1665 Broadside, Conrad Meyer, “Türkischer Jamerspiegel” Turkish Ottoman Wars

Broadsheet Memento Mori. Ein jeder ist dem Tod verpflicht, Wann, Wie und Wo, das weiss er nicht. (A Putto sleeping on a scull). Underneath a rime in two columns of 4 lines each. Einer Tugend liebenden Jugend in Zürich ab der Burgerbibliothec für das 1668 Jahr Verehrt. Etching. 1668 Reference: Hollst. XXVII, 323b. Engraved surface 16.6 x 22.5 cm flush mounted on paper (17th Century). This allegory on death as sleep, etched by Conrad Meyer, was published by the Burgerlibrary as present for the youth of Zurich on the occasion of the New Year of 1668. In the background a view of Zurich and the river Limmat. In the river are the letters NB, also repeated in the lower right of the image, with the date 5...

Johannes Meyer (1655–1712) Physica. Natur=Wussenschaft [Neujahrsblatt, hrsg. von der Stadtbibliothek in Zürich] Broadside issued on New Year’s Days 1697. Measures: 29 x 3...

Broadside [‘Einblattdruck] Confusion, Contitution, Reaction 33.5 x 28 cm Issued separately for subscribers to the “Deutscher Bruesseler Zeitung”, 15 April, 18147 No example worldwide in OCLC!! During 1847, the kingdom's constitutional problems were characterised by an ever increasing intensification of rivalries between the two major political parties, the Catholics and the Liberals, a factor which brought an end to the Unionism which had been established in 1828. In the midst of growing unrest, in 1847, a number of pacifists, humanitarians, socialist, and Christian democrats had founded the Association Démocratique and sought the solution to the country's problems in the democratization of society and all people. To Brussels, its new residents, Karl Marx...

Johannes Meyer (1655–1712) Abriss der Kunst-Kammer auf der Wasser Kirchen In Zürich [Neujahrsblatt, hrsg. von der Stadtbibliothek in Zürich] Broadside issued on New Year’s Days 1688. Measures: 29.3 x 31 cm The Zurich library (Bürger Bibliothek) was first opened to the public on New Year's Day, 1634. The miscellaneous items in the collection had not yet been separated from the books and in 1667 was a given a stand-alone chamber with all types of art, globes and natural specimens set up in the upper story. The latter contained an encyclopaedic collection of artefacts, some of which can still be seen (coins, portraits, zoological, mineral, archaeological specimens, in addition to maps, scientific instruments and even furniture). This new institution was housed in the Wasserkirche, which was deconsecrated after the Reformation...

Dance of Death Broadside. Todtentanz Einblattdruck. Meyer, Conrad 1618-1689. Stirb, eh du sterbst, dass nicht verderbst [Der Todesengel zwisch...

Dance of Death Broadside Todtentanz Einblattdruck Meyer, Conrad 1618-1689 Stirb, eh du sterbst, dass nicht verderbst [Der Todesengel zwischen Laste...

Amazing wallpaper four panel screen by Zuber and Cie. Panel numbers 29, 30, 31, 32 from the War of American Independence scenic wallpapers. The iconic pa...

Wallpaper model N°2 is, at first glance, a wallpaper. As you grasp the depths of the model, it becomes a painting. And the moment you open yourself to its possibilities, you realize ...

At first glance, the N°1 wallpaper is, simply, a wallpaper. As you dive deeper into the mysteries it unravels, it becomes a painting. And the moment you open yourself to its possibil...

Pair of 19th century French wallpaper panels. The panels have been framed with a plaster molding. The gold leaf and painted frame coordin...

Were I, all of a sudden, to find myself lost in a dream, I would search in the horizon for the right moment to make it come true. Even if everything seems frozen in time, it’s actua...

Were I, all of a sudden, to find myself lost in a dream, I would search in the horizon for the right moment to make it come true. Even if everything s...