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16thCentury Antique Prints German History Militaria 

Paul Hector Mair’s Knights of Augsburg – from a 1580 Book on the Great Families of Augsburg (SOLD)

April 13, 2020May 3, 2020 WCL 2740 Views birds, Christoph Weiditz II. Augsburg, militaria, ornithology

Knight of Augsburg Circa 1580 Pages 9 and 10 16th Century Woodblock prints from Paul Hector Mair’s “Geschlechter Buch ..der

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17thCentury Antique Prints History Militaria 

1697 Engraving of The Swedish Capture of Helsingor Castle at Cronborg

April 13, 2020May 13, 2020 WCL 1412 Views birds, ornithology

Battle at Kronborg Castle, Helsingor Dramatic View of the Swedish conquest of Kronborg (Helsingor Castle) in 1658 engraved after a

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19th Century Antique Prints Architecture History 

The Capital Building in Washington with its Original Dome – 1851 – German Steel Engraving

April 13, 2020June 20, 2020 WCL 1600 Views birds, ornithology

Original antique engraving entitled  “Das Capitol in Washington” This fascinating antique German steel engraving shows the United States Capitol Building

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18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology 

Francois Nicolas Martinet – Waterbirds – Loon, Eider, Gannet, Cormorant

May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 WCL 2451 Views birds, ducks

Le Grand Plongeon Tachete, L’Eider Male,  Le Fou de L’Isle de Java, Le Cormoran – Loon, Eider, Gannet, Cormorant Original

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18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology 

Francois Nicolas Martinet – Waterbirds – Smew, Widgeon, Petrel and Puffin

May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 WCL 2779 Views birds, ducks

Piette Male, Le Canard Siffleur, Le Petrel, Puffin  – Smew, Widgeon, Petrel and Puffin Original 18th Century copperplate print after

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18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology 

Francois Nicolas Martinet – Gull, Spoonbill and Other Seabirds

May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 WCL 2211 Views birds

Ibis, La Spatule, La Pie de Mer, Le Grisard Ibis, Spoonbill, Eurasian oystercatcher, Gull Original 18th Century copperplate print after a

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18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology 

Francois Nicolas Martinet – Cockatoo and Other Birds

May 14, 2018 WCL 2663 Views birds

Original 18th Century copperplate print after a drawing by Francois Nicolas Martinet – one of the most famous bird illustrators

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18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology 

Francois Nicolas Martinet – Owl and Other Birds

May 14, 2018 WCL 2631 Views birds

Original 18th Century copperplate print after a drawing by Francois Nicolas Martinet – one of the most famous bird illustrators

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18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology 

Francois Nicolas Martinet – 18th Century Bird Engraving

May 14, 2018 WCL 2622 Views birds

Original 18th Century copperplate print after a drawing by Francois Nicolas Martinet – one of the most famous bird illustrators

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18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology 

Francois Nicolas Martinet – 18th Century Bird Illustrator

Francois Nicolas Martinet was one of the most famous bird illustrators of all time.  He created illustrations of birds for

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18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Botanical Botanical / Plants Natural History 

Seligmann after Catesby – Parus Uropygeo Luteo: The Yellow-Rump

May 7, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 2184 Views birds, Mark Catesby, natural history

Finely handpainted copperplate print engraved by Seligmann for his “Sammlung verschiedener auslandischer und seltener Vogel” based on the original plate

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19th Century Birds / Ornithology 

Iconographie des Pigeons by Charles-Lucien Bonaparte

Bonaparte’s fine collection of portraits of pigeons was intended to appear in thirty monthly installments (livraisons) with a total of

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18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology 

Francois Nicolas Martinet – Birds from Encyclopedie

May 6, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 2631 Views birds

Original 18th Century copperplate print after a drawing by Francois Nicolas Martinet – one of the most famous bird illustrators

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Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History 

Francois Nicolas Martinet

May 6, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 2892 Views birds

Original 18th Century copperplate print after a drawing by Francois Nicolas Martinet – one of the most famous bird illustrators

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Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History 

Saverio Manetti -18th Century Engraving of an Owl – Strige Maggiore

May 6, 2018June 5, 2020 WCL 2288 Views birds

Saverio Manetti Owl – Plate LXXXIV – Strige Maggiori o Strige Allocco From Storia naturale degli uccelli (The Natural History

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Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History 

Temminck’s Birds – Ortotome sepium by Jean Gabriel Pretre

May 6, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 1676 Views birds

Original handcolored copperplate engraving from Temmnick’s Nouveau Receuil des Planches coloriees d’oiseau. (New Collection of Colored Plates of Birds) Dimensions:

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Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History 

Temminck’s Birds – Poule d’Eau by Jean Gabriel Pretre

May 6, 2018May 15, 2018 WCL 1901 Views birds

Original hand-colored copperplate engraving from Temmnick’s Nouveau Receuil des Planches coloriees d’oiseau. (New Collection of Colored Plates of Birds) entitled

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Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History 

Temminck’s Birds – Coucou geai by Nicolas Huet

May 6, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 1909 Views birds

Original handcolored copperplate engraving from Temmnick’s Nouveau Receuil des Planches coloriees d’oiseau. (New Collection of Colored Plates of Birds) Dimensions:

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Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology 

Saverio Manetti -Canadian Owl – 18th Century – Civetta del Canada

May 6, 2018June 5, 2020 WCL 2000 Views birds

Saverio Manetti Owl – Plate LXXX – Civetta del Canada. Noctua Canadensis From Storia naturale degli uccelli (The Natural History

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Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History 

Temminck’s Birds – Gros-bec by Jean Gabriel Pretre

May 6, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 1931 Views birds

Original handcolored copperplate engrvings from Temmnick’s Nouveau Receuil des Planches coloriees d’oiseau. (New Collection of Colored Plates of Birds) Dimensions:

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Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History 

Serresius Galeatus from Bonaparte’s Pigeons

May 6, 2018May 7, 2018 WCL 2076 Views birds

Serresius Galeatus Rare Lithograph from Charles Lucien Bonaparte’s Iconographie des Pigeons Serresius Galeatus lithograph by F. Willy – Plate 33

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