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Bulbus sylvestrisseu Orithogallum luteum / Hyacinthus Orientalis/Hyacinthus Orientalis argenteo colore / Tulipa praecox/Tulipa praecox

Splendorous representation of Hyacinth and Tulips from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is...

$250 / ≈ €232.47
Maker / Publisher: BESLER, Basilius
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2015

 


Narcissus Orientalis medio croceus calice pleno / Narcissus Orientalis medio croceus maior / Narcissus Constantinopolitanus minor calice simbriato medio...

Splendorous representation of 3 Narcissus from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is the 400...

$400 / ≈ €371.95
Maker / Publisher: BESLER, Basilius
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2013

 


Narcissus albus maximus calice luteo brevi / Nacrissus albus medius calice luteo.../Narcissus totus luteus oblongo calice... / Pseudo Narcissus minimus...

Fine representation of four Narzissus from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is the 400 ann...

$550 / ≈ €511.43
Maker / Publisher: BESLER, Basilius
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2013

 


Hepatica aurea flore pleno & coeruleo / Hepatica Aurea flore albo/Pseudo Narcissus... / Pseudo Narcissus albus calice luteo / Hyacinthus Botryoides flor...

Splendourful representation of 2 Ranunculaceae and 2 Narcissus and 1 Hyacinth from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in ...

$250 / ≈ €232.47
Maker / Publisher: BESLER, Basilius
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2015

 


Iris Bulbosa Anglicana flore coeruleo.

Beautiful blue, white and yellow Lilly from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is the 400 an...

$250 / ≈ €232.47
Maker / Publisher: BESLER, Basilius
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2015

 


Iris pratensis maior. / Viola martonalis flore albo- purpuro.

Sibirian sword Lily and Viola. From the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued from the Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is the 400 ann...

$350 / ≈ €325.45
Maker / Publisher: BESLER, Basilius
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2014

 


Circea. / Lilium Montanum maius album punctatum- non punctatum.

Beautiful Circea and Lily from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is the 400 anniversary of ...

$600 / ≈ €557.92
Maker / Publisher: BESLER, Basilius
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2013

 


Narcissus maior flore multiplice. / Narcissus sylvestris stellatus. / Narcissus Juncifolius luteus flore pleno.

Beautiful Double-flowered white garden narcissus from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is ...

$600 / ≈ €557.92
Maker / Publisher: BESLER, Basilius
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2013

 


Mandragora foemina. / Chelidonium minus.

Beautiful Mandrake and Lesser Celandine or Buttercup from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year...

$350 / ≈ €325.45
Maker / Publisher: BESLER, Basilius
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2014

 


Viola martia purpuria multiplici flore..

5 beautiful representations of Violaceae. From the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued from Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613.Basilius Besler (1...

$450 / ≈ €418.44
Maker / Publisher: BESLER, Basilius
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2014

 


Frittillaria. / Narcissus Juncifolius praecox maior. / Pseudo Narcissus luteus.

3 beautiful representations of Amaryllidaceae. Basilius Besler (1591-1629) was a pharmacist by training and worked in Nuremberg. He set up a garden in Nuremberg, and beca...

$400 / ≈ €371.95
Maker / Publisher: BESLER, Basilius
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2014

 


Narcissus Septentrionalis flo pleno luteo. /Narcisus Septentrionalis calice. / Narcissus Septentrionalis calice pleno. / Pseudo Narcissus minor luteus repens.

Splendorous representation of 4 Narcissus. From the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued from Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613.Basilius Besler (1...

$400 / ≈ €371.95
Maker / Publisher: BESLER, Basilius
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2014

 


Scabiosa Alpina Centauroides. / Sacbiosa Belgica flore albo. / Scabiosa Vulgaris.

Splendourfull representation of 3 Scabiosa plants. From the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued from Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. Basilius ...

$200 / ≈ €185.97
Maker / Publisher: BESLER, Basilius
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2018

 


Narcissus Septentrionalis Flo Pleno Luteo. . .

A beautiful representation of four Narcissus from the first edition of the "Hortus Eystettensis", printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. Basil...

$165 / ≈ €153.43
Maker / Publisher: BESLER, B.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $165
Sold in 2018

 


Jonas From the Belly of the Whale & Jonas Thrown Into the Sea (Two Woodcut Engravings)

Two hand-colored woodcuts featuring Jonas in bible stories. The prints come form "Figures des Histoires de la Sainte Bible". One shows crew members throwing Jon...

$175 / ≈ €162.73
Maker / Publisher: LECLERC, J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1614
Selling price: $175
Sold in 2013

 


(Two Botanical Copperplates)

"HORTUS FLORIDUS" is deemed to be the most celebrated and influential of the early Florilegia (Blunt). It inspired and predated a wide array of noted botanical ...

Maker / Publisher: DE PASS, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1614
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2023

 


Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein.. .

Finely executed engraving by Matthäus Merian, taken from "Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein. ...

$50 / ≈ €46.49
Maker / Publisher: MERIAN, M.
Place & Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019

 


Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein.. .

Finely executed engraving by Matthäus Merian, taken from "Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein. ...

$50 / ≈ €46.49
Maker / Publisher: MERIAN, M.
Place & Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019

 


Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein.. .

Finely executed engraving by Matthäus Merian, taken from "Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein. ...

$50 / ≈ €46.49
Maker / Publisher: MERIAN, M.
Place & Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019

 


Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein.. .

Finely executed engraving by Matthäus Merian, taken from "Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein. ...

$50 / ≈ €46.49
Maker / Publisher: MERIAN, M.
Place & Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019

 


Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein.. .

Finely executed engraving by Matthäus Merian, taken from "Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein. ...

$50 / ≈ €46.49
Maker / Publisher: MERIAN, M.
Place & Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2017

 


Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein.. .

Finely executed engraving by Matthäus Merian, taken from "Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein. ...

$16 / ≈ €14.88
Maker / Publisher: MERIAN, M.
Place & Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
Selling price: $16
Sold in 2021

 


Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein.. .

Finely executed engraving by Matthäus Merian, taken from "Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein. ...

$50 / ≈ €46.49
Maker / Publisher: MERIAN, M.
Place & Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2020

 


Pisces in Marialati.

Fine early engraving of a Portuguese sailing ship.

$240 / ≈ €223.17
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY,Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1617
Selling price: $240
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Monstra Marina. Meehr Wunder. Inventore Gabrielo Weÿero Norimberg excudebat Petr. Iselburg Col. 1617

Complete suite of 12 copper engravings representing of Sea divinities with scroll work and cupids. Gabriel Weyer (Nuremberg 1576–1632 Nuremberg) was an engraver and pai...

$3000 / ≈ €2789.60
Maker / Publisher: WEYER, G.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1617
Selling price: $3000
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Paulus III. Pontifex Maximus Farnesius Sedit Annos 15 Dies 28.

The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of the Pope \"Paulus III\", signed lower right corner N. de Cleck\". Nicolaes de Clerck (de klerc) was ac...

$10 / ≈ €9.30
Maker / Publisher: DE CLERCK, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $10
Sold in 2008

 


Clemens VII. Pontifex Maximus Florentinus Sedit Annos 10 Menses 10.

The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of the Pope \"Clemens VII\", signed lower right corner N. de Cleck\". Nicolaes de Clerck (de klerc) was a...

$10 / ≈ €9.30
Maker / Publisher: DE CLERCK, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $10
Sold in 2008

 


Leo X. Pontifex Maximus Florentinus Sedit Annos 8 Menses 8. / Paulus Quartus Neapolitanus Pontifex Maximus..

The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of the Pope \"Leo X\", signed lower right corner N. de Cleck\".On verso a half length oval portrait of \&...

$14 / ≈ €13.02
Maker / Publisher: DE CLERCK, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $14
Sold in 2008

 


Adrians VI. Pontifex Maximus Ultraiectinus Vixit Annos 64 1/2.

The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of the Pope \"Adrians VI\", signed lower right corner N. de Cleck\". Nicolaes de Clerck (de klerc) was ac...

$10 / ≈ €9.30
Maker / Publisher: DE CLERCK, N.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Selling price: $10
Sold in 2008

 


Senatus Populus que Romanus Divotito Divi Vespasiani F Vespasiano Augusto.

A triumphal arch. The inscription above the arch says SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUS DIVO TITI DIVI VESPASIANI F.(ilio) VESPASIANO AUGUSTO (the Senate and the people of Rome ...

$50 / ≈ €46.49
Maker / Publisher: TORNIELLO, A
Place & Date: Holland, ca. 1625
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2008

 


Columnarum Typus ad mensura / Opus Retia Culi Malocranaiorum.

Detailed engraving of Corinthian columns. The Corinthian order is one of the Classical orders of Roman architecture, characterized by a slender fluted column and an ornat...

$50 / ≈ €46.49
Maker / Publisher: TORNIELLO, A
Place & Date: Holland, ca. 1625
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2008

 


La possedee ou l'Exorciste..

Etching and engraving showing:"La possedee ou l'Exorciste", within a decorative surrounding. Originally drawn by A.Boscholi P.F.Engraved by J.Callot.

$110 / ≈ €102.29
Maker / Publisher: CALLOT,J.
Place & Date: ca.1630
Selling price: $110
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Joseph and Potiphar's Wife.

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife depicts a story from the Bible, wherein Potiphar's Wife attempts to seduce Joseph. This etching is signed and dated "Rembrandt f. 1634&quo...

$1000 / ≈ €929.87
Maker / Publisher: REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669)
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Selling price: $1000
Sold in 2015

 


Disce nepos virtutem ex me.

Charles V, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire on horseback with Archduke Ferdinand. From the series "Guillielmus Becanus, Serenissimi principis Ferdinandi Hispaniaru...

$50 / ≈ €46.49
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, P.
Place & Date: Antwerp, J.Meurs, ca. 1636
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2015

 


Prudentia.

Fine copper engraving by Marco Sadeler entitiled "Prudentia". From a painting by Jacopo Zucchi. The Sadeler family were the largest, and probably the most succ...

$79 / ≈ €73.46
Maker / Publisher: SADELER, M.
Place & Date: Venice, c1640
Selling price: $79
Sold in 2014

 


Veue et Perspective du Parterre du Palais d'Orleans.

Delecate copper engraving of the grounds around Orleans Palace. It demonstrates the symmetry of the gardens.Gabriel Perelle (1604 - 1677)was a French draftsman and printm...

$15 / ≈ €13.95
Maker / Publisher: PERELLE, G.
Place & Date: Paris , 1640
Selling price: $15
Sold in 2018

 


The Right Honourable Robert Earle of Warwick Baron of Leeze etc Lord High Admiral of England One of his Majesties most honourable private Councell & his Majesties Lieutenant of Norfolk & Essex etc

The inscription: 'The Right Honourable Robert Earle of Warwick Baron of Leeze etc Lord High Admiral of England One of his Majesties most honourable private Councell &...

$115 / ≈ €106.93
Maker / Publisher: HOLLAR, Wenceslaus
Place & Date: London, 1642
Selling price: $115
Sold in 2014

 


Lima Romana Piorum In Hortis.

Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...

$200 / ≈ €185.97
Maker / Publisher: FERRARI, G. B.
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Selling price: $200
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Lumia da Gallicia.

Johann Christopher Volckhamer was a wealthy Germany merchant with an orangerie where he grew exotic citrus fruits. His resources enabled him to engage a talented team of...

$325 / ≈ €302.21
Maker / Publisher: Johann Volckhamer
Place & Date: Rome, ca. 1646
Selling price: $325
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Malum Citreum Vulgare Belluatum.

Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...

$150 / ≈ €139.48
Maker / Publisher: FERRARI, G. B.
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2009

 


Aurantium Striatum.

Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...

$150 / ≈ €139.48
Maker / Publisher: FERRARI, G. B.
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Selling price: $150
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Malum Citreum Cucurbitinum Vulgare

Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...

$150 / ≈ €139.48
Maker / Publisher: FERRARI, G. B.
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2015

 


Limon Citratus Primae Notae Laevior.

Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...

$200 / ≈ €185.97
Maker / Publisher: FERRARI, G. B.
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Selling price: $200
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Peretta Sive Spatafora Duplex.

Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...

$150 / ≈ €139.48
Maker / Publisher: FERRARI, G. B.
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Selling price: $150
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Lima Eadem Rotunda.

Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...

$200 / ≈ €185.97
Maker / Publisher: FERRARI, G. B.
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Selling price: $200
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Limon ponzinus chalcedonius.

Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...

$200 / ≈ €185.97
Maker / Publisher: FERRARI, G. B.
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Selling price: $200
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Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel. Dat is een afbeeldingh en levendighe vertooningh, van alle de voornaemste historien, leeringen en ghelijckenissen der gantscher Heyliger Schrift, in schoone copere figueren by malkander vergadert en in order ghestelt. . .

This fine Dutch Print Bible includes a total of 502 pages with copper engraved prints ; including five engraved titles, 3 folding maps (the Middle East, the Persian Gulf,...

$8300 / ≈ €7717.88
Maker / Publisher: SCHABAELJE, Nicolaus Johannes.
Place & Date: Alkmaar, Simon Cornelisz, 1646
Selling price: $8300
Sold in 2018

 


Angelus Tobiam liberat ne deuoretur a pisce Tob.6.

Illustration of the history of Tobias. engraving number 4.The angel saving Tobias from being devored by the whale.

$50 / ≈ €46.49
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, P.(?).
Place & Date: Southern Netherlands c.1650
Selling price: $50
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Four woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer.

Christ before Caiphas (Bartsch 29). The mocking of Christ (Bartsch 30). Christ before Pilate (Bartsch 31). The scourging of Christ (Bartsch 33). All woodcuts on paper

$200 / ≈ €185.97
Maker / Publisher: DÜRER,A.
Place & Date: Germany , probably ca. 1650
Selling price: $200
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Mercury guarding the horses of Apollo.

Etching of a wooded landscape with Mercury guarding the horses of Apollo. Signed in the plate "H:Swanevelt fecit Rome", edited and sold by Pierre Mariette in Pa...

$130 / ≈ €120.88
Maker / Publisher: H.(van) Swanevelt (1600-1655).
Place & Date: Rome ca. 1650
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2008

 


Marchant Juif. (33)

Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...

$100 / ≈ €92.99
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2011

 


Medecin Juif (21).

Sought-after copper engraved plate of a Jewish doctor from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Tu...

$75 / ≈ €69.74
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2011

 


Symplegades.

The Argo passing between the cliffs called Symplegades Mythological subjects, engraved by Cornelis Bloemaert, after Pierre Brebiette and published by Pierre Mariette and ...

$95 / ≈ €88.34
Maker / Publisher: BLOEMAERT, Cornelis.
Place & Date: Paris, 1650
Selling price: $95
Sold in 2014

 


Prométhée.

Mythological scene with Prometheus lying on a rock, his legs and arms tied down while an eagle picks his liver, by Cornelis Bloemaert, after Jean Varin Published by Pierr...

$65 / ≈ €60.44
Maker / Publisher: BLOEMAERT, Cornelis.
Place & Date: Paris, 1650
Selling price: $65
Sold in 2014

 


Classis Hispanica celeberrima, quae anno celeberrimo. MDLXXXVIII. inter Galliam Brittaniamque venit. & perijt.

Scene of the great sea battle in 1588 between Calais and Dover. Filled with fighting sailing ships, some already sinking with survivors being rescued.

$350 / ≈ €325.45
Maker / Publisher: COMMELIN, I.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c1650
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2015

 


Eight woodcut printed coats of arms.

Eight wood cut printed coats of arms in very fine contemporary coloring. On verso and decorated oval with name. Including, Henry de Lenoncourt, Antoine Levy, Charles Robe...

$115 / ≈ €106.93
Maker / Publisher: ACKERMANN, R.
Place & Date: France, ca. 1650
Selling price: $115
Sold in 2018

 


'Peacocks'.

A copper engraving. Print showing peacocks in different poses.

$50 / ≈ €46.49
Maker / Publisher: Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R.
Place & Date: English, ca 1650
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2020

 


'Lions'.

A copper engraving. Print showing lions in different poses.

$50 / ≈ €46.49
Maker / Publisher: Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R.
Place & Date: English, ca 1650
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019

 


'Crab and lobster'.

A copper engraving. Print showing 2 lovely crustaceans.

$50 / ≈ €46.49
Maker / Publisher: Saverus, R./ van Voerst, R.
Place & Date: English, ca 1650
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2020

 


Philippi Brietii S. J. Ventorum Tabula. Secundum Veterem & Novam dispositionem et nomenclaturam.

A very decorative, early engraving of a wind-rose. It is divided into five categories. The First is the "Divisio & Nomina Ventorum Apud Nautas..." (i.e., th...

$110 / ≈ €102.29
Maker / Publisher: CLUVER, P
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1651
Selling price: $110
Sold in 2021

 


The adventures of Diana with Endormye, and Venus with Adonis.

v.Swanevelt drew, sculped and edited the engraving.

$100 / ≈ €92.99
Maker / Publisher: HERMAN VAN SWANEVELT
Place & Date: The Netherlands 1654
Selling price: $100
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Order of St. Benedict (The Benedictine Tree).

A fine religious print featuring St. Benedict by Wenseslaus Hollar (signed by him in print). Published in 1655. It features a tree with St. Benedict with a crozier in his...

$45 / ≈ €41.84
Maker / Publisher: HOLLAR, W.
Place & Date: London, 1655
Selling price: $45
Sold in 2018

 


Combat between John de Astley and Peter de Masse.

Combat between John de Astley & Peter de Masse" which took place in 1438 from 'The Antiquities of Warwickshire' by William Dugdale. 1656.“Of the Patshull bran...

$160 / ≈ €148.78
Maker / Publisher: HOLLAR, W.
Place & Date: London, 1656
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2013

 


Draco hipes apteros in Agro Bononiensi. . . .

Decorative and early copper engraving showing four dragons, from : Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus libri.The re-edition of the edition of Frankfurt of 1650-53 illust...

$60 / ≈ €55.79
Maker / Publisher: JONSTON, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1657
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2020

 


Utilis Piscis serram ad instar Picis habens. Delphinus prior, Delphin. . .

Decorative and early copper engraving showing a narwhale and four dolphins, from : Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus libri.The re-edition of the edition of Frankfurt o...

$50 / ≈ €46.49
Maker / Publisher: JONSTON, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1657
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2020

 


Grijphus, Grijps, Hippopotanus. . .

Decorative and early copper engraving showing a griffin and two sorts of hippopotamus, from : Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus libri.The re-edition of the edition of ...

$30 / ≈ €27.90
Maker / Publisher: JONSTON, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1657
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2020

 


Temple Parochialis s fidis (Faithful of the Parish).

Antique etching published in "History of St. Paul's" by William Dugale in 1658. It was illustrated and etched by the famous Old Master, Wenceslaus Hollar. This...

$44 / ≈ €40.91
Maker / Publisher: HOLLAR, W.
Place & Date: London, 1658
Selling price: $44
Sold in 2013

 


Rome and soldiers.

Engraving by Pietro (di) Santo Bartoli, showing a frieze with Roman soldiers. After a drawing by Julio Romano. Iacintus Paribenius Pistorien formis Romae.

$35 / ≈ €32.55
Maker / Publisher: Pietri (di) Santo Bartoli.
Place & Date: Rome, c.1660
Selling price: $35
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Tabula IV sequitur Farnesiana Posticus.

Ornamental representation of the Vatican in Rome after Petrus Aqulia.

$300 / ≈ €278.96
Maker / Publisher: Carraccius Annibal
Place & Date: Rome, 1660
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2014

 


(Three plates showing tigers, leopards, lion, etc, etc.)

Two pages from the first and only but very important Dutch edition of this curious and comprehensive zoological work, richly illustrated with excellent copper engravings,...

$96 / ≈ €89.27
Maker / Publisher: JONSTON, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Selling price: $96
Sold in 2017

 


Figura admirandi meteori.

Two Dutch ships observe a "marvelous meteor" during their voyage. The witnesses said "the object moved slowly in the sky above them and seemed to be made o...

$750 / ≈ €697.40
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1665
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2012

 


[Two Bible Leaves.]

Two hand colored copper engravings by Matthaus Merian, the younger,the Swiss engraver from the De Bry family. They are from an unidentified German bible from 1665.

$26 / ≈ €24.18
Maker / Publisher: MERIAN, M.
Place & Date: Frankfürt, 1665
Selling price: $26
Sold in 2014

 


Froidcourt.

A very nice view of a castle. On the foreground, a horse and a rider are depicted. With a verse in two languages underneath the picture.The poet and topographer from Como...

$85 / ≈ €79.04
Maker / Publisher: MEISNER, D.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1623-1678
Selling price: $85
Sold in 2008

 


Tenna, Pars XII, Tab. 79.

A fine, scarce, large, copperplate engraving of South Asia flora. From the very important book on Indian botanicals by Drakenstein. The name of the flower is repeated in ...

Maker / Publisher: DRAKENSTEIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1678
Selling price: $12
Sold in 2023

 


Tsjeru-Tsjurel , Pars XII tab. 64.

A fine, scarce, large, copperplate engraving of South Asia flora. From the very important book on Indian botanicals by Drakenstein. The name of the flower is repeated in ...

Maker / Publisher: DRAKENSTEIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1678
Selling price: $16
Sold in 2024

 


Cafri - Conda , Pars XII, Tab. 70.

A fine, scarce, large, copperplate engraving of South Asia flora. From the very important book on Indian botanicals by Drakenstein. The name of the flower is repeated in ...

$75 / ≈ €69.74
Maker / Publisher: DRAKENSTEIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1678
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2020

 


Codagen , Pars 10, Tab. 46.

A fine, scarce, large, copperplate engraving of South Asia flora. From the very important book on Indian botanicals by Drakenstein. The name of the flower is repeated in ...

$37 / ≈ €34.41
Maker / Publisher: DRAKENSTEIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1678
Selling price: $37
Sold in 2018

 


Prospectus Turris Babylonicae ex praescripto R. Adm. Patris Athanasy Kircheri Soc. Jesu.

A rare and large print showing the tower of Babylon. From Kircher's famous and rare "Turris Babel" published in 1679. The last of his books to be published duri...

$500 / ≈ €464.93
Maker / Publisher: KIRCHER, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1679
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2021

 


[Hercules]

Engraving showing Hercules, resting on club, with the skin of the lion of Nemesis.Signed in lefthand bottom GMF

$126 / ≈ €117.16
Maker / Publisher: GMF.
Place & Date: 1650-1680
Selling price: $126
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(Shipping - Noms des principales Voiles d'un Navire)

Finely etched depiction of a vessel, with a lettered key. With on verso an explanation of the various parts of the vessel. (Noms des principales Voiles d'un Navire).From ...

$75 / ≈ €69.74
Maker / Publisher: MALLET, A.M.
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2018