Plaster Prints

Antique map titled 'Indes IVe Feuille'. Very decorative original antique map of the East Indies. Covbers from the Gulf of Siam (Gulf of Thailand) and Malacca (Malaysia) eastward to i...

Antique print titled 'Jardins de la Maison de Neuilly'. Copper engraving showing the design of a garden in France. This print originates from 'Jardins Anglo-Chinois à la Mode' by...

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...

Antique print titled 'Jardin du Tillet'. Copper engraving showing the garden of Hôtel du Tillet de la Bussière. Hôtel du Tillet de la Bussière is a historic hôtel particulier in ...

Italian School, Still Life art signed Hippert. Professionally framed. Framed dimensions: 46" Wide x 38 1/2" High x 1 1/2" Deep This simply still life art will enhance any country ...

Plate page 714: 'd'Aal-oude Kruis-straffen der Romeinen: hoedanig door Constantyn de Groot ..'. (The ancient punishment by crucifixion which was abolished by Constantine the Great in deference to the cross of Jesus...

Greek Inscriptions from Egypt – Antique Print of Ancient Texts, Pococke 1776 This intriguing antique print displays a collection of ancient Greek inscriptions found in Egypt, meticu...

This is a printmaking called Hanga in Japanese. This Hanga was made around 1900s in Japan. As this is made with a paper and getting damaged, there is a new paper sticked on the back....

A gorgeous and beautifully textured mezzotint print in the style of fellow Japanese artists Wako Ito, Hamanishi Katsunori, Tomoe Yokoi, Kaoru Saito, and Yozo Hamaguchi. The print is pencil signed (Noriko?), titled ("Crab Apple...

Antique print titled 'Ruinen van 't Paleis van Darius, gelegen in 't oude Persepolis, door last van Alexander de Groote verbrandt (..)'. Persepolis was sacked by the troops of Al...

Antique Still Life Print – Fish, Crabs, Fruit and Pewter Jug – Beckett & Robinson, c.1800 This fine antique stipple and line engraving with original hand coloring presents a dramati...

Untitled print, Section VIII, plate IV. This chromolithograph depicts a series of six ivory carvings. 1. a group of a lady and a child, 2. a figure of K...