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
Utagawa Kunisada – Toyokuni III
Utagawa Kunisada also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786 – 1865) Figure on a Boat – Kabuki Theater Utagawa Kunisada,
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
L’Armee Suisse / Velocipedist – Swiss Army Cyclist
The Swiss Army – 19th Century chromolithograph Velocipedist – Swiss Army Bike – Swiss Army Bicyclist / Officer on Bicycle
General Ulrich Wille – Swiss Border Patrol 1914 – Color Lithograph
This Swiss militaria print is a color lithograph or chromolithographic illustration, a common format for patriotic and military imagery in
Antique Print – View of Bern by William Henry Bartlett
William Henry Bartlett (1828 – 1854) Handcolored Steelplate engraving after a drawing by W. H. Bartlett. Published in London in
Charming 1911 Plans for Oeri-Preiswerk Home in Riehen, Switzerland
We fell in love with this beautiful architectural drawing for the complete fairy tale charm of the form of the
Folk Art
19th Century Ceramic Plate with Bird
Naively painted Ceramic Plate with Bird and Village motif The back side has the painter’s monogram “M.G.” Some light damage
