pharmacy students in ambulant hospitals during the French Revolution and the Wars of Vendée. L’Armée des Côtes de La Rochelle (...
- $400 / ≈ €347
Place & Date: Niort, 1793
No title: training a horse.
After a design by Silva.
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Italy, c. 1800
Campanule gantelée. - Campanule trachaelium L.
Bouquet of poppy flowers, engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'a...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Mauve alcée. Malva alcea L.
Greater musk-mallow, stipple engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Seringat odorant - Philadelphus coronarius L.
Sweet Mock-Orange, English Dogwood engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dess...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Souci des Jardins. Calendula Officinalis. L.
The Common Marigold, engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'aprè...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
(Interior scene)
Lively interior scene with the men sitting together and drinking around a table whilst the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cooking. Engrav...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1800
Le Go-Ruck.
An attractive representation of a bird by François Levaillant publisher in Paris 1801 in Histoire naturelle d'une partie d'oiseaux nouveaux et rares de l'Amérique et de...
Place & Date: Paris 1801
Le S. a Cinture Marron.
An attractive representation of a bird by François Levaillant publisher in Paris 1801 in Histoire naturelle d'une partie d'oiseaux nouveaux et rares de l'Amérique et de...
Place & Date: Paris 1801
La Méesange Brune Male. La Méesange Grise. . .
Very decorative plate from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique, published by Delachaussée. Levaillant's interest in natural history led him to explore Africa as the...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Paris, 1801
L'Acoli.
Very decorative plate from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique, published by Delachaussée. Levaillant's interest in natural history led him to explore Africa as the...
- $230 / ≈ €200
Place & Date: Paris, 1801
L'Heoro-taire brun. Pl.65.
A very rare print of a humming bird from Histoire naturelle et générale des colibris, oiseaux-mouches, jacamars et promerops, by Jean Baptiste Audebert. Before his deat...
- $230 / ≈ €200
Place & Date: Paris, 1800-1802
Le G. G. Noir et Bleu.
A very rare print of a humming bird from Histoire naturelle et générale des colibris, oiseaux-mouches, jacamars et promerops, by Jean Baptiste Audebert. Before his deat...
- $230 / ≈ €200
Place & Date: Paris, 1800-1802
Le Neghôbàrra. Pl.64
A very rare print of a bird from Histoire naturelle et générale des colibris, oiseaux-mouches, jacamars et promerops , by Jean Baptiste Audebert. Before his death Audeb...
- $230 / ≈ €200
Place & Date: Paris, 1800-1802
Paysan & Paysanne d'Hanas en Boheme.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus'. Engraved by Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an et...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Paris,1805
![[Butterflies]](/uploads/cache/25584-250x250.jpg)
[Butterflies]
Plate CXXIV from Carl Gustav Jablonsky and J.F.W. Herbst: "Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten", engraved by Bodenehr. Carl Gustav Jablo...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: Berlin, J. Pauli, 1785-1806
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[Butterflies]
Plate CLXXXIII from Carl Gustav Jablonsky and J.F.W. Herbst: "Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten", engraved by Bodenehr. Carl Gustav Ja...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: Berlin, J. Pauli, 1785-1806
![[Butterflies]](/uploads/cache/25586-250x250.jpg)
[Butterflies]
Plate CXCVIII from Carl Gustav Jablonsky and J.F.W. Herbst: "Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten", engraved by Bodenehr. Carl Gustav Jab...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: Berlin, J. Pauli, 1785-1806
Homme & Femme Ottawas.
Hand-colored mezzotint of Native Americans engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, drawer and writer, Grasse...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Femme Mordivine.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of a Mordvinian woman from Ural region dressed in native garb, engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de...
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Femme de Barabinze.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of a woman from Barabinze, engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, drawer ...
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Bagnan de Moka.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of a Banyan costume in Mocha, Yemen engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher...
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Homme Kouritien.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of a Siberian man dressed in native garb, engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an ...
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Kabardinienne.
Originally hand-colored costume mezzotint of a Kabardian woman from the Northwest Caucasus, engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Sain...
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Femme Tattare de Kazan.
Originally hand-colored costume mezzotint of a Kazakhstan women engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, draw...
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Homme nord est de l'Asie.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of Native Americans engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, drawer and wri...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
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Fille Mordwine en habits de nôces [together with] Fille Mordwine.
Set of two originally hand-colored mezzotints of Native Russians engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, dra...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
![Femme Baschkir [together with] Homme Baschkir.](/uploads/cache/36933-250x250.jpg)
Femme Baschkir [together with] Homme Baschkir.
Set of two originally hand-colored mezzotints of Native Russians engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, dra...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
![Kirguise [together with] Fille Fatar Kastchintz.](/uploads/cache/36937-250x250.jpg)
Kirguise [together with] Fille Fatar Kastchintz.
Set of two originally hand-colored mezzotints of Native Russians engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, dra...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
![Homme de Tobolsk [together with] Femme Fatar Tobolsk.](/uploads/cache/36939-250x250.jpg)
Homme de Tobolsk [together with] Femme Fatar Tobolsk.
Set of two originally hand-colored mezzotints of Native Russians engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, dra...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Femme d'Ausbourg.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus'. After Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur. As an etcher, drawer and writer, Gras...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Paris,1806
Homme Kouritien.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of Siberian man dressed in native garb engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etc...
- $25 / ≈ €22
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Homme Tschoukotske.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of a man from Tschukotka, Syberia engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As an etcher, ...
- $25 / ≈ €22
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Femme Kamls chadalle.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint of native woman from Kams, Siberia, Russland engraved by Félix Mixelle and Lachaussée Jeune after Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur.As ...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Femme Tschermifse.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus'. Originally hand-colored mezzotint of Native Americans engraved by Félix Mixe...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Femme Touralinze.
Originally hand-colored mezzotint from 'Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus'. Originally hand-colored mezzotint of Native Americans engraved by Félix Mixe...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Paris,1801-1806
Le Figuier Tcheric.
Very decorative plate from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique , published by Delachaussée. Levaillant's interest in natural history led him to explore Africa as th...
- $180 / ≈ €156
Place & Date: Paris 1796-1808
La Chouette a Aigrette Blanche.
Very decorative plate from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique , published by Delachaussée. Levaillant's interest in natural history led him to explore Africa as th...
- $120 / ≈ €104
Place & Date: Paris, 1796-1808
Le Capolier. Fig. 1 Le Mâle. La Queue Gazée Fif. 2. Planche 130.
Very decorative plate from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique , published by Delachaussée. Levaillant's interest in natural history led him to explore Africa as th...
Place & Date: Paris, 1796-1808
La Mésange noir. Fig.1 Le Mâle. Fig.2. La Femelle. Planche 137.
Very decorative plate from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique , published by Delachaussée. Levaillant's interest in natural history led him to explore Africa as th...
Place & Date: Paris, 1796-1808
1. L'Ecorcheur mâle. 2. Femelle. Planche 64.
Very decorative plate from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique , published by Delachaussée. Levaillant's interest in natural history led him to explore Africa as th...
Place & Date: Paris, 1796-1808
Le Grivetin mâle fig. 1. La Femelle fig. 2. Planche 118.
Very decorative plate from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique , published by Delachaussée. Levaillant's interest in natural history led him to explore Africa as ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1796-1808
Cavia Aguti - L'Agouti - Tiers de la grandeur. (Cavia)
Fine illustration of two cavia's, from the book "Illustrations de La Ménagerie du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle" or "The Menagerie of the National...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Paris, 1808
Hannetons. (Beetels)
Fine illustration of 12 beetles, from the book "Illustrations de La Ménagerie du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle" or "The Menagerie of the National ...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Paris, 1808
Capra Aegagrus, Le Paseng ou Bouc sauvage, Septieme de la Grandeur. (Wild goat)
Fine illustration of a Wild goats, from the book "Illustrations de La Ménagerie du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle" or "The Menagerie of the Nationa...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & Date: Paris, 1808
Manège, La Galop uni à gauche et le faux à gauche. (PL IV)
Copperplate engraving of horses by Robert Bénard (1734, Paris – 1777) taken from Encyclopédie de Diderot et d'Alembert.
- $60 / ≈ €52
Place & Date: Paris, 1808
Antilope Bubalis - Le Bubale - Sisieme de la grandeur. (Antilope)
Fine illustration of an Antilope, from the book "Illustrations de La Ménagerie du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle" or "The Menagerie of the National...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Paris, 1808
Mellon Scarlet fresh Rock.
Color aquatint and stipple engraved plate of fruits by George Brookshaw (1751-1823) from his "Pomona Britannica; or, a Collection of the most esteemed fruits at pres...
Place & Date: London, Bensley and son, 1817
Anti-dandy infantry triumphant or the velocipede cavalry unhobby'd. (pl 353)
Scene on a high-road passing through a village. Those who see their livelihood threatened by mechanical transport attack the riders of velocipedes. In the foreground a di...
Place & Date: London, 1819
K.K. Österreichischer Platz Offizier und Stabs-Feld Arzt.
Rare hand-colored lithograph published in the work on the Austrian Military "Bildliche Darstellung der K. K. Österreichischen Armee". Figurs a military medical...
- $70 / ≈ €61
Place & Date: Vienna, c. 1820
La vie d'un soldat, équipement militaire du jeune Grivet.
Early lithography after a painting of Joseph Claude Vernet (1714-1789).Lithographed by François-Séraphin Delpech (1778 – 25 April 1825) who was a French artist and li...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1820
1795 (Lithography showing a group of wounded Napoleonic solders)
Group of wounded Napoleonic solders being treated by an army med, after Carle Vernet (1758 - 1836) and lithographed by François-Sérafin Delpech (1778-1825)
- $45 / ≈ €39
Place & Date: Paris, 1820
Napoleonic solder's.
Group of Napoleonic solder's with standard and drums after Carle Vernet (1758 - 1836) and lithographed by François-Sérafin Delpech (1778-1825)
- $45 / ≈ €39
Place & Date: Paris, 1820
Musee Grotesque No. 56
A charming and delightful hand colored etchings in the grand French style of the early nineteenth century. With title Maudits Bonbons ! (Damn Candies!) An infant is seen ...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: Paris ca 1816-1820
Mégapode la Pérouse. (33.)
Bird print taken from "Voyage autour du Monde... Zoologie" by Jean R.C. Quoy and Joseph P. Gaimard. The plate is engraved by Coutant after a design by P.Oudart.
Place & Date: Paris, Langlois, 1824
Mégapode Freycinet. (32.)
Bird print taken from "Voyage autour du Monde... Zoologie" by Jean R.C. Quoy and Joseph P. Gaimard. The plate is engraved by Coutant after a design by A.Prévos...
Place & Date: Paris, Langlois, 1824
The Black Draught. (after Michael William Sharp).
Mezzotint by Henry Edward Dawe (Kentish Town 1790 - Windsor 1848) after a painting of Michael William Sharp (1776? – 1840). Showing a man seated beside table, inclined ...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Place & Date: London, 1824
![Phisique. Thermobatomètre ou Appareil pour mesurer la température de la mer a de grandes profondeurs. [plate XL]](/uploads/cache/46361-250x250.jpg)
Phisique. Thermobatomètre ou Appareil pour mesurer la température de la mer a de grandes profondeurs. [plate XL]
Plate illustrating a thermobarometer, or apparatus for measuring the temperature of the sea at great depths, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François...
- $100 / ≈ €87
Place & Date: Paris, 1824
Kaempferia longa.
"Copperplate finished by hand, from ""Herbier général de l'amateur, contenant la description, l'histoire, les propriétés et la culture des végétaux u...
Place & Date: Paris, 1814-1827
![[ Tartars ].](/uploads/cache/25836-250x250.jpg)
[ Tartars ].
Aquatint depicts a group of Taguri Tartars of the Crimea in traditional attire, engraved by D.K. Bonatti, after drawings by G.Gattina. Plate N° 45 From Giulio Ferrari...
- $45 / ≈ €39
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Sumatra plants ].](/uploads/cache/25837-250x250.jpg)
[Sumatra plants ].
Aquatint depicting coffee, pepper et other plants in Sumatra. Plate N° 46.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la mil...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Place & 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
Place & 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
Place & Date: Paris, 1814-1827
![[ 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
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
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 / ≈ €87
Place & 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 / ≈ €130
Place & Date: Paris after 1829
Apple (Plate 84)
Copper etching by J. Watts after Withers and published by Ridgway in London. Dated 1829.
Place & Date: London, 1829