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De Bry Engraving Expressio Germinum – Exotic Plants of St. Lawrence Island, 1598
De Bry Engraving Expressio Germinum – Exotic Plants of St. Lawrence Island, 1598

De Bry Engraving Expressio Germinum – Exotic Plants of St. Lawrence Island, 1598

Located in Langweer, NL

Technique: Copper engraving with Latin letterpress text on laid paper Maker: Theodor de Bry (1528–1598), Frankfurt am Main, circa 1598–1601 Estimated value: €600–€800 retail

Category

16th Century German Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Impressive Geological Map of Australia – Rare Oversized Wall Display, 1931–32
Impressive Geological Map of Australia – Rare Oversized Wall Display, 1931–32

Impressive Geological Map of Australia – Rare Oversized Wall Display, 1931–32

Located in Langweer, NL

Technique: Colour-printed geological map, linen-backed; letterpress volume with plates and folding tables.

Category

Early 20th Century Australian Antique Letterpress

Materials

Linen, Paper

De Bry Botanical Engravings – Pineapple, Mango & Pepper Plants, c.1598
De Bry Botanical Engravings – Pineapple, Mango & Pepper Plants, c.1598

De Bry Botanical Engravings – Pineapple, Mango & Pepper Plants, c.1598

Located in Langweer, NL

Technique: Copper engraving with Latin letterpress text on laid paper Maker: Theodor de Bry (1528–1598), Frankfurt am Main, circa 1598–1601

Category

16th Century German Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Early Depiction of Sati Ritual, Widow Burning on Pyre, Dutch Engraving c.1601
Early Depiction of Sati Ritual, Widow Burning on Pyre, Dutch Engraving c.1601

Early Depiction of Sati Ritual, Widow Burning on Pyre, Dutch Engraving c.1601

Located in Langweer, NL

Technique: Copperplate engraving with letterpress text on laid paper Maker: After Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Amsterdam, c.1601

Category

Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Vue du châteaux de Chenonceaux
Vue du châteaux de Chenonceaux

Vue du châteaux de Chenonceaux

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Vue du châteaux de Chenonceaux Lithograph, 1843 Letterpress signature lower left corner Signature of the printer lower right corner After Pierre Justin Ouvrié (1806-1879) Published b...

Category

1840s Romantic Antique Letterpress

Materials

Lithograph

De Bry Botanical Engravings – Cinnamon, Aloe & Aromatic Plants, c.1598
De Bry Botanical Engravings – Cinnamon, Aloe & Aromatic Plants, c.1598

De Bry Botanical Engravings – Cinnamon, Aloe & Aromatic Plants, c.1598

Located in Langweer, NL

Technique: Copper engraving with Latin letterpress text on laid paper Maker: Theodor de Bry (1528–1598), Frankfurt am Main, circa 1598–1601

Category

16th Century German Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Vision Antique
Vision Antique

Vision Antique

By Paul Berthon

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Unlike most Art Nouveau posters, Berthon's panneaux decoratifs included no advertising and no letterpress. They were meant to stand alone as significant works of art in their own rig...

Category

1890s Art Nouveau Antique Letterpress

Materials

Lithograph

A Polish Metal Printing Block for a Printing Press
A Polish Metal Printing Block for a Printing Press

A Polish Metal Printing Block for a Printing Press

Located in New York, NY

This printer's block was part of a letterpress printing process, where ink was applied to the raised parts of the block, and the design was pressed onto paper.

Category

19th Century Polish Antique Letterpress

Materials

Metal, Lead

The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion by D. T. Egerton - Illustrated
The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion by D. T. Egerton - Illustrated

The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion by D. T. Egerton - Illustrated

Located in Middletown, NY

FIRST EDITION Oblong folio, 10 x 13 3/4 inches (250 x 345 mm); 12 hand-colored engraved plates on watermarked 1824 paper, titles at top of plates with engraved descriptive letterpres...

Category

Early 19th Century English Antique Letterpress

Materials

Leather, Paint, Paper

Visible Side of the Moon Map – Detailed Lunar Crater Chart, Published in 1858
Visible Side of the Moon Map – Detailed Lunar Crater Chart, Published in 1858

Visible Side of the Moon Map – Detailed Lunar Crater Chart, Published in 1858

Located in Langweer, NL

This board is significant as it evidences the original publication’s scope and the esteem in which Stieler’s cartography was held. It is printed via letterpress on heavy board, desig...

Category

Mid-19th Century German Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Java Landscapes – Rare Pair of Deluxe Folio Chromolithographs by Salm, 1865-72
Java Landscapes – Rare Pair of Deluxe Folio Chromolithographs by Salm, 1865-72

Java Landscapes – Rare Pair of Deluxe Folio Chromolithographs by Salm, 1865-72

Located in Langweer, NL

Both prints bear the discreet letterpress titles “A. Salm” at the top and “Java” at the bottom, a typographic feature unique to the deluxe sheets.

Category

1860s Dutch Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

SHELLEY/COOKE Presumption Or The Fate of Frankenstein. 1833 AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL
SHELLEY/COOKE Presumption Or The Fate of Frankenstein. 1833 AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL

SHELLEY/COOKE Presumption Or The Fate of Frankenstein. 1833 AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL

Located in Hillsborough, NJ

DESCRIPTION: THE LAST PERFORMANCE BY COOKE AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL EDINBURGH FOR 1833. Printed letterpress playbill/broadside, 11-3/16" x 7-5/8", laid down on early cardstock.

Category

1830s British Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

La Pointe de Bretteville
La Pointe de Bretteville

La Pointe de Bretteville

By Paul Berthon

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Unlike most Art Nouveau posters, Berthon's panneaux decoratifs included no advertising and no letterpress. They were meant to stand alone as significant works of art in their own rig...

Category

1890s Art Nouveau Antique Letterpress

Materials

Lithograph

1825 Buchon Map of Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands with Detailed Colonial History
1825 Buchon Map of Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands with Detailed Colonial History

1825 Buchon Map of Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands with Detailed Colonial History

Located in Langweer, NL

Extensive Descriptive Text* What truly sets this map apart is the surrounding letterpress text in French. The descriptions cover the geography, economy, political structure, and soci...

Category

1820s Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) Portrait of a young man, signed drawing
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) Portrait of a young man, signed drawing

Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) Portrait of a young man, signed drawing

By Paul Gavarni

Located in Paris, FR

Gavarni followed his interests, and began a series of lithographed sketches in which he portrayed the most striking characteristics, foibles and vices of the various classes of Frenc...

Category

1840s Romantic Antique Letterpress

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Ayres, Philip, Emblems of Love, 1750, in a Fine Full Leather Binding
Ayres, Philip, Emblems of Love, 1750, in a Fine Full Leather Binding

Ayres, Philip, Emblems of Love, 1750, in a Fine Full Leather Binding

Located in Hillsborough, NJ

Additional Information: First published as "Cupids Addresse to the Ladies Emblemata Amatoria" in 1683, this is a reissue of the plates of the 1714 edition, with an engraved title pag...

Category

1750s British Antique Letterpress

Materials

Leather

A Parallel of Antient Architecture with Modern by John EVELYN
A Parallel of Antient Architecture with Modern by John EVELYN

A Parallel of Antient Architecture with Modern by John EVELYN

Located in Middletown, NY

Engraved t.p. precedes letterpress t.p. with portrait of Monsieur de Noyers, in decorative frame with garlands and pediment with book title "A paralell [sic] of architecture both anc...

Category

Mid-17th Century English Antique Letterpress

Materials

Gold Leaf

Der Hirte (The Shepherd)  — original hand-coloring
Der Hirte (The Shepherd)  — original hand-coloring

Der Hirte (The Shepherd) — original hand-coloring

By Richard Seewald

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Matted to museum standards, unframed. With letterpress typeset in the bottom margin, verso, as published, 'Richard Seewald / Der Hirte.

Category

1910s Expressionist Antique Letterpress

Materials

Woodcut

Church in Cassone by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912
Church in Cassone by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912

Church in Cassone by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912

By Gustav Klimt

Located in Chicago, IL

Each image presented in the folio was assigned its own unique signet, which was designed by Klimt and struck below the image using a technique similar to letterpress. The signet corr...

Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Death and Life by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912
Death and Life by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912

Death and Life by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912

By Gustav Klimt

Located in Chicago, IL

Each image presented in the folio was assigned its own unique signet, which was designed by Klimt and struck below the image using a technique similar to letterpress. The signet corr...

Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

The Bluestocking’s Husband

The Bluestocking’s Husband

By Honoré Daumier

Located in New York, NY

Honore Daumier (1808-79), The Bluestocking’s Husband, plate 46 from the series Moeurs Conjugales, published in 1842 in Le Charivari, and in the Album Moeurs Conjugales in 1843; an im...

Category

1840s Realist Antique Letterpress

Materials

Lithograph

1813 The Plays of William Shakespeare
1813 The Plays of William Shakespeare

1813 The Plays of William Shakespeare

By William Shakespeare

Located in Bath, GB

Illustrated with five plates, four folding letterpresses, and one further folding plate. Collated, complete.

Category

1810s British Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) The Puppeteer, "Janvier", original signed drawing
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) The Puppeteer, "Janvier", original signed drawing

Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) The Puppeteer, "Janvier", original signed drawing

By Paul Gavarni

Located in Paris, FR

Gavarni followed his interests, and began a series of lithographed sketches in which he portrayed the most striking characteristics, foibles and vices of the various classes of Frenc...

Category

1860s Romantic Antique Letterpress

Materials

Ink

Saved from Drowning

Saved from Drowning

By Honoré Daumier

Located in New York, NY

Honore Daumier (1808-1879), [Saved from Drowning], lithograph, plate 7 from the series Les Canotiers Parisiens, a sur blanc impression from the album, with binding holes at left (als...

Category

1840s Realist Antique Letterpress

Materials

Lithograph

Monsieur - Here's Your Handkerchief

Monsieur - Here's Your Handkerchief

By Honoré Daumier

Located in New York, NY

A very good impression, on sur blanc wove paper (from the small collector’s edition, without the letterpress verso as the print was issued in the large Le Charivari edition).

Category

1840s Realist Antique Letterpress

Materials

Lithograph

Seminal guide to the East and West Indies, with 42 coloured maps and plates
Seminal guide to the East and West Indies, with 42 coloured maps and plates

Seminal guide to the East and West Indies, with 42 coloured maps and plates

By Jan Huygen van Linschoten

Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL

With 3 title pages (2 from the same full-page engraving and 1 letterpress with an engraving of a ship in a cartouche with 4 inset city views), a nearly full-page engraved portrait of...

Category

Early 17th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

On the Beach at Long Branch Woodcut Print, Hudson River School, 1874
On the Beach at Long Branch Woodcut Print, Hudson River School, 1874

On the Beach at Long Branch Woodcut Print, Hudson River School, 1874

By Winslow Homer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The individual sections were then reassembled and printed alongside letterpress text. Firms associated with Harper's Weekly employed some of the most accomplished engravers in Americ...

Category

1870s Hudson River School Antique Letterpress

Materials

Woodcut

The Beach at Long Branch
The Beach at Long Branch

The Beach at Long Branch

By Winslow Homer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The individual sections were then reassembled and printed alongside letterpress text. Firms associated with Harper's Weekly employed some of the most accomplished engravers in Americ...

Category

1860s American Realist Antique Letterpress

Materials

Engraving

Navigational Chart of Mexico's Coast, with Acapulco and Port Marquis, 1748
Navigational Chart of Mexico's Coast, with Acapulco and Port Marquis, 1748

Navigational Chart of Mexico's Coast, with Acapulco and Port Marquis, 1748

Located in Langweer, NL

Original folds, as issued. Offsetting from letterpress text on the opposite page in the book. Small stains in the left edge of the image.

Category

1740s Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

The Bathers Woodcut Print, American Realist, Circa 1873, Unframed
The Bathers Woodcut Print, American Realist, Circa 1873, Unframed

The Bathers Woodcut Print, American Realist, Circa 1873, Unframed

By Winslow Homer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The individual sections were then reassembled and printed alongside letterpress text. Firms associated with Harper's Weekly employed some of the most accomplished engravers in Americ...

Category

1870s American Realist Antique Letterpress

Materials

Woodcut

La fortune fait oublier les amis

La fortune fait oublier les amis

By Honoré Daumier

Located in New York, NY

Daumier Register 385, third state (of 3) This impression is hand colored, on a cream wove paper, without letterpress verso (sur blanc), in generally good condition, paper toned towar...

Category

1830s Realist Antique Letterpress

Materials

Lithograph

Beethoven Frieze (detail) by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk collotype, 1908-1912
Beethoven Frieze (detail) by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk collotype, 1908-1912

Beethoven Frieze (detail) by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk collotype, 1908-1912

By Gustav Klimt

Located in Chicago, IL

Each image presented in the folio was assigned its own unique signet, which was designed by Klimt and struck below the image using a technique similar to letterpress. The signet corr...

Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

'Erinnerung (Remembrance)' — Turn-of-the Century Romanticism
'Erinnerung (Remembrance)' — Turn-of-the Century Romanticism

'Erinnerung (Remembrance)' — Turn-of-the Century Romanticism

By Max Klinger

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Published as an insert in 'Pan', II, 1896, the leading German magazine of the period devoted to art and literature, the artist’s name and the title is printed in letterpress, in the ...

Category

1890s Post-Impressionist Antique Letterpress

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Fashion Plates (a collection of 12)
Fashion Plates (a collection of 12)

Fashion Plates (a collection of 12)

By Paul Gavarni

Located in New York, NY

Paul Gavarni (1804-1866), Fashion Plates (a collection of 12), lithographs, c. 1840, as published in Le Charivari, with the letterpress verso. [Some are signed in the plate, the addr...

Category

1840s Antique Letterpress

Materials

Lithograph

St. Valentine's Day -- The Old Story in All Lands
St. Valentine's Day -- The Old Story in All Lands

St. Valentine's Day -- The Old Story in All Lands

By Winslow Homer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The individual sections were then reassembled and printed alongside letterpress text. Firms associated with Harper's Weekly employed some of the most accomplished engravers in Americ...

Category

1860s Hudson River School Antique Letterpress

Materials

Engraving

Antique Bird Print of the Goldcrest by Sepp & Nozeman, 1797
Antique Bird Print of the Goldcrest by Sepp & Nozeman, 1797

Antique Bird Print of the Goldcrest by Sepp & Nozeman, 1797

By Cornelius Nozeman, M. Houttuyn, J.C. Sepp

Located in Langweer, NL

The two accompanying letterpress text pages are clean and well-preserved.

Category

Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Bathing at Long Branch Woodcut Print, Hudson River School, 1871
Bathing at Long Branch Woodcut Print, Hudson River School, 1871

Bathing at Long Branch Woodcut Print, Hudson River School, 1871

By Winslow Homer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The individual sections were then reassembled and printed alongside letterpress text. Firms associated with Harper's Weekly employed some of the most accomplished engravers in Americ...

Category

1870s Hudson River School Antique Letterpress

Materials

Woodcut

Heliograph of Tin Mining in Tronoh, Perak and Tambun in Sabah, Malaysia, 1907
Heliograph of Tin Mining in Tronoh, Perak and Tambun in Sabah, Malaysia, 1907

Heliograph of Tin Mining in Tronoh, Perak and Tambun in Sabah, Malaysia, 1907

Located in Langweer, NL

Even when examined under a magnifying glass, a héliogravure betrays no screen pattern, unlike images printed using industrial methods such as offset, letterpress or rotogravure. Héli...

Category

Early 1900s Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Rare Heliogravures of Singapore and Johore, Published in 1907
Rare Heliogravures of Singapore and Johore, Published in 1907

Rare Heliogravures of Singapore and Johore, Published in 1907

Located in Langweer, NL

Even when examined under a magnifying glass, a héliogravure betrays no screen pattern, unlike images printed using industrial methods such as offset, letterpress or rotogravure. H...

Category

Early 1900s Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Four Rare Heliograph Views of Mining Near Sungei Bessi River in Malaysia, 1907
Four Rare Heliograph Views of Mining Near Sungei Bessi River in Malaysia, 1907

Four Rare Heliograph Views of Mining Near Sungei Bessi River in Malaysia, 1907

Located in Langweer, NL

Even when examined under a magnifying glass, a héliogravure betrays no screen pattern, unlike images printed using Industrial methods such as offset, letterpress or rotogravure. ...

Category

Early 1900s Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Three Rare Heliogravures on One Leaf of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1907
Three Rare Heliogravures on One Leaf of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1907

Three Rare Heliogravures on One Leaf of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1907

Located in Langweer, NL

Even when examined under a magnifying glass, a héliogravure betrays no screen pattern, unlike images printed using industrial methods such as offset, letterpress or rotogravure. Hél...

Category

Early 1900s Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Northern Lapwing – Gavia vulgaris, Tringa vanellus – Nozeman & Sepp, 1770–1829
Northern Lapwing – Gavia vulgaris, Tringa vanellus – Nozeman & Sepp, 1770–1829

Northern Lapwing – Gavia vulgaris, Tringa vanellus – Nozeman & Sepp, 1770–1829

By M. Houttuyn, Cornelius Nozeman, J.C. Sepp

Located in Langweer, NL

This example is offered with its two original pages of descriptive letterpress text in Dutch, as issued. Condition: Very good impression with rich original hand colour.

Category

Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Rare Harbour Views of Colonial Singapore, 1907
Rare Harbour Views of Colonial Singapore, 1907

Rare Harbour Views of Colonial Singapore, 1907

Located in Langweer, NL

Even when examined under a magnifying glass, a héliogravure betrays no screen pattern, unlike images printed using industrial methods such as offset, letterpress or rotogravure. Héli...

Category

Early 1900s Dutch Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Rare Heliograph of the Teutonia Club in Colonial Singapore, 1907
Rare Heliograph of the Teutonia Club in Colonial Singapore, 1907

Rare Heliograph of the Teutonia Club in Colonial Singapore, 1907

Located in Langweer, NL

Even when examined under a magnifying glass, a héliogravure betrays no screen pattern, unlike images printed using industrial methods such as offset, letterpress or rotogravure. Héli...

Category

Early 1900s Dutch Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Rare Heliogravures of Singapore and Johore, Published in 1907
Rare Heliogravures of Singapore and Johore, Published in 1907

Rare Heliogravures of Singapore and Johore, Published in 1907

Located in Langweer, NL

Even when examined under a magnifying glass, a héliogravure betrays no screen pattern, unlike images printed using industrial methods such as offset, letterpress or rotogravure. H...

Category

Early 1900s Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Rare Heliograph of the Government House in Colonial Singapore, 1907
Rare Heliograph of the Government House in Colonial Singapore, 1907

Rare Heliograph of the Government House in Colonial Singapore, 1907

Located in Langweer, NL

Even when examined under a magnifying glass, a héliogravure betrays no screen pattern, unlike images printed using industrial methods such as offset, letterpress or rotogravure. Héli...

Category

Early 1900s Dutch Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Strix Ulula – Hand-Coloured Engraving of Short-Eared Owl with Eggs, 1770–1829
Strix Ulula – Hand-Coloured Engraving of Short-Eared Owl with Eggs, 1770–1829

Strix Ulula – Hand-Coloured Engraving of Short-Eared Owl with Eggs, 1770–1829

By M. Houttuyn, Cornelius Nozeman, J.C. Sepp

Located in Langweer, NL

The two original pages of letterpress text in Dutch describing the species in depth — including observations on its physical characteristics, nesting, and seasonal behaviour — are in...

Category

Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

Malay Peninsula by C.J. Kleingrothe, 1907
Malay Peninsula by C.J. Kleingrothe, 1907

Malay Peninsula by C.J. Kleingrothe, 1907

By Charles J. Kleingrothe

Located in Langweer, NL

Even when examined under a magnifying glass, a héliogravure betrays no screen pattern, unlike images printed using industrial methods such as offset, letterpress or rotogravure. Héli...

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Letterpress

Materials

Paper

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