Decorative prints

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(Complete 9 Plate set) Miroitier Metteur au Teint.

Complete 9 Plate set ‘Miroitier Metteur au Teint’ ‘Encyclopede du Duictionarnaire Raisonn des Sciences’.Original copper engraving drawn by Lucotte & others, engraved...

Maker: DIDEROT, D. / VAUGONDY, D.R. de
Date: Paris, 1751
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(Complete 5 Plate set) Chaudronnier.

Complete 5 Plate set Chaudronnier ‘Encyclopede du Duictionarnaire Raisonn des Sciences’.Original copper engraving drawn by Dasgerantins & others, engraved by Prevost....

Maker: DIDEROT, D. / VAUGONDY, D.R. de
Date: Paris 1751
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(Complete 9 Plate set of silk dryeing.) Teinturier.

Complete 9 Plate set ‘Teinturier’ from, Diderot's ‘Encyclopede du Duictionarnaire Raisonn des Sciences’ Edited by Denis Diderot. Original copper engraving drawn by Radel,...

Maker: DIDEROT, D. / VAUGONDY, D.R. de
Date: Paris, 1751
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(A set of five plates about optical lens making.) Lunettier.

A set of five plates Lunettier (optical lens maker). From, Diderot's ‘Encyclopede du Duictionarnaire Raisonn des Sciences’.Edited by Denis Diderot.Collection of Plates, o...

Maker: DIDEROT, D. / VAUGONDY, D.R. de
Date: Paris, 1751
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(A set of seven plates about button making in many forms) Boutonnier.

A set of seven plates ‘Boutonnier’ (Button making in many forms), from, Diderot's ‘Encyclopede du Duictionarnaire Raisonn des Sciences’. Edited by Denis Diderot. Collecti...

Maker: DIDEROT, D. / VAUGONDY, D.R. de
Date: Paris 1751
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Sculpture, Fonte des Statues Equestres . . . (PL III)

The plate shows the steps in the casting of massive equestrian statues, one of the staples of public monuments before the twentieth century. As the rule with the plates i...

Maker: DIDEROT, D. / VAUGONDY, D.R. de
Date: Paris, 1751
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Sculpture, Fonte des Statues Equestres . . . (PL IV).

The plate shows the steps in the casting of massive equestrian statues, one of the staples of public monuments before the twentieth century. As the rule with the plates i...

Maker: DIDEROT, D. / VAUGONDY, D.R. de
Date: Paris, 1751
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Figures of the Most Beautiful and Uncommon Plants. . .

Two marvelous hand-colored engravings from this scarce and important botanical book. Scottish botanist Phillip Miller (1691-1771) was the curator at the Chelsea Physic Ga...

Maker: MILLER, P.
Date: London, ca. 1755
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10 Original antique copper engravings For William Maitlands

An attractive set of "The Churches", copperplate prints, engraved by Benjamin Cole, from William Maitland's "History of London" 1753-56. St Swithin Ca...

Maker: Benjamin Cole.
Date: London, 1755
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Histoire Naturelle, Phoques.

An interesting plate showing four types of seal. Probably from a work by Diderot named Encyclopedia oder Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers.

Maker: BENARD, R.
Date: Paris, ca 1756
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La Brebis

Decorative copper engraving from "Histoire naturelle" by Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de BUFFON, this great naturalist (1707-88) spent the greater part of his l...

Maker: BUFFON, G.-L. comte de
Date: Paris 1758
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Obelisco Egizio.

Obelisco Egizio (Egyptian obelisk erected by Pope Sixtus V on the Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano) is a wonderful black and white etching by the master of architectura...

Maker: PIRANESI, G.B.
Date: Rome, 1759
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Vedute di Roma Veduta del Tempio ottangolare di Minerva Medica.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi's 'Veduta del Tempio ottangolane di Minerva Medica'. An original etching from 'Vedute di Roma' by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca 1760. Signed ...

Maker: PIRANESI, G.B.
Date: Paris, ca 1760
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Anamorphose

Copper engraving in original colors, pasted on card board, as issued. This rare (catoptric) anamorphosis, is to be viewed with a cylindrical mirror, placed on the print. ...

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Date: Paris, 1760
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[Four butterflies on one sheet]

Beautifully hand-colored copper engraving of 4 butterflies on one sheet, from "Beyträge zur Natur- oder Insecten-Geschichte." By the engraver and publisher Chri...

Maker: KLEEMANN, F. C.
Date: Nuremberg, 1761
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Blason ou Art Héraldique.

Interesting folio sized work with 26 single page, and one large folding copper engravings. Illustrates numerous heraldic figures, coat of arms, amours, a genealogical tre...

Maker: DIDEROT, D. / VAUGONDY, D.R. de
Date: Paris, c1763
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Decoration de Porte a Placard a Lusage des Appartements.

Fine copper engraving from "Livre Nouveau ou Regles des Cinq Orders d'Architecture" by Jaques Barozzio (giacomo Barozzi de Vignole). François-Philippe Charpe...

Maker: CHARPENTIER, F.
Date: Paris, 1767
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Chandelier Pascal, Montant avec Suspensoir de la Planche, Lutrin, Appui de Communion.

Fine copper engraving from "Livre Nouveau ou Regles des Cinq Orders d'Architecture" by Jaques Barozzio (giacomo Barozzi de Vignole).François-Philippe Charpentie...

Maker: CHARPENTIER, F.
Date: Paris, 1767
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Two Pythons, Scarlet Ibis and Shama.

Plate LXII from Albertus Seba's 'Thesaurus', displaying a pair of snakes, a scarlet Ibis and a small bird on a branch. Albertus Seba (1665-1736) was a Dutch apothecary, z...

Maker: SEBA, A.
Date: Amsterdam, 1734-1769
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Group of 5 engravings of Roman buildings.

"Group of 5 engravings of Roman ancient buildings, together with 2 title pages. The prints are taken from ''Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire universel raisonn&eacut...

Maker: YVERDON/ DE FELICE
Date: Paris 1770
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Veduta degli avanzi del Castro Pretorio nella Villa Adriana a Tivoli.

Original etching from the “Vedute di Roma”, which is the name for a collection of 135 monumental etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. With those etchings he had a grea...

Maker: PIRANESI, G.B.
Date: Rome, 1770
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NAVALIS PRAELII ADSPECTUS, VUE D'UN COMBAT NAVAL, VEDUTA D'UNA BATTAGLIADI MARE, PROSPECT EINES SEE-TREFFENS.

Rare print, showing a dramatic sea battle scene with a warship burning, sailors and goods swimming in the water, and rowing rescue boats trying to save them. Numerous oth...

Maker: PROBST, G.B.
Date: Augsburg, 1770
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NAVALIS PRAELII ADSPECTUS, VUE D'UN COMBAT NAVAL, VEDUTA D'UNA BATTAGLIADI MARE, PROSPECT EINES SEE-TREFFENS.

Rare print, showing two fleets during a sea battle. One ship burning, others firing their cannons. In the front surviving sailors swimming in the water, and rowing rescu...

Maker: PROBST, G.B.
Date: Augsburg, 1770
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Daniel Rabel Yellow & White Lilly - Pl. XXX.

This engraving was originally published in "Theatrum Florae" in Paris in 1622 as a collection of plates of the most beautiful flowering plants available in earl...

Maker: RABEL, D.
Date: Paris, 1771
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Decorative pilaster with fruit, flowers, mythological figures and endrils.

A very fine, and an extremely decorative image from the work entitled "Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano" depicting the decorative work executed by Raphael and hi...

Maker: OTTAVIANI, G. / VOLPATO, G.
Date: Rome, 1772
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Le final exhaussé Dédié à Monseigneur le Duc de la Rochefoucauld Pair de France

Copper engraving after a painting of Joseph Claude Vernet (Le plus célébre des peintres de marine français du XVIII èm siécle.) Born in 1714 in Avignon and died in 1789 i...

Maker: VERNET, J. / BYRNE, W.
Date: Paris, J.Alaimet, ca.1772
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Lilium Album. Weise Lilie.

Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal', originally published in Londo...

Maker: BLACKWELL, E.
Date: Nürnberg, 1757–1773
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Caprifolium./ Jericher Rosen (Honeysuckle)

Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal', originally published in Londo...

Maker: BLACKWELL, E.
Date: Nurnberg, 1757-1773
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Malva vulgaris./ Gemeine Pappel. (Malvae)

Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal,' originally published in Londo...

Maker: BLACKWELL, E.
Date: Nurnberg, 1757-1773
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Morus nigra vulgaris. Maulbeer Baum. [Mulberry tree]

Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal', originally published in Londo...

Maker: BLACKWELL, E.
Date: Nurnberg, 1757-1773
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Amoris Pomum. Liebs-Aepfel. [Tomato]

Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal', originally published in Londo...

Maker: BLACKWELL, E.
Date: Nurnberg, 1757-1773
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Fragaria. Erdbeerkraut. [Strawberry]

Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal', originally published in Londo...

Maker: BLACKWELL, E.
Date: Nurnberg, 1757-1773
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$Branche d\'un arbre-à-pain avec des fruits. [Tahiti.]$

Branche d\'un arbre-à-pain avec des fruits. [Tahiti.]

Tree branch with fruits. From the French edition of James Cook\'s first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement ré...

Maker: COOK, Captain J.
Date: Paris, 1773
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Calendula./ Ringelblume.

Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal', originally published in Londo...

Maker: BLACKWELL, E.
Date: Nurnberg, 1757-1773
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Acanthus Branca Ursina. Welsche Baeren-Klau.

Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal', originally published in Londo...

Maker: BLACKWELL, E.
Date: Nurnberg, 1757-1773
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Avanzi di una Sala appartamente al Castro Pretorio nella Villa Adriana in Tivoli.

Original etching from the “Vedute di Roma”, which is the name for a collection of 135 monumental etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. With those etchings he had a grea...

Maker: PIRANESI, G.B.
Date: Rome, 1774
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[Insects] Plate XXI

Decorative plate from ''Naauwkeurige waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele insekten of gekorvene diertjes.'' Engraved by Ludwig Schmidt after Jablonsky. Printe...

Maker: L'ADMIRAL, J.
Date: Amsterdam 1774
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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...

Maker: L'ADMIRAL, J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1774
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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...

Maker: L'ADMIRAL, J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1774
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London Restored Or Sir John Evelyn's Plan for Rebuilding that Ancient Metropolis after the Fire in 1666.

John Evelyn, Wren and Hooke were among the architects and draughtsmen who submitted masterplans for a wholesale rebuilding of London after the Great Fire, proposing varia...

Maker: MAITLAND, W.
Date: London, 1775
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Veduta della fonte e delle Spelonche d'Egeria fuor della porta Capena or di San Sebastiano... Tempio di Bacco, or di S. Urbano

View of the fountain and grotto of Egeria (Spelonche d'Egeria) outside the Porte Capena in Rome. An impressive and stark etching by the master of architectural prints Gia...

Maker: PIRANESI, G.B.
Date: Rome/Paris, 1776
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Anatra col collare dell'Isola di Terra Nuova.

A rare print of a Newfoundland duck, being plate DLXXV from the publication: 'Ornitologia methodice digesta atque iconibus aeneis ad vivum illumitatis ornata, latine et i...

Maker: MANETTI, Saverio.
Date: Florence, 1767-1776
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Histoire Naturelle.Vers Testaces a Coquille Multivalve...

Complicated engraving depicting Barnacles.

Maker: BERNARD, J.F.
Date: Paris, 1778
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Chirurgie, plate XXIV

Showing a eye-surgeon at work from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier. Very important work as it is giving an ...

Maker: DIDEROT, D. / VAUGONDY, D.R. de
Date: Paris 1779
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Chirurgie, plate V.

Showing instruments and sections of internal organs, from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier.Very important wo...

Maker: DIDEROT, D. / VAUGONDY, D.R. de
Date: Paris, 1779
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Chirurgie, plate XXV.

Showing an eye-surgeon at work and various instruments, from the medical section of Diderot's "Encyclopaedia". Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier.Ve...

Maker: DIDEROT, D. / VAUGONDY, D.R. de
Date: Paris, 1779
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Chirurgie, plate IX.

Showing medical instruments, from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier.Very important work as it is giving an in...

Maker: DIDEROT, D. / VAUGONDY, D.R. de
Date: Paris, 1779
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Chirurgie, plate VII.

Showing medical tools and bondages, from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier.Very important work as it is givin...

Maker: DIDEROT, D. / VAUGONDY, D.R. de
Date: Paris, 1779
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Chirurgie, plate XIII.

Showing male perineal anatomy section and physician at work from the medical section of Diderot\'s Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier.Very impo...

Maker: DIDEROT, D. / VAUGONDY, D.R. de
Date: Paris, 1779
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Chirurgie, plate XXVIII.

Showing female breast anatomy examples and medical tools, from the medical section of Diderot's Encyclopaedia. Engraved by Bernard after a design of Goussier.Very importa...

Maker: DIDEROT, D. / VAUGONDY, D.R. de
Date: Paris, 1779
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Le Plan ou Maniere de Placer la Maison du Roi de Perse en Son Camp.

Interesting military print from "Illustrations de Lettres édifiantes et curieuses" by J.G. Merigot. Engraved by Nicolas Ransonnette in 1780.

Maker: RANSONNETTE, N.
Date: Paris, 1780
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Tempête sur Mer.

So-called optical print. Showing a English and French ships at rough sea. Mondhare was one of the well-known publishers of optical prints, established in Paris.In the eig...

Maker: MONDHARE, L.J.
Date: Paris, 1780
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A View of the Whale-Fishery, and the manner of Killing-Bears near the Coast of Greenland.

A well engraved late eighteenth century copperplate showing a number of ships and about a dozen longboat, most with men harpooning whales. Icebergs nearby float in the se...

Maker: BANKES. Th.
Date: London, ca 1780
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A View of the Whale-Fishery, and the manner of Killing-Bears near and on the Coast of Greenland.

Nicely rendered copperplate engraving showing several ships and about a dozen longboats with men harpooning whales. Icebergs float in the sea. On the shore, a small group...

Maker: BANKS, T.
Date: London, 1780
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Flags of Different Nations.

A sheet of 66 various flags of different nations and companies, as they were towards the end of the eighteenth century, published in Hall's Encyclopaedia. Many individual...

Maker: HALL ENCYLOPAEDIA.
Date: London, ca 1780
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Marine.

Curious double-page copper-engraved display of 38 detailed maritime flags. Engraved by Pietro Scattaglia, probably for Denis Diderot.

Maker: SCATTAGLIA, P.
Date: Paris, c1780
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[Vue d'optique] Le Profil du Palais de Petersbourg.

A delightful late eighteenth century (partial) view of the Palace of St. Petersburg in Russia. Some 'well to do' locals are seen strolling among its many columns, all obs...

Maker: DAUMONT, J. F.
Date: Paris, ca 1780
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Spotted Brown Snake (No Title).

Striking large hand-colored, copper plate of a spotted snake. From Buchoz's book "Histoire Naturelle". Pierre-Joseph Buchoz (1731- 1807) was a French physician,...

Maker: BUCHOZ, P.
Date: Paris, 1781
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King Charles the First After His Retreat From York to Nottingham Ordering the Royal Standard to Be erected On the Castle.

Historical copper engraving featuring King Charles I. The engraver was Taylor after a picture by Wale. The engraving comes from "HISTORY OF ENGLAND" by Raymond...

Maker: TAYLOR
Date: London, 1782
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Sold in 2017