18th century graphics and drawings
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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A triumphal arch for Charles VI
Johann Maximilian von Welsch
(Kronach 1671 - 1745 Mainz)
Design of an ephemeral triumphal arch for a Royal entry of Charles VI.
EUR 15.000,-
Grotesque caricatures of dwarfs inspired by Jacques Callot
Il Callotto Resuscitato, oder, Neu eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet [...]. Amsterdam, Wilhelm Engelbert Koning, 1716. Three parts. With Engraved title, two page engraved list of plates and 69 engraved plates. Contemporary full vellum.
EUR 9500,-
Signed drawing by one of the most employed baroque architects in Austria
MARTINELLI, Anton Erhard (Vienna 1684 - 1747 Vienna). Signed Architectural drawing of a castle or palais. Brown ink and grey wash. 445 x285 mm
EUR 7500,-
The newly discovered, unpublished watercolor drawings for Jean Baptiste de Lamarck’s first book Flore Francaise
BULLIARD, Jean Baptiste Francois (* 1752 Aubepierre-sur-Aube; † 1793 Paris) and LAMARCK, Jean Baptiste de (* 1744 Bazentin-le-Petit; † 1829 Paris) - 467 original watercolour drawings on 239 leaves, with handwritten descriptions and notes. n.d. (c. 1776-1778). Contemporary leather with blank spine label. 230x297 mm.
This very important manuscript represents the previously unknown botanical drawings for Lamarck's Flore Francaise and demonstrates the hitherto fameless cooperation between two of the foremost French botanists from the 18th century.
EUR 550.000,-
Visiting cards from the 18th century
Album with visiting-cards from the 1780's -- Contemporary Boards. Gr-8°. With 202 mounted visiting cards.
EUR 9500,-
Important Spanish manuscript signal book
ANONYMOUS - "Plano de las Senales practicas del Commercio que se Executan en la Torre de Tavira de Esta Ciudad de Cadiz Ano de 1793." Cadiz, 1793.
EUR 7500,-
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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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 1200,-
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.
EUR 2400,-
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 950,-
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 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 1200,-
Rare old colored world map by Johann Homann from c. 1710
HOMANN, Johann - "Planiglobii Terrestris cum utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti Generalis Exhibitio" (c. 1710)
EUR 1500,-
Decorative, highly sought-after rare map of the island of Corfu
SEUTTER, Matthäus - "Nova et exactissima Geographica Delineatio Insulae Corfu seu Corsulae, tanquam..." Augsburg, Seutter. 1741. Platten-Masse ca. 50 x 58 cm. Blatt-Masse ca. 54,5 x 61 cm.
EUR 1250,-
First German edition of a work on formal gardens by Baroque French architect Alexander le Blond
LE BLOND, Alexander and DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE, Antoine-Joseph - Neueröfnete Gärtner-Akademie oder: Die Kunst Pracht-und Lust-Gärten samt dererselben Auszierungen und Wasserwerken wohl anzulegen Mit drey-und dreyssig kupfer-Taffeln versehen und aus dem Französischen ins Deutsche übersesset von Franz Anton Danreitter. 4to [183 x 118mm]. Augsburg, 1753. Original half leather with spine label and gold ornaments on spine. (13) 368 (2) pages. 1st German edition. With engraved frontispiece and 36 other copper engravings.
EUR 1200,-