CERFS INDOCHINOIS
HECHT JOSEPH (1891-1951)One of four prints on china paper.Print signed and numbered 1/4.Several print folds visible mainly in the outer borders, small lack in the lower left corner, some tiny foxing in the margins and at the copper limit.Tonneau-Ryckelynck et Plumart : 370..
LES PIGEONS
COLLIGNON EUGENE ( ACTIF DEBUT XXE )Print, in the style of Japanese woodblock prints, signed and numbered 3/22. Ca.1930 The Inventory of the French Fund (p.119) quotes an E. Collignon author of a series of nine woodcuts. A few wavy folds in the left margin, two remains of paper glued in the upper corners...
OISEAUX, PLANCHE III
LE ROY HENRY (1579-1651)Plate from a set of six at the adress of Herman Weyen ( 1643 et 1680 ) engraver and editor in Paris.these patterns are elements of an engraved set by par Nicolaes de Bruyn ( Volatilium Varii Generis)Good proof, some creases and stains mainly in large margins. Guilmard: p.38 and Berlin K.O.S : 4380..
OISEAU SUR UNE BRANCHE
ANONYME XIXèWatercolor with a handwritten numbering at the top left.XIXth.Two small traces at the bottom...
OISEAU SUR UNE BRANCHE
ANONYME XIXèWatercolor with a handwritten numbering at the top left.XIXth...
SERPENT
SEBA ALBERTUS (1665-1736)Plate from the work published between 1734-1765 : Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio et iconibus artificiosissimis expressis per universam physices historiam, opus ... ex toto terrarum orbe collegit, digessit, descripsit et depingendum curavit Albertus Seba ... Albertus Seba is a Dutch zoologist and pharmacist, famous for his cabinet of curiosities. The income from his pharmacy provided him with a solid fortune, which he devoted to natural history, buying specimens from the New World and from distant lands. He sold his first collection to Tsar Peter I the Great in 1717 (which formed the embryo of the future museum of Saint Petersburg). The Seba Thesaurus is a splendid publication, on the border between art and science. The animals are represented in artistic poses and the shells form decorative patterns. These prints represent a summit in the art of naturalistic illustration. They will often be used by other authors after him, notably Linné...
PLANCHE DE POISSONS
SEBA ALBERTUS (1665-1736)Plate from the work published between 1734-1765 : Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio et iconibus artificiosissimis expressis per universam physices historiam, opus ... ex toto terrarum orbe collegit, digessit, descripsit et depingendum curavit Albertus Seba ... Albertus Seba is a Dutch zoologist and pharmacist, famous for his cabinet of curiosities. The income from his pharmacy provided him with a solid fortune, which he devoted to natural history, buying specimens from the New World and from distant lands. He sold his first collection to Tsar Peter I the Great in 1717 (which formed the embryo of the future museum of Saint Petersburg). The Seba Thesaurus is a splendid publication, on the border between art and science. The animals are represented in artistic poses and the shells form decorative patterns. These prints represent a summit in the art of naturalistic illustration. They will often be used by other authors after him, notably Linné.Large print with good margins, usual middle fold..
PLANCHE DE CORAUX
SEBA ALBERTUS (1665-1736)Plate from the work published between 1734-1765 : Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio et iconibus artificiosissimis expressis per universam physices historiam, opus ... ex toto terrarum orbe collegit, digessit, descripsit et depingendum curavit Albertus Seba ... Albertus Seba is a Dutch zoologist and pharmacist, famous for his cabinet of curiosities. The income from his pharmacy provided him with a solid fortune, which he devoted to natural history, buying specimens from the New World and from distant lands. He sold his first collection to Tsar Peter I the Great in 1717 (which formed the embryo of the future museum of Saint Petersburg). The Seba Thesaurus is a splendid publication, on the border between art and science. The animals are represented in artistic poses and the shells form decorative patterns. These prints represent a summit in the art of naturalistic illustration. They will often be used by other authors after him, notably Linné.Large print with good margins, usual middle fold..
HERISSON ET AUTRUCHE
SEBA ALBERTUS (1665-1736)Plate from the work published between 1734-1765 : Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio et iconibus artificiosissimis expressis per universam physices historiam, opus ... ex toto terrarum orbe collegit, digessit, descripsit et depingendum curavit Albertus Seba ... Albertus Seba is a Dutch zoologist and pharmacist, famous for his cabinet of curiosities. The income from his pharmacy provided him with a solid fortune, which he devoted to natural history, buying specimens from the New World and from distant lands. He sold his first collection to Tsar Peter I the Great in 1717 (which formed the embryo of the future museum of Saint Petersburg). The Seba Thesaurus is a splendid publication, on the border between art and science. The animals are represented in artistic poses and the shells form decorative patterns. These prints represent a summit in the art of naturalistic illustration. They will often be used by other authors after him, notably Linné.Large print with good margins, usual middle fold, some halos in the upper margin...
PLANCHE DE POISSONS
SEBA ALBERTUS (1665-1736)Plate from the work published between 1734-1765 : Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio et iconibus artificiosissimis expressis per universam physices historiam, opus ... ex toto terrarum orbe collegit, digessit, descripsit et depingendum curavit Albertus Seba ... Albertus Seba is a Dutch zoologist and pharmacist, famous for his cabinet of curiosities. The income from his pharmacy provided him with a solid fortune, which he devoted to natural history, buying specimens from the New World and from distant lands. He sold his first collection to Tsar Peter I the Great in 1717 (which formed the embryo of the future museum of Saint Petersburg). The Seba Thesaurus is a splendid publication, on the border between art and science. The animals are represented in artistic poses and the shells form decorative patterns. These prints represent a summit in the art of naturalistic illustration. They will often be used by other authors after him, notably Linné.Large print with good margins, usual middle fold..
PLANCHE DE CORAUX
SEBA ALBERTUS (1665-1736)Plate from the work published between 1734-1765 : Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio et iconibus artificiosissimis expressis per universam physices historiam, opus ... ex toto terrarum orbe collegit, digessit, descripsit et depingendum curavit Albertus Seba ... Albertus Seba is a Dutch zoologist and pharmacist, famous for his cabinet of curiosities. The income from his pharmacy provided him with a solid fortune, which he devoted to natural history, buying specimens from the New World and from distant lands. He sold his first collection to Tsar Peter I the Great in 1717 (which formed the embryo of the future museum of Saint Petersburg). The Seba Thesaurus is a splendid publication, on the border between art and science. The animals are represented in artistic poses and the shells form decorative patterns. These prints represent a summit in the art of naturalistic illustration. They will often be used by other authors after him, notably Linné.Large print with good margins, usual middle fold..
SERPENT
SEBA ALBERTUS (1665-1736)Plate from the work published between 1734-1765 : Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio et iconibus artificiosissimis expressis per universam physices historiam, opus ... ex toto terrarum orbe collegit, digessit, descripsit et depingendum curavit Albertus Seba ... Albertus Seba is a Dutch zoologist and pharmacist, famous for his cabinet of curiosities. The income from his pharmacy provided him with a solid fortune, which he devoted to natural history, buying specimens from the New World and from distant lands. He sold his first collection to Tsar Peter I the Great in 1717 (which formed the embryo of the future museum of Saint Petersburg). The Seba Thesaurus is a splendid publication, on the border between art and science. The animals are represented in artistic poses and the shells form decorative patterns. These prints represent a summit in the art of naturalistic illustration. They will often be used by other authors after him, notably Linné.Fold in the lower right corner..
SERPENTS
SEBA ALBERTUS (1665-1736)Plate from the work published between 1734-1765 : Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio et iconibus artificiosissimis expressis per universam physices historiam, opus ... ex toto terrarum orbe collegit, digessit, descripsit et depingendum curavit Albertus Seba ... Albertus Seba is a Dutch zoologist and pharmacist, famous for his cabinet of curiosities. The income from his pharmacy provided him with a solid fortune, which he devoted to natural history, buying specimens from the New World and from distant lands. He sold his first collection to Tsar Peter I the Great in 1717 (which formed the embryo of the future museum of Saint Petersburg). The Seba Thesaurus is a splendid publication, on the border between art and science. The animals are represented in artistic poses and the shells form decorative patterns. These prints represent a summit in the art of naturalistic illustration. They will often be used by other authors after him, notably Linné.Large print with good margins, usual middle fold..
PLANCHE DE CORAUX
SEBA ALBERTUS (1665-1736)Plate from the work published between 1734-1765 : Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio et iconibus artificiosissimis expressis per universam physices historiam, opus ... ex toto terrarum orbe collegit, digessit, descripsit et depingendum curavit Albertus Seba ... Albertus Seba is a Dutch zoologist and pharmacist, famous for his cabinet of curiosities. The income from his pharmacy provided him with a solid fortune, which he devoted to natural history, buying specimens from the New World and from distant lands. He sold his first collection to Tsar Peter I the Great in 1717 (which formed the embryo of the future museum of Saint Petersburg). The Seba Thesaurus is a splendid publication, on the border between art and science. The animals are represented in artistic poses and the shells form decorative patterns. These prints represent a summit in the art of naturalistic illustration. They will often be used by other authors after him, notably Linné.Large print with good margins, usual middle fold..
ORNEMENT, FLEURS ET LIBELLULE
SADELER JOHANNES ( 1550-1600 )Plate from a series of ornaments of flowers, insects and various animals. Edited by Sadeler. Beautiful print, two small galleries of restored verses in the margins...
IIIME LIVRE D'ETUDE D'ANIMAUX
DEMARTEAU GILLES (1729?-1776)After J.B HuetScattered freckles, small tear in the left margin repaired...
L'AIGLE
COLLOT ANDRÉ (1897-1976)Nice proof signed lower right.Short margins, cut to the copper limit in the bottom margin..
LA PANTHERE NOIRE
COLLOT ANDRÉ (1897-1976)Beautiful proof with good margins, small halo in the lower left corner, slight median fold visible on the back.ca.1940..
JOSEPHI BOS ET RHINOCEROS
FÜSSLI JOHANN MELCHIOR (1677-1736)Print from: PHYSICA SACRASacred Physics, or Natural History of the Bibleby: Johann Andreas Pfeffel (1674-1748), Johann Jacob Scheuchzer (1672-1733)Published in Augsburg and Ulm 1731-1735This impressive work is a scientific and theological work where the admirable attempt to reconcile the biblical writings with the new sciences. The prints by J.M. Fussli with borders by J.D.Preissler, illustrate biblical scenes accompanied by baroque borders thus mixing natural history and scientific subjects, astronomical discoveries, architectural illustrations, true or fantasy compilation of fauna and flora .....
LE RHINOCEROS
TRAVIES EDOUARD (1809-c.1869)From the set : 'Types du regne animal; Buffon en estampes'ca.1860Small lack in the upper left corner...
PAPILLONS
ERNST JEAN-JACQUES D'APRES ( ACTIF 2NDE MOITIE DU XVIIIE )Print from : Papillons d'Europe, peints d'après nature par Jacques-Louis-Florentin ENGRAMELLE, Jean-Jacques ERNST . Paris P. M. Delaguette, Basan & Poignant 1779-1792...
PAPILLONS
ERNST JEAN-JACQUES D'APRES ( ACTIF 2NDE MOITIE DU XVIIIE )Print from : Papillons d'Europe, peints d'après nature par Jacques-Louis-Florentin ENGRAMELLE, Jean-Jacques ERNST . Paris P. M. Delaguette, Basan & Poignant 1779-1792...
TURDUS ATROGULARIS
GOULD JOHN ( 1804-1881 )De la suite: The birds of Europe 1837 Gould made the original sketches and asked many artists to produce the lithographs : Elizabeth Coxen Gould, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, William Hart and HC Richter...
AEGIALOPHILUS CANTIANUS
GOULD JOHN ( 1804-1881 )De la suite: The birds of Europe 1837 Gould made the original sketches and asked many artists to produce the lithographs : Elizabeth Coxen Gould, Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf, William Hart and HC Richter. Three short marginal tears, slight yellowing...
ELEPHANTS ET CHAMEAUX
SOLVYNS FRANS BALTHAZAR ( 1760-1824 )From the continuation: The Hindus Illustrating the texts of Georg Bernhard Depping, Frans Balthazar Solvyns 1808-1812 Usual median fold, proof at all margins..
DEUX SOURIS
GAUTIER MARIE (1867-1960)Etching and aquatint, signed and numbered from a small edition of 10 proofs and bearing the artist's red stamp.Marie Gautier, daughter of the painter Amand Gautier, follows the painting classes open to women led by Alfred Stevens. Admitted to the Beaux-arts de Paris, she attended the class of Puvis de Chavannes. Towards the end of the 1880s, she was a devotee of Japanese Art, the shop of merchant Siegfried Bing. His interest in Japonism becomes manifest through the production of drawings and color etchings...
ETUDE DE CHATONS
RENOUARD PAUL ( 1845-1924 )Proof with wide margins, signed with the artist's monogram.Slight yellowing of the outer edges...
LE COQ
ISAAC PROSPER ALPHONSE ( 1858-1924 )Very fine proof printed in colors in the Japanese style, cut to the framing line.Covered with the artist's red stamp (Lugt: 4990) and the levogyre or senestrogyre svatiska . "This mark, which he borrows from Hokusaï and Totoya Hokkeï (1780-1850), accentuates the link with Japanese art and seems to mean "engraved and printed according to Japanese processes". the two Japanese artists produced"."The animals, presented on large prints, are an opportunity for Isaac to put into practice the lessons of Hokusai's Manga, and especially Masayoshi's Method of Drawing Animals and Birds (1764-1824), Japanese artist, master of Hokusaï, particularly appreciated by Isaac. He presented them in close-up and thus produced "portraits of birds", in particular the rooster, a great source of inspiration."(in Émilie Vabre, "Prosper-Alphonse Isaac (1858-1924)", Nouvelles de l'estampe, 237 | 2011)Ca.1910Inventaire du Fonds Français : 19..
L'ANE ET LA VIEILLE
BUHOT FELIX (1847-1898)Beautiful proof with large margins, slight folds in the sheet at the bottom border. Bourcard and Goodfriend: 59..
LES ÂNES DU MIDI LUCHON
BUHOT FELIX (1847-1898)Nice proof big margins, light foxing on the edges of the sheet.State I/II..
LA CACOLETIERE ASSISE
BUHOT FELIX (1847-1898)Beautiful proof with large margins.State II/IIBourcard and Goodfriend: 58..
OISEAU
BUC'HOZ PIERRE-JOSEPH (1731-1807)From the set : Collection précieuse et enluminée des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses qui se cultivent tant dans les jardins de la Chine que dans ceux de l’Europe. A Paris, chez Lacombe et chez l’auteur pour la première partie consacrée aux plantes de la Chine peintes dans le Pays,1776Magnificent realization of Pierre Joseph Buchoz who was physicist and naturalistic artist..
BEFFROI ET MUSICIEN DE CAYENNE
MARTINET FRANÇOIS-NICOLAS (1731-180.)Plate from the Natural History of Birds Georges-Louis Leclerc Count of BuffonSitwell p. 83, Nissen 158, Wood p. 262, Brunet p.1376, Ebert 313..
LA GELINOTTE FEMELLE
MARTINET FRANÇOIS-NICOLAS (1731-180.)Plate from the Natural History of Birds Georges-Louis Leclerc Count of Buffon..
COUCOU TACHETE DE LA CHINE
MARTINET FRANÇOIS-NICOLAS (1731-180.)Plate from the Natural History of Birds Georges-Louis Leclerc Count of BuffonSitwell p. 83, Nissen 158, Wood p. 262, Brunet p.1376, Ebert 313..
VANNEAU ARME, DE LA LOUISIANE
MARTINET FRANÇOIS-NICOLAS (1731-180.)Plate from the Natural History of Birds Georges-Louis Leclerc Count of BuffonSitwell p. 83, Nissen 158, Wood p. 262, Brunet p.1376, Ebert 313Wetting in the right margin.Pinholes along the left border...
BECASSE, DES SAVANES DE CAYENNE
MARTINET FRANÇOIS-NICOLAS (1731-180.)Plate from the Natural History of Birds Georges-Louis Leclerc Count of BuffonSitwell p. 83, Nissen 158, Wood p. 262, Brunet p.1376, Ebert 313..
PROMEROPS
MARTINET FRANÇOIS-NICOLAS (1731-180.)Plate from the Natural History of Birds Georges-Louis Leclerc Count of BuffonSitwell p. 83, Nissen 158, Wood p. 262, Brunet p.1376, Ebert 313..
CAILLES
MARTINET FRANÇOIS-NICOLAS (1731-180.)Plate from the Natural History of Birds Georges-Louis Leclerc Count of BuffonSitwell p. 83, Nissen 158, Wood p. 262, Brunet p.1376, Ebert 313Wetting in the upper left corner..
LA HARPAYE
MARTINET FRANÇOIS-NICOLAS (1731-180.)Plate executed for: The Natural History of Buffon's Birds..