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
Hans Schwarzenberger – Landscape with Covered Wagon (Sold)
Hans Schwarzenberger Germany – 20th Century Watercolor landscape with a covered wagon Beautifully executed watercolor of a covered wagon in
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
Pare-Neige by Jean-Pierre Lermite
This 1960 lithograph by Jean-Pierre Lermite depicts a pare-neige, a barrier fence designed to hold back, break up, or control
Laurenz Halder – Zuerich: Two Antique Engravings Circa 1790
Laurenz Halder Laurenz Halder (1765-1821) was a mapmaker and engraver from St. Gallen who was also active in Zuerich. These
Traditional 19th Century Swiss Landscape with Old Mill and Alpine Scenes
Large late 19th Century traditional Swiss landscape with an old mill and alpine scenery. Dimensions: For local sale and pick
Chateau de Chillon after Winterlin -Aquatint – Basel Circa 1830
Chateau de Chillon Aquatint Engraving circa 1830 Beautiful image of the Chateau de Chillon on Lake Geneva (Lac Leman) with
Folk Art
Portrait of an Appenzeller – Swiss Folk Art Painting
Potrait of an Appenzeller in Traditional Costume Portrait of a farmer from appenzell wearing traditional costume (tracht) and smoking a
