Historiae Polyporum by Rösel von Rosenhof c.1765- A Pair

Salomon Kleiner (German, 1700-1761) A pair of engravings depicting St. Stephan’s Cathedral and the Convent and the Hospital of the Brothers of St. John, Vienna, circa 1740. In ex...

John Pass (British, 1793-1832) A pair of hand-colored engravings after the paintings by Johann Lebrecht Reinhold, c. 1805 The Griffard Eagle, and the Boatman. The Noisy Eagle, and t...

Cosimo Colombini engravings of antique gems with hand-coloring, circa 1760s. sight: 6 ¾ by 9 ¾ inches frame: 12 ½ by 15 ½ inches

Michael Wening (German, 1645-1718) A pair of original engravings depicting German manor houses from Historico-Topographica Descriptio, circa 1720. sight: 14 ½ by 10 ½ inches frame...

Pair of engraved illustrations from the American edition of “The whole genuine and complete works of Flavius Josephus”, by Flavius Josephus and translated from the original Greek by ...

Superb pair of 18th century English engravings.

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of original copper plate prints dating to 1719 by Bernard De Montfauucon of Paris. Dom Bernard de Montfaucon, O.S.B. (French: [d? m?~fok?~]; 13 January 1655 – 21 December 1741) was a French Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He was an astute scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography, as well as being an editor of works of the Fathers of the Church. He is regarded as one of the founders of the modern discipline of archaeology Montfaucon was born on 13 January 1655 in the Castle of Soulatgé, a small village in the southern town of Corbières, then in the ancient Province of Languedoc, now in the modern Department of Aude. Other sources claimed his birth date is in 16 January, the most accepted date. After one year he was moved to the Castle of Roquetaillade, residence of his family. When he was seven, he was sent to Limoux, to the college run by the Fathers of Christian Doctrine Montfaucon served in the French army as a volunteer and participated in the Franco-Dutch War of 1673. He was a captain of grenadiers and made two campaigns under the command of Marshall Turenne, participated in the Battle of Herbsthausen and fell ill in Saverne in Alsace. Because of his infectious illness he made a vow to Our Lady of Marceille to give one hundred livres to her sanctuary in Limoux and to become a monk, if he was able to return to his country as a result of her intervention. After the death of Montfaucon's father at the Château de Roquetaillade, in 1675 he entered the novitiate of the Benedictine monastery of Bream in Toulouse. There he learned several ancient languages: Greek, Hebrew, Chaldean, Syriac, and Coptic. In 1687 Montfaucon was called to the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and he started to work on an edition of the works of the Greek Church...

Pair of exceptional antique English botany prints, hand colored in Italian burl olive wood and gold leaf frames. 4 additional smaller prints available, sold separately. Great wall d...