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Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis III, 1724
Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis III, 1724

Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis III, 1724

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724 Text on verso The measurement given is the paper size.

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Antique 1720s Dutch Renaissance Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis VI, 1724
Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis VI, 1724

Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis VI, 1724

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724 Text on verso The measurement given is the paper size.

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Antique 1720s Dutch Renaissance Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Print After Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XXII. 1724
Original Antique Print After Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XXII. 1724

Original Antique Print After Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XXII. 1724

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724 Text on verso The measurement given is the paper size.

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Antique 1720s Dutch Renaissance Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Print After Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XXIX, 1724
Original Antique Print After Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XXIX, 1724

Original Antique Print After Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XXIX, 1724

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724 Text on verso The measurement given is the paper size

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Antique 1720s English Renaissance Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis II, 1724
Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis II, 1724

Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis II, 1724

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724 Text on verso The measurement given is the paper size.

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Antique 1720s Dutch Renaissance Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XXXV, 1724
Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XXXV, 1724

Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XXXV, 1724

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724 Text on verso The measurement given is the paper size.

Category

Antique 1720s Dutch Renaissance Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Print After Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XXI, 1724
Original Antique Print After Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XXI, 1724

Original Antique Print After Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XXI, 1724

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724 Text on verso The measurement given is the paper size

Category

Antique 1720s Dutch Renaissance Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Print After Jan Luyken, Amsterdam. Genesis XVIII. 1724
Original Antique Print After Jan Luyken, Amsterdam. Genesis XVIII. 1724

Original Antique Print After Jan Luyken, Amsterdam. Genesis XVIII. 1724

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724 Text on verso The measurement given is the paper size.

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Antique 1720s Dutch Renaissance Prints

Materials

Paper

Terrestrial globe edited in the 1930s by Vallardi
Terrestrial globe edited in the 1930s by Vallardi

Terrestrial globe edited in the 1930s by Vallardi

By Vallardi

Located in Milan, IT

Terrestrial globe edited in the 1930s by Vallardi publisher, sphere covered with paper printed by engraving on copper plate and water colored, turned wooden base with meridial circle...

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Vintage 1930s Italian Scientific Instruments

'Habit d'Andimion du balet de Triomphe de l'amour.'

'Habit d'Andimion du balet de Triomphe de l'amour.'

Located in London, GB

Copper plate engraving. Inscribed in top margin, a very rich impression. from Album des métiers.

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18th Century and Earlier Prints and Multiples

Set of 15 Antique Botanical Prints, English, Circa 1790
Set of 15 Antique Botanical Prints, English, Circa 1790

Set of 15 Antique Botanical Prints, English, Circa 1790

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

Wonderful set of 15 antique botanical prints. Copper-plate engravings. Published C.1790 Presented in our own custom made natural oak frames with hessian or burlap mounts or ...

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Antique 1790s English Rustic Prints

Materials

Oak, Paper

Antique World Map Published in Vienna 1786 by Franz Anton Schraembl
Antique World Map Published in Vienna 1786 by Franz Anton Schraembl

Antique World Map Published in Vienna 1786 by Franz Anton Schraembl

Located in Milan, IT

Map made in two separate sheets by engraving on a copper plate. Good condition, some stains and some cracks.

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Antique 1780s Austrian Maps

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Set of 15 Antique Botanical Prints, English, Circa 1790
Set of 15 Antique Botanical Prints, English, Circa 1790

Set of 15 Antique Botanical Prints, English, Circa 1790

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

Wonderful set of 15 antique botanical prints. Copper-plate engravings. Original hand colour. All fabulous muted colours Published C.1790 Presented in our own custom made solid as...

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Antique 1790s English Rustic Prints

Materials

Paper, Ash

Set of 10 Original Antique Prints of India After William Hodges, C.1820
Set of 10 Original Antique Prints of India After William Hodges, C.1820

Set of 10 Original Antique Prints of India After William Hodges, C.1820

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

Wonderful set of 10 prints of India. Copper-plate engravings after drawings on the spot mainly by William Hodges Published by C.Hulbert, Shrewsbury.

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Antique 1820s English Anglo Raj Prints

Materials

Paper

Set of 12 Antique Sporting Prints, Howitt, 1812
Set of 12 Antique Sporting Prints, Howitt, 1812

Set of 12 Antique Sporting Prints, Howitt, 1812

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

Set of 12 original sporting prints after Howitt. Hand colored copper-plate engravings. Published by Orme, London, dated 1812.

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Antique 1810s English Sporting Art Prints

Materials

Paper

Set of 6 Original Antique Butterfly Prints After A.J Rosel Von Rosenhof, C.1740
Set of 6 Original Antique Butterfly Prints After A.J Rosel Von Rosenhof, C.1740

Set of 6 Original Antique Butterfly Prints After A.J Rosel Von Rosenhof, C.1740

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

Wonderful set of antique butterfly prints in lovely muted colors. Copper-plate engravings with original hand colour After A.J Rosel Von Rosenhof Published circa 1740 Pres...

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Antique 1740s English Georgian Prints

Materials

Paper, Ash

1818 Carey Atlas Correct Hand-Colored Map of Virginia

1818 Carey Atlas Correct Hand-Colored Map of Virginia

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

This original, historic Map of Virginia is found in the Library of Congress List of Maps, Volume V, page 986 and is hand-colored upon the fine original copper plate engraving, printe...

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Antique 1810s North American Maps

Large Antique Map of Portugal Dated 1762
Large Antique Map of Portugal Dated 1762

Large Antique Map of Portugal Dated 1762

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

Fabulous map of Portugal by Thomas Jefferys, 1762. Copper-plate engraving with original color. In three pieces loosely connected with tape.

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Antique Mid-18th Century Great Britain (UK) Georgian Maps

Materials

Paper

The Minor & Crested Grackle by John Wilkes, 1796-1828
The Minor & Crested Grackle by John Wilkes, 1796-1828

The Minor & Crested Grackle by John Wilkes, 1796-1828

Located in Kenilworth, IL

English ornithological hand colored copper plate engraving printed on Whatman paper of The Minor & Crested Grackle from a rare hand colored edition of John Wilkes' "Encyclopaedia lon...

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Antique 19th Century British Prints

Materials

Paper

18th Century French Diorama, View of Rouen Cathedral
18th Century French Diorama, View of Rouen Cathedral

18th Century French Diorama, View of Rouen Cathedral

Located in Stamford, CT

Charming French 18th century diorama with copper plate engraving, hand colored. In original shadowbox and gold leaf frames.

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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Shadow Boxes

Materials

Paper

American Compass Placed in Its Original Box of Turned Brass
American Compass Placed in Its Original Box of Turned Brass

American Compass Placed in Its Original Box of Turned Brass

By S. Thaxter & Son

Located in Milan, IT

Eight-wind compass card printed on paper by engraving on copper plate, complete with goniometric circle.

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Antique 1890s American Scientific Instruments

Brass Nautical Compass Made in UK in the Second Half of the 19th Century
Brass Nautical Compass Made in UK in the Second Half of the 19th Century

Brass Nautical Compass Made in UK in the Second Half of the 19th Century

Located in Milan, IT

The compass is made up of a brass and glass container on the bottom of which a metal stem is fixed on which the eight-wind compass card of paper printed by engraving on a copper plat...

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Antique 1860s British Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

The Greatest Martin or Swift by George Edwards, Hand-colored Bird Print, 1743
The Greatest Martin or Swift by George Edwards, Hand-colored Bird Print, 1743

The Greatest Martin or Swift by George Edwards, Hand-colored Bird Print, 1743

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique Bird print: The Greatest Martin or Swift" **Artist**: George Edwards **Plate Number**: 27 **Date**: Published 1743-1751 **Medium**: Hand-colored Copper Plate Engraving This...

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Antique 1740s Prints

Materials

Paper

XIX century Antique Brass Magnetic Topographic Compass with Goniometric Circle
XIX century Antique Brass Magnetic Topographic Compass with Goniometric Circle

XIX century Antique Brass Magnetic Topographic Compass with Goniometric Circle

Located in Milan, IT

Magnetic topographic compass, of brass, an instrument consisting of a magnetized needle free to rotate on a horizontal plane, marking the direction of magnetic north with the tip of ...

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Antique 1880s British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Monumental Antique Panorama of Rome by Giuseppe Vasi, 1765
Monumental Antique Panorama of Rome by Giuseppe Vasi, 1765

Monumental Antique Panorama of Rome by Giuseppe Vasi, 1765

By Giuseppe Vasi

Located in St Annes, Lancashire

I particularly like the figural cartouche It is a copper-plate engraving on 12 sheets of paper applied to canvas.

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Antique 1760s Italian Renaissance Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Set of 12 18th Century Martinet Birds
Set of 12 18th Century Martinet Birds

Set of 12 18th Century Martinet Birds

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...

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Antique 18th Century French Prints

Materials

Paper

Alfred Charles S. Anderson CBE - 1926 French Etching, Place St Gervaise Falaise
Alfred Charles S. Anderson CBE - 1926 French Etching, Place St Gervaise Falaise

Alfred Charles S. Anderson CBE - 1926 French Etching, Place St Gervaise Falaise

By Alfred Charles S. Anderson

Located in Corsham, GB

In 1929 he turned his skills to engraving on a copper plate, and he will chiefly be remembered for his engravings of English rural crafts dating from 1932, for which he was made CBE ...

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1920s Post-War Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Brass Compass First Half of the 19th Century Mounted on a Walnut Wooden Base
Brass Compass First Half of the 19th Century Mounted on a Walnut Wooden Base

Brass Compass First Half of the 19th Century Mounted on a Walnut Wooden Base

By Blake & Son Gosport

Located in Milan, IT

The compass is made of a brass and glass case on the bottom of which a metal stem is fixed, on which is supported the eight-wind compass card of paper printed by engraving on a coppe...

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Antique 1840s British Nautical Objects

19th Century Antique Oakwood Magnetic Surveyng Compass English Manufacture
19th Century Antique Oakwood Magnetic Surveyng Compass English Manufacture

19th Century Antique Oakwood Magnetic Surveyng Compass English Manufacture

Located in Milan, IT

Magnetic surveying compass, oakwood with brass hinges and closing hooks, instrument consisting of a magnetized needle free to rotate on a horizontal plane, marking the direction of m...

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Antique 1870s British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Sacred Physics Prints
Sacred Physics Prints

Sacred Physics Prints

By Johann Jakob Scheuchzer

Located in London, GB

The work is so profusely illustrated with copper-plate engravings that it became known as the copper-plate bible.

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Antique 1730s Prints

[Anatomical Studies].
[Anatomical Studies].

[Anatomical Studies].

Located in London, GB

This process, through focusing their attention on minute details, helped them produce unprecedented anatomical accuracy in their engravings. Pair of copper engraving, with engraved ...

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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints

Set of 8 18th Century Martinet Parrots
Set of 8 18th Century Martinet Parrots

Set of 8 18th Century Martinet Parrots

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire

A set of nine 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...

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Antique 18th Century French Prints

Materials

Paper

Old Nautical Print Depicting the Bombardment of Cadiz by the French Navy 1823
Old Nautical Print Depicting the Bombardment of Cadiz by the French Navy 1823

Old Nautical Print Depicting the Bombardment of Cadiz by the French Navy 1823

Located in Milan, IT

Print by engraving on copper plate of the first half of the 19th century, depicting the bombardment of Cadiz by the French Navy, 23 September 1823.

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Antique 1830s French Nautical Objects

Materials

Paper

XIV Winter Olympics games by Yozo Hamaguchi - 1984

XIV Winter Olympics games by Yozo Hamaguchi - 1984

Located in Roma, IT

Hamaguchi studied sculpture at the Tokyo Art School in 1927, but abandoned his studies in 1930 to go to France to study oil painting, watercolor, and copper-plate engraving. Hamagu...

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1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset

Pair of 17th Century Equestrian Prints
Pair of 17th Century Equestrian Prints

Pair of 17th Century Equestrian Prints

Located in Stamford, CT

Beautifully realized images of the horses in various poses. Copper plate engraving printed onto fine hand made, laid rag paper.

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Antique 17th Century German Baroque Prints

Pair of 17th Century Equestrian Prints
Pair of 17th Century Equestrian Prints

Pair of 17th Century Equestrian Prints

Located in Stamford, CT

Beautifully realized images of the horses in various poses. Copper plate engraving printed onto fine hand made, laid rag paper.

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Antique 1640s German Baroque Prints

Late 19th Century 1892 Italian Celestial Globe Signed Gussoni Dotti Milano
Late 19th Century 1892 Italian Celestial Globe Signed Gussoni Dotti Milano

Late 19th Century 1892 Italian Celestial Globe Signed Gussoni Dotti Milano

Located in Lowestoft, GB

The globe is paper mache covered with hand tinted & watercolored copper plate engravings, mapping the apparent positions of the stars in the sky.

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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Pine, Paper

World Map Published in June 1783 by Stackhouse and Engraved by S.J. Neele London
World Map Published in June 1783 by Stackhouse and Engraved by S.J. Neele London

World Map Published in June 1783 by Stackhouse and Engraved by S.J. Neele London

Located in Milan, IT

It is a geographical map printed by engraving on a copper plate, coeval coloring, which depicts the entire earth's surface divided into two parts that correspond to the two hemispher...

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Antique 1780s British Maps

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

1930s Antique Italian Terrestrial Globe Signed Vallardi Editore Milano
1930s Antique Italian Terrestrial Globe Signed Vallardi Editore Milano

1930s Antique Italian Terrestrial Globe Signed Vallardi Editore Milano

Located in Milan, IT

Wooden base and cardboard sphere covered by paper printed by engraving on a copper plate and watercoloured. Good condition.

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Vintage 1930s Maps

Materials

Paper

1875 "North America" Map by J. Bartholomew
1875 "North America" Map by J. Bartholomew

1875 "North America" Map by J. Bartholomew

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

The publishers took advantage of the new ability to print large graphic illustrations on the same pages as the text, as opposed to limiting illustrations to separate copper plate eng...

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Antique 1870s Scottish Maps

Materials

Paper

A Set of Twelve Pieter Cramer Framed Prints of Butterflies.
A Set of Twelve Pieter Cramer Framed Prints of Butterflies.

A Set of Twelve Pieter Cramer Framed Prints of Butterflies.

Located in Downingtown, PA

Each antique butterfly print measures approximately 9 inches wide by 11 inches tall Antique butterfly copper plate engravings have become exceedingly rare on the market and the s...

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Prints

ORIGiNAL 1643 THE TWELVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR AFTER JOACHIM VON SANDART THE ELDER
ORIGiNAL 1643 THE TWELVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR AFTER JOACHIM VON SANDART THE ELDER

ORIGiNAL 1643 THE TWELVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR AFTER JOACHIM VON SANDART THE ELDER

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super rare and highly collectable suite of twelve original Copper plate engravings dating to 1643 by Io...

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Antique 1640s European Charles II Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

1821 Printing of the Declaration of Independence on Cloth
1821 Printing of the Declaration of Independence on Cloth

1821 Printing of the Declaration of Independence on Cloth

By All American Co.

Located in York County, PA

The version under examination here, with the 6-pointed stars, is considerably larger and thus required a completely different copper plate engraving. One is documented in "The Ameri...

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Antique 1820s European Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Cotton

The Months (Complete Set of 12 Copper Plate Engravings)
The Months (Complete Set of 12 Copper Plate Engravings)

The Months (Complete Set of 12 Copper Plate Engravings)

By Jan Van de Velde

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

An original complete set of 12 copper plate engravings by Dutch artist Jan Van de Velde (1593-1641) titled "The Months", 1618.

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1610s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Copper

Johann Weinmann Eight Mezzo Tint Copper Plate Engraving Fine Frames
Johann Weinmann Eight Mezzo Tint Copper Plate Engraving Fine Frames

Johann Weinmann Eight Mezzo Tint Copper Plate Engraving Fine Frames

By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

Located in Stamford, CT

A Stunning set of eight engraved and Mezzotint Copperplate hand colored Engravings by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann. Phytanthoa Icongraphia. Published Regensburg 1745. This set and several...

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Antique Mid-18th Century German Renaissance Prints

Materials

Copper

Albrecht Dürer "The Small Horse, " 19th Century Copper Plate Engraving
Albrecht Dürer "The Small Horse, " 19th Century Copper Plate Engraving

Albrecht Dürer "The Small Horse, " 19th Century Copper Plate Engraving

By Albrecht Dürer

Located in Barcelona, ES

"The Small Horse" copper plate engraving by Albrecht Dürer, circa 1505.

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Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Prints

Materials

Wood, Paper

Johan Christoph Volckhamer's "Aranzo Dolce" a Copper Plate Engraving, c. 1708
Johan Christoph Volckhamer's "Aranzo Dolce" a Copper Plate Engraving, c. 1708

Johan Christoph Volckhamer's "Aranzo Dolce" a Copper Plate Engraving, c. 1708

By Johann Christoph Volkhamer

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

They are copper plate engravings with later hand coloring, published in Nuremberg.

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Antique Early 18th Century German Baroque Prints

Materials

Paper

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