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Period: Late 18th Century
Set of 2 Antique Botany Prints, Alpine Wall-Cress, Atamasco Lily
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of two antique botany prints. It shows the Alpine Wall-Cress and Atamasco Lily. These prints originate from 'The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed (..)' by William C...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print of the Hawfinch by Sepp & Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Loxia, Coccothraustes'. The hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Its closest ...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the Top of the Arch of Claudius in Rome 'c.1770'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Ancien conduit de l'Eau Vierge'. View of the top of the Arch of Claudius in Rome and the inscription celebrating Claudius's rebuilding of the Aqua Virgo aqueduc...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Little Friezes in Gilded Wood
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Little friezes in gilded wood. They used to be thicker, same front and back, but someone made them thinner: he cuts them in half to obtain two.
They were probably parts of a spark ar...
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Italian Louis XVI Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Fruitwood
Antique Print of the Dutch visiting Arakan in Southeast Asia, 1775
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print of the Dutch (VOC) visiting the court of the king of Arakan (Rakhine).
Shows VOC ships and the Dutch on shore carrying gifts, riding elephants...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Optical View of the Port of Boeotia Near the Island of Evvia, Greece
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vue Perspective du Port d'Aulide en la Beocie vis-a-vis l'Isle d'Eubee qu'on appelle maintenant Negrepont'. View of the port of Boeotia near the island of Evvia...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique 18th Century Engraving in Old Handcoloring of a Little Owl, 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Noctua Minor Aucuparia'.
This print depicts the little owl (Dutch: steenuil). The little owl (Athene noctua) is a bird that inhabits much of the temperate and...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print of a Western Capercaillie or Wood Grouse Hen
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled 'Auerhenne'. Hand colored original antique print of a Western capercaillie hen, also known as the Eurasian capercaillie, wood grouse, heather cock, cock-of-...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Original Antique Print of various Butterflies
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique print titled 'Papil: Europ'. This print shows various butterflies. Originates from 'Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen (..)' by ...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print of the Green Woodpecker by Sepp & Nozeman, 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Picus Martius sive Viridis'. The European green woodpecker (Picus viridis) is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. There are four subspecies and it occurs...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
18th Century Gold French Gilded Wood Barometer, Antique Parisian Thermometer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare antique finely worked French barometer with lyre shaped crest thermometer above a large hexagonal framed barometer. The Parisian décor piece is m...
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French Empire Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Giltwood
Antique Print of Starling Birds by Sepp & Nozeman, 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Sturnus, Cinclus'. This print depicts two starlings (sturnus) and the white-throated dipper. Sturnus is a genus of starlings. As discussed below, the taxonomy o...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the Mythical 'Howo' above the Kiri, Japan by G. Audsley, 1882
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print, Section IV, plate VI. This chromolithograph the mythical Howo flying above the Kiri (Paulownia imperiales) . The article represented on the plate is the lid of a blac...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print of the Great Crested Grebe by Sepp & Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Colymbus, Cristatus'. The great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) is a member of the grebe family of water birds noted for its elaborate mating display. The sc...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Portrait of Alexander Pope by J. Collyer
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait of Alexander Pope (1688-1744). Pope is considered one of the greatest English poets of the 18th century.
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Hand Colored Engraving of Opossums
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique print of opossums. Originates from Bertuch's 'Bilderbuch für Kinder'. In 1790 Friedrich Justin Bertuch started his biggest book-project ever. Issued in 12 volumes it...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print of the Northern Lapwing by Sepp & Nozeman, 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Gavia vulgaris, Tringa vanellus'. The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tew-it, green plover, or (in Britain and ...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Hand Colored Engraving of a Lion and Lion Cubs
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique print of a lion and lion cubs. Source unknown, to be determined. Most likely published by or after Bertuch, circa 1795.
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 2 Antique Butterfly Prints 'in Original Handcoloring, '1779'
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of 2 antique entomology prints depicting various butterflies. These prints originate from 'De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de Drie...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of Four Antique Architecture Prints of Palace Facades by Neufforge
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of four architecture prints depicting various palace facades. These prints originate from 'Recueil Élémentaire d’Architecture' by ...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Optical Print of the Imperial Colleges and Warehouses in St. Petersburg, Russia
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Prospectus Collegiorum Imperialium et Fundorum Orientalium Mercatorum Petersburgi - Vista de los Collegios Imperiales, Y de l'Almazen de las Mercaderias Orientales a Petersbourg'. The Imperial Colleges in St. Petersburg on the left and the merchant warehouses on the right. Magnificent view of downtown St. Petersburg, shows the so-called Twelve Colleges, originally built by Peter the Great...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Palazzo Sapienza, Rome by M. De Bruyn, 1779
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Paleis Sapienza en het Collegio Publico, te Rome'. This print originates from 'Hedendaagsche historie van, en reis-boek door Italien'. Amst., M. de Bruyn, 1779.
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Botany Print of the Broad Leaved Shrubby Germander
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique botany print of the Broad Leaved Shrubby Germander. This print originates from 'The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed (..)' by William Curtis. Published...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Optical Print of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Mausolee'. A vue d'optique of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Halicarnassus also spelled Halikarnassos, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The monument was ...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Palazzo Barberinni, Rome by M. de Bruyn, 1779
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Paleis Barberini, van den Prins van Palestrina, op den Quirinaelschen Berg'. This print originates from 'Hedendaagsche historie van, en reis-boek door Italien'....
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Beverston Castle by Byrne, '1778'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'This View of Beverstone Castle (..)'. Original antique print showing a view of 'Beverstone' or 'Tetbury' Castle, a medieval stone ...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Pair French 18th Century Hand Colored Engravings of Pipe Smokers
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of hand colored engravings by Jacques Grasset de Sainte-Sauveur, 1797 Paris publication, 'Costumes de Different Pays', (Costumes of Different Countries). This pair depicting two...
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French Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Hand Colored Engraving of a Harbour Porpoise and Other Marine Life
Located in Langweer, NL
Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena 1, short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis 2, and orca or killer whale, Orcinus orca 3. Source unknown, to be determined. Most likely publi...
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Antique Late 18th Century 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 Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 2 Antique Botany Prints - Rheum Rhapontieum & Rheum Palmatum
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 Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 7 Original Antique Prints of Portraits From Classical Rome. C.1790
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Glorious set of 7 portrait prints. Important figures, male and female from ancient Rome.
On beautiful laid paper.
Copper-plate engravings
Published C.1790
Unframed.
T...
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English Classical Roman Antique Late 18th Century 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 Late 18th Century 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 Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Beautiful, Hand-Colored, Rare Copper Engraving of Four Parrots '1792'
Located in Langweer, NL
An authentic, perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of four Parrots, on parchment paper (copper engraving). It has a fine shining because of the authenticly appli...
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French Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Parchment 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 Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
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 Late 18th Century 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 Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Parchment 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 Late 18th Century 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 Late 18th Century 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 Late 18th Century 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 Late 18th Century 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 Late 18th Century 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 Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Parchment 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 Late 18th Century 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 Late 18th Century 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 Late 18th Century 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 Late 18th Century 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 Late 18th Century 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 Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Late 18th Century Neoclassical French Fashion Engraving Print, François Boucher
Located in Miami, FL
Antique engraving prints, make a great gift!
Fine crisp impression of great rarity; it is particularly unusual to find a 18th century color engraving print of this quality and condi...
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French Neoclassical Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of Henry Chichele After a Window at All Souls College '1772'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Henri: Chicele Fundator'. Portrait of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury; full length, facing to right, in full episcopal attire, mitre and robes, holding crosier; set in a gothic niche; image taken from an ancient window in All Souls College...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Beautiful, Hand-Colored, Rare Copper Engraving of Four Geese '1792'
Located in Langweer, NL
An authentic, perfect and bright, originally hand-colored, illustration of four Geese, on parchment paper (copper engraving). It has a fine shining because of the authenticly applied...
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French Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Parchment Paper
Beautiful, Hand-Colored, Rare Copper Engraving of 3 Ducks and An Avocet (1792).
Located in Langweer, NL
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...
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French Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Parchment Paper
Uncommon Old Map of Lapland to Russia and Denmark to Kazan in the South, 1785
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Kaart van het Noorderdeel van Europa, Bevattende Deenmarken, Noorwegen, Zweden, Lapland en het Grootste Gedeelte van Europeesch Rusland.'
This un...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print of the Spotted Nutcracker by Sepp & Nozeman, 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Caryocatactes'. This print depicts the Spotted Nutcracker (Caryocatactes - Nucifraga caryocatactes). The spotted nutcracker, Eurasian nutcracker, or just nutcra...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of the Punishment of a Butcher by Middleton 'c.1778'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Punishment of a Butcher of Grand Cairo for selling Stinking Meat (..)'. A scene of Butcher’s fate for selling rancid meat. Engraved for Middleton's 'Complet...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print of the Eurasian Curlew by Sepp & Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Scolopax, Arquata, Numenius'. The Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlew...
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Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Paper
Barometer
Located in Collonge-Bellerive, GE
This 18th-century French barometer is a rare and remarkable piece of antique furniture, embodying both historical significance and exquisite craftsmanship. The barometer features a w...
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French Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
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Wood
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