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"Arbres fruitiers - Prune"
Prunus domestiqua - Prunier domestique"
aquatint by Aliais
after Pancrace Bessa
Publ in "Nouveau Duhamel, ou Traité des arbres et arbustes que l'on cultive en France"
By Henri Louis Duhamel de Monceau
Publisher: Pierre Antoine Poiteau
Paris, 1812

l'Oranger
Citrus aurantium.
Ital. Arancio, Melarancio, Esp. Noronio, Angl. Orange tree, Allem. Pommeranzen Baum.

Decorative Botanicals by N. Regnault

Browsing the world in search of rare as well as decorative antique prints, prints one does not see every day, prints which...

"Hexenverbrennung" (Witchburning)

Wood engraving after the artist Ferdinand Leeke in Munich ca 1895.

Published in a German periodical. Ca. 1880

"Die Hexenwage in Oudewater in Holland"

Published in a German periodical. 1891

"Augurium"
by Salomon after Friese
Ca. 1830/40
An Augur was, in classical Roman times, a priest who practiced augury (prophecy).
He interpreted the will of the Gods by observing the flight of birds.

"Escrime"

Copper engraving from the Encyclopedia by D. Diderot and J. d'Alembert. It was published in Paris ca 1770.

"Combat Singulier entre Mardi-Gras et Mercredi-des-Cendres"

Copper etching by monogramist G. B. Ch. after his own drawing.

Original hand colouring.

Published in Paris, ca. 1830

"Land- und Meeres-Ungeheuer"

This is a hand-colored zincograph of the famous woodcut published in "Cosmographia" by Sebastian Muenster.

This print was published in a German book "Weltall und Menschheit" by Hans Kraemer, Berlin, 1902.

"Aepfel"

Chromolithograph of various sorts of old apples with their German names.
Published 1890.

"Flamingo"

Wood engraving printed in color with hand-colored highlights.
Published ca 1860.