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Antique Bible Print Children of Israel gathering the Manna 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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$329 Sale Price
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Antique Print of the Facade of the Collège des Quatre-Nations by Mariette '1738'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Elevation de l'Eglise du college des quatre nations et de ses aisles et pavillons en retour du côte de la riviere, de la fondation du Cardinal Mazarin...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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Set of 2 Antique Prints of a Male and Female Arctic Bird
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of 2 antique prints titled 'Der Nord-Vogel (..) - Avis Artica (..)'. Original antique prints of a male and female arctic bird with original/contemporary hand coloring. Engraved b...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$508 Sale Price / set
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Antique Print of the Inner Courtyard of the Castle at Batavia by Habermann
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Die innere Aussicht des Castells in Batavia (..) - Vue interieure du Pallais de Batavie (..)'. View of the inner courtyard of the castle at Batavia, Indonesia. ...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$470 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$413 Sale Price
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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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$352 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$329 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$290 Sale Price
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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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$164 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$272 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$335 Sale Price
25% Off
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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$235 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$238 Sale Price
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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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$131 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$169 Sale Price
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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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$282 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$188 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$329 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$504 Sale Price / set
35% Off
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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$343 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$235 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$407 Sale Price
30% Off
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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$164 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Medical Print 'Pl. XVII' by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XVII: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate shows the medical procedure called trepanning and surgical instruments used for trepanning or ...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$258 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 12 Colored Antique Prints of Various Fishes and Crustaceans
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of twelve antique prints of various fishes and crustaceans. These print originate from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.
François Valentyn or Valentijn (17 April 166...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$2,069 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Hand Colored Antique Print of a Black Game Hen or Grouse
Located in Langweer, NL
Hand colored print titled 'Grygallus minor - The Black Game Hen or Grows'. Beautiful print of a black game hen or grouse. This print originates from 'A Natural History of Birds: Illu...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$319 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of a Fishing Boat by Pluche '1735'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Barque de pècheur'. Original antique print of a fishing boat. This print originates from 'Le spectacle de la nature, ou Entretiens sur les particularités (..)' ...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$141 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of a Funeral Procession by Picart, circa 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print religion titled 'L'Exposision du Corps à la Porte du Logis' and 'L'Ôfrande du Pain et du Vin à la Messe des Morts'. The upper image depicts a funeral procession...
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French Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$112 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of a sleeping Lion in a mountainous landscape
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique print titled 'Andere arth ruhend'. Old print of a sleeping lion in a mountainous landscape. Published by J. E. Ridinger, circa 1730.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$225 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Bird Print of a White-Tailed Eagle by Manetti, circa 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled 'Aquila di coda Bianca d'America - Aquila cauda Alba Americana Edw'. Beautiful copper engraving of the white-tailed eagle. This print originates from 'Stori...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$838 Sale Price
24% Off
Antique Botany Print of a Caperonia Species, 'circa 1730'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique botany print titled 'Ricinoides palustre foliis (..)'. Original antique print of a Caperonia species. This print originates from 'Historia plantarum rariorum' by John Martyn.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$282 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Italian Hand-Carved Polychrome GIlt Holy Water Font
Located in Milano, MI
From Italy, Marche central region, a polychrome carved holy water font mid-18th century, a shaped panel with carved and gilt scrolls and acanthus leaf details. A green edge decoratio...
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Italian Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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Poplar
Original Antique Print of Two Lions Resting
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Ein ruhender aber in sich selbst böser Löwe'. Old German print of two lions resting. This print originates from 'Entwurff einiger Thier...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$319 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Antique Print of an angry Lion
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Ein erzürnter Löwe'. Old print of an angry lion. This print originates from 'Entwurff einiger Thiere (..)' by J.E. Ridinger, published 1738.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$272 Sale Price
20% Off
Copper Engraving of Cluster Mallow and Malva Sylvestris Flowers, 1737
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique botany print titled 'Malva Crispa, Malva Mauritana'. Copper engraving of cluster mallow and malva sylvestris. This print originates from 'Phytanthoza Iconographia' by J.W. We...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$244 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print with Views of the Lema Islands by Anson '1749'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Iles de Lema (..)'. Various views of the Lema Islands, part of the Wanshan Archipelago, formerly known as the Ladrones Islands, part of Xiangzhou District in Zh...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$188 Sale Price
46% Off
Antique Portrait of Cardinal Troiano Acquaviva d'Aragona by Von Prenner '1748'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Eminentiss e Reverendiss Principe d Trojano (..)'. Portrait of Cardinal Troiano Acquaviva d'Aragona. This print originates from the series 'Illustri fatti fa...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$282 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of Cumberland Bay and Juan Fernandez Island by Anson, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vue du cote oriental de l'Ile de Juan Fernandes.' 'Vue de la Baye de Cumberland dans l'Ile de Juan Fernandes.' Eastern view of Juan Fernandez Island; View of th...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$178 Sale Price
39% Off
Colored Antique Print of a Babirusa and Two Other Animals
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'c. Babi-Roesa. E. Lauw. F. Toepe'. This print depicts babirusa and two other animals, native to Indonesia. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën'...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$413 Sale Price
20% Off
Colored Antique Print of New Guinea Fishermen and views of New Guinea
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Volkeren van Nova Guinea , en hun Vaertuygen Het Brandende Eyland als het Noord West van u is De Kust van Nova Guinea beoosten het Eyland Jamma De Kust van Jamm...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$451 Sale Price
20% Off
Colored Antique Print of various Water Plants including Coral in Southeast Asia
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Verscheyde Walvisch-tanden - Zwarte Acarbahaar (..)'. This print depicts various water plants including coral native to South East A...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$620 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of Siam and Various Vessels by Van Schley 'c.1750'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vue de Siam et divers Balons - Gezigt van Siam en verscheide Balons'. View of Siam (Thailand) and various vessels. This print originates from the Dutch edition ...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$141 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 2 Colored Antique Prints of Various Fishes and Crustaceans
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of two antique prints of various fishes and crustaceans. These print originate from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.
François Valentyn or Valentijn (17 April 1666 –...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$413 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of 4 Colored Antique Prints of Various Fishes and Crustaceans
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of four antique prints of various fishes and crustaceans. These print originate from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.
François Valentyn or Valentijn (17 April 1666 ...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$780 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of 3 Colored Antique Prints of various Fishes and Crustaceans
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of three antique prints of various fishes and crustaceans. These print originate from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.
François Valentyn or Valentijn (17 April 1666 –...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$620 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Print of Hop Pickers by Vivares, c.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print of hop pickers. It shows a family outside a thatched cottage with casement windows, gathering hops; an elderly woman sitting under a tre ...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$940 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of Huis Ter Noot, The Hague in The Netherlands
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 't Huis Ter Noot'. View on the Huis ter Noot in The Hague (Huis ter Noot in Bezuidenhout, Den Haag). In the foreground, men and women walking and conversing. The...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$263 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of a Monastery of the Talapoin in Siam (Thailand), 1739
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Afbeelding van een Klooster de Talapoinen in Siam'. View of a monastery of the Talapoin in Siam, Thailand, in a landscape with fig tree and several elephants. T...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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Antique Print of Musical Instruments in Banten by Bonanni '1725'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Instrumento in Batam'. Original antique print of musical instruments in Banten, Indonesia. This print originates from 'Gabinetto Armonico' by Filippo Bonanni. P...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$141 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Medical Print 'Pl. XXXII' by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XXXII: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.). This plate shows medical instruments / devices like a knee pad, slipper, crank for treating the achilles tendon. This print originates from 'Enc...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$164 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print with Views of St. Julian, Patagonia, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Gezigt van het land van Patagonia een weining ten noorden van de Haven van St. Juliaan.' and 'Gezigt van de Baay van St. Juliaan, de Woudsberg strekkende W.Z.W....
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$235 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Farm Print of Mr. Cuthbert Clarkes Draining Plough, 1767
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique engraving "A Representation of Mr. Cuthbert Clarkes Draining Plough" in four figures. Featured originally in Gent. Mag., Jan, 1767.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$75 Sale Price
28% Off
Antique Map of the Coast of Acapulco by Anson, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Disposition des Vaisseaux de l'Escadre commandée par Mr. Anson croisant vis à vis d'Acapulco en 1742'. This map depicts the coast of Acapulco in Mexico with a decorative cartouche and windrose. Acapulco and its port were important to the mission of Commodore George Anson, who captured a Spanish treasure...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$169 Sale Price
42% Off
Antique Print of Men Grinding and Polishing Plate Glass by Hinton, 1748
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Art of Grinding and Polishing of Plate Glass'. View of a workshop with several men at work around large tables. This print originates from 'The Universal Ma...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$141 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of Zihuatanejo and the Harbour of Acapulco by Anson '1749'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vue de l'entree de Chequetan ou Seguataneo, restant au N.E. a la distance de 5 milles.' 'Vue de l'entree du port d'Acapulco.' View of Zihuatanejo and the harbou...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$235 Sale Price
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Antique Bible Print the Stoning of Saint Stephen 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 Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$329 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of Amsterdam and St. Paul Island by Bellin '1753'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Isle d'Amsterdam, Isle St. Paul'. Two images on one sheet depicting Amsterdam and St. Paul island. The Dutch captain Anthonie van Diemen named it island Nieuw Amsterdam...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$89 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of a Sailing Galley by Pluche '1735'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Galere a la voile'. Original antique print of a sailing galley. This print originates from 'Le spectacle de la nature, ou Entretiens sur les particularités (..)...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$141 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of a Ship Launching by Pluche '1735'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Maniere de lancer un Vaisseau a l'Eau'. Original antique print of a ship launching. This print originates from 'Le spectacle de la...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$141 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of Leopards, c.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Rare, original antique print of leopards. Source unknown, to be determined. Published circa 1760.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Decorative Art
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$329 Sale Price
20% Off
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