Rare Engravings

Rare hand colored copper plate engraving by noted Botanist Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) Beautiful color after 250+ years!

Rare 1670 Map of Tartary by Richard Blome after Sanson, hand-colored engraving This striking and highly decorative map, titled *A Generall Mapp of the Kingdome of Tartaria*, was pub...

Antique print titled 'Ara, o Base con Baccanali'. Plate XXXVI: A large, ornamental Bacchic altar or pedestal, with a relief in the centre showing a female sitting beside a reclinin...

Antique Print of the Arctic Fox in Winter Coat – Gaimard, 1842 This beautifully hand-colored lithograph portrays the Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus, here Renard Isatis), shown in its th...

Antique Print of the Arctic Fox in Summer Coat – Gaimard, 1842 This finely hand-colored lithograph depicts the Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus, here Renard Isatis) in its darker summer c...

Antique map titled 'De VIIde Landkaart Verbeeldende de Stad Jerusalem Beneven de daar Omgelegen Bergen en Dalen (..).' Bird's-eye plan of Jerusalem in Israel. This map shows the mo...

Attractive minature map of Greece or 'Graecia" Maker/Publisher: A. Ortelius/A. en F. Arsenius / M Coignet / J. van Keerbergen - 1601-1620 With a simple title cartouche. Over t...

Rare Antique Hand-Colored Engraving of Le Sajou Monkey (1797-1800) – Audebert’s Masterpiece This exquisite antique engraving, titled "Le Sajou.

Insula Kilduyn. Orig. copper-engraving after details from J. H. van Linschoten's map taken from his account of the three expeditions undertaken by Willem Barents in 1594, in an attem...

An authentic, perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of 3 Ducks and an Avocet, on parchment paper (copper engraving). It has a fine shining because of the authenti...

Description: Antique print, titled: 'A map of Sestro River (…).' - This plate shows Fish, birds, animals and people in the area around the Sestro River, Liberia. Inset; a small map o...

Description: Plate 41: (Temple in South East Asia). This plate shows a temple in South East Asia. Also palm trees are depicted. This very rare attractive original old antique print /...

Antique costume print titled 'Mädchen von Orleans - Jeanne D'Ark. surnommée la Pucelle d'Orleans. 1430'. This print depicts Joan of Arc. Originates from a rare costume book titled ...

Rare anatomical engraving on paper, dedicated to angiology, a medical specialty reserved for the study of the circulatory system and the lymphatic system, i.e. the veins, arteries an...

Antique print of a landscape with two horses and horsemen. Made after a painting by Philips Wouwerman. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Engraved by J....

Antique print, titled: 'Aertbeevinge tot Jedo.' - ('Earthquake in Edo'). A temple falls to ruins because of an earthquake in Yedo (or Edo, Jeddo; now Tokyo). Men and women lament...

Description : The match, played between Lord Winchelsea's MCC team with three Hambledon players (Beldham, Walker, and Wells) given, and Lord Darnley's Kent team, was won by Lord Winc...

Title: "Rare Creatures of the East: A 1601 de Bry Engraving from the Indies" Description: This original 1601 engraving from Theodore de Bry's collection presents a fascinating array...

Antique print titled 'Clove Tree'. Copper engraving of a clove tree. This print originates from 'Voyages and Travels to the East-Indies' by J. Nieuhof. Artists and engravers:...

Depending on the individual map, presentation, and context, a rare or antique map can be modern, traditional, abstract, figurative, serious or whimsical.

Antique costume print titled 'Eine Moskauerin'. This print depicts a Lady from Moscow with a child, Russia. Originates from a rare costume book titled 'Sammlung von Trachten bey ...

Antique map Myanmar (Birma) titled 'Les Royaumes de Pegu et d'Aracan'. Rare map of Pegu and Arakan made after a map engraved by Pieter van den Keere and published in the 1628 edi...

Le Pot au Lait is a beautiful and rare engraving of the second half of the XIX century, realized with different techniques by the Belgian artist Felicien Rops.

It is otherwise in very good condition. It is rare to find individual engravings from Aldrovandi's work for sale.

It is otherwise in excellent condition. It is rare to find individual engravings from Aldrovandi's work for sale.

Antique print titled 'Flora'. It shows Flora lying on a bed between the trees. Two angels scatter flowers over her. Around her putti, satyrs and women who collect flowers. Flora is a...

This is a rare 17th century engraving of a plant entitled "Caunga" by the Dutch botanist Hendrik van Rheede tot Drakenstein, plate 6 from his 'Hortus Indicus Malabaricus' (Garden of ...

This very rare, first edition, folio hand-colored woodcut engraving of a bird of prey is plate 219 from Ulisse Aldrovandi’s 'Opera Omnia', published between 1599 and 1648 in Bologna,...

Framed large black and white engraving of sea shells by Lister. This very rare copper engraving is from Martin Lister's work Historiae sive synopsis methodicae conchyliorum et tab...

The engraving offers a rare glimpse into Edo-period ceremonial life in Nagasaki, with its orderly composition, procession of figures in traditional robes, and the harbor foreground f...

Collectors of antique prints, Japanese art, or interior design will appreciate this rare engraving’s subtlety and the way it evokes a timeless appreciation for harmony and beauty.

Hawaiian Islands – Three Pacific Exploration Engravings, Paris 1836 This rare matching set of three engravings depicting scenes from the Hawaiian Islands (Îles Hawaï) was published ...

Caspar Schwenckfeld, Reformation Portrait, 16thC German Engraving A rare and visually striking Reformation-era portrait with polemical inscription, reflecting the religious tensions...

Thomas Woolnoth (British, 1785-1857) Rare stipple engraving of bare-knuckle champion Henry Pearce, "the Game Chicken," circa 1805.

Dutch Arctic Expedition, Building “Het Behouden Huys,” Pontanus 1611 A rare early 17th-century engraving depicting the construction of “Het Behouden Huys” (The Saved House) by membe...

Allegorical Engraving of the Four Continents and the World, Banse, 1798 This rare and finely executed allegorical engraving, published in Amsterdam by H.A.

Drawings is an original modern rare book with illustrations by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin), published in 1944. Original First Edition. Published by Bittner and Co., ...

A set of six original hand-colored engravings of rare and unusual moths. Plates from The Aurelian or Natural History of English Insects (1766) by Moses Harris.

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it attracted the attention of explorers, traders, colonial powers, and travelers, making it a subject frequently illustrated in geograp...

Antique Chinese Costume & Footbinding Study, Ferrario Hand-Coloured Engraving 1815 A rare and historically significant early nineteenth-century hand-coloured copperplate engravi...

Antique English engraving on Architecture: rare and very interesting, especially for an Archituctural Study.

Der Findlich is an original Rare Book illustrated by the Expressionist German artist Ernst Barlach (1870- 1938) in 1922. Original First Edition. Format: in 4°. Published by Paul...

Californian Woman in Deerskin Dress, Indigenous Portrait – Hand-Colored Engraving This rare late 18th-century hand-colored engraving titled A Californian Woman, habited in the Skin ...

Pair of two antique French hand-colored engravings from the rare 19th-century series Collection de Costumes des diverses Provinces du Grand Duché de Toscane (Collection of Costumes o...

The engraving offers a rare visual record of one of the most remarkable trading outposts in world history.

Title: Ottoman Military Encampment – The Grand Vizier’s Tent, 1734 Engraving Description: This rare 1734 copperplate engraving presents a detailed architectural depiction of *La Ten...

“View of Jaffa (Ioppen) with the Road to Jerusalem” – Antique Holy Land Copperplate Engraving, 1735 Rare and evocative early copperplate engraving depicting the ancient harbor city ...

Technique: Copperplate engraving Maker: After Sir Thomas Lawrence, published in London, circa 1820–1830 Keywords: Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Waterloo, Battle of Waterloo,...

Belgium / 1804 / Engraving / Hendrik Schaefels / paper, wood and glass / Napoleon I / Antique This rare and historically evocative engraving, titled Les Chantiers d’Anvers sous Napo...

Chinese Musical Instruments – Set of Three Ferrario Hand-Colored Engravings, 1815 A rare early nineteenth-century hand-coloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario’s celebrat...

Monoemugi – Antique Hand-Colored Ethnographic Engraving (c.1810) A rare early 19th-century hand-colored engraving depicting two Monoemugi figures inside a traditional thatched struc...

He commissioned botanical artists Maria and Jan Moninckx to produced illustrations of these rare plants from which engravings were made and subsequently published in two volumes.

He commissioned botanical artists Maria and Jan Moninckx to produced illustrations of these rare plants from which engravings were made and subsequently published in two volumes.

Keywords: Peru, llama, llamas, alpaca, Andes, Inca, Inca Empire, Indigenous Peru, pack animals, Arnoldus Montanus, Jacob van Meurs, De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld, Amsterdam, 1671, ...

Villages of Mennahud & Manjelmusa with Pyramids, Norden, 1755 Description This engraving presents a rare and atmospheric view of the villages of Mennahud and Manjelmusa, with th...

(Translation: “True depiction of the beautiful pleasure house and gardens called Hengenbaw near Vienna, as it stood in the year of Christ 1649.”) A rare 17th-century architectural e...

Images such as this offered a mix of ethnographic record and romanticized vision, making them both historically valuable and visually engaging. This engraving provides a rare glimpse...

Pair of Antique Botanical Engravings, Tournefort & Linnæus Systems, ca. 1770 A rare pair of original copperplate engravings from Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert’s monument...

Rare 1617 Vondel Engraving from Warande der Dieren – The Horse and the Deer Description: This exceptionally rare original engraving comes from the 1617 publication 'Warande der Dier...

Rare 18th century Dutch golf engraving by J. Aliamet depicting Dutchman playing the early form of golf on the ice near Haarlem in 1668.