Search Results: Titles starting with D from Gallery of Prints

original hand-colour copper engraving. RARE botanical print from 'Description des plantes rares Cultivées a Malmaison et a Navarre', pl. 58; by Aimé Bonpland. Pierre-Joseph Redouté was one of the most talented botanical artists ever known. He is also possibly the most popular botanical artist in history, patronized by the kings of France. Condition: with minor foxing, professionally repaired cut below the title and paper edge tears, not affecting plate. Reference: http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=57583 https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000630175/page/n5/mode/2up https://www.botanicalartandartists.com/about-pierre-joseph-redoute.html

lithograph. EXTREMELY RARE view from 'Album Pittoresque de la Fregate La Thetis et de la Covette L'Esperance'. Condition: with paper loss, not affecting plate, with some smudges and water stains, paper a bit wavy.

original-colour lithograph map.

copper engraving. Zoological print from 'Taschenbuch der Reisen.'. Reference: Baumgaertel 435; Lanckoronska - Ruemann 142. Condition: with some foxing.

original-colour lithograph map, with folds as issued.

original-colour lithograph map, with folds as issued.

RARE original hand-colour copper engraving, double-page chart map of Hungary with surrounding countries and the Adriatic Sea, a small title cartouche, and an explanatory text and directory on the right of the map, from the "Atlas Minor ex Tabulis Geographicis" [without plate no.].". Condition: with center-fold as issued, with faint impression at the lower right.

RARE original hand-colour copper engraving, double-page chart map of Denmark, stretching from Northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) till the Southern tip of Sweden, with small cartouche, a compass rose, and an explanatory text and directory on the right of the map, from the "Atlas Minor ex Tabulis Geographicis" pl. 16. Map engraved in 1786 as shown in lower right.". Condition: with center-fold as issued, minor paper stains.

copper engraving. Zoological print from 'Taschenbuch der Reisen.'. Reference: Baumgaertel 435; Lanckoronska - Ruemann 142. Condition: with some foxing.

lithograph map. Condition: with folds as issued.

original-colour lithograph. Map from Mittheilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt.

original-colour lithograph map lithographed by the Lithographische Anstalt C. Hellfahrt, Gotha. Condition: with folds as issued.

original-colour lithograph map.

original colour lithograph map from 'Allgemeiner Handatlas' 2nd improved and expanded edition; p.39; verso: Königreich Dänemark (SKU# 9752).

original-colour lithograph with 2 folds as issued. Map from Mittheilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt.

11.1 x 17.6 cm, original-colour lithograph, folded as issued, library stamp. EXTREMELY RARE Map. Printed by H.S. Hermann, Berlin..

original hand-colour lithograph botanical print.

EXTREMELY RARE lithograph view from 'Voyage autour du monde executé pendant les années 1836 / 1837 sur la Corvette La Bonite'. Reference: Borba de Moraes, 874 / Nissen, ZBI, 4208 / Sabin, 98298 / Stafleu, 1969 / Wood, 609. Condition: with dirt spots, slightly affecting plate, with smudges, not affecting plate, verso with minor smudges and stains not shining through as paper is thick. Condition considered when pricing.

steel engraving. RARE view from 'Album pittoresque d'un voyage autour du monde exécuté par ordre du gouvernement français…', published by Admiral Paris (Imprimerie de Ch. Noblet), Paris. [Picturesque Album of a Voyage Around the World Executed by Order of the French Government.] Gravures dessinées par L'Amiral Paris.[Engravings drawn by Admiral Paris]. The circumnavigation by Admiral Paris in the 'Artémis' took place between 1837 and 1840. The engravings from the original drawings after Laplace and others include a wonderful view of Manila, a picturesque Honolulu, a chillingly grim view of the penal colony at Port Arthur (Van Diemen's Land /Tasmania); and the 'Artémis' run aground at Papeete (Tahiti); The introductory text by Henricy places each engraving in the context of the route taken by the 'Artémis', which visited Sydney as well as Hobart. A luxurious large paper reissue of the finely engraved illustrations originally published in the Laplace edition of 1841. Forbes writes: "This is a… Read More

aquatint, RARE, beautiful view from 'Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de La Corvette de Sa Majesté La Favorite exécuté pendant les années 1830, 1831, 1832, pl. 23, sketched by Barthelemy Lauvergne, engraved by Sigismond Himely and under the direction of Louis Auguste de Sainson with Arthus Bertrand, editeur. "La Favorite" was one of several ships sent out by the France in the 1820/1830s to compete with similar expeditions by other countries. These were voyages with political/territorial objectives via commercial diplomatic, scientific and artistic means, intending to expand French influence particularly in Southeast Asia to counter British interests. Barthelemy Lauvergne (1805-1871) was a French painter, maritime, and landscape artist active in the mid 19th C. He accompanied the French naval officer Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) onboard the L'Astrolabe (1826-1829), Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace (1793-1875) on La Favorite (1830-1832), and… Read More