Antique Handcolored Engraving of a Woman of Antwerp, Belgium, 1817

Antique costume print titled 'Woman of Brabant'. Old costume print depictinga woman of Brabant, a Dutch province. This print originates from 'The Costume of the Netherlands displayed...

Antique costume print titled 'Woman of the neighbourhood of Rotterdam'. Old costume print depicting a woman from the region of Rotterdam. This print originates from 'The Costume of t...

Antique costume print titled 'Woman & Children of Amsterdam'. Old costume print depicting a woman and children from Amsterdam. This print originates from 'The Costume of the Netherla...

Antique costume print titled 'Boy selling Flowers'. Old costume print depicting a boy selling flowers in the streets of Rotterdam. This print originates from 'The Costume of the Neth...

Antique print of the medlar. Originates from 'Pomologia' by J. H. Knoop. Artists and Engravers: Published by Johann Hermann Knoop (c.1700-1769).

Antique botany print titled 'Linum Catharticum'. Hand colored engraving of Linum Catharticum, also known as purging flax, or fairy flax. This print originates from 'Flora Londinensis...

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

Madame Pauline Knipp engraving of a pigeon, From Les pigeons par Madame Knip, ne´e Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte par C.J. Themminck, Plate 2, Paris 1809-1811. A remarkable ...

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...

Elegant hand-colored print representing a beautiful fish "La Onagre Demoiselle del'Amerique", framed by a small gold leaf line. This print is made with a special handmade cotton pape...

Elegant hand-colored print representing a beautiful fish "La Grisette Demoiselle del'Amerique", framed by a small gold leaf line. This print is made with a special handmade cotton pa...

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...