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'Cetaces - Dauphin ordinaire' Engraving with original hand-colouring by Beyer after Edouard Travies (1809-1865). From Dictionaire Universel d'Histoir...

'The Lobated Musk Duck' Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1796, by Richard Polydore Nodder (fl.1770 – 1800). 155mm by 125mm (platemark). Early engraving of an ...

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...

'1-2 Morchella Esculenta 3.5. Morchella Viridis' Antique Swiss mushroom / fungi chromolithograph, lithographed by H Furrer after Fritz Leuba. The print is titled with the scientific...

"The two Armies being engaged by break of day, Jupiter sends Iris to bid Hector retire from the Fight, and not return till Agamemnon's wounds had obliged him, to withdraw from the Fi...

Copper-line engraving. C1768. Delafosse was a French decorative designer, engraver and architect. Apprenticed for a time to a sculptor, by 1767 he styled himself an 'architect and professor of design'. He published the first volume of his most important work, 'Nouvelle Iconologie Historique' in 1768, containing 110 plates of his designs for furniture, decorative arts and architectural...

‘Tippoo - A Ram of the Mysore breed in the East Indies, sent by Dr. Anderson of Madrass to Sir John Sinclair, Bt & presented by him to His Royal Highness...

Engraving with original hand-colouring. 1834. 230mm by 155mm. From Paxton's 'Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants' by Sir Joseph Paxton.

'Loggia di Raffaello, in Vaticano' Tinted lithograph by Philippe Benoist (1813-1881). From a French series titled 'Rome dans Sa Grandeur', circa 1870. Benoist was one of France's...

'Race des forets d'Angleterre' (The English Forest Breed) Lithograph with original hand-colouring by Hermann Eichens (1813-1886) from a drawing by W. Nicholson after a painting by ...

Copper-line engraving by Binet after Charles Monnet (1732-1808). Agenor tells Cadmus to go and look for his sister Europae. From 'Les Metamorphoses d'...

'Seamen Killing a Polar Bear' Colour aquatint by Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) and Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1822) after Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1822). From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field S...

The Clan of Fraser (Tartan) Chromolithograph. 1886. From 'The Tartans of the Clans of Scotland', by James Grant, 1886. 365mm by 265mm (sheet). Accompanied by a sheet of descript...

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...

The Clan of Skene (Tartan) Chromolithograph. 1886. From 'The Tartans of the Clans of Scotland', by James Grant, 1886. 365mm by 265mm (sheet). Accompanied by a sheet of descripti...

'Threshing' Etching from William Henry Pyne's (1769-1843) series 'Microcosm: or, a picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufacturers,...

'Middle Ages - Moyen-Age - Mittel Alter' Late 19th century interior design chromolithograph, from Racinet’s ‘L’Ornement Polychrome’, 1887. Published in Paris. Albert Racinet's 'L' ...

'Middle Ages - Moyen-Age - Mittel Alter' Late 19th century interior design chromolithograph, from Racinet’s ‘L’Ornement Polychrome’, 1887. Published in Paris. Albert Racinet's 'L' ...

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...

'Eliza Cook' Steel-engraving after a photograph by John Watkins, 1872. Facsimile signature below the image. Eliza Cook (1818 - 1889) was an English author, Chartist poet and writer...

'Russian - Russe - Russisch' Late 19th century interior design chromolithograph, from Racinet’s ‘L’Ornement Polychrome’, 1887. Published in Paris. Albert Racinet's 'L' Ornement Pol...

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...

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...

'The Century Atlas. Montana' 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. Alaska, North America.' Original antique map, 1903. Inset maps of 'Sitka, Glacier Bay' and Aleutian Is.'. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on...

French 1950s women's fashion design from 'Les Tendances de la Mode' a Parisien fashion periodical showing the designs of Gaston Verbie. Descriptions in F...

'Coupang : Ile Timor. Vue d'un chantier de construction' Depicts Timorese people and Europeans building a rowboat under a tree, with other boats in the distance. The work is being overseen by a senior naval man, possibly intended to be Captain Freycinet. 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...

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

Engraving with original hand-colouring. 1834. 230mm by 155mm. From Paxton's 'Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants' by Sir Joseph Paxton.

Grebe Huppe - Grebe Oreillard - Great Crested Grebe French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of i...

Copper-line engraving by Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) after Holbein. 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) Sir Thomas Smythe...

'Killerton, Seat of Sir Thos. Dyke Ackland Bt MP'. Killerton is an 18th-century house in Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon. It was built for the Acland family in 1778. The garden was creat...

'Blandfordia Flame - Flame-flowered Blandfordia' Botanical lithograph of an Australian native plant with original hand-colouring , 1854, by Walter Hood Fi...

Foulque - Common Coot French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of il...

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...

Sanglier (Wild Boar) French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of ill...

'Musee du Vatican - Galerie Chiaramonti (Pie VII) avec l'entree de la Salle dite le Bras Nouveau' Tinted lithograph by Philippe Benoist (1813-1881). Titled in French and Italian. F...

'Entrance to the Tomb of the Kings', tinted lithograph after David Roberts RA. Signed in stone lower right. Printed title below the image. Roberts tr...

Vanity Fair legal portrait of Charles Willie Matthews in wig and gown. Specialised in criminal law. 380mm by 260mm (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...

'Le Bolet Parasite' & 'Le Bolet Poivre' A French copper-line engraving 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...

'Pearl Fishery, Torres Straits' Wood-engraving, circa 1885 43cm by 33cm (sheet) 28cm by 18cm (image)

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

Becassine - Snipe French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illust...

'Veduta Generale del Palazzo de Cesari sul Palatino, presa del Monte Aventino' Tinted lithograph by Eugene Ciceri after Felix Benoist. Figures by Bayot. From a French series titled...

Rale D'Eau - Water Rail French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations of birds. 195...

'Race a laine douce, du Pays de Galles' (Soft-woolled sheep of Wales) Lithograph with original hand-colouring by Hermann Eichens (1813-1886) from a drawing by W. Nicholson after a ...

'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...

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...

'Dept. de Saone et Loire', steel engraving with original outline hand-colouring., 1856, from Levasseur's Atlas National Illustre. This area is home to a wide variety of vineyards a...

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

'Chamaedorea Glaucifolia' (Glaucous Parlour Palm), native to Columbia. Antique botanical lithograph with original hand-colouring , 191...

'Dendrolaugus Inustus Keiensis' Tree kangaroo native of Kei Island, South Molucca, Indonesia. From 'On the Genus Dendrolagus' by Lionel Walter Rothschild and Guy Dollman, publish...

Engraving with original hand-colouring. 1834. 230mm by 155mm. From Paxton's 'Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants' by Sir Joseph Paxton.

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...

'Bidet Shaving Table and Night Table' From George Hepplewhite's 'Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide', published by I. and J. Taylor in 1788. These en...

Colour woodblock, finished by hand, by Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893) after Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917). From WT Greene's 'Parrots In Captivity'. Alexander Francis Lydon was a...

'Middle Ages - Moyen-Age - Mittel Alter' Late 19th century interior design chromolithograph, from Racinet’s ‘L’Ornement Polychrome’, 1887. Published in Paris. Albert Racinet's 'L' ...

French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations of birds. 195mm by 265mm (sheet)

'Quadrangle of Corpus Christi College' Engraving by John Le Keux after Frederick Mackenzie, 1837. From James Ingram's 'Memorials of Oxford'. 135mm by 17...