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Caryophyllus Flore  (Carnations)
Caryophyllus Flore  (Carnations)

Caryophyllus Flore (Carnations)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Plexiglass, R...

Malva Rosea (Hollyhock, Mallow)
Malva Rosea (Hollyhock, Mallow)

Malva Rosea (Hollyhock, Mallow)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Gesso, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Plexig...

Caryophyllus Major  (Carnations)
Caryophyllus Major  (Carnations)

Caryophyllus Major (Carnations)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Plexiglass, R...

Brayer Yves
Brayer Yves

Brayer Yves

Unavailable|$21,063

Brayer Yves

By Yves Brayer

Located in Gelinden, BE

He was interested in the techniques of copper plate engraving and lithography and produced illustrations for editions of such authors as Charles Baudelaire and Paul Claudel.

Category

20th Century French Modern Paintings

Botanical:  Peonia Polyanthos

Botanical: Peonia Polyanthos

Unavailable|$12,000

Botanical: Peonia Polyanthos

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Prints

Botanical: Caryophyllus Major (An excellent pairing with "Caryophyllus Flore".)
Botanical: Caryophyllus Major (An excellent pairing with "Caryophyllus Flore".)

Botanical: Caryophyllus Major (An excellent pairing with "Caryophyllus Flore".)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Garden Ornaments

Botanical: Caryophyllus Flore (An excellent pairing with "Caryophyllus Major.")
Botanical: Caryophyllus Flore (An excellent pairing with "Caryophyllus Major.")

Botanical: Caryophyllus Flore (An excellent pairing with "Caryophyllus Major.")

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Prints

Botanical:  Ficus

Botanical: Ficus

Unavailable|$4,950

Botanical: Ficus

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Prints

Botanical:  Malva (Hibiscus with 3 Blossoms)

Botanical: Malva (Hibiscus with 3 Blossoms)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Konrad Bauer. Altdorf, 1613. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Prints

Botanical:  Malva (Hibiscus, White and Red)

Botanical: Malva (Hibiscus, White and Red)

By Basilius Besler

Located in Florham Park, NJ

Konrad Bauer. Altdorf, 1613. Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color 374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to 18”.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Prints

Original Copper Engraving Plate Lady Charlotte Finch, 1755
Original Copper Engraving Plate Lady Charlotte Finch, 1755

Original Copper Engraving Plate Lady Charlotte Finch, 1755

Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

A fine original antique copper engraving printing plate with a seated portrait titled The Right Honorable The Lady Charlotte Finch.

Category

Antique 1750s English More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Copper

Set of Six Copper Plate Engravings of Monkeys
Set of Six Copper Plate Engravings of Monkeys

Set of Six Copper Plate Engravings of Monkeys

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Historically significant set of six 18th century copper plate engravings of monkey species. Engraved by H.I.

Category

Late 18th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

Materials

Copper

Set of Six Copper Plate Engravings of Monkeys
Set of Six Copper Plate Engravings of Monkeys

Set of Six Copper Plate Engravings of Monkeys

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Historically significant set of six 18th century copper plate engravings of monkey species. Engraved by H.I.

Category

Antique Late 18th Century German Georgian Decorative Art

Materials

Copper

1980s Contemporary Copper Plates Engraving Matrix
1980s Contemporary Copper Plates Engraving Matrix

1980s Contemporary Copper Plates Engraving Matrix

Located in London, GB

Set of three contemporary engraving matrix on copper plates by an unknown Artist Each of different sizes has been framed in an oak frame.

Category

Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames

Materials

Copper

19th Century Copper Plate Shell Engravings
19th Century Copper Plate Shell Engravings

19th Century Copper Plate Shell Engravings

Located in Houston, TX

Pair of 19th C hand colored copper engravings originally from a book. Newly framed in a beaded gilt and cream wood finish.

Category

Antique 19th Century Drawings

19th Century Copper Plate Shell Engravings
19th Century Copper Plate Shell Engravings

19th Century Copper Plate Shell Engravings

Located in Houston, TX

Pair of 19th c. hand colored copper engravings originally from a book. Newly framed in a beaded gilt and cream wood finish. Framed with museum glass.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Prints

Materials

Paper, Wood

19th Century Copper Plate Shell Engravings
19th Century Copper Plate Shell Engravings

19th Century Copper Plate Shell Engravings

Located in Houston, TX

Pair of 19th c. hand colored copper engravings originally from a book. Newly framed in a beaded gilt and cream wood finish. Framed with museum glass.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Prints

Materials

Paper, Wood

19th Century Copper Plate Shell Engravings
19th Century Copper Plate Shell Engravings

19th Century Copper Plate Shell Engravings

Located in Houston, TX

Pair of 19th c. hand colored copper engravings originally from a book. Newly framed in a beaded gilt and cream wood finish. Framed with museum glass.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Prints

Materials

Paper, Wood

Set of 6 French Colored Copper Plate Bird Engravings
Set of 6 French Colored Copper Plate Bird Engravings

Set of 6 French Colored Copper Plate Bird Engravings

By Martinet

Located in Atlanta, GA

A rare and exquisite set of six French colored copper plate engravings of birds by François-Nicolas Martinet, dated 1787.

Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Decorative Art

Materials

Copper

Superb Set of Twelve Martinet Bird Copper Plate Engravings
Superb Set of Twelve Martinet Bird Copper Plate Engravings

Superb Set of Twelve Martinet Bird Copper Plate Engravings

By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire

A set of twelve beautiful hand colored copper plate engravings from '1770- 1786 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux ' Paris Imprimerie Royale by Le Comte de Buffon Georges- Louis Marie Le...

Category

Antique 18th Century French Prints

Materials

Paper

3 Pairs of French Hand-Colored Copper Plate Fencing Engravings
3 Pairs of French Hand-Colored Copper Plate Fencing Engravings

3 Pairs of French Hand-Colored Copper Plate Fencing Engravings

Located in San Francisco, CA

Three pairs of well-rendered and fanciful hand-colored copper plate engravings of fencing drills; each large engraving depicting dynamic swordsmen demonstrating various fencing drill...

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Drawings

America Septentrionalis by Carroli Allard (1648-1709) Copper Plate Engraving
America Septentrionalis by Carroli Allard (1648-1709) Copper Plate Engraving

America Septentrionalis by Carroli Allard (1648-1709) Copper Plate Engraving

Located in San Francisco, CA

"Recentissuma Novi Orbis Sive Americae Septentrionale et Meriodionalis" A hand-colored copper plate engraving of North and South America by Carel Allard depicting recent discoveries...

Category

Antique Late 17th Century Dutch Maps

Materials

Paper

Print by Engraving on Copper Plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie
Print by Engraving on Copper Plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie

Print by Engraving on Copper Plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie

Located in Milan, IT

Print by engraving on copper plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie méthodique, end of the 18th century, volume Marine Planches (more than 1,500 figures dealing with all subjects on ...

Category

Antique 1790s French Nautical Objects

Materials

Paper

Print by Engraving on Copper Plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie
Print by Engraving on Copper Plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie

Print by Engraving on Copper Plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie

Located in Milan, IT

Print by engraving on copper plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie méthodique, end of the 18th century, volume Marine Planches (more than 1,500 figures dealing with all subjects on ...

Category

Antique 1790s French Nautical Objects

Materials

Paper

Prideaux John Selby Large Hand Colored Copper Plate Engraving of Seagulls
Prideaux John Selby Large Hand Colored Copper Plate Engraving of Seagulls

Prideaux John Selby Large Hand Colored Copper Plate Engraving of Seagulls

By John Selby

Located in Downingtown, PA

Prideaux John Selby large hand colored copper plate engraving of seagulls, Early 19th century Engravings of British Birds, with original hand coloring, paper watermarked “J Whatm...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Regency Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Set of Four 18 Century Copper Plate Colored Engravings of Versailles Gardens
Set of Four 18 Century Copper Plate Colored Engravings of Versailles Gardens

Set of Four 18 Century Copper Plate Colored Engravings of Versailles Gardens

By Antoine Aveline

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

A set of four hand colored 18 century copper plate engravings showing views and optical perspectives of certain features of the gardens at Versailles l\aid on hand-made paper.

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Drawings

Materials

Paper

Prideaux John Selby Large Hand-Colored Copper Plate Engraving of a Cormorant
Prideaux John Selby Large Hand-Colored Copper Plate Engraving of a Cormorant

Prideaux John Selby Large Hand-Colored Copper Plate Engraving of a Cormorant

By John Selby

Located in Downingtown, PA

Prideaux John Selby large hand-colored copper plate engraving of a cormorant, early 19th century We have a second cormorant to match.

Category

Antique 1830s English Georgian Prints

Materials

Paper

Prideaux John Selby Large Hand Colored Copper Plate Engraving of a Seagull
Prideaux John Selby Large Hand Colored Copper Plate Engraving of a Seagull

Prideaux John Selby Large Hand Colored Copper Plate Engraving of a Seagull

By John Selby

Located in Downingtown, PA

Prideaux John Selby large hand colored copper plate engraving of a seagull, early 19th century Engravings of British Birds, with original hand colouring, paper watermarked “J Wha...

Category

Antique 1830s English Regency Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

1980s Set of Three Contemporary Etchings Dies Copper Plates
1980s Set of Three Contemporary Etchings Dies Copper Plates

1980s Set of Three Contemporary Etchings Dies Copper Plates

Located in London, GB

Set of three contemporary engravings dies on copper plates by an Unknown Artist Each of the different sizes has been framed in an oak frame.

Category

Vintage 1980s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Copper

18th Century Hand Colored Bird Engraving by George Edwards
18th Century Hand Colored Bird Engraving by George Edwards

18th Century Hand Colored Bird Engraving by George Edwards

By George Edwards

Located in Alamo, CA

18th century hand colored copper-plate engraving of an exotic bird, "Avis quaedam specici mixtae, ex Gallo Indico et Phafiano natae" (a type of Pheasant), Tab XXVII from from "A Natu...

Category

1760s Animal Prints

Materials

Engraving

18th Century Hand Colored George Edwards Lanius (Shrike) Bird Engraving
18th Century Hand Colored George Edwards Lanius (Shrike) Bird Engraving

18th Century Hand Colored George Edwards Lanius (Shrike) Bird Engraving

By George Edwards

Located in Alamo, CA

18th century hand colored copper-plate engraving of an exotic bird, "Lanius, cauda forcipata" or Shrike, Tab VII from "A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of some other Rare and...

Category

1760s Animal Prints

Materials

Engraving

Colored Engravings of the Four Seasons
Colored Engravings of the Four Seasons

Colored Engravings of the Four Seasons

By Simon Thomassin

Located in Nashville, TN

Set of four, colored, copper plate engravings of the four seasons.

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Prints

Materials

Paper

Basilius Besler Botanical Hand-Colored Engraving of Poppies
Basilius Besler Botanical Hand-Colored Engraving of Poppies

Basilius Besler Botanical Hand-Colored Engraving of Poppies

By Basilius Besler

Located in Montreal, QC

Beautiful original copper-plate engraving after Basilius Besler (1561-1629), from the Hortus Eystettensis, published in Nuremburg in1613; Originally published as one of a codex of bl...

Category

Antique 1610s German Baroque Prints

Materials

Paper

Set of 12 18th Century Martinet Bird Engravings
Set of 12 18th Century Martinet Bird Engravings

Set of 12 18th Century Martinet Bird Engravings

Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire

A set of twelve beautiful hand colored copper plate engravings from '1770-1786 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' Paris Imprimerie Royale by Le Comte de Buffon Georges- Louis Marie Lecl...

Category

Antique 18th Century French Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique French Engraving of Birds, Paris, Late 18th Century
Antique French Engraving of Birds, Paris, Late 18th Century

Antique French Engraving of Birds, Paris, Late 18th Century

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Chappaqua, NY

A hand-colored, copper plate engraving by the artist Francois Nicholas Martinet.

Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Prints

Materials

Paper

Set of Four Hand Colored Engravings of French Cities
Set of Four Hand Colored Engravings of French Cities

Set of Four Hand Colored Engravings of French Cities

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Historically significant set of four 17th century hand colored copper plate engravings depicting fortifications and notable structures of French cities.

Category

Antique 17th Century French Louis XV Prints

Materials

Mirror

Red Tailed Hawk, Plate 51: The Birds of America (Havell, Double Elephant Folio)
Red Tailed Hawk, Plate 51: The Birds of America (Havell, Double Elephant Folio)

Red Tailed Hawk, Plate 51: The Birds of America (Havell, Double Elephant Folio)

By John James Audubon

Located in Denver, CO

Red Tailed Hawk by John James Audubon (1785-1851) engraved, printed and colored by R. Havell, Plate 51 (Plate LI) from "Birds of America", double elephant folio., original vintage ha...

Category

19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

Materials

Engraving

Set of 4 Hand Colored Equestrian Engravings, Nuremberg, 1678
Set of 4 Hand Colored Equestrian Engravings, Nuremberg, 1678

Set of 4 Hand Colored Equestrian Engravings, Nuremberg, 1678

Located in Stamford, CT

A set of four 17th century hand colored copper plate engravings of equestrian dressage from Georg Simon Winter Von Adlersflugel's work, "The Well Informed Cavallier: Thorough Instruc...

Category

Antique Late 17th Century German Baroque Prints

Materials

Paper

18th Century Engraving of Sperm Whales, by Bertuch, 1790
18th Century Engraving of Sperm Whales, by Bertuch, 1790

18th Century Engraving of Sperm Whales, by Bertuch, 1790

Located in Nantucket, MA

18th Century Engraving of Sperm Whales, by Bertuch, 1790, an engraved zoological plate depicting what was thought to be two species of Sperm Whale (Physeter), the Cylindrical Pot-Wha...

Category

Antique 1790s German Other Prints

Materials

Paper

Set of Six 18th Century Engravings by Francois Nicholas Martinet
Set of Six 18th Century Engravings by Francois Nicholas Martinet

Set of Six 18th Century Engravings by Francois Nicholas Martinet

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Set of six 18th Century beautiful hand-coloured copper plate engravings from '1770- 1786 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' Paris Imprimerie Royale by Le Comte de Buffon Georges- Louis ...

Category

Antique 18th Century French Prints

Materials

Paper

18th-Century Hand-Colored Engravings of Sea Shells, Niccolo Gualtieri
18th-Century Hand-Colored Engravings of Sea Shells, Niccolo Gualtieri

18th-Century Hand-Colored Engravings of Sea Shells, Niccolo Gualtieri

By Niccolo Gualtier

Located in Downingtown, PA

In 1731 he began to assemble a private natural history museum, the holding of which he catalogued in 1742, as Index Testarum Conchyliorum, quae adservantur in Museo Nicolai Gualtieri...

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Georgian Prints

Materials

Paper

18th Century Engraving of Sperm Whale and Dolphins, by Bertuch, 1790
18th Century Engraving of Sperm Whale and Dolphins, by Bertuch, 1790

18th Century Engraving of Sperm Whale and Dolphins, by Bertuch, 1790

Located in Nantucket, MA

18th Century Engraving of a Sperm Whale and Dolphins, by Bertuch, 1790, an engraved zoological plate depicting a Sperm Whale (Physeter), and two species of Dolphin (appears to be a B...

Category

Antique 1790s Other Prints

Materials

Paper

SET OF 4 HAND COLORED ENGRAVINGS BY E. DONOVAN 1798-1799
SET OF 4 HAND COLORED ENGRAVINGS BY E. DONOVAN 1798-1799

SET OF 4 HAND COLORED ENGRAVINGS BY E. DONOVAN 1798-1799

Located in valatie, NY

Donovan undertook all stages of the illustration process for his books, the drawing, the etching, the copper plate engraving and the hand coloring. He often used thick paints, burni...

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Drawings

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Find many varieties of an authentic copper engraving plate available at 1stDibs. A copper engraving plate — often made from paper, metal and copper — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the copper engraving plate you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A copper engraving plate is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian, Neoclassical and Regency styles are sought with frequency. A well-made copper engraving plate has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by John Selby, Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Community are consistently popular.

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