AMERICAE - Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio
By Abraham Ortelius
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527 - 1598) AMERICAE SIVE NOVI ORBIS, NOVA DESCRIPTIO, 1587 (1603) (Van Den Broecke 11, Burden 64; Schwartz & Ehrenberg 69) Engraving. A very good, well printed...
Engraving
Une Moria À Bordiquier (Italie)
By Adolphe APPIAN
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Cadart, 1873. Etching with engraving on white wove paper, 9 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (235 x 318 mm); sheet 10 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (274 x 375 mm), full margins. In very good condi...
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
The Rape of Europa
By Giulio Bonasone
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this scarce engraving with strong contrasts. Catalogue reference: Bartsch 109
Engraving
Un Tir aux Bastions
By Maxime Lalanne
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint on delicate Japon paper, 4 x 6 inches (101 x 152 mm); sheet 8 x 9 1/4 inches (204 x 235 mm), full margins. Likely a proof impression before the addition of the ...
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
WORLD MAP - Planisphaerium Terrestre Sive Terrarum Orbis... 1696
By Carel Allard
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CAREL ALLARD (1648 – 1709) PLANISPHAERIUM TERRESTRE SIVE TERRARUM ORBIS… 1696 (Shirley 578) Engraving, 20 ½ x 23 ½”, sheet 21 x 24 1/8". A stunning double hemisphere World Map wi...
Engraving
Monastery of St. Augustine, Canterbury /// William Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Sir William Dugdale (English, 1605-1686) Title: "Monastery of St. Augustine, Canterbury" Portfolio: Monasticon Anglicanum: A History of the Abbies and Other Monasteries, Hosp...
Engraving
Cusset
By Maxime Lalanne
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Cadart, c1860. Etching with engraving on Chine collé mounted to wove paper, 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (141 x 210 mm); sheet 10 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches (273 x 365 mm), full margins. Ex-...
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
Animaux au Pâturage, from the series Rouen Illustré
By Maxime Lalanne
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: A. Salmon, c1883. Etching with engraving on white laid paper, 6 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (156 x 247 mm); sheet 9 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (235 x 318 mm), full margins. In very good cond...
Etching, Laid Paper, Engraving
Came, the Seat of the Hon. Lionel Damer /// Dorsetshire John Hutchins English
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Hutchins (English, 1698-1773) Title: "Came, the Seat of the Hon. Lionel Damer" (Plate 48) Portfolio: The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset Year: 1796-1815 ...
Engraving
L’Auberge du Bord de L’Eau (Petite Planche)
By Jean-Emile Laboureur
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), L’Auberge du Bord de L’Eau (Petite Planche), engraving, 1924, signed in pencil lower left, numbered lower right ((41/60), and titled in pencil by th...
Engraving
Theories of Planetary Motion: An 18th C. Framed Celestial Map by Doppelmayr
By Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr 1
Located in Alamo, CA
This 18th century hand-colored copperplate celestial map by Johann Doppelmayr entitled "Theoria Planetarum Primariorum In qua ipsorum motus in Copernicano Systemate tam ex Kepleri et...
Engraving
The Orbits of Venus and Mercury: An 18th C. Framed Celestial Map by Doppelmayr
By Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr 1
Located in Alamo, CA
This 18th century hand-colored copperplate celestial map by Johann Doppelmayr entitled "Phænomena Motuum Irregularium quos Planetar inferiores Venus et Mercurius ad annum Salutis MDC...
Engraving
$4,250Sale Price|50% Off
AMERICA
By John Speed
Located in Santa Monica, CA
IMPORTANT AMERICAN MAP - ONE OF THE FIRST TO SHOW CALIFORNIA as an ISLAND JOHN SPEED (1552-1629) AMERICA - With Those Known Parts In That Unknown Worlde (sic), 1626-(76) (Burden 2...
Engraving
$1,850
Persiae, Armeniae, Natoliae et Arabiae Descriptio per Frederick deWit 1666 map
Located in Paonia, CO
Map of Persiae, Armeniae, Natoliae et Arabiae Descriptio per F de Wit 1688 engraving from: Atlas Contractus Orbis Terrarum Praecipuas ac Novissimas Complectens Tabulas. Amsterda...
Engraving
Le Cours La Reine, from the series Rouen Illustré
By Maxime Lalanne
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: A. Salmon, 1883. Etching with engraving on white laid paper, 6 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (156 x 247 mm); sheet 9 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (235 x 318 mm), full margins. In very good condi...
Laid Paper, Etching, Engraving
Un Soir, Bords du Rhône à Rix
By Adolphe APPIAN
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Cadart & Luce, 1869. Etching with drypoint and engraving on Guillaume Fort paper with the "G F" watermark; 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (158 x 242 mm); 12 x 16 1/4 inches (305 x 419 ...
Handmade Paper, Etching, Engraving
Bords du Lac du Bourget
By Adolphe APPIAN
Located in Middletown, NY
Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1866 Etching on Chine collé with engraving mounted to cream laid paper with an uknown, partial watermark bearing the letters "ST," 5 3/4 x 9 3/8 inches (147 x...
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
"Africa Vetus": A 17th Century Hand-colored Map By Sanson
By Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville
Located in Alamo, CA
This original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of Africa entitled "Africa Vetus, Nicolai Sanson Christianiss Galliar Regis Geographi" was originally created by Nicholas Sanson d...
Engraving
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
"New York - Taken from the Northwest angle of Fort Columbus, Governor's Island"
Located in New York, NY
New York - Taken from the north west angle of Fort Columbus Governor's Island, 1846 Engraved by Henry Papprill after a sketch by F. Catherwood, published by Henry J. Megarey Hand-col...
Paper, Engraving, Aquatint
California: 18th Century Hand-colored Map by de Vaugondy
By Didier Robert de Vaugondy
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century hand-colored map of the western portions of North America entitled "Carte de la Californie et des Pays Nord-Ouest separés de l'Asie par le détroit d'Anian, ex...
Engraving
Theories of Planetary Orbits: A Framed 18th C. Celestial Map by Doppelmayr
By Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr 1
Located in Alamo, CA
This 18th century hand-colored copperplate celestial map by Johann Doppelmayr entitled "Astronomia Comparativa in qua Planetarum Primaria Phaenomena" (Comparative Astronomy in which ...
Engraving
Utrecht, Netherlands: A Large 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Sanson & Jaillot
By Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville
Located in Alamo, CA
This large hand-colored map entitled "La Seigneurie d'Utrecht. Dressé sur les memoires les plus nouveaux par le Sr. Sanson" was originally created by Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville. Thi...
Engraving
North Holland, Netherlands: A Large 17th C. Hand-colored Map by Sanson & Jaillot
By Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville
Located in Alamo, CA
This large hand-colored map entitled "Le Comte De Hollande Dressee sur les Memoires les plus Nouveaux" was originally created by Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville. This version was publish...
Engraving
Hungary & Eastern Europe: A Large 17th C. Hand-colored Map by Sanson & Jaillot
By Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville
Located in Alamo, CA
This large hand-colored map entitled "Le Royaume De Hongrie et les Estats qui en ont este sujets et qui font presentement La Partie Septentrionale de la Turquie en Europe" was origin...
Engraving
Southern & Eastern Europe: A Large 17th C. Hand-colored Map by Sanson & Jaillot
By Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville
Located in Alamo, CA
This large hand-colored map entitled "Estats de L'Empire des Turqs en Europe, ou sont les Beglerbeglicz our Gouvernements" was originally created by Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville and t...
Engraving
Vienna, Austria: A Large 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Sanson and Jaillot
By Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville
Located in Alamo, CA
This large 17th century hand-colored map of Vienna, Austria and the surrounding countryside and villages entitled "Plan de la Ville de Vienne en Austriche et ses Environs Par le. Sr....
Engraving
Naples and S. Italy: A Large 17th C. Hand-colored Map by Sanson and Jaillot
By Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville
Located in Alamo, CA
This large hand-colored map entitled "Le Royaume de Naples Divisé en Douze Provinces. sur les Memoires les plus Nouveaux. Par le Sr. Sanson Presenté" was originally created by Nichol...
Engraving
The Loire Valley of France: A 17th C. Hand-colored Map by Sanson and Jaillot
By Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville
Located in Alamo, CA
This large 17th century copper plate hand-colored engraved map entitled "Gouvernement D'Orleans et la Generalite divisee en ses Elections Par le Sanson" was originally created by Nic...
Engraving
Great Britain, N. France: A Large 17th C. Hand-colored Map by Sanson and Jaillot
By Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville
Located in Alamo, CA
This large hand-colored 17th century copperplate engraved map entitled "Le Royaume D Angleterre, distingué en ses Provinces. Par le Sr. Sanson. Geographe du Roy. Presenté A Monseigne...
Engraving
Portugal: A Large 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Sanson and Jaillot
By Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville
Located in Alamo, CA
This large hand-colored map entitled "Le Royaume de Portugal et des Algarves Divisee en see Archeveches, Eveches et Territoires Par le Sr Sanson" was originally created by Nicholas S...
Engraving
Southern Greece: A Large 17th Century Hand-colored Map By Sanson and Jaillot
By Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville
Located in Alamo, CA
This large original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of southern Greece and the Pelopponese Peninsula entitled "La Moree Et Les Isles De Zante, Cefalonie, Ste. Marie, Cerigo & C...
Engraving
West Africa: A 17th Century Hand-Colored Map by Mercator/Hondius
By Gerard Mercator
Located in Alamo, CA
A 17th century hand-colored map entitled "Guineae Nova Descriptio" by Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius, published in their 'Atlas Minor' in Amsterdam in 1635. It is focused on the...
Engraving
$675
Southeastern England: A 17th Century Hand-Colored Map by Mercator and Hondius
By Gerard Mercator
Located in Alamo, CA
A 17th century copperplate hand-colored map entitled "The Sixt Table of England" by Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius, published in Amsterdam in 1635 in 'Cosmographicall Descriptio...
Engraving
$675
Southeastern Ireland: A 17th Century Hand Colored Map by Mercator and Hondius
By Gerard Mercator
Located in Alamo, CA
A 17th century copperplate hand-colored map entitled "The Second Table of Ireland, Udrone" by Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius, published in Amsterdam in 1635 in 'Cosmographicall ...
Engraving
New South Wales, Australia, antique mid 19th century engraved John Tallis map
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'New South Wales' With decorative border surrounds and vignettes of 'Sydney Cove'. 'The Murray' and 'Xanthorrhea'. 'Drawn and engraved by J Rapkin'. Published by John Tallis. 375m...
Engraving
William Chambers Georgian Architecture - Chimney Pieces
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving by Pierre Foudrinier (1698-1758) after Sir William Chambers (1723-1796), 1794. Sir William Chambers (1723-1796) was a renown 18th century British architect. He...
Engraving
William Chambers Georgian Architecture - Chimney Pieces
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving by Pierre Foudrinier (1698-1758) after Sir William Chambers (1723-1796), 1794. Sir William Chambers (1723-1796) was a renown 18th century British architect. He...
Engraving
Souvenir de Bretagne
By Louis Gabriel Eugene Isabey
Located in Middletown, NY
Lithograph with engraving on cream wove paper, 13 1/2 x 18 1/8 inches ( 343 x 461 mm), the full sheet. In good condition with significant age and mat tone, as well as scattered light...
Engraving, Lithograph
Louisiana: A Framed 19th Century Map by O.W. Gray
Located in Alamo, CA
This framed 19th century map of the Louisiana territory was published in "Gray's Atlas of the United States with General Maps of the World, accompanied by Descriptions Geographical, ...
Engraving
$975
North America: A Framed Hand-colored 19th Century German Map by Adolph Stieler
By Adolf Stieler
Located in Alamo, CA
This framed early 19th century map of North America entitled "Nord-Amerika" is plate No. LIV (No. 46) from Adolph Stieler's Hand-Atlas, published in Gotha, Germany by Justus Perthes ...
Engraving
Europa Regnorum Provinciarum: 18th Century Hand-colored Map of Europe by Lotter
By Tobias Conrad Lotter
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraved map entitled "Europa Regnorum Provinciarum Regionum" created by the German cartographer Tobias Conrad Lotter. It was publish...
Engraving
Map of the Holy Land "Carte de la Syrie et de l'Egypte" by Pierre Lapie
By Pierre M. Lapie
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an early 19th century map of ancient Syria and Egypt entitled "Carte de la Syrie et de l'Egypte anciennes/dressée par M. Lapie, Colonel d'Etat Major, et M. Lapie fils, Captai...
Engraving
Campi Phlegraei - View of a section of a part of the cone of Astruni, Italy
By Pietro Fabris
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Campi Phlegraei - View of a section of a part of the cone of Astruni taken at the entrance of this volcano Copper-line engraving with gouache. 1776. Engraving from William Hamilto...
Engraving
Lever de lune
By Charles François Daubigny
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Chardon, 1861. Etching with engraving on Chine collé mounted to a wove paper matrix with a false platemark and a deckle edge, 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (115 x 165 mm); matrix 12 1...
Handmade Paper, Etching, Engraving
Les Deux Chaumieres
By Jean-Emile Laboureur
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Les Deux Chaumieres, 1927-28, etching and engraving, signed in pencil lower left and numbered lower right. Laboureur 356, second state (of 4). One o...
Engraving, Etching
Edinburgh, Scotland: An Original 17th C. Hand-Colored Engraved Sea Chart
By Captain Greenvile Collins
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored sea chart is entitled "Edinburgh Firth" from "Great Britain's Coasting Pilot. Being a New and Exact Survey of the Sea-Coast of England" by Captain Greenville Collin...
Engraving
Vue de Tunis d'Alger & de Gigeri
Located in Middletown, NY
Views of North African cities (Tunis, Algiers, and Jijel) alongside ethnographic descriptions of the "Peoples of Barbary." Paris: Châtelain, 1723. Copperplate engraving on cream la...
Engraving, Laid Paper
Ruinarum Antiquarum quae Romae, title page; Authentic drawings of ancient ruins
By Willem van Nieulandt II
Located in Middletown, NY
The title page from a popular Grant Tour publication featuring a cartouche with Fame and Winged Victory, and an allegory to artistic inspiration. Rome: 1618. Engraving on cream lai...
Laid Paper, Engraving
Ostiakes
By Cornelis de Bruijn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ostiakes Engraving, 1718 From: Voyages de Corneille le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Occidentales (French translation, 1718), Chapter XXI The Ostyak are a member of an...
Engraving
St. Jerome in the Desert
Located in Chicago, IL
Engraving by Joannes and Lucas van Doetecum (Deventer active by 1551 - circa 1569 Haarlem) in the manner of Peter Bruegel the Elder
Engraving
The Pyramid of Caius Cestius
By Matthew Dubourg
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with aquatint and engraving with hand coloring in watercolor, full margins. 12 1/2 x 16 inches (317 x 407 mm), the full sheet.
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Watercolor
Le Ferveur
By Jean-Emile Laboureur
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Le Ferveur, etching, engraving, roulette, drypoint, 1928, signed in pencil lower left, numbered lower right, and annotated “imp.” Reference: Laboure...
Engraving, Etching
John Speede Map The Countye of Monmouth
By John Speed
Located in London, GB
To see our other views and maps of England - including London, Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send...
Engraving
La Tour de L’Horloge (The Clock Tower, Paris)
By Charles Meryon
Located in New York, NY
Charles Meryon (1821-1868), La Tour de L’Horloge (The Clock Tower, Paris), 1852, etching with engraving. Reference: Schneiderman 23, Delteil 28. Third state (of 10). On very thin Jap...
Engraving, Etching
Northern Italy: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Abraham Ortelius
By Abraham Ortelius
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed 16th century hand-colored copperplate map of northern Italy entitled "Veronae Urbis Territorium a Bernardo Bragnolo Descriptium" by Abraham Ortelius from his atlas "...
Engraving
"Mordon Colledge (the original spelling) Black Heath" from Universal Magazine
Located in Alamo, CA
This beautiful hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled "The West Prospect of Mordon Colledge (Old English Spelling) Black Heath" was published in the 'The Universal Magazine of ...
Engraving
House in the Woods
By Jean-Emile Laboureur
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Le Chemin de la Foret, etching and engraving, 1926, signed in pencil lower left and inscribed epreuve d’artiste lower right. Reference: Laboureur 32...
Engraving, Etching
Vue des Ruines de la Vénerie – Architectural Ruins Copperplate Engraving, 1803
By Louis-Pierre Baltard
Located in Langweer, NL
Materials: Paper, black ink Style: Neoclassical, Grand Tour, Architectural, French Subject: Architectural ruins, historic monuments, landscape, French heritage, Napoleonic period ...
Paper
Galley slaves preparing a meal
Located in Middletown, NY
Shackled Ottoman slaves prepare a communal meal in a military field camp. A superb impression from an important English collection. Rome: M. Scheap, 1645. Etching with engraving on...
Laid Paper, Engraving
$775
Captain Cook's Exploration of Tahiti: 18th C. Hand-colored Map by Bellin
By Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Located in Alamo, CA
This beautiful 18th century hand-colored copper plate engraved map is entitled "Carte de l'Isle de Taiti, par le Lieutenant J. Cook" was created by Jacques Nicolas Bellin and publish...
Engraving
Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
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