New York: F.O.C. Darley, 1870. Copper plate engraving on smooth wove paper, 8 3/4 x 11 inches (222 x 275 mm), full margins. In very good condition with minor age tone and slightly dog-eared corners. The English artist Francis Holl was the son of the highly esteemed engraver William Holl..... More
c 1510. Engraving on cream laid paper laid down to wove paper, 4 1/4 x 2 5/8 inches (109 x 68), trimmed inside the platemark. Scattered discoloration and uniform age tone, all consistent with age. Adhesive residue at the corners with some minor associated discoloration in the top right corner..... More
c 1510. Engraving on cream laid paper laid down to wove paper, 4 1/4 x 2 5/8 inches (109 x 68), thread margins. Scattered discoloration and uniform age tone, all consistent with age. Initials in ink in the top right on the verso, as well as a shield with three..... More
c 1650. Engraving on cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches (234 x 161 mm), full margins. Water stain throughout bottom, diagonal creases in the area of the bottom right corner, paper tape along top edge on recto. A very well inked impression. Flemish painter and engraver Paulus..... More
Prague: 1618. Engraving on hand made laid paper, 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches (210 x 148 mm), thread margins. An approximately 1-inch vertical repaired tear extends into the image area at the top center sheet edge. Adhered to archival paper at the center of the top sheet edge, and..... More
1563. Engraving black ink on light cream laid paper with a fowl watermark, 5 9/16 x 4 1/16 inches (140 x 102 mm), thread margins. In excellent condition with archival paper tape hinges at the top right and left corners on the verso, and unobtrusive accession notes in pencil in..... More
c 1770. Steel engraving with hand coloring in brown ink on thick handmade laid paper. 150 x 104 mm; 6 x 4 1/8 inches, full margins. Scattered light staining, age tone, light tone and light foxing. Appointed as Admiral of the Ottoman Navy in 1769, by 1770 Mandalzade Husamaddin Pasha..... More
c 1600. Engraving printed in black ink on hand-made, thin-laid paper, 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches (84 x 84 mm), 3/4 inch margins. In excellent condition, printed 19th century. More
c 1750. Engraving on buff laid paper, 6 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches (164 x 267 mm), unevenly trimmed margins (approximately 1/8 inch). In good condition with scattered areas of light yellow discoloration on the verso. Marks are unobtrusive and are only slightly visible on the recto, especially in the..... More
The Hague: c1799. Engraving with burin on cream laid paper, 7 7/8 x 13 inches (198 x 330 mm) full margins. Octavo fold with additional hard creases with an associated loss in the lower left margin, scattered foxing and scattered light areas of discoloration throughout. Adhesive residue along the left..... More
Dresden: 1740. Engraving on handmade laid paper, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (196 x 145 mm), trimmed just inside plate mark. Minor scattered surface soiling and light scattered spots of minor light brown discoloration. Pin-point sized hole in area of the top of the book. All consistent with age..... More
