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(after) Jean Cocteau - copper plate engraving

(after) Jean Cocteau - copper plate engraving

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: copper plate engraving (after the drawing). Printed in Paris in 1928 on Abbey Mills Greenfield laid paper and published in an edition of 250.

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1920s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Basilius Besler Spurge, Glasswort & Pennywort Botanical Engraving, 1613
Basilius Besler Spurge, Glasswort & Pennywort Botanical Engraving, 1613

Basilius Besler Spurge, Glasswort & Pennywort Botanical Engraving, 1613

Located in Langweer, NL

Artist: Basilius Besler (1561–1629) Work: Hortus Eystettensis Place: Eichstätt and Nuremberg Date: 1613 Medium: Hand-colored copper engraving Plate size: approximately 48 x 40 cm (18...

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Antique Early 17th Century German Baroque Prints

Materials

Paper

Copper Plate Engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Copper Plate Engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Copper Plate Engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

By Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Located in San Francisco, CA

Set of etchings of views of a Greek ceremonial klismos chair. In his fifties, G.B. Piranesi was interested in archaeology and studied in Southern Italy where he produced drawings o...

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Antique 1770s Italian Neoclassical Drawings

Materials

Wood, Paper

Copper Plate Engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Copper Plate Engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Located in San Francisco, CA

G. B. Piranesi, in his fifties, was interested in archaeology and studied in Southern Italy where he produced drawings of Greek architecture. Medium: Etching on laid paper. Year: c...

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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Classical Roman Drawings

Giant Squirrel of the Malabar Coast, Antique Sonnerat Engraving, 1806
Giant Squirrel of the Malabar Coast, Antique Sonnerat Engraving, 1806

Giant Squirrel of the Malabar Coast, Antique Sonnerat Engraving, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This original antique copper engraving, Plate 93 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, shows the giant squirrel of the Malabar Coast, on a branch with its very l...

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Early Frisian and Hungarian Horse Engraving by Jonstonus & Merian, 1650
Early Frisian and Hungarian Horse Engraving by Jonstonus & Merian, 1650

Early Frisian and Hungarian Horse Engraving by Jonstonus & Merian, 1650

Located in Langweer, NL

Joannes Jonstonus (1603–1675) Historiae naturalis de quadrupetibus Frankfurt am Main Published by the heirs of Matthäus Merian 1650 Original copper engraving Plate II This is an ori...

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Antique Mid-17th Century German Baroque Prints

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Paper

Indian Wild Cat and Malacca Civet, Pair of Antique Engravings, 1806
Indian Wild Cat and Malacca Civet, Pair of Antique Engravings, 1806

Indian Wild Cat and Malacca Civet, Pair of Antique Engravings, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of two original antique copper engravings, Plates 88 and 89 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique Copper Plate Engraving – “Marlborough” by Greig & Walker after J Britton
Antique Copper Plate Engraving – “Marlborough” by Greig & Walker after J Britton

Antique Copper Plate Engraving – “Marlborough” by Greig & Walker after J Britton

By John Walker

Located in Philadelphia, PA

An Original Antique Copper Plate Engraving – “Marlborough” engraved by John Greig after a drawing by John Britton, and published by John Walker in 1800 at his establishment based at ...

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Antique Early 19th Century English Romantic Prints

Materials

Wood, Paper

Antique Copper Plate Engraving of a Sculpture of Two Men Wrestling
Antique Copper Plate Engraving of a Sculpture of Two Men Wrestling

Antique Copper Plate Engraving of a Sculpture of Two Men Wrestling

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Italian Copper plate engraving of a famous classical statue of two men wrestling, plate XXIX from the Roman publication of 1704, Raccolta di statue antiche e moderne, by Domenico de...

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Antique Early 1700s Italian Neoclassical Prints

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Paper

Antique Dragonfly Prints, Neuropteres Plates 3 & 6, Copper Engravings, ca.1800
Antique Dragonfly Prints, Neuropteres Plates 3 & 6, Copper Engravings, ca.1800

Antique Dragonfly Prints, Neuropteres Plates 3 & 6, Copper Engravings, ca.1800

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique Dragonfly Prints, Neuropteres Plates 3 & 6, Copper Engravings, ca.1800 This refined pair of antique natural history engravings depicts dragonflies and related Neuroptere...

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Antique Copper Plate Engraving Depicting Natives of Tahiti Dancing, 1803
Antique Copper Plate Engraving Depicting Natives of Tahiti Dancing, 1803

Antique Copper Plate Engraving Depicting Natives of Tahiti Dancing, 1803

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique print titled 'Dans van O-Tahiti'. Antique print depicting natives of Tahiti, dancing. Originates from 'Reizen Rondom de Waereld door James Cook (..)'. Artists and Eng...

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Antique Early 1800s Prints

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Paper

Hornbills of Malabar and Gingi, Pair of Antique Bird Engravings, 1806
Hornbills of Malabar and Gingi, Pair of Antique Bird Engravings, 1806

Hornbills of Malabar and Gingi, Pair of Antique Bird Engravings, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of two original antique copper engravings, Plates 99 and 100 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

1750 SUITE OF 12 COPPER PLATE ENGRAViNGS OF SEPIA OF AMORINI "CHERUBS AT PLAY"
1750 SUITE OF 12 COPPER PLATE ENGRAViNGS OF SEPIA OF AMORINI "CHERUBS AT PLAY"

1750 SUITE OF 12 COPPER PLATE ENGRAViNGS OF SEPIA OF AMORINI "CHERUBS AT PLAY"

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely collectable suite of twelve original copper plate prints of Sepia of Amorini "Cherubs at Play" c...

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Antique 1750s European George II Decorative Art

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Copper

Hindu Widow Walking to Her Husband's Pyre, Antique Sonnerat Plate, 1806
Hindu Widow Walking to Her Husband's Pyre, Antique Sonnerat Plate, 1806

Hindu Widow Walking to Her Husband's Pyre, Antique Sonnerat Plate, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This original antique copper engraving, Plate 15 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, shows a Hindu widow walking in procession to the funeral pyre of her husba...

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Old Nautical Print by Engraving on Copper Plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie
Old Nautical Print by Engraving on Copper Plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie

Old Nautical Print by Engraving on Copper Plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie

Located in Milan, IT

Print by engraving on copper plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie méthodique, end of the 18th century, volume Marine Planches (more than 1,500 figures dealing with all subjects on ...

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Antique 1790s French Prints

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Paper

Indian Blacksmiths and Goldsmiths, Pair of Antique Sonnerat Plates, 1806
Indian Blacksmiths and Goldsmiths, Pair of Antique Sonnerat Plates, 1806

Indian Blacksmiths and Goldsmiths, Pair of Antique Sonnerat Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of two original antique copper engravings, Plates 20 and 21 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Mast Tree and Digitate-Leaved Cavalam, Pair of Antique Plates, 1806
Mast Tree and Digitate-Leaved Cavalam, Pair of Antique Plates, 1806

Mast Tree and Digitate-Leaved Cavalam, Pair of Antique Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of two original antique copper engravings, Plates 131 and 132 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Ravenala, the Traveler's Tree, Three Antique Botanical Plates, 1806
Ravenala, the Traveler's Tree, Three Antique Botanical Plates, 1806

Ravenala, the Traveler's Tree, Three Antique Botanical Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of three original antique copper engravings, Plates 124, 125 and 126 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Flycatcher, Crested Blackbird and Pitta, Three Antique Plates, 1806
Flycatcher, Crested Blackbird and Pitta, Three Antique Plates, 1806

Flycatcher, Crested Blackbird and Pitta, Three Antique Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of three original antique copper engravings, Plates 97, 98 and 101 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

English Georgian Coat of Arms Engravings, Copper, 18th Century, Framed
English Georgian Coat of Arms Engravings, Copper, 18th Century, Framed

English Georgian Coat of Arms Engravings, Copper, 18th Century, Framed

By Joseph Edmondson

Located in Queens, NY

7 English Georgian (18th Cent) hand-colored copper plate engravings of coat of arms in blue with gold trimmed frames (by Joseph Edmondson, 1770) (PRICED EACH)

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Antique 18th Century British Georgian Paintings

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Copper

Musical Instruments of India, Pair of Antique Sonnerat Plates, 1806
Musical Instruments of India, Pair of Antique Sonnerat Plates, 1806

Musical Instruments of India, Pair of Antique Sonnerat Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of two original antique copper engravings, Plates 16 and 17 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

False, Marsana and Aigrette, Three Antique Sonnerat Flower Plates, 1806
False, Marsana and Aigrette, Three Antique Sonnerat Flower Plates, 1806

False, Marsana and Aigrette, Three Antique Sonnerat Flower Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of three original antique copper engravings, Plates 138, 139 and 140 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Lemur, Meerkat and Tenrec, Three Antique Sonnerat Mammal Plates, 1806
Lemur, Meerkat and Tenrec, Three Antique Sonnerat Mammal Plates, 1806

Lemur, Meerkat and Tenrec, Three Antique Sonnerat Mammal Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of three original antique copper engravings, Plates 87, 90 and 91 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Indian Weaver and Cotton Carders, Pair of Antique Trade Plates, 1806
Indian Weaver and Cotton Carders, Pair of Antique Trade Plates, 1806

Indian Weaver and Cotton Carders, Pair of Antique Trade Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of two original antique copper engravings, Plates 22 and 26 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Cardamom of Malabar and Madagascar, Pair of Antique Spice Plates, 1806
Cardamom of Malabar and Madagascar, Pair of Antique Spice Plates, 1806

Cardamom of Malabar and Madagascar, Pair of Antique Spice Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of two original antique copper engravings, Plates 136 and 137 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Sonnerat's Junglefowl Cock and Hen, Pair of Antique Bird Plates, 1806
Sonnerat's Junglefowl Cock and Hen, Pair of Antique Bird Plates, 1806

Sonnerat's Junglefowl Cock and Hen, Pair of Antique Bird Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of two original antique copper engravings, Plates 117 and 118 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Indian Carpenter and Sawyer at Work, Pair of Antique Plates, 1806
Indian Carpenter and Sawyer at Work, Pair of Antique Plates, 1806

Indian Carpenter and Sawyer at Work, Pair of Antique Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of two original antique copper engravings, Plates 18 and 19 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Litchi, Wampee and Hevi Fruit Trees, Three Antique Botanical Plates, 1806
Litchi, Wampee and Hevi Fruit Trees, Three Antique Botanical Plates, 1806

Litchi, Wampee and Hevi Fruit Trees, Three Antique Botanical Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of three original antique copper engravings, Plates 123, 129 and 130 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Hottentots and Caffres of Southern Africa, Pair of Large Plates, 1806
Hottentots and Caffres of Southern Africa, Pair of Large Plates, 1806

Hottentots and Caffres of Southern Africa, Pair of Large Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of two original antique copper engravings, Plates 84 and 85 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Dutch Pigeon and Gray Dove of China, Pair of Antique Plates, 1806
Dutch Pigeon and Gray Dove of China, Pair of Antique Plates, 1806

Dutch Pigeon and Gray Dove of China, Pair of Antique Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of two original antique copper engravings, Plates 114 and 115 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Vultures and Goshawk, Three Antique Birds of Prey Plates, 1806
Vultures and Goshawk, Three Antique Birds of Prey Plates, 1806

Vultures and Goshawk, Three Antique Birds of Prey Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of three original antique copper engravings, Plates 94, 95 and 96 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Kingfisher, Bee-Eater and Sunbirds, Four Antique Sonnerat Plates, 1806
Kingfisher, Bee-Eater and Sunbirds, Four Antique Sonnerat Plates, 1806

Kingfisher, Bee-Eater and Sunbirds, Four Antique Sonnerat Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of four original antique copper engravings, Plates 104, 105, 106 and 107 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Clove Flower, Drum Wood and Madablota, Three Antique Plates, 1806
Clove Flower, Drum Wood and Madablota, Three Antique Plates, 1806

Clove Flower, Drum Wood and Madablota, Three Antique Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of three original antique copper engravings, Plates 128, 134 and 135 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Grouse, Francolin and Quail of the Indies, Three Antique Plates, 1806
Grouse, Francolin and Quail of the Indies, Three Antique Plates, 1806

Grouse, Francolin and Quail of the Indies, Three Antique Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of three original antique copper engravings, Plates 119, 120 and 121 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Indian Water Lift, Field Irrigation and Oil Mill, Three Plates, 1806
Indian Water Lift, Field Irrigation and Oil Mill, Three Plates, 1806

Indian Water Lift, Field Irrigation and Oil Mill, Three Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of three original antique copper engravings, Plates 23, 24 and 25 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Titmice and Larks of Malabar and the Cape, Three Antique Plates, 1806
Titmice and Larks of Malabar and the Cape, Three Antique Plates, 1806

Titmice and Larks of Malabar and the Cape, Three Antique Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of three original antique copper engravings, Plates 110, 111 and 112 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Magpie, Jay and Blue Thrush of China, Three Antique Bird Plates, 1806
Magpie, Jay and Blue Thrush of China, Three Antique Bird Plates, 1806

Magpie, Jay and Blue Thrush of China, Three Antique Bird Plates, 1806

Located in Langweer, NL

This set of three original antique copper engravings, Plates 102, 103 and 108 from Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, is sold as one set.

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Antique Early 19th Century French Prints

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Paper

Musical Instruments of the East, Antique Niebuhr Copper Engraving, 1776
Musical Instruments of the East, Antique Niebuhr Copper Engraving, 1776

Musical Instruments of the East, Antique Niebuhr Copper Engraving, 1776

Located in Langweer, NL

This is an original antique copper engraving from 1776, plate XXVI of volume 1 of Carsten Niebuhr's Voyage en Arabie, a wide folding sheet.

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Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Prints

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Paper

Roman Officers in Cuirass and Cloak, Montfaucon Copper Engraving, 1722
Roman Officers in Cuirass and Cloak, Montfaucon Copper Engraving, 1722

Roman Officers in Cuirass and Cloak, Montfaucon Copper Engraving, 1722

Located in Langweer, NL

This is an original antique copper engraving, uncolored, a single page plate from the fourth volume of Montfaucon's Antiquity Explained, printed in London by J.

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Antique Early 18th Century British Prints

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Paper

Antique Botanical Print of Astragalus Verus, Copper Engraving, c.1831
Antique Botanical Print of Astragalus Verus, Copper Engraving, c.1831

Antique Botanical Print of Astragalus Verus, Copper Engraving, c.1831

Located in Langweer, NL

Framing tips: A pale grey or parchment mat with a simple dark frame complements the scientific elegance of the plate. Technique: Copper engraving with original hand coloring Maker: ...

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Antique 1830s German Prints

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Paper

Antique View of Taiz from the North, Niebuhr Copper Engraving, 1776
Antique View of Taiz from the North, Niebuhr Copper Engraving, 1776

Antique View of Taiz from the North, Niebuhr Copper Engraving, 1776

Located in Langweer, NL

This is an original antique copper engraving from 1776, plate LXVII of the first volume of Carsten Niebuhr's account of his travels in Arabia, a folding plate.

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Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Prints

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Paper

Copper Engraving "Boxing Match in Hapaee from Cook's Voyages" after John Webber
Copper Engraving "Boxing Match in Hapaee from Cook's Voyages" after John Webber

Copper Engraving "Boxing Match in Hapaee from Cook's Voyages" after John Webber

By John Webber

Located in San Francisco, CA

Webber: A boxing match in Hapaee (Hawaii). An original copper plate engraving on paper depicting a boxing match as witnessed during Cook's third voyage.

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Antique 18th Century English Decorative Art

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Paper

English Georgian Coat of Arms Engravings
English Georgian Coat of Arms Engravings

English Georgian Coat of Arms Engravings

By Joseph Edmondson

Located in Queens, NY

5 English Georgian (18th Cent) hand-colored copper plate engravings of coat of arms in orange with gold trimmed frames (by Joseph Edmondson, 1770) (PRICED EACH)

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Antique 18th Century British Georgian Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Copper

Europa Resist Ground Etching & Engraving, Contemporary, 1982, Ed. 125
Europa Resist Ground Etching & Engraving, Contemporary, 1982, Ed. 125

Europa Resist Ground Etching & Engraving, Contemporary, 1982, Ed. 125

By Peter Milton

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Resist Ground Etching and Engraving from a Copper Plate on BFK Rives, Somerset Buff, Wove Paper Medium: Resist Ground Etching & Engraving Edition of 125 Year: 1982 O...

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1980s Contemporary Interior Prints

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Engraving, Etching

Sneezewort, Poppy, Strawflower: 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Sneezewort, Poppy, Strawflower: 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving

Sneezewort, Poppy, Strawflower: 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving

By Basilius Besler 1

Located in Alamo, CA

These were then engraved on copper plates by master artists, resulting in the 367 beautiful and detailed engravings which comprise Besler's monumental florilegium Hortus Eystettensis...

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1640s Academic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Flowering Henbane : A Besler 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Flowering Henbane : A Besler 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving

Flowering Henbane : A Besler 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving

By Basilius Besler 1

Located in Alamo, CA

These were then engraved on copper plates by master artists, resulting in the 367 beautiful and detailed engravings which comprise Besler's monumental florilegium Hortus Eystettensis...

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Early 18th Century Academic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Buttercup Flowers: A Besler 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Buttercup Flowers: A Besler 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving

Buttercup Flowers: A Besler 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving

By Basilius Besler 1

Located in Alamo, CA

This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving depicting Ranunculus (Persian Buttercup) flowers from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first ...

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Early 18th Century Academic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Flowering Hyacinth & Calla Plants: A Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Flowering Hyacinth & Calla Plants: A Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving

Flowering Hyacinth & Calla Plants: A Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving

By Basilius Besler 1

Located in Alamo, CA

These were then engraved on copper plates by master artists, resulting in the 367 beautiful and detailed engravings which comprise Besler's monumental florilegium Hortus Eystettensis...

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Early 18th Century Academic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Flowering Jasmine and Laurel Plants: A Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Flowering Jasmine and Laurel Plants: A Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving

Flowering Jasmine and Laurel Plants: A Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving

By Basilius Besler 1

Located in Alamo, CA

These were then engraved on copper plates by master artists, resulting in the 367 beautiful and detailed engravings which comprise Besler's monumental florilegium Hortus Eystettensis...

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1710s Academic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Flowering Pomegranate & Rock Rose: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Engraving
Flowering Pomegranate & Rock Rose: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Engraving

Flowering Pomegranate & Rock Rose: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Engraving

By Basilius Besler 1

Located in Alamo, CA

These were then engraved on copper plates by master artists, resulting in the 367 beautiful and detailed engravings which comprise Besler's monumental florilegium Hortus Eystettensis...

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1640s Academic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Flowering Peppermint Plants: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Flowering Peppermint Plants: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving

Flowering Peppermint Plants: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving

By Basilius Besler 1

Located in Alamo, CA

These were then engraved on copper plates by master artists, resulting in the 367 beautiful and detailed engravings which comprise Besler's monumental florilegium Hortus Eystettensis...

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1640s Academic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Flowering Feverfew Plants: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Flowering Feverfew Plants: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving

Flowering Feverfew Plants: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving

By Basilius Besler 1

Located in Alamo, CA

These were then engraved on copper plates by master artists, resulting in the 367 beautiful and detailed engravings which comprise Besler's monumental florilegium Hortus Eystettensis...

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1640s Academic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

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Framed Copper Plate Engraving After Joseph Vernet
Framed Copper Plate Engraving After Joseph Vernet

Framed Copper Plate Engraving After Joseph Vernet

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H 20.87 in W 26.38 in D 0.4 in

Framed Copper Plate Engraving After Joseph Vernet

Located in London, GB

Titled "Le Midi". From a collection titled "A Monsieur Le Marquis De Marigny", engraved by L.J Cathelin, France, c.1780. Framed in contemporary handmade gessoed ...

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Prints

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Copper

Martinet Copper Plate Engraving of a Parrot
Martinet Copper Plate Engraving of a Parrot

Martinet Copper Plate Engraving of a Parrot

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H 24 in W 18 in D 0.25 in

Martinet Copper Plate Engraving of a Parrot

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Sheffield, MA

A large hand-colored copper plate engraving on hand woven paper of a colorful parrot perched on a tree stump by Francois Nicolas Martinet, French, (b.1731-c.1804).

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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Drawings

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Paper

The Royal Castle and Palace of Windsor Original copper plate engraving
The Royal Castle and Palace of Windsor Original copper plate engraving

The Royal Castle and Palace of Windsor Original copper plate engraving

Located in New York, NY

Original copper plate engraving with original hand color; printed for Robert Wilkinson, no 58, in Cornhil, and Bowles & Carver, no.69, St Paul's Church Yard London.

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Early 1800s Realist Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Pair of Copper Plate Engravings of French Ports after Joseph Vernet
Pair of Copper Plate Engravings of French Ports after Joseph Vernet

Pair of Copper Plate Engravings of French Ports after Joseph Vernet

By Claude-Joseph Vernet

Located in London, GB

'Vue de la Ville et du Port de Bayonne' and 'Le Port de La Rochelle' From the series 'Les Ports de France' commisioned by Louis XV. Framed in ebonised and gilt Napoleon III period fr...

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Prints

Materials

Copper

French Antique Copper Plate Engraving of the Luxor Obelisk
French Antique Copper Plate Engraving of the Luxor Obelisk

French Antique Copper Plate Engraving of the Luxor Obelisk

Unavailable

H 42.5 in W 30.5 in D 0.5 in

French Antique Copper Plate Engraving of the Luxor Obelisk

Located in San Francisco, CA

A Grand Tour Louvre embossed engraving of three sides of the obelisk from the Luxor Temple of Thebes, a pink granite monolith that was given to the French in 1829 by the viceroy of E...

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Antique 19th Century French Grand Tour Decorative Art

Regency Early 19th Century Copper Plate Engraving of a Tiger
Regency Early 19th Century Copper Plate Engraving of a Tiger

Regency Early 19th Century Copper Plate Engraving of a Tiger

Located in London, GB

A Regency period copper plate engraving of a Tiger by William Darton.

Category

Antique 1820s English Regency Prints

Materials

Paper

Regency Early 19th Century Copper Plate Engraving of a Crocodile
Regency Early 19th Century Copper Plate Engraving of a Crocodile

Regency Early 19th Century Copper Plate Engraving of a Crocodile

Located in London, GB

A Regency period copper plate engraving of a Crocodile by William Darton.

Category

Antique 1820s English Regency Prints

Materials

Paper

Italian Print Illustration of Two Men Wrestling, Copper Plate Engraving
Italian Print Illustration of Two Men Wrestling, Copper Plate Engraving

Italian Print Illustration of Two Men Wrestling, Copper Plate Engraving

Located in New York, NY

Italian copper plate engraving of a famous classical statue of two men wrestling, plate XXIX from the Roman publication of 1704 Raccolta di statue antiche e moderne, by Domenico de R...

Category

Antique Early 1700s Italian Baroque Prints

Materials

Paper

Pair of Rare Original Copper Plate Engraving by Henry Moses, 1820
Pair of Rare Original Copper Plate Engraving by Henry Moses, 1820

Pair of Rare Original Copper Plate Engraving by Henry Moses, 1820

By Henry Moses

Located in Lentate sul Seveso (Mb), IT

Pair of rare original copper plate engraving by Henry Moses, London, 1820 Greek vases and pots from the collection of Sir Henry Englefield Dimensions each piece height cm 33, width...

Category

Antique 19th Century English Posters

Materials

Paper

Emanuel Sweert - Maria Merian - Daniel Rabel - Copper engraving 4 tulips plate 5
Emanuel Sweert - Maria Merian - Daniel Rabel - Copper engraving 4 tulips plate 5

Emanuel Sweert - Maria Merian - Daniel Rabel - Copper engraving 4 tulips plate 5

By Maria Sibylla Merian, Daniel Rabel, Emanuel Sweert

Located in EINDHOVEN, NL

ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TULIP ENGRAVINGS EVER PUBLISHED Four Tulips PL.V. (plate 5), copper engraving made by Em(m)anuel Sweert(s) and published by Daniel Rabel in Paris 1622-1633 ...

Category

Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Other Paintings

Materials

Paper, Paint, Parchment Paper

Pair of 17th Century Copper Plate Engraving First Edition 1613 by B.Besler
Pair of 17th Century Copper Plate Engraving First Edition 1613 by B.Besler

Pair of 17th Century Copper Plate Engraving First Edition 1613 by B.Besler

By Basilius Besler

Located in Lentate sul Seveso (Mb), IT

Pair of 17th century original decorative copper plate Engraving first edition 1613 by Basilius Besler "Hortus Eyestettensis" Basilius Besler (1561-1629) was a respected Nuremberg ap...

Category

Antique Early 17th Century Picture Frames

Materials

Paper

Plate 33: Japanse Afgoden.
Plate 33: Japanse Afgoden.

Plate 33: Japanse Afgoden., 1725

Unavailable

H 14.97 in W 19.3 in

Plate 33: Japanse Afgoden.

Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant

This plate shows Japanese idols, a pagoda, Persian slaughter of a camel, temples etc. Extremely rare in any edition. Copperplate engraving on a verge type hand laid paper with waterm...

Category

1720s Figurative Prints

Materials

Copper

Basil Besler, Caryophyllus Flore Original Engraving in Custom Frame
Basil Besler, Caryophyllus Flore Original Engraving in Custom Frame

Basil Besler, Caryophyllus Flore Original Engraving in Custom Frame

By Basilius Besler

Located in Nashville, TN

Hortus Eystettensis. Eichstat & Nurnberg, 1613, Basil Besler. Original engraving with later hand-coloring. Acid free custom three color wash French mat with painted gold-leaf bevel i...

Category

Antique 17th Century German Baroque Paintings

Materials

Copper

Copper Plate Etching on Paper Portrait of the Arc Angel Gabriel
Copper Plate Etching on Paper Portrait of the Arc Angel Gabriel

Copper Plate Etching on Paper Portrait of the Arc Angel Gabriel

Located in Antwerp, BE

Copper plate etching engraving on paper of the Arc Angel Gabriel signed and dated 1983, in the original silver leaf frame.

Category

Late 20th Century European Prints

Plate 31: 'Temple de Dayboth a Meaco en Japon - Tempel van Dajboth.
Plate 31: 'Temple de Dayboth a Meaco en Japon - Tempel van Dajboth.

Plate 31: 'Temple de Dayboth a Meaco en Japon - Tempel van Dajboth.

Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant

(Temple of Dayboth in Meaco / Miyako / Kyoto in Japan.) This plate shows a temple scene with statues, a golden bull, a procession, trumpet players etc. Extremely rare in this edition...

Category

1720s Figurative Prints

Materials

Copper

Anthony Walker (1726-1765) - The Mowhawk Indian Warrior – 18thC  Engraving
Anthony Walker (1726-1765) - The Mowhawk Indian Warrior – 18thC  Engraving

Anthony Walker (1726-1765) - The Mowhawk Indian Warrior – 18thC Engraving

Located in Meinisberg, CH

• Mid 18th Century copper plate engraving on laid paper • Sheet, ca. 20.7 x 12.7 cm • Presented in a later, vintage/somewhat tired simple mount, ca. 30 x 21 cm (Visible image ca. 1...

Category

Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Laid Paper, Engraving

Aegidius Sadeler II (1570 1629) 16thC Engraving - Woodland Scene with Travelers
Aegidius Sadeler II (1570 1629) 16thC Engraving - Woodland Scene with Travelers

Aegidius Sadeler II (1570 1629) 16thC Engraving - Woodland Scene with Travelers

By Aegidius Sadeler II

Located in Meinisberg, CH

Aegidius Sadeler (Flemish, 1570–1629) Romantic woodland scene with traveler and his laden mule passing by a seated figure resting on the roadside • 16th, possibly early 17th centu...

Category

16th Century Naturalistic Landscape Prints

Materials

Ink, Laid Paper, Engraving

Plate 856.  Pitcairnia Latifolis.  (Bromeliad)

Plate 856. Pitcairnia Latifolis. (Bromeliad)

By William Curtis

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Each installment featured three carefully hand colored copper plate engravings along with accompanying text on the cultivation and origins of the plants.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving, Watercolor

Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale II
Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale II

Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale II

By Johannes Sadeler I

Located in Meinisberg, CH

Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish, ∗ 1550 in Brussels, Belgium – † 1600 Venice, Italy) Jonah Spat Up by the Whale (Sheet II) Engraved by Sadeler after an image created by Theodor Bernard...

Category

16th Century Renaissance Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Engraving

Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale I
Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale I

Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale I

By Johannes Sadeler I

Located in Meinisberg, CH

Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish, ∗ 1550 in Brussels, Belgium – † 1600 Venice, Italy) Jonah thrown to the Whale (First Sheet) Engraved by Sadeler after an image created by Theodor Berna...

Category

16th Century Renaissance Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Engraving

House Wren and its Hat House, from the Bien edition of Birds of America
House Wren and its Hat House, from the Bien edition of Birds of America

House Wren and its Hat House, from the Bien edition of Birds of America

By John James Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Bien transferred the images from Robert Havell’s original copper engraving plates of Audubon's Masterpiece, "Birds of America," onto lithographic printing stones.

Category

1860s American Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Set of Six Johann Bayer Celestial Engravings

Set of Six Johann Bayer Celestial Engravings

By Johann Bayer

Located in New York, NY

JOHANN BAYER (1572-1625) From Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata... Copper-plate engravings with hand-coloring Paper size: approx 12 x 16”; Framed size: 24 x 27 ...

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Prints

Antique Engraving of Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Framed
Antique Engraving of Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Framed

Antique Engraving of Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Framed

By George Louis Le Rouge

Located in Pataskala, OH

From le Rouge's "Atlas Nouveau Portatif à l'usage des militaires et du voyageur" published from Paris this antique old French copper-plate engraving depicts two globes: a terrestrial...

Category

Antique 1760s French Louis XVI Drawings

Plate 1838.  Cycad

William CurtisPlate 1838. Cycad, 1787

Unavailable

H 15 in W 17 in D 1 in

Plate 1838. Cycad

By William Curtis

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Each installment featured three carefully hand colored copper plate engravings along with accompanying text on the cultivation and origins of the plants.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Handmade Paper, Plexiglass, Rag Paper, Wa...

Plate 1851.  Cycad.

William CurtisPlate 1851. Cycad., 1787

Unavailable

H 15 in W 17 in D 1 in

Plate 1851. Cycad.

By William Curtis

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Each installment featured three carefully hand colored copper plate engravings along with accompanying text on the cultivation and origins of the plants.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Goosander "plate CCCXXXI, " 1836

Goosander "plate CCCXXXI, " 1836

Unavailable

H 27.88 in W 36.5 in D 0.2 in

Goosander "plate CCCXXXI, " 1836

By John James Audubon

Located in Houston, TX

This copper plate engraving by Robert Havell, Goosander (plate CCCXXXI), was beautifully designed by John James Audubon.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century British Prints

1675 King James Bible Cambridge Complete Illustrated 178 Van Hove Engravings
1675 King James Bible Cambridge Complete Illustrated 178 Van Hove Engravings

1675 King James Bible Cambridge Complete Illustrated 178 Van Hove Engravings

By F.H. van Hove

Located in Albany, OR

Gilt edges, though fading, with 178 copper plate engravings by F. H. van Hove from his first ed. 1671 with title.

Category

Antique 17th Century English Charles II Books

Materials

Paper

François Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800) Le pigeon ramier de Madacascar Engraving
François Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800) Le pigeon ramier de Madacascar Engraving

François Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800) Le pigeon ramier de Madacascar Engraving

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Meinisberg, CH

François Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731 - c. 1800) Le Pigeon Ramier de Madacascar (The Wood Pigeon of Madagascar) • 18th century hand colored Copper Plate engraving • Plate No. 192...

Category

18th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper

Set of Five Engravings by Ottaviani and Volpato After Raphael's Frescoes
Set of Five Engravings by Ottaviani and Volpato After Raphael's Frescoes

Set of Five Engravings by Ottaviani and Volpato After Raphael's Frescoes

By Giovanni Volpato 1, Giovanni Ottaviani

Located in Long Island City, NY

Rome 1774-1776 by D’urbino Raphael Sanzio, Delle Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano from the elephant folio. Copper-plate engravings with original hand color A highly decorative se...

Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Prints

Materials

Gouache

A Set Of Twenty Four Early 19th Century Bird Engravings In Handmade Frames
A Set Of Twenty Four Early 19th Century Bird Engravings In Handmade Frames

A Set Of Twenty Four Early 19th Century Bird Engravings In Handmade Frames

By George Edwards

Located in London, GB

Copper plate engravings with original hand colouring after paintings by George Edwards and others from The Encyclopaedia Londinensis, published by John Wilkes Circa 1800.

Category

Antique 19th Century British Prints

Plymouth to London Royal Mail
Plymouth to London Royal Mail

Plymouth to London Royal Mail

Located in New York, NY

Richly aquatinted restrike copper-plate engraving of an original engraving published in 1881 in London by G.R.

Category

1980s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Paeonia polyanthos maior flore  (Peony)

Paeonia polyanthos maior flore (Peony)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

1710s Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Canis  (Wolf & Hyena)
Canis  (Wolf & Hyena)

John WilkesCanis (Wolf & Hyena), 1801-1828

Unavailable

H 19 in W 16 in D 1 in

Canis (Wolf & Hyena)

By John Wilkes

Located in Florham Park, NJ

JOHN WILKES (1750-1810) Encyclopedia Londonensis London, 1801-1828 Copper Plate Engraving Original Hand-Color 9” x11” Unframed At its best, the zoological art of the early n...

Category

Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Simia (Monkies)

John WilkesSimia (Monkies), 1801-1829

Unavailable

H 19 in W 16 in D 1 in

Simia (Monkies)

By John Wilkes

Located in Florham Park, NJ

JOHN WILKES (1750-1810) Encyclopedia Londoninensis London, 1801-1828 Copper Plate Engraving Original Hand-Color 9” x11” Unframed At its best, the zoological art of the early...

Category

Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Sukotyro Sus  (Warthog)
Sukotyro Sus  (Warthog)

John WilkesSukotyro Sus (Warthog), 1801-1828

Unavailable

H 19 in W 16 in D 1 in

Sukotyro Sus (Warthog)

By John Wilkes

Located in Florham Park, NJ

JOHN WILKES (1750-1810) Encyclopedia Londinensis London, 1801-1828 Copper Plate Engraving Original Hand-Color 9” x11” Unframed At its best, the zoological art of the early n...

Category

Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

1772 Map of Part of "West Florida"
1772 Map of Part of "West Florida"

1772 Map of Part of "West Florida"

Located in New York, NY

Original 1772 hand-colored copper plate engraving full title "A Map of Part of West Florida, from Pensacola to the Mouth of the Iberville River, with a view to shew the proper spot f...

Category

1770s Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

Bradypus (Three-toed Sloth)
Bradypus (Three-toed Sloth)

Bradypus (Three-toed Sloth)

By John Wilkes

Located in Florham Park, NJ

JOHN WILKES (1750-1810) Encyclopedia Londinensis after Reinhold and Edwards London, 1801-1828 Copper Plate Engraving Original Hand-Color 9” x11” Unframed At its best, the z...

Category

Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving, Watercolor

Asterias (Starfish)
Asterias (Starfish)

John WilkesAsterias (Starfish), 1801

Unavailable

H 17.5 in W 14.5 in

Asterias (Starfish)

By John Wilkes

Located in Florham Park, NJ

JOHN WILKES (1750-1810) Encyclopedia Londinensis after Reinhold and Edwards London, 1801-1828 Copper Plate Engraving Original Hand-Color At its best, the zoological art of ...

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Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving, Watercolor

Papauer Flore.  (Poppy Flower)
Papauer Flore.  (Poppy Flower)

Papauer Flore. (Poppy Flower)

By Emanuel Sweert

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Academic Florilegia. Copper Plate Engravings with Hand-Coloring. Sweert, a botanical writer and florist, was born at Zevenbergen in 1552 and died at Amsterdam in 1612.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving, Watercolor

Framed 18th Century Prints of Historical Figures
Framed 18th Century Prints of Historical Figures

Framed 18th Century Prints of Historical Figures

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H 21 in W 16.5 in D 1.5 in

Framed 18th Century Prints of Historical Figures

Located in By Appointment Only, Ontario

Set of six copper plate engravings from Joachim Von Sandrart's Teutsch Academie.

Category

Antique 1740s German Prints

Materials

Copper

Paeonia polyanthos flore rubro.  Peony
Paeonia polyanthos flore rubro.  Peony

Paeonia polyanthos flore rubro. Peony

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Ficus Indica (Prickly Pear Cactus)
Ficus Indica (Prickly Pear Cactus)

Ficus Indica (Prickly Pear Cactus)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with later hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18” Unframed.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Narcissus totos luteus  (Daffodil)
Narcissus totos luteus  (Daffodil)

Narcissus totos luteus (Daffodil)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Piper Indicum (Pepper)
Piper Indicum (Pepper)

Basilius BeslerPiper Indicum (Pepper), 1613

Unavailable

H 35 in W 30.5 in D 3 in

Piper Indicum (Pepper)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Alcea Syriaca (Hollyhocks)
Alcea Syriaca (Hollyhocks)

Alcea Syriaca (Hollyhocks)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Pseudo Narcissus (Daffodil, Buttercups)
Pseudo Narcissus (Daffodil, Buttercups)

Pseudo Narcissus (Daffodil, Buttercups)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Rosa (Roses)
Rosa (Roses)

Basilius BeslerRosa (Roses), 1730

Unavailable

H 28 in W 25 in D 1.25 in

Rosa (Roses)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Solanum Pomiferum (Tomato)
Solanum Pomiferum (Tomato)

Basilius BeslerSolanum Pomiferum (Tomato), 1613

Unavailable

H 35 in W 30.5 in D 3 in

Solanum Pomiferum (Tomato)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Melocactos Melocactus (Cactus)
Melocactos Melocactus (Cactus)

Melocactos Melocactus (Cactus)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Solanum Pomiferum Tomato Vegetable
Solanum Pomiferum Tomato Vegetable

Solanum Pomiferum Tomato Vegetable

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

18th Century Black and White Floral Prints, Set of Six
18th Century Black and White Floral Prints, Set of Six

18th Century Black and White Floral Prints, Set of Six

Located in High Point, NC

Set of six 18th century black and white copper plate engravings of various British plants with their scientific names.

Category

Antique 18th Century English Other Prints

Materials

Paper, Wood, Glass

Greenland Buck by George Edwards, Hand-Colored Antique Bird Print, circa 1743
Greenland Buck by George Edwards, Hand-Colored Antique Bird Print, circa 1743

Greenland Buck by George Edwards, Hand-Colored Antique Bird Print, circa 1743

By George Edwards

Located in Raalte, NL

This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving from A Natural History of Uncommon Birds by George Edwards with the title: The Greenland Buck - Plate 51.

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Great Britain (UK) Prints

Materials

Paper

"Aloe Americana" by Basilius Besler
"Aloe Americana" by Basilius Besler

"Aloe Americana" by Basilius Besler

Unavailable

H 37.5 in W 33.5 in D 2.25 in

"Aloe Americana" by Basilius Besler

By Basilius Besler

Located in Northfield, IL

Original Copper Plate Engraving of Aloe Americana by Basilius Besler (1561-1629)Published IN 1613 from the Garden of Eichstalt (Hortus Eystettensis).

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Paintings

Materials

Paper

Pair of Large Prints of Corals and Starfish in Faux Bamboo Frame, Albertus Seba
Pair of Large Prints of Corals and Starfish in Faux Bamboo Frame, Albertus Seba

Pair of Large Prints of Corals and Starfish in Faux Bamboo Frame, Albertus Seba

By Albertus Seba 1

Located in Richmond, London

Why we like it Exquisitely engraved and hand-coloured, the prints evoke the fashion for exoticism in the Enlightenment era Europe. Hand-colored copper-plate engraving, signed in the...

Category

20th Century Dutch Modern Prints

Materials

Paper, Faux Bamboo, Paint

Set of Three Nautical Prints ca. 1850
Set of Three Nautical Prints ca. 1850

Set of Three Nautical Prints ca. 1850

Unavailable

H 16 in W 18 in D 1.25 in

Set of Three Nautical Prints ca. 1850

By Virtue Brothers

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Set of 3 original hand colored copper plate engravings after the painter Turner by Virtue, circa 1850.

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Antique 19th Century English Decorative Art

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This is a hand-colored copperplate engraving entitled "Tulipa viridiscoloris, Fritillaria iuncifolns, Allium Vrsinum" depicting flowering tulip, fritillary and wild garlic plants fro...

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Early 18th Century Academic Still-life Prints

Materials

Engraving

original lithograph

original lithograph

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1957 at the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 8 3/4 x 6 inches (225 x 150 mm). Jean Cocteau executed this original lithograph to depict a...

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1950s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Framed eighteenth century botanical engraving in a decalcomania frame.

Framed eighteenth century botanical engraving in a decalcomania frame.

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Richmond, GB

From a wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in a hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frame. So...

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Mid-18th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint

Framed eighteenth century botanical engraving in a decalcomania frame.

Framed eighteenth century botanical engraving in a decalcomania frame.

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Richmond, GB

From a wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in a hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frame. So...

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Mid-18th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint

18th Century Large Hand-Tinted Botanical Lithograph
18th Century Large Hand-Tinted Botanical Lithograph

18th Century Large Hand-Tinted Botanical Lithograph

$650 / item

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18th Century Large Hand-Tinted Botanical Lithograph

Located in Los Angeles, CA

18th century large hand-tinted botanical lithographs. Beautiful images to hang in powder room, framing doorways, kitchens or anywhere! The measurement below is for the frame only. ...

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Antique Early 18th Century English Prints

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Paper

Syrian Oregano (Origanum Syriacum) – Antique Botanical Engraving c.1676
Syrian Oregano (Origanum Syriacum) – Antique Botanical Engraving c.1676

Syrian Oregano (Origanum Syriacum) – Antique Botanical Engraving c.1676

Located in Langweer, NL

Maiorana Syriaca sive Marum Syriacum – Origanum Syriacum Botanical Engraving c.1676 This antique botanical engraving features Origanum syriacum, also known as Bible hyssop, Lebanese...

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Antique Late 17th Century French Prints

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Paper

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Basilius Besler Botanical Engraving, Hortus Eystettensis, Early 17th Century

Basilius Besler Botanical Engraving, Hortus Eystettensis, Early 17th Century

By Basilius Besler

Located in Stockholm, SE

An original hand-colored botanical engraving from Basilius Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, published in Nuremberg in 1613. Executed at the transition between Renaissance naturalism and...

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Antique 17th Century German Baroque Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

original lithograph

original lithograph

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1957 at the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 8 3/4 x 6 inches (225 x 150 mm). Jean Cocteau executed this original lithograph to depict a...

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1950s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

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JOHANN WEINMANN - Six Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745

JOHANN WEINMANN - Six Hand Colored Botanical Engravings - Germany - C. 1737-1745

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Chatham, ON

JOHANN WILHELM WEINMANN (1683-1741) - PHYTANTHOZA ICONOGRAPHIE - Antique set of six framed 18th century first edition PHYTANTHOZA ICONOGRAPHIE botanical hand colored mezzotint engrav...

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Antique Early 18th Century German Georgian Prints

Materials

Wood, Paper, Glass

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Antirrhinum Orontium - 18th century Weinmann botanical plant flower engraving

Antirrhinum Orontium - 18th century Weinmann botanical plant flower engraving

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Melbourne, Victoria

'Antirrhinum Orontium' Mezzotint printed in colours. Circa 1740. From Johann W Weinmann's Phytanthoza Iconographia, published in Regensburg 1737-45. The first botanical series to u...

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18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Engraving

Flowering Dragonmouth: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Flowering Dragonmouth: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving

Flowering Dragonmouth: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Alamo, CA

An 18th century hand colored botanical engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) depicting the following flowering sage plants: a. Horminum Peregrinum Foliis Salvice, b. Hormi...

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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Engraving, Mezzotint

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$2,350

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Giltwood

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