Prints and Portraits
395 items found
'Life is good for only two things: doing mathematics and teaching it'
A rare, limited edition, well-preserved
Poortenaar, J.
De Boroboedoer. Zes etsen door Jan Poortenaar, Inleiding van Prof. Dr. N. J. Krom.
[Naarden, privately published, 1929]. Folio (37.9 x 28.0 cm). Two leafs of text and six fine etchings under passe-partouts, all signed and numbered in pencil, this being #161. All as issued with the original cloth portfolio with gilt title on front.
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€300.00
Big wheels keep on turning...
A fine portrait of a distinguished scientist
A nice portrait of a famous French scientist
Four fine, large roses in chromolithography
Wonderful Original Naturalist Zoology Print
Wonderful original entomology (beetle) print
Wonderful original entomology (butterfly) print
Wonderful Original Naturalist Zoology Print
Wonderful Original Naturalist Zoology Print
Wonderful original entomology (beetle) print
Wonderful original entomology (butterflies) print
A finely engraved 18th-century print depicting a spectacular array of zoological and herpetological objects from the collection of Frederik Ruysch
A finely engraved 18th-century print depicting a spectacular array of anatomical objects from the collection of Frederik Ruysch
A finely engraved 18th-century print of anatomical objects from the Frederik Ruysch collection
A portrait and biography
American herpetology from one of the 18th-century's most splendid and greatest natural history achievements
A gathering of geckos from one of the 18th-century's most splendid natural history achievements
From one of the 18th-century's greatest and most splendid natural history achievements
The chameleons of the 18th-century's greatest and most splendid natural history achievements
From one of the 18th-century's most splendid and greatest natural history achievements
Very rare contemporary-coloured plate from one of the most splendid natural history achievements
Seba, A.
Giant snake [Plate 101 of Seba's Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio Volume II].
Amsterdam, Jansson-Waesberg, J. Wetsteen and William Smith, 1735. Very large oblong folio (51.2 x 63.2 cm). Double-sized engraved plate in fine, natural, contemporary hand-colouring
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€1,500.00
From one of the 18th-century's greatest and most splendid natural history achievements
A true highlight of artistic design and absolutely fabulous
A true highlight of artistic design and absolutely breathtaking
Tasty lobsters - you could almost smell the ocean
A true highlight of artistic design and absolutely breathtaking
A true highlight of artistic design and absolutely fabulous
A true highlight of artistic design and absolutely fabulous
A true highlight of artistic design and absolutely breathtaking
A true highlight of artistic design and absolutely breathtaking
A true highlight of artistic design and absolutely breathtaking
A true highlight of artistic design and absolutely breathtaking
A true highlight of artistic design and absolutely breathtaking
A true highlight of artistic design and absolutely breathtaking
Some extremely rare, long and detailed heliogravure panoramic views of South Africa
Souvenir of Cape of Good Hope
Souvenir of Cape of Good Hope.
Cape Town [?], "G. B. & Co.", ca. 1900. Oblong, large folio (22.0 x 57.0 cm). 71 photos in heliogravure, including 11 wide panoramas, and 15 groups of four smaller photos. Original pebbled cloth in grey and red, with gilt title on the front board. Marbled endpapers.
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€800.00
Four beautiful roses from the famous "English botany"
"The pinnacle of what fireworks art could achieve in the 18th century"
Stoopendaal, D.
Fireworks - Afbeelding van het vuurwerk in de Hofvijver in Den Haag afgestoken op 14 juni 1713 ter gelegenheid van het sluiten van de Vrede van Utrecht op 11 april. [Image of the fireworks in the Hofvijver in The Hague on June 14, 1713 on the occasion of the conclusion of the Treaty of Utrecht on April 11].
's-Gravenhage [The Hague], Anna Beeck, 1713. Broadsheet (47.5 x 54.3 cm). Engraving by D. Stoopendaal after a drawing by H. Pola.
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€1,200.00
A fine, large portrait of an eminent geologist
A fine, large portrait of an eminent geologist
Smashing original Art Deco design
Original Art Deco Design
Original Art Deco Design
Original Art Deco Design
A rare, large photograph of the Austrian paleontologist Viktor Karl Uhlig
A rare, large portrait of the Austrian paleontologist Viktor Karl Uhlig
Two fine illustrations of dirty dancing, 19th century-style
