1860c Anton Hartinger, Paeonia Rose, Stone Lithograph with Hand Colored, Folio

Landmark stone lithograph. Measures: 41.5 cm. Extremely rare. 1816 antique hand colored stone lithograph by Carl Joseph Brodtmann from his extremely rare series: From the scarce large format issue of 1816: 42, 5 x 32, 5 cm. Naturhistorische Bilder Gallerie aus dem Thierreiche  Lindau, Brodtmann [1816]. Here in hand colour. Measures: 37.5 x 47.5 cm. Superb plate from this famed ‘incunabula of lithography’.  Reference Winkler 105. Brodtmann is considered a pioneer in the art of lithography employing techniques for "texture" that are quite similar to that of an aquatint. He produced his lithographs in the post-Linnaean "'Age of Enlightenment" as books illustrations and sets of natural history prints, as Naturhistorische Bilder Gallerie aus dem Thierreiche, with the more expensive sets being hand coloured. Natural history specimens...

Autruche Habits les deserts brulants de l’Afrique, court Alec use vitesse incroyable, et donne plumes du plus beau duvet. Extremely rare. Issued in the series: Histoire naturelle. Ensemble de 41 planches dessinées par Guerin et Lith. en couleurs par E.F. Noel. Published by Noel aîné, Paris, 1827. Because the work was never formally completed no title-page nor accompanying letterpress for the series was produced, though the title 'Collection d'Animaux' appears in the publisher's 1827 catalogue of plates available for individual purchase (at a franc each, or 75 centimes uncoloured). The images were produced by Paul-Louis Oudart and P. Guerin, both noted as "dessinateurs-naturalistes" at the Jardin du Roi (the Jardin des Plantes...

W.E. Henley, illustrated by William Nicholson London Types. London, William Heinemann, 1898. Publisher's device to title, 12 full-page colour lithographed illustrations by N...

Pridham, John The Strasburg March Published in London, Brewer & Co. [1872]. Large folio (36 x 26.5 cm) 3 leaves of musical notation. Title page incorporates and exquisite stone lithograph with hand colour of Strasbourg cathedral undertaken by M. & N. Hanhart. Only one example found worldwide in OCLC (British Library...

A large folio hand colored lithograph by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824-1895) titled "Camping Out Some of the Right Sort" published by Currier and Ives, New York, 1856. A charming and evocative composition depicting a group of mid-19th century men...

An evocative hand colored lithograph by N. Currier (American 1813-1888), after a painting by A.F.Tait, titled "Arguing the Point", depicting a group of rural men engaged in an appare...

A Folio of Maison Quantin, Paris, 1891 first edition text and plates. Chromomo- lithographed plates by Gillot, colored and decorated in raised gold by hand. The sevres porcelain fa...

Antique print titled 'L'Adroit Barbier (..)'. Hand Colored Lithograph of a barber. Originates from Boilly's "Recueil de grimaces" ( Collection...