Wings and Whispers: An 18th Century Study of Flycatchers and the Indian Cobra

A hand-colored illustration of various insect species, created around 1866. Th print is potentially part of a publication by W. G. Sebald, a well-known German writer, also known as Max Sebald. He was an avid collector of art and had an interest in natural history. Specific types of moths and butterflies projected: Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavonia): Typically, this moth has a distinctive eye pattern...

Original hand-colored engraving with various bird species, depicted in a detailed and naturalistic style characteristic of 18th-century scientific illustrations. Description of Bir...

The butterflies presented in these hand-colored plates from the 1890 edition of 'A History of British Butterflies' by Morris include: 1. **Large Meadow Brown (likely Maniola jurtina...

This exquisite hand-colored copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's renowned "Bilderbuch für Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), published in Weimar in 1805, presents ...

This wonderful engraving belongs to a set of three engravings representing children's games. This series dates from the 18th century. It consists of the game of hide and seek, the game of the four corners and the game of the ox leg. The scene depicted here is immersed in an abundance of nature. In the centre is a young girl walking away with her eyes poorly concealed. A young man is also walking away in the opposite direction, holding a handkerchief in his left hand. Behind them, seven other girls are sitting down and seem to be paying no attention to the two young men in the foreground. In the background is a bust resting on a pillar, all decorated with roses. This scene is taken from a painting by Nicolas Lancret...

18th century map of Paris.

A fine antique of the colony of Pennsylvania. Noted at the top of the sheet as a 'Map of the province of Pensilvania'. This undated and anonymous map is thought to be from the Gentleman's Magazine, London, circa 1775, although the general appearance could date it to the 1760's. The southern boundary reflects the Mason-Dixon survey (1768), the western boundary is placed just west of Pittsburgh, and the northern boundary is not marked. The map has a number of reference points that likely refer to companion text and appear to be connected to boundaries. The western and southern boundaries are marked Q, R, S, for example. A diagonal line runs from the Susquehanna R to the Lake Erie P. A broken line marked by many letters A, B, N, O, etc., appears in the east. There are no latitude or longitude markings, blank verso. Framed in a shaped contemporary gilt wooden frame and matted under a cream colored matte. Bearing an old Graham Arader Gallery...

Jacques Bellin's copper-plate map entitled "Partie de la Coste de Guinee Dupuis la Riviere de Sierra Leona Jusquau Cap das Palmas", depicting the coast of Guinea and Sierra Leone in ...