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Der Beycht Spiegel.
Woodcut showing Moses receiving the ten commandments, and showing the tables to the Jewish people.
Date: Ingolstadt 1420-1450
Selling price: $20
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Portrait of an astronomer.
Incunabula text leaf with in lower right corner charming wood block print of an astronomer with a sphere, pair of dividers, etc. looking at the stars. On verso two 5-line...
Date: c.1480
Selling price: $60
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The crowned Holy Virgin.
Engraving by Albrecht Duerer. Showing the crowned Holy Virgin, within a small mandorla, standing on the crescent moon. On her left arm she is carrying the child Jesus, wh...
Date: Germany, dated 1508
Selling price: $500
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Title page.
Title page to: "Chrysopassus predestinationis....." Edited by J. Eckius and printed in Augsburg, officina Willania 1512/1514. Fullpage woodcut Jacob, crowned by...
Date: Augsburg 1512/1514
Selling price: $95
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Fragmenta passionis dni nostri Jesu Christi.....
Title Page. 5 figures in a medieval gothic interior
Date: Starssburg 1520
Selling price: $10
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Autoritates Aristotelis...
Woodcut of a teacher at his desk, with 4 pupils attending. This same woodcut is also used by Henri Quentell in Cologne for his "Composita Verborum" in 1494. See...
Date: Perhaps Cologne 1529
Selling price: $35
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Annunciation.
Woodcut of the annunciation of the angel to the Holy Virgin.
Date: Germany 1510-1530
Selling price: $40
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King David.
RECTO: An engraving showing king David, who is receiving the messenger telling him king Saul is killed in a battle, and bringing him Saul's crown. Text in Dutch. VERSO: 4...
Date: The Netherlands 1550
Selling price: $10
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The mocking of Christ.
The mocking of Christ. by A. Duerer.(1471-1528) From the "passion" series. B.No.8. 2nd state.Monogrammed at centrebottom AD.On the back is text in 16th.century...
Date: Germany c. 1550
Selling price: $500
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![[ Two knights jousting ].](/uploads/cache/27198-500x500.jpg)
[ Two knights jousting ].
A woodcut of two knights jousting.Jousting is a sport played by two armored combatants mounted on horses. It consists of martial competition between two mounted knights u...
Date: Basle, ca. 1564
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2009
![[medieval banquet.]](/uploads/cache/27203-500x500.jpg)
[medieval banquet.]
RECTO: a woodcut of a medieval banquet.VERSO: a woodcut of a flood in The Netherlands in the year 1420 or 1446.Taken from Sebastian Münster's encyclopedic work, the &quo...
Date: Basle, ca. 1564
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2011
![[Elch Moose]](/uploads/cache/38519-500x500.jpg)
[Elch Moose]
One Latin text page with on recto a wood cut illustration of an Elch Moose (11,5 x 16 cm). From Münster's Cosmographia Universalis.The Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster...
Date: Basle, ca. 1564
Selling price: $15
Sold in 2018
![[Creation of earth]](/uploads/cache/32160-500x500.jpg)
[Creation of earth]
RECTO: A wood block print of visualizing the creation of earth.Text page taken from Sebastian Münster's encyclopedic work, the Cosmographia Universalis. The Cosmographia...
Date: Basle, 1572
Selling price: $247
Sold in 2012
Rhino. On verso elephant.
An early representation of a Rhino.VERSO: an early depiction of an elephant carrying people in a basket.From a French text edition of his Cosmographia , that great compen...
Date: Basle 1580
Selling price: $125
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Abundance.
Engraving, showing allegorically Abundance. signed in right bottom-corner J.BO.
Date: Bologna. 1550-1580
Selling price: $75
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Woodcut showing the Holy Family.
Woodcut showing the holy family, 2nd.state. Signed in topright corner HsP. Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550)
Date: 1550-1580
Selling price: $65
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![[Two knights]](/uploads/cache/14195-500x500.jpg)
[Two knights]
On recto an early representation of two knights (74x155 mm). From a French text edition of his Cosmographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge. With contemp...
Date: Basle 1575-1580
Selling price: $9
Sold in 2015
![[River horse]](/uploads/cache/14199-500x500.jpg)
[River horse]
On verso a presentation of a river horse, a fantastic animal. From a French text edition of his Cosmographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge. In 1575 Seb...
Date: Basle 1575 - 1580
Selling price: $5
Sold in 2015
Portrait of a virgin (Agnes ?)
Etching by Herman Muller, of a seated woman with a palm leaf in her hand as sign of martyrdom, a lamb and part of an anchor in the foreground, probably St.Agnes.Engraved ...
Date: The Netherlands ca. 1585
Selling price: $50
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Aeternum Florida Virtus
Board representing plants and insects.Joris Hoefnagel (Anvers 1542-Vienne 1600) was a painter, illuminator and draughtsman of flowers, fruits, insects, etc. He became the...
Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $200
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![[Panther]](/uploads/cache/32586-500x500.jpg)
[Panther]
On verso an early wood block printed depicting of a panther. Engraved by Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (1525 - 1571) with his monogram.Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch was a painter, d...
Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2013
![Stoliditas struthionis [Ostrich]](/uploads/cache/32592-500x500.jpg)
Stoliditas struthionis [Ostrich]
On verso an early depiction of a ostrich .From a German text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.Read more [+]
Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $10
Sold in 2014
Apotheosis d. Isabellae Clarae Eugeniae.
Architectural frontage after design by P.P.Rubens. Engraved and published by Ta Thul.
Date: Antwerp, c.1590
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2009
Canons.
On recto an early representation of a siege of a town with canons: To the right a presentation of the devil with a monk. (Print : 70x96 mm). With the initial DK David Kan...
Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $10
Sold in 2011
[Costumes of Schwaben)
On recto an early scene showing the costumes of the people of Schwaben. (Print : 95x135 mm).The second scene shows a couple ragging wool. From a Latin text edition of his...
Date: Basle 1550-1590
Selling price: $10
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Nigra Sylva olim pars Herciniae Sylvae.
On recto an early scene showing the Foret Noire with different animals (a wolf, dear, bear, etc. (Print : 77x150 mm).From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that gr...
Date: Basle 1550-1590
Selling price: $25
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Lapis polaris magnes.
This is a plate from a series of twenty prints illustrating new inventions and discoveries (Nova Reperta) after Jan van der Straet. Plated numbered 2. Lettered in margin,...
Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, c. 1590
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2018
Hyacum et lues venera
This is a plate from a series of twenty prints illustrating new inventions and discoveries (Nova Reperta) after Jan van der Straet. Plated numbered 6. Lettered in margin,...
Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, c. 1590
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2018
Distillatio.
This is a plate from a series of twenty prints illustrating new inventions and discoveries (Nova Reperta) after Jan van der Straet. Plated numbered 7. Lettered in margin,...
Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, c. 1590
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2018
![[Vates Sibyllinae]](/uploads/cache/32587-500x500.jpg)
[Vates Sibyllinae]
On recto an early birds-eye view of three graces.From a German text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $10
Sold in 2015
![[Crocodile]](/uploads/cache/32589-500x500.jpg)
[Crocodile]
On recto a crocodile and on verso an early birds-eye Alexandria in Egypt.From a German text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $10
Sold in 2015
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 / ≈ €276
Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1596
Faber marinus, Halee, Gabio, Acipenser Zeelandicus. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Depiction of Faber marinus, Halee, Gabio, Acipenser Zeelandicus. Set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 8. The engra...
Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2023
Alosa, Acipenser, Manula, Apua cobitis, (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Depiction of Alosa, Acipenser, Manula, Apua cobitis, set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 10. The engraving is cop...
Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Selling price: $150
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Asellus, Cancellus, Asellus mollis. (Piscium Vivæ Icones - Fish)
Depiction of Asellus, Cancellus, Asellus mollis. Fish set against a mountainous landscape in the manner of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Plate number 13. The engraving is co...
Date: Antwerp, after 1598
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2017
(12 Month's of the year)
Complete set of the 12 month's after Joan Anthony de Pauli (Giovanni Antonio de Paoli, c. 1589-1630) and etched by Antonio Tempesta, also called il Tempestino, (1555 – ...
Date: Rome, 1599
Selling price: $1400
Sold in 2020
![[set of 4] Terra; Aer; Ignis; Aqua;](/uploads/cache/82269-500x500.jpg)
[set of 4] Terra; Aer; Ignis; Aqua;
Very rare set of engravings illustrating the Four Elements. Published in Paris by Thomas de Leu after Johan Sadeler and Maarten de Vos. Thomas de Leu (or Leeuw, 1560-1612...
Date: Paris, ca. 1600
Selling price: $400
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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.
- $750 / ≈ €690
Date: Antwerp, 1570 - 1600
The third Dutch artic voyage by W.Barentsz.
These famous and desirable scene is engraved by de Bry depicting a scene during the third Dutch arctic voyage in order to find the north-east passage to India.Despite the...
Date: Frankfurt, 1601
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2018
Perspective print after Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving after Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vries (ca.1527-1604), a famous Dutch architect and draughtsman, known in the Low Countries as "The king of architects&q...
Date: Antwerp, c. 1562 - 1601
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2016
The third Dutch artic voyage by W.Barentsz.
Desirable scene during the third Dutch arctic voyage in order to find the north-east passage to India.Barentsz made three voyages (1594, 1595, 1596-1597) in search of the...
Date: Frankfurt, 1601
Selling price: $120
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Perspective print after Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving after Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vries (ca.1527-1604), a famous Dutch architect and draughtsman, known in the Low Countries as 'The king of architects'. Born...
Date: Antwerp, c. 1562 - 1601
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2020
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague, 1604
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2009
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague, 1604
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2015
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague, 1604
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2010
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague, 1604
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2010
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague, 1604
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2010
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague, 1604
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2012
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague, 1604
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2012
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague, 1604
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2016
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague, 1604
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2023
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Page from "Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.). by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vr...
Date: Leiden 1604
Selling price: $80
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![[ Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. ]](/uploads/cache/17311-500x500.jpg)
[ Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. ]
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague, 1604
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2009
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague, 1604
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2009
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague, 1604
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2009
![[ Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries ]](/uploads/cache/17320-500x500.jpg)
[ Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries ]
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague, 1604
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2009
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague 1604
Selling price: $100
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Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague 1604
Selling price: $80
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Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 46.
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...
Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2019
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague, 1605
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2010
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 28.
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...
Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2019
![[Portrait of Ian Vredeman De Vries]](/uploads/cache/44993-500x500.jpg)
[Portrait of Ian Vredeman De Vries]
Portrait of Ian Vredeman De Vries (20x12,5cm) with French text.. Johannes Vredeman de Vries (ca.1527-1604), was a famous Dutch architect and draughtsman, known in the Low...
Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Selling price: $25
Sold in 2019
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 45.
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...
Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2020
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 33 / 34.
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
Selling price: $10
Sold in 2023
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 35.
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
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2020
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 41.
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
Selling price: $60
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Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 44.
Engraving from Perspective, c'est a dire, le triregnum art du poinct oculaire d'une veue dedans ou travers regardante, estant sur une muraille unie, sur un tableau, ou su...
Date: The Hague, 1604 - 1605
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2020
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 36.
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
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2020
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. I
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
Selling price: $9
Sold in 2023
Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague 1605
Selling price: $40
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Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries.
Engraving from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vrie...
Date: The Hague 1605
Selling price: $80
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Perspective print by Vredeman de Vries. 5
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. 7
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
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2016
![Ambivi.. Victoria.. [The ship victoria of Magellean]](/uploads/cache/15656-500x500.jpg)
Ambivi.. Victoria.. [The ship victoria of Magellean]
A print representing a the ship Victoria by Magellean, crossing the Pacific Ocean.
Date: Amsterdam 1606
Selling price: $120
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![Corinthia. [ Perspective print after J. Vredeman de Vries.]](/uploads/cache/26437-500x500.jpg)
Corinthia. [ Perspective print after J. Vredeman de Vries.]
Engraving depicting the Corinthian column in context. From Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruc...
Date: The Hague, 1606
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2020
![[Perspective and a corinthian column].](/uploads/cache/26443-500x500.jpg)
[Perspective and a corinthian column].
Engraving depicting the corinthian column in context. Print after J. Vredeman de Vries. From Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corint...
Date: The Hague, 1606
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2020
![Composita. [ Perspective print after J. Vredeman de Vries. ]](/uploads/cache/26444-500x500.jpg)
Composita. [ Perspective print after J. Vredeman de Vries. ]
Engraving depicting the corinthian column in context. From Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruc...
Date: The Hague, 1606
Selling price: $140
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![[Perspective print after J. Vredeman de Vries].](/uploads/cache/26446-500x500.jpg)
[Perspective print after J. Vredeman de Vries].
Engraving depicting the use of the vanishing points. From Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruct...
Date: The Hague, 1606
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2009
![[Perspective print after J. Vredeman de Vries].](/uploads/cache/26447-500x500.jpg)
[Perspective print after J. Vredeman de Vries].
Engraving depicting the use of the vanishing points. From Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruct...
Date: The Hague, 1606
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2008
De Grandibus Adeo et Vastis Cancris. (Giant crabs)
Dutch attacked by giant crabs.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the time of ...
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2022