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Letterpress Wood Block Sculpture
Located in East Hampton, NY
Antique letterpress printers wood block sculpture.
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Wood
Original Wood Carved SHOW Majorette Letterpress Triangle Poster Company
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large hand carved circus or carnival SHOW letterpress with wonderful and graphic carved majorette
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Letterpress
Materials
Wood
Original cover for Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater, Symbolist letterpress, 1899
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
of Mysticism (2019)
Original letterpress cover for Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper, Ink
H 15.19 in W 10.94 in D 0.2 in
Antique Map of the Extension of the Russian Empire in the XIXth Century, 1806
Located in Langweer, NL
Russian Empire at the beginning of the XIXth century. Several letterpress notations are present on the map
Category
Early 1800s Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 20.08 in W 26.78 in D 0 in
18th Century Inn License in a Gilt Frame
Located in New York, NY
Original 1790 NY state inn license letterpressed in a faux gilt and lacquer frame.
Category
19th Century American Country Antique Letterpress
Animal Locomotion: Plate 730 (Tiger Walking), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date, stamped with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science and Art
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: 671 (Ox Walking), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date.
Stamped with Museum of Edinburgh's 'Science and Art
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Draped Figure, Seated
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Fairlawn, OH
the letterpress lower left: "T. Way. Imp London"
The stone erased in 1904
The majority of the lifetime
Category
1890s American Impressionist Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lithograph
Animal Locomotion: Plate 89 (Nude Man Ascending Staircase), 1887 - Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date, stamped with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 322 (Man Lifting Dumbbells), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date, stamped with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 92 (Nude Woman Ascending Staircase), 1887 - Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date, stamped with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 749 (Baboon Climbing), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Draped Figure, Seated
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Fairlawn, OH
the letterpress lower left: "T. Way. Imp London"
The stone erased in 1904
The majority of the lifetime
Category
1890s American Impressionist Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lithograph
The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, 1851, (2) vols., Benson J. Lossing
By S. Harper Brothers
Located in Morristown, NJ
. Lithographic and letterpress title pages in both volumes. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1851-1852, leather
Category
1850s American Victorian Antique Letterpress
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 11 in W 7.75 in D 6 in
The Sunday World; New York Feb. 9th
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Color letterpress poster advertising the Sunday World, the Sunday publication of the New York World
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Color
The Sunday World; Oct. 4th
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Color letterpress poster advertising the Sunday World, the Sunday publication of the New York World
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Color
The Sunday World; "Say! Have You Seen This Week's Sunday World, It's Great"
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Color letterpress poster advertising the Sunday World, the Sunday publication of the New York World
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Color
The Sunday World; May 31st
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Color letterpress poster advertising the Sunday World, the Sunday publication of the New York World
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Color
The Sunday World; Sept. 29
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Color letterpress poster advertising the Sunday World, the Sunday publication of the New York World
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Color
The Sunday World; May 3rd
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Color letterpress poster advertising the Sunday World, the Sunday publication of the New York World
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Color
The Sunday World; The Great Sunday World Convention Number, July 5th
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Color letterpress poster advertising the Sunday World, the Sunday publication of the New York World
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Color
The Sunday World; Sept 20
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Color letterpress poster advertising the Sunday World, the Sunday publication of the New York World
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Color
The Sunday World; New York Feb. 2nd
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Color letterpress poster advertising the Sunday World, the Sunday publication of the New York World
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Color
The Sunday World; St. Valentine's Number, Feb. 14
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Color letterpress poster advertising the Sunday World, the Sunday publication of the New York World
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Color
Original 1912 Advertising Poster for Mephisto L&C Hardtmuth 'Koh-i-noor' Pencils
By Edouard Bourgeois
Located in London, GB
Edouard Bourgeois (1880-1939) with a red devil holding papers standing hiding behind the letterpress. Good
Category
1910s French Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 36.23 in W 27.96 in D 0.04 in
1827 Polar Bear, Mammal, Oudart, Large Hand Coloured Stone Lithograph, Rare
Located in Norwich, GB
accompanying letterpress for the series was produced, though the title 'Collection d'Animaux' appears in the
Category
1820s French Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 10.83 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
November
By Eugen Kirchner
Located in San Francisco, CA
review Pan, 1895-96, vol. II, no. III, with the publisher’s letterpress line “EUGEN KIRCHNER, NOVEMBER
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Antique Letterpress
Ostrich, Oudart, Large Hand Coloured Stone Lithograph, Rare
Located in Norwich, GB
, 1827.
Because the work was never formally completed no title-page nor accompanying letterpress for
Category
1820s French Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Regnier, Bettanier, Morlon, French Color Lithographs With Period Gold Leaf Frame
Located in Prato, Tuscany
were then transferred to the Frères Becquet letterpress-lithography in Rue des Noyers in Paris for
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Letterpress
Materials
Wood, Paper
H 14.18 in W 11.03 in D 1.19 in
Vision Antique
By Paul Berthon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
included no advertising and no letterpress. They were meant to stand alone as significant works of art in
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lithograph
Seminal guide to the East and West Indies, with 42 coloured maps and plates
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
). With 3 title pages (2 from the same full-page engraving and 1 letterpress with an engraving of a ship
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Free Shipping
H 12.6 in W 8.27 in D 1.58 in
Ayres, Philip, Emblems of Love, 1750, in a Fine Full Leather Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
engraved title page signed 'S Nicholls sculp:' replacing the letterpress one, and introductory sonnet
Category
1750s British Antique Letterpress
Materials
Leather
Antique Aquatint of The Distribution of Wine on the Morning of St.Louis, c.1822
Located in Langweer, NL
publisher/ artist's address "London, W. Sams (...) 1822" below image. - With the accompanying letterpress
Category
1820s Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 9.85 in W 12.8 in D 0 in
Der Hirte (The Shepherd) — original hand-coloring
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, unframed.
With letterpress typeset in the bottom margin, verso, as published, 'Richard Seewald / Der Hirte
Category
1910s Expressionist Antique Letterpress
Materials
Woodcut
1813 The Plays of William Shakespeare
By William Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
.
Illustrated with five plates, four folding letterpresses, and one further folding plate. Collated, complete
Category
1810s British Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Schloss Kammer Lake Attersee II by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk collotype, 1908-1912
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
by Klimt and struck below the image using a technique similar to letterpress. The signet corresponded
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 18 in W 18.5 in D 0.1 in
Fruit Trees by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime landscape collotype, 1908-1912
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
image using a technique similar to letterpress. The signet corresponded to a matching signet in the
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Gustav KlimtFruit Trees by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime landscape collotype, 1908-1912, 1908-1914
H 18 in W 18.5 in D 0.1 in
Farm Garden Sunflowers by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
image using a technique similar to letterpress. The signet corresponded to a matching signet in the
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 18 in W 18.5 in D 0.1 in
Malcesine on Lake Garda by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk landscape collotype, 1908-1912
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
technique similar to letterpress. The signet corresponded to a matching signet in the justification page
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 18 in W 18.5 in D 0.1 in
Thunderstorm (The Large Poplar II) by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
image using a technique similar to letterpress. The signet corresponded to a matching signet in the
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 18 in W 18.5 in D 0.1 in
Church in Cassone by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
similar to letterpress. The signet corresponded to a matching signet in the justification page which
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 18 in W 18.5 in D 0.1 in
Farmhouse in Buchberg by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
image using a technique similar to letterpress. The signet corresponded to a matching signet in the
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Gustav KlimtFarmhouse in Buchberg by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912, 1908-1914
H 18 in W 18.5 in D 0.1 in
The Swamp by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime landscape collotype, 1908-1912
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
similar to letterpress. The signet corresponded to a matching signet in the justification page which
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 18 in W 18.5 in D 0.1 in
Portrait of Lady in Red and Black by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk collotype, 1908-1912
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
signet, which was designed by Klimt and struck below the image using a technique similar to letterpress
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 18 in W 18.5 in D 0.1 in
La Pointe de Bretteville
By Paul Berthon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nouveau posters, Berthon's panneaux decoratifs included no advertising and no letterpress. They were meant
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lithograph
Death and Life by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
signet, which was designed by Klimt and struck below the image using a technique similar to letterpress
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 18 in W 18.5 in D 0.1 in
The Bluestocking’s Husband
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
, sur blanc (without the letterpress verso and on a quality wove paper); Daumier Register 669, second
Category
1840s Realist Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lithograph
Quiz. The Grand Master -Illustrated Book by Thomas Rowlandson - 1816
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in Roma, IT
". He also wrote the letterpress for various illustrated books, and was a general hack.
Category
1810s Modern Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 5.91 in W 11.03 in D 0.79 in
Saved from Drowning
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
letterpress verso in Le Charivari; Daumier Register 1029, second state (of 3); in very good condition, 10 x
Category
1840s Realist Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lithograph
Monsieur - Here's Your Handkerchief
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
paper (from the small collector’s edition, without the letterpress verso as the print was issued in the
Category
1840s Realist Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lithograph
The English Dance of Death - The Dance of Life by Thomas Rowlandson - 1810s
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in Roma, IT
". He also wrote the letterpress for various illustrated books, and was a general hack.
Category
1810s Modern Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
H 8.27 in W 5.12 in D 1.58 in
Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Hallowed Be Thy Name" 1899 sepia lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
another level of luxury and dimension, the cover and title page incorporate a letterpress technique, and
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lithograph
H 15.187 in W 10.937 in D 0.2 in
Navigational Chart of Mexico's Coast, with Acapulco and Port Marquis, 1748
Located in Langweer, NL
: Good, given age. Original folds, as issued. Offsetting from letterpress text on the opposite page in
Category
1740s Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 9.81 in W 17.52 in D 0.01 in
Erinnerung (Remembrance) — Turn-of-the Century Romantic Etching
By Max Klinger
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
literature, the artist’s name and the title is printed in letterpress, in the bottom, left sheet corner
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Antique Letterpress
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Beethoven Frieze (detail) by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk collotype, 1908-1912
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
letterpress. The signet corresponded to a matching signet in the justification page which detailed the piece’s
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 18 in W 18.5 in D 0.1 in
La fortune fait oublier les amis
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
letterpress verso (sur blanc), in generally good condition, paper toned toward edges. 9 x 9 inches
A very
Category
1830s Realist Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lithograph
Fashion Plates (a collection of 12)
By Paul Gavarni
Located in New York, NY
in Le Charivari, with the letterpress verso. [Some are signed in the plate, the address of the
Category
1840s Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lithograph
Heliograph of Tin Mining in Tronoh, Perak and Tambun in Sabah, Malaysia, 1907
Located in Langweer, NL
printed using industrial methods such as offset, letterpress or rotogravure. Héliogravure belongs to the
Category
Early 1900s Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 17.72 in W 13.78 in D 0 in
Rare Heliogravures of Singapore and Johore, Published in 1907
Located in Langweer, NL
, letterpress or rotogravure.
Héliogravure belongs to the same family of intaglio printing techniques as
Category
Early 1900s Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Four Rare Heliograph Views of Mining Near Sungei Bessi River in Malaysia, 1907
Located in Langweer, NL
printed using Industrial methods such as offset, letterpress or rotogravure.
Héliogravure belongs to
Category
Early 1900s Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
H 13.78 in W 17.72 in D 0 in
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Find many varieties of an authentic antique letterpress available at 1stDibs. An antique letterpress — often made from wood, metal and iron — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique letterpress, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each antique letterpress bearing Industrial or Victorian hallmarks is very popular. A well-made antique letterpress has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Alphonse Mucha are consistently popular.
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