Les Merveilles de la Mer: Les Coquillages – Paul Valéry and Paul-André Robert, 1936
A beautifully illustrated French volume devoted to seashells, published by Librairie Plon, Paris, in 1936. Les Merveilles de la Mer:
New on Village Antiques
Jakob Christian Bergner (1812–1877) – Study of Three Birds, 1862
A finely observed mixed-media study of three dead birds suspended together from a small nail, including a woodcock at the
Antique Botanical Illustration of Marshall’s Wallflower, 1850
Marshall’s Wallflower – Cheiranthus Marshallii An antique hand-coloured botanical engraving of Cheiranthus Marshallii, or Marshall’s wallflower, published in The Floricultural
Fine Art, Paintings, Drawings
Karl Schlageter – Expressionist Portrait Study of a Young Woman
Karl Schlageter (Swiss, 1894–1990)Expressionist Portrait Study of a Young WomanInk and wash on paper, signed lower left. A striking monochrome
Antique Prints
Pancrace Bessa – Aloë Lingua from Flore des jardiniers
An original hand-coloured botanical engraving of Aloë Lingua, published in Paris in 1836 in Pancrace Bessa’s Flore des jardiniers, amateurs
Switzerland
Hospice de San Bernard From the Aosta Side 18th Century Engraving
Hospice du S. Bernard du Cote du Val D’Aost. Copperplate Engraving from Baron Zurlauben’s topography published around 1780. Dimensions: Sheet
Swiss Traditional Costumes – Cowboys (Sennen) of Freiburg Gruyere
Swiss Armaillis Cattle-herders from the Gruyeres region This amusing chromolithographic photo shows three Swiss cowhands, known in the French speaking
L’Armee Suisse / Velocipedist – Swiss Army Cyclist
The Swiss Army – 19th Century chromolithograph Velocipedist – Swiss Army Bike – Swiss Army Bicyclist / Officer on Bicycle
Fred Fay – Woodblock: Fribourg – Quartier de l’Auge
An original 1932 woodcut by Swiss painter and printmaker Fred Fay depicting the historic Quartier de l’Auge in Fribourg’s lower
Folk Art
Johann Jakob Tanner – Antique Portrait (Sold)
Annotation indicating that the sitter was 82 years old at the time the painting was executed. Attributed to Benezit-Listed Artist
