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
Pair – Original Lithograph by Hans Erni
Hans Erni (Born February 21, 1909 in Lucerne) PAIR Signed numbered lithograph Hans Erni is one of Switzerland’s best known
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
Robert Schneider – House in the Summer Sunshine Expressionist Gouache
Robert Schneider (Swiss, 20th Century) Striking expressionist gouache painting of an old farmhouse shimmering in the summer sunlight. Dimensions: Goauche
View of the Valley of Bern – Antique Print
View of the Valley of Bern Handcolored engraving of the city of Bern with cattle in the forground and the
Vue du Fond de La Ville de Geneve
Vue du Fond de La Ville de Geneve Copperplate Engraving from Baron Zurlauben’s topography published around 1780. Dessine par Perignon
18th Century View of the Port of Ouchy (Lausanne) – Zurlauben
Vue du Port d’Ouchy A View of Lausanne’s port area – Ouchy. Copperplate Engraving from Baron Zurlauben’s topography published around
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
