Sir William Segar

Heraldry Crest : Clifford

1764

ARCHIV FUR ORNAMENTALE KUNST. M. Gropius, L. Lohde, P. Lehfeldt. Lithographs with Later Hand-Color. Berlin, 1870. 13” x 19” Unframed. A fine German work by, the illustration...

Plan de la Ville de Rome, Principali Monumento de Roma. After Giambattista Nolli (1701-56) Pietro Fuga (1799-1830) Engraver Venanzio Monaldini (1765-1819) Publisher Rome, 1843 Hand-Colored Engraving. An ever popular tourist destination, the city of Rome has been illustrated in great detail for centuries. Perhaps the best known and most often copied work is by Giambattista Nolli. His view of Rome was called “Pianta Grande de Roma”. Published in 1748, the Eternal City was show in its entire splendor with an accurate accounting of its revered monuments. This iconic view will forever be known as the Nolli Map...

BASIL BESLER (1561 – 1629). Hortus Eystettensis. Konrad Bauer. Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” t...

Italia mit…Corsica, Sardinia und Sicilia. Geographia Universalis, Vetus et Nova, complectens Claidii Prolemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII. Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1542. En...

ROMA (Italy) A. Aquaroni. Engraving. Modern Hand-Color. Rome, Italy 1750. Ever wonder what pre-dated the postcard? By the mid-eighteenth century, travel and exploration had be...

CARTOGRAPHER : SOULES, FRANCOIS (1748-1809) DATE: 1787 SHORT TITLE : PLAN D'YORK EN VIRGINIE, REMAINING TITLE & ID : AVEC LES ATTAQUES ET LES CAMPEMENS DE L'ARMEE COMBINEE DE FRANCE ET D'AMERIQUE. (NO CARTOUCHE, CENTER LEFT). LIST OF SYMBOLS (a THROUGH d) AND A "NOTA" (BELOW TITLE). SCALE OF 600 TOISES (BELOW NOTA). 4 POINTED COMPASS ROSE (TOP LEFT CORNER). LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE (NOT SHOWN). ________________________________________ DATE OF PUBLICATION : R1787 (1781MS) PLACE OF PUBLICATION : PARIS DESCRIPTION : THIS MAP SHOWING THE BATTLE POSITIONS OF THE CONTENDING ARMIES AT YORKTOWN GIVES SUCH DETAILS AS ROADS, HOUSES, HOSPITALS, ARTILLERY PLACEMENT, ETC. VERNER SUGGESTS THAT THIS PRINTED MAP WAS TAKEN FROM A FRENCH MANUSCRIPT MAP...

18th Century (c1740) etching/engraving , John II, Count of Hainaut Holland & Zeeland (1247-1304)

Antique Steel Engraving Published 1866 by Blackie & Son, London for "A History of the Earth and Animated Nature" by Oliver Goldsmith. Matt siz...

This is a hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled "I. Spatula foetida - II. Caucalis Dodonei - III. Cruciata", depicting three flowering plants, including an Iris, 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 hand-colored botanical engraving is presented in a gold-colored wood frame with a French mat...

This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Matricaria Flore Simplici, Matricaria Flore Pleno, depicting flowering Feverfew and Double-flowered Feverfew plants, 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. The feverfew plant is also known as featherfew, featherfoil, or bachelor’s buttons...

This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Cataputia Vulgaris, Parietaria Sylvestris, Nummularia", depicting flowering Spanish Nut, Yellow Turk's-cap Lily, Yellow Turk's...

This is a hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled "Cistusflore Albo, Balaustium Flore Minori Romanum, Cotinus", depicting flowering Pomegranate, Rock Rose...