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4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
Located in Middletown, NY
Four plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers. “Wolfsmelk Rupsen;" “Wolfsmilch, Raupe und Schmetterling" Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With handling creases in the lower right sheet quadrant, as well as minor, loose cockling, otherwise in very good condition. The colors are superb with exceptionally fresh and bright saturation. Engraved between 1679 and 1683, printed 1730. Plates included: LIV, LV, LVI, & LVII.
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN was one of the most highly respected entomologists of the 17th century, and remains today one of the field's most significant figures. A German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, she reared herself on the study of caterpillars, and made tremendous contributions to the knowledge of the life cycles of numerous species. Until her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation.
Trained as a miniature painter by her stepfather, she published her first book of illustrations in 1675, at the age of 28. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of the two-volume series on caterpillars, The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates that she engraved and etched. In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Guiana...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Engraving
Calendula Flowers: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by B. Besler
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored copper plate engraving depicting "Calendula prolifera; Calendula lutea flore pleno; Calendula lute medioruffa" flowers from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eys...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
A Flowering Cactus Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Cereus Erectus Altissimo Surinamensis (Cereus Cactus Plant)". It is plate...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Carcere ascura
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Carcere ascura
Etching, 1743
Signed in the plate bottom left corner
From: Prima Parte, 1743
Second edition: 1750-1778
Watermark: R 37-39
A lifetime impression printed during Piranesi’s life, before the plates are moved to Paris by his sons in the 1790’s
This image foretells Piranesi's famous set, Carceri (Prisons) which is his next creative effort.
Condition: Horizontal crease midway in the sheet associated with the manufacture of the paper.
Visible watermark verso
Small printer crease in the bottom right below the caption plate.
Image size: 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Reference: Robison 3 iii/VI
Piranesi In Rome: Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive
"Although Piranesi studied architecture in Venice, he never was able to find work in the field other than a few jobs involving remodeling in Rome. While Piranesi was struggling to support his architectural endeavors upon his arrival in Rome in 1740, he spent a short period of time in the studio of master painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) in addition to his apprenticeship with Giuseppe Vasi. The first production of Piranesi’s early years in Rome and a culmination of his training under Vasi, Tiepolo, and his uncle, was the Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive (1743). The Prima Parte was a collection of twelve etchings of imaginary temples, palaces, ruins, and a prison. During this time, Piranesi was still developing the unique style of etching he is known for today, and as such the Prima Parte differs significantly in technique compared to later works. In the Frontispiece of the Prima Parte, Piranesi’s lines are definite and exact with very little flow to them, designed in the form of traditional etching. The detail is immaculate, and yet perspective of the piece is oddly simple and familiar to the viewer. Piranesi’s technique employs miniscule markings and lines, intricately woven together to create a stippling effect. The Prima Parte, described as “rigid” by art historian Jonathan Scott, came to be seen as a stark contrast to his later sketches, which were much lighter and freer. Influenced by the style of Tiepolo, which epitomized the lightness and brightness of the Rococo period, Piranesi adopted some of the more painterly techniques of the masters he apprenticed under. Piranesi made the medium of etching appear as though it was a sketch or a painting, hence a “freer” and more fluid design in his later works. For example, the frontispiece of the Prima Parte read as an etching to Piranesi’s audience, but in his later vedute, the style of etching almost appears to be made of brushstrokes. Moreover, at the same time Piranesi was working on the Prima Parte, he aided the artist Giambattista Nolli. There is a small section of Nolli’s map...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Hand-Colored Houbraken Portrait of "Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James"
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored portrait of Henry Prince of Wales, Son of James, engraved and etched by the Dutch master of portraits Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching
An Engraving from the Series 'The Cries of London': "Turnips & Carrots"
Located in Alamo, CA
A beautifully framed hand-colored engraving from the famous "Cries of London" series, depicting the lives and professions of the common people of 18th ...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
French 18th century bucolic scene, soft ground etching, style of Boucher, c1770,
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Fine soft ground etching printed in a orange / red ink on laid paper. A French etching in the manner of Boucher. A shepherd and shepherdess rest by water among sheep, goats a donkey ...
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Romantic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Chironia Baccifera Berry-Bearing Chironia /// English Botanical Flower Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William Curtis (English, 1746-1799)
Title: "Chironia Baccifera Berry-Bearing Chironia" (Vol. 7, Plate 233)
Portfolio: The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed
Year...
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Victorian 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio
Robert van Audenaerde after Carlo Maratti - Engraving, Rebecca at the Well
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming 18th-century engraving depicting the religious scene of Rebecca at The Well. Inscribed in plate. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Vaso Antico della Galleria Farnese - Etching by G.B. Piranesi - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Original 18th century etching realized by Giovan Battista Piranesi.
Representation of the vase in the centre, description below "Ancient marble vase...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of his Wife
Located in Middletown, NY
Sadeler, Aegidius II, after Bartholomeus Spranger
Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of his Wife, Christina Muller
Engraving on hand made laid paper wit...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving
Benjamin West, history painter, portrait, soft ground etching, 1809
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Benj. West RA'
Soft ground etching by William Daniell RA (1769-1837) after George Dance the Younger (1741-1825), 1809.
Benjamin West PRA (1738 – 1820) was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American War of Independence...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Flowering Peppermint Plants: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Pulegium Cervinum, Pseudo Pulegium Struthium, Pulegium Regium", depicting flowering Peppermint, Weld and Pennyroyal plants respectively from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713.
This beautiful colorful engraving is printed on thin laid chain-linked paper. There are subtle creases in the right upper corner, very common with Besler's relating to the drying of the paper during its production. The right margin is thinner than the others. The print is otherwise in excellent condition with striking hand-coloring.
Basilius Besler (1561–1629) was an apothecary and botanist. He was curator of the Willibaldsburg Castle garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Fountains of Rome; Fontana e castello dell'Acqua
Located in Middletown, NY
Rome: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, 1625.
Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 8 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (222 x 286 mm), full margins. In good condition with some light yellow discol...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
THORNTON. The Roses
Located in London, GB
Magnificent print by Robert John Thornton. Aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora.
[London 1799]
First state.
Thornton was a prolific medical author and Doctor of Medicine, practicing at St Andrews University and licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. However, he is best remembered for this great botanical publication The Temple of Flora, which formed a part of the larger work - New Illustration of the Sexual system of Linnaeus.
In 1797, he also began advertising for subscribers to his planned natural history publishing venture, which eventually comprised of 30 folio botanical plates. For these remarkable illustrations, he engaged the services of the leading artists and engravers of his day: Sir William Beechey, James Opie, Henry Raeburn, John Russell, Philip Reinagle and others as painters; Francesco Bartolozzi, Richard Earlom and John Landseer. Most of the images were painted by Peter Charles Henderson and Philip Reinagle.
These botanical illustrations are unique as they were the first flower prints with landscape backgrounds, depicting the natural habitat of the plant. The life-size flowers stand out dramatically and the whole effect is startlingly modern. Thornton's announced intention was to make this work the most magnificent tribute ever paid to the famous Swedish botanist Linnaeus by illustrating his Sexual System with the finest possible prints. All these were engraved on a larger scale than anything which had hitherto appeared and then were printed in colour, an expensive and uncommon method in England at this time. A brilliant effect.
This rare and celebrated plate of the Roses...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint, Aquatint, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Deer Horns - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Deer horns is an artwork realized by Buvée l'Américain in 1771.
Etching B./W. print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on the lower left margin.
The work is glued on cardboard. ...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
S. Paolo Fuori Le Mura (Vedute della Basilica di S. Paolo fuor della mura)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
S. Paolo Fuori Le Mura (Vedute della Basilica di S. Paolo fuor della mura)
Etching, 1748
From: Vedute di Roma, Plate 8
An early Roman printing, published by Bouchard e Gravier
Watermark: Fleur de Lys in a double circle
Signed in the plate
Condition: Small margins as are common with Bouchard published impressions.
Centerfold (as usual)
Rich impression with good contrasts
Plate/Image size: 15 7/8 x 24 1/8 inches
Sheet size: 17 3/8 x 24 3/4 inches
Reference: Focillon 723
Wilton-Ely 138
Hind 6 ii/VI, Bouchard e Gravier printing, before the price and numbers in later states
This image is Piranesi’s second interior scene from the Vedute di Roma. The first interior is a less complex composition of the Interior of St. Peters which lacks the challenging perspective that the artist masters in this image.
The Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Flowering Apple Plant: 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This striking hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving is entitled Malus domestica, Pomier, Apfelbaunt (Apple)". It is plate 704 in Johann Weinmann's monumental publicatio...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Basilica of San Lorenzo in Rome: A Framed 18th Century Etching by Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
This large framed 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi entitled "Veduta della Basilica di S. Lorenzo fuor della mura" (Basilica of San Lorenzo Outside the Walls), published in Rome in 1750 in Piranesi's Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), This etching depicts the Basilica of San Lorenzo Outside the Walls, which is a Roman Catholic papal basilica and parish church, located in Rome, Italy. The Basilica is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and one of the five "papal basilicas". It was built as a shrine to the martyred Roman deacon St. Lawrence.
This Piranesi etching is held by many museums and institutions, including: The Metropolitan Museum, The British Museum, The National Gallery of Art, The Yale University Art Gallery, and The Harvard Museum of Art.
This magnificent etching is presented in a brown-colored wood frame and a tan French...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
A Human Sacrifice, in a Morai, in Otaheite (Tahiti) 1784 James Cook Final Voyage
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
A Human Sacrifice in a Morai in Otaheite (Tahiti) 1784 by John Webber is from the First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Flowering Chestnut Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Castanea Equina, Chateignier amaire (Horse Chestnut)". It is plate 342 in...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Epirus Albania - Etching by Johannes Janssonius - 1650s
Located in Roma, IT
Epirus Albania is an ancient map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664).
Good conditions.
From Atlantis majoris quinta pars, Orbem maritimum [Novus Atlas, volume V: ca...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Johann Weinmann: c18th Botanical Engravings in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
A wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames.
Joha...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Mezzotint
Le Grand prêtre Coresus - Etching by J- Danzel - Late 18th Century
By Jérôme Danzel
Located in Roma, IT
Le Grand prêtre Coresus is an artwork realized by Jérôme Danzel in the second half of the XVIII Century.
Burin after Fragonard's artwork "Coresus et ...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Thisbe and Pyramus, Ovid's Metamorphoses, French Classical Myth engraving, 1768
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving by Nicolas de Launay after Charles Monnet (1732-1808).
Thisbe, finding the dead body of Pyramus, throws herself on a sword.
Fro...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Giant Petrel, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Skeleton after Titian - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Skeleton after Titian is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755.
Signed in the plate.
Good conditions with foxing.
The artwork is depicted through confident stroke...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Collegio di Propaganda Fide - Etching by G. Vasi - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Collegio di Propaganda Fide is an etching on paper of the Late 18th century realized by Giuseppe Vasi.
Signed and titled on plate lower margin.
Good conditions except for consumed margins and Foxings.
Giuseppe Vasi (Corleone,1710 - Rome, 1782) was an engraver, architect, and landscape artist. Between 1746 and 1761, Vasi published 10 volumes with 240 engravings of the monuments of Rome...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Cultivated Pea Plants: An 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "a. Pisum Minus sine Putamine, b. Pisa Indicum". It is plate 819 in Weinma...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
The Beheading of the King of England; Enthauptung des Königs in England
Located in Middletown, NY
The execution of Charles I (1600-1649) at Whitehall, January 30th 1649, in front of the Banqueting House. The executioner holding the head of Charles up to the crowd below.
Engravin...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Laid Paper
Skeleton - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Skeleton is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Signed in plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la descri...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Anemogra Phica - Etching by Johannes Janssonius - 1650s
Located in Roma, IT
Anemogra Phica is a rare ancient map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664). First modern map of the Pacific Ocean.
Good conditions.
From Atlantis majoris quinta pars,...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Cream-coloured Plover, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Pee-amerdu Plant: A Rare 17th Century Botanical Engraving by H. van Rheede
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a rare 17th century engraving of a plant entitled "Pee-amerdu" by the Dutch botanist Hendrik van Rheede tot Drakenstein, plate 19 from his 'Hortus Indicus Malabaricus' (Garden of Malabar), published in Amsterdam in 1686 by Johann van Someren. The engraving depicts the Pee-amerdu plant, a large leafed plant climbing plant off the Malabar Coast in India. The plant is noted for its medicinal uses. It may be related to Tinospora species. Rheede's 19th century publication featured illustrations of exotic plants and fruits labelled with script in the upper right corner in Latin, Malay, Arabic, and Sanskrit. Hortus Indicus Malabaricus is believed to be the earliest comprehensive published work on the flora of Asia and the tropics. The 17th century treatise featured important illustrations of 740 plants of the region, including Indian medicinal plants.
The engraving is printed on 17th century laid, chain-linked watermarked paper. The sheet measures 14.88" high by 18.75" wide. There is a central fold, as issued. There are a few faint smudges, a spot in the upper margin and there is minimal irregularity of the left edge of the paper where the print was previously bound in the 17th century publication. The print is otherwise in very good condition.
There are additional Rheede botanical engravings from his 'Hortus Indicus Malabaricus' publication that are listed on my 1stdibs storefront and online website. These would make for an impressive display grouping. A discount is available for purchase of two or more of the prints.
Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
"Allegory of Justice": A 17th Century Old Master Engraving by van Swanenburg
By Willem van Swanenburg
Located in Alamo, CA
This old master engraving entitled "Allegorie op de Rechtspraak" is by Willem van Swaanenburg after a painting by Joachim Wtewael, published by Ch...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
The Garden of Love (after Peter Paul Rubens [1577-1640]
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Garden of Love (after Peter Paul Rubens [1577-1640])
Woodcut diptych, c. 1633-1636
Each of the two sheets is signed in the plate lower right
A posthumous impression with tiny wor...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
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Old Towers of Rostov Kremlin, Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Located in Long Island City, NY
Anatole Krasnyansky, Ukrainian/American (1930 - ) - Old Towers of Kyiv, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 55/350, Image Size: 10.25 x 9.25 inches, Size: 1...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Chateau Valeri, French chateau, garden estate plan, mid 17th century engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Chateau Valeri'
Copper-line engraving by Matthaeus Merian.
From 'Topographia Galliae', a fine series of engravings of 17th-century French landscapes, gardens, buildings and citie...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Genip Tree & Fruit: An 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Geniculata Wieder Kraief, B. Genipa seu Ganipaba". It is plate 531 in...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Jeux de boules - Near the City Gate
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper, 6 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches (175 x 275 mm), thin margins. Some minor surface soiling and paper tape residue in four areas along the top sheet edge, verso, othe...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper, Etching
Flowering Spurge: 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Esula seu Tithyinalus Africanus SpinosusCera Effigie, B. Esula seu Ti...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Antique French Copper Engraving - Cathedral
Located in Houston, TX
Bold antique copper engraving of the floor plan of a French cathedral from Recueil d'Architecture, 1780.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a whi...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Paper, Engraving
Flowering Trumpet Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Stramonia Aegyptiaca foetida semine pallido flore albo duplici triplicive...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Flowering Sweet William Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "a. Caryophyllus Arborescens, b. Caryophyllus Barbatus". It is plate 327 i...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Goddess - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Goddess from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some foxing and folding ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Profile from "Le Gout du Bonheur", Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, After, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - Profile from "Le Gout du Bonheur". Year: 1964 (Printed 1970), Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Edition: 666, Image Size: 6.5 x 4.25 inches,...
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Cubist 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
S.Juan de Puerto Rico - Etching by Johannes Janssonius - 1650s
Located in Roma, IT
S.Juan de Puerto Rico is an ancient map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664).
Good conditions.
From Atlantis majoris quinta pars, Orbem maritimum [Novus Atlas, volum...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Icecream Bean plant..., plate no. 58, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
Located in Middletown, NY
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Plate No. 58; Ice Cream Bean Plant, Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly and Caterpillar with Mot...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
The Porculine Opossum (Bandicoot), Australia, engraving, 1795
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Porculine Opossum' (Bandicoot)
Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. Circa 1795, by Richard Polydore Nodder (fl.1770 – 1800).
155mm by 125mm (platemark)
225mm by...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Antique Map - Mare Pacificum - Etching by Johannes Janssonius - 1650s
Located in Roma, IT
Mare Pacificum is an antique map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664).
The Map is Hand-colored etching, with coeval watercolorang.
Good conditions with slight foxing...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Vaso Anzio di Marmo press S.E. il Sig. Schowvaloff-Etching by G.B. Piranesi-1778
Located in Roma, IT
Artist proof, printed on contemporary filigree paper, large margins, representing an antique marble vase , whose details are described in the ending note . The piece is dedicated to ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Vatican Hallway designed by Raphael: 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving by Volpato
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored copper-plate engraving by Giovanni Volpato after a drawing by Camporesi. It was the frontispiece for volume one of the rare and valuable...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
George II, King of England, royalty portrait engraving, circa 1780
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'George II'
Copper-line engraving by Pierre Francois Basan (1723-1797) after Founan.
Basan (1723-1797) was a French engraver and publisher.
George II (1683-1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Leneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. He was the last British monarch to have been born outside Great Britain, and was famous for his numerous conflicts with his father and, subsequently, with his son. As king, he exercised little control over policy in his early reign, the government instead being controlled by Great Britain's de facto first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
View of Mausoleo of Cecilia Metella - Etching by G. B. Piranesi - 1773
Located in Roma, IT
View of Mausoleo of Cecilia Metella is an original etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1773.
Precoius roman edition. Complete title on the lower ma...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Faust (B270), Heliogravure on Laid Paper by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Faust (B270), Year: 1878 (of original 1652), Medium: Heliogravure on Laid Paper, Size: 8.5 x 6.5 in. (21.59 x 16.5...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Roman Theater - Etching after Michelangelo Specchi - Mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Theater is an original etching on paper realized after Michelangelo Specchi, the engraver is anonymous.
Signed on the plate, lower left.
With the description on the lower.
T...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Butterflies & Moths in a Landscape: 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving by M. Harris
By Moses Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a rare, original first edition hand-colored engraving depicting the natural history of butterflies and moths, which is plate 10 from Moses Harris' publication "The Aurelian: ...
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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Aquarius - Etching by Charles De la Haye - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Aquarius is an original etchingon paper realized by Charles De la Haye after Andrea Stech, in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate on the lower.
Good condit...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The plan of St. Martin's Church, St. Martin in the Fields
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Society of Antiqauries London, 1744. Engraving on buff wove paper with a large heraldic watermark with Strasbourg lily with a crown and shied and the letters LVG, 9 1/2 x 14 ...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Engraving
Four French Louis XIV period chimney-piece design engravings by Jean Dolivar
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Luire de Cheminees a la Moderne nouvellement Invente et Grave par Jean Dolivar.'
Collection of 4 engravings with designs for chimney-pieces. Published in Paris, circa 1670.
210mm ...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Etching
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