Prints and Portraits
380 items found
Bertuch, F. [J. J.]
Bilderbuch für Kinder, enthaltend eine angenehme Sammlung von Thieren, Pflanzen, Blumen, Früchten, Mineralien.... [12 herpetological plates].
Weimar, Industrie-Comptoir, ca. 1800. Folio (ca. 23.5 x 19.0 cm, mounted on larger sheets). Collection of 12 hand-coloured engravings from Bilderbuch für Kinder, showing reptiles and amphibians. All framed and with their description in German added.
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View of the torrent of the Lutschinen, and of the glaciers where it takes its source – Vue du torrent de la Lutschinen en Suisse, et des glaciers ou il prend sa source.
London, G. & W. Nicoll, 1800. Broadsheet (71.0 x 56.0 cm). Aquatint, finished by hand.
Read moreHappe, A. F.
Botanica Pharmaceutica exhibens plantas officinalis quarum nomina indispensatoris recentur, cum Iconibus… Plate 62. Nymphea lutea. [Yellow water-lily].
Berlin, the author, 1788. Folio-sized leaf (36.2 x 22.2 cm), with original printed and finely hand-coloured engraving of a pharmaceutical plant (printed area 23.6 x 18.6 cm).
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Botanica Pharmaceutica exhibens plantas officinalis quarum nomina indispensatoris recentur, cum Iconibus… Plate 245 Cannabis sativa. [Hemp].
Berlin, the author, 1788. Folio-sized leaf (36.0 x 22.2 cm), with original printed and finely hand-coloured engraving of a famous pharmaceutical plant (printed area 24.3 x 15.8 cm).
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