1760s Landscape Prints

This is a hand-colored engraving of a parrot bird entitled "Aigle d' Amerique (American Eagle)" by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 417 from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' in assoc...

Veduta del Tempio, detto della Tosse su la Via Tiburtina, un miglio vicino a Tivoli (View of the so-called Temple of the Cough on the Via Tiburtina, a Mile from Tivoli), from Vedute ...

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (Italian 1720-1778) VEDUTA DEL TEMPIO DELLA SIBILLA IN TIVOLI, c 1761 (Hind 61 i/v; Wilton-Ely 194) Etching from: “Vedute di Roma”, Plate 17 x 25 3/8 sh...

Avanzi degli Acquedotti Neroniani che si volevano distruggere per le loro vecchiezza, ma per ordine di N’ro, (The Remains of Nero’s Aqueduct) Etching, 1760-1778 Signed in the plate l...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) The Pantheon, Interior of the Portico ...

A hand colored engraving of a crane entitled "La Demoiselle de Numidie" by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 241 from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' in association with Georges Loui...

A hand-colored engraving of a female penguin entitled "Femelle du Pingoin" by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 1004 from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' in association with Georges Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon, first published in Paris in 1765 by Edme Louis Daubento. It depicts a female penguin standing on a flat surface. This colorful and detailed hand-colored copperplate engraving is printed on high quality laid chain-linked paper, which measures 12.63" x 9.38". It is in excellent condition. Francois Nicolas Martinet (1731-c1804) was a French naturalist, engineer and artist, particularly as a skilled engraver. He produced engravings for numerous publication on natural history. He is best known for his bird engravings. Martinet also illustrated many plays and operas by Voltaire and others, as well as creating landscapes and scenes of Versailles and portraits of royalty and aristocrats. George Louis Leclerc Buffon (1707-1788) was a French aristocrat who became a very prominent and respected scientist and mathematician. He was the director of the Jardin des Plantes botanical garden in Paris. He published the 36 volume Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière (1749-1788) which included Martinet's bird illustrations...

This is a hand-colored engraving of a woodpecker entitled "Pictachete de Cayenne" by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 553 from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' in association with Georges Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon, first published in Paris in 1765 by Edme Louis Daubento. It depicts a woodpecker on a live tree stump with leaves. This colorful and detailed hand-colored copperplate engraving is printed on high quality laid chain-linked paper, which measures 12.63" x 9.38". It is in excellent condition. Francois Nicolas Martinet (1731-c1804) was a French naturalist, engineer and artist, particularly as a skilled engraver. He produced engravings for numerous publication on natural history. He is best known for his bird engravings. Martinet also illustrated many plays and operas by Voltaire and others, as well as creating landscapes and scenes of Versailles and portraits of royalty and aristocrats. George Louis Leclerc Buffon (1707-1788) was a French aristocrat who became a very prominent and respected scientist and mathematician. He was the director of the Jardin des Plantes botanical garden in Paris. He published the 36 volume Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière (1749-1788) which included Martinet's bird illustrations...

A hand colored engraving of a falcon entitled "Le Faucon" by Francois Nicolas Martinet from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' in association with Georges Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon...

Very Interesting pair of hand-colored engravings of Captain Cook landing in Mallicolo and Erramanga, New Hebrides. Possibly taken from a book these are of...

Elias Durnford (English 1739-1794) "A View of the Entrance of the Harbour of Havanna (sic), taken from within the Wrecks." (Title also in French and Spanish), Engraving. Drawn by Elias Durnford, Engineer - Engraved by Peter Canot London, Published according to an Act of Parliament, August 1764 by Thos. Jeffreys, the corner of St. Martins Lane. From the First Edition prior to the John Bowles edition of 1768. Rare thus. Engraving plate 14 5/8 x 21 inches, sheet with wide margins. 19 x 25 inches. Rare. The Library of Congress example is trimmed within the plate mark. Durnford, Elias Walker, 1739 -1794, artist.Canot, Peter, 1710-1777, engraver. The area within the plate mark including the image is in generally good condition. Some possible rubbing or miss printing along the right edge of image. Some mild toning to the sheet. The margins with discoloration, remnants of mounting on the recto margins and associated losses. Remnants of backing sheet on most of the verso. But overall the image and title lines are good. Text from the Library of Congress.. "Print shows a battleship being towed by men in rowboats, a boat under sail, and men in rowboats in the harbor, with the masts of ships sunk at the entrance of the harbor. Includes numbered key showing: 1. The signal house in the Morro; 2. Apostles Battery; 3. Shepherds Battery; 4. The Cavannos; 5. Ships sunk in the entrance of the harbour; 6. Man of war towing out between the wrecks; 7. Ft. Punta; 8. Nth Bastion" From John Carter Brown Library "Elias Durnford, an engineer, was appointed surveyor-general of British West Florida in 1764. The British captured Havana in 1762 at the end of the Seven Years War only to trade it back to Spain in exchange for Florida eleven months later. The Spanish scuttled three warships in the harbor to prevent the British warships from entering. From Lord Russburough Annex: "Spain’s involvement in the Seven Years War (1756-1763) began when Charles III of Spain declared war against England in January 1762. The British responded by sending an expedition of 15,000 regular and colonial soldiers...

English Title: "Capitol” Image dimensions: 41.8x57 cm. Beautiful Artist's Proof, representing the apparatus for firework built in occasion of the Feast of S. Peter and Paolo (29th...