Original Antique Engraving of Buildings in Madrid in Spain, ca. 1700

Antique print titled 'Madrid'. View of Madrid, Spain. Originates from 'Meyers Universum'. Artists and Engravers: Joseph Meyer (May 9, 1796 - June 27, 1856) was a German industrial...

Antique print titled 'Plan Horisontal du Temple de Schoe-Madou'. Plan of a Burmese temple. This print originates from 'Relation de l'Ambassade Anglaise, envoyée en 1795 dans le Royau...

Description: Antique print titled 'Madrid'. View of the city of Madrid, Spain. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Engraved by S. Davenport. Published by ...

Antique print titled 'Espece de Crocodile, nomme Alligator Celui ci est Jeune qui fut tire vivant a Londres au mois d'Octobre 1739’. (Species of Crocodile, called Alligator. This you...

Antique costume print titled 'Femme des Environs de Vitoria'. Old print depicting a 'Manola' from Spain. This print originates from 'Costumes Moderne (Musée de Costumes). Published i...

Antique bird print titled 'Le Perroquet Tapiré'. Original engraved print of a parrot species. This print originates from 'l'Histoire naturelle des oiseaux' by Buffon. Buffon was the ...

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...

Wonderful image of The Interior of Burgos Cathedral Fine steel engraving after David Roberts Published circa 1850 Unframed.

A fine antique French engraving print from well listed print house Frick et Fils Paris. In very good condition consistent with age and materials. The details are remarkable. This...

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...

Glorious set of 15 prints of London buildings Steel engravings. Published by Tallis, circa 1840 Unframed.

Francis Grose entered the army early in life and served in the cavalry, infantry, and militia.He had a profound knowledge of antiquities and spent the greater part of his life collec...