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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique Bird Print of the Bohemian Waxwing by Sepp & Nozeman, 1797
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Ampelis, Garrulus'. The Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) is a starling-sized passerine bird that breeds in the northern forests of Eurasia and North Ameri...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the Cave on the Island of Antiparos 'c.1740'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Marble Grotto in the Island of Antiparos'. Print showing the famous cave on the Greek Island of Antiparos. Published circa 1740.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Rich & Bright, Hand-Colored, Rare Copper Engraving of Four Birds (1792).
Located in Langweer, NL
An authentic perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of four birds, on parchment paper (copper engraving). It has a fine shining because of the authenticly applied ...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Parchment Paper
Antique Bible Print Angels Announce Birth of Jesus by J. Luyken, 1743
Located in Langweer, NL
This print originates from ‘Biblia Sacra, dat is, de H. Schriftuer van het Oude, en het Nieuwe Testament, naer de laetste Roomsche keure der gemeine Latijnsche overzettinge, in neder...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of Queen Mary Henrietta Stuart, Wife of Willem of Orange, 1752
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Maria, Gemalinne van Willem de II. Prins van Oranje, enz. enz. enz'. Portrait of Mary, Princess of Orange; half-length dire...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Engraving of Buginese people near Batavia, East Indies, Indonesia, 1744
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'A Bougis of Bokjes' - This plate shows Buginese people near Batavia, East Indies, Indonesia.
The Buginese people are an ethnic group - the most numerous o...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Hand-Coloured Print of Samoyedic People of Northern Russia, c.1700
Located in Langweer, NL
The antique print titled 'Samojeedse vrouw - Samojeedse man' features the attire of a Samoyedic woman and man, representing the traditional clothing worn by these individuals. The Sa...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the City of Paita by Anson '1749'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Incendie de la Ville de Paita (..) - Het verbranden van de Stad Paita (..)'. Original antique print of the Peruvian city of Paita in flames after Anson's squadron ransacked the town for more than 30,000 British pounds...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Edward Montague Lord Kimbolton'. Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, KG, KB, FRS (1602 – 5 May 1671) was an important commander of Parliamentary forces in the First English Civil War, and for a time Oliver Cromwell's superior.
This print originates from Thomas Birch...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Hercules in the Garden of Hesperides by Volckamer, circa 1710
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Hercules cum Hesperide Beneuentanus'. Engraving with two scenes of Hercules in the Garden of Hesperides. This print originates from 'Nurnbergische Hesperides' b...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
J. Kip and L. Knyff 18th Century Hand Colored Engravings, Set of 4
By Johannes Kip
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
Set of four antique hand-colored engravings. "Britannia Illustrata," the publication in which these prints originally appeared, was one of the most important topographical works of t...
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English Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Engraving of Bordeaux and Brest in France, c.1790
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Port of Bourdeaux - View of Brest'. Old print of the port of Bordeaux and a view of Brest, France. This print originates from 'A New Royal Authentic and Complet...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Spanish Catalan Faience Rabbit Hunting Tile Picture
Located in Downingtown, PA
Spanish Catalan Faience Hunting Subject Tile Picture
Late 18th Century
The framed picture depicts a huntsman firing his gun at a hare with his dog before him in a landscape with a h...
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Spanish Country Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Faience
Set of 2 Hand Colored Antique Bird Prints of Parakeet Species
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of two antique bird prints titled 'Little Green and Red Long-Tailed Parroquet - Long-Tailed Parroquet'. These prints shown various parakeet species. Originates from 'A New Dictio...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Plant Print 'Anonis' by P. Miller, 1755
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XXXVII 'Anonis', originates from 'Figures of the most Beautiful, Useful and Uncommon Plants described in the Gardener's Dictionary (..)' by P. Miller.
Philip Miller was the principal horticulturalist in England in the mid-18th century. As the curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden and an active member of the Society of Gardeners, he had the opportunity to interact with important naturalists as well as some of the best botanical artists of the period including Georg Ehret and Robert Furber...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Beautiful Tuscan Ceramic Plate 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Beautiful Tuscan Ceramic Plate 17th Century
with a deepened centre, painted with a biblical scene, landscape and architecture, glazed on the underside, described and marked.
Diamete...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Porcelain
Antique Print of an Encampment on Juan Fernández Island by Anson '1749'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Gezigt van de Plaats op ’t Eiland Juan Fernandes daar de Tent van den Kommandeur stont‘. View of an encampment on Juan Fernández is...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Original Engraving of the Duke of Newcastle Horseback Riding
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'La Vraije Methode pour les passades (.)'. Original old print of the Duke of Newcastle enacting half turns, canters and pirouett...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the Dayro's court in Miaco or Miyako in Honshu, Japan
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Des Schlos des dairo zu Miaco - t Hof van den Dayro te Miako'. View of the Dayro's court in Miaco or Miyako in Honshu, Japan. This print originates from 'Denckw...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, 1666 - 1737
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'George Hamilton Earl of Orkney'. Portrait of George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, 1666 - 1737.
Artists and Engravers: Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) was a ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Rare Louis XVI Velvet Gold Embroidery Pants Display Paris 18th Century
Located in Doha, QA
Extremely rare and unique beautifully designed artistic display of Louis XVI period velvet gold embroidery pants. This unique item has been framed and displayed on the antique velvet...
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French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Gold
Antique Print of Don Pedro in Ceylon or Sri Lanka, 1726
Located in Langweer, NL
This print most likely depicts the attack and capture of Don Pedro, his wife, his son and many other Portugese. Don Pedro died three days later. Text on verso. This print originates ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of Six Early 18th Century Architectural Engravings by Sir Colin Campbell
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Set of six early 18th Century Architectural engravings by Sir Colin Campbell.
Sir Colin Campbell’s “Vitruvius Brittanicus” is ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Wood
Antique Print of an Janizary from the Military Costume of Turkey, 1818
Located in Langweer, NL
This print is from 'The Military Costume of Turkey. Illustrated by A Series of Engravings. From Drawings made on the Spot. Dedicated by Permission to His Excellency the Minister of t...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Botany Print of Liriodendron Tulipifera or Common Tulip Tree
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique botany print of the common tulip tree. This print originates from 'The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed (..)' by William Curtis. Publi...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Gifts Presented to the King of Bengal by Schouten, 1708
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Rijke schenkagien worden de vorst door sijn heeren en Grooten op Nieuw-jaers-dag vereert.' View of the gifts presented to the King of Bengal, at Agra, the Capital of the Bengal Kingdom in January 1664. This very scarse attractive original old antique print / plate / etching / engraving originates from: 'Wouter Schoutens, Reys-Togten naar en door Oost-Indien ...' (Wouter Schoutens travels into the East Indies), 2nd. edition, published by Andries van Damme, Amsterdam, 1708.
Artists and Engravers: Wouter Schouten (1638-1704) joined the Dutch VOC...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of Federicus or Friedrich I, King of Prussia, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Fridericus Rex in Borussia (..)'. Portrait of, most likely, Friedrich I. Friedrich I was King of Prussia. Source unknown, to b...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Engraving of a White-Crowned Amazon
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled 'L'Amazone à Tête Blanch'. Old bird engraving of a white crowned amazon, a species of parrot. This print originates from 'Histoire Naturelle, générale et pa...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of King George III by Probst, circa 1790
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Georgius III, Magnae Brittaniae, Franc, et Hibern. Rex'. Engraving with etching of George III as king. Whole length equestrian figure with tricorne, tired wig, ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Original, Beautifully Richly Colored, Copper Engraving of Four Parakeets '1792'
Located in Langweer, NL
An authentic, perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of 4 Parakeets: La Perruche de Mahe, La Perruche a gorge Tachetee, La Perruche Cornu and La Perruche couronnee...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Parchment Paper
Antique Medical Print 'Seconde Pl. XIII' by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XIII Seconde: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate shows the perineal muscles of a sixteen year old. This print originates from 'Encyclopédie (..)' by D. Diderot. Published circa...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Portrait of Thomas Fairfax, the most accomplished Parliamentarian Officer, 1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Thomas Lord Fairfax'. A half length portrait of Thomas Fairfax turned slightly left but looking at the viewer, wearing armour and a white collar, all in a architectural oval with a flag leaning against he left above decorative vignette of a battle scene. Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron (January 17, 1612- November 12,1671), Parliamentary Commander-in-Chief. Perhaps the most accomplished Parliamentarian officer, Fairfax was appointed Lord General of the New Model Army after his victory at Marston Moor, 1644. His decisive string of victories, beginning with the battle of Naseby in 1645, won the Civil War for Parliament. Extremism alarmed him and he refused to serve on the court which tried the King or to lead the army into Scotland in 1650. He retired from public life until 1660, when he supported General Monck...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 6 Colored Antique Prints of various Sea Shells and Molluscs
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of six antique prints of various sea shells and molluscs. These print originate from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.
François Valentyn or Valentijn (17 April 1666 ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Colored Antique Print of various Sea Shells and Molluscs
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique print of various sea shells and molluscs. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.
François Valentyn or Valentijn (17 April 1666 – 6 A...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Old Original Map of Pozzuoli Near Naples in the Campania Region, Italy, ca.1740
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Hic Jacent Puteolorum Bajarum (..)'. Old map of the region of Pozzuoli showing the topographic and architectural features of interest. Pozzuoli is a city and comu...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Flower Print 'Amaranthoides' , 1755
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XXI 'Amaranthoides', originates from 'Figures of the most beautiful, useful and uncommon plants described in the Gardener's Dictionary (..)' by P. Miller.
Philip Miller was the principal horticulturalist in England in the mid-18th century. As the curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden and an active member of the Society of Gardeners, he had the opportunity to interact with important naturalists as well as some of the best botanical artists of the period including Georg Ehret and Robert Furber...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Siberian Women in Russia, 1768
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Divers Habillemens des Femmes de Sibérie (..)'. Copper engraving of Siberian women. This print originates from volume 18 of 'Histoire generale des voyages (..)'...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of a Church and Monastery in Abalak in Russia, 1768
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Eglise a Cinq Dômes d'Abalack (..)'. Copper engraving of a church with five domes, Znamenski monastery, Abalak. Below, an ancient monks quarters of Abalak. This...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Francis Earl of Bedford'. Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford PC (1587 – 9 May 1641) was an English nobleman and politician. He built the square of Covent G...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Fort Geldria or Fort Geldaria, located in Pulicat, Tamil Nadu
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Fort Hollandois de Palliacate, nommé Gueldre - Hollands Fort te Palliacatte, genaamd Gelderland'. Original old print with a plan of Fort Geldria or Fort Geldaria. Fort Geldria, located in Pulicat, Tamil Nadu...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Old Print of the Spinning House in Batavia, Nowadays Jakarta, Indonesia, 1682
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Spinhuys'. Engraving of the spinning house, a prison and workhouse, in Batavia, Indonesia. This print originates from 'Joan Nieuhofs Zee en lant-reize, door ver...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the City of Kochi, Cochin, Malabar Coast, India
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Ville de Cochin - De Stad Coetsijen'. Original old print of the city of Kochi (Cochin), Malabar Coast, India. Originates from a Dut...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of Princess Carolina, Princess of Orange-Nassau and Weilburg
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Carolina, Prinsesse van Oranje (..)'. Engraving of Carolina, Princess of Orange-Nassau and Nassau-Weilburg. Half length wit...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Philippe II, Duke of Orleans, King of France & Navarra, C.1720
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Philippus Herzog von Orleans'. Engraving of Philippe II, Duke of Orleans. Source unknown, to be determined.
Artists and Engrav...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 2 Antique Horse Prints: l'Arabe & Le Barbe
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of 2 antique horse prints. These prints originate from 'Description Du Manége Moderne : Dans Sa Perfection, Expliqué par des Lecons necessaires...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Original Antique Print of a Dolphin species
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique print titled 'Delphinus Edentulus'. Old print of a (toothless?) dolphin species. This print originates from 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen (..)' by Johann Christian Daniel Schreber. Published circa 1780.
Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (17 January 1739 in Weißensee, Thuringia – 10 December 1810 in Erlangen), often styled J.C.D. von Schreber, was a German naturalist. In 1774, he began writing a multivolume set of books entitled Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, which focused on the mammals of the world. Many of the animals included were given a scientific name for the first time, following the binomial system of Carl Linnaeus.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print with a View of Aceh, Sumatra in Indonesia
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vue d'Achem'. View of Aceh, Indonesia. This print originates from 'Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
18th Century Italian Architectural Pediment and Barnacled Chesapecten Shells
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian architectural pediment decorated with chesapecten jeffersonius shells with barnacles and crystal quartz points. The 18th century architectural pediment originall...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Quartz, Rock Crystal
Antique Bird Print of a Chinese Cormorant on a Rocky Shoreline
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Le l'Ouwa ou L'Oiseau Pescheur, avec la Maniere de Pecher, tire de Nieuhof'. Original engraved print of a Chinese cormorant. he cormorant is depicted at centre, perched on a rocky shoreline near the ocean. In the background, a walled Chinese city...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Original, Richly Hand-Colored, Rare Copper Engraving of 4 Ducks (1792).
Located in Langweer, NL
An authentic, perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of 4 Ducks, on parchment paper (copper engraving). It has a fine shining because of the authenticly applied eg...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Parchment Paper
Antique Botany Print of Litium Candidum or White Lily
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique botany print of the white lily. This print originates from 'The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed (..)' by William Curtis. Publishe...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Chinese Fishermen and Fish
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Peche Chinoise'. The plate depicts a pair of fishermen resting beside their nets on a stone pier at the edge of a large sea enclosure. The enclosure is teeming ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Engraving of Animals of Siberia, 1768
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Animaux de Sibérie'. Copper engraving of various animals of Siberia. This print originates from volume 18 of 'Histoire generale des voyages (..)' by Antoine Fra...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of two Synagogues in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, c.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'De Twee groote Synagogen der Hoogduitsche Jooden en het Oude-Zyds-Huiszitten-Aalmoesseniers-Huis van agteren, in 't verschiet'. Old print depicting two large large synagogues of German jews...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print with a View of Kannur 'or Cannanore', Kerala, India
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Cananor'. Original old print with a view of Kannur (or Cannanore), Kerala, India. Originates from a Dutch edition of 'Histoire générale des voyages' by Antoine-...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 10 Antique Horse Riding Prints
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of 10 antique horse riding prints. Published circa 1680.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Rare Antique Print of the Catching of a Snake By Europeans in Asia, 1672
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print of several figures trying to catch a snake. This print originates from 'Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel, der zelver aangrenzende ryken, en het mach...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Medical Print 'Pl. XXXV' by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XXXV: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate shows medical instruments / devices for childbirth like a forceps. This print originates from 'Encycl...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
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