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
Heinrich Nuesslein – No 25 – Sublime Spirits
Heinrich Nüsslein Nürnberg, 1879-1947 Ruhpolding (Germany) Untitled, Numbered 25 – Lengthy complex annotation on the back. The last sentence reads:
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
Swiss Farmer with a Pipe – Watercolor signed A.J.M.
Watercolor of a Swiss farmer with a pipe leaning on a fence, taking a break from work. Artist unknown. Signed
Portrait of Pierre Albert Rigot by Francois d’Albert Durade
Portrait of Pierre Albert Rigot (1833 Varembe 1890), the son of the mayor of Petit-Sacconex, Jean-Amédée-Samuel Rigot, and Jeanne Finguerlin.
Werner Engel – Large Format Color Woodblock of Thun
View of the city of Thun in a striking bold expressionist woodblock print by Swiss artist Werner Engel.
Les Echelles Pres Les Bains de Louche – Leukerbad
Les Echelles a Loeche-Les-Bains Les Echelles a Leukerbad (Loeche-Les-Bains) Aquatint Engraving with period handcoloring – circa 1830 Drawn by Johann
Folk Art
Naive Folk Art Portrait of a Child with Flowers
Naive Folk Painting of a Child with Flowers – Central European, Early to Mid-20th Century This charming small naive painting
