Anonymous: Erschrecklicher und Erbärmlicher Schaw Platz Verüblter Frantzösischer Schandt Brandt und...
circa 1675
Extremely rare, large engraved pamphlet on 4 sheets joined. Shows dramatic scenes during the French-Dutch War (1672-1679). The unusual dramatic scenes of violence for this time of printmaking are...
Extremely rare, large pamphlet of the French-Dutch War. Printed on 4 sheets in the year 1675.
Francois de Belleforest: [Adam and Eve]
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A beautiful woodcut of Adam and Eve.This woodcut was published in La Cosmographie Universelle de tout le monde , printed 1575 in two volumes in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau and Michel Sonnius...
Woodcut of an old master drawing. Adam and Eve. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: L'Amphiteatre, dict les Arenes
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A rare and early woodcut view of the Arènes de Nîmes . With Romulus and Remus , a bull and gladiators during a fight. Ruled in brown ink.This woodcut was published in La Cosmographie...
Antique woodcut town view of Arena of Nimes, Nimes, Languedoc. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Nicolas Gabriel le Clerc: Tab. II et III.
Paris, 1783
Beautiful engraving of fittings of horses used by the Tartars or Cossacks. From the Atlas Volume of "Histoire physique, morale, civile et politique de la Russie Ancienne" by N. G. Le Clerc.
Copper engraving of a historical scene. Cossacks, Tartars. Printed in Paris in the year 1783.
Francois Pigeot: Prise d'Ulm, le 17 Octobre 1805.
Paris, circa 1810
Engraving of the capture of Ulm by the troups of Napoleon, engraved by Francois Pigeot after a drawing of Jacques Francois Joseph Swebach.
Coloured town view with Napoleon, Ulm. Printed in Paris circa 1810.
Nicolas Gabriel le Clerc: Tab. IV et V.
Paris, 1783
Beautiful engraving of fittings by the Tartars or Cossacks. From the Atlas Volume of "Histoire physique, morale, civile et politique de la Russie Ancienne" by N. G. Le Clerc.
Copper engraving of a historical scene. Cossacks, Tartars. Printed in Paris in the year 1783.
Nicolas Gabriel le Clerc: Tab. VII et VIII.
Paris, 1783
Beautiful engraving of fittings by the Tartars or Cossacks. From the Atlas Volume of "Histoire physique, morale, civile et politique de la Russie Ancienne" by N. G. Le Clerc.
Copper engraving of a historical scene. Cossacks, Tartars. Printed in Paris in the year 1783.
Nicolas Gabriel le Clerc: Tab. VI et VII.
Paris, 1783
Beautiful engraving of fittings by the Tartars or Cossacks. From the Atlas Volume of "Histoire physique, morale, civile et politique de la Russie Ancienne" by N. G. Le Clerc.
Copper engraving of a historical scene. Cossacks, Tartars. Printed in Paris in the year 1783.
Sebastian Münster: Von der Insel Giava
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early depiction of cannibalism in Southeast Asia. Verso a view of Pego. Transcription of the text to the right of the woodcut:In etlichen Stetten dieser Inseln frißt man Menschenfleisch,...
Woodcut of a historical scene. Cannibalism. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
Francois de Belleforest: De la creation du monde, & disposition que Dieu feit de la terre, & de la mer.
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A beautiful woodcut of the Paradies with Adam and Eve.This woodcut was published in La Cosmographie Universelle de tout le monde , printed 1575 in two volumes in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau...
Woodcut of an old master drawing. Paradise with Adam and Eve. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: [Noah's Ark]
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A very detailed woodcut of Noah's Ark.This woodcut was published in La Cosmographie Universelle de tout le monde , printed 1575 in two volumes in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau and Michel Sonnius...
Woodcut of an old master drawing. Noah's Ark. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.