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Lot of 18 Antique French Methodical Encyclopedias
Located in Mckinney, TX
Encyclopédie méthodique par ordre des matières ("Methodical Encyclopedia by Order of Subject Matter"), a major
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper
Moth Life Cycle: Handcolored Engraving from Bertuch's Encyclopedia, 1805
Located in Langweer, NL
Bertuch’s 12-volume encyclopedia, celebrated for its visual appeal and scientific accuracy.
The engraving
Category
Early 1800s Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper
Eared Jellyfish: Detailed Engraving from Bertuch's Children's Encyclopedia, 1805
Located in Langweer, NL
horseshoe-shaped gonads visible through its bell.
Bertuch's encyclopedia was an ambitious and pioneering
Category
Early 1800s Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper
Anemone Print in Wooden Frame, from Antiquarian Encyclopedia, Botanical Prints
Located in Hamburg, DE
Beautifully framed page from an antiquarian encyclopedia from Germany, depicting Anemones.
Frame
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Lithograph
Antique Art Nouveau German Leather Bound Encyclopedia of Scientific Inquiry Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This five volume set of leather bound 1st Edition encyclopedias were done by Weltall and Menschheit
Category
Early 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Leather, Paper
Mounted Print of National Coats of Arms by Tiffany & Co. from 1895 Encyclopedia
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good coloured Lithograph Print of National Coats Of Arms.
The print is mounted all ready for framing.
The external measurements of the mount are 12 W x 15 H and t...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper
Art Nouveau Cameo Single Vase 'Julienne Des Dames', Daum Nancy, France, Ca. 1910
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Diameter: 8,0 cm / 3.14 in
Bibliographie:
Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Glass
Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Single Vase 'Vigne', Nancy, France Ca. 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
, Glasmarken-Lexikon ( = Encyclopedia of Glass Marks ), Stuttgart (Germany) 1997, Signature number 3607 on page
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Glass
Capriccio Tivoli Landscape - British 18th century Old Master art oil painting
By Richard Wilson
Located in Hagley, England
Encyclopedia of Wales as the "most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and the first to appreciate
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Oil
$13,232 Sale Price
20% Off
'On the Menam River, Bangkok, Siam', Early Australian Artist, Thailand, Siamese
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art.
Reference:
Alan McCulloch et al, The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia
Category
1910s Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winfield Scott Treaty
By Benton Clark
Located in Missouri, MO
.
Source:
Walt Reed, "The Illustrator in America"
Peggy and Harold Samuels, "Encyclopedia of Artists of the
Category
1920s American Modern Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
By Benton Clark
Located in Missouri, MO
.
Source:
Walt Reed, "The Illustrator in America"
Peggy and Harold Samuels, "Encyclopedia of Artists of the
Category
1920s American Modern Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Asprey Miniature Reference Book Set and Boulle inlaid rack
Located in New York, NY
Quotations, English Quotations and Proverbs, Classics and Mythology, and Encyclopedia. Stand measures 8 1/2
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Leather, Wood
Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Coralbell Decor, France, circa 1900
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
/ Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2984 on page 148, page 561, Daum Frères
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Glass
Florida Indians, Couple in Traditional Dress – Mallet America Engraving, 1683
Located in Langweer, NL
“Ples de la Floride,” and forms part of Alain Manesson Mallet’s influential geographical encyclopedia
Category
1680s French Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper
Art Nouveau Vase 'Pois De Senteur', Sweet Pea Decor, Daum Nancy, France, Ca 1910
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Bibliographie:
Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Glass
Dance of California Indians, Tower of Tlaxcallan – Hand-Colored Engraving, c1800
Located in Langweer, NL
Enlightenment-era geographic or ethnographic compendium. Such works sought to present a visual encyclopedia of
Category
Early 1800s French Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper
Figures in a River Landscape - British Old Master figurative art oil painting
By Richard Wilson
Located in Hagley, England
Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales as the "most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and the
Category
1750s Old Masters Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Oil
$6,064 Sale Price
20% Off
Mason's Ironstone Garniture of Three Vases, Circa 1835
By Mason's Ironstone
Located in Downingtown, PA
ground and decoration in illustrations 105 & 106).
Godden, Geoffrey A. An Illustrated Encyclopedia of
Category
Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Pottery, Ironstone
Emil Carlsen American Impressionist landscape oil Painting Salmagundi Club
By Soren Emil Carlsen
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
auction for Carlsen paintings are over 20,000.
Bio:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soren Emil
Category
Early 20th Century Tonalist Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Oil
'At the Beach, Scene at Sandbath', Punch Magazine, Thomas Agnew, Victoriana
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, sometimes in Union Jack waistcoat" whom people know and accept today.
(courtesy of Encyclopedia Britannica)
Category
1860s Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper, Cardboard, Lithograph
Kalliope record Machine slot Machine 10 Plates included
Located in Berlin, DE
, continuous operation.
The device is listed in the "Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments."
Kalliope
Category
Late 19th Century Jugendstil Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase 'Mûres Sauvages', Daum Nancy, France, Ca. 1900/1905
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Diameter: 6,5 cm / 2.55 in
Bibliographie:
Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Glass
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase 'Ancolie', Columbine Decor, Daum Nancy, France, Ca 1910
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Diameter: 6,0 cm / 2.36 in
Bibliographie:
Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Glass
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase 'Fuchsia', Daum Nancy, France, Circa 1910
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Diameter: 6,0 cm / 2.36 in
Bibliographie:
Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Glass
Impressionistic Portrait of the Equestrian Artist Baptista Schreiber - Drawing
Located in Stockholm, SE
authors of the Swedish National Encyclopedia of Swedish artists. It is not signed.
Carl Gustaf Albert von
Category
1910s Impressionist Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Art Nouveau Cameo Single Vase 'Daphné', Daum Nancy, France, Circa 1910/1915
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Diameter: 6,0 cm / 2.75 in
Bibliographie:
Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Glass
Lovers in Landscape - British 18th century Old Master pastoral art oil painting
By Richard Wilson
Located in Hagley, England
described in the Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales as the "most distinguished painter Wales has ever
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Oil
$17,643 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase 'Sorbier Des Oiseaux', Daum Nancy, France, Ca. 1900/1905
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2984 on page 148
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Glass
Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Vase 'Orchidées & Abeille', Nancy, France, Ca 1890
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2888 on page 144, page
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Glass
Polyphon Record Machine 1890-1900 Music
Located in Berlin, DE
operation.
The device is listed in the "Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments."
Polyphon is known
Category
Late 19th Century Jugendstil Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Metal
Priest with Pregnant Woman
By Paul Muller
Located in Indianapolis, IN
United States in 1926 and settled in New York City. He worked as an illustrator for the Encyclopedia
Category
1920s Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Courting Couple at Midnight, Original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, 1919
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
. p. 36
Mary Moline, Norman Rockwell Encyclopedia: A Chronological Catalogue of the Artist's Work 1910
Category
1910s Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
English Pottery Pearlware Blue Chinoiserie Bowl
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinoiserie motifs).
• Godden, Geoffrey A. An Illustrated Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Art Nouveau Oval Glass Bowl With Painted Seescape, Daum Nancy, France, ca 1900
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
in
Bibliographie:
Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Glass
Antique Ornithological & Zoological Engraving – Bird and Bat Species, c.1800
Located in Langweer, NL
zoological encyclopedias or compendia of the period, possibly linked to the works of Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper
Art Nouveau Cameo Vase 'Tulipes', Daum Frères, Nancy, France, Circa 1890/1895
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Diameter: 10,0 cm / 3.93 in
Bibliographie:
Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Glass
Decorative Vintage Fossil Prints – Triassic Plants, Reptiles, Fish, Geology 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
natural history encyclopedia. These plates focus on the Triassic period, showing both fossil flora and
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper
Large Art Nouveau Cameo Single Vase 'Ancolie', Daum Nancy, France, Ca 1910/1915
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Bibliographie:
Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Pâte de Verre Beaker 'Lion Et Chouette', Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, Paris
By Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
Located in Vienna, AT
, Glasmarken-Lexikon ( = Encyclopedia of Glass Marks ), Stuttgart (Germany) 1997, Signature number 3703 on page
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Glass
Decorative Antique Fossil Prints – Trilobites, Crinoids & Coal Measures, 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
history encyclopedia. Together, the plates provide a fascinating overview of paleontological discoveries
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper
'Coastal Sunset', California Impressionist, USC, LACMA, AIC, Académie Julian
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
’ Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West, Peggy and Harold Samuels, Book Sales, Inc. 1985 Edition, p. 257
Category
1890s Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Horse & French Military Rider
By Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille
Located in Milford, NH
francaise represent an encyclopedia of their subject. Many illustrations were made from the artists
Category
1880s Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Oil, Panel
Large Art Nouveau Cameo Vase 'Pommier en Fleurs', Daum Nancy, France, 1900/1905
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2984 on page 148, page
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Glass
Antique Fossil Mammal Prints – Mastodon, Mammoth & Megatherium, c.1880
Located in Langweer, NL
lithographs originates from Schubert’s Naturgeschichte, a celebrated 19th-century natural history encyclopedia
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper
Large Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Spring Landscape, Daum Nancy, France, Ca 1910
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
( = Encyclopedia of Glass Marks ), Stuttgart (Germany) 1997, Signature number 2990 on page 148, page 561, Daum
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Enamel
'Gypsy Flute Player', Royal Academy, NY World's Fair, Pasadena, GGIE, Romany
By Aage Christian Wiboltt
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Company 1940, page 299; Samuels’ Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West, Peggy and Harold Samuels
Category
1920s Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
18th Century by Richard Wilson Landscape Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Italy. Wilson is described in the Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales as the "most distinguished painter
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$29,924 Sale Price
20% Off
Jesuit Missionary in the Indies – Antique French Engraving by Portier, c.1790
Located in Langweer, NL
image was often included in French illustrated histories, encyclopedias, and travel accounts, providing
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper
'The Pont Neuf, Sunset', Paris, Académie Colarossi, Oakland, NYMOMA, SFMOMA
By Rinaldo Cuneo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Guide, 2007/8 Edition, p. 638; Samuels’ Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West, Samuels, pp. 117
Category
1920s Modern Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Views of Funchal and Fort Loo, Madeira – Hand-Colored Print from Bertuch, c.1800
Located in Langweer, NL
boats, with a large flag waving above.
Created as part of a children's educational encyclopedia, this
Category
Early 1800s Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper
TIFFANY & CO. 1907 John C. Moore Four-Legged Nut Dish In .925 Sterling Silver
By John C. Moore, Tiffany & Co.
Located in Miami, FL
remained in the hands of the Tiffany & Moore families until 1955. (Encyclopedia of silver marks, with
Category
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
$1,258 Sale Price
30% Off
Mounted Warrior of the Kassai Region – Antique Costume Print, circa 1800
Located in Langweer, NL
, encyclopedias, or illustrated travelogues aimed at satisfying the Enlightenment-era appetite for knowledge and
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper
Middle Ages Geometric Tiles – Antique Print of Medieval Mosaic Patterns, c.1869
Located in Langweer, NL
. Süsser and forms part of Albert Racinet’s influential visual encyclopedia of historic ornamental styles
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper
French Palissy Majolica Platter with Fish
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
, are predominant. Book reference, similar piece illustrated in,'The Collectors Encyclopedia of Majolica
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Majolica
Original Antique Bird Print of African and Asian Vultures, c.1800
Located in Langweer, NL
famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Paper
American Portrait Miniature of a Woman in a White Gown, Thomas Story Officer
Located in Downingtown, PA
Digital Library Encyclopedia. (Details Officer's birth, training with Thomas Sully, itinerancy, San
Category
1830s American American Empire Antique Encyclopedias
Materials
Ivory
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