Antique Map of Samboepo by Valentijn, 1726

Antique print titled 'Samboepo in 't Verschiet'. Engraved view of the city of Samboepo (Makassar or Ujung Pandang) in Sulawesi with ships in the foreground. This print originates fro...

Antique print titled 'Gebruik der Onderstaande Speeltuigeb'. Antique print depicting various music instruments/drums. The upper image shows figures playing the instruments. This prin...

Untitled print of the Dutch arriving and pointing their guns at Chinese natives, armed with rocks, knifes and spears. Text on verso. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Ind...

Antique print titled 'Goude Armbanden Voorhooft-Oor- en Hair-Cieraden der Amboinezen enz'. Antique print depicting golden jewelry of the Ambonese. This ...

Antique print titled 'Hila en de Fortress Amsterdam, Nieuwe Moorsche Tempel van Hila, de Fortres Rotterdam op Larike, de Pas Baguwala en de vesting Middelburg.' This is a print of Hi...

Antique print titled 'De Cora-Cora van Titaway'. This is an original copper engraving of the Coracora fleet from Titaway. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. ...

Antique engraving of a Tucano Mangiapepe, by Saverio Manetti Circa 1776 A fine hand colored engraving of a Tuscan Magpie by the Italian artist Saverio Manetti. Manetti drew his work predominantly from real specimens. The work was one of the largest ornithology undertakings to that point in time. Dimensions: 25 inches high x 22 inches wide x 1 1/4 inches deep. (frame); (63.5cm high x 55.88cm). 18 x 14 in. (sheet) Reference: Wikipedia Manetti was born in Brozzi to Giovanni Bernardo and Maria Teresa Nesiscolt of Prague. His early studies were in Florence and later at Pisa where he studied botany under Pier Antonio Micheli. He graduated in medicine in 1745 and worked in Florence. In 1758 he joined the National Medical College where he studied anatomy under Antonio Cocchi (1695–1758), conducting the autopsy of Cocchi. Manetti was Professor of Botany of the "Società Botanica Fiorentina", a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, a Fellow of the Royal Society, learned societies in Göttingen and Montpellier, an Accademico dell'Istituto di Bologna and he maintained scientific contacts with the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus and with the main scientific circles of the second half of the 18th century. He was supervisor of the Orto Botanico di Firenze in Florence from 1749 to 1782 succeeding to Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti and Secretary of the Accademia dei Georgofili. With remarkable organizational effort, he secured the publication of Storia naturale degli uccelli, Natural History of the birds, a monumental work in five volumes illustrated with 600 hand-coloured engravings based on watercolor paintings. The book was commissioned by Maria Luisa, Grand duchess of Tuscany and the first volume was dedicated to Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo. The third volume was dedicated to Ferdinando di Brobone and the fourth to Giorgio Nassau Clavering. The engravings were made by Tuscan abbot and engraver Lorenzo Lorenzi and Violante Vanni who had studied under British engraver Robert Strange...

Francis Grose entered the army early in life and served in the cavalry, infantry, and militia.He had a profound knowledge of antiquities and spent the greater part of his life collec...

Great set of deer and moose. Ideal for decorating a ski lodge Lithographs after the drawings by Cpt. brown. Original color. Unframed The measurement given below is for one print.

Great images of corals Copper-plate engravings Drawn and engraved by A.Bell Published C.1790 Unframed. Free shipping.

Madam Knipp engraving of pigeon, From Les pigeons par Madame Knip, ne´e Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte par C.J. Themminck, Paris France, 1809-1811. A remarkable large engraving of a pigeon- The Colombe Ramier or Columba Cenea or Wood Pigeon floating within a gilt frame and white matte and with UV Tru-view Clear UV Glass. From a large collection of framed...

Great image of deer. Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames. Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original hand color. Published:...