Giuseppe Galli da Bibiena (1696-1757) - Stage design with stairs and colonnades. Pen, brown ink, grey and yellow wash; 304 x 435mm.
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A design by Cortona for the Galleria Pamphilj
Egid Schor (attr.) (1627-1701) or Philipp Schor (attr.) (1646 - 1701) after Pietro da Cortona (1596 - 1669) Design for a corner decoration of the ceiling painting at the Galleria Pamphilj. Pen, brown ink and watercolor on paper; 201 x 275mm.
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A newly discovered design for the the Villa Benedetti in Rome reflecting the coaction of the first professional woman architect and one of the leading architects of its time
Plautilla Bricci (Roma 1616 - Roma 1705) and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Napoli 1598 - Roma 1680) (workshop) - La Pianta della Villa Benedetti a Roma. (c.1664).
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A carriage design
Daniel Marot[workshop] - Design for a carriage coupé, shown from the side.
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Railroad Game
"Eisenbahn-Spiel / Jeu de Chemin der Fer" Railroad Game. c. 1890.
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Art Deco Erotic Cover Drawing
VINCENT, Rene (Rageot) - "Une Histoire de Revenant". Magazine cover for "La Vie Parisienne". 1918.
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Zwei neu entdeckte Grubenkarten vom Salzburgischen Erzbergbau am Teisenberg
SCHALLHAMMER, Johann Baptista - Zwei neu entdeckte Grubenkarten vom Salzburgischen Erzbergbau am Teisenberg.
Achtal, 1771-1774.
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Important genealogical collection of the Dutch family De la Court
Very rare collection of hand drawn coat of arms and portraits pertaining to the de la Court family. 18th century. Leiden, Netherlands.
EUR 9.500,-
18th century drawing after Paolo Veronese’s „Adoration of the Shepherds“
(after) VERONESE, Paolo - The Adoration of the Shepherds. Venetian School, 18th century. Format: 392 x 260 mm; prepatory stencil, pen, brown ink and brown wash.
EUR 950,-
Reference book of an 18th century heraldist
Wappen Buch 1706. Germany, 1706-1782. Folio [32,7 x 20,6 cm]. 64 (of 74) leaves. With 645 mounted coat of arms (including 112 drawings) and 94 seals. Various sizes: from 25 x 20mm to 380 x 580mm. Contemporary vellum.
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18th century design for an oval ceiling painting inspired by Guido Reni’s „Aurora“
(inspired by) RENI, Guido - Design for an oval ceiling painting. Italian School, 18th century. 420 x 586 mm; Prepatory stencil, pen, brown ink and brown wash; some staining, several marginal tears, partly rebacked
EUR 1200,-
18th century German School design for a fireplace and overmantle
GERMAN SCHOOL - Design for a fireplace and overmantle. 18th century. Sheet: 438 x 250mm; Image: 416 x 234mm; pen, brown ink and watercolor.
EUR 750,-
18th century design of a columned church facade by Filippo Vasconi
VASCONI, Filippo (1688 - 1730) - Design of a columned church facade with a large window. 18th century.Sheet: 345 x 200 mm; the sheet consists of three joined seperate sheets; prepatory stencil, pen, brown ink and grey wash.
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18th century design for a Baldachin by Filippo Vasconi
VASCONI, Filippo (1688 - 1730) - Design for a baldachin. Italian School. 18th century. Sheet: 284 x 207 mm; pen, brown ink and watercolor.
EUR 950,-
Biblical drawings from the 17th century
ENGELBRECHT, Christian (1672-1735) - 10 Original-Zeichnungen zur Bibelgeschichte mit teils seltener dargestellten Szenen. Vermutlich Vorzeichnungen für Kupferstiche. c. 1690.
EUR 3.000,-
Signed drawing by Arnold Houbraken depicting the myth of the Tower of Babel
HOUBRAKEN, Arnold - Signed drawing of the Biblical myth of the Tower of Babel. Amsterdam (?), c. 1690.
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17th century Italian School drawing
(after) DOLCI, Carlo - Head Study. Drawing. Format: 340 x 224 mm; red chalk; old mounted, rebacked marginal tears, minor surface damage
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A newly discovered drawing by Austria’s greatest baroque architect
FISCHER VON ERLACH, Johann Bernhard - Design for the gateway of Schloss Klessheim near Salzburg. c. 1700.
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Faust – Vorzugsausgabe mit Original Vorzeichnungen
Sepp Frank; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust. Erster Teil. München, Schröder, 1921. Sehr schöne illustrierte Ausgabe von Goethes Faust mit insgesamt 75 Radierungen und 57 Originalzeichnungen und Skizzen.
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Manuscript collection of drawings of various mosses and lichens.
26 anonymous watercolor drawings from c. 1830, probably made for a manuscript herbarium.
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James Lloyd – Algues de l’Ouest de la France
James Lloyd (1810-1896) - Algues de l'Ouest de la France. 1847-1894.
EUR 9.500,-
Manuscript collection of botanical drawings on the mushrooms in France
159 anonymous watercolor drawings from c. 1830, mostly after works by Jean Baptiste Francois Bulliard - "Herbier de la France" (1780-1793) and "Histoire des champignons de la France" (1791).
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18th century botanical manuscript
CROIX, Louis-Joseph de (1725-1816) and Pierre de Savary - Recueil des plantes les plus usuelles peintes d'apres nature. Tome second. Lille, 1763. 4to. With 226 full page botanical watercolor and gouache drawings
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18th century scientific watercolor drawings of butterflies and insects
Müller, Johann Jacob (1743 - nach 1802)) - 595 aquarellierte Federzeichnungen von Schmetterlingen, deren Raupen und anderen Insekten auf 92 Blatt. Hanau, c.1778-1780
Original Vorzeichnungen zu Bergsträßers Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg und J.L. Christ's Hymenoptera.
EUR 35.000,-
Rare complete edition of Goya’s „Los Caprichos“
Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) -„Los Caprichos“. 1904, Calcografia Nacional, Madrid. Seventh edition. Includes all 80 etchings.
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The horses of Don Juan of Austria
STRADANUS, Joannes (1523-1605) - Equile, seu speculum equorum, in quo omnis generis generosissimorum equorum ex variis orbis partibus insignis delectus. Antwerp: Johannes Galle, c.1600. (300 x 395 mm). Engraved title and 39 engraved plates.
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Account of the famous 18th century La Pérouse expedition through Australasia and the Pacific
LA PÉROUSE, Jean-François de Galaup (1741-1788?) - Voyage de la Pérouse autour du monde, publié conformément au decret du 22 Avril 1791, et redige par M. L. A. Milet-Mureau. Paris, L'Imprimerie de la Republique, 1797. 4 vols. Modern Quarter-linen bindings, 4to [295 x 235mm]. LXXII, 346, 398, 422, 309 pp. With engraved portrait of the author on the frontispiece. The atlas is missing. In very good condition.
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Rare Atlas of the Old World by Georgius Hornius
HORN, Georg - Description exacte de l'Univers: ou l'ancienne Geographie sacrée et profane. Haag, Pierre de Hondt, 1741. Zeitgenössischer Leder-Einband mit Rückenvergoldung. Folio [53,5 x 33 cm]. Mit 61 Karten.
EUR 8.500,-
Rare 17th century Atlas of the Netherlands
Peers, Richard (1645-1690); Pitt, Moses (fl. 1654-1696) - The English atlas volume IV. Containing the description of the Seventeen Provinces of the Low-Countries, or Netherlands. Oxford, 1682.
EUR 6.500,-
Rare 18th century Atlas of Silesia
HOMANN Erben - Atlas Silesiae id est Ducatus Silesiae Generaliter quator mappis nec non specialiter XVI mappis tot principatus repraesentantibus geographice exhibitus Leipzig, 1750. Zeitgenössischer Halbleder-Einband mit Rückentitel und Rückenvergoldung [64 x 51 x 3 cm].
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Very rare 1st edition of Golovnin’s second circumnavigation
GOLOVNIN, Vasily Mikhailovich (1776-1831) - Puteshestvie vokrug svieta po povelieniiu Gosudaria imperatora sovershennoe, na voennom shliupie Kamchatkie, v 1817, 1818 i 1819 godakh, flota kapitanom Golovninym [Voyage around the world by order of His Majesty, the Emperor, on naval sloop Kamchatka in 1817, 1818, and 1819, by Fleet Captain Golovnin] Two volumes. First Edition. Sankt Petersburg, 1822.
EUR 65.000,-
Rare Atlas of the Baudin expedition to Australia
PERON, Francois Auguste, Charles Lesueur and Nicolas Petit - Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes executé par ordre de S.M. l'Empereur et Roi. Partie historique rédigée par M.F. Péron. Atlas par MM. Lesueur et Petit. Paris, (1824). Extremely scarce second edition of this important atlas of the official account of the Baudin voyage to the Pacific. With 25 more plates than the first edition.
EUR 7.500,-
d’Entrecasteaux’s important expedition to Australasia
LA BILLARDIÉRE, Jacques Julien Houtou de - Relation du voyage à la recherche de La Pérouse... Paris, (1799). 2 Text vols. and 1 Atlas; Modern Quarter-linen bindings [295 x 228 mm] and contemporary Quarter-leather large-folio [565 x 420 mm]. XVI, 442 pp. / 332, 113 (1). Atlas with 43 engraved plates and 1 double-paged copper engraved map of Australia, southeastern Africa and southern Asia.
EUR 3.500,-
Älteste bekannte Mitschrift einer Vorlesung von Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich - Blumenbachs öffentliche Vorlesungen über die Natur Geschichte des Menschen im Sommerhalbenjahr 1780. Göttingen, 1780.
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Baroque song book by a woman
Waldeck-Eisenberg, Gräfin zu Erbach; Amalia Katharina von - Andächtige Sing-Lust. Das ist: I. Morgen-, II. Abend-, III. Tage-, IV. Beth-, V. Buß-, VI. Klag- und Trost-, VII. Lob- und Danck-, VIII. Lehr-Lieder ... . Hildburghausen, 1692. Extremely rare Baroque song book.
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Paul Gerhardt’s evangelisches Liederbuch
GERHARDT, Paul; EBELING, Johann Georg - Geistreiche Andachten Bestehend in CXX. Liedern. Auf alle Sonntage, und gewisse Zeiten im Jahr gerichtet. Samt einer nützlichen Vorrede Conrad Feuerleins, Predigers zu unser Lieben Frauen in Nürnberg. Von diesem mit sechs Stimmen in folio gedrucket, um besserer Bequemlichkeit aber bey sich zu haben in fothanes format gebracht, und mit zwey Stimmen, zum drittenmal, nebst einem Anhang etlicher auserlesenen Gebete, herfür gegeben von Johann Georg Ebeling, des Gymn. Carolini Profess. Music. Nürnberg, Christoff Riegel, 1683. Zeitgenössischer Leder-Einband. 8vo; 12 Bl., 721 (st. 723 Seiten), 14 Bl.
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Unique manuscript describing European cities in the 18th century
Sandoz-Rollin, Jean-Henri de - Memoires de Jean Henry de Sandos. Contenant, plusieurs observations, faites dans ses voyages sur les differentes villes qu'il a parcourries dans Les Pays Etrangers. Europe, 1730. 4to [264 x 185 mm]. Manuscript. Leather binding. (1) 315 pages.
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Armorial Manuscript with Papal coat of arms
DRIESTEN, Joseph-Emanuel van - Armorial Général des Papes (Paris), 1911(-1914). Folio [330 x 255mm] (36) pp. With manuscript title, 1 full page and 124 smaller gouache drawings coat of arms. With two tables of contents. Contemporary undecorated linen binding.
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Beautiful, large sculpture of an Amazonian warrior
Garnier, Jean (1853-1910) - Amazone bei der Jagd / Amazonian warrior hunting. Galvanised metal with bronze patina. (France) ca. 1890.
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Bronze statue of Gallic hero Vercingetorix with his son, by Emile Laporte
Laporte, Émile (1858-1907) - Vercingetorix with his son / Vercingetorix mit seinem Sohn. Bronze statue. Paris, Edmond Siot-Decauville, ca. 1890.
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Bronze statue of a dancing faun with flute, by E. L. Lequesne
Lequesne, Eugène Louis (1815-1887) - Tanzender Faun mit Flöte / Dancing faun with flute. Bronze statue. Paris, Susse Frères, ca. 1870.
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Bronze bust of Charles Gounod
Ogé, Pierre Marie François (1849-1913) - Bronze bust of Charles Gounod (French composer, 1818-1893). Size: ca. 27 x 23 cm. Weight: 4, 162 kg. Signed by the sculptor.
EUR 1.400,-
Beautiful bronze sculptures after Cervantes‘ Don Quixote
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Set of two bronze sculptures from the 19th century.
EUR 1.600,-
Puzzle sculptures by Miguel Berrocal
BERROCAL, Miguel (1933-2006) - Otto Y Otra (Opus 348 + 349). Bronze puzzle sculptures.
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Bronze of Neapolitan dancer
CARRIER-BELLEUSE, Albert-Ernest (1824-1887) - Neapolitan dancer with tambourin. Bronze sculpture. Paris, E. Colin & Cie, 19th century.
EUR 1.200,-
Bronze sculptures of cherubs
Pair of statues of putti/cherubs, one with a bird in its hands, the other with a bird's nest. Bronze sculptures, c. 1880.
EUR 1.450,-
Beautiful bronze statue of Joan of Arc in a resting position
CHAPU, Henri Michel Antoine (1833-1891 - Joan of Arc / Jeanne d'Arc. Bronze sculpture with brown patina, c. 1870.
EUR 1.450,-
Statue of a boy playing the Pan flute
LALOUETTE, Auguste Louis (1826-1883) - Boy playing the Pan flute. Bronze sculpture, 19th century.
EUR 1.200,-
Bronze statue of a faun and a nymph
CLODION, Claude Michel (1738-1814) - Faun or satyr and a nymph. Bronze sculpture with marble pedestal. 18th century.
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Bronze statue of the bust of Louis Favre, the Swiss engineer of the Gotthard Rail Tunnel
LAMBERT, Emile-Placide (1828-1897) - Louis Favre. Bronze statue. (France) c.1885.
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Habsburg Heraldic Manuscript
DRIESTEN, Joseph-Emanuel van - Les trente deux quartiers généalogiques de Sa Majesté Francois-Joseph I (Charles). Empereur d'Autriche, Roi Apostolique de Hongrie, Roi de Boheme etc. (Paris, 1885-1907). Folio [325 x 255mm] (8) pp., 23 numb. sheets, XI, (3) pp. With manuscript title, 6 (3 full page) pen drawings and 63 (1 full page) gouache drawings of coat of arms. Contemporary undecorated linen binding.
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Armorial of the Belgian „Van de Velde“ family
Armorial manuscript. Belgium, n.d. (late 17th century). Folio [c. 33 x 22 x 4 cm.]. 42 pp, followed by blanks.
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Extensive armorial manuscript from the 17th century
Armorial manuscript. France or Belgium, n.d. (17th century) folio. 214 numbered pages with 4180 drawings of coat of arms, most of them hand-coloured. Blind tooled leather with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine.
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Seltene Handschrift zum Forstwesen
COTTA, Johann Heinrich (1763-1844) "Forstschutz vorgetragen im Winter 1827-1828 von Herrn Oberforstrath Cotta". Tharandt, 1828. Sehr seltene Mitschrift einer Vorlesung von Johann Heinrich Cotta aus dem Jahre 1827-28.
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Sehr seltenes Erinnerungsalbum an die Bremer Eiswette
Sehr seltenes Fotoalbum. Schöner Ledereinband mit Metallbeschlägen und Silberschnitt [ca. 30 x 23 cm].
EUR 1600,-