Zoology

  • Sebastian Münster:  Sumatra ein grosse Insel, so von den alten Geographen Taprobana, ist genent worden

    Heinrich Petri, Basel, 1540 [1578]

    Frühe, dekorative Holzschnittkarte von Ceylon (Sri Lanka) von Sebastian Münster. Links neben der Karte Kartusche mit Erklärungstext in 10 Zeilen zum Pfeffer, darüber ein großer Elefant. Rückseitig...

    Sumatra ein grosse Insel, so von den alten Geographen Taprobana, ist...
    1540 - Sebastian Münster
    12913

    Antike Holzschnitt-Landkarte von Taprobana, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Gedruckt bei Heinrich Petri im Jahre 1578 in Basel.

    550,00 €
  • Sebastian Münster:  Von Stetten Mauritanie / Von den Löwen und irer Natur

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1550

    Early small woodcut view of Mauritania. On verso a depiction of a lion.From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder ,...

    Von Stetten Mauritanie / Von den Löwen und irer Natur
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    12596

    Antique woodcut town view of Lion, Mauritania. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.

    70,00 €
  • Johann Baptist Homann:  Accurater Grundris der Königl. Spanischen Haupt und Residentz Stadt Madrit mit denen Prospecten...

    J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720

    Old coloured antique town plan of Madrid by Johann Baptist Homann with the royal palaces and gardens. Top right the Royal Chapel of St. Antonio de la Florida (Real Ermita de San Antonio de la...

    Accurater Grundris der Königl. Spanischen Haupt und Residentz Stadt...
    1720 - Johann Baptist Homann
    12180

    Old coloured city plan of Madrid. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1720.

    950,00 €
  • Sebastian Münster:  Candia seu Creta Insula

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1550

    Early woodcut map of Crete. An elephant on verso. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , published 1550 by Heinrich Petri...

    Candia seu Creta Insula
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    12604

    Antique woodcut map of Crete. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Das thier Rhinoceros genannt.

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early print of a rhinoceros. Woodcut by David Kandel after Albrecht Dürer. Verso a war elephant with soldiers. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder...

    Das thier Rhinoceros genannt.
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11399

    Woodcut of an animal. Elephant, Rhinoceros. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Gering ackerbau wen in Reüssen

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early illustration of a beekeeper. Showing two bee baskets and a beekeeper. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder ,...

    Gering ackerbau wen in Reüssen
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11746

    Woodcut of an animal. Beekeeper, bees. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Crakow en Statt

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early woodcut view of Kraków (Krakau) by Sebastian Munster. Below a dragon and sheeps. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , on...

    Crakow en Statt
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11747

    Antique woodcut town view of Krakow, Dragon. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • 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...

    [Noah's Ark]
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11620

    Woodcut of an old master drawing. Noah's Ark. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

  • 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...

    De la creation du monde, & disposition que Dieu feit de la terre, & de...
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11622

    Woodcut of an old master drawing. Paradise with 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...

    L'Amphiteatre, dict les Arenes
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11672

    Antique woodcut town view of Arena of Nimes, Nimes, Languedoc. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

  • René Primevère Lesson:  Oiseau-Mouche a Tête Noire

    Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1829

    Beautiful highly detailed sheet with a hummingbird printed in colour from plate and finished by hand. "Histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches" was the first work of three by Lesson on hummingbirds....

    Oiseau-Mouche a Tête Noire
    1829 - René Primevère Lesson
    10222

    Lithography of an animal. Hummingbird. Printed in Paris by Arthus Bertrand in 1829.

  • René Primevère Lesson:  Oiseau-Mouche à Couronne Violette.

    Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1829

    Beautiful highly detailed sheet with a hummingbird printed in colour from plate and finished by hand. "Histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches" was the first work of three by Lesson on hummingbirds....

    Oiseau-Mouche à Couronne Violette.
    1829 - René Primevère Lesson
    10225

    Lithography of an animal. Hummingbird. Printed in Paris by Arthus Bertrand in 1829.

  • René Primevère Lesson:  Oiseau-Mouche Arsenne

    Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1829

    Beautiful highly detailed sheet with a hummingbird printed in colour from plate and finished by hand. "Histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches" was the first work of three by Lesson on hummingbirds....

    Oiseau-Mouche Arsenne
    1829 - René Primevère Lesson
    10233

    Lithography of an animal. Hummingbird. Printed in Paris by Arthus Bertrand in 1829.

  • René Primevère Lesson:  Oiseau-Mouche à Oreilles d'Azur, Femelle

    Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1829

    Beautiful highly detailed sheet with a hummingbird printed in colour from plate and finished by hand. "Histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches" was the first work of three by Lesson on hummingbirds....

    Oiseau-Mouche à Oreilles d'Azur, Femelle
    1829 - René Primevère Lesson
    10235

    Lithography of an animal. Hummingbird. Printed in Paris by Arthus Bertrand in 1829.

  • René Primevère Lesson:  L'Amazilli, Jeune âge

    Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1829

    Beautiful highly detailed sheet with a hummingbird printed in colour from plate and finished by hand. "Histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches" was the first work of three by Lesson on hummingbirds....

    L'Amazilli, Jeune âge
    1829 - René Primevère Lesson
    10236

    Lithography of an animal. Hummingbird. Printed in Paris by Arthus Bertrand in 1829.

  • René Primevère Lesson:  Hummingbird Prints

    Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1829

    Beautiful highly detailed sheet with a hummingbird printed in colour from plate and finished by hand. "Histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches" was the first work of three by Lesson on hummingbirds....

    Hummingbird Prints
    1829 - René Primevère Lesson
    10237

    Lithography of an animal. Hummingbird. Printed in Paris by Arthus Bertrand in 1829.

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