Roman Bridge, Toledo - Lithograph, Numbered and Hand-Signed by Pietilä, Tuulikki - 1961

Nuremberg:: Trew, Christoph Jakob and Wirsing, A.L.,, 1750-86.. first. Fine with original hand-coloring. A Fine original hand-colored copperplate engraving. Folio (12.5/8 x 19.25 inches, 32.05 x 48.89 cm). Presented matted in an Ivory rag mat with gilt line decoration. Sized to 18.5 x 24.5 inches, 46.99 x 62.23 cm). One of the rarest, and most elusive, of all botanical works. As stated in Gordon Dunthorne's Flower and Fruit Prints of the Eighteenth and early Nineteenth Centuries, London. 1938: Hortus Nitidissimis is one of the finest records of the cultivated flowers of the period, containing full-sized coloured of the figures. This is the showiest of the Florilegia; garden and florist's flowers painted for their beauty opposed to their scientific appeal. Many of the botanicals were rendered and appropriately credited to Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-70). Ehret's contribution to the art of botanical illustration is so instrumental, that in his well-referenced and essential tome… Read More

Nuremberg:: Trew, Christoph Jakob and Wirsing, A.L.,, 1750-86.. first. Fine with original hand-coloring. A Fine original hand-colored copperplate engraving. Folio (12.5/8 x 19.25 inches, 32.05 x 48.89 cm). Presented matted in an Ivory rag mat with gilt line decoration. Sized to 18.5 x 24.5 inches, 46.99 x 62.23 cm). One of the rarest, and most elusive, of all botanical works. As stated in Gordon Dunthorne's Flower and Fruit Prints of the Eighteenth and early Nineteenth Centuries, London. 1938: Hortus Nitidissimis is one of the finest records of the cultivated flowers of the period, containing full-sized coloured of the figures. This is the showiest of the Florilegia; garden and florist's flowers painted for their beauty opposed to their scientific appeal. Many of the botanicals were rendered and appropriately credited to Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-70). Ehret's contribution to the art of botanical illustration is so instrumental, that in his well-referenced and essential tome… Read More

London, 1969. Single sheet.. Very Good +. 1969 .Etching and deep bite with brass cut outs. printed in black,red,yellow,purple and yellow. Sheet size 600x780 mm We now stock some of Agathe Sorels prints. I will try and get better photographs

MODENA: PRESSO LA SOCIETA TIPOGRAFICA, 1784. In folio. cm. 38,5x27. Pp. XIX+526+(4). Splendida opera del 1784, la storia della Badia di Nonantola scritta da Girolamo Tiraboschi (1731-1794). L'opera era composta da due tomi, siamo purtroppo in possesso solo del primo tomo contenente tutte le incisioni e pagine ma mancante della carta.<BR>L'opera descrive i beni e le proprietà della Badia includendo quindi i territori di Modena, Bologna, Avellana, Solara, Frignano, Cremona, Pavia, Milano, Mantova, Piacenza, Parma, Ferrara, Valfabbrica nella diocesi di Assisi, Nocera Umbra, Sassoferrato. Una parte dedicata allo stato di Modena a partire dal XII secolo, Vescovi di Modena, storia della Badia di Nonantola dalla sua fondazione fino al presente (tra cui descrizione della biblioteca), Delle chiese e dei beni che il Monastero di Nonantola avea in diverse parti d'Italia. Alla fine del volume lista dei vescovi di Modena, Abati del Monastero di Nonantola, abati, vicari. Il testo è… Read More

Complete set in four volumes of Dezallier-Argenville's famous Lives of the most famous painters with their portraits on copperplateComplete with frontispiece, 4 vignettes and 255 copperplate engravings by Fessard and Aubert in decorative frames (13 empty frames as published)Volume 1: Italian school artists from Rome, Florence and Venice322 pages, 51 of 51 plates, and frontispiece by Boucher and vignetteVolume 2: Italian school artists from Lombardy, Napoli, Spain and Genoa 428 pages, 44 of 44 platesVolume 3: Flemish school, German, Swiss, Dutch, Flemish and English artists, 473 pages, 97 of 97 plates and vignetteVolume 4: French school 494 pages, 62 of 62 plates and vignetteMany Renaissance artists including Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Velazquez, Durer, Holbein, Lucas von Leiden, Pieter Breughel, Rubens, Watteau, Poussin, Titian, Van Dyck, etc. Includes several women artists such as Maria Sibylla Merian, Marietta Robusti (Tintoretto's daughter), Rosalba Carriera, Elisabeth Sophie… Read More

Nuremberg:: Trew, Christoph Jakob and Wirsing, A.L.,, 1750-86.. first. Fine with original hand-coloring. A Fine original hand-colored copperplate engraving. Folio (12.5/8 x 19.25 inches, 32.05 x 48.89 cm). Presented matted in an Ivory rag mat with gilt line decoration. Sized to 18.5 x 24.5 inches, 46.99 x 62.23 cm). One of the rarest, and most elusive, of all botanical works. As stated in Gordon Dunthorne's Flower and Fruit Prints of the Eighteenth and early Nineteenth Centuries, London. 1938: Hortus Nitidissimis is one of the finest records of the cultivated flowers of the period, containing full-sized coloured of the figures. This is the showiest of the Florilegia; garden and florist's flowers painted for their beauty opposed to their scientific appeal. Many of the botanicals were rendered and appropriately credited to Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-70). Ehret's contribution to the art of botanical illustration is so instrumental, that in his well-referenced and essential tome… Read More

London: William Clowes and Sons, Limited. Very Good. 1909-10. First Edition. Hardcover. F: anonymous engravings of miscellaneous and uncertain schools. G: Italian map engravers of the 15th century. Clean dark brown cloth. Bright gilt title on spines. Texts tight, clean & intact. Covers have a few small cloth bubbles. Front corners lightly rubbed and bumped. Spine ends have small cloth tears. Xxix - xlvi pages of text volume have turned down page corners. Rare Section; Clean dark brown cloth with bright gilt title on spines. Texts tight, clean & intact. Covers with a few small cloth bubbles. Front corners & spine ends lightly rubbed and bumped. ILLUSTRATIONS volume (1909) : (xvi) + photolithographic plates. TEXT volume (1910) : (lii) 627pp with pictorial frontispiece. Art; Engraved Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

Complete set of 8 volumes with 640 handcolored engravings of French costumes from the 5th to 19th century, from the reign of Clovis I to Louis-Philippe.Illustrated with all 640 handcolored plates by Leopold Massard (1812-1889), grandson of the famous engraver Jean Massard. Plates finely coloured by hand, with many finished in gold. The illustrations copied from authentic images on statues, bas-reliefs, tomb effigies, paintings, murals, miniatures, drawings, and prints. Vol. 1, 187pp of text, 80 plates, 5th to 12th century; Vol. 2, 172pp, 80 plates 13th century; Vol 3, 217pp, 80 plates 14th century; Vol. 4, 202pp, 80 plates 15th century; Vol. 5, 256pp, 80 plates 16th century; Vol. 6, 202pp, 80 plates 17th century; Vol. 7, 214pp, 80 plates 18th century; and Vol. 8, 221pp, 80 plates, early 19th century. Subjects include many kings and queens, nobles, famous historical figures, knights, ladies, soldiers, peasants and workers.Condition: Cloth bindings discolored and starting to fray, sporadic foxing to… Read More

Paris: Editions de la Difference, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Illustrated glazed boards in like slipcase. With double page illustration in black felt pen by Robert Combas on pastedown and endpaper signed and dated 91. Black and white illustrations and color plates throughout. With biography illustrated with black and white photographs, list of solo and group exhibitions and extensive bibliography. 358 pp. 30 x 28,5 x 4,5 cm. Fine in near fine slipcase. .

Suite of 68 (of 69) copperplate engravings from the first edition of the Charles Jarvis (sic) translation, 1742. Irish portrait painter Charles Jervas (1675-1739) is probably best known for his translation of Cervantes' seminal picaresque novel which appeared after the death of both translator (Jervas) and artist (Vanderbank).Crisp impressions of John Vanderbank's spirited illustrations, engraved by Gerard Vandergucht, George Vertue and Bernard Baron.Includes both frontispieces -- the famous portrait of the author Miguel Cervantes by William Kent (signed in error G. Kent), engraved by George Vertue, and the allegorical frontispiece with Cervantes as Greek hero Hercules by John Vanderbank -- as well as 66 (of 67) book illustrations. Copperplates with artist's name, volume and page number at lower left, engraver's name and plate number at lower right.All plates in good condition with even age-toning throughout, slight wrinkling and creasing to paper, a few spots of foxing or staining, one plate No. 26… Read More