18th Century and Earlier Prints

Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724 Text on verso The measurement given is the paper size

Title: "Baroque Elegance: Van der Horst's Staircase Engravings" Description: These detailed engravings from Tieleman van der Horst's "THEATRUM MACHINARUM UNIVERSALE" are a remarkabl...

Antique print titled ‘Rallus, Crex’. This print depicts the corn crake (Dutch: kwartelkoning). The corn crake, corncrake or landrail (Crex crex) is a bird in the rail family. It bree...

Antique print titled 'Ancien conduit de l'Eau Vierge'. View of the top of the Arch of Claudius in Rome and the inscription celebrating Claudius's rebuilding of the Aqua Virgo aqueduc...

Set of 2 original antique botany prints from the work 'Botanica Pharmaceutica exhibens plantas officinalis quarum nomina indispensatoris recentur, cum Iconibus (..)' by A. Happe. The...

Antique print titled 'Makkum van de Zijl te zien'. Original antique print of the village of Makkum, Friesland, the Netherlands. This print originates from 'Vaderlandsche gezichten of...

The print depicts Stonehenge, an iconic prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England. The image is a south view of Stonehenge, featuring a detailed etching and engraving of t...

Saverio Manetti hand-watercolor etching depicting Anatra Salvatica ca. 1770 taken from the work Storia Naturale degli Uccelli trattata con metodo ed adornata di figure intagliate in ...

Plate: 'Costumes des Habitants de la Baie de Langle.' (Costumes of the inhabitants of Langle Bay, Russia). Tomari (Russian: ??????) is a coastal town and the administrative cente...

This engraving is a hand-colored copperplate print by Robert Benard, part of the *Histoire Naturelle* from the *Encyclopédie Méthodique*, circa 1790. It depicts various species of qu...

Antique print titled 'Les Adieux'. This print shows a scene where a group of people prepares to say 'Farewell'. Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Andrew Lawrence after a painting by Philips Wouwerman...

Antique print, titled: 'Majorinus Numida' Majorinus was a bishop of Carthage in dispute with Ceacilianus. He favored the so-called Donatist sect. Het died ca. 329 AD. The background to the controversy was the wave of persecutions of Christians by the Roman Emperor Diocletian. At that time some Church leaders - unwilling to endure torture or death and become martyrs - had been ready to take such acts as worshipping the gods of the old pantheon, considered idols by Christians, or surrendering church books and property to the imperial authorities. Such people became known as 'traditors' ("surrenderers"). One of these "traditors", named Caecilian, had returned to the fold of the Church once the persecutions ended, and was consecrated Bishop of Carthage and Primate of North Africa. Those of the faithful who refused to accept the authority of such a spiritual leader raised Majorinus as a rival bishop; however, Majorinus died shortly after being consecrated, and it fell to Donatus to take his place and continue the struggle. This rare print originates from: 'Historie der Kerken en Ketteren van den beginne des Nieuwen Testaments tot aan het Jaar onses Heeren 1688. Onzydig in 't Hoogduytsch beschreeven, door den Hoog-geleerden Heer Godfried Arnold, Voor deezen Hoog-Leeraar in de Historien tot Giesen. In het Neederduyts vertaald. Vercierd met verscheyde Koopere Plaaten door den Heer Romeyn de Hooghe.' (transl.: History of Churches and Heretics from the start of the New Testament until the year of our lord 1688 ...), by Godfried Arnold, Dutch edition published by Sebastiaan Petzold, Amsterdam 1701. This edition contains portraits of heretic figures, etched by the reknown Romeyn de Hooghe. Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Romeyn de Hooghe' after an anonymous artist. Gottfried Arnold (pseud. Christophorus Irenaeus) was an important representative of the so-called radical Pietism, publicist, church historian and chants writer (so he was believed to have written the well-known Church song 'O Durchbrecher aller Bande'). Arnold studied theology in Wittenberg. From the Lutheran Orthodoxy he converted, through writings of Spener, to Pietism, associating later into a circle around the court preacher Sprögel, who was influenced by Jakok Böhm. Many medieval mystics were later re-issued by him. In addition he was clearly influenced by Grotius and the early enlightenment. His quest for the 'true' Christianity rightly brought him in the early Church. So he arranged an edition containing the sermons of the desert father Macarius. Arnold was a skilled patristicus, although he did not escape from the creation of an ideal image of the Christian life in the early Church, in his view a flowering time which ended with the reign of Constantine. His first study of the early Church ('Die erste Liebe der Gemeinen Jesu Christi') provided him a professor position in Gießen, a post which he soon left, disappointed by what he called the 'Ruhmsachtige Vernunftwesen des akademischen Lebens'. He continued as an individual scientist and he published books and poems. His main work is 'Unparteiischen Kirchen- und Ketzerhistorie' (1699-1700), of which this is the Dutch translation. He adapts in this study the reformatory decay theory, where the censure lies no longer with Constantine, but the post-Apostolic time. The decay is temporarily lifted with the Reformation, but occurres again soon, so that even the contemporary institutional Protestantism lies under the fire of his criticism. On the other hand he favours the 'Church of the spirit' that existed in all times (invisible) and is characterised by avoiding the world and asceticism. Not the orthodoxy, but the subjectivity of religious man...

Antique print titled 'Elevation of the Earl of Abercorn's Offices (..)'. Old engraving of the office of the Earl of Abercorn. James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn PC (Ire) (22 Oc...

Antique plan titled 'Plan de l'Isle de Goree The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-tradin...

This is anexquisite hand-colored copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from the *Histoire Naturelle*, part of the *Encyclopédie Méthodique*, published around 1790. The illustration ...

Antique map titled 'Chart of Discoveries made in the South Pacific Ocean'. Rare engraving from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s second voyage. All other later copies made of this image by other publishers were unauthorised, usually smaller and inferior in quality. Made after Cook's discovery of the island group on 4 September 1774, which he named New Caledonia...

Antique print titled 'Gezigt op de stad Haarlem, en de Linnen- en Gaaren-Bleekeryen te Overveen, te zien van de hooge Duinen agter de Kleever Laan'. View of the city of Haarlem, the ...

Original antique map titled 'Achaia quae et Hellas hodie Livadia'. Detailed map of the coast of part of Greece. With inset maps of Athens and Thebes. This map originates from 'Philippi Cluveri Introductionis in universam geographiam (..)' by P. Clüver. Published 1729. Philipp Clüver was an Early Modern German geographer and historian. Cluver's Geography was one of the most enduring works of the 17th & 18th Centuries, issued by several different publishers with many different sets of maps...

Antique print titled 'Chaine de l'Histoire Sacrée (..)'. Old print with two timelines, one of the Biblical history and another of the worldly governments. This print orginates from '...

Untitled antique frontispiece of 'Vaderlandsche historie, vervattende de geschiedenissen der nu Vereenigde Nederlanden, inzonderheid die van Holland, van de vroegste tyden af' by Jan...

Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart van de Neder Saxise Kreits (..).' Attractive detailed map showing Lower Saxony, Germany, including Mekelenburg, Lauwenburg, Holstein, Bremen, Verden ...

This is an authentic antique map of the Greece by Jan Jansson. The map was published in Amsterdam, circa 1653. This striking 17th century map of Greece was based on “Totius Graeciae ...

Antique print titled 'Binckhorst'. View on the Binckhorst in The Hague. This print was used in: Jacob de Riemer’s: “Beschryving van ‘s-Graven-Hage…” Delft an...

Antique print titled 'Der heilige Apollinaris'. Small engraving of a Saint. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Signed 'Gijz et Klauber'. Condition: Fair,...

This is a historical etching from "Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna", which translates to "Ancient and Modern Sweden", a large work that includes a collection of engravings...

Antique Botanical Engraving of Dyer's Alkanet and Primrose Varieties - 1803 Floral Print by Samuel Curtis This engraving is from "The Bota...

A late 18th century French engraving titled “Marche tout doux, parlez tout bas” (Walk very softly, speak very low) by Pierre Philippe Cho...

Antique portrait titled 'Emanuelus I (..)'. Portrait of Manuel I of Portugal. This print originates from 'Tooneel der keyseren ende coningen van christenryck sedert den onderganck va...

Antique print titled 'Antilope furcifer Smith'. Original antique print of an antelope. This print originates from 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen (.....

Antique horse print titled 'Les Poulins'. This print depicts a study of young horses. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: By A. Lommelin after A. van Diepenbeeck.

Antique print titled 'Loxia, Coccothraustes'. The hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Its closest ...

Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Isle de la Martinique Colonie Francoise dans les Isles Antilles'. Detailed map of the French Island of Martinique. Many towns and harbours, anchor pl...

Antique map titled 'Kaart van den Loop der Rivieren de Rhyn, de Maas, de Waal, de Merwe en de Lek, door de Provincien van Gelderland, Holland en Utrecht'. ...

Antique print titled 'The Elevation of Nen Bold-Hall in Warwickshire (..)'. View of the Bold Hall in Warwickshire, England. This print originates from 'Vitruvius Britannicus' by Co...

Antique map of France titled 'Dioecese de Rheims et le Païs de Rethel'. Detailed map, centered on the River Ayne and the River Velle and sowing Reims, Chalons, Sedan, Charleville, as...

Antique print titled 'The Gold & Silver Refiners at Work'. View of a workshop with three men at work, the one to left pouring liquid into a mould, the one at centre hammering a metal tool, the one to right pouring a substance into pots. This print originates from 'The Universal Magazine' published by J...

This etching and engraving, titled "Renard," depicts a fox in a dynamic and alert posture. The artwork captures the fox's thick fur, bushy tail, and sharp features with exquisite det...

Original antique map titled 'Carte du Canal des Iles Philippines (..) - Kaart van het Kanaal in de Filippynsche Eilanden (..)'. Striking and highly detailed chart of the Islands of the Philippines. Shows Islands, bays, reefs, soundings tracks of the Manila Galleon route, etc. Published 1724-1726 by Joannes van Braam...

Antique print titled 'Views of the Coast of Asia (..)'. Antique print depicting various coastal views of Asia including Kamchatka. Originates from an edition of Cook's Voyages. A...

Antique map titled 'Nouvelle Carte de l'Isle de Java'. Chart of the island of Java, depicting soundings around the coast, all principal harbors, rivers and elevations, bays and p...

Antique map titled 'Macedonia, Epirus et Achaia'. Ornated with a nice allegoric cartouche, one ship and a milage scale. Macedonia is shown in the centre of the map. With many detai...

Interesting detailed German antique map titled 'Neue Vorstellung der Abendlaendischen Küsten von Africa (..)'. Original antique map of Western Africa. This map originates from 'Neue ...

Untitled print of several figures in the woods, one sitting on an elephant. Text on verso. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn. Artists and Engra...

Antique horse print titled 'La Vraije Methode (..)'. Antique print depicting the schooling of horses. This print originates from 'Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser les Che...

Antique bird print titled 'Le Martin-Pêcheur'. Original antique print of a kingfisher. This print originates from 'Histoire naturelle des oiseaux' by George-...

Antique print titled 't'Huys Zee-Burg'. Original antique print of 'Huys Zeeburg' in Amsterdam, demolished 1669. This print originates from 'Beschryvinge van Amsterdam' by C. Commelin...

Antique print titled 'Groeninga'. View of the city of Groningen, the Netherlands. This map originates from 'Cosmographia' published by Münster. Artists and Engravers: Sebastian Münster...

A small early 18th century map of Banten Bay showing the islands of Pulo Dua and Pulo Batto together with soundings within the Bay and profiles of hills on the islands published by C...

From: 'Costumes of Various Countries' by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, circa 1797. Hand colored engravings on paper. 'Hollandie', showing a mother and child in native costume fro...

Antique map titled 'Isle Dauphine communement nommée par les Europeens Madagascar, et St. Laurens (..)'. Original large-scale antique map of Madagascar...

The engraving depicts the siege of Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, by the King of Sweden in 1658. This historical event is captured in a detailed panoramic view, showcasing the s...

Antique map titled 'Comitatus Namurci Tabula in Lucem Edita'. Large map of the Namur region, France. Published by F. de Wit, circa 1680.

Antique bird print titled 'Aquila di coda Bianca d'America - Aquila cauda Alba Americana Edw'. Beautiful copper engraving of the white-tailed eagle. This print originates from 'Stori...

Antique map titled 'Description du Gouvernement de la Cappelle'. Old map of the region of Hauts-de-France including the cities of Vervins, Marle, Cappelle and others. This map origin...

Title: "Kaart van 't Eyland Groot Java: Antique Map of Java, Indonesia" Description: This antique map, titled "Kaart van 't Eyland Groot Java," offers a rare and valuable depiction ...

Antique map titled 'Caerte van de Eylanden voor Batavia.' Map of the islands near Batavia, Indonesia. With scale, compass rose, cartouche and ships on the sea. Sheet with engraving...

Antique print of hop pickers. It shows a family outside a thatched cottage with casement windows, gathering hops; an elderly woman sitting under a tre ...

Fine topographical 17th century map by Iohan Peeters of the towns of Epernay and Lametz in the Champagne Region of North Eastern France. Fabulous period engraving for a Wine Cellar,...

Beautiful 16th century antique engraving with walnut briar frame. "The beheading of St. Paul" was engraved by Sadeler Johann I. Perfect conditions. The Sadelers were a family of Flem...

Antique map titled 'l'Afrique Divisée en ses Empires, Royaumes, et Etats'. Decorative large map of Africa. The cartography is typical for the 17th century with the Nile originating i...