Antique Letters

Signed by the artist Gamet and inscribed “à la Marquise de Sévigné,” the box pays homage to Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, the celebrated French aristocrat best remembered for her brillia...

c. 1910s-1920s; (likely) Goss Printing Press Company - Chicago, IL Leaded stained glass panel featuring the word "GOSS" rendered in bold, stylized lettering across a field of textur...

The graphic centers on a proud American doughboy in uniform standing at attention with a rifle beside a large rippling Stars and Stripes on a flagpole, with VICTORY in huge red lette...

The large octavo book is embellished with over fifty color illustrations by Myles Birket Foster, as well as decorative initial letters and other ornamentation to the lettering and pa...

The piece features the authentic hand-chiseled signature "MAS BALI" in capital letters under the base, certifying its origin from the legendary village of Mas, the undisputed histori...

Charming table accoutrement, ideal for presenting toast or letters Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order Silver plate presents bright tonality throughout Arranged as six...

At top left is a gold star of flame-like rays around a lozenge frame tied with love knots, enclosing the Annunciation: the kneeling angel, the Virgin at a prayer desk and the dove ab...

", and the note "The letters R.R. indicate Roman Ruins."; the R.R. marks are underlined in red across the map.

Between them is a collar section of two crowned blue letters and a white star on gold chain. At top right is a silver cross with ball tips, a crown and central device between ornamen...

The German lettering has many miscut letters and is mostly given by its sense. Medal 9 reads for loyalty and merit, ending "und Berdienst" (B for V).

The gold cross (25) is lettered "GRATI PRINCEPSETPATRIA FRANC IMP-AUG" (The grateful prince and fatherland, Francis, Emperor, Augustus), and the bronze cross (30) carries the same le...

The shaped top is surrounded by a raised horseshoe border inset with contrasting letters spelling “GOOD LUCK”, interspersed with dark square nail-head details.

The four-section rack is gracefully curved, allowing for neatly arranged slices of toast, pastries, or even letters for a stylish desk display. The coordinating tray, finished with a...

Cross 1 carries, in miscut Gothic letters, a German dedication to Schwarzburg's brave warriors for the liberation of Germany, and its other face "1814 1815".

At the upper left is a silver star (5), its red center with a gold double cross on a crown over a green mount between the letters M and T. At the upper right is a white cross (2) wit...

At bottom left is a smaller white cross with green and gold, its oval blue center lettered, and at bottom right a collar section of gold Gothic letters alternating with small gold fa...

The star (1) and the gold medal (4) carry the German legend "FUERCHTE GOTT UND BEFOLGE SEINE BEFEHLE" (Fear God and obey His commandments); the oval badge (3) carries the same words ...

(Costume of a Knight of the Order of the Garter), with a second line in smaller letters, "(Le Roi Léopold Ier.)" (King Leopold I).

Above the view, the emblem vignette shows a sword laid across a quill pen and a sheet of printed paper on which the letters STA and ACT can be read. Two small scenes are set into the...

The title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon himself at Saint Helena, and plates lithographed by Jean-...

The title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon himself at Saint Helena, and plates lithographed by Jean-...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon at Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by the Belgian ...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon at Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by the Belgian ...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from the new documents dictated and corrected at Saint Helena by Napoleon himself, illustrated with lithographe...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon himself on Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by Jean...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon at Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by the Belgian ...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon himself on Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by Jean...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon himself on Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by Jean...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon at Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by the Belgian ...

The title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon himself at Saint Helena, and plates lithographed by Jean-...

Trombetta, The edition of The Antiquities of Herculaneum exhibited in Rendiconti of the Academy of Archeology, Letters and Fine Arts of Naples, 59 (1984), p.151-172.

Trombetta, The edition of The Antiquities of Herculaneum exhibited in Rendiconti of the Academy of Archeology, Letters and Fine Arts of Naples, 59 (1984), p.151-172.

Trombetta, The edition of The Antiquities of Herculaneum exhibited in Rendiconti of the Academy of Archeology, Letters and Fine Arts of Naples, 59 (1984), p.151-172.

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon at Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by the Belgian ...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon at Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by the Belgian ...

According to its title page, the text was written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected at Saint Helena by Napoleon himself, and the plates were li...

According to its title page, the text was written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected at Saint Helena by Napoleon himself, and the plates were li...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon at Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by Jean-Baptiste Ma...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon at Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by the Belgian ...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon himself on Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by Jean...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon at Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by the Belgian ...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from the new documents dictated and corrected at Saint Helena by Napoleon himself, illustrated with lithographe...

The title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from the new documents dictated and corrected at Saint Helena by Napoleon himself, and a work illustrated with ...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon himself on Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by Jean...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from the new documents dictated and corrected at Saint Helena by Napoleon himself, illustrated with lithographe...

According to its title page, the text was written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected at Saint Helena by Napoleon himself, and the plates were li...

The title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon himself at Saint Helena, and plates lithographed by Jean-...

The title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon himself at Saint Helena, and plates lithographed by Jean-...

At upper left a key identifies the small states by letters, as "A Anhalt" and "W Waldeck". Scales of "German Miles" and "English Miles" are engraved in the left margin.

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon at Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by Jean-Baptiste Ma...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from the new documents dictated and corrected at Saint Helena by Napoleon himself, illustrated with lithographe...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from the new documents dictated and corrected at Saint Helena by Napoleon himself, illustrated with lithographe...

The title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from the new documents dictated and corrected at Saint Helena by Napoleon himself, and a work illustrated with ...

According to its title page, the text was written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected at Saint Helena by Napoleon himself, and the plates were li...

Its title page describes a text written by a society of men of letters from new documents dictated and corrected by Napoleon himself on Saint Helena, with plates lithographed by Jean...

Beneath it, in smaller italic letters, is the French caption "Habillements des Dames Angloises, en 1735 &c

Beneath it, in smaller italic letters, is the French caption "Habit de Theatre du Roi Richard 3d

Beneath it, in smaller italic letters, is the French caption "Comus dans le Masque de Comus

The English title is engraved in script below the image: "Habit of King Charles the 1st. in 1630" Beneath it, in smaller italic letters, is the French caption "Le Roi Charles I.", me...

The English title is engraved in script below the image: "An Undress of the Dutchess of Portsmouth, in 1666" Beneath it, in smaller italic letters, is the French caption "Un Deshabil...