Antique Engraving of a Labourer Near Valenciennes in the North of France, 1817

Antique costume print titled 'Shepherd near Valenciennes'. Old costume print depicting a shepherd with dog and sheep. This print originates from 'The Cos...

Antique costume print titled 'Wife of the Keeper'. Old costume print depicting the wife of the keeper of the burying ground near Valenciennes. This print originates from 'The Costume...

Antique costume print titled 'Milk Woman of Valenciennes'. Old costume print depicting a Milk Woman of Valenciennes. This print originates from 'The Costume of the Netherlands displa...

Antique costume print titled 'Girls of the neighbourhood of Valenciennes'. Old costume print depicting girls of the neighbourhood of Valenciennes. This print originates from 'The Cos...

Antique costume print titled 'Country Woman going to Valenciennes'. Old costume print depicting a country woman wioth a donkey, going to Valenciennes. This print originates from 'The...

Antique costume print titled 'Woman of Valenciennes'. Old costume print depicting a Woman of Valenciennes. This print originates from 'The Costume of the Netherlands displayed in thi...

Madam Knipp engraving of pigeon, From Les pigeons par Madame Knip, ne´e Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte par C.J. Themminck, Paris France, 1809-1811. A remarkable large engraving of a pigeon- The Colombe Ramier or Columba Cenea or Wood Pigeon floating within a gilt frame and white matte and with UV Tru-view Clear UV Glass. From a large collection of framed...

Great image of an Arab Sheikh Copper-plate engraving by T.Clerk Published by Mackenzie And Dent. 1817 Unframed.

Wonderful ethnographical print. Showing a warrior from New Caledonia Copper-plate engraving. Artist unknown. Published by Mackenzie And Dent. 1...

Including: Le Serpent, Le Bouvier, Pegase and Hercule along with other identified constellations on each page. Le Serpent with a fold down the center. The French edition of 27 plates...

A beautiful French engraving of the "Institute de France" by Blondel. More buildings available !

Antique engraving of a Tucano Mangiapepe, by Saverio Manetti Circa 1776 A fine hand colored engraving of a Tuscan Magpie by the Italian artist Saverio Manetti. Manetti drew his work predominantly from real specimens. The work was one of the largest ornithology undertakings to that point in time. Dimensions: 25 inches high x 22 inches wide x 1 1/4 inches deep. (frame); (63.5cm high x 55.88cm). 18 x 14 in. (sheet) Reference: Wikipedia Manetti was born in Brozzi to Giovanni Bernardo and Maria Teresa Nesiscolt of Prague. His early studies were in Florence and later at Pisa where he studied botany under Pier Antonio Micheli. He graduated in medicine in 1745 and worked in Florence. In 1758 he joined the National Medical College where he studied anatomy under Antonio Cocchi (1695–1758), conducting the autopsy of Cocchi. Manetti was Professor of Botany of the "Società Botanica Fiorentina", a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, a Fellow of the Royal Society, learned societies in Göttingen and Montpellier, an Accademico dell'Istituto di Bologna and he maintained scientific contacts with the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus and with the main scientific circles of the second half of the 18th century. He was supervisor of the Orto Botanico di Firenze in Florence from 1749 to 1782 succeeding to Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti and Secretary of the Accademia dei Georgofili. With remarkable organizational effort, he secured the publication of Storia naturale degli uccelli, Natural History of the birds, a monumental work in five volumes illustrated with 600 hand-coloured engravings based on watercolor paintings. The book was commissioned by Maria Luisa, Grand duchess of Tuscany and the first volume was dedicated to Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo. The third volume was dedicated to Ferdinando di Brobone and the fourth to Giorgio Nassau Clavering. The engravings were made by Tuscan abbot and engraver Lorenzo Lorenzi and Violante Vanni who had studied under British engraver Robert Strange...