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:
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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
Elegant Nude de Dos – Limited Edition Etching
Beautiful line etching of a standing female nude from behind. Signed and numbered 59/60. We have been unable to identify
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
Jakob Lorenz Rüdisühli – Avalanche – Lauinensturz (Sold)
Jakob Lorenz Rüdisühli Partie am Rhonegletscher the Canton of Valais Aquatint Engraving, 19th Century. Avalanche / Landslide in the Alps
Antique Print – Berne, Vers la chaine des montagnes
Bern – Berne Berne vers la chaine des montagnes Beautiful antique print with a view of the Bern, the Aare
The Old Mill at Bossey: Antique Etching by Edouard Jeanmaire
Edouard Jeanmaire (1847 La Chaux-de-Fonds (NE) – 1916 Genève) Le Vieux Moulin a Bossey (The Old Water Mill at Bossey)
Geneva – Lakeside Promenade – Geneve – Antique Lithograph (Sold)
Geneve – Lakeside promenade Marvelous image of Geneva in the mid-19th Century from the right bank, with an animated scene
Folk Art
La Mano Poderosa – Hand of God – Small Retablo Religious Painting (SOLD)
Ex Voto painting on Wood circa 1840. The All-Powerful Hand symbolizes the wounded hand of the crucified Christ. On the
