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English butterfly chromolithograph, circa 1900. Plate number top right. From an English series of illustrations of butterflies and moths. Butterflies / moths are numbered and there i...

'The Century Atlas. Africa. North-East Part' Original antique map, 1903. Inset map of 'Nile Delta and Suez Canal'. Central fold as issued. Map name and nu...

European fashion design from the 'Atelier Sogra', published in Vienna. 325mm by 220mm (sheet)

'Ivy Bridge near Plymouth' Engraving by F Chesham after Paul Sandby (1731-1809). From Paul Sandby's 'The Virtuosi's Museum, Containing Select Views in England, Scotland, and Irelan...

French copper-line engraving depicting the Town and Lake of Geneva, Switzerland. Claude-Louis Chatelet was a distinguished French painter, draftsman an...

'Brontops Robustus, Marsh 1/4' Lithograph by Emil Crisand after the drawing by Frederick Berger, under the supervision of Othniel Charles Marsh. Depicts dinosaur fossil...

'Vue d'un pont sur le Tesin, dans le Mont St Gothard' French copper-line engraving by Maillet after Claude Louis Chatelet (1753-1794). From 'The Scenery and Science of Switzerland ...

'Rhinology' Vanity Fair portrait of Dr Robert Spicer, 'a specialist in matters relating to ears, noses and throats'. Accompanied by original descriptive text. 380mm by 260mm (sh...

'Side Board' From George Hepplewhite's 'Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide', published by I. and J. Taylor in 1788. These engravings are the only evidence of Hepplewhite's style ...

'Cappella Sistina in Vaticano. Un giorno di Festa' Tinted lithograph by Philippe Benoist (1813-1881). From a French series titled 'Rome dans Sa Gr...

'Brother Water descending from Kirkstone' Aquatint by William Green, 1804 William Green of Ambleside was a Lake District draughtsman, soft ground etch...

'The Century Atlas. Indiana.' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners. Sheet 40cm by 29.5cm.

'Durham Cathedral' Wood-engraving after Samuel Read. From 'The Illustrated London News'. Samuel Read was an English illustrator who provided many illust...

'The Century Atlas. Africa. Southern Part' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners. Sheet 40cm by 29.5cm.

Rococo interior design and furniture, etching, by Franz Xaver Habermann (1721-1796), circa 1750. Lettered 'F. X. Haberman, inv. et del. loh. Georg Hertel, excud : Aug. Vind., number...

'Ours malais, Ursus malayanus, Raffles'' French engraving with original hand-colourimg, circa 1840.

French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Signed by artist in the plate. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations of sporti...

Sepia mezzotint by Richard Earlom (1743-1822) After Claude Gellee ('Claude Lorrain') (1600-82). From 'Liber Veritatis; or A Collection of Prints after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain...

'Cricket Match' Tinted lithograph with hand-colouring after the picture by Rev Tatton Winter. 340mm by 430mm (sheet)

Original 1960s fashion design from a Northern Italian fashion house. Sketched and coloured by hand with a pencil sketch of the reverse. The name and description of the outfit is type...

'Agaricus Azureus' Antique Swiss mushroom / fungi chromolithograph, lithographed by H Furrer after Fritz Leuba. The print is titled with the scientific name ...

French women's fashion design from 'La Revue Paris Mode' a Parisien fashion periodical, illustrated by Bryn Smith. 370mm by 270mm (sheet)

18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute. Henry Redoute was the brother of the great botanical artist Pierre Joseph Redout...

'Canard Eider - Canard Chipeau' (Common Eider) French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illus...

'Coupang : Ile Timor. Divers Travaux Mécaniques' Steel-engraving by Friedrich Schroeder (1768-1839) after F Garnier after Alphonse Pellion. Alphonse Pellion, artist and naval draughtsman, was a midshipman aboard l'Uranie on Louis de Freycinet's three-year scientific and ethnographic expedition around the world in 1817-1820. From Louis Freycinet's 'Voyage Autour du Monde, Entrepris par Ordre du Roi ... Execue sur les Corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne Pendant les Annees 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820', published in Paris in 1825. Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (1779-1842) joined the French Navy in 1793 and was a veteran of the Baudin's voyage of discovery (1801-1803). He also completed the narrative of the expedition which appeared under the title of 'Voyage de Decouvertes aux Terres Australes'. In 1817 de Freycinet successfully lobbied the Government and King Louis XVIII agreed to support a new global campaign. Its mission was to finally determine the shape of the earth and return with detailed reports on geography, people, government, commerce and art of this new world. The 350-ton corvette Uranie had a complement of 120 men and 23 officers including the artist Jacques Arago and a priest. Over the next three years Uranie visited Australia, East Timor...

French botanical flower engraving, 1818. Colour-printed stipple engraving by J Lambert after Pierre Turpin (1775-1840) From Francois Pierre Chaumeton's 'Flore Medicale' which portrayed a variety of flowers, trees and herbs which could be used for treating illnesses. The engravings were produced during the great period of French colour printing using the stipple-engraving process pioneered by the great botanical artist Pierre-Jospeh Redoute. The artist is the celebrated Pierre Jean Francois Turpin...

Steel-engraved map with original outline colouring by Isaac Slater. A detailed engraved map of the English county with title, scale, and key. Decorated with an uncoloured engraved v...

'Killing Seals in a Cavern, Summer' Colour aquatint by Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) after Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1822) From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Sports'. Samuel Howitt was a...

'North America Bear Hunt' Colour aquatint Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) after Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1822). From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Sports'. Samuel...

'Canard Milouin' (Common Pochard) French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations of b...

Cloisonné Enamel 916 Silver Soviet (Russian) Salt & Pepper Cellars, c1963 Footed open salt & pepper cellars, finely cloisonné enamelled in blue, sky blue, yellow & white – created...

'The Century Atlas. Russia in Europe with Poland and Finland' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners. Sheet 40cm by ...

'Bird Catching from Below' Colour aquatint by Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) after John Heavenside Clark (c1770-1863). From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Sports...

'The Century Atlas. Vicinity of London, England, United Kingdom.' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners. Sheet 29.5...

'Sam Loates' Vanity Fair portrait of Samuel "Sam" Loates (1865 - 1932) was a British Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was the Champion Jockey of 1899. 395mm by 265mm (sheet)

Copper-line engraving by Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780). Houbraken was a Dutch engraver famous for his series of portraits of famous English historical figures with elaborate cartouc...

'The Century Atlas. South Dakota.' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners. Sheet 29.5cm ...

London, England, birds-eye view, chromolithograph, c1870 published by William Collins. 175mm by 225mm (image) 270mm by 335mm (sheet)

Original antique etching by Samuel Howitt (1756-1822) . C1810. Published by Edward Orme. An early 19th century etching by Howitt from a series depicting ...

'The Century Atlas. German Empire, Northern Part.' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corne...

'L'Agaric Couleuvre' A French copper-line engravings with original printed colouring of mushrooms by Jean Baptiste Francois Buillard (1742-1793). From Bulliard's 'Histoire des Champignons de la France', a series of engravings describing the mushrooms of France, published in Paris in 1791. This series of engravings are 'probably the first botanical work completely colour-printed without retouching by hand' (Great Flower Books...

'The Century Atlas. The Netherlands (Holland), Belgium and Luxemburg.' Original antique map, 1903. Inset maps of 'Amsterdam' and 'Brussels'. Central fold as issued. Map name and num...

'The Century Atlas. Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland.' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners. Sheet 29.5cm by 40...

'Prosp du Chasteau et Bourg de Tanlay' Copper-line engraving by Matthaeus Merian. From 'Topographia Galliae', a fine series of engravings of 17th-century French landscapes, garden...

Chromolithograph from 'Constructions Modernes & Economiques', a French folio of architectural designs, published by Monrocq in Paris. 250mm by 320mm (sheet)

Antique 19th century fern lithograph with original hand-colouring , 1854, after Walter Hood Fitch. 250mm by 170mm (sheet) Walter Hood Fitch was one...

Copper-line engraving by Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780). Houbraken was a Dutch engraver famous for his series of portraits of famous English historical figures with elaborate cartouches. Originally published 1739, this impression c1820. 360mm by 230mm (platemark) Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington was the English lord...

Copper-line engraving by Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780). Houbraken was a Dutch engraver famous for his series of portraits of famous English historical figures with elaborate cartouc...

Copper-line engraving by Pierre Foudrinier (1698-1758) after Sir William Chambers (1723-1796), 1794. Sir William Chambers (1723-1796) was a renown 18th century British architect. He traveled to China, France and Italy before establishing an architectural practice in London. He became Architect of the King's Works and worked for Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales, making fanciful garden buildings...

Copper-line engraving by Pierre Foudrinier (1698-1758) after Sir William Chambers (1723-1796), 1794. Sir William Chambers (1723-1796) was a renown 18th century British architect. He traveled to China, France and Italy before establishing an architectural practice in London. He became Architect of the King's Works and worked for Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales, making fanciful garden buildings...

French copper-line engraving depicting the Lake of Geneva, Switzerland. From 'The Scenery and Science of Switzerland illustrated', by Antoine Baron de Zurlauben (1720-1795) & Jean B...

'The Century Atlas. Kansas.' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners. Sheet 29.5cm by 40cm.

'Dendrolagus ursinus (Type of D. Leucogenys Matschie)'' Tree kangaroo native of New Guinea. From 'On the Genus Dendrolagus' by Lionel Walter Rothschild and Guy Dollman, published ...

'Alexandria' A view of Pompey's Pillar with Alexandria in the background. Cornelis de Bruijn was a Dutch artist and traveler. He is best known for his drawings of the ruins of Perse...

'The Century Atlas. Illinois, Northern Part' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners. Sheet 29.5cm by 40cm.

'The Century Atlas. Massachusetts, Eastern Part' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners. Sheet 40cm by 29.5cm.

'The Century Atlas. Arizona and New Mexico.' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners. Sheet 29.5cm by 40cm.

'Dept. du Calvados', steel engraving with original outline hand-colouring., 1856, from Levasseur's 'Atlas National Illustre'. This area of France is known for its production of Cal...

'The New Bridge, On The River Dee, Near Chirk Castle' Engraving by Peter Mazell After Paul Sandby (1731-1809). From Paul Sandby's 'The Virtuosi's Museum, Containing Select Views in...

'1-6 Lycoperdon Echinatum 7-11 Scleroderma Verrucosum' (Spiny puffball mushroom and Scaly earth ball) Antique Swiss mushroom / fungi chromolithograph, lith...