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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Rare Antique Print of a Landscape with Cattle, 1774
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print of a landscape with cattle. Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. Engraved by Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822) after a sketch in the copy of Claude le Lorrain's 'L...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print, Bird of Paradise, Tropicbird, Hooded Crow, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled 'Histoire Naturelle, l'oiseau de Paradis, le Paille en queue, la Corneille mantelée'. Beautiful copper engraving depicting the bird of paradise, tropicbird and the hooded...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Rare Early View of the Harbour of Peking or Beijing, Capital of China
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vue Persepective du pont et du Port de la Ville de Pekin, Ville de la Chine'. Rare antique print of a bridge in Peking (Beijing), China. This is an optical prin...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 2 Antique Botany Prints - Laurus Camphora & Laurus Nobilis
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of 2 original antique botany prints from the work 'Botanica Pharmaceutica exhibens plantas officinalis quarum nomina indispensatoris recentur, cum Iconibus (..)' by A. Happe. The...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Medical Print with Surgical Instruments by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate I: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate shows surgical instruments. Like scissors, scalpels, pincer, spatula and lancets. This print originates from 'Encyclopédie (..)' by D. Did...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 3 Antique Botany Prints, Common Cytisus, Borbonia, Cistus
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of 3 antique botany prints. It shows the Sessile-Leaved or Common Cytisus, Heart-Leaved Borbonia and the Beautoful Cistus. These pri...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Original Antique Engraving of a Parrot Species
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled 'Le Perroquet Tapiré'. Original engraved print of a parrot species. This print originates from 'l'Histoire naturelle des oiseaux' by Buffon. Buffon was the ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Hand-Colored Flower Print of Campanula Plants, 1794
By J.B. Elwe
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled antique botany print of Campanula vulgatior and Campanula perscifolia, two campanula plants. This print originates from 'Nederlandsch Bloemwerk' by J.B. Elwe. This work show...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 3 Original Antique Prints of the Column in Heliopolis and Hyroglyphs
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of three antique prints depicting the column in Heliopolis and hyroglyphs. These prints originate from 'Neue Sammlung der merkwürdigsten Reisegeschichten, insonderheit der bewähr...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Colored Antique Print of Plants, Trees and Indonesian Natives with VOC Men
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
This original antique print depicts various plants and trees from South East Asia, incuding ginger. Below Dutch VOC men with Indonesian natives. This print o...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Fine 17th Century Italian Etching by Salvator Rosa, 1615-1673
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Salvator Rosa, the Italian Baroque painter was also a significant etcher and printmaker. Rosa’s is series of small prints of soldiers was very popular and influential. This etching i...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print of the Black-Crowned Night Heron by Sepp & Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Ardea, Nycticorax'. This print depicts the black-crowned night heron with egg (Dutch: kwak). The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), or black-cap...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
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 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
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
17th - 18th Century Portuguese Pair of Antique Baroque Pinewood Wall Reliefs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique pair of Portuguese Baroque hand carved Pinewood architectural wall reliefs with richly ornate detailed scrolls, Acanthus leaves and masks, in good condition. Original pain...
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Portuguese Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Pine
16th Century Spanish Valencian Manises Lusterware Ceramic Plate
Located in Marbella, ES
16th century Spanish Valencian Manises lusterware plate combining ceramics with metallic glaze.
It has been repaired with iron grapples.
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Iron
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
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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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 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
Antique Map of Coiba Island, Panama, South America, C.1740
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Plan de la partie orientale de l'Isle de Quibo'. Map of the eastside of Coiba Island (Quibo), Panama, showing the shoreline around Port de Dames indicating soft s...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
18th C Delft Tile Cat
Located in Greenwich, CT
Charmingly rendered 18th Century delft tile picture in manganese glaze, now framed and mounted in a contemporary setting.
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Wood
Antique Print of the Welcoming of the Dutch Ambassador near Peking, China
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ' The Welcoming dor by the Lipu half an hower without the Towne Pecking / Welkomst door de Lipu een half uur buijten / Pecking'. A depiction of the welcoming of ...
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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 Print of the East India House in Amsterdam, Holland, 1693
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Oost-Indisch-Huys'. Original antique print of the East India House in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This print originates from 'Beschry...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of various Insects including the Nun Moth & Common House Mosquito
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique print of various insects. Nun moth, Lymantria monacha, caterpillar 1, moth, 2,3, and Phalaena bombyx monacha 1,2,3, and common house mosquito, Culex pipiens, 4,5, he...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Old Engraving of Lord Nawasichan, Governor of Rajmahal, Jharkhand State in India
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'De Heer Nawasichan Gouverneur van Ragimahal'. Old print of the lord Nawasichan, governor of Rajmahal. Text on verso. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.
Artists and Engravers: François Valentijn (1666-1727), a missionary, worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1694 and 1705 to 1713 and travelled extensively in the VOC's lands.
Condition: Good, general age-related toning and some foxing. Please study image carefully.
Date: 1726
Overall size: 21 x 33.5 cm.
Image size: 17.5 x 14 cm.
Antique prints have long been appreciated for both their aesthetic and investment value. They were the product of engraved, etched or lithographed plates. These plates were handmade out of wood or metal, which required an incredible level of skill, patience and craftsmanship. Whether you have a house with Victorian furniture or more contemporary decor an old engraving...
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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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Antique Anatomy Print of Various Organs, 1798
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique anatomy print of various organs including intestines, pancreas, liver, spleen and more. This print originates from 'De Ontleedkundige Pla...
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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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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Lemmer, Grietmanshuis, Friesland, The Netherlands, circa 1790
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'De Lemmer naar t'Grietmanshuis te zien - T'Zelve van de Langebrug te zien'. Two views of Lemmer on one sheet. This print originates from 'Vaderlandsche gezichte...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of a Tarantula and Dancing Figures by Middleton 'c.1780'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The tarantula, with the method of curing those stung by it, which is effected by music and dancing'. Antique print of the wolf spider...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Nice Antique City View of the Lombard on The Oudezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'De Banck van Leeningh'. View of the City Bank of Loan in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Also known as the Lombard, located on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal of Amsterda...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 3 Colored Antique Prints of various Sea Shells and Molluscs
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of three 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
Set of 5 Antique Prints of Various Furniture by Benard 'c.1785'
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of five antique prints of various furniture. Published by Benard after Radel, circa 1785.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Stunning Decorative Original Antique Print of various Raja Fish Species
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print of illustrating several raja species. Raja, also known as raia, is a genus of skates in the family Rajidae containing 16 species. It includes the brown ray and many others. These rare hand colored copperplate engraving has been selected from a work entitled "Historia Naturalis”, published in Amsterdam in 1657 under the supervision of John Jonston. John Jonston (or Johnstone), a descendant of a Scottish family...
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